This celebrity became even more popular after being exposed of having multiple girlfriends-Chapter 417 - 321_2

Yang Rongfa suddenly stopped his refusal.

He stood there, obviously stunned, listening to the voice on the other end of the phone.

After a few seconds of bewilderment, he hesitated, "Let’s consider discussing it."

What?

Wang Ren looked at the suddenly changed Yang Rongfa in bewilderment.

What’s going on?

After hanging up the phone, Yang Rongfa still frowned slightly, his expression somewhat peculiar, "He said he could give us a six-million director fee."

What?

Six million director fee?

Wang Ren raised an eyebrow.

This amount isn’t particularly high for a commercial film; it’s common for commercial blockbusters to give directors tens of millions plus a share of the box office,

but for an art-house film, this is already a very high figure.

An art-house film

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Isn’t this too unreliable?

Wu Mu, a star singer, suddenly said he wanted to shoot a film himself... it felt even more like a loss venture than his short dramas.

Wu Mu waved his hand dismissively, "It’s okay, let’s give it a try."

Yang Rongfa also felt that this contact from Wu Mu was somewhat inexplicable and unreliable.

But they had made a considerable profit from the last show, so to show their seriousness, they still flew to the Southern Province with Wang Ren the next day to discuss it face-to-face.

However, Wu Mu had a scene to shoot today, so when they arrived, Wu Mu was still filming.

He was filming a scene where he and the second female lead Liu Miao were walking home from school, Liu Miao’s car broke down, and he was fixing it for her.

They stood nearby and watched a scene.

After watching, Wang Ren nodded, "Well shot."

It’s unclear what he saw in the simple scene to make him think it was good.

Yang Rongfa evidently showed little interest; he had seen enough of these kinds of art-house films.

Seeing Wu Mu after he finished shooting, Yang Rongfa directly asked, "President Wu, you have a script you want us to shoot?"

"Yes, I saw a story a while ago and thought it was quite good."

Wu Mu did not say he wrote it himself, thinking it wouldn’t be good to show too many capabilities in a short time, better to keep it under wraps for now.

"Can we see the script first?"

"Sure."

Wu Mu had already printed out the script in advance, luckily the script reward allowed him to print it directly from his computer without typing it out word by word himself.

Yang Rongfa and Wang Ren sat down to read the script.

Lin Qingyue just found out that Wu Mu wanted to invest in a movie again, feeling slightly stunned but said nothing, and also requested a copy of the script out of curiosity.

The script was not large in volume; it told the story of the protagonist fighting for custody of his daughter during a divorce with his runaway wife, and the daughter, who loved music, said she would go with whoever could buy her a piano. The protagonist and his unemployed friends then decided to make a steel piano themselves.

After spending less than half an hour, the two directors and one producer finished reading the script, each showing different expressions on their faces.

Wang Ren read it again after finishing, flipping through the script, obviously interested.

Yang Rongfa frowned, holding the script and saying nothing.

Lin Qingyue seemed to be contemplating something.

Wu Mu straightforwardly asked, "Mr. Yang, are you interested in this script?"

Yang Rongfa did not answer directly but asked instead, "President Wu, do you intend to produce this as an art film aiming for awards and earning licensing fees, or are you primarily targeting box office revenue?"

This is one of the main paths for art films; if it has the potential to win awards, selling licensing rights to TV stations or online platforms would be possible after receiving an award.

Even without winning an award, just getting nominated at a renowned film festival could attract interested licensees.

There’s also the chance for overseas distribution, selling rights to foreign licensees.

Wu Mu vaguely remembered that this film had won an award at an A-class film festival in his previous life on Earth.

But it wasn’t from one of the top three festivals, so while selling rights might prevent a loss, expecting significant profit would be unrealistic.

"I mainly plan to target box office revenue," he said honestly.

Aiming for box office revenue?

Yang Rongfa frowned further, "It won’t make money; this film has limited box office potential."

Lin Qingyue also nodded, offering her assessment, "The story is interesting, with a touch of black humor, but as a comedy, it’s too subtle, the pace is slow, and overall, the story is quite slow, making it tough to achieve box office success."

As well-known figures in the industry, they might not always predict which films will make big money accurately, but they had some confidence in determining which films wouldn’t.

From their perspective, this film might get good reviews but making big money was out of the question; getting a few million at the box office would be considered successful.

If the director is pursuing the story and art, it’s acceptable, but if an investor seeks financial returns, it’s better to focus elsewhere.

In fact, they accurately predicted that this film didn’t do well at the box office in its previous life, not even breaking even.

But...

"It’s okay, let’s give it a try," Wu Mu waved his hand dismissively.

He never expected to make money from the film itself; he mainly wanted to see if the Performance Card could help, offering a chance to earn bonus points and gain achievements from the card.

However, his response made Yang Rongfa think he understood the situation.

This guy made a killing from drama series and now thinks money is easy to come by!

Finding nowhere to spend money, he decided to burn some!

He can afford to be flamboyant, but Yang Rongfa couldn’t!

"President Wu, we can’t take on this project, we just shook off the reputation of losing money on art films; taking on another niche art film now would ruin the impact of the last drama series," Wang Ren hesitated before choosing to be honest.

In fact, realizing it was a niche art film made him reluctant to take it on.

Their company had finally moved away from losing money on art films; why jump back in now?

Wang Ren, clearly interested, hesitated reluctantly but eventually put down the script, remembering their previous financial disasters.

"I can raise your shooting fee, how about six million?" Wu Mu offered.

Six million?

Yang Rongfa’s heart skipped a beat.

This price isn’t extraordinary for a commercial film; many directors get that amount or more, sometimes even millions more.

But for an art film, that’s exceptionally high. freewebnσvel.cøm

Their past art films offered directors only two to three million, though their company often invested in those films as well; frankly... it would have been better not to have investment shares.

Wu Mu doubled the offer?

Yang Rongfa’s heart skipped a beat, then he chose...

This made it even less acceptable!

With such a high director fee, how much would the film’s total investment be?

It was already hard to break even; generous investment would increase break-even pressure substantially.

They couldn’t afford to be labeled as causing massive losses for investors!

Yang Rongfa still wanted to refuse, but Wu Mu anticipated their concerns, "Don’t worry, in publicity, you can say it’s just helping me out, with me controlling the main investment; you don’t have to worry about the box office."

He also looked at Wang Ren, "Director Wang, you can completely shoot it your way; no budget constraints."

Wang Ren shooting completely his way?

No budget constraints?

Yang Rongfa looked at Wu Mu with alarm.

Isn’t this guy burning through money?

What kind of family lets him shoot casually?

And Wang Ren, who had put the script down, raised his hand again, "No budget constraints?"

"No constraints."

Wang Ren hesitated, "I’ll discuss it with Rongfa."

"Alright."

After treating the two to lunch, Wang Ren and Yang Rongfa went to discuss it.

As soon as they left, Lin Qingyue looked at Wu Mu helplessly, "Let me just say, I’m not trying to interfere with your decision or control you, but... what’s your plan?"

Wu Mu laughed, "No special plan, just think the film is good, want to get it made."