Although preparations were made, the subsequent public opinion storm was more intense than everyone imagined.

After the New York Times article sparked a spark, it seemed that all of a sudden, many media outlets' original surprise and appreciation for "Lola Run" turned into doubts.

In fact, this kind of doubt has existed since the release of "Lola Run".

In any case, it seems too bizarre that a young man who is only 18 years old and has no chance to enter a formal film school to suddenly make an outstanding film like "Lola Run".

However, before the New York Times article, everyone was enveloped in an atmosphere of admiration and admiration for young geniuses. Even if someone raised objections, they would often be regarded as jealous.

Now, the New York Times, an authoritative newspaper with strong influence around the world, has taken the lead in raising questions. Coupled with the secret promotion of well-intentioned people, all the comments that were originally suppressed by the mainstream trend have become noisy.

"Puppet or genius? The secret of how difficult it is to execute core positions in "Lola Run" is revealed."

"Analysis of the film scoring process, on why it is impossible for Simon Westeros to complete the film scoring of "Lola Run" by himself."

"Amazing shots, fake behind the scenes."

"The eighteen-year-old scam deceived the entire federal film marketing at once."

"Simon Westeros High School Classmate: He Works Hard, But He Can't Become a Movie Director."

"The real 'capital' and 'technology' of "Run Lola Run" are Janet Johnston, the daughter of a tycoon, and Kathryn Bigelow, a top student at Columbia Film School."

“Former lighting engineer on ‘Run Lola Run’ accuses Simon Westeros of being a show-stopper.”

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"..."

For a time, not only newspapers, but even major radio and television stations in North America were involved in this discussion, and began to be keen to find various evidences that Simon Westeros could not have the ability to film "Lola Run"

, San Jose, where Simon grew up, once again welcomed many reporters from all over the country in a short period of time, and the number of reporters gathered around Simon's mansion also expanded again.

On the other hand, Simon's team also quickly counterattacked. However, they did not rush to clarify the facts, but pointed the finger at Mark Hollington, who published the questioning article in the New York Times.

Early the next morning, Daenerys Films issued an official statement through the Los Angeles Times, rebuking Mark Hollington for making the decision that it was impossible for him to film "Lola" based only on Simon's upbringing.

The conclusion of "Run" is a kind of arrogance and prejudice stemming from one's own incompetence, and even a kind of discrimination against the people at the bottom of the Federation based on the shallow sense of superiority of the wealthy middle class.

In the United States, the big label "discrimination" is really too destructive.

Mark Hollington responded immediately and publicly stated that he only asked Simon Westeros to stand up and prove that he had the professional ability to film "Lola Run" and did not have any discriminatory intentions.

This time, Simon did not respond.

However, an article soon appeared in the New York Post, owned by News Corporation, refuting Mark Holling's request for a person to "prove his innocence" as a very bad and scoundrel move. Since Mark Holling

Don believes that "Run Lola Run" was not filmed by Simon Westeros, so he should personally provide solid evidence. Otherwise, hastily raising questions is a serious violation of other people's reputation rights. Simon Westeros is completely

There are sufficient grounds to initiate a reputation infringement lawsuit against it.

After such a confrontation, Mark Hollington, who was unable to resist, suddenly fell silent.

However, now that the public opinion storm has arisen, it cannot be easily eliminated. In the following days, more details of Simon's growth history were unearthed, through the analysis of the content of the "Run Lola Run" film, and even through a mess of "Hollywood insiders"

Despite the information provided, various doubts still come one after another.

With the help of WMA, Fox Pictures, Orion Pictures, etc., Simon also went back and forth to show off his skills.

At the same time, Brian De Palma, David Giller, Robert Redford and other Hollywood insiders who are close to Simon have also begun to endorse Simon.

In addition, after two days of emergency consultations, Fox Film President Ronald Goldberg approved Amy Pascal's resignation application in advance.

Daenerys Pictures immediately held a press conference to announce that Amy Pascal, the former Fox Film Vice President of Production, will join Daenerys Pictures as the company's president.

The announcement of this news has undoubtedly made many members of the public, who have begun to waver under the influence of all kinds of bombarding and questioning news, once again strengthen their confidence in Simon. After all, if Simon is just a young man with an appearance, he will definitely

It was impossible to recruit a vice president of a major studio to work for him.

However, some newspapers soon took the initiative to reveal the 'truth', claiming that Amy Pascal switched to Daenerys Pictures just to be personally responsible for the upcoming investment by Fox Pictures with Simon Westeros as the 'producer'

"Dead Man", this just shows that Fox Pictures has doubts about Simon Westeros' ability.

This fuss and fuss continued until Friday, March 13th.

Many things have also reached a critical point.

Because on this day, the box office data for the tenth movie week in 1987 was officially released.

The media turmoil during the workday inevitably caused many ordinary people to have doubts about the truth behind "Run Lola Run", but in just a few days, the film's box office did not suffer much.

In the new week, the box office of "Lola Run" finally reached US$25.62 million, with a cumulative box office of US$57.71 million.

Obviously, just the large-scale nationwide release in the first week almost doubled the North American box office of "Lola Run". In the next two to three weeks, as long as there is not a big drop, the total box office of "Lola Run" will be

will successfully break through the US$100 million mark.

Following "Run Lola Run" is still "Lethal Weapon".

The $15 million big-budget movie grossed $8.82 million in its first weekend.

Although the screen size is more than RMB 100 more than that of "La Lola Run" and its reputation is not bad, the box office appeal of "Lethal Weapon" is obviously far inferior to that of an 'event movie' like "Lola Run"

In comparison, the box office scale is naturally only one-third of that.

Even counting the subsequent "Platoon", "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3" and "Angel Heart", the last four movies in the top five at the box office this week only had a combined single-week box office of US$27.63 million, which was completely compared to "Lara Croft".

The box office figures for a movie like "Run" are comparable.

In the afternoon.

Inside the cliffside mansion in Los Angeles Palisade.

Katherine Bigelow took the coffee handed over by Janet, saw Janet sitting down next to her like a little girl, smiled and hid to the side to prevent her from leaning against her body, and then faced Simon on the other side of the sofa.

Said: "Have you not gone out these days?"

Simon looked at Catherine, who had just returned from Arizona, and was very moved. During this period, although there was a lot of trouble in the media, many people he had known over the past six months, including Brian De Palma,

David Giller, Sandra Bullock, Jonathan Friedman, etc. are all providing him with sufficient concern and support.

Hearing the woman's question, Simon nodded and said, "Yeah, I can't do much when I go out anyway, so I might as well stay at home."

In recent days, the number of reporters outside Simon's mansion has not decreased at all. In order to avoid these troubles, Simon either contacted the outside world by phone, or Mike Medowa, Pat Kingsley and others came in person.

, he himself did not step out at all.

This did make me feel a lot quieter. However, a lot of Simon's work basically stopped.

Although Ronald Goldberg approved Amy's resignation application in advance out of self-interest, Fox delayed and refused to sign the contract for "The Last Day" as soon as possible.

For the production of "The Butterfly Effect" a month later, although Fox will not secretly do anything like those others and has actively provided help, he is obviously waiting to see how the situation develops.

To be fair, this matter has continued until now. No matter what the outcome is, it will be difficult for Simon to completely get rid of doubts for a long time. Some things, even if they are false, are said ten thousand times, and it is difficult to clear them up.

Self-purification.

Catherine held the coffee cup. When she saw Simon looking at her, she turned her eyes slightly and said, "Then, what are you going to do next?"

"This matter should be settled," Simon replied: "I will go to New York tomorrow and have contacted NBC's "The Tonight Show". I will make some explanations and statements on the show next Monday."

Although Catherine had never encountered the current situation, she felt that this kind of matter could not be settled so easily, and asked: "Is this all right?"

"There will definitely be follow-up media actions to cooperate," Simon gave Catherine a reassuring look, and then asked the woman about her own affairs: "Where are you, I remember that the filming schedule happens to be this week, right?

?”

Catherine nodded and added: "However, I have to go to Oklahoma next week to pick up some exterior scenes. Then I will return to Los Angeles to do post-production."

The story of "Night of the Blood Corpses" takes place in Oklahoma, but due to climate, tax rebates, etc., the filming location was Arizona. In order not to look too outlandish, some additional exterior scenes were indeed needed.

Simon said: "I will help you then."

Catherine smiled shyly and said, "Some people will definitely say in the future that my movies were not shot by Kathryn Bigelow."

Simon smiled and said, "That's just right. I happen to have this problem too."

After chatting like this for a while, Jonathan Friedman, Mike Medowa, Pat Kingsley, Amy Pascal and others came to Simon's residence one after another. They will rush to New York tomorrow, so naturally everyone
Chapter completed!