After buying Marvel, I became the king of Hollywood

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Dawson thought for a while before saying:

"Leave it to me. I will immediately contact several TV stations and submit this 3-[-]-minute segment as an advertisement to major TV stations to ensure the exposure in about half a month."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you."

Kevin nodded. As for Fox, don't worry, even if they have any opinions on this kind of propaganda, they can't make irresponsible remarks to Kevin.

It is nothing more than two or three million US dollars in publicity expenses.

The two sides share it, and the publicity investment of more than one million yuan is only a small investment for the two companies.

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a few days later.

In the St. Paul High School's stadium, a group of high school boys gathered together, surrounded by basketballs scattered around, apparently this group of students came to the school's stadium to play basketball during the summer.

One of them, a tall and burly boy, danced and said something.

"Rogge, are you telling the truth?"

Hearing other people's doubts, Rogge suddenly couldn't stand up, and quickly vowed:

"Really, it's the new movie played by Nicolas Cage, it seems to be called The Matrix."

"I also saw it on TV. He learned kung fu and then he was able to dodge bullets. It's so cool."

"It's like swimming, you know?"

While speaking, Rogge posed in a backstroke posture and swung.

"Sounds so cool, when is the movie coming out?"

"It's July NO.15."

Chapter 186 The Matrix Preview

Several boys showed curiosity one after another, and one of them, a clever ghost, suddenly said:

"Then go together and invite some girls by the way?"

"Want to go to the bar after watching the movie?"

Everyone praises.

"What a good proposition."

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Of course, these high school students were not the only ones to see the wonderful episodes on TV.

Television, as the largest news dissemination channel before the arrival of the Internet video era, has almost covered 99% of the audience in the United States.

Although these people may not like to watch movies, the advertisements before TV dramas are always unavoidable.

Therefore, the news that The Matrix will be released on July 15 can be regarded as forced into their eyes.

People who already planned to watch the movie, after seeing the footage of The Matrix, immediately planned to watch it as soon as it was released.

Not for anything else, just because of this short plot, which is very attractive.

Bullet time dodging bullets, a cyberpunk-like wasteland world, albeit only a glimpse.

But they have been deeply attracted, plus the name of the director Steve Kevin, and the popularity of the protagonist Nicolas Cage.

All attracted them to step into the cinema.

Those who have no plans to watch movies and don't like to watch movies on weekdays, after watching this visual feast, also have the urge to go to the cinema.

Under such a situation, a few days passed again.

It's July [-]th.

This is how a preview meeting for film critics began.

Fifty film critics who are usually friendly to Steve Kevin's films, or at least not purely critical, accepted the invitation of Chenxi Film Company.

Came to Chenxi Film Company.

Among them, the film critic Vic is one of them.

"Hi, Vic, have you also been invited by Morning Light Movie?"

"Thor, you too!"

The two middle-aged men looked at each other and smiled, feeling sorry for each other.

Of course, Vic wasn't the only one who discovered the wealth code.

Thor is also one of the more ruthless film critics who lick Steve Kevin.

The normal level of film critics, fans like them, are actually far inferior to those highly educated professionals.

But they also have their tricks.

That is to follow the audience, praise the movies the audience likes to watch, and spray some well-known bad movies. The key is that they spray hard enough.

With the help of such a way of rubbing the heat, although their reputation is not very good.

But it's actually not that well-known.

Up to now, although some big companies are not interested in them, some small and medium-sized film companies still often receive invitations for trial screenings.

And now, they have even received an invitation from Chenxi Film Company founded by Steve Kevin.

One by one enthusiastically participated.

Even if Steve Kevin didn't invite them, they'd all be raving about Steve Kevin's movie.

Now that I have this invitation, it is even more aboveboard to boast.

This is the equivalent of an official coronation.

A group of veteran film critics stepped steadily into the interior of Chenxi Film Company.

In order to show importance, Dawson welcomed these people with Kevin with a warm smile.

The men got even more excited when they saw Steve Kevin.

Kevin enthusiastically said:

"Welcome everyone to the preview of my new movie, here, I am very grateful to all of you."

"I also sincerely hope that after watching the movie, you can express your best thoughts on The Matrix in your film critic column, in order to thank you for participating in this preview."

"After the preview, everyone here will be able to get a generous gift, thank you everyone."

After all, Kevin bowed with a sincere face.

With Kevin's current status, he was so enthusiastic about these well-known film critics who were mostly not recognized by professional film critics, which immediately moved many people.

All the film critics present were amateurs.

Famous, but not professional enough.

That's why big companies don't find them much.

But from Kevin's point of view, he knows that the influence of film critics is gradually declining, and professionalism is far less important than attracting people's attention.

And these non-professional film critics who can also be loved by a large number of audiences are the film critics that Kevin will value in the future.

Of course, it would be better if it is both professional and popular with the audience.

However, those were the top film critics in Hollywood, and Kevin did not invite them due to cost considerations.

Of course, he also sent a sum of money as a bonus.

But this kind of non-site, the cost is naturally much lower.

As for whether they are willing to say good things for The Matrix, Kevin naturally doesn't care, just make sure they don't sing against it.

After saying this, the head of the company's publicity and planning department led the film critics to the company's internal screening hall.

Wait for everyone to leave.

Dawson then asked:

"Kevin, why not invite those authoritative film critics, but invite them?"

Kevin's various behaviors are completely different from those of ordinary film companies.

Dawson couldn't figure it out at all.

"save money."

Kevin said lightly that many things were judged by him based on his prior knowledge, and he couldn't explain too much.

Facing Dawson's question, Kevin said casually.

Dawson was stunned, but Kevin said so, obviously explaining lazily, so forget it.

Immediately afterwards, he also entered the screening hall.

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In the screening hall, fifty film critics arranged their own seats according to their familiarity, and all of them were seated soon.

Then Dawson also came in and sat with the head of the publicity and planning department.

After a while, the staff also came in, turned on the machine, and started showing the movie.

The screen began to play, and the theater fell silent. The logos of Chenxi and Fox appeared one by one, and then a series of subtitles of the crew members introducing the movie flashed.

The plot begins.

Countless green codes flashed on the big screen, and then the screen flashed.

A man and a woman, in suits, appeared on the screen.

In the mouths of the two people, they were discussing something about Murphys and the Savior, and then the woman among them, a woman in a suit named Trinity, realized that the conversation line was being monitored, and immediately ended the conversation.

One word, I'd better leave now.

Then, there is a chase scene.

Trinity, the heroine played by Jennifer Connelly, launched a wonderful chase scene between the agent who hunted her down and showed the audience her extraordinary skills.

At the same time, through some surreal actions, it hints that this world is not ordinary.

Vic, who was in the auditorium, noticed that the color tone of the screen seemed to be a bit wrong, and leaned closer to Thor's ear:

"Thor, I think the color tone of this screen has a faint green color, shouldn't this be my illusion?"

Chapter 187 The end of the test screening

Thor looked at it carefully, then nodded, and replied in a low voice:

"Yes, it's a very faint green. If you didn't notice it in advance, you might not notice it at all as an audience."

"Director Kevin's arrangement must have other meanings. Let's take a closer look."

After confirming that he was fine, Vic relaxed, and then began to watch the plot more seriously.

At the end of the intense chase scene, Trinity managed to escape, but the agents had already learned from wiretapping that the person Trinity was looking for was named Neo, and this name also left the audience in suspense.

The plot continues.

The screen flashed, and the aforementioned savior Neo appeared on the scene.

In an ordinary rental house, there are miscellaneous piles of sundries. Neo is lying on the bed and sleeping, and the news of the global wanted Murphys is pushed on the computer screen that is lit beside him.

Immediately afterwards, a line of words popped up on the computer, Wake up, Neo.

Immediately afterwards, Neo came to the computer as if awakened by some invisible force from his sleep, and started a conversation with the computer.

After some incomprehensible conversations, there was a prompt on the computer that someone was knocking on the door.

This scene is over for now.

The heads of the film critics turned rapidly.

Although they are not professional film critics, as film critics, it is naturally impossible for them to just have fun like ordinary audiences.

Within a few words on the computer, multiple puzzles seemed to be posed.