England 1986

Chapter 164 The Dedicated Master Allen
For a long time, Allen has maintained a can-be-bearable attitude towards his own residence.

Especially when he lived alone, the castle was so big, it gave him enough sense of security.

Whether it's the bodyguards living downstairs, or the pile of weapons in the basement.

But one thing cannot be denied.

Things like castles look good and have a lot of history, but living in them is completely different.

The thing Allen couldn't bear the most was the problem of light. In the past, most of the windows were specially designed for combat needs. In order to prevent frontal attacks from bows and arrows, the windows of the entire castle were for ventilation, not for light.

In this way, normal people will inevitably feel very uncomfortable after living for a long time.

The whole castle looks gloomy. Although the lights can be turned on during the day, if you want to lie in bed and enjoy some sunshine, don't even think about it.

Second
The whole building is made of stone. It's cooler inside in summer, but it's also cold in winter.

Although there is a fireplace, it is also silly and cold.

In addition, many rooms have now been converted into staff offices. With more and more employees in the future, it will inevitably be inconvenient for everyone to be together.

This gave Allen the idea of ​​building a new residence.

We need to build a modern house, a house that is considered practical for living. The old castle at home will be repaired and refurbished in the future, and it will be used as an ancestral house, or a family museum or something.

Now that we have the money from the rich man in Xiangjiang, it is not impossible to start the second phase of the real estate project. It is not impossible to build a new house near the castle under the pretext of an engineering project, right?
Put down the teacup and ask the servants to put away the tea set and desserts.

Allen took out the manuscript paper and wrote down the request.

Site selection, design, etc., the most important thing is to be convenient to live in. He wants a house with a strong natural atmosphere, with more log wind and good sunlight. It is best to have large floor-to-ceiling windows that can be illuminated by the sun in the morning The one that wakes up naturally is the best.

Private swimming pools and helipads must also be arranged.

There must also be enough servants' rooms, and in addition to the convenience of my usual office, the living room must also be arranged, and other requirements.

Finally, a huge basement had to be added so that he could hide some weapons and ammunition for added security.

After writing these requirements, Allen rubbed his eyebrows with some headaches.

To build such a large new manor requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and the funds are provided by the wealthy Xiangjiang, so he doesn't have to worry about it, but the engineering team is a bit of a headache.

In the past, it was for the embezzlement of funds, and the people below didn't hire many construction teams at all, but this time they wanted to actually build the house, so they had to hire people.

In fact, Allen was very optimistic about this kind of construction team before.

It is convenient to hide all kinds of strong guys, and it can also buy some equipment openly, which is very in line with his requirements for secretly accumulating manpower.

but.
This is old fashioned Eastern thinking.

As long as the exchange is made, you can understand how unreliable the construction team's method that seems to suit his needs is very unreliable.

First of all, the construction team is a very old industry, and the whole industry is very mature.

But in the West, as long as it is a mature industry, there is one thing that cannot be avoided-trade unions!

All kinds of trade unions, such as plumbers' unions, masons' unions, even a brick-and-mortar worker's union!
And what is the purpose of establishing trade unions?
In essence, it is to fight against the powerful and protect the interests and rights of members.

And when the trade union develops to a certain extent, it will also bring certain benefits to the members in reverse, achieving the effect of holding together for warmth.

If Allen wants to use the form of construction teams to hide people, not to mention other qualifications and procedures, the trade union alone is a very big trouble that cannot be avoided.

He is raising people for himself, not doing charity for the labor union.

Therefore, Allen chose a food delivery industry that no one had unified to open up the situation. He built a union himself to prevent people from making troubles through the union. He wanted to take all these things into his own hands.

During dinner, the native Welsh MP supported by Allen came to visit with a small gift.

Allen invited him to have dinner together. The two didn't chat much, but only chatted about the recent situation in the other's home. After the meal, the congressman put down the gift and a file bag and left.

Just at the dining table, Allen picked up the file bag.

The things here are a little interesting.

The economic crisis broke out in mid-October last year, and the second half of the domestic parliament session ended before Christmas last year.

There was a gap of several months in between.

Every year, Congress discusses various issues and holds two meetings. The first meeting runs from the end of March to the beginning of August each year.

The second meeting is from the end of October to before Christmas every year.

If it exceeds this time, it will have to wait until next year, and because of the various follow-up effects of the US financial crisis, the British government will also introduce some policies and remedial measures.

One of them is to distribute subsidies to various local SMEs.

This was the first issue to be discussed after parliament started last month.

Normally, the parliament may have to quarrel with Moji for a year or two. When this kind of financial crisis occurs, there will be no quarrels. Many policies are introduced very quickly.

As England's most loyal little brother, Wales, there are also special subsidy funds issued by London to subsidize some small and medium-sized enterprises in Wales.

However, the MPs in London are not sure how to use the funds. They can only be sent to the local parliament in Wales first, and the Welsh people will arrange it themselves.

And the funds were issued, and as a prominent figure in Wales, Allen had an idea about the funds.

He is now a food delivery company, and he himself has been affected by the financial crisis. Does Master Allen need subsidies?
Of course I need it!

Moreover, Allen is also very responsible for considering the more realistic situation for the vast number of small and medium-sized enterprises in Wales.

In the outside world, more and more places have been affected and affected by the financial crisis in the United States. In a small place like Wales, many people don’t have a deep understanding of the outside world. Would it be possible to rashly take money from London? What negative impact on their cognition?

The flowers in the greenhouse are not desirable, how can we see the rainbow without going through the wind and rain?
In order to let these small and medium-sized enterprises in Wales feel the severity and impact of the financial crisis more truly, Mr. Allen, together with several members of Parliament, withheld part of this batch of funds in private.

The funds are divided into ten shares in total, Allen gets six shares, other congressmen who are not close to him get three shares, and the remaining one is distributed to those more decent small and medium-sized enterprises as subsidies.

And what is contained in this file bag now is the use and distribution of the six funds of Allen.

He took out two shares to give benefits to the congressmen who followed him and those around them, and the remaining four shares were used to subsidize his food delivery company.

Although the company has not yet officially operated, this does not affect his subsidy.

Looking at the various allocation details on the document, Allen nodded with satisfaction, finally lit the document, put it in the ashtray, and watched the document slowly burn to ashes.

He did it all for the Welsh!
What is the old saying?

Don't do small things for good!
Alan didn't see Huth until after breakfast the next day.

"Master! I went to London yesterday and explained the matter."

"Um"

Allen put down his fork, wiped his mouth with a warm towel, and said, "Do I have any plans for a while? I'm going to the shooting location to see if everything is ready."

This time Allen reluctantly gave up his dream sci-fi film and turned to make a modern urban-themed film, but he did a lot of preparation work.

Among other things, the small American community built during the filming of the last movie has not been demolished yet.

This time, on the basis of the original community, it has been improved and more British elements have been added, and it will continue to be used to make new movies.

But the reimbursement is different. This is a new community specially built for the new movie. The cost of the entire community is as high as nearly 1000 million pounds!

Even the last construction cost is included.

"Well, I don't have any schedule today. Patrice said he would bring a director to see you, but he seems to be delayed on the way. It might be evening or tomorrow. You don't have anything to do during the day."

Huth thought about it, Alan's schedule is not busy recently, and many things have been arranged, and the people below will do it. It is rare to have a few days of leisure.

"Okay, then go get busy, I'll go shopping."

Since the last time the United States left, Patrice was put together by the old Carl.

He took a fancy to a small director, but the old Carl was more dependent on the Canadian director Cameron. Later, the old Carl relied on his qualifications and took Cameron to Australia to find Allen, who was on vacation in Australia at the time.

Then, Cameron became the first director to take refuge in Master Allen.

But Patrice couldn't swallow this breath. It's not that there is a limit to recruiting directors in the company, but that there is already a director who mainly mixes Hollywood. If he finds another director who mixes Hollywood, the styles will overlap.

Moreover, the director he had his eyes on now does not seem to be as good as Cameron in terms of ability.

Later, Patrice learned from the pain and changed his mind, and ran back to Europe to find a group of people. Since he helped Allen choose actors, he went on a business trip again. New generation, capable director!
Originally thought that he would be able to see Patrice's Allen that night, or the next day.

After waiting for two full days, I saw Patrice.

Allen, who was hooked a little bit, finally saw the so-called talent in Patrice's mouth in the manor, a big fat man with an unshaven beard.

He is not tall, looks to be just over 1.7 meters tall, with black hair and black eyes, and a beer belly.

But the talent that Patrice called, Allen looked a little familiar.

"Master, let me introduce to you. This is Luc Besson, a very talented French boy. I taught him when he was in school. When he applied for the French National Film Academy, he failed. , and later went to Hollywood to study, and these years have been in Europe, studying while making movies."

Patrice pulled the fat man to introduce Alan with a haggard face.

"?"

Luc Besson?

I actually found this one, Allen was a little impressed, this guy
what.
Thinking of this, Allen suddenly recalled it.

His child star in this movie is the little guy Natalie Portman, plus Jean Reno who plays her father, and now there is Luc Besson.

good guy.
The three of you are here together, can this be the youth version of "This Killer Is Not So Cold"?
"Hi sir, nice to meet you!"

Luc Besson has a beer belly with confidence on his face. Although he is fat, he salutes neither humble nor overbearing.

"Haha! Thank you for your hard work. Didn't you say you arrived two days ago? Did you encounter any trouble on the way?"

Allen was a little curious. France is not far from Wales, just across the sea. What's the situation after walking for a few days?
Before Luc Besson could explain, Patrice said first, "Master Besson made a movie last year, starring Jean Reno, and it will be released next month. We were already ready to go. But the producer encountered a little problem again, so they had to turn back again."

"Oh? Do you need my help?"

Allen asked with a smile.

"No need for your Excellency, it's just a small problem, we have already solved it."

Allen nodded with a smile, seeing that the two of them looked dusty, and didn't want to talk too much, so he asked his servants to take Luc Besson to rest first, leaving Patrice to ask questions.

"What's the situation?" Allen pointed to Luc Besson who was gone.

"He made the film himself, don't you know the Frenchman? He has a lot of requirements for the film, and he had to change some parts according to the requirements of the management. He couldn't stand the grievance."

Allen frowned, this sounds a bit thorny, such a person, no matter how talented he is, he can't let him make movies.

When he was making a movie by himself, he didn't care if he lost money or not. Allen thought about it, but now if there is an uncle who wants to take his money and mess around, then he doesn't need it.

"Master. He is mainly good at small-budget, fast-paced movies, but his small-budget is not the kind of shoddy one, but a small-budget one with a big scene."

Perhaps seeing Allen's doubts, Patrice explained it kindly.

"Oh?"

As soon as he talked about the small cost, Allen understood that if a movie with a small investment itself, the producer adds some more to the director, such and such special requirements, it is really impossible to play, if you have money, add some requirements Just add it, and pass it.

Then how can you let other directors play with such a small cost and so many requirements?
Funds are already tight, and there is no room for error.

"Then stay and try, just follow me as an assistant director for this movie."

Allen smiled slightly, secretly thinking that I now have James Cameron in my left hand, Luc Besson in my right hand, and Sony ATM machine behind me.

This is not how to shoot how?
(End of this chapter)