Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings

"Boss, this is our Paramount resource library! Paramount was founded in May 1912 and is well-known for its logo of stars surrounding snowy mountains. The original logo had a total of 24 stars, symbolizing Paramount's 24 contracted people at that time. Stars. Later, because two of the contracted stars defected from Paramount and joined arch-rival Columbia, the number of stars is now 22."

Everyone gathered around Du Yongxiao and came to Paramount's underground film source resource warehouse.

Crunch!

The huge underground warehouse was like a slowly opened treasure, appearing in front of Du Yongxiao.

Paramount General Manager Douglas explained to Du Yongxiao.

In fact, using mountains to describe Paramount's position in the film industry is also very appropriate. In the first thirty years of its founding, the company has been sitting on the throne of Hollywood's hegemony with its many stars, high-quality films and chain theaters across the United States.

In Du Yongxiao’s impression, Paramount in the previous life produced acclaimed and blockbuster films such as “The Godfather”, “Saturday Night Fever”, “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, “Forrest Gump” and “Transformers”. Movie.

Looking at it at this moment, the entire underground warehouse is as bright as day, with neat stainless steel shelves and solid wood shelves filled with Paramount movie sample tapes from various periods.

These sample tapes are categorized from black and white to color and carefully placed. Some are even wrapped in dust bags. The dust bags are marked with the film title, director, actors and other major details.

Looking at stainless steel shelves and solid wood shelves, they are divided into 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s.

The shelves of each era are divided into musicals, romance films, war films, western adventure films, etc.

It can be said that every division is very careful.

Du Yongxiao walked through this dazzling movie strip and sniffed it. There was no musty smell here like many warehouses. On the contrary, no matter the temperature or humidity, it was just right. What his nose smelled was also a fresh smell. It can be seen that there are often people here. Come take care of it.

Du Yongxiao came down to the innermost part of the warehouse surrounded by people, but here it was a completely different world.

At first glance, it looks like a grocery store. There is a mess of everything, including men’s retro suits, women’s dance skirts, evening dresses, etc., as well as old-fashioned projectors and so on.

In addition, the most eye-catching thing is the preservation of posters of major stars collected by Paramount, as well as signed albums and so on.

Du Yongxiao's eyes lit up and he felt like he had discovered a treasure.

Sure enough, this Paramount is not simple. The treasure that many movie fans dream of can be found everywhere here.

Du Yongxiao stepped forward, and Douglas and other eight senior staff hurriedly followed.

Du Yongxiao came to a vintage suit. The suit was worn on a model. It looked like he was well cared for and covered with a glass cover.

Du Yongxiao stopped and watched.

Douglas was busy and said: "This suit is the costume Marlon Brando wore when filming "The Godfather". After he was nominated for an Oscar, we preserved this suit as part of Paramount's history."

Du Yongxiao nodded, put his hands behind his back, and looked at another black hat next to the suit. There was a red old-fashioned pipe on the hat, which looked very interesting.

Douglas explained again: "This hat and pipe are the relics of the famous suspense thriller master Hitchcock. At that time, he helped Paramount shoot many popular movies, including "Psycho" and so on."

"Oh, this is a treasure!" Du Yongxiao thought to himself.

He didn't know anything else, but a signed copy of Hitchcock's private collection of picture albums could be sold at the Christie's auction house in the United States for $100,000.

The hat and pipe he used before him were worth at least millions.

At this moment, Du Yongxiao looked at these treasures, his eyes were shining, and he was thinking about how much money he could make by secretly getting these celebrity posters, relics, etc. out and then cashing them all out.

In the eyes of Douglas and others, Du Yongxiao stood still and looked at these famous relics with "appreciation" and "reminiscence".

Eight Paramount executives couldn't help but sigh that the new boss is also a person with feelings and is worth following.

"And this evening lady's dress is the costume of our Paramount star Dorothy Cummingale in Citizen Kane."

When Du Yongxiao walked up to a beautiful dress, Douglas introduced it again, "This dress was made by a famous artist at the time. It was decorated with pearls and diamonds and cost as much as 30,000 US dollars. It is even more priceless now!"

Du Yongxiao pinched his chin, looked at this "priceless treasure", and once again guessed how much he could make by selling this "pearl shirt" at auction.

In Douglas's eyes, Du Yongxiao was "remembering" the female star Dorothy again.

Du Yongxiao's eyes were deep, showing how deeply he remembered him.

Du Yongxiao pinched his chin, now planning to take all these treasures into his bag.

He spent only 300 million US dollars to acquire Paramount. If he didn't make some money, he would die of poverty.

How to do it?

Du Yongxiao soon had an idea.

Du Yongxiao turned back and looked at Douglas and other eight Paramount executives.

The eight people immediately raised their chests and belly, waiting for Du Yongxiao's lecture.

"Thank you for accompanying me to visit Paramount today." Du Yongxiao said politely, "I am very satisfied with your work, and I am also very relieved about all departments of Paramount."

When Douglas and others heard this, they immediately beamed.

"But -" Du Yongxiao suddenly changed the topic, pointed around and said: "I am not satisfied with this underground warehouse."

Upon hearing this, Douglas hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Boss, if you are not satisfied with anything, just say it."

"Yes, we must make corrections carefully." Another senior executive also stood up and said.

Looking at the hopeful looks of the eight people, Du Yongxiao said calmly: "The security measures here are too weak, and the storage of these items is a bit confusing."

Du Yongxiao pointed to Dorothy's "pearl shirt" and said, "Look, in addition to covering such a perfect and precious dress with a glass cover to protect it, you must also pay attention to damage such as light -"

Du Yongxiao pointed to the overhead lighting again, "This kind of light is very strong. If it shines on these clothes for a long time, it will cause these clothes to fade -"

The eight senior executives look at me and I look at you with admiration in their eyes. As expected of the boss, they are really thoughtful.

Douglas even gave a thumbs up to Du Yongxiao: "Boss, you are so smart, we didn't expect this!"

Another senior executive: "Don't worry, boss! We'll make it right immediately!"

Du Yongxiao smiled slightly, crossed his arms, pinched his chin and said: "It's not that I can't trust you, you are all people who do big things, and you can't be distracted by such small things, so -"

The eight people immediately pricked up their ears, looked at Du Yongxiao, and listened carefully.

Du Yongxiao smiled slightly: "You may have heard that in addition to running a film company, I also own a security company named Pangu."

Douglas and others looked at each other and replied: "I have heard a little bit."

Du Yongxiao continued: "I trust this company both inside and out. The most important thing is that they do things seriously - for example, what happened outside just now must be obvious to everyone."

After Du Yongxiao reminded them, the eight people immediately recalled that Carlos, the newly appointed president at the company gate, wanted to attack Du Yongxiao just after he got off the car, but was finally subdued by two bodyguards in black. After thinking carefully, those people should be people from Pangu Security Company. .

Du Yongxiao looked at his face and smiled slightly: "Yes, they are the people from Pangu Security. How about them? They have strong professional skills, right?"

The eight people nodded immediately: "It's really good."

"Yeah, they all look like elites."

What Du Yongxiao wanted was their words.

"In this case, I suggest hiring these people to help protect this warehouse. Do you have any objections?"

"Uh, this-"

Eight people, you look at me and I look at you.

Du Yongxiao continued: "Professional people do professional things. I believe you all understand this."

"We understand this, but... regarding the cost..." Douglas expressed his doubts.

Du Yongxiao smiled slightly: "Since they are all my company, of course there will be a 50% discount on the fees!"

When the eight people heard this, they immediately smiled.

"That's good!"

"Yes, we are all one family. Talking about money actually hurts our feelings."

"You're right! 50% off is pretty good."

When Du Yongxiao saw this, he laughed: "In that case, it's a deal!"

…

Pangu Security Company——

Barton, An Zhui and Mi Gen didn't understand why Boss Du Yongxiao was so happy after inspecting Paramount.

After leaving Paramount and completing the inspection work, Du Yongxiao immediately drove back to Pangu Security Company, and immediately asked Barton and the others to prepare for an emergency meeting.

Soon, Barton and the others packed up and came to Du Yongxiao's office.

When they entered, Du Yongxiao was immersed in studying some information, a very thick pile.

"Boss, what do you want from us?"

The three of them spread their legs, stood with their hands behind their backs, raised their chests and raised their heads, facing Du Yongxiao, waiting for instructions.

When Du Yongxiao heard the sound, he moved his head away from the document, put it aside, and saw the words "Paramount Underground Warehouse List" written on the document.

Du Yongxiao glanced at the three of them, then put his fingers together and said solemnly: "That's it, I have a very serious task assigned to you."

"Follow the instructions!" Barton and the other three immediately raised their hands and saluted.

"Well, very good!" Du Yongxiao looked at the three of them and said, "You are all the people I trust the most. Today I have contacted Paramount and plan to let you stationed in the Paramount underground warehouse. Do you have any opinions?"

The three Bartons looked at each other and raised their hands to salute again: "We will live up to expectations and protect the warehouse!"

Since they are security personnel, whether it is protecting people or property, it is their duty.

"Don't worry, boss, we won't let the warehouse suffer any losses!"

"Yes, we will protect the underground warehouse so impregnably that not even a fly can fly in."

Although they don't understand why Du Yongxiao attaches so much importance to this basement warehouse, this is Du Yongxiao's order and they will absolutely obey it.

duty , not to protect the warehouse!"

"Huh?" The three of them were stunned.

"Also, I'm not asking you to protect me, on the contrary, I'm asking you to steal and replace others!" Du Yongxiao said straightforwardly.

"Ah?" The three of them were surprised.

Du Yongxiao made no secret of it: "To put it more bluntly, I am very interested in those things in the underground warehouse, and I am ready to take them out and sell them, but I cannot alarm those people at Paramount. Do you understand?"

"Huh?" The three of them were stunned.

They never dreamed that Du Yongxiao would let them "become thieves".

"Ahem, boss, we already understand what you mean, but -"

"But this is an order!" Du Yongxiao interrupted Barton, "Do you just need to show your obedience now, or do you not?"

"Obey!" The three men raised their hands again.

Du Yongxiao gave them so much, his annual salary and benefits were the highest among his peers.

The most important thing is that Du Yongxiao is never stingy. It is estimated that completing the task this time will benefit the three of them a lot.

really--

Before the three of them had finished thinking, Du Yongxiao said: "You know my character. The emperor is not in need of hungry soldiers. Since you promised to help me, I will not treat you badly!"

As he spoke, Du Yongxiao turned back to his desk, opened the drawer, slap bang, and threw out three wads of US dollars: "Here are three hundred thousand dollars, each of you has one hundred thousand! After everything is done, each of you will still have two hundred thousand!" "

Barton and the other three were overjoyed.

"thank you boss!"

It’s worth it to meet such a wealthy boss in this life!

One hundred thousand dollars, which is three to five years’ salary for many American working-class people.

"But boss, if you want to hide this kind of thing, I'm afraid we can't do it alone."

"Yes, they will often check these things over there. I'm afraid the secret may be exposed by then."

The three of them thought that it was not difficult to "empty" the warehouse. What was difficult was that they didn't know it. It was mainly a matter of time, as well as replacing parts and replacing substitutes and fakes. These all took time and required " Internal response”.

Du Yongxiao smiled.

"That's right, you are thinking about it right! So, I have been prepared for a long time -"

As Du Yongxiao spoke, he clapped his hands outside and said, "Okay, come in!"

"Yes! Mr. Du!"

With a crisp voice, a brunette beauty wearing a secretary-like professional suit and gold-rimmed glasses walked in from the outside with a swaying posture.

"Hello, Mr. Du!" The brown-haired beauty greeted Du Yongxiao respectfully as soon as she came in.

Du Yongxiao smiled and said: "Here, let me introduce to you. This beauty is the female secretary to the president of Paramount - Miss Anna!"

"Hello, nice to meet you!" Anna said politely to the Bartons and the others, her eyes moving gracefully, making people's hearts move.

Fortunately, the three of them, Barton and others, were all very determined, and they quickly stabilized their minds, thinking to themselves, this woman is not simple! I wonder how Boss Du surrendered her?