Chapter 42: The Dark Horse of Summer Vacation

  Some Americans, mainly young people and college students, also had a fierce discussion about this play.

  "What kind of movie is this 'Blair Witch' anyway?!"

  "What kind of play is this after Lin Xifen and Jin Dou stood up?"

  ……

  "I heard this movie is being shown in an underground cinema, I really want to see it!"

  "Right, let's see what kind of ghost story this is!"

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  At the same time, Stephen King published a comment in the newspaper, attracting many loyal readers who liked him. Under the guidance of the horror god, these loyal fans strongly refuted and criticized the film "Blair Witch".

  "This is a terrible movie, although I haven't seen it yet, but I know for sure!"

  "Stephen King has already said it himself, this play is just hanging a sheep's head to sell dog meat!"

  "Our idol says so, it must be right! Oppose this trash drama!"

  ……

  "We must find out who's been hyping up this play and kill him!"

  "Right, find out who wrote 'The Blair Witch Project' and splash some mud on him!"

  "Get rid of this scum! Pull out this poisonous weed! He's a cancer, cut him out!"

  ……

  Facing the increasingly overwhelming verbal attacks and threatening human flesh searches, always facing the danger of being found and having eggs thrown at him, being doused with dirty water, and being splashed with sulfuric acid... Fat Jack couldn't take it anymore.

  If possible, Fatso would not hesitate to push Yiyang out from behind him and tell those people, "This guy is my mastermind, he's the ringleader!" As for whether or not people would kill Yi Yang, that was beyond Fatso's consideration.

  But Fat Jack soon dispelled this idea, because he knew that his master was not a good person and would beat him to death before being beaten!

  This business is not profitable and cannot be done!

  After some careful consideration, Fat Jack came up with a brilliant idea... pretend to be ill and ask for sick leave!

  So Fat Jack took the initiative to find Yi Feiyang and said that he had been suffering from high blood pressure, severe obesity, kidney deficiency, leg weakness, and yellow urine recently. He needed to go to a nearby hospital for treatment and could no longer serve his master.

  Yi Feiyang's instructions for his sick leave were simple: hurry back to work or I'll kick your eggs!

  Fat Jack didn't say another word, and continued to write with his eggs, of course, in the depths of his heart he still couldn't help but shout: Is this still America? Is there still democracy?!

  In fact, Yi Feiyang was already delighted that Stephen King had taken the initiative to stand up for him.

  Those who are good at hype know that any explosive information needs to be hyped from both positive and negative sides. If it's done well, it can make a big splash. On the other hand, if you just shout slogans from one side, people will get bored after a while, which will reduce the effect of the hype.

  Yi Feiyang was worried about this, but Stefan, the horror king, suddenly appeared, as if he had just woken up from a nap. Someone happened to be delivering pillows, and not just any ordinary pillows, but world-renowned brand-name pillows. One word... awesome!

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, with the explosion of public opinion, the popularity of "The Blair Witch" has already broken through the underground film market and begun to take the stage, facing Los Angeles, North America, preparing to stir up an unprecedented storm of public opinion.

  Stephen King had no idea that he was inadvertently helping out Yi Fei Yang, this half-baked writer, while he was righteously criticizing "Witch Blair", causing the sales of Hollywood Entertainment Daily to skyrocket, with the newspaper's president grinning from ear to ear. As for the story of "Witch Blair", it also began to spread wider and faster along with the newspaper war...

  Yi Feiyang's movie, however, had already been heavily promoted by these media outlets and was a huge success. The five cinemas were not enough, so Yi Feiyang rented over 30 small cinemas to continue showing the film. Unexpectedly, every screening was packed, with many audiences having no seats. To solve this problem, Bao, also known as "Fatty", bought a large batch of plastic stools.

  No seats available, no worries!

  Let the bench help you!

  Ticket sales! One concert and it's no longer just a few thousand dollars like before, but tens of thousands!

  Yes, tens of thousands, beautiful green US dollars!

  Fat boy counts money with soft hands, while Yifeiyang is thinking that the influence of this play is still too weak, currently only limited to Los Angeles' few...

  A region, how to make this play a national, even global release, that's the key.

  The Blair Witch Project was only shown in small underground cinemas, although with more than 30 cinemas working together, the box office could reach $7-8 million, which is already good compared to a full national and global release.

  Yi Feiyang felt anxious in his heart.

  Hollywood's major film companies are also getting anxious.

  The original Hollywood summer file was clear, it was a competition between "Saving Private Ryan" and "Armageddon". But suddenly, a dark horse emerged from the underground cinema route, with box office soaring high, many young people crying out to watch this movie.

  Those cinema bosses are so pitiful, who would have known this movie would be so attractive?! Damn it, having such a great blockbuster and not watching it, but instead watching this low-cost crap!

  However, commercial films have always followed one principle: the audience is God!

  Whatever audiences like to watch is a good movie, a box office hit.

  A box office movie represents ticket sales and profits!

  For the sake of profit, many people can put everything aside, even trample on reason and justice, let alone humble themselves to negotiate with the copyright owner of "The Blair Witch" for distribution matters.

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  At the same time, newly established Lionsgate Films company.

  As the CEO of the company, banking giant Gusta is carefully studying the data report.

  Sitting in front of him was Mike, the company's IPO director.

  Mr. Mike was very nervous and from time to time used a handkerchief to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead.

  "You're telling me this is a low-budget film that's not worth investing in?" Gusta asked, looking at the data report.

  "Yes, it is." Gusta replied, wiping away cold sweat from his forehead.

  "But now this play has become a miracle, in just ten days, the box office revenue of this small movie has reached an astonishing 130,000! It's only some underground cinemas, and the box office has already reached 130,000. If it were to be released publicly, what would happen?! Do you understand what I mean?"

  "Yes, I understand." Mike's boss was sweating profusely, and if possible, he would have dug a hole to crawl into.

  "I don't care what you use to think, your brain or your butt, anyway I'm very interested in the play 'The Witch Blair', I want its distribution rights and copyright, got it? Must get it!"

  "Yes, boss, I'll definitely give it my all!" Manager Mike guaranteed.

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