nightcrawler in los angeles

Chapter 92 Spend 48 Million in 500 Hours 2
[Film Distribution Betting Agreement] Tao Xi doesn't understand this kind of thing.

But Peter Lamont got it.

The first time Tao Xi saw him, Peter Lamont simply asked, "Tao Xi, what do you want to do?"

Tao Xi's answer was very solid: "I can open 1000 drive-in theaters within two days, which is equivalent to [007: Thunderbolt] can generate at least 300 more theater-style theaters in two days at the box office!"

That's right, the box office ratio between drive-in theaters and theater-style theaters is generally 3:1.

In the United States, it has to be admitted that theater-style theaters have a good location and high ticket prices, and the single-day box office of their single theater is higher than your income. If it is a large movie theater in San Francisco or Chicago, they will A day's movie box office may be 10 or 15 times yours.

After all, high input means high output.

Tao Xi plans to use 500 million US dollars to open 1000 drive-in theaters, and the budget for a single drive-in theater is only 5000 US dollars!

But Peter Lamont, an old wretch, actually tripled his plan in front of him. If it weren't for the more important contract, Tao Xi might give Peter Lamont, an old guy, a backhanded blow.

"Why does a single theater earn $500 for a single show?" Director John Grann asked his first question after reading the contract.

Producer Albert R. Brocco instead took the contract in his hand and read it several times.

"Quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes. Don't look at my drive-in theaters are widely distributed, but as practitioners in the film industry, you are more aware of the shortcomings of drive-in theaters than I am. What you want is box office!"

"And I am very confident in the box office of the film in my contract! My distribution fee is not high. You can see that my quotation only needs 100 million US dollars. Of course, this part of the cost is borne by myself."

"The publisher's profit only accounts for 43% of the box office, and I only implemented it according to official standards."

"My box office monitoring agency is the Motion Picture Association of America, and the box office funds will also be supervised under the Fund of the Motion Picture Association of America, why don't you rest assured!"

Producer Albert R. Brocco took a closer look at the little boy in front of him whose cheeks hadn't faded yet, feeling a great sense of powerlessness in his heart.

The 007 series of movies are very powerful and have a wide audience. Whether it is the United States or Europe, he has a good mass base.

But the problem is that the producer and distributor of 007 are all MGM, which makes people very powerless. Among the eight major Hollywood companies that indirectly control the distributors are Disney, Warner, Fox and Paramount.

Hollywood's cake is so big, no one wants to make it easier for MGM, so the result is that no one is willing to underwrite MGM's production.

Paramount, who had been flirting with MGM in private, also put MGM aside in a blink of an eye after the successful editing of the 007 series, and instead vigorously promoted their own series of films [Raiders of the Lost Ark]. For the small-budget movie [Invasion of USA], which cost less than US$400 million, Paramount has used their theater resources.

"sign!"

"The box office of the gambling is more than 500 million US dollars. If it is less than 500 million, you need to advance your own money to compensate us!"

Tao Xi saw a trace of madness in the eyes of [007: Killing Thunder] producer Albert R. Brocco~
Tao Xi smiled, because it was done! ——
December 1984, 12, Christmas Eve in California, USA.

The streets are full of people with families shopping, and an undecorated Christmas tree is tied to the top of each family car. He leaned out of the window and greeted the dolls on the street.

Meiao Paper finally survived his most difficult year.

This year's US-Australia Paper fully complied with the idiom "drive high and go low". After a busy year, the US-Australia Paper not only lost the California paper market that originally belonged to him alone, but also laid off nearly 700 workers in the last month. More than [-] workers.

However, the US-Australia Paper Industry still gave out a wave of benefits to its employees on the eve of Christmas.

[Neil Brothers Hot Dog Fast Food Restaurant] $100 stored-value card per person, this wave of benefits may not be much for everyone, but this huge sum of money is a huge amount for [Neil Brothers Hot Dog Fast Food Restaurant] payment.

Nearly $70 in revenue is enough to allow it to open many more chain stores.

However, [Neil Brothers Hot Dog Fast Food Restaurant NO.1], which was originally a little empty, is not open today, and many employees of the United States and Australia Paper at the door want to come to buy something, but they are disappointed.

A few men in the overalls of the American-Australian paper workers were standing at the door of the shop with unfiltered cigarettes in their hands, muttering softly.
"Fxxk! He won't go out of business!"

"I haven't seen that bastard Nilta for a long time."

While the conversation was in full swing, a skilled worker who had been laid off by Mei-Ao Paper hurriedly shouted at these people, "Hey! Have you seen the wasteland behind the Mei-Ao Paper factory? !"

"All of them are people! At least there are more than 2000 people, and a large group of policemen are there to maintain law and order!"

"I heard that it can make money, so I have to hurry!"

A little girl with a [Neil Brothers Hot Dog Fast Food Restaurant] fast food box on her back came out of nowhere and said dissatisfiedly to the adults, "Hmph! You deserve to be poor, and you know how to use maliciousness to guess others every day. Neil's Hot Dogs are not going out of business!"

An adult heard the piercing sound and grabbed the little girl by the neck.

Seeing that she was picked up, the little girl struggled non-stop with her legs hanging in mid-air, and waved her fists frantically towards that person, but unfortunately her arms were not long enough.

In a panic, the hat on the little girl's head fell off, and the top of her head, which had few hairs, was exposed in front of the group of people in an instant. The staff of several American and Australian factories suddenly laughed out loud.

The malnourished little girl did not give up her struggle, and suddenly a lot of children poured out from the sewer behind the shop.

There are boys and girls, and this group of children has one thing in common, everyone is carrying a [Neil Brothers Hot Dog Fast Food Restaurant] fast food box.

This group of children was very regular when they came out, some headed their heads, some bit their legs, and some kicked towards the crotch of those laughing adults.

This is the reason why ants kill elephants. This group of adults was frightened by these crazy children.

"Ilona! The hat that Taxi gave you!" A little boy's nostrils were pitch black, and he usually had a runny nose and didn't pay attention to hygiene.

The little girl named Ilona took the hat and glared at the little boy, patting the dust on the hat lovingly: "I have told you many times, we are now a team, we have to divide the labor and cooperate, and we Everyone earned 15 dollars a day yesterday. Don’t give the money back to your parents. You have to use it to clean up your own hygiene. Only in this way can we recruit more people and be responsible for hot dog delivery in more areas. "

"Ann! Ann, Irona, I listened to you, I made an appointment for a health check at the community health center today."

Elena saw a faint smell of soap coming from the little girl, and patted the little girl who was not as tall as her with satisfaction, and took out 1 dollar from her own pocket and handed it to her: "It's a reward for you. In the future, you can only earn money if you listen to me, have you heard?"

A tall black kid covered in tendons, he was the most powerful just now, but his words were exceptionally gentle: "Irina, I heard that the damn thief in the East District is going to be discharged from the hospital. , we have to get more areas from Taxi as soon as possible, he loves to bully people in our west area."

Elena couldn't help rolling her eyes when she heard this sentence: "It's Marco! He will be my superior in the future, and I will take care of him. I heard that he was hospitalized after being given ecstasy soup by a Japanese not long ago." Yes, in the future, we must investigate those suspicious people in our area on time at the end of every day's work, and submit the [user survey form], so that we can get an extra 50 cents reward, understand?"

The group of children heard Yi Lianna's words and answered in a hurry: "Okay~"

"Okay! You guys go back, today's mission is over, I'm going to report to Taxi at the waste factory of Meiao Paper." After saying this, Yi Lianna did not allow the children to refuse and prepared to leave with a happy face.

"Elena, what are you doing there!"

"I'll go and earn money for you! Taxi said that as long as someone can contact an abandoned factory or parking lot anywhere in California, as long as his location is good enough and the price is low enough, he can earn a commission. Of course, the budget is 3000 US dollars /year, as long as you rent a similar venue below this price, the money will be mine.”

After Yi Lianna said this, she left, and the group of children looked at each other and followed Yi Lianna's buttocks towards the waste factory of the American-Australian Paper Industry in a very tacit understanding.

The waste factory is actually a pulp factory that was destroyed by a fire. In order to start work quickly, Meiao Paper did not renovate the original land, but bought it in Ontario, 48 kilometers east of California. A pulp factory, as for the 700 employees who were laid off, most of them were pulp workshop workers.

The huge wall isolates the abandoned pulp factory workshop, and a "concave" abandoned factory appears here.

Everywhere is pitch-black, and occasionally a gust of wind can bring up a burst of debris. Because the land is too wet, whenever someone walks by, it will bring up a foot of mud.

(End of this chapter)