However, even though he was patient, Allen was more ruthless. He immediately followed up by secretly exposing the fact that Donald had shares in the hotel where the secret recording was made.

As a result, Donald, who was already in deep debt crisis, could no longer bear it.

He is already on the verge of bankruptcy, and what businessmen care about most is business matters. Donald is a real estate businessman.

There are several hotels under his real estate group. If the reputation of this recording is confirmed, how will he run his hotels in the future?

Will customers have to worry about being recorded by thieves when staying in his hotel in the future?

Donald was already feeling suffocated, and after being treated like this again, he almost couldn't recover.

Of course, he also knew who was behind this.

It was the young nobleman—Alan Hill.

This person's methods are very dirty. It seems that this is revenge against himself because he harassed Diana by sending flowers.

…

But this method of revenge was very European, very aristocratic, dirty and disgusting, and it left Donald speechless.

Now, his wife was in trouble, and his own name and credibility were also ruined. Donald had no choice but to reluctantly give up his shares in the French hotel and publicly clarify in the newspaper that the hotel had absolutely nothing to do with his Donald Real Estate Group!

Even so, in just one month, the losses Allen brought him both mentally and financially were simply immeasurable.

Dirty means, but effective!

The family fell apart, and for the sake of his own face, he had to suppress his "sorrow", not daring to speak out, not even to admit it, and had to help them cover it up.

His business was almost ruined. If he hadn't called his father at home for help, his real estate group would have almost gone bankrupt. It was just a little bit away!

If the Gulf War had not broken out, which dampened the news, no one could have predicted how the news would have turned out.

Now, Donald knew clearly who was behind it, but he didn't even have the means or the mind to retaliate, and he was too busy to take care of himself.

And the reason for all this, after all, is because of Allen.

…

All real estate developers, regardless of national boundaries, need to have a lot of connections and money behind them.

None of them can be missing!

It doesn’t matter. At most you can be a small contractor. Don’t even think about moving up any higher.

This industry has a strong regional monopoly and its methods are generally very wild.

In other words, any real estate developer, no matter how big, will definitely have rivals or enemies!

There will definitely be a lot of people eyeing a piece of land with a good location. As long as there are many competitors, enemies will be made. If the group wants to develop, it has to keep competing for land and then keep making enemies.

A real estate developer with assets worth billions of dollars must have enemies who are definitely as powerful as him.

This major incident that caused a lot of controversy some time ago made Donald famous, and his enemies also knew about it.

Although the newspapers used words such as suspected and perhaps when reporting on the incident.

But those who know the truth know what is going on here.

Everyone knows how to kick someone when he's down, so just strike when the time is right.

Ordinary people only know from newspapers that Donald is suspected of being cheated on by his wife and that his hotel is not safe to stay in as it will leak the privacy of customers.

They don't care about the rest.

…

And at this time, adhering to the principle that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, Siphis happened to go to America for business.

Someone took the initiative to extend an olive branch of friendship to Siphis.

Many people know about old Carl who lives in Los Angeles. Although he is very low-key, his public identity is the butler of the Hill family, and he himself is a jazzman. This old man is usually very tough and arrogant towards Americans, and often looks down on them.

But the more he does this, the more he attracts certain people.

The entire atmosphere of Hollywood is like this, it's a world of fame and fortune. When stars get rich, they want to be famous, and when they are famous, they want to move up further.

Now that the time is ripe and there is finally a reason to contact them, someone took the initiative to help CIFIS negotiate with the theaters.

There are intricate connections between real estate groups and cinema chains. You can find someone who can speak to them.

If it is a small crew, if a movie is a box office hit, the revenue will be hundreds of millions.

The payment period for these box office revenues is at least half a year. If you encounter a more rogue distributor, it is not uncommon for them to delay it for a year or two.

People working in film and television companies are dirtier than each other. What won’t they do for money?

…

After listening to Patrice's story about the twists and turns, Alan didn't care who stood up to help Siphis. Those who took the initiative to show goodwill all had their own purposes, and not everyone was a good person. He didn't want to ask them proactively, and would wait until they really came to him before asking.

"In other words, has the box office revenue sharing been finalized?"

"yes!"

Patrice blinked and nodded affirmatively.

…

Ceylon was still in a daze, but when he saw Patrice finally finish his report, he quickly raised his hand to signal Alan that he wanted to speak.

"you say!"

Alan raised his chin. There were only three people in the conference room, so it was convenient to talk.

"Boss, it's a script issue. Our subject matter this time is very simple, but screenwriter Rowling asked me to ask you if we need to add some emotional elements like a love storyline?"

Allen's personal screenwriters are a man and a woman. They work together in a division of labor. One is responsible for the main storyline, and the other is responsible for the more detailed dialogues and emotional scenes. They have always cooperated very well.

But the subject matter this time... isn't it a bit inappropriate to add a sentimental scene?

…

Alan frowned, and at that moment he suddenly thought of all the anti-Japanese dramas that had flooded the Chinese market in the past.

They keep adding romance into the film without considering the subject matter. The screenwriter is like a fucking idiot.

Such a serious thing, just add it in?

Moreover, it is not that kind of pure love story, but rather that kind of modern cheating love story, which is simply feeding shit to the audience.

It's the same with his film this time. The German army has already reached the doorstep, so why add any emotional scenes?

Do I need to make another one?

Woman: "Ah Jack... I can't walk anymore, just go away and leave me alone."

Man: "Oh, Rose, I won't leave. I won't abandon you. I promise to God."

Girl: "No...Jack, go away and leave me alone. I love you."

Man: "Rosé, stop talking. I'll help you walk. I love you, too."

The German soldiers who caught up with them said: "I have been listening to you two talking for a long time. No one can leave."

“Bang, bang.”

The world is quiet.

…

Alan imagined this scene in his mind and shuddered violently.

"No! Just add some family-related stuff, don't add anything else, it's too messy."

He vetoed the question of Ceylon.

"Well... this is the information I collected. Boss, please take a look. We are currently facing some problems in preparation."

Ceylon pushed a thick document to Alan.

It contains all the information of the Canadian War Fundraising Committee of that year.

Everything is recorded, from the personnel composition to how much money is raised in each city each time, who is the person in charge, and how the fundraising is done.

There are also records about the time when British troops pretended to be German soldiers to scare their own people and extort donations.

Their problem now is that more than 3,000 British troops were dispatched to play the role of fake German troops.

It was war time and there were guard troops outside, so it was easy to find people.

But now?

You can't possibly find three thousand extras to make this movie, right?

How much would that cost? Even if each person was only paid 50 pounds a day, the daily wages of 3,000 extras would add up to 15,000 pounds. How much would that cost in a week? How much would that cost in a month?

This doesn’t even include other weapons and equipment. There are so many props, guns, tanks, and planes.

This is all money. If you only count the things that need to be prepared in the early stages, it would take at least 20 to 30 million pounds.

Now that these problems have been solved, what about the venue?

This fundraising farce was held in Winnipeg, Canada, but the Winnipeg decades ago is completely different from the Winnipeg today!

If you want to take photos on location, forget it, because all the tall buildings there are modern structures and it's impossible to take photos there.

…

While Alan was looking through the materials, he listened to Ceylon complaining about the various difficulties encountered in the early preparations.

As Alan listened, his expression suddenly became strange.

As for whether the difficulties mentioned by Ceylon are difficult or not, they do seem to be a little difficult.

but……

It seems I can solve it myself.

Short of people... He himself has a food delivery company, and it's time to recruit again this year. His current food delivery company has more than 1,800 delivery guys alone, plus the new recruits this year, although the total number of people may not reach 3,000, but it's a movie, so why be so serious? He might as well just shoot more shots from other angles.

He could even use five or six hundred people to create the illusion of two or three thousand people.

Anyway, the development of the food delivery company is not going smoothly now. Temporarily transferring a thousand people can ensure the normal operation of the company.

Wouldn’t this solve the manpower problem directly?

As for wages?

They are already paid wages, why do they need wages? They are employees, what do they do?

This is not about making a movie, this is a collective team building activity organized by the company in batches. The team building project is to help the boss make a movie, which has great social significance!

As for weapons, not to mention other things, there are plenty of old-style guns from the World War II era in the basement warehouse at home!

Not to mention weapons from World War II, we even have older weapons from World War I at home. We can just pull them out and use the real ones, without any props!

Some of the tanks and planes from that time really need to be prepared, but they are no longer in this house. There are only cannons, but no tanks.

But having saved so much money, Alan didn't feel bad about spending some money on other things.

…

Alan talked about his thoughts with Ceylon. The more Alan talked, the wider Ceylon's mouth opened.

"Is it possible?"

Due to some historical reasons, the British army's organization is very unique, with no distinction between regiments and battalions.

But an equipped force of more than a thousand people can definitely be considered a small or medium-sized legion.

This is an entire army. Can it be pulled out in just a few minutes?

Until this moment, Ceylon was suddenly a little confused and shocked. Is this the background of his boss? These are soldiers, soldiers with weapons!

A legion!

No matter whether their weapons are old or not, does that mean they can’t be used just because they are old?

As long as it can be used, it is a legion. Don't forget that there are still people at home who have not been used. If it were any other time, would this person be able to instantly pull out an armed force of thousands of people?

It’s scary to think about it.

Oh wait…

Ceylon suddenly reacted and thought, seriously, who would store so many weapons in an underground warehouse?

Is this the collecting habit of noble gentlemen?

Where do you get all these weapons in your house?

Ceylon was a little skeptical about these weapons, as they were all obtained through legitimate means.

However, she didn't dare to ask this question. No one else had ever asked this question, so was there any need for her to question it herself?

…

"Okay... okay."

Ceylon nodded. If they only prepared some props such as tanks and planes, it would indeed greatly reduce the workload of preliminary preparations.

Just after what happened just now, Ceylon always felt weird about the filming of this movie.

If my boss really took so many people to Canada to make a movie, would the other party dare to let them enter?

With just this number of people, if they have any other thoughts, things will be messed up. Canadians now seem to no longer trust the British, especially the British aristocrats.

This makes it seem like a restoration. Don't scare Canadians.

It’s just like decades ago, a dream linkage.

…

“That’s right!”

Since we were talking about the preparations for the film, Alan turned his head and signaled Patrice, "You should prepare. While the weather is good, go to Canada and look for..."

I originally wanted Patrice to repeat the same tactics he used in Australia before, and go there to find the Governor General of Canada, and under the pretext of promoting tourism and building the economy, get them to give some money to support the filming of the new movie.

But Alan suddenly remembered that Canada was different from Australia and seemed a little difficult to deal with.

…

Because of the evil deeds of America, the rebellious son, Canada, the mixed-race child, has also been led by America to rebel.

Although Canada is now a Commonwealth country and still pledges allegiance to the Queen and maintains the position of Governor General of Canada, their Governor General is very special.

Governors of other places are nominally appointed by the Queen before taking office, and are given a title when they leave, maintaining the old tradition that only nobles can serve as governors.

In the past, the Governor General of Canada was very famous, and all the governors general had served from viscount, earl, to marquis.

But since the 1950s, Canada, the corrupted child, has entered its rebellious period.

They no longer accept the governor appointed by Britain.

The position of their governor general was changed to one that can only be appointed by the Prime Minister of Canada, and it is a French-speaking governor general and an English-speaking governor general who take turns in each term. After the candidate is designated, the Queen will appoint him.

Moreover, no Governor General of Canada since then has had a title.

Although the Queen smiled and said nothing on the surface, she just refused to give you the title. Such a Governor General of Canada is somewhat unworthy of the title.

If Allen sent Patrice to discuss funding with the Governor General of Canada in his own name, he didn't know whether the current Governor General of Canada would still recognize the face of this noble lord.