When Zhang Yiming thought of being responsible for such a large investment project, he felt huge pressure.●⌒,

When the meeting ended, everyone left. He finally couldn't help but say to Zhong Yue, "I must have experience in this project with such a huge investment, and I'm afraid I can't do it."

"Don't worry."

Zhong Yue explained to him, "There is a mature system in the crew. You don't have to worry about how to spend this money. You are just responsible for supervising and help me watch where the money is spent. Just don't let people take advantage of loopholes."

"But..." Zhang Yiming was still a little unsupported.

Zhong Yue smiled and said, "Others know that you were sent to supervise me. Even if you don't do anything, just staying in the crew is a deterrent. Others are concerned about you and dare not do whatever they want."

When Zhang Yiming heard him say this, he felt a little relaxed and said, "Then I will do my best." As he said that, he asked again, "Is it really that expensive to make a movie?"

When he was watching movies, he used to watch promotional investments of 100 million yuan, especially Hollywood blockbusters, and the unit was even more US dollars. But that was just a number. When he was about to participate in the shooting of a movie, he realized how much money it was.

Zhong Yue explained, "Did you find out? This is about a project, but it is actually two movies. After all the shots are shot, I will cut them into two and release them separately. In this way, the average investment of each movie is only 70 to 80 million."

"This is OK?"

Zhang Yiming didn't know how to evaluate it, but suddenly remembered that in the past few years, some film companies forced a movie into two films to make money, in order to make money.

However, after thinking about it carefully, I feel that this arrangement is not unreasonable. If the audience has not watched the movie "background", it may be very confused, especially those who do not know the concept of infinite flow. If they cannot understand it, they may leave the stage halfway and affect their reputation.

The advantage of "background" movies being released first is that when watching the subsequent infinite streaming movie, it will have a strong sense of substitution. Of course, the premise is that the "background" movie should be exciting enough. If it is not filmed well, it will also affect the box office of the subsequent infinite streaming movies. Therefore, there are certain risks.

After Zhang Yiming figured out the pros and cons, he couldn't help asking, "Why not find a better director? Wen Wu is a new director. Can he control such a large investment?"

Wen Wu has only made two movies, and his debut work was successful, but the second one failed at the box office. Zhong Yue actually chose him. Zhang Yiming really didn't understand.

Zhong Yue was very patient with him and explained, "Wen Wu graduated from Nanka University. He worked hard in Hollywood for nearly ten years, but he did not get the opportunity to direct independently in the end. It does not mean that his level is not good. After returning to China, he quickly showed his talent. With a small-cost debut, he won a box office of 200 million."

"But, his second movie failed." Zhang Yiming said.

Zhong Yue said, "When people make mistakes, Wen Wu is good at suppressing styles and sharp narratives. When filming comedy, he seems a bit out of character. His second movie failed only because he made an urban comedy that he was not good at. As long as he returned to the style he was good at, he would definitely shine."

Only then did Zhang Yiming understand his intention to choose Wen Wu as the director. This script is the type that Wen Wu is good at.

"After the director has finalized it, he will form a script. Please help me watch and observe more people in the crew to see if there are any suitable talents. Then we will dig up others. We must form our own team." Zhong Yue arranged a task for him.

Zhao Jingmei's Chengying invested 50 million yuan in this movie. Although the director was appointed by Zhong Yue, almost all the members of the crew were Chengying's people. In this way, Zhao Jingmei's actual voice has exceeded that of him, the biggest investor, which is difficult for him to accept. It is imperative to form his own crew.

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After selecting the director, the main actor was finalized. The male lead was an artist under Chengying. As for the female lead, of course it was Zhou Ming.

Since it will be cut into two movies, there will be two male protagonists and two female protagonists. Another male protagonist and female protagonist, Zhong Yue and Zhao Jingmei proposed the candidates respectively. After discussing, they finally decided to let their respective candidates audition to see who is the most suitable.

What Zhao Jingmei proposed was of course the artists of Chengying. What Zhong Yue recommended was the actors he knew. At this time, he felt it was necessary to establish an agency. Otherwise, it would be a loss. The movie became popular, but the artists who made it famous were other companies.

In the film industry, actors are also an extremely important resource. It is naturally not easy to train actors with outstanding acting skills, but in many movies, there are vases that do not require any acting skills.

Just like this movie, the two heroines don’t need to have very advanced acting skills, and they don’t need Zhou Ming, but instead use a newcomer, it won’t have much impact on the box office. However, it is easy to make this newcomer famous. An idol with high popularity can create a lot of benefits for the company.

What's more, he spends so much money on advertising every year. With his own artist, he can save a lot of money by just endorsement fees. Through advertising, he can also increase the popularity of artists.

It's simply a killing of two goals.

After Zhong Yue had this idea, he began to plan. He personally called Zhou Ming and invited her to be the heroine of the movie.

Zhou Ming agreed immediately. In fact, when she was participating in the show, she received Zhong Yue’s invitation, so she freed up the schedule in advance.

After talking about the movie, Zhong Yue said in a joking tone, "I am going to build an agency and want to poach you here. How about it? Are you interested?"

Zhou Ming was silent for a while before asking, "Are you serious?"

"Of course it's serious." Zhong Yue said, "Don't worry, I will help you pay for your liquidated damages. I will settle the brokerage company behind you."

After saying this, only Zhou Ming's heavy breathing sound was heard on the other end of the phone.

After a while, Zhou Ming's voice came over, "I'm sorry, I can't..."

Zhong Yue closed his eyes and whispered, "I understand." Then he hung up the phone.

He threw the phone onto the table, turned the chair, and looked at the sky outside the glass wall with a gloomy expression.

Zhou Ming’s company is not very famous, with only a few artists. Except for Zhou Ming, the rest are all third-tier actors. Although the company is unknown, there is a big boss in the entertainment industry, an old man in his sixties standing behind it.

His hand that he placed on the armrest was clenched unconsciously.

Dingding Ding Ding...

The phone rang, and after more than a dozen times, he turned around and connected the phone.

"Listen to my explanation..." To be continued...
Chapter completed!