"Joseph, it''s true that your commentators are too vicious. According to the latest data I got, there are 1028 cinemas in the forest film studio, and the attendance rate is less than 50%. Ha ha, a few more attacks, the hero is over! Lin Feng has invested 800 million US dollars. He really has eaten the heart of a bear and the gall of a leopard! " Well deep out of the sarcastic laughter.
Joseph sighed. If 23 films invest 800 million dollars, it''s just very common, very common. But investing in a series is a bit of an exaggeration. It can be said that 20th Century Fox asked itself that it did not have the courage. However, Lin Feng had such courage and courage. Although he was a competitor and an enemy, Joseph still admired him. Of course, this is also stupid behavior!
Now "hero" rebroadcast attendance is less than half, as long as their "artillery" a little more fierce, after "hero" attendance can be imagined!
"If the well goes deep, you should cooperate. Together, let''s give hero another fatal blow and let its $800 million investment collapse. " Said Joseph coldly.
Since Lin Feng wants to hold the "Lin Feng film festival", there must be a large number of films to support the festival. Now, under the constraints of the "Oscar League", the major film companies in the United States dare not express their support for participating in the "Lin Feng film festival". Therefore, Lin Feng didn''t want to become a joke, so he had to invest a lot of money to take part in his own film festival. At that time, Lin Feng will shoot one and they will destroy one. As long as a few more films are destroyed, the reputation of Linfeng film company will be completely destroyed. At that time, if Lin Feng didn''t want his film festival to become a joke, he had to continue to invest.
Continue to invest, tens of millions of a film, dozens of a year, not billions of dollars. He wants to see how much money Lin Feng has to make movies. Hum, I''ll let you pay as much as you have—— Well deep out one face bad smile. As long as he can defeat the biggest enemy of Sony, his position as the president of Sony is certain.
However, just as the two were preparing to continue to increase the "artillery" strike, their phones kept ringing.
"Mr. Joseph, your film critics are killing our newspaper!"《 As soon as the editor in chief of USA today called, he began to pour bitter water.
"What''s the matter?" Joseph was stunned.
"Well, Joseph, as far as the comments on hero published by your company are concerned, a large number of viewers now call to complain that we have no fair comments on hero, but we are just smearing hero and making no objective and fair comments on hero, and that we mislead the audience. These viewers asked us to withdraw those false apologies and make a public apology. "-《 The editor in chief of USA today looks miserable.
Joseph sneered at the words.
"Why care about what the audience says. They are also hot headed. They are bewitched by Lin Feng and others and call. Maybe these people are arranged by Lin Feng. As a member of the media, we should have the backbone of absolute freedom of the press and not be compromised by any words or things. " Joseph made a long speech.
"That''s true, Mr. Joseph. But these viewers keep calling and even threatening to refuse to buy our newspaper if they don''t withdraw the comments. If the boss knows about these things, we can''t explain them. " The editor in chief is in great distress.
Joseph frowned.
"In this way, next time we buy more advertising space of your newspaper, you will have a way to explain to the boss!" Joseph snorted coldly. When it comes to complaints from the audience and boycotting newspapers, it''s not about taking advantage of the opportunity to strike a bamboo pole. But Joseph had been prepared for this, so he didn''t care. Knock some bamboo, knock some bamboo! As long as Lin Feng can feel the film circle, this loss is completely bearable.
"Well, well, that''s it!"《 The editor in chief of USA today thought about it, but agreed.
"However, if the audience really boycotts the newspaper, Mr. Joseph, even if you buy more advertising space, it''s useless." -《 The editor in chief of USA Today hung up.
Joseph gave a cold hum. I didn''t expect that Lin Feng was so shameless. He wanted to use the audience to put pressure on them to stop these comments. However, this childish way was to disintegrate their offensive, which was a delusion.
However, to Joseph''s surprise, the editors in chief of many famous American newspapers, such as the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, called one after another. Without exception, they complained about the audience''s collective protest, complaining that the audience would blackmail them to withdraw these comments by boycotting the purchase of newspapers. In this regard, Joseph is no exception, all by increasing its advertising investment to kill.
After dozens of phone calls, Joseph gasped. After all, Lin Feng has been able to deal with these editors. However, Lin Feng is really powerful. He can mobilize so many viewers to call and threaten dozens of newspapers across the United States.
OK, Lin Feng, you are good enough! If not enough, I''ll see how much money you have to manipulate the so-called "audience" to make phone complaints—— Joseph sneered. In the United States, nothing is expensive, but labor is expensive. He didn''t believe how long Lin Feng could persist in inviting tens of thousands of viewers to make complaints on the phone. According to the market price, the labor cost of such a call is at least $100 a day. 10000 people, that''s a million dollars. On the scale of Chonglin, which can harass almost all the mainstream newspapers in the United States, there are at least 100000 people who can achieve this effect. That day was tens of millions of dollars.
You Lin Feng is rich, but I see how much money you can have—— Joseph looked on coldly.
"By the way, did you also receive phone complaints from those editors?" Asked Joseph.
"Yes, but it''s OK. These editors don''t want to make more advertising money." Well deep out of the sneer.
Joseph nodded. These editors say that the audience should boycott the newspaper. Isn''t that a joke! It never happened. What''s more, people with a clear eye will know that Lin Feng started the audience. Otherwise, how could there be so many viewers calling to complain.
"Well, this time we will unite with the whole American film company to drive Lin Feng out of the film circle." Said Joseph.
Well deep out of the nod.
Then, after the "Oscar League" promised more advertising, the major newspapers in the United States once again increased their attack on "hero"!
"Lin, it seems that you can''t incite the audience!" Ellison looked down at the overwhelming commentary on hero in the newspaper. But Ellison had never been wronged. How could he be ashamed to be scolded like this.
"Well, Ellison, don''t worry. The more they scold, the more intense the audience''s response will be as long as hero is good enough. It''s just a matter of time! " Lin Feng said easily.
Ellison thought and nodded. But it''s the first time for Ellison to leave things to someone else, out of his control. I feel very uncomfortable!
You know, with the continuous attacks from major newspapers across the United States, the audience who watched hero, after returning home, made a phone call to complain about the false comments of major newspapers, although they were told by word of mouth, called friends and asked them to watch hero one after another, in the face of the overwhelming attacks on hero, most of the audience still gave up on hero, Therefore, for three days in a row, the attendance rate of hero was extremely low. Although the audience cheered and applauded after the show, it did not help the actual box office revenue. The only gratifying thing is that the sales of package tickets are unprecedented, reaching 500000.
"By the way, Lin, I feel very strange. Why is there no comment on hero on the Internet now? It seems that it is deliberately blocked by a force!" Allison said suddenly.
Lin Feng smiles.
"Ellison, you finally found out!" Lin Feng explained with a smile that there was no comment on hero on the Internet.
It turns out that Lin Feng ordered "Baidu - Yahoo" to block all this. He used the search power of "Baidu - Yahoo" to block the comments on hero. Therefore, both positive and negative comments are blocked by "Baidu - Yahoo". Lin Feng wants to build up his strength by doing this. For a film, its reviews are very bad, which really affects the attendance. However, if the comment is a piece of criticism on the market, it will cause some people''s attention. They want to see how bad a film is judged.
Is hero really bad? Obviously not! It''s not bad, it''s excellent. So once the audience finally finds out this fact, the stronger the counterattack will be. This is similar to the "catapult theory" of futures market. Lin Feng is to take advantage of this opportunity to smash the attack and blockade of the "Oscar League" on his company''s public opinion. After all, Lin Feng can''t change the pressure of public opinion brought by these newspapers. Therefore, Lin Feng can only change what can be changed, that is, the attitude of the audience.
"By the way, why can''t we search on Google?" Ellison was curious.
For "Google" can''t search "hero" related comments, Lin Feng can only say, I''m afraid that this is "Google" want to help "Oscar League" secretly, so just take the opportunity to sneak in. Unfortunately, "Google" didn''t know that it didn''t really help itself, on the contrary, it helped itself. Now Lin Feng is waiting, waiting for the audience''s anger to explode.
Bad comments! Every day after a hero is broadcast, the next day there is always a flood of bad reviews. All the mainstream media in the United States are criticizing him. They are criticizing him for his plot jumping too much, his character performance not up to standard, and his special effects are not so good. In short, it''s not worth spending money to watch TV series in the cinema!
On the contrary, those who watched hero thought that the plot was exciting and the role performance was in place. As for the special effects, although they were not top-notch, they were definitely better than most Hollywood movies. The flying pictures could definitely be compared with Superman. The scene of shuttling time and space was no worse than soldier of the future, and the fighting between super powers was no less than X-Men, There are 23 Series in such a movie. For all the audience who watched hero, it''s like drugs. As for the TV series, if it is better than most Hollywood movies, I would rather spend money in the cinema. On the screen, the sound effect, it''s worth it!
"Paul, it''s really good for you to see hero! Really? I will never lie to you After watching hero, an excited audience found his friends and recommended them to him for the first time.
"Hero", which is rated as "three noes" - no plot, no picture, no performance? Besides, it''s said that TV series are still sold as movies. Is this kind of movie also worth watching? Hum, as those comments said, as long as we don''t watch it, the hero will be on TV sooner or later. In that case, why should we go to see it? " Paul said with disdain.
"God, Paul, you''re going to piss me off when you say that hero is a three no movie. You just have to go and see how wonderful the film is Hearing that his best friend commented on hero like this, the audience was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.
"I''m not wasting that money."
"I''ll pay for that!"
"Forget it, I don''t want to waste time!"
"I... i... you will regret it!" The excited audience went away in a huff.
"Cut, it''s just a fallen hero. It''s worth so excited!" Paul said with disdain.
This kind of scene happened in many cities in the United States, and many friends were angry because of it. For a long time, they ignored each other, causing hundreds of thousands of pairs of friends to turn against each other. This is another reason for the Oscar League to attack hero.
——If you don''t want to turn against your friends, you''d better not watch hero.
"Lin, when are you going to fight back?" Ellison couldn''t help it.
Now "hero" has been put into 18, but attendance is very sad. Now "hero" premieres in the evening, and then plays five more times before the next day''s new one. The first one is full and almost full. But in the following five replays, attendance was very low. What''s more, 2.32 million sets of "hero" tickets have been sold, which is almost the total number of seats in the "forest film screening hall" (2.4 million seats in total). However, the sales of the remaining five free tickets add up to less than 1 million. Many of the second and third time viewers pay to see them.
This is a very strange phenomenon. Judging from the attendance at the premiere, it''s a great movie. But in terms of average attendance, it''s a rotten film. And this makes more viewers afraid to avoid it.
"By the time of the last one!" Lin Feng''s eyes flashed a trace of Li mang. Now this "catapult" has been pressed low enough, when the last one is played, it will be enough to make it rebound. At that time, Lin Feng will have to see how the "Oscar League" is going to suppress it.
"By the way, Ellison, how much is hero''s box office now?" Asked Lin Feng.
Ellison looked at the computer, helpless.
"So far, hero''s total box office revenue is $265 million. Although the box office is good, but compared with your investment, it is a big loss. " Ellison said. According to the 15% of the box office revenue of "hero" and "forest film screening hall", the total revenue of "forest film screening hall" is 39.75 million US dollars in the 18 days of "hero", which is a small profit after deducting the cost. However, Lin Feng is losing a lot.
"Don''t worry, Ellison. I''m not worried about the box office of hero at all. Also, during this period, we can continue to buy cinemas. " Lin Feng said.
"Continue to buy?" Ellison was taken aback. At this time, he continued to buy. How much bear heart and leopard gall did Lin Feng eat.
"Ha ha, only in this period of time will the acquisition not be blocked by the black hand of the Oscar League. At present, there are more than 40000 movie screens in the United States. Our company now has more than 8000, accounting for nearly a quarter of them. My goal is to occupy more than half of them. Of course, in the global market in the future, my cinema will occupy more than half of the market. " Lin Feng said haughtily.
(currently, there are about 100000 movie screens in the world.)
Ellison was startled at first, then patted his thigh fiercely.
"Lin, you want to play bigger this time. If we can occupy half of the screen, it''s not that we are controlled by people, it''s that they are controlled by us! " Ellison laughed.
If the forest studios do have more than half of the screens in the United States, it''s hard for the academy to control them. If they don''t let Lin Feng''s cinema show films, the films they invested in may not be able to recover the box office. Half of the cinemas don''t show movies. Are companies like "Sony Columbia Pictures" and "Twentieth Century Fox" suffering?
Of course, they can play a movie for an extra period of time, but don''t forget that there are dozens of film companies in the United States, big and small. Do they only play the movies of Sony Columbia Pictures and other film companies, and don''t play the movies of other film companies? Obviously, this is impossible. At that time, there is only one possibility that these film companies that have made films and have no place to put them will completely fall to Lin Feng''s side.
At that time, it was time for Lin Feng to fight back against the "Oscar League" led by "Sony Columbia Pictures".
"Lin, about money? I''m afraid we have to inject capital again. " Said Ellison, pondering.
At present, the US $3 billion invested in the acquisition or construction of 1028 cinemas and their operation during this period is almost exhausted. If we want to acquire them again at this time, I''m afraid we have to continue to invest. And this investment, at least 3-4 billion US dollars. It''s not just fun, it''s a real move into the film industry. With their current relationship with the American film industry, this is a big gamble.
"Don''t worry, Ellison. Believe me, this decision will be one of the wisest in your life. Your present money will be rewarded a hundred times in the future! " Lin Feng said.
Allison nodded as he thought. Grandma, I bet!
Then, when hero continued to play one by one, Ellison also launched a stormy acquisition again. More than 5000 cinemas in the United States began to fall under the acquisition of Ellison and Lin Feng regardless of cost.
At first, wells deep out of the and Joseph did not care about it, on the contrary, still behind to help Ellison complete the acquisition. However, when Ellison had more than 13000 movie screens and still kept on acquiring them, Joseph and Inoue realized that something was wrong.
"I''m afraid things are not good this time! This time, it seems that Ellison and Lin Feng are going to play a big game. " Joseph said with a worried face.
"Joseph, do you really think they have enough money to continue the acquisition?" The saying that the well goes deep.
According to Ellison''s 13000 movie screens and other hardware investments, it is conservatively estimated that the investment has exceeded $5 billion. If you want to continue to invest, the cost will be greater. What''s more, if there is no film source support, so many cinemas only have labor costs. On the one hand, the daily investment is astronomical. If we want to maintain such a huge cost, even if Lin Feng and Ellison are the top five super rich people on the world''s rich list, they can''t support it.
"But I''m worried that in the future, when they acquire more than a certain amount, they will threaten us!" Joseph was very worried about it.
Well deep out of the disdain of a few laughs.
"Don''t worry, Joseph. Not to mention their financial support, even if their financial support, once there is no movie to play, so many cinemas will have to sit idly by. Of course, what''s more important is that when the audience doesn''t watch the movie, they have to protest. Hum, at that time, we can make extremely harsh demands and take the opportunity to exploit them. Hum, maybe we just sit by and let Lin Feng finally give up. That way, ha ha, we can buy back the cinema at a low price, and completely drive Lin Feng and Ellison out of the film circle. " Well deep out of the thought of the future Lin Feng disheartened from the film circle when leaving the sad picture, want to laugh.
Joseph thought about it, but it seemed a little risky. But there is no doubt that it is the best way to drive Lin Feng out of the film circle. And the so-called risk is really small. Because no one has so much money to buy so many cinemas.
Indeed, no one has the money. Even if Lin Feng and Ellison unite, it''s not enough. But Lin Feng has friends.
"Li Zekai, Tang Jiacheng, Zheng Zhiheng, whether you are interested in investing in the film industry or not, you must help me this time!" Lin Feng said.
"Don''t worry, Lin Feng. We will help you this time." Li Zekai and the three of them did not hesitate at all（ To be continued, if you want to know the future, please log in www.qidian.com , more chapters, support authors, support legitimate reading!)