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  Hollywood What If Chapter 188

  Several people testified that they had seen the movie.

  -- "Me? Oh yeah, I saw the movie about the witch or something. I even had a picture of the movie with my friend. High-definition camera? Yes, my boyfriend is a photographer, so the pictures are always clear."

  In the picture you could see a couple... Behind them was a fat guy with a serious look on his face. It was her than Harvey Weinstein!

  Harvey Weinstein actually attehe Sundance Film Festival and saw The Bir Witch Project!

  "Harvey, did you just let someoake a picture of you? And the couple even showed the evideo the media!"

  Michael Ovitz was furious. He didn't care about Harvey Weinstein's predit, but it could cause trouble for Disney. After all, ABews was the one promoting the movie.

  "I didn't know they were trying to take a picture! My eyesight was affected after seeing the movie!"

  Harvey Weinstein expined.

  "Then find a way to fix it!"

  Michael Ovitz said coldly. This could implicate Disney.

  Disried to proje image that they were family oriehey didn't want that image to ge as much as possible.

  'If we had no choice, then Disney would put all the bme on Miramax and Harvey Weinstein. Me and Micheal don't like this fat guy anyway, Harvey's in alliah Roy Disney. If we let them get more power, it will be a problem for Michael Eisner and me.'

  He was looking at Harvey Weinstein like a dagger.

  Harvey Weinstein just nodded, but his face was very ugly right now. He was in a bad mood.

  "I'm going to try my best to fix this."

  "You should."

  Harvey Weinstein opened his phoo call his friends. Harvey Weinstein was Jewish and had many friends in show business. He knew someo Fox News and .

  But before he could dial the numbers, the news ged.

  -- "The fat guy you see in this picture is actually Harvey Weinstein, the founder of Miramax. Our team has discovered that he bought The Bir Witch Project. If our dedu is correct, he is the one responsible for the movie's publicity."

  The news anchor expined.

  Then another person was interviewed. This time it was a middle-aged woman. She was g, sadness clearly in her eyes.

  Suddenly, Harvey's chubby cheeks twitched unfortably.

  -- "My son is a good man! He never did drugs! He never drank alcohol or smoked cigarettes! His friends are only ied in visiting Burkittsville, Marynd, a I 't believe this will be the st time I see him alive! All because of a movie! Just because of a fake witch!"

  She cried at the top of her lungs and looked miserable on camera. It was very painful for a mother to lose a child.

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  July 14th, 1999. It was Wednesday and many people were lining up to ehe movie theater.

  While they were peacefully trying to buy tickets, some protesters were causing trouble outside the theater.

  "Justice for John, Meredith, Ao and Roel!"

  These were the slogans they kept repeating. Well, the moviegoers didn't care. They were only ied in the movie.

  Two days ago, the truth was revealed that The Bir Witch Project was a movie and the witd the missing students were not real.

  But that didn't stop them fr to see the movie. Maybe it would be aing experiehe hype could never be erased, evehe truth was revealed. People were easily persuaded by peer pressure or perhaps social pressure.

  The Bir Witch Project had already made so many headlines and people were now ied, even though the movie was fake.

  But when they ehe theater and spent at least 10 minutes watg the movie, their expectatiohrown into the dirty trash .

  The movie, The Bir Witch Project, was b at best. The ematography, the unfocused ses, everything was so amateurish.

  "I 't believe I spent more than 1 hour watg this movie. I thought something iing was going to happen. Damn, I wasted my 7 on a ticket".

  "You're damn right. Four people lost their lives because one crazy person tried to make this movie seem real."

  The people who saw the movie realized that they had been scammed. They could not believe that anyone could be evil enough to do such a thing.

  "What is the name of the owner of Miramax again?"

  "I think it's Harvey Weinstein."

  "Yeah, I think he o expin himself or a lot of people are going to e after him."

  The first day of The Bir Witch Project was actually amazing, even though the truth was revealed.

  The midnight premiere was 4 million, then the day it was 8 million.

  This trend tinued until the first week of The Bir Witch Project grossed over 37 million.

  Because of the unique publicity of the movie, many people were ied in seeing the movie.

  Of course, the people who saw it realized that they had been scammed and became angry.

  However, pared to the inal timeline, people were not angry at the two directors and actors of The Bir Witch Project. After all, they were ioo. After they sold the movie to Miramax, they had no power over it.

  This time, people had a clear target to direct their a.

  Thousands of people protested in front of the Miramax headquarters. But Harvey Weinstein didn't show his fabsp;

  'This kind of protest will easily dissipate ohe matter is over.'

  Being good at his job, Harvey Weinsteihe best way to survive this i was to remain silent. He was i anyway. He didn't io cause an uproar. His hands were .

  Even though The Bir Witch Project did well and he recouped his iment, the damage it did to him was much worse.

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  [Author's here will be another chapter a few hours ter. Tomorrow, I will also post two chapters.]