Chapter 57： It's just the basic operation of harvesting the IQ tax.

"Today your first movie is going to be released. Boss, won't you go watch it?"

Found Xu Ang, who was sweating on the training ground. Hendry was surprised by his boss's indifference to his first movie.

"Why should I watch it?" Xu Ang asked back, "I don't know what the movie I made myself is about, so I have to go to the theater to watch it again? I might as well run a few more times when I have time. The feeling of sweating makes me feel good. ."

You spent so much effort to build momentum on the Internet before, in order to arouse the curiosity of the audience and let them enter the theater, you don't want to see the effect?

Hendry muttered in his heart, but the words in his mouth were: "The film critics are not friendly to us."

"Film critics?"

My movie hasn't been released yet, and I have to wait until midnight today. You told me that the film critics were not friendly to me. Where did the unfriendlyness come from?

Xu Ang felt very strange.

"We didn't have a premiere."

500 films in North America did not hold their premieres, which really offended many people. The reason is actually quite simple.

"If the premiere is not held, no film critics and media reporters will be invited. If they haven't seen the premiere, and haven't seen the movie before the audience, they will not be able to comment on the movie, nor will they be able to write a review for the audience to recognize. movie review."

This is their business, what does it have to do with me?

While wiping away sweat, Xu Ang asked Hendry, "And then?"

"Many people have to rely on this to live a decent life."

Hendry explained the key in one sentence, just two words—interest.

Do you invite film critics and media reporters to pay for the carriage?

The person accepts your invitation to come, do you want to give a gift?

You want people to go back and write movie reviews for you, write positive reports for you, and let more audiences enter the theater for your movie. Will you be paid for labor?

You Xu Ang didn't even hold the premiere. What are you eating? Are you going to drink the northwest wind?

Many people have heard that Xu Ang, a Chinese native, first poured five million dollars for the opening of 500 paintings in North America. For such a foolish Chinese with a lot of money, many people sharpen their knives and prepare to bite hard.

In the end, Xu Ang didn't even give them a chance, so why didn't they let these people jump.

Those people who didn't get the benefits held him back.

Xu Ang smiled disdainfully: "This is a bit interesting."

Xu Ang didn't care about the grudges of these people. If Hendry didn't mention this, he almost forgot that there were film critics.

It is true that before the outbreak of the Internet age, film critics did have a great influence on the box office of a movie. Many film directors hated these "vampires lying on the body of the movie" in their mouths, but they couldn't. Food and drink are not good for them.

But that was before the advent of the Internet age, and after that, the role of film critics was weakened to half.

Unfortunately, the reason why "Blair Witch" was rated as groundbreaking outside of movies is precisely because it opened the door to the Internet age for the film and television industry and opened the prelude to a new era in the film and television industry.

What's even more unfortunate is that Xu Ang's series of operations from later generations made this power even more violent, but the people who are in it now have not realized it.

"I don't know the true face of Mount Lu, only because I am in this mountain."

Hendry: "What?"

"It's nothing, Hendry. I don't care about the attitude of the film critics. I came to the United States to make money, not to satisfy the greed of some people, nor to serve some uncles."

Xu Ang behaved very calmly, but what he said brought Hendry the completely opposite feeling.

"The world is always changing, and the rise of a new thing is often at the expense of the demise of an old thing. Hendry, let's make a bet that when the results of "Blair Witch" come out, people will suddenly find that the original The power of the Internet is so powerful, so powerful that it eclipses the current world of film critics.”

Take Xu Ang's bet?

Hendry shook his head decisively: "No gambling."

He is a professional in law, and film and television is not his forte. As a shrewd lawyer, Hendry will do his best to avoid confrontation in unfamiliar territory, which is not a smart person's choice.

"Don't want to hear my bet?"

"Maybe you'll change your mind."

Facing Xu Ang's temptation, Hendry continued to shake his head: "I don't want to."

"All right."

Xu Ang shrugged, expressing regret.

"Jiang Wu bet with me, I'm waiting for his handstand dance."

Hendry blinked, this can indeed be expected.

It's just that he still has a question in his mind. This question is: Can the box office of "Blair Witch" really be a big hit?

The question mark in this question was removed early the next morning - "Blair Witch" was a real hit at the box office.

"There are 500 paintings in North America, and it's still a midnight show, and the attendance rate is as high as 80%!"

"Am I crazy or is the audience crazy?"

Hendry could hardly believe his ears, and even his eyes began to doubt.

It's unbelievable how so many people can pay for a movie of the quality of Blair Witch.

North American audience, my dear compatriots in Hendry, what about your IQ?

If the audience who walked into the theater on the first day were influenced by the story that Xu Ang spread on the Internet, and they belonged to those who were bewitched by rumors on the Internet, why would the theater be full the next day?

The popular results of "Blair Witch" made the theater owners join in one after another, UU reading www.uukanshu. com also asked those theater owners who did not release the film to contact Peak Studios in a hurry, and many people even called Hendry.

Of course, these latecomers naturally do not need Xu Ang to pay extra.

"Boss, because we are a midnight show and the ticket price is not high, the box office on the first day was 23 million, but on the second day it exceeded 30 million, and the daily box office ranking also soared to the first place, becoming a veritable dark horse. . The theater opening today has increased to 2,000, and the box office will absolutely explode, almost booking the number one for the week."

Hendry was very excited. When he came to see Xu Ang with the report, there was excitement on his face that could not be concealed.

According to this box office calculation, it is a certainty that "Blair Witch" will exceed 100 million at the box office. And this year's North American film market has only single-digit box office hits of over 100 million. That is to say, if there are not several blockbusters in the remaining two months of this year, "Blair Witch" can become the top box office of this year's movies. Eleven.

My own boss is really amazing. He just took a shot casually, and then made a fierce operation on the Internet, so that a film that even elementary school students can make has become a hit in the North American film market this month. , Hendry was astonished.

It's incredible how the boss's brain grows.

So, that's why he's a billionaire and I can only work for him?

Hendry couldn't help thinking of what Xu Ang said to him: "As long as you can boldly underestimate the IQ of the American people, you can create miracles."

Xu Ang pouted: "Where is this? It's just the basic operation to harvest the IQ tax. It won't be too late to be shocked when Toy Story is released."