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Chapter 88 First Meeting with Da Tian Tian

The day after playing golf with Wang, the richest man, Chen Xiu arrived at Wanda Pictures as promised and met with the person in charge, Ye Ning.

"Mr. Chen, has the script for your 'Detective Chinatown' project been submitted for review yet?"

"Yes, the film's cost has been calculated, overseas filming locations have been found, and we've already made initial contact with local co-production agencies."

Chen Xiu nodded to Ye Ning to confirm.

Although he was busy with other things last year, the script for "Detective Chinatown" was already prepared, and the location scouting and selection had been entrusted to others.

It can be said that Chen Xiu has completed a small part of the pre-production work for "Detective Chinatown".

Now all we need to do is find a suitable filming team, complete actor auditions, and communicate with overseas partners before filming can begin.

Chen Xiu's reply made Ye Ning glance thoughtfully at the plan on the table.

He's still a bit bewildered, not understanding how Chen Xiu, through Wang the richest man's connections, skipped the film project's evaluation, negotiation, and investment share allocation... and just got to the pre-production stage.

Headache. Having a capricious boss, Ye Ning felt a real headache coming on.

Confused as she was, and with a headache as it was, Ye Ning had to follow the instructions given by the richest man, Wang, even if they were against the rules!
"Um, Mr. Chen, regarding the film investment, is the investment plan divided as follows: your company will invest 6000 million, and Wanda Pictures will invest 2000 million?"

"That's right, your company feels that this allocation is inappropriate?"

Chen Xiu asked for advice, saying that film production is a time-consuming and labor-intensive project, and he couldn't possibly be on set the whole time to oversee all the expenses.

If you want Wanda's team to be committed to the project, strictly control costs, and prevent any embezzlement by the production team, then allocating a portion of the investment to create a shared interest between the two parties is a necessary and humane approach.

If Ye Ning cares about the investment ratio, Chen Xiu feels that he can bear more of the film's costs, since he is capable of doing so, but Wanda will definitely have to take a share.

However, the result was quite unexpected.

Ye Ning looked at Chen Xiu with a strange expression, coughed lightly, and said, "You misunderstood. What President Wang meant was that Wanda could take on the 3000 million investment share for this project on its own."

"why?"

“Since you can spend 2100 million on your subordinates, I’m willing to spend 3000 million to make you my friend. These are Mr. Wang’s exact words, and he asked me to convey them to you.”

Looking at Ye Ning, who was shrugging her shoulders at her, Chen Xiu really wanted to say: There's no need for that!

After all, "Detective Chinatown" is a money-making project. Although it's not a huge amount, Chen Xiu doesn't mind earning a little more.

Now that Wang, the richest man, has said this, he not only got a larger share but also indirectly made Chen Xiu owe him a small favor. There's no way he'd be happy about that!

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Xiu asked Ye Ning, "President Ye, do you agree to this arrangement?"

“My opinion is not important. What is important is that President Wang has already made his decision. He has always been a man of his word when it comes to work.”

Ye Ning's answer was helpless, but her expression remained relatively normal.

He had just reviewed the "Detective Chinatown" project proposal in detail and had some commercial confidence in this IP, which already had a novel adaptation, believing that it had a high probability of success.

More importantly, Wanda Pictures itself has a downstream cinema chain industry chain, and last year the company joined forces with the three major cinema chains, Dadi, Jinyi and Hengdian, to establish Wuzhou Film Distribution Company.

We already have the revenue streams from theaters and film distribution in our hands.

Chen Xiu again contributed the lion's share to the film's investment.

Ye Ning felt that even if her family invested 3000 million yuan in the "Detective Chinatown" project, as long as they controlled the quality, they would definitely not lose money when the movie was released, and might even make a small profit.

In that case, it won't be difficult to follow the instructions given by the big boss and push this project forward.

Faced with this outcome that deviated from expectations, Chen Xiu remained silent for a long time before finally nodding in agreement.

The most important thing now is to film "Detective Chinatown". How much money it makes is a secondary issue.

As long as the first film is successful, Chen Xiu can make as many "Detective Chinatown" films as he wants in the future. There is really no need to cause complications for the project for such a small short-term gain.

After settling the issue of share allocation, Ye Ning then inquired with the film's production team. "President Chen, do you have any directors you'd like to collaborate with? If there are suitable candidates, Wanda can extend an invitation to them; things will go much more smoothly that way."

"Chen Sicheng, can we contact him?"

“His personal studio has Wanda’s investment, so there shouldn’t be any problems.”

Ye Ning pushed up her glasses and said confidently.

Since its inception, Wanda has invested in numerous celebrity studios within the industry, making it a large-scale operation and easy to recruit staff when needed.

After discussing the director, Chen Xiu and Ye Ning went over the details of the film's pre-production preparations.

During the process, he specifically requested that he serve as the producer in the production team and have absolute say!

Ye Ning said she had no problem with this request.

You, Chen Xiu, are already a billionaire and the largest investor. You're willing to go to the film crew to oversee the work. Who would dare to object?

After discussing everything, Chen Xiu and Ye Ning scheduled the signing of the cooperation agreement for next Monday.

Pre-production for the film will begin immediately after the contract is signed.

"Okay, Mr. Ye, now that we've finished discussing things, let's call it a day!"

"Okay, see you next week."

Chen Xiu stood up, shook hands with Ye Ning to say goodbye, and then left his office.

Ye Ning escorted Chen Xiu all the way to the office door. Just as the two were waving goodbye again, a voice suddenly came from behind Chen Xiu.

"Mr. Ye, did you know that Tian Tian and I were coming, so you came out to greet us in advance?"

Chen Xiu turned her head and looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a middle-aged man with a greasy smile walking towards them with a beautiful woman with bright and sweet features and slightly large eyes.

As the two approached a little closer, Chen Xiu mentally identified them.

Jing Tian, ​​and the person standing next to her should be Lu Zheng.

Chen Xiu knew more about Da Tian Tian, ​​who possessed mysterious powers, in her previous life. There were rumors that her boyfriend was very powerful, and there were also rumors that her family was very wealthy...

There are all sorts of rumors, and no one but the person involved knows which one is true.

Chen Xiu had no interest in these ridiculous gossips; whatever kind of person the other person was, it had nothing to do with him!

Seeing that they had come to see Ye Ning, Chen Xiu didn't linger any longer. "President Ye, no need to see me off any further, I'll be going now."

"Okay, I apologize for the poor hospitality today, Mr. Chen. Next time you come, I'll treat you to tea."

"Forget about tea, let's have coffee instead!"

"also."

After waving goodbye to Ye Ning, Chen Xiu walked towards Jing Tian and Lu Zheng.

When he met the two of them, he simply nodded politely, and Lu Zheng and Jing Tian returned the greeting in the same manner.

After the two passed each other, Chen Xiu walked a distance away, and Lu Zheng and Jing Tian arrived at the door of Ye Ning's office.

"Mr. Ye, who was that just now?"

"Chen Xiu! He's become quite famous lately."

Upon hearing this, Lu Zheng nodded in understanding, while Jing Tian, ​​who was standing next to him, turned her head curiously to look at Chen Xiu.

　Only two chapters today, I need to save up some manuscripts for the book's release.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)