Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 354: Earth Wandering 2 Merchandise

"I swear, if I ever do a cameo 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 came 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 cameo 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 camera.

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 smelly 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 smell to dissipate inside the suit.

To be honest.

It was the first time 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 me he had to endure his own fart while maintaining his expression and speaking lines seriously in front of the camera."

Ugh.

Gong Fan’s consolation was somewhat effective.

Combining his own experience with Gong Fan’s words, Chen Yiyang could immediately imagine how funny the scene would have been.

"Our director really knows how to mess with people’s minds." At that moment, Liu Huazai, who had just finished filming, came over to join the conversation.

"One day, I was filming a scene set during hot weather. We shot several takes for a long time, and I was sweating buckets.

Then Director Gong Fan came over with a little spray bottle. I thought he was going to spray me to cool me off. But instead, he only sprayed a bit on an extra’s face behind me."

"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 someone 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 entertainment circle, it’s now trendy for capital to promote actors.

Any good roles or scripts are prioritized for their own promoted actors.

For someone 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 seemed like a newly rising investor in mainland entertainment, 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 sentimentality?

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 merchandise?"

"Movie merchandise?" 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 merchandise 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 me the movie’s merchandise and game 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 merchandise.

He later learned in detail that the technology needed to produce these merchandise 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 numerous jobs, significantly helping Chen Yiyang maintain his influence.

So after seeing the design drawings presented by Gong Fan, Chen Yiyang immediately got inspired.

"Look, the digital life card you’ve designed is perfect for making into a USB merchandise. 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 merchandise could bring were not his priority.

"Alright, I’ll have someone come by later to get the contract signed."

Satisfied with successfully obtaining the merchandise 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 merchandise factory in Lin’an.

Currently, he held the merchandise licensing for two major IPs, Earth Wandering and Nezha, and these two alone would keep the factory going.

Earth Wandering digital life card USB merchandise 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 government.

So, even if you get into some trouble, those at the top would be more willing to give you another chance.