Chapter 963: A Gamble of 200 Million Yuan

Just when Li Rui was nervously arranging the promotion of the film, he was suddenly pleasantly surprised to find that the box office of the movie, which had been sluggish, began to show signs of rebounding.

Damn, I might be lucky this time! Damn, this Christmas stall may be going to make a fortune!

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The United States is a country where entertainment is paramount, and ordinary people don't care about national affairs at all, don't care about the changes in the world, and only care about things related to their lives, such as sports, entertainment, stocks, ....... In their opinion, even the US presidential election is nothing more than sending the guy who doesn't look bad to the White House with votes and getting the guy who looks worse out of here.

However, the United States is definitely a military and united country, and when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, 16 million young people immediately put on military uniforms. In four years, four million soldiers went to the battlefield and produced more than 200,000 aircraft, more than 80,000 tanks and armored vehicles, and more than 100 aircraft carriers.

The planes that crashed into New York and Washington on 911 gave Americans the same stimulation as Pearl Harbor in those years, and aroused the 'super-nationalist' sentiments of the United States. The entire United States has co-opted Congress at a breakneck pace, passed various bills on the war on terror, and launched military strikes against military targets of the Afghan Taliban authorities and training camps for Islamic extremists in Qatar at the fastest speed.

The entire social media is overwhelmingly promoting and reporting this war of killing chickens and knives, and the people no longer care about sports and entertainment, but only care about whether the bastards who make themselves sad and angry are killed by the cute GIs!

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Fortunately, fortunately, by the time we entered November, the powerful U.S. Marine Corps, authorized by the new Congress, finally landed on a large scale in the Middle East, and it was no longer just bombing, bombing. The cute GIs drove armored vehicles and helicopter gunships, beating the bastards to the ground like rabbits. With victory in sight and the release of their anger, the American people have also begun to turn their attention back to their homes.

The American media has reached an unimaginable level, and the change in national sentiment is soon reflected in various news reports, and the first reaction of the Hollywood giants is: It's over, there is no preparation, and this time everyone may lose a great opportunity to make money!

Sun Ziming was the same, dumbfounded as he watched the rapid change in the direction of society, but his own company did not anticipate it at all, and only arranged "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and a few independent films, such as "The Princess Diaries", "X-Men" and other key films were not even scheduled.

The sudden recovery of the film market put Hollywood into a state of battle in an instant, and major film companies quickly changed Christmas films and arranged publicity and distribution work. Celebrities from all walks of life have also begun to appear in major media entertainment news, TV interviews, talk shows and other programs, all of which are cheering for their works.

Now whoever can attract the attention of the audience will be able to grab the biggest cake in the Christmas stall where everyone is not fully prepared!

Just when everyone was competing for entertainment news headlines, the extra-large front-page headlines made by Li Rui himself were born, which instantly caught the audience's attention.

"China Ming and MGM Chairman Kirk Kercorion's 200 Million Yuan Gamble"

According to reliable sources, China Ming and Mr. Kirk made a bet in Las Vegas half a year ago: betting on whether the box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" could exceed $250 million, whether "The Princess Diaries" and "X-Men" could exceed $150 million, and the record bet reached at least $200 million. For specific news, please pay attention to tomorrow's follow-up report. ’

Kirk, who had just returned to Hollywood from Las Vegas, couldn't help but smile wryly when he watched ESPN's tricks on TV. I was unlucky this time, I said that it was a hype, but it had the effect of damaging people. I knew this earlier, I should have used a film as a joke to cooperate with China Ming's hype. But on second thought, it was impossible, that guy was so shrewd, he would definitely have to pay a price if he wanted to touch his light. People can use making milk powder money for their children as an excuse, because Zhi is an investor in the film, so she can't say she won't help, right?

That's right, this is hype, anyway, Sun Ziming's foundation wants to donate to build a vocational and technical education college in Indonesia, so it might as well be used as a gimmick to hype.

As the audience's attention was attracted, Li Rui, together with ESPN's reporters, told everyone a wonderful but bloody story.

It is said that when China Ming was on vacation in Las Vegas, he met Mr. Kirk Kercorion, and after the two got drunk, they quarreled in the casino restaurant because of which French food and Chinese food were better, and happened to meet Mr. Guang Mingguo, who went to the two to raise money.

Kirk and Hikatsu, who are good drinkers, team up to dig a big hole for the drunken China Ming, betting on his ex-girlfriend's films and his company's film box office. Just as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Princess Diaries" and "X-Men" were all to be released in the Christmas file, the two took advantage of China Ming to get drunk and set an unattainable box office target: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" box office exceeded 250 million US dollars, "Princess Diaries" and "X-Men" each exceeded 150 million, each 10 million lower than the total box office, China Ming donated 10 million US dollars to the vocational and technical school that Guang was building.

Hype, it's definitely hype!

After listening to the 'story', the audience's first reaction is that China is hyping again! It's like making a bet with a reporter at the beginning, except this time, he took the money that should have been donated and used it as a gimmick to hype the film!

Who doesn't know that China Ming donated all the shares of the light and shadow company, and the people who can donate tens of billions of dollars will donate another one or two hundred million to Indonesian schools this time, what's strange?

It's just that everyone is very strange, since it is hype, it must be hoped that the higher the box office of the film, the better. They came up with this hype, do they still hope that the lower the box office, the better? You know, this hype is linked to China Ming's donation, and the lower the box office, the more the guy will donate. Although the movies with his name are definitely good films, those viewers who are keen on charity are also very likely to give up watching movies in the cinema and choose to rent VCDs in the future.

I have to say that although Li Rui's hype is lame, it is very effective. After the audience understood that this was hype, they were not disgusted with this way, but they were more curious about how China Ming explained. It is precisely this curiosity that makes the promotion of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Princess Diaries" extremely smooth, and even the temporary stall "Princess Diaries" has become a household name.

There was no explanation, the great China Ming did not explain, he hid in his manor all day and did not go out, even if a large number of reporters outside were blocked, he turned a blind eye. It's very much like his personality, until the end, he always hides from reporters. It was only when he had squeezed the last shred of value that he would send his most loyal Doug out and make a statement.

The other client, MGM's chairman, Kirk Kercorion, did not hide from reporters, but he kept silent with a wry smile. Because when Sun Ziming asked him for help, he himself said, 'This is lying to the public, out of fear of God, I can only remain silent at best.'"