Chapter 257 256. I am a scumbag, but a rich scumbag!

In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed and it is mid-April.

Lionheart Network continued to live up to expectations and continued to make great progress after achieving good results on the first day.

Currently, the number of registered members has reached 24.3 million. In addition to a surge of 14.5 million on the first day of launch, the number of registered members has increased by an average of 800,000 per day since then, which is a very explosive result.

Of course, the achievements made are largely due to "The Voice of China" and "House of Cards".

According to Lionheart Network’s internal monitoring data, 53% of new users every day will choose to watch these two works first.

This shows how powerful and attractive a hit TV series is!

Before the time travel, Netflix was able to rise to prominence thanks to the TV series "House of Cards". This single show brought Netflix more than 10 million paying members.

Of course, the contributions of other film and television dramas cannot be ignored. No matter how attractive "The Voice" and "House of Cards" are, most people will only watch them twice at most, or they will specifically review one of the episodes when they remember some exciting clips.

Two days is enough for Dashuazi to finish watching both works, and then it depends on the depth of the website to retain people.

This time, MGM has almost caught up with all the excellent overseas dramas and obtained the exclusive online broadcasting rights for at least five years.

He relied on the information gap. Others had no idea what exclusive online broadcasting rights were. After knowing his idea, most people thought that they had made a profit.

In their opinion, Lionheart Network will not survive, and they still want five years of exclusive online broadcasting rights? I admire you if you can survive for one year!

Therefore, the prices for acquiring these copyrights are very low. In short, both parties think they have made a profit.

Among them, the film and television area occupies the largest share, and the playback volume of popular movies such as "Transformers", "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" and "Shrek the Monsters" have reached millions.

The highest number is over five million, and the lowest is over three million.

Weaker IPs such as "Final Destination", "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "007" also contributed hundreds of thousands or millions of views.

Following closely behind the film and television area is the Japanese animation area. "Dragon Ball", "Slam Dunk", "Bleach", "Naruto", "Detective Conan" and others have gained many fans, which shows the strength of Japanese animation in the American market.

After that, it will be British dramas and other genres. Once the data stabilizes, those low-cost-effective TV series with poor viewing volumes will be discarded.

Just like Chinese dramas, a number of excellent works such as "The Story of a Noble Family", "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" and "The Reign of Kangxi" have also been introduced.

Under the banner of cultural exchange and cultural export, Lao Han bought a batch of them at a price lower than cabbage.

But after half a month of observation, the playback data is dismal, and the reason has been given in the comments section.

The vast majority complain that the series is too long. At a glance, it's at least thirty episodes long, and some can be as long as sixty or seventy. Audiences who are accustomed to American dramas have their interest dampened before they even start watching.

You have to know that although the season of American sitcoms is longer, each episode is only 20 minutes long, which is actually only equivalent to twelve or thirteen episodes of a normal-length feature drama.

They can watch British dramas and some Japanese dramas because British dramas are more concise and fast-paced, and some Japanese dramas are not long.

However, it will take some time for Chinese and Korean dramas to attract the audience's interest.

Eric suggested to Lao Han in advance that he should make some cuts, preferably to within 20 episodes, or divide it into several parts.

For example, a 46-episode series like "Kangxi Dynasty" can be divided into several edited parts and named as Season 1, Season 2, and Season 3.

Although it is just a change of vest, it will immediately give American audiences a familiar feeling and their acceptance will increase a lot.

I just don’t know what happened over there, but his suggestion was not adopted.

"Supernatural" also has a very good reputation, with an imdb score of 8.4, which is considered high quality, but the number of people who rated it is an order of magnitude less than that of "House of Cards".

Moreover, compared to "House of Cards" which appeals to all age groups, data from "Supernatural" shows that teenagers account for more than 77%, making it a definite youngster-focused drama.

The comments also focused on discussing the simplicity of the crew and the brotherhood.

“This drama is so poor!”

"Supernatural tells you how to make a poor TV series."

"The episode with the little girl in the painting gave me chills. It was a completely unexpected plot. It was so scary!"

"Isn't this a supernatural movie? Why did the crew have the money to hire two handsome guys but not the money to do some special effects?"

"Supernatural" once again proves how important the personal charm of the leading actor is to a good drama!"

"MGM has plenty of money, right? The costumes and props for House of Cards looked ridiculously expensive, but why are they so shabby in Supernatural? Are they from the same mother? Are they treated so differently?"

"I feel like MGM deliberately made the show in this style, highlighting the protagonist's personal charm rather than big scenes and scary scenes."

"Who plays the leading actress? She is so beautiful, especially the white wedding dress. It really touched my heart. Crystal, Crystal Liu?"

"Crystal Liu is very good. Her action scenes are really beautiful, better than Sam and Dean. I seem to see the shadow of Lucy Liu (Liu Yuling) and Michelle Yeoh (Michelle Yeoh) in her, and she is also very beautiful."

"I think Bao Shi Liu is pretty, too, but the denim outfit is more comfortable and looks more like a ghost hunter. Is she Japanese? Korean? Filipino?"

"Do you all have problems with your eyesight? The cast list shows Crystal Liu's nationality. She is American, Chinese American."

"I seem to have fallen in love with this girl Crystal Liu. Does she have any other works? Does anyone know what TV series and movies she has acted in?"

"The one above, Lionheart.com has a Chinese TV series starring her. Crystal Liu wears ancient Chinese costumes in it. You will definitely be fascinated by her. And she is also in Gal Gadot's new movie The Hunger Games. Let's wait for it to be released."

The most acclaimed characters in "Supernatural" are naturally the two brothers of the Wen family, but Liu Yifei is also highly discussed.

In particular, she makes up for the action scenes that the Wen family twins lack, holding a whip and a crossbow as weapons, and her look is quite cool.

Liu Yifei's presence made the plot more exciting and interesting, and received rave reviews.

Moreover, in the discussion topics about her, the word "beautiful" is always mentioned, which shows that Europeans and Americans also know what good-looking Chinese people look like.

Those damn squinty eyes are absolutely prejudice and vilification. Capital is deliberately trying to disgust the Chinese audience and show its superiority.

Among MGM's four self-produced dramas, only Peppa Pig has not yet gained popularity, but Eric firmly believes that it will be as popular as Shark Dance.

Double Star Entertainment has already produced a large number of Peppa Pig peripheral products in advance as per Eric's request. The sales of this little pig's peripheral products far outsell those of adult dramas.

After beating up a number of rivals, "The Passion of the Christ" finally gave up its box office champion spot, and the next to take over was "Shark Tale," which was urgently moved up by DreamWorks.

Currently, the North American box office of "The Passion of the Christ" has reached 290 million US dollars.

It also caused a stir overseas, but the box office was just as good as in North America, earning $191 million.

With a global box office of $481 million, it officially dethroned "The Hangover" which grossed $460 million and took the title of global box office champion in 2004.

And the box office has strong potential, BOX predicts it will exceed 650 million US dollars.

Suddenly, MGM took the first and second places in the annual list, and was the leader among the crowd for a while.

Although the box office of "The Passion of the Christ" was higher than that of "The Hangover", the share of profits that MGM received in the end was far less than that of "The Hangover". After all, the movie was fully funded by Mel Gibson's company, and MGM could only make money from the distribution.

Socially, after more than a month of dispute, the intensity of the dispute has finally died down, demonstrations in major cities have subsided, and discussion has also decreased significantly.

The PK between Judaism and Protestantism did not result in a clear winner. These two camps are deeply rooted and have been fighting for thousands of years, but neither has been able to completely eliminate the other.

However, the ban on Mel Gibson still exists. Now everyone's attention is focused on MGM, Big Six and major TV stations, looking forward to the outcome of this battle.

"bang!" Nicole threw a card and pointed it at Eric.

"Missed!" Eric took a card from his hand and played it.

"Want to hit me? It's not that easy!"

Neeko looked at Theron: "Theron, hit him quickly, he only has one card left, it's definitely not beer."

Theron smiled, then drew a card and pointed it at Neeko: "bang!"

Neeko was confused: "Why are you shooting me? You are mistaken, we are all criminals, and Eric is our target!"

Nicole soothed him, "But you only have one drop of blood left. If you are killed by someone else, they will draw three cards. It's better to let me draw three cards. This way I will be more confident in killing Eric!"

Her explanation made sense. Nicole thought about it and didn't play the missed card in her hand.

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Her character was successfully taken out of the game, and Theron picked up three cards from the deck.

Then she laughed wildly: "Hahahaha. I got the Volcano Pistol. Equipped with the Volcano Pistol, you will all die! No one will be able to live!"

"bang!"

"bang!"

"bang!"

I saw Charlize Theron playing cards one after another, and soon killed Neil, Bale, and Ken Watanabe, then turned her attention to Eric.

"Two blood and one card, you're done! Bang!"

Eric deducted a drop of blood: "Wait, Theron, let me take a break for a round, how about I give you an extra ten minutes?"

“Is this bribing your opponent?”

"Yes, it's a blatant bribe, accept it, ma'am." Eric said shamelessly.

"But if I have more scenes, will the movie length exceed too much?"

"This is the director's business. At worst, we can just cut Watanabe's scenes by ten minutes."

"Nani!"

Watanabe Ken's face changed drastically. He didn't have many scenes to begin with, and a large part of them was in a half-dead state. If ten minutes were cut, there would be nothing left! Charlize Theron squinted her eyes and pretended to think, then suddenly sneered: "I don't believe you, bang!"

"ah!"

Eric cooperated with the scream and fell backwards, falling on Nicole who was squatting behind him and secretly looking at the cards. The two were forced to roll together and almost kissed.

"Hahahaha. I win! I win! I'm the first one. Huh?"

Seeing this scene, Theron, who was originally shouting victory, suddenly became like a duck with its neck strangled, unable to make a sound.

The two of them separated in a hurry. Nicole looked at her in silence and brought the topic back to the game: "I was fooled by you. I thought you were a gangster."

"Yeah, I also thought that Charlize Theron was a criminal, but I didn't expect that she was actually a traitor!" Neil also spoke very perceptively.

Bell and Ken Watanabe slowly stood up and backed away, probably because they noticed the atmosphere was a bit heavy and weird and didn't want to get involved.

Fortunately, Charlize Theron didn't take it too seriously. She raised her eyebrows and boasted, "The new Oscar-winning actress, her acting skills are incredible! Right, old actress!"

Nicole's mouth twitched. She naturally liked the title of Best Actress, but adding the word "old" made her feel uncomfortable.

But considering what he and Eric had done just now, he didn't feel like arguing.

"Bring some drinks and fruit, we're all done."

Eric shouted, and the staff hurriedly brought supplies. Everyone laughed, as if no one took it to heart, and started eating and chatting again.

That’s right, during the break on the set, a group of big-name stars and wealthy people gathered together to play the board game brought by Eric. The name of the board game is "bang".

Or change it to a name that China is more familiar with - "Three Kingdoms Kill"! It is the Three Kingdoms Kill that is affectionately called "dog card" and "dog planning" by players, claiming that our game is thriving, and it was pushed to the top of the bad review list when it was launched on Steam.

Among them, bang corresponds to kill, missed corresponds to dodge, the gangster is equivalent to the rebel, the traitor is equivalent to the spy, and the volcanic pistol is Zhuge Crossbow. After killing the gangster, draw three cards, and the traitor who kills the last one can win.

There is no doubt that "Three Kingdoms Kill" is a complete plagiarism of "Bang", from rules to identities, from identities to characters, from characters to skills, from skills to equipment, from equipment to various trick cards. Perhaps the only thing about "Three Kingdoms Kill" that is unique to China is the Three Kingdoms background.

Eric originally wanted to make money by developing this board game, but when he checked, he found out that it already existed on the market. It was created by an Italian in 2002, so he had to give up.

Since the purpose of making money cannot be achieved, I thought it would be good to use it for entertainment.

He has been looking for a way to make the girls accept each other, so he simply brought them to the set to play, hoping to improve the friendship between Neely and Charlize Theron.

The result was pretty good, and everyone had a really good time playing, except for the last scene that just happened.

“The effect of the board game seems to be very good. We can try to promote it.”

"If board games don't work, try poker. If poker doesn't work, there's mahjong. It would be great if I could conquer them with mahjong."

“Will there be a happy scene in Dabieye in the future?”

"Theron, Nicole, Liu Xiaoli, and Zhou Wenqiong will play at one table, and Ashley, Mary, Liu Yifei, and Elizabeth will play at another table."

"No, wouldn't that make it three against one for the Olsens? We should bring that bitch Elena in as well, so the Olsens can have a separate table."

"Liu Yifei can't do it alone. Counting Jia Duo, at least find her two more partners."

"Carol is a nice lady, and her pair of explosive drums are really amazing."

"Taylor Swift seems to be okay, but no, no, she's too stubborn and always likes to write about her ex-boyfriends in her songs. She's restless."

"That little bitch Paris Hilton always seduces me, but she has a bad temper too."

"Lazy Ni is beautiful and virtuous, and her submissive personality is good. I also helped her to bring down Justin. She should thank me, but isn't this the same as jumping from one scumbag pit to another scumbag pit?"

"I am indeed a scumbag, but I have money!"

(End of this chapter)