"I swear, if I ever do a cao in your movie again, I’m a dog!"
After finishing the tough shoot, Chen Yiyang couldn’t help but complain to Gong Fan.
Today, he and Rao Zhi ca to visit the set with Gong Fan.
Originally, Chen Yiyang had bought high-end lunchboxes and drinks for the entire crew.
But then Gong Fan insisted that Chen Yiyang play a cao role as an astronaut in the film.
Chen Yiyang had never acted in a movie before, but the role required no dialogue or action, just standing in front of the cara.
So Chen Yiyang agreed.
And then he suffered for it.
Because the astronaut suit used in the film was completely sealed, with only a small fan at the back of the head for ventilation.
This wouldn’t have been a problem.
But things took a turn when Chen Yiyang, not knowing what he’d eaten earlier, let out a terribly slly fart.
Putting on the spacesuit once was a hassle, so all actors had to wear it an hour or two before shooting.
During this period, the spacesuit couldn’t be taken off.
As a result, after letting out that fart, Chen Yiyang could only wait for the sll to dissipate inside the suit.
To be honest.
It was the first ti Chen Yiyang hated his digestive system so much.
"You’ve got it good." Gong Fan, trying to console Chen Yiyang, said, "The other day, Wu Jing let out a fart just a few minutes before the shoot.
Afterwards, he told he had to endure his own fart while maintaining his expression and speaking lines seriously in front of the cara."
Ugh.
Gong Fan’s consolation was sowhat effective.
Combining his own experience with Gong Fan’s words, Chen Yiyang could imdiately imagine how funny the scene would have been.
"Our director really knows how to ss with people’s minds." At that mont, Liu Huazai, who had just finished filming, ca over to join the conversation.
"One day, I was filming a scene set during hot weather. We shot several takes for a long ti, and I was sweating buckets.
Then Director Gong Fan ca over with a little spray bottle. I thought he was going to spray to cool off. But instead, he only sprayed a bit on an extra’s face behind ."
"Hahaha, that must have been tough for you." Chen Yiyang shook hands with Liu Huazai.
"Brother Hua, I’ve been a fan of yours since I was a kid."
"You’re too kind." Liu Huazai approached, genuinely wanting to befriend Chen Yiyang.
Hong Kong and Taiwan stars are finding it increasingly difficult to secure roles in mainland productions.
Even soone as big as Liu Huazai mostly ends up doing various lousy films.
Online rumors say Brother Hua is repaying old favors.
But how could there be so many old favors to repay? It’s just the lack of good roles.
In the mainland entertainnt circle, it’s now trendy for capital to promote actors.
Any good roles or scripts are prioritized for their own promoted actors.
For soone like Liu Huazai from Hong Kong and Taiwan, they can’t earn money from you, so why give you good roles?
For Liu Huazai, Chen Yiyang seed like a newly rising investor in mainland entertainnt, so he naturally wanted to curry favor a bit.
However, despite claiming to be a fan of Liu Huazai since childhood, Chen Yiyang wasn’t particularly close to him in practice, just making small talk before leaving the set with Gong Fan.
The reason was simple.
Chen Yiyang was the kind to pick up bargains; even if Liu Huazai had ten opportunities, his profit wouldn’t be as much as nurturing one of his contracted artists.
Given that, why give up considerable profit for sentintality?
Chen Yiyang and Gong Fan arrived at the hotel where Gong Fan was staying.
Gong Fan showed Chen Yiyang the various concept sketches and story outlines he had designed for Earth Wandering 2.
Gong Fan believed the success of Earth Wandering 1 was due to considerable effort in developing the background, which gave the film a sense of realism.
So, in the sequel, he continued with this approach.
The drafts and design sketches he showed Chen Yiyang alone were enough to keep him looking for hours.
Having seriously reviewed the extensive design sketches presented by Gong Fan, Chen Yiyang’s mind turned to another matter.
"By the way, Gong Fan," Chen Yiyang said directly to Gong Fan, "Do you have any plans for movie rchandise?"
"Movie rchandise?" Gong Fan was a bit stunned for a few seconds after hearing Chen Yiyang’s question, "After Earth Wandering 1 succeeded, many manufacturers indeed contacted us for related rchandise licensing, but it didn’t make much money.
So for Earth Wandering 2, I plan to wait for the movie to be released and, if it performs well, then license it out."
"Don’t wait that long." Chen Yiyang said directly to Gong Fan, "I’ll offer you a high price; you can directly sell the movie’s rchandise and ga licensing."
The reason Chen Yiyang suddenly brought this up.
Was because he previously invested in the film Nezha and made a lot of money from licensing rchandise.
He later learned in detail that the technology needed to produce these rchandise items wasn’t particularly advanced.
Most materials could be outsourced, and he just needed to maintain the operation of an assembly plant.
With that in mind, why not make the money himself?
Of course, making money was a small matter; the main thing was that this kind of factory could create nurous jobs, significantly helping Chen Yiyang maintain his influence.
So after seeing the design drawings presented by Gong Fan, Chen Yiyang imdiately got inspired.
"Look, the digital life card you’ve designed is perfect for making into a USB rchandise. And this transport robot dog, Benben, I’ve invested in a robot dog company. I can make an exact replica."
"It’s all yours then." Gong Fan wasn’t particularly bothered about this.
On one hand, Chen Yiyang was a major financier, and on the other, he was an old friend.
Since Chen Yiyang said the price would be fair, he was fine with it.
His main focus was on filming, and the profits these rchandise could bring were not his priority.
"Alright, I’ll have soone co by later to get the contract signed."
Satisfied with successfully obtaining the rchandise licensing, Chen Yiyang felt content.
He had previously invested in a blind box doll company called Marte Bubble.
The company was doing well now.
Chen Yiyang could borrow a few people from Marte Bubble, then set up a rchandise factory in Lin’an.
Currently, he held the rchandise licensing for two major IPs, Earth Wandering and Nezha, and these two alone would keep the factory going.
Earth Wandering digital life card USB rchandise diagram.
Chen Yiyang’s net worth was roughly calculated to be around a hundred billion now.
So for Chen Yiyang, making money wasn’t urgent anymore; instead, he needed to boost his personal influence first.
In China, the best way to enhance personal influence is to create a lot of jobs for the local governnt.
So, even if you get into so trouble, those at the top would be more willing to give you another chance.
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