In Gu Bai’s eyes, Yu Zhengji could only be considered a minor episode.
At this mont, inside the Kyoto Cultural and Sports Center, all major dia outlets had their caras poised, ready for Da Mimi’s biggest public appearance in 2017. Many dia outlets were prepared to jump on this wave of hype.
The launch of the "Fuyao" project had already exploded online a few days prior, and even netizens who rarely pay attention to TV dramas were brainwashed by all sorts of soft articles published by the pervasive dia.
"8.5 billion high investnt, Hua Country’s first era-defining TV drama!"
"The investnt comparable to the European ’Ga of Thrones’: Fuyao."
"With such massive investnt, can Fuyao elevate Hua Country TV dramas to another peak?"
These nurous soft articles directly pushed Fuyao’s exposure to the highest. Now, nearly all major dia in the country had gathered in the cultural center, carrying higher expectations for this project launch than for those star-studded movie premieres.
The launch had not yet begun, but the reporters were already all set, just waiting for the main characters to appear.
"Do you think this ’Fuyao’ is just for hype? After all, this drama’s budget is several tis higher than that of the previous big CCTV production ’New Three Kingdoms.’ So much money just to produce a TV drama?"
A rookie reporter posed a question to the fellow reporters around.
"New in the industry, huh? Whether it’s true or not, as long as we get the latest news first, we don’t need to worry about anything else."
"It probably isn’t fake. Once approved, the investnt has to go through verification. There’s no need to create such a hype."
"8.5 billion just for a TV drama, even if it’s 100 episodes, the cost per episode would still be 8.5 million. Can they recoup the costs?"
"Why worry about such things? What does it have to do with us? If they lose money, it’s better for us; we have more news material."
"That’s true."
As the group of reporters chatted, a group of people walked onto the podium, and all the organizers of the Fuyao project were present.
Yang Function wore a bright red blazer, with eyeliner drawn long, exuding a sexy yet sharp urban woman aura. As both an investor and the female lead, she deservedly sat in the central position, while others took seats according to the shares they held in the project. The 11 seats included President Xiao and E Factory Film and Television’s deputy director Bao Ming, who sat beside Yang Function, while so investors didn’t even have the qualification to sit on the podium.
Even though Xiao Qiang wasn’t a star, her looks were outstanding even among celebrities. She wore a business suit without deliberately dressing up but still held her own against Yang Function, which gave the reporters below plenty of ideas for questioning.
Although this launch was a great opportunity to boost reputation, since the venue was in Kyoto, Gu Bai was too lazy to go, so he sent Xiao Qiang as his representative. Moreover, as the company president, personally attending a TV drama project’s press conference would indeed seem beneath him.
Yang Function tested the mic, exchanged glances with Xiao Qiang and Bao Ming, then signaled the host that the press conference could begin.
The host, upon receiving the signal, imdiately stood up.
"Welco everyone to the Fuyao TV project’s launch conference. First, we invite the project representatives to speak."
After saying this, Yang Function, as the project representative, stood up and recited the welco speech, regardless of whether the dia reporters liked it or not, as the protocol had to be followed. If anyone disturbed the proceedings, the security personnel nearby would imdiately escort them out.
About half an hour passed, and the basic processes had ended.
"Next is the dia representatives’ question ti, which will last 1 hour."
Finally, it was the mont the reporters were eagerly waiting for. As soon as the host finished speaking, the front-row reporters began to eagerly raise their hands.
Yang Function glanced slightly and finally spotted a familiar reporter, then smiled and invited him to stand up and ask a question. With such a massive project launch, without planting so insiders to guide the rhythm, it would surely be led astray by those dia who only cared about popularity.
The invited reporter hurriedly stood up, placing the microphone near his mouth.
"President Yang, hello. I’m a reporter from Qingyun Entertainnt. I would like to ask, is the announced investnt of 8.5 billion yuan for the Fuyao project true?"
Yang Function was attending the press conference as the project investor, so it was appropriate for the reporter to address her as President Yang.
As an insider, the question was harmless, and Yang Function answered with a smile: "The project’s original estimated investnt was 5 billion, but due to various reasons, the total investnt was finally increased to 8.5 billion. This figure is officially docunted and is indeed true."
After finishing, she invited the next reporter to ask a question.
"President Yang, as the country’s largest TV drama investnt project, are you worried about a loss? You know, it’s hard to turn a profit with such a huge investnt."
Yang Function frowned; no investor likes to hear others question whether they’ll lose money, and Yang Function was no exception. She answered coldly, "We have great confidence in the ’Fuyao’ project and believe that if it wasn’t because of its outstanding quality, the investors wouldn’t have increased the investnt to 8.5 billion."
After saying this, she directly denied the reporter’s second question.
"I noticed that among the investors, ’Black Swan Capital’ doesn’t seem like a film and television investnt company, and they’re participating in such investnt for the first ti. I’d like to ask President Xiao, why, as first-ti participants, are you so optimistic about the ’Fuyao’ project?"
Upon hearing the question, Xiao Qiang also slightly drew the microphone closer to herself on the podium.
"As President Yang just ntioned, because the project itself is excellent, our company is very assured to boldly hand over the investnt to the program team. I believe that once ’Fuyao’ is released, it will certainly trigger a new wave of viewership.
Also, to correct the reporter friend, it’s not the first ti ’Black Swan Capital’ has participated in film and television investnt. If anyone is careful enough, they can discover that the ’Tomato Richest’ and ’I Am Not a God of dicine’ film projects were also led by Black Swan Capital.
Furthermore, ’Black Swan Capital’ is an investnt company spanning finance, industry, internet, and entertainnt, among others, and just a week ago, we acquired 67% of Wajijiwa Entertainnt with a 600 million valuation, restructuring it into a subsidiary. Therefore, you can also see us as a film and television investnt company."
After speaking, Xiao Qiang thanked everyone, finishing her response. As for exaggerating acquisition value, it’s normal, as it was a private internal purchase, so she could say as much as she’d like.
This wave not only answered the reporter’s doubts perfectly but also served as a great advertisent for Black Swan Entertainnt. Yang Function and the other investors didn’t mind, as it’s a necessary respect for the investor holding the largest share.
As expected, after Xiao Qiang’s response, the reporters finally found a new topic.
Such a giant in capital making its way into the entertainnt circle in this manner—isn’t this a big news? Subsequently, the entire press conference seed to have changed focus, and besides questions about the project itself, there were more attempts to dig out more details about ’Black Swan Capital’ from Xiao Qiang.
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