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"Ahhh! Streamer Ma V, when is the next Marvel movie coming out? Waiting online, really anxious! There haven't been any good movies lately, so I've just been rewatching Spider-Man 1 and 2."
Messages like these two were completely buried in the "+9999" messages in Mavi's backend, with no time to even look at them. For typical online celebrity accounts or celebrity interaction accounts, they would at least be managed by dedicated staff to retain fans as much as possible.
But Mavi didn't need that kind of operation at all. Because whether they were celebrities or online personalities, in front of a rich person like him, to put it bluntly, they were just performers.
He was posting videos online now just to see things through and give an explanation to the fans who had supported him for nearly two years. Otherwise, many people would be sad...
After all, Mavi currently had nearly 500,000 followers! And his unique videos were loved by a large number of rich second-generation Americans and Russians. Many people followed in his footsteps, constantly imitating, but were never able to surpass him.
"Chairman Mavi, the online promotional video for X-Men has been sent to your email for your review." The Marvel production team called Mavi to report this.
"Okay, thanks for your hard work." At this time, Mavi was at home, living a laid-back life. So the fresh release of the promotional video finally gave him something to do.
"It's no trouble at all, Chairman Mavi, it's what we should do!" The subordinate's solemn voice came from the other end of the phone. Almost all industry insiders outside knew that working at Ma V Group and following Mavi meant absolutely making money hand over fist.
And by the end of 2001, the Ma V Group annual meeting that employees had been looking forward to was going to be held again. The winners of the last annual meeting were incredibly thrilled, making everyone around them envious! Even the 5th prize made people green with envy...
After finishing the call with his subordinate, Mavi opened his computer and checked his email. Then he logged into his Ma V video account and uploaded the visually explosive X-Men trailer to his homepage.
At the same time, his 500,000 followers also received a notification: "Hello! The streamer Ma V you follow has just uploaded a new video. Click here to watch it now!"
In just two minutes, the number of clicks on the X-Men trailer uploaded by Mavi exceeded 40,000! Coupled with the real-time traffic on the Ma V video website homepage (averaging 180,000 people per day), the viewership surpassed 100,000 in just 5 minutes!
This kind of popularity instantly eclipsed other online personalities, and even some popular superstars. The key was that this was achieved by Mavi without any special effort in managing his account. It was enough to literally infuriate other online personalities to death...
"Wahaha! Finally waited for you! Streamer Ma V, thankfully I didn't give up!" one fan who had followed Mavi for almost two years enthusiastically commented.
"Great streamer! You finally appeared. Wow! X-Men promotional trailer?! Is it finally coming? So excited!" This was a new fan who just got hooked this year and had been waiting for Mavi to update videos, practically wasting away.
"Holy cow, I clicked in from the website's homepage. What kind of video did this streamer upload? Less than 6 minutes and over 100,000 people have watched it?" For netizens who didn't know Mavi and felt like they just "got internet access in their village," Ma V's terrifying video views were absolutely shocking.
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Looking at the enthusiastic comments from his fans, Mavi estimated that once computers and the internet became more widespread, he could launch the concept of global live interactive streaming!
Barrages (comments scrolling across the screen), gifting, streamers, rich lists – he believed that this would definitely stir up a storm on the internet... and it could also bring a little different change to his "laid-back" life.
A week later, as Mavi had predicted, the X-Men promotional trailer from Marvel Studios swept across the American internet and spread rapidly worldwide at an astonishing pace.
Uncle Wolf, the actor playing Wolverine, also made an appearance in the promotional video and received countless positive reviews from fans, who praised the character of Wolverine for closely matching the comic book image.
These positive reviews caused Marvel Studios' stock price to soar. All fans and moviegoers were eagerly anticipating the release of X-Men. This also allowed Mavi's Marvel Studios to successfully leap into the ranks of Hollywood's eight major studios, pushing out the declining United Artists giant.
Not only did this good news arrive for Ma V Group, but the game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, which he had Blizzard develop, also began selling online.
The sales on the first day reached a high of 200,000 copies! In the following days, it maintained a hot sales volume of 150,000 copies. In just one week, it successfully earned Mavi 55 million US dollars. At this rate of development, selling 8 million copies of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos would not be a problem, which is a full 400 million US dollars.
This sales performance was a very worthy celebration for Blizzard. But for Mavi, who was immensely wealthy, it was just a piece of good news that brought a smile to his face. After all, as one's status and position constantly rise, one's horizons also broaden.
What used to be exciting news for a long time is now handled with composure – this is all a form of growth...
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While the game Warcraft III was selling well, Mavi also received a nagging text message on his phone: "Hey, Mavi, what are you up to? The bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics is coming up soon, I wonder if our Sochi can make it onto the candidate list this time?"
This annoying text message was from the twin daughters of XX, Anfisa and Bella. Since parting ways at the last dinner, after Mavi exposed their identities, they had been chatting on and off via text message.
Sometimes it was the older sister, Anfisa, who would text Mavi. Other times, it would be the younger sister, Bella, chatting with Mavi. Anyway, from the text of the messages, Mavi could sense that their personalities were slightly different.
Whenever they discussed national affairs or international developments, it was mostly the older sister, Anfisa. The younger sister, Bella, preferred to joke around and ask Mavi some personal questions, such as what it felt like to be in love, or whether a certain celebrity was pretty.
"Getting onto the list of candidate cities for the Olympics shouldn't be a big problem. But breaking through the competition might be quite difficult." Based on his memory from his previous life, the host city for the 2012 Summer Olympics was London, the capital of the United Kingdom.
(End of this chapter)