Rebirth of the Evil Life

w Lin Feng yelled back at the vice presidents of the six major film companies with one sentence. After these six people returned, the presidents of the six major film companies became angry when they mentioned the matter. This Lin Feng was so arrogant. He actually dared to speak to them like this and asked them to honestly write applications for filming. It's absolutely abominable! Who does he think he is?

"We must unite to boycott him!" the Disney president said angrily.

"Yes, boycott him!" Li Fuzhen, president of Samsung Columbia, agreed.

Many CEOs agreed that Lin Feng must be sanctioned, and roared crazily. They couldn't accept that people like them were going to beg for mercy from Lin Feng. This is absolutely unacceptable to them.

"Everyone, I'm sorry, please allow me to say this. How are you going to punish him?" Elizabeth Murdoch shrugged helplessly.

"It's very simple! His investment in this 'Dream City' is so huge. If he doesn't open it to the outside world, not to mention whether he can recover the cost, just the huge maintenance cost is enough to make him unbearable. We only need to boycott. It would make Lin Feng surrender! Without such a huge investment from film companies like us, it would end up becoming a ghost town! You must have heard about the ghost town in Detroit. Housing prices are rising across the United States. Only Detroit’s housing prices are falling. Moreover, the prices are as low as $1-100 per square meter. Although such low prices have attracted a large number of investors, no one has made a lot of money in housing prices in Detroit. In the end, we can only choose to sell it, and the same is true for this city!" the president of Paramount said coldly.

Detroit housing prices! Everyone nodded. indeed. Detroit, the automobile city of America. However, with the decline of the city's automobile industry and the exodus of a large number of urban residents. And the unsatisfactory environment has led to the reverse growth of housing prices in Detroit. In other cities, the population is getting larger and larger. Housing prices are getting higher and higher, but everything in Detroit is the opposite. And without population, there is no market. Without a market, there would be no merchants, without merchants, there would be no services, and without services, there would be no residents. Under a vicious cycle. Detroit's bustling downtown has turned into a ghost town.

The same will be true of Lin Feng’s ‘Dream City’. As long as they unite and don't go filming, no one will care about this place. The reason why Hollywood became Hollywood is that so many film companies gathered in it and filmed every day, making Hollywood a city that never sleeps and a must-visit place for tourists coming to Los Angeles. If there is no film crew to go to Lin Feng's "Dream City". Such a huge place will be vacant. Even if tourists come here, apart from the empty place, what else will there be for tourists to see?

"So, let's boycott it together. We won't go to the 'City of Dreams' to film!" the president of Warner Pictures shouted.

"Yes, resolutely resist!" Everyone shouted in unison.

Immediately, on behalf of the alliance of thousands of film companies, everyone sent a boycott letter to Lin Feng, announcing that they would refuse to film in the 'City of Dreams'.

Lin Feng burst out laughing after receiving this letter.

"Boss, if they resist like this, if no one comes to film, won't our investment be at a loss?" Lin Chiling said hesitantly. She didn't understand why Lin Feng laughed.

"Zhiling, don't you think it's ridiculous? In this society where interests come first, do they really think they can kidnap everyone's will?" Lin Feng sneered, "Publish a letter to all the film companies around the world, and that's it. Say My 'Dream City' welcomes major companies from all over the world to come to film. The venue rental fee will be completely free. Only an appropriate scene maintenance fee will be charged to each crew, a maintenance fee of US$1 per square meter per day! , except for the six major film companies, they have to charge high scene rental fees of 10,000 US dollars per square meter per day unless they apologize to me!”

Uh... Lin Chiling was shocked. She didn't expect that Lin Feng would retaliate against the six major film companies like this. If this is the case, this alliance can indeed be broken up, but how can such a huge city be maintained? Although the maintenance fee is US$1 per square meter per day, after calculation, it is barely enough to maintain the major scenes and pay the corresponding wages. But what about this upfront investment? In addition to the major scenes, the maintenance of public facilities and lighting systems throughout the city are even more expensive. A conservative estimate is that the maintenance of these public facilities will cost about US$1.5 billion a year.

This number sounds scary, but it is actually not excessive or exaggerated at all. When fully completed, the City of Dreams will be as large as the entire Los Angeles. The cost of maintaining public facilities in a modern urbanized city is only US$1 billion a year, which is not much at all. You know, if calculated according to Tom Wright's drawings, the electricity bill alone will cost about 700 million US dollars.

$700 million electricity bill? So exaggerated? No, that's not an exaggeration at all. In addition to the dazzling neon lights and various lighting circuits that can turn the city into a city that never sleeps, what really attracts the attention of the "Dream City" is a rice-shaped automatic elevator throughout the city.

What is a city-wide escalator? This means that with the "Wind God Temple" as the center, there is an automatic elevator running through the whole city, one in the east, west, north and south. Visitors can just walk up and explore the city via escalators. Its escalators will be open completely free of charge during the day. Rest at night. The annual maintenance fee plus electricity cost for such an automatic elevator is about US$300 million. Counting other things, the annual electricity bill of $700 million is not too much. In addition to the city's sewer maintenance system that can withstand a once-in-a-century event, clean tap water, and the maintenance of surrounding green belts, $1.5 billion a year in maintenance is by no means too much.

Lin Feng's assets are enough for him to meet these expenses, but that won't work in the long run. We can't let Lin Feng keep spending alone. It is US$1.5 billion this year, and it will be US$15 billion in 10 years. This city, which cost a huge amount of money to build (currently calculated, the total investment will exceed 100 billion US dollars), cannot only run for a few years or decades, but must exist forever. Then, who will bear this huge expense. You must have hematopoietic function yourself.

But Linfeng is completely free and only charges a maintenance fee of US$1 per square meter in the scene. What should I do about this? Lin Chiling was a little anxious.

"Zhiling, don't worry. You really don't need to worry. This city has automatic hematopoiesis function! As long as these film companies come, it will have hematopoiesis function!" Lin Feng smiled.

"Ah, how to make money? Boss? How to make money?" Lin Chiling asked excitedly.

"Haha, it's very simple, two points. First, tourists, second, side industry!" Lin Feng said with a smile.

Tourist? This is indeed a big deal, but can it earn back US$1.5 billion? Lin Chiling didn't believe it. This city is completely free. Lin Feng has no intention of charging any tickets. Of course, it is impossible to charge tickets. It will be completely free for tourists to visit. How to make money? Although you can sell some handicrafts, souvenirs, etc., according to Hollywood experience, the sales in this part are not considerable. Because Hollywood itself does not make money, it is just famous. It is the holy land of American movies and a must-go place for tourists. When it comes to making money, Hollywood really doesn’t make money.

In the same way, if Hollywood doesn’t make money, and ‘City of Dreams’ can’t make money by renting out scenes, how can it make money? Lin Chiling doesn’t understand.

"Haha, tourists are only the key to ensuring the second item. If there are more tourists, then we can make money. Zhiling, you should know that I own '520 Novel Fast Food Restaurant', and I have 65% of the shares!" Lin Feng said with a smile.

Lin Chiling nodded. Although "520 Novel Fast Food Restaurant" is listed on the market, Lin Feng still holds absolute control. He is a well-deserved absolute shareholder.

"I am ready to completely acquire the remaining shares and delist them!" Lin Feng said.

"Huh? Delisting?" Lin Chiling was stunned. Most of the other companies are seeking to go public, but Lam Feng actually wants to delist. What does this mean?

Lin Feng smiled.

"Only after delisting can I make more money. Otherwise, I would have to give other people a lot of money out of thin air. I am not that stupid! The amount of financing brought by the stock price of '520 Novel Fast Food Restaurant' is simply a drop in the bucket for me now." Rather than letting others make money, it’s better for me to make it myself without having to explain it to the Securities Regulatory Commission,” said Lin Feng.

Lin Chiling nodded. In this case, what will Lin Feng do after delisting?

"Haha, it's very simple. After delisting, only my '520 Novel Fast Food Restaurant' will provide catering in the entire 'Dream City'. No other fast food restaurants or restaurants will be allowed to enter. In this 'Dream City' "City', except for my '520 Novel Fast Food Restaurant', no dining is allowed!" Lin Feng said coldly.

"Brilliant!" Lin Chiling exclaimed. If this 'Dream City' was completely free for film companies, almost all film companies in the world would come to film. By then, the number of tourists will inevitably increase. There are millions of tourists in Hollywood a year, and there will be at least 10 million here. Moreover, this 'Dream City' is not only larger than Hollywood, but also more convenient. There are completely free city escalators, which will definitely attract more tourists. Tens of millions of people come here, and each person only spends 10 US dollars on food and beverage, which is as high as hundreds of millions of dollars. This is just fast food. If there is a high-end restaurant, the profit will be greater.

Of course, it’s not just that, there are also major production crews. Since outside meals are not allowed, you can only order food through the ‘520 Novel Fast Food Restaurant’. In that case, it can bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue a year. It can be said that the catering industry alone is a huge revenue here.

"In addition, I will cooperate with Wal-Mart and allow Wal-Mart to enter here. The venue rental fee will also be part of the income." Lin Fengxiao said, "Of course, allowing Wal-Mart to enter is just for the convenience of tourists and the crew. What is really important is that Wal-Mart is allowed to enter here." What makes money is hotels. Is it possible to visit such a big city in one day? This is not a small place like Hollywood. I will create different styles of hotels in Zhiling to accommodate tens of millions of people. , one person only spends 100 US dollars a day. I think it can earn back most of the city maintenance costs. Not to mention the production of various exquisite gifts, I think these aspects should be enough to maintain the city’s operations.” Lin Feng said confidently.

"So, now, send this announcement out. I want every film company in the world to receive it!" Lin Feng said coldly.

Threaten me, you are dreaming! (To be continued)m