Chapter 135 135. Fishing
“Yeah!”
In less than 24 hours, the number of Facebook users exceeded 1 million, and the entire floor went crazy.
Several months of hard work have borne fruit, and many people are already crying with joy.
A few technical guys ran to the corner and brought out a few large boxes. They took out the ribbon horns they had prepared in advance and started blowing them.
Inspired by the warm atmosphere, Eric stepped onto the table and pointed to the sky: "Sing me a song called "We Are the Champions"!"
In an instant, the passionate music from Queen resounded throughout the entire floor, and everyone screamed with excitement and hugged each other.
The noise was so loud that it quickly attracted people from Lionheart Network and YouTube who were working overtime on the two floors above.
Upon hearing that the number of new Facebook users had exceeded one million, they happily joined the carnival.
This is extremely good news. In the future, Facebook users will be directed to Lionheart and YouTube. The stronger Facebook becomes, the better foundation it can lay for the two.
Fitz Heisenberg handed a bottle of champagne to Eric: "Boss, to be honest, no one could have imagined that this bottle of champagne would come in handy on the first day."
Eric took it with a smile and shook it vigorously.
Bang! With a crisp sound, the plug flew away to who knows where, and the foam directly sprinkled a white line in the air.
Looking at the cheerful crowd, Eric decided to cheer them on again.
He said loudly: "All Facebook group members will receive a bonus of $10,000 each, which will be paid together with next month's salary!"
"Long live the boss!"
"Yes!"
"Long live the boss!"
"Long live!"
Nothing is more inspiring than a direct cash prize. The cheers and roars almost blew the floor off, and Uncle Ya's sexy voice could not be heard.
The revelry lasted until midnight, and under FitzHeisenberg's control, everyone remained restrained and did not drink.
As the clock struck 12, the screen data froze at 1.13 million.
If the data of over one million users in one natural day were released, even Internet giants like Microsoft, Apple, and Yahoo would be shocked.
Entertainment companies and social media, a combination that seems extremely strange to everyone, is actually easier to achieve than imagined.
Most of the achievements are attributed to the powerful star resources behind MGM. The stars take the lead and the fans follow suit, and the people buy into this. Who can we blame? If it were an ordinary company, let alone a technology company with stronger technical strength, it would definitely not be able to do this.
How many of your technicians know him? How many of your managers know him? How many of your CEOs know him? Unless he is a big shot like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, who has already achieved success.
But can Bill Gates be compared with hundreds of Hollywood stars? I think this is a question mark.
The next day, before 12 p.m. in the morning, people arrived at their work stations one after another. Eric, Fitz, and a few technical guys stayed there overnight.
He yawned and got up from the sofa.
As usual, I first looked at the background data. The number of users has increased from 1.13 million to 1.35 million. Such a sharp increase after midnight is terrifying.
Not long after, Fitz Heisenberg walked up to Eric holding a stack of magazines and said, "Boss, all the music magazines in the nearby stores have been bought."
Eric flipped through the pages while eating breakfast.
After talking to MJ on the phone yesterday, he became interested in music reviews. He didn't know how those people would evaluate him.
Looking at the magazines such as "Blender", "Revolver", "Paper", "Pop Star" etc. placed in front of him, Eric shook his head and found that he didn't recognize any of them.
After flipping through the pages, I found some music reviews of MJ's new song, but Eric still didn't recognize any of the critics.
Robert Chris Gog: "'Rolling in the Deep' is a song with great ups and downs. It is three and a half stars difficult to sing. From this song, I can hear Michael Jackson telling his own story."
"His voice is both ethereal and explosive. If you are a fan of Jackson, you will understand the meaning of this song. If you are not a fan of his, you will become his fan."
"What surprised me even more was that I heard a change in this song. Jackson was changing his style. Rolling in the Deep clearly has some elements of modern pop music, which I think is very beneficial for young listeners."
"So far, 'Rolling in the Deep' is the best song I have heard this year. It will definitely be nominated for the Grammy Awards next year, and may even win the Song of the Year Award. I recommend it with an A+."
The review by the music critic took up an entire page and seemed very important. After Eric read it carefully, he looked around and asked, "Robert Chris Gog, do you know who this guy is?"
Everyone looked at each other, and after a moment a girl raised her hand: "Well, if it's music, I know him."
"Tell me, is he famous in the music field?"
The girl's eyes widened. "Boss, I can't say he's very famous. To be more precise, he's extremely famous. If you use the film and television industry as an analogy, you can think of him as the Hitchcock of directors and the Chaplin of actors."
"So amazing!" Eric was a little surprised.
The girl nodded confidently: "In the eyes of ordinary listeners, he is the most authoritative music critic in the United States. An excellent review can help increase the sales of records by hundreds of thousands, but if it is a bad review..."
“What do you mean by general audience?”
"It's the broadest audience, who like music but don't have in-depth professional research and don't know how to distinguish between different types of music. It's something like this."
Eric clapped his hands and said, "That's enough. The voice of the people is the voice of professionals. The voice of the people can be sold. If professionals can't be sold, what's the use of it?"
He walked over and handed the magazine to the girl: "Help me see, what level is the A+ recommendation?"
"OMG! A+ is the highest recommendation given by Robert. Let me see whose song got an A+."
After reading the review carefully, the girl was a little surprised: "Michael Jackson, it's actually him! This is really hard to imagine. I remember that his last album got an A-. The strength of the veteran king really can't be ignored."
Eric looked at Heisenberg.
Fitz shook his head awkwardly: "Sorry, boss, Phil doesn't know that MJ is your good friend. Everyone has been very busy recently. I haven't had a rest since I came back from MGM last time, and I don't know what has changed in the outside world in the past few days."
Eric shrugged. "Well, is there a huge difference between an A+ and an A-?"
The girl named Phil nodded vigorously. "Very big. If an album gets an A+, it means every song in it is a masterpiece. Note that it means every song. Robert only selects three A+ albums every year. Sometimes he doesn't even get one in a year."
"It is better to have nothing than to have something of poor quality. This is also the case with many authoritative film festivals," Eric said approvingly.
"Yes, if Robert gives it an A+ rating, then future albums that include this song will generally also receive an A+ rating, as long as the quality is high."
"And the number of A-s is much higher, about 60 per year, and there are a few bad songs or mediocre works allowed in the album."
"In short, even though there is only a difference of two levels, it actually represents a huge difference in level."
Sister Phil continued to flip through the magazine: "Boss, I think I saw your name. It said that your lyrics and music added a lot to "Rolling in the Deep". You are the foundation of this song. You are praised as a genius."
"No, it says Eric Cooper here, is that you?"
Eric felt a little embarrassed when the girl stared at him, but he admitted it reluctantly.
"What! So, you are not only a rich second-generation, but also a director and screenwriter, and a talented lyricist and composer." The woman's eyes widened even more.
"Phil, you're being a little too loud, and there's no need to jump up and down in excitement."
Noticing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Eric's face turned slightly red despite his stern complexion.
"Oh my god, boss, I admire you so much! These people probably don't know that you are also an Internet wizard."
Noticing that the other party's eyes were a little strange, as if they were too enthusiastic, Eric coughed a few times and said loudly: "Everyone listen carefully, the relationship between Facebook, me and MGM is temporarily confidential and is strictly prohibited from being leaked."
"Oh, and the number of our users must also be kept strictly confidential. I don't care about the media's speculation, but if I find out that it was leaked by an insider, I'll be sorry. Do you remember that?"
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Looking around, everyone nodded solemnly.
If it is a small team, let alone a million users a day, even if there are only 100,000, you have to promote it quickly.
The first purpose is to attract new users, and more importantly, to attract the attention of large companies or investment funds.
The former can be purchased at a high price and become a billionaire after selling it.
The latter will bring in financing, allowing the team to grow bigger and stronger.
However, these two points are exactly what Eric wants to avoid now.
He lacks money, but he has money to develop Facebook. He has to get Facebook established first even if he has to make fewer movies.
What he is worried about is the acquisition by a large company, and what he is even more worried about is that if the acquisition fails, he will face strong competitors or a technological blockade.
After all, Facebook and AK Films are companies of completely different natures.
It doesn't matter if Eric of AK Films opens another 10, because those big film and television companies all have several subsidiaries, some of which are used to produce and distribute art films, and some of which specialize in independent films. At most, they will attract the envy of other film and television companies.
Facebook's influence and potential are much greater. The companies that may come after it may not be small fry, but Internet giants or upstarts like Microsoft and Yahoo.
Don't look down on Yahoo. Although Yahoo was badly hurt by the Internet bubble and its market value fell by 90%, it is still worth more than 10 billion US dollars.
The development in the past two years has allowed it to recover, and now its market value is back on track.
So the news must be kept secret for as long as possible. Even if Facebook will lose money and has to invest $100 million or $200 million in it every year, it has to hold on to the news for as long as possible.
Only when you can really hold on is the time to choose to go public and embrace capital, so that you can at least gain greater voice for yourself.
To be honest, Eric really didn't want to take the step of going public, because once listed, he would inevitably be restrained by Wall Street, and the short-sightedness of those vampires is world-famous.
Even though Eric used to be in the entertainment industry, he knew a few things.
Too many companies have been ruthlessly abandoned just because their profits in one year failed to meet Wall Street's expectations.
He remembered an online shopping platform whose earnings for one quarter were 2 cents per share less than Wall Street's expectations. As soon as the results were released, its rating was downgraded by a rating agency and its stock price dropped by more than half in an instant.
It was later revealed that the company's stock was maliciously shorted by hedge funds, and the number of shares sold was more than ten times the actual number of shares it owned! Although it was invalidated due to failure to deliver on time, the company's stock had already plummeted, and it was finished!
Dealing with these people on Wall Street is no different from trying to get the skin of a tiger.
Shaking his head, Eric thought to himself that he had to think carefully about this matter and try to find a better way. He estimated that he would definitely be targeted within the next year at the latest.
Pulling his thoughts back, Eric said, "Check Michael Jackson's account to see if he has opened it?"
Soon, the technical guy locked on the target: "Boss, I found it, the number of fans is 180,000, and the account was registered after 9 o'clock last night. It was registered so late, but it can still gain so many fans!"
"Tell me your ID."
Eric then searched for MJ's Facebook and clicked on his homepage, which also had a few photos and two updates.
The first post was a few pictures of his classic stage moves: "My fans, I'm glad to meet you on Facebook. Thank you so much for your continued support. Without you, there would be no Michael Jackson. I hope I can keep accompanying you all the way."
The second one promotes the new song and comes with the Billboard chart, which is currently ranked 98th.
This data does not include any sales results, but only the data of radio plays in the past few days, which accounts for a small proportion in the Billboard algorithm.
However, the fact that it can make it into the top 100 based on radio data alone shows how popular "Rolling in the Deep" is.
The number of comments below has exceeded a thousand, and Eric couldn't help but feel a little strange. The people who join Facebook now should be mainly young people, and they should not be the main group of MJ's fans.
When I pulled apart the video, I saw that there were a lot of haters who were disgusting and both sides were swearing at each other.
Fitz leaned over to take a look, and before Eric could say anything, he made a suggestion.
"Boss, there are too many people this time. If you want to block their accounts, you need to find a reasonable excuse. I have a suggestion."
"explain."
"Let Jackson post a status first to control his fans."
"Then we officially remind everyone to speak in a healthy way, and most people will be more restrained at this time."
"Let the technicians create a few dummy accounts to stir up the anger of these haters. If they utter even a single dirty word, they will be permanently blocked!"
Eric turned his head sharply and took a closer look at FitzHeisenberg.
"I can't tell, Fitz. You can't judge a person by his appearance."
Fitz chuckled and scratched his head: "In fact, besides tinkering with technology, I also have a hobby."
"What is it?"
"fishing!"
(End of this chapter)