The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 249 Financial Statements
"Ah...ah?" Liu Qianqian blinked, seemingly not quite understanding.

"Didn't you say that at the end of last year, you went to that beauty pageant and bumped into Tang Yan, and made her grateful to tears with just a few words?" Yang Mi said with a light laugh, "Then let's think of a way to get her to play a small role. That way, the two great poets of the Tang Dynasty will reunite in 'Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils' for the first time. Doesn't that sound nice?"

Liu Qianqian crossed her arms and thought for a moment: "It seems... to make some sense?"

"Then I'll leave this to you, Xian'er." Yang Mi patted her shoulder with a smile.

"Why is it me again?" Liu Qianqian complained.

"You're quite something," Yang Mi said sarcastically. "The capable are always given more work."

But she immediately added, "How about this, when the casting for 'Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils' comes around, let me find a way to get in touch with him again."

"Really?" Liu Qianqian looked at her with suspicion.

"Weren't you trying to get me to go to the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber set before? Why are you worried about it now?" Yang Mi complained.

"Who encouraged you?" Liu Qianqian said with dissatisfaction. "I did have this plan at first, but when you said that Fan Bingbing and Gao Yuanyuan would be there and it would be discovered, I stopped mentioning it."

“So I plan to add it during the production of ‘Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils’,” Yang Mi replied with a grin. “Anyway, I’ve met him before on the set of ‘The Legend of the Condor Heroes’.”

Liu Qianqian thought for a moment and said, "Alright, since you've said so."

"Speaking of which, you really don't plan to take Shu Chang as your subordinate?" Yang Mi suddenly asked.

"Why would I take Shu Chang as my subordinate?" Liu Qianqian asked curiously. "I've never actually met her, and the one in the simulation was too stupid. I don't expect her to be able to handle everything like we are, but at least she should know what she can and cannot do."

"I think you're just talking without understanding the situation," Yang Mi said, squinting.

"It's not like I didn't try to pull her up during the simulation, and I did it several times. It's just that she couldn't catch it herself," Liu Qianqian said, spreading her hands.

"Yes, yes, yes... Oh my god!" Yang Mi drew out her words, about to sound sarcastic, but then she saw something and blurted out a curse.

She rubbed her eyes and looked around, but soon a look of disappointment appeared on her face.

"What are you looking for?" Liu Qianqian asked curiously.

“I think I just saw a flower of wealth and prosperity,” Yang Mi said confidently.

"The Flower of Wealth and Prosperity? Who is that?" Liu Qianqian asked, feigning ignorance, though she couldn't hide the jealousy in her tone.

So Yang Mi didn't hide her disdainful look.

After several seconds, Liu Qianqian reluctantly said, "That's how it is, who knows... who knows who's standing behind her..."

"Speaking of which, I'm really curious. There's this actress who clearly has terrible acting skills, yet she gets to play the lead role every other day, in both commercial and art films. Who's behind her? It's so hard to guess," Yang Mi sneered.

Liu Qianqian glared at him angrily, but the other party did not back down: "What, I said I can't do it myself."

"Huh?" Liu Qianqian was immediately at a loss. "You...you yourself?"

"What do you mean, 'huh'? Do you think you're special?" Yang Mi's sneer turned into a cold snort.

Then, she suddenly lost interest: "Alright, alright, you're all pampered rich girls. After all, you can tell at a glance whether a girl was raised in luxury or not."

Liu Qianqian moved her lips, feeling a little embarrassed, but not knowing what to say, so she could only awkwardly change the subject: "You mentioned her, is there something on your mind?"

"What else can we do but take her in as our follower?" Yang Mi rolled her eyes at her. "I'm afraid that's not appropriate," Liu Qianqian said after thinking for a moment, shaking her head, "at least not now."

"Is that so?" Yang Mi remained noncommittal.

“No matter what, we’re both still minors,” Liu Qianqian said seriously. “Besides, we have other things taking up our energy. Why don’t we wait until next year, after we’ve disciplined Tang Yan and Liu Shishi, before we talk about her.”

"Whatever you want." Yang Mi shrugged. "If there's nothing else, I'll head back now."

It was obvious that she didn't want to talk about it anymore, and Liu Qianqian didn't say anything more. She only paged her on her cell phone after seeing her into a taxi and left the words "I'm sorry".

Time flies, and April is already over. After a period of thorough preparation, the crew of "Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre" has entered the fast track of filming.

The so-called fast track of filming means that the director only needs to briefly state his requirements, and all departments will understand what kind of effect he wants, and will proactively communicate to present what needs to be shown.

During the busiest period in Hong Kong's film and television industry, all kinds of production crews, big and small, operated in this way. It was very efficient, but the quality varied greatly.

To achieve this level of makeup smudging on a film set, besides having sufficient financial incentives, you also need a capable supervisor or producer.

The producer must understand the specific work and progress of each department, manage the heads of each department, and mediate the relationships among the crew members. In order to do this, in addition to ability, the producer must also have sufficient authority.

The reason why the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber production team was able to operate in such a way is that Fan Bingbing, one of the producers, is very capable.

Putting everything else aside, the fact that she can call out the names, ages, preferences, and hometowns of the heads of each department is already quite remarkable. Moreover, no matter what the conflict is, she can spot the key issues at a glance.

In addition, she had the added boost of popularity as a national idol, so even though she was just a young girl, she still managed to keep the crew completely under her control.

Of course, if Fan Bingbing herself were to evaluate it, she would probably think that her methods were still a little lacking and could not compare with those famous strong women in the world.

However, at this moment, she had no time to think about how to make the crew run more smoothly, because something had exceeded her expectations, bringing both joy and sorrow.

"I was careless! I thought it would only double at most, but this isn't doubling, it's usury, and the kind where you get nine out and thirteen back!" Little Fan sighed, rubbing his forehead.

"What? You, a national idol, need to borrow money from loan sharks?" Gao Yuanyuan asked without looking up from the documents.

"Sister Yuanyuan, this is so mean. I was just venting to you." Little Fan slammed his hand on the table in dissatisfaction.

"Complaining? You're just showing off." Gao Yuanyuan put down the report in her hand. "I'm at least 500 million less than you."

"Is that what I care about?" Fan Bingbing asked, slightly annoyed and embarrassed.

"So, can you tell me what you care about?" Gao Yuanyuan spread her hands.

Fan Bingbing pursed her lips: "Even if he was only given 3% of the profit-sharing rights back then, that's still 120 million."

They were discussing the revenue of Aurogon Games in the first quarter. The reason they were discussing this was because Li Yunxin had recently informed them that the trained maids would be delivered by the end of the summer vacation at the latest.

In other words, they need to move to a larger villa before this point in time, and they may need to consider the renovation time even earlier.

Considering that Aurogon Games' profit share was over 200 million last year, Xiao Fanye decided to see how much they could make in the first quarter so they could use it to subsidize the profits.

However, when she received the financial statements, she was completely dumbfounded. What was this about a total revenue of 1.8 million?!

Although this includes data from April, it's still quite outrageous. You have to understand that the revenue for April alone reached 50 million.

Games…how can they make so much money! A huge exclamation mark popped into Fan Bingbing's mind, but it quickly turned into an ellipsis, and finally into: (＃￣～￣＃)
(End of this chapter)