Do Not Speak Ill of My Mother!
Chapter 556 - 540 is too high-profile, which is not good

Chapter 556: 540 is too high-profile, which is not good

Zhou Jue said, "A few years ago, there was a TV drama adapted from a novel that became very popular. The theme was niche, and the production team was average, but from the main creators to the supporting actors, everyone was dedicated. Even now, there are fan Up-masters still exploring the depth of that drama, saying it supported half of the analysis sector is no exaggeration.

This novel had a sequel, and when Tiancheng bought its rights back then, I saw the price was really favorable, so I bought the rights to the second part directly. Once it became popular, countless people started scrambling for the rights to the sequel. When they found out it was with us, they all came to discuss cooperation.

The show was in preparation for two years and is planned to start shooting officially this year. You know, with big IPs, given our company’s strength back then, we definitely couldn’t handle it alone! Even if it were actually produced, some people who didn’t get a piece of the pie might stir up some trouble.

Pulling in investments and advertisements, the campaign was huge even before shooting began. Although we had the rights, Tian Chuan Entertainment invested the most money! As the project leader, they directly appointed the lead actress, and I couldn’t say no...

The lead actress, having acted in quite a few TV dramas and movies, had always been tightly directed without any issues arising. Her acting, refined after guidance, was like newly-mined jade, full of a vibrant charm, deeply loved by everyone.

But now... the script hadn’t even gotten warmed up in her hands when she called directly to demand changes to it! If her direction for the changes was good and creative, we could consider trying it, but from the modifications she’s suggested so far... I can only say, not even the trashiest soap opera would have such terrible plots! A strong female lead altered to being both submissive and dominant, not to mention the audience, even a passing dog would curse twice!

Zhou Jue sighed repeatedly, "Speaking of which, there’s already so much trouble before officially joining the team, who knows what the content will turn out to be after they join? Besides, except for the male and female leads who are quite famous actors, the rest of the supporting cast is very average, there’s no one in the entire team who can hold her back, I’m afraid... it’s going to be a problematic autumn..."

Yan Yueqing responded with a sound, "The Tian Chuan Entertainment you mentioned, how much did they invest?"

"Seventy million," Zhou Jue said, "An initial seventy million, and more will be invested later."

Seventy million...

Zhou Jue added, "Seventy million is not a lot, but for the situation at that time, it indeed was a substantial amount! They used their initial investment as a pretext to bring Tan Ru into the group without even a salary, opting to settle with a profit-sharing model... Many of Tan Ru’s fans, knowing this, praised their Ru Ru as beautiful and kind-hearted, staking her lifelong reputation on a bet with our small company on a drama’s success...

In reality, they were just being generous for show! The head of Tian Chuan was the one who contacted Feng Long to sign the contract. By the time I knew about it, their contract had already been filled with many other clauses, such as if the broadcast effectiveness doesn’t reach a certain number of points, the company must return half of the investment and pay Tan Ru’s salary in the millions... and so on and so forth...

Such unreasonable clauses, Feng Long, relying on being the most influential person in the company, forcefully decided on them. He even said that betting with their reputation alongside us was merely providing psychological assurance to the other party..."

Yan Yueqing widened her eyes in shock: "With the contract terms, if this drama becomes a hit, Xingyue has to give a major share to Tian Chuan! If it flops, they can immediately recoup half their investment not to mention, they’ll also have to pay Tan Ru’s salary, isn’t that like getting something for nothing? Feng Long seems very astute, how could he sign such an unfair agreement with them?"

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