If it weren't for the sake of safety, Jimmy would have outsourced the system installation business to other companies.
The key is that there is too much chaos in the current Internet industry, and those companies are mixed with good and bad. Jimmy does not dare to take risks. If he loses everything because of a small mistake, he will regret it later.
The Starry Sky Card is no better than other things. In the future, people will compare Deep Space Points with money. If there are security issues, it will be fatal.
In fact, major movie theaters now also have some doubts about the Star Card. Knowing their doubts, Deep Space Company currently only participates in the points business with movies that Deep Space Company participates in the production or distribution. Even if something goes wrong, Deep Space Company
It's also completely responsible.
However, it won’t take long for the business scope to expand. Star points can be exchanged not only for movie tickets in the Deep Space series, but also for tickets for other movies. However, points cannot be earned for buying tickets for other movies.
Of course, movie theaters or movie distributors can also cooperate with Deep Space Company and add movies to the points business. This is purely voluntary.
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When "Infernal Affairs"'s first-week box office of more than 26 million yuan came out, the relevant media that had not been optimistic about it before were all shocked.
A questionnaire survey showed that more than 40% of the viewers who watched "Infernal Affairs" in the first week were Deep Space Tribe or Dongdong users, and they have always paid more attention to this movie.
Therefore, the media can easily come to the conclusion that the reason why "Infernal Affairs" achieved such a good first-week box office was due to the promotion of Deep Space Tribe and Dongdong.
It is worth mentioning that another movie "Mission to Mars" released at the same time as "Infernal Affairs" had a box office of more than 22 million in its first week, which was several million less than "Infernal Affairs".
The film "Mission to Mars" is said to have cost as much as $90 million to produce, which is more than the production cost of "The Martian."
Although "Mission to Mars" is not intended to capitalize on the popularity of "The Martian," the producers also intentionally or unintentionally want to compete with "The Martian."
In an interview, the head of Touchstone Pictures mentioned "The Martian" in public for the first time. He believed that the box office of "The Martian" will not be worse than "The Martian" - even if the movie has Yu and Spear.
Berg's bonus. He also said half-jokingly, "Although the original work of "The Martian" is very beautiful, I don't think many people are willing to watch a one-man show by an actor in a one- or two-hour movie-at least.
I won't."
Touchstone Pictures is very confident in this movie because they used good special effects and invited big-name stars such as Gary Sinise, Tim Rozbean, and Don Cheadle to star.
But the reality is cruel. Their first-week box office was only over 22 million.
This kind of box office may not be that bad compared to other movies, but "Mission to Mars" is a movie that cost as much as 90 million US dollars to produce, and its first-week box office was far lower than they expected.
Originally, the producers and distributors hoped that the movie's box office could rival "The Martian" released this year. Who knew that the movie's first-week box office could not even rival "Infernal Affairs".
Not many people are paying attention to "Mission to Mars" now, and the media want to see if "Infernal Affairs" can maintain this momentum.
First-week box office is a good indicator, but it doesn't mean everything.
Sometimes, two movies have the same first-week box office, but their final box office is several times different.
There are too many possibilities for a first-week box office of 28 million. It can go up to a very high number. If it goes down, it is not impossible to end up with a box office of only 40 million.
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Just after the first week, Yu Dong got the box office analysis report of "Infernal Affairs", which included not only box office data, but also some questionnaire results and analysis.
The results of the questionnaire were somewhat beyond Yu Dong's expectations.
Before the release of "Infernal Affairs", Yu Dong was also worried that North American audiences would not understand the implicit expression of "Infernal Affairs".
But the result was not like this. Although there were some viewers who said they didn't understand, they only accounted for a small part, while the majority of the viewers said they could understand.
Maybe it's because European and American audiences have seen more and more Chinese faces in recent years, so they don't think there's anything special about watching a movie starring all Chinese.
In this report, we also collected the discussions about the movie among netizens in the Deep Space Tribe after the movie was released.
[It’s definitely a good movie. I heard that the second part is already being prepared. I’m looking forward to it.]
[It’s not like a regular police movie, it’s more like a movie like “The Godfather”. 】
[When I heard that YU was writing a police drama, I knew that things would not be that simple, and sure enough...]
【I think the pace is a little slow.】
[I think the pacing is just right, if you don’t watch it as an ordinary police movie.]
[I have only seen Chinese martial arts movies before, but I didn’t expect that other movies are also very good.]
[Please, China has YU. Do you think a country with only martial arts movies can produce people like YU? 】
[I don’t know what the science fiction novel YU mentioned last time is, and why it hasn’t been released for so long.]
【This movie is worth the price of admission.】
[Hahahaha, I didn’t spend any money, I redeemed it with deep space points.]
[I’m envious. There is a cinema here that also accepts deep space point redemption, but it’s too far away, so I gave up. 】
[We don’t even have such a cinema here, and of course, I didn’t win the prize either.]
[Haha, come to New York, it is definitely the most convenient city to use deep space points. 】
[The city with the best use of deep space points is Jinling. As someone who has been to the Deep Space Annual Conference, I will have a wonderful experience if I have a starry sky card in Jinling.]
[New York has just started and will soon catch up with Jinling. The Deep Space Headquarters is in New York. They will definitely make New York a city where Deep Space Points can be used everywhere. 】
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! [As a film and television company, why is Deep Space not in Los Angeles?]
[Why do you think Deep Space is a film and television company? They are obviously an Internet company.]
[Wrong, it’s obviously a cultural company.]
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Seeing the discussions among these netizens, Yu Dong has a feeling that something has changed subtly over the years. People in Europe and America know more and more about Chinese culture and can understand more and more.
After reading the information on "Infernal Affairs", Yu Dong looked at the information on the side. This was Deep Space's merger and acquisition of BenQ, which was sent along with the information on "Infernal Affairs".
Although he hasn't read it yet, Yu Dong already roughly knows the contents. For this merger, Deep Space will need to pay US$580 million in cash, and will also leave some shares to Shi Zhengrong and Li Kunyao.
In addition, the business between BenQ and Acer will continue. Up to now, BenQ is still doing OEM work for Acer.
The plan has basically been finalized. If nothing unexpected happens, the contract will be signed within half a month. Soon Deep Space Company will own BenQ and start running their plan.
The price is not expensive, but Shi Zhengrong also knows that BenQ is only a semi-finished product now, with many shortcomings. It does have the potential to grow and develop, but on the one hand, it requires more consumption, and on the other hand, there is great uncertainty.
sex.
It's better to take advantage of the current shortage of money and sell BenQ at a good price, let Acer lose weight, and both parties can work closely together to take off.
Without opening the merger and acquisition case, Yu Dong leaned back. After the acquisition of BenQ, it was regarded as a matter of concern for him.
But he also knows that this is just the beginning, and BenQ's cash-burning ability is not weak. If they cannot ensure sufficient funds to ensure the development of the base, then this acquisition will be a failure and will only increase their burden.
In addition to BenQ burning money, they will also need a lot of funds to acquire shares in various companies after the Internet bubble bursts.
As for Yu Dong, besides writing scripts, all he thinks about is money-burning things.
Therefore, when it comes to writing, he is much more diligent than before. Not long after he finished writing "Wali", he started writing "Pumping Heart" again.
"Pumping Heart" will be finished soon, and Yu Dong will also write "Source Code" after that. This year is destined to be a very happy year for readers.
After putting away the information on "Infernal Affairs" and the BenQ merger, Yu Dong was about to continue writing "Pumping Heart" when the door of his office was pushed open.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Yu Dong guessed that it was Yu Hua or Bi Feiyu who came.
There were only a few people who came to his office without knocking on the door, and the two of them came relatively frequently.
As expected, Yu Dong looked up and saw Yu Hua.
Just looking at Yu Hua, Yu Dong didn't say hello to him and lowered his head again.
Not surprised, Yu Hua sat down on the sofa and asked Yu Dong, "Commissioner, please pour me a cup of tea. I want black tea. I have a bad gastrointestinal condition recently, so I need black tea to moisten it."
Yu Dong glanced at Yu Hua: "If your stomach is not good, you should move more often. Sitting like you will only make your stomach worse. No matter how much black tea you drink, it won't work."
Yu Hua stood up helplessly and walked to the place where the tea cups were placed, "I knew that asking you to do something would be harder than climbing to the sky."
Yu Dong curled his lips, "What do you want from me? Don't you have a class for writers today? You're not skipping class."
Yu Hua pointed at his watch, "Look at what time it is. My class has ended a long time ago. Just because I finished my class, I stopped by to sit here."
Hearing this, Yu Dong put down his pen and looked at Yu Hua with a smile, "Are you unusual today? Are you going to make some detours with me?"
The writing class established by the International Writing Center is held in a comprehensive building, and the comprehensive building is not far from the staff dormitory. It cannot be said that it is a convenient way to go from the comprehensive building to the government affairs building. Yu Hua did not go there after class.
Coming here instead of going home must be something.
As for Yu Hua, he usually goes straight to the point and never makes any detours, so Yu Dong was surprised.
But Yu Hua only made a detour. Hearing what Yu Dong said, he chuckled, "I really have such a trivial matter to trouble you."
"Come and listen, let me see if it's troublesome."
"Well, I was on the phone with Tiesheng two days ago. I heard that he was not in a very high mood, so I asked him what was wrong. He said he was bored at home. This is understandable. After all, he stays at home every day and is fine.
He can go to the Temple of Di, but the Temple of Di is still under construction recently, so he can’t go there, which makes it even more boring.”
Yu Dong nodded, "What then?"
"Then I suggested to him that we go shopping together."
Hearing Yu Hua's almost ridiculous suggestion, Yu Dong didn't have any special reaction. He just asked, "How is Tiesheng's physical condition recently? Can he be supported to go around? These things must be considered carefully. If something goes wrong,
, we can’t bear it.”
Yu Hua took a sip of tea and nodded: "I asked specifically. His condition is still very stable now, so there shouldn't be any big problems. Besides, it would be good for his condition to go out for some fresh air. The weather in Yanjing is not very good now."
Okay, it’s quite cold again, so I’m going to take him south.”
Yu Dong asked, "How many of you are together?"
"It's decided for now that Bi Feiyu and I are actually going to go. Xiaobo and the others also want to go, but the classes at the writing center are still going on. If we go too many, it will be difficult to arrange the classes."
Yu Dong looked at Yu Hua with a smile, "You came to me, didn't you want me to teach you instead?"
"That's what I mean. You won't be able to leave anyway."
Yu Dong pondered for a while and said: "Don't ask me to take over the class. In this way, all of you can go there together."
"All of us?" Yu Hua looked confused, "What about the writing center?"
"I'm talking about everyone, including you teachers, and all the students. It's not enough to stay in the classroom all day long for literary creation. I just took this opportunity to bring them all together. It's a teaching tour, and
If there are more people, we can help a little bit."
"This is a way. In this way, the class will not be delayed. However, there are dozens of us in total, and it is quite troublesome for so many people to hang out together."
Yu Dong shook his head, "If there's any trouble, I'll tell Yiliang later and ask him to send two buses to you. You and Feiyu will determine the route in the past few days, and then let the buses follow the route. Of course.
Remember to ask Tiesheng for his opinion on this matter and see where he wants to go."
"Of course, he will be the main one when we go out this time." Yu Hua smiled and looked at Yu Dong with interest, "You have made such a good arrangement, what about you, do you want to go first?
Put down what you are doing and go out for a walk with us?"
Yu Dong smiled and said: "Let me see, work is one thing. Zhenzhen is still young now, so I can't leave it all to them. Even if I go, I can only follow him for a few days. It won't take long."
"Okay, then I will go talk to Tiesheng now and make sure he is settled, and then you can arrange the bus."
Chapter completed!