Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

Chapter 294

Alfonso has never doubted Meyer's ability. The reason why he was a little doubtful at first was because he was too young and did not have as much life experience as he did in 1920, so he could not reach his level. However, after the conversation and his imagination at that time, Alfonso was completely relieved from then on. Alfonso completely let him go and let him plan his Spanish film career. What he can wait for is Spain. The coming of Oscar era.

I originally thought that it would take at least a few years to see the beginning, but I didn't expect that I still underestimated the opponent's ability and progress. Now Barcelona has begun to take shape in the film industry.

"Your Majesty's words make me feel a little flattered. This is an opportunity for me. I feel that the most important thing for me now is to seize the opportunity and develop the career of my dreams. Your Majesty, you can make this dream come true for me." A distinguished person. Therefore, the issue of credit or not is secondary in my opinion." Meyer's cautious and serious expression showed how sincere he was when he said these words.

"Your words are very doubtful for some purpose. However, after my judgment, I seem to have realized that your ideas and your development purposes are not harmful to my interests. Therefore, I I will continue to support you, and at the same time, I hope you will not betray the trust that Spain and I have placed in you."

"Definitely not," Meyer said firmly.

Alfonso waved his hand and said with a smile: "I hope you can lead your team to appear in more Spanish movies. Especially inspirational movies, and there will be more positive images of Spain in them, whether it is people or people. Or things, etc. By the way, promote Spain’s culture and economy.”

"This" Meyer was a little hesitant and did not agree immediately.

"What, are there any difficulties?" Seeing the embarrassment on his face, Alfonso asked pretending not to care even though he was a little unhappy.

Meyer was waiting for such a sentence, so after answering, he told the reason for the difficulty in his heart. After speaking, he looked at Alfonso expectantly.

See his eyes. Now it was Alfonso's turn. Meyer's wry smile just now appeared on his face.

Seriously. This is still his fault. Spain has been throwing money everywhere in the past few years. The islands that the whole world does not pay much attention to are all sold by Alfonso, and patrol stations are everywhere in Antarctica in order to achieve the idea of ​​occupying Antarctica. He gave the order firmly. So even though the navy there is not the most advanced in the world. They even said they were preparing to retire, but their transfer to Antarctica still caused shortages in other places, and the shortages naturally needed to be made up. So there was another huge sum of money spent on building and purchasing the navy. In addition, Spain's two Pacific Golden Snake and Cobra military exercises were paid in full by Spain, plus the construction of the World Women's Association headquarters building and a series of other things, whether it is military affairs or people's livelihood, this has added a lot to the Spanish Ministry of Finance. As a result, the money originally planned for Barcelona to specialize in film production was reduced. Although it did not stop, it also suspended many expansions, including Alfonso's request to promote foreign cooperation. , especially the market occupation of the United States, Britain, the German Empire, France, Italy and other European and American countries. The progress was good at first, but now due to the shortage of funds, the situation is now stuck.

Meyer wanted to propose improvements some time ago, but because Alfonso was busy in the political battle with the French, his appearance at this time would definitely not be good, because even he knew that grabbing food from the tiger's mouth would be harmful. It is absolutely unacceptable to those in the military and diplomacy. He himself would not be so reckless as to offend others when he first arrived, so he has been delaying it until now.

He didn't know how to speak at first, but now that he finally told the "grievances" he had suffered for many days, he felt much happier. However, after seeing His Majesty's face, he could only secretly be happy. Yes, because no matter how you look at the change, it seems that you have passed on your troubles to His Majesty Yiyang.

Alfonso also began to realize that he, who seemed to be a jack-of-all-trades in the past, could not solve everything. Among them, the national financial problem made him feel helpless the most. He knew how to invest, but that was not the case. It takes time. Originally, Spain's liquidity was definitely very high compared to other countries in the world. Especially after the amount of money that I made from Russia [stuffed into the Spanish central bank] last time, it increased a lot. , but the number is still difficult to compare with the gap in the country's needs. After looking at the things that now seem to be only at cabbage prices and buying them with the eyes of future generations, the quantity is too much, and the idea of ​​long-term investment finally came to an end. To bad consequences.

The capital chain was broken, and the project that he originally thought was the core interest of the country was now in such a situation. Alfonso zoomed in a little more and looked at it. He found that maybe it was the movie, but other industries might also have this situation. There are all kinds of signs, which are very dangerous for him, but there is already a shortage of funds, but the government's ammunition is almost exhausted and people are dying. How could it be possible to help them. This situation made Alfonso think of the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States, where the government almost closed the door without paying wages. If Spain does not remedy it, then if it is not resolved within a reasonable range, then The bonds issued are likely to depreciate, and the government's credibility will be hit at that time.

This will even make it difficult to position military expenditures. The broad scope involved is really unimaginable. It will even affect all parts of the world, especially Europe, America and Asia, and even Spanish raw materials such as Africa will definitely suffer.

"Your Majesty, actually, I think we still have other ways." After hesitating for a while, Meyer said.

"Oh? What can you do?" Alfonso couldn't figure it out for a moment. The problem was mainly because it involved too many topics.

"I think what you just said can actually be achieved, but they shouldn't get our special care for free." When he said this, he glanced at Alfonso secretly and saw that he It was only when I was no longer angry that I felt relieved.

Although he knew that His Majesty Alfonso XIII was not like other European kings who were always quick to express their tempers and make his ministers live in fear, but he was not satisfied with what His Majesty just proposed to do. He would only do this if it was really difficult for him to do it, considering the contents of the other party's content, which was absolutely in a bad mood. Otherwise, only a fool would take such a high-risk thing.

"Can't we give them free care?" Alfonso repeated again with some doubts. Suddenly his eyes lit up, and then he started to look excitedly, looking at Meyer with a more aggressive appreciation. He is indeed the pioneer of commercial movies in the future world, and American commercial movies will take the next step under his guidance. It has stepped into the position of the world's commercial film empire. It is also under the leadership of this executive of MGM that Hollywood has truly become an affordable place for movies to be watched by millions of households around the world.

Although he is still much younger now, what makes Alfonso happy is that he still has sharp business acumen. So quickly I thought of a way to make money in movies with advertising placements besides charging a share of movie tickets. {As expected} He is the leader of commercial films in the world. He is really awesome.

"It's an interesting statement. I'm very interested in it now. Please tell me your thoughts carefully. I hope there's a good way to solve the problem." Although he thought of a series of things, he remained calm. Yes, if you want to give Meyer a chance to shine, it can be regarded as a reward for him.

Meyer didn't doubt him, and he didn't even think about doubting it, because he had fallen into his own inner world. Alfonso could tell from the expression on his face that turned red as soon as he spoke. He is definitely in a state of excitement now.

I secretly sighed, this guy seems to be a little younger than ten years later. If it were a few years later, he would definitely have a dead calm expression on his face now instead of such "full of flaws". But when he thought about his own experience, he couldn't help but shake his head secretly. Not everyone has decades of experience.

Meyer tried his best to suppress his excitement, and then he sorted out his thoughts and said in an organized manner: "I think that since we can help them promote their products, this is of course something we are happy to do. However, now we have encountered funding problems. difficulties, and they lack sufficient funds. If this is the case, then why can't we use some of our labor costs on them? After all, they are industrial giants in various industries in Spain and even the world, and they are even less stingy. to the funds needed to give us this survival rate.

As long as we all have a basis for cooperation and they give us enough commissions, then we will naturally do our best to serve them and give them what they want. And if they do well, then their products will naturally follow our movies into the world and become popular.

From this combination, we benefit and they benefit too. This is the only way to achieve long-term cooperation. And if such a combination can achieve the economic benefits needed by both parties, then other companies will do the same thing as ours, and the government's tax revenue will naturally increase accordingly. And we can become less dependent on government and become more self-reliant. In this way, the Spanish film world will have greater access to space. "

"Bah bang bang." Alfonso clapped his hands vigorously, and then said, "Very good, I think they will be willing to hear what you have to say, absolutely."

Thanks to Huanyue Wuchen for the reward. (To be continued.)^-^Book (0000)^-^