Pampered by the School Bully-Chapter 1053 - 1040: Time to Recruit Voice Actors! (Part 1)

Chapter 1053: Chapter 1040: Time to Recruit Voice Actors! (Part 1)

While Yan Siyuan was showering, Huo Feng had already told the two girls about their 500,000 investment today and sent them the photo of the contract signed with Director Lu.

The contract has been signed, and both parties must execute the attached conditions.

Thus, Director Lu must provide the 500,000, and Yan Siyuan and Huo Feng must cooperate with Director Lu by guest-starring in his youth campus idol drama.

When Yan Siyuan heard Huo Feng had already told his girlfriend the news, his immediate reaction was to get up and rush to the bed to grab his phone...

Sure enough, Yan Siyuan received over a dozen messages and missed 5 calls from Ye Qingcao!

Opening the WeChat messages, Yan Siyuan saw a bunch of incredibly excited words from Ye Qingcao!

Ye Qingcao: [Yan, the handsome guy! I heard you’re going to act in a TV drama! Is it true!]

Ye Qingcao: [Such a great news, why didn’t you personally tell me! But used Brother Feng to tell me! Ahhh—too much!]

Ye Qingcao: [What are you doing! I want to talk to you right now! Reply to me, reply, reply!]

Ye Qingcao: [Ah~ I’m so excited~ Are you going to reply or not!]

Ye Qingcao: [Yan, handsome guy~~ Little brother~~]

Ye Qingcao: [...]

Messages like these, full of enthusiasm, were all over the chat record.

Seeing so many expectant messages, Yan Siyuan truly felt a mountain of pressure...

Yan Siyuan sighed slightly, bowed his head, and replied to her: [Just had a shower, seeing messages now.]

Then, Ye Qingcao instantly replied: [Ah! My little brother, the handsome man returns from the bath!]

Yan Siyuan replied to her: [...]

Ye Qingcao seemed unbothered by his ellipsis and continued to reply: [You’re going to film a TV drama with Brother Feng, right! Are you happy! Excited! Thrilled!]

Yan Siyuan replied: [...]

Ye Qingcao still showed no concern for his ellipsis, replying again excitedly: [Wow! Such good news! The thought of you and Brother Feng filming a TV drama makes me so excited to death! I’m going to blow you both up! No matter what you act in, I will definitely watch!]

Yan Siyuan finally decided to type: [Don’t exaggerate...]

Ye Qingcao replied with several ’excited’ emojis...

Yan Siyuan sent her a sweating emoji.

Then, Ye Qingcao sent a message to Yan Siyuan: [If there’s a script, make sure you send it to me! I want to see the character and storyline you act in! On the shooting day, can I visit the set?]

Across the screen, Yan Siyuan could sense that Ye Qingcao had gone crazy...

He turned, casting a somewhat accusatory look at Huo Feng who was playing with his phone, and Huo Feng also coincidentally raised his eyes to meet Yan Siyuan’s gaze...

Huo Feng grinned heartlessly, "Hello~ Why are you looking at me? Think I’m handsome?"

Yan Siyuan promptly shot him an annoyed glance and snorted, "Thanks to you, Xiaocao’s gone mad."

"Haha~"

Huo Feng couldn’t help but laugh, "Your girlfriend, huh! That’s just her style! Totally normal!"

Yan Siyuan immediately returned a sharp look to Huo Feng, "Warning you, you can talk about me, but not Xiaocao!"

Huo Feng acknowledged his threatening look, lowered his brows slightly, "Oh~ then I won’t say anything!"

Yan Siyuan snorted, bowed his head, replying to Ye Qingcao’s WeChat while speaking to Huo Feng, "We’ve raised a total of 600,000 in funds, what should we do next?"

Huo Feng, chatting with Pu Sangzhi on one side, replied to Yan Siyuan, "We’ve got the money, then let’s recruit. We need to tweak the game a bit more, and I think in the next couple of days, we can start auditioning voice actors to provide dubbing for the characters in our game."

Because if we don’t find a partner, all subsequent tasks, including promotion and distribution, will be run by our studio alone.

Therefore, there will be more and more complex matters in the future!

Yan Siyuan and Huo Feng can’t just focus solely on game production and management; they need to be involved in more complex processes and issues.

This summer, they will be extremely busy!

Regarding game profits, the reason they sought to raise 600,000 is because they plan to share 60% of the profits with investors, leaving the remaining 40% as their own profit.

Assuming the game’s future net profit is 1 million, of which 400,000 will be Yan Siyuan and Huo Feng’s profit, and the remaining 600,000 will go to Director Lu Xun, with the remaining 100,000 going to Gu Erhao and his girlfriend.

Gu Erhao and his girlfriend had planned to invest tens of thousands, but to facilitate profit calculation, Yan Siyuan and Huo Feng only accepted 100,000 from them.

Thus, the profit distribution for this game is straightforward.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that once the game initially earns 1 million, they immediately share the profit with everyone.

Only when the studio expenses are covered and it can operate normally, having the so-called liquid funds of 1 million... can it be distributed to the people.

Thus, in this calculation, if the game’s profit reaches 1 million, the profit division is between: Huo Feng, Yan Siyuan, Lu Xun, Gu Erhao, Lu Youyou... and Yuanfeng Studio!

So, although it seems on the surface that Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan’s profit proportion is only 40%, the studio expenses are also an implicit profit share.

The game’s profits also fulfill the studio’s expenses and operations, only then is it used to share among everyone.

This is something no one else knows, only Yan Siyuan and Huo Feng know.

In order for everyone to make money, and for the studio to operate normally, the upcoming days will bring immense pressure for Huo Feng and Yan Siyuan.

"Regarding dubbing... "

Yan Siyuan contemplated for a moment, "I have a few classmates who studied broadcasting in college. We can pay them a few hundred bucks to help out."

Huo Feng nodded, "That’s doable. Let’s send the lines to them first and ask them to read, send us samples via WeChat. I think we don’t need those extremely articulate broadcasting voices; male characters’ voices should be magnetic, charming! Like that... Bian Jiang Jie Da. Then, female characters’ voices should be sweet! The kind that makes guys feel ticklish inside!"

Yan Siyuan furrowed slightly but didn’t argue with Huo Feng, nodding in agreement, "Then write out some lines, I’ll send them to my classmates to read and return to me."

Huo Feng nodded: "Uh-hm. Background music has to be carefully considered; it’s custom-made rather than using someone else’s music. We might need to find a composer to create several pieces of background music melody."

Yan Siyuan also agreed with Huo Feng’s opinion, "Then let’s look in Beijing, find a small studio. We’ll pull out money first for this part of the investment. How much do you have left?"

Huo Feng: "Uhmm... "

Yan Siyuan suddenly hit a sore spot for Huo Feng, after hesitating for a few seconds, Huo Feng bowed his head, "I’ll ask my wife... I seem to not have much... originally only had 110,000."

Yan Siyuan frowned and shook his head, "110,000 is too little. You and I should at least prepare 200,000. Currently, we can’t pull in partners, the 600,000 raised is just promotion funds. Before the game makes a profit, all studio expenses are borne by us. It’s the risk we both have to take."

"Fine, fine, fine... "

Yan Siyuan’s words soured Huo Feng’s mood, "I know, I know, I’ll fundraise, 90,000 should be easy enough to save."

Yan Siyuan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Okay."

Not long after, Yan Siyuan added: "I say 200,000 is just a rough estimate; if further investment is needed later, you and I will invest together."

Huo Feng sighed heavily, "Good... joint investment... I understand, I understand... "

Huo Feng dared not think negatively...

Right now, he hopes his business can sail smoothly! Be unobstructed all the way! Quickly recover all the invested money...

200,000...

For the still-studying Huo Feng, it’s indeed a hefty sum!

Thus, Huo Feng asked Pu Sangzhi how much was left in their little vault?

Pu Sangzhi replied: [Aside from the last time’s rental and these two rounds of airfare and living expenses, about 104,000 left.]

Because the studio’s rent was paid for 4 months upfront, leaving 104,000 currently.

Huo Feng discussed with Yan Siyuan, "I have 100,000 left!"

Yan Siyuan said, "Hmm... then let’s both pull out 100,000 each, but prepare for potentially sinking 200,000; maybe we won’t even need that much."

Huo Feng nodded, "Mm."