America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM

Chapter 257 256. I am a scumbag, but a rich scumbag!

In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed and it is mid-April.

Lionheart continues to live up to expectations and is still riding high after achieving great results on the first day.

Currently, the number of registered members has reached 24.3 million. In addition to a sudden increase of 14.5 million on the first day of launch, an average of 800,000 new members were added every day thereafter, which is quite an explosive result.

Naturally, "The Voice" and "House of Cards" contributed greatly to the achievements.

According to the internal monitoring data of Lionheart.com, 53% of the new users every day will choose to watch these two works as soon as possible.

This shows how powerful and attractive a hit drama is!

Before time travel, Netflix was able to rise thanks to the show "House of Cards". Just one show brought more than 10 million paying members to Netflix.

Of course, we cannot ignore the contributions of other film and television dramas. No matter how attractive "The Voice" and "House of Cards" are, most people will watch them twice at most, or review one of the episodes specifically when they think of a highlight.

Two days with a big brush are enough to read two works, and then it depends on the thickness of the website to retain people.

This time MGM has almost all the excellent overseas dramas, and has obtained the exclusive network broadcast rights for at least five years.

Relying on poor information, others simply didn’t understand what online exclusive rights were. After knowing his thoughts, most people thought that they had made money.

In their opinion, Lionheart will definitely not be able to survive. What if they still have the exclusive rights to broadcast the network for five years? I admire you for surviving a year!

Therefore, the price for acquiring these copyrights is very low. In short, both parties think they have made a profit.

Among them, the film and television section occupies the largest part, with popular movies such as "Transformers", "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" and "Shrek" all reaching millions of views.

Some more than five million, some as few as more than three million.

Weaker IPs such as "Death is Coming", "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "007" have also contributed hundreds of thousands or millions of views.

Immediately following the film and television area is the Japanese comics area. "Dragon Ball", "Slam Dunk", "Bleach", "Naruto", "Detective Conan", etc. have gained many fans. The strength of Japanese comics in the US market is evident. A spot.

After that, there will be British dramas and other dramas. When the data stabilizes, those low-cost-effective film and television dramas with poor broadcast volume will be thrown away.

Just like Chinese dramas, a number of high-quality dramas such as "The Golden Family", "Dragon" and "Kangxi Dynasty" have also been introduced.

Under the banner of cultural exchange and cultural export, Lao Han randomly bought a batch, which was more expensive than cabbage.

But after half a month of observation, the playback data is miserable, and the answer to the reason has been given in the comment area.

Most of them dislike it because it is too long. After watching it for at least thirty episodes, and as many as sixty or seventy episodes, the interest of viewers who have adapted to American dramas has been half extinguished before they even start watching.

You must know that although the seasons of American sitcoms are longer, one episode is only 20 minutes, which is actually only equivalent to twelve or three episodes of a normal drama.

They can watch British dramas and some Japanese dramas, because British dramas are more concise and fast-paced, and some Japanese dramas are not too long.

However, it will take some time for dramas such as Chinese and Korean dramas to arouse the interest of the audience.

In advance, Eric suggested that Han should delete the episode, preferably within 20 episodes, or divide it into several parts.

For example, the 46 episodes of "Kangxi Dynasty" can be divided into several edited parts, named Season 1, Season 2, and Season 3.

Although it is just a change of vest, it will immediately feel familiar to American audiences, and the acceptance will increase a lot.

I just don’t know what happened over there, but I didn’t take his suggestion anyway.

The reputation of "Supernatural" is also very good, with an imdb score of 8.4, which is considered high quality, but the number of people who rated it is an order of magnitude less than "House of Cards".

And compared to "House of Cards"'s all-age kills, the data of "Evil" shows that teenagers account for more than 77%, making it an absolute youth-focused drama.

Comments also focused on discussing aspects such as the crew's simplicity and brotherhood.

"This show is so poor!"

""Supernatural" tells you how to make a poor TV series?"

"The episode with the little girl in the painting made my skin stand on end. The plot was completely unexpected. It was so scary!"

"Isn't this a supernatural movie? Why can the crew have money to hire two handsome guys but no money to do some special effects?"

""Supernatural" once again proves one thing, that is how important the personal charm of the lead actor in a good drama is!"

"MGM is not short of money, right? The service in "House of Cards" looks ridiculously expensive. How come it's so crude in "Supernatural"? Are they born from the same mother? Are they treated so differently?" "

"I feel that MGM deliberately shot the show in this style to highlight the protagonist's personal charm rather than big scenes and scary scenes."

"Who played that heroine? She is so beautiful, especially that white gauze look, it really hit my heart, Crystal, Crystal Liu?"

"Crystal Liu is very good. Her action scenes are really beautiful. She looks better than Sam and Dean. I seem to see the shadow of Lucy Liu (Lucy Liu) and Michelle Yeoh (Michelle Yeoh) in her, and she is also very beautiful."

"I also think Gem Liu is very beautiful, but that denim outfit is more comfortable and more like a ghost hunter. Is she Japanese? Korean? Filipino?"

"Do you all have problems with your eyesight? The cast list states Crystal Liu's nationality. She is an American, Chinese-American."

"I seem to have fallen in love with the girl Crystal Liu. Does she have any other works? Does anyone know what movies and TV series she has acted in?"

"Upstairs, Lionheart has a Chinese TV series starring her. Crystal Liu wears ancient Chinese costumes in it. You will definitely be fascinated by her. She is also in Gal Gadot's new movie "The Hunger Games" , wait for the release.”

The most acclaimed characters in "Supernatural" are naturally the two Wen brothers, but Liu Yifei is also highly discussed.

In particular, she makes up for the action scenes that the Wen family does not have. She holds a whip and a crossbow as weapons, and her appearance is quite cool.

The presence of Liu Yifei made the plot more exciting and interesting, and it received a lot of praise.

Moreover, beauty is an indispensable word in discussions about her, which shows that Europeans and Americans also know what good-looking Chinese people look like.

The bullshit squinting eyes are definitely prejudice and vilification. They are capital’s deliberate attempt to disgust the Chinese audience and show their superiority.

Among MGM's four self-produced dramas, only "Peppa Pig" has not yet gained a reputation, but Eric firmly believes that it will become as popular around the world as "Shark Tank".

Double Star Entertainment has already produced a large number of "Peppa Pig" peripherals in advance and put them on the shelves in accordance with Eric's request. The sales of this little pig's peripherals are lower than those of adult dramas.

After "The Passion of the Christ" punched and kicked many opponents, it finally gave up its position as the box office champion, and the successor was "Sharknado", which was urgently released by DreamWorks.

The current North American box office of "The Passion of the Christ" has reached 290 million US dollars.

It also caused an uproar overseas, but the box office was as successful as in North America, earning $191 million.

With a global box office of US$481 million, it officially dethroned the US$460 million "The Hangover" and became the 2004 global box office champion.

And the box office stamina is still very strong, BOX predicts that it can exceed 650 million US dollars.

Suddenly, MGM occupied the first and second place on the list for the whole year, and for a time it was proud of the rest.

Although the box office of "The Passion of the Christ" was higher than that of "The Hangover," in the end, the share that MGM received was far less than that of "The Hangover." After all, the film was fully funded by Mel Gibson's company, and MGM Mei can only earn money from distribution.

On the social front, after the dispute lasted for more than a month, the heat finally subsided. Demonstrations in major cities have died down, and the level of discussion has also become much lower.

There is no clear winner in the PK between Judaism and Protestantism. They are two deeply entrenched camps. They have been fighting for thousands of years, but no one can completely eliminate the other.

However, the ban on Mel Gibson still exists. Now everyone's eyes are focused on MGM, the Big Six and major TV stations, looking forward to the outcome of this war.

"Bang!" Nicole threw out a card and pointed it at Eric.

"Missed!" Eric drew a card from his hand and played it.

"Want to hit me? It's not that simple!"

Nicole looked at Theron: "Theron, hit him quickly, he only has one card left, and it's definitely not beer."

Theron smiled, then drew a card and pointed it at Neeko: "bang!"

Nicole looked confused: "Why did you shoot me? You are mistaken. We are all gangsters, and Eric is our target!"

Nicole comforted and said: "But you only have one drop of blood left. If you are killed by someone else, the other party will draw three cards. Why don't you draw three cards for me, so that I can be more sure to kill Eric!"

Her explanation made sense. After thinking about it for a while, Nicole didn't type out the missed item she was holding in her hand.

Her character was successfully knocked offline, and Theron picked up three cards from the deck.

Then she laughed wildly: "Hahahaha. I got the volcano pistol. Equipped with the volcano pistol, all of you will die! No one wants to live in vain!"

"bang!"

"bang!"

"bang!"

I saw Theron playing cards continuously, quickly killing Neil, Bell, and Ken Watanabe, and turned his attention to Eric.

"Two drops of blood and one card, you're finished! Bang!"

Eric deducted a drop of blood: "Wait a minute, Theron, how about you let me slow down for one round and I'll give you an extra ten minutes?"

"Is this bribing your opponent?"

"Yes, a blatant bribe, take it ma'am," Eric said brazenly.

"But if I add scenes, will the movie's duration be too much?"

"This is the director's business. At worst, we can cut off ten minutes of Watanabe's scene."

"Nani!"

Ken Watanabe's expression changed drastically. He didn't have many scenes to begin with. A large part was still in a half-dead state. Cut off another ten minutes and there would be nothing left!

Theron squinted his eyes and pretended to think, then suddenly sneered: "I don't believe you, bang!"

"ah!"

Eric screamed in response and fell backwards, falling right on top of Nicole who was squatting behind him and peeking at the cards. The two were forced to roll together and almost kissed.

"Hahahaha. I won! I won! I'm the first. Huh?"

Seeing this scene, Theron, who was originally shouting for victory, suddenly felt like a duck being strangled by the neck, unable to make a sound.

The two hurriedly separated. Nicole pretended to look at her speechlessly and brought the topic back to the game: "I was fooled by you. I thought you were a gangster."

"Yeah, I also thought Charlize was a gangster, but I didn't expect she was a traitor!" Neil also spoke very perceptively.

Bell and Ken Watanabe slowly stood up and stepped back, probably because they noticed that the atmosphere was a bit solemn and weird, and they didn't want to get involved.

Fortunately, Charlize didn't care too much. She raised her eyebrows and boasted: "The new Oscar winner, her acting skills are not covered! Right, old actress!"

Nicole's mouth twitched. She naturally liked the title of actress, but adding the word "old" made her feel uncomfortable.

However, considering her and Eric's behavior just now, she didn't dare to argue.

"Bring some drinks and fruits, we've finished eating."

Eric shouted, and the staff hurriedly sent supplies. Everyone laughed, as if no one took it to heart, and started chatting while eating again.

That's right, during the break on the set, a group of big-name stars and wealthy people were playing the board game that Eric brought. The name of the board game was "bang".

Or change it to a name that China is more familiar with - "Three Kingdoms Kill"!

It was the Three Kingdoms Kill that was affectionately called dog cards and dog planning by players, claiming that our game is thriving and was pushed to the top of the bad review list when it was launched on Steam.

Among them, bang corresponds to kill, missed corresponds to flash, the gangster is equivalent to the rebel, the traitor is equivalent to the traitor, and the volcano pistol is Zhuge Liannu. Kill the gangster and draw three cards. The traitor can win when he kills the last person.

There is no doubt that "Three Kingdoms Kill" is a complete plagiarism of "bang", from rules to identity, from identity to characters, from characters to skills, from skills to equipment, from equipment to various trick cards. Probably, the only thing left in "Three Kingdoms Kill" is the Three Kingdoms background that China owns.

Eric wanted to make money by making this board game, but when he checked, he found that it already existed on the market. It was created by Italians in 2002, so he had to give up.

Since the purpose of making money could not be achieved, he thought that it would be good to use it for entertainment.

He had been looking for a way to make the girls accept each other, so he simply brought them to the set to play, hoping to raise the friendship between Nicole and Charlize Theron.

The result was not bad, and everyone was really happy playing, except for the last scene that just happened.

"The effect of the board game looks very good, and you can try to promote it."

"If the board game doesn't work, then poker, and if poker doesn't work, then there's mahjong. It would be great if mahjong could conquer them."

"Will there be a happy scene in Dabieye in the future?"

"Charlize Theron, Nicole, Liu Xiaoli, and Zhou Wenqiong play at one table, and Ashley, Mary, Liu Yifei, and Elizabeth play at another table."

"No, wouldn't it be three against one for the Olsens? We should also bring in that bitch Elena, and the Olsens can open a separate table."

"Liu Yifei alone can't do it, and if we count Gadot, at least another Let's find two partners for her."

"Carol is a good lady, and her pair of explosive drums are really amazing."

"Taylor Swift seems to be okay, but no, she is too stubborn and always likes to write about her ex-boyfriends in songs. She is restless."

"Paris Hilton is always seducing me, but she has a bad temper too."

"Lenny is beautiful and virtuous, and her submissive personality is good. I also helped her to bring down Justin. She should thank me, but isn't this equivalent to jumping from one scumbag pit to another scumbag pit?"

"I am indeed a scumbag, but I have money!"