After chatting casually, Xu Zhi suddenly thought of something and asked, "Mr. Robson, I want to find a second-hand car in a new condition, I wonder if you can find one for me?"

"Used cars?" Robson asked, "What do you want a used car for?" I can send you a new car if needed. ”

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "I'm going to invest in a short video, and one of the props in it is a second-hand car that has overturned, so it doesn't need to be too good, but the condition can't be too old, the kind of car that has been used for five or six years is fine." ”

Robson thought for a moment and said, "I have a few old cars that you can use if you need them." ”

Xu Zhi shook his head and said: "No, all you have in your hands are Mercedes-Benz BMW cars, it's too wasteful to use them to make movies." ”

According to the plot, the first scene is that the car will turn over in the forest, although there is no actual process of overturning, but for the truth of the plot, even if there is not a real rollover accident, the surface of the car will definitely need to be treated: such as broken glass, deformation of the wagon, etc......

It's too extravagant to use a luxury car directly, maybe Robson won't collect money, and he will even repair the car himself in the future, but the money may not be spent, but he owes favors, and personal debts are the most difficult to repay.

If you can solve it with money, don't use favors!

Robson was not pretentious, saying: "In the southeast of the suburbs of Los Angeles, there are several establishments that specialize in selling used cars, and they are very large, you can go shopping and you will definitely find the car you need." ”

Xu Zhi nodded and thanked, "Okay, I'll go in the afternoon." ”

……

From the end of the 19th century, when the automobile was invented, to 2019, when Xu Zhi traveled over, the U.S. automotive market has been the largest in the world, and there is no one.

Many people may say that the scale of cars in the mainland market after 2010 is greater than that of the United States, but in fact, this is a wrong statement, and it can only be said that the new car market in the mainland is larger than that of the United States, but the overall scale is far inferior.

Speaking of the fundamental reason, the United States has a perfect second-hand car market trading system, every year, the country's second-hand car trading volume is twice that of new car transactions, and later on the other side of the Pacific mainland, most of the second-hand cars that have been driven for more than ten years end up being scrapped.

Los Angeles is one of the top five megacities in the United States, with a large population and a well-developed car and used car market, and every year countless fathers come to the city's used car market with a month's salary to buy a car for their son who has just received a driver's license as a birthday present.

Without bothering Robson's convoy anymore, Xu Zhi came to the suburban car second-hand market alone, and was a little excited to pick up the car.

Of course, this era does not have the rounded arc of later cars, nor does it have an LCD screen of more than 7 inches, let alone a head-up display, a deviation from the route, a 360 camera, and so on......

But the only strong point is the awesome displacement, especially here is the United States, Lao Mei's favorite is a large-displacement car, Xu Zhi picked for a long time, and also picked a Ford SUV, 5.0V8 engine, one foot on the accelerator, full of pushing back feeling.

However, the embarrassing thing is that although Xu Zhi can drive, he does not have a driver's license, and in the end, after paying the deposit in advance, the car will be put here first, and someone will be arranged to pick up the car after a few days.

……

In the hotel, Xu Zhihe and a group of young white people sat on the sofa in the suite.

"Mr. Xu, this is our shooting plan, we have found a suitable shooting location in a small forest near Mountain View in Los Angeles according to your requirements!" One of the golden retrievers who took the lead handed Xu Zhi a copy of the plan.

Xu Zhi opened it and flipped it, in fact, it was the timing of filming "Moving Forward with Weight", the plot of this small short film is very short, and there is no action and no special effects, so as long as there are no problems with the weather, basically the shooting can be finished in three days.

When Xu Zhi left the United States last time, he left the plot introduction behind, and at the same time marked some environmental requirements, during the time Xu Zhi returned to Xiangjiang, these old American college students went out to run through the nearby forest several times and found a place that matched the rollover scene.

Xu Zhi looked at the plan, but didn't find much of a problem, and asked, "Max, have you arranged all kinds of equipment?"

Max nodded and smiled: "It's all in place, these are all leased from a professional company, and the photographer is still a professional with his own equipment." ”

In the United States, Xu Zhi is not familiar with life, although the short video is short, it is also a short film, and it also needs the basic equipment needed to make a movie. These equipment are very expensive, and it is impossible for Xu Zhi to buy them, and the only way is to rent them.

But Xu Zhi didn't know much about the situation in Hollywood, so when he determined that Max's amateur team was the main filmmaker, he contracted all the rental and equipment arrangements to him.

Max will definitely make a lot of money from this, but at the same time make money, he will also ensure that there will be no problems, although he spent a little more money, but his own volume is not large, Xu Zhi doesn't care, it is impossible to save a thousand dollars, he personally ran around in Los Angeles Hollywood to rent equipment and pay the price!

Xu Zhidao: "According to our contract, I am responsible for the car, and now that I have bought it, you can drive the car away, go to some professionals, and see how to modify it to look like a car accident!"

"Okay, no problem!"

……

In the afternoon, Tom, who learned that Xu Zhi and others had returned to the United States, rushed over from Las Vegas in a hurry.

Before Xu Zhi could say a few polite words, Tom asked directly, "Xu, can you give me some more arcade machines this time." ”

Xu Zhi smiled: "It seems that my game is very popular!"

Tom took a sip of Coke and nodded, "Yes, I have placed a few in each of the casinos, but I didn't expect them to be more attractive than ordinary slot machines, and there are no fewer people around there from morning to night every day." ”

In order to tempt some players with weak willpower, almost all machines in casinos will have a certain probability of returning coins, just to stimulate some people's adrenaline.

But the arcade machine is different, this thing is purely a game, not gambling, and the coins will only go in and out, but it still attracts a group of people to line up to visit.

The owner of the casino is naturally not a fool, although an arcade machine is more than 2,000 dollars, and the money is also made by coins, but the victory is time efficient, there are people playing all the time, and you can earn $100 at the end of the day, deducting operating costs and electricity bills, etc., you can also make a net profit of $70.

Of course, this is a cluster effect caused by too few machines, if there are more machines, the estimated profit will be almost half or even less, but a few months of return on investment is definitely not a problem, more importantly, the game can increase the casino's attractiveness to customers, which is a greater advantage than direct profits.

So Tom was soon asked to provide more of this game, but Xu Zhi had already left the United States at that time, and he couldn't find anyone, so he ran to buy some space invaders that were popular on the market, and put them in the casino to take a look, and the effect was also good.

Space Invaders' arcade is too expensive, costing more than $3,000, and although it is even more popular than Xiangjiang Cube, these two game types are completely different, one is a thrilling battlefield and the other is a casual game, but the casino itself is a place of excitement.

Space invaders are placed in the outside world, which is a more exciting game, but in the casino, it is more than a cut, and the casino needs a casual time-consuming game like Xiangjiang Cube, for some women who are not interested in gambling but still accompany their spouses, or gamblers who are too excited to play and need to take a break.

Therefore, Tom was anxious about when Xu Zhi would be able to return to the United States, and if it was a little later, he estimated that he would have to fly to Xiangjiang.

Xu Zhi asked, "How many units do you need?"

Tom opened his right palm and said, "A total of 500 units, 400 Xiangjiang cubes, 100 snakes, I don't know what kind of discount I can have?"

Xu Zhi thought for a while and asked, "Are they all provided to casinos?"

Tom nodded, "Yes!"

Xu Zhidao: "Then let's get a nine-percent discount!"

Tom suddenly frowned and said, "Last time, there was a 20% discount." ”

Xu Zhi smiled: "Last time you paid in full, if you can still this time, I will give you another 20% off, how about it?"

Last time, there were only 10 units, which was only $20,000, which is nothing for a large dealer, but this time it is as high as 500 units, and the funds will almost reach one million dollars, which is a very large amount.

Tom asked, "How much is the deposit?"

Xu Zhidao: "Half!"

Tom said: "This is too high, the market is generally two or three percent." ”

Xu Zhi didn't answer directly, but said with a smile: "We are already planning to find a general distributor in the United States, and it should be determined in the next month or two. ”

Tom asked again, "When will it be delivered?"

Xu Zhi thought for a moment and said, "If you sign the contract now, it will take almost 2 months to deliver the goods, after all, it will take a month to ship by sea." ”

Tom frowned, "That's too slow!"

Xu Zhi smiled: "No way, now whether it is production capacity or channels are not perfect, our company can not produce too much inventory, when everything is determined, our production capacity will increase rapidly, and then, Tom can buy as much as you want!"