America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM

Chapter 223 222. Eight Li Family

Justin Timberlake, before the bad things he did were exposed, was a super boy who was sought after by thousands of people, and was known as Boss Jia in China.

Because he is a person with a business sense, he has invested in many industries such as clothing, golf, and catering, and made a lot of money.

But since the incident was exposed, he immediately became a scumbag that was beaten by thousands of people and became trash that the world despised.

And the woman who suffered the most misfortune from him was not just Britney Spears. Almost everyone who fell in love with him ended badly.

Janet Jackson only collaborated with him once before her career plummeted and her popularity hit rock bottom.

In the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show performance, the diva-level Janet Jackson and the popular youngster Justin were specially invited to collaborate.

But at the end of the show, Justin Timberlake suddenly ripped off Jenny's clothes, causing Jenny's right breast to be exposed to the camera.

Even though the director hurriedly cut the scene, the scene was still seen by more than 80 million viewers.

You must know that the Super Bowl is a national event, and the audience includes a large number of minors and children under the age of ten.

Although a scene showing breasts will not have a bad impact on people's mental state, not to mention the duration of the scene is very short.

But this is still a serious broadcast accident. Who makes you a public figure? Who makes you a big star? You must take this responsibility.

After the performance, Major League Rugby, broadcaster CBS and producer MTV all received a large number of complaints.

The FBI launched an investigation into the incident, and some angry viewers went straight to litigation, demanding sky-high mental damages.

As the two centers of the incident, Jenny publicly apologized in front of the media, saying that it was an accident and she did not expect that her bra would be torn. She had no intention of promoting herself by exposing herself and did not want to feel sorry for anyone.

And Justin Timberlake still carries forward his fine tradition, pretending to be dead and talking about him.

He did not admit that he was responsible. He just said that he was not careful at the time, that he was too excited when singing, etc., and used vague words to shirk responsibility.

In an instant, the media and public all pointed their fingers at Janet Jackson. Who asked you to apologize?

If you don't apologize, everyone can only regard all parties involved as responsible persons. But if no one else apologizes, and you are the only one who apologizes, then you are the responsible person.

Otherwise, you are not the responsible person, so why are you apologizing?

If you knock someone down, it wasn't you who knocked him down, so why are you trying to hold him up!

But in a subsequent interview, Jenny said she was coerced into apologizing because she was about to release a new album.

Interested parties such as her management team and record company all hope that the situation will calm down as soon as possible and force her to apologize and ask for forgiveness quickly so that the album release will not be affected.

This decision is obviously very wrong, and it is exactly the same as the child molestation case in Maidu in 1993.

At that time, the management team reached a settlement agreement with the Chandler family. McQueen was touring abroad at the time. When he came back, he found that the deal was already done. Everyone around him was trying to persuade him not to let the lawsuit affect his career, so he could only give him money to go private. His eldest sister Toya also stabbed her in the back.

After Jenny apologized, Grammy, MTV, etc. all wanted to ban her, saying that she must take full responsibility and clean herself up.

And there are rumors that after the incident, Justin went to MTV and CBS in private, apologized to the heads of the two companies in person, cried bitterly, and gained understanding.

But Jenny didn't go, so all the fingers were pointed at her.

This incident caused Janet Jackson's career to plummet. She was originally known as the Four Queens along with Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Madonna.

After entering the new millennium, the record industry as a whole was in a slump, and the sales of the other three people all dropped a lot. Only Jenny continued to maintain an advantage, but she fell behind instantly after this incident.

But Justin Timberlake was not affected, and instead used this to increase his popularity.

The truth of the Super Bowl incident cannot be verified. Was it an accident or intentional? Who designed the bra-pulling part? Is Jenny absolutely innocent? Is Justin a victim?

But Justin apologized to Jenny for this incident more than ten years later. If it has nothing to do with you, why do you apologize? Why apologize if you insist that you are not at fault? Also being coerced?

Even assuming the worst, Jenny and Justin planned it together.

So should Justin stand up like a man? His cowardly behavior is obviously to evade responsibility, which shows that his character is corrupt.

Now that Eric knew, he had to prepare for the worst and treat it as if it would happen.

It is obviously impossible to persuade Jenny to withdraw from the Super Bowl at this time, the contract is already signed.

We can only take precautions in advance. Don't have an accident when the time comes. "The Voice" will definitely be criticized and lose before the competition begins.

The box office of "Saw 2" in its second week was released. It dropped 53% in North America, which was a little more, with a box office of US$25 million.

It has been released in some overseas countries and has taken in US$21 million at the box office, and the global box office is about to exceed 100 million.

The box office success naturally drove up MGM's stock price, which rose another 2.23% to about US$11.6 billion, which is very close to 20th Century Fox.

As long as there is another hit or a few profitable works, it is certain to surpass Fox.

As for contender "Dead Silence," it's been consigned to the trash heap.

Like "Saw 2", "Dead Silence" has gradually begun to be released overseas, but unfortunately, the overseas box office is as bad as in North America.

Any movie has certain limitations. Just like martial arts movies cannot go outside Asia, European and American horror movies can generally only be enjoyed in Europe and the United States, while Japanese, Korean and Thai horror movies are spread in Asia.

Therefore, American audiences do not recognize "Dead Silence", and the same applies to Europe and South America. The cultural similarities lead to the same starting point for viewing a movie, and they all think it is terrible.

Judging from the current overseas box office trends, "Dead Silence" will be a hit if it can collect more than 10 million US dollars. Analysts predict that the global box office of this movie will be difficult to exceed 40 million US dollars. Lionsgate has paid a loss, so we can only hope. in the DVD market.

At the same time, the development momentum of YouTube is very gratifying, and it can still attract tens of thousands of registered users every day after the peak.

The influence of shoulder shaking dance continues to spread, not only in Europe and America, but also in Asia, there are many imitators.

To paraphrase Howard Hughes, it was like a whirlwind that couldn't stop.

The funny music short film "ppap" shot by Mykop has also been officially launched on the market a few days ago.

As expected, the interesting videos are still interesting even if they are more than ten years apart, and "ppap" quickly spread.

Since only the first half of the song was intercepted, it was very difficult to imitate, far less than the shoulder-shaking dance. Imitation videos appeared on YouTube as soon as it was released.

With his exaggerated movements and magical expressions, paired with simple and catchy lyrics, the Japanese-American named Yamanaka suddenly became popular.

Clubs, bars, and talk shows have already invited him to perform on stage. Unfortunately, the copyright of the song belongs to YouTube, not to him personally, so he has no right to sing it.

For this reason, Yamanaka specifically applied to Oil Pipe, and the company did not embarrass him and chose to authorize it.

He gets 80% of the profit from engaging in any activities related to "ppap", 80% from YouTube, and 20% from Yamanaka.

Don't be too little, two achievements is enough for you to eat and drink. After all, you are just a little-known performer.

You didn't participate in the creation, the recording, and the promotion. What more could a wage earner want?

Without you, there would still be Nara and Akimichi in the mountains. Taking 20% ​​of it is already God’s gift and favor. Please kneel down and thank me.

Beverly Hills, Nicole's house.

"Jenny, just as I expected, your cooking skills are really great, not inferior to those Michelin chefs."

As Eric ate ​​his food, he boasted about one of his future mothers-in-law.

Chefs like to be praised for their cooking skills, and Jenny happily cut another steak for Eric.

"Eric, it's such a pleasure to communicate with you. Nicole's father rarely praises me. He only eats. When he's full, he sits on the sofa and watches TV, or goes to the study to read."

"This is normal Jenny. Anthony has enjoyed your good craftsmanship for decades, and he has become accustomed to it. I think he must have often praised you when he was young."

Nicole agreed: "Yes, I remember when I was a teenager, my father often praised you for your beauty."

"Humph! He is reading stupidly. He studies psychology all day long and uses the results of his research on others. He should study my psychology more."

"Eric, I heard from Nicole that your parents have maintained a good relationship for decades."

Eric nodded slightly: "Yes, the two of them rarely quarreled, at least in my memory. My parents got married when they were about thirty years old. At that time, they were mature and understood. Whatever you want.”

"So when they found each other, they lived happily ever after. Of course, both of them have very good personalities and tempers. This is also the main reason."

Jenny looked pleased: "It's not easy to see such a couple in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Your parents are lucky to be in love, and even more lucky to have an outstanding son like you."

Jenny's words are really not a casual compliment. The entertainment industry is well known for its chaos, and Hollywood's chaos is even more famous around the world.

The representative figure among them is Elizabeth Taylor. Although this aunt is a good friend of McQueen, her emotional life is also unusually chaotic.

When many people talk about the movie with the worst loss, they immediately think of "Cleopatra", which started filming in 1960 and cost about US$44 million. Calculating inflation and other factors, it is equivalent to about US$500 million today.

The final box office was about 20 million US dollars, which was worse than the loss of "Windtalker", and "Captain Marvel 2" was nothing compared to it.

One of the reasons why the movie suffered so badly was that it was boycotted because Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton got together, and they were both married at the time.

The news immediately became a global trending topic, and even the Vatican came out to criticize their lifestyle. As a result, the two of them were spurned, and the movie also suffered.

But this derailment was just a minor incident for Elizabeth Taylor. She had gone through eight marriages in her life, just like a joke.

Many of them involved cheating on married women, working as mistresses to steal men.

The brand "Balishijia" appeared too late, otherwise she should be asked to endorse it.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are also classic cheating couples, and Madonna and her husbands, Kim Kardashian, really treat it like a game.

In this vanity fair, growing old together is almost futile; not many people like Eric's parents can maintain a happy marriage for decades.

However, Eric has 100% trust in his mother, a devout Christian, but he is skeptical about his father, thinking that the other party must have had an affair.

For example, he always felt that the relationship between his father and Susan was unusual, but the old guy handled it very well and found no clues.

The meal was enjoyed by both the guests and the host. Jenny was so amused by Eric that she happily went to clean up the mess.

"You have a smooth tongue, Eric Cooper. You have deceived so many women with your clever mouth."

Nicole poked Eric with her finger, but he bit him, and then picked her up by the waist.

"Oops, wait don't do this, my mom can see it."

"Just see it when you see it. She already knows it, right?"

"Knowing your size, she only knows that I have a crush on you, but she doesn't know that the two of us have been having sex secretly for a year."

Hearing this, Eric suddenly felt a little dazed. It had already been a year. Unknowingly, the two of them had been together for a year. Time flew by so fast.

He carried Nicole towards the bathroom: "You can't see it from here."

"No! Do you think everyone else is a fool? Seeing the two of us disappear together, my mother knew that she must have done nothing good."

"Baby, these days in China, I almost miss you, you always have to help me."

"It's weird to believe you. No one cares about you there. You don't know how much fun you have. Take your hands away and don't touch me."

Well.

Nicole was caught and the two kissed passionately, and her resistance began to weaken.

The land had not been irrigated for several days, and Neeko soon began to pant.

The villa is warm, so the clothes you wear are not thick at all.

Eric pushed up, and the off-white sweater had been rolled up.

The color of this underwear is so cool!

"Wait, I really can't, honey, it's too embarrassing!"

"oops!"

"Eric, you guy"

"Pfft. What's wrong with me?"

"Come in, we must fight quickly!"

"As you command!"

When Eric left, he said goodbye to the smiling Jenny, and found no strangeness in the other person's face.

After he left, Jenny immediately glared at Nicole: "Girl, you seem to be a little forgetful, and you are too courageous even in your own home. You should at least take my existence into consideration."

"Sorry, Mom." Nicole turned her head awkwardly.

"And the situation seems to be different from what you said. This is not as simple as good feelings. What is the relationship between you two? Tell me honestly!"

After Nicole finished explaining, Jenny sighed: "Daughter, you have chosen a difficult path."

"I know."

"Actually, I don't quite understand. Do you think there will really be a result between you two?"

"I don't know, but I hope there will be."

"Oh! Nicole, Eric is really nice to you? Apart from his sweet mouth."

"He gave me 1% of the shares."

"What?"

"On the eve of MGM's listing, he gave me 1% of his shares, which are now worth more than 100 million."

Jenny took a step back: "Okay, pretend I didn't say anything, I wish you happiness."

"Haha. Don't be like this, Mom, do you have any good suggestions?"

Jenny pondered for a moment: “There is only one step I can think of.”

"Say it!"

"child."