Chapter 131: The Key to Influence

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After three days of carpet-style advertising bombardment, "Die Hard" premiered under the gaze of countless gazes.

However, after careful discussion by Lin Feng, Bob, and Liu Xinsheng, the premiere ceremony of "Die Hard" was not held, although this film was invested and filmed by Huaxia Capital, but the crew can be said to be Hollywood people except for Lin Feng, the screenwriter.

A few people thought about it, as the first Hollywood Oriental DreamWorks movie to be released in China, it is better not to pull too much hatred.

Shoot the first bird, this sentence is a wise saying.

If "Die Hard" is hot at the box office at that time, and some people can't watch it and provoke the emotions of the people, it will be a very serious event for Oriental DreamWorks.

If one is not good, the nascent Oriental DreamWorks will be greatly damaged by the conspiracy.

Soon, the box office data for the first day of the premiere of "Die Hard" came out quickly.

"23 million Chinese dollars!"

Early in the morning, in the office of Lin Feng of Oriental Dreamworks, Bob, who came early, took a document in his hand with a satisfied smile on his face.

Lin Feng and Liu Xinsheng also looked at Bob with a smile on the side, although the box office of "Die Hard" on the first day was much worse than the box office of "One Ball to Fame" and "Road to Glory".

Especially compared with the first-day box office of "One Ball to Fame", there is more difference.

But the opportunity of "One Ball to Fame" is not something that ordinary movies can encounter.

"It seems that the final box office of "Die Hard" should be no problem with more than 300 million!" Liu Xinsheng calculated in his heart and said with a look of excitement.

In his heart, there is no difference between Chinese movies and Hollywood blockbusters, he only knows that this movie can bring satisfactory benefits to the company, and that is enough!

Lin Feng looked at the happy and excited appearance of the two, and didn't say anything more, and sat there with a calm look.

However, the success of this film in China is still worth celebrating.

"By the way, Lin, can I ask Maoyan Movie if the mobile phone software is yours?" At this time, Bob looked at the Chinese document for a while, then put down the document and looked up to Lin Feng and asked.

"Not bad!" Lin Feng nodded.

Bob immediately showed a look of surprise when he heard this, and then said with a hint of eagerness: "We can transplant this cat's eye movie to Hollywood, Lin, if this Chinese audience gets used to this experience mode of buying movie tickets, it will be very important for how much voice we can get in Hollywood in the future!" ”

No matter what country it is, the giants of the film and television industry cannot be built in a year or two, even if this nascent company can make several blockbuster movies every year, it is impossible!

Because after years of primitive accumulation, those old giants have long monopolized the resources of the upper level, and it is not possible to obtain resources below.

They have to give up some of their interests and get the giants involved in order to have the right to use these resources.

That's where the giants are domineering.

There are several people here, no one knows the inside story of Hollywood better than Bob, why did he never let go of his promise to join DreamWorks before, because Oriental DreamWorks is not only shallow, but once there is a dispute with those giants, it can be said that there is no bargaining chip at all, and in the end it can only be slaughtered.

Later, he saw Lin Feng take out several classic copyrights that could be adapted into movies one after another, and only then did he see that Oriental DreamWorks had a glimmer of possibility to become a film giant!

If it weren't for Lin Feng's promise to him, as long as he had the opportunity in the future, he would definitely master a cinema company, so that Bob finally agreed to join Oriental DreamWorks.

But the cinema companies in the Hollywood film industry are not so easy to acquire, and the entanglement of interests in them cannot be sorted out in a short time.

But Bob wasn't in a hurry, and everything took his time.

But now that he watches Maoyan movies, he seems to have found a way to shorten the rise of Oriental DreamWorks, that is, to bundle Maoyan movies with all cinemas, so that fans and audiences can be completely familiar with and get used to this ticketing experience mode.

Let Maoyan Movies become the best choice for people to buy movie tickets!

Bob slowly said his views and ideas on the software of Maoyan Movie, as long as the operation is good, this is definitely a godsend for the development of Oriental DreamWorks in Hollywood!

Hearing Bob's words, Lin Feng couldn't help but fall into deep thought, and Liu Xinsheng also frowned and thought on the side. And from time to time he showed an excited and excited look.

Lin Feng's fingers tapped on the table rhythmically, in fact, the idea that Bob just said was the same idea as when he took out the Maoyan movie software!

But he acquired most of the shares of Donghai Cinema Line through the Redwood Fund early in China, and all the energy of Maoyan Film Software was not shown.

It's just that after the vigorous promotion of his first two films, he didn't continue to pay attention to the later development, which made the expansion of Maoyan movies a little slow.

In the previous life, professional movie ticket booking software came out after group buying became popular, or it appeared in the form of group buying at the beginning.

But this world is different, both Meituan and Maoyan Films are pioneers in their respective fields, and there are no similar companies in the market that can threaten these two for the time being.

This made Lin Feng a little slack, and it seemed that he was going to reconsider the development plans of these two companies.

In particular, Meituan is facing a plan to go public!

And the mobile app of Maoyan Movie, he can't ignore it.

Lin Feng couldn't help but think of a news he heard from an industry insider friend in his previous life.

The movie "Macau Fengyun 2" can be said to be quite poor in terms of plot and creativity in addition to the stars, but the final box office data of this bad movie reached 1 billion yuan, which scared countless filmmakers at that time.

At that time, this movie was not only the champion of the Spring Festival, but also entered the top 5 box office in the history of Chinese films. You must know that at the end of the Spring Festival holiday, the box office of this film was only 4. 1.7 billion, and the box office of more than 500 million in the back are all achieved during working hours.

The friend in the industry told Lin Feng that in addition to the crazy Internet publicity, the most important thing is that Wang Jing signed a gambling agreement with Dianping.com!

"Macau Fengyun 2" signed a gambling agreement with its most important partner, Dianping, and if the box office does not reach 600 million, the "ticket compensation" will be paid by Dianping itself.

Then the public reviews began to recommend this movie frantically, and all of a sudden, this movie, which was not favored by everyone, reached a point that most movies could not reach!

Lin Feng is not interested in the gambling agreement, but he can see the powerful ability of Dianping.com for movie box office data!

This is what Lin Feng attaches great importance to!

The influence of e-commerce in the film industry will become more and more important in the future, which is an inevitable trend.

In the near future, the impact of movies on film scheduling and the film industry will always be the focus of discussion in the industry, and the share of movie tickets sold through movies will also increase in the total annual box office.

The final result is that e-commerce will completely dominate the box office!

This is not Lin Feng's imagination, on the eve of his rebirth in his previous life, e-commerce has accounted for forty percent of the share of China's movie box office.

Even in the end, e-commerce can even operate the theater to schedule films for some interests, which shows the status of e-commerce in the film distribution map in the future.

The more Lin Feng thought about it, the more excited he became, it seemed that he really wanted to pay attention to Meituan and Maoyan Movie.

On the eve of Meituan's listing, he will share a share of the interests with other fund companies, but he still holds most of the shares, and he can bring him much-needed funds.

But now he can start the layout, especially the promotion of Meituan and Maoyan Movies in the United States.

Once Meituan and Maoyan Movies have grown to a certain point in the United States, then he will have a certain say in Hollywood.

Even if there are similar websites in the future, it is unlikely to exceed the scale of Meituan and Maoyan Movie.

Lin Feng still remembers that there was a saying in the e-commerce business in his previous life, whoever has the traffic has the user; Whoever masters the user will master the wealth!

The most important thing for Meituan and Maoyan Movie now is to expand at any cost to further expand the user base, and when the user base reaches a huge amount of data, no one will ignore Oriental DreamWorks, which has such a huge number of users.

Or Lin Feng himself!

"Bob is right, I will arrange for Meituan and Maoyan Movie to arrange people to go to the United States for layout, and I will borrow your influence when the time comes." Lin Feng made a decisive decision, and at the same time, he was also ready to prepare more funds for the expansion of the two companies, and it seemed that the purse he had just puffed up again was about to be empty again.

No matter how fast he makes money, he can't catch up with his spending.

“ok!” Bob snapped his fingers with a rare expression, once Meituan and Maoyan Films can unconsciously control a part of the resources of Hollywood film distribution, it is of great importance for Oriental DreamWorks to completely gain a foothold in Hollywood, and then go further.

At the same time, once this goal is achieved, Oriental DreamWorks will no longer be at the mercy of others in Hollywood.

Lin Feng immediately called Su Mingqiu and asked him to come over immediately to discuss the expansion of Meituan and Maoyan Film's business in the United States.

Afterwards, the three of them chatted about the topic while waiting for Su Mingqiu's arrival.

Bob seemed to have thought of something, then looked at Lin Feng and asked, "Lin, if you want to hold your own solo concert in the United States and Europe, then you have to prepare from now on!" ”

Lin Feng was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly remembered that he had really come up with this method in order to make it easier for "2012" to be promoted in the West.

It's almost December now, and if all goes well, then his film will be released in 2 months at most.

It seems that he does have to make all kinds of preparations.

Don't go to the concert when the tickets are not sold out, it will be a big shame.

"Well, it's time to start preparing!" Lin Feng nodded and said cautiously.

At this time, Liu Xinsheng heard Lin Feng's words, thought for a while and said: "Feng Shao, a few days ago I heard that Sister Zhu mentioned that you still have a certain popularity in the minds of young people in the West, it seems that Sister Zhu has done a survey, the English singles you sang at the beginning not only dominated the major music charts for a long time, which impressed many people, but also your English singles are very popular in the West, if the operation is good, you can come up with a few more classic songs, and there should not be too much problem with the concert at that time." ”

Looking at Liu Xinsheng, who finished saying this in one breath and picked up a teacup to drink water, Lin Feng muttered thoughtfully: "A few more classic English singles, well, this problem is not very big." ”

"The song "IfeveryoneCared" is great, I have heard it many times myself, to be honest, I didn't know that this song was sung by Lin, and then I knew that this song was actually Lin's original song, I was really shocked!" Bob said with a smile.

After saying this, Bob's tone was stunned, then he thought about it, and said confidently: "It's enough to have this song "IfeveryoneCared", Lin's concert tickets are definitely sold out!" ”

"Haha, it seems that I still underestimate Feng Shao's influence in the West!" Liu Xinsheng couldn't help but joke when he heard this.

Immediately, all three of them let out hearty laughter.

- Knock knock.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the office door.

Lin Feng and Liu Xinsheng glanced at each other questioningly, could it be that Su Mingqiu is here? But he shouldn't be so fast!

"Come in!" Lin Feng said.

An Oriental DreamWorks staff member walked in, then nodded to Lin Feng and Liu Xinsheng respectively, and said respectfully: "Mr. Lin, Mr. Liu!" ”

"Just now, someone suddenly sent me an invitation that I must hand over to the company's top management!" The man said, holding the invitation in his hand.

"Well, give it to me!" Lin Feng said with a smile.

"Okay!"

Lin Feng took a golden and unusually atmospheric invitation from the staff member, took out the paper inside and glanced at it, revealing a look of surprise, looking at Liu Xinsheng and saying:

"It turned out to be the best selection event of the year in the entertainment industry, Mr. Liu, why don't you go over for me!"

In the past year, Lin Feng has gone hand in hand in film and music, and even in literature, several martial arts films have won him countless honors.

Therefore, during the year, there were many award selection activities, and he did not participate.

Even when he won the Four Seasons Award for Chinese Music for the first time, after winning it again this year, he asked Liu Xinsheng to receive it on his behalf.

Sometimes, he can't help but feel blind when he hears about these awards.

"There is less wind, I feel that this annual best selection event in the entertainment industry, you better go in person!" Liu Xinsheng seriously suggested, "In the past year, you have basically not passed every award in person, and there are already many people outside who have some opinions about you. ”

At this time, Bob also understood the meaning of Liu Xinsheng's words, and immediately said to Lin Feng with a serious expression: "Lin, although you are a person with great wealth, you still belong to a member of the entertainment industry, sometimes you can't be out of touch with the entertainment industry, let them think that you are still one of them, otherwise there will be estrangement, which will not help your career!" ”

"Huh!" Lin Feng looked stunned for a moment, then recovered, and smiled helplessly: "Okay, I'll go!" ”

In fact, even he himself felt that it was indeed a bit too much to say that he would not go there in person.

The annual selection will start in a while, and there is still half a month to go, Bob asked for the time, and then after thinking for a while, he decided that he would not be in the United States for the time being.

Bob decided to return to the United States after participating in the annual selection of the Chinese entertainment industry.

After a while, Su Mingqiu arrived, and Lin Feng told him to add the name of Mi Guo to the expansion map of Meituan and Maoyan Movie, but he didn't expect Su Mingqiu to jump up with excitement after hearing it.

Now both Meituan and Maoyan Movies are basically unbeatable in China, and they have already established a large lead.

And in addition, they use some deliberate patents to set up all kinds of obstacles for those who come after them, and it is simply impossible for others to bypass these obstacles and catch up with them.

Even, Su Mingqiu proposed on the spot whether to add Europe to it, anyway, one sheep is to drive, and two sheep are also released, so simply expand the business together.

"Are you sure you have enough people to keep your business from being affected?" Lin Feng frowned and said, he didn't want to swallow it all at once because of his big appetite, and he knew that the business expansion would be affected.

This e-commerce model is actually to seize the opportunity, what you want is to be fast, once others relax to catch up, then they will inevitably face very great pressure.

Lin Feng, absolutely, there must be enough manpower, this is not a technical business, it is exactly the same routine, as long as you go through short-term training, you can start working! Su Mingqiu has been in charge of the operation of the two websites, and he already knows the core idea well, and he is very confident when he says this.

Bob heard Su Mingqiu's words on the side, thought for a while, and then nodded to Lin Feng seriously and said: "Lin, I think this is okay, Europe and the United States side will be carried out at the same time, and I will pay more attention to the United States side when the time comes!" ”

In order to be able to establish the foundation of the dynasty, gain the right to speak as soon as possible, and prove that he, Bob, the gold medalist of Hollywood, has never made a wrong choice, and he has also begun to fight!

Once this kind of e-commerce operation can penetrate into every corner of film distribution, it will affect the ticket-buying habits of countless audiences and fans.

This is definitely a game-changer for film distribution.

Whether in China or Hollywood, Oriental DreamWorks has too shallow roots compared with those old giants, and there is no comparison at all.

Now through this kind of e-commerce operation, seizing the opportunity is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Bob would not allow Oriental DreamWorks to miss this opportunity.

Seeing Bob's solemn expression, Lin Feng immediately guessed what this old guy thought, this is completely an old man who will never admit defeat and is very strong, but this is a rare good thing for Oriental DreamWorks.

After a while, after careful consideration, Lin Feng finally nodded and agreed: "Okay, according to what you said, the United States and Europe will be carried out at the same time!" ”

"Oh also!" Su Mingqiu didn't have the slightest city mansion, and immediately shouted excitedly, in the past few days, he has been rusting idlely, and now he finally has a place to use again.

Su Mingqiu, who was anxious, immediately said goodbye and went back to prepare for the staff arrangements in the early stage.

"This young man is always full of energy, it's better to be a young man!" Bob sighed.

"There are a lot of young people with outstanding abilities in the company, and I always have a sense of crisis, and I always feel that if I walk slowly, I will be chased by the young people behind me." Liu Xinsheng also said with deep feelings, especially Lin Feng had the deepest influence on him.

He never imagined that the young man he had met in a small restaurant would grow up to such a point, which was a miracle.

"Liu, you must maintain this sense of crisis!" Bob patted Liu Xinsheng on the shoulder and encouraged, after this period of contact, he knew that the Chinese man in front of him was also a very shrewd and capable manager.

Liu Xinsheng smiled slightly when he heard this, then turned to Lin Feng and asked, "Wait a minute, are you going back to the academy, or are you going to Zhang Kaile's side?" ”

Lin Feng thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "No, I just mentioned the concert, I suddenly had a little inspiration, and I was going to go down to Huayin to find a feeling!" ”

"What? Do you already have an idea to write an English song? Bob stared at Lin Feng in shock and curiosity and asked, this was the first time he had felt Lin Feng's evil at such a close distance.

Liu Xinsheng couldn't help but show a sympathetic smile when he saw Bob's strange eyes on the side, he had long been accustomed to Lin Feng's surprise of being able to write songs and scripts anytime and anywhere.

Lin Feng smiled a little embarrassedly, to be honest, he really thought of which English song to choose as the song to build momentum for his concert.

Just now he thought that when his brother-in-law Li Xingyi looked at him with his parents a while ago, he chatted with his parents about what happened when he was a child, and then suddenly mentioned his mother's English name.

However, my mother used to be a daughter, and it was a very normal thing to have an English name.

Just now he suddenly remembered his mother's English name, as if it had appeared in a classic English song, but he didn't remember it for a while, but just now he thought of it.

"Well, almost!" Lin Feng nodded and said.

Seeing Lin Feng nodding in acknowledgement, the corners of Bob's mouth twitched, and then he said a little uneasy: "Let's go, let's go down together and listen to your song!" ”

"Why did you suddenly get the inspiration?" After saying that, Bob felt a little incredulous and continued to ask.

"My mother's English name, and something about my childhood!" Lin Feng said as he walked.

Oriental Huayin and Oriental DreamWorks are both in the same business building, but Oriental Huayin is not like Oriental DreamWorks, because of the large area of recruitment, and the various departments are enriched with a lot of staff and it is very crowded.

Cai Qingguo suddenly saw Lin Feng walking in, and couldn't help shouting: "Come and see, our boss finally remembered us, I didn't expect to come to the company to see us today!" ”

An incomparably resentful atmosphere wafted in the Oriental Huayin Company.

Lin Feng saw that everyone in the company was looking at him with resentful eyes, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "Okay, okay, Lao Cai, it's all my fault, I will come over often in the future!" ”

To be honest, since his focus has been on film and television, especially after making movies, he basically doesn't care about the affairs of Dongfang Huayin, and it is basically Cai Guoqing, a music director who is a father and a mother, is dealing with it.

Even if Lin Feng wrote songs for several singers under the company, they were all written and sent to Liu Xinsheng.

It's true that he hasn't come to Dongfang Huayin's side for a while.