"That's more or less it. In the end, the box office of a movie speaks for itself. We have already taken "Spider-Man" seriously enough. Next, we will focus all our energy on "King Kong". Superhero movies have failed twice. This time we can't
Fail again!”
"But……"
"No but, your task now is to go back to China and take care of the market there. In the past few years, look what China has become now! You promised before that you would give me three months and give you
If you have enough funds and rights, can you regain control of Chinese movies?"
"I, who knows..."
"I don't want to hear any more excuses, and I don't have so much patience anymore! Remember, Zhao, if it weren't for me, you would be a stinky dog expelled from China, let alone standing here talking to me, even if you walk in
DV company, you are not even qualified!"
"..."
Early morning of June 25th.
Zhao Sicheng walked out of the DV company with a smile on his face.
After walking out, when the wind blew, his smile instantly became stiff, as cold as a lifeless zombie.
The night in Hollywood is always so lingering and charming. Many years ago, when he first came to Hollywood, he felt that this land was the place he dreamed of in the future. He even fantasized many times about standing on this land and enjoying the scenery.
Praise from filmmakers around the world.
later……
He did come to this land.
But when he arrived, he was like an old dog that anyone could bully and kick.
This sense of humiliation could easily turn into resentment. In the dim light of the street lamp, his expression instantly changed from stiff to ferocious, and his teeth clenched loudly.
The Hollywood group headed by DV Company is blocking Zhou Yang, which is indeed a very happy thing.
but……
Zhao Sicheng felt that Zhou Yang was like a Monkey King.
No matter how you pinch it, why won't it die?
When he heard that the governor of Delaware came out to support Zhou Yang, he rushed into the DV company, hoping that the DV company would come forward in person and go to Delaware to negotiate with the movie theaters there, or even be tougher and spend money directly.
Buy out the broadcast rights of theaters so that they cannot play "Spider-Man".
After the DV company heard this, they felt that Zhao Sicheng was crazy and like a madman!
"You will regret it! You will definitely regret it!"
"If you don't kill him immediately, he will come back, and when the time comes, you won't be able to regret it!"
"These costs are nothing at all. I can help you earn them all back in the future. I only hope you will believe me once!"
After getting in the car and arriving at his residence half an hour later, the more Zhao Sicheng thought about it, the more he felt that he had to try again.
He took out his mobile phone and called the person in charge of DV again. The words almost seeped out of his throat, making him hoarse as if there was blood foam.
However……
The other party hung up the phone in silence. When he called again, the phone was turned off.
……………………
The box office results for the fourth day of "Spider-Man" are out.
Although the mainstream media no longer reported on "Spider-Man" and the American Movie Network could not even search for the word "Spider-Man", the box office of "Spider-Man" on its fourth day still reached an astonishing US$7 million.
It is still rising crazily.
Tony took the documents and resigned from American Film Network.
American Movie Network's behavior towards "Spider-Man" was unacceptable to Tony. He felt that this movie website had become a vassal of capital and had even lost its former authority. He, who has always advocated fairness and justice, naturally couldn't accept it.
A movie network has become like this.
Tony's resignation did not cause any splash. He was just a technical maintainer of the movie website. A world-renowned movie network like American Movie Network has at least dozens of technical employees, one less person and one more person.
There really is no impact.
[A few years ago, when the American Movie Network was first established, it was just a place for movie fans to discuss or criticize movies. Later, as the number of movie fans increased, so did the traffic... Finally, capital took notice.
Just two years ago, it was revealed that American Movie Network had been acquired by many Hollywood companies and became an exclusive promotion channel for Hollywood movies]
[The same goes for Twitter. I originally thought it was a place for everyone to discuss and talk about anything, but the food scenes in Hollywood are really ugly...]
[Yes, no matter how good a topic I write, as long as it is slightly tainted with "Spider-Man", it will either not receive traffic, or it will be deleted without reason...]
[Damn it, I’m like that too. I can only come here to chat with you now! It feels like the topic of “Spider-Man” has been blocked in other places! 】
【……】
After returning home...
He logged into his social account, and when he entered a large group of a thousand people and saw the movie fans in that large group making crazy complaints, complaining about the actions of American Movie Network, and speaking for "Spider-Man", Tony
Join in too.
Chatting and chatting.
Tony, who was born as a technician, began to have the idea of creating a fair and just film platform by himself.
He is a very fast-moving person. After he came up with this idea, he contacted the official and bought a few servers. Then he applied the basic template of the American Movie Network and started a website called "Movie Home".
In the afternoon of the next day, he imported the first batch of movie data. Although the entire movie website looked very simple, after he shouted in the group, he found that hundreds of people had poured in instantly.
Among them, the comment thread under the movie "Spider-Man" exploded in an instant.
Tony was inevitably excited after seeing the enthusiastic comments from netizens on his simple website.
In the evening, after he had dinner and logged onto the website again, he found that the traffic of his simple website had increased from a few hundred to more than 3,000, and more and more people were browsing.
He was suddenly very surprised!
He began to read the messages below carefully.
The movie "Spider-Man" has been discussed very horribly. In less than a day since the website was launched, there have been thousands of comments below.
In addition to talking about the plot, he found that more people were talking about the movie tickets for "Spider-Man"...
Due to the limited number of movie theaters, tickets for "Spider-Man" are hard to get in many states...
Fans who have watched the movie find it unsatisfying, while fans who have not watched it saw other netizens discussing the movie enthusiastically. After seeing how amazing the movie was, their expectations were suddenly high.
Then I went online to buy movie tickets for "Spider-Man", only to find that I couldn't buy any tickets at all!
When Tony saw the speeches of these fans asking for tickets, he also saw several core members chatting privately with Tony, hoping that Tony could represent the audience of the "Movie House" to talk to the official "Spider-Man" about buying tickets.
Afterwards, Tony suddenly had a flash of light in his mind!
"If Movie House changes to online ticket purchasing, then, wouldn't it..."
When I thought of this idea, I instantly became excited.
Subsequently, he found the contact information of the regional person in charge of Xingyang Cinemas through his personal channels and made a call to the person.
The person who answered the phone was a nice young lady. The other party did not look down upon "Movie Home" because it was a newly established small movie website with thousands of viewers. Instead, she browsed the movie website seriously.
About an hour later...
Tony suddenly received a call from a strange man.
"Mr. Tony, are you interested in coming to Delaware?"
…………………………
The morning of June 26th.
Zhang Xiaoya got on a plane from China and came to Delaware.
She likes to draw, has good skills, and has been involved in animation production, but she has never thought of coming to the United States to make comics.
The comics industry is too long for her, and it is a completely new field, especially in a foreign country. It is basically a thankless job.
After arriving at Xingyang Overseas Cinemas Company, Zhang Xiaoya did not see Zhou Yang.
I heard from the staff that Zhou Yang took a young man to the "Science and Technology City".
Zhang Xiaoya vaguely heard that the governor of Delaware had approved a not-so-small piece of land for Zhou Yang, and had also received a fairly good tax subsidy to build a science and technology city there.
Of course, these things were relatively far away for Zhang Xiaoya, so she did not ask in detail, but waited patiently at the door.
At noon, Zhang Xiaoya saw Zhou Yang walking over with a tall American young man wearing glasses.
Zhang Xiaoya was the first to say hello to Zhou Yang.
Zhou Yang was very happy after seeing Zhang Xiaoya. He immediately led Zhang Xiaoya towards the office with dark circles under his eyes.
"In addition to the idea of "Spider-Man" comics, I also have superhero projects such as "Wolverine" and "Batman"..."
Zhang Xiaoya watched blankly as Zhou Yang took out documents one after another from the drawer and talked endlessly about the plan in his mind.
Half an hour later, Zhang Xiaoya was confused after hearing this, and then she was led by Zhou Yang into the car again and walked towards another place.
This is a two-and-a-half-story room. The computers, various comics, and animation equipment in the room are neatly placed, and they look brand new at first glance.
"This is the comic studio I prepared for you..."
"I want a process company that integrates comics, animation, and movies..."
"..."
Zhou Yang followed Zhang Xiaoya and continued to talk about a series of things.
Zhang Xiaoya nodded subconsciously. His mind had not yet digested what Zhou Yang said, but it felt more and more mysterious.
More than an hour later, when Zhou Yang answered a call from someone who seemed to be the governor and hurriedly left the room, Zhang Xiaoya stared blankly at the various "superhero drafts" on the table.
Her expression was extremely complicated!
What on earth is he going to do?
Why does it feel like he has become a different person in the past six months?