Chapter 121: Nerds

Under the pressure of the oligarchs and the promotion of well-intentioned people, the legislators of New York State quickly launched a consultation on the relevant legislation on the collection and use of public information, and many "people of insight" actively spoke out in this situation, saying that listening to the will of the people is the only way to solve the problem. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Legislation must be legislated, but how to establish is very intriguing, on the one hand, in the dominant class, to listen to the opinions of the public, on the other hand, to come up with many more favorable terms for enterprises and officials. There are many fools on the land of the United States, but there are also many smart people, and the ugly faces of the capitalists and politicians who have teamed up to pit the common people are soon exposed, and the public opinion has rebounded even more violently between the disturbances, so that other states that want to make a move have started to wait and see again.

As the starting point of it all, Facebook was undoubtedly regarded as the vanguard of evil, with almost 80 percent of the firepower, and Mark Zuckerberg went from being a young entrepreneurial idol to a disgusting speculator overnight. Liang Baoguang, as the initiator, is very satisfied with the current situation, the general trend that this ordinary person thinks is just a false appearance, and it is doomed to fail in the end, just like the embodiment of the power of "unstoppable, irreversible, I am a catastrophe", and his life's ambition finally came to naught.

Twitter's development has entered a stage of rocket leap, and the 140-word social software, which was not considered to be a stream, is only gaining momentum, but after experiencing the test, it has gained nearly 30 million registered users in North America. People in the U.S. feel that Twitter is on their side in this battle over personal information privacy and security, so they are willing to spend a few minutes downloading the app and signing up for a Blue Bird account, making it the third largest social tool in the U.S. after MySpace and Facebook.

When the platform became an advantage rather than a disadvantage, Liang Baoguang finally couldn't help but show his magnificent side, and used his own resources to set off a hot wind of "everyone comes to find fault" on Twitter, and the object of this fault finding is the already painted "This Man is from the Earth".

"This Man Comes from Earth" is not only Liang Baoguang's personal work, but also includes the wisdom of the original author, Jeromy Besby, and after being supplemented by professors from several major universities, its rigor is even stronger than that of Jules Verne's novels. However, no matter how rigorous things are, there will be loopholes, after all, this is a science fiction theme rather than a reality theme, so boring college students have expressed their opinions on Twitter after being taken to the pace, pointing out what they think are contradictions in the plot and setting of the movie.

John, a professor at Harvard University, was the first to stand up and retort, picking out a few of the most representative questions to answer, and the answers were of course posted on his Twitter account. With one enemy being too difficult, the other professors who participated in the later performances seemed to feel that John couldn't resist, and they also stood up to "fight" with netizens, and insisted that even if there were bugs in the movie, they did it on purpose.

Several professors are not really idle and have nothing to do, they can only compete with netizens on Twitter to pass the time, they were connected by Liang Baoguang in advance and became actors again, netizens who don't know the truth are easy to fall into, who told them that they can't find the opportunity to tear up with professors from famous schools in other places. The discussion about a movie was hyped up with the flavor of academic discussion, which surprised the people who ate melons, and other film companies seemed to be inspired, and at the same time felt that Liang Baoguang's means were only second, after all, the movie had already been painted, and it was too late to do anything.

"Hey, what are you two talking about so energetically, is it Wednesday's Quiz topic?" There are always professors in American universities who like to set up Quiz, which is similar in nature to the monthly exams of the Celestial Empire, although ordinary students are very disgusted with it, but there are also top students who like to do questions, and Robe-Song is one of them.

"Of course not, we're talking about movies, and I don't think it's possible for Oldman in 'This Man is from Earth' to hike through the Pyrenees, especially since there was no reliable means of survival 40,000 years ago. Summer's Day said earnestly.

"No, it was possible to cross the Pyrenees, where fresh water was readily available and food was not scarce, and the movie gave him super immunity, and it was actually easy to get from the south of France to the territory of present-day Spain. Andrew Howard, who was standing on the side, immediately retorted.

"Wait, this man is from Earth?" Lobo Song tilted his head to look at his two friends, "why haven't I heard of such a movie, it's so weird to name." ”

Samen Day's eyes widened as if he had heard something incredible, "Don't you even know if you came to this movie, are you stupid to learn to learn? Now everyone is talking about whether this movie is good or not, and the Twitter interface looks super comfortable." After saying that, he took out his BlackBerry phone and sent out the idea just now, mocking his outdated friend by the way.

Luo Bo Song is still confused, he is usually in a state of indulging in learning and can't extricate himself, rarely goes out for recreational activities, and watching movies has always been insulated from him, but the hot discussion among his friends made him have a strong curiosity, and decided to go to see this movie with a strange name at night, "Is this movie shown in the theater near our school, how much is a ticket?"

"This movie is all drawn, and now I have to watch it anywhere. Samen Day rolled his eyes.

"Of course, if you want to see it, you can still see it, I heard that the Blue Bird Film Studio has released a DVD, and the super deluxe version not only has an interview track with the main creator, but also interviews with experts in related disciplines. Andrew Howard also learned the news after looking at the status of his friend on Twitter, and his friend works at the Blue Bird Film Studio, "They only seem to be paying 100,000, and I'm going to buy a collection." ”

"Collector's ......" Lobo Song's curiosity is even greater, usually only the Star Wars series, Batman and other works with "cultural" symbols will have fans buy DVD collections, and this "This Man is from Earth" seems to be just a single feature film, "This movie is good?"

"You haven't seen it so you don't understand, it's a super cool movie. Samen Day was also going to buy one and keep it at home, and after listening to Andrew Howard's explanation, he wanted to see what the experts in biology, archaeology, sociology, and theology had to say.

Similar conversations happen all the time in major colleges and universities across the United States, especially in prestigious schools, and those who have not seen "This Man is from Earth" will be directly classified as primitive by their friends, and if they can't make two insightful comments about it, they will also be disliked by their peers, and for a while, this soft sci-fi movie seems to have become a trend.

In the past, everyone would laugh at nerds for not having an entertaining life and not knowing how to socialize, but the advent of the Internet age has gradually changed people's perception of the term Nerd, and many former bullied elites have become sought-after targets. They are holding BlackBerry phones, carrying Outdoor school bags, stepping on Converse's canvas shoes, and the image of two sentences of trivia that others don't understand is becoming more and more popular. Liang Baoguang seized this business opportunity, hyped up enough popularity, and immediately released a DVD of the movie, and found some people with high status in the academic world to record DVD-exclusive content, and even put in the clips of them drinking and chatting in the Walden lakeside cottage.

"Boss, 100,000 copies were sold out in less than a week, but fortunately, we ordered a batch of 500,000 copies with the manufacturer in advance, but according to this momentum, I am afraid it will not be enough to fill the market. Nina Bulgari, the manager of the marketing department, originally thought that the boss was hot-headed and did not understand the laws of the market, but it turned out that she was the one who did not understand, "The cultural shirts are also selling well, and the online and offline sales are even better than we expected." ”

Because the distribution agreement signed with Sony is not a complete copyright sale, it is written in black and white that the DVD and peripherals and other proceeds are completely owned by Liang Baoguang, so his heart at this time is as comfortable as drinking a cold soda. The $22 deluxe edition DVD cost only three or four dollars, and the first batch of 100,000 copies sold out and the income from cultural shirts and other merchandise reached $2.6 million, which is almost enough to catch up with the full box office revenue. The box office proceeds of Sony's classic movies need to be distributed to the theater chain, and the money from the sale of movie DVDs and peripherals is the only one of Blue Bird Film Studios, which means that Liang Baoguang earns more than Sony's classic movies.

The last time I was scolded at the meeting, Liang Baoguang was free and easy on the surface, but he has always been haunted in his heart, and now the revenue of DVDs is higher than the box office revenue, which is tantamount to a slap in the face of Sony's classic movies, and their practice of drawing the movie so early is obviously blind, "The metaphor is really good, the movie drawn under it is like the Christmas tree in January, there is no point in discussion, hehe......"

Mike Buck has been in a very bad mood these days, and it is not easy for word of mouth to accumulate, but it may only be a matter of a second to collapse, and the reputation of their Sony classic movies will not be completely smashed because of a movie, but the theater chain has already been quite critical of their approach. In 2007, the North American film market was very sluggish, which can be seen from the celebration banquet when "Nanny Diaries" sold six million box office in the first week, and the movie theaters were empty most of the time, and the summer season was slightly better.