American TV series

The waste oil extraction technologies that Sean knew were all small workshop-style, which must be upgraded, but the technical content was not high. Sean was planning to find a university to cooperate with and commission technical research.

He provides the money, the other party provides the people, and of course the technology belongs to Sean.

Sean has found a partner, New Jersey Institute of Technology!

It's located in Newark, which is his hometown, so it's easy to find connections.

"Refining cooking oil from food waste?" Upon hearing Sean's request, Malz Wijk, the vice president of the Polytechnic University, almost stared out of his eyes, with a look of horror on his face.

Just thinking about that scene, he was about to vomit, "No, no, no, this is too disgusting, I can't do it!"

"How can this be called disgusting?" Sean said with a holy light on his face: "This is a great cause. We need a lot of land for cultivation to produce more cooking oil. For this reason, we cut down

It has destroyed forests, destroyed grasslands, destroyed the living homes of countless animals, and made the earth devastated."

"And among them, a large amount of cooking oil was wasted!"

"If we could recycle them again, how much less food would be consumed every year?"

"How can this be disgusting? This is for the people, the world, and the earth!"

"Isn't this noble enough?" In the setting sun, Sean standing by the window was filled with holy light, like an angel coming to earth!

These words stunned Malzwek. Damn it, those words...

Can you still say that?

Just when Malzwek hesitated, Sean continued: "I have already thought of the name of this oil, it's called 'Blended Oil'!"

"The advertising slogan is, blended oil: the raw materials include vegetable oil, animal oil, and vitamins. It is rich in minerals and essential amino acids for the human body. It has extremely rich nutritional value. After more than ten years of research, it has been carefully matched to pursue precise nutrient combinations and precise proportions. It is specially designed for XX

European institutional design.”

"It is healthier to eat oil blended. Eight kinds of vegetable oils are selected, advocating a balanced intake of dietary fatty acids of 1:1:1, golden ratio of blended oils, balanced nutritional science and good oils."

"Dad likes sunflower oil, mother likes corn oil, son likes peanut oil, grandpa likes it, grandma likes it...what can we do? The blended oil is rich in nutrients of 8 kinds of vegetable oils, and advocates 1:1:1..."

"More blended oil, more nutrition, Sanlu blended oil."

"If you have health, there is Holy Spirit Blend Oil."

"Good nutrition, good quality, cradle blend oil."

"Mengniu blended oil is naturally nutritious."

"Okay, stop!" Malzwek pressed Sean's shoulders to stop him from continuing, "Okay, that's enough, we've accepted this cooperation project. It's really great."

"I knew you had contributed to the progress of human society." Sean took Malz Wijk's hand and said excitedly.

"Haha, I don't believe you when you don't have so many advertisements!" Malzwek rolled his eyes, "Damn it, I suddenly feel very uneasy about going out to eat!"

"No, how could it be? This thing must be exported to underdeveloped countries." Sean laughed. He didn't dare to sell this thing in the United States.

He is also afraid of eating this stuff when he goes out...

Sean swore that if anyone dared to use ‘blended oil’ to make food for himself, he would peel off that person’s skin and throw it away to squeeze the oil!

After solving the problem of production and research and development of blended oil in sewers, Sean proposed cooperation intention for metal recycling project.

"Extracting precious metals from waste circuit boards..." Malzwek said thoughtfully: "If the technology is not advanced enough, it will cause heavy metal pollution, which is very troublesome."

"We only need to consider the purification efficiency and cost. We don't need to worry about pollution." Sean answered directly.

"No." Malzwek looked at Sean in shock, "Environmental issues..."

"It will go to underdeveloped countries for refining together with the blended oil." Sean blinked, "Besides, recycling and reusing metals and reducing excavation are not environmentally friendly."

Hehe, hehe, Malzwek laughed dryly, the mouth of a capitalist, damn, you are a liar.

"Technology develops slowly from scratch, from existence to perfection, and it is an objective law of development." Malz Vick coughed lightly and gave a more high-sounding explanation.

The two looked at each other, smiled and nodded.

The technology in garbage disposal is extremely large and cannot be achieved overnight. Sean will establish a research institute to conduct research in this area in the future.

The road is made step by step, and Sean is currently focusing on the two technologies of ‘blending oil’ and ‘precious metal extraction’.

Others can only come slowly.

Just when Sean was busy going to Colombia to establish an industrial zone and open a metal refinery in India, John came over and invited Sean to watch a movie.

Yeah, it's a movie for adults.

The filming of "Bank Robbery" has also ended.

However, the editing rights of those big companies belong to the company, and the director cannot participate. The editing rights of Sean also belong to John.

The rough cut is now complete, and the entire film is 3 hours long!

It will be trimmed later to within 2 hours.

It was not only Sean who watched the film, but also the starring team. After watching it for three hours, Sean thought for a while and said: "The planning part can be edited faster to highlight the technical content and special details of the robber.

One or two things are fine, but the overall planning framework for the robbery must be there."

"We want people to have the ability to design a perfect robbery according to the framework after watching this movie."

After saying this, the movie room suddenly fell into dead silence. Everyone looked at Sean blankly, always feeling that something was wrong.

"Ahem, don't get me wrong, I'm not teaching you how to rob, I just want to highlight the truth." Sean explained dryly.

Oh, got it, you're teaching people to rob!

"Hahaha, Ba Ye's action design is very fierce. This film will definitely be a hit all over the United States!" Sean coughed slightly and changed the subject.

John followed this topic and praised Yuan Heping for a while.

"Okay, that's it. I'll leave the editing issue to you. What you shoot depends on what you want to express the most." Sean finally said, "Of course, there can be artistry, but commerciality..."

"I understand, I used to be a commercial advertising director, and now I am a commercial film director." John said very wisely.

"That's good!" Sean was very satisfied with John's answer.

"By the way, Norris, how are you doing with the distribution issue?" Sean looked at Norris and asked.

It is important whether the film is well made, but a good distribution channel is even more important.

Just like a product, no matter how good it is, it won't sell much without a good sales channel.

Distribution capabilities are the sales channels for movies.

At present, Sean Pictures does not have distribution capabilities and can only rely on external forces.

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Chapter 143:

Distribution ability: To put it bluntly, it is the ability to sell the ‘product’.

Not only the film industry needs distributors, but other industries such as TV series, games, stock listing underwriting, etc. all need good distribution capabilities.

Here is a movie as an example.

Every year, thousands of movies are shot in Hollywood, but there are a fixed number of theaters and curtains in the United States.

The time is also divided into morning show, midnight show and prime time show.

Other good times include holiday time, Christmas time, etc.

So how do you get more cinemas to show your movie?

After all, a movie theater's profit lies in the number of moviegoers.

This depends on the ability of the distributor. A good distributor can get better screening times and schedules, and can allow more cinemas to show your movie.

Of course, if the quality of the film is not good after its release, it is not the distributor's problem if the theaters reduce the number of screenings.

Opportunities are given to you, and if you don't make use of them, you can't blame others.

Therefore, the distributor has to collect money, and it will be divided according to the box office ratio.

The distributor needs to take into account the subject matter and quality of the film, the fame of the producer, the fame of the director, the fame of the starring role, market fit, etc. to give the share ratio.

The more powerful the producer is, the lower the share ratio they want, and vice versa.

The so-called 55% account is a concept, only the product can get 50%, which is actually wrong.

The theater chain may only charge 50%, but the publisher will also charge 10-30%...

Many times, the filming party can only get 20% or less.

Of course, this is very maneuverable.

Ahem, for example, after the filming of the movie is completed, theater points are divided, distribution points are divided, and the last remaining part is paid to the actors and other salaries. In the end, the investors will not get a penny.

The theater chain's money was repaid in full, and the investors' accounts were divided between 30 and 70...

Similarly, it can also be used to make money.

"The one with the best distribution capabilities is of course the Eighth National Congress, but their asking price is too high." Norris shrugged, "Including advertising, it will be divided into 30%. In addition, it will be a bit troublesome to settle the bill from them, eh.

, at least one year.”

Sean frowned. He hated dealing with these dominant companies. They were too weak. After thinking about it, Sean motioned for Norris to continue.

"Excluding the big eight, the independent film distribution companies are Miramax and New Line Cinema. We can find one among these two."

"New Line Cinema was established in 1967 as an independent distribution company. It distributes low-cost independent films, mainly horror films. Its distribution capabilities are the best outside the eight major film companies."

"Miramax was founded in 1979, but the owners, the Weinstein brothers, have been in Hollywood for many years. They have participated in the distribution of many small-budget films and have pretty good distribution capabilities."

"Big companies charge high fees and checkout is slow. Miramax and New Line charge low fees, but sometimes they hide the box office." After Norris finished speaking, he looked at Sean. It was up to his boss to decide how to choose.

"Weinstein, is there a person named Harvey Weinstein?" Sean suddenly asked.

"Yes, there is one, he is a short fat man." Norris thought for a while and added, "The old Jewish pervert doesn't like shaving, and he likes to use his beard to prick the women he pinned on the bed... cough cough

."

Um?

Sean had a look of disgust on his face, what the hell is wrong with this!?

New tricks you come up with after playing too much?

"Forget it, I don't care if he is an old pervert or a pervert, just choose Miramax." Sean pointed at Norris and said: "We will never get ahead with those big companies, you just follow more

Learn from Harvey, we can't always find others to issue money, my damn money doesn't come with strong winds."

"Release!?" Norris twitched the corner of his mouth, which was a bit overwhelming.

"Use all your dirty tricks. Weinstein can't do all the work himself. Bribes, bribes, videotaping, eavesdropping, there are many ways you can think of." Sean pointed at Norris.

He scolded: "Be braver."

"Boss, it's not that I'm timid, it's that the Eighth National Congress has always implemented a monopoly strategy on distribution. These two companies have only survived by picking up some junk that the Eighth National Congress doesn't like." Norris smiled bitterly: "They will not allow anyone to do so.

No matter how strong the distribution capabilities are, once someone wants to take the lead, they will unite to put pressure on the theaters."

"Pressure, how can I put pressure? In New Jersey, which theater chain dares not to give me fucking face?" Sean snorted, "Bada, bullshit, others are afraid of them, but I am not afraid!"

"Okay." Norris said that Alexander had nothing to do. He would listen even if the boss said something, and he would listen even if he didn't.

However, Norris is not without any confidence. It is true that the boss is not afraid of the Eighth Congress. Except for the film industry, other industries have nothing to do with Hollywood.

If you do this, your life safety is still guaranteed.

After the matter was settled, Norris went to take care of it, but Sean considered a new problem.

The right to speak in public opinion!

Hollywood can influence the whole world. Through movies, they can distort history, distort public opinion, reflect some industries or companies through movies, and even discredit a country or a race!

Having mastered one of the fastest communication channels, movies, these guys have really great say.

Coming from the future, he knew the importance of the high ground of public opinion, and it was time for him to take some action in this regard.

TV stations, radios, newspapers...

A few days later, Norris reached an agreement with Miramax, and Sean Pictures retained the distribution rights for the video market.

Norris had his own video distribution channel when he helped drug dealers repay money.

After the distribution agreement is finalized, the issue of advertising and promotion will be involved. The amount of advertising fees invested will directly affect the attendance rate in the first week.

North American movie box office sharing is complicated, and for production companies, first-week box office is crucial.

To this end, after several negotiations, Sean agreed to spend another $1.2 million for advertising.

However, when the money came out, Sean was not very satisfied.

Miramax promised to get summer releases, but the summer releases include 'Back to the Future', 'First Blood 2', 'The Goonies', 'The Eyewitness', 'Boss', 'The Breakfast Club' and 'Mad Max'.

'...

Looking at the names of these movies, Sean felt that his "Bank Robbery" was going to be less popular.

How the hell can "Bank Robbery" get a good box office when its directors, actors, producers, distributors, and advertising dollars are all crushing it!?

Without some miracle, Sean himself didn't believe he could break out of the siege.

Moreover, even if word-of-mouth is really good, I won't get much money when it is screened in the next few weeks.

The box office split was 1:9 in the first week, 5:5 in the fourth week, and even lower thereafter.

Therefore, some extraordinary means must be used.

For example... reflect reality before the movie is released?

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Chapter 144:

After thinking about it, Sean felt that his plan was quite creative.

Of course, Sean would not do this unless absolutely necessary, so he was prepared for any eventuality.

After all, he is not a bad person.

He won't do anything unless forced to do so.

At noon, Lamb rushed over from New York, and Sean was ready to take stock of the funds on hand.

"What?" Sean looked at Lamb in disbelief, "Just over 20 million in cash? How can it be so little?"

Lamb almost spit out his coffee when he took a sip, and forced himself to swallow it and coughed.

Why is more than 20 million in cash so little?

"No, I cut more than 60 million in the stock market, why is it gone?" Sean's face was ugly. He also wanted to buy a TV station. If he did this, there would be no money left.

"Boss, you acquired the shares of Gregg Chemical Plant, and you spent more than 40 million." Lamb said, rubbing his eyebrows.

Sean blinked, as if...yeah.

"Damn, the investment is too big, I don't know when it will be effective!" Sean cursed and said: "If you don't make it back dozens of times for me, I will have to peel off Greg's skin!"

"I want to set up a media company and acquire a TV station." Sean explained his plan to call Lamb over.

Lamb frowned tightly and looked at Sean helplessly.

"Tell me what you have in mind." Sean gestured.

"Boss, according to my experience, you are currently involved in too many industries, and they are very complicated." Lamb organized the language and said: "Fitness, transportation, building materials, security, daily chemicals, environmental protection, movies, seven

There are too many categories, and the industry span is too large. When resources cannot be integrated, the potential of each industry has not been developed."

"Now that you have to get involved in the media industry again, this..." Lamb spread his hands, "You must have a specific plan. The subsequent development of any industry requires a large amount of capital, personnel, and technology investment."

"Although diversification is a better way to resist risks, such unlimited expansion is not a good choice. Sir, you must consider it carefully."

When Lamb said this, Sean also frowned a little. In his previous life, he was a fake wine maker, and his business experience was not as much as in this life. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is crossing the river by feeling for the stones.

combine?

It’s difficult!

"Choose, sir, you always have to make a choice. Which industry should you focus on?"

"I want them all!" Sean thought for a long time and then raised his head and said.

"It will take some time for the fitness club to settle after this expansion. It will definitely continue to expand in the future. The next targets are New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Washington." Sean said with his fingers.

"Transportation and building materials are closely related to the same category. If we take root in New Jersey, we will not continue to expand. At most, we will extend a few tentacles to open up large transportation routes in the surrounding areas."

"Security companies must expand, and the next step is New York and abroad. This is the foundation, although it will only lose money but not make money."

Lamb nodded. He could also see this. If Sean hadn't held such a violent institution in his hands, he would have been overthrown long ago.

"Daily chemicals and environmental protection, these two are considered heavy asset investments. The development is step-by-step. It can't be done quickly even if you think about it." Sean thought for a while and shook his head. Whether it was Colombia's industrial base idea or the precious metal refining of the third brother's place.

', don't even think about it for more than half a year.

"As for movies, they can actually be classified into the media industry, and there is no conflict with TV channels."

After this calculation, the fitness club is already a mature new system and does not require too much intervention on its part. As long as it breaks the local protection, it can be completely let go.

Transportation and building materials are New Jersey's roots and will not continue to grow.

Chemical environmental protection requires long-term planning and is not in a hurry.

The media industry is what I need to worry about most right now.

Moreover, the media is crucial to whether we can control the right to speak in the future.

The core of the future will be the media industry and security companies.

"I have decided that it is imperative that the focus of the next period of time will shift to the media industry." Sean said.

"Okay then." Lamb sighed secretly, calmed down and said: "According to US laws, any media company cannot own TV and radio, TV and newspapers at the same time in a local market.

You can't have two top-rated TV stations in the same city."

"This is to limit public opinion channels from being completely dominated by a certain company. So, boss, which industry do you choose to start in?"

"Radio station, small investment, quick results."

"Newspapers, medium-sized investments, acquisitions and integrations will quickly produce results in terms of coverage. However, newspapers such as the New York Daily News and the Washington Weekly are in leading positions and will be difficult to break."

"TV stations invest a lot, but the results are unknown. Things like ratings are completely unpredictable. It all depends on the team."

"Bullshit legal regulations, to hell with legal regulations!" Sean curled his lips, "I choose to have them all and just set up a few vest companies."

Sean called Jonas over and said as soon as they met: "You can set up a company and open a radio station later."

"Ah!?" Jonas was stunned for a moment, what is this?

I belong to a mafia family and run a radio station?

"Ah, what, you are a black man, I said brother, look at the radio stations now, nine out of ten are run by black people, don't you listen to the radio stations?"

"Listen, listen!" Jonas found a place to sit down and said, wagging his fingers quite contentedly: "You white people can't do radio stations, hey, that's the world of us black people."

This can also be regarded as a racial skill. Black people are really good at talking.

It's babbling, and the speed of speaking is very fast, so you can hear it clearly, and the rap comes right after you open your mouth.

In terms of musical talent, dancing talent, and athletic talent, black people are indeed unique, and black music has always guided popular culture.

This is something you have to admit, whether you think highly of black people or not.

"There are radio stations in every city in New Jersey, big and small. There are several in Newark. They all have some status in the rap industry and have some influence on the entire black community." Speaking of this, Jonah said.

Si immediately became energetic, "I'm telling you, Sean..."

"Okay, okay, you don't need to say so much, set up one or two radio stations, and then acquire all the black radio stations in cities such as Newark and Jersey City."

"Set up a large-scale radio station, and have a large-scale radio station that covers the entire New Jersey. I want to monopolize it."

"No, no, no." Jonas waved his hand, "Boss, I think you really don't understand radio stations. Let me tell you, it's impossible to acquire them all."

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Chapter 145:

Jonas gave Sean a good talk about black radio stations.

Most of the black radio hosts are singers, but they have not joined any labels and are only relatively famous in the circle.

They also release records, but they are all underground records.

Because black music contains many diss elements, this has led to many grudges between singers, and radio stations in various places mostly support local singers and criticize each other.

Of course, it is precisely because of these grudges and legends that many underground singers have cast another layer of color and enhanced their fame.

In addition, most black radio stations have a strong regional identity, and people from other places will simply not listen to them.

After listening to Jonas, Sean pondered for a moment and said: "Then set up a few more radio stations, three or four, divide them into different camps, and merge these small radio stations separately, so that no one can open different radio stations to those guys.

Let them use the radio to make noise and diss during the upper and lower hours, and that’ll be no problem.”

"Uh...isn't this too wasteful?" Jonas hesitated and asked.

"No." Sean shook his head and said, "You bring your company to Newark. Three or four companies are all in the same building. Most of the equipment is shared upstairs and downstairs."

"Then, maybe there will be a fight." Jonas' mouth twitched, and he could imagine a group of people with vengeance riding in the elevator together.

"Wouldn't that be better!" Sean spread his hands, "There are more legends and stories to tell. The three companies are fighting head-on, attacking each other to the death."

"You are the boss. As long as you control this speed, it will be OK. As long as you don't use the gun or the knife, you can fight them casually or open a special arena for them."

Jonas's eyes widened. He wanted to say that this idea was too hellish, but why did he find it so interesting?

The two rappers have been dissing each other for a long time, and finally decided to take to the ring to show off. I'm afraid not many people want to see it...

"Okay, I'll do it." Jonas left happily.

"Okay, I understand." Lamb knew what to do without Sean's instructions. "The target is information from a public television station or a cable TV station."

"What's the difference?" admitted Sean, who rarely watches TV.

"Public television is a satellite signal television station. It is completely free. The coverage area depends on the number of signal base stations you have. However, because it is for the general public, it has strict requirements on content, such as pornography, etc., and the main source of income is advertising fees."

Lamb began to explain the difference.

"Cable TV stations are all pay TV stations, and the main source of revenue is user subscriptions. Advertising expenses only account for a small part. After all, users do not spend money to watch advertisements."

"How to solve the problem of wiring? Can we install it ourselves?" Sean didn't understand.

"How is it possible? Which TV station can afford this kind of cost?" Lamb shook his head and said: "There are special cable TV service providers. They have cables that directly connect to users. The TV station only needs to reach an agreement with the service provider and rent their lines.

Can."

"The Dolan family is the New York Knicks you asked about last time. Their family is a cable TV service provider, and there are many TV stations that lease their lines."

"Oh oh oh." Sean nodded and said that the service provider is China Telecom. China Unicom provides broadband Internet access. It is the user's choice as to which TV stations to buy.

"Cable, of course, cable TV." There are various variety shows, various talent shows, and various TV series. It is not a loss if we don't operate pay TV stations.

"Okay, I'll keep an eye on this," Lamb said, closing his notebook.

"Well, that's it." Sean nodded, these things don't happen overnight, you have to take your time.

It had just been quiet here for a few days when Sean received bad news from Norris. Harvey Weinstein privately hinted to him that he might not get any good film schedules during the summer schedule.

Unless advertising costs continue to increase.

"Mom, Fuck, let him eat my 1.2 million?" Sean's face suddenly became extremely ugly. He didn't care much about 1.2 million. The problem was that he felt that this fat pig was killing him!

"Advertising fees are very fictitious. Just put billboards in major theater chains. There is a lot of room for manipulation. There is no way to calculate it clearly, not even for the eight major theaters." Norris explained.

Closed industries are like this, very dark.

"Damn it." Sean cursed. He couldn't think of any good solution for this matter at the moment. The channel was in the other party's hands. He couldn't just knock on the door and put a gun to their head.

Besides, how do you know whether the other party is really trying their best after agreeing?

The theater chain is not controlled by the other party, and there are eight major companies that are suppressing it. There are too many reasons.

After gritting his teeth, Sean thought for a while and said, "Try to find out how they can contact them, and then go and run for yourself."

"It's of no use. The issue of film scheduling is beyond the theater chain's control."

"Then go the hell!" Sean cursed and hung up the phone.

He didn't feel relieved after hanging up the phone. After thinking about it, he asked Armstrong to come over and tell him to collect some information about banks in New York recently.

In the future, X Security will definitely enter New York.

After explaining these things, Sean took the people on a plane and flew straight to Los Angeles.

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Diane Lane. After spending time with a beauty of this level, Sean no longer looks down on ordinary women.

"Sean." As soon as they met, Diane Lane threw herself into Sean's arms.

After a deep kiss at the airport, Sean and his group got in the car and left.

"Why do you suddenly want to come to Los Angeles?" Diane Lane leaned into Sean's arms and asked in the car.

"You look like you. I haven't seen you for a long time." Sean reached out and scratched Diane's nose.

Diane giggled, she believed what Sean said.

She doesn't care about anything else.

When they arrived at Sean's villa in Hollywood, Sean directly pulled Diane into it.

haven't seen you for a long time.

Bill was responsible for taking people to do other things.

…

"We found the person, head."

"Okay, where?"

"In West Hollywood, Santa Monica Street, Macy's."

"Keep an eye on him, we'll come right away."

Bill hung up the phone, and the three of them got in the car and drove straight to West Hollywood.

Twenty minutes later...

"Look, it's that fat man." The subordinate pointed towards the third floor not far away.

Looking along his fingers, a woman wearing a red skirt appeared in front of Bill. She was of mixed race and had fat buttocks.

Especially the waist is very thin, which makes the butt look bigger.

"Boss, although I also know that the woman is very good-looking, I am talking about the fat man next to her." The subordinate had to remind Bill.

"Oh oh oh, I saw it." Bill coughed lightly.

"When will we do it?"

"Start as soon as you get out of the mall."

"There are...a lot of people!"

"It doesn't matter." Bill shrugged.