Chapter 46: A Post
Sitting in front of the computer, Link wandered around several large forums.
In the past few days, the discussion of "The Walking Dead" on the Internet has not stopped, although the filming has not started, but many netizens have a very in-depth discussion of this "horror series of American dramas".
One of them, a post titled 'Link will be worth his money for 'The Walking Dead' caught his attention.
Seeing the title of this post, even he himself laughed.
I thought to myself, I don't even know how much I'm worth now.
When it comes to money, Link never cares. Now he is no longer the rookie who was anxious all day long for the salary of employees. The broadcast of the second half of "The Big Bang Theory" made a profit of more than $5 million per episode, and overseas broadcasts began one after another, and there were constantly accounts into Fahrenheit Media's account, as for how much money he had, he really didn't know.
And Fat Jack has been busy choosing the location of the filming these days, and several states have shown a friendly attitude, but within a few months, the negotiations have not come down at all.
Opening the post, the author of the title listed several 'horror series' that have been cut in recent years, listing the production budget and broadcast ratings one by one. Through detailed comparisons and some news released by Link, the author showed a very solid understanding of overall planning and operation, and finally came to the conclusion that "The Walking Dead" cost at least $15 million just for the pre-set and personnel investment.
This is very close to Luth's budget.
A post of thousands of words, Link quickly finished reading. And when he finished reading the last word, Link couldn't help but have a lot of curiosity about the author of this post.
After checking his registration information, Link found the other party's MSN number in his personal page.
Link hasn't logged on to MSN for a long time, and after going online, a lot of messages popped up, and I found that most of them were sent by a few college classmates, and the time of the message turned out to be in September last year.
After a casual glance, many of them were insulting texts, and there were many apologies later, but the time showed that it was already time for "The Big Bang Theory" to cause a sensation.
Link shook his head, ignoring these people, and directly added the author's MSN as a friend.
After a short time, the friend application was approved.
Link tapped on his keyboard and said hello.
"Hello, I'm Link."
It didn't take long for the other party to reply, "Who, Link?" Which Link? ”
Link sent the post that the other party had just made, but the other party was silent. It took about five or six minutes for the other party to send a reply.
"Man, I don't have time to joke with you."
Link shook his head, the other party obviously didn't believe his confession, but Link had a way, and directly sent a short video of "The Big Bang Theory" that had just been produced, which was the latest episode to be broadcast this Friday.
"You...... Are you really Link? You're not kidding, are you? Is it because you saw my post and are ready to sue me? ”
Between the lines of the other party's words, there was an obvious apprehension.
Link didn't reply directly, but sent his phone number. The other party was obviously still hesitating, and did not call directly, and after waiting for a long time, Link's phone rang.
"Excuse me...... Is it Mr. Link, please? ”
A nervous voice came from the other end of the line.
"Hello, it's me, what do you call it?"
Andrew heard this voice, and then he was sure that the other party was really Link. Because Link has been a guest on a TV show, he heard it at once.
"My name is Andrew, I'm sorry Mr. Link, my post is a bit ......"
"No, no, no." Link smiled and said: "Andrew, I have read through your post, it is very well written, only people who have worked in this field can have such in-depth and simple insights, you surprise me." I'd love to know, what do you do? ”
"I'm the webmaster of a small website, and I also signed up for a forum, and I usually visit major forums to promote my website, and that's it."
The two chatted for a long time, and Link inquired about Andrew, knowing that the other party studied film-related majors, but was currently looking for investment for his personal website.
Andrew didn't expect that one of his posts would 'blow up' Link himself, and he still can't believe it. But thinking that he was talking to the other party, Andrew felt that his time had come! At first, he thought that Link was planning to sue him, but he didn't expect the other party to talk so easily.
Thinking of this, Andrew couldn't help but start promoting his website.
"Mr. Link, I wonder what you think of the other party's online media?"
Although the emerging Internet industry has been developing for more than 20 years, it has not made great progress until recent years. With the popularization of personal computers, the number of Internet users is also increasing year by year, although it has not yet been able to impact the huge position of television media, but the Internet field has created many legends. For example, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, and so on.
Link thought for a moment: "The Internet is very convenient, and it makes it easy for people to communicate with people from all over the world. But the portal has basically been carved up at present, and it is difficult to get involved in it. ”
"No, no, no, I'm not talking about portals, I'm talking about video sites, have you ever thought about it?"
"Video sites?" Link was stunned for a moment.
"That's right." Andrew noticed that Link seemed to be interested in what he was saying, and he couldn't help but continue to explain: "For example, my website has a domain name of showyou. Now there are more than 1,000 registered users, and of course the number of such users is low, but I think it is very promising. Users can upload their own recorded videos for other users to click on and watch and share their happiness. ”
Andrew gushed a lot, and he was excited because he rarely had the opportunity to present his ideas in front of a media mogul like Link, so he tried to say as much as he could.
Link was originally just a whim, and he felt that Andrew's post was very well analyzed, so he wanted to get to know him as a person, but he didn't expect the other party to say so much at once.
Gradually, however, Link listened slowly, feeling that the other party's understanding was very interesting. And Link suddenly remembered the names of some future Internet giants in his mind. Such as Facebook, YouTube, etc.
However, the website of showyou, he was not able to find it in the information in his head. However, this did not prevent Link from admiring Andrew, and according to him, he knew that many young people in this era have started to build their own personal websites and are looking for investment.
In the end, Andrew felt that he had said enough, and then he was embarrassed to ask, "Mr. Link, I don't know if you are interested in my website?" ”
"Well, that sounds pretty good." Link nodded.
Hearing Link's words, Andrew was even more excited and said more enthusiastically: "For example, the American drama "The Walking Dead" that you are preparing to film, although many media in the United States and overseas are not optimistic, you can promote it on the Internet, I know that you are a master of publicity, this ......"
Hearing Link's laughter, Andrew was also a little embarrassed to brag about himself anymore.
Link was really laughing, this Andrew was very eloquent and did everything he could to promote his own website. However, Link did take a keen interest in what he called Shouyou's personal website.
"Alright then, you might as well come to New York, let's talk about it in detail."
"Oh my God." Andrew cried out in surprise, Link actually wanted to see him? It's so exciting.
"Mr. Link, I'll buy my ticket tomorrow, no, I'll book tonight's ticket now, I'm so happy."
Until he hung up the phone, Andrew was still immersed in great excitement, and looked up at the small room of less than ten square meters, an old server was still flashing, the table next to it was full of various documents, and a dim desk lamp was lit in the corner.
"I knew it, I knew it!" Andrew walked around excitedly, muttering to himself, "It's great, Link agreed to meet me, he must be interested in my website." Oh my God, I'm going to buy a plane ticket. New York, I'm coming! ”
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