No words were spoken that night.
"Boss, I made a very detailed plan yesterday..."
"What plan?"
"It means that the theaters have been renovated and are reopening for activities."
"Ah? Activities?"
"yes!"
"What activities?"
"Free movie viewing and free popcorn."
"???"
When the next day dawned and the sun just rose, Irene came to the company.
When she saw Lu Yuan, her eyes lit up and she immediately handed Lu Yuan some promotional plans for tomorrow's release in theaters.
Although Irene did not sell all of Migos to Lu Yuan, and although she still had a few shares of Migos and was temporarily managing Migos, she still had to ask Lu Yuan for instructions on many things.
after all……
Lu Yuan is the man at the helm behind Migos.
Lu Yuan was all smiles when he saw Irene, but when he heard that the movie was free and that there was free popcorn, his smile froze...
Then……
It gradually became serious.
The sun shone on his face, and he looked at the schedule silently and repeatedly...
Over and over and over again.
Time passed little by little. After Lu Yuan had been watching for about ten minutes, he finally looked up at Irene.
He took a deep breath.
“Erin…”
"What's wrong?"
"I think it's inappropriate to watch movies for free." Lu Yuan said with a serious expression.
"Ah? Why is it inappropriate? Boss, it doesn't actually cost us much..." Irene added this subconsciously.
"I don't feel bad about the free money for the day. In fact, I don't value money that much. The reason why I feel it's inappropriate is because of a very simple psychological effect. Let me ask you, what are we going to the cinema for?"
"See a movie……"
"Is it more important to spend a little money to watch a good movie to enrich your spirit, or to watch a free crappy movie for free?" Lu Yuan asked again.
"This is... a good movie, right?"
"Is it that our newly renovated cinema has poor equipment, poor environment, or something else?" Lu Yuan asked the question again...
"This... this is not bad!" Irene shook her head. "The current equipment is the most advanced!"
"Okay, that's right. So why should we use the gimmick of free to lower our own value?"
"Wait, boss, I still don't understand..." After hearing what Lu Yuan said, Irene was suddenly confused.
"We are actually unique. For example, 'Buried' is unique, 'Nomadland' is also unique, and 'Saw' is also unique... There is no other theater chain in the entire United States that releases these films except ours... So, uniqueness is our advantage. Why should we do it for free?" Lu Yuan looked at Irene and suddenly became more serious.
unique?
this……
"..." Irene's expression was very strange.
Although the boss's unique statement is indeed correct.
But this unique concept...
It doesn't sound right no matter how I listen to it.
Doesn’t this mean that no other entertainment company is willing to screen our Migos, so we produce and sell our own films?
It was the first time she heard someone speak so refreshingly...
But for a moment, she felt that what her boss said made a lot of sense, and she couldn't find any words to refute...
"Then...what if...no one comes, Boss, the reputation of our cinema online is not good..." Irene hesitated for a while, and then finally said this timidly.
"Are you afraid that fans won't come to support you because of the bad reviews? Or, are you afraid that no fans will come at all, and we will waste our emotions in vain?" Lu Yuan looked at Irene.
"Yeah," Irene nodded.
"Oh, this should... not be a problem..." Lu Yuan silently looked at the sunlight outside the window.
The sun is very warm.
He suddenly smiled.
The smile was serious, yet a little weird at the same time.
"Ah? Not a problem?" Irene was suddenly confused.
“I don’t know how many fans I have in the U.S.…but…I want to give it a try…”
"Try it, boss, how are you going to try it?" Irene was stunned.
"Just... try it..." Lu Yuan turned his head and then called Zhou Shuai.
The content of the call to Zhou Shuai was very simple.
That is, Migos Cinemas will officially open tomorrow, and I hope to do an exclusive interview in the media.
As for the others?
The rest is gone...
Irene looked at Lu Yuan's expression after he finished the call.
…
Novi Entertainment News has recently become famous in the Hollywood media.
certainly……
This kind of fame is not a good reputation.
The name "notorious" is really appropriate to describe it.
Anyway…
There are so many messed up news, reports that make many celebrities so angry that they want to curse, and some that seem to be the bottom line, but are completely let go of the pictures and make up stories...
In less than a month in Hollywood, Novi Entertainment News became a notorious paparazzi daily in the entire Hollywood.
At the same time, Zhou Shuai receives lawyers’ letters from some celebrities almost every day, warning Zhou Shuai that if he makes up stories again, they will see him in court!
After seeing the lawyer's letter, Zhou Shuai immediately stopped, issued a symbolic apology statement, and stopped making up rumors about this celebrity. Instead, he immediately changed to another celebrity and continued to make up stories based on pictures. At the same time, he teamed up with several other entertainment newspapers to continue this operation...
If you warn me, I will write an apology in the corner of the newspaper, and after the apology, I will continue to write the next celebrity story...
Often the headlines of the Novi Entertainment Newspaper will feature photos and scandals of this or that celebrity, and the last page will definitely be a sincere apology to the celebrity in the previous issue.
Anyway…
This operation leaves people speechless.
Zhou Shuai is shameless!
Anyway, there are so many Hollywood stars, even if there is one story every day, it will keep Zhou Shuai excited for several years.
And after all these operations, the Hollywood entertainment industry had no way to deal with him.
What can they do?
You want an apology?
He gave it!
And very sincere.
They had never seen such a shameless person!
Of course, Zhou Shuai's nonsense operation of making up stories based on pictures and apologizing did not affect his media attention. On the contrary, the attention was increasing day by day. The sales of this newspaper were almost the same as the attention, breaking records every day...
Countless netizens and viewers seem to have regarded Novi Media as one of the must-read newspapers every day.
Evening of June 11th.
Novi Media published another news headline, and at the same time, there was a video on the official media.
"Hello, American fans, I'm Lu Yuan..."
"Today, I made a difficult decision... Yes! Tomorrow, a theater called Migos Cinema will be reopened in the United States..."
"As we all know, this cinema chain has a bad reputation online... Many unknown media outlets maliciously gave this cinema chain bad reviews... This has caused this cinema chain to have a bad reputation in various American netizen circles. I know this... I don't agree with everyone's views on this. After all... I have visited the decoration of this cinema chain..."
"Of course I won't say that the equipment in this cinema chain is better than other cinema chains, nor will I say that the movies in our cinema chain are unique. I won't even say other nonsense to refute those malicious negative reviews... because I know that many things are futile and meaningless..."
"I only want to show this video to my American fans. If I still have American fans, please be patient and listen to me until I finish..."
"I have already licensed several of my films in China to this cinema chain."
"I hope everyone can go to the cinema to watch my movies. At the same time, my new movie "Saw" will be released on June 15th... This will be a movie that will make girls cry and men remain silent... This will be a breakthrough in the history of American horror movies, just like the previous "Paranormal Activity". Well, it's not good, you can come and beat me up... You can come and beat me up anytime!"
"As everyone knows, I am an honest person. I never brag or fool people. I won't fool people by saying how good this movie is... I won't say that this movie will give you a different experience after you watch it once, and I won't say that this movie will change your life..."
"After all... I am a person of status... After all, I seem to be a director, singer, screenwriter, actor, songwriter..."
What follows is a series of identities that Lu Yuan describes himself.
It sounds pretty pretentious.
Um……
This is Lu Yuan’s monologue during the interview.
When this video came out, Zhou Shuai not only posted it on the headlines of Novi, but also posted it to the American music, film, and piano circles, and even to the writer and art circles...
Anyway…
As long as Lu Yuan's identity was in the circle, Zhou Shuai found a way to send him there.
Of course, the title of the video must be awesome!
for example……
"Shocked! The world's top pianist and screenwriter actually..."
"Men were silent and women wept. This pianist from China actually..."
"It's terrible! What on earth could have turned a world-class pianist into this state..."
"This is a very difficult decision for the international community!"
“…”
This kind of clickbait headlines are always trying to attract attention.
…
Piano world.
"Men are silent when they see it, but women shed tears when they see it?"
"What! What is Mr. Lu Yuan doing? Are you in trouble?"
"Well, he did encounter difficulties. From what I know, Hollywood didn't seem to welcome him and didn't even want his movies to be released. So, he bought a theater chain and planned to run it himself... But other entertainment companies didn't want to authorize his theater chain to show their movies. At the same time, he was squeezed out by other theater chains... It was indeed difficult..."
"Hey, why do you want to be in Hollywood? Can't you just stay in the piano industry?"
"Yeah...are you suffering now?"
"However, I'm suddenly interested in Mr. Lu Yuan's horror movie... It sounds... pretty attractive?"
"Me too……"
"Although I hate his idleness, I still... go and support him."
"Yeah, I have the same idea..."
"Let's support him just this once. Let's go and make a call. Mr. Lu Yuan has quite a few piano fans..."
"right!"
…
American music scene.
"How many fans are there of 'TWO DOG American Music Association'? It seems like Two Dog is calling on fans to gather!"
"What's going on?"
“God, do you follow the latest entertainment news?”
"Let me see..."
"I suspect that Migos Cinema was acquired by Er Gouzi."
"Wait, what did you say? That Migos Cinema was acquired by Er Gouzi? This cinema with so many negative reviews is owned by Er Gouzi?"
"It should be... And, I'll reveal something. I heard the latest news that Mr. Ergouzi is having a hard time in the United States. Wasn't there a rumor that Mr. Ergouzi was banned before? Now it seems to be true! Many fans hope to seek justice for Ergouzi... The reason for so many negative reviews should be that Ergouzi is being ostracized..."
"Why doesn't this guy work in the music industry? He will definitely not be excluded if he works in the music industry. Maybe the Grammy Awards are waiting for him!"
"I don't know... How about giving some support?"
"Yes, I definitely support it!"
“…”
…
Writers circle.
When everyone saw the news "The sad monologue of a famous Chinese writer," people in the writer circle were stunned.
"What? Who is this person?"
"It seems to be a writer..."
"writer?"
"I've seen his work, it seems to be called 'The Legend of Wukong', it's quite famous in China."
“Why do I feel like an ad?”
“I think it looks like an advertisement…”
“…”
…
Lu Yuan’s videos are everywhere in every industry in the United States.
The effect of clickbait is quite big.
Anyone who sees the titles of these videos will click on them instantly.
Overnight, Lu Yuan's video gradually became one of the top ten hot searches in the Hollywood entertainment industry.
When Allen saw this video, his expression suddenly became a little complicated.
In fact, he clicked it.
after all……
The headline "The first feature-level horror film in American history is about to be released" is really attractive.
Even though he knew that the video was released by the notorious media in Novi, which left him speechless, and also knew that it was a headline grabber, Allen still clicked on it.
After clicking in and looking at it for a while, he fell silent.
Perhaps the Hollywood film industry can temporarily ban Lu Yuan...
but……
Other circles cannot ban themselves.
Moreover, before, he was able to use the power of the media, but now, it seems that some media have suddenly lost control and become disobedient.
like……
When Lu Yuan came to Hollywood this time, something had already begun to go wrong.
What exactly went wrong?
After seeing the heat gradually rising...
Alan suddenly had a bad thought.
I'm afraid this cinema chain called Migos will be very busy tomorrow...
I don’t know why…
He seemed to see Lu Yuan looking at him.
He showed the same smile he had at the Oscars.
As if to say...
"Banned? Can you ban me?"