After Marrying the Officer-Chapter 1173 - 1172: Investment

"What?" Xia Chuyi asked the director in utter shock, "Are you saying someone wants to change the actor?"

"Changing the actor" was the most unexpected thing among all surprises for Xia Chuyi.

Because if she remembered correctly, the actors in the crew now were the final cast she knew for the film.

"Director, you might be overthinking, they definitely won’t change..." Xia Chuyi couldn’t help but say.

However, before Xia Chuyi could finish her sentence, the director sighed and said, "You don’t understand, the market is open now, and our studio has started accepting external investments."

"Just a couple of days ago, some Hong Kong businessmen brought a huge sum wanting to invest in our movie."

"But they made one request—change the female actor."

Upon hearing this, Xia Chuyi was utterly puzzled.

Xia Chuyi remembered the female actor for this film; once the movie was released, she quickly became very popular.

However, it seemed this actress wasn’t interested in acting; she retired shortly after filming this movie.

Because of this, many people felt regretful.

Xia Chuyi couldn’t understand why someone would propose changing the female actor?

Because this actress complemented the role in the movie perfectly.

Often, whether a movie becomes a true classic is determined by various factors.

The director, script, actors... even a small fleeting crew member are conditions for constituting classic elements.

So, without this actress, the movie might forever have a flaw.

Just as Xia Chuyi was thinking this way, the director sighed again and said, "I am firmly against this."

"But." The director shook his head, saying, "The higher-ups told me that unless I can bring in such an investment myself to make up for the shortage, I won’t be allowed to keep the actor."

Hearing this, Xia Chuyi was silent for a moment, then said, "Director, what do you think... how much funding do you need? I’ll invest."

Upon hearing Xia Chuyi say this, the director was immediately stunned. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

After a while, the director came to his senses and looked at Xia Chuyi in disbelief, asking, "You want to invest? I asked you to do product placement before, but you refused."

Xia Chuyi shook her head and smiled, "I’m not talking about product placement, nor am I planning to place it in your movie."

"I mean..." After a slight pause, Xia Chuyi continued, "What I mean is, I will invest in your movie with no conditions, and then you can share the box office revenue with me after the film’s release."

According to what Xia Chuyi determined, the director was almost ecstatic, grabbing her hand excitedly, saying, "Thank you, thank you, Chuyi! Very, very grateful to you!"

However, after the excitement, the director suddenly said, "It’s just, with such a big investment, if the box office isn’t high, Chuyi, you might not break even..."

At this point, the director particularly resented the people who suddenly came to invest.

Actually, their movie didn’t need such a large sum unexpectedly.

After all, their scenes hardly had any overly extravagant settings.

Upon hearing what the director said, Xia Chuyi smiled and said, "Why? Director, have you lost confidence in your movie?"

"I have a lot of confidence in you." Xia Chuyi told the director, "So just focus on making your movie, whether there’s a loss or not, I have a sense in my mind."