The Wolf of Los Angeles

Chapter 12 There are many hard and bad things to make money

Brand’s community theater troupe is a professional team with extremely high professional qualities.

When he came to the community, Hawke confirmed again: "As long as there are sponsors, the troupe can come to participate, no problem, right?"

Brand kicked the foot and snow was covered by the road: "It's winter now, and there are many idle people in the community. If it were you, there would be a party for free food and drink. Would you refuse? Believe me, they will be in the whole family."

He can share his share to chase the goddess, and he is quite motivated: "Let's go, I'll take you to see the leader Larson, who is the most appealing person in the troupe."

Ten minutes later, Hawke met the leader of the community theater troupe in the living room of a wooden house.

Larson is nearly fifty years old and still full of energy. When he heard Brand say his purpose, he asked Hawke directly: "Foreigner, are you going to pay for us? I don't quite understand, are you doing charity?"

Hawke said selectively: "I have a director friend who made an independent film and was shown at the Great Salt Lake Cinema the day after tomorrow. I was worried that there would not be enough audiences, so I asked me to help find some audiences. It just so happened that Brand and I were friends. Listen to him talking about your party.”

Larson stared at Hawke and smiled, "You can get a lot of benefits."

Hawke downplayed: "A little hard money."

Larson's smile faded, and he was simple and straightforward: "I want to divide half of it."

"Captain, I..." Brand stopped him by Hawk before he finished speaking.

He always considers the worst case first when doing things, and Larson's performance is undoubtedly on the bad side.

Hawk pulled away the wooden chair and sat opposite Larson, saying slowly, "The crew paid $5,000 for this business."

Larson's eyes lit up at the number.

Hawke is not afraid of his greed, he is most afraid of not being interested: "The Sundance Film Festival is held every year, and each crew with similar needs will be in twenty or even more than thirty. This is a long-term business."

He pointed to himself: "I am an outsider. After this session, the next session will not come. This market will be occupied by you soon."

Larson understood and explored: "It's not just about the audience, right?"

Hawke said: "It's not easy to operate. Brand, or even you, this film festival can be with me and observe and learn the whole process. I won't charge you for tuition."

Larson couldn't help but burst out: "You are so generous!"

"Thank you for the praise." What Hawke did is actually not much technical content, it is nothing more than old wine in new bottles. As long as you open the magic box at a certain film festival, it will soon become a disaster.

One crew can earn $5,000 in fishing bait, which made Larson feel itchy. There are more than 1,000 crews in each film festival, and the base for selection is too large.

Larson thought for half a minute and said to Brand: "Call the other deputy commanders and ask them to come right away."

Brand quickly called.

More than ten minutes later, four deputy commanders came, all of whom were middle-aged men, about the same age as Larson.

Larson said the matter.

The senior deputy troupe leader said, "The troupe gathers every year, and everyone complains about paying for it. The troupe only has a few activities every year. If the most important gathering is cancelled, people's hearts will completely disperse."

Larson looked solemn: "This is done well. The troupe has a stable source of income every year. With money, we can invite professional teachers to come and teach. Those who are talented in the troupe will have a better future. ”

This was completely different from what Hawke thought. He couldn't help but look at Larson again. It was indeed complicated.

Several people discussed it, and Larson said to Hawke: "Tonight, I will try to gather people. You will come here around 8 o'clock. I have something to declare in advance, what can I call them to do, but I want to mobilize them. You have to think of some way to their enthusiasm.”

Hawke was mentally prepared and asked, "Is there any problem with about 100 people?"

Larson asked the four deputy commanders a few words and said, "It's enough to count the family."

"Okay, I'll come here again tonight." Hawke called Brand and prepared to leave.

The mature deputy commander grabbed Hawke: "You are a media person, I ask you something. Renona Reed steals money on Capitol Hill and has not been caught yet. Is it true?"

Hawke said nothing and left without saying a word.

When he went out, Brand never mentioned the stealing door and said, "The leader here is different from what I think. I will pay for the party."

Of course Hawke won't do this, and there will be big problems in the later stage: "The promised things cannot be changed. Don't forget that the goddess is still waiting for you at state university."

Brand immediately became full of fighting spirit: "What else do we have to do?" He urged: "Man, now is not the time to rest. You are walking too slowly, we don't have much time!"

"Do you know Bill well, right? How much does the Alpine Pizza turnover at noon? How much does it cost to book the next time period?"

Brand was too familiar with the Alpine Pizza restaurant and muttered and thought.

Ordinary American restaurants are quite cheap, and there is half a ghost in Brand. Hawke agreed to buy it at the high mountain pizza restaurant for $1,000 the day after tomorrow. The store will provide pizza, steak, barbecue, fried chicken and salad. Food, beer and coke are available in unlimited quantity.

In addition, the pizza restaurant will provide 100 cups of refreshing and quick-brewing American black coffee the morning after tomorrow. The two of them came out with a cup of black coffee. Brand took a big sip, recalling everything that happened in the past two days, and saying to Hawk: "I found that except for Lewis and Damian, you almost used what you encountered. All resources.”

Hawke threw the empty paper cup into the trash can and said, "If it weren't for the good luck, it might be another plan if you met you."

At eight o'clock in the evening, Hawke showed up at Larson's house on time.

In the yard surrounded by wooden walls, there were 80 or 90 people.

Larson talked about the movie and the party, and everyone cheered.

Free hearty lunch, everyone likes it.

There was a bearded man holding a bottle of wine, and raised the bottle to Hawk: "Man, I want to toast you, you are a good person!"

"We must have a drink at the party!" Regarding the movie, Hawke must say in front: "The movie I watched before the party is a movie about Mexicans."

He asked Brand to distribute the movie color page.

Everyone has seen the movie introduction and stills, and the warm atmosphere has disappeared.

The bearded man shouted, "The Mexican movie is nothing to do with us."

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

The crowd was in chaos.

"This movie is boring."

"Change another one!"

“We only go to parties, not to movies.”

Once there are too many people, order will be difficult to control, and it is particularly difficult to organize large-scale events.

Hawke opened his bag, took out a small electronic loudspeaker, and said, "Everyone, listen to me!"

The scene was a little quieter, and Hawke asked these people to cooperate in the most unpretentious way: "Each person has a reward of $10! ​​$10!"

The crowd quickly calmed down when he heard about the money.

Hawke said again: "Everyone who goes to watch the video will have a $10 reward when enjoying a big meal at the party! There is a premise that the crew has a dedicated patrol. If someone doesn't watch it carefully, not only will he not get the money, but he will have a meal together. Qualifications will also be cancelled."

"It doesn't seem difficult." Someone talked about it.

"It's just over an hour."

"It's also interesting to see the life of the Mexicans."

Human nature is the same, just like an old lady holding a pension worth thousands of dollars, spending several hours to get ten free eggs.

There was also a slash from Mr. Duoduo.

Just sat in the warm theater and watched movies for more than an hour.

Hawke added again: "To prevent sleepiness, I also prepared coffee for everyone."

The bearded suddenly raised the bottle and said, "Can I want two glasses?"

Hawke pretended to be in trouble and said a moment later, "In this way, I'll give you that cup."

Everyone burst into laughter, and the atmosphere was particularly harmonious for a moment.

The grass team finally got a look, and Hawke said some things to pay attention to, and everyone dispersed.

It is too difficult to rely on one or two people alone to command nearly a hundred people smoothly.

The next day, Hawke went to meet Eric and Catherine first, and made an appointment with Larson and four deputy commanders to explain the process tomorrow.

In the afternoon, he and the former two came to the Great Salt Lake Theater to discuss the screening.

Anyway, Hawke wants to let clients see that he has been working.

No one is 100% sure whether the movie can be sold, but no matter what, the other party has to pay the remaining $5,000.

After dinner, Hawke finally got a rest. He borrowed Brand's computer and logged into the blog to post a pictured blog post.

At around ten o'clock, Catherine's phone suddenly came over.

"Rob Reiner suddenly changed his schedule and would not come to our screening tomorrow. Eric went crazy and ran out to find trouble for someone. I can't hold him back. Come and help."

(End of this chapter)