706 Youtu copyright acquisition, banned D in front of Brother Long
The promotion of "The Disciple" is similar to the promotion of "Prison Break" in the United States. Both of them used video websites to release trailers for the first time.
Domestic Youtu is Jiang Yan’s video website. The early appearance of the trailer for “Kung Fu Panda” directly made Youtu the only and most authoritative online video website in China.
However, according to the characteristics of domestic Internet users, similar video websites will soon spring up like mushrooms after a rain, and then a wave of barbaric growth will begin.
In the original time and space, there were hundreds of domestic video websites around 2006, and then they went through two reshuffles before finally leaving the three giants.
The two reshuffles were the first standard notice issued by the superiors. This time hundreds of video websites were wiped out at once. The second reshuffle was due to financing difficulties caused by the financial crisis, so only a few survived.
Already.
Jiang Yan knew that the era of chaos was coming, but he had no intention of unifying the world. He just wanted to use his strong technical conditions and unique ideas to survive until the two reshuffles.
Therefore, for Youtu, unlike the "video sharing" route of the old and American YouTube, Jiang Yan's positioning is just to promote his own projects.
Of course, the definition of the so-called "own project" is also very broad.
Our new dramas are our own projects, and the old film and television dramas that Gu Hanqing bought worth tens of thousands of dollars are also our own projects.
In the era when the Internet was just emerging, Jiang Yan was ahead of all mankind in attaching importance to the Internet broadcasting rights of old movies and TV series, but the copyright owners did not pay attention to it. After all, how much money can be made from the Internet broadcasting rights?
So soon, he used a very small price to buy a large number of copyrights that countless website owners in later generations would envy to death.
So in the future, even if Youtu stops doing it now, when the Aiyouteng era comes and Youtu goes online again, it will have its own unique advantage, which is the strongest library of old movies, saving everyone the trouble of looking for resources everywhere.
Having said that, this time the trailer of "The Disciple" was on YouTube, and then it was the traditional announcement.
Therefore, just like the United States, domestic traditional media and netizens have different enthusiasm for the movie.
The traditional media thinks that this film has Andy Lau, Jiang Yan, Li Binbin, and Yan Zu, so this is a super star joining the cast, coming to Barabara in a strong way.
And netizens are:
"Damn it, there's a passionate scene!"
"I'm going to make Jiang Yan lose weight like this!"
"Wa Tsai actually sells drugs!"
"Holy shit, Yanzu was scared!"
"This movie is a bit scary."
"It's only a minute and a half. It seems quite interesting. I want to watch it."
"I like!!"
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Whether the trailer has been seen by the entire Internet, the effect will definitely be different.
People in later generations may not be aware of the method used to promote movies this year. It was really crude and expensive.
For example, "House of Flying Daggers", in many towns and villages, there was only one poster when the movie was announced, with Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro standing on both sides. Then people passing by saw the feeling conveyed by the poster, and then had the idea of whether to go see it or not.
Decide.
Trailers and the like are rarely seen, because the only media of communication is television. For example, after the Sixth Princess talks about it, many people will know, oh, this is what the movie looks like, and then decide whether to go or not.
The number of people this method can reach is definitely limited, and therefore, in terms of commercial films, star appeal is really important at this time.
But later, as the Internet became more and more developed, more and more information about movies became available, so the importance of the movie itself increased.
At this point, Xingchenhai has had a drink of soup, so after the majority of netizens watched the trailer, behind-the-scenes footage, creative experience and other all-round publicity of "The Disciple", the number of potential moviegoers was larger than what traditional media predicted.
A lot more.
This is aimed at netizens and does not cost money. Of course, in addition to this, there are also traditional means aimed at traditional movie fans, that is, the Six Princesses, Ray, major TV stations, posters, magazines and other traditional means.
Then the super cast lineup and high quality attracted the attention of traditional movie fans.
The combination of the two made the popularity rise instantly, and the number of moviegoers and box office performance of "The Disciple" in the mainland exceeded many people's expectations.
"99% pure heroin base used to be called morphine bricks. The police called it No. 4, and we called it U.S. dollars. If you just eat it like this, it will really kill people, so you must blend it and add some starch or something. Bored people add
When the wall plaster reaches 65%, it is almost finished, and we call it Hong Kong dollars."
"After oil and arms, drugs are the world's largest trade."
"Business is based on supply and demand. They buy and we sell. Did I ask them to suck? Did I? I didn't! They wanted to suck! I didn't force them! It's not our fault at all! It's their fault. I
Did I force them? I didn’t force them at all..."
"Business is based on supply and demand. Who wants them to buy?? They are stupid! Then add some rat poison to the drugs and eat them to death!"
"Dogs don't have a choice, you have a choice! Why do people take drugs? If you are caught one second before picking up the goods, you don't have to pay. If you are caught one second after picking up the goods, you have to pay the money!"
"What do you mean everyone is the same? Who can eat just this little? One more can, one for each person!"
Whether a movie is good or not can be seen from its lines.
Comments from netizens also came as expected:
"The most impressive part is the scene where the heroine who is addicted to drugs is eaten by a rat. Andy's portrayal of the drug lord was very successful in the first and middle parts. After all, he is a businessman, but there are some problems in the second part.
The main theme has been changed; in terms of feeling lost, it has educational significance, and the anti-drug stance is firm, but it always feels a bit unreal. Yan Zu’s aspect is lackluster, and Lan Jieying’s wife Liu is also a small bright spot.”
"Li Binbin's acting skills are amazing. She really has two skills! It is said that she lost more than 30 pounds for this role. I admire her!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Even though it is a drug treatment promotional film, the filming is still so fucking shocking! It has a relatively comprehensive and intuitive description of the plots of drug production, drug trafficking, and drug addiction.
, until the last scene, it left no room for fear... 'Why do people take drugs? It wasn't until Brother Kun and Afen died that I realized that taking drugs is because of emptiness. So, is it the horror of drugs or the horror of emptiness?
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"The surprise of "The Disciple" is not because of the brain-burning secret battle between police and gangsters. Compared with many crime suspense films, its plot structure is still slightly less exciting. But the rare thing about this film is its excellent plot.
The character creation, on the other hand, also has a scalpel-like precise analysis of the drug ecological chain. This is the focus of "cherishing life and staying away from drugs", which makes it so profound and moving."
"Lin Kun couldn't give up sugar even though he was so seriously ill. He didn't dare to spend any money at ordinary times. He got angry when he saw the scale. He knew he was doing evil, but he didn't stop. Before he died, he accepted the money as his wife said, which proves
There are bigger ones in the back; Ali has been an undercover agent for so many years and has no friends or relatives. His eldest brother was sent in by himself. He has been a black man for so long and can never turn back to a completely white man; Ah Fen and Jiang Yan said
With the same words, no one knows whether they are true or false; in the end, Ali has nothing to do and can't find any meaning, and he has a shadow in his heart all his life. Afen is full of rat corpses, and Lin Kun's own arteries are cut; this movie, there is no
People should live well. Don't let life be empty and find your own meaning. Whether love or family, it is life. Don't touch drugs, and never touch drugs in your life. Some things can destroy more than just yourself."
"It's definitely a drama that showcases the acting skills of several leading actors. Each character stands up well, has deep meaning, and is thought-provoking. It's good! Recommended!"
"The movie Stars and Sea really did not disappoint."
"The best part is that after Akun was arrested, he wanted to ask his wife to explain the funeral arrangements. Maybe he didn't intend to tell anyone to avoid his family being killed, but he didn't expect that his wife's first sentence was "You must leave (die)."
At that moment, the change in Andy's eyes and expression was simply amazing!"
"As soon as I saw Yan Zu working as an undercover agent, I felt that this film would not be that simple."
"It should be said that Jiang Yan is the most amazing. For such a big star, he is so thin. Is he really taking drugs..."
After the film was released, movie reviews quickly appeared under the trailer of "The Disciple" on YouTube.
No surprise, it received rave reviews.
Jiang Yan also took advantage of the situation and launched the "Douban" project. After all, it is better to have a "third party" for film reviews...
In addition to comments from netizens, relevant units and official media also made very high evaluations.
After all, this is an anti-drug theme with a main theme, and neither Jiang Yan nor Hua Tsai received any salary for the film. The most important thing is that the proceeds from this film will be donated to the frontline.
At present, "The Disciple" has been released in Hong Kong for more than a week, with a box office of just over 10 million, and is expected to reach 30 million. It has been released in the mainland for three days, and the national box office has exceeded 8 million. It is expected that the total box office after the film is released will steadily exceed 50 million. If
Coupled with the rigid film scheduling requirements of some units, the box office of this film easily exceeded 100 million, just like the previous "Life and Death". However, these box office numbers are difficult to calculate, so I only talk about the most basic commercial box office. 50 million is also the highest for a main theme film.
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For this reason, one week after the film was released, the four main creators, Wa Tsai, Jiang Yan, Li Binbin and Yan Zu, received the honorary title of anti-drug ambassadors from relevant units.
Jiang Yan also took the opportunity to shout out the slogan: "Stars and Seas will set an example, never say no to drugs, and will never cooperate with drug-related artists in the future!"
To be honest, not many people really take such slogans seriously in the mainland of this era. The reason is, of course, that the higher authorities have not started to crack down on this aspect. The original crackdown was only ten years later, and almost all artists involved in drugs were
Planted in 2014.
Before 2005, there were really very few artists who were openly involved in drugs, and they could be picked off with one hand.
So Jiang Yan shouted slogans, and after relevant official media publicity, things seemed to be like this.
People in the industry know a lot of dirty inside stories and don't take it seriously. They only care about whether they can collaborate with Jiang Yan in the next movie. Those who don't know the inside stories just say that Jiang Yan said well, and then nothing happens. After all,
Drug abuse is quite rare.
But only the Xingchenhai family knew that Jiang Yan was not just talking.
After all, this has been written into the first version of the Stars and Seas artist contract. So far, no one has violated it. If anyone really touches it, the other party will be miserable. Jiang Yan will really follow the contract! Call the police, ban him, and claim compensation.
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And Jiang Yan himself indeed thinks so. In addition, the main reason why he shouts slogans so loudly is, to be honest, because of Brother Long.
Brother Long mentioned it to him a few days ago, saying that he had a son and that if he had a chance in the future, he would bring him to sit with him in the sea of stars.
Then, during the road show of "The Disciple" in Guangdong Province, Brother Long came to support him and brought Zu Ming with him.
Now that Zu Mingxu is 20 years old, it's almost time to make his debut. Brother Long is paving the way for him. Of course Jiang Yan understands this.
And as Brother Long, who had helped him in the past, has now personally come to promote "The Disciple", it will be difficult for him to refuse Brother Long's request, but this kid Zu Ming has no future, what can you do?
Jiang Yan was very satisfied with this, because not long ago he casually mentioned the "connection" between "The Disciples" and "Prison Break". He said a few nonsense words, with the purpose of increasing the popularity and paving the way for some things to come.
But now, what might have taken a lot of effort to lay the groundwork now doesn't have to be so troublesome at all.
Because the real owners he was worried about were here, so he could just talk about it directly.
So Jiang Yan simply shouted the slogan again in front of Brother Long and Zu Ming in the audience.
At this time, you must put on a tough attitude and flaunt your stance, and then if there is a chance, you can find a drug-related artist for a small cooperation, and wait until his incident comes to light, and then you can scare the monkeys again!
Of course, the current ancestral name is still a good boy. Jiang Yan did this just to pave the way for the future, so that Brother Long would not say why you suddenly fell out.
When Brother Long heard this, he applauded vigorously. He must have supported this kind of thing. Zu Ming also applauded, but he always felt that the way Jiang Yan looked at him was not right...