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Chapter 84 is trending! (Second update!)

On the morning of November 5th.

【Tianyu】

Zeng Qiang sat in his office, silently looking at the various data for "A Better Tomorrow".

There are 5 days left until the release of "A Better Tomorrow".

However, this martial arts film, which brings together filmmakers and investors from both mainland China and Hong Kong, has received an astonishing amount of attention in the film industry!
From *China Film Weekly*, to *China Film News*, to *Daily Film*, and even the movie channel on CCTV-6, almost all the relevant mainstream media outlets are paying attention to this film…

All the major cinema chains cooperated by clearing out other movies to make room for "A Better Tomorrow".

Just last night, "A Better Tomorrow" had a small-scale internal screening. After it ended, almost all the film critics stood up excitedly and applauded enthusiastically.

The investors were very satisfied with the number of test screenings and unanimously decided to increase the publicity efforts for the film, striving to make it a milestone in the history of Chinese cinema!

"Mr. Zeng, today's pre-sale ticket sales have exceeded 1500 million!"

"very good!"

Sunlight streamed into the office.

Zeng Qiang nodded and took the pre-sale data handed to him by his assistant.

Upon seeing the figure of 1500 million, Zeng Qiang nodded in satisfaction!

With 1500 million pre-sale tickets, it's already close to the pre-sale figures for the previous "Superman 2" movie!
"Professional media outlets have estimated that this film has grossed 1.9 million RMB!"

When the pre-sale figures of 1500 million were released, major media outlets naturally seized the opportunity to create hype. Newspapers, weekly magazines, and film news from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China all used exciting headlines to predict the final box office of "A Better Tomorrow"!
They predict that "A Better Tomorrow" will gross 1.9 million yuan at the mainland box office, and it's not a problem if it breaks 2 million yuan!

It is even predicted that the global box office will be close to 2.3 million, possibly surpassing the previous Chinese martial arts film "Qin"!
Other than that…

"Furthermore, the US is preparing to buy out the screening rights to our film 'A Better Tomorrow,' which will premiere globally on September 9th! Foreign media predict that 'A Better Tomorrow' will be the most promising of the 12 Chinese films exported in 2003!"

"Good, good! We need to keep up the good work. Before the movie is even released, we not only need to dominate the headlines in major media outlets, but we also need to be on the trending topics on the internet. The more attention we get, the higher our box office will be, understand?"

When Zeng Qiang saw these messages, his expression remained calm, but he was extremely excited inside!
"Understood, Mr. Zeng. Don't worry, we've also invested a lot of money in advertising on the internet. We've placed ads on movie websites like [Wandou], as well as forums and chat rooms like BBS. Right now, our popularity is number one across the entire internet. You see... wait... this..." Just as the assistant was holding a notebook and was about to show the data to Zeng Qiang, his excited expression suddenly froze.

Then, he stared at the laptop as if he had seen a ghost!
"what happened?"

Zeng Qiang frowned upon seeing his assistant's reaction.
Just as he took the notebook...

[Pre-sale tickets for "Lin Daiyu vs. Lu Zhishen" sold for a staggering 1300 yuan!]

When Zeng Qiang saw this title, he initially felt that something was a little off!
and many more!

Being number one in popularity is not a sign of true heroism!

Why is it this "Lin Daiyu vs. Lu Zhishen"?
He subconsciously clicked on the title and then opened the post inside.

As he watched, his face turned ashen!

This post was published at 7:00 AM this morning, and now at 8:00 AM, there are already more than 2000 comments!
And all of them are discussions about how pre-sale tickets for "Lin Daiyu vs. Lu Zhishen" are selling for 1300 yuan each!

Its popularity soared, even making it to the front page of a BBS forum!

The popularity of "A Better Tomorrow" even surpassed that of the second-place film!

"What on earth is this? Is this what you called the number one thing with a drop in popularity?"

Zeng Qiang's face turned ashen!

The assistant was clearly bewildered and hurriedly shut down the laptop: "Let me contact them, let me contact the publicity team!"

"quick!"

"it is good!"

The assistant hurriedly went out to make a phone call.

Zeng Qiang took a deep breath and opened the [Wandou] movie website!

Immediately afterwards, the trending topics on the homepage of [Wandou] Movie Network were all about [A Better Tomorrow].

This made him feel a little better.

However, just as I clicked into the post...

"Holy crap, a pre-sale ticket for the movie 'Lin Daiyu vs. Lu Zhishen' is 1300 yuan! That's outrageous!"

"What 'Lin Daiyu vs. Lu Zhishen'?"

"You don't know? Everyone at the Movie House next door is talking about it like crazy!"

"Holy crap, is it that crazy?"

"Yeah, and some people actually bought them, that's the most ridiculous thing!"

"Holy crap! I'm going to check this out!"

"..."

The post initially discussed the movie "A Better Tomorrow".

But then, some scoundrel posted a screenshot of a pre-sale ticket comment for "Lin Daiyu vs. Lu Zhishen," and the discussion completely went off track!
Instantly, the comments below all became "Lin Daiyu vs. Lu Zhishen," and countless netizens were even drawn to [Movie House].

Zeng Qiang subconsciously clicked on [Movie House] and discovered that the premiere at [Movie House] was a complete hit!
He immediately picked up the phone and dialed a number.

How many users does the Wandou Movie website have now?

"We've already surpassed 8 users today!"

"What about [Movie House]?" Zeng Qiang frowned slightly.

Just then, he suddenly remembered that during the promotion of "A Better Tomorrow" some time ago, someone suddenly rushed in and caused trouble, brazenly comparing their "A Better Tomorrow" with a scene from "Lin Daiyu vs. Lu Zhishen" that appeared out of nowhere...

It seems that... is that the "Movie House"?
Just then, there was a slight hesitation on the phone.

"Mr. Zeng, the movie 'Lin Daiyu vs. Lu Zhishen' has been generating a lot of buzz these past few days, and the number of users flocking to [Movie Home] is also impressive, having already surpassed 10 registered users! Especially yesterday, many users on the [Wandou Movie] website were drawn to [Movie Home] by the hype..."

"10! What's the activity level?"

"Detailed statistics are not available at the moment, but based on predictions, the activity level is very likely to exceed 4!"

"4? That's such a high percentage?"

"..."

Zeng Qiang was slightly shocked when he heard this data!
Immediately afterwards, I stared intently at the Movie Home page!
When I looked at the [Movie Home] website, it was filled with all sorts of news about "Lin Daiyu vs. Lu Zhishen"!

Moreover, as one user after another started discussing the topic and new headlines kept emerging, he was stunned!
Immediately afterwards, his brows furrowed deeply!

He knows it very well!

Although major weekly magazines and newspapers remain the mainstream of entertainment media.

However, in the future, as computers become more and more widespread, the Internet will surely flourish, and at that time, it may become another new trend in the entertainment industry for promotion.

Print media will be phased out sooner or later. "Here's what you'll do: send someone to contact—no, you go and contact the person in charge of [Movie House] yourself. Tell them we can invest in them..."

"We already have [Pea], so should we continue investing in [Movie House]?"

"Bet on both sides..."

"it is good!"

..............................

"It's surpassed 11!"

"11!"

"11!"

"..."

"We have nearly 6 active users!"

"..."

[Movie House]

Yang Bo stared excitedly at the traffic on [Movie House], the traffic that was surging wildly.

His hands were trembling uncontrollably!

in the office.

The other people who started the business with Yang Bo were also very excited, watching the traffic of [Movie House] break one record after another!
At this moment, they have already surpassed the number of registered users of [Wandou] Movie Network by nearly 3. As for active users and traffic, they have gone completely crazy!

Their new servers, which cost a lot of money, are still experiencing some lag due to the massive traffic!

9 o'clock in the evening.

With several people witnessing, the traffic of [Movie House] officially exceeded 12!

Yang Bo sat down in the chair!
Seeing such a huge amount of traffic, I can't contain my excitement!
This data has completely exceeded our expectations!

"President Zhou is here!"

"Mr. Zhou!"

"Mr. Zhou!"

"Mr. Zhou!"

"..."

Just then, Yang Bo heard the door open.

Immediately afterwards, he saw Zhou Yang walking over.

He immediately went over to greet Zhou Yang, invited him to sit down, and quickly had someone pour tea for him.

The reason why [Movie House] has received such a large amount of traffic during this period is...

Zhou Yang brought them all here, and the recent surge in registrations and online buzz on [Movie Home] is all due to the influence of Zhou Yang's works!
Now, Zhou Yang is his hot commodity!
However, Mr. Zhou's attire was rather strange today. He was no longer wearing a suit or glasses; instead, he was dressed very casually, even wearing slippers, looking like a landlord...

"The number of registered users has exceeded 12?"

"Yes!"

"Oh, that's good. By the way, have you thought about the conversion rate of this traffic? Have you thought about how your website will generate revenue?"

"what?"

Yang Bo, who was initially very excited, suddenly became somewhat bewildered when he heard this question.

When he created the [Movie Home] website, he never even thought about how to make a profit!

His initial thought was to increase website traffic and then attract capital investment...

others……

He hadn't thought much about the future at all.

He never even imagined that the website would surpass 12 registered users.

"Once a website has traffic, it needs to consider how to convert that traffic into revenue..."

"Can we sell advertising?"

"Besides selling advertising?"

"Attracting capital investment?"

Why should capital invest?

"I……"

Yang Bo was somewhat confused.

Seeing Yang Bo's somewhat confused expression, Zhou Yang smiled and said, "How about this, I'll invest 500,000 yuan to acquire a 51% stake in your website. Not only that, I'll also figure out how to monetize the website and generate traffic. As for the daily management of the website, I won't interfere. What do you think?"

"Five hundred thousand!" Yang Bo exclaimed excitedly upon hearing this!

Almost all of the traffic to [Movie House] comes from Zhou Yang and his works!
They simply made a website, that's all!

then……

They can also get a 50 yuan investment from Zhou Yang!
This!
What the hell!
It's like a pie falling from the sky, it's so damn unreal!

"Yes."

"Mr. Zhou, are you really that optimistic about movie websites?"

"I've never been optimistic about movie websites, but I'm optimistic about you guys..." Zhou Yang looked at the group with a smile: "You guys have a bright future!"

Yang Bo's spirits lifted, and he quickly nodded: "Then, we..."

Just then, his phone rang.

He answered the phone instinctively.

"Hello, are you General Manager Yang?"

"Yes, may I ask who you are...?"

"Oh, let me introduce myself. I'm Zhao Mingyi from Hongxin Capital. We're right outside your Movie House, and we'd like to have a chat with you..."

"!!!"

(End of this chapter)