Chapter 25: The Dawn
"Don't fight with me, I'll pay 500,000!"
As a domineering voice sounded, the bar owners fell silent in an instant.
If it costs one or two hundred thousand, they can really give it up, but a high price of 500,000 yuan is not something that anyone can afford.
What's more, they don't know how long their bar, if it is the main set of the crew, will be delayed and cannot be filmed.
500,000 yuan is not a small amount of money this year, if the movie can't become popular, it will really be a waste.
Even if it is gambling, there is no such careless and indiscriminate betting.
Therefore, after the auction failed, everyone glared at Kane, who called out the price, "Kane, you're crazy!"
"Even if your store is bigger, 500,000 yuan is enough for you to earn for a few months, just for an advertising word, as for that?"
"When you lose the bottom of your money, don't ask us for a loan, we will definitely not care about you at that time!"
Kane ignored them, but came to Tang Feng and said with a smile: "If you have no objection, I think we can sign a contract, and 500,000 cash will be transferred to your account within three days." β
Tang Feng said without modesty: "This will be the most correct choice you have made!"
Kane smiled and didn't make any comment, instead turning his gaze to Annie, "You saw it, baby Annie, in order to support your friend, cousin, I made a big bet." β
As if he was very uncomfortable with him calling himself so intimately in public, especially in front of her fiancΓ©, Anne replied with a blushing face: "Okay, Kane, don't embarrass me in front of so many people. β
Hunter didn't expect that the most famous bar king in the block turned out to be Anne's cousin, and he was so surprised, "What a surprise! You're Anne's cousin!"
But soon like an angry bull, he shouted at him, "Whoever you are, don't call her Baby Anne again......!"
Kane, like a victorious general, seemed to enjoy Hunt's anger, smug a "what can you do" expression at him, and returned to his seat.
In order to avoid Hunter being too embarrassed, Tang Feng hurriedly relieved the siege and said: "Haha, it turns out that they are all a family, then you are welcome!"
"Okay, now let's decide on the hotel and the villa with a view, as long as these two venues are settled, our film will start shooting immediately. β
Although he was dismounted by Kane, Hunter also knew that he was not angry now, so he had to swallow this breath on the donkey. On the contrary, Anne felt a little uncomfortable, and comforted Hunter in a whisper, as if she had made some disdainful promise, which made her face even redder.
Ignoring their small movements, Tang Feng cleared his throat and continued: "I also need a hotel, preferably in the 15-18 block, it doesn't need to be too big, but it can't be too small. β
"There is also a scene to shoot in a landscape villa, to have a spacious yard, and to have a swimming pool......"
Thinking of the difference between the accommodation industry and bars, he didn't tease a few bosses this time.
Instead, he spoke his mind: "I know you're not like the bar industry, where there are a lot of locals who buy and sell tourists, so this time it's up to you to decide." β
Although his honesty won everyone's applause, it was indeed a little deserted, as he expected, and the final selection of hotels and villas was only symbolic, with $10,000 each.
Of course, Tang Feng didn't promise them advertising words or anything, but promised to add their store name to the end of the film together with Kane's hotel.
Tang Feng also knew that it was not that they were stingy, but now in the summer vacation, when the hotel industry was at its hottest, it was not easy for people to spare part of the venue to support him.
Unlike bars, hotels are all clearly priced, and there is almost no profiteering, and it is completely unrealistic to expect them to be as crazy as the bar-opening people.
In fact, such a meeting not only solved the venue problem, but also earned 520,000 US dollars, which far exceeded Tang Feng's expectations.
Although it is inevitable that there will be problems with qualifications and taxes, it is not a problem to have Hunter here, even if he can't solve all of them, he can try to make what they do reasonable and legal, and pay some less taxes.
With this income, he can completely free himself to do it, he can immediately rent a few offices as permanent offices for the crew, and he can also hire some professional talents to assist him in completing the film together.
Of course, these professionals are still mixed in with the masses, waiting for him to be excavated and developed.
Seeing that most of the people had their own place, the managers of the department store headed by Qiao Sen couldn't sit still, and it was easy to wait for them to finalize it, and several people immediately surrounded Tang Feng in the middle.
"Sean, can we talk about our cooperation now?"
"Director, I know, depending on the situation, you won't pay, so why do you want us to help you?"
"John is right, use our venue to help you choose people, and it has nothing to do with us to make a movie, and you don't want to pay yet, so you should pay something, right?"
Their emotions are a little excited, even those vulgar little bosses can see through it, why can't they see it?
But now that the movie venue has been selected, it has nothing to do with them, which can't help but make them feel angry.
It took a lot of effort for Tang Feng to calm them down, and then he thought for a while and said: "First of all, I can't say that the movie has nothing to do with you at all, I will also put a sponsor advertisement for you at the end of the film." β
"Then, since we're going to do a big show together, we have to get the word out as much as we can before we start. β
"So when the audition begins, there will definitely be a lot of people pouring into your department store, and you think about how many things these people can buy even if it is only two days?"
Qiao Sen retorted: "On the surface, this is true, but how many people will buy things, I'm afraid it's still unknown, right?"
Although he knew that he was fighting for his own interests, Tang Feng couldn't help but glance at him, and then said unceremoniously: "Stupid!
Qiao Sen pouted disapprenously, "It's not Black Friday, even if it's a promotion, it won't have any effect, right?"
His strong words made Tang Feng want to laugh: "This guy really has the strength of a traitor/businessman, he really doesn't see a rabbit and doesn't scatter an eagle." β
After thinking about it, he no longer hesitated, but detailed all the twists and turns: "As far as I know, all of you who came here today are all managers of chain department stores, right?"
"Since you as professionals don't understand, well, I'll do the math. β
"I don't know how many people in East Los Angeles have a movie dream and have been working so far, but I think there are thousands of people. β
"That's a big base, enough for us to do something, right?"
"We can make the whole process two months, eight weeks and 16 days of selection. If you all cooperate with this event to carry out promotions in the store, I don't think I need to talk about what kind of effect it will have during the summer vacation, which is the peak sales season?"
"And no matter how much you sell and how much profit you make from it, just staying hot for a long time is enough to keep you entertained, right?"
Several people had been listening to Tang Feng quietly, and as he said a key point, their nerves also beat, and in the end, even their breathing became a little short.
At this time, there was no need for Tang Feng to say anything more, just saw Qiao Sen preemptively say: "I fully cooperate with your activities and promise to provide all conveniences!"
"Besides, I can also offer fifty, no! I will sponsor you 1 million!"
When he reported this number, almost everyone looked incredulous, only Ken pouted at Tang Feng mischievously, showing a look of disapproval, as if to say: "Look, this is the strength of Luo Village, at best, that's what it looks like." β
Tang Feng glared at him, and then gave them an absolute fierce medicine, "Eh, I'm sorry, Qiao Sen, can you let me finish speaking?"
Seeing that the others didn't react, Qiao Sen thought that he had won the battle, and was thinking in his heart how much he would increase the revenue of his company after such a show.
After being interrupted by Tang Feng, he asked with some dissatisfaction, "What? Do you have any other requirements?"
Tang Feng smiled and waved his hand, "No, no, don't get me wrong." β
"I'm just reminding you, if I had an event like this all over Los Angeles and I had all the locations in your department store, have you ever wondered what that would be like?"
"I protest!"
"Oh no! you must not do this, it is a serious violation of your original purpose!"
The other two department stores, while also chained, are not as wealthy as mango, with chains throughout the Los Angeles area and even in other major cities.
They knew that they might not be able to compete with Qiao Sen, so they immediately joined forces to resist, "Sean, it is very immoral for you to do this, this is completely different from what you just said!"
"yes, don't you keep saying that you're making a movie that belongs to East Los Angeles, so what do you mean by what you just said?"
"Is it only a few minutes before you are going to abandon your ideals for the sake of profit?
Listening to their words, in addition to Qiao Sen's almost crazy eyes and the approving gaze from Ken, everyone also looked at Tang Feng with strange eyes.
Tang Feng talked eloquently without blushing and heartbeat, "Of course I haven't forgotten my ideals, and I haven't forgotten what everyone came together for." β
"I'm talking about the full-scale audition, but I didn't say that anyone can act in this movie!"
"I promise you that all the cast and crew of this film, except for the hero and heroine to be decided, will be from our eastern neighborhood!"