You can't imagine the happiness of the group performance

Chapter 709 719 Opportunity to jump in line, if you want to not worry about it, you still have to watch basketball!

On May 5, there were no less than 31 people sitting in the large experimental auditorium of No. 2 warehouse of Xingchenhaihai.

Today is the opening ceremony of the World Cup, and the atmosphere of football is so hot that in the company and the current crew, regardless of whether they like football or not, football is all about after dinner, which also makes everyone's enthusiasm for watching the opening ceremony today is quite high.

Although Jiang Yan doesn't like football very much, he certainly won't stop everyone from watching it.

Not only that, but he also organizes everyone to watch it together, which is a good way to increase cohesion.

In addition, he can also take advantage of this time to show off his muscles to some partners.

Therefore, during the World Cup, the experimental theater of Stars and Seas will always be open, which is considered a kind of benefit.

Of course, this is not just a benefit, because the Stars and Oceans Experimental Cinema is a test site for Jiang Yan to experiment with various projection technologies, and the continuous operation of equipment that lasts for a month can also be regarded as a concentration before the current technology is rolled out to the market. test.

These technologies are actually commonplace in later generations, but they must be different in this era.

"This screen is so big!"

"Bigness is not the point, the point is clarity!"

"How can it be so simple, if you observe carefully, the sound effect, the picture, the seat arrangement, the environment, and the projection equipment, I can guarantee that even Lao Mei is not so advanced."

"It is said that it was jointly developed by Xingchenhai and Tesla. I don't know how much it cost, but you look at the effect, tsk tsk tsk, viewers who have seen this, I am afraid it will be difficult to see the old one..."

In the experimental theater, watching the decoded ultra-clear CCTV five programs on the big screen, although this is the playback effect of the decoded TV signal, and there is still a big gap between the audio-visual experience brought by the authentic movie effect, but still Let many people present start to discuss.

Many of them claim to be quite knowledgeable in movies and theaters, but seeing Jiang Yan's IMAX screen now, they all look like they have never seen the world.

Of course, after being shocked, it is naturally admiration for Jiang Yan and Xingchenhai.

"As expected of Jiang Yan, he is not an ordinary person."

Some people can't help but sigh with emotion.

Among other things, at least in the movie industry, when others are fighting for millions of investment, they have already played tens of millions or hundreds of millions, and not only is it a big game, but it is also a good game. Well, look at him now in Xiangjiang and Laomei, he's doing quite well.

And Jiang Yan is not satisfied with this, he is not only engaged in movies, but now he also engages in theater chains, but if you want to say that they are not bad from those theater chains on the market today, that’s all. High standards and strict requirements directly follow American standards, so Star Cinemas is now regarded as a high-end theater chain in China, and young couples in big cities will be called out of style if they don’t make an appointment at Star Cinemas.

However, everyone thought that this was Jiang Yan's advanced performance, but what they saw now surprised them even more.

Take the current big-screen technology as an example. At this moment, everyone feels that it would be a pity if they don't watch movies in front of this kind of big-screen theater in the future, especially blockbuster movies.

Of course, the most important thing is that their own movies, or the movies they participated in, deserve to be on this kind of big screen!

This is a life achievement!

"After the end, ask Mr. Jiang how to cooperate."

"Don't worry, people dare to arrange us to come here, there must be a later story, let's watch the World Cup now."

"makes sense..."

Sitting in the golden seat, Jiang Yan silently listened to the discussions around him, and he was very satisfied at the moment.

Said that it was the second stage to squeeze the wool of the World Cup, but he didn't focus entirely on one movie, but on all aspects.

So borrowing the name of the World Cup to show soft and hard power is an important part of it.

And the most obvious effect has already appeared, and that is about the "Hero" project.

"Hero" is now finished, and it is expected to be scheduled for the end of the year, but at this time the layout of the release has already begun.

The most important thing is to negotiate with various theaters and movie theaters, but the producer Zhang Weiping is rather domineering. His request is that when "Hero" is released, in addition to various routine issues such as confidentiality measures and share, he has another request. , That is, theaters or movie theaters must guarantee a 100% film scheduling rate within a certain period of time, preferably one month, at least two weeks.

Jiang Yan also understands this kind of request. Hero invested 3000 million US dollars. If he wants to return his capital, he can't count on the global box office. Use some extreme methods, otherwise it's really hard to say.

Moreover, in China in this era, such a requirement is actually not difficult to achieve. After all, the overall film output is not much, so this guy Yuan Shikong did it.

But the problem is that this approach makes the theaters very disgusted.

Your "Hero" is not a film within the system, why should we let you 100% give way?Even if a film within the system comes and says that we are required to arrange 100% of the film and not release others, then we may not fully abide by it.

The most important thing is that theater chains are commercial theater chains, and they want to make money. If you ask me to guarantee you three to five days, that’s all. If you see pirated copies on the street stalls, the box office revenue will drop significantly after that, so it is also a routine operation to concentrate on box office a few days before the release.

But it will take half a month for you to come up, so what money will we make in the next week?

Besides, there are also directors in our relationship circle who want to release films, should I take care of them?And you make me a bad person, and there is no greater benefit, why should I do it?
So for now, Zhang Weiping ran a lap, and the feedback he got was unsurprisingly unsatisfactory.

So Zhang Weiping thought of breaking through from Jiang Yan first.

After all, Jiang Yan is not only one of the investors of "Heroes", but also owns theaters, and the market share is rapidly expanding.

If Jiang Yan said 100% support, not only would the project be guaranteed, but it would also motivate others, making Zhang Weiping's subsequent negotiations smoother.

Of course, Jiang Yan understood this. As an investor, he also agreed that Zhang Weiping should be more domineering.

But at the same time, Jiang Yan also has a better way, because he is a technical side.

What is technology? To put it bluntly, it is to make cinemas more "cinemas", using technology to allow more people to enter the cinema to experience a better movie-watching experience, instead of relying on this domineering way to drive everyone into the cinema.

For example, when "Avatar 3D" came out, online pirated copies appeared soon, but why do so many people still pay high prices to go to movie theaters?The answer is simple, because the viewing experience has directly risen to another dimension, so that many movie fans feel that if they don’t go to the cinema to watch this movie, it’s as if they haven’t seen it. Watch it once and watch it a second time!
This is the huge benefit brought about by the technological change of film projection.

At present, Jiang Yan is actually doing the same. "My Sassy Girlfriend", "Fast and Furious" and "Kung Fu Panda" all have IMAX large-screen versions. Although "Hero" does not, but with Jiang Yan's current technology , Transcoding can also be realized at that time. Although the effect is not good, the picture of "Hero" itself can make up for it, so this release will be an experiment. The line will naturally introduce such technology, and then the next step is to wait for the number of theaters to increase, and there will be more screens for IMAX and 3D technologies. Effect.

In this way, the theater chain's attributes as a commercial company can be fully utilized, Jiang Yan's technology can also be promoted on a large scale, and "Heroes" can also reap higher box office.

Isn't this more advanced than forcing someone to sign a 100% movie schedule contract, making them think you're too domineering, and after the movie is released, they backhandedly swallow your hundreds of millions of box office?
It's no wonder that this guy's character is not good in the eyes of insiders.

As for such an idea, Zhang Weiping and others were naturally reluctant to believe it at first. They didn't think Jiang Yan's technology was so good.

But now, after experiencing the IMAX version of "Fast and Furious" specially arranged by Jiang Yan, and knowing about the technology promotion discount plan formulated by Jiang Yan, they only have one idea, that is, "Hero" will not be released for more than half a year. , In the past six months, the more theaters of this kind, the better, so Zhang Weiping directly expressed his opinion to Jiang Yan: I know a theater owner, I will help you talk!
You see, it's not that simple.

But if you really want to talk about it, you don’t need to be an outsider. Ms. Dong has already sent Jiang Yan a capable person in the future. At that time, he will work with the people from the Star Cinema to promote this matter all over the world.

As for you, you don't even need to think about me to know that you want to get a piece of the pie. Even if you don't, I won't intervene for you. If Lao Mouzi and I were not friends, I wouldn't bother to have anything to do with you. . .

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Soon, following the commentary of the Yangshi host, the opening ceremony of the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea began. After the opening ceremony, the first game began. The people in the test hall also began to quiet down. Everyone took snacks and drinks and began to enjoy the movie. like a TV experience.

And Jiang Yan was able to watch the opening ceremony in the test hall, which also meant that the efforts of Pepsi and Warner to push him to perform at the opening ceremony were nullified.

Jiang Yan was not at all surprised by this, after all, he is not from Japan or South Korea, and even if he is from Nihong or South Korea, he may not be able to get in.

This can be seen from the opening ceremony.

For this World Cup in Japan and South Korea, the organizing committee specially found 6 Japanese and Korean singers to form a group of "Voices of Japan and South Korea".

Jiang Yan was a little speechless. He didn't know what the organizing committee was thinking. These two countries did not use super popular national singers like Ayumi Hamasaki and Li Zhenxian, but they created such a group specially.

Except for three of the six singers who are fairly well-known, the other three are new stars who have just emerged. It is estimated that many people in Japan and South Korea do not know each other.

Using the current domestic analogy, Liu Huanjiang, Yan Sun Nan and other super popular bigwigs don't need it, they have to find a few second-tier singers and three young fresh meats who have just debuted.

At the same time, although the theme song is a trilingual song in Japanese, Korean and English, it is mainly in Japanese and Korean, which makes it difficult for people from other countries to listen to it.

But this is actually understandable. After all, it is necessary to highlight the culture of the organizer, so the popularity will be sacrificed. Take the 08 Olympics as an example. Isn’t that also bilingual? Anyway, as long as it is not pure English, the popularity will definitely be It's a big discount, this is what Jiang Yan has released so many songs in Europe and America, he feels the most.

But then again, it’s definitely okay for you to do this, but you didn’t even bring out the leading artists of the two countries, and you got a bunch of second- and third-tier or even newcomers. The two countries are not well-known, and the most important thing is that their singing ability is only average, which is unreasonable.

So it's no wonder that the performance of the song at the opening ceremony was wonderful.

Of course, it's also possible that people don't want to overwhelm the host, after all, the ball game will follow immediately after, but this does leave a chance for Jiang Yan.

Warner Henry, who was at the scene, called at the first time, with only one meaning: the opening ceremony pulled his hips, so now the odds of jumping in line for the closing ceremony have skyrocketed from 4% to [-]%!
Now Jiang Yan's "Wavin`flag" is so popular, it is the hottest football song nowadays, and Jiang Yan is the number one star in Asia, and he is of East Asian race.

So since you guys in Japan and South Korea can't handle it well, then I'll find Jiang Yan.

Regarding this, Jiang Yan is still very calm. Of course it’s good to be able to jump in the queue. It doesn’t matter if he can’t get in. Anyway, there is the seed of "prophecy" planted before. This time, as long as the result of the game is not changed by his butterfly fan , his strategic goal can be perfectly achieved.

After hanging up the phone, the time came to 07:30 in the evening, and the opening game of the World Cup was about to begin.

The opener is France vs Senegal.

Since it is not the Chinese team, the people in the test hall will start to leave if they are not interested at this time, or change to another small hall to watch movies. Anyway, it is up to them to play as they like during off work hours, and most of the remaining people are adults. Gentlemen, at this time, as the game started, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became lively, and at the same time, everyone began to place bets.

However, Xingchenhai is not allowed to gamble with money, so betting is just a joke.

Most of the betting direction is that the French team will win, because France was the last champion.

Jiang Yan didn't know the result of the opening match, but he seemed to have heard that there was a law in the opening match. In short, it was quite counterintuitive, so there was a high probability that Senegal would be upset.

So when Jiang Yan was asked by the staff which team he was optimistic about, Jiang Yan said directly: "Senegal."

The employees reminded: "That would be an upset, the probability is very small."

Jiang Yan didn't care, then waved his hand and said: "If it's really upset, then I'll pay to buy a few tickets for the Chinese team and final tickets as benefits."

wow~~
Everyone instantly cheered up.

Especially for a few fans, this is a great benefit for them.

Although the income of Xingchenhai employees can fully support them to go to the field to watch the game, after all, the company has many projects during this period and everyone is busy.

And if the boss really uses the game tickets as a benefit, it will be paid to watch the game, and if it is the tickets for the finals, it will be even more amazing, this is too greedy!

However, this seems difficult to achieve, after all, Senegal is facing the last champion!
So the excitement only lasted for a short while, and everyone put this matter behind them.

However, more than an hour later, when the game ended, the entire theater shook.

"Won!!"

The crowd cheered, and those who didn't know it thought the Chinese team had won.

Then a group of people chased after Jiang Yan for a reward.

Jiang Yan did not play tricks, and directly announced the news that he had bought 90 tickets for the Chinese team match and 10 tickets for the finals in advance.

The 90 tickets for the Chinese team are divided into three matches, with 30 tickets for each group match, but as for who can go, it depends on everyone's own decision.

The employees also knew how to do it, so they quickly formulated some quiz and lottery rules. Anyway, one principle is that this time it is only for fans. No matter what position or status, the overall is fair and just. It is also the culture of stars and seas to form cliques, so the next thing to do is to look at the results of the two games before the Chinese team.

The employees were happy, and Jiang Yan was also very satisfied, but some people were a little listless.

This person is none other than Kobe.

After the opening match, Jiang Yan received a call from Kobe.

Calculating the time, it happened to be 5 or 6 am in Los Angeles time.

"No meat, didn't you sleep?"

"Didn't sleep, what's the matter Kobe?"

"I'm a little nervous..."

It turned out that on the night of May 5, Los Angeles time, that is, more than ten hours later, the Lakers will usher in a key game with the Kings.

It was the NBA Western Conference Finals at this time, and the Lakers trailed the Kings 2-3.

If the Lakers lose this game, this season will come to an end. If they can't win the championship, let alone establish a dynasty with three consecutive championships.

So at this time, Kobe gave Jiang Yan the softest part of his heart, and he wanted some encouragement.

Of course Jiang Yan wanted to give encouragement, so he said:
"On June 6th, which is the first game of your finals, I will bring the orchestra to your home performance to cheer. Do you want to know what song I created? Let me tell you, this song, after you listen to it, you may not be able to make it up. Will kill red eyes, want to hear, hey, I won't tell you, see you on June 5th!"

Kobe naturally understood the meaning of this.

Jiang Yan didn't say anything, it seemed like he said everything.

See you in the first game of the finals on June 6, doesn't that mean that Jiang Yan absolutely believes that the Lakers can win two games in a row and go to the next round.

So what else is there to say, what the hell!
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Yan looked at the employees who were still excited and shook his head directly.

What's the point of running all the way to make trouble in my heart.

If you don't want to worry about it, you still have to watch basketball!

(End of this chapter)