Reborn in America: I Have an Equipment Slot

Chapter 127 What is a Wall Street Godfather?

After thinking for a moment, Irving realized that things were definitely not that simple.

After taking a deep breath, he continued to ask James, "Wait a minute, I remember that Crown Bar owner seems to be more than one person. Is there some kind of powerful force behind it?"

"certainly!"

James replied, "According to information my friend found out, the Bloods are behind that Crown Bar. You should know the Bloods; they've grown into the biggest force in Miami in just a few years."

I've heard that the Blood Gang has recently started bribing various government officials, and even some state legislators.

At the beginning of the year, they had already started developing some adult club businesses on-site, and now they have invested in many strip clubs in Miami, so no one dares to mess with them.

Judging from the current situation, the Blood Gang has likely already taken over the bar business.

If I'm not mistaken, your friends Hudson and Byrne likely got into a conflict with each other over bar business, which led to their tragic deaths.

James shared his guess, a look of astonishment on his face: "But I really didn't expect the Blood Gang to be so ruthless. To send assassins to kill someone just because of a business conflict—that's outrageous!"

James glanced at the news reports of Hudson and Burn's horrific condition and felt a chill run down his spine.

Although he had already experienced the Blood Gang's methods firsthand after being hunted down last time.

But he never expected that the other party would still dare to be so arrogant.

In that instant, James made a silent vow that he would never do business with these gangs again.

To avoid losing your life over these business deals.

After listening to James recount the whole story, Irving finally hung up the phone.

After a moment's thought, Irving silently saved the message James had sent.

Although he had long known about the cruelty of America, seeing the fates of Hudson and Bourne still struck him deeply.

Irving became wary again.

To ensure absolute safety, one must either have sufficient wealth or enter politics and wield enough power.

As an Asian, the path to politics is too difficult. Therefore, I must seize the time and accumulate enough wealth!

A sense of urgency rose in Irving's heart.

Filming is progressing quickly. Since joining the crew, Irving has had only three things to do each day: acting, eating, and...

He slept very regularly, and his days were very structured; in fact, Irving even gained some weight.

Three months have passed in the blink of an eye.

To Irving's surprise, the movie "The Godfather: Chinatown," in which he starred, was a huge success after its release!

It grossed nearly $30 million at the box office on its opening day, trended on social media across the United States a day after its premiere, and even received rare praise from many film critics.

Although it is known that many of the trending topics and film critics were bought with real money by Walt.

But Irving still felt a bit unreal.

What surprised Irving even more was that a clip of him playing the Chinatown godfather in the movie was edited and uploaded to a video platform.

After being featured on video platforms, it instantly became a hit.

Many short video bloggers found it interesting and began to imitate it.

As a result, Kyrie Irving's social media followers began to skyrocket, gaining nearly two million followers in just two days.

This made Irving feel flattered, and he couldn't help but think to himself, "It really is true that a small fire depends on praise, but a big fire depends on fate."

Irving never imagined that one day he would become this popular in America.

Seeing his rapidly growing number of followers on the video platform, Irving suddenly wondered why he even needed to run a pawnshop. If he wanted to make money, he could just post videos of himself dancing or his daily life and become an internet celebrity, making money while lying down.

As the movie became more and more popular, Walter was overjoyed.

At Irving's suggestion, he spent a lot of money to recruit a group of editing bloggers and began to continuously edit some of the highlights of the movie and put them on video platforms for dissemination.

Soon, as its reach grew and the quality of the work was solid, the film's box office revenue did not decline but rose within days of its release, quickly surpassing one hundred million US dollars!

Many people who haven't had a chance to see the movie yet already know some of its classic scenes, especially Irving's impromptu cat-petting scene, which left a very deep impression.

Many people who originally had no intention of watching "The Godfather: Chinatown" went to the cinema because of the exciting clips circulating on video platforms.

In just a few days, Kyrie Irving's social media followers jumped from two million to three million thanks to these short videos, which shocked many established actors and directors.

This sudden surge in popularity also made Irving realize that although he is currently in America, and the Earth is still the same Earth, it is like a parallel world. Some classic works have not appeared for various reasons, and some variety shows are extremely boring!

If you want to make money, you can definitely do so by producing your own variety shows or making movies.

As for pawnshops, they can just be used as a channel for collecting special equipment!

Irving thought about it more and more and felt that this was a good idea. His eyes lit up and he drove to Walter Jr. to discuss his opinion.

at the same time.

In an apartment on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York.

At a celebration party, the head of Lehman Pictures was sitting on a sofa, leisurely swirling a glass of red wine.

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Although Lehman Pictures' stock has recently declined due to short-selling hedge funds, he firmly believes that the situation will definitely reverse once the new movie is released.

Buzz—

He felt his phone vibrate twice suddenly, took it out and glanced at it. The next second, it turned bright red.

The wine glass in his hand was smashed to the ground with a loud "smash".

Glass shards flew everywhere in an instant, scattering all over the ground!

"Fk you!! Those damn hicks!!"

"Boss, what's wrong?" The subordinate next to him asked, somewhat puzzled.

The head of Lehman Pictures looked ashen-faced as he stared at the message on his phone.

Director Hadmond: I'm sorry, due to the influence of similar films, the new film's opening day box office performance was far below expectations, less than one million dollars.

Lehman looked at the message, his face turning ashen.

In the past, if a new movie's box office performance fell short of expectations and resulted in financial losses, that would have been one thing.

But now is the time when Lehman Pictures' stock is facing a crisis. If the new movies perform poorly and the company's performance is weak, it will definitely benefit the hedge funds that are shorting the stock, and the stock price will definitely be driven down by them!

He would have no way to explain this to the board of directors.

Thinking of this, Lehman's eyes widened in fury, but he quickly calmed down and asked director Hadmond: So what should we do now?

Director Hadmond: The quality of my films is fine; it's just that the market's attention was completely drawn to "The Godfather: Wall Street"... I think you should be able to resolve this.

Upon seeing the message, Lehman suppressed his anger, put away his phone, and immediately instructed his assistant to convene the company's management team to discuss countermeasures.