Chapter 453 Big Sell

Coinciding with Valentine's Day and the weekend, "Fifty Shades of Grey" can be regarded as having the right time, place and people, showing strong motivation from the very beginning of the painting.

In the United States, it has been screened in more than 2,800 theaters in advance since Thursday night, earning $10.6 million that night, setting the first record for New Era Pictures.

Immediately afterwards, it expanded to 3,646 theaters on Friday, breaking the largest premiere scale of an R-rated film maintained by "The Hangover 2" in 3,615 theaters. The single-day income on Friday (including Thursday's early screening) was 36.7 million US dollars. Easily reached the top of the single-day box office list.

This is just the beginning, the film made persistent efforts on Valentine's Day, and reported a receipt of 38 million US dollars, creating the highest single-day box office record for Valentine's Day.

This weekend's three days reported a close of 85 million US dollars, easily airborne the first weekend champion.

While the opening marks the fifth-highest opening for an R-rated film, it also sets a record -- the highest opening for a film directed by a female director, surpassing "The Twilight Saga" (Katherine Hardwicke) record ($69.63 million).

Similarly, the film also grossed US$188 million in the first weekend in overseas markets, and it was extremely popular in markets such as Europe and Latin America. The theaters arranged additional shows several times to meet the hot market demand.

Yang Cheng and Donna Land were overjoyed by this achievement. After the box office was released in the first weekend, they added another 10 million US dollars in promotional fees, and they were about to break all records of R-rated films before they would stop.

Not only that, the sales of the peripheral products are as expected by Yang Cheng. The small umbrella with the movie logo has become the best-selling item in the world this weekend. The sales volume exceeded 5 million in just 3 days, and the average selling price of each piece was US$5, which is quite a shameful price, but it still cannot stop the enthusiasm of sex-eating men and women.

That is to say, by selling small umbrellas, it earned 25 million U.S. dollars in three days on weekends, and New Era Pictures reached a cooperation with Du Leisi to purchase them at a price of 0.6 U.S. dollars, even if the packaging cost, transportation, And taxes and fees, the net profit of a small umbrella is more than 2 dollars, how much is 5 million multiplied by 2? Elementary school students can count. This is only the first weekend, and the first full 7 days have not yet started. The income from other surrounding areas is also quite hot, and this income has not been counted yet.

In short, Yang Cheng's forward thinking has made New Era Pictures a lot of money, and the film's theme song, "lovemelikeyoudo" sung by British female singer Ellie Goulding, which was used as a promotional tool early on, is also included in the film. On the second day of its release, it landed at No. 3 on the Billboard, and one day later, it became the No. 1 champion. It can be predicted that the position of this champion is very stable before the film is fully released.

On Monday, a full week of "Fifty Shades of Grey" officially started, but Yang Cheng didn't pay much attention to it. He had almost dealt with things in London, and it was time to return to the United States to deal with local affairs.

But before he left, he had a carnival with his friends whom he hadn’t seen for a long time. The party was held from Kensington Palace to Beihai Manor, so that when he returned on the Jason, his whole body seemed to be wandering into space. As soon as I got on the plane, I fell on the bed and couldn't sleep, and even snored rarely.

After 10 hours of flight, the Jason landed steadily in New York. Yang Cheng finally felt alive, but her footsteps were still a little weak, and she staggered a little when she got off the plane. Fortunately, she didn't fall down and make a fool of herself.

Sitting in the back row of the Maybach Zeppelin, the seat was flattened, Yang Cheng took off his shoes, and was about to be confused for a while, when the phone rang inappropriately.

Anxiously, he took a sip of ice water, and looked at the caller ID. Conrad Koch, who usually never calls when he has nothing to do, Yang Cheng didn't dare to delay, and answered the channel, "Good morning Conrad."

"Morning, Jason, where have you been? The press conference is about to start!" Konrad Koch roared anxiously, indeed,

There was a lot of noise on the other end of the phone, and I couldn't hear it without yelling.

Yang Cheng was taken aback, press conference? What press conference?

Wait, damn it, Yang Cheng slapped his forehead. His brain has been dulled by drinking for the past two days. He even forgot to attend the official press conference of the acquisition of the Nets today. Conrad Koch called to inform him more than 10 days in advance of.

"Well, air traffic control, there's a traffic jam over New York! I just got off the plane, and I'll be there in half an hour." Yang Cheng looked at the scenery outside the window and replied after confirming his current location.

"OK, hurry up, I'll be dragged by someone, and I'll go directly to the press conference hall when I get here, and I'll wait for you at the back door." Conrad Koch gave another order and hung up the phone directly, it was too messy there up.

Yang Cheng urged Andrew, who was driving, "Take a shortcut and arrive at Barclays Center within half an hour."

Andrew grinned and shouted, "yessir."

In the luxurious press conference hall of the Barclays Center, the media reporters who had received the news that the Nets were going to transfer early had already set up their guns and cannons, aiming at the row of long tables covered with blue velvet cloth on the rostrum, but it was still empty at this time. no one.

ESPN reporter Kevin Persson sat in the first row, holding a notebook and thinking about the questions to be asked for a while. The colleague next to him complained impatiently, "Damn, are they all shitting? It's been so long start!"

Kevin Persson pushed his glasses, turned his head and glanced at the young reporter, who was obviously a novice, and couldn't help but chuckled, "What's the hurry, it will always start when it's time to start."

The young reporter's eyes lit up, obviously he was familiar with Kevin Persson, a celebrity in the industry, "Kevin, can't we protest? The Nets are too disrespectful to us media people."

Kevin Persson's preparations were almost done, and now he was bored waiting, so he simply put down his notebook, chatted with the young reporter, and gave advice to the younger generation.

"Young man, which media are you from?"

The young reporter was taken aback, "I'm from Fox Sports!"

"It turned out to be a colleague of Fox. I have been in this industry for decades and have so much experience. Now that I have time, I will tell you. First of all, you have to figure out a reality. News materials and media Journalists always complement each other, there is no one to rely on, I advise you to abandon the idea that journalists are uncrowned kings as soon as possible, now is not 20 years ago, information dissemination is not smooth, what news the common people want to know, can only come through our pens.”

After a pause, pointing to the concealed door of the press release hall, the figures coming and going said, "The media is now controlled by capital, no matter how powerful the uncrowned king is, it can't be worth a word from the capital, because they can make you There is no food to eat, and we pose no threat to capital."

The young reporter was at a loss. He was obviously talking about protests, so how could capital be involved? I couldn't help curling my lips and complaining, "I'm not prepared to fight against the capital. I'm just not satisfied with the efficiency of the Nets. Let us wait here and don't come out to explain why the press conference was postponed."

Kevin Persson shook his head helplessly, thinking, "Young people nowadays are too impatient."

"Didn't you make preparations before you came? I don't know who is going to buy the Nets?"

The young reporter shook his head blankly, "I don't know, aren't they planning to announce it at the press conference?"

"Damn it, how did you survive until now?" Kevin Persson also lost his good temper and scolded angrily.

Seeing that the young reporter was suppressed by himself, he suppressed his anger and explained, "Gossip has become popular on the Internet, and you don't even have this sense of smell. I advise you to change careers as soon as possible. The one who is going to buy the Nets is the leader of New Era Media." People, that young Chinese billionaire Jason Yang! You always know about New Era Media, right? It’s not inferior to the existence of your head office News Corporation, you can complain to the other party to see if anyone takes care of you.”

Having said that, Kevin Persson turned his head and opened his notebook to prepare for the press conference, because he had already seen people at the door moving, and it should be that the Lord has arrived.

Sure enough, without waiting, the door of the press hall was pulled open from both sides. The leader was the official spokesperson of the Nets, followed by Prokhorov, Adam Silver, Yang Cheng, and Konrad Koch. The four wore similar casual suits and walked into the venue with smiles on their faces. After a little humility, they sat behind the rostrum in order, and the press conference officially began.

The official spokesperson first welcomed the arrival of the media, and then briefly described the achievements of the Nets after moving to Brooklyn, and then officially announced the main content of today. The voting has completed the equity conversion procedures today, and announced the transaction amount, and then invited the former owner of the Nets, polar bear tycoon Prokhorov, to speak.

Prokhorov cleared his throat, leaned forward, and smiled into the microphone: "During the few years I have been in charge of the Nets, in addition to moving the Nets to Brooklyn, the team has the most luxurious and modern ball. It is my regret that I have not made any achievements in the gym. Now I have more energy than I want, so I decided to hand over the team to a more suitable person, that is, Jason by my side. I believe that under his leadership, the Nets We must be able to rise up and prove with practical actions that we are capable of gaining a foothold in New York.

In the process of looking for a trading partner, the first thing I look for is someone who has the same goals as us and is enthusiastic about the future development of the Nets. Fortunately, Jason is the person I am looking for. He told me that after taking over the team , I hope to be able to establish my own team culture, which must be reflected through the players, coaching staff and management, which coincides with my previous thoughts.

So we didn't waste any extra time and words. The two sides hit it off and signed the equity conversion memorandum directly. With the full support of the league, we completed the relevant procedures as quickly as possible. As a brand new owner, my job is over, but I will continue to pay attention to the development and performance of the team. If Jason fails to fulfill his original promise, I don’t mind buying the team back at a high price. All in all, I I hope the future of the team is bright and win the longed-for O'Brien Cup as soon as possible! "()

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