Pirates began to dominate the Chinese entertainment industry.

"President Cai, I remember what you said this morning: if there's a collaboration opportunity, I'll come right away."

"Really...that's great." Cai Yinong was outmaneuvered right away and could only force a smile, preparing to find another opportunity to refuse.

"I wonder what kind of drama Ms. Ji is planning to invest in this time?"

Ji Yun took out the script and handed it to the other person, "Take a look at the script first."

Cai Yinong casually flipped through the page, saw the project introduction, and froze.

"A movie? You want to invest in a movie?"

Liu Shishi's eyes lit up instantly. A movie? Work? Let me see what's going on.

Ji Yun didn't speak, but raised her hand to indicate that she should look first.

He then glanced around at the people still in their seats and handed each of them a script.

Liu Shishi suppressed her expectations and opened the package with an expressionless demeanor, her movements slow and graceful like a lady.

The movie script is not long, only about 30,000 words, and it only takes about ten minutes to skim through it.

Cai Yinong was initially nonchalant, but gradually her expression became serious.

Well... a goose suddenly appeared from somewhere in another corner of the office and started squawking loudly.

Ji Yun couldn't hold back any longer and turned to look, only to see that Liu Shishi had already transformed into Liu Haha.

At first, she was trying hard to hold back her laughter while maintaining her image, until one moment she completely broke down and burst into a loud, ugly laugh, laughing so hard she almost fell over.

Does this girl have such a low threshold for laughter?

"But your laughter is perfectly timed. Please continue," Ji Yun thought to herself.

Half an hour later, the script was put down.

"This script is quite interesting." Cai Yinong only expressed a little bit of affirmation, which is very much in line with her usual strong woman persona.

"Let's not beat around the bush. I'm here to borrow some people from General Manager Cai."

"...Hu Ge is out of the question. He's not going to do comedy." Cai Yinong said seriously.

"We'll talk about his matter later. I'm here to borrow a 10-person filming crew."

A legitimate film and television company will have at least one filming team, and a team can be divided into several subgroups.

When filming a major production, they would be divided into Group A, Group B, etc., and work simultaneously to save time and money.

A filming crew of 10 people is considered the smallest.

"Filming crew? Borrow them?" Cai Yinong was confused.

Following the usual pattern, shouldn't he have invested money to have Tangren produce it?

"This time I filmed it myself because I got ripped off last time."

But I lack a behind-the-scenes team, that's why I came to you for help. We only need ten people; I'm sure Tangren is a large and established company, so we don't need more."

"You took the picture?" Cai Yinong looked Ji Yun up and down, her eyes full of distrust.

A freshman is going to lead the making of a movie?

This is practically playing with money! She hates these incompetent second-generation rich kids the most!

Cai Yinong decisively refused, "I'm sorry, President Ji, Tangren is starting a new project and we can't spare any people."

She worked her way up from scratch for ten years to build Tangren's prestigious brand. She has no intention of getting involved in a project that's bound to lose money.

"Don't rush, take a look at this."

Being rejected is the norm, so Ji Yun remained calm and took a stack of newspapers from Xiao Zhao and placed them in front of Cai Yinong.

Cai Yinong casually flipped through the newspapers and found that every single one was filled with negative news about Tangren.

It's either that Tangren suffered huge losses or that Tangren is going to collapse... there's not a single kind word.

Cai Yinong was speechless, feeling humiliated in front of everyone.

With a gloomy face, she said in an unfriendly tone:

"What do you mean?!"

The atmosphere in the conference room became extremely tense, and everyone held their breath, focusing their attention on Ji Yun.

Xiao Zhao swallowed hard, secretly marveling at how brave his boss was to hold a wedding ceremony at the gravesite.

He was so scared that he quietly hid behind his boss, fearing that he would be torn apart by the Tangren employees present.

"Oh, I took the wrong one. It's this one that's the main thing." Ji Yun lied with her eyes wide open, deliberately disrupting the other person's thoughts, before slowly pulling out an entertainment tabloid from the bottom.

The above is a summary of four films produced by Tangren Media and their achievements.

Although Tangren Media started out making TV dramas, they have never given up on their ambition to enter the film industry.

Unfortunately, every film he made lost money, failing to make a ripple. But isn't that a kind of achievement in itself?

"Mr. Cai, I'm sure you're not convinced either, are you?"

But you know Tangren's current situation better than I do. You don't dare to film it, but I do!

I'll lead the charge, risking everything to fund this film. This will not only help you cover some of the personnel costs, but also help you cultivate film talent.

Even if I lose money, you won't lose out either way.

"And I can let you be credited as a producer. Once the news of Tangren's involvement in the film gets out, it will boost morale internally and be a huge boon externally, restoring market confidence in Tangren. You'll be able to command higher prices when selling your dramas."

Ji Yun whispered like a devil, slowly enticing Cai Yinong into his sweet treat.

Cai Yinong fell silent, her brows furrowed as she continued to ponder.

Seeing this, Ji Yun decided to add fuel to the fire. He glanced around and his gaze fell on Liu Shishi.

"Ms. Liu, if I asked you to act in a movie, would you be willing to do it?"

"Yes, I do." Liu Shishi was suddenly called upon, her heart skipped a beat, and before she could think further, she nodded vigorously.

Then she noticed that everyone was looking at her, including Sister Cai...

Her heart skipped a beat, and she immediately shook her head.

"In no mood!"

"Do you want to or not?"

"..." Liu Shishi's face was full of struggle as she cautiously turned her head and asked Sister Cai, "Do I... want to?"

Do you want to, or are you asking me?

Cai Yinong glared at Liu Shishi with annoyance.

She took a deep breath and said, "President Ji, can you... secure the funding?"

Regarding the funding, her tone still carried a hint of skepticism.

She knew that Ji Yun's company was in a worse situation than her own.

"The budget is 500 million. The funds are already in the bank."

He wasn't talking nonsense.

The funds are indeed in the bank, but they haven't been loaned to him yet.

As for the budget, it's 500 million.

The original plan was for this movie to be filmed two years later, with a total cost of 700 million yuan including marketing and distribution.

Now that we're shooting two years in advance, we've saved on expensive Hong Kong directors and filming crews; 500 is enough.

"Where are the actors?"

"Two lead actors: Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang. It works well and is cheap."

Cai Yinong nodded, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "We can send people, but only five. We've already had some of our staff poached by other companies, so we don't have enough."

"Okay, but those five people have to work for free. Also, apart from the two main actors, all the other roles can be chosen by Tangren Media. I can just ask for the veto power, but they still have to work for free!" For Ji Yun, being able to get free acting jobs is a virtue.

Cai Yinong glanced at him and snorted coldly.

You've become addicted to taking advantage, haven't you?

But she still didn't refuse, since her family didn't have many opportunities to act in movies.

"President Cai, what do you think of Hu Ge's portrayal of the handsome third male lead?" Ji Yun asked tactfully.

Everyone was shocked by Ji Yun's outrageous demands.

They immediately cast Tangren's top male star, a popular leading man, as a minor character in a low-budget film produced by a pirate company and an unknown director. It's his first film after recovering from an injury.

Is it really necessary to be so extravagant?

Ji Yun didn't care about any of that; he was the sugar daddy now!

All he knew was that the other actor was more handsome, more popular, and had greater box office appeal than the original, which would be of more help to his film.

Celebrities are just there to make money.

"No way. He has a Hong Kong film project at the end of the month, and he's the second male lead. The leads are Gillian Chung and Wu Chun. He can't possibly play the third male lead in such a low-budget film." Cai Yinong refused quite decisively.

You mean Gillian Chung? Hasn't she gotten into trouble yet?