The afterglow of the sunset reflected into the glass window, and after the reflection of the smooth tabletop, it fell on everyone, making them all wear rainbow-like colors, and matched with the old-fashioned cafe furnishings, it looked very dreamy.

Such natural colors are far from comparable to manual deployment. The crew is waiting for this moment. Everyone is busy and nervous. After the girl behind the camera shouts to start, all the busyness disappears at the same time, leaving only the dialogue between the heroine and the customer.

Sitting in the corner behind Natalie, Ryan just slowly sipped his coffee, and when he was bored, he found a newspaper to check out the recent entertainment and social news.

What attracted his eyes most was not only the almost crushing achievements of "Spider-Man" in the film market, but also the further critics' critics' critics' critics' critics' critics' critics' critics.

Because "Star Wars Prequel 2: The Clones' Attack" has released a trailer, this space opera has also not escaped the sarcastic tongues of those people.

"The mediocrity of "The Ghost Threat" is destined to bring no surprises to "The Clones Attack". In the trailer released, there is no existence worth watching except for Natalie Portman's Padmé. Even the addition of Ryan Jenkins only brings coolness and handsomeness to the movie. In short, this is likely to be a piece that ruins the entire Star Wars series."

After reading the New York Times, there are many similar views. Ryan naturally knew that the story of this Star Wars was a bit bad, but such space operas, stories, etc. were all floating clouds...

"cut! That's all today!"

Natalie's crisp shouts came over. Ryan put down the newspaper and was about to bring the coffee over. The Long Island girl had already left the director's chair and walked over.

She sat opposite her, picked up the coffee and took a big sip, rubbed her forehead, and her eyes fell on the newspaper.

"There are a lot of reports like this recently." Natalie turned the newspaper over. After reading it at a glance, she said, "Why are they all like crazy lately?"

"Because times have changed." Ryan naturally knew that what she was talking about was the professional film critics.

Natalie tilted her head and looked at Ryan, confused.

"This is an era where film critics are destined to decline."

Although Ryan did not have any regrets at all, he simply stated the facts, "Spider-Man was criticized by film critics, but still couldn't stop the rapid progress and the box office was sold out. In less than four weeks, the box office in North America had reached nearly $270 million."

After taking the coffee pot and filling Natalie with coffee, a few drops of brown liquid fell on the mirror-like table. Ryan turned a blind eye and continued, "The Internet age has arrived, information exchange is getting faster and faster, and the influence of paper media is declining. This is an indisputable fact around the world."

"It's true...so." Natalie nodded in agreement after wiping off the dripping coffee.

To Scarlett Johnson, who was taking off makeup, waved, and Ryan continued, "The era when film reviews influence movies are about to become a thing of the past. Now is the era when commercial films on the Hollywood industrial production line dominate the world. Film reviews have a much less influence on films than before, let alone affecting the market and audiences on a large scale. Film reviews can make a big hit in a movie. The era when commercial films can make the box office plummet..."

Ryan spread his hands and said, "It's over long ago!"

Even if this critic is called Roger Albert, in addition to his professional scope and older generation fans, his influence on the audience who occupy the vast majority of the market can only be described as minimal.

"They have been criticizing a movie so high recently..." Natalie is a smart person and knows that the fairness and justice of film critics is just a joke. "I want to show the existence of those people and show that they still have an extraordinary influence on the film industry, right?"

"It's a pity that it's counterproductive." Ryan shook his head and put the newspaper on the table aside. "The interests determine the position of the butt. The influence of the film critics in recent years has declined sharply, resulting in a sharp decline in revenue from film critics. For the sake of the industry and its own interests, they will definitely make the same sound at some point to demonstrate the necessity of their existence, but they are destined to be a group that is about to decline."

"Then there will be no critics?"

Scarlett Johnson, wearing a tight T-shirt and a short coat, sat next to Natalie, "Will this industry disappear?"

Ryan put a new cup in front of her and said while pouring coffee, "Of course not, because the producers always need critics to sway flags and shout to attract some older audiences, even if it is just in form, even if it is just to hit the award."

Natalie curled her lips helplessly, while Scarlett shrugged, "Just like you often do?"

Shaking his finger, Ryan did not answer and looked to the side. The crew was packing up the equipment under the command of the deputy director.

"Traditional critics can switch to the Internet." Natalie talked to her assistant for a few words, then turned to Ryan and said, "For example, blogs or something."

"Dear, the Internet belongs to the territory of the navy."

As soon as Ryan finished speaking, Scarlett seemed to remember something and put down the coffee cup he was holding, "This seems to be your team's specialty, I know."

"Isn't there any professional website like ImDB?" Natalie seemed to have the idea of ​​arguing.

"We won't talk about the professional navy on ImDB."

After knocking his finger, Ryan asked back, "Which movie is the highest rated movie on ImDB now?"

"Sometimes it's the Godfather, sometimes it's the Shawshank Redemption." Scarlett said first.

"The Godfather is too far away, so let's talk about the recent "Shawshank Redemption"." Ryan frowned slightly, recalling the market gains related to the film. "We don't discuss the artistic nature of the film, we only talk about the market and profits."

As if he knew Ryan would say so, Natalie made a gesture of asking for help.

"The film market can be simply divided into theaters and surrounding areas. "The Shawshank Redemption" was released once in 1993, and after the Oscar in 1994, it was launched in North American theaters once, and it won a box office of more than 28 million US dollars in two times."

What Ryan said is the box office results of movies in this life, which is almost no different from the previous life. "Although the media claimed that it was the most perfect movie in history because of the Oscar defeat, it entered the theater for the second time. The box office situation did not improve at all, and it was obvious that the theater market was not buying it."

"Now, it became a big winner in the video tape rental market in the following years," Ryan continued. "And the sales of TV copyrights have brought a lot of revenue to the movies, and how much is this revenue?"

"It's about 43 million US dollars now." This is not a secret in the industry, Natalie has heard of it a little bit.

"In my opinion, this movie will definitely become the first movie with IMDB rating in the future, and there may be media that continue to call it the most perfect movie." Ryan raised a finger and shook it in front of the two girls. "So popular with professional websites and professional film critics, do you think how much of the surrounding income of this movie can be accumulated in more than ten years?"

"Two million US dollars?" Scarlett said weakly.

“Not more than $100 million.”

The trajectory of this movie in this life and past life has not changed much. Ryan still remembers that in the materials I watched in the last year of my previous life, "The Shawshank Redemption" was a total income of about 88 million US dollars except for the box office of more than 28 million US dollars.

How much time does the video take from return to profit?

The cost of making the movie is $25 million. The cost of spending on publicity and public relations is not less than this number, especially when it is released for the second time, without paying a certain price. Those vampire-like theater chain chambers will bring a heavy prison theme back to theaters again?

“No one can deny the artistic achievements of The Shawshank Redemption, and few movies can replace its position among fans who like it.”

Seeing Natalie curled her lips, Ryan smiled, "But professionalism and art have never had a direct relationship with the market. Especially today, with such developed information, without the market, it means being eliminated by history."

He turned the topic to the beginning, "So. The recession in the film critic industry is inevitable. Even Roger Albert can't change it. How many new generations of viewers care about the voice of film critics?"

Natalie and Scarlett looked at each other, then picked up the coffee cup.

Ryan continued, "There will be no money to be scolded by film critics in the future. There will be more and more movies that fail the IDB score but can be sold at the box office. After all, the audience will choose movies instead of film critics and film review websites to choose movies for them."

"I'll classify it for you." Natalie put her hands on her chest and stared at Ryan with her brown eyes. "You have said so much, but in fact, you can summarize it in one sentence. What you need is the audience's movie tickets, not artistic and professional film reviews."

Seeing Natalie posing as a debating, Ryan simply looked at the girl next to her, "Ska, you can also express your opinions."

"Me?" She pointed to her chin, "Okay, I can't tell you anything else now. I only know that "The Princess Diary" is the biggest seller of all my movies and the most popular one. It also helped me realize a single movie pay of more than $10 million for the first time... Oh, this is calculated together, and there may be more in the future."

Scarlett suddenly hugged Natalie's arm and said with a smile, "But, I still like the character Sophia has prepared for me the most."

"Lost Tokyo?" Natalie looked at her, and Scarlett nodded, "Well, I guess I'm going to Tokyo in the second half of the year."

Just as they were chatting, the small crew had already sorted out. After saying hello, the deputy director led the team to leave.

"Let's go for supper." Ryan took the lead in walking out of the store, and asked Natalie beside her, "What do you want to eat?"
Chapter completed!