America gains both fame and fortune

Chapter 171 Black Material
"When I was in Atlanta, I loved surfing the Internet." Martin was actually talking about his past life, but when he thought about the kind of news he saw on the Internet, some things were not limited by nationality: "I found something interesting: when male netizens get together to chat, they often can't avoid two things."

Ajia asked curiously, "Which two?"

Martin raised a finger: "Women, discussing beautiful women." He raised a second finger: "Establishing a government, or more precisely, discussing social current affairs."

Craven is old and has relatively little exposure to the Internet, but he often meets with a group of men: "Yes, a group of men get together, and the topic is either women or the latest hot events."

Ajia agrees completely: "When I was young, I often discussed with people on the Internet how to get rid of that jerk in the Elysee Palace."

Craven understood what Martin meant: "Compared to normal social hot spots, the public is actually more interested in the scandals in Washington. Hollywood is particularly fond of conspiracy theories about Washington. Why? It's not that we are hostile to Washington, but the audience likes to see these. Washington is full of scandals that cannot be seen in the light, and all the shady dealings come from Washington."

Martin said: "If these are released, keyboard warriors, that is, netizens who like to discuss social current affairs, will definitely pay attention to them and discuss them, and even take the initiative to discuss with others. If I were a keyboard warrior, I would get excited just thinking about the top-secret black materials of Washington and the Pentagon."

Craven and Ajia both laughed.

The former has rich experience in film promotion: "I have discussed with the people at Warner Bros. that a cycle of 15 days is divided into three stages in total. To avoid the backlash of viral marketing, we will link it with the movie at the beginning of the second stage."

"You are all experienced professionals." Martin was only responsible for giving advice: "I am just a keyboard warrior who can only talk."

Ajia said: "I hope to attract more keyboard warriors to pay attention to our movie."

Martin checked the time and said, "At noon, at the Smoke House, it's my treat. The steaks and pianist there are good."

Craven asked, "Do you have your eyes on the pianist there?"

"You can't joke about this. The pianist is a man." Martin pointed to his chest and said, "I am a man, but I like women."

The three of them left Warner Studios together and went to the restaurant across the street to enjoy lunch.

The publicity plan of "The Mountain Has Eyes" is being recommended in an orderly manner.

In addition to formal publicity, the first step of the viral marketing plan was officially launched before Christmas.

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At the end of September this year, the report released by the "Iraq Survey Group" led by the CIA and attended by 1400 international experts found nothing. It became a key event in the dispute between the Democratic and Republican parties in the general election, and the aftermath has continued to this day.

Although Americans don't care much about things outside of North America, when it comes to the election, it still causes quite a stir.

There are many netizens on the Internet who search for and pay attention to weapons of mass destruction.

Ted, who works in Manhattan, goes to the portal website Yahoo to read relevant news every day.

Before the Christmas holiday, Ted was surfing the Internet when he suddenly found news about new weapons of mass destruction in a prominent position on the Yahoo homepage.

"The Secret of America's Weapons of Mass Destruction Revealed!"

Ted clicked on the webpage and the bold words under the title instantly caught his eye: It is uncertain whether Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, but the United States must be the country with the most weapons of mass destruction in the world.

The article lists in detail the three major nuclear test bases in the United States.

Then, a series of secret documents were disclosed.

The documents containing the multiple photos were all stamped “Top Secret.”

All of the contents are related to the Nevada nuclear test site, involving top-secret details about the military's closure of the Nevada nuclear test site, such as the nuclear test causing the disappearance of an indigenous tribe, thousands of residents suffering from cancer, and deformities themselves and their offspring.

It is followed by a URL link saying that if you want to see the specific content, you can log in to this decryption website.

Conspiracy theories have always had a market. Even people who don't believe in conspiracy theories will be curious and take a look at this kind of content when they see it.

Ted immediately clicked on the link, and a website called Nevada Nuclear Test Declassified appeared on the computer screen.

In the picture on the homepage of the website, some veterans who had served at the test site held up SOS signs and protested in Washington, demanding compensation.

Their names are on it, as well as a video of a veteran named Dave Crite being interviewed by the media.

Dave accused the military of concealing the authenticity of the nuclear radiation from the experiment, which caused them terrible health problems, such as he suffered from severe lipoma. He also took off his clothes on the spot and showed them in front of the camera.

Ted almost vomited. The lipoma on the veteran's back was almost as big as a grapefruit!
"How terrible!" Ted murmured and continued reading.

Later there are interviews with residents living near the former Nevada Test Site, who were also in poor health due to long-term radiation exposure and had to move away from their hometown.

Below are their medical examination reports, as well as photos of some of those who were severely affected.

Many people have scary appearances due to tumor lesions.

When Ted saw this, he couldn't help but log into MSN and forwarded the website to an interest group he joined.

There are all young people in it who pay attention to social current affairs. In Martin's words, they are all keyboard warriors. They also have the common characteristics of male keyboard warriors all over the world. They like to discuss social current affairs and give advice on other countries.

Such groups are also most likely to believe in various conspiracy theories.

After Ted sent the link, he left a special message: "Everyone, take a look at this website. It discloses a lot of information about the military's nuclear tests."

Then he sent the link again.

The group suddenly became lively.

Many people went to see the website.

Just like when the stupid netizens in Martin’s previous life group sent him some kind of QR code, and he would feel uncomfortable if he didn’t look at it out of curiosity.

Another group Ted joined flashed a message alert, and he opened it and found that someone had sent the same URL. This person also posted some pictures and profile photos that he had not seen yet.

"In the 1990s, personnel from an atomic energy evaluation agency disappeared in the Nevada nuclear test area." The man typed quickly: "The data shows that when their bodies were found, they were already highly decomposed. They were killed with a sharp weapon. Some photos were found in the camera they left behind."

Ted clicked on the photo and looked at it carefully. The image was blurry, but he could clearly see some deformed people.

“It looks so scary!”

“Are these real?”

There are all kinds of things said in the group, but one thing is the same: these guys all go to those websites to look up information.

Such black material websites have aroused everyone's interest.

Come back and discuss after reading.

Ted also went back to continue looking. On the photos of the documents stamped "Top Secret", a considerable portion mentioned that there were still people living in the nuclear test area. In the past six years, two groups of front-line collectors from the U.S. Atomic Energy Evaluation Agency have disappeared, and the bodies of the latter group have not even been found.

Of course, some people also thought of one thing: "Could it be that a related movie is about to be released?"

Viral marketing is nothing new.

But similar news and links appeared on several North American portals, large forums and well-known blogs.

Decryption websites spread from person to person like a virus.

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A company that undertakes outsourcing of film and television promotions near Warner Studios.

In an office that can accommodate nearly twenty people, a publicity team is busy working in front of computers.

They took over the publicity outsourcing of "The Hills Have Eyes" at the beginning of the month and were specifically responsible for online promotion.

The team members mainly promoted the website on the declassification of Nevada nuclear tests on portals, forums, blogs, and related groups on chat software such as MSN, guiding online public opinion and attracting as many people as possible to see it.

Daniel from Warner Bros. came over to take a look.

The team leader reported the real-time data to him: "The website was officially launched the day before yesterday, and as of today, the number of page views has exceeded 30."

Daniel asked, “What are the expectations?”

The person in charge thought for a moment and said, "Websites that reveal so-called dirty laundry in Washington are particularly attractive. Judging from today's situation, it won't be a problem for tens of millions of people to see the website before the release."

Daniel reminded: "Master the rhythm, pay attention to the relevant network dynamics in a timely manner, and enter the second stage after the New Year holiday."

Every day, some new content is updated on the Nevada Nuclear Test Secrets website.

For example, in 1982, a large number of indigenous people living near the nuclear test site sued the Washington authorities and the military and were ruthlessly suppressed.

The relevant lawyer's letter and video materials have been exposed.

Warner Bros.’ publicity is professional enough and well prepared, and anything they can’t do themselves can be outsourced.

When it comes to interests, you can always believe in the power of capital.

At Christmas, Anne returned to New York, and Louise had to spend the holiday with her parents, so Martin could only drag Old Bull and Mene to attend Antonio's Christmas Eve party.

Admission to the party was required, and the three Martins each brought a bottle of wine.

Antonio sat in front of the Christmas tree on the rooftop, looking as happy as a super fat version of Santa Claus.

Martin and the other two sat at the same table with him, and Mene brought over four glasses of wine.

The four of them were drinking and chatting.

Antonio suddenly said mysteriously, "Have you heard? The Pentagon's nuclear test in Nevada caused radiation leakage, thousands of people got cancer, and it is said that there are even deformed people!"

Mene automatically answered: "Yes, I heard about it. I even looked at the decryption website. Washington and the Pentagon are too dark. They don't treat ordinary people as human beings!"

Bruce glanced at Martin and continued, "In the eyes of the upper class, ordinary people are consumables. If they are gone, they can be recreated. If they cannot be recreated, there are still a large number of immigrants."

Antonio asked, "Old Bull, you were a soldier. Is this really what the Pentagon does?"

"I don't know." Bruce raised his hand and pointed at his head: "If I knew, I would have been shot to death long ago."

Martin was very curious: "Who told you that?"

Antonio answered first: "I heard from the three tenants on the first floor. They have been discussing it these days."

Mene, who recently worked on a soundstage at Warner Bros. Studios, said: “I heard about it from people in the studio cafe and looked it up online.”

A tenant on the first floor heard this and came over to join in the fun: "I'm taking a music tutoring class, and the boys in the class have been discussing this recently."

A guy passing by automatically answered: "In several of my MSN groups, many people posted this."

Martin thought to himself that the so-called dirty laundry of Washington and the military was indeed attractive.

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