Many Chinese city dwellers living in 2019 will be mostly aware of the fact that if you eat out three meals a day, breakfast will be half or more cheaper than lunch or dinner, given the same cost of materials consumed for each meal.

For example, the pancakes and fruits that also use these slices of meat, noodles and green onion and coriander are only 5 yuan a set. At noon, even if you change to the cheapest ramen with similar ingredients, it will cost 10 yuan - the specific price varies from city to city, but the ratio is almost strikingly similar.

If you can use a little economic thinking to review, it is not difficult to find the reasons for this phenomenon:

In the city, few people now cook breakfast at home, even retired seniors, housewives, and primary and secondary school students, they also eat breakfast bought outside.

As for lunch and dinner, only office workers eat out, while the elderly, students and housewives are at least not yet popularized by takeout.

Therefore, the commercialization of breakfast and the scale of the catering industry are three times that of lunch and more than five times that of dinner. Fixed costs such as rent, labor time, and other costs for breakfast can be amortized as thin as possible, so even if the total price of the same material cost is half cheaper than the other two meals, you can still make money.

After coming to Seattle, it only took Gu Biao two days to discover another similar economic law: not only catering, but even those luxury vehicles that usually feel high, if they can really expand the scale of the industry by ten or twenty times, they can also become cheaper.

For example, in other cities in the United States, only buses and subways can be used for monthly passes.

When you arrive in Seattle, you can even get a monthly pass by seaplane.

Gu Biao was already ready to burn money to buy a private helicopter and a private seaplane to support the façade.

But on the first day, the other neighbors around were anxious: in Seattle, buying your own seaplane is very unenvironmentally friendly, and you will only be seen as a swollen face and fat person. Because other Boeing and UTC shareholders choose to buy monthly taxi passes, which is a noble and environmentally friendly way of life.

Some of the larger islands, such as the "Stranger's Island" not far to the south of Gu Biao's private island, are seventy or eighty times larger than his island, with 15 square kilometers and hundreds of households. People in those places don't buy a monthly ticket for a taxi, but a monthly ticket for a bus plane, which costs only $300 a month.

It's only $5 to take a bus ride in the city. If it's a student monthly pass, it's even cheaper, at $180 per month, which is equivalent to $3 each way.

The price is outrageously low, but it is very economical, just like pancakes and fruits are sold twice as cheaply as ramen.

Gu Biao calmed down and thought about it carefully, and he completely understood: Airplanes are not uncommon among Boeing shareholders, so the rich people in this city will not use airplanes as a means to show off their wealth.

Yachts can be compared, because most of the yachts are European goods, and distance produces beauty.

It can only be said that the lifestyle of the rich people here cannot be imagined before you come, even if you are a rich stranger in the first place.

"Cancel the intention to order helicopters and private seaplanes, and tell the seller that there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future. After Gu Biao figured everything out, he explained it in private.

In Gu's capacity, both helicopters and private jets will be needed in the future, but they are not urgent yet.

And the helicopter range is too short, and it's not convenient to get it back when you buy it in Seattle. After all, in the next few years, Gu Biao's main base in the United States will be near Silicon Valley in San Francisco.

If you buy a yacht, you can also drive back by sea and listen to the way. Helicopter refueling is not convenient, it is better to go back to San Francisco and buy again.

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While spending a few days with the surrounding island owners to make friends, contact feelings, and familiarize himself with the local situation, Gu Biao did not delay his business.

On October 16th, I heard that the crew of "First Blood" has been completed, only the post-production staff still need to be busy, and the actors can take vacations, and they may have to leave Vancouver in a few days.

Gu Biao immediately asked the sailors and bodyguards to drive the yacht and take the girl to Hope Town arrogantly - from the mouth of the Fraser River up the river and through the entire downtown Vancouver.

He had an appointment in advance, so it was easy to see his target - the film's star and screenwriter Sylvester Stallone, and producer Mario Caesar.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Stallone, to be honest, I'm a fan of your movies and I love watching muscular hunks perform tension. Just like I like to praise Arnold, I hope to have more opportunities for direct cooperation in the future. ”

Gu Biao is very kind, and his posture is quite low as soon as he comes up.

"We're also very happy, in fact, we have known each other on TV, so there is nothing to be unfamiliar with. "The producer, Caesar, is a middle-aged man in his forties, and he looks quite human.

Gu Biao did not invite Ted, the director of this film, today because Ted is a native of Canada, and Gu Biao is afraid that the follow-up changes will make this guy worse.

Fortunately, after the film is finished, the director still has to keep an eye on the editing and post-production, which is already very busy, and it should be uninvited. And the producer and the leading actor are already idle, just right for socializing.

And the reason why Gu Biao chose Mario Caesar as the communication representative of the management is also because Mario Caesar is not very patriotic - at least he doesn't love the United States and Canada very much, and he belongs to the kind of mother who can betray the United States and Canada.

Because this Mario Caesar is a Lebanese, and his homeland is now being ravaged by the Israeli dogs supported by Britain and the United States, so he will pull money to make a film like "First Blood", which is more against the mainstream foreign values of the United States-

Considering that this movie is relatively old, many post-90s and even younger officials must not have seen it, so I can describe "First Blood" in a few sentences, this film is about the protagonist played by Stallone, an American veteran who returned from the Vietnam War in the 70s.

In the 70s, there was a very turbulent anti-war trend in the United States, which tore apart American society. Therefore, when the Vietnam veterans returned home at that time, they were not worshiped by the people as combat heroes, but felt that they were a group of murderers.

This kind of situation has never been suffered by American foreign war soldiers before, after all, whether it was fighting World War II or the Korean War, wounded soldiers returned home with honor and were worshipped.

In the film, it is said that after the protagonist Rambo returned to the town, he was discriminated against by the sheriff of the town, because the sheriff felt that all the people who went to Vietnam to fight were scum murderers. In the end, Rambo had to fight back, revealing that "the ugliness of the Vietnam War was only the evil of politicians and Wall Street, and ordinary soldiers who fought for their country were innocent and should not be discriminated against".

In the United States, the Vietnam War has only ended for 7 years, and before the appearance of "First Blood", there were few works in the United States that overturned the case for front-line soldiers and turned out to be influential. It is precisely after this, because history has precipitated and the "slow truth" has surfaced, that the American people distinguish the historical responsibility of soldiers from politicians and financiers.

Cooperating with the producer and screenwriter of such a film with values, Gu Biao's safety has obviously been raised to a higher level, and the scale of cooperation is also greater.

The two sides first exchanged some intentions, and then Gu Biao began to make specific conditions: "Mr. Stallone, I hope to buy you for $500,000 to provide advertising endorsement for one of my series of games." I need to use a character that is as close to the character as 'Rambo' as possible, but I don't use the plot and background of First Blood. ”

Stallone did not make a counteroffer, his current value, making a few commercials to earn $500,000, is relatively good - this time, his pre-salary for "First Blood" is $2 million. In addition, there is a $1.5 million bet, and the management will add it to him only after the box office of the movie comes out, and the results exceed a certain threshold and he makes a lot of money.

In contrast, producers deal with money on a daily basis, and they are more sensitive to the market.

Mario Caesar calculated a little and reminded: "Gu, this price is too low, you don't just let Stallone shoot an advertisement, you rub the popularity of the IP of "First Blood", which requires more money!"

As far as I know, the game adaptation rights market has been very bullish in the past two years, and Spielberg's "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" cost Atari $25 million!"

Caesar's example, of course, was just a comparison, and he knew that it was impossible to compare it with that.

Gu Biao countered: "I didn't use your plot, I just used a character image, which should be able to be calculated in a compromise, and the pricing model should be closer to the charge for direct advertising."

Also, if my game is a hit, it will also have a promotional effect on your movie - Spielberg's "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" has proven to be a super hit, and Atari paid so much. And your "First Blood" hasn't been released yet, and my game is very close, and it also has a feedback boost effect on your movie promotion and box office!"

As soon as this reason was set, the initiative for negotiations was temporarily pulled back.

Mario Caesar thought for a moment, "And when is your game expected to be released?"

Gu Biao: "After next year's awards season, before the summer season." ”

Caesar pursed his lips with a "you're kidding me" expression: "We're going to be released during the Christmas season! You're at least two or three months behind us, and you're talking about feedback to boost the box office." ”

Gu Biao: "Who said that a movie will have no box office after 12 weeks of release? It is normal for the box office flow of popular movies to last for half a year. "The Terminator", which I filmed last year, achieved a super long continuation at the box office. My game was released three or four months after the movie was released, and maybe it will spur you to a second box office spring. ”

Caesar thought about it, and it did make some sense, but this price obviously couldn't be fixed.

"You do have a point, but I'm afraid this matter needs more to talk about the variables. This includes the box office continuity of our films, the sales of your company's games. Together, these indicators can determine who is promoting whom and who is promoting whom.

Gu, if you are willing to accept the negotiation model under the framework of VAM of various parameters and variables, we can send people to calculate in detail, what do you think?"