Chapter 774: Dawn 2: Apocalypse

The most important goal of the banquet was achieved, and it was possible to abduct an actor with good strength to participate in the drama. Seeing Jin Li's task this time was considered a complete success.

She looked left and right and saw Gu Cheng.

He was staying by Zhang Guang's side, with his few teammates, chatting with an investor.

Sensing the gaze from not far away, Gu Cheng looked up and found it was Seeing Jin Li.

A shallow smile hooked at the corner of his mouth. He suddenly raised the red wine glass in his hand, as if toasting her, and drank it down.

Seeing Jin Li was also happy.

But she didn't drink alcohol, she drank apple juice, which looked a bit like champagne from the outside.

She also toasted in Gu Cheng's direction and drank it down.

"Don't look over there anymore, the smile at the corner of your mouth is about to be unable to hide, look at Guang Ge's face, he has been staring at you."

Chen Lin opened his mouth coldly.

He didn't name names, but everyone knew who he was talking about.

Gu Cheng raised his eyebrows and said lightly: "I know you are jealous, so I don't get angry at your provocation."

Chen Lin said speechlessly: "Who said this is a provocation, what do I have to be jealous of, clearly I also have a girlfriend!"

Gu Cheng insisted on stabbing him in the heart, "Well, an underground lover who cannot be made public and has no name."

Chen Lin:...

Stabbed to the point of being bruised all over!

Clearly everyone is in love, Gu Cheng and Seeing Jin Li can interact openly, and Yan Xingdong and Xi Sister Meng Ze can also publicly declare that they are in love.

And he and Qiguan Mingzhu...

There can be no interaction on the surface, even if netizens break the news, they must not show any ambiguity, and must clarify that there is no such thing!

Chen Lin felt that Guang Ge treated his relationship too differently.

Thinking of this, he looked at Guang Ge resentfully and went to find Qiguan Mingzhu's figure again.

Yan Xingdong shook his head.

Chen Lin said Gu Cheng did it too obviously, he didn't look at himself, he was simply like a puppy guarding food, looking for his master all over the field.

He couldn't help lowering his head, covered his mouth with his hand, and reminded in a voice that only a few

"Xiao Lin, watch your gaze. This banquet is a mix of all sorts of people, and many paparazzi have snuck in. Brother Guang had a hard time suppressing the news of your relationship; don't let his efforts go to waste."

Chen Lin also lowered his head, covered his mouth with his hand, and whispered:

"Actually, I could go public. Why don't any of you believe me..."

Luo Yi was the most composed of the four; after all, he wasn't the one in a relationship.

He said pointedly: "Your temperament is unstable, and you are impulsive and irritable. Among us, Brother Guang worries about you the most."

"Whether it's the team leader or Gu Cheng, they have already achieved success in other fields. Even if they lost their solo fans, they could still live very well and have good public appeal, but you can't.

If you want to get out of this situation quickly, you still need to focus more on your career."

Chen Lin sighed: "I know, but my career... I can't act, and my singing and dancing aren't as top-tier as the team leader's. What, what can I do?"

Gu Cheng thought for a moment, "If you switch to behind-the-scenes work, your voice is decent; why not try voice acting?

However, your stage presence is strong, so you should still develop in the direction of singing and dancing and refine your dance skills."

He paused and said insightfully: "Dancing can also help you maintain your physique; it's actually quite good."

*Cough, cough. *

Those who know, know.

There were too many people at the banquet, and many were hiding their true intentions.

Seeing Jin Li saw Gu Cheng, but it wasn't appropriate to go over and greet him.

It just so happened that Sister Fang wanted to introduce her to a few investors, so Seeing Jin Li followed her to greet the others.

Due to her reputation in the industry, those investors were quite polite when they saw her and wanted to participate in the investment projects she had on hand.

Seeing Jin Li pretended to be very regretful and said: "I only handle small-scale investments and have never invested in large productions. We'll have to collaborate next time."

This was no lie.

Many of Seeing Jin Li's investments were settled with just a few million.

Even when she invested in the variety show "Let's Farm," she only put in a few million.

She didn't buy property, nor was she keen on playing the stock market, so the money just sat in her bank account earning interest.

Seeing Jin Li wasn't even interested in the various large-sum certificates of deposit at the bank; she felt that when she had too much money, she would just keep donating it and frequently engaged in charity.

The paparazzi who had been following her all along knew this.

It was just that they didn't really leak the news.

An investor heard her say this and suddenly asked: "Then are you interested in large-sum investments?"

Seeing Jin Li paused and said with a straight face: "That depends on the project. If the project is good enough, I won't refuse."

This investor mentioned a large-scale film and television project that had been hyped up recently, titled "The Bai Lianhua Strategy," which was an adaptation of a Xianxia novel.

This project was prepared as a series of films, and because it had a Xianxia background, the special effects were extremely costly.

As soon as the name "The Bai Lianhua Strategy" came up, the people around them couldn't help but fall silent.

The investors looked at each other, their expressions filled with suspicion and uncertainty.

"This project..."

"If I remember correctly, this project was said to be in the works two years ago, and it's recently reached the filming stage. How could it still be struggling to attract investment?"

An investor muttered, unable to understand the situation.

The person who first invited Seeing Jin Li to invest in this project explained a few things:

"It has indeed reached the filming stage recently, but just as filming was about to begin, it was discovered that the investment raised was somewhat insufficient, so they are planning to seek external funding.

However, the quota is very small and only provided to a few people. This news hasn't leaked out; I happen to have one spot, so I wanted to invite Seeing Jin Li to join."

This person looked at Seeing Jin Li with burning eyes, "Are you interested in this project?"

Seeing Jin Li lowered her eyes slightly, instantly analyzing this person's intentions.

This person was using her as a litmus test!

It was rumored in the industry that her "Koi luck" was extraordinary; as long as it was a project she favored, it was bound to be a massive hit, so many projects hoped to secure her investment.

And the converse was also true.

If a project currently in preparation could receive her capital injection, did that mean the project wasn't bad?

Those who had been investing in the film and television industry were no strangers to "The Bai Lianhua Strategy."

While Seeing Jin Li was still pondering, some investors volunteered:

"Brother Zhou, with such a good project, you were hiding it from me; that's not very friendly. How much money is missing? I'll transfer it to you immediately."

"That's right, let us have a share of such a good project too!"

"This drama raised three or four hundred million in investment, right? The gap shouldn't be very large. I didn't expect Brother Zhou to have such connections to obtain additional spots."

But Director Zhou didn't answer the others; he only looked at Seeing Jin Li.

He only wanted to secure Seeing Jin Li's investment.

Seeing Jin Li replied: "My investments are all small-scale; I haven't dealt with large-sum investments. I have no impression of the drama you mentioned. I need to return to the company to do some research before I can give you an answer."

Director Zhou immediately said: "Can we add each other on WeChat?"

Seeing Jin Li said apologetically: "It would be better if you added my manager's WeChat."

Sui Lingfang sensed something and immediately intervened: "Yes, yes, just add my WeChat. Seeing Jin Li's private account isn't for work; it only has students and teachers from Qingbei on it. I have always managed her work account."

The other investors could only sigh at Seeing Jin Li's good luck.

Such a good investment project was being handed to her on a silver platter; even heaven was chasing after her to give her money.

But only Sui Lingfang vaguely felt that Seeing Jin Li didn't want to invest in this project.

The banquet ended, and they got into the car.

Sui Lingfang immediately asked: "Do you not think highly of the "The Bai Lianhua Strategy" that Director Zhou is investing in?"

Seeing Jin Li blinked and asked curiously: "Why do you say that?"

Sui Lingfang smiled: "Your public excuse is that you've never dealt with such large investments before, so you haven't heard of this drama.

But I have always been responsible for screening your scripts. When this drama was being filed two years ago, the script was submitted to you. You didn't take the role and said the script wasn't very good.

At that time, this drama was being hyped up quite heavily on the internet, so I remembered it. When you said you wouldn't take it, I even felt regretful."

She couldn't remember the events of two years ago very clearly either.

She only remembered Seeing Jin Li saying with a calm expression: "I don't think highly of this drama. The character relationships are complex; it might be okay as a TV series, but it's very risky as a movie."

At that time, the internet was buzzing with hype about this drama.

Because it was rumored that famous stars were joining and it invited a host of big-name actors, the investment amount was in the hundreds of millions.

The production team was very capable and quickly found investors, locking in the funding.

So at that time, she was still very regretful, thinking whether Seeing Jin Li was going to misjudge this time.

Two years passed.

This drama finally completed its pre-production preparations, and the sets and props were all made.

Don't think that two years of preparation seems long, but in the film and television industry, this time isn't actually slow.

It's common for things to drag on for three or five years.

TV series are a bit better; the preparation cycle isn't that long.

But the corresponding investment won't be too high, at least not as much as a big-budget movie.

Seeing Jin Li searched her memory, remembered this matter, and said with a smile:

"Yes, I don't think highly of this drama. I remembered it as soon as he mentioned the name. I don't intend to invest."

Sui Lingfang asked curiously: "Are you really not going to look into it? After two years of preparation, the script is no longer the original version. Maybe the script has been revised well, and you might find it worth it again."

Seeing Jin Li shook her head: "I won't look into it. There are so many profitable businesses in the world; I can't possibly take on every one. My energy is limited.

For one, I don't want to touch tens of millions in investments right now; the amount is too large. Secondly, I have a poor impression of this drama. Even if the script were revised well, I would still feel it wouldn't work."

Sui Lingfang nodded: "Okay, I understand. I'll find an opportunity to help you decline Director Zhou."

What Seeing Jin Li didn't know was that because of her tactful refusal, Director Zhou became vigilant instead.

He used reverse thinking, and his attitude was very firm.

Seeing Jin Li thinks highly of this drama = will invest = can make money.

Seeing Jin Li doesn't think highly of this drama = won't invest = won't make money.

The ladder had already been offered, and Director Zhou didn't believe Seeing Jin Li would complain about having too much money, so she must not think highly of this drama, which is why she decided not to invest!

This raised a strong sense of crisis in Director Zhou.

From the preparation of this drama to going through several rounds of financing, he had already poured nearly one hundred million into it, making him one of the larger investors in this drama.

That was why he was able to get a spot for additional investment.

He asked himself if his investment vision couldn't compare to Seeing Jin Li's. Although his track record was also good, with a sixty or seventy percent probability of successful investment, how could that compare to Seeing Jin Li's perfect record?

Film and television investment itself is a long process, and capital recovery is particularly slow.

Even if it makes money, it takes several years to recoup the costs.

So Director Zhou thought it over and resolutely made a major decision.

He wanted to withdraw his early investment!

He would sell his investment share to other investors interested in this drama.

After all, this drama was a big hit, and many people wanted to get on board, so Director Zhou sold his share very smoothly.

When someone asked him why he wanted to sell, Director Zhou used reasons like wanting to move abroad to do business and needing to recoup funds urgently.

In the end, after this drama raised all its investment, it only filmed for three months, and the special effects took a year to process.

It was released a year and a half later, but the box office was very dismal, only recouping half the cost.

Director Zhou, on the other hand, had avoided this risk.

That is a story for another time, and we shall not mention it for now.

Seeing Jin Li returned from the banquet, had a good sleep, and the next day she entered the crew of "Dawn 2: Apocalypse."

The production of the second installment was larger than the first, used more special effects, had more sets built, and correspondingly, had more characters appearing.

For the actors of this drama, Director Chu also spent a large sum, not only inviting popular traffic stars but also many veteran actors.

Among them, no fewer than three had won Best Actor or Best Actress titles.

Once the cast was announced, every netizen who saw it couldn't help but exclaim: "This is a true big production!"

But when there are many people in a crew, it's easy for trouble to arise.

In order to quickly establish his status as the one who has the final say in the crew, Director Chu gave all the crew members a "show of force" on the first day of filming.

On the first day of filming, the first scene shot was to have all the actors stand in military posture!

This scene corresponds to the beginning of the script where the clones, after being cultivated, have instruction chips implanted, and everything must obey the orders of the big boss behind the scenes.

The mother template provided by the big boss behind the scenes for this batch of clones was the first batch of superpowered individuals after the apocalypse arrived.

Because this batch of people was the first to be infected by the virus, they had the most virus carriers in their bodies and powerful special abilities.

In the end, this batch of people was besieged and killed by various deformed mutants after many days of fighting and killing.

It is unknown how many people passed by, but the place where they died was discovered by scientists, and their remains were brought back to the base and sealed there.

The big boss behind the scenes used the genes of this batch of people to cultivate clones.

From the moment these clones were born, they were treated as war machines.

Whether it was physical fitness or special abilities, etc., they were all first-class powerful.

The laboratory was just the place where they lurked.

Before being awakened, they didn't know their bodies had such great potential.

Director Chu filmed this scene of standing in military posture as all the clones being cultivated and receiving the big boss's orders to gather together.

This group of people all stood with dull eyes and expressionless faces.

The expression could be sluggish, but the body had to be powerful. Director Chu wanted to film the feeling of a "humanoid machine army."

?? Modified the bug where Director Yang knew about He Wuyou in advance; the official meeting is at the banquet. Previously, he only heard that Chenxi used a new screenwriter, but didn't know who it was.