PFC Chapter 173 New Company in North America
Chapter 173 New Company in North America
The next morning, even though it was a rare day off for the crew, Yang Mi didn't get out of bed until almost noon, rubbing her sore back and groaning.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but that saying is a bit conservative when applied to these two.
Twenty years of childhood sweethearts, they could easily be called an old married couple. With just a glance from Gu Heng, the little fox knew what position to adopt... no, what outfit to wear when going out shopping.
Taking advantage of the crew's tradition of not working overtime on weekends, Gu Heng took Yang Mi on a shopping spree in Los Angeles.
The boutiques in Beverly Hills and the sunset on Santa Monica Beach made the two of them feel like they were strolling through Wangfujing.
For the next few days, as long as Yang Mi wasn't involved, Gu Heng would take his little fox around everywhere.
Eat and drink, and incidentally experience the decadent lifestyle of the evil capitalism.
While the little fox was working on the film set, Gu Heng didn't rest either. He took Wang Gang directly to another destination on this trip.
Since they've decided to come to Hollywood to rake in the dollars, how can they do it without a base?
During this period, Li Ming's team at Vision Capital not only kept a close eye on Warner's financial statements and engaged in a battle of wits with the Hollywood auditors, but also...
They also established a branch office in the United States.
The name is also very simple: North American Vision Entertainment Co., Ltd.
The company was taken over by Li Ming from a down-on-his-luck producer who went bankrupt due to the subprime mortgage crisis and was in a hurry to run away.
The office space spans over 1,000 square meters, along with a ready-made photography studio and post-production editing equipment.
It even included dozens of Hollywood's working-class employees who hadn't yet been laid off.
Most importantly, this land has permanent ownership.
The total package price was nine million US dollars.
This price is practically free.
When Gu Heng entered the office hall, it had been renovated and remodeled.
Li Ming, along with a group of employees transferred from China, was staring at a group of blond, blue-eyed foreigners.
The atmosphere was somewhat awkward.
After all, for these dozens of original employees, the company suddenly changed hands, and the new boss was a mysterious Easterner.
In this arrogant white circle, no one felt secure, fearing that one day they might be laid off and forced to leave.
Including the people brought in from China, there were more than a hundred people in total, all staring intently at Gu Heng.
Gu Heng walked to the center of the hall, clapped his hands, and attracted everyone's attention.
"Oh! That's Gu! The Chinese investor from 'Inception'!"
Clearly, some people recognized Gu Heng.
"I know what you're worried about. The subprime crisis cost many people their jobs, but with foresight, as long as you have the ability, none of that matters."
"My movies will make a fortune worldwide, and I won't keep that glory to myself!"
Gu Heng paused for a moment, then dropped his trump card: "All remaining employees will have their base salary increased by 20%. And as long as the project is profitable, everyone will receive a bonus! In short, work for me, and you'll get paid more!"
These days, even the lowest-paid workers in Hollywood are struggling.
What artistic pursuits can compare to the real benefits of money?
That's why Gu Heng is said to have come from the Beijing Film Academy.
After he finished speaking, the dozens of foreigners in the hall instantly became excited and started clapping enthusiastically.
Morale is available.
Gu Heng turned around and made a phone call to Nolan.
This guy is always saying how great the script is, isn't he?
Then let's make him feel even better.
By leveraging his position as the largest co-producer, he managed to squeeze dozens of technical staff into the Inception film crew.
They euphemistically call it: observing and learning, and assisting a famous director.
Nolan, though helpless, had no choice but to accept it.
Who can blame him when this guy is not only his sugar daddy, but also his confidant?
Meanwhile, the employees of North American Vision were so excited they almost fainted. Being able to work on Nolan's top-tier film crew was a qualification that many people would kill for!
After handling personnel matters, Gu Heng called Li Ming to his office.
"Old Li, now that we've set up this business, we can't just sit idle. Let's see if there are any good scripts or potential production teams that need funding. We should invest in some of our own projects."
Gu Heng is now quite famous in Hollywood; almost everyone in Hollywood knows that a Chinese boss has been involved in Warner Bros. projects.
Moreover, they are very willing to spend money.
After seeing Li Ming off, Gu Heng leaned back in his boss's chair and casually turned on the computer in front of him.
These past few days he's been idle in Los Angeles, spending his time either teasing Yang Mi or browsing the internet aimlessly.
As it turned out, he actually found something fun.
BTC, Bitcoin.
In 2009, this thing had only been around for a short time.
Satoshi Nakamoto's genesis block was only recently mined, and currently it's just a meaningless string of geek code in the eyes of ordinary people. There isn't even a proper trading market for it, let alone a price.
Gu Heng suppressed his excitement and found a geek on the forum who was selling this thing. He spent ten US dollars to buy eight thousand Bitcoins directly.
After paying, he asked the seller for the mining method.
The programs are all open source and can be downloaded directly. (Brothers who travel through time, take note, just in case.)
These days, mining doesn't require any mining rigs or graphics card arrays at all; the overall network hashrate is shockingly low.
Gu Heng simply used the office computer in the office to run the program.
As expected.
Despite the node being extremely unstable and running intermittently, this computer, running 24 hours a day, slowly mined three hundred bitcoins!
Based on the mini bull market of 2013 in my previous life, where one Bitcoin was worth one thousand US dollars, three hundred Bitcoins would be worth three hundred thousand US dollars.
Leave it running for a day and earn 300,000 in pure profit!
Although, according to Satoshi Nakamoto's set fixed total supply of 21 million coins and the rule of halving production every four years, it is certainly unrealistic to keep mining like this indefinitely.
But so what?
That doesn't stop him from digging all this time.
While few people on the internet understand this yet, let's stock up on tens or hundreds of thousands of them, considering them as hidden assets for the rest of our lives.