Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 309, the end of the summer season, The Bourne Supremacy, Phantom Fighter (asking for monthly tickets)

On September 1, 1970, Zhao Jingrou, Zhao Juntao, Zhao Jinshi and other children all went to school.

Starting from this semester, they will not be as free, and certainly not be able to play happily every day.

If you want to play, you can use points to redeem them. Only if you have more than 95 points can you redeem one day of basic vacation. For every point above that, you will get one more day.

As for how many days they can exchange, it all depends on them.

At first, Lin Wan felt that such a system was a bit too cruel for the children.

But Zhao Mancang firmly believes that this will never happen. In any case, children’s childhood will definitely not lack happiness, but they will lack hard work.

It doesn’t matter. Zhao Mancang will definitely ensure that their performance improves steadily and won’t let them fall behind.

In fact, it may not be long before they will take the initiative to propose adding more subjects.

After all, a summer vacation is only about 60 days long. If they want more vacation time, they must take more subjects.

And now, the holidays on Saturdays and Sundays have been requisitioned, so they have lost a lot of holidays.

Just when Zhao Mancang was focusing more on his home life, the summer vacation season had already ended at Sam's Club.

"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" has undoubtedly surpassed the previous record and topped the box office rankings in film history, and its current box office has reached 1.276 billion US dollars.

With box office revenue at this level, it's unlikely to continue rising.

Because many people have watched it more than five or six times, and some have even watched it at least ten or twenty times.

As of now, the single-day box office of "The Lord of the Rings" has fallen below one million US dollars, and it is not far from being withdrawn from the theaters.

The crazy summer season has passed. The biggest winner is undoubtedly "The Lord of the Rings", followed by Universal Pictures, then MGM and 20th Century Fox, while other film companies have basically become cannon fodder.

The four giant film companies including Paramount almost monopolized 99% of the box office during the entire summer season, and the cinema giants allocated all the good schedules and screenings to the four giants including Paramount.

As a result, other film companies such as Warner Bros. had no way of getting high box office returns.

Because they are reluctant to invest in big movies and do not have good scripts, they are in such a vicious cycle that they may not be far from bankruptcy.

Small film companies may still have a chance of survival in September and other off-seasons, but film giants like Paramount are not just sitting there to do nothing.

They certainly won't miss out on these off-seasons.

For example, in September, 20th Century Fox released a kung fu film, and it was a movie with a cameo appearance by Bruce Lee.

Bruce Lee is now a representative figure of kung fu movies, and the movies in which he makes a cameo appearance are still very attractive.

Kung Fu movies are not just about simple plots; they must be innovative. The hard-fisted and vigorous fighting scenes are what make the audience's blood boil.

For example, an ordinary teenager who participates in an underground boxing match still has a way to counterattack.

In late September, MGM released "The Bourne Supremacy". The investment in this movie was not small, a full 20 million US dollars, but it could only be released in the off-season such as September.

But even in the off-season, MGM still spent $15 million on publicity and promotion to promote "The Bourne Supremacy".

Almost no one expected that "The Bourne Supremacy" would be a blockbuster work.

From the first day of its release, it has been on the road to a comeback.

The box office exceeded 100 million US dollars in the first three days of the first weekend, and again reached 170 million US dollars in the second week. By Wednesday of the third week, less than half a month after its release, it had successfully exceeded 300 million US dollars.

Such box office results are comparable to those of the popular summer movies.

Even in the off-season, it is the protagonist, and its box office performance has soared, just like the movie itself, it has always been a counterattack.

Competitors such as Warner Bros. Pictures were all unable to remain calm, because such results were truly unbelievable, but this was the fact.

What can we do?

There is nothing I can do but watch others become awesome.

Wall Street financial giants have also seen clearly that it is impossible to break into the cultural and entertainment industry without hard power.

Even if it is possible to acquire a film company through capital, so what?

Mud can't hold up the wall!
United Artists also released a film in October with an investment of 30 million US dollars, and also spent 20 million US dollars on publicity and promotion. It can be said that the publicity about this film was almost overwhelming, but the box office has not yet exceeded 20 million US dollars.

A total flop!
The box office rankings have already explained the problem to a certain extent. If the movie is not good, then no matter how much publicity is done, it will be a waste of money.

Many people are accustomed to looking at the box office rankings and using these rankings to decide whether or not to watch a movie.

Columbia Pictures also made a movie with an investment of 25 million US dollars. After being released for a week, the box office only made more than 10 million US dollars, which was a huge loss.

Because the publicity and promotion costs alone are already 12 million US dollars, the total cost exceeds 37 million US dollars. It needs at least 70 million US dollars in box office to barely break even.

There is no need to ask about the result now. By the time the movie is released, the box office can exceed 20 million, which is already very impressive.

As for the rest, don't think too much.

After the summer season ended, Sam's hot movie market also came to an end, but the high box office of the movie "The Bourne Supremacy" did make many people's eyes light up.

It’s just because the movie "The Bourne Supremacy" is a spy movie, the plot is very exciting, full of details, decisive killing, and the protagonist’s weakness is the child.

Compared to the exciting life of an agent, the protagonist still yearns for a life with a wife and children deep down in his heart, which makes many ordinary viewers like it very much.

The protagonist is a killing machine trained by a country at a cost of 50 million US dollars. However, such a powerful agent is tired of such an agent life and actually gives up when performing a simple mission.

Therefore, the high box office of "The Bourne Supremacy" was already destined.

"The Bourne Supremacy" is completely different from "Mission: Impossible". The former also has warm moments such as family and love, but the main theme of the latter is basically escape and pursuit.

In any case, with the "007" series, the "Mission: Impossible" series and the current "The Bourne Supremacy", these are all spy movies, and they also have different specific classifications. It is entirely possible to delve into the subject matter of spy movies.

Warner Bros., Columbia, United Artists and Disney are all ready to go, gathering talent and determined to develop a high-grossing spy movie.

The plot is highly imitated, the protagonist is directly hired with a high salary, and the fighting style is also highly imitated.

In short, as long as you are willing to spend money, nothing is impossible.

After learning about this, the four giants, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures and MGM, immediately launched a counterattack without any hesitation.

As long as Sony, Columbia and other film companies dare to release these movies, then Paramount and others will definitely use one of their movies to snipe the other party.

The film market is not big to begin with. During the popular summer season, the four Paramount studios have to fight for their lives. During the off-season, the four Paramount studios tacitly give way and each studio takes turns.

Now Sony Columbia and Warner Bros. want to come in, and they are bringing high-quality imitation movies, so we must snipe them even more harshly.

As December is approaching and the popular Christmas season is about to come, Paramount and the other four studios are ready to make more money in the last hot season of this year.

At this moment, Zhao Mancang received a call.

"Are you saying that you are all surrounded by local armed forces?"

The call was from Yu Qingchao, the captain of the Jiaolong Army's third squad. Zhao Mancang was surprised when he heard about it and asked:
"How many enemies are there? Are you running out of firepower?"

The fact that they called him actually meant that Yu Qingchao and the others couldn't handle it anymore.

However, Zhao Mancang still wanted to ask clearly before deciding whether to go to Africa, or let other teams of the Dragon Army go for support, or send the Black Cross.

"Leader Zhao, the problem now is that the enemy's firepower is very strong. We estimate that there are at least tens of thousands of enemies. We are now in a large copper mining area. Here..."

Yu Qingchao was still explaining on the other end of the phone, his tone very anxious.

Near the Congo River in Africa, there is a "big country" with a large population and rich resources. Not only are there abundant forest resources, but there are also countless mineral resources.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has more than twenty kinds of non-ferrous metals, among which copper, cobalt, zinc, diamonds, tantalum niobium, gold, tin, manganese, chromium and other resource reserves occupy an important position in the world.

The country's copper reserves are 75 million tons, accounting for 15% of the world's total, and its cobalt reserves are 4.5 million tons, accounting for 50% of the world's total.

This country is a gift from God, and we are chasing it and feeding it.

As a result, the country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been in chaos for many years due to these resource allocation issues. Their local government has been changing frequently, and coupled with the large local population, there is no shortage of people at all.

The most crucial point is that every year many desperate people come here to pan for gold. Some people achieve financial freedom in less than two years, and many more people die here quietly.

Therefore, chaos is the main theme of this country.

Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company also took a fancy to the rich natural resources here, and wanted to transport both timber and metal minerals back to the country.

But they never expected that they would still be attacked by local hostile forces.

After listening to this, Zhao Mancang realized that their situation was indeed extremely urgent, and he immediately said:

"Okay, hold on for ten hours. If others don't come to support you, I will come to support you."

"Okay, thank you, leader!" Yu Qingchao responded gratefully and then hung up the phone.

The other members of the third team are mostly new faces. The original members such as Ma Lifu and Li Shanyan have retired, and the original captain Tie Wanzhong retired early.

It is December 1970 now, not the early 1960s.

Even Yu Qingchao is already 34 years old this year, and he should probably retire in a year or two.

"Captain, what does the leader say?"

When team member Zhang Xiaobing saw Yu Qingchao hang up the phone, he immediately turned around and asked loudly.

"Keep an eye on it! The leader said we should hold out for another day, and he will definitely send someone to support us."

"One day? That's too long, Captain. Look at the people ahead. We're running low on ammunition. I don't know if we can hold on."

Tang Moqun also echoed, then pulled the trigger, and a person in front fell down.

Their Jiaolong Army is here to protect our Jiaolong Comprehensive Organization's overseas assets and everyone's safety, but in the current situation, they feel like they are running out of ammunition and food, but the enemy is still unwilling to let them go.

It is obvious that the local armed forces have suffered heavy casualties, at least thousands of casualties, but they are still unwilling to retreat. They are really like a dog-skin plaster.

So difficult!

Upon hearing this, Yu Qingchao immediately said:

"Don't think too much. Just guard it well. Even if you can't, you have to guard it. This is an order!"

While Yu Qingchao and his men were busy fighting, Zhao Mancang had already contacted the Black Cross Force.

He had just confirmed with the other two teams of the Jiaolong Army that one of their teams was in South America and the other was in the border area between Maple Leaf Country and Sam. It was not realistic for them to leave North America and go to Africa for support.

So Zhao Mancang could only ask the Black Cross for help.

After making the call, he found out that Lake Butler and the others were not in Africa, but had gone to Europe to carry out a mission. They were also unable to leave in a short time and go to provide support.

But right now Yu Qingchao and his team are in a very urgent situation.

The most important thing is that Yu Qingchao and his team have hundreds of employees from Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company behind them, and these employees are all citizens from Dongda.

So these people cannot afford to fail!
Zhao Mancang had no choice but to go there in person to provide support. He could form an army by himself and certainly could support Yu Qingchao and the others.

Originally, he wanted to stay in the capital, educate the little kids every day, go out as little as possible, and cultivate these children into talents.

But now he still has to leave the capital.

"Little Baozi, Little Taozi, you all behave well at home. If any of you don't behave well, haha, I'll make sure you're careful when I come back."

Xiao Taozi and the others all smiled happily and nodded.

After their father left, they all cheered and then immediately dispersed, each looking for their own toys to play with. As for their father's words, they had long forgotten them.

However, just as they were having fun and Zhang Dongyue's words fell on deaf ears, a voice sounded behind them:

"Is it fun?"

Zhao Jinshi, who was concentrating on fiddling with his chessboard, said it was fun without turning his head. Then he felt something was wrong. The voice was very familiar. Hey, it seemed like his father's voice.

Zhao Jinshi hurriedly turned around and saw his father's smiling face right in front of him. He was so scared that he stepped back repeatedly and his face turned pale.

At this time, Xiao Taozi and the others had already discovered that their father had made a surprise attack, and they all screamed.

"You guys are really amazing! Okay, okay, it seems my words are no longer effective. In that case, you all must copy the textbooks carefully. I will deduct one day from everyone's accumulated vacation time. This is the first warning. If you do it a second time, I will deduct your vacation time again."

hiss!
The little kids' eyes widened immediately. They kept saying it was unfair and they would never do it again and asked for forgiveness.

But it's no use. It's just a deduction of one day's vacation. This is a necessary punishment, otherwise they won't learn their lesson.

From September to now December, almost every one of these little kids has accumulated several days of vacation.

Children like Zhao Jingrou's academic performance is not terrible, it's just that they are not careful enough, not serious enough, and too playful.

Push them and they will return to normal immediately.

With a sudden surprise, the little kids suddenly felt comfortable.

This time, Zhao Mancang could finally go to the rescue with peace of mind.

In the base warehouse in the suburbs of Beijing, this warehouse has been locked for some time. Zhao Mancang is rarely seen using it, but whenever he uses it, it must be something big.

After entering the warehouse, Zhao Mancang closed the door and confirmed that he was the only one in the warehouse. Then he released the fighter jet in the system space.

In an instant, a futuristic and sci-fi fighter jet appeared.

A few minutes later, Zhao Mancang took off from the airport runway in the fighter jet and soon disappeared into the horizon.

The maximum flying speed of this plane is very fast. It is tens of thousands of kilometers away from Beijing to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa, but it only took Zhao Mancang a few hours.

When arriving over the Kimbandaka mine in Congo, Zhao Mancang called Yu Qingchao and asked him to confirm the enemy and our positions.

"Leader, have you arrived yet? We are at the south latitude and west longitude."

"Okay, pay attention, I'll clear the obstacles for you right away!"

After determining the positions of Yu Qingchao and his team as well as the enemy's, Zhao Mancang immediately locked them with radar and pressed the bomb button.

Aerial bombs are the best solution, but the enemy's armed forces are still quite scattered, so it will take some time to quickly lock onto the area and clear it out.

Zhao Mancang piloted a fighter jet, slowed down, circled overhead, and quickly circled the area, dropping three aerial bombs.

After the loud bang, the enemy armed forces suddenly fell into chaos.

Just when Zhao Mancang thought that the matter was over, a warning popped up on the dashboard in front of him, saying that his fighter jet had been locked by radar.

"Missile radar?"

After seeing the prompt, Zhao Mancang's eyes widened in disbelief. "Oh my god, are these really the Congolese armed forces? Are these black people already capable of flying fighter jets?"

Almost instantly, Zhao Mancang realized that this was definitely not a simple local armed conflict, but a pure reshuffle of interests.

Grass!
Cursing inwardly, Zhao Mancang quickly increased his altitude and left the battlefield first.

At the same time, he did not forget to throw a parachute when passing over Yu Qingchao and others' heads. It was because the speed was not fast at that time, otherwise, Zhao Mancang would not have thrown the parachute at all.

There was a large package hanging under the parachute, which contained a lot of weapons and ammunition. These were the support that Zhao Mancang gave to Yu Qingchao and others.

"Captain Ma, I've delivered a package parachute to you. Once you get it, don't fight back. Instead, immediately go find more weapons and equipment. I suspect you might be facing a formidable enemy this time."

Zhao Mancang said to Yu Qingchao with a serious expression via satellite phone:
"Listen carefully, Captain Ma. I've been locked onto by missile radar, so I can't take care of you for the time being. But you don't need to worry about me. My fighter jet is the fastest in the world. You don't have to worry about my piloting skills. Just take care of yourselves. I'll be back as soon as possible. That's all."

After the notification was completed, Zhao Mancang took the initiative to hang up the phone.

He also increased his speed at the first moment. The enemy fighter did not launch the missile at the first moment, and he didn't know what it was thinking, but Zhao Mancang would not let the other party hit him, so he hurried away first.

The position in front of the enemy fighter plane is the target. Zhao Mancang must first determine the enemy's position before he can have a good fight with it.

Above the blue sky, Zhao Mancang had already flown his fighter jet to an altitude of more than 8,000 meters, and he had clearly captured the position of the enemy fighter jet.

"Good boy, you really think highly of me. Send three fighter jets to intercept me?"

After seeing this scene, Zhao Mancang suddenly laughed out of anger.

There are three enemy fighter planes in total, lined up in a row, looking very aggressive!
These three fighters are actually all F4 Phantom fighters, a twin-seat, twin-engine supersonic air defense fighter manufactured by SAM. It is a typical representative of the second-generation aircraft and is as famous as the MiG-21.

The 1960s was a time when the two giants, Sam and Moscow, worked together to compete in black technology.

The emergence of the Phantom fighter is just the tip of the iceberg.

After seeing the Phantom fighter equipped with Vulcan multi-barreled machine guns, air-to-air missiles and other weapons and equipment, Zhao Mancang was really furious.

Three to one, no matter how you look at it, the advantage is on the enemy side.

At this time, the Phantom fighter pilot Thomson was already laughing:

"This bastard is truly fearless. He actually dared to single-handedly meddle in the affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He's simply courting death. Everyone, let's send him to see God."

The other two Phantom fighter pilots also echoed on the radio channel. They laughed arrogantly and seemed to have already won.

Three missiles were aimed at Zhao Mancang's fighter jet and rushed towards him at high speed.

(End of this chapter)