"Subsequent release plans..."
Patrice still felt it was a pity. Now that the movie was getting popular, with so many places in the Commonwealth, he could still make some money along the way.
But Allen didn't have any plans in this regard, as he had considered it at the beginning of the release and decided not to release it anywhere else.
"Master, you think it's too much trouble! Let's just go with the videotape distribution model."
Ceface knew more than Patrice and understood what Alan meant.
Although it is easy to release movies in other Commonwealth regions, in addition to releasing them in the local area, you have to find local distributors and pay distribution fees for releases in other regions. This will further cut the already small profits. When you add up the costs, this kind of movie will not be a big hit at the box office, and there are various labor costs in between.
The profit you get is very little, which is equivalent to working for nothing. It is more cost-effective to sell the videos directly.
"Okay then..." Seeing that Siphis had the same idea, Patrice stopped trying to persuade him.
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Throughout the end of April and May, Alan's life became quiet. Except for a quick flight to Hong Kong for a day or two, he spent the rest of his time in the manor.
He basically had no contact with Hong Kong businessmen, and left all matters in this regard to Carl and David Wei to help him.
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"Master... This is an invitation from the princess. Do you think you will go?"
Hut placed an exquisite-looking invitation on Alan's desk.
"Um?"
Alan, who was reading the plan, looked up, picked up the invitation letter and flipped through it. It was simple. It was an invitation to a charity auction to be held in July.
Most of the participants are nobles of all sizes, and the proceeds from the auction will be donated to some poor people in Europe.
Diana seemed to want to invite Allen to this kind of event. Charles would definitely not go, but Allen...
He doesn't want to go either!
For this kind of charity auction, it doesn’t matter who attends the auction. What matters is that all the money raised from the auction will be donated to the poor, and you won’t have to spend any money yourself.
He is still a poor man himself!
There is nothing to gain from participating in such charity activities except a little fame.
Why not do something with his money? Isn't it just like throwing it away to these foreigners?
What's more, he was attending the event with Diana, and all the media reports were about Diana, so how could it be his turn?
Even the reputation is gone!
After reading till the end, Allen did not find any special requirements, so he asked Hut: "Is this just an ordinary invitation letter?"
"Yes...it should be the princess who helped the organizer to send out the invitation."
"Well...then reply, I won't go."
Alan took his personal seal and stamped it on the bottom of the invitation letter to indicate that he had read it.
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He doesn't have time to deal with all this messy stuff now. The small amount of money he raised from his real estate plan is finally about to arrive. Alan, who has been very low-key recently, finally has some motivation.
Alan, who has been relying on kickbacks from shipping companies and banks to make a living, will finally be able to get rid of this embarrassing life in a few days!
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The making of a film.
It is quite troublesome to talk about it. From the most well-known actors, directors, and crew members to the post-production staff, and even the publicity and distribution staff after the film is finally produced, they are all part of the film production process.
With so many people, the cost of each type of work has different specifications in different places.
For example, for Allen's new movie, the location he needs is very simple, just a small town and a few houses.
But there is a lot that can be done here.
For example...
He could pretend that these houses were newly built specifically for filming.
This would directly transform the model from only having to pay a small amount of venue rental fees to having to spend tens or even millions of pounds on building a new venue.
For other props, you can quote them as expensively as possible.
The water quality in Britain is not good, and everyone in the crew needs to drink water, imported water that costs ten pounds a bottle...
All arranged!
All props needed for filming, no matter how big or small, are quoted as the most expensive.
After all these arrangements, Allen raised the budget of the new film to a sky-high price of nearly 20 million pounds!
A budget of 20 million pounds these days is only slightly less than the budgets of several big Hollywood films.
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He stroked his chin and looked at the budget cost on the plan, which was a little exaggerated. But as long as it was not publicized in a high-profile manner, who would know the details?
But after trying to cram in as much space as possible from head to toe, I was able to squeeze in less than 20 million. The remaining money...
Alan also wrote down the points that needed to be paid attention to in publicity and promotion at the end of the plan.
In terms of publicity, we can arrange another wave and put in some more money.
This money is the money obtained from Hong Kong.
After Wei Yixin's integration, by the end of May, the first batch of investors in the real estate plan had all their funds in place.
The bulk of the investment share of 200 million pounds will definitely not be given to them. All the investors in Hong Kong together only got 45% of the planned investment share, which is theoretically 90 million pounds.
This only adds up to a few billion Hong Kong dollars, which is nothing to those fat sheep.
The money has now been transferred to a special bank account. After receiving the money, Allen bought land first.
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The money went from his left hand to his right hand. He bought his own land. It was all planned. He was going to build a complex of villas in Carmarthen, and the land must belong to the Hill family.
This was his first significant legitimate income.
This is much higher than the price offered by those who wanted to take advantage of his situation and steal his land.
Using Hong Kong's funds to come to Carmarthen to increase the economic income of the Earl, this can be regarded as achieving the economic development that he had mentioned to Charles in the first place, right?
Who doesn’t contribute to construction?
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Allen has already thought of a way to use the money from the land sale. In less than half a year...
The economic crisis is coming, and we will use this money to buy up stocks and buy up several industries at the bottom.
As the real estate plan is officially launched, the remaining funds must be embezzled, and there is no time to lose.
In order to launder the money, Allen increased the budget of this film to an exaggerated level.
If an outsider doesn’t understand, he may laugh at others for having a lot of money, but it doesn’t matter as long as the money is in hand.
As a count, you can't be the same as those ordinary producers in the outside world, right?
They make movies for a living, and Allen...
He can say in the future that he makes movies for hobby and for art!
It doesn’t matter how much money you spend or how much you lose!
As a "layman" in the film and television industry, it is reasonable to make a bad movie and waste tens of millions, right?
This would also make it easier for him to launder money.
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