Chapter 491

Li Changheng helped Grosvenor on the front foot, but the movie has not yet been released on the back foot, and the effect of promoting the 12 villas by the lake has not yet come out.

While asking him to repay the favor, Grosvenor was also asked to cooperate with acting as a breakthrough to reduce the resistance of the other three families.

Of course, this is also related to Li Changheng's 25% increase in the price, and the payment of the US dollar, which depreciates faster than the British pound, and the full payment in one lump sum.

From a short-term perspective, Grosvenor is indeed not at a disadvantage if the price is increased by 25%.

But in the long run, this four-story building alone can outperform all inflation.

If there is no 100 million pounds in decades, Li Changheng will never sell it.

As for the other three theaters.

Except for No. 306 Regent Street, which is priced at US$5 million, which is located in a building covering an area of ​​1,200 square meters. It occupies one or two floors and covers an area of ​​360 square meters.

The other two are 5-storey single-family buildings with areas of 410 and 480 square meters respectively, priced at US$9.5 million and US$11 million.

The three single-family buildings can transform the third and fourth floors into movie theaters except for the first and second floors, which are dedicated to the opera house.

But what makes Li Changheng hesitate is whether each theater should be converted into a large hall cinema that can seat 340 to 380 people, or into two small halls that can accommodate a total of 300 to 340 people.

Changing it into a hall, plus 4 opera halls, equals to having 7 projection rooms, which can accommodate 1700 people in total.

Changed into a small hall, there are 10 multi-functional screening theaters full of 1560 people.

The number of people that can be accommodated is not much different, but when Li Changheng knows that a movie copy costs about 4,600 US dollars.

Immediately, I knew that it was not a problem that the theater could not see a large number of idle seats in the lobby for a long time, but that the film studio was reluctant to double or even several times the copying fee.

If a thousand companies play it on a large scale, the copy will cost 4.5 million US dollars.

If this is doubled, the copy alone will cost 13.5 million. This choice is for Li Changheng to choose, and he dare not be so radical.

Coupled with the increase in projection equipment, labor and maintenance costs caused by multiple halls, the theater itself is unwilling to take risks.

It is even because of the high cost of copying that movies of this era are often broadcast for several months, half a year, or even more than a year.

In other words, the emergence of multiple halls is due to the development of digitalization, which makes the cost and profit efficiency of multiple halls higher than that of halls, which prompts the spontaneous upgrading and transformation of theaters.

So many things, even the reborn can't do whatever they want.

Of course, if you're not afraid of losing money, that's another story.

It took nearly 50 days to renovate, and the managers of the three independent theaters all assured Li Changheng that all the remodeling would be completed before December 20.

Therefore, the first version of Home Alone, which has been well edited and dubbed, can only be played on Regent Street.

The opera hall that can accommodate 200 people is used to show movies, and the sound effect is definitely stronger than that of normal movie theaters.

But for those sitting in the theater, the viewing effect is much worse for those in the balcony boxes on both sides.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, because Li Changheng has not planned to announce it to the public, the movie he made has already been completed.

So in addition to the main creators of the crew, the people who came to the theater today are Charles, Andrew, Grosvenor, Bell, and several other young nobles who often meet.

But he didn't expect that before the movie started, the head of foreign affairs of the United States stationed in London would appear in front of him uninvited.

Speaking of which, American foreign affairs chiefs are basically not professional foreign affairs officials.

It's about those regular customers who helped the commander in chief when he asked for votes.

Even many businessmen who intend to enter the real world will regard stationing abroad as the best, simplest and direct gilded ladder.

Li Changheng looked at Singer Alfred, who was wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses and slightly curly hair, and instantly felt troublesome.

Next year will be the ballot year in the United States.

The economy is already sluggish, coupled with the decoupling of gold and the US dollar, the inflation caused by the depreciation of the US dollar.

It made many people who were very dissatisfied with the commander-in-chief who neither ended the Vietnam War nor stabilized the economy.

And for votes, those in power in the United States can even launch a war when necessary, knowing that these guys are absolutely omnipotent when it comes to the issue of election and re-election.

Any other issues can wait until he becomes, or is re-elected, Grand Commander.

Therefore, facing Alfred, the special envoy, Li Changheng really couldn't, let alone be targeted and hated by the commander and the forces behind him.

Fortunately, it is not without benefits for them to find Li Changheng at this time.

At least until the election year, even the opponent of the Grand Commander did not appear.

Therefore, the future candidate for the Donkey Party cannot be blamed on him.

When the movie was about to start, Li Changheng, who had been able to memorize the movie from beginning to end, took Annie's hand and whispered in her ear, "Help me take care of the crew and Charles and his group, and then tell them to go to Huayuan Avenue at night. at home for supper."

Annie immediately guessed what her sweetheart was planning.

And the reason lies in the head of American foreign affairs who jumped out.

Kissed Annie on the cheek, watched her say sorry to Singer-Alfred, and walked towards Charles.

Li Changheng took Alfred and sat in the back seat of the theater.

After Rory's probing, he didn't get any useful information.

Alfred could only say helplessly, "Since April this year, before the tax filing deadline, you bought 150 million US dollars and 79.2 million barrels of crude oil in the United States.

After borrowing another US$100 million from UBS, they bought 52.2 million barrels of crude oil and stored them in London.

April has passed, and when you left the United States impatiently, you should have predicted that the United States would fall into continuous inflation, right? "

Li Changheng shrugged, this kind of thing is just tacit, there is no need to really say it.

Alfred sighed, "At the beginning of last year, several generals of the Joint Staff Council suggested that you be recruited into the General Barrel Economic Advisory Group.

It's a pity that this matter was messed up by a few bastards who occupied the position but couldn't come up with a plan. "

Hearing this, Li Changheng quickly waved his hands.

I can make money with peace of mind, and even believe in the occasional idea, but if I really serve as a consultant and enter the official arena, then forget it.

"Speak directly if you have something to say, it's useless not to tell me so much," Li Changheng said with a serious expression, "Although not all of my property is in the United States.

But it is also impossible for me to watch my own interests suffer huge losses.

So, on many things, we may have different views.

But in terms of core interests, we are all the same. "

Alfred laughed happily, then thought for a while and said, "In the four months from mid-August to now, prices in the United States have risen by almost 7% as a whole.

Gold has also risen from the previous market price of 48 to 56. Henry, we need your advice. "