Chapter 265: If the cook does not steal, the crops will not be harvested

After the recording of the program "Flowers and Youth" was completed, the promotion began.

Unlike the complicated post-production of movies, the post-production of variety shows is much faster. If you work overtime, you can finish an episode in two or three days.

And with a total of seven guests, there is definitely enough material. If there is not enough interesting material in a certain period of time, let the audience appreciate the beauty of the event.

Bring out Liu Manli, Zhang Xiaorong, An Luning and the others one by one, give them a close-up with all kinds of playful special effects, and guarantee that the audience will scream with delight.

It can be said that at this stage, the show "Flowers and Youth" has already been a success.

Liu Manli even started to share the spoils with Bai Youlou.

In fact, there were relatively high risks in the initial production of this program.

The subject matter of the show is not new.

Moreover, the model is a relatively rare separation of production and broadcasting in the industry.

You have to bear all the early risks and production costs by yourself, and after the program is made, you sell it to websites and TV stations.

Fortunately, Manli Entertainment has relatively mature experience in variety show production. Although Liu Manli has always regretted letting Bai Youlou "run away", her company also has its strengths.

Her company is based in the field of variety shows and can fully tap the potential of artist management.

At the same time, they are very confident in the quality control of variety shows. On the one hand, there are a large number of directors and producers who control the minimum quality of the programs. On the other hand, there is naturally a top-notch lineup of guests.

The moment the guest lineup was confirmed, Liu Manli didn't know how she lost money.

Oh yes, she also did not forget to hold high the banner of Bai Youlou.

He directed and starred in a 5 billion box office hit. He was given the title of chief planner.

Although Bai Youlou only helped to come up with a name for this program.

There's nothing wrong with it.

During the recording of the show, Bai Youlou often sneaked into their homestay to help with various "plannings".

"I have transferred the money to you. You said you would come to help me!"

Although Bai Youlou was not the kind of scumbag who would take the money and not acknowledge it, Liu Manli was still quite nervous.

After all, she knew that she couldn't control this guy with just a contract. Even if Bai Youlou really wanted to breach the contract and quit, could she still ask him for liquidated damages?

Come on~
She, Liu Manli, wanted to push people away. There were many people who were willing to help Bai Youlou pay the money, just to have in-depth cooperation. Not to mention a mere penalty for breach of contract, there were many people who were willing to pay ten times more.

So from every angle, she had no way to deal with Bai Youlou.

I could only use a soft tone to coax this old man.

"Money?" Bai Youlou glanced at his text message records. "I didn't receive any notification from the bank."

"Business-to-business account" Liu Manli couldn't help rolling her eyes, "Can I just pay into your card? Find out about tax evasion."

"I heard there is a kind of Yin-Yang contract." The flash in Bai Youlou's eyes was not about intention, but curiosity.

But Liu Manli misunderstood. After hesitating for two seconds, she said hesitantly, "I suggest you don't do this, but if you want to pay less, I'm not against going along with you."

It is often a good thing to go along with the crowd!

From now on, we can be considered to have done bad things together and have each other's evidence.

Liu Manli thought it was not impossible.

"How can you commit a crime? I'm not that kind of person~"

Bai Youlou looked at Liu Manli with contempt and said.

The other party was shocked. "Didn't you bring it up first? And what about this shady contract?"

"I'm just curious. Would I sneak in and miss a nap? What a joke~"

Liu Manli actually believed this.

After all, if Bai Youlou's company was using this trick, then Long Ziqiang's wife's previous attack on him wouldn't have been so easy to get away with.

The taxation of Bai Youlou's company can be considered to have stood the test. If there were really any problems, they should be rushing to pay the taxes now. How could they be so carefree?

Seeing Liu Manli's conviction, Bai Youlou nodded secretly.

But actually I also feel that I was bragging.

The recording of "Flowers and Youth" just ended. Isn't what he does every night to sneak a nap?

As for the fact that An Lu Ning, who had missed her sleep, could still speak loudly to him like that, it just showed that this little girl was in need of some corporal punishment.

Sooner or later I'll find a chance to teach her a lesson.

Back to the crotch.

After several rounds of "friendly consultations" with Liu Manli, Bai Youlou officially joined the filming of her youth film.

As usual, the two sides' men went to discuss the profit sharing, and the two bosses continued to "negotiate" vigorously, exchanging feelings, deepening and consolidating their friendship, making this cooperation appear closer.

Then Lin Juntao came over following the smell.

God knows what he missed before. He missed "Dying to Survive"!

Because he felt that the subject matter was unreliable at first, Lin Juntao only invested some money symbolically, and this was out of consideration for Bai Youlou's face.

Let me put it this way, no matter how unreliable Bai Youlou's works are, even if he makes a romantic action movie, Lin Juntao will invest in it.

But "Dying to Survive" really gave him a hard blow.

What the hell is five billion?!

During this period, friends, partners, and flatterers from all walks of life came to congratulate him, saying that he had excellent vision and could always bet on success.

Although he didn't invest much, Huaxing still appeared on the list of production companies.

Outsiders don’t know the specific investment ratio, and Bai Youlou and Liu Manli’s company is not listed, so there is no need to announce this to the public.

In short, Lin Juntao managed to save his face, but he definitely lost his dignity.

So this time he said he would participate no matter what and give his greatest support!

Even if the director is not Bai Youlou, but Liu Manli, a complete newbie.

In fact, Lin Juntao is a little regretful now, because he only gave symbolic support to "Lost in Thailand", which was also directed by new director Wu Muqun.

He had a vague feeling that something was not going well.
This movie is about to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday. If another big satellite comes out, my heart will bleed.

Moreover, Bai Youlou's success is now inevitable, and he no longer has much demand for Huaxing's channel resources. Huaxing's channel resources cannot play the role of timely assistance, and at most they are just icing on the cake.

Huaxing is not the only company that can do this.

So place your bets!

Lin Juntao didn’t even want to know what Bai Youlou and Liu Manli were planning to do. He just wanted to take out the money and let them accept it!

In this regard, even though he knew that Qiu Yanran seemed to give people a strange feeling recently, he simply ignored it.

It better be wrong!

She was very naughty towards Bai Youlou!
If Bai Youlou and I became brothers-in-law, wouldn't we be able to cooperate better?
Liu Manli also warmly welcomed Lin Juntao's arrival. She was actually not very sure in her heart, so it was certainly a good thing that someone was willing to cover for her.

Moreover, if you want to survive in this circle, you can't always eat alone. Even someone as impressive as Bai Youlou doesn't have such a big appetite, and he basically brings a lot of partners along every time.

Otherwise, why would there be such a big fanfare every time we promote something?

Huaxing is the largest and most powerful one, and Manli Entertainment is the closest one.

If we really count the partners of the recent films, there are dozens or even hundreds of them, with various investors, theater chains and even official companies standing behind them.

In short, share the risks and eat the cake together. Even if Bai Youlou gets the biggest piece, others will still flatter and coax him.

"Director Bai, how much money do we need to produce this movie?"

Faced with this question, Bai Youlou thought about it for a while.

Then he reported the figure of 150 million with a smile on his face.

Hearing this, Liu Manli felt dizzy.

what? !

No~
so much?
She also asked someone at home to calculate the approximate cost of the film, which was around 80 million.

This number is still due to the crazy premium for hiring super foreign aid Bai Youlou.

How much does a youth film cost?

If there was no Bai Youlou, 50 million would be more than enough, and 30 million would be enough if we were a little more frugal.

Liu Manli was thinking that she would prepare an investment of 80 million yuan, and then give half of it directly to Bai Youlou, and use the rest of the money to make the movie.

Bai Youlou glanced at Liu Manli, noticed something was wrong with her eyes, and blinked.

You still have a lot to learn, dear.

Being a director is not just about learning the technical aspects.

In a situation like this where they can join forces and take control of the crew, how could Bai Youlou not make a fortune from him?

"That's all you need?"

As a result, Lin Juntao seemed a little dissatisfied. Only 150 million?

"This is it! Huaxing will give 60 million. If it's not enough later, just tell me and I can make up to 100 million at any time."

“It’s refreshing to work with Mr. Lin.”

"Haha, I want to work with Director Bai for a long time. If you need money, just come to me!"

"I toast to Mr. Lin!"

The two of them clinked their glasses with a smile, which made Liu Manli a little confused.

After all, Bai Youlou did not play it this way in the previous movie "Dying to Survive", and he was very careful with his money. For Liu Manli, who does not have much experience in movie making, it is indeed a bit difficult to understand.

"How much share do you plan to give him?"

"About a quarter to a third, depending on whether I need his money later. I'm just investing in technology, so I'll take part of the salary directly and include part in the investment." Bai Youlou did a quick calculation and got a rough idea.

Then he suddenly realized, "Fuck, this is your movie, right? You should be talking to him!"

"Eh? Yes~"

Only then did Liu Manli realize that today's "negotiation" with Lin Juntao was a bit weird.

The leaders of this film are her and her Manli Entertainment.

Why does Lin Juntao still act as if Bai Youlou is the main character? Bai Youlou is just the leading actor and director's consultant.

Liu Manli didn't think much about it for the time being, and looked at Bai Youlou with curiosity, "Why did you ask for so much money? Our movie doesn't need that much, the money he gave is enough for all the production costs."

Bai Youlou:
He didn't say it directly, but asked first, "I heard that you made a movie before, and you lost a lot of money."

"Well, it's okay." Liu Manli looked around and said something else.

"How much exactly?"

“More than 100 million.”

Awesome!
After chatting for a while, Bai Youlou found out that Liu Manli had invested in more than a dozen movies, with varying amounts, and lost more than 100 million yuan.

It shouldn’t be~
Isn't this woman a Grand Slam actress? !

How come variety shows are so popular and their artists are so popular, but movies are so terrible?
Of course, on the one hand, it may indeed be a matter of investment vision.

Having good acting skills does not mean that investing in movies will definitely make money.

The movie industry is a relatively high-risk investment industry. Most movies lose money, and only a few make money.

The time when Liu Manli started to make money seriously from movies was after Bai Youlou rose to fame.

"You haven't been able to participate in the production of the movies you invested in before, have you?"

"That's about right. I don't really have much say. My investments are spread out and I don't dare to invest too much in one movie."

"Didn't you ask Lao Zhou?" Bai Youlou asked in surprise.

"Ah? Him? Hasn't he only been an assistant director?"

"I thought you were just like Lin Juntao, pretending to be ignorant even though you know the truth."

Bai Youlou shook his head and directly called Lao Zhou over, asking him to teach Liu Manli a lesson.

Translate for her what "making money like a motherfucker" means!
Investors' money is meant to be defrauded.

Those who have the power to speak in the crew can get together and make the investors' money disappear in a matter of minutes.

An old hand like Lin Juntao is of course well aware of all of this. He definitely knows that Bai Youlou will use some means to inflate costs, and there are many people in the circle who do this.

But even if Bai Youlou inflated the costs, he was still making money with him, so he could just inflate the costs. As long as it wasn't too excessive and he was willing to take him along for the fun, all he had to do was turn a blind eye.

It's a bit like that. If the cook doesn't steal, the crops won't be harvested.

After all, Liu Manli was not a silly little cutie, and she quickly understood what was going on.

Before, I was at most a little blinded, or I had never seen Bai Youlou making money so blatantly.

Bai Youlou said that you are really ignorant, bro, is this what you call blatant?
You have never seen a straw hat that costs thousands of dollars.

In fact, many artists in the entertainment industry have minor problems like Liu Manli.

When you are a celebrity, it is so easy to make money, and the money comes so quickly, so you don’t feel much about spending it.

Spending several hundred yuan on a breakfast seems normal.

But a normal person who spends hundreds of dollars on breakfast can end up eating himself to death.

To put it bluntly, some celebrities who have never seen the sufferings of the world don't know that some things are really that cheap.

Some know, but as time goes by, they don't want to know anymore.

Bai Youlou has a good habit. He saves when he should and spends when he should. He doesn't care when it comes to spending money, but he is really willing to ride a shared bike when it comes to saving money.

The main feature of shared bicycles is that they are economical and cost-effective, and you don’t have to maintain them yourself.

At this moment, Lin Juntao, who was working overtime in the company, suddenly felt a heaviness in his head.

Fortunately, he doesn't care~
He ordered his men to adjust Qiu Yanran's recent schedule, and then he would take Qiu Yanran to have dinner with Bai Youlou.

Unfortunately, Qiu Yanran probably won’t be able to participate in Bai Youlou and Liu Manli’s new movie.

Lin Juntao took the latest version of the script and felt that there was indeed no role in it that was important enough for Qiu Yanran to perform well.

So he closed the script and revealed the cover.

"You're You"

(End of this chapter)