Blackstone Code

Little Fox's eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes. Nicotine and alcohol could no longer calm down his emotions. The turbulent emotions at this time were like the sea in summer.

Sometimes he is so calm that one feels the tenderness that the cradle of life should have, and sometimes he is so violent that he is like a stepfather who drinks too much, and is not only about to be beaten, but may also suffer disaster.

When he just graduated from college many years ago, he didn't have any good plans for the future. The biggest possibility was to inherit his father's business and become an invisible rat in the sewer.

Engaged in the family business - running a loan sharking business.

From today's perspective, loan sharking at that time was so damn conscience!

With only a tiny bit of interest, the money can be given to the poor who are in urgent need of money, and the debt collection methods are also very gentle. At most, they are door-to-door threats and threats, or some other methods.

Compared to the loan sharking industry at that time, banks were like that stepfather!

At least Old Fox would not sell a house worth 100,000 yuan for 20,000 yuan, and then deduct the 500 yuan owed to himself and return the remaining 10,000,500 yuan to the debtor.

At most, he could take something worth about five hundred yuan and the matter would be over.

But banks, they do it.

Little Fox, who had never seen the ugly face of capital, hated Old Fox's business at that time. He was a college student. Although he was not a famous university, at that time he had already obtained a ticket for a class jump.

He only needs to enter a large company step by step, and then devote ten years of his youth to the capitalist gentlemen, and he can become a glorious member of the middle class.

So he didn't really want to inherit the things of old Fox, the farm in the country, a group of bastards with no brains but muscles and violence, the family's criminal business, a lot of creditors' rights and debt disputes, and a pile of shady black money.

It wasn't until Lynch appeared that he and his father saw the great power of capital. For the first time, he felt that capital was so fascinating.

It is precisely because he began to understand capital that he was extremely eager to become capital.

Capital is the source that dominates everything in this world!

Fortunately, relying on the cooperative relationship between Lynch and the old Fox, Fox Pictures ultimately achieved great success.

If this damn Ice Age hadn't come, he would still be living happily now.

You can change your bed partner every day, and they are all female celebrities.

In order to be on the big screen, there are many women who desperately want to climb into his bed, and he even has to select those women.

It doesn't mean that as long as she is a woman, as long as she has a beautiful appearance, she will definitely be able to climb into his bed.

His bed wasn't that easy to climb into and needed something else.

But everything came to an end due to the abnormal changes in temperature.

Successive decision-making mistakes put the entire company into the most dangerous situation. Building the shelter almost used up all the company's funds, and the results can be imagined.

Not only is the right to live in the shelter not sold at a high price, but the residents are also responsible for the minimum living security.

He has sold the rights to most of the films in his library, full rights!

This has barely managed to survive until now, and the three subsequent films did not achieve the expected results due to sales reasons, making Fox Pictures' situation even worse.

Film companies are still very active now, because the Global Communication system has been continuously improved, and you can watch various movies for a fee even at home.

They only need to open a certain movie channel at a designated time, and then swipe their personal account, and the whole family can enjoy a happy journey.

This broadcast charging model was not favored by people at first, but as the market response was more gratifying than expected, film companies around the world began to join the new wave.

In fact, in the past, a relatively popular movie would have a box office of about two to three million in the Commonwealth, or even higher.

Calculated at ninety-nine cents per ticket, that means hundreds of people will watch these movies.

But now, the price of watching a movie is three yuan, but it is facing 700 to 800 million end customers around the world.

Even if ten or twenty of these end customers watch the same TV, if their rooms can be squeezed in, there are potential 37.5 million charging opportunities.

Only one-tenth of them can spare three yuan and are willing to watch, so the actual box office may be as high as 10 million!

Excluding the film broadcast fees from Global Communication Satellite, joint distribution fees, advertising fees, credit card processing fees, etc., they can still get at least more than five million in their hands!

Well, if you reduce this number by half, it would be more than 2.5 million.

The actual situation is actually much higher than this number, which makes many first-time movies almost spit out their investment profits!

According to statistics compiled by Globalcom for high-end user groups, more than 70% of film companies are making profits!

After all, three yuan can allow many people to watch a movie, and each person may only need to spend ten cents. This is hard for people to refuse in a shelter that lacks entertainment activities.

Moreover, the economy is still recovering. Although people's income is not as high as in the past, the purchasing power of currency is very strong. In fact, it is not much different from the past income.

Fox Pictures failed to make three movies in a row because they were too hasty.

The board of directors was very dissatisfied with the current situation and demanded that Foxx must reverse its constant losses as soon as possible, otherwise they may have to take necessary measures.

But Fox Pictures, which has lost a large amount of film inventory, lost its contracted actors, directors and screenwriters, and almost all its film and television shooting teams, how could it possibly organize a successful team in a short period of time?

Moreover, transportation is very inconvenient now, and many people in the industry are concentrated in some more advantageous shelters or official shelters.

They can only try to select some people from the only few who can barely use it.

There is no doubt that an assistant director who thinks his talent has never been put to use, a photographer who can only serve as an assistant camera, a group of unprofessional screenwriters and even less professional actors ruined Fox Film's last chance.

Now, its life is coming to an end.

Little Fox sighed deeply, the company was completely out of money.

If the movie doesn't turn a profit, then it's really over.

But he had already seen the samples, and he couldn't lie to himself. He, and the company that had invested Old Fox and his efforts, were about to be finished.

Unknowingly, he fell asleep in a daze. After dawn, it was almost three o'clock in the afternoon. He woke up, picked up the phone and dialed the number of the office secretary.

"How much is the box office...?"

The secretary's voice sounded a little surprised, "It's close to fifty thousand, Mr. Fox."

Little Fox regained some energy and rubbed his face, "This is much better than the previous three damn projects. Just keep an eye on the box office and contact me anytime and anywhere."

This is the first day. There are a total of 20 GX movie channels. A high-density schedule of a new movie will be arranged in the first three days, and then dynamically adjusted according to sales.

For example, some popular movies will be played 24 hours a day, or even on several channels at the same time.

After a new movie is released, it will be played every three hours. It will be played dynamically on different channels, which is roughly equivalent to a non-stop scrolling play. But after three days, the density will decrease, and it will be played every four to six hours on a single channel. .

Then it was three times a day, twice a day, then every day or every two or three days.

Once the number of paying people drops to a certain level, it will be released directly.

This is a very cruel market, because movies from all over the world are constantly competing on twenty channels.

But the good news is that Global Communications will expand the number of broadcast satellites and will continue to add ten to twenty channels.

By then the competition will be smaller.

Judging from the release of new movies, close to 50,000 is a good number so far.

Because the peak viewing period is after eight o'clock in the evening and before two o'clock in the morning, as long as it can become popular during this time period, the film can recover its cost, and then no matter how many times it is broadcast, it will make money!

However, the evaluation of this movie is not high. Many film critics think that its plot is too cliche and has nothing new. It is a very ordinary modern urban fashion drama.

And there are no big-name stars in it. Whether it's the director, photographer, screenwriter, male or female leading actors or supporting actors, they are all extremely ordinary ordinary people, not even small stars.

The acting is still unsatisfactory, and most of the film review organizations of Shelter gave the evaluation of "not recommended to waste money".

At eight o'clock in the evening, Little Fox sat on the sofa and selected a good channel according to the "Movie Guide".

The title of Fox Pictures appeared on the TV screen on time, and then the movie played for five minutes.

He decisively completed the payment by swiping his card over the phone, and the movie continued to play.

Watching it again, he still felt that the movie was not very good, but he was eager for a miracle!

When the movie ended while he was distracted, he wanted to call and ask how much the box office was, but he held back.

"Maybe people haven't noticed it yet. There are still three games. I'll ask again after two o'clock. There should be a good result by then..."

A few hours later, he contributed four "movies" by himself. When he took a deep breath, prepared himself mentally, picked up the phone and dialed the number, his heart was beating violently.

"How much is the box office?"

The anxious expression on his face gradually solidified, became indifferent, and finally became as calm as if he were dead.

There was a buzzing in his ears, so he hung up the phone and sat on the sofa.

After a while, he covered his face with his hands, bent down, and let out a heavy sigh...