Hollywood Road

When Gal Gadot finished speaking, the living room became quiet. Gal Gadot had just been eighteen years old, and Murphy chased her. The two have been together for almost ten years. The understanding is not too deep, you can guess the intention of the other party without saying some things.

In fact, Murphy has always been very clear that the fiancee has always had opinions on Diego Rose's affairs, but he hasn't done too much, so he never said it.

After all, Gal Gadot was a law student and he was more cautious in his work.

But with their status and status, being cautious is not a bad thing.

"It turned out to be so." Murphy lifted Gal Gadot's face and kissed her forehead. "Thank you, dear."

Gal Gadot smiled, did not say anything, Murphy clearly understood her meaning.

Murphy certainly knew that this was not a lawless primitive society.

This is a society where there are rules. Breaking the rules is likely to provoke punishment. He once wandered at the most marginal position of the rules. Knowing the risks in it, that time was not to take a risk. From that time on, he Never did such a risky thing again.

Some people may think he is timid and weak, but this kind of thing really has nothing to do with cowardice, but with the mind.

When you have nothing, you can naturally fight for everything; when you have capital, the so-called fight will be limited to the scope of the rules.

This is the simplest truth.

The reporters who were besieged at the entrance of Wave Manor did not leave because the owner did not show up. There was a strong momentum that Murphy would never give up if he could not interview.

After two days of fermentation in the Hollywood Chinese Theater shooting incident, more and more media began to rely on the identity and motives of the murderer in "Dark City." Affected by the shooting incident, the North American box office of this film also appeared briefly. After a major shock, on the second day of the shooting, he only received less than two million dollars in a single day, setting a new low since the release.

In the following two days, the single-day North American box office of "Dark City" has been hovering at a little more than $1 million. It seems that the appearance of the Hollywood Chinese Theater shooting incident has overdrawn all the energy of "Dark City" in advance.

In addition, society and the media condemned the gunmen and sympathized with the injured.

Three days after the shooting, the Los Angeles police convened the first press conference on the circumstances of the case, and formally revealed a lot of information to the outside world, as well as the latest progress of the case.

Murphy has been following the shooting at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood, and also watched the police press conference through the live broadcast of CNN News.

The information leaked by the police at the press conference was almost the same as what he had obtained before.

After three days of investigation, the Los Angeles police confirmed that the red baseball cap was the key to the case, and determined that the red baseball cap was dissatisfied with Murphy's "Diego Rose" because of the status of a Catholic believer, and spread news that was unfavorable to Murphy everywhere. , May be the motive that triggered the gunmen's murder.

On the other hand, they confirmed that the gunman is most likely a fanatic of Murphy or "Dark City". The color ball and "I am the agent of chaos" left on the scene are all evidence of this.

The most important aspect of hunting down the perpetrator is that the police have not yet caught anyone, but they have announced the possible identity of the gunman to the media. A white man with short and medium black hair, about 5 feet 11 inches tall, and a bloated body!

As the Los Angeles police publicly convened a press conference to confirm some of the status of the case, Murphy also ended his short retreat in the manor. Twentieth Century Fox had related meetings that he needed to attend.

But Murphy didn't want to be disturbed by reporters, so he rented a helicopter, picked him up on the apron inside the manor, and flew directly to the Fox Building. The top floor of the building also had apron, so that he could easily get rid of the reporter's enclosure.

"It seems that we also need to buy a helicopter."

Just as the helicopter took off, Murphy said to Gal Gadot, "This way my ears are much cleaner."

"Is it really clean?" Gal Gadot pointed outside, and the engine roared. "The noise is a bit loud."

At the door of Wave Manor, many reporters watched a helicopter land behind the white villa, and could still hear the noise from the aircraft engine.

"Who is this?" A reporter asked curiously, "Come over to visit Murphy Stanton at this time? Or did you come by helicopter?"

Another reporter widened his eyes, "No, he wants to run!"

Others also suddenly realized that it didn't take long for them to see the helicopter taking off and flying towards the Century City.

"It's great to have money." A reporter couldn't help but envy. "You can also fly a helicopter to a place as close as Century City!"

Century City and Wave Manor are in Beverly Hills, not far apart.

The reporter next to him raised his eyes, "Murphy Stanton is avoiding us!"

"What can I do to avoid us?" another reporter said, "Can you fly up? Can you chase it?"

The first reporter directly raised his **** to the helicopter that hadn't disappeared, "Is it great to have money? There are a few bad money, so show off..."

No matter what the reporter said, they could only watch Murphy leave. Some smart people guessed that Murphy went to Century City, either the Fox Building or the Death Star Building where CAA was located, and hurriedly chased them.

When they reached Century City, Murphy was already sitting in the conference room of Twentieth Century Fox.

"The current situation is very unfavorable to us. Many media have already planted this matter on "Dark City."

In the conference room, Carla Faith looked serious, "The Dark City was so smooth before. Don’t look at the media who sang hymns before the incident, but I hope we have many unlucky people. I’m afraid there will be many at this time. People jumped out and stepped on our foot."

"A lot of media have done this." Bill Rossis took over the topic and said, "There are many newspapers attacking "Dark City" and Murphy, saying that it is their unlimited movie violence. The root cause of the shooting incident."

Although Murphy didn't say much, he was very clear that this kind of case under the banner of a magician does not make people think that "Dark City" is a strange thing. The current public opinion can be said to be a normal situation.

"The Hollywood Chinese Theater shooting incident has affected the box office trend of "Dark City"!" Carla Faith continued, "The North American single-day box office has continued to decline in the past three days, and the audience has obviously been negatively affected by public opinion and events. "

The perpetrator of the shooting may be an admirer of the magician. The case also happened before the screening of "Dark City", which will inevitably affect the viewing choices of some movie fans.

It is impossible for this kind of thing to happen without affecting the film.

Everyone present, including Murphy, knew this.

Kara Feith added, "I have already greeted the company, and Fox's media will fully cooperate with us and guide public opinion appropriately."

Murphy nodded, "I think this shooting can be guided to personal behavior."

"Yes." Carla Faith agreed. "Not every violent incident that imitates a movie comes from the movie. It is the individual who has the problem!"

This kind of nonsense is not difficult for the news media and people like them.

Since Kara Feith went to the Wave Manor to meet Murphy that night, Twentieth Century Fox has formulated relevant propaganda and public relations strategies and started crisis public relations.

"One more point." Bill Rossis reminded, "Regardless of the murderous manual machine, the shooting occurred in front of the theater where "Dark City" is about to be shown. Among the dead and injured, there are also plans to go to the Chinese Theater in Hollywood to watch " People of "Dark City", we also have to do something, especially for the dead and injured."

"These things..." Murphy took the initiative to say, "Leave it to me to do it."

He, the director or other leading actors in the film, is the best person to visit and condolences to the wounded.

"Let a few leading actors accompany you." Carla Faith suggested.

Murphy thought for a while, "At this time, James had better not show up for the time being."

James Franco is now facing more pressure than his film director.

"This way..." Murphy said to his agent, "Bill, you say hello to Maggie and let her go to the hospital with me and Gadot, and Henry Cavill."

"Maggie is okay." Bill Rossis is also Margot Robbie's agent. He thought for a while, "Henry Cavill was filming in Africa, and I guess he won't be able to return."

"Well, I, Gadot, and Maggie go together." Murphy immediately made a decision, "You should communicate with the police and the hospital as soon as possible, and cooperate with our media partners to see when it is convenient for us to pass."

Bill Rossis nodded, "No problem."

Now that the matter has reached this point, avoidance is not a way at all, it can only be resolved as much as possible, and shootings are not a big deal in this country. Something happens every year.

The meeting soon dissipated. Everyone prepared their own work. Murphy boarded the helicopter again. He knew very well that the North American box office in the original film situation would inevitably be dragged down.

At the same time, in a small office building in the beach area of ​​Santa Monica, Archbishop Marquez Costello, who had just returned from the Vatican, was watching a video of the Los Angeles police press conference on the shooting at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

He didn't expect that when he went to the Vatican, Los Angeles would have such a favorable situation.

"Have you investigated?" Archbishop Marquez Costello turned off the TV and asked the assistant standing aside, "Make sure that person is a devout Catholic."

The assistant said decisively, "Very sure! He not only goes to church regularly every week, but also maintains the church on the Internet several times and attacks Murphy Stanton."

Archbishop Marquez Costello stood up and walked a few steps in the office. "This is a good opportunity to fight back!"