From time to time, the laughter of children was heard in the movie theater, and Monroe held Jiang Hao's arm with a happy face, "Jon, we succeeded, didn't we?" ”

"I think so."

The next day, a film review of "Wars" appeared in the newspapers, and many film critics gave positive reviews.

Critic A, "It's a typical drama, the story is funny, it's lighthearted and heartwarming, and I think the best thing is the performance of the three little raccoons, the best animal actors I've ever seen." ”

Film Critic B, "A simple story, an interesting experience, definitely worth watching with parents and children, you will enjoy a good 2 hours, this is a story of a little raccoon fighting a villain, I think everyone else is a supporting character except for the little raccoon." ”

Film critic C, "First of all, I want to say that I like this movie very much, this is the work of a rookie director, and the actors in it are all newcomers, and the director of this film is also the screenwriter and producer of this film, the music producer, and the actor, although the actor only has a three-minute scene, I have to say, he is a versatile guy, Jon Hall, let's remember the name, he also wrote two books, one is called "The Dream of the Covered Bridge", "Smell the Fragrance and Know the Woman", I have read these two books of his, these two, It has been listed as one of my favorites, and I have to say that these two books have more connotation than the story of the three little raccoons, which is the main reason why I pay attention to the director. ”

The heroine Monroe has no sense of existence.

The praise is due to the good quality of the film, and also, some of it is given money, and Warner's public relations efforts in this regard are very good.

The number of theaters has gradually increased from more than 200 to more than 800, covering most cities in the United States.

In parallel with its success in North America, Warner began to operate outside of North America, with Japan, Austria, France, Belgium, West Germany, Finland, Denmark, and Sweden seeking global box office profits.

On this day, Jiang Hao suddenly received a call from Howard, the owner of "Times Books", "Hi, Jon, I'm Howard, first of all, congratulations on the success of your movie, I read the newspaper that the North American box office has exceeded 11 million, and it's only been half a month." ”

"Thank you congratulations, Howard, is there anything going on?" Jiang Hao said.

"Of course, it's good news, because of your promotion in the movie, many people come to the bookstore to buy your two books, it's only been half a month, and more than 30,000 copies have been sold, and the sales haven't slowed down, Jon, maybe we need to think about reprinting." Boss Howard said.

"This is indeed good news, I will authorize Robert, in the past, to negotiate with you about the printing, how much are you going to print this time?" Jiang Hao said.

"With 100,000 copies each, these two books are of high quality and are definitely hits, and they deserve to be printed in 100,000 copies."

"OK, that's 100,000 copies."

Jiang Hao was just about to end the call, when Howard suddenly asked, "Jon, these two books, do you intend to sell the film rights?" ”

Jiang Hao immediately realized something and asked, "Has anyone taken a fancy to them?" ”

"Hehe," Howard smiled, "I can't hide it from you, yes, someone has taken a fancy to these two books, and they're a good fit for a movie, and someone has asked me about copyright." ”

That's right, the movies made from these two books will be Oscar-winning works in the future, but Jiang Hao doesn't plan to sell them, this is what he prepared for himself.

"Howard, I'm a director myself." Jiang Hao said.

"Ahaha, I've thought of it, I'm just telling you, it's my responsibility, right."

"Yes, I'm very honored that someone has taken a fancy to my work."

"Jon, congratulations again on the success of the movie, you're going to be a multimillionaire soon."

Putting down the phone, picking up the cigar in the ashtray and taking a puff, Jiang Hao muttered: "Multimillionaire, hehe, I'm going to be in debt now." ”

Filming movies, post-publicity, and raising a film company with hundreds of people, Jiang Hao's funds have indeed bottomed out.

Now that "Wars" is successful, there will be a box office of more than 10 million in half a month, and there is no one-month release standard, 2 or 3 months can also be, as long as someone watches it, the theater feels that it can make a profit, so the evaluation team predicts that the box office is not a problem of more than 20 million, according to the sharing ratio, his company can get about 34 shares, and he can get a profit of 6.8 million.

6.8 million minus the upfront investment, his net profit is about 4 million, which is definitely a big business.

But it's not easy to get this money, even if you get a share from Warner according to the normal agreement, it will take April and May next year, and you have to wait for the first half of the year, as for the global box office, roar, it's normal to wait for a year or two.

And what about next, does he do nothing?

He's still thinking about making a second or third film, and he's now addicted to the feeling of creating a film himself.

Maybe he can take out a loan, this is Robert's proposal, and he can use the current box office share to negotiate with the bank, and the bank should be happy to accept the business.

But banks are vampires, too.

It's been three months, and it's time to take a look at my other business, and I don't know how the noodles are developing.

The point is, he wants to go and get the money.

"Ringing ringing!"

The manor's phone rang suddenly, and Jayden picked it up and answered: "Who are you looking for?" ”

"Find noodles."

Jayden vaguely remembered this voice, he had also received a call from this voice before, the tone and title had never changed, every time the boss received this call, he would go out alone, even he would not take it.

"Okay, I'll call me Boss."

After a while, Noodle answered the phone and waved Jayden out, "Boss, I'm Noodle." ”

"How's it going?"

"Not bad, perhaps, very good."

"Then we'll meet and talk, old place." Jiang Hao said.

"Okay."

Noodle drove alone to the Hudson River embankment, saw the familiar figure already standing by the river, got out of the car and walked over.

"Do you want one?" Jiang Hao handed over a cigar.

"Thank you."

Take the noodles and order them for yourself.

"Tell me about the current development, more than two months, I don't know how." Jiang Hao asked.

"We're now well established in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and I now have more than 600 people under my command, some of whom are in charge of the spicy strip factory, and most of them are in the ice chip business."

"The spicy strip factory has been established, it is not difficult to produce that, I found a few technicians, and quickly figured out the best recipe and production process, the factory is now on the right track, and the channels we produce are gradually spreading, the first month's sales are only more than 800,000, the profit is 200,000, last month's sales surged to more than 1.6 million, and the profit is more than 600,000, I believe that with the increase of channels, the sales will get better and better, indeed as you said, this is a profitable business."

"The borneol business is very good, better than I expected I went to Las Vegas, met Steve, he was very satisfied with the borneol, the previous business was done, and in the past two months, we got a net profit of more than 4 million in this business."

"Is the Spicy Strip Factory legally registered?" Jiang Hao asked.

"Yes, it was a legitimate business, and I also applied for patent protection." Noodles replied.

Jiang Hao thought for a while, "Take me to see the spicy strip factory." ”

The car stopped outside a factory in Brooklyn, the two walked into the factory, and several younger brothers saw the boss coming, and immediately came over, noodles looked at Jiang Hao, and said to his subordinates: "This is my boss, Mr. Stark." ”

Several younger brothers looked at each other, when did the boss have a boss, but this was not a reason for them to be rude, and a few guys immediately saluted, "Hello Mr. Stark." ”

After taking a turn in the factory, Jiang Hao found that the factory was very clean, although all kinds of machinery were not fully automatic like in later generations, but the degree of automation was already very high, and he had to sigh, this is only the United States in the 60s.

Back in the office, the two sat down, noodles poured Jiang Hao a glass of wine, and said: "Now our spicy noodles are very popular with customers, basically in short supply, in order to facilitate transportation and open up the market, I am going to build several spicy noodles factories in other cities, I don't know what your opinion is." ”

"Where are you going to drive?"

"Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles." Noodle Road.

Jiang Hao looked at him, smiled and said, "You arrange it like this, not just to sell spicy noodles." ”

Noodle nodded, "It's also an important place to sell ice chips. ”

"Aren't you afraid of being untenable?" Jiang Hao asked.

"Boss, the other day I met with the chairman of the Italian mafia committee, Mike Corleone, the head of the Corleone family." Noodle Road.

Jiang Hao's heart moved, Mike Corleone, the second-generation godfather, is also a man who has fought for his family and the underworld for life.

"What did you talk about?"

"We talked about the future of New York, he doesn't want too much turmoil in New York, after all, doing business is the first thing, we need a stable environment, if the gangs are too fierce, the government will inevitably vigorously rectify it, which is not good for anyone." Noodle Road.

"He's right." Jiang Hao nodded.

"Yes, I accepted his proposal, and then we reached a cooperation agreement to make money peacefully, and we divided the drug market in New York, and the mafia has many forces in other places, such as Chicago, Miami, and Los Angeles, and they want us to supply." Noodle Road.

Jiang Hao frowned, "Aren't they not in the drug business?" ”

"Boss, it's the Corleone family who is reluctant to do the drug business, but in this negotiation, Mike Corleone represents the entire Italian mafia, and many other mafia families are based on drugs." Noodle Road.

The godfather played the Italian mafia too well, the real Italian mafia, drug trafficking, arms trafficking, human trafficking, gambling, pornography, money laundering, extortion, kidnapping, fraud, these are all ways for them to get money.

Of course, they also have legitimate industries, but those legitimate industries can only be done safely because of their mafia forces.

"Yes, but don't mix the two businesses." Jiang Hao said.

"I understand."

"I need money now, how much money can you prepare?" Jiang Hao asked bluntly, the time for the real test has come.

Noodle thought for a moment and said, "I can scrape together $3 million, and I need some funds to open a new venue, and I can only give you cash for this money." ”

Jiang Hao understood that what he was going to use was money for drugs, so it was cash. When Noodle asked for money, he didn't show disgust and distress, and it could be seen that he really regarded him as a boss and partner, and he didn't think about swallowing his part of the profits.

"The cash is no problem, it's ready in three days, I'll come and get it." Jiang Hao finished speaking and was about to leave, when Noodle suddenly said, "Boss, thank you for helping Deborah, I'm very happy to see her happy." ”

Jiang Hao patted Noodle's shoulder, "It's a small matter, okay, I'm leaving, I'll call you later." ”

Jiang Hao's phone contact, mainly because he contacted Noodles, Noodles couldn't find him.