Rebirth of the Evil Life

The first thousand two hundred and sixty-one chapters

Unlimited acquisitions

"Joseph, yes, your commentators are too venomous. According to the latest data I have obtained, there are 1,028 theaters in the'Forest Film Screening Room', with an attendance rate of less than 50%. That's it! Lin Feng invested 800 million U.S. dollars, he really took the courage of the bear heart and leopard!" Jing Shenchu ​​laughed sarcastically.

Joseph sighed with emotion. If $800 million is invested in 23 films, it's just ordinary and ordinary. But investing in a series is too exaggerated. It can be said that the "Twentieth Century Fox" company asks itself that it does not have this guts. However, Lin Feng had such courage and boldness. Although he was a competitor and an enemy, Joseph still admired him. Of course, this is also stupid!

Now the hero replay attendance rate is less than half, as long as their "fire" is more intense, the attendance rate of the heroes in the future can be imagined!

"From Jing Shen, please cooperate with you. Together, we will give the hero a fatal blow and let his 800 million US dollars investment be completely wiped out." Joseph said with a cold snort.

Since Lin Feng wants to hold the "Lin Feng Film Art Festival", there must be a large number of films to support this film festival. And now, all major film companies in the United States, under the constraints of the "Oscar Alliance", dare not express their support for participating in the "Linfeng Film Festival." Therefore, Lin Feng does not want to be a joke then, so he must invest heavily in filming to participate in his own film festival. At that time, Lin Feng filmed one, and they destroyed one. As long as a few more were destroyed, the reputation of Linfeng Film Company would be completely ruined. At that time, if Lin Feng did not want his film festival to become a joke, he must continue to invest.

Continue to invest tens of millions of dollars in a movie, dozens of films a year, not billions of dollars. He wanted to see how much money Lin Feng had to shoot the movie. Hmph, how much money do you have, I will let you lose as much money! —— Jing Fuka had a smirk on his face. As long as he can defeat the biggest enemy of the "Sony" company, his position as the president of "Sony" will be ironclad.

However, when the two of them were preparing to continue to increase their "artillery fire", their phones kept ringing.

"Mr. Joseph, your film critics have hurt our newspaper!"-The editor-in-chief of USA TODAY started to utter bitterness as soon as he called.

"What's the matter?" Joseph was taken aback.

"Alas, Joseph, with regard to the comments about heroes published by your company, a large number of viewers are now calling to complain, saying that we did not comment on heroes impartially, but blindly discredit heroes, and did not comment on heroes objectively and impartially, and said that we Misleading the audience. These audiences ask us to revoke the false apologies and apologize publicly."-The editor-in-chief of USA TODAY with a bitter expression.

Joseph sneered when he heard the words.

"Why do these audiences care about what they say? They are also very hot-headed, and they are tempted by Lin Feng and others to call. Perhaps these people were arranged by Lin Fengqian. As a media person, you must have the backbone of absolute freedom of the press. Can't be bent by any words or things." Joseph made a long comment.

"Mr. Joseph, this is true. But these viewers keep calling and even threaten to refuse to buy our newspaper if they don't withdraw the relevant comments. If these things are known by the boss, we have no way to explain it." The editor is bitter.

Joseph frowned.

"In this way, next time we buy a little more advertising space in your newspaper, you will have a way to explain to the boss!" Joseph snorted coldly in his heart. What the audience complained about, boycotting newspapers, is not to take the opportunity to knock on some bamboo poles. However, Joseph had already prepared for this, so he didn't care. Knock on some bamboo poles, just knock on some bamboo poles! As long as Lin Feng can touch the film circle, this loss is completely bearable.

"Okay, okay, so be it!"-The editor-in-chief of USA TODAY thought for a while, but reluctantly agreed.

"However, if the audience boycotts the newspaper, Mr. Joseph, even if you buy more advertising space, it will be useless."-The editor-in-chief of USA Today finished speaking and hung up the phone.

Joseph snorted coldly. Unexpectedly, Lin Feng was so shameless that he wanted to use the audience to pressure them to stop these comments, but this naive approach wanted to disrupt their offensive, which was a delusion.

However, Joseph was surprised that the editor-in-chief of many well-known American newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, etc., called. Without exception, they complained about the collective protests of the audience and complained that the audience would boycott the purchase of newspapers. Come to force them to withdraw these comments. In this regard, Joseph also used to increase his advertising investment to dispel it without exception.

After dozens of phone calls, Joseph let out a long sigh. I finally finished dealing with these editors, but this Lin Feng is really magical, and he can actually mobilize so many viewers to call and threaten dozens of newspapers across the United States.

OK, Lin Feng, you are good enough! It's not enough. I have to see how much money you have to manipulate these so-called "viewers" to call and complain. ——Joseph sneered. In the United States, nothing is expensive, but labor is expensive. He didn't believe that Lin Feng asked tens of thousands of viewers to keep calling and complaining, how long he could hold on. According to the market price, the labor cost is at least US$100 a day when a phone call is made in such a day. Ten thousand people is one million U.S. dollars. Even on the scale of Lin Feng's launch, it can harass almost all mainstream newspapers in the United States. At least one hundred thousand talents can achieve this effect, and perhaps more than that. That day was tens of millions of dollars.

You Lin Feng is rich, but I see how much money you can have! ——Joseph looked on coldly.

"By the way, Ibukazuru, have you also received telephone complaints from those editors?" Joseph asked.

"Yeah, but it's okay. These editors don't want to earn more advertising fees." Ibuyuki Ibuchi sneered.

Joseph nodded. These editors say that the audience is going to boycott the newspaper, isn't that a joke? This kind of thing has never happened before. Moreover, there is one more thing: a discerning person knows that these audiences were initiated by Lin Feng, otherwise how could so many audiences call to complain.

"Well, I'm here. This time we unite the power of the entire American film company, and we must completely drive Lin Feng out of the film circle." Joseph said.

Ibuyuki nodded.

Immediately after the "Oscar League" promised more advertising, major newspapers across the United States once again increased the attack on heroes!

"Lin, it seems that your method of inciting the audience can't work!" Ellison looked at the overwhelming comments about the hero in the newspaper, with a depressed expression on his face. Ellison had never been so wronged before, and he was scolded in this way. How could he feel sorry for him.

"Hehe, Ellison, don't worry, the more fierce they are, as long as the hero is good enough, the audience's reaction will be more intense. It's just a matter of time!" Lin Feng said lightly.

Ellison thought for a while and nodded. However, this is the first time for Ellison to leave things to others without being in his own control. It feels awkward!

You know, as the major newspapers in the United States continue to criticize, those viewers who watched the hero, after returning home, call to complain about the false comments of the major newspapers, although they have been word of mouth, calling friends and letting them go. Watching this hero, but in the face of this overwhelming attack on the hero, most audiences still retreat to the hero. Therefore, for three consecutive days, the attendance rate of the hero is extremely bleak, although every time it is finished, the audience is full of applause. There was constant applause in the cinema, but it did nothing to help the actual box office revenue. The only gratifying thing is that the package sales have reached an unprecedented 500,000 copies.

"By the way, Lin, I feel very strange, why there is no comment about the hero on the Internet now, it seems to be deliberately hidden by a force!" Ellison said suddenly.

Lin Feng smiled.

"Ellison, you finally found it!" Lin Feng smiled and explained that there was no comment about the hero on the Internet.

It turns out that Lin Feng ordered "Baidu-Yahoo" to deliberately block comments, and use the search power of "Baidu-Yahoo" to deliberately block comments about heroes. Therefore, whether it is positive or negative comments, they are all blocked by "Baidu". -Yahoo! All screens are covered. By doing this, Lin Feng wanted to gain momentum. For a movie, its reviews are very poor, and it really affects the attendance rate. But if the comment is a sound of criticism on the market, it will attract the attention of some people. If you want to see a movie that is so badly criticized, how bad it will be.

Is the hero really bad? Obviously not! Not only is it not bad, it is quite outstanding. So once the audience finally discovers this fact, the stronger the counterattack will be. This is similar to the "slingshot theory" of the futures market. Lin Feng just wanted to take this opportunity to smash the "Oscar Alliance"'s blow and blockade of public opinion on his company in one go. After all, the pressure of public opinion brought by these newspapers cannot be changed by Lin Feng. Therefore, Lin Feng can only change what can be changed, and that is the attitude of the audience.

"By the way, why can't you search on ‘google’?" Ellison was curious.

Regarding the "google" that can't search for the relevant comments of the hero, Lin Feng can only say that this is probably because "google" wants to secretly help the "Oscar League", so he took the opportunity to silently yin on himself. Unfortunately, "google" didn't know that it didn't really help oneself, but helped oneself. Now Lin Feng is waiting, waiting for the audience's anger to erupt to the maximum.

Bad reviews are rampant! Every day a hero is broadcasted, and the next day there is always a wave of bad reviews. All mainstream media in the United States criticized it for too much jump in the plot, poor performance of the characters, and average stunts. In short, it is not worth the money to watch TV shows in the cinema!

auzw.com On the contrary, those who watched the hero think that the plot is exciting and the role performance is in place. As for the stunts, although they are not top-notch, they definitely surpass most Hollywood movies. The flying picture is absolutely fine. Compared with Superman, the scene of traveling through time and space is by no means inferior to that of the future fighters, and the battle between super superhumans is definitely no less than the X-Men. Such a movie can actually have 23 series of songs, which is for everyone to watch. To the heroic audience, it is as irritating as drugs. As for it is a TV series, if it can be better than most Hollywood movies, I would rather watch it in the cinema for money. Just rush to that screen, that sound effect, it's worth it!

"Paul, you go and see the hero, it's really good! Really! I will never lie to you!" An excited audience who watched the hero found his friend for the first time and recommended it to him.

"Hero, just the movie that was rated as "Three Nothing"-no plot, no picture, no performance? And I heard that it is still a TV series sold as a movie. This kind of movie is also worth seeing? Huh, just like those comments said. As long as we don’t watch it, this hero will be shown on TV sooner or later. In that case, why should we watch it.” Paul said disdainfully.

"Oh my God, Paul, you actually said that this hero is a movie of Three Nothings, you are going to **** me off. You just have to go and see how great this movie is!" Hearing that his best friend commented on the hero, The audience wanted to vomit blood angrily.

"I don't waste this money."

"Then I will pay!"

"Forget it, I don't want to waste time!"

"I...I..., you will regret it!" The excited audience walked away angrily.

"Cut, isn't it just a scumbag hero? Is it worth the excitement!" Paul said dismissively.

This kind of scene happened in many cities in the United States. Many friends became angry because of this. For a long time, they complemented each other and ignored each other, causing hundreds of thousands of friends to turn against each other. At this point, there is one more reason for the "Oscars League" to criticize the heroes.

——A movie that is bad enough to turn friends against each other. If you don't want to turn against your friends, it's best not to watch heroes.

"Lin, when on earth do you have to wait to fight back?" Ellison couldn't help it anymore.

Now the hero has been put in 18, but the attendance rate is very miserable. Now the heroes premiered at night, and then 5 more games were played before the new one was played the next day, and the first game was full of heroes, almost full of seats. However, in the 5 subsequent rebroadcasts, attendance was very low. Moreover, it makes people laugh and cry. The hero's package sales have sold a total of 2.32 million sets, which is almost the total number of seats in the "Forest Movie Theater" (there are 2.4 million seats in total), but the sales of the remaining scattered tickets have increased by five games. When I got up, I sold less than 1 million copies, and many of them were paid for by viewers who watched the second time and the third time.

This is a very strange phenomenon. Judging from the attendance of the premiere, it is an excellent film. But judging from the average attendance rate, it is a bad film. And this makes more viewers afraid of avoiding it.

"Wait until the last one!" Lin Feng's eyes flashed with a sharp light. Now this "slingshot" has been pressed low enough, when the last one is played, it will be enough to make it rebound in full. At that time, Lin Feng would have to see how the "Oscar Alliance" is prepared to suppress it.

"By the way, Ellison, how much box office revenue does the hero have now?" Lin Feng asked.

Ellison looked at the computer and looked helpless.

"So far, the total box office revenue of the hero is 265 million US dollars. Although the box office is good, but compared with your investment, it has lost a lot." Ellison said. Based on the 15% profit sharing of the box office revenue between Heroes and "Forest Film Theater", during the 18 days of playing Heroes, "Forest Film Theater" earned a total of 39.75 million U.S. dollars, deducting costs as a small profit. However, Lin Feng was at a loss.

"Relax, Ellison, I don't worry about the hero's box office revenue at all. Also, during this time, we can continue to buy movie theaters." Lin Feng said.

"Continue to buy?" Ellison was taken aback. At this time, he continued to purchase, how many bear-hearted and leopard-guts Lin Feng had eaten, so bullish.

"Hehe, during this period of time, the acquisition will not be blocked by the'Oscars' black hands and secretly blocked. At present, there are a total of more than 40,000 movie screens in the United States, and our company currently has more than 8,000 yuan, accounting for nearly four of them. One, my goal is to occupy more than half. Of course, in the future in the global market, my cinema will also occupy more than half." Lin Feng said proudly.

(Currently there are about 100,000 movie screens in the world)

Ellison was startled when he heard the words, and then slammed his thigh.

"Lin, you want to play bigger this time. If you can take up half of the screen, it's not that we are controlled by others, but they are controlled by us!" Ellison laughed.

If the "Forest Film Screening Room" really owns more than half of the screens in the United States, it will be difficult for the "Oscars" to control them. If they don't let Lin Feng's movie theater show movies, then the movies they have invested in may not be able to recoup the box office. Half of the movie theaters do not show movies. Have companies such as "Sony Columbia Pictures" and "Twentieth Century Fox" suffer?

Of course, they can release a movie for a while, but don’t forget that there are dozens of film companies in the United States, large and small, so they only release films from a few film companies such as "Sony Columbia Pictures" and other film companies. Is the movie still on? Obviously, this is impossible. At that time, there is only one possibility, these film companies that have no place to release the film will completely fall to Lin Feng's side.

At that time, it was time for Lin Feng to fight back completely and to counter the "Oscar League" headed by "Sony Columbia Pictures".

"Lin, about funding? I'm afraid we have to inject capital again." Ellison said in a deep thought.

At present, instead of the investment of 3 billion US dollars, after the acquisition or construction of 1028 theaters and the operation of this period, it is almost exhausted. If it is to be acquired at this time, I am afraid that it will continue to invest. And this investment will cost at least US$3 billion to US$4 billion. This is not just for fun, but a real entry into the film industry. Given their current relationship with the American film industry, this is a big bet.

"Don't worry, Ellison, trust me, this decision will definitely be one of the most wise decisions in your life. Your money now will be rewarded a hundred times in the future!" Lin Feng said.

Ellison nodded thinking about it. Grandma's, I bet!

Immediately, as the hero continued to play one by one, Ellison also launched a stormy acquisition again. More than 5,000 movie theaters in the United States began to fall one after another under the acquisition of Ellison and Lin Feng regardless of cost.

At first, Deyuki Ibuka and Joseph didn't care about it. On the contrary, they helped Ellison complete the acquisition later. But when Ellison had more than 13,000 movie screens in total, he still kept buying, and Joseph and Ifuka realized that something was wrong.

"From Jing Shen, I'm afraid things are not going well this time! Ellison and Lin Feng seem to be ready to play a big ticket this time." Joseph said with a worried face.

"Joseph, do you really think they have enough financial resources to continue the acquisition?" Jing Shen said.

According to the more than 13,000 movie screens that Ellison currently owns, including other hardware investments, it is conservatively estimated that the investment has exceeded 5 billion U.S. dollars. If you want to continue to invest, the cost will be even greater. And, more importantly, if there is no film source support, so many movie theaters only have labor costs, and the daily investment is an astronomical figure. If you want to maintain such a huge cost, even if Lin Feng and Ellison are both the top five super-rich in the world's richest list, it cannot be supported.

"But I am worried that if they buy more than a certain amount in the future, they will be able to threaten us instead!" Joseph was extremely worried about this.

Jing Shen laughed a few times with disdain.

"Joseph, rest assured. Not to mention whether their financial resources can support it, even if they can support it, once there are no movies to show, so many movie theaters will have to sit and eat. Of course, more importantly, the audience will not have movies to watch. That's something to protest. Hehe, we can make a very demanding request and take the opportunity to exploit them. Hehe, maybe we just ignore it and let Lin Feng finally give up. That, haha, we I will be able to buy back the movie theater again at a low price, and completely drive Lin Feng and Ellison out of the movie circle.” Jing Shuozhi thought of the miserable scene when Lin Feng left the movie circle in the future, and wanted to laugh. .

Joseph thought for a while, always felt that this seemed a bit risky. But there is no doubt that it is the best way to completely drive Lin Feng out of the movie circle. And the so-called risk is actually really small. Because no one has the financial resources to acquire so many movie theaters.

Indeed, no one has the financial means. Even if Lin Feng and Ellison unite, it is not enough. But Lin Feng has friends.

"Li Zekai, Tang Jiacheng, Zheng Zhiheng, whether you are interested in investing in the film industry or not, you must help me this time!" Lin Feng said.

"Don't worry, Lin Feng, we will definitely help you this time." Li Zekai and the three said in unison without hesitation.