Chapter 191 The preview was so amazing

Miyazaki sat quietly in the office without saying a word.

Because he suffered two setbacks in a short period of time, the success brought by Kongzhong was also completely diluted.

The first time, he invested 25 million US dollars in Lingxi Island, and eventually found out that Facebook was the leader in the campus social network. He was deceived by the false prosperity of Lingxi Island.

The second time, in order to appease him, Lin Xiao offered him a very friendly price of US$5 million to buy 13% of Jiayuan.com's shares. However, he thought it was a fantasy and directly rejected it.

Following the explosion of If You Are the One, the dating website Jiayuan.com also exploded.

Whether it is registered users or website traffic, the momentum is even stronger than Facebook.

So Miyazaki's refusal at that time now seems like a huge joke, which has caused great damage to his reputation in the industry.

"Boss Gong, Wu Lingxi is here."

A moment later, Wu Lingxi appeared in front of Miyazaki.

"The social and e-commerce of Lingxi Island have been completely separated, and the social part will be completely independent in the future." Wu Lingxi said: "Liao Feng invested 50 million RMB in me, and I went home and overdrew my family fund and got 100 million."

"Miyazaki, give me another $15 million!"

"Chen Yizhou's current text messaging dating website is not going very well, but he is very professional in social networking, even one of the most professional people in the world. Let him shut down Dudu.com directly, and we will bring him in and make him the co-CEO of this new social networking website."

"Let's take another chance!"

Suddenly, Miyazaki was stunned.

Wu Lingxi, you are playing such a big game? Wu Lingxi: "I now have great faith in Lin Xiao's vision. He would rather sell off his shares in Jiayuan.com, but he would not give up his shares in Facebook at all. He even worked hard to make money everywhere to support Facebook."

“So, social networking is the most important thing and will become a real giant in the future.”

"There is still a chance for web-based social networking. Facebook has not yet been launched nationwide. It is not yet a real giant. We still have a chance."

"Lin Xiao has a first-rate strategic vision, so we should learn from him and even imitate him. His weakness is that he lacks high-level support and a large amount of capital support, and we have both of these!"

"He is a grassroots entrepreneur, and we are an elite entrepreneur."

"Liao Feng said something very right. This is a 10,000-meter long-distance race, and we have only run a few hundred meters."

"You may think that I am too young and incapable, but Chen Yizhou is very capable. He is the one who created the alumni directory. He is the originator of social networking."

"There is a golden opportunity now. That is, Lin Xiao has offended Jingquan Capital, so we pull them in. And Sohu, who feels that Facebook has invaded their territory, we also pull it in to invest!"

"We should learn from Lin Xiao and build this social networking site with extreme purity."

“And we’re not starting from scratch, we already have millions of users, and they’re relatively active.”

Miyazaki was silent.

The $25 million he had previously invested had already been criticized by the company.

If he is asked to pay another $15 million, the company will not agree.

Unless you pay for it yourself, or your family pays for it.

But...if you can use the company's money, try not to use your own money.

Wu Lingxi: "I am willing to risk everything. Because I know that if I fail at this level, it will be very difficult to get back on my feet."

"You may be better off. After Kongzhong goes public, you can recover some of the damage."

"So, if you invest this money, I will do this. If you don't want to invest, I will still do this."

"But if you succeed in this one, you will become a true legend. The rewards you will receive will not only be ten times, but even a hundred times!"

Miyazaki remained silent for a long time.

"Let me think about it!"

……………………

Lin Xiao welcomed an old acquaintance, Lucas, who was in charge of Yangwang.

He was still meticulous and dressed in a well-ironed suit, but he looked older and a little haggard.

But the light in his eyes was still sharp.

It seems that Yangyang.com and Yangyang's live broadcast room are too tiring for him to support.

"I don't know how long the mobile SPs can make money, but whether it's SMS games or other marginal businesses, they are destined not to last long."

"On the contrary, the Itchy Live Broadcast Room you left for us has a future as long as we can endure the loneliness and last for several years."

"Now a new trend has emerged, and that is ringback tones."

“After the nationwide liberalization, the daily performance has been increasing.”

"Most people are still relatively slow, but people in the industry have already sensed it. Of course, this has nothing to do with me, as TOM is doing this business, but I have found the relevant financial statements."

"Then I was surprised to find that a large number of songs on the ringtone download charts came from your company, Lightning Music."

Lucas looked at Lin Xiao and said, "You are a devil. You are definitely a devil."

"Next, you will get rich without doing anything."

Lin Xiao: "Boss Wu, are you here just to praise me this time?"

Lucas: "Get lost, I wasn't complimenting you!"

"Someone asked me to make some connections and wants to invest in your website."

Lin Xiao: "Boss Wang?"

Lucas: "No, it's not him. It's Mr. Li who's above us."

The little superman in Li Ka-shing’s family has endless money.

Lin Xiao: "My guess is that he is interested in Jiayuan.com, not Facebook."

Lucas: “Yes, he felt that Facebook’s monetization was too slow, and Jiayuan’s business story was very direct and could even be perfectly adapted to mobile SPs.”

"For example, if a man likes a woman, he will only release three photos of her. The remaining seven photos are kept secret and can only be unlocked by paying via SMS."

"For example, the number of letters you can send each day is limited. If you want to send more letters to women and cast a wider net, you can still use SMS payment unlocking."

"For example, both men and women here are looking for sex partners, so they definitely want to increase their exposure, which means setting a level. The more money you spend, the higher your level, and the more likely you are to be noticed by the opposite sex."

"Sex is the primary productive force, and there is a lot of potential for business stories here."

"For example, when women want to see the other party's real estate and car evidence when choosing a man, it is also vague. They need to pay by text message to see the location and area of ​​the other party's house, as well as the model of the car."

"Not to mention organizing a large number of blind date activities, and even organizing multi-millionaires, 50-millionaires, and billionaires to help the top tycoons choose concubines. The girls who need these tickets need to pay a lot of money. And these tycoons who want to choose concubines need to pay even more money."

“So even if there are only 6 or 7 million members, there is still a gold mine to be unearthed.”

Lucas listed countless monetization models in one breath.

Lin Xiao asked: "How much are you willing to pay for the shares of Jiayuan.com?"

Lucas said, "Eight million dollars, 12%!"

"Okay, the bottom line is 10% of the shares."

Lin Xiao didn't say anything, but went to grind the beans and then brewed two cups of coffee by hand.

Blue Mountain No. 1 beans had not yet entered China at that time. The largest customer in Asia was Japan, and Li Shuang got them from Japan for Lin Xiao.

Li Shuang is rich now, and she is engaging in revenge spending. She has no idea how many things she has bought for Lin Xiao.

From coffee beans to red wine, to cuffs, to shirts and so on, he wanted to take care of everything in Lin Xiao's life.

She didn't even treat Lin Xiao as her boss, but rather had an attitude that was almost doting.

Watching Lin Xiao making coffee, Lucas endured for a long time, and finally couldn't help but said: "You should only make one cup at a time."

"I saw you grind 38 grams of beans at once and added 560 ml of hot water."

“It would ruin the flavor.”

Lin Xiao said bluntly: "Shut up, I can make coffee for you properly, which is already amazing, don't ask for too much."

After making it, Lin Xiao handed one of the cups to Lucas.

Lucas sniffed it, then took a sip, making a satisfied sound.

"You'll be making a wasted trip. I can't agree to that." Lin Xiao said.

Lucas asked, "Because the price didn't satisfy you?"

"It's not the price..." Lin Xiao: "This price is okay, but I don't agree with your CEO Li's style of doing things."

"We plan to make Jiayuan.com, a dating website, a very long-term business."

“Even making money is not the absolute first priority.”

"Don't laugh when I tell you this. I really want it to improve the problems of love and marriage between men and women, promote marriage, promote childbirth, and promote social harmony."

"We will selectively monetize, but we will never use those monetization models that drain the pond to catch fish."

Now the two sides are friends and know each other better.

When Lin Xiao said this, Lucas knew that there was no turning back.

To put it bluntly, Lin Xiao looks down on Little Li Superman.

Lin Xiao suddenly asked: "Wu Laicai, are you under a lot of pressure over there?"

Lucas's face twitched. It was such a mistake that would lead to eternal regret. I only told you that once when I was drunk.

He wanted to warn her once again not to call him by that name, but he gave up in the end.

Because that would make Lin Xiao happier.

"Very big..." Lucas: "On the one hand, I want the company to continue to expand and make the financial report look better. Net profit is not even that important. Revenue is very important."

"On the other hand, there was a lot of pressure from above, forcing me to break a certain bottom line."

Lin Xiao said: "You just don't want to touch the edge, but go straight to the deeper level, right?"

Lucas said: "Yes, set up a secret live broadcast room, collect extremely high prices from rich big brothers, perform thoroughly, and even establish some offline relationships."

"I am still trying to resist it. Now the parent company is making good profits because of the new trend of mobile SP. I can still withstand the pressure."

"In fact, I have told the board of directors many times that Yanyan Live Studio has a very bright future. It may not take long, as long as we persevere for six or seven years. When the hardware is upgraded to a certain level, its market value can increase tenfold or more."

“But the board thought it was a joke and felt six or seven years was too long.”

Lucas was right!

Although historically the rise of live streaming on computers in China did not occur until around 2014.

However, as long as the conditions are right, it can be brought forward.

Around 2010, the network and hardware conditions were already met, and there were already a large number of games.

Lin Xiao finished the coffee in his hand, then directly poured hot water over the coffee grounds a second time, making coffee that was as light as tea.

Lucas, who has obsessive-compulsive disorder, wanted to stop him, but he didn't do it in the end. Instead, he couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Bitch."

Damn! These are coffee beans, not tea leaves. They can’t be brewed a second time.

The aftertaste is already sour and astringent, and you still brew it a second time.

Lin Xiao took a sip of the coffee brewed from the coffee grounds and said, "It's actually not bad. It's not sour, but a little bitter."

"Country bumpkin..." Lucas repeated.

Lin Xiao: "Wu Laicai, quit your job there and come to my place."

Lucas was stunned: "You have Xia Xi here, I am here to overlap."

Lin Xiao: "I plan to expand the entire Asian market, and I need a general. I will give him a lot of independence and a considerable stake."

"When necessary, even the generals will be forced to disobey the orders of the emperor when they are away from home."

Suddenly, Lucas was stunned.

You, you want to expand overseas at this time?

None of the giants like Sohu and Sina have expanded overseas.

Your company is so small now, and you haven't even become strong in China yet, and you're thinking about going overseas? However, Lin Xiao thought about it many times.

If you don't plan now, you may miss the best opportunity.

Because once Facebook opens nationwide registration in China, it will usher in explosive growth and will instantly become one of the giants.

Jiayuan.com will also be listed in the market in a short time.

By that time, everyone will be staring at you.

You are so eye-catching and successful, people will copy you.

Once you lose the initiative, it becomes very difficult to catch up.

"You mean, let me be responsible for the East Asian market? How much can you give?" Lucas asked.

Lin Xiao: "The first year's funding should be 20 million US dollars."

"Of course, this kind of thing cannot be done alone. It requires the cooperation and help of international capital, so there will be more money by then."

Lucas stared at Lin Xiao in astonishment: "Facebook doesn't make any money in China. Where... do you get so much money?"

Just kidding.

Next year will be the year when Lightning Group's profits explode.

The ringtone hit, which took two years to plan, made a huge profit.

As for If You Are the One, the ratings are booming and the advertising fees will continue to rise.

There are also "The Brain" and "China's Got Talent" being planned.

As long as the ratings are as hot as the title suggests, it will be a cash cow.

In another two years, the easy money from ringtones will come to an end.

The bigger cash cow, online gaming is ripe.

"Lucas, your parent company has no future. They only focus on mobile SP without any substantial support. It's not even short-sighted, but short-sighted."

"Come to my side and become the Asian president of Lightning Group. In the next few years, you will become a big shot who can call the wind and rain. The capital and power in your hands may be worth billions of dollars."

Lucas' heart was pounding.

"Let me think about it, let me think about it."

………………

Lightning Entertainment booked Shanghai Grand Cinema for a day as a preview.

Ning Hao seemed very nervous, even uneasy.

This kind of anxiety has not been seen on his face for a long time.

"Why?" Lin Xiao asked, "Do you think it's not good enough?"

Ning Hao nodded and said, "Yes!"

Deep down, he still admires art, and the people who came to attend the preview this time are very big names.

So, he felt a little inferior and thought that this movie was not good enough.

If it was a work like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", he would feel it was something he could show off.

Lin Xiao said: "The reason for your uneasiness is mostly due to Jiang Wen, and Jia Zhanke? And the president of Columbia Productions?"

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

Ning Hao nodded.

Lin Xiao: "Ignore them, just pretend they don't exist."

"Let me ask you, if the audience of your movie is only ordinary people, will you still feel uneasy? Will you have confidence?"

Ning Hao: "Yes, I am very confident."

Lin Xiao: "That's it, as if they don't exist."

"In a sense, they are even the antonym of box office."

………………

Around five in the evening.

Outside the Grandview Cinema, many media came one after another, including those from newspapers, websites, and TV stations.

Lightning Entertainment did not notify any media, but they were very resourceful and somehow smelled the wind and arrived at the scene early.

When Lin Xiao appeared, many media swarmed over.

"Master Ergou, are you planning to hold a premiere for this movie?"

Lin Xiao: "I don't plan to, because our movie is not a big movie, it's just a medium-sized movie."

"Master Ergou, is this movie going to compete head-on with Cell Phone during the Lunar New Year holiday?"

Lin Xiao: "I think our film market is big enough. The Lunar New Year period is enough to accommodate more than two good films. And giving audiences more choices is also a good thing."

"Master Ergou, will you attend the premiere of Cell Phone? What is your opinion of this film?"

Lin Xiao: "I haven't seen it, so I can't judge."

By the time Jia Zhanke appeared, the media was already somewhat excited, but he did not accept any interviews. He simply waved and went into the cinema.

When Jiang Wen appeared, the media were completely shocked and all rushed to the scene.

"Can you wait until I finish watching the movie before interviewing you?"

"I haven't even watched the movie yet, so there's nothing much to say."

"If I have to say anything, I can only say that I am very much looking forward to Brother Ergou's work."

Then he also entered the cinema.

Mr. Yu from Bona Film Group showed up with a group of people, and many cinema managers also showed up, chatting and laughing with each other.

"Although I haven't seen it yet, I firmly believe that I will be very surprised." President Yu hugged and shook hands with Lin Xiao enthusiastically.

The last person to arrive was the boss of Columbia Asia, Amy Paschal.

This is a typical white woman, and in the future she even became the co-chairman of Sony Pictures.

Amy Pascal shook hands with Lin Xiao reservedly. Her attitude was not very friendly, but not cold either.

"Your judgment on Heroes of Heaven and Earth is very accurate."

"Also, I am also a reader of The Graveyard Book, but most of the time, I didn't know you were its author. It was my colleague who told me that you were the same person. It was a great surprise. The book is very well written. I read it almost twice."

"Whether it's me personally, Columbia or Sony Pictures, we all pay close attention to the Asian market, especially the cooperation in the Northeast Asian film market, so I'm very presumptuous to attend your preview, and I hope it won't cause you any trouble."

Lin Xiao: "Very welcome, ma'am. Columbia has made a huge contribution to the development of Asian films. Your work is of great significance."

The conversation between the two sides was very superficial.

But there is no doubt that this lady must have come here with a purpose, otherwise she would not have set aside a few hours to watch this movie given her high position and busy schedule.

Her visit was obviously of testing significance.

………………

Inside the theater! Nearly half of the hundreds of seats were already occupied.

Many of them are from various cinema chains, and most of them were invited by Bona President Yu.

Li Shuang speaks good English and gave a very brief introduction to the entire movie before it was screened.

He gave brief speeches in Chinese and English respectively.

Then……

The movie officially started! Lin Xiao put aside all his emotions and focused on watching the movie.

Although he participated in the entire editing process, he was not only familiar with many of the clips in it, but he could recite them by heart.

But except Lin Xiao and Ning Hao, no one else has seen it.

Including actors Huang Bo, Jiang Li'er and others.

Even though I can recite it backwards, but... this is a characteristic of good movies.

That is, even though I have watched it many times, I can still keep watching it.

Just watch it for a while and you will be completely immersed in the story.

really……

The movie had just started and we were already laughing.

The movie was already exciting when it reached half an hour.

And in this version, the knife skills are really more precise.

The chemical reaction becomes even more intense.

There is a hilarious laugh almost every few minutes.

It is said that this movie draws inspiration from "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", which is true.

However, Lin Xiao has watched all of Guy Ritchie's movies many times.

"Crazy Stone" is much better than "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" in terms of structure.

And the climax is much more interesting.

Even the characters are much more three-dimensional and rich.

And this complexity is just right, not over the top.

By the time it came to "Crazy Racing", the style was more artificial and deliberate.

"Crazy Stone" has a natural feeling.

Li Shuang, who was standing next to her, couldn't stop laughing.

"No, no."

"stomachache……"

She almost instinctively grabbed Lin Xiao's hand and wanted to rub her belly, but suddenly realized that this was a preview, not a private date for the two of them to watch a movie.

In my previous life, the Douban score of "Crazy Stone" was 8.6 points.

Regardless of whether this score is authoritative, if based on this, Lin Xiao feels that this version should be about 0.2 points higher.

Mr. Yu from Bona Film Group and the people he brought with him.

I was already very, very surprised when I watched less than half of it.

It's really beautiful! It's really funny.

It’s really natural.

I originally thought that grassroots directors and grassroots actors would be very immature.

But I didn't expect it to be so mature? Whether it's the lines, the shots, or the performances.

At least until now, they are all very, very good.

It's really unexpected.

However, they were secretly worried.

The structure of this script seems a bit complicated. Although multi-line narratives are easy to amaze people, they are also the most difficult to conclude.

According to most movies with multiple narrative lines, the ending is particularly anticlimactic.

This is not just a question of the screenwriter's personal ability, but more importantly, the point of fit.

In fact, the upper limit of the script's story has already been determined the moment the idea is conceived.

If this gimmick, this point of fit is not clever enough, then even the most talented screenwriter can only come up with a mediocre script.

Domestic films in recent years are more accustomed to single-line narratives.

The requirements for multi-line narrative on screenwriters are really too high.

With this concern, theater managers and professional staff continued to wait and see.

At 50 minutes, no problem.

At 70 minutes, there were no problems, but it was even more of a surprise.

At 90 minutes, there were even more surprises.

At 100 minutes, it started to wrap up.

109 minutes! (About three minutes longer than historically) The movie ends!

When they saw the international thief Mike crawling out of the ground and looking at Huang Bo in surprise.

First big surprise!

When Mike killed the real estate owner, he took out his business card and called his employer to tell him that the mission was accomplished.

The phone rang suddenly, he was startled and hung up quickly.

I dialed the second time, then picked up the phone to answer it, with the phone in one hand and the phone in the other, and I heard my own voice.

"I'll give you a lung..."

The second big surprise.

Of course, there are many similar surprises.

Stunning shots and humorous clips are endless.

This ending is almost perfect! Although...

In the end, the protagonist Bao Shihong was rewarded, and his prostatitis was cured, so he could urinate smoothly. This ending can only be said to be very good, but not excellent.

Because the male protagonist is not particularly likable, he is just a servant of the plot.

However, in the end, Blackie is finally able to break free from the control of his boss, David, and take out a hammer to rob, even though it's just a piece of bread, and then ends with a scene where he is chased by the bakery owner on a motorcycle.

That’s quite clever!

Although, this ending is still not extremely good.

But...with the existing structure, it is already a perfect ending.

“Awesome!”

"nice!"

“The degree of completion is extremely high.”

"The structure of the script is amazing. It is not a classic three-part structure, but a network structure. It is so difficult, but it does not collapse. It can give people surprises from beginning to end. It is amazing!"

"It's truly worthy of being the work of Master Ergou."

When the movie is over, the lights come on!

Mr. Yu from Bona Film Group took the lead in applauding, and his staff and some theater staff also followed suit.

Everyone at Lightning Entertainment applauded even more enthusiastically.

“It looks great, very great!”

Huang Bo excitedly said to Lin Xiao: "Master, this is my first time watching it too. I really didn't expect it to be so good. Your script is really amazing."

"I wasn't very good at acting, but this script allowed me to give full play to my abilities."

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "You acted very well, you are the most outstanding one among them."

Heipi held Lin Xiao's hands tightly with both hands, bent down and bowed, saying: "Thank you for your cultivation, Master, and thank you for your cultivation, Director Ning."

Mr. Yu from Bona Film Group came up to Lin Xiao and said, "Mr. Lin, I had very high expectations for this movie, but I didn't expect it to be even better than I thought. It's a huge surprise!"

The vice president next to him said, "This is the most interesting movie I have seen in recent years. It is so good."

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Note: I finally finished writing. I'm going to eat noodles! I'm leaving for Shanghai early tomorrow morning. I'll write on the high-speed train and won't stop writing.

My benefactor, if you still have monthly tickets, please vote for cakes! I bow to you and thank you. Long live the benefactor.

(End of this chapter)