Coming out of the bank, the salesperson congratulated with a delighted look on his face, "Mr. Hardy is amazing. He bought the toy factory for less than $40,000. Even if he sells it now, he can still make $10,000 or $20,000."
"You also earned commission, didn't you?" Hardy said with a smile.
"Mr. Hardy, if you have any needs in real estate in the future, you can contact me at any time. My name is Edward." He handed over a business card with both hands.
"Didn't I give it to you before?" Hardy asked in surprise after taking the business card.
Edward smiled and said, "I am used to handing over a business card when I meet with clients, so that we can contact each other more easily. If we make a deal, I hand over another business card to make a deeper impression and ask the client to remember my name."
“The success rate of doing business with old customers is often several times that of doing business with new customers.”
Hardy felt that the guy's analysis was correct. If he didn't hand in his business card, he would be a nameless extra.
Coming back to the toy factory, it now completely belongs to Hardy. "Sean, find someone to renovate the factory's office building and dormitory building. The yard also needs to be taken care of. Find someone to make a sign, 'HD Commercial Security Company'. This will be the headquarters of the security company from now on."
"Okay, boss."
After walking around the office building, Hardy saw a large basement below. He had an idea, "Sean, let's have someone renovate this basement as well."
"What's it like?"
"It's turned into a gun vault. How can a security company not have its own gun vault?" Hardy said with a smile.
He imagined that this 200-square-meter basement, hung all around with guns and ammunition, must be very shocking.
In the United States, all adults are eligible to purchase guns and ammunition. Guns are rampant and gun wars can happen at any time. Security companies must apply for legal gun-carrying certificates. Now HD Security Company has obtained its business license, but the procedures for legally possessing weapons are still under review.
It might be helpful to have an arsenal.
Although Sean is not good at fighting, he is quite smart and there is no problem in letting him handle the decoration of the security company.
Once the nest is built, how can we have insufficient men?
It will take some time for Henry and his team to recruit people. Hardy thought that he hadn't visited the film company for several days. However, he still has the job of assistant to the chairman of Noah Film Company. Although he doesn't get paid, he has to do his job.
Driving to the film company, the front desk clerk Susan smiled charmingly at Hardy, "Good afternoon, Assistant Hardy."
Is it already afternoon?
"Good afternoon, Susan. I haven't seen you for a few days. Your skin looks smoother." Hardy said with a smile.
Susan's face was filled with joy at what she heard, and she looked at Hardy with her big eyes twinkling.
If Hardy invited her to dinner now, she would definitely accept.
Play house again in the evening.
But now he has Ava Gardner who is always available for him to eat. That woman is considered the best in all of Hollywood, and she has made Hardy a bit picky about food.
Just as he arrived at his office, Cohen, the general manager of the film company, pushed the door open and said, "Hardy, I was going to call you, but I didn't expect you to come over this afternoon."
"What's up, Mr. Cohen?" Hardy asked.
"For the movie we discussed in the previous meeting, Warner Bros. thought the script was okay after reading it, and they agreed to cooperate in the filming. We will have a meeting this afternoon to finalize the matter and prepare to sign a contract with Warner Bros.," said Cohen.
"Okay, I'll be there on time."
After drinking a cup of coffee brought by Susan, I came to the conference room. General Manager Cohen and heads of several other departments were already there.
Cohen looked at the documents in his hand and said:
"Warner has agreed to cooperate on that film, but Warner said it wants to revise the script. The previous plot is still a bit fragmented. The name of the film has been decided, and it is called 'Golden Desperado'."
Hearing the name, Hardy searched his memory.
Um,
No memory.
In other words, this movie has been submerged in the vast ocean of movies.
Later film investors summed up the 80/20 rule, which means that eight out of ten movies lose money, and the remaining two either make money or break even.
Since the 1940s and 1950s, Hollywood has produced thousands of movies every year. After decades of accumulation, how many of them can people remember?
There are very few movies that have left their mark in film history and made a lot of money, so they can be called classics among classics.
Cohen continued.
"Warner is willing to cooperate in filming, but they have to be the main person in charge. The production team belongs to Warner, and we only invest."
The meaning is very clear. Warner only wants the script, and it wants to make some changes. For the rest, it will only accept Noah's investment. Warner has the final say on everything else.
This is how the capital world works; whoever has the power has the final say.
"Then our actors are out of work again. Dozens of actors under me have been on break for half a year?" Thomas, the head of the performing arts department, frowned.
Hans, the head of the production department, was even more dissatisfied. "I have more free time than the director team, screenwriter team, photographer, lighting engineer, prop master, and music department."
General Manager Cohen helplessly said, "Of course I know, but we are not sure about the movie, and we don't have enough funds. We can only listen to Warner, otherwise even the investment will fail."
Finally, the matter was settled, the film "Golden Desperado" was given to Warner for production, and Noah invested 150,000 yuan in it.
After the meeting, Hardy went to Thomas' office to chat. Thomas complained, "It would be fine if we could just make a small-budget movie. If we continue to be in a daze like this, I'm afraid the film company will be finished soon."
"Cohen didn't do well?" Hardy asked with a smile.
"The person who should be replaced the most in the entire company is Cohen. He has no vision, no achievements, no brains, and no connections. The boss handed the film company to him, but he has never made a penny for the boss," said Thomas.
Hardy thought to himself that this guy would not want to pass these words to Siegel through him, the chairman's assistant.
hehe,
interesting.
There is a world of martial arts everywhere.
Such a small film company is no exception.
Hardy returned to his office and lit a cigarette.
Originally, he wanted to give Ava Gardner a small role if the film was shot, but now that it was given to Warner, the role seems to be out of the question.
Noah can't go on like this.
An idea flashed through Hardy's mind: What if he invested in making a low-budget movie himself?
In later life, he had watched countless movies, any one of which was a classic, so it should not be difficult for him to find a low-budget movie.
You can make money and raise girls at the same time.
But this movie can't be run by Noah.
Noah has too many problems.
Besides, this is someone else's company. Even if the boss is Siegel, he doesn't have the noble sentiment of helping others.
How much money can you take out now?
He earned 170,000 yuan from the two robberies and spent 40,000 yuan to buy the toy factory. However, he can get some money back by using the toy factory as collateral for a loan.
Apart from leaving some money for expenses, you should be able to come up with 150,000.
Investing $150,000 in a movie was considered a small production even in 1946.
What should I shoot?
Hardy suddenly had an idea for a movie. He once played a PS4 game that was based on a movie.
It was later regarded as one of the classic western films.
The 1964 film only cost $200,000, but it grossed tens of millions of dollars and received numerous praises.
Hardy took out a stack of letter paper and wrote a name with a pen.
"Red Dead Redemption."
Story summary:
A lonely bounty hunter named Jon came to a town on the Mexican border. He learned that the two forces in the town, the Roman brothers and the sheriff Baxter, were constantly fighting and the townspeople were living in dire straits. He decided to get rid of the two evil forces in the town.
There is a female character in the movie, a woman who is taken away and occupied by Roman. She is the only female character in the movie. She has few scenes but is very recognizable. Hardy thinks Marissa is very suitable for this role.
The synopsis was about three to four thousand words, and Hardy felt that the whole story had been explained very clearly, so he picked up the phone and called the office.
"What do you want, Mr. Hardy?"
"Please call the company's scriptwriters for me. I need to talk to them about something," said Hardy.
Every profession has its own specialization.
Since he can't write scripts, he can naturally leave it to professional screenwriters. Why not use the right people when they are here?