June 20, 2001.
The movies "The Fast and the Furious" and "Jurassic Park III" were set to be released in two days.
Although the two films were released at the same time, they would not compete with each other at the box office. After all, their screening rates were not at the point where they would squeeze each other out.
Even with joint promotion, the two films would have a mutually reinforcing effect.
At ten o'clock at night, Taylor Swift finished a full day of vocal practice at her home in Nashville.
Since she met Lin Yuan on the train half a year ago and received funding from him, her musical journey had become smoother.
Her heart was filled with happiness:
Was there anyone as lucky as her, who chased after her idol and then had him help her and become her business partner?
To live up to Lin Yuan's appreciation, she had been working harder on music these days than ever before.
She hoped that she could grow up as soon as possible and deliver a satisfactory result.
After a busy day, she sat down in front of the computer and opened the IMDb website.
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) was created on October 17, 1990.
Over the past decade, it had gradually developed into the world's largest movie information sharing and evaluation website.
Some domestic users might not be familiar with this website, but when it came to similar platforms like Douban Movies, Time.com, or Zhihu Movies...
Those were all too familiar.
In his previous life, IMDb was acquired by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 1998 and gradually gained full control.
But in this life, with Lin Yuan's strong recommendation, Mr. Eisen realized the importance of IMDb earlier and entered the market with great strength.
Finally, a consensus was reached with Amazon, and a 40% stake in IMDb was acquired.
After all, as a film information website, it was essential to obtain the support of Mr. Eisen, the representative of Hollywood capital.
Originally, Hollywood capital did not pay attention to this area, which allowed Amazon to have a monopoly. However, once the other party asked for a share, sharing was the wise move to expand the market.
After Mr. Eisen acquired a stake in IMDb, Lin Yuan played a greater role and proposed a series of modification suggestions based on later experience, making the website's design more user-friendly and practical.
Taylor loved the changes.
She skillfully clicked on the promotional video that Lin Yuan shot for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in her favorites.
The webpage showed that this video had been played more than 5 million times and had received over 250,000 likes and comments, making it one of the top 10 popular film consultations on IMDb.
Although this number might not seem significant in later years, it was absolutely astonishing in 2001.
You should know that even after more than 20 years, a video with over 10 million views on YouTube was still a hit.
What's more, in 2001, when there was no mobile Internet, all these clicks were made by users sitting in front of their computers, clicking one by one.
Taylor clicked on the video again. She didn't know how many times she had watched it in the past few days.
If 5 million views were a medal of honor, then Taylor must have contributed to its creation.
As the young man in white danced with the sword in the video, Taylor was immersed in it again.
No matter how much time had passed, this video was still her favorite, and the amazement she felt when she first saw it was engraved in her heart.
After watching this promotional video, the webpage displayed the newly added extension recommendation function.
Among them was another promotional video shot by Lin Yuan, and the cover screenshot was still the oriental boy in white.
"Lin Yuan is really cunning, riding on his own popularity, but the transition was really smooth."
This wasn't the first time Taylor had clicked on this promotional video, but she knew that if she had seen this related recommendation for the first time, she would have continued to click on this video even though she was still not satisfied with the previous one.
Therefore, this video had been played more than 500,000 times in just ten days, and the number was still increasing rapidly.
Taylor opened the video with a click of her mouse.
In the picture, Lin Yuan was wearing white clothes and holding a sword under the moonlight, which perfectly connected with his appearance in the promotional video of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
It was still a short sword dance, but this time the mood it displayed was dreamlike.
Taylor, who had seen it many times, was still attracted by this sword dance.
She believed that viewers who did not see enough of the sword dance in the previous video would continue to watch this video with interest when they clicked on it.
If they continued watching, they would fall into the promotional trap set by Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan, dressed in white, was seen splashing sword lights under the cold moonlight, giving people a hazy and dreamy feeling.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, Lin Yuan leaped into the air and swung his sword fiercely. The sharp sword light seemed to cut through time and space.
In this cold and sharp sword light, the picture was cut in half...
The camera switched to a scene on a highway, where Lin Yuan, dressed in modern clothes, was crouching on the roof of a speeding truck. This was a clip from Lin Yuan's action scene in "The Fast and the Furious."
Seeing this scene, Taylor smiled knowingly again: What a cunning transition; Lin Yuan really knew how to play with people's hearts.
Because before and after the camera switched, there were close-ups of Lin Yuan's face.
So, although the scene and era had changed, the protagonist had not changed, giving people a feeling that this was Lin Yuan's two lives.
This clever approach could minimize the frustration of users who were attracted by the oriental classical sword dance video when they were tricked into watching other movie promotional videos that were unrelated.
Before the audience could question why they suddenly turned 180 degrees and showed this, they might close the video and give it a bad review.
The next moment, Lin Yuan in the picture was thrown out by the truck and was about to fall off.
At this moment, the camera suddenly pulled away, showing a panoramic view of the shooting scene. All the audience would be surprised to find that this shot was a real scene!
Wouldn't Lin Yuan's life be in danger?
Was he okay?
The next shot showed Lin Yuan falling heavily to the ground.
He staggered to his feet from the ground, his eyes bloodshot, as if they were about to spurt blood.
Medical staff rushed forward, surrounded him, and performed emergency rescue.
This footage was recorded on the set of "Jurassic Park III."
At this point, the promotional video had finished playing, and a line of text appeared in the center of the screen:
In order to bring you the best visual effects, we are not afraid of any risks!
"The Fast and the Furious" and "Jurassic Park III" will be officially released on June 22.
In this promotional clip, Lin Yuan cleverly linked two dangerous action scenes together with editing, perfectly showcasing his daring and dangerous performance on the scene.
The audience who saw this scene would inevitably be extremely curious: How could the oriental boy who danced with a sword before be so reckless when he starred in other action movies?
This looked like a behind-the-scenes clip from a movie, right?
Was he okay?
The audience's appetite was whetted, and they went to the cinema to watch these two movies with great interest.
The video ad not only received a large number of likes, but the comments section was also dominated by positive reviews, expressing curiosity and anticipation for the movie.
After all, the last time they saw someone working so hard in a movie was Jackie Chan. Lin Yuan's performance easily made them draw such comparisons and develop a good impression of him.
But most people didn't realize that after being lured into watching an ad video that was a wolf in sheep's clothing, instead of getting angry, they gave it a good review!