Chapter 165: Warm-up

The next day, Lin Xiong's old fox and Yang Zhu muttered in the tea break room for a morning, and then hurriedly went out alone.

Within two days, a group of staff members from Dahua Investment were transferred from China.

Immediately, the estate became an overseas branch of Dahua Investment;

And in the next few days, Ian came several times, but not alone, with a woman and three men behind him, looking like a formal business meeting.

It's just that Lin Tu and the others are a little surprised that every time Ian comes, he just asks those assistants to finalize various contracts with the staff of Dahua Investment word by word, but he pulls Yang Zhu to talk, like two friends who haven't seen each other for a long time.

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At the same time, "The Second Depression" began to be hyped up in the United States;

Newspapers, subway stations, web portals, TV commercials, it has appeared;

On the super giant LED screen in the Empire Plaza in New York, in addition to the promotional advertisements of the movie, two sets of dynamic numbers are added;

One group wrote: "There are 23 days, 5 hours and 17 minutes left until the premiere of "The Second Depression";

The other group is a bit more subtle, saying, "There are 87 days, 19 hours, and 17 minutes left until the second depression."

For a while, people all over the United States looked at these two sets of numbers a little inexplicably,

Some people thought, "Which stupid staff member is making a mistake? Is there a mistake in the second slogan?"

And more people because of curiosity, began to wonder what this sentence means, such a large LED screen stands here, even if the staff made a mistake, it has been a few days, and it should have been changed back a long time ago, since it was not changed back, it means that it has another intention.

And major newspapers and variety shows also participated, and they began to solve the mystery as if they were talking about it after cooking:

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"Judging from the movie trailer, this should be a movie about revealing reality, as if it is about finance,"

"Well, it's said that this movie was made by the Chinese, huh...... Are you sure that the Chinese understand finance?"

"So this second set of numbers should mean that in 87 days, we will have a serious economic crisis?"

"Oh my God, I can't believe that even Jesus didn't want to go out shopping at Easter, and that there are still people playing prophecy in this day and age?"

"Or is it a mysterious power from the ancient East?"

A well-known talk show host said with a little ridicule in his show.

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"For the sake of this inexplicable set of numbers, I specially checked,"

"Well, judging from all the data, we do have a lot of problems economically,"

"But ......"

"Judging from the assessment reports of experts in recent years, our economic growth point is still very strong, and our economic vitality is still strong;"

"The Nasdaq stock market, which is a barometer of the U.S. economy, is still doing well, and investors around the world continue to have strong confidence in the U.S. economy. ”

"So, it's ridiculous to be suspicious for the sake of a movie's inexplicable numbers, you know, in Huaxia, if you can be an economist, then what kind of director is you!?"

"I even suspect that the director deliberately came up with this set of data, in fact, he had already colluded with the egg suppliers, in order to walk on the street and let the residents throw eggs after the box office failed!"

A financial program host took the trouble to report a set of figures, and then despised the movie.

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Although most of the media guessed that this set of figures predicted that the United States would have a Great Depression in more than two months, it was basically negative and sarcastic;

There are also some media in the middle who believe that although this set of figures is exaggerated, it at least serves as a wake-up call to the United States - some people are already not very optimistic about the future of the US economy.

As for the public, they are smiling and grinning at the media's various sarcasm about this movie, which should be lace news;

But after all, this oversized LED advertisement stands in the most eye-catching Empire Plaza in New York, and countless media are discussing the film, which has played a good role in publicity.

There are also many people who bet on whether this "prophecy" is true or not, but there is a handicap of 1 to 100, and almost no one bets that this prophecy will come true, only one or two young people bet on a dollar as if they were playful......

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In the manor, the little white rabbit looked at various comments on the Internet on his laptop computer and pouted disapprerovingly.

Lin Keran, who was on the side, was a little anxious: "Yang Zhu, this propaganda method you came up with is not good, do you want our navy to dispatch and build up the momentum?"

Before Yang Zhu could speak, the little white rabbit replied first: "Don't send out the navy now, otherwise it will be bad!"

Lin Keran looked at her inexplicably, as if to say, do you understand again?

The little white rabbit said confidently: "The boss has always said that if a drama wants to be brilliant, then the huge contrast of the plot is a necessity, and reversal is one of the easiest means to shape the audience's sense of amazement." ”

"And if my guess is correct, the reason why BOSS has not controlled the review now is that he wants to let this low-pressure public opinion continue, and wait until the movie is released, and then start to control the review,"

And when the time comes, there will really be an economic crisis in the United States, and under the huge psychological contrast, this movie will really become a generation of gods. ”

Yang Zhu nodded approvingly, this little rabbit is getting more and more able to think, not bad!

So he said: "In fact, I temporarily asked Yin En to help me plug the giant LED screen in the Imperial Plaza, and I also asked him to help me control those media, and I fell to the ground to brush up on public opinion." ”

Lin Keran looked at Yang Zhu incredulously: "You don't have a fever, right? This is related to the box office of the movie, what a big piece of meat!"

The little white rabbit stood up and took the initiative to defend his BOSS: "Do things with a broad vision, and the techniques must be directed to the point, the first purpose of this movie is not to go to the box office, as long as the final effect can be achieved, what are you afraid of losing a little at the box office?"

"Besides, once this movie becomes a masterpiece, our follow-up movies can have their own halo, as long as the quality is passed, it will not be easy to harvest the American box office?"

Speaking of this, the little white rabbit looked like an elder, patted Lin Keran's shoulder and said in a rough voice: "Young man, take a long-term view, don't just stare at the fat in front of you and drool, you know, losing weight is a very painful thing!"

Yang Zhu on the side almost didn't laugh out loud, since this little rabbit got out of his sight and went to the United States alone to make a movie for half a year, the whole person seems to have undergone a lot of changes, as if he has become more thoughtful, more confident, and more independent;

It turned out that the soft salted fish attribute on the body dissipated a lot, although it was still a long hair, but the spirit began to "sass", a bit of the taste of Fushou Niangniang in another world.

Lin Keran on the side was unhappy: "Of course you are happy to do this, you are the heroine of "Resident Evil 2", if this movie has a good reputation, you will definitely eat the biggest wave of dividends." ”

"But this movie is wholly owned by our Dahua investment, and if the box office during the release period is delayed, even if the peripheral sales are good in the future, we will be annoyed to death by those directors at the moment!"

Yang Zhu smiled disapprehantly: "Don't worry, I've already told Ian that he will help us get the key to some theaters - although we can only get 60% of the theaters." ”

"So, the film can be postponed until the end of March, which is when the numbers on that LED screen go to zero;"

"Even if the box office in the first month is not good, we will have enough time in the next two months to pull up the box office of this movie through public opinion hype and other means!"

Lin Keran looked at Yang Zhu with some surprise, the theater chain in the United States is not as easy to talk as in China, it is completely a group of guys who put interests first, if the box office is good, people can kneel in front of you and pretend to be grandchildren;

But without good box office feedback, it's not surprising that these guys can throw all your movies in the garbage slot within the constraints of the contract, and even cut them the next day.

So, how many interest groups are tied up behind that Ian and that private fund, and how much energy is there to deal with this major theater chain like the "Warring States"?

Although only 60% of the work can be done, in the United States, which emphasizes the law of the "neoliberal economy", this force is also extremely terrifying.

Lin Keran, who had been refused by Yang Zhu and Lin Xiong to get in touch with the deeper inside story, began to think crankily in his mind,

And Yang Zhu in front of him, in Miss Lin's mind, is becoming more and more mysterious......