The dozen or so reporters outside the King's Studio fully proved a theory: Human beings are really a bit mean. The more secret things are, the more curious they are and the more they want to know, but they are not interested in those things that are made public.
None of them are interested.
Originally, Wang Shang didn't want to hide "Transformers" for a long time. He wanted to start publicity and momentum after the animated works or toys came out.
But now? It’s better not to announce it yet and temporarily whet the appetite of those people.
In the following days, as Wang Shang expected, the whole society was in a fuss about the tripartite cooperation framework agreement signed by Tianwang Studio and two other animation and toy groups. People who were originally afraid of being interested became curious.
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"What kind of agreement is it? What kind of cooperation? Why is it kept so secret?"
The more secretive it is, the more it wants to know the truth, and then the matter spreads in an unexpected and strange way.
Then a media surprisingly broke through this fortress and successfully obtained an "inside information" from an employee of Tianwang Studio. (In fact, Wang Shang and others deliberately disclosed it)
Regardless of whether it was true or not, the media immediately released the news: "The three-party cooperation project is a comic. It is said to be a comic that will shock the world. The funds involved in this project will be hundreds of millions, and the profits will be
It can reach into the billions!!”
Instead of solving the curiosity in their hearts, people who saw the news became even more curious: "Comics?"
"The funding is hundreds of millions? The profit is several billion? Are you kidding? Isn't this too exaggerated? And how can anyone talk about profit before the work is released?"
Despite these doubts, many people believe that the three companies have a lot of assets. Moreover, Feilong and Mickey are large group companies, and they will definitely not mess around in their affairs.
After this analysis, they became more curious.
As a result, various explorations continued, including dinner parties, bribery, private detectives... various tricks emerged one after another.
Thanks to the unremitting efforts of these idle and curious reporters, they finally unearthed another inside story three days later: "It is said that this is a shocking idea, even more so than time-traveling. In September last year,
Wang Shang began to turn this idea into reality. Now one year has passed and the comic has finally been created. I heard that this was specially created by the king for the purpose of making a movie in the future!"
Not long after, another piece of 'insider information' that shocked countless people was revealed: "I heard that when Wang Shang shoots this movie, the investment funds will reach a height of 2 billion yuan!!"
“2 billion yuan!!”
"Holy crap! You're taking money as money! Isn't it true!!"
"This kind of investment doesn't seem to have happened in Hollywood, right?"
"The king is so domineering!!"
Everyone in the entertainment industry was really shocked this time, and all their eyes could not help but be drawn here from other places.
2 billion yuan! Not 2 billion Korean won/yen!!
What can you do with it?
You can invest 80 million in 25 blockbusters!! You can buy a small cinema line!!
You can also buy 2.5 billion kilograms of Chinese cabbage...Okay, let's not talk about Chinese cabbage...
And now it’s just used to make a movie! What if it’s a loss?
Aren’t 2.5 billion kilograms of Chinese cabbage wasted?
Wang Shang successfully used news baits one by one to attract the attention of countless people. Especially the news of investing 2 billion yuan in making a movie shocked the entire entertainment industry.
"If you are so surprised by 2 billion yuan, then won't the investment of 4 billion yuan in the filming of "Avatar" scare you to death?"
Thinking of this, Wang Shang couldn't help but feel a sense of superiority in terms of IQ~~~
But obviously not all media will be led by Wang Shang. Soon some media said: "This is definitely a hype!!"
Some media even criticized: "People nowadays are so shameless when it comes to hype..."
The war of words soon started, and many media outlets in China were having a great time going back and forth over the issue of the "2 billion" investment funds.
The gimmick was big enough and attractive enough. So the media naturally wouldn't let it go. They attracted many enthusiastic fans through mutual chatter, which increased newspaper sales and website traffic.
Just as the public opinion supporting and criticizing Wang Shang was getting louder and louder, the three companies finally faced the audience publicly for the first time.
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September 19th.
The display hall of Mickey Toys Group.
Today, three companies will hold a press conference here. The location is this large exhibition hall as big as two football fields. This large exhibition hall is very unique. When it was originally designed, it was as high as four floors, and the door was very high.
It is very big, fully ten meters high and six meters wide.
The reason why it is called the exhibition hall is because in this hall, there are thousands of toy models of different sizes. The big ones are five meters high and the small ones are as small as a palm.
It takes up almost half of the entire football field.
The other half, which is still in the air, is usually used for press conferences and is a famous press conference site in the country.
Today, seven to eight hundred media reporters gathered at this famous press conference, which made the scene seem a bit crowded for a while.
The 2 billion movie plan has become the focus of the entire Chinese entertainment industry during this period of time. Those Lunar New Year movies that were originally being promoted have also been severely suppressed by this controversy.
When I heard that the three companies were going to publicize it, countless media outlets from across the country immediately came.
When Wang Shang appeared, countless reporters immediately rushed up and asked excitedly: "Mr. Wang, is that 2 billion movie plan true?"
The turbulent situation among reporters immediately left out the chairman of the two groups Feilong and Mickey who appeared with Wang Shang.
However, due to the recent hype on this matter, the stocks of Feilong and Mickey Group have risen by nearly 5 percentage points. Therefore, the two chairman of the board did not remain unswerving, but instead smiled.
After the press conference began, the chairman of Mickey Toy Group quickly announced the contents of the press conference.
"As for the cooperation between the three companies that has been discussed recently, we will make an announcement today. The cause of the matter is that Tianwang Studio provided us with a comic some time ago. We think this comic has a future market.
It’s very broad, so the three companies signed a cooperation agreement. Feilong will be responsible for the distribution of comics and animation production, while Mickey will be responsible for the production of related toys. As for the hundreds of millions of funding plans, this is for sure.”
"Really a comic?"
“What comics are so awesome?”
Just when many reporters were talking about it and were extremely curious, the chairman of Mickey Group continued: "You must be curious about what comics can be so 'awesome'? In order to answer everyone's curiosity, our Mickey Group has spent the past twenty days
Production, two models of characters in comics have been made..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the ten-meter-long door of the exhibition hall began to slowly open, attracting the attention of all reporters.
I saw two large objects nearly 8 meters high being pushed in by more than a dozen strong staff. Since these two large objects were surrounded by huge cloth, no one knew what was inside.
"Are these two toy models? Are they too big? I have never seen such a big toy..."
"It shouldn't be a human being, otherwise it wouldn't be so big. It should be a monster, or maybe a Gundam..."
While everyone was talking about it, Chairman Mickey signaled the staff to open the curtain, and two huge robots appeared in front of everyone.
"Wow!!"
"What's this?"
“So handsome!!”
There was an uproar at the scene.
Wang Shang secretly laughed in his heart: "As soon as Megatron and Optimus Prime appear, I know they will surprise you!"
Chairman Mickey explained at this time: "Don't think this is Gundam, although it looks a bit similar."
"Not Gundam? What is that?" All reporters were curious.
Chairman Mickey seemed to know what they were thinking: "The Gundam in comics and movies needs people to drive it. It is a lifeless machine; but the robots in front of us do not need humans to drive them, they have life.
, they come from aliens, and they have a long historical background."
"Everyone must know that we humans and all living things on earth are carbon-based life forms. And this kind of robots, we call them silicon-based life forms. That's not all. In the settings of the comics, they can also
Transform, you can turn into a car, you can turn into an airplane..."
Chairman Mickey is indeed a natural speaker. Every passionate word that comes out of his mouth makes every reporter feel excited.
"We have given this type of alien creature a new concept, that is - Transformers!!"
"The two 'characters' in front of me are the leaders in the comics, named Optimus Prime and Megatron!!"
There was thunderous applause at the scene.
"Transformers? This name is awesome!!"
"Optimus Prime! Megatron!! These two names are domineering!!!"
Then Jiang Tiancheng introduced some characters in the "Transformers" comics and the historical background. The grand background, long history and unique plot quickly conquered all reporters.
The press conference lasted for nearly five hours, and the reporters' enthusiasm remained unabated. When asked about Wang Shang's "Transformers" movie, Wang Shang answered directly: "The investment is expected to be between 1.5 billion and 2 billion.
Or need more."
After the press conference, all reporters rushed to take photos with ‘Megatron’ and ‘Optimus Prime’!!
too excited!!
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PS: I recommend a new book of the same period - "Quan Xiong". The same old author, whose character is guaranteed.
Drunk and lying on the knees of a beautiful woman, wake up and take over the world!
——This is what a man should do
A diary that recorded the direction of his future life made Cheng Jiemin, who was originally full of longing for life, roar with disapproval!
He couldn't watch his life become dark! He couldn't let the tragedies in the diary that made him heartbroken reappear! He couldn't let regrets appear in his life...
The roar of the dragon in the sky is astonishing!
Let's watch him dance with the wind and clouds, start from nothing, climb up step by step, and walk out on his own path to power...