Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 484: One-Stop Service in the Chinese Entertainment Industry

Chapter 484: Chapter 484: One-Stop Service in the Chinese Entertainment Industry

Before leaving the Imperial Capital, Chen Yiyang met with Rao Zhi, who had just returned to the city.

"The box office for ’The Long Journey Home’ was good, but I don’t know what to shoot next."

"The box office was good, and you don’t know what to shoot?" Chen Yiyang said. "You’ve made money from two consecutive films now. I bet there are tons of people out there begging you to direct with their scripts."

"It’s precisely because of that, I’m scared to shoot anything." Rao Zhi said. "Nowadays, they don’t care what you make, as long as you use the actors they specify."

"Isn’t that a good thing?" Chen Yiyang didn’t understand what Rao Zhi meant.

"If the actors can’t act, you can make up for it with special effects. With their investment, you could make a special effects movie. As long as the story is good, actors’ lackluster performances can be overlooked."

"You really think they don’t care about the storyline?" Rao Zhi said, slapping his leg. "All of them say nice things about not interfering with the plot, but the moment the contract is signed and the filming starts,

these stars bring their own editors onto the set to change the script. If you disagree, they just refuse to film and drag it out.

They have money, so they can afford to wait, but the director has to be responsible for the rest of the crew. Many crew members are already booked for other projects right after this one ends, and they can’t afford the delay.

Even those investors not linked to the actors need the film finished quickly to make money.

When the time comes, the stars just go off to do other commercial activities to earn money, leaving a massive crew of hundreds.

At that point, these people will pressure the director to compromise.

After all, even if the movie makes money, they’re not getting a share; they’re paid monthly. Whether the movie is good or bad has no impact on the rest of the crew."

"That’s really true." Chen Yiyang recalled hearing rumors of such things before.

Nowadays, many stars in movies treat filming like a scam if they don’t encounter a strong director.

Everything sounds fine before filming starts, and everything is negotiable.

But once filming begins, it has to go according to their wishes, with changes to the plot and script.

At that point, the capital behind the stars usually compromises directly.

Because whether the film is well-made no longer affects the star’s fame; as long as the stars look great and have highlight moments,

even if the box office fails, they can still milk their fans by emphasizing those highlight moments.

If a movie fails, unless the stars’ performances are exceptionally bad, most people will assume it’s the director’s fault.

"Honestly," Rao Zhi said to Chen Yiyang, "I feel like the domestic film industry no longer needs the participation of ordinary audiences.

Capital decides on an IP, buys media coverage, hypes it up, and promotes various second-generation stars. They buy fake fans, ratings, reviews, viewership, online streams, and trending topics, and finally award themselves, creating a closed loop.

In the end, whether or not you watch the IP doesn’t matter; it’ll make money in the stock market.

Whether or not you like the stars doesn’t matter; they have plenty of commercial endorsements to earn money. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

This environment, I just don’t get it."

What Rao Zhi said made sense.

Chen Yiyang didn’t know how to respond, so he comforted him, "Others might be afraid, but you shouldn’t be. I’ll invest in your filmmaking. You can choose your scripts and actors however you like. I don’t fear losing money, as long as you produce a good film."

"I don’t dare shoot something big. Mr. Chen, if you trust me, I’ll get a few competent actors to make a sequel to my small film."

"Alright, no problem." Chen Yiyang didn’t care if Rao Zhi approached him today just to secure investment for the sequel he already wanted to make.

As long as Rao Zhi seriously makes the film, making or losing money doesn’t matter, as long as the loss isn’t too steep.

Chen Yiyang doesn’t rely on film and TV investments for income. His involvement in the industry is mostly for presence and to enhance his reputation.

After seeing Rao Zhi off, Chen Yiyang returned to Lin’an, and Liu Xiaoyue came over as soon as possible.

"The fire on the ro-ro ship has been extinguished, but all the vehicles on the ship were destroyed.

According to current investigations, this ship only had standard cargo insurance, didn’t declare the specific number of electric vehicles, and didn’t purchase additional lithium battery insurance."

"How many electric cars do we have in Japan now?" Chen Yiyang inquired.

"After the recently scheduled cargo ships arrive, there should be over two thousand vehicles. Given the current sales situation in the Japanese market, they should last for about half a year."

"That works." Chen Yiyang nodded reassuringly.

Although no casualties resulted from the ro-ro ship fire incident, the consequences were extremely severe.

For small and medium-sized car companies, it will be absolutely impossible to easily find ships to transport new energy vehicles in the future.

"But now that Yiyang Automobile has plans to expand into the European market, should we still try to develop that market despite transportation issues?" Liu Xiaoyue continued to ask.

"I’m planning to visit Serbia soon to assess the situation there. If the environment is suitable, we can build a factory in Serbia and sell electric cars to Europe from there. How about that?"

"This..." Liu Xiaoyue hadn’t really looked into Serbia before, and hearing about it suddenly, didn’t know how to respond.

Nonetheless, seeing that Chen Yiyang had made up his mind, he asked, "If you go to Serbia, would you need personnel to accompany you?"

"Prepare a team from Yiyang Automobile for the assessment. I’ll go to Serbia first, and the team can follow afterward."

"Alright." Liu Xiaoyue nodded.

Although Schaefer promised Chen Yiyang that upon arrival in Serbia, he would accompany him throughout,

Chen Yiyang thought, since the country has good relations with Serbia, there should be plenty of contacts from the official side.

So he asked Yang Chengru if he had any connections in Serbia and if there could be government officials there to help out upon arrival.

After looking around, Yang Chengru replied.

"I know a retired senior in Changzhou who used to be in Serbia, and he’s willing to help. But he has a small request."

"What small request?" Chen Yiyang asked.

"He hopes you can sponsor their Changzhou football team."

"There’s a football team in Changzhou?" Chen Yiyang was puzzled after hearing this.

Although he doesn’t follow national soccer, he knows most domestic professional teams have provincial capital cities as their home base.

Could it be lower-tier, like first division or second division?

"It’s not a professional team; it’s an amateur football team in the Super League," Yang Chengru said.