Entertainment: From the Octagon to the big screen

Chapter 161-Reba: I am not a prodigal! (Seeking for further reading)
"Is it inconvenient to take the things my parents brought for your parents?" Reba knelt on the mat to help Chen Yu pack his luggage, while tilting his head and glancing at the large and small packages at the door.

The eight boxes with simple and simple packaging were filled with various specialties and traditional Chinese medicines from New Province. Reba was a little worried about the security inspection issue. After all, many news had reported similar cases.

Chen Yu put the latest "Deadpool" comic he brought back from Prague onto the table, then slowly walked to the door and looked at the neatly stacked boxes one by one.

He thinks that you can just go through airmail with the plane tomorrow morning. If it gets stuck at US Customs after landing, you only need to pay a fee and they will help you load it into the car intact.

In fact, if the quantity and weight of traditional Chinese medicine are relatively small, the US Customs will not bother to pay attention, and it is impossible to waste time to let you "redeemed" the "prohibited goods".

After all, there are so many opportunities for U.S. customs to make extra money that they have no time to compete with traditional Chinese medicine and food.

Reba felt relieved when Chen Yu said this. When she went to Prague before, the Chinese medicine that Wang Zulan had brought with her because she had a bad gastrointestinal condition was ruthlessly confiscated by Czech customs.

Even if Wang Zulan came up with the formal pharmacological certificate that he had prepared long ago, it would not help.

The attitude of the Czech customs is very clear. You can buy it at a traditional Chinese medicine clinic in Prague, but you cannot bring medicinal materials into the Czech Republic through private channels.

The same prescription and the same dosage of traditional Chinese medicine costs less than fifteen dollars in Xiangjiang, but most traditional Chinese medicine clinics in Prague sell it for fifty-five dollars.

"Big profits!" Reba patted the T-shirt in the trolley case and muttered with angrily pouted lips.

But after turning around and packing up all the luggage, Reba immediately nuzzled up to Chen Yu's legs and presented a delicate note with beautiful handwriting on her back with a cute expression.

Above are the skin care products, cosmetics and bags she wanted Chen Yu to help buy, because they were all subject to "regional purchase restrictions" of major luxury brands.

For example, Chanel launched the exclusive "Desert" handbag for the "Coachella Music Festival", which consumers can only buy in Indio, California.

"Don't you plan to transfer the shopping funds to me at the same time, top star?" Chen Yu whistled to the small piece of paper in his hand and then squatted in front of Reba and asked.

When Reba heard this, she immediately trotted pitifully to Fang Ji to get her cell phone to show Chen Yu her income and expenditure records.

After March 20, Reba received a total of 4.17 million yuan (tax paid) from the final payment of "Spicy Transformation" plus the interim payment of "Beautiful Li Huizhen".

Reba directly transferred 3.7 million to the "family deposit" to make up for the 20 million she had borrowed before, and then paid almost 140,000 in property fees.

Today, this top female artist born in the 1990s only has more than 300,000 yuan in liquidity left.

Not to mention asking Reba to provide Chen Yu with shopping funds. Now Reba has to struggle mentally even to cheer for her.

Although more than 300,000 yuan is not a lot, as the producer of "Fire Like a Song", Reba sometimes needs to advance money to buy things for the crew.

And as long as she is on the set, she must be treated to three drinks and snacks in the morning, lunch and dinner.

Even though Starbucks secretly advertised and provided Reba with everything she needed at cost price, the "snacks" for the entire team of more than 200 people were not a small amount.

As for why Reba would rather pay for herself than take the money from the crew, the main reason is that she wants to establish a good image in the industry.

After all, this is the first time Comrade Reba has taken on the important role of "producer", and she worked hard to create a "personality" to facilitate the transition after getting married and having children.

"So do you need some support from me?" Chen Yu lay down with Reba's straight and slender legs on his pillow and looked up at the pretty beauty with bulging cheeks.

Reba leaned over and kissed the tip of Chen Yu's nose, then shook her head and said that he would just help advance the shopping expenses.

At this stage, Reba is mainly filling the "family funds" borrowed to invest in "One Song and Three Shengs".

The US$1.4 million and more than 40 million yuan she owed Chen Yu had to be queued further back.

"Right now, I still have nearly 8.3 million yuan in various types of remuneration that I haven't received yet. I estimate that I will be able to recover more than 3.1 million yuan in early April. Oh, it's so distressing."

Reba took out a small book and compared the numbers on her phone to calculate the numbers on it, then sighed with regret and pursed her lips.

Reba's personal studio will be officially listed in two days, and the final decoration fee of four million will have to be paid to "Gansler Architectural Design Company".

In addition, the studio's supporting equipment payment is nearly 2 million, which must be settled before mid-April.

So after all calculations, Reba still had to ask Chen Yu for help or use the funds in the "family savings".

"You are so cunning. You saved 3.7 million yuan just so you can spend 8 million yuan on your coat, right?" Chen Yu squeezed Reba's flat and tight belly.

Then Chen Yu thought about how to calculate the signing fee for Li Yitong, the first artist to join "Dilraba Studio".

Reba rolled her beautiful eyes. She had already helped Li Yitong squeeze out Wang Ou to win the second female lead in "Tiansheng Changge" through a series of resource replacement and other behind-the-scenes operations;
In addition, the female lead in "Crane Huating" and the female lead in "Begonia Jingyu Rouge Through" were originally in Reba's project and have completed the contract.

The "signing fee" prepared by Reba for Li Yitong is considered generous.

In addition, Xue Dan is working with Huace Film and Television to sign Li Yitong into "Chen Xi Yuan" to partner with Reba.

"Jiaxing also planned to let Li Yitong join the cast of "Fuyao" and "Building Dreams" in May next year, but I rejected them all!"

Reba narrowed her beautiful eyes, waved her fist vigorously, and muttered viciously that Zeng Jia's plan to lure her people into the Jiaxing gift bag was just a dream!
Reba didn't even ask Li Yitong to help her in "Three Lives Three Worlds: The Pillow Book" starring herself, which will be released on New Year's Day next year. Zeng Jia even licked her face and asked her to borrow someone.

Reba said that the angry couple's constant ups and downs made Chen Yu, who was resting on her legs, "a feast for the eyes."

Reba glanced at her boyfriend's squinting eyes, and then her arrogant erection made the "curve" more prominent.

"To this day, Jiaxing has not paid off the remuneration for "Pride and Prejudice" that I filmed in 2015! How could I possibly let Li Yitong follow in my footsteps!" In fact, Reba's total remuneration at that time was only over 2 million. RMB, if it weren't for the conversation about Zeng Jia borrowing Li Yitong, Reba wouldn't bother to mention it again.

But at that time, Jiaxing had good reasons for deducting Reba's salary of nearly 1.5 million.

Originally, there were several intimate and affectionate scenes in this movie, but directors Li Haishu and Huang Yanwei, who were wayward and refused to film the scenes, deleted them.

After all, Jia Xing, who was in a "gambling agreement", couldn't just remove Reba and replace her with the heroine, so Zeng Jia had no choice but to pinch her nose and let Reba "act big".

It wasn't until Reba and Chen Yu's relationship was officially announced that Zeng Jia realized why Reba had never accepted any film or television dramas with intimate and affectionate scenes.

"Would it be a bit [advanced] to invest RMB 60 million in "Detective Chinatown II"? This is my number one big project since the establishment of my studio."

Reba gently rubbed the tip of Chen Yu's nose with her soft and tender lips and said with a hint of hesitation.

After all, the current total budget of "Detective Chinatown II" is only 500 million. In the final analysis, Reba is purely worried about whether the box office performance of this sequel can still be strong.

Chen Yu gently patted Reba's "pear-shaped butt" to make her relax.

According to the analysis of Chen Yu's team, the box office of "Detective Chinatown II" will not fall below the 2.7 billion red line.

In other words, after excluding taxes, funds and theater chain commissions, there will still be at least more than 990 million in net box office revenue.

"The final account share converted based on your investment share should be 12%, so at worst you can get nearly 120 million yuan."

This is not Chen Yu's mental calculation but the minimum gross profit calculated by his team using a mathematical model.

If calculated based on a gross profit of 120 million, Reba would need to pay nearly 21 million in taxes.

Then deduct the cost of 60 million.

Then this investment can bring a net profit of almost 38 million to Dilraba Studio.

"After your calculations, I suddenly feel that being a producer or financial sponsor is really boring. I just earn some hard work for all the hard work."

Reba flicked her ponytail without interest, then leaned forward to kiss Chen Yu's thin lips and muttered.

After all, even if the film and television industry implements the "salary limit order", she and Yang Zi can still get the maximum salary of 50 million from Tencent.

The strength of top female celebrities born in the 1990s cannot be underestimated, although both Yang Zi and Reba have their own "flaws."

However, their investment performance is indeed many times better than that of artists of the same period, and they are quite "outstanding".

But looking back and thinking about it, if she got married and had children, she would definitely not focus on her career, so Reba thought it would be good to be a producer.

"I feel like spending money has been flowing like water recently. I invested 50 million in "Fire Like a Song", 60 million in "Detective Chinatown II", and 20 million in "One Song and Three Shengs", but I lost more than 100 million. Why didn't I feel any pressure when I went out?" Reba asked, touching the bear.

Chen Yu, who was resting on Rebayu's lap, raised his eyebrows and tapped his finger on the floor to remind his cute girlfriend, "Because what you [throw away] is my money!"

Reba and Chen Yu have always adhered to the general principle of "losing someone, not losing the formation, losing the formation will only look bad".

"Just be satisfied if you can marry a wife as beautiful and interesting as me. I have never asked you how much money you have and I have never cared about how you spend it!"

Reba, who originally wanted to pretend to be serious, couldn't help laughing.

After all, Chen Yu would explain the whole story to her every time before making an investment, fully satisfying Reba's "right to know" as the "hostess".

And every time Chen Yu has a profit, he will deposit it into the "family fund" according to the proportion.

This makes Reba feel "safe".

Of course, sharing how she gets along with Chen Yu with her friends and besties can also make Reba gain the envy of others.

"But are you and Yang Mi sure you want to vote for "One Song and Three Shengs" starring Liu Yifei?"

Chen Yu suddenly remembered the reminder Jing Boran secretly revealed when he talked to him on the phone yesterday.

Jing Boran used his own channels to learn about the copyright of this drama and seems to have some say.

However, the management and screenwriter said that there was no problem with the copyright, but Jing Boran always felt that there must be disputes.

Because he wanted to repay the favor, he could only close his eyes, grit his teeth and dance hard to "One Song and Three Shengs" which seemed to be a "trap".

"So you'd better be more cautious." Chen Yu didn't care about the 20 million. He was mainly worried about affecting Reba's mood.

"There's nothing wrong with it. This is Liu Yifei's return to the small screen. Even if it doesn't become a big hit, it will still become a small hit!"

Reba pointed to her bright eyes and said very confidently and firmly.

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