Planned Obselescence
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 13
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"Whaaaaaaaat???" Both Nicole and Bianca were confused.
"Why would we do that?" asked Nicole, wondering just what Patricia was saying right now. "We worked so hard just to get it up and now that people are finding out about it, you want to delete it?"
"Nah," said Patricia, smugly. "You two aren't seeing the vision. People already know about it! It's a hit! But when we delete it... then people will really go crazy about it! Everyone's gonna be yelling online about it, wondering where it went. I bet hardly anyone's actually downloaded it yet so it could even become lost media. And that's when the speculation starts. Some people are going to start wondering, with how realistic it was, if it's actually real! And that's gonna make even MORE people interested. Nicole, trust me... if we delete this video? This movie could become the BIGGEST thing in the HISTORY of the internet... and then, THAT'S when we release it again, for real, WITH a part two."
For once... Nicole actually could see the vision.
It was sort of a genius plan. It would give an ARG feel to the entire affair. People would begin spinning a narrative about not just the movie itself, but around the creation of the movie.
Bianca, however, had some reservations.
"Um, you said, what was that about people thinking it was real?" asked Bianca, nervously, through the phone. "We're NOT telling people it's real, right? Isn't that the opposite of what we want people to think? That it's real?"
Ah, yeah. Bianca DID show her face on the movie; she'd have the most to lose between the three of them if it was found out every single extra on that film died a grisly death.
"No, see --" said Patricia, "that's the whole point! Because NOBODY is going to actually think it's real! Because how can it be? But they're gonna THINK it's real, but they're not REALLY going to think it's real."
"I... see," said Bianca. "Well, still... I don't know about this..."
"You're the tie-breaker again, Nicole," said Patricia.
Nicole thought long and hard about this. She watched the viewticker go up. It was officially in the sextuple digits. It was now or never, if they wanted Patricia's plan to have the maximum effect.
"Why would we do that?" asked Nicole, wondering just what Patricia was saying right now. "We worked so hard just to get it up and now that people are finding out about it, you want to delete it?"
"Nah," said Patricia, smugly. "You two aren't seeing the vision. People already know about it! It's a hit! But when we delete it... then people will really go crazy about it! Everyone's gonna be yelling online about it, wondering where it went. I bet hardly anyone's actually downloaded it yet so it could even become lost media. And that's when the speculation starts. Some people are going to start wondering, with how realistic it was, if it's actually real! And that's gonna make even MORE people interested. Nicole, trust me... if we delete this video? This movie could become the BIGGEST thing in the HISTORY of the internet... and then, THAT'S when we release it again, for real, WITH a part two."
For once... Nicole actually could see the vision.
It was sort of a genius plan. It would give an ARG feel to the entire affair. People would begin spinning a narrative about not just the movie itself, but around the creation of the movie.
Bianca, however, had some reservations.
"Um, you said, what was that about people thinking it was real?" asked Bianca, nervously, through the phone. "We're NOT telling people it's real, right? Isn't that the opposite of what we want people to think? That it's real?"
Ah, yeah. Bianca DID show her face on the movie; she'd have the most to lose between the three of them if it was found out every single extra on that film died a grisly death.
"No, see --" said Patricia, "that's the whole point! Because NOBODY is going to actually think it's real! Because how can it be? But they're gonna THINK it's real, but they're not REALLY going to think it's real."
"I... see," said Bianca. "Well, still... I don't know about this..."
"You're the tie-breaker again, Nicole," said Patricia.
Nicole thought long and hard about this. She watched the viewticker go up. It was officially in the sextuple digits. It was now or never, if they wanted Patricia's plan to have the maximum effect.
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