Jeff is a very ordinary citizen of the Empire. He has naturally curly hair, a large beard, and thick eyebrows that make him at least not look like a bad guy. This is what most people know about him. But in fact, Jeff is a very famous director and photographer in the private photography industry as well as the owner of a tape company. Thanks to the booming development of the tape industry, some people with dreams have also gained the right to chase their dreams. Jeff It's one of them.
When it comes to tape, when it comes to televisions or players, the first thing that comes to mind is a family sitting happily in the living room watching various movies. There is no need to go to a crowded and smelly cinema to watch movies with a group of strangers. , let alone endure those rude fart noises and ill-educated comments during the movie screening. In addition, you can also watch things that you can't see in the cinema, such as the tapes of Empire State and Star Empire.
In short, tape and players have become an important part of the life of the middle class, but this does not include the lower class and the proletariat. The expensive cost of TV players and tape restricted the access of entertainment to the lower class and the proletariat, so Jeff thought of a good idea to make money. He opened a small video parlor. He mortgaged his grandfather's small house to the bank and bought five players and some tape to play in his own house.
Everyone only needs to pay 30 points to watch two hours of content. If you pay 50 points at a time, it will be six hours. Of course, if someone is willing to stay here all day, only one dollar is enough. When Jeff came up with this business, he didn't expect it to bring him much wealth. He just wanted to make a little money every month after redeeming his grandfather's house without him having to continue working. Just have more time at home to think wildly.
But what is unimaginable is that his business is surprisingly good! People were watching those shows almost from morning to night, so much so that he had to rent a larger warehouse nearby to expand his business.
Jeff made money, and many people began to try to make money by buying players and tape. After all, the income of tens of dollars a day is really eye-catching, and the investment cost is not large, but the return rate is very high. More and more people There were such theaters everywhere, and Jeff's business began to decline. It is a law of the free market that the relationship between supply and demand gradually becomes equal. The money he earns becomes less and less, and Jeff becomes increasingly unwilling to do so.
Although he still earns a lot for an ordinary office worker, he hopes to go back to the time when he could earn dozens of yuan every day.
One day, he bought a tape from a movie. It was said to be quite large, so big that the heroine actually left the country in her underwear. The social atmosphere is actually very open, but this openness is not open enough to expose one's privacy to everyone, so large-scale movies only reveal underwear.
It was supposed to be a normal day, but a complaint from an audience member inspired Jeff—why didn't she take off all her clothes when I was paying to see her walk around in front of me in her pajamas
A flash of spiritual light tore through the dark clouds and brought light!
The next day, Jeff invited a few friends who also opened a broadcast room to his home. They were all good friends. Although they took away each other's business, they were still good friends.
"I have an idea that will keep our theaters packed. Guys, this is a genius idea!" Jeff, who only had black-rimmed glasses and a beard on his face, clapped his hands and said, "We shoot it ourselves. With some tape to play, the cost will be lower, and no one else has our stuff, so we can continue to make tons of money!”
"Hey, Jeff, say it and we'll hear it!"
Jeff looked at everyone and showed an excited smile, "We film action movies about men who forget to wear clothes and women who forget to wear clothes and start a war for victory...", looking at the stunned friends. The ideas in Jeff's mind became more and more complete, as if a hand was manipulating him, giving him a terrifyingly complete idea. He walked around, waving his arms as he walked, and said, "We don't need any plot, or just a brief plot, so we don't need a scriptwriter."
"There is nothing fantasy or science fiction in the content, and the location is simpler. Our bedroom, garage, stable or other places can be used, which saves us money."
"Actors... I believe that those skilled women are willing to cooperate with our performances, because this can also increase their own attendance rate. It only takes a small amount of money to make them work hard to perform for us for at least forty minutes."
"In addition to the above, we also need a camera and some recording equipment, which will not cost more than a thousand yuan! Guys, who wants to work with me?"
In fact, everyone was still a little interested before Jeff said the last sentence, but when he said the words "Fuck him", everyone shut up. One thousand yuan is not a small amount of money, and they are not sure whether this can make the business good again. Based on the current profit, each person needs to invest at least two hundred yuan. They have worked in vain for the past two months, and the business is getting worse and worse, and they may go bankrupt as a result.
The theater also requires funds to maintain, especially buying or renting some tapes requires a lot of money. If everyone is doing business together, maybe they can grit their teeth and consider trying it out. But if they follow Jeff, it feels like they are paying for Jeff to start the business, not to mention being his employee. Maybe Jeff himself is not aware of it. Up to this point, but it’s as disgusting as it gets. If I have money for you to start a business, don’t you know how to start your own business
In the end, the party broke up unhappily, and Jeff calmed down from the excitement. He realized that some things had begun to change after they both had a little financial foundation, and they would never feel the same again. The next day he went to the bank, took out a mortgage on his house, and returned to the house that belonged to the bank with 2,200 yuan. Looking at the house that might soon no longer belong to him, Jeff forced I mustered up the courage.
The next day, he entrusted the playroom to his grandfather, and then ran out alone to purchase all the necessary products for photography and video, and spent 1,700 yuan on this. This was much more expensive than he thought. What was more troublesome was that those skilled women were not interested in putting themselves in the tape for others to see. After some talk, Jeff hired one for one hundred and fifty dollars. A widow in this business is willing to show her face on tape.
But this widow had one request, that is, the content shot by Jeff could only be used by Jeff himself, and no one else was allowed to play it.
After everything was prepared, there was still a problem - there was no leading actor, so in the end Jeff had to go on stage by himself and starred in a drama about The Beast and the Beauty, which also encountered many filming accidents. For example, the little widow's fighting ability and desire to win are too strong, or the two of them stopped their troops halfway through the filming before remembering that they were filming, or Jeff could never find a better shooting angle. All in all, it took more than ten days to shoot this 40-minute film.
After the filming, Jeff treated the little widow to a meal. When the little widow was drunk, she shouted that she had suffered a loss.
On the weekend, it was the time when the theater had the largest audience in a week. Just when these people were about to buy tickets to enter, Jeff came up with his heart's plan, a plan full of ambitions. A single video costs 50 cents per viewing, and he also spent five bucks on a shoddy poster.
The first game was relatively bleak, but the number of people in the second and third games grew more and more, until in the end everyone who watched it kindly patted Jeff on the shoulder and told him that they didn’t want to see his fat ass again next time. When he saw that thing, Jeff knew he had succeeded.
A set played non-stop from 9 am to 11 pm, a total of 20 times. Except for the first three shows, the income from each show was around 30 yuan. In just one day, he made a lot of money. Nearly five hundred dollars. Moreover, the next day those who heard that Jeff had something new here rushed over to watch it, and once again contributed more than four hundred yuan to Jeff. Within a week, Jeff had recovered his capital and still had some surplus, but his income also began to plummet.
People are always only interested in new things, and no one wants to see Jeff's fat ass and that organ containing super energy every day. But this did not dissuade Jeff from continuing to do it. Although he was not a business elite, he could still do the simplest arithmetic. Most of the 2,000 yuan spent on the first recording was used to purchase various equipment. The actual expenditure on tape alone was less than 400 yuan. This business can be done.
So he approached the little widow again, but unfortunately, the little widow did not agree because she was too busy now that her business was good. Those assholes directly requested her services after watching her videos, and no one else wanted her services. But at the same time, some skilled women also realized the benefits of working with Jeff, so the second video began to be recorded. This time he not only found a skilled woman, but also a skilled man, and a A director whose reputation is hard to live up to.
This also opened a grand chapter of Jeff's family tape empire.
For this reason, Jeff also registered a special shooting company. He no longer operates a studio and specializes in making various types of tapes for sale. What is incredible is that in the entire tape market, Jeff's tape company actually ranks fifth in market share!
(End of chapter)