Chapter 1752
Kurapicka came at around eight o'clock in the morning and secretly observed in the hall for a long time. He saw many spectators successfully collect their tickets and even took photos and checked in.
When Kurapicka took a peek, he discovered that this machine not only had a ticket collection function, but also a ticket sales function.
"Is this thing really capable of self-service ticket sales? If that's the case, then it really isn't the scrap metal it's said on the Internet."
Kulapika was very curious about how this thing achieved self-service ticket sales.
When no one was around, Kulapika came to one of the ticket machines and eagerly clicked on the ticket.
but……
"Sorry, this function is not yet online, please stay tuned."
Kurapika was stunned for a moment, and then said disdainfully: "It took me a long time to work on it, but it's just a superficial function! The interface is just beautiful, it has no other use!"
Immediately afterwards, Kulapika asked the staff next to him: "Hello, how can I buy tickets from this self-service ticket machine?"
Staff: "Sorry sir, we don't have the ticket buying function here yet. If you want to buy tickets, please go to the ticket counter over there."
Kulapika asked pretending to be puzzled: "Oh, that's right... Then how come those people who queued up before succeeded in buying tickets? And did they get the tickets?"
The staff patiently explained: "Those people's tickets were not bought here. They obtained the redemption code through a lottery. You can pick up the tickets here by entering the redemption code."
Kurapika was surprised: "Such an expensive machine is guarded by a staff member, and it is only used to collect winning tickets? I thought it had to have a ticket-selling function!"
Staff: "Sorry sir, we can only collect winning tickets here at the moment."
Kulapika was scornful in his heart, but expressed regret on his lips: "Hey, Chen Mo's propaganda was so fancy, I thought this thing had such high technological content! Is this it?"
After saying that, Kulapika drove back to the company.
Then, he held an internal executive meeting and said disdainfully: "This Chen Mo really has money and no place to spend it! Those self-service ticket machines he built allow winning users to redeem paper tickets. It's just that Those paper tickets are just printed a little better.
But what’s the use of looking good? Ordinary users don’t care whether the tickets are good or not, what they care about is the movie!
He even arranged for a staff member to help users collect tickets next to the self-service ticket machine.
It’s simply putting the cart before the horse!
With this free time, wouldn't it be nice to open an extra ticket counter? It can also save a lot of costs! "
It wasn’t just Kurapicka who showed extra contempt after experiencing Chen Mo’s self-service ticket machine.
All the competitors were as relieved as him after inquiring about the situation.
Everyone thinks that this self-service ticket machine cannot be said to be a waste, it can only be said to be an iron waste!
It cannot sell tickets by itself. If users want to buy tickets, they can only go to the ticket counter. So what is the meaning of its existence?
"The person who designed this thing probably got Chen Mo's high salary and was afraid that he wouldn't be able to achieve corresponding results, so he made this thing to fool the leaders.
The people of Daxia have always liked to fool people in front of them and be harsh in dealing with others. Now it seems that this rumor can no longer be true. "
A well-known traditional film practitioner publicly ridiculed Chen Mo.
Many times, big bosses in many industries publicly angrily criticize someone, not without reason.
The resources of any industry are limited, and no industry welcomes competitors, especially the film and television industry.
Competitors like Moxun Pictures, which have huge traffic and capital behind them, are the key targets for practitioners in the entire film industry to be wary of.
But at this moment, the film and television industry's wariness towards Moxun Pictures has basically disappeared.
I used to think that Chen Mo had come up with some great new thing based on the Internet. Now it seems that it was just a gimmick. It was most likely used to promote and hype the stock prices of Moxun and TT companies.
Moreover, when these film and television companies calmed down to analyze the problems, they discovered many problems with Moxun Pictures.
There is an unwritten rule in the film industry of Hegemony. The male protagonist must be from Hegemony, while men from Daxia can only play villains. Women from Daxia can play some inconspicuous supporting actresses and have ambiguities with men from Hegemony, but in the end Or to pave the way for the real heroine.
The movies from Daxia that can sell well in the overlord country must be martial arts movies or martial arts movies!
Other types of films, especially those involving high-tech special effects, cannot be sold in the overlord country!
And Chen Mo's "Iron Man" perfectly stepped on all the pitfalls!
The male protagonist is from Daxia, and his appearance does not conform to the aesthetics of Hegemon people;
Produced by an entire Daxia team, the director is from Daxia;
The first film dares to be the most difficult commercial science fiction film to make;
And the most exaggerated thing is that in the movie, the Overlords become supporting characters and villains, and the good guys are all Daxia people!
It is generally believed in the industry that the screenwriter and director were hired by Chen Mo to trick him.
"This is a ninth-rate movie produced by a third-rate film company. Chen Mo knew that its quality was not good, so he could only use this despicable gimmick to attract audiences.
As for the 1.3 billion production cost he advertised... I can only say that you don't have to pay taxes to brag anyway! "
A well-known director of Haolaiwu said this.
After seeing that after research in the industry, everyone generally has greatly lowered their expectations and hostility towards Moxon Pictures and "Iron Man", and feels that there is no need to care too much.
Amid widespread disparagement by industry insiders, "Iron Man" began its first wave of screenings.
At 10 a.m., the screening halls of the six cinemas were already packed.
90% of these are lottery-winning audiences, as well as some filmmakers and media practitioners who Chen Mo paid to invite.
It’s already a basic operation to pay someone to promote your film when you screen it. If you don’t pay, how can these famous filmmakers give you free publicity?
This is what everyone eats!
Chen Mo was not in Saint-Loduo, but the entire creative staff was present.
Although every shot of this movie was carefully observed by Chen Mo, and all the unqualified ones were sent back and re-shot, and all internal moviegoers gave a high score of 5, director Guo Fan and a group of creative staff were still full of enthusiasm. Not confident.
This is a hegemonic country!
The cultural center of the entire world of cinema!
Where the world's best filmmakers gather!
Their production team is relatively young. Although Chen Mo would send big directors like Spielberg over every once in a while to help with guidance, they did put in 10,000% of their efforts and passion to create this commercial. Science fiction masterpiece.
But because he has no successful experience, and the film environment here is indeed unfriendly to Daxia people, it is not unreasonable for Guo Fan to worry.
Not only Guo Fan, but also others in the production team are not very hopeful about whether the film can recover the cost in the overlord country.
On the Overlord side, as long as the quality of your movies is not good, no amount of popular celebrities will be of any use.
The world's No. 1 country is also very stingy in movie consumption. In 2005, the number of moviegoers in the Hegemony country far exceeded those in the Great Xia Dynasty. There is no doubt about this.
Although Chen Mo has now mobilized all his resources to promote this movie to everyone, in the end, the real decisive factor is how many people are willing to buy tickets for this movie.
At the moment, the one who holds the greatest hope for "Iron Man" is Chen Mo.
Because Chen Mo knew in his heart that the movie turned out in the last life and saved Manwei Pictures. It earned nearly 600 million national box office revenue worldwide, officially starting the first year of the Manwei IP adaptation and creating a "Man and Micro Movie Universe" series.
The biggest reason why this movie is so popular is actually its innovation in the concept of a hero - a mortal hero.
Iron Man has no mutations or superpowers. He is just an ordinary person like all of us. With the help of high-tech armor, he became a superhero that attracted much attention.
"Ordinary moviegoers" watch superheroes created by "ordinary people", which makes "Iron Man" have the greatest sense of immersion, perfectly catering to the "hero dream" that everyone had when they were children.
In the last life, the release background of "Iron Man" was similar to Chen Mo's now. The industry was generally not optimistic about it. If you are impressed, you will know that the release date is April 30, which is earlier than the May 2 release in Hegemony. 3 days, one can imagine how insignificant Manwei's movies were at that time.
As a result, "Iron Man", which cost 300 million U.S. dollars, unexpectedly earned nearly 600 million U.S. dollars at the global box office, and the effect of "Iron Man" was far more profound than the box office figures.
In the post-credits scene, the visit of Director SHIELD opens the door to the Marvel Universe.
It was also this movie that started the pattern of burying "Easter eggs" at the end, which lasted until Chen Mo was reborn.
In this life, apart from using Daxia people to act, the overall plot framework of the movie has not changed at all, and the special effects production costs have even increased.
The cool features are the core selling point of this movie, but as for the plot, it’s actually not that great.
It is precisely because Chen Mo understands its core selling point that he dares to let "Iron Man" take the lead and come to Hegemony to have a try.
This kind of popcorn blockbuster will never lose too much money, and Moxun Pictures will not lose too badly in its first battle.
At this time, tens of thousands of viewers followed the role played by the Daxia actor into the story.
At the beginning, there was a gunfight scene where the male protagonist was kidnapped. When they saw this, the audience nodded with satisfaction.
At least the shootout scene didn't involve stretching the hips, and the filming was not inferior to that of Ho Lai Wu.
And when the male protagonist improved the function of the armor and transformed into "Iron Man", many viewers, especially male viewers, had their "machine" DNA engraved in their bones moved!
His eyes already showed excitement and anticipation.
And when the male protagonist improved the Mark 3 steel suit with an intelligent system, made of red and yellow metal, and a small nuclear energy source on the chest, and full of technological sense, the audience couldn't help but exclaimed!
“Thai pants are hot!!!”
"Hungry girl!!!"
"Invincible!!!"
It can fly at high speeds, fire various weapons, and defend itself against shell attacks. The most awesome thing is... it can send waves from its chest!
Which man can withstand such temptation?
