Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 807

If it weren't for the sake of safety, Jimmy has now outsourced the system erection business to other companies.

The point is that there are too many chaos in the Internet industry now, and those companies are mixed with good and bad companies. Jimmy dare not take risks. If he loses everything because of a small mistake, he will regret it by then.

The star card is no different than other things. In the later period, people will compare deep space points with money. If there is a security problem, it will be fatal.

In fact, major movie theaters now have some doubts about the star card. It is precisely because they know their doubts that Deep Space currently only participates in the points business for movies that Deep Space participates in production or distribution. Even if something goes wrong, Deep Space Also totally responsible.

But it won't take long before the scope of business will expand. Star Points can not only be exchanged for deep space movie tickets, but also for other movie tickets. However, buying other movie tickets will not give you points.

Of course, movie theaters or movie distributors can also cooperate with Deep Space Corporation to add movies to the points business, which is purely voluntary.

……

When "Infernal Affairs" came out with a box office of more than 600 million yuan in the first week, the related media who were not optimistic about it before were all shocked.

According to a questionnaire survey, more than 40.00% of the viewers who watched "Infernal Affairs" in the first week are users of Deep Space Tribe or Dongdong, and they have always paid more attention to this movie.

Therefore, the media can easily draw a conclusion that the reason why "Infernal Affairs" can have such a good first week box office is due to the promotion of Deep Space Tribe and Dongdong.

It is worth mentioning that another movie "Mission to Mars", which was released at the same time as "Infernal Affairs", had a box office of more than 200 million in its first week, a few million less than "Infernal Affairs".

"Mission to Mars" is said to have cost as much as $9000 million to make, more than "The Martian."

Although "Mission to Mars" is not intended to catch the popularity of "The Martian", the producer also intentionally or unintentionally wants to compete with "The Martian".

In an interview, the person in charge of Touchstone Pictures mentioned "The Martian" for the first time in public. He believes that the box office of "Mars Mission" will not be worse than "The Martian"-even if the movie has YU and Speer Berg's addition.He also half-jokingly said, "Although the original "The Martian" is very good-looking, I don't think many people are willing to watch an actor's one-man show in a one- or two-hour movie—at least I won't."

Touchstone Pictures is very confident in this movie because they used very good special effects and invited big-name stars such as Gary Sinise, Tim Rosbin, and Don Cheadle to star.

But the reality is cruel, their box office in the first week was only more than 200 million.

Such a box office may not be so bad on other movies, but "Mars Mission" is a movie with a production cost of up to 9000 million U.S. dollars, and the box office in the first week is far lower than their expectations.

Originally, the producers and distributors hoped that the film's box office could compete with "The Martian" released this year, but who knew that the film's first week of box office could not even compete with "Infernal Affairs".

Not many people pay attention to "Mission to Mars" now, and the media want to see if "Infernal Affairs" can guarantee this momentum.

Opening week box office is a good indicator, but it's not everything.

Sometimes, the box office of the first week of the two films is the same, but there is a gap of several times in the final box office.

There are too many possibilities for the box office of 800 million in the first week. If it goes up, it can be very high. If it goes down, it is not impossible to only have a box office of [-] million in the end.

……

Just after the first week passed, Yu Dong got the box office analysis report of "Infernal Affairs", which contained not only box office data, but also some questionnaire results and analysis.

The results of the questionnaire were somewhat beyond Dong's expectations.

Before "Infernal Affairs" was released, Yu Dong also worried that North American audiences would not understand the implicit expression of "Infernal Affairs".

But the result was not like this. Although some viewers expressed that they did not understand, it only accounted for a small part, while most of the viewers expressed that they could understand.

It may be that European and American audiences have seen more and more Chinese faces in recent years, so audiences don't think there is anything special about watching a movie with all Chinese actors.

In this report, after the movie was released, netizens’ discussions about the movie in Deep Space Tribes were also collected.

【It's definitely a good movie. I heard that the second part is already being prepared. I'm looking forward to it. 】

[It's not like a normal gangster movie, it's more like a movie like "The Godfather". 】

[When I heard that YU was writing a gangster film, I knew things would not be that simple, and sure enough...]

[I think the rhythm is a little slow. 】

[I think the pace is just right, if you don't look at it as an ordinary police film. 】

[I only watched Chinese martial arts movies before, but I didn't expect other movies to be very good. 】

[Please, there is YU in China, do you think a country that only has martial arts movies can produce someone like YU? 】

[I don’t know what the science fiction novel YU mentioned last time is, why it hasn’t come out for so long. 】

[This movie is worth the ticket price. 】

[Hahahaha, I didn't spend any money, I exchanged it with deep space points. 】

[Envious, there is a movie theater here that also accepts deep space point redemption, but it’s too far away, so I gave up. 】

[We don't even have a movie theater like this here, and of course, I didn't get a prize either. 】

[Haha, come to New York, it is definitely the most convenient city to use deep space points. 】

[The best city to use deep space points is Jinling. As a person who has been to the deep space annual meeting, it will be a wonderful experience to have a star card in Jinling. 】

[New York has just started, and it will soon catch up with Jinling. The headquarters of Deep Space is in New York, and they will definitely make New York a city where deep space points can be used anywhere. 】

[As a film and television company, why is Deep Space not in Los Angeles? 】

[Why do you think Deep Space is a film and television company, they are obviously an Internet company. 】

[Wrong, it's obviously a cultural company. 】

……

Seeing the discussions of these netizens, Yu Dong has a feeling that something has subtly changed over the years, and European and American people know more and more about Chinese culture, and they can understand more and more.

After reading the materials of "Infernal Affairs", Yu Dong looked at the materials next to him. This was Shen Kong's acquisition of BenQ, which was sent along with the materials of "Infernal Affairs".

Although he hasn't read it yet, Yu Dong already knows the content of it. For this merger, Shenkong needs to pay [-] million US dollars in cash, and also reserve some shares for Shi Zhengrong and Li Kunyao.

In addition, the business between BenQ and Acer will continue. Up to now, BenQ is still doing OEM for Acer.

The plan has basically been finalized, and the contract will be signed within half a month if there is no accident, and soon Deep Space will be able to own BenQ and start their plan.

This price is not expensive, but Shi Zhengrong also knows that BenQ is only a semi-finished product now, and there are many deficiencies. It does have the potential to grow and develop, but on the one hand, it needs to consume more, and on the other hand, there are also great uncertainties. sex.

It's better to take advantage of the lack of money now, sell BenQ at a good price, let Acer lose weight, and the two sides will cooperate closely to take off together.

Without opening the merger and acquisition case, Yu Dong leaned back. After the acquisition of BenQ, it was a matter of his heart.

But he also knew that this was just the beginning, and BenQ's ability to burn money was not weak. If they couldn't ensure enough funds to ensure BenQ's development, then this merger would fail, and it would just add burden to them.

In addition to BenQ burning money, after the Internet bubble burst, they also need a lot of money to acquire the shares of various companies.

But besides writing and writing scripts, Yu Dong actually thinks about money-burning things in his mind.

Therefore, in terms of writing, he is much more diligent than before. Not long after "Wall-E" was written, he started writing "Pounding Heartbeat" again.

"Heartbeat" will be finished soon, and Yu Dong will write "Source Code" later. This year is destined to be a very happy year for readers.

Putting away the "Infernal Affairs" materials and the BenQ acquisition case, Yu Dong was preparing to continue writing "Pounding Heartbeat", but the door of the office was pushed open.

Hearing the sound of the door being pushed, Yu Dong guessed that it was probably Yu Hua or Bi Feiyu who came.

There were only a few people who came to his office without knocking, and the two of them came more frequently.

As expected, Yu Dong saw Yu Hua as soon as he looked up.

He just glanced at Yu Hua, but Yu Dong lowered his head again without saying hello to him.

Not surprised, Yu Hua sat down on the sofa and called Yu Dong up, "Chairman, pour me a cup of tea. I want black tea. I have a bad stomach recently. I want to use black tea to moisten my stomach."

Yu Dong glanced at Yu Hua: "If you have a bad stomach, you should get up and move around more. Sitting like this will only make your stomach worse. No matter how much black tea you drink, it won't work."

Yu Hua stood up helplessly, and walked to the place where the tea cups were placed, "I knew that getting you to do something would be harder than going to heaven."

Yu Dong pouted, "What do you want from me? Don't you have a writer's class today? Didn't you skip class?"

Yu Hua pointed to his watch, "Check what time it is. My class has long since ended, so I stopped by your side for a sit-down just because I finished class."

Hearing this, Yu Dong put down his pen and looked at Yu Hua with a smile on his face, "Are you acting out of order today, are you still playing around with me?"

The writing class established by the International Writing Center takes classes in the complex building, and the complex building is not far from the faculty dormitory. It is not a way to go from the complex building to the government affairs building. Going home but running here, there must be something.

As for Yu Hua, he usually goes straight to the point and doesn't meander anything, so Yu Dong was surprised.

However, Yu Hua's detour was just a detour. Hearing what Yu Dong said, he laughed, "There is really such a trivial thing to bother you."

"Let's hear it, let me see if it's troublesome."

"It's like this. I talked with Tie Sheng on the phone two days ago. I heard that he was not in a good mood, so I asked him what's wrong. He said he was bored at home. This is understandable. After all, he stays at home every day. You can go to the altar of the earth, and the altar of the earth is still under construction recently, if he can't go, it will be even more boring."

Yu Dong nodded, "And then?"

"Then I suggested to him, why don't we go shopping together."

Hearing Yu Hua's almost absurd proposal, Yu Dong didn't have any special reaction. He just asked, "How is Tie Sheng's physical condition recently? Can you support him to go around? These things should be carefully considered. If something goes wrong , we can't bear it."

Yu Hua took a sip of tea, nodded and said, "I asked specifically, his condition is still very stable now, so it shouldn't be a big problem. Besides, going out to get some fresh air is also good for his condition. The weather in Yanjing is not very good right now. Well, it's cold, and I'm going to take him south."

Yu Dong asked, "How many of you are together?"

"For the time being, Bi Feiyu and I have decided. In fact, Xiaobo and the others also want to go, but the classes at the Writing Center are still in progress. If we go too many, the classes will not be arranged well."

Yu Dong looked at Yu Hua with a smile, "You didn't come to see me because you wanted me to substitute for you."

"That's what it means, anyway, you definitely can't leave."

Yu Dong pondered for a while, and said, "Don't ask me to take over as a substitute. In this way, all of you will go there together."

"All of us?" Yu Hua looked puzzled, "What about the writing center?"

"I'm talking about everyone, including you teachers and all the students. Literary creation is not good if you are bored in the classroom all day long. Just take this opportunity to bring them all together. It is considered a traveling teaching, and There are more people, and we can help a little.”

"This is also a way. In this way, the class will not be delayed. But we add up to dozens of people, and it is quite troublesome for so many people to go out to play together."

Yu Dong shook his head, "What's the trouble, I'll tell Yu Yue later and ask him to send you two buses. You and Feiyu have determined the route in the past few days, and then let the bus go according to the route, of course Also remember to ask Tie Sheng for his opinion on this matter, and see where he wants to go."

"Of course, he's the main one when we go out to play this time." Yu Hua smiled, and then looked at Yu Dong with interest, "You made such a good arrangement, how about yourself, why don't you go first?" Put down the work at hand and go out with us?"

Yu Dong smiled and said, "Let's see again. Work is one aspect. I'm still young, so I can't leave it all to them. Even if I want to go, I guess I can stay with you for a few days. It won't work if it takes too long."

"Okay, then I'll talk to Tie Sheng now, and after he's settled, you can arrange the bus."

Yu Dong picked up the phone with a smile, "I'll just tell him."

(End of this chapter)