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The evening of June 8.

[Lele Audio-Visual] store entrance.

Sun Zhengyang felt as if the world had suddenly become magical!
He originally thought that selling it for 9 yuan was already the lowest they could go.

But he never dreamed of this.

In the afternoon, he received a message that someone was selling the official license for the movie "The Longest Nite: Reboot" for only 7 yuan!

Moreover, this 7 yuan doesn't seem to be the lowest price. If you also buy a bad movie like "Monkey King vs. Superman 2," you can get a small discount on both...

Sun Zhengyang was stunned!
The genuine product is actually cheaper than the pirated one?

This is market disruption, is this utterly insane?

Not only was he stunned, but Sun Zhengyang also learned that other audio-visual stores were completely dumbfounded by this wave!

Especially those who burned pirated copies of "The Distant Man: Reboot"...

When Sun Zhengyang asked them what happened...

They were swearing!
"damn it!"

"It's all being sold by those same group of competitors!"

"Yes, it's those same Beijing-based companies that used to work with us on piracy that are selling them!"

"The original high-definition video sources were leaked from there. Later, the original video sources suddenly became abundant. Damn, free licensing, how could it not be popular?"

"Oh shit!"

"These bastards, these despicable guys, they've cleaned up their names and they didn't even include me! They had such a great way to make money and they didn't even take me! Damn it!"

"Wait, someone said they're checking the water meter at the door, I'll go check..."

"Damn it, run! The police are here!"

"..."

This was the first time Sun Zhengyang had heard the term "abundance of legitimate video sources".

Upon hearing this, I was completely stunned and couldn't recover for a long time...

[Abundance of legitimate video sources]?
This is a completely new term!
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Starting August 20, 2003...

Although crackdowns on piracy are becoming more frequent and intense across the country, some piracy perpetrators have realized the damage is done and have begun to keep a low profile...

However, piracy remains rampant throughout China, and the market is still enormous.

As long as there is enough profit, there will still be quite a few people willing to take the risk.

Data shows that despite how disappointing "Superman 2" was, over 4 million pirated copies were sold in the past month!
China's massive market size ensures that all kinds of films can thrive.

mountain city.

Ding Dongfang, the biggest pirate, was a typical example of someone who was extremely audacious. Even after hearing rumors and knowing that many of his peers had been arrested, he still didn't care.

He doesn't care because he has excellent counter-surveillance skills!

Over the years, he and his brothers have been committing crimes on the move. Once they sell pirated goods in one place, they immediately move on to the next. They never stay in one place for more than two days. Moreover, he has been with these brothers since childhood, and he has treated them all well. They are all in the same interest chain, and their cooperation has always been smooth over the years!

Although the police knew about him, finding evidence of his piracy was extremely difficult...

I thought this time...
Riding the wave of success of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Reboot" and the retreat of other competitors, he managed to make several million dollars through his unique business network...

Who would have thought!
"What did you say?"

"Is the genuine product cheaper?"

"Holy crap, are these guys crazy?!"

"..."

The official copy of "The Reboot" is cheaper than this!

He was completely stunned when he heard the calls from those familiar distributors!
But after it was actually confirmed, he felt that the producers of "The Distant Man: Reboot" had gone mad!
however……

Just as he was in shock!
There was a knock on the door of the studio, which had always been very secluded.

Immediately afterwards...

A group of police officers suddenly rushed over!
And the one leading the charge was his most trusted underling!
"Damn it, why did you betray me!"

"Brother Ding, the price they're offering is cheaper. I asked you to give me the cost price of 3 yuan before, but you wouldn't give it to me. I don't have much profit to make!"

"Burning CDs is free? The distribution channels are free? Taking risks is free? You…"

"It's free in Yanjing! They'll give me the authorization for free!"

"what!"

"As long as I pay the cost price of 3 yuan per copy and report the data to the people in Yanjing every day, I can have any genuine copies they want burned..."

"Damn, why didn't you tell me you had such a good channel?" Ding Dongfang suddenly became agitated when he heard this!

"Brother Ding! The market in Chongqing is only so big right now. Many of my peers who have heard the news have already started to switch to selling genuine products. Brother Ding, when the streets are full of people selling genuine products for ten or eight yuan... how am I supposed to make money?"

"you……"

Ding Dongfang's eyes widened!

I couldn't catch my breath and almost fainted!

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

"Lower the price! Yes, the price must be lowered!"

"We'll sell it for 15 yuan!"

"Boss, I know we won't make much money by lowering the price of the official copies... but the situation is really dire. 'Superman Reboot' is suddenly selling for 13 yuan!" "Yes, boss, you're right. We can't afford to panic. But the sales figures for 'Superman 2' are really bad right now..."

"real!"

"The reviews for 'Superman 2' were already a bit lackluster. If it's sold at the original price, and those scoundrels are causing trouble, I'm afraid..."

"Okay, I understand. I'll go and inform the distributors!"

"..."

【Tianyu】

8 month 23 day.

After making the call to his boss, Deng Hairong stared intently at the sales figures for "Superman 2".

Superman 2 has officially ended its run as of yesterday.

The total box office was only around 1.9 million.

Currently, the biggest source of profit for "Superman 2" is the genuine high-definition DVD discs!

However, with the rise of the online buzz surrounding the premiere of "Superman Reboot," "Superman 2" was inevitably affected!

8 Month 20 Day!
The official sales of "Superman 2" nationwide are approaching 12 copies!

On August 21, the number of tickets sold dropped to 100,000!

On August 22, the national sales of "Superman 2" suddenly plummeted from 100,000 copies per day to 70,000 copies!

Today, although detailed data is not yet available, based on the data generally reported by distributors, it is highly likely that the figure will fall below the baseline of 5 units...

If the DVD market collapses again, then this import of "Superman 2" will have been a complete waste of time!
……

After reviewing the data, he immediately called the company's sales department to discuss the work arrangements for lowering the price of genuine CDs.

But no one expected that the company's sales department would be so excited after receiving the call.

"Mr. Deng, such a small price reduction is not enough!"

"Damn it! Zhou Yang and his gang of bastards have already driven the price of the official version down to as low as 7 yuan! That's cheaper than some pirated copies of 'The Distant Ones: Reboot' on the market!"

"what?"

Upon hearing this news, Deng Hairong was taken aback: "Wasn't it 13 yuan? They..."

"Yes, Zhou Yang announced 13 yuan, but that's Zhou Yang's official price. Official? Ha, he doesn't have any official channels. He only hired those pirates who helped him sell 'Monkey King vs. Superman 2'. He gave free licenses of his genuine DVDs to those who sold pirates, only requiring them to hand over a few yuan in profit!"

"..."

"These pirate sellers are all like wolf cubs. They've completely lost their bottom line when it comes to making that first bite of hot money! To grab market share, they've started frantically reporting other pirate sellers. The entire piracy market is in chaos now. Anyone who dares to sell a pirated copy of 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Reboot' is reported like crazy! Not only are they reporting each other, but they're also competing internally, constantly undercutting each other's prices..."

"..."

"Initially, 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Reboot' was priced at 13 yuan. On the 22nd, everyone was selling it at that price. However, today, as more and more people join the legitimate camp, the price has dropped from 13 yuan to 8 yuan, and even to 7.5 yuan. This has not only created chaos in the market, but has also scared off many pirate sellers!"

"..."

"According to the information I just received, after the price was pushed down to the baseline of 7 yuan, they started selling the movie 'Monkey King vs. Superman 2' as a free gift again! Basically, it's buy one get one free. Today, 'Monkey King vs. Superman 2,' which didn't have many sales in the market before, actually sold more than 10,000 copies!"

"..."

"Mr. Deng, wait a minute. The data department seems to have found the latest sales figures for the DVD of the movie 'The Reboot'. I'll go check it out. Wait a minute!"

"..."

The call was quickly disconnected!
At this moment, Deng Hairong's expression was unpredictable.

He lit a cigarette and smoked it silently.

In fact...

These entertainment companies had already set the prices for the official DVDs.

They even signed a market competition agreement, so at least on the surface, they wouldn't engage in malicious competition!
But no one could have predicted it!

Today, Zhou Yang, this troublemaker, suddenly appeared out of nowhere and even managed to sit on the dinner table, taking a big bite out of the lucrative CD market!
Not only did they take a bite, but it was absolutely vicious competition!

Oh shit!

Just at this time……

The phone rang!

"Mr. Deng, Zhou Yang's sales figures are in!"

"How many?"

"From the 21st until yesterday, they sold nearly 10 genuine copies of 'The Disguiser: Reboot' on the CD market! And today... damn it!"

"..."

"What happened today?"

"According to the data department's calculations, with more and more pirate teams joining the ranks of those selling genuine DVDs, the movie 'The Reboot' might sell over 7 copies today, matching the sales of our 'Superman 2' yesterday!"

"what!"

When Deng Hairong heard this, his eyes widened immediately!
"There's even worse news..."

"what news?"

"After the huge success of 'Superman Reboot,' the DVD market for 'Superman 2' seems to have started to stagnate. Many distributors are not only reducing their production lines for 'Superman 2' but are also collaborating with the official 'Superman Reboot' team... If we don't do something to remedy the situation, 'Superman 2' might lose its DVD market share to these wolves in 'Superman Reboot'!"

"!!!"

"..."

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