Chapter 2409: Investing in TV Series

Jiang Yuyue, Ma Xiaotong, Huang Jiamin, Dou Xian'er, those leopards, and several other singers sat in a circle around the largest booth.

Tang Lin was also among them, with two men and a woman beside him. Dou Xian'er and the others were very respectful to those two men and one woman, and would toast them from time to time.

"Yuyue!" Tang Lin leaned against the back of the chair, crossed his legs, and held a cigarette in his hand: "When do you plan to shoot the script Dong Ge wrote?"

Jiang Yuyue drank some fruit juice: "He only wrote the outline. To complete the script, it will take at least two months."

Tang Lin took a puff of the cigarette and asked: "Isn't it said that we are going to cooperate with Xiangjiang, and the screenwriters also need to be found in both places? Does it take two months to write a script?"

Jiang Yuyue nodded: "The show 'Prison Break' is very brain-burning. Filling in the plot needs to be reasonable, so naturally, it's not easy to write. We have six screenwriters here, and there are six screenwriters in Xiangjiang. Now five episodes have been completed, and they were just sent over today. We haven't seen them yet."

Tang Lin asked curiously: "Where were the six screenwriters here found?"

Jiang Yuyue said with a smile: "Do you know about the short film literature competition held by Jiangzhou Winery at the beginning?"

Tang Lin was stunned, and immediately remembered: "I know about this matter. At that time, the news was all over the sky."

Jiang Yuyue picked up a piece of watermelon and took a bite: "The six screenwriters here, three of them were the top three in the literature competition, and they have already signed with Future Culture's screenwriting department. The other three screenwriters are relatively famous in the industry."

"Director Jiang, is the script you mentioned written by Chairman Zhou?"

The speaker was a woman with smoky makeup, wearing a sleeveless vest, a short skirt, black silk stockings, and high heels, with a pair of diamond earrings on her ears. As long as her head moved slightly, the earrings would sway back and forth, shining with sparkling light under the reflection of the lights.

"You could say that!" Jiang Yuyue nodded: "The creativity and outline of the script were written by him. Now we are finding screenwriters to fill in the content."

"You just said that five episodes of the script have been completed. Can I take a look?" The woman was very interested in this show, but immediately added: "If it's not convenient, it doesn't matter. I'm just curious, after all, it's Chairman Zhou's creativity."

Beside her, a white and fat young man with nearsighted glasses, looking scholarly, said: "Director Jiang, are you looking for investment for this show?"

Jiang Yuyue looked at the white and fat young man: "Is Young Master Duan interested in investing in TV series?"

Duan Haijun said with a smile: "As long as it's a profitable business, I will be interested!"

For this period of time, Jiang Yuyue had been in a state of extreme busyness. Not only did she spend a lot of time and energy practicing dancing, but she also had to record songs, and even pushed away some performances.

But even so, every day was arranged to the brim, almost without a chance to breathe. Today, she finally squeezed out some free time and could come out to relax. Her mood was as pleasant as her name.

"Young Master Duan, I think you should also be clear that investing in TV series is not a good business. Especially in the domestic market, not losing money is earning money. Are you really planning to invest?"

Duan Haijun said very heroically: "Investing in a TV series, it's no big deal to me. I can still afford to lose. And I am very interested in investing in TV series. It doesn't matter if I pay some tuition for my interest."

Ma Xiaotong's big eyes flickered, took over the conversation and said: "Our Future Culture is not short of money, but we won't refuse external investment either. It's just that the content of this show is relatively sensitive, and it is basically impossible to pass the review in the domestic market. So, if you are not afraid of losing money, no matter how much you invest, we will accept it."

Duan Haijun was stunned: "Can't even your connections handle the review of this show?"

"Can't pass!" Ma Xiaotong shook the red wine in her hand and grabbed a handful of melon seeds: "If Chairman Zhou comes forward personally, maybe there will be a glimmer of hope. As for my face, it definitely won't work."

Duan Haijun said indifferently: "I'll say it again, it doesn't matter. As long as you accept investment, I will invest."

Ma Xiaotong's smile looked very bright: "Then how much can Young Master Duan invest?"

Duan Haijun waved his hand: "You can accept as much as I will invest!"

"Atmospheric!" Ma Xiaotong gave a thumbs up: "No wonder Young Master Duan's business is so big. Just based on this spirit, it would be unreasonable if you didn't make money."

Hearing Ma Xiaotong say this, Duan Haijun's eyes twitched. He just wanted to use this investment to build a relationship with Zhou Andong. In his mind, investing in a TV series, how much money could it take? If it lost, it lost. As long as he could build a relationship with Zhou Andong, how much money couldn't he earn back?

But Ma Xiaotong's words made him feel inexplicably guilty. This sounded a bit wrong. Suddenly he wanted to retreat, but the big words had already been spoken. If he took them back, where would he put his face?

"Director Ma, what is the total investment for this show?" Duan Haijun's voice became much smaller, and his eyes looking at Ma Xiaotong also became much clearer.

"Chairman Zhou said, shoot it according to Hollywood blockbuster standards!" Ma Xiaotong looked at Duan Haijun with a smile, raised her hand, and spread her thumb and index finger: "The total investment budget is 80 million. We accept external investment, and the minimum cannot be less than 4 million. That is to say, Young Master Duan, you just need to prepare 4 million."

"Gulu!"

Duan Haijun's throat rolled, and he swallowed saliva. If someone else said this, he would definitely turn his face, and the wine glass in his hand would definitely have smashed into the other party's face.

Investing 80 million in a TV series, are you damn treating me, Duan Haijun, as a fool? This is not looking for investment, but looking for a sucker, giving them money to raise their wives and children.

But this was said from Ma Xiaotong's mouth, and it was a TV series that Zhou Andong valued very much. So saying the investment was 80 million must mean it was 80 million, absolutely without half a drop of water.

80 million, even if all his family fortune was added together, it wouldn't be that much. However, 4 million could be taken out. But once it was lost, he would also be hurt.

The woman with smoky makeup laughed: "Haijun, you blew the cow up!"

Duan Haijun gave a dry laugh: "Director Ma, investing 80 million in a TV series is really a big deal!"

"No way!" Ma Xiaotong was also helpless: "This is Chairman Zhou's decision, to shoot according to Hollywood standards, so the investment is not small."

The woman with smoky makeup asked: "Have the actors been found?"

"The protagonists are decided!" Ma Xiaotong drank the red wine, then put down the wine glass, and grabbed a handful of melon seeds again: "The male lead is Hua Zai, and the female lead is Yuyue."

"Hua Zai?" The girl with smoky makeup's eyes lit up: "If the protagonist is Hua Zai, I can invest."

Saying this, the girl with smoky makeup looked at Duan Haijun and another tall young man: "I definitely can't take out 4 million, but the three of us can invest together."

Duan Haijun nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, yes, we can invest together!"

The tall young man pondered and said: "A TV series invested by Chairman Zhou, and it's a script he conceived and created. Even if it loses money, we can play along."

"What are you chatting about?" Zhou Andong walked over. No one found him until he spoke, which attracted everyone's attention.

"Chairman Zhou!" Except for Jiang Yuyue and Tang Lin, everyone stood up and greeted him one after another.

Zhou Andong nodded with a smile, raised his hand and pressed it down: "Don't be polite, sit down and chat!"

Tang Lin pointed to Duan Haijun, the girl with smoky makeup, and the tall young man, and said to Zhou Andong: "You have met, remember?"

Zhou Andong didn't pay attention to him, but shook hands with the three: "After we met last time, I kept telling Da Lin, let's have a gathering when we have time, and let's find a place for the brothers to drink again, but this kid doesn't do things, dragging it on."

Tang Lin looked at Zhou Andong in astonishment, cursing in his heart, when did you let me organize a gathering and invite them out to drink?

"Da Lin!" The girl with smoky makeup was named Zhou Hongxiu, and she looked at Tang Lin very dissatisfied: "Can you be more reliable? Chairman Zhou asked you to organize a gathering, what do you mean by dragging it on?"

"That's right!" The tall young man named Yang Zhuang also glared at Tang Lin: "If it weren't for Sister Wen's face, I guarantee I would let you crawl home today."

Tang Lin looked at this one and that one in a daze, and finally his gaze fell on Zhou Andong. His lips moved, but he didn't make a sound.

At this very moment, he finally knew how Yang Naiwu and Little Cabbage felt when they were wronged. This was too suffocating, but seeing Zhou Andong's smiling eyes, his throat tightened and he couldn't make a sound.

"Sigh!" Zhou Andong sighed: "Da Lin is good in every way, loyal, emotional, and keeps his word, but he is too lazy. It's really hard to ask him to do anything."

Tang Lin's mouth twitched fiercely, and his eyelids rolled up violently. If someone didn't know the situation, they would probably think he was about to die.

"That's right!" Zhou Hongxiu nodded in agreement: "Otherwise, we wouldn't play with him!"

(These three people appeared in Chapter 1939!)

Zhou Andong looked at Jiang Yuyue: "Yuyue, how is the song recording going?"

"The song has been recorded!" Jiang Yuyue sat up straight: "The finger microphone has also arrived, and the effect is very good. It's just too expensive, a bit heartbreaking."

Zhou Andong said with a smile: "No matter how much money it is, it's worth it!"

"I agree with this!" Agent Huang Jiamin said: "The feeling of singing while dancing with a finger microphone is very, very great. I guarantee that this song will be hotter than 'Second Hand', and with this song, it will definitely allow Yuyue to stand firmly in Xiangjiang."

Zhou Andong said with some regret: "If the stage lighting of the Spring Festival Gala was up to us, putting this song on the Spring Festival Gala would explode."

Ma Xiaotong's heart moved: "Actually, this is not impossible. However, we have to pay for the sponsorship ourselves."

Zhou Andong didn't care. The advertising for this year's Spring Festival Gala, Yugong Group would definitely get it, and donating some lighting equipment didn't matter.

"Miss Huang, what do you think?" Zhou Andong looked at Huang Jiamin: "Is it better to sing this song for the first time on the Spring Festival Gala, or for the first time in Xiangjiang?"

Huang Jiamin pondered and said: "The influence of the Spring Festival Gala is too great. If it can be on the Spring Festival Gala, I think it's better to sing it for the first time on the Spring Festival Gala. After the Spring Festival Gala ends, start hitting the charts in Xiangjiang from the first day of the New Year."

"Since you agree, then it's decided." Zhou Andong looked at Ma Xiaotong: "This matter is left to you!"

"No problem!" Ma Xiaotong said confidently: "Donating a batch of lighting equipment to CCTV, they will definitely welcome it." ===== CHAPTER 2410 =====