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Chapter 5 In the Name of the Father

"What..." Ye Haogen was stunned, "What are you talking about?"

Ye Wei put the bag of information on the desk, took out one of them, and called it to him, "Look at it, renting Steinicon for $1,500 for a day! How ridiculous! Dad, I already have definite evidence that this is a fake account, but the real amount is $600."

At this moment, he explained the process of tracing clearly.

Ye Haogen changed his face when he heard this. He held the expenditure form and his voice was a little hoarse: "Are you serious?"

"I'm not kidding like this." Ye Wei took out several documents, "It's not just that fake account. There are too many problems in the entire production process. Going to Florida for outdoor scenes? Just to shoot a few honeymoon scenes?! Stop talking about it, Malibu, Long Beach, Santa Monica is not OK? Who can tell if the beach is in Florida!? We are independent movies, not documentaries!"

Ye Haogen's face became increasingly ugly. He was not a fool, nor did he really have no understanding of film production. In fact, he had always been confused about the outdoor scene this time, just because he believed in Kevin Thomas' professionalism...

"There are too many problems." Ye Wei sighed, "I don't know how much money we have been wasted."

"How did you know?" Ye Haogen couldn't understand how his son could see such a professional financial mistake, and he also carefully found out the truth.

"Do you really think I'm a fool and prodigal?" Ye Wei shrugged, not wanting to get into trouble on this issue, and he couldn't explain it clearly. "I'm your son. If you don't believe me, you have to believe in your DNA. Besides, as long as you go to EBAY for a walk, you will know that Stenikon doesn't have to rent it so expensive!"

Ye Haogen smiled bitterly on his face and took a few steps, "Maybe... Maybe it's just an accident? What's the reason for Kevin?"

"Dad, you're so nice, but this is a sinister world." Ye Wei took out his cell phone and said, "You'll know if you listen to this."

He turned the volume of his phone to the maximum and played a recording: "Hey, Ye!... Kevin, where is the information?... There is a yacht party on Santa Monica Beach tomorrow night, and there will be many models participating... I must not tell you dad, I cannot tell anyone..."

After listening to this clear recording, Ye Haogen suddenly became angry, his eyes as if he was about to kill someone, and he yelled and scolded: "How dare he be!! You are just a 15-year-old child, how dare he be...!!"

"Calm down, calm down!" Ye Wei hurriedly comforted, afraid that something would happen to his father if he was too excited. "Aren't I still there? Dad, calm down!"

Ye Haogen really couldn't calm down. These truths were thunder strikes. He exhaled his breath and walked to the chair behind the desk with a little pain. Ye Wei was so scared that he handed a glass of water and continued to comfort him: "Now we know, it's not too late to do remedies, calm down."

"Well..." Ye Haogen drank a sip of clear water, his face full of self-deprecating, disappointed and frustrated, and said with a wry smile: "I'm such a fool, look at what I've done! Give that bastard 1.8 million to the bastard... How stupid I should be! Damn!"

Ye Wei didn't say anything, just pinched his father's shoulder and silently gave him his support.

After a long time, Ye Haogen slowly calmed down, sighed and asked, "Do you think it's possible that the box office of "The Wedding Time is Coming" will be better?"

Ye Wei knew that he could no longer give his father any more fantasies, so he said seriously: "Ask yourself your reason, what is its quality? In my opinion, it is just a big bad movie."

Ye Haogen is still a little unacceptable. When the whole family watched the final version of the DVD together a few days ago, they said that the filming was not very good, but the evaluation of "bad movies"...

"It's not that bad, right?" He covered his forehead, his smile as bitter as if he was about to smell. "I know with its quality, it won't be a box office bomb, but as long as it can get three million, that... is not a very high number..."

"No!" Ye Wei shook his head resolutely: "For "The Wedding Time is Coming", that's a very high number! The film industry is very complicated, but to put it bluntly, in one sentence: Winners take all, losers have nothing! If we don't earn enough 30,000 yuan in those three theaters in the first week, our theater distribution will end, there is no profit in it, we don't, and there is no theater. This movie will definitely lose."

Ye Haogen could not refute it, so he picked up a "Vanity Fair" movie magazine on the table. The stars on the red carpet on the cover were incredible. He held the magazine with some anxiety, as if he wanted to hold the flying dream tightly...

"Dad, I hope you understand that losing money is very, very normal for investing in independent movies, and not losing money is the exception. This is not something to be ashamed of. In any case, we should all accept it calmly, at least we really got a movie."

Ye Wei said in a relaxed tone and continued: "But we can't sit still and watch anymore. Leave it to Kevin Thomas to operate, everything will just mess up. Dad, wait until you feel at peace, and then we will talk about the next step."

"VIY..." Ye Haogen looked up at him, and finally felt a little relieved in his smile, "What's wrong with you? Unbelievable! Where did that bad guy go?"

"Oh! Old guy, pay attention to your words, be careful, I'm standing here." Ye Wei made a few exaggerated faces and laughed: "Everyone will grow up, I just feel that it's time for me to grow up."

"You made Dad very pleased." Ye Haogen nodded and patted his palm, "I'm fine, I can bear this, let's talk about your next step?"

"It is certain to lose money, but it is not certain to lose money. We can get back as much as we can..."

Ye Wei had a demonic ferocity in his eyes, but his faint words made people shudder: "First, get rid of that bitch Kevin Thomas..."

He said his plan in detail. The more Ye Haogen listened, the more shocked he became. He was so comprehensive, professional and ruthless that he thought of? What should people say? He actually felt like he couldn't see through his son...

...

Kevin Thomas is in a good mood. Speaking of which, he has been living a very comfortable life in the past year. Thanks to the big fish that dreams of movies, this is why he loves movies!

I really look forward to the yacht party tonight. With that little prodigal son, he doesn't even have to pay for the money to pick up girls by himself. If it goes well, he will fall asleep with a hot girl tonight. I feel excited to think about it.

As for the release of "The Marriage is Coming"? Don't be stupid, the party has no relationship with the release of half a letter.

It is very troublesome to do distribution and publicity, so he won’t waste his energy. Anyway, the film has been shot so badly and has no value. After completing this self-paid distribution that allows investors to “Wow, my movie is released”, the project will be thrown into the trash can.

The most important thing is to find the next big fish. Although the film’s loss will cause some damage to its producer’s reputation, fortunately, there is never a shortage of fools in the world, especially those dream-chasing fools who think they are lucky and the fool’s sons, haha!

One morning, Kevin Thomas was wandering on the beach in Santa Monica, looking at the beautiful tourists around him, thinking about the party tonight...

When he had lunch and had not yet left the seaside restaurant, his cell phone rang, and it was Ye Haogen's call.

"What do you want to talk about again?" He muttered and pressed the call, with a look of boredom on his face, but his tone was very enthusiastic: "Hi, Haogen, good afternoon."

"Kevin, come here immediately, we have to solve some problems." Ye Haogen's voice was very cold, obviously suppressing anger.

Kevin Thomas was a little puzzled. Could it be that the incident of inviting a young prodigal son to the party was exposed? He was not afraid of anything, and it was exposed. It can be said that it was just a joke, or because he was "too fond of" Ye Wei.

Not wanting to affect his mood, he shirked: "I'm going to do some distribution business, so just say anything on the phone."

"No matter what you have, come to the company right away." Ye Haogen's words were very tough.

"Okay, I'll go there now." Kevin Thomas had no choice but to agree, get up and check out and leave. The big fish is still valuable and cannot be decoupled.

Along the way, he kept muttering and cursing: "It's so many things, a family of idiots, FUCK..."

When he came to the office building slowly and then to Weiduo Image Office, things seemed to be a little different from what he thought. Four of them sat on the sofa, Ye Haogen, Gu Qiao, Ye Wei, and a middle-aged man in suit and ties, I don’t know who it was...

The three Ye family members looked very bad, as if they regarded him as their enemy.

"Everyone..." Kevin Thomas couldn't help but wonder, and walked up and asked, "What's wrong?"

The person he unexpectedly stood up the most, not Ye Haogen or Gu Qiao, but Ye Wei. The boy smiled and said, "I'll tell you what's wrong."

Ye Wei took out his cell phone and started playing a recording...

It’s really because of this! Listening to his conversation with Ye Wei yesterday, Kevin Thomas’s face changed, pretending to be a little embarrassed, but in fact he was shocked and resentful. When did the little fool record the sound and play him with a prank?! I really want to kill this little head lice!

When the recording was finished, he pretended to be a wry smile and said, "Hogen, Joe, I'm sorry, I'm so pampered. You know, what the teenagers think about. When I saw him want to go, I felt soft-hearted and wanted to take him with me. It was a serious social party, and I would take care of him, nothing would happen."

He thought this explanation was very good, but not only did Ye Haogen and Gu Qiao's eyes not only did not become gentle, but also became more sharp, and they wanted to kill him.

"Enough." Ye Wei didn't want to watch Kevin Thomas' sloppy and disgusting performance again. "This recording only proves what kind of person you are. Do you think it's just like this today? Rent Stenikan for $1,500 for a day. What is that, is the superhero mecha??"

He suddenly roared, raised a document in his hand, and then took out a proof of the lease contract issued by Aide Photography Equipment Company, and his words were stable: "Unfortunately, the fake accounts you made were exposed, and the fact that you were a liar was also exposed. Do you need my prompt, Kevin Thomas, you are finished."

"What...what..." Kevin Thomas looked at the two documents stupidly, and he was still unable to figure out the situation for a while. Stenikon? Fake accounts?

Suddenly, some memories came to his mind, and he remembered it, his face turned pale and he burst into cold sweat...
Chapter completed!
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