Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 528: Who Will Play the Crime Boss?

Chen Yiyang found the boss of Liubai Film and Television, Xu Liubai.

Then unexpectedly discovered that the person who sought investment from Chen Yiyang during the premiere of Dangal was actually from Liubai Film and Television as well. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

"Mr. Chen, a rare guest indeed." Xu Liubai pulled Chen Yiyang to sit down and then began to speak, "These past few days, everyone’s been privately saying you might help resolve the film industry’s winter. I didn’t expect you to come here."

"Who spread that rumor?" Chen Yiyang immediately inquired upon hearing Xu Liubai’s words.

Honestly, when you think about resolving the film industry’s winter, it’s actually a bit funny.

Finding an investor to solve a systemic problem.

But in reality, it was just an excuse from the top, since they couldn’t easily give out a payment license. However, the scale of Chen Yiyang’s company indeed had reached the level needing a payment license.

If Chen Yiyang just worked a bit harder and made some achievements, regardless of whether the industry winter could be resolved, the license should fall into his hands.

This matter was supposed to be extremely confidential, essentially an internal game between Chen Yiyang and his network’s upper echelon.

But now, Xu Liubai had spoken it out loud.

Chen Yiyang instantly realized this was deliberately publicized by someone with an agenda.

"I also heard it from a friend," Xu Liubai hurriedly explained seeing Chen Yiyang’s displeased expression, "A few days ago, at an internal gathering of the film circle, someone joked about it, saying that if Mr. Chen focuses all his energy on the film industry, maybe the industry winter could really be resolved."

An extremely malicious attack.

Chen Yiyang immediately made a judgment.

This attack wasn’t purposeful but purely believed that Chen Yiyang couldn’t solve this, making it a joke to attack his reputation.

In truth, Chen Yiyang’s reputation in the film industry was quite good, mainly because the projects he invested in were profitable, and he rarely got involved in internal nonsense.

So people generally liked him.

Now someone was using this to try and undermine his reputation.

If Chen Yiyang just released a few films with 1-2 billion box office hits.

The people behind the scenes would probably sneer that he only knows how to make money but is useless when real problems arise.

Thinking of this, a name immediately came to mind.

Ali’s film department.

But now wasn’t the time to think about this; Chen Yiyang and Xu Liubai continued discussing investment matters.

Seeing that Chen Yiyang didn’t want to discuss the film industry’s winter problem, Xu Liubai tactfully changed the subject.

"Our company is currently preparing to produce two dramas, one with a larger investment called Litchi of Chang’an, adapted from a novel."

"What about the other one?" Chen Yiyang asked directly.

The last time someone from Liubai Film and Television introduced this drama to him. Chen Yiyang wasn’t interested in this drama that seemed intent on boosting the second-generation stars.

No matter how well the original novel was written, the second-generation stars would fill it with personal bits and superficial plots, just to get more screen time.

In simple terms, a guaranteed flop.

"The other one is a Black Society drama, with some sensitive content that might be required to cut during the review,"

"Let me see the script." Chen Yiyang asked for the script from Xu Liubai and quickly browsed through it.

"This script depicts the villains more vividly than the heroes," Chen Yiyang noted after a simple glance, seeing that the villain’s background, the leader of the black society, was well-developed and multidimensional, with a full story from rise to fall.

"That’s why I value this script," Xu Liubai said, "Currently, domestic crime dramas focus primarily on the heroes, with insufficient exploration of the villains, most tending to be overly simplistic. This script seeks to create a more three-dimensional antagonist."

"Officially, the lead role is a heroic cop, but in reality, the main character is this crime lord."

Chen Yiyang tapped his fingers on the table.

The drama mentioned in the intelligence report must be this one.

"Have the leads been cast?" Chen Yiyang asked.

"Not yet. We approached a few actors with solid skills, but they all wanted the second lead role, which is clearly more compelling."

"You’ll need someone suitable; being compelling means it’s hard to play," Chen Yiyang considered and said, "I’ll invest in this, let’s hold off on the antagonist role. For the lead cop, let’s have Pan Yuming. For the antagonist’s sister, let’s have Song Xi, and the role of the antagonist’s wife should go to Gao Ye, how about that?"

Chen Yiyang immediately took three roles.

But Xu Liubai wasn’t upset at all upon hearing this.

The roles chosen by Chen Yiyang were quite fitting.

The morally upright character needs to have high standards, requiring skillful acting, as well as a trustworthy presence.

Pan Yuming previously performed brilliantly in White Night Chasing Killer, portraying both a cop and the cop’s twin, thus perfectly suited for this role.

As for the other two female roles, the antagonist’s sister is just a pretty face role; it doesn’t need deep acting skills, just a lovely appearance.

Giving it to anybody would be fine; having Chen Yiyang take it for his artist’s benefit posed no issue.

And as for the antagonist’s wife, when Xu Liubai first got the script, he thought of Chen Yiyang’s artist, Gao Ye.

Her image was just perfect.

Of course, Xu Liubai couldn’t let Chen Yiyang take three roles without any cost.

So, he said, "If you take three roles at once, you’ll have to invest a bit more."

"How about I take all the remaining investment shares except your Liubai Film and Television’s part?" Chen Yiyang answered straightforwardly.

"Alright, given what you’ve said, the second lead is also yours to decide. Liubai Film and Television will take just a twenty percent stake."

Chen Yiyang’s offer was too generous.

Earning from dramas is tougher.

Profits come from two avenues—a premiere’s right to stream and advertising.

How much the premiere’s rights sell for, besides the quality of the drama itself, also relies on networking.

Chen Yiyang has his own video platform; the selling price for premiere rights certainly wouldn’t be low.

That’s fixed income.

Liubai Film’s contribution in the backend team earns them production fee profits, an instant profit.

Symbolically taking up twenty percent of the stake, even if the drama turns out bad, Liubai Film still profits, meaning Chen Yiyang shoulders the entire risk.

Therefore, what more could Xu Liubai say? He simply let Chen Yiyang designate the second lead as well.

Moreover, these Black Society dramas are tough to clear the review process. So long as Liubai Film completes production, all subsequent issues are Chen Yiyang’s responsibility, leaving them out of it.