Chapter 576: Film Source Leak Incident
After an extremely busy day, Sam returned to his rented house. Too tired to eat, he walked to the window and looked into the distance, but he could only see high-rise buildings.
But through the gaps in the street, he could still see the huge poster on Berek Commercial Plaza not far away. Among them is a poster for "The Last of Us," the latest work of his favorite director, Gilbert Jr.
But Sam recently watched the trailer of "Transformers" online, which attracted him even more, and he wanted to watch the movie even more.
So Sam was torn between the latest work of Gilbert Jr. and the "Transformers" that he was very interested in. It was difficult to choose.
If your financial situation is a little better, you don’t have to worry at all, because the two movies are not released at the same time and you can go see them both.
But it is different for Sam. His income is limited, and watching movies is a quite luxurious entertainment activity for him. Going to see a movie is already quite extraordinary.
Taking a breath, Sam sat at the table beside the bed, turned on his second-hand computer and browsed video websites, and also browsed social networking sites to check out the latest news from the official account of Melon Studio and watch the trailers.
"The Last of Us", "Iron Man" and "Transformers" are the movies he wants to watch this summer. However, he had to give up one of them and could only choose to watch two movies.
Sam was troubled and didn’t know which movie to give up, so he opened the movie community forum and planned to post a post to ask netizens for their opinions.
But when Sam opened the community forum, he was quickly attracted by a pinned post.
“Transformers, the complete high-definition version, hurry up if you want to watch it!”
Sam looked at the hundreds of thousands of views on this post and tens of thousands of replies, Couldn't help but frown.
Did the video leak?
Sam is not a senior movie fan, but he also knows that if a movie is leaked before it is released, it will have a great impact on the box office.
It is not that similar things have never happened in Hollywood, but in the past, those films were B-level films with small and medium investment, horror films, shit comedies, etc., which caused little response.
Moreover, it is a small company and small production, and the security measures are not perfect enough, so it is understandable that it was leaked.
But what was leaked this time was "Transformers", a summer A-level commercial blockbuster with an investment of over 100 million. The consequences of the leakage of such a film are quite serious.
Although I told Sam in my heart, don’t click on this link, it may be an Internet virus. But in the end, Sam couldn't hold it any longer and clicked on the link to download.
Waiting is boring. During the long wait, Sam browsed the posts. He found that similar posts were constantly spreading on the Internet.
If the source leak is true, it will be a problem for Sky Studios.
There have been previous film source leaks, even if the Internet was not as developed as it is now, it has caused serious harm to genuine films.
While thinking wildly, the video was downloaded.
Even though he knew this was an immoral act, in the end curiosity took over and Sam clicked on the video to play.
As soon as he entered the video, Sam knew that the source of the video was real.
The resolution of the film source is very high, which is a little weaker than that of DVD. The male protagonist who appears in the film is also named Sam, played by Andrew Garfield.
There is also a timestamp and Sky Studio watermark in the upper right corner, proving that this is an internal version and that the soundtrack has not yet been added.
Sam became more and more fascinated as he watched, especially when he saw the yellow Chevrolet that Sam drove transforming into a Bumblebee.
Sam quickly paused, ran downstairs to buy a hot dog, came back, made coffee and continued reading.
Just after watching it for a while, Sam realized something was wrong. The hero and heroine began to act towards the air, and the tall and powerful robots disappeared.
The subsequent green screen shooting scene told Sam that this was obviously an unfinished version.
What’s more, this version is only one hour long. Obviously a theatrical movie can't be only an hour, some episodes are longer than that. Sam closed the video in disappointment and lay on the bed after dinner, with the image of Bumblebee's transformation still echoing in his mind. That scene deeply attracted him, making his desire to watch it in the cinema even stronger.
Sam was not the only one who had the same idea. Countless netizens across the United States who had seen the leaked footage online had this idea.
The conference room of Melon Studio was brightly lit, and little Gilbert watched the leaked film source with Cameron Diaz, Ivanka, Sheena Boone, Anna and others.
"Tell me, tell me, what is going on?"
Anna said first: "I think there are two possibilities. One is that there is an insider at MGM United Artists who stole the source of the film. . The other is that the server was invaded by network hackers and the film sources were stolen."
Sheena Boone said: "I think the second possibility is very high, if it is an insider. , you shouldn’t steal the unfinished film source.”
“Yes,” Cameron Diaz agreed: “If it were me, I would definitely steal the complete version of the film.”
"But why is this?" Ivanka was confused: "If it is the first type, it must be done by a competitor to affect the box office of "Transformers".
But if it is the second case, the hackers should contact MGM United Artists and Sky Studios and ask for ransom. "
"Yeah, I can't figure it out either. ”
The conference room fell into silence for a while. It was obvious that this move confused everyone’s minds and they didn’t know what kind of medicine was sold in this gourd.
Little Gibbert Te tapped his fingers lightly on the table, thinking for a long time, and suddenly came up with an idea.
"Do you think it is possible that this is a self-directed and self-acted film by Sky Studio? ”
"You mean, Sky Studios leaked it themselves? Why?"
Little Gilbert explained: "Think about it, putting aside your subjective position, if you are an ordinary movie fan now, you will see the future What do you think about the completed version of "Transformers"? "
"Of course I want to see the complete version..." Ivanka reacted: "So that's it, Sky Studio leaked the source of the film. Attract movie fans to watch the complete version.
And this version will only appear in theaters
And we have also seen it, it is said to be a complete version, but it is actually only one hour long. The real effective content is only the first twenty minutes.”
Everyone suddenly realized, Cameron Diaz covered his mouth and said: "Oh my god, this new way of marketing, don't mention it, it still works!"
Sheena Boone said: "Now It depends on the reaction of Sky Studio. I think they will investigate this matter with great fanfare and even let the FBI intervene to make the matter bigger."
"Yes," Anna also added: "The source of the film. It has spread on the Internet. Now it is more important to let more people know about it and then look for resources.
As long as they have seen the source of the film, a large number of people will become interested in the film and then go into it. Cinema.”
With every word, everyone perfected Sky Studio’s plan.
But the problem now is that all this is based on speculation, and the facts are still unknown.
However, this did not prevent little Gilbert from making some preparations. He immediately called Robert Egger and Doug Walter.
Shortly afterwards, Robert Iger had a phone call with Yamamoto Kazuga, a Japanese executive at Sony Columbia Pictures.
(End of this chapter)