England 1986

Chapter 275 The Dilemma Encountered by Ceylon

But bear with it, Allen did a great job, followed up immediately, and secretly exposed that the hotel that was secretly recorded had Donald's shares.

As a result, Donald, who was already in deep debt crisis, couldn't bear it anymore.

He was on the verge of bankruptcy now, and what businessmen care about most is business matters. Donald is a real estate businessman.

There are several hotels under his real estate group. If the reputation of recording is confirmed, how will his hotel be opened in the future?

Will the customer have to worry about being recorded by thieves when staying in his hotel in the future?
I was suffocating in my heart, but being fucked like this again, Donald almost didn't recover.

Of course, he also knew who was behind it.

It was the young noble --- Alan Hill.

This man's method is very dirty, it seems that he took revenge on himself for sending flowers to Diana to harass him.

It's just that this method of revenge is very European, very aristocratic, dirty and disgusting, and Donald has nothing to say.

Now, his daughter-in-law is dirty, and his reputation and credibility are also dirty. Donald can only reluctantly give up, withdraw the shares in the French hotel, and openly clarify in the newspaper that the hotel and his Donald Real Estate Group, It doesn't matter at all!
Even so, in just one month, Allen's spiritual and financial losses to him are simply immeasurable.

The means are dirty, but it works!
The family fell apart, and for the sake of his own face, he had to endure the "sorrow" and dare not speak up, even admit it, and had to help them cover it up.

He was almost killed in business. If he hadn't called his father for help, his real estate group would have almost gone bankrupt, just a little bit!

If it weren't for the outbreak of the Gulf War that suppressed the enthusiasm for this news, no one can tell what will happen in the future.

Now, Donald clearly knows who is behind it, but he doesn't even have the means or thought of revenge, he is too busy to take care of himself.

And the reason for all of this, in a circle, is because of Alan.

All real estate developers, regardless of borders, need to have great connections and capital behind them.

Indispensable!

It doesn't matter, you can only be a small foreman at most, and don't even think about going up.

The regional monopoly of this industry is extremely strong, and the roads are generally wild.

In other words, as long as a real estate developer, no matter how big it is, there must be no shortage of corresponding opponents or enemies!
A land with a good location must have a lot of people looking at it. As long as there are many people competing, there will be enemies. If the group wants to develop, it must constantly compete for the land, and then keep making enemies.

And a real estate developer with billions of dollars in assets, the corresponding enemy, definitely has the same strength as him.

This kind of large-scale incident that caused a lot of noise some time ago, Donald became famous, and his enemies also knew about it.

Although the newspapers used words such as "suspect" and "perhaps" when reporting.

But those who know the truth know what's going on here.

Who doesn't know how to add insult to injury, when it's time to make a move, make a move.

Ordinary people only know that Donald is suspected of being cheated by his wife through the newspapers, and that his hotel is not safe to live in, and the privacy of customers will be leaked.

They don't care about the rest.

And at this time, adhering to the principle that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, it happened that Sifis went to the United States to do business.

Someone took the initiative to extend an olive branch of friendship to Sifis.

Many people know the old Carl who lives in Los Angeles. Although the old Carl is very low-key, he has announced his identity as the butler of the Hill family. He is also a jazz. them.

But the more he is, the more he attracts certain people.

The whole atmosphere in Hollywood is like this, Vanity Fair, the stars get mixed up to the end, if they have money, they want to be famous, and if they have fame, they want to squeeze even higher.

Now that the time is ripe, and there is finally a reason to get on line with them, someone took the initiative to help Sifis and the theater to make a bridge and negotiate.

Real estate groups and cinema chains are inextricably linked, and they can talk to anyone they can find.

Switch to a small crew, if a certain movie hits the box office and earns hundreds of millions.

The billing period for these box office revenues starts at least half a year, and it is not uncommon for them to delay you for a year or two when you encounter a more rogue publisher.

Those who work in film and television companies are dirtier than the other. What can't they do for money?
Listening to Patrice's story about the twists and turns, Allen didn't care who stood up to help Syphis. These people who offered to show kindness would more or less have a purpose, and they were not good people per capita. He didn't want to take the initiative Go ask, and talk about it when they really find themselves.

"That is to say, the box office will be divided, and the negotiation is over there soon?"

"Yes!"

Patrice blinked, nodding affirmatively.

Ceylon was still in a daze just now, seeing Patrice finally finished his report, he quickly raised his hand to signal Allen to speak.

"you say!"

Allen raised his chin, and there were only three people in the conference room, which made it easier to speak.

"Boss, there's a question about the script. Our theme this time is very simple, but the screenwriter Rowling asked me to ask you, do you need to add emotional elements such as a love story?"

Allen's queen screenwriter has a man and a woman. The two work together in a division of labor. One is responsible for the main story line, and the other is responsible for the more delicate dialogue and emotional drama arrangements. They have cooperated very well in the past.

But this time the theme and emotional drama are a bit inappropriate, right?

Allen frowned, and at this moment he suddenly thought of all kinds of anti-Japanese dramas that had flooded the Huaguo market before.

Add emotional scenes in it every now and then, don't look at any subject matter, just add it, the screenwriter is like a fucking idiot.

For such a serious thing, just force it in?
And it's not that kind of innocent emotional drama, but the kind of modern green emotional drama, which is simply feeding shit to the audience.

It's the same with this one this time, the German army has hit the door of the house, add a Mao's emotional scene?

Do you want to make one more.

Female: "Ah Jack, I can't walk anymore, you go quickly and leave me alone."

Man: "Oh Rose, I won't go, I won't leave you, I promise God."

Female: "No Jack, go away, leave me alone, I love you."

Man: "Rose, stop talking, I'll help you walk together, and I love you too."

The German army who caught up: "I heard you two have been pushing for a long time, don't leave either of you."

"Bang, bang."

The world is clean.

Allen shuddered violently as he fantasized about this scene in his mind.

"No! Just add a little something about family affection, don't add anything else, it's too messy."

Ceylon's question was severely vetoed.

"Then this is the information I collected. Take a look, boss. We still have some problems in preparation."

Ceylon pushed a thick document to Alan.

It records all the information of the Canadian War Financing Commission.

From the composition of the staff, to how much money was raised in each city, who is in charge, and how the donations are raised, there are records.

There are also records about the time when the British army pretended to be a fake German army to scare their own people into fraudulent donations.

Their problem now is that more than 3000 British troops were dispatched to act as fake German troops.

It was a time of war, and there were guards on the periphery, and it was easy to find manpower.

But now?

In order to make this movie, you can't find [-] extras, right?

How much will it cost? Even if each person is only paid fifty pounds a day, the daily wages of three thousand group performers will add up to fifteen thousand pounds a week?What about a month?
Not counting other weapons and equipment, there are so many props, guns, tanks, and planes.

It's all money, just counting the things that need to be prepared in the early stage, not even two or thirty million pounds can't be taken down.

After solving these problems, what about the venue?

The fundraising farce was held in Winnipeg, Canada at that time, but Winnipeg decades ago is completely different from Winnipeg now!

Don’t even think about shooting on the spot. The high-rise buildings there are all modern buildings, and it’s impossible to shoot at all.

Allen flipped through the materials while listening to Ceylon complaining about the various difficulties encountered in the early preparations.

Listening, Allen suddenly looked weird.

The difficulties mentioned by Ceylon, if you want to say whether it is difficult or not, it does seem to be so difficult.

But
It seems that I can solve it myself.

Is there a food delivery company that is short of people? It just so happens that this year it is time to recruit again. His current food delivery company has more than 800 people, including the new recruits this year, although it may not be enough. There are 3000 people, but if you are making a movie, then what are you doing more realistically, just make do with taking more shots from other perspectives.

He can even use 600 people to shoot 3000 to [-] people with a sense of déjà vu.

Anyway, the food delivery company is not developing smoothly now, temporarily transferring 1000 people can guarantee the normal operation of the company.

Isn't this manpower problem solved directly?
As for wages?

They were already paid wages, so what kind of wages should they use?Employees, what are you doing?
This is not making a movie. This is a group building organized by the company in batches. The team building project is to help the boss make a movie. It has social significance!

As for weapons, aside from other things, there are many old-fashioned firearms from World War II in the underground warehouse at home!

Not to mention the weapons from the World War II period, even the older weapons from the World War I period are also available at home, just pull them out and use real ones, no props are needed!
That is, some old tanks and planes need to be really prepared. There are really no more in this family, only guns, no tanks.

But such a large amount of expenses has been saved, and Allen doesn't feel bad about spending some money elsewhere.

Chatted with Ceylon about his thoughts, the more Allen said, the wider Ceylon's mouth opened.

"Can it still be like this?"

Due to some historical reasons, the formation of the British Army is very special, with no distinction between regiments and battalions.

But a well-equipped army of more than 1000 people can definitely be regarded as a small and medium-sized army.

This is a legion, pulled out in such a minute?

Until this moment, Ceylon was suddenly a little dazed and a little shocked. Is this the background of his boss? This is a soldier, a soldier with weapons!
A legion!
Regardless of whether their weapons are old or not, they can't be used if they are old?

As long as it can be used, this is a legion. Don't forget, there are still people at home who are useless. If this is changed to other times, will this one be able to pull out thousands of armed forces in an instant?

It's scary to think about.

Hey wait.
Ceylon suddenly realized, serious man, whose underground warehouse would store so many weapons?

Is this the collection hobby of noble gentlemen?
Where did you get so many weapons in your house?
Ceylon didn't quite believe that these weapons were obtained through legitimate means.

But she didn't dare to ask this question. Outsiders have never mentioned this kind of question, so she doesn't need to question it herself?
"Okay okay."

Ceylon nodded. If only some props such as tanks and planes were prepared, it would indeed greatly reduce the workload of the preliminary preparations.

It's just that after what happened just now, Ceylon always feels weird about this filming.

If my boss really brought so many people to Canada to make a movie, would the other party dare to let them enter the country?

With just this manpower, it would be messed up if any other intentions arise. Canadians don't seem to trust the British much now, especially the British aristocrats.

This is making it look like a restoration, don't scare Canadians.

It's the same as it was decades ago, dream linkage.

"correct!"

Now that he was talking about film preparations, Allen turned his head and motioned to Patrice and said, "You are ready to prepare. When the weather is good, go to Canada and find"

Originally, I wanted Patrice to repeat the routine he played in Australia before, and then go there to find the Governor General of Canada, and ask them to contribute some money to support the shooting of the new movie under the pretext of promoting tourism and building the economy for them.

But Allen suddenly remembered that Canada is not the same as Australia now, which seems a little difficult to deal with.

Because the rebellious son of the United States did evil, the mixed-race Canada was also brought into rebellion by the United States.

Although Canada is now a country of the Commonwealth of Nations, it is still loyal to the queen, and it also maintains the configuration of a Canadian governor, but their governor is very special.

The governors of other places are all appointed by the queen in name before taking office, and before leaving, they will be given a title, maintaining the old tradition that only nobles can serve as governors.

In the past, the governor of Canada had a great reputation, and successive governors have served from viscount, earl, to marquis.

But since the 50s, Canada, a rebellious son who has been brought down, has entered a rebellious period.

They do not accept the governor appointed by Great Britain.

Their governor has been changed to only be appointed by the Canadian Prime Minister, and it is also the French-speaking governor and the English-speaking governor. In exchange, after appointing a good candidate, the queen will appoint it.

Moreover, since then, all the Governor Generals of Canada have no titles.

Although the queen smiled and said nothing on the surface, she just won't give you a title. Such a Canadian governor is somewhat unworthy of the name.

If Allen now sends Patrice to discuss funds with the Governor of Canada in his own name, he doesn't know if the current Governor of Canada still recognizes his face as a nobleman.

(End of this chapter)