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the type of shots available to the customers, however, were new.
Galindo and his staff experimented with their own methods of
making photography sales profitable. Some ideas were not
successful and some ideas, such as group shots, were successful
and became part of MTNV’s operation.
Climent moved to Florida in the fall of 1983 and stayed
until the end of January 1984. Segui, Santandreu, and
P. Montaner also came to the United States to assist with the
opening of the Florida castle. After the Florida opening, the
Spanish investors returned to Spain. Some of the investors
visited the United States occasionally after their return to
Spain.
B. California--Personnel and Pre-1986 Corporate Structure
In the spring of 1985, the Spanish investors discussed the
possibility of expanding to California. In June 1985, Bellows
and Kudlacz went to Southern California and met with Wesley
Taylor (Taylor), a commercial real estate broker. Taylor had a
listing on property that had formerly belonged to a company
called the Kingdom of the Dancing Stallions (KDS) in Buena Park,
California. In the fall of 1985, A. Gelabert met with Taylor to
discuss the KDS property.
Initially, Kahne and J. Montaner advised against expanding
to California due to several factors, including the cost of a new
castle. Santandreu and Segui, however, concluded that the cost
would be reduced by altering the existing building on the KDS
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