Hollywood:Starting out as an MV director

After several months of revisions, "Fifty Shades of Grey" was finally published.

The first print run was 100,000 copies, which is not a small number in the publishing industry, but it is not a very promising number either.

Because the editors all thought that the literary quality of this work was average, but the SM story was quite bold and gave people a refreshing feeling.

So they didn't know whether this work would be popular with the public, so they gave it a moderate publication volume.

On the day of the release, Judy was shopping with her friends.

"Judy, why didn't your boyfriend come today?" Her good friend Lena is a hot girl with a hot body. She wears a dark leather jacket, shorts, stockings, and has a nose pierced.

She and Judy met while playing volleyball at school. She is a very loyal person, not as bitchy as others.

"He, he's in the video store, his favorite Avril released a song."

"I like Avril too, she's cool."

As they were chatting, they walked near the bookstore and saw a huge poster on the glass of the bookstore.

It has the cover of "Fifty Shades of Grey" printed on it, which not only shows the backs of a man and a woman making love, but also has iconic elements such as handcuffs, whips, candles, etc. as embellishments, which can immediately make people understand what the book is about.

After seeing the whip, Lena suddenly stopped and pointed at the bookstore with her thumb: "Want to go in and take a look?"

"Okay." Judy didn't realize what her companion was thinking. She just thought she wanted to go in and read a book.

The two walked into the bookstore and were just about to find the location of the book when they noticed that there were a lot of people next to the bookshelf on the left.

Lena took Judy to the bookshelf, and sure enough, the book "Fifty Shades of Grey" was there.

"Who wrote this?" Judy picked up a book curiously and found that the author's name was Carmella, whom she didn't know.

Turn to the back and you will see a plot summary and recommendation.

But after reading it carefully, her face instantly turned red.

"College girl Anastasia Steele and young entrepreneur Christian Grey fall in love at first sight. They become partners in sadomasochistic games, and thus unfold a story of love and SM."

She glanced at the other girls who were discussing with their books, then looked at Lena and whispered, "Oh my God, Lena, this is too exciting."

"Isn't it good?" Lena seemed very excited. She looked at the cover of the book back and forth, as if she was planning to buy one.

"So what exactly is SM?" Judy knew a little about the term, but not much.

Lena came over and said, "It's torture, like whipping your butt with a whip, or handcuffing you to the head of the bed, and then FXXKYOU hard!"

Judy subconsciously covered her mouth and blushed at Lena's rude words, but some fantasies that shouldn't have appeared were born in her heart.

"Okay, I'll buy one, what about you?"

"I..." Judy bit her lip and replied inexplicably, "I'll buy one too."

Only after paying the bill did Judy finally feel the reality of her purchase of the adult novel.

She held the dark gray book in her hands and walked out of the bookstore with Lena. When the wind blew past her, her hot face finally cooled down a little.

On the way home, every time Judy met a girl of the same age, she couldn't help but look at her.

It turned out that quite a few people were holding this dark grey book, which made her feel like she wasn't that special.

She even saw some people opening the book while sitting in a cafe, and she didn't know what the reaction would be on their faces when they saw those explicit words.

Judy returned home with all kinds of distracting thoughts and went back to her room without saying goodbye to her parents.

She locked the door, then went to bed and tore off the plastic wrapping of the book.

After throwing away the packaging, Judy bent her legs, placed the book at the junction of her blue and white socks and knees, and began to read carefully.

This reading took three hours.

She stopped watching when she heard her parents shouting from downstairs.

Then Judy hugged the book in her arms, curled up on the bed, buried her head in the quilt, and made shy noises.

Like a cat in heat, Judy felt her body gradually heating up.

The various scenes and plots described in the book are so sexy and bold.

Judy, a good girl, couldn't bear such strong stimulation.

Not to mention the detailed descriptions of the romance between men and women, which are really shocking.

Just by reading the book, Judy's mind was filled with all kinds of pornographic content, and the male protagonist in her mind was the shy boy with glasses.

"Oh my God... I'm becoming so weird." Judy sighed, but suddenly heard footsteps downstairs, so she quickly stuffed the book under her pillow.

"Judy, it's time to eat," it was the mother.

"I'll be right out, Mom," Judy responded and got out of bed.

Then she suddenly realized that her lower body was a little wet. She touched her legs and found that they were covered with sweat without her noticing.

When she thought of the scene in her mind just now, Judy immediately covered her face to stop her gradually diverging thoughts.

At the same time, more people are discussing this book.

At school.

"Do you know Fifty Shades of Grey?"

"You mean the book about SM?"

"Yes, I just finished watching it yesterday. It was so good. I really want to replace the heroine in it and fall in love with the male CEO."

"But wouldn't it be painful to play SM?"

"It's fun to feel pain, and the male CEO is very gentle. The female protagonist didn't get hurt at all. I'm so envious..."

Within the family.

"Honey, what are you looking at?"

"Fifty Shades of Grey."

"What was written that made you so engrossed in reading it?"

"Take a look."

"Let me see... wax dripping? WTF?"

"That's right, husband, how about we try this tonight?"

"Aren't you afraid of pain?"

"It doesn't hurt me, I mean I'm dripping wax on you."

"Babe, you are crazy!

"Come on, honey, don't run!"

A week later, when Ethan received the sales data, he found that 90,000 of the 100,000 copies had been sold, far exceeding expectations.

The girls' love for the book was terrifying, and without much publicity, it sold out in New York through word of mouth.

Therefore, the publishing house plans to print an additional 200,000 copies in the next batch, and the printing factory has already started working at full capacity.

At the same time, Supreme Creative also promoted "Fifty Shades of Grey".

Since the establishment of advertising channels, the cost of promoting the company's internal works has been further reduced.

Especially in California, various promotional advertisements and billboards for "Fifty Shades of Grey" were everywhere, and many people learned about this work at once.

However, even though the book sold well, people in the industry criticized it.

For example, the famous romance writer commented after watching Fifty Shades of Grey: "This is a work that completely abandons love and is purely based on gimmicks and eroticism.

"The author bases the relationship between men and women on SM, which is illogical and has no narrative focus. Large sections of text are just about their lovemaking, which is undoubtedly disgusting and very opportunistic."

"At the same time, this novel lacks basic literary qualities and depth. Without a doubt, this is the worst work of the year, bar none."

In addition to him, some literary critics also expressed their opinions.

"It's a gimmick, with boring and low-quality writing and fantastic and distorted characters. The love between a 21-year-old girl and a billionaire? Sorry, there is no love, only naked desire and physical humiliation."

"It's a very fake work, like something a teenager could write. It's useless except for its explicit content. I don't recommend watching it."

"Love is an eternal theme, but Fifty Shades of Grey gets rid of this. It has found a more obscene way to attract readers to watch. Although it is exciting, there is nothing else worth remembering."

While industry insiders were criticizing "Fifty Shades of Grey", the sales of the book were increasing.

This is a very strange phenomenon. In the past, there was a positive correlation between reviews and sales.

Works with good reviews tend to have high sales, because readers pay great attention to the quality of the text and don't want to buy junk.

But in "Fifty Shades of Grey", the relationship is the opposite.

Although the reviews were bad, sales were increasing. Ninety thousand copies were sold in the first week, and this number doubled in the second week. Soon the publisher's printing speed could not keep up with the purchase speed.

Countless young people are discussing this work, and girls buying it can be seen everywhere in major bookstores.

To this end, the New York Times sent reporters to survey these readers and drew some conclusions.

"After interviews and sample surveys, we found that 70% of the readers of Fifty Shades of Grey are girls under the age of 23, the remaining 25% are housewives with families over the age of 35, and the last 5% are men."

"Among the 70 percent of young girls, 50 percent are under the age of 17."

"This is the most difficult group of people to reach in the traditional publishing industry, so it is not difficult to understand why the sales of Fifty Shades of Grey are still booming despite so many negative reviews."

"It satisfies young girls' sexual fantasies about their future partners, transforms SM into a normal interest in a gentle way, and makes all women who watch it feel relaxed and comfortable."

At the same time, the New York Times also released many readers' comments.

"I like this book. It makes me realize that there is another kind of relationship in this world."

"I love the male lead, he is so handsome and manly, he is my ideal type."

"It's an experience I've never had before. After Reading it, I was exhausted just by imagining it."

"Every girl should read this, it can be very helpful in choosing a suitable boyfriend in the future."

After this report came out, more girls became interested in the book, and within a few days, all the copies of Fifty Shades of Grey on the market were sold out.

This made the writers and editors in the industry dumbfounded, wondering why these girls were so crazy!

The name Carmella immediately became popular, and Ethan's mother kept receiving invitations from publishing houses and interviews from reporters.

This made the housewife, who had been devoted to her family for many years, feel helpless for a moment.

At Ethan's instruction, she accepted interviews from several mass media and prepared for it for several days.

Similarly, major newspapers across the United States have also published many articles on this book. Some attributed the success of the book to the awakening of women's consciousness, while others believe that it is completely sensational alternative literature.

But no one can deny that this book will become one of the best-selling books in 2004.

Out of curiosity and to attract attention, newspapers also conducted a series of interviews with readers of this book.

One of them was the most explicit.

"After reading this book, will you try SM with your partner in the future?"

This issue undoubtedly makes all conservatives feel uneasy, especially those old white men, who think this is simply outrageous and has deviated from the traditional American concept.

But the girls didn't care about that, they expressed their truest thoughts through voting.

"Sixty percent of people chose yes, 30 percent chose to consider it, and only 10 percent chose no."

This undoubtedly brought women's issues back into the public eye. The National Organization for Women in the United States issued a statement saying that whether to choose SM is a woman's right and freedom, and men need to respect women.

Many female celebrities have also come out to express their love for "Fifty Shades of Grey", although in Ethan's opinion, they actually want to gain the support of young girls.

But this also allowed more people to know about the book, so he was happy to see it happen.

In addition, talk shows and news on major TV stations have also discussed "Fifty Shades of Grey". The guests expressed different opinions, but generally chose to support the diversity of love.

After all, diversity is America's political correctness. Although it is not as crazy as it will be in the future, there are already signs of it.

It was amid this heated discussion that the sales of "Fifty Shades of Grey" continued to rise.

In just one month, sales exceeded 800,000.

And this sales volume has not declined and is still growing.

Ethan knew it was time to add fuel to the fire.

So at the beginning of the second month after the release of "Fifty Shades of Grey", Norton Eye suddenly announced that it had obtained the film adaptation rights of "Fifty Shades of Grey" and planned to start global actor selection in the second half of the year and complete filming before 2005.

For a time, the entire Hollywood's attention was focused on Norton's Eye. From this news, major film companies not only saw the strength of Norton's Eye, but also smelled the scent of money.

"Ethan! Universal, Columbia, Sony, and Paramount have all come to us!" After Jimmy walked into the office, he slammed the folder in his hand on the table.

"The investment for the movie has been secured." He didn't expect that the novel Ethan casually wrote would actually sell like hot cakes. This was simply incredible.

At first he thought Ethan was just playing around.

Ethan smiled when he heard his words: "Don't get excited, this is just the beginning. The investment in this movie is huge, and we have to choose the most generous one."

"So how much are you going to spend?"

Tang De hesitated for a moment and said, "Fifty million."

This number made Jimmy dumbfounded:

"Did I hear you right, Ethan? You plan to spend 50 million US dollars to make a movie?"

"Don't be surprised, Jimmy. Not every movie can be like Saw, with big investments and big returns. That's the secret of Hollywood!"

"Okay, you have the final say, but how much money can we make? We don't have any money to invest!"

"Don't worry..." Ethan smiled: "Although we don't have money, we have something more important, copyright. Now help me reject all the film companies, I want to make them anxious."

"No problem! This is my specialty!" Jimmy also laughed.

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