Chapter 537 Location to be determined, time to be determined
The film and television adaptation of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" has been negotiated. Zhang Zhong will not charge film and television adaptation rights fees, and will invest an additional 200 million Chinese dollars, with the subsequent share accounted for 27%.
The estimated cost of the movie is between 100 million and 150 million U.S. dollars. Based on this calculation, Zhang Zhong seems to have no advantage. If the final cost of the movie is 100 million U.S. dollars, then according to the investment ratio, this book Zhang
Not only did Zhong not get the adaptation fee, he also paid it back.
But no matter what, it still depends on the box office.
As long as the final box office of this movie reaches 300 million US dollars, Zhang Zhong will not lose money.
Regarding the figure of 300 million U.S. dollars, Zhang Zhong thinks it should not be a big problem.
And even if he doesn't make back the money at the box office in the end, there will be various dividends later, so he doesn't have to think too much about the possibility of losing money.
Wenner Entertainment's work style has always been "flagrant". Zhang Zhongcai had just signed a contract with them, and their publicity work had already begun before the filming of the movie started.
In less than a day, the Internet was flooded with news about the movie adaptation of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
All kinds of copywriting and video ads are overwhelming.
"The ten most anticipated movies of 2022."
"The science fiction party benefits are here."
"The electric sheep are coming."
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Those who didn’t know better thought this movie would be released soon.
When Zhang Zhong saw these news on the Internet, he was wondering if the promotion was too early and too aggressive. Is Wenner's promotion fee so sufficient?
However, Wenner Entertainment never seems to consider money. What they have to do is use every day before the movie is released to carve the name of the movie into the hearts of the audience.
When Affleck saw the advertisement for "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", he felt nothing but envy.
Obviously "The Last Starfish" started filming first, but "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" suddenly jumped into people's eyes.
If Zhang Zhonghe hadn't been famous enough, no one might have even known about the filming of "The Last Starfish".
This is the gap in capital. In order to film "The Last Starfish Man", Affleck was frugal and deliberately set the filming location in Jiangyang.
Not only because Jiangyang meets the conditions for filming, but also because the labor wages here are not high and the price level is not bad, it can not only catch the popularity of Zhang Zhong and "Ten Indian Boys", but also save money.
His careful calculation is in sharp contrast to Wenner Entertainment.
However, the final result depends on the quality of the work. There is no point in envying him now.
If "The Last Starfish" can be a hit, Affleck's next plan is to shoot PZ's "I, Robot" series. There are several stories in it that inspired him so much that he even had the movie in his mind.
Part of the story has been made up.
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The fifty-first issue of "Zero Zero One" is about to be released.
But many netizens are still thinking about the last issue, not because the content in the previous issue was so special, but because the magazine officially said that there was an Easter egg in the 50th issue, but readers were looking for it for a week until
The second issue is almost out, but they still haven’t found what the easter egg is.
The sales volume of "Zero Zero One" is very high, and the sales volume of the 50th issue has exceeded 12 million.
Even if one person buys two copies on average, six million people have bought this magazine. It is impossible that six million readers cannot find this Easter egg.
【Isn't it because we were fooled?】
[We are certain that it is impossible for the magazine to shoot itself in the foot.]
[Maybe the easter eggs are more hidden.]
[This is too hidden. It is no exaggeration to say that I have read every word of this book several times. I read every word of this book word for word, even the small print on the cover. 】
[What do you mean? I bought several books, tried flooding them with water, roasting them with fire, and considered all kinds of chemical reactions, but I still haven’t found the mystery.]
[There is a real god and man upstairs.]
[Have you ever tried to read the contents of this book upside down? 】
[No, can you find the easter egg if you look upside down? 】
[No, I just want to say that I did it. I read all the contents of this magazine upside down. 】
【Then what?】
【Then I didn’t even notice it.】
The magazine section of 001 Literature Network has received particularly heavy traffic in the past two days, mostly from netizens full of complaints.
They all want the official to give an explanation about the easter egg.
In the end, the official came out and issued a statement, but they did not say what the easter egg was, but issued this sentence.
"The explanation of the easter egg will be revealed on the homepage of the 51st issue."
As soon as this statement came out, many readers couldn't help but curse.
[You lose your character, you lose your character, this wave of marketing is so smooth, and you still want us to buy the next issue.]
[Awesome, damn, I don’t want Easter eggs, okay. 】
[Resolutely resist disgusting marketing.]
[Ahem, let me tell you something, do you really not want to buy it? 】
【Haha, you are bragging.】
[Oh, I originally wanted to buy it, but I felt a little uncomfortable with the official operation.]
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When the magazine was released the next day, many people immediately rushed to the bookstore to buy the magazine, just to find out the answer to the Easter egg.
After seeing the answer, readers felt like they were crazy.
Because there is a sentence written on the title page of the 51st issue: Please open the p25 of the 50th issue. If the seventh word on the ninth line is followed by a period, you can go to any southern bookstore to exchange for a ticket.
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【……】
【I'm convinced.】
【Awesome, awesome.】
【So awesome?】
[What’s the point of being so secretive?]
【How is it possible to find this?】
[I just read it, mine is a comma, is there really a period? 】
[Hahahaha, mine is a full stop, I won the prize, but what is the ticket?]
[Everyone is waiting for my news, I will go to Nanfang Bookstore to exchange for tickets now.]
[Brother, don’t go. I’ve already changed it back. I’ll send you a picture for everyone to see.]
Some readers who won the easter eggs ran faster and exchanged their tickets, and many people shared photos of their tickets.
It is the size of an ordinary admission ticket, with a blue starry sky on the bottom.
Underneath the three large characters on the ticket is written: Author meeting, location to be determined, time to be determined.
Author meet-and-greet?
Although the author is not mentioned, netizens agree that it refers to Zhang Zhong. However, the location and time are yet to be determined, which is really unsettling.
Netizens who got the tickets felt like they were holding a winning lottery ticket that they didn't know whether they could redeem.