America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM

Chapter 215 Demonic Brainwashing

As the largest video website in the world, YouTube has an influence all over the world.

Therefore, if a video explodes on YouTube, it will truly become popular all over the world.

Looking through the history of YouTube, there are many videos with hundreds of millions or even billions of views, but most of them are music MVs.

There is only one Asian singer in the top ten, Psy's "Gangnam Style", which has more than 5 billion views. Although many people criticize this song as rubbish, it can still be considered the light of Asia.

The remaining eight in the top ten are all European and American singers, occupied by Boss Huang, Justin Bieber, Fruit Sister, Duanmei, etc.

The playback volume ranges from 2 to 3 billion to more than 6 billion. The highest number is Boss Huang's "Shape of You" with 6.2 billion playbacks.

But even if it reaches the terrifying figure of 6.2 billion, it still only occupies the second place on the list.

The championship belongs to Pinkfong's children's brainwashing song "Baby Shake Dance", which has been played more than 13 billion times, and is a well-deserved dimensionality reduction attack.

The most played song in Japan is "LEMON" by Kenshi Yonezu, with 500 million views.

The most viewed video in China is "Light Years Away" by Deng Ziqi, with 700 million views.

Excluding the European and American music scene, if we simply compare the musical influence of China, Japan and South Korea, China is tragically at the bottom.

And at least judging from the situation before Eric crossed over, there was no hope of turning around within ten years.

Many people accuse the Chinese music scene of becoming increasingly useless, guava is rampant, creativity is drying up, and it is complacent and working behind closed doors. The accusations are not completely unreasonable.

That is to say, China's population is large enough to support so many hot chicken singers.

But these are very professional song MVs and are definitely not suitable for shooting by the general public.

Videos that are suitable for the general public must be funny, novel, and magical enough, but not too difficult, and must be easy to understand and operate.

After some thought, Eric decided to shoot a few short videos himself, and then arranged for MGM staff to expand several video types.

He filmed "Shoulder Dance" by himself, and then invited Andrea and Michael to film "Shark Dance" and "PPAP".

MGM staff filmed some ghost videos to prank Eminem and other enemies.

Then shoot some food sharing, technology explanations, handicrafts, family fun, cosplay and other types of videos.

There is also a big head of film and television commentary, so let’s start with “The Walking Dead”.

The purpose of the former is to get out of the circle with YouTube, and it is best to become popular all over the world like later generations, causing positive imitation.

The latter is to expand everyone's thinking and guide users to create a variety of videos. When their horizons are opened, their thinking will naturally become active.

Since the goal is to get out of the circle, then if you want to do it, do it bigger.

Burbank, the filming base of MGM, has many luxury cars parking today.

Ryan Reynolds, the Olsen sisters, the British trio, Chris Evans, Anthony McCann and others walked into the studio one after another.

Seeing this situation, people who didn't know it thought that some big movie was about to be filmed.

When everyone was almost there, there was one person in the crowd who seemed particularly abrupt.

Others looked at him expressionlessly, obviously not wanting to communicate with him. Although he was a little embarrassed, he seemed to be used to it and just walked to the corner alone.

The group of people in front of them are all A-list celebrities who are currently popular, and Robert Downey Jr. wants to get close to them.

But seeing other people's attitudes, and then thinking about myself as an artist with a bad record, it was reasonable for people not to want to talk to me.

A few days ago, he was exercising at home, performing Yongchun boxing on wooden dummies. He usually didn't have any filming, so he could only rely on this to pass the time.

Then suddenly he received a strange phone call. After answering, it turned out to be someone from MGM, inviting him to star in a movie.

Because he committed suicide, there was almost no place for him in Hollywood. Even his agent abandoned him and he didn't know where he found his contact information.

Starring in a comic book character, Tony Stark, the male protagonist of "Iron Man".

Robert Downey Jr. is not a comic book fan. He has heard about this character but does not understand it at all.

But it doesn’t matter. You’ve already gotten to this point and you don’t need a bicycle! Some shots are good.

The salary is only $200,000?

Yes, he is willing to accept it for $100,000, let alone the leading actor.

And now that the comic book adaptation market is booming, maybe I can make a comeback with this movie.

Then yesterday, he got a call telling him to come to Burbank for a small cameo.

After asking, I found out that it was actually a show for super boss Eric Cooper. There was no need to mention the salary or anything like that, just come over and participate.

A few minutes later, Eric also arrived at the scene. After scanning around, he asked, "Is everyone here? Robert Downey Jr., where is Robert Downey Jr.?"

In the corner, Downey came over hurriedly: "Director, I'm here."

Seeing him squatting alone in the corner, Eric knew what had happened, but who could be blamed?

Growing up in such a family environment, even though Robert Downey Jr. had super talents, he inevitably became a big poisonous insect.

Then his wife and children were separated, and he was frequently in and out of prison. He was not released from prison until early last year.

This time he seemed to have really woken up and declared that he would completely quit drugs and start a new life.

Eric did not believe that he could truly get rid of his drug addiction, because his history of drug abuse was too long, and the terrifying thirty years had already made the roots deep into his bones.

But judging from the situation before the time travel, Robert Downey Jr. has indeed never been exposed to drugs since he was released from prison. Moreover, he has also enthusiastically publicized the dangers of drugs and has become an anti-drug pioneer.

The reason is that the acting industry has money and can suppress drug addiction with the help of drugs.

To put it simply, it is to replace the original highly harmful drug with a less harmful drug that is not yet defined as a drug.

This approach is simply unaffordable for most families and is too expensive.

And there is currently no supervision from his second wife, Susan Levin, to restrain him, so Eric is still worried about this.

The contract he signed also came with a guarantee clause. Once Downey relapsed, all his remuneration would be recovered, he would be kicked off the set immediately, and he would also have to apologize publicly.

In the United States, after experiencing the impact of hippie culture, society has a relatively high tolerance for marijuana and drugs.

But for a repeat offender like Robert Downey Jr., who hates people and hates dogs, moviegoers will boycott him, just look at Ezra Himmeler.

He specifically brought Downey over this time because he hadn't appeared in public view for a long time.

For the sake of "Iron Man", he needs to be popular. In addition, the arrogant Tesla in the video is also very suitable for him to play.

Pulling Downey over, Eric patted him on the shoulder: "Don't you know him? Robert Downey Jr., Oscar nominee, his "Chaplin" is wonderful."

Everyone is smiling but not smiling. I have never seen "Chaplin", but I often see you in the social news.

"Well, it seems you really don't know him. Downey will play the leading role in MGM's new movie "Iron Man", a 500 million-dollar A-level production."

"Forget those bad things, standing in front of you is a new Robert Downey Jr."

Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed, and the way they looked at Robert Downey Jr. was also different.

Many of them haven't gotten into the leading roles of A-level major productions yet, and to be recognized by Eric, there must be something special about them.

Donnie felt warm in his heart, knowing that Eric was helping him establish his image and integrate into the group.

He humbly said hello again: "Robert Downey Jr., hello everyone."

Everyone smiled and nodded in response.

"Very good. I like the harmonious crew. Although it is only a three-minute short film, I still hope that the filming will go smoothly and I will try to complete it in one day."

As he spoke, Neill Blomkamp distributed the synopsis of the plot to everyone so that they could understand the roles they played.

Watching while putting on makeup, the team regrouped half an hour later.

They are all professional actors. Although I think the plot is weird and the shots look very weird, just listen.

"Neil, set up the camera and get ready to shoot the behind-the-scenes footage."

"Others, come with me. Let's learn how to dance the shoulder dance first."

"First step, jump up high. When you land, make sure your left foot is in front and your right foot is behind you, and look to the side."

Eric demonstrated, and everyone immediately followed suit.

"Step two, rock your shoulders back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth."

"Very good, speed up, faster, faster."

"Have you ever driven or seen a hand-cranked tractor in the previous world? When you want to start it, you have to keep shaking it. Let's shake it together!"

"Excellent. Pay attention to your expression. It's wrong to be expressionless."

"Show your professionalism and act as exaggeratedly as possible, be shocked, wink, be seductive, and don't forget to be sexy."

"Then the third step is to move to the beat of the music!"

Snapped!

Eric snapped his fingers, and dynamic BGM suddenly started playing.

The movements that originally looked silly immediately looked even more silly, and because they both had dance skills, Eric didn't say anything, and they found the right spot on their own.

"Very good, your shoulders are shaking!"

"Donny's expression is great, he's quite coquettish."

"Ryan is also great, his expressions are very expressive."

"Chris, you need to open yourself up more, release your nature, and make your expression more magical."

"Ryan, Chris, you two are the male protagonists. Get closer and act as gay as possible."

Mary burst out laughing: "I don't think there's any need to show off. Their outfits, movements, and background music make them look very gay."

The others couldn't help but laugh too, and the more they laughed, the happier they became.

Soon there was no beat, and the shoulder-shaking dance turned into a wild dance, and everyone started to play randomly, as if they were in a nightclub.

Chris Evans pointed to his shoulder and asked: "Director, who came up with this dance and why is it so magical? It can't be you."

Eric nodded.

"Genius, you are really a genius! Can you please stop making me and Ryan so gay? I'm hanging out with Optimus Prime."

"Is it okay if I don't wear a vest or khaki pants? And my name, can I not call it Kiki? It's too weird."

Ryan Reynolds followed up and said: "The director and I, can we not call him Chuchu? Can we not wear overalls? Or take off the fake beard, this is too gay."

Tom Hardy said happily: "Wouldn't that be better? Gay culture is popular now, and Ashley and Mary both won Golden Globes."

"That's it, do you look down on homosexuals?"

"Look at it, look at it, I look down on heterosexuals, okay."

"Look at McAvoy's expression. He and Fassbender look really gay."

Zhan Yimei and Fasha hurriedly separated, but they were misunderstood as Yinglan.

"Look at Downey, with his charming and sexy expression and a mustache, he looks like Tesla from a distance, Howard Stark from up close, and he still looks a bit like Uncle Tooth."

During the fight, the filming of the shoulder-shaking dance went very smoothly. Sure enough, it was completed in one day. I worked overtime at night to edit it and it will be released tomorrow.

I went to see Andrea and McQueen. The shark dance was actually the most difficult to shoot because it mainly featured children. Children were the hardest to control, second only to animals and babies.

The filming of "ppap" was not very difficult, and Eric only captured the first half of the video, which was only a few dozen seconds long.

The main reason is that Maikou's requirements are relatively high, and the Japanese-American who was finally found was very tired. After filming dozens of times, he was still not satisfied with his movements and expressions.

In the evening, at Leonard's restaurant, Eric and Michael had dinner and a few drinks together.

"Eric, China is starting to urge me. Their Christmas is very close."

"Maiko, it's not Christmas, it's Spring Festival."

"Yes, they say it's the Spring Festival, which is equivalent to Christmas in the United States."

"How long did you sign the contract?"

"China TV wanted to sign with me for a week, but the recording of "The Voice" had not been completed yet. I couldn't leave for such a long time, so I only signed for three days."

"Including the flight back and forth in three days, there are only two and a half days left. Is there enough rehearsal time?"

Maikou smiled: "I have already made a plan in my mind. In fact, I have been training since the establishment of Meiyi Records for this year's national tour."

"Although my physical fitness and condition cannot reach the peak of the past, I can still sing and dance for more than an hour."

"The team is all veteran. Once we arrive, we just need to make appropriate adjustments according to the stage. There will be no problem."

Maikou has always been very responsible when it comes to performances, not to mention that with hundreds of millions of people watching at the same time, Eric believes that he will never lose track.

"Eric, take some time to come to Neverland. Paris often asks where his handsome uncle is."

"Take Elizabeth and your friends, she'll love it."