Chapter 1185 Circulation Decline

Yang Cheng reminded Hansen to be careful, and to always be vigilant about relatives and friends who appear inexplicably around him. This world is too cruel, especially when you have the money and power envied by countless people. The thought of harming me became more and more serious.

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On the last day of January, "Fifty Shades Darker" successfully held its premiere in London. Prince William and his family of four personally joined in the show, setting off the biggest GC on the red carpet that night.

However, the media immediately condemned William’s act of bringing children to watch the movie, because of the scale of "Fifty Shades Darker", let alone children, even young people aged 14 or 5 cannot enter the cinema to watch. A member of the royal family, Prince William took the lead in doing something that violated the rules. How could the media who thought they had caught it, especially those who specialize in reporting gossip about the royal family, have such a crazy attitude? It means not giving up until the royal family is overthrown.

As a result, William had already prepared for this, and posted a photo of the little prince and princess resting in a separate lounge through social media early on, with the text, "The rules cannot be broken, as a member of the royal family, you must take the lead."

Well, it looks a little childish, but the effect is excellent. After a few celebrities reprinted it, the gossip disappeared without a trace, and it came and went quickly. These annoying things gossip media.

In any case, because of this accident, the popularity of the film in the UK and even in Europe has risen several steps. It seems that the film has not been affected by the leak of the film source.

And after re-editing, more emphasis is placed on the plot, which also makes the whole movie look smoother. The action love scene that has been the main focus before has also become the finishing touch of the auxiliary plot. I have to say that Harvey did this. It was a surprise.

The United States is also released at the same time, because this is the main market where the source of the film is leaked, so the entire company pays special attention to the box office performance in North America.

Fortunately, as the vanguard of Harvey, New Era Films has achieved great results. The theaters that have been oppressed by Harvey for many years are regarded as turned serfs and sing. Opened on a scale of 3,300 theaters, it hit a box office of 50 million US dollars on the first day of release.

Then it was further expanded to 3,600 theaters, and it grabbed another $42 million at the box office the next day, and finally won a total of $125 million in the first weekend in the first four days. It seems that it is not a big problem to break the series of records set by the first part of the series.

Not only did the North American market perform well, overseas also set off a frenzy of watching "Fifty Shades Darker" again. As the premiere venue, the United Kingdom, driven by hot news, directly grabbed the box office of 12 million US dollars in the first week. The German box office of more than 11 million has become the largest box office in Europe.

All in all, "Fifty Shades Darker" earned $194 million in its first week of release, breaking the previous box office record of $188 million in the first weekend. Unfortunately, it is only one step away from the $200 million mark. remote.

The box office hit was a foregone conclusion. After reading the briefing from Donna Lande, Yang Cheng felt relieved and turned his attention to other places.

But when he saw the next briefing, he flew into a rage, skipped Susu directly, made a phone call to Eddie's office, scolded him, and then asked him to bring the CEO and editor-in-chief of "New York Times" Come to him as quickly as possible.

Yang Cheng's anger spread through the phone receiver. Eddie didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly notified the two heads of the "New York Times", no matter what method he used, he rushed to the boss's office as quickly as possible, otherwise he would bear the consequences .

In fact, needless to say, they also guessed why Yang Cheng got angry. As early as when the briefing was made and sent to Yang Cheng, they knew that Yang Cheng would call, but they made them wait anxiously for a few days, thinking that this matter could be fooled , I didn't expect that less than half a day after my heart relaxed a little, a desperate call came after me.

How to do? Resign yourself to fate! Anyway, extending the head is a knife and shrinking the head is also a knife.

It took less than half an hour, and the three figures who were the big bosses in the hearts of countless people gathered outside Yang Cheng's office with their heads drooping. They first communicated with each other with their eyes. In the end, Eddie, who was most familiar with him, tried a few words with Susu, mainly concerned about Yang Cheng's state at this time, did he calm down his anger? Still irritable?

The answer Susu gave was, "Boss won't let me in, take care of yourself, good luck~"

Well, it’s better not to ask, the three men who add up to over 100 years old feel that their mentality is going to collapse, especially Mark Thomson, the CEO of "New York Times" who doesn’t see Yang Cheng often, suddenly feels a heartache in his calf, and the secret is terrible , maybe cramping.

Cold sweat broke out on his forehead for a moment, and it really hurt.

As a result, two colleagues who didn't have long-sighted eyes opened the door and went in. They had no choice but to drag a cramped leg and followed them step by step.

Fortunately, Yang Cheng focused his eyes on the computer and didn't see his embarrassment, otherwise he would have to be fired. Such a worthless subordinate, whoever loves him will want it.

The three of them walked as lightly as possible to the desk, looking at each other, and no one dared to speak first.

In fact, Yang Cheng had already noticed that someone came in, nonsense, three big living people pushed the door in and walked in, a blind person could feel it, and he was not blind.

But he just didn't turn his head, and deliberately left them alone, first to wear away the little courage to refute in their hearts, otherwise these elites might not listen to him, a young man, yelling at him honestly.

However, he really thought too much. You don't know what state these three people were in before they came. They were already prepared for the last round of scolding for the eighteen generations of their family ancestors.

Time is passing by every minute, and the huge office can hear a needle drop, and even the sound of breathing is extremely faint.

Unknowingly, including the most familiar Eddie, he also realized that the situation was not good. Seeing this, the boss is not only angry, but maybe the anger of his wife running away with someone is the same?

The three of them lowered their heads slightly, just like elementary school students who have made a mistake. They dare not show their anger, and their feet are almost numb and they dare not move a step. If this kind of performance is seen by outsiders, they will definitely scare the big teeth.

It took a full 20 minutes for Yang Cheng to finally move. He aimed his eyes towards the computer at the three of them. It wasn't that he didn't want to continue, but it was too tiring to maintain the same posture, and he couldn't hold on anymore. He just turned around, but if he changed his comfortable position, he would have to fight them for another 20 minutes.

A pair of eagle eyes scanned the three of them back and forth, and after a while, he snorted coldly, "Tell me, do you know why I called you here?"

The first reaction of the three of them was not to answer the question, but to breathe a sigh of relief, as long as they could speak, the pressure of silence was really unbearable.

Eddie looked at Dean Baquet and said, "You're the editor-in-chief of the New York Times, and you answer."

Baquet was not fooled. This bald head, who also has Indian blood, raised his glasses and looked at Mark Thomson beside him, "You are the CEO in charge of operations, you say."

Mark Thomson's face was a little pale at the moment. He didn't recover from the calf tendon just now, and now he was trapped by two shameless pig teammates. He couldn't live through this day.

Looking at Yang Cheng who also cast his gaze on him, he suddenly felt the urge to find a hole in the ground to save his life when the end of the world was approaching.

Forget it, isn't it just scolding? What's the big deal? Mark Thomson made the final mobilization in his heart, raised his hand to wipe off the cold sweat on his forehead, and said with a sneer, "Because the circulation of newspapers has declined severely this month."

"Well, thanks to you still know, then you can give me a reason now, why there is such a serious decline, 9%, what is the average circulation now? You all lost one-tenth of it all at once, what is it? Do you think it’s time for the newspaper to lay off staff? Are you going to be the first one?”

It's fine if Yang Cheng doesn't open his mouth, but when he opens his mouth, it's like landslides and ground cracks. I didn't see his lung capacity so good when swimming, but he didn't even need to change his breath when he scolded people, and the way he sprayed was smooth.

"Boss, please listen to my explanation. This month's decline in circulation is purely accidental." Mark Thomson was in a hurry. Don't be in a hurry. If you don't explain it, you will lose your job. It's not easy to find a high-paying job these days!

Yang Cheng felt reasonable, leaned back in the chair, stared at Thomson without saying a word.

Thomson didn't bother to wipe his sweat, swallowed, moistened his dry throat, and said with a wry smile, "This month, the entire northeastern United States has suffered from severe snowstorms and cold snaps. Newsstands have been closed on a large scale, and newsboys are even forbidden to go out. This caused circulation to plummet.

But it is not without good news. Our digital-only subscriptions have grown explosively. Currently, the number of users has exceeded 1 million. If the growth curve continues, our revenue will exceed 200 million US dollars by the end of the year. "

Thomson is also a little quick-witted, knowing that it is useless to just explain the mistakes, so he has to divert Yang Cheng's attention with good news.

Sure enough, Yang Cheng calmed down, leaned forward slightly, showed a curious attitude, and asked, "Tell me in detail."

Before the acquisition of The New York Times, Yang Cheng knew that in the process of digital transformation of traditional media, the construction of the paywall of The New York Times was unique, and it was a rare bright spot in the media landscape.

But because of the existence of the Toutiao app, the functions of the two overlap, so he has been considering whether to merge the two departments. However, since the New York Times has just joined the group family, it is not easy to make a big move for the time being, so this Things have been pressed down.

But I didn’t expect that Mark Thomson would give me a big surprise. Just like what experts outside advocated, it seems that the paywall of The New York Times is the Great Wall of the American newspaper industry. Its building block news, VR news, live video and so on The project of quasi-model opera is an unrivaled magic skill, and now that the magic skill has been completed, it can be used alone.

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