Movie Master

On January 25th, the Golden Globes ended; on January 27th, the nomination list for the Oscars was announced; on February 1st, the XXXVIII Super Bowl kicked off in Houston's Ryland Stadium.

After Phillip-Cook got off work on Friday, he and his friends drove straight to Houston to prepare for the annual Super Bowl weekend. Standing in the turbulent crowd at this time, looking at the mighty team behind him, Philip said triumphantly to his partners, "Look, I told you a long time ago, we must come here in the morning, otherwise we will enter The stadium will take at least two hours." The excited expression on his face is not at all like a thirty-four-year-old man. In the world of sports, the spiritual age of all men will always stay in the youthful age of enthusiasm.

"So what if you line up! I missed the Super Bowl last year, and I've been thinking about it all year. This time, even if Jasmine doesn't agree, I must come!" Guy-Vance excited Holding the support banner in his hand, looking excitedly at the noisy crowd, he yelled at his friend, "I'd like to line up!" He was even one year older than Philip, but at this time The excited posture is even more publicized.

This made Philip throw back his head and laugh.

"Grass! The Patriots are the champions!" "Let's see how the Panthers abuse you today, so that Brady can't find you!" "Go away, Brady only needs one finger to let you go home. Teach you, what is a champion!" "Go back to the backcountry of Foxburg! You can only play tricks!"...

The quarrels of fans not far away became more and more violent. Fans from the two camps were at war. The noise on the scene was pushed to the extreme in an instant. At this time, there were still ten hours before the opening of the Super Bowl, but the smell of gunpowder was already in the air. open.

As the number one sport in the United States, the appeal of rugby in the United States is unmatched by other sports. Even baseball, ice hockey and basketball must stand aside. As the final battle of football every year, the Super Bowl is the highest honor in the NFL league. It is equivalent to the Eastern champion and the Western champion competing for the championship together in the NBA. The Super Bowl is the stage for the American League and National League champions duel!

The two teams competing for the Super Bowl this year are the New England Patriots and the Carolina Panthers.

Philip also raised his voice and shouted there, "Go home! Patriot!" Then he looked back at Guy and laughed, "You better put away the aid towels first, or they will attack us en masse gone."

Both Philip and Gay are die-hard fans of the Indianapolis Colts. In the just-concluded 2003 season, the Colts broke into the playoffs under the leadership of quarterback Peyton Manning and entered the U.S. In the finals, but unfortunately lost to the New England Patriots, and finally watched the archenemy enter the Super Bowl stage. Therefore, the two of them are naturally opponents who support the Patriots, and they stand clearly in the supporter camp of the Panthers.

At this time, a young man standing next to him chuckled and pointed at the clothes of Philip and Guy, "I think you have exposed yourself."

Looking down, both of them were wearing Payton's No. 18 jersey. In an instant, everyone burst into laughter. The young man didn't mind, pointing to the Panthers jersey on his body, "Let's kick the Patriots back to Foxborough together!"

Shawn-Wells (Shawn-Wells) stood at the end of the crowd, looking at the boiling crowd in front of him, he couldn't wait to scream, "Ahhh!" Jimmy-Kane (Jimmy-Kane) standing beside him ) also held up the T-shirt in his hand, thought for a while, and quickly put the Patriots jersey he just bought on his body, and jumped and shouted with Sean, "Party! Party! Party!"

Two young men in their early twenties jumped on the spot, and soon the people around them gathered together. Fans of no matter what team they were, all gathered together and started playing while jumping. Driving the train, yelling frantically, "Party! Party!"

The temperature outside the Ruilante Stadium is rising steadily. Even the biting cold winter can't stop the enthusiasm of the fans.

Sean turned back to Jimmy and shouted happily, "I told you!" He is not a fan, he is a senior graduate of the University of Houston. They don't have much interest in rugby, and they usually play more basketball. But Sean believes that they should enjoy the tail of their youth wantonly before they enter the society in their last university career. This year's Super Bowl happened to be held in Houston, so he snapped up tickets for the Super Bowl early, intending to join this big party across the United States.

The same is true for Jimmy. He showed a big smile to Sean, and kept shaking his head to express his disbelief, "God! This is heaven!"

Undoubtedly, the annual Super Bowl is a carnival party even bigger than Christmas. The Chinese media even dubbed the Super Bowl the "American Spring Festival Gala". Every Super Bowl weekend can not only attract at least 100 million viewers, and the ratings are as high as 40% to 60%; and the total revenue of just three days of a weekend can far exceed that of the Summer Olympics and the The income from the Football World Cup is the well-deserved sports final with the most commercial value in the world.

Standing in the VIP box, looking at the gradually filling stadium, even through the glass, you can still clearly feel the heat and commotion from the slight trembling of the soles of your feet, "How many people can this place accommodate?" Lance asked curiously.

"Seventy-one thousand five hundred," said Ron-Wolf, who was standing next to him, smiling. "It's a spectacular new course, isn't it?"

The Ruilante Stadium was only opened a year ago. It is a high-tech stadium. This is the first time that a large-scale event has been reported.

"If the Green Bay Packers were standing on the field, it would be even more spectacular." A sly smile appeared on Lance's face, which made Lang stunned. Lang is the current general manager of the Green Bay Packers, and this year Green Bay lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the playoffs and failed to go further. "So, who are you rooting for tonight?"

Lang looked at Lance, but smiled and said nothing, while Gao Wen, who was standing beside him, waved his fist, "I don't support anyone, neither of them is pleasing to the eye." One sentence made everyone in the VIP box sneer. laughed.

"In the league, which player do you like the most? I mean, besides Gao Wen." Lang avoided Lance's topic, but asked a question instead.

"Peyton Manning." Lance gave his answer without any hesitation.

Lang raised his eyebrows and showed a surprised expression, "Interesting choice." No wonder Gao Wen didn't like the New England Patriots either, "So, you are a Colts fan."

"No, I'm a Peyton Manning fan," Lance said succinctly, before adding, "I'm a Packers fan." That made Long smile broadly.

"By the way, Tom Cruise is in the VIP box next to him. Do you want to visit him?" Lang looked in a good mood. "I mean, you are colleagues, aren't you?"

It's like watching the NFL for laymen. This is a narrow circle. Everyone should know each other more or less. When they meet in strange places, they will greet each other politely. The same goes for a layman's view of Hollywood, and while Lance and Tom never met, Lang didn't see it that way.

Lance hesitated for half a second, then nodded, "Why not?" He handed the champagne in his hand to Gao Wen who was standing aside, and then walked out of the VIP box side by side with Lang.

Tonight is a crucial occasion for "The Day After Tomorrow", not because of the Super Bowl, but because the trailer for "The Day After Tomorrow" is about to land in the Super Bowl, which will determine the quality of "The Day After Tomorrow"'s next publicity campaign, The importance is definitely no less than the list of Oscar nominations announced four days ago!

Since the NFL League introduced the live performance mechanism of top singers in the halftime show in 1987, the commercial value of the Super Bowl has skyrocketed, and it has become one of the most important entertainment feasts in the world, closely linking this sports event with the entertainment industry. together.

Michael-Jackson's performance in the Super Bowl halftime show in 1993 attracted 130 million viewers, and no one has been able to surpass it so far; Playing movie trailers in time has achieved unimaginable effects, and it has brought the commercial value of the halftime show to the extreme.

Now, a thirty-second ad spot in the Super Bowl halftime show can sell for a whopping two million dollars! And for a ninety-second movie trailer, the average cost is over $5 million! But the major brands are still scrambling for their heads, and even need to buy an advertising space through bidding!

Under Lance's argument and strong insistence, the crew of "The Day After Tomorrow" bought a 99-second ad spot for a lavish sum of $6 million, which will play the first episode of "The Day After Tomorrow" before the Super Bowl halftime show. This trailer, hoping to use the Super Bowl as a global platform to convert the wave of the greenhouse effect in the past five months into the audience's support for "the day after tomorrow". Make it or break it!

Therefore, Lance personally came to the Ryland Stadium. With Gao Wen's matchmaking, he entered the VIP box of the Green Bay Packers and watched the effect of the "The Day After Tomorrow" trailer on the spot; The plan is adjusted. Compared with the Super Bowl itself, "the day after tomorrow" is the focus of Lance's attention.

As for visiting Tom Cruise, it was a pleasant surprise.

The annual Super Bowl game started soon, the first half of the game seemed a bit dull, it seemed that all the players were a little tense. Half time came soon, Guy stood up, patted Philip on the shoulder, "Go, go to the toilet to solve it!"

Not only Guy, but Sean and Jimmy who were sitting in the other corner of the field also stood up one after another, and a large crowd around them stood up, bustling about "toilet", "beer", "smoking" and the like topic. Philip was about to grab Guy and tell him that halftime toilets would be crowded and that the halftime show would be good...but then there was a sharp yell from the big screen, "Stop!"

This thunderous roar made everyone stop reflexively.