I really don't want to make bad movies!

"Change the coach? What does that mean?"

Xia Ming stated directly, "I'm going to find an opportunity to oust Yang Xianghua from his position as producer."

"Are you crazy?"

Huang Xuke was startled, then realized: "The filming isn't going well?"

"It's not just unsuccessful, there are no humans at all."

Huang Xuke laughed loudly: "I told you long ago, you can't control this production team! Yang Xianghua has already secured his position as producer. You want to get away now? Too late!"

"Just coasting along, collecting my paycheck, and looking for another opportunity later!"

"No, there is still a chance."

Xia Ming sat on the ground, watching the film crew in the distance light up all night.

"There is one situation where the production crew can be dismantled and reorganized, and all power within the crew can be reshuffled."

Huang Xuke was stunned: "What's going on?"

"The first investor withdrew, the funding chain broke, new financing was needed, and positions were reassigned."

"Withdrawal of investment?!"

Huang Xu was dumbfounded.

The primary investor is your own family, right?

"You don't expect me to persuade Wang Hui to withdraw his investment, do you? That's impossible! Yang Xianghua won't just watch the project fail; it's his ticket into the film industry!"

Huang Xuke is only the vice president of the short video section, while Yang Xianghua is the executive president of the TV drama section.

Moreover, Wang Hui was hoping that Xia Ming would make a genuine movie to fill the gaps in "Chinese Paladin 4".

"Senior, why did the agreed-upon investment of 100 million become 60 million during the previous meeting?" Xia Ming asked with a smile.

After a brief recollection, Huang Xuke replied, "We need to keep cash in the account to clean up the mess left by the distributor of 'The Legend of Sword and Fairy 4'."

"I've seen the popularity of 'Chinese Paladin 4,' it hasn't hit rock bottom yet, right? It shouldn't have reached the cutoff line for GG merchants."

"It hasn't reached its destination yet; it's still barely hanging on in second gear. It's a small loss, I suppose."

As they talked, Huang Xuke sensed something was amiss.

"What do you want to do?!"

Xia Ming smiled, but didn't answer his question: "Senior, I only have one question. If 'The Legend of Sword and Fairy 4' reaches the kill threshold, will it affect you?"

"It doesn't affect me, but..."

Huang Xuke suddenly froze halfway through his sentence.

He works in the short video category, so "Chinese Paladin 4" didn't really affect him.

However, in order to make up for the losses and deal with the GG merchants' exploitative practices, the company will cut the budgets for other projects.

The first to be affected was the company's most peripheral and just-started project—movies!

Each region has its own person in charge, and they won't easily give up their profits.

But film projects are different!

This is just a branch project under Yang Xianghua's name.

For the sake of the company's core interests, the film project will definitely be the first thing to be cut!

With the project dissolved, Yang Xianghua's title as producer naturally vanished!

Huang Xuke was shocked. After regaining his composure, he asked carefully, "Are you sure? This is, after all, your first big-budget film. Just consider it as gaining experience. It'll be good to finish it."

"Senior, I didn't say I wasn't going to film anymore."

"Those two celebrity studios want to use this to enter the film industry. I'm going to ruin their reputation so that no one will dare to use them."

Huang Xuke worriedly said, "Their reputation is closely related to yours. If they act badly, you, as the director, will also be criticized! Don't ruin your own reputation!"

Xia Ming replied with a smile, "You don't need to worry about that, I have a way to salvage our reputation."

"Alright, but what do you need to do to trigger the kill threshold in 'The Legend of Sword and Fairy 4'?"

"Senior, the fact that people are still watching 'Chinese Paladin 4' means that 'The Swindler' isn't popular enough."

"Not popular enough?" Huang Xuke casually opens a short video app and can see clips or commentary of "Mao Pian".

Not to mention musical notes, even their own Green Fruit Short Vision has people following the trend of Sun and Moon Commentary and starting to create content for "Mao Pian".

Huang Xuke turned a blind eye, neither pushing traffic nor limiting it.

"Senior, have you forgotten? My 'The Swindler' has a top-tier celebrity on board, and he hasn't even appeared yet."

Huang Xuke was stunned.

He quickly recalled the news that had been trending on Weibo.

#Where did Chen Kun go?#

The wildly popular web series "Mao Pian" has already aired six episodes, but Chen Kun, the main supporting actor who was used to promote the show in the early stages, has not yet made an appearance.

Chen Kun's fans wanted to participate in this grand discussion, but unfortunately, they couldn't see their idol appear.

There is a type of promotion in this world called "fan promotion".

Compared to passersby casually taking screenshots of handsome men and beautiful women in a drama and posting them online.

Fans will meticulously find the best angles, Photoshop out every flaw, add carefully selected music, and then spread it on their various social media platforms.

In "The Swindlers," only Chen Kun has this level of scale.

"This..." Huang Xuke dared not think about it anymore.

"The Swindler" is already so popular now, if Chen Kun were to appear, paired with a pretentious character, wouldn't the popularity skyrocket?

"What do you want me to do?"

"Senior, when 'The Swindler' gains momentum and triggers the kill threshold of 'Sword and Fairy 4,' don't care what Yang Xianghua says. Just keep adding fuel to the fire around Wang Hui."

"I will prepare a cost overrun plan under the title of producer, and then submit it to Wang Hui. He will have to cut this project."

The production team of "Arrival" had a budget of 96 million, of which 10 million went to the male lead. The equipment was all top-tier, and the special effects were also of top-tier quality.

Even the accommodations and meals of the two lead actors and their teams were different from those of the other members of the crew; they were all booked at the highest level.

Xia Ming didn't need to fabricate anything; he could simply report everything truthfully and pass the insurance company's budget risk assessment.

As the director, if he simply added a sentence like "Conflicts among the creative team have prevented filming from proceeding normally," the project would basically be doomed.

Wang Hui sent an assistant producer to be on set throughout the entire process, so there is absolutely no falsehood in the content.

With both external factors and internal strife, this project has no choice but to fall apart!

Moreover, as long as Xia Ming completes refinancing during the contract termination and liquidation period and the production team is re-established, the two lead actors will be unable to escape his control.

Do you like to act like a big shot?

Trying to step on me to climb to the top?

Wait!

In the film and television industry, people see each other all the time, and out of consideration for face, they can't say things openly.

But Xia Ming has another identity—the commentator for Sun and Moon!

I'm not only going to criticize you, I'm going to use three platforms together to make the whole internet criticize you!

Any production team that dares to hire you will have to bear the wrath of millions of netizens!

"I see."

After careful consideration, Huang Xuke gave his answer over the phone.

Logically, as a member of the company, he should not do anything that would harm the company's interests.

But to hell with reason, he and Xia Ming are from the same school, so it's all about sentiment.

"If you can't secure new investment during the liquidation period, I can offer four million."

"Don't worry, senior, it's not your turn to pay yet."

Xia Ming gave him a guarantee.

I still have cards in my hand that I haven't played yet.

The hesitant producer, Ma, and Tencent, which covets the rights to the second season of "The Swindlers".

We didn't involve these two parties in the financing process before because we were afraid that if there were too many investors, we wouldn't be able to reach an agreement on the contract.

However, after the production team went bankrupt and was liquidated, he needed to inject funds from both sides simultaneously to make himself the primary investor and secure the title of executive producer.

"I'm hanging up now, you should go to sleep early too."

The two chatted for a while longer before Huang Xuke hung up first.

Xia Ming didn't return to the hotel. Instead, he sat on the vast plain of Jinghai, enjoying the cold wind, and opened a shopping app.

He found the account shop he had visited twice before.

【Hello】

The shopkeeper was shocked: "What, it's you again?"

[I'm a regular customer, how about a discount?]

【...OK】

The shop owner is some kind of amazing person who roams the internet freely, and every now and then he comes to me to buy hundreds of accounts.

But he was only responsible for making money and shipping the goods.

……

The next day, a certain opinion emerged in the relevant forums for the online drama.

[Let's have a rational discussion: Is it because of the existence of fans of shows like "Chinese Paladin 4" that Dongda University's film and television program has stagnated?]

In order to push "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 4" to the brink of elimination.

Xia Ming used a major tactic of online public opinion—labeling.