hollywood melon man

Chapter 420 Sociological Observation Sample

When it is night in North America, it is bustling daytime in China in the Eastern Hemisphere.

The president of Disney Greater China, accompanied by leaders of relevant local departments, is inspecting local factories in the Pearl River Delta region.

The factories here are the busiest every summer, although they will produce some peripheral products before the summer vacation and then ship them to North America.

These peripheral products are then distributed by North American distributors to distributors in various states and major cities, and these distributors then supply the goods to major cinemas and surrounding specialty stores.

After several years of operation, this set of processes has become quite mature, has formed a scale, and is quite smooth.

Paul, president of Disney Greater China, is a third-generation Chinese. The fact that he can hold the position of president of a branch shows that he is actually not simple and capable.

Paul knows Chinese, after all, his family has always insisted on Chinese education.

But when he grew up, Paul looked down on Chinese and had no good feelings towards his compatriots in China. In addition, there was no environment where the Chinese language was spoken, so his Chinese fell behind.

But this situation changed later. The most important thing for Disney was that Director Gilbert Jr. was an expert on China and could speak fluent Chinese.

In order to get a promotion and to please director Gilbert Jr., Paul picked up Chinese again.

Finally, during the process of replacing the president of Greater China, it was because Paul could speak Chinese that he got the support of Gilbert Jr. and successfully became the president.

This is a big step forward in his career. It is rare for Chinese to rise to his position in Hollywood.

At this time, Paul was inspecting the production line accompanied by leaders of local relevant departments and factory leaders.

Paul is more pragmatic and doesn't use English to show off. Nowadays, people who do foreign trade have to say something like "shredded coconut" or "OK", which seems out of place.

When Paul spoke fairly good Chinese, the leaders of the local departments concerned were stunned and the translator they brought was useless.

"I didn't expect Mr. Paul's Chinese is so good!" the relevant department leader complimented.

"Of course I need to know a little bit for my job." Paul didn't want to say that he spoke Chinese just to please little Gilbert, although that was indeed the case.

Although Paul has a Chinese face, leaders of relevant departments also know that he no longer considers himself a Chinese.

After so many generations of immigrants, the blood ties have long since faded.

After a few days of inspection, Paul had a completely businesslike attitude. In fact, this was the right attitude, and we couldn't be careless when facing work.

After inspecting the factory these days, everyone was exhausted. Paul asked about every detail of the production process, including whether the procurement of raw materials met the standards and whether the workers' operations were proper.

He also went to the front line of production in person to communicate with the workers face to face to see how they produced the products they needed.

After a few days, Paul had a general understanding of the production model of factories in the Pearl River Delta, the quality of the workers, etc.

Previously, he was puzzled by the fact that the head office placed the surrounding factories in China, but this time he finally understood why. Compared with North America, China is indeed farther away, but the cost is lower.

Even if tariffs and other things need to be paid when shipping from China to North America, the cost is still much lower than that of peripheral products produced by local factories in North America.

There are rumors that a few big guys in Washington wanted to propose increasing import tariffs, but they were immediately lobbied to cancel the proposal.

Besides, the current development model is exactly the industrial model planned by the Washington masters and capitalists.

Relocate low-end industries to Asia or other places, while North America and Europe are mainly based on high-end manufacturing and financial industries.

It's such a great life to enjoy cheap products from other parts of the world with the purchasing power of the US dollar.

After inspecting the last factory, the head of the relevant department suggested: "Mr. Paul, let's go have a meal together?"

We have been having dinner together these days, but Paul is not really interested in the so-called drinking culture, so he refused this time.

"No, Director Tang, I have to go back to Shanghai to prepare for the Shanghai Film Festival." Paul said.

"Isn't that still more than a month away?" Director Tang asked curiously.

"We need to prepare in advance, Director Gilbert Jr. is coming," Paul explained.

Director Tang then suddenly realized that he had met Director Gilbert Jr. once. It was said that Minister Tian of the Central Government attached great importance to Director Gilbert Jr.

"In that case, I won't keep you any longer. Please give my regards to Director Gilbert Jr." Director Tang said with a smile.

"Of course, of course," Paul agreed, but he soon forgot about it.

After returning to Shanghai, Paul first compiled the results of the investigation into a book and then sent it to the head office by email.

His evaluation data determines the headquarters' strategy for the factory, so this is why the local authorities attach so much importance to this inspection.

After finishing these tasks, Paul stretched and looked at the bustling construction outside the floor-to-ceiling window, feeling a little emotional.

Shanghai is developing very well now, and it seems that new high-rise buildings are rising from the ground every day. This speed of development makes Paul amazed.

I wonder what Director Gilbert's expression would be when he arrived in Shanghai and found Shanghai had changed? I think he would be as surprised as he was! Back in Los Angeles, Gilbert got up early in the morning and his assistant Anna came.

"Let's have breakfast together?"

"No, I've eaten." Anna came here mainly to report on her work: "The data for yesterday's midnight show came out, 873 million US dollars, and the average attendance rate was %.

According to a survey of first-line cinemas, 85% of audiences gave favorable reviews, with an average score of above A.”

Gilbert was not surprised by the data: "Not bad. It's not an adaptation, nor a hit sequel. It's pretty good to have this midnight show data."

"Also, this is the sales data for the peripherals. We sold $230 million worth of peripherals in one night."

Anna handed a document to Gilbert Jr.: "This is a report from Mr. Paul, the president of Disney Greater China. He just completed an inspection of the factory over there."

Gilbert took the report and looked at it carefully. He was very satisfied with the result: "Paul did a good job. It seems that I should tell Bob to give Paul an extra bonus."

After the midnight show, "Pirates of the Caribbean" will officially premiere. At this time, all the reports about the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean", even from traditional media, have been released.

Overall, "Pirates of the Caribbean" has maintained a relatively good reputation.

Among the movie fans who were surveyed and interviewed, this fantasy pirate movie was also highly praised.

On the day of its premiere on Friday, "Pirates of the Caribbean" officially opened in 3800 theaters across the United States, starting its large-scale theatrical tour.

At 10 a.m., a group of Harvard students who were taking a social practice course arrived at a luxurious movie theater in Boston. Their purpose was to watch a movie and study social phenomena.

What kind of social phenomenon is it? It is the social phenomenon caused by the movie.

This course is taught by sociology professor Powell. After watching the movie "Falling in Love" last time, the professor returned to school and offered this course.

"Really? It's just a movie. What's so good about it? We might as well go watch a football game," a student complained.

"Hey, man, tickets for football games are hard to get, but movie tickets are easy to get," said another student.

"Yes," a student looked at the leader and asked him, "Why do we have to watch a movie in the morning? Shouldn't we analyze social phenomena in the evening? There will be more audiences then."

The leading student shook his head and said, "You guys don't usually pay attention to movies, so you don't know how popular the movies directed by Gilbert Jr. are."

“How popular is it?” The students didn’t understand.

A movie is just a movie, how popular can it be?
This is not surprising. There are people who like to watch movies and there are people who don’t. Those who don’t like to watch movies may only go to the cinema once every few years, or never go at all.

They had heard of little Gilbert and knew he was famous, but they had no idea of ​​this.

And Little Gilbert in the summer movies is synonymous with movies, so that’s why Professor Powell asked students to watch Little Gilbert’s movies.

The leading student did not explain: "You will know when you get to the cinema."

The students didn't understand, but when they got to the cinema, they were all shocked. How could there be so many people? Was this still the morning cinema?

"Surprised, right?" The leader smiled and said, "This is his movie. Let's learn from it. The professor asked us to come here for a reason."

The students were convinced and quickly started the first activity of the sociological investigation: going to the movies.

"It's a close call. If I hadn't been smart and called to book tickets in advance, there would be no movie tickets available in the morning." The leading student was handing out movie tickets to everyone, feeling lucky.

"Man, are Gilbert Jr.'s movies really that amazing?" the student who loved the game asked in confusion.

Others looked at him strangely: "Have you never watched a movie?"

"Yes, I rented a disc. Watching it on a disc player is the same as watching it in the cinema, and it's a lot cheaper."

"No, no, no, this is different. Anyway, you will know it soon."

As it turned out, it was indeed different. After this student who loved football games entered the cinema, he kept his mouth wide open the entire time.

It was his first time watching a movie in a cinema and the feeling was really extraordinary.

The details on the big screen and the atmosphere of watching movies are incomparable to those of a disc player. It is really shocking.

In fact, most people who don’t often go to the cinema to watch movies will be shocked when they watch a commercial visual blockbuster for the first time.

If the first movie you watch is a feature film or an independent film, the effect won't be so obvious.

Just look at the performance of this group of students. They didn’t even blink when they saw the Black Pearl crew turning into skeletons under the moonlight on the big screen, for fear of missing any wonderful scenes.

In fact, they have become the best samples for sociological observation.

(End of this chapter)