Chapter 945: Breaking the pre-sale record
Zhang Jingchu said puzzledly: "Why?"
Zhang Ran smiled: "Do you know who the original suggestion was made to?"
Zhang Jingchu didn't care too much about these, shook her head and said, "I don't know." ”
The corners of Zhang Ran's mouth hooked up a sneer: "I mentioned it to the No. 1 chief, and the chief agrees with my point of view, otherwise the country will not launch the corresponding policy." Now they are jumping out and saying that I am betraying the interests of the country, so where are you going to be the chief? These proposals were written into the "Sino-US Memorandum of Understanding," and the document was signed by the next chief executive during his visit to the United States, which was one of the important results of his visit to the United States. Speaking of this, the smile on Zhang Ran's face became even stronger, "They thought they could make me stink, but they didn't know that they were openly going against the national policy, and they slapped the faces of the two chiefs." I've seen people die, but I've never seen anyone die like this! If you can't find out who did it, it's fine, if you find out, just wait and see what happens to them!"
Zhang Jingchu was dumbfounded when she heard this, and asked, "Did Wan Da do it, Wang Jianlin can't be so stupid, right?"
Zhang Ran thought to himself, Wang Jianlin has not made similar mistakes, in the last life he announced in a high-profile manner that there is no first-class film festival in China, and Wanda will use three to five years to build a world-class film festival, not only slapped the face of the Peking Film Festival and the Magic Capital Film Festival, but also made it clear that he wanted to steal the limelight from the two. There are people behind these two film festivals, you don't give face to others so much, how can others give you face, what the result of the Wanda Film Festival can be imagined.
It's just this, Zhang Ran couldn't say it, and chuckled: "Wang Jianlin's career has been too successful in recent years, and he has to be windy and rainy, and his heart has swelled, thinking that he can control the world in his hands." In fact, many businessmen initially pursue the principle of keeping a low profile, but once the wealth accumulates to a certain extent, the heart will become more inflated. ”
Zhang Jingchu looked at Zhang Ran and said, "But you didn't swell!"
Zhang Ran thought to himself that he had been in the trough for many years, and when he succeeded, he either became very arrogant, or became more modest and cautious, and said triumphantly: "A strange man like me, who is unique in ten thousand, how can Wang Jianlin be compared!"
Zhang Jingchu chuckled: "You really swelled!"
As Zhang Ran predicted, two days later, the People's Daily published an editorial that Chinese films must learn to dance with wolves. The article points out that the United States is the world's number one film power, and the Hollywood army is pressing, which is a catastrophe for the film industry of some countries and a catfish effect on the film market of some countries. It is hoped that Chinese films can be stimulated by external forces, wake up and cheer up, catch up, grow and mature in dancing with wolves, and go to the world. The editorial is the commentary of the People's Daily, which represents the views of the People's Daily and the will of the state, and this is the real qualitative article.
After the "People's Daily" article came out, the article on the official account of Xia Kedao was quietly deleted, the article of "Xinjing Daily" also disappeared quickly, and all the articles questioning the "Sino-US Memorandum of Understanding" on major web portals were deleted.
At the same time, the People's Court Daily, the newspaper of the Supreme People's Court, published a commentary focusing on the recent organized online rumor attack on Century Summit Group. According to the People's Court Daily, some lawbreakers regard the information network as a "place outside the law" and use it as a new criminal platform to arbitrarily carry out traditional crimes such as defamation, picking quarrels and provoking trouble, extortion, and illegal business operations. But cyberspace is not extralegal. Active utilization, scientific development, management in accordance with the law, and ensuring security are the basic principles of China's cyberspace governance.
Two days later, the Central Foreign Propaganda Office, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce jointly issued the "Work Plan for the Special Action to Thoroughly Rectify Illegal Online Public Relations Behaviors", announcing that from mid-July, a two-month special action to rectify illegal online public relations behaviors will be launched nationwide. The plan stresses that it is necessary to resolutely crack down on illegal online public relations through special actions, curb the rampant momentum of illegal online public relations, and maintain the normal order of Internet communication and market economic order. The special operation will severely punish a number of lawbreakers and criminals and expose a number of typical cases.
A special campaign to crack down on organized rumors and rumors on the Internet was launched in an all-round way, and a number of suspects in online rumor-mongering and extortion, represented by Qin Huohuo and Li'er and Demolition Four, were quickly arrested, and a number of online public relations companies were shut down.
At this time, Wang Jianlin finally realized that things had completely deviated from the predetermined track, and his own fire not only did not burn Zhang Ran, but burned himself. Wang Jianlin was very depressed, but at the same time, he was also a little worried in his heart, and his son Wang Sichong was responsible for secretly bribing the navy and the media. If this matter is found out, not only Wang Sichong will be in big trouble, but even the entire Wanda will be in big trouble.
Wang Jianlin pulled Wang Sichong into his room and asked: "Recently, the state has been cracking down on the water army, and many online public relations companies have been arrested. Don't you have direct contact with these Internet companies, so they won't find out about you, right?"
Wang Si yawned, stretched lazily, and said in a cynical tone: "Dad, do you think I'm an idiot? How can I leave my own information! I do everything through an American company, and the contact number is also from the United States." Even if they went to check the American company, they would not find me, but only Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei. The two brothers have a big enmity with Zhang Ran, and it is normal for them to retaliate against Zhang Ran. ”
Wang Jianlin breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Wang Sichong say this, but he still reminded: "You should keep a low profile recently, don't jump on the Internet!"
Wang Sichong said: "No, the more we are at this time, the more we have to be high-profile, if we are low-key, wouldn't it seem that we are very weak-minded?"
Wang Jianlin felt that it made sense, and nodded: "Yes, this matter has nothing to do with us Wanda, we really don't need to keep a low profile!"
Just as the national crackdown on cyber trolls is in full swing, the official release of "Future Apocalypse" is getting closer and closer. There are also more and more discussions on the Internet about the box office of "Future Apocalypse", and everyone is discussing how much the final box office of the movie will be. Zhang Ran's fans insist that "Future Apocalypse" can break the record of "Avatar", but most others think it is unlikely.
James Cameron is like a huge mountain in front of Chinese filmmakers, "Titanic" achieved an astonishing box office of 350 million in China in 98, a record that remained for 7 years until it was broken by Zhang Ran's "Time and Space Warrior". In 2010, Cameron came with "Avatar" and swept the Chinese market again, creating an astonishing box office record of 1.8 billion, nearly tripling the box office record of Chinese films. Two years have passed, and now the highest-grossing domestic film is the comedy "Thai Embarrassment", with a box office of 1.35 billion, a gap of 450 million from "Avatar".
Many people inside and outside the industry believe that the record of "Avatar" will be maintained for at least two to three years. "Future Apocalypse" is the only film that is considered likely to break the "Avatar" record in the near future. Although Cameron is powerful, Zhang Ran is not a vegetarian either, and "Time and Space Warrior" and "Tangshan Earthquake" have broken and refreshed the Chinese box office record twice.
It's a pity that the movie hasn't been released yet, and the high-definition film source has been leaked on the Internet. Despite the many measures taken by the Century Summit, it has not been able to stop the spread of piracy. In the recent turmoil, some people have said that Zhang Ran is pro-American, and "Future Apocalypse" is a pro-American movie, although the matter has passed, it will definitely affect the perception of passers-by, resulting in a further decrease in the number of people entering the theater.
Now no one in the industry has any hope of breaking the record of "Avatar", and many people even think that with the current state of "Future Apocalypse", it is unlikely that the box office will surpass "Thai Embarrassment"!
On July 13, a week before the official release of "Future Apocalypse", online ticketing sites such as Guevara began pre-sales. Fans and fans who are looking forward to the movie have logged on to their respective accounts to book movie tickets. From 0:00 to 12 hours at noon the next day, the pre-sale of the movie exceeded 10 million, and the pre-sale of the 0:00 theater premiere day in most theaters has been more than half, and some IMAX giant screen halls have been sold out.
This phenomenon rarely occurs in domestic theaters, although "Avatar" was also pre-sold hot, but it was winter at that time, and only one or two halls were opened at midnight in various theaters. Now there are six and a half days before the official release of the movie, and many people predict that the pre-sale box office of "Future Apocalypse" may exceed 100 million yuan, and a new movie pre-sale record will be born.
The pre-sale of "Future Apocalypse" is hot, as early as everyone's expectation, after all, the number of Zhang Ran's fans is not covered, but the industry is not particularly optimistic about the overall trend of the movie. If the box office of the movie wants to really explode, it must rely on passers-by and audiences, and the leakage of the film source and the recent smear of Wanda have made many viewers reluctant to enter the cinema, and the industry still thinks that it is very difficult for the box office of "Future Apocalypse" to surpass "Thai Embarrassment"!
Three days later, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the official Weibo of "Future Apocalypse" announced that the total pre-sale of "Future Apocalypse" has exceeded 50 million, and the pre-sale of the zero point field has also exceeded 15 million. As soon as the announcement came out, fans and fans cheered, and many stars also forwarded this Weibo for the first time, #未来启示录破记录#迅速被送上了热搜榜首位. There are also many people who regret "Future Apocalypse", this pre-sale is too terrifying, if the source of the film is not leaked, and recent events, with the quality of "Future Apocalypse", there is definitely a chance to break the record of "Avatar".
At the same time that the pre-sale of "Future Apocalypse" was in full swing, the bombardment publicity was also in full swing, and domestic film companies opened their eyes and saw what the promotion of top blockbusters is. Domestic movie theaters, streets, and KFC stores are full of movie posters, movie trailers are playing in elevators, movie channels, Zhijiang Satellite TV and other TV stations are also broadcasting movie trailers, "Running Man" also specially recorded a special episode of "Future Apocalypse", and Scarlett Johansson and Matt Damon interacted intimately, and they also became the biggest guests in the history of "Running Man".
What's even more shocking is that "Future Apocalypse" bought out the first 30 seconds of "News Network" for seven consecutive days, showing movie trailers. This trailer, in addition to the fierce war scenes and fiery fights, has a conversation between Matt Damon and others. Matt Damon asked, what was going on? The other party said that China's 10,000-year-old Yandi hit the sun. Matt Damon said that only the Chinese are still insisting on space exploration, and we have long given up!
"News Network" has extremely high ratings and has a very high influence among middle-aged and elderly audiences, and this part of the audience usually enters the cinema relatively rarely. "Future Trailer" was continuously broadcast before "News Network", and the content was praising China, which aroused great interest from this part of the audience.
At 12 noon on July 19th, the official Weibo of "Future Apocalypse" announced again in a high-profile manner that so far the pre-sales of "Future Apocalypse" have exceeded 120 million, of which the pre-sales of the zero point field have exceeded 40 million, both breaking the record set by "Transformers 3".