Daily life of an American TV drama agent

Of course, Ron just gave up on the idea of ​​kidnapping. Although he was short of money, he was not short of money yet.

However, considering that he now has six gold-swallowing behemoths, Ron's financial situation is really stretched. Even the original plan to package Max's small cake shop into a new cake chain chain is not enough.

"Sorry, Caroline, I thought I would have some money left, but now all my money has been taken away by those nerds, so the funds I can provide now are indeed limited."

In the Williamsburg kitchen, Ron hugged Caroline and said regretfully. Just a few minutes ago, Caroline had just told him a brilliant idea. She and Max designed a small cake T-shirt. I plan to find a factory to make a few more copies and sell them in boutiques on Hollywood Boulevard.

On the one hand, they can make a small profit from the sales of the T-shirts themselves; on the other hand, they can also advertise their small cake shop. It can be said to be a good way to kill two birds with one stone.

But unfortunately, as he said, all of Ron's money was taken away by Howard and the others for various scientific research projects, and not even a hair was left for him. It is not right to say that, to be precise, Howard and the others gave Ron a hair. Some pocket money.

Although it wasn't much, luckily Ron didn't have many places to spend money. He could have lunch at the IRS headquarters at work, Hannibal's cooking skills were pretty good, and occasionally he could have Chinese food with Guan Yuming, which made dinner even easier.

Ron hasn't spent much money on dinner since he moved to Los Angeles!

When picking up girls, he usually takes them to Bob Gump's Shrimp Restaurant, where he only needs to swipe her face. Other times, he just touches Sheldon's side and sends them away with a bad check.

"So, it seems that doing research and development is really a very expensive thing." Ron said sincerely.

Ron might have been able to be a low-key rich man, but this hope was shattered the day he got into trouble with Aideen. Unless he could uproot Aideen, he would have to keep fighting.

In order to deal with Aidion's endless supply of high-tech equipment, Ron could only passively start a technological competition. Fortunately, he also had a brother like Sheldon, a genius scientist, and a group of friends in Howard.

"Well, it seems that the only way is to let Max go to the bank for a loan, and not let the bank know about my partnership with Max. Otherwise, they will definitely not lend us money when they see the surname Qian Ning. .”

Caroline sighed in disappointment. She didn't blame Ron at all. Ron had helped them enough. Caroline wouldn't be like the little fairy in a certain country who wants everything but never knows. grateful.

"How many pieces of this T-shirt do you plan to make? How much will it cost?" Ron asked as he picked up a sample T-shirt designed by Caroline.

Although she didn't know what Ron planned to do, Caroline still answered honestly: "We plan to make two thousand pieces, so it will cost about ten thousand dollars. I plan to put them in the boutique on Hollywood Boulevard for ten dollars a piece. If the store sells it on consignment, after deducting the share with the store, it can make a net profit of about US$5,000."

It is very reasonable to put self-branded clothes on consignment in a boutique and take 50% of the money. In Caroline's eyes, this money may be considered a good income, but for Ron, it is not enough to fund the scientific research of the four scientists.

But an idea flashed through Ron's mind, and he came up with a bold idea: "Wait a minute, Ron voted for this project! But your current plan won't work. I have a better plan."

"That's great. Wait, Ron, don't you have any money?"

"Who said I have to spend money? Caroline, it seems you need to call Wharton Business School and get your tuition back." Ron said with a bad smile.

"What do you mean?" Caroline was a little angry when Ron laughed at her like this.

"Because your tuition is in vain. You know, the best business in the world is always to borrow other people's chickens and lay your own eggs. If Mr. Qian Ning were outside now, I think he would teach you the same way. .”

"Of course I know, that's what he did, so he went in. Do you want me to go in with him and reunite in prison?" The more Caroline said, the more unhappy she became. Judging from the posture, it seemed that if Ron didn't Give him a reasonable explanation and let him entertain his impulse tonight.

"Of course not. I'm not talking about the Madoff game, but another business model." Caroline crossed her arms and said nothing. Ron could only continue to explain:

"You know, I invested in a movie some time ago. I think this movie may have the potential to be a hit. So, do you think it would be better if the T-shirts worn by the actors in the movie were put on consignment in the cinema?"

"Believe me, if you have a contract with a movie and go to a foundry to produce more T-shirts, say 100,000 pieces, for the sake of such a big contract, they will definitely be happy to produce these cute T-shirts for you with zero deposit. T-shirt, of course, before that you need to design the T-shirt a little cooler, after all, this is a movie about pole dancers.”

Ron had just been reminded by Caroline that he thought, since Disney can make a lot of money selling peripherals, and sometimes even the revenue from selling peripherals is higher than the box office of the movie itself, then why can't he?

For a movie like "Magic Mike" that focuses on men selling meat, the main audience is female audiences and gay people. These two groups have always been the most impulsive in consumption.

The former is well known. As for the latter, just look at Ron's cousin "sister-in-law" Cameron (Mitchell's husband). Every time the Pritchett family gathers, Mitchell will complain to Ron about Cameron. I spent a lot of money to buy something useless.

"This...this seems to be really possible? At least it sounds like it will sell better than hanging it in a boutique. Oh my God, our T-shirts may even become the latest fashion items! Ron, you are really a genius!"

Caroline kissed Ron excitedly and immediately took off her waiter's coat and picked up her handbag: "Wait a minute, I'm going to talk to the factory now. Oh my God, Ron, we will make a lot of money." !”

Ron rolled his eyes helplessly. He was now more sure that Caroline was a parallel importer with her academic qualifications. He quickly grabbed Caroline who was in a hurry.

"No, you are wrong. First of all, the first thing you should do is to register the copyright of your little cake T-shirt, and then go to the manufacturer to negotiate. In this way, you may be able to make another profit by defending your rights later. Caroline, if you weren’t fishing every day in college, I would now seriously doubt the teaching level of Wharton School of Business.”