Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 483: The Wandering Earth 3 Preparation

Chapter 483: Chapter 483: The Wandering Earth 3 Preparation

"How about this movie?"

"This one’s five million," Alqion said.

"A special effects movie for three million, an action movie for four million, and then you want to sell me a movie without special effects, action elements, or any big scenes for five million US Dollars?"

Chen Yiyang stared at Alqion.

Alqion, however, showed no embarrassment and quickly came up with a reason. "The lead in this movie is a big star here in India, so the price is high."

"But he’s worth nothing here," Chen Yiyang shrugged.

"I only have half a million dollars. You tell me which of these three movies is suitable, and sell that one to me."

"Five hundred thousand is too little, at least three million."

"Listen, my friend," Chen Yiyang said, patting Alqion, "it’s fifty thousand. If you’re willing to sell to me, sell it to me; if not, I’ll just leave."

"How about one million?" Alqion was still trying to negotiate.

Chen Yiyang was nearly amused by the guy.

For a moment, he felt a bit regretful.

You have to wonder, why did he suddenly crave something novel and decide to deal with Indian people?

It’s like having tasted delicacies worldwide and one day suddenly wanting to taste shit.

So Chen Yiyang simply and decisively left.

However, even after he left, the matter wasn’t over.

The group of Indians turned to pester Cheng Sicheng.

It wasn’t until they realized Chen Yiyang truly had no desire to negotiate that they agreed to sell Huaxia rights for "Dangal" for ninety thousand US Dollars, cutting all ties with the film’s box office earnings in Huaxia.

Chen Yiyang was worried that if he didn’t agree, these people would continue to harass Cheng Sicheng, so he consented.

Ninety thousand US Dollars was indeed not expensive. As long as the film could be released in theaters, it would earn money.

Of course, it would also require additional marketing expenses.

So Chen Yiyang ultimately agreed to purchase the film’s distribution rights in Huaxia for ninety thousand US Dollars, and had the legal department carefully draft the contract.

To prevent any potential disputes arising later.

Of course, even if the movie became a huge hit in the domestic market and disputes arose, as it was international, Chen Yiyang was not afraid of them coming back to bother him.

After sending this group of Indians away, Chen Yiyang went to gather with Shen Teng and Gong Fan.

Originally, Shen Teng and Gong Fan weren’t part of the same social circle.

Chen Yiyang had planned to meet with each group of friends separately.

Unexpectedly, having not been to Imperial Capital for a while, Gong Fan and Shen Teng had wound up in the same circle.

"So, are you two planning to collaborate on Earth Wandering 3?"

Chen Yiyang joked as he entered the private room and sat down.

"You wouldn’t believe it, but yes," Gong Fan said, pointing at Shen Teng. "You worked with him before on the sci-fi comedy Moon Solo, didn’t you? I watched it and found it quite interesting.

So I’m planning to cast Shen Teng and Ma Li as the leads in Earth Wandering 3."

"Ma Li too?"

"Yeah, since Shen Teng’s already cast, it wouldn’t be right not to invite Ma Li as well."

After saying this, Gong Fan said quietly, "Honestly, although Earth Wandering 2 did well at the box office,

what you said before, that my Earth Wandering 2 was too hardcore, leading to Red Guards taking over the majority of screenings—there’s a lot of truth in that.

We need dreams, but we also have to eat bread. Not just bread, but meat too.

I hope every installment after Earth Wandering will have bigger scenes, better effects, and more exciting performances.

All of this requires higher box office returns for support. That’s why I’m planning for the third installment to have Shen Teng team up with me to try and create a box office miracle."

"Speaking of box office miracles," said Chen Yiyang, "the animated film Nezha I invested in previously grossed six billion in the film market.

Now its sequel is about to be completed. By then, it might even break new box office records."

"I feel like the upper limit for the domestic movie market’s box office is six billion already," Shen Teng said.

"I think it could reach seven billion," Gong Fan gave his prediction.

"You guys lack vision," Chen Yiyang said, tapping the table. "I think it could reach ten billion."

"As expected of a big boss, your dreams are large indeed," Shen Teng laughed upon hearing Chen Yiyang’s words.

"Alright, let’s make a deal. If Nezha’s animated film really hits ten billion at the box office, I’ll star in a movie for you for free."

After Shen Teng said this, the group laughed, and none of them took the bet seriously.

Even though Chen Yiyang said it could reach ten billion, deep down, he wasn’t so sure.

If the domestic box office market fully mobilized, ten billion might be a stretch.

Chen Yiyang thought that it might be necessary to visit Shancheng for a look at the finished product Yang Zhou made.

Afterward, make box office predictions based on the quality.

After wrapping up the gathering with Gong Fan and the others,

Chen Yiyang had just returned to Zhang Yuling’s home when Liu Xiaoyue called.

"Chen, there’s an issue."

"Is there a problem at our Yiyang Automobile plant?" Chen Yiyang immediately perked up.

"No, it doesn’t directly affect us, but the consequences have an impact," Liu Xiaoyue told Chen Yiyang. "A ro-ro ship carrying over five thousand cars caught fire at sea, and some of them were electric vehicles."

"Are any of our cars involved?"

"No, mainly Longcheng and some other brands. But the losses from this incident will be huge.

If these cars were insured, the car companies might not suffer too much, but the insurance companies and shipowners will bear heavy losses.

This will result in a severe consequence, making it even harder to find cargo ships to transport electric cars, which is already difficult.

Moreover, many insurance companies might increase premiums for electric vehicles or outright refuse to insure them. This will have a major impact on transportation costs for the electric vehicle industry in the future."

Liu Xiaoyue explained a lot to Chen Yiyang,

summarizing that the Japanese market, which was originally not profitable, might end up requiring subsidies to maintain after this incident.

And for Chen Yiyang, if he wants to sell mid-to-high-end cars to places like Brazil and Thailand, he’ll have to wait until the car carrier vessels they purchased arrive.

Additionally, for this reason, it will be challenging for Chen Yiyang to sell his cars into other markets outside Southeast Asia and South America in the future.

Unless they can build a car factory locally. Otherwise, transportation costs will be prohibitively high.

Initially, Chen Yiyang intended to leverage his contacts in Europe to sell Baize Lingguang.

Now it seems due to transportation issues, he’ll have to set up a factory in Europe to sell cars.

Serbia is now an unavoidable destination.