The Goddess Shines on America

A piece of news quickly spread across the country, starting from the "Los Angeles Times", reprinted by the "Washington Post" and "New York Times", and then reposted by many newspapers across the country. It took only three days. Even on the fourth day, the British "Times" and the Australian "Sydney Morning Herald" were dispatched one after another. Of course, various TV stations rushed to report.

In the mysterious murder case of Huron, a small town in California, three students from Lincoln High School in Los Angeles who disappeared in May have been dead for at least three months but their bodies have been well preserved. The main cause of death is as high as 80% of the blood loss, and the neck is torn The sex is not the trauma of the beast's bite, and there is a man with limited mobility and dementia living alone in the house where the crime occurred. There is more than one unsolved mystery among them, and it is really impossible not to attract people's attention.

There are many people who have a headache because of this. The Huron police force is limited, and it is impossible to conduct an in-depth investigation of the case. Considering that the deceased was from Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Police Department was naturally brought in. Furthermore, since this is a matter between the two cities after all, the mayors of Huron, Los Angeles, and the governor of California all paid close attention to the case. For a while, the small half of the west coast became lively.

Considering the deployment of police forces and the distance between the two places, the case was quickly assigned to the Los Angeles Police Department, and a special task force was set up for this purpose. As for the team leader, he was an agent sent by the FBI, leading about thirty police officers and eight police cars.

"Sergey, what do you mean to say that these three students disappeared after beating an Asian elementary school student?"

In the office, Inspector Marl tapped his fingers on the table.

"Yes, the kid had been beaten into a coma at that time, and was found by his sister on the corner of the street, and sent straight back to school. The police did not happen until after that, and then the principal of Lincoln High School found out that they couldn't find him anyway. Less than those three students."

Mar thought for a moment: "Who is that sister?"

"Alice Wang and her younger brother Oscar go to the same elementary school, one is in the fifth grade and the other is in the sixth grade."

Oh, it turned out to be just a primary school student.

Mal nodded clearly and said: "So, our case is actually a follow-up to that case. The fight case turned into a disappearance case and then turned into a murder case. I think you should have investigated a lot at that time. What did you gain?"

Sergey pondered for a moment and said: "At first, the police station only investigated according to the disappearance case. After blood was found in the gutter at the scene, it was indeed investigated according to the direction of the murder case. Paulin and I even escorted the Wang family's children to school. work. After all, no one can be sure, if there are serial killers, will the attention be placed on them by the way. "

Mal's eyes turned deeply, and there seemed to be a clue that could connect all the things together, but he couldn't grasp what the clue was. The two elementary school students are not the focus, but the focus is on investigating the lives of the three high school students. Maybe they offended someone who shouldn't be offended and aroused resentment from each other, which led to a series of disappearances and murders.

"In short, let's visit everyone first, and the two elementary school students will also take a look."

With that said, he got up and walked out of the office quickly, leaving Sergey alone there frowning and thinking.

"Albuquerque..."

Whispering, he followed closely and walked out.

When paper media across the country and even the world began to report a certain news, Alice was not idle at all. With her energy and the work efficiency of N streets that wiped out fifty Microsoft engineers, she really got busy. , there are too many things that can be done.

"The trip to the mainland can be done during the winter vacation. Toad mirrors and flared pants won't become popular so quickly, not to mention that we have a lot of preliminary work."

In her father's study, Alice was chattering about the business plan to Sophie.

"But it's the end of October after all, so our clothing brand has to register quickly. Ashley submitted seven ideas to me, but because her fundamental interest is in designing clothes, she also said, It doesn't matter if I make up another one for her. Mom, do you have any good suggestions?"

Sophie thought for a moment and said: "It doesn't matter what the brand name is. As long as the publicity is in place and the brand image is established, any name will become a classic. Apple is the best example. Other things are easy to talk about. There is only one thing, Weiwei, Are you sure that "Ghost Story" can get us enough money? Mom doesn't know much about movies, so don't lie to me."

"Let's put it this way, horror films are the genre most likely to achieve low-cost and high box office. Don't look at my planned investment is only 20,000 yuan. As long as the filming is good, the final box office has nothing to do with the cost!"

Sophie chuckled: "As the saying goes, the cost and the selling price are not directly related, right?"

Alice nodded.

Yes, although basic economics will tell everyone that the price fluctuates around the value, it is not absolute!

As long as the price I sell can be accepted by users, and users don't know the cost, or even if they know the cost, they can't do anything, isn't that what I like to sell at what price?

From the fluorine-filled refrigerators based on the unequal amount of information in the early days, which cost 30 cents and sold for 300 yuan, to the huge profits of glasses sales later, this is almost the same reason.

Don't look at the filming cost of this movie is only 20,000, as long as it is shot well, the box office will definitely break through the sky!

"In fact, compared to the cost of filming, the real big deal is still in publicity. Fortunately, this case just happened recently. Tsk tsk, putting the shooting location of a ghost film at the scene of a mysterious murder that has caused a sensation all over the country is even more effective than this." Better publicity? It's almost free!"

Sophie sighed lightly. Of course, she knew the latest murder case all too well. After all, those three victims beat up her youngest son before they disappeared!

"It's indeed a good publicity, but Weiwei, you are really brave enough."

She shook her head and smiled bitterly: "The scene of the murder, and the investigation is still unclear, and the corpse is so weird... Forget it, I can't control you, but do the crew agree? Just you Those college students looking for at UCLA?"

Alice snorted and said, "Of course they are eager to go there to film. Everyone is young in their twenties, and they are all interested in filming. Some of them are not adventurous. To be honest , I even feel that even if I don't say it, some of them will have such a proposal."

Sophie nodded. If it was about legal advice, she would definitely be able to give countless suggestions to her daughter endlessly, but in this kind of macro and wide-ranging entrepreneurial development, Alice is really far beyond her.

After thinking and thinking, I could only say in the end: "If that's the case, let's start with the publicity. After all, it doesn't take long for your film to be filmed, but it takes a long time for the box office to be released and the funds to be returned. If you really want to raise enough funds during the winter vacation, it is time to fully act now."

Alice finally nodded vigorously and said, "Of course!"

Alice's idea was not wrong. When the students of the film club learned that she was actually going to shoot a ghost movie in the house in Huron City where the murder occurred, everyone was overjoyed.

In the early morning, David Finch came to the classroom very early and carefully cleaned his beloved video camera. Although I don't know why, Alice happily handed over the position of assistant director to herself after hearing her name. Although he was only an assistant director, after thinking about it, David was of course very happy to accept it.

Looking at the watch, the time is just past 6:30. The big guys plan to gather at the school gate at 8:30, and then drive to Huron City. It will take about three hours by car. According to the information Alice got from the Los Angeles Police Department, all the evidence at the scene of the crime has been collected, otherwise they would not have the right to go in and shoot the film.

"It seems that this Alice is really capable. She was able to get inside information from the police station. Does she have relatives working there?"

David looked out the window. He was also a member of the film club, and the graduate student who was in charge of the heroine was walking towards the club building. It seemed that the climax of the assembly was coming soon.

With a slight smile, he wiped the lens more diligently.