Chapter 117 A masterpiece of his acting career
As an artist, An Luning is obviously not very qualified.

In this respect, she is a bit like Bai Youlou, and sometimes she can't help but let herself go.
This impulse purchase of songs is a typical example.

This is definitely not her area of ​​expertise, but she has the courage to do it, and she does it without any sense of incongruity and is very confident.

Confidence is the pinnacle.

This is absolutely true.

If someone else were to do such a "contrived" operation, there is a high probability that he would be criticized.

But An Luning's doing this didn't seem strange at all.

Her fans have given her the greatest tolerance and love. Even unrelated passers-by who have seen her video will not think she is a clown, but will think she is very cute.

In such a video, she herself does not feel ashamed, her fans do not feel ashamed, and passers-by find it very likable.
This is the embodiment of unrivaled audience appeal and national popularity.

Of course, An Luning’s “failure” actually only accounts for a small part of the reason. He is still very serious when filming or doing other work. He is one of those contestants with a very positive attitude, otherwise he wouldn’t be so popular.

Maybe it's just that some of her business skills are not very good, but when you look at her sincere little face, it's hard to bear to blame her.

This is mostly true from peers to audiences.

It doesn't look like Bai Youlou at all.

The business capabilities he has demonstrated now are extremely strong, but there are too many people who are unhappy with him, from his peers to black fans online.

There's no way, this is how troublemakers are. If you act too charismatic, people who like you will like you very much, and people who hate you will naturally find a bunch of reasons to hate you easily.

However, with An Luning's "help", all five songs released by Bai Youlou were successfully sold out within one day.

The essential principle of doing business is to consider the customer, and he was even willing to take his own version of the song off the shelves.

I specifically asked Lao Zhou to call and ask, and he will take the product off the shelves immediately if the buyer needs it.

However, the responses from several buyers were surprisingly consistent: No need.
There is no need to say much about An Luning who is just joining in the fun. As for Lu Wenyuan, his agent is forcing him to "lick" Bai Youlou, and he himself has no say in this matter, so it can be ignored.

As for the remaining three who actually bought the song, they actually needed Bai Youlou as the "original singer".

On the one hand, this can be considered a cover, and can be used on the show later.

On the other hand, seniors also need popularity.

If one doesn't want to make more money, who would come out to show up in public and even compete with the younger generations on stage after becoming successful?
Either the program team gave enough money, or I really am short of money.

Is it a loss to buy Bai Youlou’s songs?

It seems a bit of a loss, this guy sells it too expensive.

But if you really do the math, it's actually not a loss.

Songs that come with popularity and traffic, unless they are popular singers at the superstar level who have no shortage of these, which other singer wouldn’t want one?
In the age of universal entertainment, traffic and topics determine everything.

Given a choice, no one wants to be an “unpopular singer”.

However, other people can basically find a suitable reason to buy Bai Youlou’s songs.

An Luning's interaction and support for him did make people feel that something was not quite right.

She has never had such interaction with any male artist, even if he was a male artist she acted with.

Many people smelled the scent of scandal.
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Gulu Gulu~Gulu Gulu~
The red and white hot pot soup was bubbling in the pot, with steam rising. Lin Juntao, who was sitting opposite Bai Youlou, was cooking beef while complaining, "Why do you have to eat red soup pot? It's not authentic if you eat it that way!"

Bai Youlou ignored him and said, "I don't like spicy food when I eat hot pot, so I'd rather boil it in water. And this isn't hot pot mutton, so how can it taste like that?"

“Chaoshan flavor!”

"Mr. Lin, are you from Chaoshan?"

"Yes, but I haven't been back for a long time. I have been developing in Yanjing for nearly 20 years."

No wonder~
Different from the spicy hotpot in Sichuan and Chongqing, Cantonese people eat light food and value the original flavor of ingredients.

The soup base is made from large pieces of beef bones, seasoned with galangal and salt.
Bai Youlou asked why Lin Juntao had to drink soup before eating!
However, a light bulb suddenly lit up in his head, "Where is An Luning from?"

Lin Juntao paused for a moment, frowning, "She is also from Chaoshan, a fellow villager of mine."

So that’s it.
Bai Youlou understood now. Because Zhen Dongjun had "spread rumors" about the relationship between An Luning and Lin Juntao in front of him, he had asked Zhang Xiaorong to find out about it.

Although I didn't find out the details of their relationship, it was definitely not an improper relationship between a man and a woman.

Now when he heard "fellow villager", this Lin Juntao must be the elder of An Luning's family!

After picking up a piece of beef with chopsticks, Bai Youlou suddenly thought of something:
"By the way, there seems to be some rumors going around online. Because she claimed credit for my song, some people are trying to spread rumors about her and me. Remember to do some public relations as soon as possible."

In response to Bai Youlou's reminder, Lin Juntao first expressed his gratitude, and then said that someone was already dealing with it.

The public relations and marketing response speed of this big company is indeed not comparable to that of an "individual business owner" like Bai Youlou.

In fact, right after An Luning finished the job, Sister Hong reported it to the company.

It was immediately announced that Bai Youlou had written two songs for An Luning, and the crew also came out to tell everyone that Bai Youlou was also responsible for the theme song of An Luning's new drama, etc.
Of course, at this time, netizens had already started to dig into the matter from when An Luning appeared on "The Voice of China" to cheer for Zhang Xiaorong.

Including her later going to the Peak Night to show her support.
When it comes to matchmaking and creating scandals, the crowd is extremely quick to react!

Fortunately, Sister Hong is indeed an old hand, otherwise the popularity of this scandal would not be as simple as Bai Youlou has discovered now.

In the entertainment industry, in fact, when it comes to interactions between top stars and even taking photos together, their respective teams are quite cautious.

If things go wrong, it will lead to quarrels or slander. In other words, Bai Youlou is now a relatively special top star. If he were still continuing his idol career, even if he and An Luning were photographed exchanging glances, the scandal would be hyped up.

After Bai Youlou took the initiative to bring up the scandal and asked them to pay attention to public relations, Lin Juntao's frown immediately relaxed.

Ah, so this is what you wanted to say~
He was really worried that Bai Youlou would eat his beef hotpot and casually say, "Why don't you introduce An Luning to me as your girlfriend?"

Although Bai Youlou is not the type of energetic young man, Lin Juntao thinks he can say such outrageous words.

Moreover, Lin Juntao has long been extremely wary of those bastards in the entertainment industry who are eyeing An Luning.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t have given Lu Wenyuan such a bad look last time.

Now, eat beef, eat beef.

By the way, Bai Youlou didn’t come here just to eat hotpot this time. He is not that bored, and Lin Juntao is not a beauty.

The other party wanted to talk to him about movies.

Who knows that this domineering president in the circle likes to talk about things while eating hot pot.

However, Bai Youlou quite likes this kind of atmosphere. If they really have to hold a meeting in a conference room with a group of senior executives sitting inside with serious faces, he can't stand it.

It's very pleasant to eat hotpot and talk about things now.

It seems that I need to come to Lin Juntao's place more often, the beef is really delicious!
After eating for about ten minutes, the two finally started to talk about business.

"Can the filming of 'Before Dawn' really be completed in just one week?" Lin Juntao asked curiously.

"Didn't Sister Hong send you the script?"

"I don't usually look at the script, I only look at the people."

This statement sounded a bit profound, and Bai Youlou paused for a moment, saying that he would not be polite then.

"How much is Mr. Lin going to invest?"

“Are there any other investors for this project?”

"Not yet, because it doesn't cost much to make a movie, and it's pointless to look for too many companies. If you don't want to invest, I can do it myself."

"Invest! I will definitely invest! I'll take whatever share you give me."

"Thirty million." Bai Youlou said casually.

This number is very subtle. Judging from the specific numerical size, the investment is too small, but Bai Youlou said that the movie only needs one week to shoot. That seems a bit too much.

Lin Juntao asked in confusion, "What is the big head used for?"

"Oh, my salary, I didn't include An Luning's salary, you can add whatever you want to her."

Bai Youlou didn't hide anything at all.

He will take 20 million of the 30 million investment, and the remaining 10 million will be used for film production.

Of course, if the filming were done domestically, it would be unlikely that the 10 million would be spent.

It only took seven days to shoot, and all the scenes in this movie were basically concentrated on Bai Youlou and An Luning.

He didn't know how he could spend all the 10 million.

How about giving An Luning five million as her salary?
It’s not impossible. I’ll give her whatever’s left.

According to the market price, this girl's movie pay should be around a few million.

Even though she is extremely popular in the field of TV dramas.

This is the chain of contempt in the film and television industry.

After making a brief calculation for Lin Juntao, Bai Youlou continued to "fight" with the beef, while Lin Juntao began to doubt his life.

what?
Is it so justified to make money now?
He asked for 20 million right away, and filmed for seven days. His money didn't come from the wind! Fortunately, Bai Youlou always took care of the "clients'" spending experience.

He added, "Don't count on this movie's box office. Whiplash has all kinds of intense conflicts and plots and drum beats that stir up the audience's emotions, but this movie doesn't have that. It depends on whether you can sell the copyright to help you make some money back."

"Before filming even starts, you tell me that we will lose money. Aren't you afraid that I won't invest?" Lin Juntao didn't get angry, but asked curiously.

"You probably won't make a loss." Bai Youlou touched his chin. "It's true that you probably won't make much money."

"I am a businessman, and my movies don't make money."

Lin Juntao paused for a moment, wanting to see Bai Youlou's reaction.

As a result, the guy ignored him and continued to deal with the beef.

"Okay, okay, I'll invest, but I want to know what this movie can bring to me and my company. Can Director Bai explain it to me?"

"Isn't it enough to be a masterpiece of An Lu Ning's acting career?"

Blanch!
Got caught.

Enough! Of course it is enough!

Not to mention that there is a high probability of not losing money, even if there is a net loss of 30 million, Lin Juntao has to invest just for this!
However, Lin Juntao is not satisfied with such a small-scale movie.

"I heard from Sister Hong that Director Bai has written another script in Yunnan? The subject matter is similar to Whiplash?"

"Not exactly similar. Is Mr. Lin interested?"

"Of course I'm interested."

"It would cost more than 100 million to make that film."

"I voted!" Lin Juntao said in a loud voice.

Bai Youlou looked up at him and said, "But I haven't decided whether to take the photo or not."

Ah this.

"Just kidding, I was a little hesitant before, but after coming back from Yunnan, I actually wanted to make this movie." Bai Youlou rubbed his chin and affirmed.

When he was playing outside, Bai Youlou was indeed not very interested in the script "Daydreamer" which he came up with on a whim.

Why make a movie when you can experience that feeling in real life?
But after returning to Yanjing, as other people in the company started to get busy, Bai Youlou again began to have the idea and impulse to shoot this movie.

Art comes from life and also reflects life.

At the same time, there is another benefit.

That means the two films can be combined into one crew and shot in one go.

While filming "The Dreamers", I could also shoot "Before Sunrise" at the same time.

Of course, compared to "Before Sunrise", the workload of filming "The Dreamers" is not small.

The size of the crew alone is not on a single level, and it takes a lot of time and preliminary preparation to prepare for it.

Moreover, the crew has to run around and choose a suitable shooting location.

This is not something that can be shot in a studio.

And Lin Juntao is indeed worthy of being the boss in the circle.

After Bai Youlou talked to him briefly about the concept of the script of "Daydreamer", he immediately made the decision to shoot! Invest!

However, the investment of over 100 million yuan for this movie is not something that can be borne by him alone.

It’s not that there is not enough money, but that doing this is a bit risky.

While he values ​​Bai Youlou, he also needs to share the risk. It is impossible for him to personally put such a large amount of money on Bai Youlou.

Besides, this bastard himself probably collected over 50 million RMB just for the lead actor and director.
Shouldn't we find a few more suckers to share the burden?

Oh yes, there are also matters such as Bai Youlou’s share of the box office, which will need to be discussed in detail later.

But as a boss, after determining the general direction of the cooperation, the rest of the work will be left to his subordinates.

Lin Juntao was in a good mood anyway, feeling that his act of spending a large sum of money to buy horse bones had finally paid off.

To exaggerate a little, once the news of the project approval of these two films is released, the stock price of Huaxing Company will surge upward.

"Boss Lin, are you happy?"

"I am indeed happy, Brother Bai. I have a bottle of good wine over there. I'll go open it."

The address was changed to brother, and he also opened a bottle of good wine.

However, Bai Youlou stopped him this time. After all, he came here on a motorcycle and could not drink.

Besides, it’s too early for Lin Juntao to be happy!
"There is one more thing. I think I should inform you, Mr. Lin."

"what's up?"

At this moment, Lin Juntao still had a smile on his face.

Bai Youlou wiped his mouth with a napkin and said calmly, "Ms. An Luning seems to like me and is pursuing me. I suggest you take some measures and have a good talk with her."

Gulu Gulu~Gulu Gulu~
As soon as these words were spoken, Lin Juntao's office seemed to become completely quiet, with only the sound of the boiling hot pot remaining.

Lin Juntao's smile was completely frozen on his face.

The look he gave Bai Youlou was no longer as friendly as before.

You're riding a horse
What a coincidence, Lin Juntao's secretary wanted to bring in some hot pot dishes at this time.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw my own domineering CEO and the male god in the film and television industry, two high-quality human men, confronting each other fiercely across the steam of the hot pot! The atmosphere was frozen!
The secretary exclaimed inwardly, “Oh shit!” and thought to himself, wasn’t everyone having a great time when he came here before?

How come in just ten minutes, these two looked like they were about to fight?

Put your things down and run.
In fact, Lin Juntao was the only one who was "ferocious", Bai Youlou's eyes were still quite normal.

Maybe in Lin Juntao's view, the look of this "lunatic" was somewhat arrogant and unscrupulous.

Crazy? !

What did this guy say to him? An Luning likes him?

Fuck you, you little bastard, why are you running away from me, my super senior? !
But to be honest, after Lin Juntao and Bai Youlou looked at each other for about ten seconds, an idea that he thought was ridiculous popped up in his mind.

Damn, maybe he wasn't lying!
What to do? !

"Meow~"

Just as the two of them were looking at each other "nervously".

A cat's meow broke the deadlock.

Bai Youlou patted his head and said, "Forget about this little thing. It's awake now."

He unzipped his coat and a round cat's head popped out from his arms.

Lin Juntao was stunned by the kitten's intrusion, "What are you doing?"

"A friend gave me this as a company opening gift. I was originally planning to take it out for a spin today, but then you, Mr. Lin, called to talk about the movie. I didn't have time to go back, so I brought it along as well."

The kitten that came out from Bai Youlou's arms stared at the remaining beef on the table, and its intention was very obvious.

Five minutes later, when Lin Juntao's secretary nervously brought more hot pot dishes, he saw his boss and Bai Youlou, two high-quality men, actually teasing the kitten with expensive beef.

The kitten ate deliciously.
The secretary was confused and felt like he was hallucinating.

Why did I see such bizarre scenes both times I came in?

Thanks to Kitty for lightening the mood!

After the secretary left, Lin Juntao, who had calmed down a little, finally spoke up, "Director Bai, you are kidding me, right?"

Bai Youlou shook his head. "Why would I make such a joke? Your An Luning is the one joking. She's serious."

"you sure?"

"I'm sure. Why don't you ask Sister Hong?"

Blanch!
Lin Juntao rubbed his temples and felt something was wrong.
Ah!
I got it!
He looked at Bai Youlou with an extremely absurd look, "You actually refused?!"

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(End of this chapter)