I really don't want to make bad movies!

"You can film it? And you can make money from it?"

Wang Hui repeated this sentence to himself.

Just a few days ago, Xia Ming was a director full of creative passion.

After two weeks apart, he turned into a smiling tiger.

What exactly did Yang Xianghua do to drive a college student director to this point?

This decisive and efficient style is terrifying.

No sooner had Yang Xianghua left than Xia Ming arrived at the conference room.

A phone call exposed Yang Xianghua's corrupt practices of treating the "Arrival" crew as a bloodsucker, taking bribes and engaging in other corrupt practices.

Xia Ming's phone kept showing incoming calls, with the contact name being Yang Xianghua.

Wang Hui looked at his phone screen and asked in a low voice, "Director Xia, I can roughly guess what's going on, but there's a problem: do you have direct evidence that General Manager Yang embezzled public funds?"

"Don't worry, I'll find it later." Xia Ming pressed the lock screen. "Right now, we only need to talk about one thing: the film crew."

"I know that iQiyi needs cash after the collapse of 'Chinese Paladin 4'. As for the money in the 'Arrival' crew, you can take as much as you want."

"I have already completed the venture capital assessment for you. The production team of 'Arrival' is expected to exceed its budget by 40%. As the primary investor, you can apply to withdraw your investment."

Wang Hui frowned: "You mean you're saying the movie can still be made, that means using the remaining money in the account to keep the crew afloat, waiting for the project to restart?"

He had barely finished speaking when he saw the financing contract right in front of him.

Upon opening it, my pupils constricted!

With Kiwi withdrawing its investment, Xia Ming can immediately take over!

The 56 million yuan in financing is almost the same as the 60 million yuan investment in Kiwi's first round of funding!

Where did he get the energy to restart the project so quickly in such a short time...?

Suppressing his shock, Wang Hui composed himself and spoke again: "Director Xia, you went to great lengths to rebuild the crew, surely it wasn't just to take the title of producer?"

Xia Ming chuckled softly and said slowly, "Indeed, I need Mr. Wang to do me a favor."

"The production team will be going bankrupt and liquidated in a few days. I need you to negotiate with the second investor to have them withdraw their investment and share, but keep the actors."

"A second investor?"

Wang Hui frowned. Wasn't that Ju Jingyi's studio?

"It's not difficult to get them to withdraw their investment. This production team is too risky. Even if I don't say anything, they will withdraw their investment anyway."

Before he could finish speaking, Wang Hui suddenly remembered what Xia Ming had just said: "We can film it, and we can make money from it."

"You don't want to share the profits with Ju Jingyi's studio?"

"But all the investors have withdrawn. With this little money, what kind of good film can you possibly make?"

Wang Hui doesn't believe in box office miracles; he only believes in the truth that big money can create blockbusters.

Xia Ming stood up, smiled, and extended his right hand to Wang Hui: "If I could, I wouldn't want to make bad movies either, but bad people need bad movies to hone their skills."

"If Mr. Wang trusts me, please leave me some money for publicity."

Wang Hui returned the gesture with his right hand, re-examining the young man before him: "How could I not believe you? You've gone to such lengths to make this movie, I have nothing more to say."

This move was too ruthless; Wang Hui admitted he couldn't outmaneuver Xia Ming.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

After seeing Xia Ming off, Wang Hui returned to the main seat, his face contorted with malice as he surveyed all the senior executives present.

"Those who want to side with Yang Xianghua can leave now. If I find out anyone has tipped them off, they'll face the consequences!"

……

Three days later, Wang Hui, having compiled all the materials and reports, convened all the investors of the "Arrival" production team, as well as producer Yang Xianghua.

"Bankruptcy liquidation?!"

KIKI has a high-pitched voice that echoes throughout the conference room.

The production team was only established for two weeks, and now it's going bankrupt and liquidating?!

Wang Hui slammed a stack of reports in front of her, looking helpless: "The mess you and President Yang made, 'Chinese Paladin 4' has been ruined, and now Huawei is chasing us for money. Are you going to pay for it?"

"I'm withdrawing my investment citing the risk of overspending. If the remaining investors want to continue, then go ahead and keep filming."

KIKI gritted her teeth and glared angrily at Yang Xianghua beside her.

"What did they say when they first assembled the team? A genius director, ample funding, top-notch equipment, instant success?!"

"How much did I give you...?"

At Yang Xianghua's prompting, KIKI immediately stopped talking, took a deep breath to compose herself, and opened the report in front of her.

She flipped through it very quickly, barely looking at it carefully.

As a member of the main creative team, she was certainly aware that "Chinese Paladin 4" was being condemned by the entire internet.

But she didn't care about any of that. She had already received the exorbitant salary, and all she needed to do later was focus on controlling the online comments for her own artists.

GG Merchant's sickle can't reach her head.

After calming herself down, she looked at Wang Hui and said, "Filming is definitely out of the question, Mr. Wang. Should we disband the production team, or keep it suspended while waiting for funding? If we keep it suspended, who will cover the maintenance costs?"

The production crew's daily expenses start at 500,000 yuan, and without joint investors to share the burden, no one could afford it.

Yang Xianghua seized the opportunity to interject: "We've withdrawn our investment, so what about my producer position...?"

Wang Hui glared at him: "We haven't even settled accounts with you for what happened before, and you're still thinking about the producer? Aside from the marketing expenses, we're withdrawing all the remaining funds from this round. Go away and stay somewhere cool!"

"The production will remain suspended until other investors raise funds. The remaining investors will share the operating costs during this period."

"This isn't fair!" KIKI slammed her hand on the table and stood up. "I'm withdrawing my investment too!"

"Don't worry, although we at Kiwi have withdrawn our investment, we still have a marketing budget of seven million, which is enough for the production team to stay afloat for a while longer."

"Besides, there's still money from the QuanQuan platform!"

KIKI looked at Ye Heng sitting opposite her in surprise: "Aren't you leaving?"

Ye Heng had been holding his phone since the meeting started, staring at the chat history in deep thought.

Only when the topic shifted to him did Ye Heng slowly shake his head: "I will cover the remaining expenses of the production crew."

"Oh."

KIKI smiled.

The investors have absconded, the director is missing, the producer position is vacant, and the crew is full of mediocre people. Even if the crew is rebuilt, this movie is beyond saving.

A normal person would cut their losses in time to avoid excessive investment.

Clearly, Ye Heng is not a normal person.

"You keep playing, I'm leaving."

After KIKI reviewed the subsequent contracts and confirmed that everything was correct, she had the legal counsel add another clause—compensation for the actors' schedules.

Ju Jingyi herself signed a zero-pay actor contract, while the profit-sharing contract with the investors fell to her studio. During the bankruptcy liquidation of the production team, she could not take on other roles, but she could negotiate compensation to make up for the lost income from her schedule.

KIKI didn't make any money from this investment and even lost some maintenance costs, so she has to find a way to make some of it back.

"Who's going to pay for this?" KIKI asked aggressively, as if she were determined to fight to the death.

If anyone dares to refuse, she'll sue them immediately.

Ye Heng reluctantly accepted the contract, had his lawyer revise it, and then handed it back to KIKI.

"I'll cover it, 600,000 a day, that's fair enough."

KIKI curled the corners of her mouth and smiled slightly.

Six hundred thousand a day, that's practically free money!

If the financing cycle is extended, this period of compensation will be like a money tree.

During this period, actors simply cannot take on new roles; it does not interfere with other announcements.

"make a deal."

Fearing that Ye Heng might change his mind, KIKI signed her name and withdrew her investment in "The Arrival".

The three parties finalized the contract and signed it successively.

After doing all this, KIKI stood up and smiled at the others in the conference room.

"It's clear that everyone has high expectations for the movie. The crew is already falling apart, yet they're still thinking about spending money to prolong its life."

Wang Hui smiled and waved his hand: "The film industry's annual revenue is over 60 billion yuan. Who wouldn't want a piece of the pie?"

"Hehe, I understand." KIKI initially pushed Ju Jingyi into the film crew for the sake of the huge pie that is the film industry.

Although the project was abandoned after only two weeks, she didn't lose anything; she made a fortune from the compensation money.

Before leaving, she gave Yang Xianghua one last glare, implying that they would settle the score later.

"Then I wish you both the best in finding funding soon. I have other things to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."

KIKI outwardly said she hoped the production team would find funding soon, but in her heart she really hoped they would never find it.

With 600,000 yuan a day, she could live off the platform until it went bankrupt.

She put on her mink coat, picked up her Chanel handbag, and prepared to leave the meeting room.

"Hey, Ms. Mo, don't rush off yet."

KIKI frowned; she didn't like being called by her real name.

"Mr. Wang, is there anything else?"

She turned around and saw Wang Hui pull out several more contracts from under the table and slam them on the table.

"I've secured funding. Tell Ju Jingyi to go to the film set tomorrow."