The crew of "MIT-21-team" is in full swing in Las Vegas every day, and it has not been a week since Flame Films successfully acquired Artisan Company for 160 million, and the industry is still speculating about what Flame wants to do, the gossip newspaper "Daily Entertainment" suddenly published a set gossip "Magic Young's new business theory, the law of 28 is already in the past!?"

According to insiders in the article, I learned from Joshua Alba that when he talked about the acquisition on the set a few days ago, Magic Yang talked about a new business concept "Long Tail Theory", 80% of unpopular goods and 20% of the mainstream are equally important, and the development strategy of Flame Movies is also based on this theory.

And he talked about the IT industry, very optimistic about the development prospects of Google, it has discovered and implemented the long-tail theory, and even predicted that if Yahoo and Microsoft do not take action and directly acquire or launch new technologies, they will be surpassed and defeated by Google in a few years?

"I sent Bill Gates and Yang Zhiyuan a Chinese idiom 'to-rear-a-tiger-is-to-court-calamit'. And I suggest, first, to buy Google right away, if Larry Page refuses, to eat it as soon as it goes public, and second, to cut off all business with Google. At the same time, he commented that Yahoo is unrealistic, and Google is aware of the convenience features that young people and ordinary people really need, and said, "I didn't choose to go to Stanford in the first place, otherwise it will be up to me to clean up Google." Why, because I love movies. ”

What is the long-tail theory? Is it really feasible? "Daily Entertainment" commented with a smile: "This year, Magic Yang is obsessed with invention, and in addition to the current popular Internet street, he has launched an attack on business. ”

Numerous websites, including Yahoo, also reprinted this rumor-style news, because although he did not go to Stanford, as the owner of the most popular blog site Blogger, he has a certain weight in the IT world, but he blew Yahoo Microsoft's remarks about Google, and did not get much support, only Larry Page was scared into a cold sweat.

"Marvelous Young is actually a business wizard, maybe we should be thankful that he didn't go to Stanford in the first place, otherwise we would have one more competitor and one less best director. Yahoo Entertainment so jokingly commented on this rumor.

Under the clear blue sky, on the Las Vegas Strip, the crew of "MIT-21-team" is placing camera equipment, the assistant director directs the movement of the extras, near the green tree of the big fountain, Joshua is laughing and talking with Alexis, he nodded and smiled: "Yes, I like Dotia pastry, I do? Jesus, I can't!"

"Joshua Alba, follow me. As if gritting his teeth, he said coldly, only to see Wang Yang walk by with an iron face, his eyes were full of suppressed anger, and he was holding a rolled-up newspaper in his hand.

Alexis was a little frightened by the director's anger, she had never seen him curse for almost a month after filming began, but now ...... Joshua was also very puzzled, he had known him for so long, he had rarely seen Jan look like he was about to kill, it seemed to have something to do with him, and he said to Ali, "I'll go see what's wrong, Jan seems to be in a bad mood." Joshua hurried after him.

Ali watched him behind Wang Yang, walked to a tree with no passers-by and no crew members in the distance, and Natalie, who was rehearsing the play there, also looked at Wang Yangna, only to see him smash the newspaper in his hand on Joshua's chest at once, and pointed at it angrily and said something, like a powder keg exploding.

"Look what this is!Tell me what this is?What are you doing!?" Wang Yang clenched his fists and almost swung at Joshua with a punch, Joshua hurriedly picked up the newspaper, and asked while opening it, "What's wrong, what's wrong?" Wang Yang took a deep breath, still couldn't suppress the anger, and shouted: "What's the matter? Why do you want to say something about the long tail!?tell the media?!"

"Didn't I say that I wanted to keep it secret!?What did you say to go out!! you betrayed me, do you know!?" Listening to Wang Yang's gritted teeth, a layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on Joshua's forehead, and he stared blankly at the small page news in the newspaper "Magic Yang's New Business Theory", and he read quickly and speechlessly: "Uh......"

Wang Yang pressed his temples, exhaled a long breath, and said, "When did I say that Yahoo would be going to die in less than 5 years, and that I would clean up Google?? Damn! Even if I have that ability, I don't have that interest!!Fuck it!" He said louder and louder, and roared again: "But do you know that Flame Movies and Blogger have business dealings with Yahoo and Google, and there will be many strategic cooperation in the future, and you are making the situation very embarrassing now!!"

"Oh oh......" Joshua put down the newspaper, looked at the angry Wang Yang, and said helplessly, "I'm sorry...... I don't know how that happened...... I didn't tell the media! I remembered, I accosted Ali and told her that day, because she was also interested, and I said confidential...... Damn!" He grabbed his hair irritably, and said urgently, "Who was so unscrupulous and sold it to a gossip newspaper! And said it was me! Definitely not Ali, she had no reason to do this......"

"Hahaha! Of course there is no reason for Ali to do that. Wang Yang suddenly suppressed his laughter, grabbed Joshua's collar, and said angrily: "But if she also told her friends, she should keep it secret, and her friends told her friends, and then a group of friends, you should keep it secret! Don't you know?

Joshua took two steps back and said with a blank expression, "Yang, I'm really sorry, I messed up!"

"It's not Google Yahoo, do you know that the development policy of Flame Movies is said like this...... It's possible at any time, let other big companies react, and then they and us will seize the film library resources and seize the market......" Wang Yang shouted weakly, supported his waist with his left hand, pinched his nose with his right hand, and said: "Do you know why Flame is not listed? First, there is no shortage of money, and second, we must avoid those snipers of Carl Icahn, we must develop steadily and low-key!!"

Wang Yang glanced at Alexis over there, glared at Joshua slightly, and gradually said loudly: "Joshua, you know that a good producer thinks about everything from the perspective of the film and the market, and has nothing to do with private individuals! Why are there so many third-rate and fourth-rate producers? Because they can't keep their mouths, because they don't think about the overall situation! Can they just say everything casually? Is it that if you are hooked up with a hot girl in a bar, you will tell the investor and the director that the heroine is her?" Who cares about you, you can't even be a third-rate producer, and you're going to get out of the way soon!!"

Joshua wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, did not dare to meet Wang Yang's eyes full of anger, and said softly: "I know, I didn't say that......"

"Have you watched "The Godfather"? Don't let women control your thinking!!" Wang Yang roared again, pointed his temples, and said: "Here!!In order to laugh in front of women, in order to satisfy their interests...... "The more he spoke, the slower he became, the anger disappeared by most of the time, and the more he spoke, the quieter he became: "Just say everything...... In order to make a woman happy, let a person who has no sense of the camera and is not an actor at all participate in the audition......"

Seeing that he suddenly stopped, his expression gradually calmed down, like a powder keg being splashed with a basin of cold water. Joshua blinked in confusion and said, "Go on?"

"Hmm. Wang Yang looked at the crew who were looking at each other, Natalie with a blank face, and Ali who was a little worried...... He scratched his head, burst out laughing, slapped Joshua on the shoulder, and laughed at himself, "I'm sorry, Joshua, but I'm actually responsible, I made this mistake in the first place." Joshua was still stunned: "Really?" Wang Yang nodded: "Yes." ”

The source of this chain of virus transmission was said by him from his mouth, and it was also to satisfy the interest of women, and the more he talked, the more interested he became...... Wang Yang sighed, and Joshua told Alexis the same state of mind as he told Natalie and Rachel, except that Ali told someone else. He didn't suspect that Natalie or Rachel spread it, they weren't that boring people, and he didn't blame Ali for being a second-hand secret, it became a third-hand, because it was taken lightly.

"Joshua. Wang Yang looked at the tall young man with a depressed expression in front of him, Joshua had done his job diligently and diligently in the past month, and nothing had gone wrong, and a few years ago, everyone was still immature children...... People have to go through some things and slowly move towards maturity, and both he and Joshua have a lot of ways to go.

He put his arm around Joshua's shoulders and smiled calmly, "I did wrong, you did wrong, when someone tells you a secret, you have to keep it secret, you have to keep your promise." ”

"Yes!" Joshua nodded solemnly, but still in a low mood, and said with a frown, "I know it's my fault." Every time I look at Ali, I don't remember anything, but never again! At the beginning, he had a flash of thought about whether it would be the other two women who said it, but he thought that it was not, the fact was that he said it to Ali, and when he said it, he only said "don't go around saying it".

Why can't he keep the secret?! He was disappointed in himself when things were a mess! But at the same time, he really made up his mind that he wanted to be a good producer, a good person!

Looking at Wang Yang, who was completely angry, Joshua's eyes gradually became firm, and he asked, "Then what should I do now?"

"Do your job! Go ahead and don't respond to this. Wang Yang smiled, glad to see that he was not cowering. In fact, some in the morning, when Mark Slant told the news on his phone, they had already talked about it, and the situation was not that serious, and he was only angry that Joshua told the media about it.

Wang Yang said: "Flame has bought Yijiang, we already have more than 8,500 films, which is the largest number of films in the library of any Hollywood company now, and the most Universal films in those big studios are only 4,000, and no one can touch our film library." He shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "And our operating system and channels are basically mature, even if the world has begun to pay attention to the long-tail business, it will not have much impact on us." ”

The long-tail theory focuses on operation, and the film library is the foundation, but it is not that you can make money by buying it back and putting it in the warehouse, otherwise the artisan will not go out of business; the strategy of Flame Movies is not to exile, but to refine the market business, and then repackage those movies to launch, such as what "weekend family comedy package", "bloody horror film collection", etc., so that fans and audiences can always find what they want at a glance when picking films.

"Really, you didn't comfort me?" Joshua looked puzzled, but he was glad that the trouble wasn't that big.

"I need to comfort your sister, she doesn't know yet, but I don't need to comfort you. Wang Yang smiled and picked up the newspaper that fell to the ground, and while folding it, he said: "In fact, we are opening up the home entertainment market and grabbing the market share of those big companies." In fact, the most worrying thing is that companies such as Timon and Miramax have also joined the ranks of film collections, and you know that the opponent who stands in front of you is the one who fights you in close quarters. ”

8,500 movies is a lot, but it's far from enough, because the more small goods there are, the more powerful the long tail is. When the Flame has 10,000, 20,000, 30,000 films, it will be able to really achieve the goal of 50%:50%.

The acquisition of the Artisan is a crucial step for Flame, but it will not stop there, and Flame is already continuing to search for its next prey and buy the rights to the film.

"The worst-case scenario now is that we have more takeovers, and we already have a Lionsgate. Wang Yang looked at the newspaper in his hand again, the text on it was full of jokes, and he smiled: "Does anyone believe in any long-tail theory? I hope they think it's a fake news." ”

This kind of gossip, which is not a scandal, does not take up much space, and does not attract much attention, and there are no pictures, no evidence, it can only be regarded as a rumor, just like someone said "Paris Hilton scolded Drew Barrymore in the bathroom in the mirror", the difference is that the latter is more attractive.

"Jan, it's written in the newspaper that it's a little out of shape, but ......" Joshua said seriously with a thoughtful face: "It's still a long-tail theory, it seems to make sense, it's not just a person who can make it up, and those IT ......"

"Whatever, no matter what!" Wang Yang looked at his eyes and said, "Don't let this happen again, you and I are." Joshua nodded solemnly, Wang Yang also nodded, turned around to walk and saw Alexis over there, he suddenly thought of something, and said: "Brother, there is another sentence in "The Godfather" that a man who does not take care of his family is not a man at all. ”

Wang Yang smiled: "I myself have an understanding of women who can influence your thinking and change your thoughts, your mother, your wife, and your daughter." Joshua immediately laughed as well: "I'll add one more sister of yours, you know that I have taken care of my family since I was a child." ”

"It seems that none of us are godfathers. Wang Yang thought about the angry scolding just now, and he didn't know if it had hurt this guy's heart, so he stretched out his right hand to him and said, "Friendship can build a solid line of defense, I hope this incident will not destroy our friendship." Joshua reached out and clasped his hands tightly, and smiled, "How come, man, I am very happy if you accept my apology." ”

"Thank you very much for not turning down my friendship. Wang Yang held his hand and pulled it, the two touched their shoulders vigorously, Wang Yang patted Joshua on the back, and smiled encouragingly: "Man, great people are not born great, but show their greatness in the process of growing up, and we have just started on the road." ”

Alexis, who was watching the situation from a distance, smiled as if relieved to see that they were okay, Natalie smiled and withdrew her gaze, and the crew continued to concentrate on their work.

Joshua listened to him speak in a very different way than usual, and couldn't help but ask, "The Godfather again?" Wang Yang let go of him, shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "Otherwise, what do you think? It's such a classic." With that, he walked over to the camera booth.

"Godfather......" Joshua touched his head, although the matter was over, he still had to figure it out. He thought about walking towards Alexis, and Ali also walked up to him: "Joshua, what's wrong? Joshua exhaled, explained the newspaper clearly, and asked, "Did you tell the others?"

"Oh my God, I didn't know it could be so serious......" Alexis covered his mouth with his hands, his face full of surprise and apology, and said urgently: "I'm sorry, I had a phone call with a friend two days ago, and we happened to talk about the magic Yang, and then we talked about it on the set...... I thought you meant to tell a close friend, but I told her that you told me not to talk about it everywhere...... I'm sorry!"

Joshua waved his hand and said self-deprecatingly, "It's nothing, in fact, I am most responsible, and I made this mistake first." Ali blamed herself and said, "I'm such an idiot......" Joshua looked at her and said with a serious face: "Ali, I did wrong, you did wrong, when someone tells you a secret, you have to keep it secret, you have to keep your promise." But we didn't do it......"

"Hey, Vare, I'll take a look. When he came to the set up camera, Wang Yang greeted Vare-Pfister and the others, and then squinted at the viewfinder, and had put down the long-tail thing in his heart, and he would have work all day long. After looking at this position, he took out the separate director's viewfinder and walked to the side of the road to look at the picture from another angle.

Then I heard a laugh and asked, "What happened? You were almost crying when you scolded Joshua." Wang Yang put down the viewfinder, looked at Natalie next to him, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, the long-tail theory I told you about has leaked out, and I have become a hellish business wizard." So saying, he took out from his pocket the newspaper that he had asked someone to buy in the morning, and now it was rolled up in a ball, and said, "Look at it." ”

"What......" Natalie took it, opened it and looked at it a few times, and immediately laughed: "It's terrible, I told the media!" Wang Yang responded while taking the scene: "Aren't you? Why?" Natalie looked at him and said softly, "What do you think? My plan is that you fell out with Joshua because of this incident, and then there was a rift in your relationship with Jessica...... I'm a Harvard student. ”

Wang Yang smiled and ignored her words. Natalie kept paying attention to his expression, without a trace of suspicion, she suddenly smiled in her heart, in fact, she was really a little troubled just now, if this matter was suspected of being a ghost by her, she would be very disappointed and sad, but fortunately, the truth was that she thought too much.

"Raising tigers for ......trouble" was no longer troubled, Natalie read the newspaper text with great interest, translated the idiom with Chinese, the more she looked at it, the more interesting she felt, and said with a smile: "Business wizard! You look arrogant, here is a lesson for Bill Gates: 'If you don't get rid of Google now, I promise it won't take five years, they will regret it, and then Google will kick Gates' ass." 'Haha!'

In order to attract attention, gossip newspapers naturally do not report it ordinarily, but portray Magic Young as "I only love movies and disdain to enter the IT world, but as soon as I enter, it will be bloody and bloody." What Internet boss Yahoo is not far from death, Bill Gates should immediately kill Google if he beats his chest in the future! These are all key reporting objects, and the youngest billionaire teaches the world's richest man a lesson, which can be regarded as a big gossip.

"I'll wait a few years to see if it's right!" Natalie smiled as she rolled up the newspaper. Wang Yang put down the viewfinder, looked at her, and said with a smile: "I don't know if what the newspaper said is not, but I know that you will be the Oscar for Best Actress." ”

"Yes, you said it when you were 14. Natalie shrugged her shoulders and said, "I said too, brother, you'll be the best director at the Oscar!" The two of them immediately laughed a few times, and they vaguely remembered that they had said such things during the filming of "Juno". Wang Yang smiled and patted her on the shoulder, and said, "Don't say it's impossible, nothing is impossible, we will be." With that, he walked back to the camera, and Natalie smiled and followed.

"But in fact, the Oscars are not a big deal, isn't it a good movie if it doesn't win? ”

"Then you don't want it, I want it. ”

"Why not be free anyway? That trophy is gold! And it will be higher at the box office. ”

(To be continued)