"Hmm, the ceiling of the office..."
Jim Ganopoulos stared blankly above his head.
Just now, Jim was so excited that he had a heart attack and almost fainted.
Thanks to his secretary for rescuing him in time, otherwise he would have really died for Fox.
"Boss, are you okay?"
Jim's secretary was also scared. If he knew his boss would do this, he would never tell him about it.
Jim waved slightly at his secretary and forced himself to sit up.
At this moment, the computer screen is still stuck on that trailer.
Jim glanced at the very annoying Washimine Entertainment logo, then looked at the number of clicks.
It's only been 40 minutes since the video was uploaded, but it has already received one million views!
This was the data when he clicked on the video before. He had been tossing and turning because of the heart disease, which took at least 10 minutes.
"That female fox!"
Jim's hands began to tremble again and his whole face was twitching.
He could accept the failure of "Dragon Ball: Evolution". After all, how could a movie not lose money?
Jim could also understand why Shueisha and Toei were rushing to release the animated film at this time.
After all, their partners need to restore the reputation of "Dragon Ball" in Europe and the United States as soon as possible.
but!
Jim Ganopoulos could not accept the idea of handing the film over to Washimine Entertainment for distribution.
This is betrayal!
This is a backstab!
This is--
"Ahhhh!"
Jim grabbed the stationery box next to him and threw it out.
"Hoo—hoo!"
Jim, in his rough clothing, looked like a wounded bear, scary and dangerous.
"Notify the [See Moon] website immediately and ask them to delete the video immediately! Right now!!"
"This is unfair competition! I can sue Washimine Shion for unfair competition!!"
The secretary hurriedly ran out of the office to contact [See Moon].
After waiting for a few minutes, he ran back with a sad face.
"They said it can't be deleted." The secretary replied in a trembling voice.
"Why?! Aren't they afraid that we will take legal action?!"
"because..."
The secretary tremblingly opened the video again and pointed to the column of the video sender to explain.
"This video was not officially released by [See Moon], nor was it released by Washimine Entertainment. It was completely the personal behavior of a certain video producer [Cash Ability User Hitomi]."
"Do they think we are pigs??!!"
Jim Ganopoulos's roar almost shattered the glass in the office.
Because Fox was also planning to develop a video website recently, Jim went to learn about the operations of its biggest competitor, See Moon.
Jim knows exactly how the See Moon website is promoted.
This video starts from the most prominent recommendation spot on the website homepage.
A video by an ordinary video producer can get such a prominent recommendation position in the first place. Are they taking him for a fool? !
"Then if I sue the other party for infringement..."
The secretary reminded him, "I'm afraid that's difficult. All the material in this video comes from the trailer that has already been released."
Jim's expression suddenly looked like he had eaten a fly.
Generally speaking, in order to promote their own movies, film companies are happy to let video producers use their own publicly available video materials to make videos.
This can be considered as a half-industry unspoken rule. Otherwise, the online video industry would simply not be able to make good videos.
But the "promotional video" on the computer screen now is obviously not what Fox wants to see.
Anyway, Jim himself couldn't swallow this humiliation, let alone his rich second-generation leader.
Jim knew very well that Murdoch Jr. was arrogant and would definitely do the same thing as he did after knowing this.
"Submit a lawyer's letter directly! Ask the [See Moon] website to tell us the personal information of the video's creator and the IP address that uploaded it."
Jim said firmly: "If they refuse, then we at Fox will sue them directly [See Moon]!"
"I see."
The secretary nodded and he ran out of the office again.
"It's a troubled time..."
Jim slumped down on the sofa, his eyes staring blankly at the ceiling again.
Will [See Moon] hand over the video maker?
Jim believed that the other party would most likely not do that, and even if he did, it would probably be a scapegoat from nowhere.
But whether it is handed over or not, Fox will not let [See Moon] go. No, he should not let Washimine go!
Unfortunately, Jim didn't know that the worst part of the matter was yet to come.
Less than two hours after this controversial video was sent, Fox informed [See Moon] through official channels to delete the video disguised as a "trailer".
However, [See Moon] was equally tough and refused to give in, saying that creating videos is the personal freedom of the UP host.
The two sides were in a stalemate.
On one hand, they said we will send you a lawyer's letter, and on the other hand, they smiled and showed the legal department's lawyer team borrowed from the Washimine headquarters.
Fox originally thought that the farce would end here, and the two sides would meet in court afterwards.
But Shion's move far exceeded Fox's expectations.
On the day the video was released, almost all the famous news and magazine media in Europe and the United States, including the BBC, the Guardian, the New York Daily News, the Global Times, etc., all mentioned the news that the animated version of "Dragon Ball" will be released in their entertainment news sections.
That's not all. That evening, CNN, owned by Warner, and ABC, owned by Disney, also reported the news on their respective evening news.
Not only that, the two TV stations also played the trailer without cutting a single second to all the viewers watching TV.
When Jim and Murdoch Jr. saw the ABC announcer speaking seriously on the screen, they were completely stunned.
"Recently, because of dissatisfaction with Fox's adaptation of Dragon Ball, some netizens edited the live-action version of Dragon Ball with the animated version of Dragon Ball and made a DIY movie trailer."
"It seems like the fans are trying to let Fox know their anger in this way."
"Let's enjoy the video made by this talented netizen..."
Bang!
Little Murdoch simply picked up the remote control in his hand and threw it at the TV screen.
The Advertising Law does state that advertisements cannot promote their own products by disparaging their competitors' products.
But how should it be calculated if it is reported in the form of news?
Moreover, many more people watch the news than watch advertisements.
Killing someone means destroying their heart, this should be what is happening now.
Generally speaking, no film company would adopt this disguised promotional method.
After all, it is extremely expensive to take up time during news broadcasts for advertising.
But Shion didn't go there to promote the movie at all.
Compared to the promotion effect of the new Dragon Ball movie, Shion cares more about feeding Fox [beep! ]
"Kill you! Washimine Shion, I'm going to kill you!"
Little Murdoch was roaring angrily in his house, and he smashed everything that could be smashed in his room.
"Female vixen! Since you are so unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous!!!"
After forcing himself to calm down, Murdoch Jr. dug out his Nokia phone from the wreckage on the shelf.
"Dad, I want to ask you to do something." Murdoch Jr. said to the other end of the phone.
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Although 20th Century Fox was very dissatisfied with the performance of "Dragon Ball: Evolution", the reality could not be diverted by their ideas.
With the arrival of the second summer weekend of 2009, the highly anticipated superhero movie "Iron Man 2" was finally released across the United States.
However, compared to its predecessor, which received unanimous praise, "Iron Man 2" is less satisfying.
"Although the story of Iron Man 2 has not yet degenerated into the idiotic level of the disaster film Batman & Robin."
"But it's obvious that the plot is weak and there are loopholes in many places."
"Not only are many of the contradictions designed to be quite far-fetched, but in order to be able to connect with the movie universe, it also destroys the original context of the movie."
The above film review basically represents the public's evaluation of "Iron Man 2".
From professional reputation, media reputation to audience reputation, "Iron Man 2" performed poorly.
After three days of its first weekend, the film's IMDB score was only 7.0, and its media score was only 57, which was not even passing.
You should know that "Iron Man 1" has an excellent score of 8.1 on IMDB.
Fortunately, the North American summer season is different from other seasons. Compared with the reputation of the movie, the entertainment level of the movie is obviously more important.
Looking at the North American summer season in the past decade, bad reputation and high box office often appear in the same film.
This is also the reason why Fox next door has always had some expectations for "Dragon Ball" before it was released.
The impact of word of mouth on a film during the summer season is undoubtedly the smallest compared to other seasons.
Gorgeous special effects, bombardment scenes, and mechas flying all over the sky.
Plus Robert Downey Jr. plays the lovable Tony Stark.
These things are enough to make the audience ignore all the unreasonable plots when watching the movie.
Not to mention that "Iron Man 2" also has the foreshadowing of the previous work.
Although the number of fans Marvel has accumulated in the past two years is not as high as during its heyday ten years later, it is no longer just a few cats and dogs.
The above advantages are enough to make "Iron Man 2" attract a considerable number of audiences to the theaters.
Although the reviews from all sides were not very good, the box office of "Iron Man 2" showed no sign of slowing down.
It grossed more than 140 million U.S. dollars in North America in the first three days of its weekend, setting a new record for the opening of an MCU movie.