Other than the movie 12 Citizens, Yazhou Electronics Technology Company's Xiaomi smartphone was also launched at the same time.
For the past two months, Yazhou had spent two billion US dollars on a global publicity campaign, achieving Xiao Yunhai's goal of having advertisements for Xiaomi phones wherever there were people.
With such a huge price tag, the effect was naturally outstanding.
On the first day of the launch, a total of fifty million phones were prepared. Thirty million of them were sold at the counter while twenty million were placed on Yun Yi's shopping website. In less than three hours, all the phones were sold out.
The entire market was out of stock, infuriating the customers who did not manage to get their hands on the phones. Yazhou Electronics Technology Company's homepage was almost overcrowded, not to mention Yun Yi's shopping website.
Those who managed to get their hands on the phones were very satisfied after using them, claiming that this was the phone with the best feel, the most comfortable screen, and the fastest speed that they had ever used.
The popularity of the market made the phone manufacturers step up their efforts, working 24 hours a day. Unfortunately, the demand still could not meet the demand.
It was only half a month later that the supply and demand reached a balance.
Two hundred million Xiaomi smartphones had been sold. Based on the profit of eight hundred US dollars per phone, Yazhou earned a net profit of one hundred and sixty billion US dollars.
Based on this trend, it would only be a matter of days before the two hundred billion mark was broken.
What was even more surprising was that the new network technology had begun to spread all over the world. Hua Xia and Beijing were the first to use the network. Coupled with the Xiaomi smartphones, the speed was insane.
Some players even posted videos of themselves playing large-scale online games on their phones. Players from other regions went crazy at once, requesting the telecommunications companies to work at full capacity to cover their regions with the new network.
Time flew and two months passed in the blink of an eye. It was now the 24th of January 2006, the 28th day of the eleventh lunar month. There was only a month left before the Spring Festival of Hua Xia.
During this period, Xiao Yunhai did not return to Hua Xia. Instead, he video-called his wife and children every afternoon.
On this day, on the set of "Forrest Gump", all the actors and staff were looking at Xiao Yunhai who was standing in front of the monitor screen with a serious face.
This was the last scene, and they had already filmed it three times in a row. David Hartnett didn't have any problems, but his opponent seemed to be affected by the fact that they were about to wrap up. His condition was very bad, and he was severely reprimanded by Xiao Yunhai.
After watching it three times in a row, Xiao Yunhai confirmed that there was no problem with the scene. A smile appeared on his face as he stood up and said, "Pass. I hereby announce the completion of Forrest Gump's filming. "
"Yay!" Everyone hugged each other and danced excitedly.
Some of the young people were so excited that they cried.
Xiao Yunhai purposely came before David Hartnett and took the initiative to hold his hand. "David, your performance has made me feel deep veneration. 'Forrest Gump' will definitely become the representative movie of America because of your performance. This is a supreme glory. However, what you have to do now is to get out of this role as soon as possible. If you continue to be immersed in it, I'm afraid you will become a real fool. Do you understand? "
David Hartnett gave Forrest Gump's standard smile and said, "Thank you for your praise. I understand."
Xiao Yunhai's heart thumped. David's expression, demeanor, actions, and even the way he spoke were exactly the same as Forrest Gump. Obviously, he had not succeeded in breaking free from the role.
In his previous life, many movie stars had been unable to extricate themselves from the role for a long time, which resulted in some mental illnesses. Some needed special psychological counseling to recover, while some actors were immersed in the role and did things that they regretted for the rest of their lives, such as committing suicide.
This was the case in his previous life, let alone in this world where the entertainment industry was more developed.
Xiao Yunhai forced a smile, patted David's shoulder, and celebrated with the other actors and staff.
After the banquet, Xiao Yunhai held a simple press conference the next day, and then flew back to Los Angeles with everyone.
"Raúl, immediately find David Hartnett the best psychiatrist in Los Angeles and help him completely get out of the role." Xiao Yunhai returned to Marvel Comics and immediately found Raúl.
Raúl was shocked and said, "Mr. Xiao, are you saying that Mr. Hartnett has a mental problem?"
Xiao Yunhai nodded and said, "He can no longer distinguish between reality and the movie. Fortunately, Forrest Gump's character has no negative side effects, or David would be in big trouble. "
Raúl hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll contact them right away."
Xiao Yunhai said, "You must do a good job. I don't want anything to happen to my actors after filming. Are there any problems with the company? "
Raúl shook his head and said, "Everything is normal. By the way, the two directors, Halle and James, said a few days ago that they want to film 'Transformers', and they even argued about it. What do you think? "
"Transformers?" Xiao Yunhai stared blankly when he heard this and began to ponder.
Until now, all seven 'Transformers' cartoons had been broadcast, and the ratings were frighteningly high. The toys were also popular all over the world, and it brought Xiao Yunhai more than 50 billion dollars in revenue. It was the most profitable cartoon in the world, and there was no one in the world who didn't know about 'Transformers'.
With such good popularity, it was natural that 'Transformers' would be brought to the big screen.
Xiao Yunhai originally wanted to film it himself, but now he had completely lost interest. There were too many superhero movies in Hollywood, and Xiao Yunhai didn't want to enter this circle, so he might as well leave it to a suitable director.
"Raúl, between the two of them, who do you think is more suitable?"
Raúl shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Both of them are about the same."
Xiao Yunhai thought for a while and said, "Then let's have the final say in the script. Let them, no, let all the directors who are interested in 'Transformers' write a script and add the shooting techniques, and then hand it all to me. Whoever I think writes the best will be the director of 'Transformers'. "
Raúl's eyes lit up and said, "That's a very good idea. I will inform them immediately. "
Xiao Yunhai nodded and said, "The Spring Festival is coming soon, and I will return to Hua Xia's Beijing tomorrow. If there's anything, we can call each other."
Raúl said, "Okay."
After leaving Raúl's place, Xiao Yunhai returned to his office.
Not long after he sat down, Christy knocked on his office door with five or six team members.
"Madam Christy, when did you come to Los Angeles?" Xiao Yunhai asked with a smile as he invited them to sit down.
Christy said, "I've been here for a week, mainly to check the accounts of Marvel Comics, Marvel TV Station, and Magic Visual Effects for the year."
Xiao Yunhai asked, "Is there a problem?"
Christy smiled and said, "No. They did very well. Marvel Comics earned 78.3 billion USD last year, and Marvel TV Station was even better, earning 96.3 billion USD. Magic City was also much stronger than before, earning 18.6 billion USD. All the accounts are clear and there isn't the slightest bit of ambiguity. "
"That's good."
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