Victor decided to go see the cinema.

The once glorious Ferro family is now an estate in Zuihou.

Anthony sat in the car and wept, babbling about how old he couldn't even keep the Ferro family's inheritance. Leo raised his eyebrows and told Pike about his "feat", and as for Pike, this guy has a big bulge in his head, and he is still dizzy.

Looking at these people, Victor shook his head, crying and laughing.

The car drove two blocks and stopped at an intersection.

It's already night, the traffic is busy, the flow of people is like a sea, and the neon is shining.

This place is definitely the entertainment center of Los Angeles, with theaters, circuses, concert halls, and of course, movie theaters, huge posters posted out, all of which are Hollywood's stars today, and the audience is endless.

"Our movie theater should be pretty good." After getting out of the car, Victor's depressed mood finally rose.

"Our movie theater, 20 years ago, was the most Haode movie theater in Los Angeles, otherwise it wouldn't have taken that name! Your grandfather likes to watch movies the most. Anthony laughed.

Superb, the most haode movie theater in Los Angeles...... Not bad!

But when Anthony led Victor to him, Victor was dumbfounded.

The location is really good, right next to the crossroads, facing the square, but there are only a few posters at the entrance of this cinema, the baroque decoration outside is dilapidated, the original majestic luxury is long gone, not to mention the audience, there is not even a beggar at the door.

"Isn't it the most haode movie theater in Los Angeles?" Victor was surprised.

"Twenty years ago, twenty years ago." Anthony laughs.

Victor was silent.

Entering the cinema, Anthony struggled for a long time to find an old man.

The old man was over seventy years old, trembling, and had trouble walking.

"Mr. Ferro!?" When the old man saw Victor, he was so excited that he burst into tears: "It's okay if you're okay!" It's okay! ”

"Sean, how to speak, what can he do?" Anthony gave the old man a blank look.

The old man held Victor's hand tightly: "Yes, yes, look at my mouth." Mr. Ferro, I've been worried about you! ”

Victor looked at Anthony, and Anthony explained: "Sean, your grandfather's guard back then, and now he is the only one who survives, and he will never die." ”

"Mr. Ferro, I'll take you in, drink tea, drink tea." The old man was delighted.

In the messy garbage dump-like lounge, Sean poured tea and sat on the tattered sofa, his eyes never left Victor, his expression was like a grandfather looking at his grandson, kind and sincere.

"Sean, why don't we have anyone in this movie theater?" Victor looked down.

"That's usually it." Sean stood up: "In the first few years of opening, it was booming, even big companies like Paramount and MGM, the premieres were held by us, and then it didn't work." ”

"Why can't it be?" Leo poured his tea.

Sean cocked his head: "It seems to have started in 27, after that movie with sound came out, our business here plummeted, and then the more difficult it became, until now, I can't put it on for a night." No one came. ”

Movies with sound? Victor understood.

Hollywood, including the whole of the United States, initially played silent films, and in 1927, the first sound feature film "The Jazz Singer" was released, which shook the entire film industry and caused a flood of audiences, and after that, throughout the 1930s, sound films became a global phenomenon. At the beginning, Hollywood was extremely repulsive about sound films, filmmakers thought that the addition of sound destroyed the artistic sense of the film (represented by Chaplin), and the boss of the film company thought that this thing was too expensive to start a sound movie, and the sound film had to equip the original cinema with sound equipment, which also cost a lot of money, but the audience's love, the audience was willing to pay for it, forcing these people to take sound movies as their main business, which also directly led to the final establishment of the hegemony of sound films.

By 1930, all Hollywood feature films were sound films, except for Chaplin, who insisted on his silent films.

This also has a fundamental impact on the cinema, if you want to survive and make money, you must spend money on redecorating and equipment, otherwise no one cares.

Victor felt cold in his heart: "Sean, can't we still show sound movies in our cinema?" ”

"I can put it! Of course I can put it! If you don't believe me, I'll let you show it. Sean stood up and shouted, and a teenage furry kid ran into the screening room and soon showed a movie.

After watching it for ten minutes, Victor couldn't stand it anymore.

It is true that sound movies can be played, but the equipment for this movie theater is definitely the most primitive sound equipment around 1930, not only the sound is deformed, but the sound and picture are often misaligned, plus this bullshit environment, the ghost is coming!

"Don't let it go. Don't let it go. Victor pulled Sean: "Didn't Weishenme introduce advanced equipment at the beginning?" ”

Sean looked at Anthony: "The affairs of the Ferrol family in Los Angeles are in charge of Anthony......"

Anthony grinned: "This bullshit thing, if it can be released, why spend so much money to change the equipment!" ”

Victor finally got it.

More haode location, more haode conditions, if you do it well, this movie theater will definitely be a good deal to make money! It's a pity that they were all defeated by Anthony.

"How much would it cost to redecorate and replace it with state-of-the-art equipment?" Victor asked Sean.

Sean has been here for so many years and knows the situation very well: "The most popular thing now is the projection equipment launched by Raiden Film Company, we have a total of two screening halls here, which can accommodate 500 people, if you change this equipment, it will probably cost 50,000 US dollars, counting the decoration, it is simpler, I am afraid it will not work without 100,000 yuan." ”

"A hundred thousand dollars!?" Victor gasped!

Where should I get a hundred thousand dollars!?

"It has to be changed! Such a haode place, if you do it, you will definitely make money. Besides, 100,000 dollars is not much. Leo said like an idiot.

Sean looked at Leo and shook his head: "A hundred thousand dollars is not enough." ”

"Not enough!? Didn't you just say you needed $100,000? Leo thought the old man was confused.

Sean smiled at Victor: "Changing equipment and redecorating, 100,000 dollars is about the same, but we still owe money." ”

"Debts?" Victor's head was tight, how could there be any debts.

Sean: "It's been losing money all these years, this movie theater has to be maintained, water, electricity, and cleaning, in order to maintain the expenses, the movie theater is now just two of us......"

Sean couldn't go on anymore.

An old man, for the sake of the Ferro family's industry, made it like this, Victor looked sad.

"Sean, how much do we owe outside?" Victor took a deep breath and prepared himself.

"Pretty much ......," Sean thought for a moment, "about 100,000." ”

"How much!?" Victor only felt that 100,000 flying knives were poking at him!

Then Sean added: "This is not counting the screening fee, you know Mr. Fellrow, we can't afford not to release the movie, and the film company will also charge us for the source of the film......"

Victor was confused: "Sean, you make it clear, how much does it owe in total now?" ”

Sean snapped his fingers: "Over the years, the cinema has maintained a debt of 100,000 yuan, and the last five years have shown 20th Century Fox films, and they have borrowed money from them in the middle, about 70,000 or 80,000." ”

"You mean, you owe William Fox 180,000 for that shitty day!?" Victor's head is full of black lines.

Sean: "What, you know Mr. Fox?" ”

"Don't just know each other!" Victor gritted his teeth.

Sean couldn't hear this tone, and smiled: "That's easy!" It's easy to get acquainted, you talk to Mr. Fox and give him a few days of grace......"

Boom! Before Sean could finish his sentence, the door was kicked open.

A middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes staggered in: "Sean, it's time for the deadline, this movie theater of yours should belong to me." ”