Chapter 100 Erdao Merchant and the MV broadcast
The founder of IMDb is coming?
Although Roland had already set his mind on the other party, he did not expect that in this era when the Internet of Everything is not as strong as that of later generations, that movie fanatic would turn the chance of meeting his idol into a reality within half a year. make reality.
Hewlett-Packard's researcher in the UK, instead of staying in the research room to think about the project, come to the Silicon Valley headquarters instead to study on a business trip?
Not to mention that the research directions of the various branches of the technology company are not the same, it is a bit of a coincidence just because of this timing, right?
Mohamy, who is immersed in making games, may not pay attention to the outside entertainment news, but Roland knows the recent news in the circle clearly. "Captain Hook" will be released in December, and it will be released in various giants. With the support of Sony, it is natural for Sony to hold a premiere ceremony for the entire movie, but without announcing the specific date, IMDb founder Cole Needham directly put The whole of December is set aside?
This is not to tell them clearly that I have time in December, and if I have the opportunity, I can be there!
Look at my sincere eyes, send me an invitation now!
How is this behavior different from directly revealing cards in Doudizhu?
If you go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, if the uncle and aunt don't give him a super double, then I will be sorry for him!
However, although he was deeply surprised, Roland smiled and agreed.
"No problem, "Captain Hook" premieres in December, I will get him a ticket then, hey, are you coming?"
"We..." Mohamy glanced around, because he was pulling Roland aside to talk, so the brothers in the company didn't know what they were thinking about in this corner, "If you give the ticket, Of course we'd like to go."
"Just as if the company had an early annual meeting and a holiday."
The affirmative answer made Roland clap his hands, and when he invited them to watch a movie, he didn't forget to ask this guy to say something to the other party, "Didn't you say before that Cole used to play games too?" Well?"
"You ask him to bring over his previous works."
"What's the point of meeting and chatting with Steven!"
"Since everyone likes games, let's sit down and play slowly."
When Roland said this, Mohamy, who was listening, kept nodding.
Since the last time he communicated with Spielberg, he discovered that that guy really likes to play.
Let Cole Needham come over with his masterpiece, maybe it can directly enhance everyone's feelings.
Unlike Mohamy who deeply agreed, Roland, who stopped talking, found a strange problem.
Steven Spielberg, who likes to play games — made it.
Steve Jobs who made his debut as a game-successful.
Cole Needham, who relied on games to accumulate movie viewing funds—successful.
Mike Mohamy, who rejected offers from major companies to make his own games—successful.
Trip Hawkins, who accumulated capital at Apple and switched to making games—successful.
Gabe Newell, who left Microsoft to work on games—successful.
Tsk tsk tsk, it seems that you are still a gamer!
No way, who let the money of the fat house and the brat be so easy to cheat?
...
Invited all Silicon and Synapse companies to have a meal, to celebrate the grand opening of their game, and wish their new game can be successfully developed and launched. After the sales hit, the time quietly came to September.
With eight weeks of continuous screenings, "Terminator 2", which occupied the summer file, finally receded.
Although it will continue to schedule films in rural theaters in remote towns, and show them in car theaters in various places, the theaters in major cities have all lowered the schedule in accordance with the requirements of the North American Theater Alliance. It hits the midnight slots and entertains the mentally weary and thrill-seeking guys.
According to the past, a box office movie like "Terminator 2" would not receive such treatment at all. Just like "Home Alone", it is very reasonable to postpone it for a few months to half a year, but who would let it go? It was too ostentatious before?
Since you have enjoyed the entire summer vacation, don’t go to other schedules!
Because of this, when the number of film schedules gradually decreased, on September 3rd, cassettes of "Terminator 2" appeared in major video rental stores in North America. Not only that, but also the advertisements shot by T-1000 on major TV stations.
Those guys who want to watch movies but are not satisfied because of their age seem to have won a gluttonous feast.
All kinds of weird and varied rental methods emerge in endlessly.
Many second-rate dealers who bought rental videotapes illegally by helping others seem to have seen great business opportunities. The courageous guys even bought a batch of cassettes directly in the rental shop, and then sold them at the school gate.
Their target group is all those fifteen or sixteen-year-olds who have money in their pockets, but cannot enter the theater due to family reasons, and when they are in school, they listen to classmates talking about the content of the film, but they are out of place because they have no common language. students.
啊 Selling cassettes at the entrance of a school that is not high enough but not low enough is much better than working part-time to earn money. As for what kind of **** school and excellent high school? These are not within the scope of their sales!
The former gathered a lot of low-level people.
Want to do business seriously in a chaotic gathering place of all colors and ethnicities?
IC, IP, IQ card, all tell me the password!
And the latter—
Do you expect to sell movie cassettes at the gates of those noble schools?
Wearing a raincoat to cover your face, knocking on the door of a luxury car with your hand?
Believe it or not, before those drivers call the police, the school security guards standing guard and patrolling can beat you out of the shit?
‘Boss, do you want a disc? '
You enter the game and say this!
Of course, no matter how the cassettes are sold, no matter how many illegal things these second-class dealers have done, the real sales volume is still very eye-catching in the industry-8 million sold in a month, and the rental income is still two Ten million, considering that theaters in various places still have films scheduled, this figure is still very good.
However, the popularity of a movie is at most a hundred days.
No matter how spoofed "The Murder Case Caused by a Steamed Bun", it just made "The Promise" be scolded for half a year, and - "Chasing Dreams, Chasing Dreams, Chasing Dreams" How many people are still talking about this movie?
Let alone Baofengyingyin.
How many people who have used it know that it is dead?
In the era when the Internet is prevalent, topics change rapidly, and at the moment when traditional media still have enough power, three months is enough to make a popular topic gradually die down, let alone—
When the days gradually entered October, a traffic bigger than Roland + Schwarzenegger + Cameron appeared.
As a song in response to skin color issues, when the song title and premiere time were announced, fans of the King of Pop were immediately blown away!
Even if there is no Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram now, Roland, who is at home with a baby, can still feel the attention that overflows the dimension.
When I went shopping with Aunt Ganetti, there were MJ music posters at the entrances of major shopping malls;
When driving past those public facilities, the corner billboards were all covered by epic records;
Not only that, even outside the buildings in the CBD, there are mosaic images of MJ. This kind of overwhelming publicity made Roland gasp.
If it is said that the Nike emperor will come to Los Angeles in the future, people's enthusiasm for welcoming him has reached eight.
The current treatment of MJ is a real top ten!
Don't say that Roland has hallucinations of advertising, because he has personally experienced all of this!
When I went to the comic book store in the villa area to buy comics for James, the boss who knew Roland would ask—
"Oh! Roland! MJ's single MV premiered on the 11th? I heard that you also participated in the recording of the MV. How about it? Tell us about it? Talk about the MV? Talk about the single? Talk about him ?”
Pushing a baby stroller and taking Elizabeth for a walk in the park in the villa area, the local neighbors would ask—
"Wow, Roland, didn't you participate in MJ's new song promotion? It was said in the news that you participated in the MV recording of "blackorwhite", I thought you had left with the group..."
Even the technician who came to Roland’s house to mow the garden lawn would ask—
"Hey, Roland! What's going on with MJ? Since you recorded an MV with him, you should know something about it, right?"
If the guys living here in Sherman-Osk are all looking forward to the nearby Universal Studios, it is normal to care about MJ, but when David also looked at Roland at the table curiously, asking about the MV promotional arrangements When Roland was really—
I can't laugh or cry.
Excuse me, what is the name of an international superstar? (Tactical back
If it is said that the love of the children made "Home Alone" enter the 500 million hall, if it is said that the love of the children made the three-day ten million become a reality, and if the concern of the children made Roland "no privacy", then—
Put it together with MJ, Roland's previous encounters, that is simply a younger brother.
During Chinese New Year, surrounded by fans at the airport?
During a party, you got raped by an old classmate?
When it was released, was it the most beautiful boy in America?
That's right, Roland is indeed very popular now, especially with the blessing of the two movies "Home Alone" and "Terminator 2", he has been able to shake Macaulay Culkin from his previous life so much that he can't even look at the tail lights It's gone, but if you put him and MJ together, the whole world will feel that the current Roland is in the light of MJ.
That's MJ's MV!
Rubbing in will gain exposure!
Not only that, when "blackorwhite" was hyped, many people also discovered a problem.
Since September last year, Roland seems to have been active in the news!
In September 1990, the red carpet of "Goodfellas" was Roland's first meeting with the media; in November, "Home Alone" brought him to the world; in January this year, the awkward dance at the Golden Globes boosted the box office Growth; in July, "Terminator 2" made the R-rated movie a movie target for children; and this October-MJ's MJ will also have him...
The next December, "Captain Hook" will be released again...
What the **** is he doing!
If Roland's current exposure rate is measured by the Internet feedback standard of one headline a day and one earthquake every three days in the later generations, it is definitely not enough, but the problem is that now is not the era when everyone has a mobile phone!
Many actors don’t make headlines once a year!
And what about Roland?
It’s like buying a house on Toutiao!
The point is that all the news is either a work promotion or a positive report. The editors who write the articles are all talented, and the anchors who broadcast the news have a nice voice. Under such circumstances, anyone would like to stay on top!
Of course, no matter how jealous these guys are, there is no way to change the fact that Roland spent a whole year using the headlines.
However, there is one thing that makes them deeply gratified...
When "blackorwhite" was first broadcast, they watched the MV on the radio and found that Roland's proportion in the MV was very, very small, except for the fragment at the beginning that implied that modern white parents did not want their children to listen to black singers' songs. There are no other singing and dancing sessions at all, and all the scenes are related to MJ.
These guys thought that Roland, who can play, sing, and dance to death, can get mixed up in chorus, group dance, guitar strumming and other plots by virtue of the relationship between the Jewish gang and MJ, but now—
MJ still loves music?
However, if they learned that MJ and the epic records behind him had already written a script for Roland, but after being killed by Spielberg, then these guys would probably find a piece of tofu to kill him directly!
While other people are fighting for positions, tearing up resources, and stepping on peers, this kid Roland can actually pick and choose plots in MJ's MV? What's really special is that people are more popular than people!
However, even if the filming plot is not changed, the focus of Michael Jackson's MV will never be Roland.
On the day of the premiere, when 500 million people watched the MV at the same time, with the appearance of Roland, titles such as "Home Alone" and "Terminator 2" popped up in the audience's minds, even if some people had never watched the movie , will also be attracted by the surprised words of the companions around him, but when the feature film begins, the lyrics attacking racial issues and MJ's unique dance become the main course of the table.
It is no exaggeration to say that compared with the impact of racial issues and MJ, Roland's sense of existence in the opening paragraph is extremely small to the audience. However, in the writing of those media reporters and editors, everything, But it's different.
"The opening title of "blackorwhite", the appearance of the famous child star Roland Allen, implies that Michael is dissatisfied with the current status quo. Many young people like his songs, but because of their parents' racial thinking, their love becomes disgusting for adults. This kind of behavior is disgusting; just like Michael's lyrics: 'I firmly believe that everyone is equal, whether you are right or wrong can't change this truth', parents should not use rude methods to deprive their children of interest , everyone is an equal individual, no one can impose their own ideas and wishes on others..."
"'MylifebeingacolorDon\'ttellmeyouagreewithme'! This is the coolest lyric in the whole song! MJ gave his powerful response! He has never lived for a certain color in his life! And the appearance of Roland Allen , and also made the race in the whole MV present a delicate balance. I really admire Roland for having the courage to appear in front of the camera. If he were replaced by another actor, he might have rejected it long ago! In reality, he is as brave as in the movie !"
After seeing the overwhelming broadcast script, Roland's face was filled with a helpless smile.
He is brave?
Why doesn't he know?
To be honest, at that time, he actually accepted the project because of Francis's face.
And after learning that the leader of the MV is MJ, in his heart, he only wants to rub the heat...
You know, this is 500 million instantaneous traffic in 1991!
The number of viewers of MJ's MV is much more reliable than the popularity of stinky fish and rotten teeth!
From the beginning to the end, Roland didn't think of taking the place away.
For him, as long as 10% of the audience is curious about his appearance, then he will earn money!
After all, MJ's fan base and Roland's fan base don't overlap!
Note: ①The founder of IMDb, Cole Needham, is not a good job owner. Due to the introduction policy of the United Kingdom, he often flies to the United States to watch uncensored movies, such as the banned "A Clockwork Orange". I went to America once just to see this movie. ②About copying of videotapes, theaters can’t control when it’s on the market. Even if your movie is in theaters, you can also sell copies at the same time, just like this year’s old Martin’s "The Irishman", Netflix spent money to pull the line Online subscription and offline release are just to meet the screening time requirements for the Olympic Games, but at the same time, the number of films scheduled by the theaters will not be signed with the distribution company for fixed screens. This number is also controlled by the theaters themselves, so in the article However, there is no problem in selling copies of "Terminator 2" before it is fully released. ③The number of simultaneous viewers of the MV "Black and White" is 500 million. No official dares to stand up and verify this number, just like the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry cannot count the sales of each singer's records, because records and The number of fans is counted differently in different places, including albums and records, which can be counted in two figures, and all are reported by the sales association itself. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry only adds data to each region. That's all, so don't get entangled with me that 500 million in 1991 is impossible, because in the data I found, it was all 'estimated to be 500 million'.
(end of this chapter)