Chapter 716

As night falls, in a wealthy community in North Hollywood, Howard Koch ends his walk ahead of time and walks into his own independent villa. Because his wife is taken to the east coast by his son for vacation, he is the only one left in the huge villa.

Entering the living room of the villa, Howard Koch turned on the TV and switched directly to Fox News. Just when he was walking outside, he received a phone call from his old friend Sidney Ganis. This time, he came home early because he was told that there was an important news he should see.

Fox News is similar to CNN. Every day's key news is rolling, and every hour is news time.

Sitting on the sofa, Howard Koch waited for a while and saw what Sidney Ganis said about the news.

"If Hollywood itself can't regulate the production of films, then the government and the church can help! As a widely spread cultural entertainment, film must be regulated and restricted. "

On the TV screen, an old man in the costume of a high-ranking Catholic priest is talking!

Yes, in Howard Koch's ears, the other side is talking!

"Archbishop of Marquez Costello..." Howard Koch's eyes were sharp and fixed on the TV screen. "What do you want to do? Do you want to take this opportunity to let the church restrict Hollywood again? "

As the new rotating chairman of the Academy of film arts and Sciences, Howard Koch is totally different from his predecessor Tom Sharak in temperament and personality. If the latter is relatively easygoing, he can be said to be a powder keg at one point.

At the end of the day, he couldn't help slapping the armrest of the sofa with a loud bang, even shaking off the remote control of the TV set.

Howard Koch stood up, his face full of anger.

"What do these Catholic people want to do?" He saw the end of the news and stopped caring about the TV. "How long has it been since last time? This is coming again. Do you want to take advantage of the shooting case at the Chinese Grand Theater in Hollywood to restore the influence of Catholicism on Hollywood? "

After two laps, Howard Koch gritted his teeth and said, "don't even think about it!"

The interview with Archbishop Marcos Costello really stimulated Howard Koch's nerves.

Hollywood's film industry has developed to the present prosperous situation, not to mention the church forces, even the federal government can not easily intervene!

It's hard to remember how the censorship system of Hollywood, led by Howard, could not be established since the 1950s.

Until Hollywood got rid of the shackles of the church, Hollywood films ushered in the rapid development stage from the 1970s to the present, completely defeated the European film competitors, and became the absolute overlord in the world film market!

What would Hollywood face if the church reestablished censorship? Howard Koch couldn't imagine.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and sciences will never allow this to happen again.

Murphy also saw the interview video of Archbishop Marcos Costello. There was no accident for the Archbishop to point his fierce words directly at him and the city of darkness. However, the other side was not an insider in Hollywood after all, and it was difficult to understand the subtle mentality in the Hollywood circle, which could only be understood but could not be explained. He was finally expanded again It increases the attack area.

"Maybe he can't see..."

In front of the hospital, when Murphy got out of the car, he said to Gail gado and Margot Robbie, "but he thought it was a good opportunity for Catholicism to spread its influence to Hollywood again."

If that is the case, the ambition of the Archbishop of Marquez Costello is not so great.

After all, the social situation faced by any church today is totally different from that in the past.

After that, Murphy took the lead in getting off the business car. With the attention of the reporter's flashing lights and camera lens, Murphy took Gail gado and Margot Robbie into the ward building of California Medical College.

They came here this time mainly to see the wounded in the shooting case of the China Grand Theater in Hollywood.

"May you recover soon."

Walking into the ward of the University of California Medical School, Murphy's three people pay close attention to each injured person, shake hands or salute each injured person with dignified faces, and do not refuse the request of taking a group photo with some people. Some young fans seem not to care about their injuries at all. They not only gather around to take a group photo with Murphy, but also use Facebook or twitter for the first time It's on the Internet.

In addition to flowers, Gail gado also presented some small dresses to the injured on behalf of Stanton studio, but they will not bear the medical expenses of these people, which has nothing to do with money.

Once Stanton studio or Murphy bear the medical expenses, they will be directly responsible for the case under some media hype with ulterior motives.

It's true that this society should be full of love, but love should be treated according to specific circumstances. Besides love, there are many people waiting for the opportunity to step on Murphy.Everyone who was injured in the shooting incident, Murphy went to the ward to see him in person. If the injury was not serious, he would have a few words with the other party.

Nearly a morning later, the visit to the wounded ended. As soon as Murphy, Gail gado and Margot Robbie walked out of the University of California Medical School, they were surrounded by countless reporters at the door.

"Murphy, what do you think of the shooting at the Chinese Grand Theater in Hollywood?"

From the shooting case to now, a few days later, the media finally blocked him, it can be said that the crowd is turbulent.

"The murderer is said to be an imitator of the magician in your film, isn't it?"

"Don't you think the scale of the city of darkness you shot is too large and you have to take some responsibility?"

"Do you feel guilty when you show up here because your movie has hurt others?"

Some reporters and paparazzi are quite impolite, "are you doing PR for Stanton studio, 20th Century Fox and your film" dark city "this time?"

Faced with so many questions, Murphy could not answer them one by one. After thinking for a while, he said briefly, "this time, I only represent myself, not any company or film. I also hope that no one will maliciously speculate that this is a public relations activity of the film."

The reporters still have to fight. Murphy made a downward gesture and continued with a painful tone, "words can't express the shock I felt. I don't think we can really understand the pain of the victims and their families, but my heart will accompany them."

CAA has prepared a public statement for Murphy, and Murphy has nothing more to say. He gets on the bus and leaves California medical school.

It is impossible for Murphy or 20th century fox to remain silent when the police confirm that the shooting is related to "dark city".

In the afternoon of that day, 20th century fox took the lead in issuing a public statement, saying, "after learning about this shocking tragedy, 20th century fox film company is deeply saddened. We extend our most sincere sympathy to the victims of the tragedy and their families. "

20th Century Fox also announced the cancellation of all on-the-spot publicity activities related to "dark city" to prevent accidents from happening again.

Anyway, there are few live publicity activities in North America behind the film, and the negative impact of the cancellation is also very small.

Murphy, on his own blog, twitter and Facebook, published a public statement carefully drafted by CAA and bill rosis.

"The shooting incident is a disaster, and I would like to express my deep sorrow to the innocent audience who suffered in the incident."

"I believe that film is a great art form in the United States. Watching stories in front of the big screen and sharing movie watching experience with the public is a very important and enjoyable way of entertainment. The cinema is my home. It's a disaster for me to see someone doing violence and murder in front of the cinema in such a savage way. For the innocent victims in this shooting case, no amount of words can fully express our grief. I just want to say that our hearts are with them and their families. "

The shooting at the Chinese Grand Theater in Hollywood has caused great repercussions at the social level. Even o'heitan, who is far away from the White House in Washington, also expressed concern..

At the latest regular White House news conference, he expressed his "shock and grief" over the incident and his mourning for the victims of the shooting.

Emperor Entertainment and AMC, two of North America's largest cinema companies, said in a statement that they would prohibit movie fans from wearing "costumes" that would make other audiences feel uncomfortable or wearing masks or carrying fake weapons into theaters.

Events are fermenting rapidly, whether subjective or objective, "dark city" can not be separated from this event.

Not only these events, but also affected the stock market. Affected by the shooting, the stock prices of the projection industry in the United States all fell by different ranges. The stock prices of IMAX company fell by nearly 6%, and the stock prices of AMG and Emperor Entertainment fell by more than 9%.

Many countries have improved the security measures of cinemas. In Britain and Germany, many cinemas prohibit the audience from wearing Cosplay costumes. In addition, security personnel are deployed in the lobby of cinemas to monitor everything in the lobby without dead space to ensure the personal safety of the audience.

It's no exaggeration to say that the shooting incident of China Grand Theater in Hollywood has changed the whole film screening industry.

As for Murphy, he is very clear that just a public statement on the social network is not enough. He is still waiting for the latest news from the police, and then according to the specific situation, he will be interviewed by the media.