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This small island in the Caribbean Sea belongs to a business group and is specially used for external rental. Not only church rooms, but also various entertainment facilities are available. From the residential area, passing a coconut grove, the space is suddenly open. In front of me is a soft sandy beach, which is stained golden by the reflection of a large bonfire; further away, there is a quiet sea, the sea buffers the edge of the sandy beach, tenderly like a wet kiss from a lover.

However, none of this can attract people's attention. The most eye-catching is the beauties on the beach. Their bodies in swimsuits are healthy and well-proportioned. The smooth lines represent the rigorous training once, even if Murphy is a layman. Looking in the past, you can guess that these people are either models or have been models.

After a relatively rigorous wedding ceremony and banquet, the theme of this bonfire party is naturally carnival.

Compared with those who have no family and unrestrained situation, Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. and others are far away from that area and lit a bonfire alone. Murphy even stood by the grill and turned on the simple electricity. The grill took out some meat skewers and put them on it, trying to show off his craft.

Lamb, cumin, chili powder...Murphy once used to have a barbecue buffet in his hometown. The barbecue food stalls there are the hottest places in summer and autumn.

"Come here and get it..." Murphy put the tested meat skewers on the tray and greeted, "You must eat it while it is hot."

Gal Gadot came over to take the skewers and gave them one by one to the people sitting at the long dining table near the campfire.

Murphy grilled some beef skewers again, washed his hands in the basin, and returned to his seat with a sip of cold beer. Then he asked, "Bill, you just said there was a media invitation. Gail?"

Since "Man of Steel", Bill Rossis has also served as the agent of Gal Gadot's actor business.

"Gail is very famous and Wonder Woman is very popular." The person who answered the conversation was Robert Downey Jr., "As far as I know, many places have established Gail's fan organizations, and they are still calling for She continues to play Wonder Woman."

"Really?" Gal Gadot shrugged, "I guess there won't be a chance."

She only signed a contract with Warner Bros. and DC Comics. Now the cooperation between Murphy and Warner Bros. has completely broken down, and she never thought of continuing to act as Wonder Woman on the screen.

Even if this role is interesting, you can play role-playing with Murphy in private.

"What Downey said is the truth, and Gale really has a lot of fans."

After Robert Downey Jr., Bill Rossis found a chance to speak, "Or the media would not offer me an invitation."

Murphy asked with interest, "What invitation?"

Bill Rossis replied, "Victoria's Secret invited Gail to participate in the Victoria's Secret annual show this year. Anna Wintour wants Gail to be the cover character in July."

"Yeah." Murphy nodded slightly.

He knows this. As for whether he accepts it or not, he won't intervene. It's fine for Gal Gadot to call the shots.

Gal Gadot is very assertive, "Victoria's Secret invites you to push it. I haven't practiced stepping in many years, and I don't have so much time to practice."

Although she has been a model before, she has given up this industry for many years.

"Anna Wintour's invitation..."

An invitation from a fashion magazine is a great temptation for every woman. Gal Gadot is no exception. She thought for a while and said, "I need to think about this."

Needless to elaborate on Bill Rossis, Murphy also knew that Anna Wintour he was talking about was the prototype of Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wearing Prada", which is the American version of Vogue. Editor-in-chief.

Maybe it's the relationship that has been a model. Gal Gadot is very interested in fashion.

After eating kebabs, the two bachelors, Jonah Hill and Seth Rogen, just found a reason to leave, and went to the beach where the beauties gathered to have fun, and the topics of the remaining few people gradually turned to Movies, especially "Thor" and "City of Chaos" which are still in theaters, are the focus of discussion.

"This is the fifth weekend of theaters..." Bill Rossis knows all about Hollywood dynamics. "According to market authoritative predictions, Thor's North American box office may exceed 115 million U.S. dollars after this weekend. Now that blockbuster movies are being released one after another, and the sequence of films is severely squeezed, the final North American box office of this film should be between 125 million US dollars and 130 million US dollars."

James Franco interjected, "I remember the situation overseas is slightly better than in North America."

"Yeah." Bill Rossis nodded, "Overseas accumulation is nearly 140 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office of this film is difficult to exceed 300 million U.S. dollars."

"What about "City of Chaos"?" Lily Collins put down the vegetable skewers, wiped her mouth with a napkin, and said, "Can it be three times the size of Thor?"

When Murphy was drinking beer, Gal Gadot saw that he did not speak, and said, "Impossible. After this weekend, the North American box office is estimated to be close to 245 million US dollars."

Lily Collins said enviously, "The $250 million must be fine."

"But overseas is at most 300 million U.S. dollars." Gal Gadot sighed. "The world is probably around 580 million U.S. dollars."

Although this result is good, compared to the huge investment in the film, it is still not ideal.

"It has exceeded the expectations of Fox in the 20th century." Bill Rossis answered, "This film plus other peripheral income, cost recovery should not be a problem. The most important thing is a good audience reputation, which will build a certain degree. The audience base of the movie will be completely different when the second film is released."

Murphy put down the wine glass and said, "So, Bill, you have to communicate more with Twentieth Century Fox. The word-of-mouth marketing of this film can't stop."

The follow-up word-of-mouth marketing is very important, and it can be directly transformed into the box office of the first week of the second part in the future.

"It's a pity "Thor"..." Robert Downey Jr. shook his head, "Become the cannon fodder of "City of Chaos."

Susan Downey took the tissue from Robert Downey Jr., wiped her hands, and said, "This was originally a film that paved the way for "The Avengers." The $300 million box office is not bad."

Robert Downey Jr. spread his hands. "The problem is that the film's reputation is too bad. Not only will it not help "The Avengers", it will drag it back."

He looked at Murphy and said, “Under your influence, the attitude of the critics towards superhero movies is completely different from before. The simple and no-brained pure popcorn is hard to get praise.”

"The summer film..." Murphy said with a smile, "The influence of the critics is not great."

Robert Downey Jr. shook his head, "In general, this is true, but the problem is that the professional reputation of Thor is too bad."

Speaking of this, he changed a weird tone, "The biggest flaw in this film is to add the plot, don't have the plot, as long as the muscular man flies in the air to thunder and power down, it's okay, what kind of plot do you want? What kind of plot, the plot of the egg..."

"These film critics..." Robert Downey Jr. couldn't help shook his head. "Nowadays film critics can only abuse them."

Murphy also quite agrees with Robert Downey Jr's point of view, "The older generation of film critics, as the new generation of film fans become the mainstay of the market, their influence is getting smaller and smaller, and the newly emerging film critics are indeed relatively low in professionalism."

"Iron Man 2" has been bombarded by film critics. Robert Downey Jr. seems to have a deep resentment towards film critics. "Film critics have produced great figures like Andre Bazin, who have made great contributions to the development of the film industry. Has made outstanding contributions, but when the first batch of film critics with extremely high professional and professional qualities retired, what was the status quo of the professional film critics circle?"

Before anyone could answer, he himself said, "Nowadays, the quality of film critics is getting lower and lower. Apart from swearing, they cannot write any film reviews with real insights. Their own knowledge and professional quality are very poor. They write curses. What can be called a film review? What is a film review? Andre Bazin wrote in the film manual is a film review. Andre Bazin not only made comments, but also played a vital role in the development of the film. Although he is not a director, his theory of film has guided the development of the film industry."

The now fully commercialized Robert Downey Jr., like Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp, is not the dish in the eyes of professional film critics.

Correspondingly, Robert Downey Jr. has been scolded a lot and has no good feelings for professional film critics. He continued, "A true film critic must have deep cultural connotations, not just an understanding of pop culture, but also a professional understanding of movies. It should be equally profound. Originally, film review was supposed to be a very high-end profession, but now it is low-end, mixing in many people with very low professional qualities, these people in addition to using vicious and grandstanding text to win the interest of readers Nothing good."

Robert Downey Jr.’s words are not unreasonable. Even though he is more touted by professional film critics, he still has to admit that as the influence of the older generation of professional film critics is getting smaller and smaller, the overall quality of the new team of film critics Severe decline, it is not easy to see outstanding film reviews.

Most of these film critics only follow the trend, all commercial films will be defeated, and all fast-paced films full of visual impact will disdain, how can they have their own opinions? Even if sometimes their opinion is right, a film is really bad, but when they ask them to say why it is bad, the reasons they say are really shocking, and they don't have the most basic professionalism.

In the condemnation of Robert Downey Jr. to the film critics, the bonfire party came to an end. Murphy stayed here for one night and flew back to Los Angeles alone the next day to meet his lawyer Robert.