She dominates the entertainment industry with her disaster system

"Don't think about her, okay?" Phoebe bent down and stroked Verina's shoulder. "She didn't carry the box office of Freedom Road alone. Look at the overwhelming marketing information on social platforms. Apart from the publicity expenses, they probably didn't make much net profit."

Verina looked up at her and said nothing.

The thoughts of netizens are the most unpredictable.

If it weren't for Pauline Kael's article, even if the distribution company spent a huge amount of marketing money, it would have been difficult to push the box office to its current level.

Kyle and Sigourney have always been close friends, and the reason why he attended the preview was probably because he was invited by his good friend.

"The Road to Freedom" won her recognition because of its high quality.

If the quality of the movie itself was not good, the current situation would probably be very different.

This series of events requires the right time, right place and right people.

She lost.

I'm not as good at choosing scripts as others, and I'm even less lucky than them.

She was convinced of her defeat.

So there is no need to say these empty words to comfort yourself.

"You're right." Verina turned off her phone and smiled bitterly, "At least now, I'm no longer her opponent."

In the past, they each had their own strengths and weaknesses and were equally matched.

But now things are very different.

She shouldn't trouble herself anymore.

Comparison is the thief of happiness.

"Don't think too much. Isn't there an audition later? Prepare well. We have to seize every opportunity now." Phoebe felt a little uncomfortable, but she pretended to be calm. "She is very popular now, but it doesn't mean she has the ability to stay popular forever."

This is Hollywood. There are many stories of overnight success, but there are even more examples of people accidentally falling from the clouds.

In a sense, Phoebe's ideas are similar to Tracy's.

"The impressive box office results are just the most basic entry ticket for you." The joy brought by success did not last long, and Tracy quickly regained her composure - except for some necessary social occasions, she was more accustomed to facing clients with a serious attitude. "There are many small social circles in Hollywood. Now that you have the entry ticket, you can choose a social circle that suits you, perhaps a top director, or a top producer with rich connections - of course, this also means that you need to invest some money, and the amount will not be too small. You know, it is not easy to find common topics with famous directors."

The rocket-like rise of the IMDB ranking, the opening box office of 4400 million, the Golden Leopard Award that was not even warm in his hand... Every event that has come one after another in the past half month has made Su Lingxi feel dizzy and unreal.

How come a movie that was originally intended to go the niche word-of-mouth route suddenly became a box office hit?

It even beat "The Iliad" to win the North American box office championship last weekend?

When did American art films become so popular?

It was as if she had accidentally walked into a fantasy movie. Everything before her eyes became absurd and magnificent, so dreamy as a fairy tale, making her feel as if she was flying up into the sky.

It was not until this moment that Tracy's straightforward words barely pulled her heart back down from the sky to the ground and back to reality.

"Funding is not a problem." Su Lingxi smiled faintly and quickly replied, "I understand what you mean. The importance of the circle is beyond doubt."

"Very good. Before you secure your A-list status, you already have the vision of the A-list." Tracy looked at her admiringly. "There's no need for us to rush about this. The first week box office of Freedom Road has just come out, and the final global box office is still unknown. If the global box office can reach 6 million..."

She didn't say the rest, but the two of them looked at each other tacitly, both of them with excitement in their eyes.

"Freedom's Way" grossed nearly 9000 million U.S. dollars in its first week, and the domestic box office in the United States has already secured over 3 million. As for the overseas box office, it is supported by the two major box office bases of China and Japan, so it will not be dragged down in any case.

In other words, it is almost certain that the film will eventually gross over 6 million worldwide.

It is an unprecedented miracle in the entire history of American films that an art film can achieve such box office results.

It is precisely because of this that some people are so jealous that they secretly arrange all kinds of negative press releases.

Said that "the success of "Freedom Road" is a marketing scam in the Internet age."

He also said that the movie itself was just a "shallow and satisfying film" in which the male characters were replaced by female ones, and it had no cultural connotations at all.

These negative reports did not cause much waves on the Internet, but they did cause some minor controversy.

Su Lingxi didn't care about it, and just told Kelly to remember to arrange more red manuscripts to hedge.

Most audiences who are willing to go to the cinema to spend money have their own ability to distinguish, and are not fools who are led by marketing.

It is difficult to define whether "Freedom's Way" is a standard feminist film, but it replaces male characters with female characters in one of the most mature American core genre films, which in itself is a refreshing point that will make female audiences feel "subjectivity".

So Su Lingxi didn't care about the criticism from that small group of people at all.

What happened to the cool movie?

There are so many action and adventure movies, aren’t they all exciting movies?

Does Hollywood only allow movies with men as the protagonists?

Men can take photos, and women can take photos too.

Whether a movie has substance and value cannot be determined by a few negative press releases.

She doesn't need to care too much.

"But I must remind you that the box office performance of Freedom's Way is too hot, which may be detrimental to the film's reputation and may even affect the Oscar judges' opinion of you." Tracy said while observing Su Lingxi's expression, "That group of people has always been extremely conservative and always makes choices that go against the trend. As far as the current situation is concerned, they may think that Freedom's Way is more of a commercial film. This is not good news."

Long before "Freedom Road" was officially released on a large scale, Li Shuo mentioned the "conservatism" of the Oscars to Su Lingxi.

It can be said that the film’s low-key promotion and small-scale previews in the early stages were deliberately arranged with this in mind.

Everything has its pros and cons. If art films are too popular, it will be very detrimental to the film itself in its Oscar competition.

But no one expected that "The Road to Freedom" would become such a sudden explosion.

Now, as we watch the box office continue to rise, some people are happy while others are worried.

As for Su Lingxi, she was of course the happy one.

There is no actor who doesn't want his or her role to become famous all over the world and eventually become a classic role in the memory of a generation.

What's more, the huge success of "Freedom Road" has significantly increased her popularity and status. Now, regardless of whether next year's Oscar nomination can be successfully implemented, the quality of the scripts handed to her will be a level higher than before.