Chapter 1140 The Big Ship Sets Sail

Blame me?

Who told you not to care, even if you don't like the style of music, it is still the theme song of a movie with a production cost of more than 200 million yuan. It's too late to take regret medicine now.

However, the ex-wife only complained that she couldn't finish the business performances at the end of the year, her signature Christmas song and the New Year's Eve meal ticket in Times Square.

"I won't show up, and I won't show up in the movie theater, let alone let me cooperate with you to stir up news."

The next day, the first full release day of Titanic ended, and the box office performance improved. Fox Films President Bill McKennick personally called and asked for help with publicity.

Song Ya refused without even thinking about it. The disgusting rumors that 60 million yuan bought Xiaoli for a smile had already spread as the big ship started painting. He would never risk being photographed to see Titanic, let alone show up. Helped the platform, "No, it's useless to persuade anyone. I, a black star, don't have a high degree of overlap with your audience, and Spike Lee and the others are supporting Morgan Freeman's heavy rain. It's inconvenient for me..."

On transatlantic routes in the early 20th century, no matter the rich people in the upper class or the poor immigrants in the lower class, they were all white, and the blacks would only play the roles of waiters, musicians, cooks and boiler workers. .

"APLUS! In any case, let's all do our part! Okay? Also for your 60 million."

Bill McKennick begged in a crying voice, "If the box office performance is like this... I have to jump off a building!"

At present, the box office of Beimi’s first weekend, Titanic is very likely to catch up, at least equal to 007’s Tomorrow’s Empire, but this result is far from enough to pay off. According to past experience, Titanic must at least reach Will Smith. The global box office line of "Men in Black" is close to 600 million to turn losses into profits.

In the hottest three weeks of this year's summer vacation, the box office of Men in Black totaled 150 million!

As for the Christmas file and the subsequent New Year’s file, Titanic only has two weeks, one week less than the men in black. In three weeks, it is impossible to add up to more than 150 million...

Fox Films’ plan is to grind the Titanic into the awards season after these two weeks, hoping to use movie awards to maintain follow-up buying momentum, but the role of awards in boosting the box office has an upper limit. The results cannot make up for the weakness of the Christmas file and the subsequent New Year file.

"Jump, it's none of my business that you and Cameron both jumped off the building."

Song Ya was very ruthless, just to avenge the other party's revenge for forcing Yeremov to continue to pay for the project while he was in a coma.

"APLUS..."

"Of course, don't think less about the share that should be given to me!"

The big ship sank, and the 60 million was enough to get out a little bit. He hung up the phone and immediately called Yeremov to keep a close eye on Fox Films, in case the other party borrowed bankruptcy protection to default.

Highland Park was generally very deserted throughout Christmas. Aunt Susie and Tony came to reunite on Christmas Eve. Song Ya was still struggling with muscle-building meals and super-intensive exercise, and took time to record songs.

"How much was the box office in the first week?"

On the twenty-sixth, Shakira was sitting under the beautiful Christmas tree in the lobby, teasing little Arianne in her arms, while Song Ya was talking with Yeremov on the phone.

"Nearly 50 million, No. 1 in the weekly box office, we defeated 007's Tomorrow Empire." Yeremov told the good news, but his spirits were low, "but the advantage does not exceed 10 million."

"Nearly fifty million, that is to say..."

The general box office performance of next week’s New Year’s file is not as good as that of the Christmas file, and it will be flat at most. Twenty million?"

"Not so optimistic, the box office will drop in the second week, maybe 100 million to 110 million."

Yeremov replied: "However, women's word-of-mouth is overwhelming, and Fox is preparing to continue mobilizing their enthusiasm for watching movies and fighting for the awards season.

"

"Damn it, there won't be a miracle?" Song Ya asked with a glimmer of hope.

"Probably not, let's see the long-term performance."

Yeremov comforted him, "On the bright side, Titanic's situation is much better than that of Cutthroat Island, and the box office performance in other markets around the world is far superior to that of Future Waterworld."

Which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted? "Even if the future water world, the global box office is only 250 million! It's not worth our production cost plus publicity expenses!" Song Ya scolded angrily.

"Haha! Lost money in Hollywood? Don't worry about APLUS, this time we brought you a nuclear bomb!"

The 3DFX trio suddenly heard gloating laughter from outside the door, and Ross walked in first, "We plan to watch it tonight and contribute a few movie tickets to your project."

"Fxxkyou."

The relationship between the trio has froze, and they will no longer bring large arcade machines to themselves. This time, it was the eve of 3DFX's Q4 financial report and annual report, and Song Ya called all the company executives including the trio here. meeting.

Song Ya's attitude towards them was even worse, and she glanced coldly at President Ballard who was following the crowd, "Haven't you guys gone to see it yet?"

Ballard and the trio not only pissed off Sega in the prospectus, they also lied. The total operating income of the company is less than 100 million, only nearly 90 million knives.

The gross profit margin is about 50% because there is no strong competitor in the 3D acceleration chip. The net profit is less than 30 million because of the big failure of the VoodooRUSH project, and the current market value of 3DFX is still more than 600 million.

The market has already reacted in advance, and the stock price has been falling for several days. Fortunately, there are Christmas and New Year holidays to cushion it.

"No, we watched 007 instead. Wow, it's a wonderful agent blockbuster, and it still has the same taste. The Chinese female agent (played by Michelle Yeoh) in it is really amazing, she looks beautiful, she fights beautifully, and she has great kung fu."

Ross smiled meanly.

Song Ya also didn't watch 007, but I got a general understanding of it. Like the musical Miss Saigon, the orientalist plot with a western-centric perspective, the yellow woman can't walk and fall in love with a handsome white man, even if James Bond is an enemy agent.

"Don't talk nonsense, let's solve your problems first!"

Song Ya gave Shakira a wink. Latin women know how to give face to their men in front of outsiders. Without saying a word, they obediently picked up little Alianen and went upstairs to disappear.

"I don't want to do anything fake in the financial report, OK? Data such as operating income and profits must be auditable."

Firmly controlling the 3DFX board of directors is a double-edged sword. Song Ya doesn't want to get into trouble for nothing in this kind of thing. He is most worried that the trio of liars will play tricks, so they are all 'arrested' during the holiday. come over.

"The stock price..."

CEO McLaren hesitated for a while, and then made a tentative statement, "If the stock price falls too hard, we will be under a lot of pressure. APLUS, you know, the British side was not willing to see Videologic being merged by 3DFX at first."

"We can postpone some operating costs and equipment depreciation to Q1 next year to calculate." CFO chief financial officer said.

"Yes, but I still say that the financial report, especially the first annual report after listing, must withstand the doubts and inspections of Wall Street." Song Ya said: "We don't play with books or tricks, and focus on operating company."

"Then..." The chief financial officer looked at McLaren and Ballard.

"The chairman has made a decision, so let's do it." Ballard replied with a sigh.

"OK."

The 3DFX executives were a little depressed, but the trio became happy, "We still have to rely on us, APLUS, your computer is still in the study? Show you something good."

Song Ya stood up on the armrest of the sofa, without using crutches, and slowly led the way.

Naturally, it attracted some compliments from McLaren and others.

"Let me be honored to introduce to you: VOODOO2!"

The trio directly disassembled the Compaq brand machine in the study into 'parts', CTO Chief Technology Officer Scott took out two new graphics cards packed with dense chips from his bag, inserted them all into the motherboard slots, and then connected various Cable.

"So VOODOO2 is just two cards?" Song Ya asked quietly.

"This is our unique SLi technology, which is roughly similar to the progressive scan of a TV. One is for odd-numbered lines, and one is for even-numbered lines."

After Ross finished explaining, he turned on the computer, "Try it, APLUS."

"try what?"

"Oh, by the way, wait a minute." Ross took out the Quake 2 game disk and installed it.

"The annual report will be published in conjunction with the shareholder letter in January next year, revealing the launch plan of the pure 3D accelerator card VOODOO2, and the latest progress of our 2D plus 3D VoodooRUSH2 project. I hope that this popular card can win back the confidence of PC manufacturers. and share price."

McLaren took advantage of the installation progress bar and said: "Videologic's 2D technology and 3DFX's 3D technology, I believe we have achieved the best balance in terms of cost, stability and compatibility, and will not repeat the mistakes of VoodooRUSH."

"Of course, there is still an old problem. Graphics card manufacturers have started to jointly manipulate the price of VOODOO2's terminal products. I think it is best to write the plan to acquire a self-owned graphics card manufacturer next year into the shareholder letter, so that they will be cautious." President Ballard suggested.

"You decide these things yourself."

Song Ya thought about it for a while and there was no big problem. She clicked on the icon of Thor's Hammer 2 on the desktop, and her eyes flickered for a moment. The two VOODOO2 graphics cards brought her a very good visual experience. The 3D effect was very close... even surpassed BabaYetu 3D modeling in the Apocalypse MV?

"not bad."

He didn't want the three of them to be too complacent, so he quickly regained his composure and played two casually. It was nothing more than the old FPS game of shooting monsters, and gave a flattering comment, "Let's just look at the effect of a single card." , there should be few users who are willing to spend money to buy two dedicated 3D accelerator cards, right?"

He pointed to the inside of the case, "Especially a 2D card is needed, so you need to buy three cards at once? The investment is too high."

The 2D cards brought by the trio are not even the products of their own company, but the 2D chips from the friend S3, and the graphics card brand is Diamond.

Perhaps because he was poked at a sore spot, Rose silently removed one of the VOODOO2s.

Sure enough, the 3D effect of the game is a bit worse, but Song Ya feels that it is still a great improvement compared to VOODOO1. "Can other competitors catch up with us next year?" he asked.

"Absolutely impossible, no one can compete with Voodoo 2."

Everyone around the computer answered in unison.

"I'm so angry when I see him now."

Afterwards, a long meeting was held around the Q4 financial report, annual report and shareholder report. There is no hard and fast rule on the disclosure time in the United States, but the annual reports of listed companies are usually released from January to March, and 3DFX is set in January.

The trio excitedly came to show off VOODOO2, but they didn't get the expected face-slapping effect from Song Yana. Ross left Highland Park and cursed angrily.

"Where are you going now? Back to the hotel?"

asked Scott, who was driving.

"No, go and see the Titanic that took him off his pants. Damn I want to watch the pirated version, so don't contribute a penny to that guy!"

"OK."

Scott drove to downtown Chicago and picked out a theater.

The three big men walked into the ticket office and immediately felt a little awkward, because there were couples of young men and women crowded around.

Many girls cried until their eyeballs were swollen, holding a tissue box and asking the man next to them: "IJump, YouJump?"

"I jump..."

"You jump, I jump too."

"You jump, I jump..."

"Actually, we can find a way without dying, right?"

The men answered in various ways, and then either hugged the girl, harvested tears and lips moved, or were thrown off on the spot.

"What the hell?"

Rose inexplicably went to line up to buy tickets, and the front and rear couples hugged each other as if no one was there, "Rose and Jack..."

"You know me?" He heard the young couple in front seem to mention his name, "Who is Jack?"

"You? Cut!" The girl turned her head, looked him up and down in contempt, and rolled her eyes.

I'm a millionaire! No better than your boyfriend in the cheap jacket? What a naive girl with no eyesight!

Ross slandered, but the other party was really good-looking, "Have you seen this movie?" He asked persistently, "Were you talking about the plot just now?"

"I've seen it, and she insists on doing it again." The boy replied helplessly with a sad face, "Oh!" Soon he was attacked by the girl's nails.

Ross followed the long queue and slowly moved to the ticket window in puzzlement.

"Sorry, the Titanic is sold out." The conductor posted a sold out notice above the window.

"Then let's see the next game." Rose stuffed a large 100-meter bill into it, "Can I wait for the next game?" He asked the two technical geek buddies who were standing among the lovers with tormented faces. .

"The next show is also sold out. As long as it is a ticket for the Titanic, today's ticket is gone."

The conductor replied, and there was a wailing sound in the ticket hall.

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