America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM

Chapter 193 192. The power of tap water breaks the record again

"Choosing the midnight show of "Transformers" is definitely one of the best decisions I've made this year. It's more exciting than you can imagine.

"I really wanted to tell you the plot, but I know I'm going to get slapped for spoilers, so all I can say is it's awesome and everyone should see it!"

A Facebook user nicknamed "Florence Doesn't Snow" posted a post with a photo of a "Transformers" movie ticket.

As a veteran Facebook user, he has been using the software since its launch and loves it extremely much.

Especially after myspace was launched, he also created an account, but after experiencing it, he found that the users on it were too insatiable and confused.

The situation of pornographic jokes and soft porn is very serious, and all the energetic guys and girls are trying to attract attention by exposing themselves.

The posts posted by these people often contain content about race, showing off wealth, promiscuity, etc. that may look cool but is actually disgusting.

Moreover, when he wants to enter someone else's homepage, the loading time often exceeds ten seconds, and after entering, he is often blinded by the colorful homepage of the other party.

It would be okay if there was only one large-scale social software called MySpace on the market, and I had no choice.

But after experiencing the efficiency, convenience and simplicity of Facebook, which can hardly take more than three seconds to open anyone’s homepage, the contrast between the two is too obvious.

Moreover, soft porn is not really pornographic, and the key parts are still covered. After watching it for a few days, he felt tired, so he returned to Facebook.

After long-term operation, it has accumulated nearly 300,000 followers, and is considered a relatively famous Internet celebrity.

However, Facebook has not yet enabled revenue functions such as advertising, so currently it is mainly for spiritual enjoyment, but it also makes many people enjoy it.

Not long after Florence Will Not Snow posted the update, the number of likes exceeded 1,000, and there were many comments below.

Fish that Loves Diving: "I just finished watching "Transformers" this morning. I very much agree with your point of view. It is really an excellent and sincere work."

"Originally, my expectation was 70 points. After all, there is only a one-year production period, so passing the test is enough."

"But I really underestimated Eric Cooper. Officially he is only 23 years old, 2 years younger than me, but he did a great job!"

"Explosions, collisions, conflicts, beauties, fancy cars, wars, everything you want is there. I am willing to give "Transformers" 90 points."

Tinder Matrix: "Also just walked out of the theater and I must say it really fulfilled my Transformers fantasy."

"Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, Starscream, Vertigo."

"Just like the trailer, each Transformer has a vivid and unique appearance and scene."

"The extremely hot action scenes and war scenes are far more exciting than the trailer. The movie is fully worthy of five stars."

"It's just that there is a hint of sadness in it, especially when those soldiers sacrificed themselves to launch a fearless attack on the Decepticons, I was moved."

"Maybe my tears were low, but I was really moved by these plots."

"My nickname was originally The Curse of the Black Pearl, but it was just changed. I admit that I rebelled, but I have no regrets."

Some people praised the high quality of the movie because they went for Transformers, while others praised the actors because they went for the handsome guys and girls.

A user with the nickname "Hai's Daughter" posted a post with a poster showing Chris Evans, Gadot and Ryan Reynolds.

"As a woman, I am not a fan of Transformers. I grew up with Barbie dolls."

"But there are really no good works in the cinema now. I watched "Happy Death Day" some time ago and also watched "Sharknado."

“I had a good impression of Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds, so my boyfriend took me to watch Transformers.”

"Although the confrontation between those big guys is very good, the one that attracts me the most is Gal Gadot. She is really beautiful and heroic."

“Her performance in ‘Transformers’ was completely different from ‘Happy Death Day,’ which made her look like a bitch and the girl next door.”

"The former fully demonstrates her sexiness and strength. Looking at her covered in dirt and scars while fighting bravely, you will say it is simply too cool."

"If I were a man, I would fall in love with her."

"Ryan Reynolds also subverted my imagination. He was a complete idiot in "Sharknado", but here he transformed into the toughest and bravest warrior."

"Although he doesn't have as much screen time as Sam, I always feel that Captain William is the real leading actor. I wonder if you feel the same as me?"

Seeing that Facebook users had such a strong desire to share, Eric immediately assigned Fitz a task to promote an official event.

Publish event tweets directly to all users. As long as you post about watching "Transformers", the background will capture all users.

After one week, 500 people will be randomly selected from all participating users, and each person will receive 10 tickets for free.

Users can dispose of these tickets at will, view them themselves, give them to friends and family, or sell them.

It's been proven time and time again that when your movie is good enough, people will spontaneously follow it.

And when the movie itself has adopted a strong publicity campaign and its quality is worthy of its publicity, people will be more willing to tell others about it.

However, if the quality is not up to the scale of your promotion, it is likely to cause backlash and the audience will develop a rebellious mentality.

"Transformers" obviously belongs to the former. It can wear the crown and be worthy of the throne.

So in addition to many Facebook users spontaneously promoting it, many users of my rival Myspace are also helping to promote it, as well as portals, major forums, blogs, chat rooms, movie websites, etc.

Outside of the United States, the same scene is seen in other countries where it was released simultaneously.

In Japan, on the streets of Shibuya, Tokyo, Yoshikawa walked out of the cinema alone with a complicated expression.

As an office worker in his thirties, he has never been in the mood to watch movies since Japan's economic bubble burst and entered a lost era.

I am overwhelmed by the heavy workload every day. I have to bow my head and work hard at the company, and when I get home, I have to face the expressions of my wife and children because of financial constraints. Dignity seems to have become a luxury product.

When dreaming back at midnight, he often dreams about his childhood. At that time, he was still in elementary school and middle school, and Japan's economy was still in its golden age. It was said that if you sell Tokyo, you can buy the United States.

His father, brother and mother will accompany him, and everyone will watch their favorite cartoon "Transformers" together. That feeling is called happiness.

After standing blankly at the door of the cinema for a while, Yoshikawa finally walked to a public phone booth and dropped a coin.

"Moxi Moxi. This is the Yoshikawa family. Who are you?"

"Ogasan, it's me."

"Erlang? What's wrong with your voice? It sounds strange."

"It's nothing. By the way, a movie just came out recently. Why don't we go watch it together? I'll take Xiaoyu and Ryoma, and you will take your mother and your brother's family."

"Watching a movie? But your mother and I are both over 60 years old and have no interest in it anymore. What happened to you today? What happened?"

"No Ogasang, I just suddenly remembered the scene when I was a kid, it was snowing outside and the cold wind was blowing, our family happily gathered around the stove, and you watched cartoons with me."

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment, and then he replied softly: "Understood, let's go watch it together. It just so happens that your mother and I haven't been to a movie theater for a long time."

"Thank you, Ogasan!"

China, Yanjing.

When Zhang Chu, a college student, returned home, he turned on the computer on his desk and logged into the commonly used Xici Hutong.

More than half an hour later, a post titled "Transformers, That Was My Childhood" appeared, recording a childhood dream in simple words.

"I can't remember what grade of elementary school I was in. It might have been fourth or fifth grade."

"Every day after school, I would stay in front of the TV on time, waiting for Calabash Baby, Black Cat Sheriff, and Ikkyu Little Monk to appear."

"But then they all disappeared. Sheriff Black Cat stayed behind and disappeared without a trace."

"And on Friday afternoon, I sat on the bench and turned on the TV as promised. What appeared this time was a new image that I had never seen before."

"The imaginative robots and the gorgeous transformation actions made me unforgettable the first time I saw it. It is "Transformers"."

"Since then, many of my classmates and friends and I have new topics and hobbies."

"I still remember that we would run outside the classroom to play role-playing games during recess, but because of my small stature, I was always assigned to the Decepticon camp, and they wouldn't let me be Megatron or even Starscream. It’s not my turn, it would be nice if I could catch Sound Wave.”

"We will roll the book into a tube shape and use it as a cannon barrel, and then shout the powerful cannon with our mouths and fire it! Then we will have a lot of fun."

"One time I went to the home of little fat guy Zhou Xiaobing. His father was probably an official, so there were a lot of toys at home. It was at his house that I came into contact with real Transformers toys for the first time."

"He also taught me to use plasticine to shape Optimus Prime, but since I didn't have money to buy plasticine, I had to mix the clay myself after I got home and make khaki-colored dolls."

"Then the cartoon ended and we had no channel to watch new ones. We just heard that Optimus Prime and Megatron died together. When we heard the news, everyone was very angry and felt that their faith had collapsed."

"Later, as I grew up, Transformers slowly faded out of my sight."

"It wasn't until recently that news about Transformers in China suddenly came to life, and I didn't know that the live-action movie was about to be released."

"At that moment, my childhood memories seemed to come alive, so I walked into the cinema with my 9-year-old nephew."

"But my nephew was too young and couldn't understand many plots, so he asked me who this robot is? Who is that one?"

"Do you like it when I say don't worry about it?"

"The little nephew nodded and said he liked it very much. This kind of imaginative robot and gorgeous transformation actions are something he has never seen before. It is completely different from "Pokemon", "Duck Detective" and "The Adventures of Jackie Chan".

"As long as I like them, they are Transformers, my childhood, and I believe they will become your childhood too."

There were responses soon after the post was posted. Zhang Chu’s childhood was also the childhood of countless people.

Related discussions have also appeared on Sina's Yingxingtianxia, ​​Maopu, Tianya and other forums.

Even the two film and television enthusiast forums "Rear Window Movies" and "Movie Night Cruise", which have always claimed to be serious and serious, focusing on artistic films and academic values, have also seen a lot of discussions.

However, most of the members of these two forums are teachers and students from universities such as Nortel, China Theater, and Beiguang University, so discussing business is secondary, and more about studying the technical gaps in Chinese films.

UK, France, Germany, South Korea, Australia.

In just one day, "Transformers" has won praise from all over the world for its gorgeous special effects, cool transformations, shocking war scenes and celebration of human courage.

Eric read these reviews carefully, and it felt really wonderful to have the fruits of his labor recognized by everyone.

Of course not everyone is satisfied and there are some bad reviews.

For example, The Independent published a film review the next day. It was very efficient, but it was also very ill-intentioned. It was more or less against MGM with the idea of ​​driving away a group of viewers.

The title it published was "A stale work that disappoints anime fans."

"Yesterday I went to the cinema to watch the much-anticipated "Transformers". I can only say that the plot is old-fashioned and outdated. It is still a treasure hunt mode, where good and evil fight against each other."

"It would be fine if the plot is just old-fashioned, but the most important thing is that the movie does not restore the Transformers in the anime."

"Their appearance, weapons, and personalities. Except for Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, the other Transformers are like tool men who make up the numbers."

"A mechanical giant that can destroy planets at every turn can be blocked by human troops and hurt by human weapons. This situation is really not Transformers."

"So I advise those anime fans who want to see a true restoration to give up. You can't find any respect for the original work here."

"Everything is just a pile of boring special effects and the young director's self-fantasy."

The Independent's evaluation fully embodies that sentence, as long as they want to hack you, no matter how good they are, they will find ways to hack you.

Would anyone believe this kind of thing?

There will definitely be.

But do many people believe it?

The facts speak for themselves.

On November 18, "Transformers" took in $39.7 million at the box office, a drop of less than 12%.

On November 19th, word-of-mouth continued to ferment, especially among passers-by.

"Transformers" continued to take in $30.3 million at the box office, a 23.6% drop from the previous day.

For a movie's most important first three days of box office, "Transformers" finally took home $119 million.

It once again broke the record of $114 million held by "Spider-Man", leading by more than $5 million.

You must know that "Spider-Man" is released on a three-day weekend, a day off for students and office workers.

"Transformers" is released from Monday to Wednesday. Many people want to watch it but can't find the time. This gap is just like the summer schedule and the normal schedule. There is a big gap.

"Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi also expressed congratulations in an interview and claimed that next year's "Spider-Man 2" will bring the scene back.

But the public is not optimistic about this, because according to the rules, the sequels of most works are not as good as the first episode.

boom!

A salute sounded, and Eric waved his hand.

Turn on the heat, ramp up the promotion, and let’s keep racing!