Chapter 13 High-end Business War
Under the dim street lights, Hawke and Brand each rode a bicycle and rushed to the hotel.
On the roadside, Catherine was standing in front of a BMW, calling to the two of them: "Get in the car!"
Brand knew the doorman and confessed, leaving the bicycle beside the hotel. , get in the car with Hawke.
Katherine said anxiously: "He didn't find anyone in the hotel, so he went to the Crystal Cinema."
Less than five minutes after the BMW drove out, it stopped on the side of the road again.
Katherine pointed to the door of a cinema: "There!"
Hoke got out of the car first and ran towards the Crystal Cinema.
The donor has not paid off the money, so nothing can happen!
Eric blocked the door of the theater and shouted: "George Hansen, come out, come out to me, you bastard who only hurts people from behind, come out quickly!"
Several people came out of the theater, led by George, who was wearing gold-rimmed glasses.
He stood on the steps, condescending and friendly: "Look who is here, it turns out to be our future director."
Hawke rushed over at this time.
George turned to look at Hawke and added: "And his brainless little follower."
"The people from Castle Rock Pictures suddenly changed their schedule, is it you? What the hell!" Eric asked loudly: "You are despicable and shameless..."
George felt a little guilty, but the strange feeling coming from his butt made him instantly full of fighting spirit, and interrupted: "I am just a small person, how can I affect Castle Rock Pictures? Don't go too far, I am not a bully like you." !”
Eric just wanted to rush up to the theater steps.
Hoke grabbed him and whispered: "This won't solve the problem."
Eric struggled and wanted to rush up.
Catherine and Brand quickly stopped him.
Suddenly, there was a muffled bang, and the theater door was kicked open from inside. A middle-aged man wearing a cowboy hat strode out holding an electric shock baton.
The electric baton crackled with electric sparks. He pointed at Eric and Hawke and said sternly: "Outlander, don't make trouble in my cinema. Get out of here! Don't leave? I will Your heads will be smashed into stinking shit!”
Weapons are the best tranquilizers, Eric stopped jumping.
Hawk pulled him back and said to the theater owner: "Man, calm down, we are leaving now."
The middle-aged man saw the four people getting into the car and retreating, put away the electric baton, Shouted: "Don't let me see you stinky shit again!"
George smiled at the boss: "Thank you."
"It is my responsibility to protect the guests who have reserved the venue." The boss walked back: "You hurry up and arrange it, and finish it before 11 o'clock."
< br>George followed into the theater.
In the ticket office, a bald man is sitting in the rest area, drinking alone.
George pulled up a chair and sat down, not reassured: "Are you sure they have no chance?"
The bald man stroked his beard and smiled: "Robert Reiner only stayed for one day. Even if they wanted to change the screening time, they couldn't coordinate with the theaters. There are nearly 20 theaters in Park City, large and small, and the screening schedules are all full, and other crews are also To entertain buyers and film groups.”
He gave it to George. Pouring a glass of wine: "They could rent a booth in the outdoor area for screening, but that would only insult Robert and Castle Rock Pictures."
George picked up the glass of wine: "Wish us success."
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Hotel, in the living room of the suite.
Eric was dejected, and Catherine quickly explained the current situation
More than half an hour ago, she received a call from Robert's assistant. Robert temporarily changed his schedule for the film festival and was going to see another film tomorrow morning. movie, let "D.C. Heights" be adjusted to the afternoon screening.
But the schedule of the Great Salt Lake Theater was full and other crews did not agree to coordinate. Catherine contacted other theaters and the same was true.
Distribution companies are the king in the film industry. The crew finally contacted the distribution company to watch the screening, but no one dared to let go.
Catherine asked someone from Robert's team to inquire about the situation, and found out that Robert was going to see George Hanson's "Lemon Street" tomorrow morning.
The reason was not complicated. The assistant showed Robert the color page stills of "D.C. Heights" and "Lemon Street". The former's Mexican-American attributes were not favored, while the latter was a white film.
Although Catherine's father had an old relationship with Robert, the former died a few years ago, and that relationship was not enough in the face of business interests.
Brand scratched his head after hearing this, feeling that it was too difficult to make quick money and there were a lot of bad things.
Eric said numbly: "We are finished."
"You just give up?" Catherine was pointed at with an electric baton in front of her face, and she couldn't swallow this breath: "To a person who eats Gouba sells his ass and bows his head?”
Hawke did not speak, he was not the one who was anxious now.
Seeing that Hawke was calm, Catherine asked: "Is there anything you and your team can do?"
Hoke spread his hands: "This is not within the scope of my business."
Katherine understood and sneered. He took out his checkbook, started writing, and then handed it over: "This is the newly increased reward." Hawke looked down at the $5,000 on it, but did not take it immediately, and asked: "What do you want to do?"< br>
Catherine hugged Eric and said: "Find a way to get things back on track and make George Hansen unlucky. The worse, the better!"
"I've always wanted to open up new business, and it's time. Hawke was very principled. He thought carefully before accepting the check and putting it away. Then he asked: "I need to confirm one thing. If "Lemon Street" cannot be screened normally, can you Let Robert go back?"
Catherine said: "Robert has always been about efficiency. He only stays in Park City for one day and cannot spare two hours."
Hoke thought about it for a while. , then said: "Tomorrow morning, you go to the airport to pick him up, stay with Robert, and wait for my call."
"That's it?" Catherine asked.
Hawke stretched out his hand: "Let me borrow your BMW." When Catherine got the key, he asked Brand: "What time do theaters generally close?"
Brand said: "Absolutely 11:30 It will be closed."
Hoke looked at the time: "Let's go out. Turn around."
He came to Eric and patted him on the shoulder: "Man, cheer up, if you are so decadent, the movie will be completely ruined."
Eh. Rick heard what he just said and asked: "Is there still hope?"
Hawke said: "Yes."
Eric managed to cheer up: "What do you need me to do?"
Hoke said: "Make sure there are no problems with the copying and screening. Remember , don’t let the copy out of your sight!”
Eric said: “I will take two people to guard it.”
Hoke took Brand downstairs and finished eating. After a midnight snack, I got into the BMW and checked to make sure there was no recorder or anything like that before heading to the Crystal Cinema.
"What should we do?" Brand didn't stop talking: "This matter is very difficult. You can contact Robert and ask him to change his mind..."
Hoke reminded: "Observe the road There is no surveillance anywhere.”
“Public surveillance in Park City is negligible, and there is almost no private surveillance. We don’t like things that invade privacy.” Having said that, Brand still observed carefully. He was too familiar with Park City. When the BMW drove into an alley, he said: "There is no surveillance, I can be sure."
Hoke pointed to the dark place A low wall: "This is the wall in the backyard of the Crystal Cinema."
Brand nodded: "Yes."
Hawke did not stop the car: "Do you need me to stop and let you confirm the theater cable line?"
Brand spoke faster than his brain: "No, Park City is cold in the winter, and the cables are all underground. The theater distribution boxes are all in the dedicated distribution room.”
The Hawker drove forward and drove out. Duan Cai asked: "Man, I remember you studied electrical engineering?"
Brand hadn't realized the problem yet, and said with a bit of complacency: "So, the cable diagram in Park City is "In my mind."
Hokxin said that he found the right person when he got on the bus, Brand was his plug-in.
As the car returned to the main street, Brand saw the neon sign of the Crystal Cinema again. His complacency gradually disappeared, his hands and feet began to get cold, and he asked: "Hoke, what do you want to do?"
Haw Ke slowly said: "We are facing an extremely serious situation. If the situation worsens, not only will we not be able to get follow-up remuneration, but we will also have to spit out all the money we received. All the theater reunions and business will be ruined."
Brand was unusually silent.
Hoke said softly: "Whether we like it or not, a business war, a high-end business war in the film industry, has already begun."
"But, but..." Bran De didn't know what to say: "How can we use these in business war?"
Hawke parked the car, waited for him to calm down a little, and said: "The higher-end the business war, the more unpretentious the process."
After getting the money and spitting it out, Brand felt uncomfortable, and at this moment he thought of what he was pursuing. The girl couldn't help but nodded: "I did it!"
Hoke didn't make any nonsense and asked: "You have black clothes at home to cover your face Headgear, strong ropes, etc.?"
"Yes." Brand said, "My parents work at a ski resort, and there are a lot of these things."
Hoke. Then he asked: "With the knowledge you have, can you make distribution boxes or other equipment look like they were vandalized and cannot be repaired in a short time?"
"It's not difficult." Brand paused for a moment and added: "With Park City's work efficiency, if a complex fault occurs in the distribution box, it will take two to three days to repair it. Even if the theater expedites it, it will take at least one day."
Hoke said: "I remember you mentioned once that Park City has Local regulations do not allow commercial cables to be run above ground."
Brand answered automatically: "We will send people to watch if Crystal Cinema dares to connect electricity from the neighbor, we will report it."
I have to say that Brand has learned a lot from following Hawk these past few days.
Hoke nodded slightly: "Your friends Lewis and Damian have nothing to do, you can hire them."
He thought about it for a moment: "We'll start our attack soon after dawn. We won't give them time to react, and we'll also see if they have a backup generator..."
In this high-end business war, Hawke resorted to pulling the switch. One of the three unique tricks is to steal the official seal and close the door.
(End of this chapter)