The development plan set by Wang Zijun and the two Patricks is obviously too stable and conservative, and due to the abundant funds, the real expansion is unusually smooth.

Because it is very difficult for urban community theaters with less than 200,000 people to make a profit, many of the existing theaters in those areas are no longer viable. Patrick Sr. restored the money and expanded the Carmichael Cinema chain from more than 80 theaters to hundreds of theater chains in just one month.

Since then, however, the expansion of the Carmichael Cinema Line has slowed down, as it has become difficult to acquire ready-made theaters, and there are few theaters in those small places.

Instead of continuing to expand, Patrick Sr. spent $20 million to build the original theater, properly renovate and replace the old equipment, and expand the original single-hall theater into a multiplex in some areas with relatively large moviegoers.

While replacing and upgrading the hardware, the father and son also formulated a new set of theater operation plans to reduce the expenses of the theater chain and save operating costs.

By June, Carmichael's presence in the U.S. states had been largely consolidated, with a total of 113 movie theaters and a total of 356 canvases.

Purely in terms of the number of theaters, Carmichael Cinemas can already rank among the top theater companies in the United States at this time, but it still has too few screens. Because many of its theaters are located in different places, the audience is really not enough to support multiple screening halls.

Compared with multiplex theaters, single-hall cinemas are not only incomparable in scale, but also have higher operating costs per canvas on average. So don't look at the Carmicha Cinema Line at this time, there are more than 100 cinema chains, and the real money earned may not be as good as the small cinema chain that only has twenty or thirty chain cinemas, but the cinema addresses are all in the metropolis.

Of course, there are pros and cons, and audiences in small local cinemas are definitely more loyal than audiences in big cities because they have few choices. As long as Carmichael Cinemas continues to do it, over time, local audiences will form consumption habits, coupled with the increase in local population and economic development, the profits of the cinema chain will become higher and more stable.

…………………… Taipei, Datun Mountain, Caoshan Villa.

Teresa Teng teased the baby, who was almost five months old, and Wang Xi lay on the side of the crib and asked, "Aunt Lijun, when will my brother be able to speak?" ”

"We'll be talking in a few months." Teresa Teng replied with a smile.

Wang Xi said: "When my brother can speak, I can play with him." ”

"Where's your brother Lin Yi?" Teresa Teng asked.

Wang Xi said: "I went to play with my classmates, he didn't take me with him every time he went out to play, and I ignored him." ”

"Didi ......"

There was a car horn outside, Wang Xi stood up and ran out, ran out of the garden, and shouted at the car: "Oh, Dad is back!" ”

As soon as Wang Zijun got out of the car, his son had already run to him, reached out and picked him up and put him on his shoulder to sit.

Wang Xi, who was riding on his father's head on a big horse, hugged Wang Zijun's head and smiled, and then complained: "My brother just peed his pants again." ”

"What about you? Have you been wetting the bed lately? Wang Zijun asked with a smile.

Wang Xi said proudly: "Dad, I haven't wet the bed for half a year. ”

"Ah Xi is amazing!" Wang Zijun praised.

Wang Xi was praised by his father, and his heart was suddenly happy, and the smile on his face did not disappear until he entered the house.

"Coming back?" Teresa Teng saw Wang Zijun coming in, and immediately went over to greet her in surprise.

Teresa Teng's youngest son born to Wang Zijun is called Wang Shudi, born in November last year, and his name was chosen by Wang Zijun's father. Wang Zijun's first few children and old men all missed the name, and this time they finally got the opportunity.

I heard that Wang Xianzhi also spent 5,000 yuan to find experts and celebrities to make staff suggestions, and gave a total of more than ten names, and finally chose this.

According to the words of writing experts, this "first" character has the meaning of imperial examination high school, which means that the future study results are good, and it also has the meaning of a deep house and a wide courtyard, which means that there is no worry about food and clothing in the future, and the career is prosperous.

Wang Zijun always felt a little embarrassed when he read it, usually he simply called "Adi", and everyone shouted and shouted "Adi", until later when he signed up for school, he simply changed it to Wang Di. As for the name Wang Shudi, it is the same as Lin Yi's "Wang Shuyi" and Wang Xi's "Wang Shuxi", which is only written in the genealogy.

The so-called genealogy of the Wang family now was written by Wang Xianzhi after he arrived in Taiwan, and it is at most a family tree. If you want to continue your family tree, you have to go back to your hometown in Hebei, so Wang Xianzhi has been talking about going back to the mainland for the past two years.

Wang Zijun reached out to hug Teresa Teng, ready to make love, but was pushed away by Teresa Teng. Wang Zijun then remembered that he was still riding a Wang Xi on his shoulder, so he put his son down and said, "Go and play with your brother." ”

"My brother isn't home." Wang Xidao.

Wang Zijun said: "What about your two sisters? ”

Wang Xi said: "My sister is not here, they went out with Aunt Hepburn." ”

Wang Zijun held Wang Xi's cheeks between his hands and said with a smile: "They don't take you there, it's pitiful." ”

"I'm going to ignore them." Wang Xi pouted.

Wang Zijun couldn't bear to take this poor son away, so he had to let him pester himself, and he sat on the sofa and chatted with Teresa Teng in a regular manner.

Teresa Teng, who has been giving birth for nearly half a year, has gradually recovered her body shape, and now she has a little more mature taste of her mother's surname.

Wang Zijun remembered that Teresa Teng began to be sick in the late 80s, and even became so fat that she didn't dare to meet people on stage for a while. In the past few years, Wang Zijun has taken his family to have a full body examination once a year, just for fear of any health problems, but so far, everyone is still very healthy.

didn't talk to Teresa Teng for long, and Wang Zijun was pulled by his son Wang Xi to play games. The father and son started playing fighting games, but Wang Xi was abused.

Wang Xi, who suffered a loss, quit and cried to ask his father to change the game cartridge, and after a while, the two played "Tank Wars", and they abused the machine together.

The two played crazy for more than an hour, and before Lin Qingxia and the others came back, the maid came to report that Gu Long and the two Mr. Ni were coming to visit.

"Ni Kuang? He came pretty quickly, and he knew it as soon as I got back. Wang Zijun said with a smile.

"Hahaha, Ah Jun, long time no see!" Before Ni Kuang's feet stepped in, the laughter had already arrived first.

Compared with the last time we met, Ni Kuang was much fatter. A few years ago, Ni Kuang was still a thin man, but now his stomach has stood up, and his head has become fat and big.

Coming in side by side with Ni Kuang was Gu Long, and Gu Long died this year in the parallel space, but looking at his ruddy face now, he didn't look like he was about to hang up.

Walking behind the two is a beautiful boy, Ni Kuang's son Ni Zhen.

"Don't you greet Uncle Wang when I see you?" As soon as he sat down, Ni Kuang began to count his son.

Ni Zhen couldn't cry or laugh, he was about to turn 21 years old this year, and Wang Zijun was only 32 years old, and he couldn't shout when he called his uncle.

Wang Zijun saw that his face was embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Just call Brother Wang, let's each have our own hands." ”

Ni Zhen just wanted to call the big guy, but before he opened his mouth, he saw his father glaring at him, so he had to shout in a low voice: "Uncle Wang." ”

"Ahem," Wang Zijun didn't agree, otherwise the young man would have no face, he diverted the topic and said, "Ah Zhen is still studying now, right?" ”

Without waiting for Ni Zhen to answer, Ni Kuang said proudly: "The University of Florida will graduate next year." ”

Ni Zhen said: "Now that I have more than a month of vacation, I am ready to come back and find something to do." ”

Wang Zijun nodded old-fashioned and said: "It's good that young people are willing to do things, is there anything you want to help?" ”

Ni Kuang brought his son to find Wang Zijun this time, in addition to reminiscing about the past, he mainly asked Wang Zijun for help. Wang Zijun took the initiative to speak, so that he was relieved of some embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Ah Zhen, this kid is with me, I was also a beautiful boy when I was young." Ni Kuang stroked his big belly and said, "I heard that you are going to make a new film, is there any role that he can try?" If it doesn't work, let him do chores in the crew, he just has to experience filming, and you don't have to pay a salary. ”

"Let me think about it." Wang Zijun searched his stomach and thought about which roles still lacked actors, and said after thinking for a long time, "There are really no good roles, and the actors in this drama have almost been decided." There are only some dragon roles with few lines left, and I don't know if Ah Zhen is willing to play. ”

Ni Zhen obviously didn't have any city government, his face changed suddenly, and his disappointment was overflowing. But he still said very politely: "That's okay, maybe I can't play an important role well." Why don't I be your assistant, the graduation thesis I prepared this time is your movie, so I want to experience it more closely. ”

"Are you majoring in film?" Wang Zijun was surprised.

Ni Zhen shook his head and said, "No, it's about the literary surname in your movie." ”

What's the problem...... Wang Zijun was very speechless.

"Okay, then you can be my assistant." Wang Zijun smiled and said to Ni Kuang, "That's errand work, I'm afraid some people will feel distressed." ”

Ni Kuang smiled, his doting on his son is known to all friends who are closer.

Gu Long, who had been holding back for a long time, saw that they were finished talking about business, and finally couldn't help but say, "Let's go, go drink, I haven't drunk with Xiao Wang for a long time." ”

"Okay, if you don't get drunk today, you won't return!" Wang Zijun said boldly, only a surname like Gu Long would still call him Xiao Wang, who is so upright and cute.

"Dad, I'm going too!" Wang Xi, who had been lying in Wang Zijun's arms and listening to their chat, said.

"What are you going to do when the adults drink, stay at home." Wang Zijun said.

"No, no!" Wang Xi said coquettishly on Wang Zijun's sleeve.

"I won't play games with you next time." Wang Zijun threatened.

Wang Xi stuck out his tongue at his father and ran away reluctantly.

A few people set off to go down the mountain to drink, Wang Zijun looked at Ni Zhen casually, thinking where is this kid's future wife Zhou Huimin?

(To be continued)