Iron Man was officially released on April 18, and the distribution ability of Touchstone is very good, and Zhou Shi's network promotion ability is also okay, and the two together play a somewhat unexpected role. As of April 20, the box office in North America exceeded 150 million in the first week. Coupled with the continuous fermentation of word-of-mouth, although the score of Rotten Tomatoes is not high, the box office decline in the second week is not large, and friends, Twitter and other 3 social media all think that this is a good superhero movie. Reflected in reality, Marvel's stock began to rise, and the market value soon exceeded $1.3 billion. And then it never fell below this price, and even at the height of the financial crisis, Marvel's market capitalization did not fall below 1.3 billion.

Also making a notable contribution to the box office explosion was a propaganda company set up last year to help with Oguanhai's election. Zhou Shi's former assistant Oliver was also pushed to the front desk to host the big data marketing company, referred to as BDM. If Ao Guanhai's team wants to find a friend network to promote, they must go through BDM, and Zhou Shi and Lu He are also old rivers and lakes, so they will not easily give people a handle. As for film promotion, it is a newly developed ability of BDM. The week after the release of "Iron Man" has not ended, and Litmus Rock is very optimistic about BDM's capabilities and hopes to continue working together. Zhou Shi simply put some of the others, only keeping his own tuba. I don't expect him to make more money, just be able to play his due role when necessary.

The continued popularity of Iron Man proves that the first step of the Marvel Universe plan has been successful, and the hot discussion on social media also proves that the plan has successfully gained the attention of the public. Marvel's stock price has skyrocketed, and the market value has exceeded $1.5 billion in the second week. Zhou Shi's promise to increase his holdings of Marvel shares by $100 million also did, and in the end, he held a total of 23% of Marvel shares.

At the end of the second week, the box office of "Iron Man" was released, with a box office of 90 million, a total of 240 million US dollars in two weeks, plus the overseas box office, and now, it can be said that the cost of more than 150 million US dollars will definitely not be lost. If the North American box office could be three times the first-week box office if previous estimates were followed, then Marvel's pre-tax profit of more than $100 million is almost certain. In fact, the film's final North American box office stopped at 456 million, with more than 280 million overseas and a total of $736 million worldwide. The final box office of "Iron Man" is 150 million more than in the previous life, which is a big gain.

Successful again, Marvel and Zhou Shi received unanimous praise from the media. And it's not just praise, Dai Furui, who has been set aside, finally compromised. continued to hold on, and he was the one who suffered the most. On April 28th, just when Zhou Shi was about to run out of patience, he gave up his position as chairman, and Zhou Shi immediately let Jack Dorsey, who had been following him, re-sit in the position of CEO and start a new journey for Twitter.

Zhou Shi didn't even talk to Twitter's management and other shareholders before throwing all these things to Jack Dorsey, not because Zhou Shi's trust in him was unparalleled, but because the prediction of the gossip astronomical phenomena finally came out, and as expected, the earthquake site was near Rongcheng, Huaxiachuan Province, and the magnitude of the Richter scale could reach 7.0.

"How did this 7.0 come out, you are too unreliable!" Zhou Shi asked Stevenson quietly, he didn't remember how big this earthquake was, but the magnitude 7 earthquake was too dangerous, right?

"This is really true, we have studied and compared various data, and even purchased a lot of local high-precision satellite pictures and real-time meteorological data, and finally obtained the result, the accuracy rate of this result is as high as more than 70%. Stevenson said seriously.

Zhou Shi was also stunned when he heard it, he didn't know if what Stevenson said was right, it was really hard to refer to. Is big data really that useful?

"How long will it take to happen, can we predict the time?" Zhou Shi

"It's coming, maybe 20 days or so. "Stevenson

"Are you convinced?" Zhou Shi asked the professor with a sloppy beard.

"Not 100 percent, but this time we're pretty sure!" the professor

"If we go over now, will it be dangerous?" Zhou Shi seemed to hesitate

"If we knew in advance that there was prevention, the danger was minimal. "Stevenson

Zhou Shi was still a little hesitant, turning around in the office, making various hesitant movements, thinking about how to deal with the next thing.

"Would any of you be willing to come with me over to help the people there?" Zhou Shi said as if he had made up his mind, suppressing his voice

"I'm going, whether this prediction is correct or not, it will be very important for us to predict earthquakes in the future. We still have a lot of data to collect and organize. "Professor Abbas, bearded

"I'm going too"

"I'm going too"

The sound of one after another sounded, and most people were very concerned about this earthquake. Zhou Shi did not hesitate at this time, and quickly made a decision.

"Professor Abbas led the team, a scientific team of no more than ten people. Other personnel remain on guard, looking for the next target, or continuing to observe the target. ”

Stevenson was not brought to China by Zhou Shi and stayed in the research institute. Zhou Shi also returned to China overnight to carry out various preparations before the earthquake.

April in China is also wonderful, the DNF of Time Game has been regained, Penguin has lost face, and more importantly, its interests have suffered a great loss. At most, $250 million, the loss of more than 2 billion soft girl coins is not something anyone can bear.

"Fraud, this is typical fraud" Brother Pony was furious and lost his demeanor.

But some of the contracts between Galaxy Capital and Neople were made public, making all of Penguin's accusations against Time lose their footing. As early as two years ago, they signed a contract, and who made you so anxious, and arrogantly did not negotiate with Lei Jun. All this is self-inflicted, and the vast number of Internet people are gloating. A few still adhere to conspiracy theories, Galaxy Capital, and Time Games are skilled!

No matter how Penguin tosses, the next thing has nothing to do with Time Inc., and the rest is a problem between Penguin and the original shareholders of Neople. After all, Neople still has $100 million paid by Galaxy Capital in its hands, and it is very likely that this money will be recovered. But in any case, Penguin's $150 million purchase of a game company with little market value is not a happy thing.

The stock market also voted with its feet on the penguins, and in just two weeks, the penguin's stock price plummeted by 35 percent, and even plummeted by as much as 50 percent. The market's confidence in penguins is seriously low, and the slightest wind and grass is a wild sell-off in stocks. Even their staunchest supporter, MIH, had an idea.

Four Elephants Fund has set up several shell companies, and in this decline, it has absorbed nearly five percent of Penguin's equity. The penguin's actual losses are really not much, and since the pony is very resilient, Zhou Shi believes that he will not fail so easily. Casual games such as Penguin QQ Flying Car QQ Dazzle Dance have also begun to exert force, gradually occupying the domestic casual game market, and the profitability has increased significantly.

(End of chapter)