"Are you sure the CIA captured Samuel?"

Receiving Shi Hao's call, Mai Xiaoyu couldn't believe his ears. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Samuel paid to organize blacks and took to the streets to demonstrate against "This Man is from Earth", which he instigated in order to expand the publicity and influence of the film.

The movie "This Man is from Earth", produced by Moe Ren and distributed by Hualong Pictures, was released in North America in mid-July.

This movie is not the kind of movie that is full of excitement and emotion, and it is easy for the audience to get refreshed. Because it is soft sci-fi, the pure dialogue is promoted, and the plot is slightly bland, although the hype in Cannes in May and June is quite lively, but the box office has been tepid after its release in North America.

300 screens were released at the same time, with a box office of more than 2 million in the first weekend, and the average weekend income of a single screen was less than $8,000.

This result is quite good for domestic films released overseas.

Combined with the production and distribution cost of the film and the way the American theater chain is shared, the box office result of more than 2 million in the first weekend can already ensure that Menghe and Hualong Pictures can easily recover all the investment costs and profits through the box office.

Considering the videotape market, the expected return on investment for this film with an investment of tens of thousands of dollars can be quite impressive.

But Mai Xiaoyu was not satisfied.

The United States is the world's largest box office country, and "This Man from Earth" will be released in North America first, and will be released in other countries a month later. The scheduling rate, publicity force and scale of other countries will largely refer to the North American box office results.

It can be said that the quality of the box office performance in North America will have a direct impact on the box office of other countries.

In his plan, this movie is a super big bait, if you don't show super strong lure and temptation, how can there be a super big fish to take the bait?

Therefore, the box office performance in North America must reach astonishing heights to ensure that the global box office is even more amazing. The level of the global box office of 70 or 80 million US dollars like "Fatal ID" will definitely not satisfy him.

In the face of the inherent shortcomings of "This Man is from Earth", the only solution is to do things.

In view of the characteristics of the national conditions in the United States, Mai Xiaoyu decided to hire Samuel and his gang to organize black demonstrations to increase the popularity and influence of the film.

The United States does not yet have a federal law that specifically applies to processions and assemblies, but most of the states have enacted relevant laws and regulations that regulate the location, time, form, purpose, actual effect, and social impact of demonstrations.

The general principle is that an application must be made to the authorities before the procession.

Different states have different rules for demonstrations, and Los Angeles only needs to apply 36 hours in advance to get a permit to demonstrate.

When applying, it is necessary to specify the person in charge of the demonstration and pay a certain amount of deposit. If the procession damages a public facility during the demonstration, then sorry, you have to pay compensation.

It is not difficult to apply for a permit to demonstrate, as long as it is peaceful and non-violent, it can be procedurally approved. To put it bluntly, the significance of applying for permission is that the police will be sufficiently prepared to protect the safety of demonstrators and order at the scene.

The themes of demonstrations in the United States are varied, and most of them use demonstrations to assert their rights and interests. For example, medical issues, education issues, HIV/AIDS relief, anti-same-sex discrimination, anti-war, calls for animal protection, environmental protection, punishment of judicial corruption, reduction of military spending, withdrawal of troops, impeachment of the president, etc.

The theme of Samuel's march was the boycott of the film "This Man Is from Earth", so it was easy to pass. And the cost is not much, pay per capitation, the number of people is controlled to about 100 people, try to be all black, and it is OK to have tens of thousands of dollars per march.

The money is not spent, but the effect is good.

First of all, the movie itself has its own topic attributes.

This is a Chinese film, which was filmed by Huaxia Film Company, directed by Huaxia, and written by Huaxia; but the actors are all American actors, and all the filming work is done in the United States; and the content of the film involves the birth of Christianity and the origin of Jesus.

Is this a pure movie?

Is there a shadow of the Chinese official behind it?

Does it represent the official attitude towards Christianity in China?

As early as the Cannes Film Festival in May and June this year, some European media who have been professionally hacking China for 20 years have made a big fuss. Now that the movie has been released in the United States, it has naturally attracted the attention of the American media.

The black demonstrations against the film were a good publicity stunt that the media would not miss.

As for whether the news report is positive or negative, it doesn't matter, what you want is fame and popularity!

Some media went online, saying that this movie was a conspiracy of the Chinese people, just fooling some curious Americans into the theater to buy tickets and watch the movie, contributing to the box office.

The second is the antagonism between white and black Americans.

Just as the United States has always advertised democracy and freedom, the United States has always advertised that there is no racial discrimination in the country, but the opposition between whites and blacks can be seen by the blind.

Traditional American culture believes that only the inferior and disadvantaged ethnic groups do not care about blood, which has the principle of "famous" one drop of blood.

According to this principle: for a white person, as long as you have a little bit of non-white ancestry, then you are not white, and for a black person, as long as you have a little black ancestry, then you are black.

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Hoddle was the first black man to hold the position. Even in a high position, he had to warn his 17-year-old not to go out late at night, because he didn't know what would happen if he encountered the police.

Because you are black, in front of white police, "my dad is Li Gang" is not good.

"Black" and "white" are distinct!

This is America.

If a black person buys and uses a large product, from a car to a toy, he or she may lose white customers; a school with a high proportion of black students is likely to cause white students to change en masse; and a newly opened neighborhood may be protested by pre-orders from white people if it is pre-sold to several black families.

That's all good, there are still some extreme whites in the United States.

Samuel organized a demonstration of black people to protest against the boycott of the movie "This Man is from Earth", which may lead to these white Americans going into the theater to watch the movie, and then spontaneously promote the movie, Amway in the white circle of friends, advocating the ideology and connotation of the movie, and using a mocking tone to prove that black people are born with low IQ.

Belch...... Do you think there will be no white people doing this?

Money talks!

Mai Xiaoyu can buy blacks, and Shi Hao can also find someone to buy whites!

In fact, Hualong Pictures only dredged up some American media, and Shi Hao did not buy white people.

The black-white antagonism in the United States is on the rise, and shootings between people of different skin colors are frequent, and it is a big deal for extremist whites to mock and humiliate black people through a movie?

So the whites who do it are all spontaneous, otherwise the small black march of 100 people can be targeted by the CIA?

In addition to the above two points, it is also very important that Christianity flourishes in the United States.

There are many Christian denominations in the United States, including Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, etc., as well as non-denominational Christians. Regardless of the differences in the doctrines of the various Christian denominations, one thing is common, and that is Christ Jesus.

The film is in line with the American spirit of "doubting everything", whether it is history, biology, religious beliefs, etc., can be doubted. But after watching the movie, Christians will be affected in some way.

Heterodox!

Satan!

Devil!

The conspiracy of the Orientals!

Want to subvert our religious culture!

At first, similar tones circulated only on a small scale.

However, Samuel's side took the lead in organizing a demonstration, believing that the film was blasphemous to Christ and calling for a boycott of the film, which was different in nature.

No one knows which denomination of Christianity the more than 100 blacks marched to, but they do, and as a devout believer, would you be embarrassed to face the Lord if you didn't say anything?

In the American religious media, the voice of Christians rang out.

At this moment, the various Christian denominations put aside their past grievances with each other and collectively denounced this heretical film from China.

The question is, do you have to go to the theater before you denounce it?

It is best to find the logical loopholes in the film, expose the heresy in public, and maintain the glory of Jesus.

But the logical loopholes of the movie are not easy to find, if you can't find it after watching it once, do you have to watch two pennies?

Therefore, Mai Xiaoyu asked Samuel to hire black people to march, which is definitely a "more", "faster", "better" and "provincial" cost-effective way of publicity.

But-

Things are out of control!

Just like Cannes in May and June, it's out of control again!

There are more and more voices in the media about the "China threat theory"; antagonism between whites and blacks is gradually rising; various Christian denominations claim "religious conspiracy"; and the media in Europe that have been specialized in China for 20 years have re-emerged......

Because of a movie, because of the small march of more than 100 black people, this summer, the American film industry is a little chaotic, but the United States is not a little chaotic, and demonstrations have broken out in many places.

Extreme whites organized a march, arguing that by their attitude towards the film, they showed the existence of a black community and lowered the coercion of the United States of America.

Blacks organized marches to protest against white racism and demand a higher level of treatment.

Christian denominations organize processions to spread the gospel of the Lord and eliminate the negative effects of heretical films.

Mexicans organized marches and chanted for naturalization and demanded that the U.S. government recognize their legitimate U.S. citizenship.

Animal Protection Societies organize marches, same-sex and sexual organizations march, environmental groups march, anti-war groups march...... Several groups took the opportunity to organize demonstrations to assert their rights and demand that they be addressed.

Most of the demonstrations have nothing to do with the movie, but this chaos comes from a movie - "This Man is from Earth".

Can movies be so powerful?

No kidding, okay!

It's all old drivers, who doesn't know who!

Only when it is linked to politics will it cause riots and turmoil!

In this situation, can the CIA not intervene?

The CIA is one of the three major intelligence agencies in the United States, and it is the only independent intelligence agency in the American intelligence system, which shows the importance of this agency in the United States.

The CIA's involvement also shows how seriously the United States attaches to this matter.

The U.S. officials have sent a note to the Chinese Embassy in the United States, but not enough attention?

However, the Chinese Embassy in the United States said that we do not understand.

You say "This Man is from Earth"?

That's a movie.

Movies without borders!

……

Every time Samuel organized a parade, Mai Xiaoyu would ask Shi Hao to send someone to supervise it.

There is no way, the irreconcilable contradiction between black and white, the responsibility is not all on the white people, and the black people themselves have problems.

For example, the laziness of the black people at the bottom, Nima collects money and marches, and can secretly run to smoke big hemp halfway through, isn't this lazy?

When the CIA people showed their documents and took Samuel away, the people sent by Shi Hao saw it clearly and took photos!

After listening to Shi Hao's story quietly, Mai Xiaoyu smacked his lips: "I'm wiping, is this being used as a gun again?"

That's not true!

Anything, once linked to politics, is easy to get out of control.

That was the case in Cannes, and this time it was clearly someone who ...... Well, it should be said that there are external forces, using "This Man is from the Earth" and the demonstration and propaganda method proposed by Mai Xiaoyu to fish in troubled waters and make things bigger!

I said, why hasn't "This Man Comes from Earth" been reported in China......

What is the purpose of those forces, Mai Xiaoyu doesn't care and doesn't care.

If it's out of control, it's out of control, it's not that it's not out of control, it's like a gun, it's a gun, anyway, the box office is up!

Since Samuel began to organize black demonstrations and protests, the box office of "This Man is from Earth" has been climbing, and by the end of July, more than two weeks after its release, the number of screens exceeded 1,300 yuan, and the box office had exceeded 50 million US dollars.

At this rate, when the movie is offline, it should not be a big problem for the North American box office to exceed 100 million.

As for the rest...... That's the United States, does it have anything to do with him?

Mai Xiaoyu doesn't care, Shi Hao can't not care, Hualong Pictures is an American company founded by Chinese people!

"Mr. Mai, what should I do next? Do you want to stop?"

Well?

Mai Xiaoyu frowned, pondered for half a minute, and said: "Why do you want to stop? Someone is using me as a gun, I want to make more money at the box office, it won't be too much of a loss." ”

"It's so messy now, so badly out of your plan that even the CIA is involved. ”

Really!

Mai Xiaoyu made a judgment in his heart: "I just wanted to make more money at the box office, but I didn't expect things to develop to this point." I want to stop too, but stopping now, doesn't it mean that our motives are not pure?"

"What do you mean?"

"Go on. It doesn't matter if Samuel is taken by the CIA, I can find someone else. Someone insists on taking my boat, and I can't refuse, I can't even take the ticket money, right? ”

At the end of the call, Shi Hao looked at the two white men in front of him and shrugged his shoulders: "You heard, we are the most innocent in this matter, it is just a propaganda means of the movie, and the consequences are not what we want." ”

"Whether you are innocent or not, it doesn't matter, our CIA will investigate it ourselves. ”

"Then please. However, I suggest that you have better understand the background of our Hualong Pictures first, and don't think about letting us Hualong Pictures bear the blame for your incompetence. ”

"Are you threatening?"

"No, it's a reminder. ”

After the CIA people left, Shi Hao breathed a sigh of relief, glad that Mai Xiaoyu reacted quickly and understood his hints, and at the same time he was a little skeptical: Will his background be the relevant domestic departments?

At the same time, Mai Xiaoyu was also sighing: There are so many political hooligans......