British 1986

Taking a breath, he picked up the tea cup on the bedside table and took a sip of water.

He was sweating all over. Every time in this situation, Allen didn't like to take a shower immediately. He liked the feeling of his heartbeat slowly calming down and the sweat slowly drying up on his body.

Leaning on the bed, Allen changed the topic.

Regarding topics like William, it was not appropriate for Julian to know too much. Everyone's living environment was different. Knowing too much about this kind of thing would not be good for her, and Allen didn't want to talk to her more.

He stretched out his hand and slowly stroked Julian's back and said, "You used to film TV series. Are TV actors' salaries high?"

"After paying the taxes, there isn't much left. Plus, I can't always receive TV series. Even though I make more money than ordinary office workers, the window period is too long."

Julian Moore slowly curled up next to Allen and told him about the current situation of television actors in the United States.

Allen has never been exposed to TV series before or now. His best projects in the past were online movies.

Although movies and TV series belong to the same film and television industry, they are actually very different.

No matter the profit method, the distribution method, or even the awards for participation, they are all different.

But from Julian Moore's narration, Allen keenly discovered that the current TV series seems to be more interesting.

Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about influence. Although movies these days are also very influential, TV series are spread through television, and their influence is no worse than movies!

Even, a little beyond.

These days, some people may not like to go to movie theaters often to watch movies, but TVs, as long as they are not jobless bankrupts, basically most people in developed countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States have TVs at home.

In addition to radio, television is now the most important mode of receiving information and home entertainment.

In Allen's previous life, he basically couldn't watch TV more than a few times a year.

In addition to computers, most people have smartphones, and they can watch whatever they want on their phones. By that time, it had evolved into the era of major online video platforms.

Many people have begun to resist the old entertainment method of TV with fixed time and fixed programs.

Who can bear the pain of missing a TV show when something suddenly happens?

Or when watching a program on TV, you suddenly want to go to the toilet, or you are in an emergency.

Therefore, smartphones are still more convenient.

But there are no smartphones now.

The entire mobile phone industry has only developed into the second generation of mobile phones, and 2G networks have not yet become popular.

This thing is hard to make a phone call, let alone a way to entertain.

but.

Now there is an industry that is more convenient and more profitable than the online video platform in the future.

Video tapes for rent and sale!

Many people are accustomed to renting a few video tapes, or buying the latest video tapes to watch at home.

This kind of business will not be outdated even in a few decades, let alone today.

Moreover, video tapes also have the advantage of preventing piracy!

As long as the video tapes are not particularly expensive, the cost of piracy will be very high.

For example, a genuine video tape costs about two pounds. Taking into account packaging, transportation, storage, and sales, when it finally reaches the customer, the price is about 7 to 15 pounds.

The profits here are terrifying!

There is almost double the profit.

If you bite the bullet and further reduce costs and control the selling price, you can definitely lower the price of each video tape to less than 10 pounds.

Now, if you go to the cinema to watch a movie, a movie ticket costs 2 or 3 pounds.

Going to the cinema to watch a movie is a one-time thing.

If the price of video tapes drops further, you only need to spend two or three times more than watching a movie to buy a video tape. After you take it home, you can watch it over and over again, and it still has a certain collection value.

Moreover, the release of a movie is time-sensitive, and it only lasts between one month and two months. After the movie is removed from the shelves, after waiting for a while, the video tape can be sold for a long time.

Every time a video tape is sold, it is equivalent to earning three or four copies of the box office money of going to the theater to watch a movie. This is money that does not need to be shared with the distributor!

On the other hand, there is only one movie recorded on a videotape, and once the audience buys it, it will be fine.

What if it's a TV series?

To be even more crazy, only one episode of a TV series is recorded on a videotape, and the entire thirty or forty episodes of the TV series are released.

The sales volume of that video tape can increase several times in a straight line!

According to Allen's own understanding, if he uses the same method as running movies to run TV series, he will have more time and the project can be bigger and more secretive. Even if there are problems in the series, it will be easy to adjust. No big deal. In the early stage, we filmed and broadcasted at the same time. If the audience’s feedback was not good, the broadcast would be stopped immediately!

In this way, an unfinished TV series project can be obtained, and it can be put into operation again to make a big loss account.

Theoretically speaking, for him, whether the feedback is good or bad, he can make money by making TV series, and he can make more than making movies!

Um.

It's a bit confusing. Doesn't that BBC host Ceylon want to leave his job and enter the industry of producer or something like that?

After a while, when she comes to seek refuge with him, let her investigate again, and then make plans to test the waters by filming a TV series.

Still waiting to think about it, I watched Allen rest for a while. Julian, who had been staring at him in a daze, gently drew circles on Allen's chest with his fingers, making the circles bigger and smaller, and the circles he drew went further down.

It's getting late, let's start working.

"Boom!"

"Dong dong dong"

"ah!"

"Stop! Harry, don't run!"

"Dong dong dong."

Early the next morning, Alan seemed to hear the sound of children playing in a daze. As he became more and more awake, the sound of playing became louder and louder.

How long has it been since you were woken up so early in the morning?

Squinting his eyes, he sat on the edge of the bed, pulled the rattle, and the door outside was pushed open.

The servants hadn't come in yet, but the two naughty boys came in first.

"Cousin? Why don't you get up now?"

"???"

Allen drowsily glanced at the clock on the wall of the bed. It was only 8:10 in the morning!

For him, this time was about four or five in the morning. If there was nothing else, who could get up at such an early time?

He pulled the small blanket to cover Julian next to him.

Allen put on a bathrobe and stood up with a yawn. William followed Allen mischievously and waited until he got out of the bedroom before whispering: "Cousin, is that your girlfriend?"

"no!"

"She's not your girlfriend, so why is she here?"

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Faced with the naughty child's infinite curiosity, Allen was not prepared to satisfy him.

"Why are you asking so many questions! What are you doing up so early in the morning? Have you practiced swordsmanship?"

Looking at the high spirits of the two naughty children, it has been obvious for a while. Whose kid gets up at six or seven o'clock?

It is normal for us in Wales to get up at eight or nine o'clock!

After staring at the two naughty children for a long time, Allen was a little angry and asked the two young princes to change their armor. Today, Mr. Allen will personally teach the two young princes swordsmanship!

At four o'clock in the afternoon, as another scene was shot, Allen turned around and went back to the bus first, then asked the servant to call Luc Besson and Cameron.

While the servant went to call someone, Allen pulled William out of the bus.

"You go over there and play for a while. There will be a fat man and a thin man waiting for you. After getting into the bus, come back and don't talk to them."

"What?"

William held the game console in his hand and looked at Allen warily.

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"Why are you asking? If you ask again, your game console will be confiscated!"

Allen pointed at the game console in William's hand and threatened.

"Okay." Although he didn't know why his cousin asked him to come out for a while and then go in again, William still understood why people had to bow their heads under the eaves.

"Luc! Sit!"

Allen looked at his two assistant directors. They had not had much room to express themselves recently. Now they were called to the bus alone and invited to have afternoon tea together.

"Your Excellency? Are you looking for me?"

There was some confusion on Luc Besson's fat face. He seems to have started to grow a beard recently, and his face is full of beards.

Allen first gave Cameron a calm look next to him, then took out an invitation from the small drawer and handed it to Luc Besson and said: "My movie last year was shortlisted for this year's Cannes." Film festival, you go to attend the award ceremony then."

The last film "Deep Water" was the so-called Christmas gift to the American people. It had a great response not only in the United States, but also in the entire European film festival.

It cannot be said that this movie is a huge hit in the European film industry, but among movies that can be shown in theaters openly, this one can be considered a huge hit.

European audiences don’t have so many requirements for Allen.

First of all, the protagonist of the film is an American, and the story is set in the United States.

European audiences don't care what Americans are like. They just watch this movie as a curiosity.

Then

After watching the movie, I could only secretly admire the lifestyle of the Yankees in the movie.

If you don't know how to play, you still need to watch The Yankees. What a movie that is close to life.

Allen's "Deep Water" received excellent reviews in Europe!

Striking while the iron is hot, Allen has had Patrice hit the ground running since March.

Let's stick to the established plan. If we don't want the big prize, we can just win a few small prizes and decorate the appearance so that Mr. Allen can sell the video tapes!

The film festival Patrice is most familiar with, apart from the one in the UK, is the Cannes Film Festival in France.

This time, Patrice came forward and did not disappoint Allen. He won a small prize - a kind of attention award.

The name of this award is very strange, but since its birth in 1972, it has attracted more and more attention in recent years.

The core of this award is that it is a niche, new director with a very different style.

"Deep Water" has all these characteristics.

It can be regarded as "well-deserved".

Due to last year's financial crisis, this year's Cannes Film Festival was also affected to a certain extent. The event was postponed for more than half a month, from the originally scheduled time of mid-May to the end of May.

"Shall I go to the award ceremony?"

Luc Besson is a little confused. What can he do?

Is Patrice not famous? Or is Mr. Allen too lazy to go?

How long has it been since he joined Mr. Allen's film and television company, and now he is already arranging business trips for him?

"Your Excellency, I am going to attend the award ceremony. What should I say?"

"Just say a few words, I don't care about this."

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"By the way, you can go back and see your family. Pack your things and go back tomorrow. I'm waiting for your good news!"

"cousin!"

William, who just got in the car, glanced at the fat man and the little golden retriever next to him. Since Allen didn't let him and you two talk, he pretended not to see them, said hello to Allen and went to the single room at the back.

With William's greeting, Luc Besson's eyes widened. In the past few days, he had paid attention to the two children, one big and one small, who stayed with Allen. Because they were far away, he I didn't pay attention to the specific appearance of these two children.

At first he thought it was a small group performance from some time ago.

After such close contact today, Luc Besson finally saw clearly what this big kid looks like!

Isn’t this Prince William?

Why is he here? And are you here these days? !

Looking at Cameron, who was also confused next to him, and at Allen, who didn't mention anything about the matter, Luc Besson could only suppress his curiosity and didn't ask any more questions.

After explaining a few more minor questions, he sent his second general Heng Ha to work. After staring at their backs as they got out of the car, Allen chuckled.

He still controls the news around him very strictly.

As for the paparazzi, let alone foreign ones, even in Britain, where the paparazzi originated, no one dares to take pictures without permission, not even secretly!

In this way, Allen's safety is safe, but if there is any emergency, it will be more troublesome to expose it.

Everyone knows that he is relatively safe here. If some tabloid suddenly publishes a news that he is with William and Harry, it will look very fake!

Maybe Charles would misunderstand that he deliberately exposed the news.

This gameplay was first ruled out by Allen. He couldn't find a local reporter to expose it, and he couldn't look very deliberate!

But now that he has William and Harry in his hands, Allen wants the outside world to know that these two little princes are currently with him.

so what should I do now?

This kind of news can only be exposed through some people accidentally speaking out!

As for this certain person, Allen chose the unlucky guy Luc Besson.

Let him return to China to attend the award ceremony at the Cannes Film Festival. Once he attends, the rest will be up to him.

Allen doesn't know how the French media feels about other members of the British royal family.

But they only have great senses about Diana!

When the time comes, I will arrange a sitter to interview Luc Besson, and I will deliberately bring this up.

As long as he slips out a little bit of information, Allen's goal will be achieved.

He now wants the outside world to know accurately that William and Harry are here with him, and have been for some time!

I believe that as long as you are not too stupid, you will definitely know the deeper meaning of this.

For no reason, why did the two princes not go home, but stay with Allen, let alone just play together for a short day, is there something else going on when they stay together for so many days?