Chapter 731: Parkour Event
Since the official account of the "Young People" film and television company announced the status of these two projects, these two projects have attracted a lot of attention from the media and the Internet. Now the two crews held a start-up press conference at the same time, which also attracted the participation of many media reporters.
Although the most attractive point of these two projects is the new composition of the crew, if it were not for the two stars Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui as the planners and producers of the project, the media and the public would not have paid so much attention to these two projects.
Before the media reporters participated in the start-up press conference of these two almost all newcomers, most of the questions they planned to ask were prepared for the two stars, Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui, but when they really arrived at the press conference and the press conference began, they found that Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui, the planners of the two projects, did not appear at the start-up press conference of their respective crews.
However, Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui did not appear, and there were still stars at the press conferences of these two crews. As the second most famous star in the cast and crew list, Lin Qisan and Zhu Zitong appeared at the start-up press conference of their respective crews as representatives of the management and producers respectively. So, when entering the reporter's question session, the first question raised by the first reporter who was pointed on both sides was to ask why Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui did not appear.
Lin Qisan and Zhu Zitong did not hide it, and truthfully answered the whereabouts of the reporter.
Part of the production funds for this year's Spring Festival parkour movie came from online crowdfunding. After the box office results came out, the YRF team decided to use the investment proceeds of the crowdfunding part to form a company dedicated to promoting parkour sports and organizing and operating parkour events to give back to those parkour enthusiasts. After the box office was received, the sports promotion and event operation company was established and preparations began for the first World Parkour Skills Competition.
The company is registered in the United States, where the first event was held. As the initiator of parkour, and the investor of the company that held the event, that is, the initiator of this event, the YRF team of this first event must also participate. Two days later, it was the day of the World Parkour Skills Competition, so Xiao Yao, Zhao Rui, Xu Fei, and Chen Xiaoting flew to the United States to participate in the parkour competition.
Of course, as investors and promoters of the event, the YRF team does not act as both referees and athletes, so they do not participate in the competition, but as judges and special performers.
Although Xiao Yao and others' parkour movies have won a very good box office, and the sport of parkour has also gained a high degree of attention in China in a short period of time, but in general, this sport with high requirements for physical fitness and movement skills is still a relatively niche sport.
Some of the reporters in China have heard about the World Parkour Championship, but since the competition is held in the United States, most of the reporters and people in China are not particularly clear about the specific situation of the event. When Lin Qisan and Zhu Zitong heard that this event was actually organized by a company invested and established by Xiao Yao and others in the United States, the reporters at the press conference were all surprised.
It is very exciting for Chinese people to launch a new extreme sport that is popular all over the world, and now these people have invested in the formation of a company to promote the sport globally and organize special events, which is undoubtedly a very amazing big news. After a brief period of astonishment, the media reporters at the scene became excited and asked questions about the sports promotion company and the event, which once deviated the direction of the two press conferences.
Xiao Yao and others crowdfunding to make movies has always been a topic that netizens have debated a lot. At the beginning of crowdfunding, some netizens discussed whether it was appropriate for Xiao Yao and several of them to be celebrities, and it was appropriate not to attract investment but to engage in crowdfunding to make movies. It's just that most people at that time were excited by the news that Xiao Yao and others were the mysterious YRF team, the initiators of parkour sports, and wanted to make parkour movies, and this discussion did not form much of a trend. And at that time, Xiao Yao's animated movie had not yet been released, and not many people thought that Xiao Yao and others were amazingly rich, so there was not much reaction.
When the box office of parkour movies came out, the matter of crowdfunding was brought up again by some people. said that Xiao Yao's "Vali" was a box office hit, and he was obviously not short of money, but he engaged in crowdfunding, taking the money of parkour enthusiasts to make movies, but the money he earned fell into his own pocket, which was clearly taking advantage of ordinary netizens and parkour enthusiasts.
Fans and netizens who are a little more rational can be counted that in fact, when the parkour movie was crowdfunded, the movie "Walli" had not yet been released in China, and it was when it was in the later stage, that is, when Xiao Yao was most short of money. No matter what the box office of "Wal-E" was, it couldn't affect Xiao Yao and others at that time, so they put out the timeline of this fact and fought back.
If the sunspot wants to hack a person, many facts will be turned a blind eye. On top of that, the box office success of "Wall-E" and parkour movies has caused some people to have a greater hatred of the rich. What if there was no box office of "Vali" at that time? Several of you are all stars and second-generation stars, you have money, your family has money, and you cheat netizens out of their money to make money, no matter what!
Crowdfunding is a voluntary form, all the circumstances of the film project are real, Xiao Yao and others also showed their true identity during crowdfunding, and finally did come up with a movie work, no matter what you say, it has nothing to do with fraud. In the general environment, the vast majority of netizens are relatively objective and stand on a more fair attitude, and there are not too many people following this kind of speech, so these remarks have not become mainstream, but some sunspots are carrying the rhythm.
Among several people, the main target of sunspots is Xiao Yao. However, Xiao Yao has always turned a blind eye to such things as sunspots, and he doesn't bother to explain. And Xiao Yao's fans are also very effective at some times, there is a detailed crowdfunding list and amount details on the official website of the movie, most of the crowdfunding funds come from foreign netizens, none of the sunspots spraying Xiao Yao on the Huaxia Internet are involved in the crowdfunding of the film project, and they are directly scolded without spending your money.
It didn't take long for the crowdfunding debate to subside, but most of the media reporters were aware of such controversies on the Internet. Now Xiao Yao and others are using part of the proceeds of crowdfunding to set up a company to promote parkour and hold parkour events, does it mean that they also cared about those remarks at the beginning, and responded to those remarks with this kind of behavior?
At the scene of the two start-up press conferences, the second question raised by the reporter was basically on the motives of Xiao Yao and others.
This is the press conference for the launch of movies and TV series, if Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui were present, they might have directly ignored such a question and asked reporters to ask questions related to movies and TV series instead. However, as non-parties whose names do not appear on the list of main creators on the official website of the movie, Lin Qisan and Zhu Zitong are more accommodating, and they still explain to the face that when Xiao Yao was preparing to make the parkour movie, he already had the idea of using the money of parkour fans to promote parkour, so he insisted on crowdfunding the movie, which has nothing to do with any remarks on the Internet.
Some reporters were skeptical of Lin Qisan and Zhu Zitong's statements, and many new questions emerged. However, although Lin Qisan and Zhu Zitong are more accommodating than Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui, it is not without a bottom line that allows reporters to turn the launch conference of movies and TV series into a press conference on the issue of crowdfunding for parkour movies. Therefore, after answering two questions, the two stopped answering this question, reminding the reporters to ask questions related to the press conference, and pulling back the direction and rhythm of the press conference.
Although Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui, the two core figures, did not come, Lin Qisan and Zhu Zitong, the two planning participants, and a group of rookie directors and actors also had many questions to ask. "Young People", a new film and television company, invested in two youth-related film and television works at once, a rookie crew from a full-school class, and the faint confrontation between Yandian and Shenxi, all of which are very good topics. After the rhythm is pulled back, there are a lot of questions for reporters to ask.
It is not the first time that Lin Qisan and Zhu Zitong have attended a press conference, but they have basically participated as leading or supporting actors in the past. It was the first time for both of them to control the entire press conference as the producer and crew represented by the management, who had the most power and the most famous star in the crew. However, this first time for the two, the performance is still good.
After the start-up press conference, relevant reports from various media have also been released. Although due to the relationship between the new company's investment in the formation of a new crew, most of the media and the industry are still cautious about the prospects of these two projects, and some even directly express their disbelief, but the media basically has no negative evaluation of these two press conferences, at least the performance of the new company and the two newcomer crews at the press conference, the media basically has no dissatisfaction.
The cautious evaluation and even decline of the project's prospects in the media and the industry will wait for the box office ratings and word-of-mouth after the release of movies and TV dramas in the future. There were no accidents or accidents at the press conference, and the media reports were successfully published to achieve the publicity effect, and the two press conferences were successful.
Of course, after the two start-up press conferences, in addition to the relevant reports of the two crews, Xiao Yao, Zhao Rui and others used crowdfunding proceeds to form a company to promote parkour sports, and the news of organizing regular parkour events was also reported by many media. After this news came out, it also caused a lot of discussion on the Huaxia Internet, and the word parkour once again became a hot topic on the Huaxia Internet.
However, all preparations for the first parkour event in the United States have been completed and will be held soon. The heated discussion on the Internet on Huaxia's side did not have much impact on this game.
In this first parkour event, Xiao Yao, Zhao Rui and others had a lot of fun, and the whole process of the event was also very smooth. For the first parkour event held by the sports promotion company under his name, Xiao Yao, Zhao Rui and others are very satisfied on the whole.
Parkour is a relatively niche sport, and it is a new event, as the organizer of the event, the company did not get any high-value sponsorship from well-known brands, nor did it sell the broadcast rights of TV stations, but only sold the rights of live webcasting. Overall, the event was a loss of money. But for Xiao Yao and others, the loss of money in the first event was completely expected and completely acceptable.
Running an event is a long-term process, and Xiao Yao and others are even ready to lose money for several years in a row. Anyway, the funds on the company's books are still very sufficient, and after the other proceeds of the follow-up parkour movies arrive, the same proportion of the proceeds will continue to be invested in the company, which is expected to withstand losses for several years. What Xiao Yao and others are more concerned about is the effect and influence of this event. In this respect, the event was a great success.
The organization of the event, the process, the fairness of the results, and the enthusiasm of the parkour enthusiasts were very good in all aspects. There is no large-scale, high-impact, full-fledged parkour event in the world, and after this competition, this event has also successfully established its reputation and authority among parkour enthusiasts. With the follow-up competition, the influence is slowly expanding, and there is no worry that it will not be able to attract high-quality sponsorship and sell TV broadcast rights in the future.
Xiao Yao and others did not invest in this company to make money. According to Xiao Yao's idea, if the competition is held in the future to make money, the prize money of the competition will be increased, the treatment of the participants will be improved, the number of winners and awards will be increased, and some special awards will be set up separately. In the future, Xiao Yao even plans to classify the event, set up branches in other countries, and conduct small-scale trials and low-level competitions according to different geographical scopes, and slowly form a system.
Xiao Yao has a lot of ideas, but he doesn't have the interest and patience to realize them one by one. Judging from the performance of the first event this time, Xiao Yao felt that his vision of selecting people was still very good. After communicating and exchanging these ideas with the relevant person in charge of the company, you can count on them to help you realize them one by one.
In fact, a few years later, the sports promotion company invested and established by Xiao Yao and others did indeed operate the parkour event they operated into a very influential sports event. After years of promotion and the influence of this event, parkour has also successfully joined the "World X Games" family and become one of the most important competitions.
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