China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 270 Viral Amway

After finishing the work at hand, Zhao Jianbo, founder and president of Station C, got up and walked out of the office. He saw Chen Hao, director of the video cloud technology department, still working overtime with several employees.

Zhao Jianbo walked over and asked, "How is it? What's going on when "Black Mirror" was premiered?"

For C Station, which has low copyrights for non-animation film and television dramas, it is still very important for film and television dramas like "Black Mirror" that are produced by well-known film and television companies and are highly anticipated by some viewers.

Zhao Jianbo has been busy promoting the IPO of Station C for the past six months. Since the end of 2015, he has been in the United States for several months. The procurement of "Black Mirror" is also under the responsibility of the vice president, and he just returned to China two days ago.

After returning to China, he was very busy. He worked during the day and had to hold meetings with the staff and legal service teams in the United States until midnight. In fact, he had never read all the works he purchased in Station C in the past six months.

Today is the first day of "Black Mirror" launch. Zhao Jianbo also watched some of the controversy about the drama online, saying that it was impossible not to worry. Although he was ready to become the second "Signal", he was still very concerned about the playback data.

Chen Hao blurted out while operating on the computer: "The data I just watched half an hour ago has an effective playback volume of 670,000... Now it has reached 820,000, and the growth rate is quite fast."

"This is not beyond our previous expectations." Zhao Jianbo said in a slightly disappointed tone.

"Black Mirror" is an original script after all, and there is no movie version or famous IP as a foundation. Although DreamWorks' signature is very bright, the 5-episode mini-unit drama really makes movie fans and audiences unable to raise too much expectations.

Everyone can understand science fiction, but fables are not easy to understand.

"Popular stars were forced to go to Wushan with pigs, and the mastermind was actually the general public, the real human nature..."

But there is no doubt that the big move played in the first episode of "Black Mirror" did indeed ignite the heat of public opinion. This kind of curious plot that is a bit ruining the three views is really very conducive to spreading, and is even more crazy than the Earth explosion meme of "Warship".

DreamWorks, the creator of high-quality domestic film and television dramas and the leader of future domestic animation, is a resource that cannot be lost on any video website, especially on C.

"The love, hate, and love between the popular young actor and the pig!"

Not only in terms of content, but also the response after the broadcast.

There are no grand scenes, no novel and cool science fiction settings, and even completely based on existing technology and modern scientific and technological civilization. Some extreme or absurd elements are added, thus achieving a wonderful chemical reaction and producing a shocking and thought-provoking story.

"Hmph..." Zhao Jianbo looked at his watch: "There is more than an hour left in the overseas video conference. I originally wanted to be confused for a while, forget it, just look at what gimmicks this "Black Mirror" has created."

"The playback volume must explode?" Zhao Jianbo got Chen Hao's meaning very openly: "Does it blow up the earth or the moon?"

Many marketing accounts even have short videos, pictures and animations posted by them.

Once you get infected, it will be difficult to quit.

For the same account to play the same video in one day, the number of times calculated per day is only three times a day, and it has to be played again at least three hours apart to calculate the number of views again.

Because in a sense, this kind of subject is really rare, and it can even be said that there were no films and TV series with similar forms and content in this area before.

Moreover, "Signal" has only the first two episodes of free plays exceeding tens of millions.

"Furious Amway "Black Mirror"! The story that the protagonist and the pig have to tell!"

Of course, the number of views is already very good. After all, it has only been less than two hours since the premiere, which means that there are still many DreamWorks fans waiting in front of the computer to wait for the broadcast.

In other words, DreamWorks still insists on not selling exclusive copyrights. In addition, the media and audiences are too conscientious about the drama and the unit drama model is a bit disappointed, which leads to some concerns on the Internet platforms and the price increase cannot be raised much exaggeratedly.

When Chen Hao heard the boss’ complaint, he couldn’t help but laugh and replied: “The people insisted on not selling exclusive copyrights, which is actually a preferential treatment for us.”

Therefore, whether it is C Station or Fantasy Penguin, the number of views of "Black Mirror" has increased explosively.

"Ha, I heard what you mean is another hit product?" Zhao Jianbo was aroused of curiosity, but he did not show too excited expressions, but instead smiled bitterly: "It seems that "Suspect Tracking" is not bleeding a lot... I said why did DreamWorks not give a correct word?"

"Is anyone watching "Black Mirror"? Someone and Zhu Jue were in the first episode!"

The story in the first episode even hit all social platforms more violently than the connotation of the thoughts and expressions it brought to the audience.

In terms of content, DreamWorks has actually said in some interviews that the series "Black Mirror" tells science fiction fables.

After watching the intercepted short videos or pictures, it is hard to resist the urge to watch the original film. Moreover, the original film is easy to find. Fantasy and Penguin videos are both on the homepage, and the first episode is still free to watch.

But DreamWorks' works are becoming more and more popular and are the most popular among young people. If Station C wants to explore the real-life film and television field of non-animation and attract non-animation fans to become active users, DreamWorks is a company that cannot be avoided.

Chen Hao kicked his feet, sat on the chair and slid against the table behind him, sighed, nodded with a tsk voice: "It's a bit beyond my imagination, completely different from "Signal", and there is no cool science fiction setting, but it's very... shocking, and the playback volume is absolutely explosive!"

No one knows better than him how many active users these film and television animation works in DreamWorks have attracted to Station C in the past year, and how many active users have stabilized after large-scale cleaning of infringing and pirated videos.

If this TV series has more than 20 episodes and is named "Signal II" or a suspense crime or detective drama of the same type as "Signal", the premiere data will definitely explode.

"Dreamworks is starting to make trouble again. Last time it was the Earth explosion, this time it was the X Pig!"

After the premiere of "The Super Warship of the Universe", it gained popularity because of "the earth exploded". The number of views then exploded. Since then, it has directly surpassed several popular Japanese and American comics, and has become the first domestic animation work to be on the top of the popular list of C-station drama channel.

Seven million is not high in terms of absolute amount, but "Black Mirror" has only five episodes in total.

"The story that the top stream and the sow have to tell, haha"

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There is no doubt that the first episode of "Black Mirror" successfully gave all viewers who had been disappointed with this mini-unit series.

Previously, DreamWorks was not expensive, and it was basically available to the platform that wanted to purchase.

Viral transmission was truly achieved in a short period of time after the broadcast was launched.

The first episode of "Black Mirror" was far beyond the expectations of the media and fans who were following the show.

"It seems that the progress of the IPO must be accelerated, otherwise I may not be able to afford his works..." Zhao Jianbo felt a greater sense of urgency and couldn't help but complain: "Chen Jingxing, Grandet, is also a major shareholder of Station C, and he will not give him any preferential treatment!"

"You will know after watching it. I watched the barrage and comments of the first episode. Judging from the audience's reaction, it should be even stronger than the gimmick of the explosion on Earth!"

Two consecutive dramas are hits, what does this mean? It means that DreamWorks will have a relatively large improvement in the branding of TV series.

The entries such as "Black Mirror, Sow" topped the hot search list the next day, making some netizens who had not seen the first episode of "Black Mirror" a little puzzled.

The price of "Black Mirror" has increased a lot, and everyone is not optimistic about mini dramas, so they dismissed some video websites.

Therefore, the number of views of over 10 million per episode is definitely the data that can only be achieved by the top drama.

"It's definitely no problem!" Chen Hao said with a strange expression: "I think the playback volume of this first episode can exceed 10 million, no, it must exceed 10 million!"

"How much can the final playback volume of the first episode be? Can it reach 5 million? The next four episodes will have to be watched for a fee. There should be no problem recovering the procurement cost, right?"

Although the gimmicks of the first episode were not directly presented on the hot searches, the tactful curves were still presented.

The total playback volume of the phenomenal drama "Signal" last year was only 140 million, and the average episode was only more than 5.6 million. Of course, except for the first two episodes of "Signal" are free, the remaining episodes are all paid, and it requires 6 yuan to be packaged to unlock and watch. The 140 million playback volume is already quite amazing.

If Fantasy Network and Penguin Video have the financial resources to keep up, the burden will be heavier for Station C.

Otherwise, the phenomenon of "Signal" is manifested in the forefront. As long as the second drama and "Signal" are of the same type, major platforms will definitely spend sky-high prices to purchase.

On other forums and websites, netizens are not so tactful.

Often, netizens see such titles and posts, and click in with curiosity and are recommended by Amway TV series "Black Mirror".

If "Black Mirror" really becomes a hit after "Signal", even if it is not as good as "Signal", as long as it can have 50% performance and popularity, DreamWorks will definitely have a big talk in "Secretary Tracking".

Chen Hao's meaning is obviously that the premiere of "Black Mirror" must have strong gimmicks, the kind that can trigger online topics.

Of course, these thrilling titles and posts are partially exaggerated. Many people who don’t know the truth think that it is really something that happened in the real world. After clicking in with a curiosity, they found out that it was a plot in a TV series.

In fact, "Black Mirror" is already very "expensive". With the price increase of Fantasy World.com and Penguin Video, Station C paid more than 7 million to get the playback copyright.

"You watched the first episode?"

Zhao Jianbo was a little surprised. The current average monthly active users of Station C just exceeded 50 million, and the calculation method of playback volume is relatively strict.

Of course, the number of registered users and active users on Station C is growing rapidly, one by one, another, but even now, the data of the first episode exceeds tens of millions of views is definitely beyond his imagination.

"The protagonist x pig, there are too many complaints, and I can't bear to look at it!"

After watching the first episode, the audience will be unable to control the excitement and shock in their hearts, and will passionately recommend the second Amway on the Internet, or recommend it to their colleagues, friends or classmates on their circle of friends and communication software. Of course, they will not recommend it to their family members. This kind of curiosity plot is difficult to tell the elders.

Under this viral Amway transmission, "Black Mirror" also achieved unprecedented success after the first episode was launched.

Perhaps it is not as wide as "Signal" coverage. After all, "Signal" is a crime-solving drama with a relatively friendly theme. It is also a star drama, and the audience in front of the TV can be covered.

However, the popularity of "Black Mirror" has reached an unprecedented level, especially among young netizens, which has become the most popular work in the series of TV series animations produced by DreamWorks.

(End of this chapter)