Chapter 123 Two scams
Li Xiaohu and his elder brother were both curious about what their father did before, but seeing that his father didn't want to talk about it, the two brothers had to suppress their curiosity and began to discuss the details of the scam.
The first step to do is to create momentum. It has been decades since the discovery of UFO wreckage and alien corpses on Mount Everest. In addition to some UFO and alien enthusiasts, they are still tirelessly pursuing the truth of that year. There are not many people paying attention to it now. So we must first make some noise and attract the public's attention.
At this time, Li Zhengshan interrupted and said, "It is actually very simple if you want to create momentum. Just find an insider to come forward and reveal the news, I believe someone will pay attention to it."
"Insider reveals the news? This is easy to expose it? If the news fails and reveals our plan, it would be too unprofitable," Li Xiaohu shook his head immediately after hearing this.
"Of course, it is easy to expose the fake ones, what if it is true?" Li Zhengshan said with a smile.
"Really? No... Did Mount Everest really discover aliens back then?" Li Xiaohu and his elder brother looked at each other, and the two brothers asked in horror at the same time.
"Haha, how can I know if there are any aliens?" Li Zhengshan teased his two sons and smiled proudly, saying, "But some of my comrades in the past have performed special missions on Mount Everest... Don't look at me like this, the mission must have nothing to do with aliens. If necessary, I can find my comrades in the past and cooperate with you to do a show. As long as you have money, they will be very happy."
"Uh, this is the case, will there be no suspicion of leaking the secret?" Li Xiaohu was a little disappointed. He was quite interested in aliens and so on. But then again, if there were really aliens, he would probably feel panic again. That's what Ye Gong Haolong is.
"It doesn't matter. It's not a particularly confidential task, and it's been so long. The deadline for the closure has passed long ago," Li Zhengshan shook his head indifferently, and said, "Besides, they are just soldiers carrying out the mission, how can they know the secret? There is no way to talk about leaking the secrets. Maybe when those kids talk to people in their hometowns, these experiences will be shown."
"There is another question, Dad, how old are your comrades? It was discovered that aliens on Mount Everest were already in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, so it seems that it is not easy to get involved, right?" Li Xiaohu thought about it, but still felt that he couldn't make a turn.
"I think it's feasible, it's just hype," Chang Qingwen interrupted: "This kind of thing is real and false. As long as the wording is slightly misleading, people think that the mission they performed is related to the alien incident at the time, and it can achieve the effect. Who can find the military leader to confront it? And we are not really trying to prove whether the aliens exist or not, as long as they attract the public's attention."
When Li Xiaohu thought about it, it seemed to make sense. Hype is three parts real and seven parts false. Sometimes it is completely nonsense. Anyway, there is no need to bear legal responsibility, and everything is just for the purpose of achieving the goal. Moreover, it does not require my father's comrades to lie, take the rules and make the words come true. Which media has not done this method? It is because my mother is right, just hype.
Besides, it is not without precedent to send someone to investigate the mysterious incident that was a long time ago. The Roswell UFO crash in 1947 in his previous life was not until 1993 that the US Air Force was under pressure to re-invest. Therefore, it is not very bizarre to insist on involving my father's comrades in this matter.
However, Li Xiaohu was even more curious about his father's previous experience. It seems that the soldiers who can participate in special missions are not that simple, at least they should be special forces or something. According to his father's opinion, he should not have participated in the mission, but he needs to know more about the soldiers who participated in the mission, which is even more amazing.
Dad is really a mystery, Li Xiaohu thought.
"The news should be spread from some people who love to study the UFO incident. Are there any organizations like the UFO research association in our country?" Li Xiaohu recalled the details of the scam "Anatomy of Alien" in his previous life and said in contemplation: "When our pseudo-documentary is released, it is best to play it in such organizations first, and you can also invite UFO experts from all over the world to come and observe. Even if these experts find doubts, there will be no doubts. As long as there is no definite evidence, there will be debate. The more the argument, the greater the influence, and the more people will be curious about it."
"Flying Saucer Research Society? There should be one. There is never a shortage of boring people in this world," Chang Qingwen said with a smile: "I'll leave these things to me. You just need to shoot the fake documentary now, without revealing any flaws. This is very difficult."
"I understand, but I think the company can also start shooting another fake documentary film at the same time," Li Xiaohu smiled. "The two fake documentaries are super low-cost, and the total shooting funds are only a few hundred thousand at most. The company can afford it and there is no need for much publicity."
"Oh?" Chang Qingwen frowned and said, "You have so many things in your hands now, are you busy with it?"
"I don't have to shoot it. I don't plan to participate in these two pseudo-documentary films. I cherish my reputation very much." Li Xiaohu laughed: "At most, I will guide you next to you. Don't worry, I have all the scripts and other things done."
"If you really cherish your reputation, you wouldn't have come up with such a bad idea," Chang Qingwen gave him annoyed look, and nodded, "Okay, since you don't want to participate, I have to find someone else to cooperate. How much income can you earn in the two fake documentaries? When I talk to people about the revenue sharing, I'd also have a secret in my heart."
"Let's find Ma Wendong to cooperate. Don't use the sharing method to directly give commissions and pay them in one lump sum. There is no problem with three to five million. According to my estimate, as long as the two pseudo-documentary films are well operated, the income will be hundreds of millions." Li Xiaohu heard that he wanted to share the income with others again, so he immediately objected. If he had channels in "Nightclub", he would not have to be picked up by Ma Wendong.
"You should call him Uncle Ma, it's rude," Chang Qingwen corrected it for a moment, and then said with a funny look: "And you don't have to pay him so much commission. You said it yourself. The total funds for the two fake documentaries are only hundreds of thousands, but you have to pay Ma Wendong three to five million commissions at one time. You don't have to spend as much money as you want, right? I think it's too much for 300,000 to 500,000... And the income you mentioned, I think "Anatomy Alien" is a bit reliable. What is another fake documentary? It can also achieve a million-dollar income?"
"Correction is a revenue of over 100 million US dollars," Li Xiaohu smiled and said: "This is a horror film. It depends on publicity and it is best to be released in North America. The ghosts prefer to watch horror films than the Chinese."
"Horror movie?" Chang Qingwen was surprised, "Didn't you say a pseudo-documentary? Moreover, you still didn't say the name of the movie..."
"I plan to make a horror film in the form of a pseudo-documentary called "Ghost Records". I have already thought about the storyline," Li Xiaohu pondered for a moment and said, "I will take time to write the script as soon as possible. The story of this horror film is very simple and the shooting is not very difficult. I am afraid that it can be finished in more than a week, but the publicity must be done well... I plan to try to promote it online, so that the publicity cost will not be very high."
Most websites nowadays do not have the habit of mounting advertisements, and advertisers generally do not value online publicity, so even if they advertise on 90% of China's websites, it actually doesn't cost much.
A horror film "The Ghost Record" released in 2009 in his previous life cost only $11,000, but the global box office was as high as $123 million, which can be regarded as a classic case of small profits.
Of course, there are more than one pseudo-documentary films that make money. Another movie "Blair the Witch" released in 1999 was less than 30,000 US dollars in shooting costs, but the box office was as high as 140 million US dollars, which is also extremely fierce. However, the promotional cost of this movie is as high as one million US dollars. It is very impressive to convert it into rmb. The environments of the two countries are different and the costs cannot be compared.
Although the era of "Blair Witch" is closer, Li Xiaohu still chose to film "The Legend of Ghosts" first, because the Western religious background of "Blair Witch" is too strong, and there are no witches in China. Li Xiaohu is not sure whether the ghosts will buy it if they use Chinese elements... Although the Chinese film market has made a huge leap compared to its previous life, it still has a certain gap with the box office in North America after all, and Li Xiaohu must want to make US dollars.
In the future, Li Xiaohu will also ask the company to start filming "Blair the Witch". Of course, he will not let go of such a movie that is small and big, but he doesn't have to be so anxious. When he finds the balance between Eastern and Western cultures, it really doesn't work. It's not impossible to find a group of foreigners to shoot... The Chinese people's recognition of foreign movies is much higher than that of foreigners. If they want to make money from ghosts, they naturally have to invest in their preferences.
"Online propaganda? Can this work?" Chang Qingwen felt that his thinking was young enough, but he still couldn't keep up with her youngest son's ideas. It's not her fault. In this era, there are only a small group of people who can clearly understand the power of the Internet.
"Yes, online promotion, I hope this horror movie can be released in North America, but it must be difficult, so I hope you will be more troublesome," Li Xiaohu nodded and said, "As for the publicity plan, I have already got the draft. Since it is a pseudo-documentary, we can promote it as a real story. On the Internet, the news spreads faster than you imagined, especially such supernatural events, and you don't even need to deliberately promote it. Just put the news online and make up an attractive set of stories. Some boring people promote us for free."
This is the reason why good things don’t go out and bad things spread thousands of miles away. Rumors on the Internet are faster than wings, and they are spreading around, making it difficult to tell the truth or falsehood. A rumor can quickly lead to many versions, and sometimes even make the initiator confused, and it is difficult to tell whether it is the rumors spread by themselves or whether another version of the story has happened.
"Aren't these two scams?" Chang Qingwen was a little stunned, "Are you really going to carry forward the profession of a liar?"
Chapter completed!