Although some people are in humble positions, or have entered this field by accident, as long as they are willing to seize opportunities and make efforts that ordinary people cannot make, it will not affect the achievements they make in this field.
When Lu Yuan saw Zade, he was also shocked.
The once muscular and mighty young man became so thin in just one month.
This really made Lu Yuan feel like his worldview was being reorganized.
It seems that Zade has given his all for the role of teacher.
"Boss, everyone thinks I'm not suitable for the teacher in Whiplash. Now I've become this kind of person according to the description in your script. Am I suitable now?"
"It's suitable. However, you are really okay after forcing your body to do this?"
"It's okay. The doctor said that if I lose another ten kilograms, something bad might happen. But right now, I'm still within the healthy and mature range..."
"Okay, this role has been waiting for you." After Lu Yuan looked at Zade's serious expression, he really didn't know what to say.
"I understand!" Zade nodded, took a deep breath and clenched his fists. "I want to be nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this role. At the same time, I want to win the award!"
"I believe you can do it, the future movie star Zade!" Lu Yuan did not think Zade was arrogant, nor did he feel that there was anything conceited about Zade.
It is not easy to fight for a role with all your strength and even lose so much weight in a month.
This shows how dedicated a person is!
For someone who is so dedicated and devotes his whole self to a movie, why can't he win an award as long as there is a good script and no shady dealings?
"Yes! I can! Boss, I'll go find Director Forrest first. He's probably been waiting for me for a long time!"
"Okay, keep going!"
"Um."
Zade stood up and left Lu Yuan's office.
His face is full of confidence.
When Lu Yuan saw Zade leaving the company through the window, he hesitated for a moment, then took out a small note from his pocket and read it. After reading the small note, Zade seriously changed the way he walked, and his calmness was accompanied by a hint of paranoia...
Lu Yuan had felt that Zade's speech was a little strange before, as if he had become a completely different person...
Now that I think about it…
All right!
Zadeh has already started thinking of ways to bring this character to life!
come on!
…
October 21st afternoon.
More than 50 advertising spots for "The Truman Show" have finally been launched on the EBY website.
But it is a pity that the advertising space for "The Truman Show" is far less popular than that for "Final Destination". The starting price was $500,000, and even after two or three hours, the highest advertising space only rose to $1 million...
One million dollars for one ad spot is already a good income in the eyes of others. Under ideal circumstances, fifty ad spots can be sold for fifty million dollars!
With 50 million dollars, there is actually no problem in making a movie.
but……
This "The Truman Show" is not someone else's movie, but Lu Yuan's company's movie!
After Final Destination 2 achieved a record of 25 million advertising sales, the highest advertising sales for The Truman Show was only 1 million...
This was undoubtedly a terrible Waterloo.
"Lu Yuan is indeed a genius, and Final Destination has indeed brought us many surprises and business opportunities, especially for the insurance industry. However, I don't think The Truman Show can be a film of the same level as Final Destination... A film composed of so many advertisements is unprecedented in the history of film. Lu Yuan is treating us sponsors, the audience, and everyone as fools!"
"The Truman Show was not well received on EBY International Shopping Website... Although Lu Yuan has proven himself right time and time again, and although many people regret not believing in Lu Yuan before, this time, everyone is holding the attitude that they are not fools... Can Lu Yuan fight back in this desperate situation?"
"Is it to amass money, or is it to recklessly attack the bottom line of movie fans?"
“…”
“…”
Although Lu Yuan had proven himself many times before, he is actually a very awesome person.
His talent covers so many things.
But many people still have a feeling of distrust towards Lu Yuan...
Moreover, I don’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but on the afternoon of October 21st, the above-mentioned pessimistic rumors were everywhere.
Even Doug Jones, the man who founded the "Umbrella" company, publicly stated on October 21 that his "Umbrella" company would never participate in this ridiculous bidding. Whoever bids for "The Truman Show" will lose money, and not only that, it will also cause rumors that his company will become notorious.
Not long after Doug Jones made his statement in the media, the senior executives of several giant companies that had originally participated in the auction also announced that they would no longer participate in the auction of "The Truman Show". At the same time, they all pointed out, either explicitly or implicitly, that "The Truman Show" was a complete scam and that anyone who participated in this auction would be a fool...
Countless negative rumors, coupled with the withdrawal of several major companies, caused the auction of advertising space for "The Truman Show" to fall into a trough in an instant.
Except for a few sponsors who believed in nothing and stubbornly supported "The Truman Show", everyone else stopped bidding and fell into a state of suspicion and slowness.
So many bigwigs are not optimistic, so should we just foolishly participate?
The sponsors who were originally sharpening their knives for an advertising space suddenly wanted to give up.
After all, people have a herd mentality.
If everyone thinks something is bad, even if you think it is good, you will gradually feel that it is not good...
That's how it is.
…
evening.
The sun sets.
When Zhou Shuai excitedly told Lu Yuan about the situation of "The Truman Show", Lu Yuan did not show any disappointment.
He slowly looked at the current progress of his company's film.
Since Zadeh arrived, "Whiplash" has finally started filming in a low-key manner.
After receiving the first investment, "Final Destination" assembled a crew and started filming early.
The Batman crew is just halfway through its production and I believe filming will start in another month.
Andor in "Logan 2" is the most low-key in the company. After being suppressed by Fatty Wei in the movie, he has been reckless and has already immersed himself in the filming and is ready to fight again...
After these movies are released, they may have some room for improvement in box office compared to the original world, but they will definitely not be too bad.
Profit is inevitable.
So Lu Yuan felt very calm at this moment.
"It doesn't matter if The Truman Show doesn't live up to my expectations. My own company still has a lot of ads to run, and many domestic advertisers have approached me. I have no shortage of investment money..." Lu Yuan smiled calmly, "Anyway, after The Truman Show is released, I hope these people won't regret it."
"A Yuan, actually 'The Truman Show' is not that bad. Even when compared with 'Final Destination', the gap is quite large. Everyone is bound to be pessimistic about it. I guess most of the companies that are pessimistic about it are other Hollywood media companies. They are just waiting to laugh at us..." Zhou Shuai nodded subconsciously.
Now, "remote" is seen as a smelly and hard stone in the toilet by all Hollywood entertainment companies.
It always appears in front of you and makes you feel sick, but you really can't do anything about it.
So it is normal for them to jump out and do some small harassment at this time.
but……
"I don't know... but I feel that these things are not necessarily done by Hollywood entertainment companies." Lu Yuan frowned after reading the news for a long time, especially when Doug from the "Umbrella" company openly criticized him. This was really weird...
I just got the money from the "Umbrella" company, and everyone is in the honeymoon period, and you suddenly come out and do this...
Is this normal?
Although there have always been rumors that Mr. Doug and his son Ivan have never gotten along well, and the two have different worldviews, it seems that this time it is the father and son who have a conflict.
but……
Why can the rich second-generation Alvin sit in the position of current vice president of the "Umbrella" company?
Shareholder support is one thing, but if Mr. Doug has been trying to stop it, then...
Can Alvin sit on it?
Every year there are rumors on the Internet that Alvin is a second-generation rich man who lives a life of debauchery and drunkard, but after meeting Alvin, Lu Yuan always feels that this is the character that Alvin created for himself.
Alvin.
This rich second generation is really extraordinary. Lu Yuan even feels that Chen Cong is not as good as Ai Wen.
I don't know why.
Lu Yuan always felt that there was something hidden in it!
"Ayuan...if all this is caused by Ivan..." Zhou Shuai also thought of this, and then his expression gradually became solemn.
"Um."
…
"Wilson, did you do all this? Now The Truman Show is like a joke... There have been many ridicules on the Internet... Mr. Wilson, you played this beautifully, haha, how did you get in touch with Mr. Doug?"
"It wasn't me."
"Mr. Wilson, you don't seem very happy?"
"Mr. Andrew, I received news that tomorrow Umbrella will officially announce that Ivan has accepted Mr. Doug's job."
"Wait, you're saying... this was actually Doug's plan? He's creating results for Ivan at the cost of his own miscalculated reputation?"
"Have you noticed? Many advertising sponsors have already realized it. The original highest offer of one million US dollars has been raised to five million US dollars, and now, six million US dollars..."
"How is this possible? Is it possible that someone is deliberately creating an atmosphere to make all sponsors think that Here Comes the Truman is a bad movie with no sponsorship value, and then suddenly monopolizes the movie in the last hour?"
"The price of an ad auctioned this way won't go up too much... I even suspect that all of this is just a hype by Lu Yuan himself. I even think that the ad spots have all been reserved, and everyone is just playing along!"
"Oh my god, this is... gross, isn't it?"
When Wilson from Columbia and Andrew from Century thought of something, their hearts tightened instantly!
…
Early morning of October 22nd.
This is a day worth remembering by everyone.
Or rather...
This was a moment that shocked and stunned everyone!
"The Truman Show" filled up all the advertising space in just one hour!
Almost all advertising spaces increased tenfold within an hour!
Fifty ad spots!
Final auction price!
Five hundred million!
And it is...
Dollar!
A movie that has not been made, just a name, a gimmick that says Lu Yuan is the screenwriter, and then the advertising space in his ear...
A full 500 million were sold!
This wave shocked the whole world again!
What shocked everyone even more was what happened next...
Ranked first and the first to grab the advertising space is the "Umbrella" company that has previously been belittling "The Truman Show"!
“I was cheated!”
"Oh my God, I've been deceived!"
"this……"
"Oh my god, this is a trap set up by Ivan and everyone else. This is... a well-planned conspiracy, a disgusting hype!"
"Oh my God, 10 million for an ad spot, I can do it too, why did I hesitate before!"
“I was really cheated!”
“Oh my god…”
“…”
“…”
After seeing this scene, the advertising sponsors who had originally given up suddenly regretted it!
Yes!
They regretted it!