Chapter 134 134. Confer him! One million a day

"Check the background to see who is responsible for this?"

Without Eric's orders, the technician had already taken action and quickly locked onto the target.

Adjusting his glasses on the bridge of his nose, the young man shouted excitedly: "Boss, a big star!"

"Who? How old?"

"Keanu Reeves! He was so good in The Matrix!"

When hearing Keanu Reeves' name, many people around showed interest. It seems that "The Matrix" has a high status in the hearts of these technical people.

Howard Hughes was a little confused: "Is Keanu Reeves more popular than Nicole Kidman? I remember Nicole Kidman just won the Oscar for Best Actress."

Eric explained: "The popularity of a star cannot be judged solely by awards. Awards are just one of the plus points. Many literary and artistic awards are not well known to many people."

"After Nicole Kidman won the Oscar, there have been no new films released in the past two months, and she has only appeared in the news a few times, which is naturally reflected in the decline of her popularity on the Internet."

"The Matrix Reloaded is currently in theaters, and Keanu Reeves is very popular right now, so naturally more people are searching for him online."

"As long as you type Keanu Reeves' name into the browser, the crawler will inevitably retrieve the keywords of Facebook's homepage."

"Netizens clicked in and saw the idol's homepage. They wanted to follow him but found out they needed to register an account. Even if only one in ten people registered, the accumulated traffic over time would be terrifying."

Howard nodded. His doubts actually had a more intuitive reaction, that is, there was a huge difference in the pay of male and female actors, and unequal pay for equal work was commonplace.

In Hollywood, or in the global entertainment industry, no other data can better reflect the popularity and value of an actor than salary.

If you dig deeper, you will find that it is deep-rooted gender discrimination, which is as strong as skin color discrimination, and the same is true for workplace discrimination.

Capital is willing to pay male actors higher salaries because of market recognition, and it is the female audiences who play a significant role in pushing these male actors to high positions.

On the contrary, if an actress asks for a higher pay, she often ends up being replaced.

This phenomenon did not fundamentally change until the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement and the women's boxing movement more than a decade later.

Black lives are more valuable, but the lives of other non-white people are still cheap.

Female boxing has become more powerful and their pay has also increased, but the result is a lot of bad movies, and the reputation has been ruined a lot, just look at "Captain Marvel 2".

After staring at the background data for a while, Eric found that the feeling of seeing the numbers keep rising was really good, just like watching the movie box office.

However, after staring for too long, he began to see flickering and double images in front of his eyes, and fatigue set in, so he yawned.

I flew here early this morning. I haven't recovered from the fatigue of a week of seclusion yet, and my limbs are a little sore.

"I'm going to take a rest. Wake me up if anything happens."

After saying hello, Eric returned to the small room, lay down on the sofa and began to take a nap.

The nap soon turned into a deep sleep, and when I opened my eyes again, it was already 3pm, and lunch time had passed.

After a good sleep, Eric felt much better. He shook his head and walked out of the small room.

I found that it was still busy outside, as if everyone was stuck at their post and hadn't left.

Thinking that he had just had a good night's sleep, Eric felt a little ashamed. He looked at Heisenberg and said, "Fitz, has everyone eaten?"

Fitz pointed to the box behind him: "We ordered hamburgers and Leco, boss, I left one for you."

Eric picked up the burger and took a bite. "Let everyone take turns to rest. There's no need for everyone to stay here. The day is still long, and we'll need someone tonight."

Eric spoke, and everyone left their seats one after another.

“How many registered users are there now?”

Eric asked after taking a sip of water.

"Boss, I'm afraid you have no idea. 500,000 people, it has exceeded 500,000 people!" Fitz said loudly with a beaming smile.

“So fast!”

Eric was also surprised to hear this number. That's 500,000 people, equivalent to the population of several cities, enough to elect several seats for parliament.

He hurried to the computer and saw a big number hanging there - 513780.

"Boss, in just a few hours, celebrities like the Olsen sisters, Edward Norton, Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Julianne Moore, Tom Hanks, etc. have opened Facebook accounts."

"The star effect is really terrifying. Fans will naturally follow. When it comes to the evening and rest time, it is expected to attract more users."

The good news was so exciting that even Eric couldn't help laughing out loud.

He opened the homepages of these stars to see what they had to say.

Then I discovered that there are still a lot of smart people, and even without being reminded, many people still realize that social = publicity.

So those who have works can take the opportunity to promote them, while those who don’t have any works yet can post some selfies to increase exposure. Both are good choices.

Johnny Depp: "I am Johnny Depp. Welcome everyone to follow me. The movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" starring me will be released on July 9. I hope everyone will go to the cinema to support it!"

Orlando Bloom: "Hello my fans, I'm very happy to meet you on Facebook. Thank you very much for your continued support. I have two movies coming out this year, "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King". I hope you like them."

Heath Ledger: "Today I found an interesting place on the Internet. It's called Facebook. Here I can share my daily life with my fans."

After more than ten minutes, probably because he went to see how others played it and found that it could be used for publicity, Heath Ledger posted another one.

"Right now I'm filming the movie 'The Sinner Eater', which brings together an excellent director and actors, as well as an excellent script. I will keep you informed of the progress of the filming."

Edward Norton, as a literary and artistic male god with a unique personality, has never followed the beaten path. He posted a photo of himself sitting on the balcony reading a book.

The caption reads, "Books can make people intoxicated, books can cleanse the soul. When I'm not filming, I like to immerse myself in the ocean of books."

Eric couldn't help but laugh. He didn't know whether Edward Norton did it on purpose or by accident. Isn't this equivalent to creating a character for oneself in later generations?

Jin Dong, Nobel Prize in Mathematics, I'm talking about you.

Leonardo Dicaprio posted a status saying that he was on vacation in Hawaii, but he still had to help promote his good brother Tobey Maguire's new movie "Season 2".

Some of these people have already exceeded 100,000 fans in a short period of time, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny English, Depp, and Keanu Reeves.

Those with fewer followers, such as Nicole, Edward Norton, Orlando Bloom, etc., also have 60,000 to 70,000 followers.

Even those with fewer fans, like Ashley and Mary, only have more than 30,000 fans, while Deadpool's Ryan Reynolds only has more than 10,000. The popularity gap is obvious.

Eric searched Gadot's name again, and immediately more than a dozen duplicates popped up, five of which used photos of Gadot herself.

When he clicked on the homepages of these five people, he found that they were all fakes.

I guess the real Gadot is currently filming and has no time to open an account.

“Has Michael Jackson opened an account?”

The technician checked and said, "Boss, we didn't find the real Jackson."

"Check again, has Emiam registered?"

After a moment, the guy replied: "Yes, I locked an account and confirmed it is the rapper Emmie Ame."

"What's his ID?"

"※※※※※※※"

"Damn it, you really dare to come and step into my territory." Eric thought to himself.

But on second thought, that’s not right. Eminem probably doesn’t even know that Facebook is his own company.

Eric went to Eminem's homepage, which only had one photo and two updates.

The photo was taken on stage at a concert, with Eminem pointing forward and roaring into the microphone.

One of the updates is to promote "Just Lost It", and the other is to show its own Billboard ranking, which is now No. 5.

Putting aside his inferior means and only talking about his strength, Eminem is indeed quite good.

His number of fans is shown to be 71,000, which is a very impressive result and is comparable to many top actors.

The film and television industry and the music industry have always had obvious barriers, yet they are closely related.

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The current situation in China is that the music industry is more powerful than the film and television industry, and singers make more money than actors. But ten years later, the Chinese music scene will have completely declined, and the film and television industry will be dominated by one company.

The European and American markets are different. The influence of the film and television industry and the music industry has always been equally matched and evenly matched, and this is still the case 20 years later.

In terms of earning ability, top singers surpass top actors, but in terms of global influence and fame, the latter surpass the former.

After all, songs are too restricted by language, while movies and TV are relatively smaller.

There are hundreds of comments under Eminem's post, almost all of which are from fans urging him to keep going and vow to take the top spot on the Billboard chart this week.

Eric snorted coldly and looked at his subordinates: "Block Emiam's account for me!"

FitzHeisenberg had been keeping an eye on his boss's situation and knew that Eric had a feud with Eminem, but he still raised his concerns.

"Boss, isn't it inappropriate to block accounts so hastily? After all, Facebook has just been launched. If you block accounts without any reason, it will cause users to worry and resent."

"Let it be. Do you think users will give up using Facebook because of a ban? I tell you it's impossible. Human beings' desire for novelty is unquenchable."

"Let me ask you, if there is an adult website, when you log in, the anti-virus software reminds you that the visit is risky, will you ignore the risk and continue to visit or log out?"

All men understand this question, and everyone present couldn't stop laughing.

Fitz also smiled and said, "Boss, it's no problem to ban him. I just don't want to leave a bad reputation for Facebook. Maybe we can find a more appropriate reason so that we can have a legitimate reason."

"I said to ban him, and I will ban him without any reason!"

Eric waved his hand and said domineeringly.

He is still looking for excuses to ban someone. Everyone knows about his feud with Eminem. No matter how suitable the excuse is, it will be considered as revenge.

What the hell am I looking for? I'm just seeking revenge. I'm just retaliating. So what? Bite me!

"seal up!"

The tech guy nodded, and with a few simple clicks, Eminem's account became inaccessible.

After blocking Emiam's account, Eric felt refreshed, as if he had avenged himself.

But when I think about it carefully, it seems too hasty. I should wait until his account is established before blocking it.

He has less than 100,000 fans now, so I don’t feel bad about banning him, it doesn’t make much sense.

For a singer like Eminem, it won’t take too long to have tens of millions of fans, and it would be interesting to ban him then.

Forget it, it’s already been blocked, there’s no point in thinking so much about it.

Shaking his head, Eric stopped thinking about it and called Michael.

It took a while for the call to be connected, and Eric could hear the noisy screams from the other end through the phone line.

"Sorry Eric, I'm at the launch event right now and the event isn't over yet."

"I can hear that you seem to be very passionate."

"Yes, there are a lot of fans here today, more than I expected, and there are quite a few older fans. I am very moved to see them."

"Haha, Mike, this is exactly your charm."

"I think the early promotion of the song played a role, and the quality of "Rolling in the Deep" is really great. Everyone is praising it. Eric, you have made a great contribution."

"Really? Did the critics and audiences give me compliments?"

Maikou smiled and said, "You can go and see this yourself. You will find something interesting."

"No way, is it true?"

"Just buy some music magazines and you'll know."

"Well, since you mentioned it, I have to take a look. By the way, how many CDs did DreamWorks burn in the first batch?"

"500,000 copies have all been released to the North American market. If the sales are as hot as today, I think this number is still too conservative."

"Don't worry, David Geffen is not a fool. No one can resist money. He will know what to do if there is a profit to be made."

"Thank you Eric, it's all thanks to you."

Mike's sincere thanks came over the phone.

"Haha. It's too early to say thank you now. I just checked Eminem's Facebook updates. His song has reached No. 5 on the Billboard charts in just one week."

“So we have to work harder, do more publicity and promotion, and don’t forget to open a Facebook account.”

"Okay, hang up, everyone is calling my name."

In just one phone call, the number of new users increased by several thousand, which is a very pleasing statistic.

At this time, the technical guy suddenly said: "Boss, we have detected Emiam's account again, do you want to continue to block it?"

"Hmm? Are you sure it's me?"

"Sure."

"Don't block him this time. Let him run the business well. When his fan base grows, then block him for me."

"ah?"

Hearing this, everyone looked at Eric with wide eyes. The boss was planning to raise pigs.

When you are focused, time always passes quickly and before you know it it is already 10 o'clock in the evening.

More and more celebrities responded to the call of Cooper and his son and began to join the platform. Gadot, Bar Lefaeli, Jigsaw, Hugo Mortensen, Chris Evans, James Franco, Transformers and others have opened accounts, and the number of users has further increased.

910,000! 920,000! 930,000! 990,000! 1 million! (End of chapter)