Zhang Ran sat in front of the computer with a blue face and quickly typed out the website of The Pirate Bay. In his last life, when he was working on a pirate website, he often downloaded the latest resources from The Pirate Bay. At that time, he used to say that if one day my movie can be found in The Pirate Bay, it means that I have succeeded. In this life, Zhang Ran has indeed done it, and each of his movies can find resources in The Pirate Bay, and there are many languages. But he dreamed that one day his movie would not be released, but the resources would already appear in The Pirate Bay.

Just a few minutes ago, Zhang Ran received a call from Rob Freman, CEO of Summit Entertainment, that the source of "Future Apocalypse" had been placed in The Pirate Bay, and the source had been circulated on a large scale on the Internet, with more than half a million downloads, and this number was rapidly rising.

After Zhang Ran typed in the English of "Future Apocalypse", he pressed search, and sure enough, there was a future Apocalypse. He clicked in and took a look, and it was clearly written in the introduction, which was the source of "Future Apocalypse". He clicked on the download software and began to download "Future Apocalypse", although Rob Freeman had made it clear on the phone just now, Zhang Ran still decided to confirm it himself.

Zhang Jingchu put a cup of coffee in front of Zhang Ran and asked, "How is the situation?"

Zhang Ran exhaled lightly and said, "Downloading, I don't know the specific situation yet." ”

The production cost of "Future Apocalypse" is as high as 350 million, and the total cost is as high as 600 million after adding 250 million publicity expenses; BOX's long-term forecast for "Future Apocalypse" in North America is 100 million in the first week and a total box office of 240 million. If you extrapolate according to this result, the global box office of "Future Apocalypse" should be close to 1 billion, and "Future Apocalypse" will definitely be able to make money.

Now that the source of "Future Apocalypse" has been leaked, and the leaked version is still in HD, the box office will definitely be greatly discounted, and the situation will become difficult to say!

Zhang Jing saw Zhang Ran's ugly face for the first time, so she comforted: "Piracy will definitely affect the box office, but the impact of special effects blockbusters is relatively small, and "Wolverine" was also leaked two years ago, but "Wolverine" box office is not very good! Don't worry too much!"

Zhang Ran shook his head and said: "The leaked version of "Wolverine" has not undergone post-processing, and it lacks computer special effects and soundtrack, which has aroused people's curiosity about the special effects of the film, how the tightrope is erased, and how the picture of fighting against the air becomes a group of people fighting, people want to find out from the final version of the film. The most important thing is that Wolverine is a Marvel character and has a large number of fans, even if there is a pirated version, these fans are still willing to go into the cinema to support; "Future Apocalypse" does not have such a fan base, and the leaked version is a high-definition version, which will definitely have a huge impact on the box office of the movie. ”

Zhang Jingchu said softly: "Even if you lose, it's not a big deal, we can't afford to lose, don't worry too much!"

Zhang Ran smiled at Zhang Jingchu and said: "I'm not all worried about the box office, today I first hacked the ticketing system, and then the source of "Future Apocalypse" was leaked, I always feel that this thing is a bit too coincidental!"

Zhang Jingchu was stunned, this seemed to be a bit of a coincidence, and asked: "Is someone deliberately causing chaos for the film festival?"

This is just Zhang Ran's feeling, and there is no evidence to prove this, so he said: "It's not good to say now, but there is such a possibility, so I have to download the leaked version to see which version it is and when it was leaked." In this way, it is possible to find out which link the movie rushed and from which person. If you can find out, you can figure out what the hell is going on. But it's really difficult, after the leak of "Wolverine" in 09, the FBI was dispatched. But the culprit was not found, but a person who downloaded the film source from The Pirate Bay and uploaded it to the American website in New York was arrested. ”

After chatting with Zhang Jingchu for a few words, Zhang Ran opened the webpage, searched it, and found that the American media had begun to report on the leakage of the source of "Future Apocalypse", mainly online media, and they responded the fastest.

The website of "Hollywood Reporter" released the news of the leak of the source of "Future Apocalypse" for the first time: "Directed by Zhang Ran and starring Matt Damon and other stars, "Future Apocalypse" suffered a leak, not only the picture is clear and there is no company watermark, and the film will wait until four weeks later. In just 12 hours, the leaked version of "Future Apocalypse" has been downloaded more than 1 million times. Since the main audience of this film is young audiences, and young audiences are familiar with downloads and the like, this leak will definitely have a big impact on the box office of the film......

After flipping through several websites, Zhang Ran found that the media that reported it all believed that because the leak was a clear version, it would have a great impact on the box office. In fact, Zhang Ran also has the same opinion, but he also believes that if it is handled well enough, the loss of the movie will be much smaller, and the "Wolverine" leak is a good example.

"Wolverine" has been full of negative news since the filming, resulting in a bad reputation for the test screening, and when it was about to be released, there was a network leak, which can be said to be miserable. But the film's producer, Fox, took advantage of the leakage of the film, sold it miserably, and hyped it wildly. After the movie was released, it achieved a good box office. So, some people suspect that the leak is a perfect hype by Fox.

Zhang Ran remembered that in the leak of "Wolverine", the audience's attitude played a big role, and many viewers who had watched the leaked version spoke highly of the movie, thinking that although the shooting technique was very old-fashioned, it was approachable, unpretentious, and full of feelings. Many viewers who have watched the leaked version said that they would go to the cinema to watch "Wolverine".

This time, "Future Apocalypse" leaked is still a completed version of special effects, and it is in high definition, and the audience's attitude is even more important. If the movie does not reach the level of letting the audience watch it twice, then it will be difficult for the audience who have watched the leaked version to enter the cinema again.

Zhang Ran clicked on a movie forum in North America and found that there were many netizens who had watched the leaked version and were communicating, and almost all of them spoke highly of the movie. Many fans have said that "Future Apocalypse" is different from the sci-fi films they have seen before, it is an extremely realistic sci-fi film, and many people say that it is the most realistic sci-fi film so far.

Fans are also full of praise for the content expressed in the movie, and some viewers said that "Future Apocalypse" is not so much a science fiction movie as it is a work about life. After watching the film, in addition to reflecting on the war, we can experience the happiness of life and the meaning of life.

Most of the netizens in these comments claimed that the leaked version was not enjoyable to watch, and movies like "Future Apocalypse" should be watched on the big screen, especially on IMAX, and they said that they would definitely go to the cinema to watch it again after the movie was released.

Zhang Ran breathed a sigh of relief, the audience responded well, and there is still room for redemption in this matter!

Towards 12 o'clock, the download was finally completed.

After Zhang Ran clicked on the downloaded video, he saw the clear picture, and his brows couldn't help frowning, it was indeed a high-definition version, and it was completely a DVD effect. But after looking at it for a few minutes, his eyes suddenly widened, this is ......

Zhang Ran picked up the mouse violently, pulled it back for a few minutes, watched it carefully, and soon he pulled it back for a few minutes, looked carefully, and then he put the mouse down: "It seems that it is really for the film festival!"

Zhang Jingchu asked, "How do you know?"

Zhang Ran said coldly: "This time it is not the American version that was leaked, but the Chinese version." The duration of the two versions is the same, but there are slight differences. The Chinese version cut out some particularly bloody footage and added some fight scenes. The film was leaked not from the American side, but from our side. ”

Zhang Jingchu was stunned for a moment, and then understood that domestic movies have not had a leakage accident, but no one will put the source in The Pirate Bay, and this incident is especially similar to the modus operandi of the hackers in the source of "Wolverine". The reason why the people who stole the source made things so complicated was to mislead everyone into thinking that the source was leaked from the United States, and probably did so to hide their identity.

Zhang Jingchu frowned and said, "It seems that it is really for the film festival!

Zhang Ran's eyes suddenly became sharp, with a sharp edge: "Since others want to make the film festival unsuccessful, then I have to succeed!"

The next day, the U.S. media began to report on the leak of the "Future Apocalypse" filmmaker on a large scale.

Almost all media believe that this leak is much more serious than the "Wolverine" leak, with clear pictures, complete and unmarked by the company's watermark, and it is likely that the version will be released in a month, which will inevitably deal a heavy blow to the $350 million blockbuster. Some people analyze that it should be that the hacker who stole "Wolverine" in the first place took action again, and the modus operandi of the two crimes is very similar.

Summit Entertainment held a press conference to condemn the leak of the film's source and published an open letter through the media, sincerely calling on fans not to watch pirated films and not to miss the true fun of this movie.

Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson, the stars of "Future Apocalypse", also stood up and called on fans on the Internet to respect the fruits of the labor of directors and actors and refuse to watch piracy.

Matt Damon wrote on Fly: "Future Apocalypse has been four years in the making, more than two years of filming and production, and thousands of staff members. Please don't watch pirated films, because then you will never enjoy the real pleasure of the movie, and you will not give any encouragement or reward to those who work hard for the movie you love. ”

Carrie Johnson said: "It's a very serious crime, it's disappointing, and it breaks my heart when this happens. Please join us in protecting this hard-won work. ”

Those media that have a close relationship with Summit Entertainment have also followed up and began to hype up the incident. At the same time, at the request of Summit Entertainment and the MPAA, the police conducted an inventory of several websites in the United States that provided pirated copies, and the spread of pirated copies was controlled in North America.

After the news of the leakage of the source of "Future Apocalypse" broke out there, various domestic media also reported it as soon as possible. The pirates were also extremely responsive, completing the translation of "Future Apocalypse" in the shortest possible time, and began selling it on Weibo, Tieba, and numerous movie forums for prices ranging from 5 to 7 yuan.

The public relations department of Century Summit took active action and began to clean up pirated video links. Numerous celebrities also condemned the incident on Weibo, saying that it would destroy the entire industry.

Many fans also stood up and called on netizens to boycott piracy: "If you really love "Future Apocalypse", please go into the cinema, since everyone has been waiting for two years, please wait for more than a month." ”

The media were waiting for Zhang Ran to speak, but until the evening, Zhang Ran never moved, as if "Future Apocalypse" was someone else's movie and had nothing to do with him. The reporters were not too disappointed, and the Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival will officially open tomorrow, and they are not worried about writing at all.