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Chapter 207: The Great Ups and Downs

Chapter 207: The Great Ups and Downs

No one knows whether the Longquan Sword can drive away evil spirits in the house, but "Julia's Family Ghost Collision" tells everyone that the Longquan Sword has this effect, and many fans have bought it. According to www.biquge.info the news returned from the Sword Pavilion, in the United States, 2.5 million Longquan swords were sold within a week, and one of the customers who bought the most actually bought seven Longquan swords.

Two and a half million Longquan swords are equivalent to tens of millions of dollars in profits to Yanhuang Film Company, and there is nothing more profitable. And the large-scale release of "Julia's Family" also caused a frenzy at the box office this week, with 2,500 theaters and a crazy $82.

"Oh my God, this is incredible?" Sophie stared hard, she suspected that she was dazzled, but then, she had to accept the fact that the box office could not go wrong.

"How many blockbusters can get this kind of results?" Rachel also felt dizzy, not to mention the films shot in DV, even blockbusters with hundreds of millions of investment rarely get such a high box office. For example, in the "Tomb Robbery" series, the box office of Zhou is only 50 or 60 million US dollars, and 80 million US dollars is simply out of reach.

"Every night, a lot of people lose sleep." Jessica giggled, a little gloating.

In contrast, Diplodocus thought it was normal. First of all, human beings have a strong curiosity, everyone has heard of ghosts, but no one has ever seen them, and now that someone has recorded it, they naturally want to see it, just like the first sound movie, the first space fantasy film. Secondly, there is Julia's influence, and the events born on her are tantamount to more convincing.

However, after a week of hot screenings, the scam carefully planned by Diplodocus and Julia has finally been exposed, there are no ghosts in this world at all, and many people have been scolded on the Internet, especially on the blogs of Diplodocus and Julia, which have been fiercely criticized. In this matter, the arrogant Japanese also played a role in adding fuel to the fire, inviting many gunmen to lash out at every part of the film.

However, Liang Long and Julia remained silent about this matter, and the more they responded, the more unclear they became. Of course, Yanhuang Film Company also invited a gunman and made a corresponding evaluation of this matter: Throughout the history of Hollywood films, it seems easy for young actors to take the lead, but it is too difficult for young directors to take the lead, and there are very few who are born like captains. So what should a new director do if he wants to take the lead? The success of "Blair the Witch" set a good precedent and provided a good way for young directors to step into Hollywood.

The captain's "Julia Hits the Ghost" is a good copy of the promotional model of "Blair the Witch", and improves on it, inviting big-name stars, which shows that DV movies are feasible. Therefore, we should not blindly blame the captain, but should thank the captain for promoting the viability of the DV movie.

This kind of thing is like this, it can be analyzed from all angles, it depends on what you think.

However, the scam was exposed, and the impact on the box office of the film was also very huge, the box office on Monday was only dollars, and Tuesday was even worse, only dollars. It can be seen that people do not pay more attention to how wonderful the film is, but to the so-called supernatural events, and when the supernatural events are proven to be non-existent, people lose interest in going to the cinema.

"It's time to start moving to the second propaganda mode." Karl had long expected such an outcome, so he had prepared a second set of plans, that is, as the Los Angeles Times wrote, do you dare to read it? Moreover, this promotional plan is also very important, and now that the film has not been released overseas, the scam has been exposed, and it is simply not enough to attract overseas audiences if it does not turn people's minds around.

But on Wednesday, there was a sudden news from the movie theater that a fourteen-year-old girl was extremely pale when she was watching a movie, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and finally she sat there paralyzed.

"How so?" Carl frowned, and was about to switch to the second propaganda plan, and the sudden news of such a scandal was not necessarily good news.

"No, there's a turnaround in this matter." Carl suddenly laughed again, as long as he can handle it well, he may not be able to build momentum for the film anymore. Thinking of this, Carl immediately called Liang Long and Julia and asked them to rush to the hospital to see the patient, and then notified the media reporters to inform them of the situation.

"Is there such a thing?" Liang Long frowned, in his previous life, when "Ghost Shadow" was released in Italy, there was a girl who was paralyzed by fright, and as a result, the film became a restricted film in Italy, and people under the age of eighteen refused to watch it. I didn't expect that this situation would already occur before the film was released overseas.

However, Liang Long did not dare to delay, this matter must be rushed to the hospital as soon as possible, otherwise the media will hype it up, and it will have a great impact on his reputation.

"Oh my God, how is that possible?" After receiving the call, Julia also exclaimed, she never imagined that the film she shot could scare people into paralysis, which is not a good thing. Hardly there's any hesitation, she pulls Danny and drives to the hospital.

When Liang Long arrived at the gate of the hospital, Julia and Danny were surrounded by a large group of reporters, asking what was going on, Julia and Danny could only say that they had just received the news and had to go to the hospital to ask about the situation. However, reporters are like flies that see and don't let them go at all.

Liang Long hurried over to rescue them from the dire situation, and then said to the reporters: "Guys, we don't know the specific experience, we have to make a diagnosis by the doctor, now everyone let us, let's go first to find out, and we will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation." After saying that, Liang Long ran into the hospital in a puff of smoke, as for the reporters, I'm sorry, the hospital security guards won't give them face.

"I didn't expect this to happen, what should I do now?" Julia said with a wry smile, paralyzing people with scare, maybe someone will call her the Queen of Horrors in the future.

"This kind of thing is not something we can control, I hope that girl is okay." Liang Long sighed, as long as the person is okay, and then give reasonable compensation, I believe that public opinion from all walks of life will understand. But if something really happens, even if Yanhuang Film Company is responsible for all the girl's expenses in the future, her reputation will be damaged.

After asking, Liang Long learned that the girl's name was Anqi, fourteen years old, a die-hard fan of Julia, and he was also convinced of the incident of "Julia's Ghost Collision", and it was not the first time he had watched the film. But this girl is really weird, others don't feel anything when they watch a horror movie for the second time, but this girl turns pale with fright every time she watches it, and this time she finally has the psychological endurance and is paralyzed.

Now, the girl is still in the emergency room, and the specific situation will not be known until the doctor comes out of the emergency room.

The three of them waited anxiously in the hospital for more than two hours, the door of the operating room was finally pushed open, and after asking the doctor, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"Can we go in and see Angel?" Liang Long asked.

"Yes, the patient's emotions have been relieved." The doctor nodded: "But remember, don't stab the patient." ”

"Will there be any after-effects?" Julia hurriedly asked again.

"Not really." The doctor said.

Walking into the ward, the girl's face was still a little pale, but when she saw the idol coming, she also smiled, looked very excited, pulled Julia and said that, and finally hoped that Julia and Diplodocus would have a hundred signatures. Diplodocus and Julia smiled bitterly, and could only meet the girl's request.

But the girl is fine, and the matter is over, at least with no bad effects. In this matter, Liang Long also made some compensation on behalf of Yanhuang Film Company, first with 100 signatures, then with three tickets to the screening of "Legend of Doom", inviting Anqi's family to attend the screening, and finally responsible for hospitalization expenses and 50,000 US dollars in recuperation.

However, just when Diplodocus thought things were going to settle down, a report suddenly appeared in the Los Angeles Times, titled "Horror movies that can paralyze people, do you dare to watch them?" , a very scary title, which reports in detail the process of Anqi being sent to the hospital for watching a movie, and then asks a huge question about whether you dare to watch it. At the same time, the Los Angeles Times also affirmed the behavior of Liang Long, Julia and Danny in getting to the hospital in time, claiming that this is a filmmaker with a sense of social responsibility, and this sense of social responsibility is worth learning from everyone.

Not only the Los Angeles Times, but other newspapers also reported on it. At the same time, under the operation of Yanhuang Film Company, this matter quickly spread overseas, and similar news appeared in major overseas countries, paving the way for the film's overseas release next week.

And under such an operation, the box office of the film began to recover, although it is impossible to be as crazy as last week, but it also got the box office that a high-quality horror film deserves. Of course, the film has also become a restricted film, refusing to be watched by children under the age of 18, and overseas countries have also adopted it, not wanting to lead to a tragedy similar to Angel's because of a film.

Seeing that the momentum was turning for the better again, Liang Long also breathed a sigh of relief, and he no longer had to worry about the film "Julia's Family Hit the Ghost". And this time, Liang Long has already packed his luggage, the soundtrack of "Legend of Doom" has been completed, and he has to go to Weta Digital Studio to review the film, and if there are no problems, it will be released as scheduled. But if something goes wrong, the music has to be remastered, and even the release date of the film will be delayed.