Later that night, after a short conversation with Philip and Timothy, Sam drove Claire to his home due to her fear of being left alone in her bed, so she notified Sam that she was going to stay with him tonight.
The next morning, Sam wakes up with Claire in his arms, who is sleeping soundly, possibly exhausted after last night's bed-battle in his room.
A few minutes later, Claire awakens and looks into his eyes. After a few seconds of eye contact, both headed to the bathroom to refresh themselves.
Sam was lost in thought while he ate his breakfast.
Claire inquires, "What are you thinking about? Last night's box office revenue, correct?"
Sam smiled and responded, "Yes, but it will be another two hours before the collection sheets are faxed at the office."
Sam was actually considering how many Fame points he could earn from this film since he rewrote the entire script.
Following that, Sam takes Claire to their recently purchased restaurant to check out the work being done.
Claire, who is watching the workers working on the reconstruction, asks, "Why did you decide to buy a restaurant property right now? As we are currently experiencing an economic downturn!"
Sam said, glancing at her, "I bought this property since the economic price of the land is low. And my objective is not to make money from this place but rather to have a private space to discuss future ideas, because you know how I dislike having my own privacy infringed by those reporters."
Claire nodded in agreement, knowing Sam dislikes it when people try to write about his personal life in the newspaper.
"And another reason is also simple: this new resort-type restaurant will also help us in hosting some big parties to celebrate our movies and help us make connections," in the opinion of Sam.
After watching the construction for a bit, Sam and Claire proceed to the company, as the Theater Alliance is going to distribute box office collection sheets at any given time.
After arriving at the office, Sam instructs Philip to send him a copy of the collection sheet, as soon as it arrives.
10 minutes later, Sam held a copy of the box office collection in his hand, which showed $5 million in revenue from 900 screens across the United States, as well as an 'A+' audience satisfaction rating. And both Canada and Mexico will also show the movie simultaneously tonight.
The audience's satisfactory score represents their interest in the film, willingness to see it again at the theater, and recommendations to others.
Audiences, media, and industry insiders were also impressed by the 3D dynamic logo of 'pitch-black' pictures, which also read 'A Sandles Media company' at the bottom lines. Many studios, including the biggest ones, commissioned the SMD company to create their 3D animated logos at the same time.
Sam approached Claire and told her to inform everyone at the studios about the fact, they would receive a monthly bonus for the film's early success. Sam also received a greetings call from Timothy of Rekzon Studios.
Timothy was also thrilled today since he had been the one who made the agreement with Sparkling Studios to produce this movie as, the chairman of their company was not optimistic about Sam's script, which is also the reason that he did not attend the premiere last night.
Additionally, as expected outcome of this movie, Timothy's decision to produce the this films will be communicated to the shareholders, while the chairman's mistakes of ignorance will also be noted at the shareholder meeting.
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On the other hand, at the Big E studios in the chairman's office, Lewis obtained information on the horror film produced by Sparkling Studios. He punched the desk again and inquired, "I heard from somewhere that this movie's script was sent to our studios."
The secretary was sweating as she reacted to his inquiry because Lewis was the one who rejected the script for this film without spending any time looking at it because he was dissatisfied with Sam for hiring Philip as his CEO.
Lewis also told the development department not to accept scripts from Sparkling Studios in the future, which somehow succeeded in getting Sam's ear, and Sam also instructed Philip not to send any of their new scripts to Big E Studios because he was not interested in wasting time with fools.
Two days later
Sam packed his belongings with the help of Claire in the early morning because he does not have any servants at his house and he dislikes outsiders entering and touching his personal belongings.
As a result, maids from Claire's house cleans Sam's house on weekends, while Claire instructs her maids to do so.
Sam was ready to return to England today because everything was normal at the company and the movie had been released without incident.
But before all that, he looked at the system panel.
Name: Sam Sandles
Health: 100/100 (full health)
Skill: {Director (medium)
;management (medium)
;Driving (medium)}
FP: 2,190,900
Sam felt this system seemed very useful and significant; therefore, he was pleased to see the Fame Points rising.
While he also increased his driving skills to medium, which can go hand to hand some professional racers.
Over the course of these three days, almost two million people saw his film, and at a budget of $5 million plus $3 million for promotion, the box office collected a total of $24 million, which was three times the amount of the total budget they made in the first week alone.
And by the conclusion of its theatrical run, this film may have made over $50 million if it remains in theaters for a period of four weeks at the minimum.
Since Sam's flight is at noon, he sat in Claire's car, and they drove to the airport.
When Sam arrived at the airport, he indicated, "There's no need to wait with me; you can leave if you're busy."
Claire shook her head. "It's fine; I don't have anything urgent to do today, so I'll wait with you."
Sam smiled when he heard from Claire, and they spent nearly an hour discussing some interesting Hollywood gossip.
Sam said goodbyes to Claire and advised her to be cautious while driving away.
Watching Sam board the plane, she went back to the studios.