Chapter 137 135 Fishing

Chapter 137 Fishing

“Yeah!”

In less than 24 hours, Facebook users exceeded 1 million, and the entire floor went crazy.

After months of hard work, many people were already crying with joy.

A few technical guys ran to the corner and brought out a few large boxes. They took out the prepared ribbons and horns and blew them.

Inspired by the warm atmosphere, Eric stepped onto the table and pointed to the sky: “Give me a song of “We Are the Champions”!”

Instantly, the passionate music from Queen resounded throughout the floor, and everyone screamed excitedly and hugged each other.

The noise was so loud that it quickly attracted the people working overtime on Lionheart and YouTube on the two floors above.

After hearing that the number of new Facebook users had exceeded one million, they happily joined the carnival.

This is extremely good news. Facebook users will be diverted to Lionheart and YouTube in the future. The stronger Facebook is, the better foundation it can lay for the two.

Fitz Heisenberg handed a bottle of champagne to Eric: "Boss, to be honest, no one could have thought that this bottle of champagne would come in handy on the first day."

Eric took it with a smile and shook it vigorously.

Bang!

With a crisp sound, the cork flew away to an unknown place, and the foam directly sprinkled a white line in the air.

Looking at the cheerful crowd, Eric decided to cheer them up again.

He said loudly: "All Facebook group members, each person will receive a bonus of 10,000 US dollars, which will be paid together with next month's salary!"

"Long live the boss!"

"Yes!"

"Long live the boss!"

"Long live!"

Nothing is more inspiring than a direct cash reward. The cheers and roars almost overturned the floor, and Uncle Ya's sexy voice could not be heard.

The carnival lasted until midnight. Under the control of Fitz Heisenberg, everyone remained restrained and never drank.

As the clock struck 12, the screen data froze at 1.13 million.

One million users in a natural day, if this data is released, even Internet giants such as Microsoft, Apple, and Yahoo will certainly be shocked.

Entertainment companies engage in social media, this combination seems extremely strange to anyone, but it is easier than expected to achieve.

Most of the results are due to the powerful star resources behind MGM. Stars take the lead and fans follow up, and ordinary people buy into this. Who can be blamed?

If it is an ordinary company, let’s assume it is a technology company with stronger technical strength, it will definitely not be able to do this.

How many people know your technicians? How many people know your management? How many people know your CEO? Unless it is a big crocodile like Bill Gates and Jobs who has already achieved success.

But can a Bill Gates compare with hundreds of Hollywood stars?

I think it’s also a question mark.

The next day, before 12:00 in the morning, people arrived at their work stations one after another, and Eric, Fitz and several technical guys stayed here all night.

Yawned and got up from the sofa.

As usual, I checked the backend data first. The number of users has increased from 1.13 million to 1.35 million. It is terrifying that there is such a sharp increase after midnight.

Not long after, Fitz Heisenberg came to Eric with a stack of magazines: "Boss, all the music magazines in the nearby stores have been bought."

Eric flipped through them while eating breakfast.

After talking to MJ on the phone yesterday, he became interested in music reviews, and he didn't know how those people evaluated him.

Looking at the magazines such as "Blender", "Revolver", "Paper", and "Pop Star" in front of him, Eric shook his head and found that he didn't recognize any of them.

After flipping through them, he found music reviews for MJ's new songs, but Eric still didn't recognize any of the music critics.

Robert Chris Gog: "'Rolling in the Deep' is a song with great ups and downs. It is three and a half stars in difficulty. From this song, I can hear Michael Jackson telling his own story."

"His voice is both ethereal and explosive. If you are a fan of Jackson, you can understand the meaning of this song. If you are not a fan of his, you will become his fan."

"What surprised me even more is that I heard a change from this song. Jackson is changing his style. There are obviously some elements of modern pop music in 'Rolling in the Deep'. I think this is very beneficial for young listeners."

"So far, 'Rolling in the Deep' has been a hit with Jackson. Deep is the best song I have heard this year. It will definitely be nominated for the Grammy Awards next year, and may even win the Song of the Year Award. The recommendation index is A+. "

This music critic's comment took up a page, and it seemed very important. After reading it carefully, Eric looked around and asked, "Robert Chris Gog, do you know who this guy is?"

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you. After a moment, a girl raised her hand: "Well, if it's music, I know him."

"Tell me, is he famous in the field of music?"

The girl widened her eyes: "Boss, I can't say he is very famous. To be precise, he should be very famous. If you use the analogy of the film and television industry, you can think of him as Hitchcock among directors and Chaplin among actors."

"So amazing!" Eric was a little surprised.

The girl nodded very confidently: "In the eyes of ordinary listeners, he is the most authoritative music critic in the United States. An excellent review can help increase the sales of records by hundreds of thousands, but if it is a bad review..."

"What do you mean by ordinary listeners?"

"It means the broadest audience, who likes music but has not conducted in-depth professional research and does not know how to distinguish between different types of music, something like this."

Eric clapped his hands: "That's enough, the voice of the people is the voice of the professionals, the voice of the people can sell, and the professional voice is useless if it can't sell!"

As he said, he walked over and handed the magazine to the girl: "Help me see, what level is the A+ recommendation?"

"OMG! A+ is the highest level recommendation given by Robert, let me see whose song got A+."

After reading the comments carefully, the girl was a little surprised: "Michael Jackson, it turned out to be him! This is really unimaginable. I remember that he got A- for his last album. The strength of the old king is really not to be ignored."

Eric looked at Heisenberg.

Fitz shook his head awkwardly: "Sorry, boss, Phil doesn't know that MJ is your good friend. We have been very busy recently. I haven't rested since I came back from MGM last time, and I don't know the changes in the outside world in the past few days."

Eric shrugged: "Okay, is there a big difference between A+ and A-?"

The girl named Phil nodded vigorously: "Very big. If an album gets A+, it means that every song in it is a masterpiece. Note that it is every song. Robert's annual A+ album selection is limited to 3, and sometimes even one album is not rated in a year."

"It is better to have nothing than to have something bad. Many authoritative film festivals are the same." Eric expressed his approval.

"Yes, if Robert gives an A+ rating, then in the future, the albums that include this song will generally get an A+ rating as long as the quality is high."

"And there are more A-s, about 60 per year, and a few bad songs or mediocre works are allowed in the album."

"In short, although there is only a difference of two levels, it actually represents a huge difference in level."

Phil continued to flip through the magazine: "Boss, I think I saw your name, saying that your lyrics and music add a lot of color to "Rolling in the Deep". You are the foundation of this song, and you are praised as a genius."

"No, is it Eric Cooper written here?"

Being stared at by the girl, Eric was a little embarrassed, but he still admitted it reluctantly.

"What! So you are not only a rich second-generation, but also a director and screenwriter, and a genius lyricist and genius composer." The woman's eyes widened.

"Phil, your voice is too loud, and there's no need to jump up in excitement."

Finding that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Eric's face was thick, and he couldn't help but blush slightly.

"Oh my God, boss, I really admire you! These people may not know that you are also an Internet genius."

Finding that the other party's eyes were a little bit wrong, as if they were too enthusiastic, Eric coughed a few times and said loudly: "Everyone listen carefully, the relationship between Facebook, me and MGM is temporarily confidential and strictly prohibited from being leaked."

"By the way, there is also the number of our users, which must be kept strictly confidential. I don't care about the media's speculation, but if I know that it was leaked by an insider, I'm sorry, remember it?"

Looking around, everyone nodded solemnly.

If it is a small team, let alone a million users a day, even if there are only 100,000, it must be promoted quickly.

The purpose is to attract new users, and more importantly, to attract the attention of large companies or investment funds.

The former can be acquired at a high price and become a billionaire after reselling.

The latter will bring financing, allowing the team to grow bigger and stronger.

However, these two points are exactly what Eric is trying to avoid now.

He lacks money, but he does not lack money to develop Facebook. Even if he makes a few fewer movies, he must first develop Facebook.

He is worried about acquisitions by large companies, and he is more worried that if the acquisition fails, he will face strong competitors or technology blockades.

After all, Facebook and AK Films are completely different companies.

It doesn't matter if Eric opens 10 more AK Films, because those large film and television companies have several subsidiaries on the west side, some of which are used to produce and distribute art films, and some are used to specialize in independent films, which at most attract the envy of other film and television companies.

Facebook's influence and potential are much greater. Those who smell the smell will not be small fish and shrimps, but may be Internet giants or upstarts such as Microsoft and Yahoo.

Don't look down on Yahoo. Although Yahoo has been seriously injured after the Internet bubble, its market value has fallen by 90%, but even so it is still more than 10 billion US dollars.

The development in the past two years has allowed it to recover, and now its market value has risen again.

So the news should be kept secret for as long as possible. Even if Facebook will lose money and invest $100 million or $200 million every year, it should be kept secret for as long as possible.

Only when it can be kept secret, it is time to choose to go public and embrace capital, so that at least you can fight for a greater voice for yourself.

To be honest, Eric really doesn't want to go public, because once it goes public, it will inevitably be restrained by Wall Street. The short-sightedness of those vampires is world-famous.

Even though Eric used to be in the entertainment industry, he knows something about it.

Too many companies were ruthlessly abandoned just because their earnings for one year did not meet Wall Street's expectations.

He remembered an online shopping platform that was downgraded by a rating company as soon as its earnings were released because its earnings for one quarter were 2 cents less than Wall Street's expectations, and its stock price instantly fell by more than half.

It was later revealed that the company's stock was maliciously shorted by hedge funds, and the number of stocks sold was more than ten times the actual number of shares it owned!

Although it was invalidated due to failure to deliver on time, the company's stock had already plummeted, and it was over just like that!

Dealing with these people on Wall Street is no different from trying to get the skin of a tiger.

Shaking his head, Eric thought to himself that he had to think about this matter carefully and try to find a better way. It is estimated that he will definitely be targeted by next year at the latest.

Thinking back, Eric said: "Check Michael Jackson's account to see if he has opened it?"

Soon, the technical guy locked the target: "Boss, I found it, the number of fans is 180,000, and the account registration time was after 9 o'clock last night. It was so late, but it can still gain so many fans!"

"Tell me the ID."

Then Eric retrieved MJ's Facebook and clicked on the homepage, which also had several photos and two dynamics.

The first dynamic was a few classic stage moves: "My fans, I am very happy to meet you on Facebook. Thank you very much for your support. Without you, there would be no Michael Jackson. I hope I can accompany you all the way."

The second one is to promote the new song, and it comes with the Billboard rankings, which is currently ranked 98th.

This data does not include any sales results, but only the data of radio broadcasts in the past few days, which accounts for a small proportion in the Billboard algorithm.

However, the fact that it can break into the top 100 with radio data alone has already shown the popularity of "Rolling in the Deep".

The comments below have exceeded 1,000, and Eric can't help but feel a little strange. The people who are now settled in Facebook should be mainly young people, and they should not be the main group of MJ fans.

When they opened the door, it turned out that there were quite a few haters who were disgusting people, and both sides were cursing at each other.

Fitz looked over and made a suggestion before Eric could speak.

"Boss, there are a lot of people this time. If you want to block their accounts, you have to find a reasonable excuse. I have a suggestion."

"Go ahead."

"Let Jackson post a dynamic message first to restrain the fans."

"Then we will officially remind everyone to speak in a healthy way. Most people will be more restrained at this time."

"Let the technicians create a few virtual accounts to lead the rhythm and stir up the anger of these haters. As long as they spit out half a dirty word, they will be permanently blocked!"

Eric turned back suddenly and looked at Fitz Heisenberg carefully.

"I can't tell, Fitz, you can't judge a person by his appearance."

Fitz smiled and scratched his head: "In fact, in addition to tinkering with technology, I have another hobby."

"What is it?"

"Fishing!"