"His archbishop, can you talk about the recent Catholic scandal reported in the newspaper is true?"

"What do you think about the investigation report released by the United Nations Commission on the Rights of the Child?"

"Your Excellency, have you ever sheltered a Catholic priest who abused children?"

As the sun in the morning climbed into the sky, countless reporters blocked Archbishop Marquez Costello's special car in front of the office building and asked crazy questions to the Archbishop who had just gotten off.

Several young pastors and church staff closely surrounded Archbishop Marquez Costello and isolated all reporters from the outside, but this could not stop the reporters' questions, nor could it stop the sharp voices of questions.

"Your Excellency Archbishop, you keep silent. Are you accused?"

The reporters don’t care about the identity of Archbishop Marquez Costello. They want news, and without news, they have to create news!

"Are you guilty of what you did back then?"

These words reached Archbishop Marquez Costello, and his face turned pale.

"His Excellency Archbishop!"

A more harsh voice sounded, "You have been criticizing Murphy Stanton and his films for lacking the most basic sense of social responsibility. Please touch your conscience and speak, do you have a sense of social responsibility in your past actions?"

Hearing this sentence, Archbishop Marquez Costello unconsciously stopped and slowly moved forward. He suppressed the anger in his heart and glanced there.

It was a blonde journalist who seemed not afraid of his eyes and asked again, "Does it use double standards for yourself and others, is this what you call moral code?"

Archbishop Marquez Costello completely stopped and looked around. Perhaps it was the pressure of the archbishop's identity, and the messy reporters around him unconsciously calmed down.

When the office building was completely quiet, Archbishop Marquez Costello slowly said, "The reports on Catholicism in the newspapers are false, absurd and lacking in evidence."

"What about the investigation by the United Nations Commission on the Rights of the Child?" a male reporter asked loudly.

"They may have been blinded, and I regret the United Nations report." Archbishop Marquez Costello gradually controlled his emotions. "The United Nations' actions are suspected of being unauthorized in the internal affairs of the church. The Catholic Church and the Vatican have been committed to protecting the rights of children!"

After saying this, Archbishop Marquez Costello, under the protection of people around him, walked into the office building.

Then, like every day before, he would first look at the newspaper to pay attention to the latest changes in current affairs.

Archbishop Marquez Costello opened the newspaper and saw almost all the news related to the Catholic scandal.

"Reveal why Catholics have repeatedly experienced scandals!"

"The Catholic scandal is hard to avoid!"

"The Catholic Church in the United States is recognized within the United States that there are more than 5,000 clergymen in the United States. Similar news has made Archbishop Marquez Costello turn into two big heads. Three days ago, the media was still accusing Murphy Stanton and Hollywood movies, but now they are crazily joining the ranks of exposing the Catholic scandal.

These bastards who were changing their minds! He cursed in his heart.

Archbishop Marquez Costello sat on the chair with a look of sorrow on his face. Although he had strongly denied it before, he knew that the media reports might be exaggerated, but it was basically true.

Why did these suddenly break out? Archbishop Marquez Costello was a little confused. There were originally such news circulating scattered, such as when "Diego Ross" was released, but as the film won the Best Oscar, the related news quickly subsided. In the past two years, no similar news has been widely reported.

This time, there was no warning and a large-scale outbreak...

Archbishop Marquez Costello thought for a few minutes and gradually thought of a person's body Murphy Stanton!

Apart from Murphy Stanton, he couldn't think of anyone else who would do this, after all, this was going to have a conflict with the Catholic Church!

Thinking of this, Archbishop Marquez Costello suddenly understood that in the face of his strong pressure, Murphy Stanton did not give too much back at the film, but chose to attack the weakest part of the Catholic Church...

This was completely beyond his expectations, and it caught the entire Central and Southern California diocese off guard.

In the next few days, various news that were not conducive to the Catholic Church, especially Archbishop Marquez Costello himself, were constantly exposed by the media. The Central and Southern California Diocese was too busy dealing with it, busy putting out fires and dealing with the media, and completely interfering with Murphy's situation. For a moment, there was no energy to instigate plans for Murphy and Hollywood movies.

Even the Vatican side was paying attention. Benedict XVI personally called Archbishop Marquez Costello, and no longer had the laughter and joy of pressing Hollywood movies step by step. The cold reprimand made Archbishop Marquez Costello sweat in a cold sweat.

To be precise, the large-scale concentrated coverage of the Catholic scandal by the American media has made the Vatican very angry.

On the one hand, media reports do not simply expose and criticize the sexual assault of Catholic clergy, but point the finger at the Vatican's way of dealing with these scandals, accusing the Holy See of sheltering clergy; on the other hand, various unfavorable news further targets the Catholic stance on sexual orientation, reproductive health and gender equality, and criticizes the specific Catholic policies on homosexuality, contraception and abortion, such as putting pressure on the Vatican!

In the past, there were fragmented reports everywhere in the United States, but this time, the joint Hollywood operation connected these fragmented reports, as if the Catholic roof had blown away.

Without the Catholic power behind it, the North American entertainment film market, which has been stormy since the end of June, has gradually returned to quiet, especially the focus of the entertainment media, which has returned to celebrity gossip and their works.

Especially Murphy's fans, no matter what criticism and reports such as social responsibility, they continue to support their favorite directors.

On the Internet, they support Murphy in various ways. A fan organization in Los Angeles spontaneously launched an event through social platforms Murphy Stanton has been working for 12 years since the film industry, which is what we spent with.

This event aroused strong response from Murphy's supporters, and countless fans left messages on the event through social platforms.

"Murphy's movies, what does it mean to your life? If someone asks me this question, my answer is that I don't know why I love Murphy's movies, but I just like it!"

This is an ordinary movie fan from Texas. He is the kind of movie fan I can't tell you, but I'm just the typical movie fan I like.

There are also Los Angeles fans who wrote, "Murphy's movie is my life companion. It remembers the past life and can also show the future. And I live with them in the present. I love Murphy Stanton! I love his film noir! I love this movie!"

There are also crazy Murphy fans on the East Coast of the United States. A New York movie fan left a message, "Every time Murphy's movie is released in the theater, when I walk into the theater and sit in my seat, I can feel that I have entered a new world; when the lights on the screen light up, I know that it is a journey belonging to me and Murphy Stanton. There, I can forget the depression and troubles in reality, explore freely, laugh with emotion, and feel only excitement and happiness!"

Murphy's fans live in this world in various forms. Often, only when they encounter Murphy's movies will reveal their true identity. "I remember history, faith, attitude, * and dreams in one thing, that is Murphy Stanton's film noir. I am grateful to his movies for appearing in my life and bringing more value to my shallow life."

"A person's life is short, so there are many regrets. The charm of Murphy's movies is to allow you to experience a different life in this short time and make up for the beauty you lost in your heart."

With the efforts of these movie fans, "Dark City" continues to be screened in theaters in North America. Even though it has dropped to less than 1,000 theaters, it still appears tenaciously throughout the United States.

For a popular director like Murphy, the support of movie fans is the greatest relief.

By mid-August, the film had been screened in North American theaters for almost four months, and the North American box office was still slowly rising with the support of fans, with a total of US$728.51 million, continuing to advance towards the North American box office record of "Avatar"!

Overseas, there have been more than 140 cinemas in countries and regions, and the film "Dark City" has been screened, and its overseas box office has exceeded more than twice the box office in North America.

The global box office of "Dark City" reached $2.316.87 million!

“There will basically be no more changes in the box office.”

In the office of Death Star Building, Murphy said to Bill Roses, "Our focus can be shifted."

Until now, the North American box office can increase by at most $10 million to $20 million, and the overseas box office can increase by $120 million to $150 million.

Bill Rossis understood what Murphy meant, “Is it awards season?”

"Yeah." Murphy nodded, "This awards season is fierce and the situation is a bit unfavorable for us."

“These disadvantages are also favorable in some ways.”

Bill Rossis and Murphy smiled tacitly and asked, "What awards are you going to apply for?"
Chapter completed!