October 7, 1998, 23 days before Halloween in the United States.

Just when Yi Feiyang was frantically revising the script of "Ghost Shadow", he unexpectedly received a call from the camel master in Chinatown.

On the phone, the camel said that the place where the film company was opened was found.

Chinatown itself is not a big place, and Yi Feiyang has always thought that it would be good to be able to find an office building with an area of two or three hundred square meters here to be a company. But he never thought that Master Camel would be so generous.

13 Chinatown.

This unfortunate number, which Westerners don't like very much, has brought Yi Feiyang good luck today.

Standing in front of the three-storey building, the huge company looks like an old castle, giving people a shock.

"How's it going, Jan, this place isn't bad, is it?" Master Hump said with a smile.

"It's not bad, it's amazing!" Yi Feiyang praised from the bottom of his heart.

"I didn't expect you to find such a big place, with an area of three thousand square meters, right?"

"Not only that, if the area of the three floors is calculated together, it is about more than 10,000 square meters." The camel said, "Originally, this was a factory, but unfortunately the benefits were not good, and the things produced could not be sold at all, the boss was ruthless, and he directly declared bankruptcy, and now the machines and equipment inside have been sold, leaving only this empty shell, I think the place is quite large, and it is quite suitable for you to be a film company, so I found it." ”

"What was it doing here?"

"It's a sock maker, and the owner is an American, named Henry Miller, an old capitalist in this area of Los Angeles, and I heard that this person is cunning and mercenary, and many people don't like him...... It's just that I don't quite understand why he would open such a factory in Chinatown, selling socks and not making money, unless he meets their Christmas ...... This old guy is also capsized in the gutter this time. "It's rare for the camel to be very humorous in the West.

"But as soon as he capsized, he cheapened us, I called him, and I also visited him, the old guy was very stricken, biting 800,000 US dollars to lease for 3 years; After the end, I bargained to 600,000, what do you think? ”

"$600,000 for 3 years?" Although Yi Feiyang is not very clear about real estate in the United States, he also knows that this is definitely a very good deal. However, he was cautious by nature and never believed that pies would fall from the sky, especially when he heard that Master Camel said that this person was still cunning and cunning, how could a person like this easily suffer? !

"Master Camel, if I can, I'd love to meet this Mr. Henry."

"Of course, after all, you're the boss!" The camel master said very cheerfully.

"So, how about two hours later?"

"In such a hurry?"

"I can't help it, I'm racing against time right now." Yi Feiyang smiled bitterly.

"Don't worry, I'll try to arrange it!"

Master Camel didn't understand, in fact, Yi Feiyang's request to meet within two hours had a deep meaning.

If the other party is not in a hurry to rent, then the person will refuse to make such a hurried appointment, because according to the tradition of Westerners, appointments are to be booked in advance, and they are very careful and regular in the arrangement of time, unlike Chinese doing business, impromptu communication, and directly on the wine table.

On the other hand, if the other party agrees to this kind of impromptu date in one bite, then it means that the other party is very eager to lease the factory, then there must be a problem.

How could an old capitalist not put on a shelf and be so eager to lease a factory quickly? I also know how to use my ass to think about it, and there is a cat in it!

The camel master was very fast, and it took less than three minutes to make a call, and he said to Yi Feiyang, "Okay, Ayan, Mr. Henry Miller, I promise you to meet within two hours as soon as possible." ”

Yi Feiyang smiled, it seems that this Henry boss is more anxious than himself.

Since it has been agreed, then, before meeting with Boss Henry, Yi Feiyang must of course have to make some preparations. So he picked up the phone, hesitated for a moment, and finally dialed the number of Gusta, the owner of Lionsgate.

If the estimate is good, Gusta's guy is a banker, and the details of the old capitalists in Los Angeles are very clear.

As for the relationship between Gusta and himself, Yi Feiyang didn't think about it that much, after all, the two sides have always been using each other's interests. Friends? In a place like Hollywood, the word friend seems cheap!

……

It was 11 o'clock in the morning.

Yi Feiyang is a very punctual person, but that Henry boss is not so punctual.

In an exquisite café in Los Angeles, from half past eight to 11 o'clock, Yi Feiyang has been waiting for two and a half hours.

When he looked at his watch again, the camel who was sitting opposite him suddenly said, "Mr. Henry is here!" ”

Yi Feiyang turned around and saw a man in a striped suit walking over.

The man was about fifty years old, with bulging goldfish eyes and a shiny combed hair.

When he came to the seat, he greeted the camel master and Yi Feiyang very warmly, and then apologized, saying that he was too busy with work and came late.

I have to say that this guy who looks like an old capitalist knows how to communicate very well, at least he is full of smiles, giving people a sense of harmlessness to humans and animals.

"I don't have a lot of time, so let's get to the point." Goldfish-eyed Henry said.

"You have probably seen my factory, 600,000, lease for 3 years, I think this is a very good price, you can't find a cheaper place than me when you run all over Los Angeles!"

"Yes, I've seen your factory, but it seems to be a little dilapidated." Yi Feiyang said.

"Shabby? Oh yes? So you noticed it too, hehe, but then again, if it weren't for the fact that the place was so shabby, I wouldn't have rented it so cheaply, would I? Henry lifted Erlang's legs, and a pair of goldfish eyes narrowed into a slit.

"But what I want to know is," Yi Feiyang said with certainty, "in these three years, will we be able to use your factory with peace of mind, or will it be taken away by a certain bank, and we will lose all our money?" ”

Boss Henry seemed to be poked in the spine, "Oh God, how can you say that? I'm an honest businessman, how could I do such a two-sided thing? Besides, you go out to inquire how many of these factories want to lease, and if it weren't for the sake of the old camel, I wouldn't have leased it to you so cheaply! Goldfish-eyed Henry seemed so angry that he couldn't hear what he said.

The camel master was called "old camel" by him and felt very depressed.

Lao Tzu is hunchbacked, but the front is straight, and it is as straight as a javelin! So it's not an "old camel", it's just a hunchback! Your mother's head......

Yi Feiyang looked at Boss Henry, who seemed to be in a rage, with a smile, and said, "Don't be impatient, dear Mr. Henry." I've never liked to talk or doubt people for no reason, but ......"

Yi Feiyang paused, then took a sip of his coffee cup, "But this deal really can't help but make me suspicious......

"Suspicious? Oh God, what do you have to be suspicious? 600,000 to pick up a big bargain, if it were me, I would have been smiling from ear to ear...... Well, since you are so insincere, I don't want to talk to you anymore, I'm leaving, yes, I'm really leaving! Damn, you guys don't know how much this date has delayed my business! ”

Looking at the angry boss Henry, Master Camel tried his best to stay, "He is a young man, he doesn't speak much, Mr. Henry still asks you to stay!" ”

Goldfish-eyed Henry didn't give the camel any face, made a posture of pulling his legs and leaving, looked at Yi Feiyang proudly, and waited for him to soften.

Yi Feiyang smiled, picked up the coffee, and then said to Goldfish-Eyed Henry: "Boss Henry, why are you in such a hurry, why don't you sit down and drink something." ”

"I'm sorry, Mr. Yi, I don't like the coffee here very much, it's too bitter!" Henry said with his nose cocked.

"That's because you didn't get really good coffee, like the cappuccino here...... Definitely sweet and delicious. ”

"Hmph, excuse me, I still have something to do, now let's go! See you again, my Mr. Yi! Henry turned to leave.

"I wonder what kind of disposition Lehman Bank will give to your bankruptcy filing, and Mr. Henry, will you be able to immigrate to Canada smoothly?" Yi Feiyang said slowly.

Henry Miller, who was about to turn away, was stunned.

"What are you talking about? Dear Yi, I don't understand something? Henry Miller turned his head, his face slightly became a little ugly, and looked at Yi Feiyang with his bulging goldfish eyes and said.

"You should know better than I know what I'm talking about, don't you, dear Boss Henry?" Yi Feiyang took a sip of coffee lightly, and then said: "As far as I know, the procedures for your immigration to Canada have been completed, and the procedures for your bankruptcy application will be completed before you immigrate, is that true?" At that time, a lot of your property will be confiscated by the lender, such as this hosiery factory that shouldn't have been in Chinatown...... It is estimated that it will be taken directly by the bank at that time, and we, the poor leasers, can only beg for nothing. God, this is the favorite trick of the old capitalists, but it has pitted many people! ”

"Enough, do you say enough?!" Boss Henry was furious, "The reason why I came to meet you today is because I can afford you, yes, I can afford you, do you know the way?!" If it weren't for the dear old camel standing in the middle, I wouldn't have seen you at all! God, you have insulted me so without any evidence, you have damaged the reputation of a gentleman, and even more so the heart of a businessman! I strongly ask you to apologize to me! ”

"Apologize?" Yi Feiyang smiled, then drank the coffee in the cup and stood up......

"What do you want to do?" Henry took a step back vigilantly.

Do you want to use force? Damn the Chinese!

Yi Feiyang didn't use force, and directly threw out a faxed document from his briefcase, "Oh, take a look, my dear Boss Henry!" Didn't you say you wanted proof? Here's the proof! ”

"What?" Henry Miller picked up the document suspiciously, looked at it, and was dumbfounded. It turned out to be the information of his own loan with the bank. and bankruptcy filings.

"Damn, how do you have these things? Is this a crime, Zhilu Dao? Henry was annoyed.

U.S. business is very strict about the confidentiality of information, and this kind of behavior of obtaining private loan information through improper means is a serious violation of the law and an act of unfair competition, and the government will severely crack down on it.

"And you, Mr. Henry, is it not a crime that you intend to deceive?" Yi Feiyang did not show weakness, "If I hand over these materials to the police, I wonder if you can successfully immigrate Mr. Henry?" ”

"Oh shit, what the hell do you want?" Henry was like a snake that had been choked by seven inches. He never thought that his seamless plan would be seen by the other party. And came up with this evidence to blackmail yourself, damn Chinese!

"It's very simple, I don't care what you want to do, I want to set this factory, 300,000, rent it for three years!"

"Impossible! 300,000 for three years? 600,000 is already the lowest! Couldn't be any lower! Yes, it can't be! ”

"Nothing is impossible! You've eaten so much, now it's just for you to spit up a little, otherwise, you stay in the United States, wipe your ass and get ready to go to the police station to drink coffee, I think the coffee there must be more bitter than here, Mr. Henry, I don't know if you're used to it?! ”

"You're threatening me?"

"Around me, don't talk so badly, we're talking about problems, talking about it...... You can say no, don't you? Yi Feiyang sat down with a smile again.

The camel master next to him has been confused by this dazzling confrontation. What the hell is going on here?! Could it be that Henry was a liar? But it seems that Ayan has eaten him.

Yes, Boss Henry is very cunning, he originally opened a factory in Chinatown and did a sock business, and the idea of laying a good foundation was to wait for bankruptcy. The reason is that many of his companies owe a lot of money to the bank and have long been insolvent.

Henry's boss's plan is very simple, drill the law Confucius, on the one hand, secretly immigrate, and prepare to go to Canada to live with his wife and children. On the one hand, they sell all the factories and companies that will be confiscated by the banks after they go bankrupt, get the money into their own pockets first, and wait for their own people to fly away, and whoever is unlucky will not care about their own business.

But now, Yi Feiyang, a Chinese guy, has dug up his secret and threatened him to rent out the factory cheaply, of course, on the premise that the factory cannot be confiscated by the bank...... Now, what to do?!

Taking a deep breath, as an old capitalist, Boss Henry, who had experienced countless winds and rains, tried his best to calm himself, and then squeezed out a smile on his face and sat down in front of Yi Feiyang again.

"Oh dear Yi, huh? How about we make friends? Originally, I had a good relationship with the old man of the camel, and we often drank tea and wine together...... Hehe. It's not as good as this, 500,000 is good? All you have to do is give me 500,000 and I'll lease this damn factory to you for three years, and promise that the bank won't confiscate it and never come to you! I promise in the name of God! ”

"I'm sorry, dear boss Henry, first, I have never believed in God, so I don't need you to make any guarantees to God and his old man; second, I only have 300,000 on hand, and I don't have any more; Thirdly, I would love to be friends with you, but only after you leased the factory to me! ”

Yi Feiyang's words made Boss Henry's eyes bulge even more, "Damn! Is it really non-negotiable? ”

"Yes, not negotiable!" Yi Feiyang smiled and nodded. "But I don't like forcing people the most, you can choose to sign or leave!" Then he pushed a document that had been prepared for a long time to shove over.

Yi Feiyang's new young lawyer, Louis Carr, is really good, and in just one hour made a lease contract that is "very in line with the interests of Party B", of course, Yi Feiyang is the "Party B" on the contract.

"Damn, you've been prepared!" The muscles on Henry's boss's face are twitching, for a person like him who loves money like his life, 300,000 leases for three years, let him earn 300,000 less, not to mention, he must also withdraw the proposal of the factory to file for bankruptcy, and this will directly affect the millions of dollars he borrowed from the bank, which is a big loss!

But now, as Yi Feiyang said, he has no choice.

For the first time, our dear boss Henry understood a truth: the Chinese are smarter than those damned Jews!

Taking a deep breath, "Yi, I need to let my personal lawyer take a closer look at this contract, I hope you can understand ......"

"Of course, I will also send my lawyer friend to come with you, to be honest, I am really anxious to lease this factory...... So, it's 11:25 a.m. on October 7, 1998, well, even if it's 12 o'clock, I hope you'd better get it done by 3 o'clock this afternoon, Mr. Henry, and give you three hours, do you see, dear Mr. Henry Miller? ”

"It's 3 o'clock this afternoon? 3 hours?! Oh god, that's a little too urgent, I need time! ”

"I know it's difficult, but I really don't have time!" Yi Feiyang smiled, then took out another thing and handed it to Boss Henry: "I will give you a gift before leaving, I hope you will like it." ”

"What? Oh shit! When Henry looked at it, it was a copy of the newly published "American Business Law" in California, USA.

"I'd love to see what it's about, especially in terms of lease contracts...... But your U.S. laws are really interesting, and the laws vary from state to state, and Joliet, Illinois, says that if a clothing store lets a woman try on more than six pieces of clothing, it's illegal for the store to be arrested. Alabama law prohibits women from entering casinos, and if found, casinos can arrest the woman and have all cash and accessories confiscated. Pennsylvania law requires women to ...... when purchasing a sewing machine"

Boss Henry can't listen anymore, this Chinese is not only cunning, but also very sinister! Yes, sinister!

(There are also suggestions for the questions raised by book friends, I will accept them humbly, and make modifications to the suggestions of Haolu, and for those friends who put forward the shortcomings of iron writing, I am even more grateful, after all, the bystanders are clear, I am a fan of the authorities and need your reminder, thank you!) ）