Chapter 395: Turning the Tide
In the past two years with the big boss, I have hardly found any problems that can hardly get him. This also makes the employees under him extremely adore and respect the boss Ma Wei.
A week later, Marvel Studios teamed up with Vke Video to launch "X-Men 1" Internet paid on-demand. To watch X-Men 1 online, users need to spend $1.
Of course, this consumption permission is only allowed to be used in those countries in Europe that are restricted. If users in other places also want to watch online, then they can buy Vke Video Membership VIP, so that they can watch it for free and break through geographical restrictions.
Such a restriction will also make some netizens look for the so-called proxy server. In this way, his IP address can be changed to France, Germany. Then you can also enjoy $1 online access to watch X-Men 1.
But it doesn't matter, because Ma Wei's "X-Men 1" Internet paid on-demand was two and a half weeks after the movie was released. So there's not a lot of time left. When the movie is released, this restriction will be lifted.
At present, it is only targeting EU countries and blocking themselves and making corresponding responses. Tell them that even if the movie is postponed, he Ma Wei has a way and will not be affected too much.
Sure enough, as soon as this paid model was launched, it was immediately warmly sought after by European fans. They happily log on to video sites and then pay to watch X-Men 1 online.
Because of Vke Video, it is the first video website in the world to adopt barrage. So fans have a very different experience in the process of watching the movie. Although it lacks the magnificent sound effects in the cinema, and the huge screen. But it adds a lot of joy......
"Wowha! I didn't expect to be able to watch the latest hit movies on the Internet, and I feel a little excited when I think about it. ”
"Tell me out loud, I'm the first! The other 36,000 friends, how are you?"
"Marvel Studios is really awesome, EU governments, so banned. He figured out how to broadcast it online. ”
"The movie is so good! When it resumes, I will definitely go to the cinema and watch it again. ”
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Whether it is online paid broadcasting or theater charging, each has its own advantages. Cinemas charge a relatively high price, but showtimes are limited. On the other hand, online paid on-demand is cheaper, but there is no time limit.
7 days later, V Ke Video sent a whole weekly report data to the big boss Ma Wei, "Chairman Ma Wei, "X-Men 1" has been broadcast online for a week, and has received a total of 38 million paid on-demand views, bringing $38 million to the website. And in this week, the number of members of our Vke video has increased by 3.5 million, bringing $17.5 million in profit to the website...... In terms of advertising, we have also received a lot of cooperation ......"
The data received by Ma Wei is half of the global box office performance of "X-Men 1" (the box office gradually declines after the movie is released for a long time).
But this is a net income that does not need to be shared with the theater chain, at most the left hand is the right hand, and V Ke Video will distribute the money to Marvel Studios in accordance with the agreement. But both companies are owned by Mawei Group, which is obviously a fertilizer that does not flow into the fields of outsiders......
Seeing Marvel Studios' "X-Men 1", it is in full swing on the Internet. The ministries of culture of European countries that originally blocked him could only stare at this time, and there was no way out.
Now they really, lifting a stone and shooting themselves in the foot. didn't get any benefits, and in the end, he was shown off by the other party. It's a loser, leaving a painful black history.
Look at the good things done by the French Ministry of Culture and the German Ministry of Culture, the global box office of "X-Men 1" is close to 500 million US dollars. What else is there to do with joint blocking. It's good now, the other party directly made the online paid play, and it didn't affect much at all. In the end, it was a loss to the theater chain in his own country. ”
A senior netizen made a detailed comment on the whole incident. In major European theaters, the films that supplemented "X-Men 1" failed to match their box office results. This makes the cinema deserted, in stark contrast to the rest of the world......
Taking advantage of this momentum, Ma Wei felt that it was time to shoot a trailer for "Iron Man"! laid the groundwork for the subsequent plot of "The Avengers".
Even because of the copyright of the heroes of "X-Men", the follow-up "Avengers" can also add heroes such as Uncle Wolf to it. I believe that when the time comes, it will be even better-looking, after all, they are all screen characters that the audience likes.
"John, send someone to contact Robert Downey Jr. and tell him that we're going to start filming the teaser for Iron Man. And invited him to come to Russia. Ma Wei directly sent a message to the global president of Ma Wei Films; "Okay, Chairman Ma Wei, I know! I'll send someone to contact you right away!" President John, after receiving the message, immediately replied. The big boss successfully solved the blockade crisis in the EU countries, which made all the employees of the company admire him more and more.
That afternoon, Robert Downey Jr., who was idle and resting at home, suddenly received a phone call. However, this phone call made him, who was originally like a salted fish, bounce up from the sofa in an instant!
"Hey, hello, who is it?" he asked over the phone, suppressed his excitement. In fact, I know very well in my heart that this is the landline phone of Marvel Studios. It's just a call from a different office.
"Hello, is it Robert Downey Jr.? We are from Marvel Studios, I don't know if Mr. has time in the past two days, our Chairman Ma Wei, I would like to invite you to go to Russia to shoot the trailer of "Iron Man". The female assistant in charge of contact said to him in a friendly manner.
As soon as he heard that there was work to be done, and it was still the long-awaited Marvel hero movie, Robert Downey Jr. was so excited that he got up from the couch, "Have you had time for the past two days?
To be honest, since the last time he recovered from the drug rehabilitation center, Robert Downey Jr. has only made a commercial trailer for "The Avengers". I thought I would receive an official movie announcement soon. Unexpectedly, Marvel Studios actually filmed the "Spider-Man" series 1 and 2, and then "X-Men" and all of them became popular.
Looking at Robert Downey Jr., I really envy it. However, the emperor lived up to his painstaking efforts, and this time he finally waited for a separate publicity notice. I believe that not long after the filming is completed, the official launch of the film will be ushered in immediately.