Chapter 193 192. The power of tap water breaks the record again

“Choosing the midnight show of Transformers was definitely one of the best decisions I made this year. It was more exciting than you can imagine.”

"I really want to tell you the plot, but I know I'll get beaten for spoiling it, so all I can say is it's awesome and everyone should watch it!"

A Facebook user nicknamed "It Doesn't Snow in Florence" posted a status with a movie ticket for "Transformers".

As a veteran Facebook user, he has been using the software since it was launched and loves it very much.

Especially after Myspace went online, he also created an account, but after trying it, he found that the users there were too borderline and crazy.

The situation of obscene jokes and soft pornography is very serious. Every young man and girl is trying to attract attention by exposing themselves.

The updates these people post often contain content about race, showing off wealth, promiscuity, etc. that seem cool but are actually disgusting.

Moreover, when he wants to visit someone else's homepage, the loading time often takes more than ten seconds, and after entering, he is often dazzled by the other party's colorful homepage.

It would be fine if Myspace was the only large-scale social software on the market, then I would have no choice.

But after experiencing the efficiency, convenience and simplicity of Facebook, where it takes no more than three seconds to open anyone's homepage, the contrast between the two is too obvious.

Besides, soft pornography is not real pornography, and the key parts are still covered. After watching it for a few days, he got aesthetically fatigued, so he returned to Facebook.

After long-term operation, he has accumulated nearly 300,000 followers and is considered a well-known internet celebrity.

However, Facebook has not yet started revenue-generating features such as advertising, so currently it is mainly for spiritual enjoyment, but it also makes many people enjoy it.

Soon after the update about "it won't snow in Florence" was posted, the number of likes exceeded 1,000 and there were also many comments below.

Fish who loves diving: "I just finished watching Transformers this morning. I totally agree with your point of view. It is really an excellent and sincere work."

"My original expectation was 70 points. After all, there is only one year in production, so a passing score is enough."

"But I really underestimated Eric Cooper. Officially he was only 23, two years younger than me, but he did a great job!"

"Explosions, collisions, conflicts, beauties, luxury cars, wars, everything you want is there. I am willing to give Transformers 90 points."

AllSpark Matrix: "Also just walked out of the cinema and I must say it really fulfilled my Transformers fantasy."

"Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, Starscream, Vertigo."

“Just like the trailer, each Transformer has a vivid and unique appearance and role.”

“The extremely exciting action and war scenes are far more exciting than the trailers show. The movie totally deserves five-star praise.”

"It's just that there's a hint of sadness in it, especially when those soldiers sacrificed themselves to launch a fearless attack on the Decepticons. I was moved."

"Maybe I have a low tear point, but I was really moved by these plots."

"My original nickname was Curse of the Black Pearl, but I just changed it. I admit that I betrayed, but I don't regret it."

Some people praised the quality of the movie because they watched it for the Transformers, while others praised the actors because they watched it for its handsome men and beautiful women.

A user nicknamed "The Daughter of the Sea" posted a status with a picture of a poster featuring the main characters including Chris Evans, Gadot and Ryan Reynolds.

"As a woman, I am not a fan of Transformers. Barbie dolls accompanied me in my childhood."

"But there are really not many good movies in the cinema right now. I watched Happy Death Day a while ago and also saw Sharknado."

"I had a good impression of Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds, so my boyfriend dragged me to watch Transformers."

"Those big guys are great to watch, but what attracts me most is Gal Gadot, she is really beautiful and heroic."

“Her performance in Transformers is completely different from Happy Death Day, where she was like a bitch and the girl next door.”

"The former fully demonstrates her sexiness and strength. Seeing her fighting bravely with dirt and scars all over her, you would say it's so cool."

"If I were a man, I would definitely fall in love with her."

"Ryan Reynolds also subverted my imagination. He was a complete idiot in Sharknado, but here he turned into the toughest and bravest warrior."

"Although he doesn't have as much screen time as Sam, I always feel that Captain William is the real hero. Do you feel the same way as I do?"

Seeing that Facebook users had such a strong desire to share, Eric immediately assigned Fitz the task of promoting an official event.

Directly publish activity tweets to all users. As long as you post about watching "Transformers", the background will capture all users.

One week later, 500 users will be randomly selected from all participating users and each will be given 10 tickets for free.

Users can dispose of these tickets as they please, and can go to watch the show themselves, give them to friends and family, or sell them.

It has been proven countless times that when your movie is good enough, people will spontaneously become your fans.

And when the movie itself has a strong publicity campaign and its quality is worthy of its publicity, people will be more willing to spread the word.

However, if the quality does not live up to the scale of your publicity, it will likely backfire and the audience will develop a rebellious mentality.

"Transformers" obviously belongs to the former, it can wear the crown and is worthy of the position.

So in addition to many Facebook users promoting it spontaneously, many users of the rival Myspace were also helping to promote it, as well as portals, major forums, blogs, chat rooms, movie websites, etc.

Outside of the United States, the same scenario is seen in other countries where the film is released simultaneously.

On the streets of Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, Yoshikawa walked out of the cinema alone with a complicated expression.

As a salaryman in his thirties, he has no mood to watch movies since the Japanese economic bubble burst and entered the lost era.

Every day I am overwhelmed by the heavy workload. I have to bow and scrape at work, and when I get home I have to face the looks on my wife and children's faces because of financial constraints. Dignity seems to have become a luxury.

In the middle of the night, he often dreams of his childhood, when he was still in elementary and middle school and the Japanese economy was in its golden age, claiming that by selling Tokyo, they could buy the United States.

My father, brother and mother will be by my side, and we will watch my favorite cartoon "Transformers" together. That feeling is called happiness.

After standing blankly at the entrance of the cinema for a while, Yoshikawa finally walked to a public telephone booth and dropped a coin.

"Moshimoshi. This is the Yoshikawa family. May I ask who you are?"

"Ogasan, it's me."

"Jiro? What's wrong with your voice? It sounds a little strange."

"Nothing. By the way, there's a movie that was recently released. Why don't we go watch it together? I'll take Xiaoyou and Longma, and you take mom, plus my brother and his family."

"Watch a movie? But your mother and I are both over 60 years old and have no interest in it anymore. What happened to you today? What happened?"

"No, Ogasang, I just suddenly remembered the scene when I was a kid, it was snowing outside and the wind was cold, our family happily gathered around the fireplace, and you watched cartoons with me."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and then a soft reply: "I see, let's go watch it together. It just so happens that your mother and I haven't been to the cinema for a long time."

"Thank you, Ogasan!"

China, Yanjing.

College student Zhang Chu returned home, turned on the computer on the table, and logged into Xici Hutong, which he often visited.

More than half an hour later, a post titled "Transformers, that was my childhood" appeared, recording a childhood dream in simple words.

"I can't remember what grade I was in, maybe fourth or fifth."

"Every day after school, I would sit in front of the TV, waiting for the Calabash Brothers, Black Cat Sheriff, and Ikkiu the Little Monk to appear."

"But then they all disappeared. Sheriff Black Cat left a message saying "Please watch the next episode" and then disappeared without a trace."

"And on Friday afternoon, I sat on a small stool and turned on the TV as promised, and this time I saw a new image that I had never seen before."

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"The robots full of imagination and the gorgeous transformations made me unforgettable the first time I saw them. It is Transformers."

"Since then, I and many of my classmates and friends have had new topics and hobbies."

"I still remember that during recess we would run outside the classroom to play role-playing games, but because I was small, I was always assigned to the Decepticon camp. They wouldn't let me be Megatron, or even Starscream. I was lucky enough to get Soundwave."

"We would roll up books into tubes and use them as cannon barrels, then use our mouths to dub and shout 'Power Gun, Fire!' and have a lot of fun."

"I once went to the home of the little fat boy Zhou Xiaobing. His father must be an official, so there are many toys at home. It was at his home that I first came into contact with real Transformers toys."

"He also taught me how to make Optimus Prime out of plasticine, but since I didn't have money to buy plasticine, I could only mix the clay myself after I got home and made a series of khaki dolls."

"Afterwards, the cartoon was finished and we had no channels to watch new ones. We just heard that Optimus Prime and Megatron died together. When we heard the news, we were all very angry and felt that our faith had collapsed."

"As I grew up, Transformers gradually faded out of my sight."

"It wasn't until recently that the news about Transformers in China suddenly came to life, and I realized that a live-action movie was about to be released."

"At that moment, my childhood memories seemed to come alive, so I walked into the cinema with my 9-year-old nephew."

"But my nephew is too young to understand a lot of the plot, so he asked me who this robot is and who that one is."

"I said don't bother with that, do you like that?"

"My nephew nodded and said he liked it very much. He had never seen such imaginative robots and gorgeous transformations before. They were completely different from Pokémon, Duck Detective and Jackie Chan Adventures."

"It's OK if I say I like them. They are Transformers. They are my childhood. I believe they will be your childhood too."

The post received a response soon after it was published. Zhang Chu’s childhood was also the childhood of countless people.

Related discussions also appeared in Sina's Film World, Mop, Tianya and other forums.

Even the two film and television enthusiast forums, "Rear Window Movie Watching" and "Movie Night Boat", which have always prided themselves on being serious and focused on art films and academic value, have seen a lot of discussion.

However, most of the members of these two forums are teachers and students from Beijing Film Academy, Central Academy of Drama, Beijing Broadcasting Institute and other institutions, so discussing business is secondary, and the focus is more on studying the technological gaps in Chinese films.

Britain, France, Germany, South Korea, Australia. In just one day, "Transformers" won worldwide acclaim with its gorgeous special effects, cool transformations, shocking war scenes and praise of human courage.

Eric read the comments carefully. It was a great feeling to have his hard work recognized by everyone.

Of course not everyone is satisfied, and there are some bad reviews too.

For example, The Independent, this newspaper published a film review the next day. It was really efficient, but it was also really bad-intentioned, and it was more or less trying to drive away as many audiences as possible while opposing MGM.

The headline it published was "An outdated work that will disappoint anime fans."

"I went to the cinema yesterday to watch the much-anticipated Transformers. I can only say that the plot is old-fashioned and outdated, still in the treasure-hunting mode, with good and evil fighting against each other."

"If it was just the old-fashioned plot, it would be fine, but the most important thing is that the movie did not restore the Transformers in the animation."

"In terms of their appearance, weapons, and personalities, except for Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, the other Transformers are just tools to make up the numbers."

"A mechanical giant that can easily destroy a planet can actually be stopped by a human army and even harmed by human weapons. This situation is really not like Transformers."

"So I advise those anime fans who want to see a true restoration to give up, because you won't find any respect for the original work here."

"Everything is just a pile of boring special effects, the self-fantasy of the young director."

The Independent’s evaluation fully reflects the saying that if someone wants to smear you, they will rack their brains to find angles to smear you no matter how well you do.

Will anyone believe this? Of course there will be.

But are there many believers?

The facts speak for themselves.

On November 18, "Transformers" raked in $39.7 million at the box office, a drop of less than 12%.

On November 19, word of mouth continued to grow, especially among passers-by.

"Transformers" continued to rake in $30.3 million at the box office, a 23.6% drop from the previous day.

For a movie, which is the most important first three-day box office, "Transformers" finally took in $119 million.

It once again broke the record of $114 million held by "Spider-Man", leading by more than $5 million.

You have to know that Spider-Man was released on a three-day weekend, which is a day off for students and office workers.

"Transformers" is released from Monday to Wednesday, and many people want to watch it but can't find time. This gap is like the gap between the summer season and the normal season, there is a big gap.

"Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi also expressed his congratulations in an interview and announced that next year's "Spider-Man 2" will make up for the lost cause.

But the public is not optimistic about this, because according to the rule, the sequels of most works are not as good as the original.

Bang! A salute sounded, and Eric waved his hand.

Let’s go full steam ahead, step up publicity, and continue to race! (End of this chapter)