In his heart, Hook applauded her words. Many people tend to back down when they hear "impossible," but those who persist and reach the end might achieve huge rewards. Similar stories have happened in the film industry, the scientific world, the music industry, and many other fields.
Seniority and experience might help to some extent, but if you can't even stick to your own beliefs, how can you expect to achieve the success you desire?
"What do you think is the key to the success of your pirate movie?" Hook asked.
"We'll find out once the audience has seen it," Laila replied. She wasn't going to boast about her movie before it was even released. The 400 Million Declaration was already pushing her limits, and for her, actions spoke louder than words.
Blowing things out of proportion now would only make her a laughingstock. It would be better to achieve the desired results first and then boast about it.
Hook also felt that there was no point in asking further questions, so he changed the topic, "There have been rumors lately that Roy's move to AMG was due to problems in your relationship. Some people even calculated the days and said you haven't seen each other in almost two months. Is that true?"
Laila was somewhat exasperated. She hadn't realized there were people so bored that they would calculate such things.
"It's not like that. Ovitz is a very capable person, and Roy following him is an experiment of sorts. He talked to us before leaving, and we didn't see any issue with it. If he wants to come back, we'll welcome him without any hard feelings. As for not meeting in the last couple of months, it's because he went to work on a closed set for a shoot and won't be back until it's completed."
She intentionally added, "If he wants to come back, we'll welcome him without any hard feelings," to put some pressure on Ovitz. While she hadn't done anything to him for now due to her future plans, it didn't mean she had completely let go of the fact that he poached Roy.
Anyone who dared to intrude into her territory couldn't expect to keep their hands intact. Even if she couldn't strike now, the accumulated anger would eventually explode, causing the owner of those hands to lose even more.
Hook was a very experienced journalist, and he asked the questions that were currently of most interest to readers outside. People always thought it was admirable and enviable that "Entertainer" could get an interview with Laila anytime they wanted. However, their newspaper staff knew that even they couldn't just casually interview Laila whenever they pleased.
Only when their future boss was in a good mood or wanted to convey something to the public through their newspaper did they get the opportunity for an interview.
While it might appear that they released a lot of information about Laila each time, in reality, much of it was divided into multiple reports from a single interview. They published the time-sensitive topics first and then released the remaining interview content after some time.
People outside always thought that Laila was one of them, but who could know how difficult it was to interview her?
It was truly a tearful ordeal! So, Hook took advantage of this rare opportunity and asked all the questions he could think of. He had a memorandum filled with several pages of questions that he asked Laila one by one, and it took more than two hours for him and his team to leave, looking completely satisfied.
The next morning, as expected, "Entertainer" featured the interview with Laila on the front page of the entertainment section, occupying nearly half of the page. Even though this was only a quarter of the content of the questions asked the day before, the remaining content was enough to boost the newspaper's sales for three more editions.
Laila, who knew about this, could only smile wryly. Why did she have to deal with the media? She had played with them too much in her past life, and now she was tired of it.
After reading the newspaper, she was relatively satisfied with the content. It was her newspaper, after all. They wouldn't twist her words or exaggerate things like other media outlets. They put down everything she wanted to say.
This interview also unsurprisingly caused a sensation. Many readers who had been misled by the recent rumors about the "300 Million Director" finally remembered: indeed, 300 Million dollars was an incredible box office achievement, so why had they found it laughable?
In Hollywood, among so many directors, how many had achieved 300 Million in box office earnings with every single movie since their debut?
None, to be exact! Whether it was George Lucas, James Cameron, or Steven Spielberg, they might have made highly profitable films later on, but how much did their first films gross?
Because of an exclusive interview in "Entertainer Newspaper", the public opinion that had been led astray finally came back in the right direction and began to discuss Laila's miraculous box office positively. At this time, when people talk about the "300 million director", it is no longer a mocking tone but an admiring one!
When Faaris received the following news and knew that public opinion could no longer hype it up, he casually gave up on it. The original intention was to disgust the other party, but this time it lasted for several days and it was already good. Anyway, I still have time, so I can continue playing later.
Now he is more concerned about the new movie he invested in. The first "The 13th Warrior" was badly beaten by "Kill Bill". The quality and reputation of the movie are not on the same level at all. This was unacceptable to Faaris, who had always had smooth sailing and was obsessed with victory and success.
Now their new investment has allowed him to see the possibility of success. The sea, the big ship, the love story, the disaster... all the signs seem to be able to compete with "Titanic".
He also admired the great director Michael Bay hired for the movie. This director, known as Explosive Bay, was really good at it, especially his good friendship with American officials, which allowed him to easily borrow some real scenes. Weapons appear in the movie, which raises the quality of the movie to a high value worth looking forward to.
The failure of the last film was because Miss Faiza hadn't yet grasped the rules of the game in Hollywood when she had just arrived. But things were different now; he had a thorough understanding of this place. All he needed to do next was harvest success.
For this movie, "Pearl Harbor," he had great confidence. Miss Faiza's feud with Moran was not his concern. What he wanted was to establish himself in Hollywood with the success of this film and then control the market with the massive influx of funds!
Movies were a profitable tool!