In the following days, Gu Bai enjoyed so much-needed peace, almost like a return to his past life, waking up on schedule in the dorm, attending classes, and having als with Deng Bo and the others at the cafeteria.
During their free ti, he would chat about life with Qi Man on the campus lawn.
As for anything more extravagant, there was nothing of that sort.
Though young, he couldn’t withstand such a high-intensity "sun-chasing" exercise. Nearly two months into his rebirth, Gu Bai had hardly any idle ti.
He spent almost every night in the company of these won.
Even an iron man couldn’t handle it, so these past few days of taking it easy made him feel unusually comfortable. His usually reduced body constitution even improved by two points, from 71 to 73.
In the dormitory.
Deng Bo was intensely chatting with a small online influencer he had t that night via his phone.
anwhile, Lou Xun and Wen Cunming were sourly playing gas on the side.
It’s worth ntioning that even small online influencers have significant self-interest.
In this regard, Deng Bo’s identity as a small rich second-generation in Shanghai ca in handy. Over these days, he beca very chummy with that online influencer, and it seed that he was about to hit it off with her soon.
On the other hand, Lou Xun and Wen Cunming initially added a few WeChats using their status as Shanghai Theatre Academy students, but after a few days, when the influencers found out they were just ordinary students, they imdiately turned cold, making it unlikely for them to hit it off.
Guys like them might fool so naive underclassn or regular girls who blindly worship the entertainnt industry, but trying to hook in those seasoned online influencers is too tough. Without a substantial fortune, who would want to play with you?
Gu Bai was lying on the bed watching short videos when the phone rang.
Answering the call, Xiao Qiang’s voice ca through the phone.
"President Gu, regarding those projects you ntioned, one is about to be finalized. They’re willing to offer us a 30% investnt share?"
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Gu Bai sat up from the bed.
"Which project is it?"
"I Am Not a God of dicine!"
Upon hearing it was this movie, Gu Bai imdiately understood.
As the third-highest-grossing movie of 2018, its release had faced nurous challenges. If guessed correctly, this film should already be in production.
Due to its subject matter, it wasn’t promising initially.
Additionally, because of its sensitive topic, few companies dared to invest, and they even experienced an investor withdrawing funds, halting the production. Timing-wise, it should be around this ti.
"Tell more about it."
Xiao Qiang calmly detailed over the phone.
"After two days of negotiations, this film’s budget is set at 60 million, with Ali Film and Television and Kyoto Cultural dia adding up to increase it to 75 million later on.
But recently, an investor with a 15% share suddenly withdrew, causing the project to halt imdiately.
I then contacted Xu Zhen’s Zhenle Dao Culture Communication Company and successfully invested by adding 30 million as a condition. Now the total project budget is 100 million, and we, Black Swan Capital, invest 30 million, occupying a 30% investnt share."
"Very good!"
Gu Bai praised with a smile.
This film differed from other high-grossing films.
Once released next July, it will explode both in box office and reputation.
The relevant producers’ stock prices in the secondary market reacted with a flourish due to the overwhelming reputation. Among them, one of the producers, Kyoto Cultural dia Company, perford most impressively, with shares soaring by almost 56% in ten trading days, boosting its market value by approximately 4 billion yuan.
Thinking of this, Gu Bai even considered spinning off the film investnt departnt to establish a new company, as making money in the entertainnt industry was so profitable. Besides box office revenue sharing, once listed, just investing in a few sure-fire projects would cause the stock price to soar, and then cashing out would earn a fortune.
Such cases abound in the entertainnt industry.
For example, a first-line star who rose to fa in ’My Fair Princess’ shed shares during Ali Film and Television’s peak, cashed out 2.3 billion, and directly exited.
Of course, this idea was just a fleeting thought, as he aid to beco a major player in the entertainnt circle, not a small-ti businessperson who’d flee with a small profit.
As for spinning off the film investnt departnt, it’s doable, after all, a film investnt departnt under a business capital doesn’t sound as legitimate as a proper cultural capital in the film industry.
Upon receiving Gu Bai’s praise, Xiao Qiang also laughed over the phone.
Being able to please Gu Bai brought her one step closer to her goal of independently managing investnt funds.
After reporting so basic information, Xiao Qiang continued, "There’s sothing else I need to consult with you."
"Go ahead."
"While handling these projects, President Yang from Jiahang dia connected through an interdiary."
"President Yang from Jiahang dia?"
Gu Bai was montarily confused.
"The big star in the film industry, Yang Function."
"Da Mimi?"
"Uh... yes, her."
Xiao Qiang had also accepted the boss’s nickna for Yang Function.
As soon as ’Da Mimi’ was ntioned, the other three in the dorm all gathered around Gu Bai’s bed, staring intently at him.
That’s Da Mimi after all. If recently Hu Ge was the most popular male celebrity, then Da Mimi was undoubtedly the most popular female celebrity.
After ’Chinese Paladin 3’, multiple hit dramas elevated her to the altars of the four young female stars.
This template was quite similar to Zhai Li’s future path, though Zhai Li went for a chaste goddess style and Da Mimi went for an approachable goddess style, a clear difference.
Gu Bai signaled them to be quiet and continued asking, "Why did she reach out to you?"
"I suspect that our recent investnts in the entertainnt industry were a point of interest for her, and she wants to inquire if we’re interested in investing in their upcoming project."
"What’s it called?"
"A major female-led TV drama, ’Fuyao’.
In 2018, this was the TV series starring Yang Function, and Gu Bai probably only rembered this one.
Xiao Qiang continued, "President Yang invited us to their ’Fuyao’ project bidding eting tonight, where so large film studios will be present since there’s a saying in the market.
Yang Function might be a poison at the box office, but she’s a dicine in TV dramas; she never stars in a losing TV show.
However, for this drama, Yang Function gave a figure over 500 million, which exceeded my authorization, so I had to report it to President Gu. The bidding eting is in Shanghai; is President Gu planning to attend?"
"Of course, why miss it? Who wouldn’t want to make money?"
"Then shall I arrange it?"
"Yeah, go ahead."
After Gu Bai ended the call, he thought about what Xiao Qiang said. Da Mimi truly is the magic touch in TV dramas; any drama she starred in never lost money. In his past life, he wouldn’t even qualify as a crew mber in such a major production. Now, miraculously, he was an invited investor. Why refuse money essentially being handed to him?
"White Pieces, what was that about Da Mimi just now?"
"Nothing much, Da Mimi invited for dinner tonight."
The fact that he was an investor didn’t just an an invitation to dinner?
"Really?"
"Really!"
"Defile my goddess, and I’ll strangle you!"
"Your goddess’s child is already a few years old!"
"I don’t care! A goddess is a goddess!"
Indeed, there’s no such thing as a Cao贼 in this world, or rather, everyone is a Cao贼. Gu Bai was starting to understand why Principal Wang would willingly beco a Cao贼 for Da Mimi.
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