"That was a beautiful move. I didn't even have time to react!" Boss Jia couldn't help but exclaim when the movie was taken down.
"I don't know when it will end this time!" Zhu Qiushui sighed helplessly. She had had enough of these days of constant fighting with the Morgan Financial Group.
"It won't end so easily this time!" Boss Jia shook his head. "I have a feeling that this time, it won't end until one of us dies!"
"Won't end until one of us dies? Is it necessary to go this far?" Zhu Qiushui's jaw dropped.
"What else could it be? The last time they took the initiative to provoke us, they failed. This time, they will continue. If they didn't have the will to defeat me, the Morgan Financial Group wouldn't have rashly started this war!"
"This time, they will definitely give it their all. They won't stop until they defeat me." Boss Jia rubbed his temples and said, "Just wait and see. We won't have a peaceful day this year! If I'm not wrong, their next step is to destroy the entire Daqian film industry! "
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"The Daqian must sincerely and seriously apologize and reflect within 24 hours. At the same time, they must guarantee that they won't make the same mistake again. They must also guarantee that all movies must be approved by a certain country's film censorship committee before they can be released in any country! Otherwise, we will refuse to classify any of the Daqian films and won't allow any movies to be released! "This was the notice given to the Daqian by a certain country's film censorship department after more than a week of protests.
"Mr. Jia, why don't we just apologize? After all, it's just an apology!" Jon Landau said anxiously as he looked at the notice in his hand.
"If we apologize, won't we admit that our Daqian film has insulted the X-Emperor? Do you think the entire Daqian film industry can survive in the Western market?" Boss Jia sighed and said, "This is a trap. They are waiting for us to step into it. If I apologize, the Daqian film industry will really be finished!"
"Then what should we do? If we can't get approval from the committee, the movie can't be released. I'm afraid that all the movies we have made will have a huge loss!" Jon Landau said painfully.
"Let's talk as we walk!" Boss Jia shook his head. "Make a statement on behalf of the Daqian, once again expressing the Daqian's respect for the gods. At the same time, there is no disrespect. These are all deliberate framing. The Daqian will never bear such a bad reputation. If the Daqian makes a mistake, then the Daqian will admit it. But if the Daqian doesn't make a mistake, then no one can make the Daqian confess to a groundless crime! "
"Yes …" Jon Landau shook his head helplessly. He knew that Jia Yapeng was right, but the problem was that no matter if he apologized or refused to apologize, the Daqian movie would never be released in theaters.
The next day, the Daqian released this statement through all channels. When Rector Morgan saw this statement, he shook his head and sighed that Boss Jia was indeed quick-witted enough to not be fooled. Then he decisively ordered the review committee to immediately ban all Daqian movies from being released.
At the same time, Morgan also asked all film review agencies in Europe to ban Daqian movies from being released.
Therefore, the film review committee of a certain country directly issued an order to refuse to allow Daqian movies to be released. They asked all cinemas to ban Daqian movies from being released. Otherwise, they would be fined until their hands went soft.
Although these cinemas were not very happy, no one had the courage to resist.
At the same time, the people of the review committee comforted these cinema owners, saying that the Daqian movies would definitely not be banned. They would compromise in the end, so the Daqian movies would still be able to be released.
At the same time, the review committee could also use this to reduce the share of Daqian movies, so that the bosses could make more money.
Under these persuasions, the cinema alliance quickly agreed, so all Daqian movies were banned overnight.
Just when everyone was waiting to see what the Daqian would do and whether they would admit defeat and apologize, the Daqian released a statement early the next morning.
First of all, all Daqian movie plans would not be interfered with, and Daqian movies would run and be shot as usual.
Secondly, the Daqian would never apologize, and the Daqian did not insult the gods. At the same time, due to the ban of the review committee, the Daqian movies would no longer be released in theaters.
However, all Daqian movies would be released on the Daqian streaming platform, Guangying Video. All members of Guangying Video in a certain country could watch the movies on the website for 2 dollars, including the latest movie, Investiture of the Gods 1.
The Daqian's reply shocked the whole film industry. This time, the Daqian could be said to be stubborn to the end. Such a tough attitude was not expected by anyone. They thought that the Daqian would be coy and apologize in the end!
Then, would such a tough Daqian have a good result? Everyone thought that the possibility was very low. After all, 2 dollars to watch a movie on Guangying Video, but the price in the cinema was 10 dollars. The difference was 5 times the price, so the box office would definitely be very low.
Therefore, everyone began to look forward to seeing the results of "Investiture of the Gods 1" on the Guangying Video Competition.
On March 21, 2011, Investiture of the Gods 1 was officially released on the streaming platform, Guangying Video, and then launched a fee-on-demand service in a certain country.
Thanks to the Daqian's contribution to network broadband and technology, in 2011, the speed of the cable broadband network reached more than 50 MB, which was basically enough to support a non-4k movie online.
Moreover, it was not the first time that fee-on-demand movies were released on various video platforms. As early as 2007, Guangying Video launched a fee-on-demand service. Members needed to spend between one and two dollars to watch the movie, while non-members needed to spend twice the price.
Of course, if they were willing to wait, most of the fee-on-demand movies would become free movies for members to watch, but this usually took about half a year.
This became the paradise for many small and medium-sized budget movies. These small and medium-sized budget movies were either too biased, or the effects were too bad, or the restrictions were too high. Theaters were not willing to release them, so they could only be released on Guangying Video.
Although the online box office of these movies did not seem to be very high, so far the record was about 40 million USD online box office, and half of the box office had to be shared with the platform, but for these small and medium-sized budget movies, it was enough to recoup the cost.
Therefore, the audience actually had no aversion to the fee-on-demand movies at this time, and they had already accepted this form of movie very much. It was just that many people regretted that so far, no blockbuster was willing to take the initiative to run to the Internet for fee-on-demand.
At most, it was released on demand on the Internet after it was released in the cinema. It was never released in the cinema and the Internet at the same time, let alone giving up the cinema market and taking the initiative to embrace the online market.
As a result, Investiture of the Gods 1 became the first such movie.
As for the final box office result, it depends on the choice of the audience.
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