Chapter 144 Testing Potential
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At the same time, in the conference room of Morning Dew Pictures.
Seeing Chen Yan leave the meeting room, leaving Yang Rou alone, Lu Man looked around and found that no one noticed her. She tiptoed to Yang Rou like a little cat stealing fish.
Lu Man sat down next to Yang Rou and laughed at Yang Rou twice.
Yang Rou raised her head and gave Lu Man an expressionless look.
In the past two days, thanks to Sister Meili's popularization and the "propaganda" between the lines of other employees in the company, Lu Man had already known how great a gold medal producer Yang Rou was.
Facing such a powerful person, Lu Man always hid his willfulness and pretended to be as well-behaved as possible.
So she looked at Yang Rou with her beautiful eyes and said carefully, "Sister Rou, can I ask you something?"
Yang Rou said, "You say."
Lu Man looked around and found that no one was paying attention to this side, so he asked quietly, "How much do you think our movie will make at the box office?"
Hearing someone ask this question again, Yang Rou looked at Lu Man deeply.
Then she responded calmly, just like she did the first time she answered Chen Yan, "It's impossible to estimate the box office now."
"Movies are the product of teamwork. Right now, only the script has been finalized. Everything else, including the production staff, actors, distribution company, release date, etc., has not been finalized yet, so it is hard to make an estimate."
Lu Man pouted, looking a little unwilling.
After a moment, she asked again, "So...what if everything goes according to normal?"
Yang Rou looked at Lu Man again.
Even though she was cold and never gossiped, she couldn't help but have an idea at this moment: No wonder the boss liked this girl, their personalities were so similar, even their problems were almost the same.
She paused, and brought out her words to Chen Yan again, "If everything is standard. An average director, average actors, an average distribution company, an average release date. It might be over 100 million. It would just break even."
"If you use the best of everything, your acting skills explode, your schedule is packed with traffic and there are no rivals, and you don't care about the cost of publicity, you might get about 300 to 400 million yuan."
At this point, she added, "But this is just my inference based on experience. When there is no movie and no one knows who will be competing in the same schedule, everything is unknown."
When Lu Man heard Yang Rou's judgment, his eyebrows furrowed.
Under normal circumstances, it is only 100 million...
If this is the case, how can I explain this to Chen Yan...
I was bragging that day, saying that I could get 500 million at the box office.
If in the end, there is only one hundred million, we will break even.
How should Chen Yan see himself...
As for what Yang Rou said, if everything is achieved to the extreme, the box office can reach 300 or 400 million. Lu Man just listened.
How can you achieve perfection in filming? Even if you work hard to improve your acting skills, where can you find the best director, the best lighting, the best camera...
Even if all of this can be done.
But how can I guarantee the schedule and publicity?
You know, the film industry is the place where accidents are most likely to happen.
You never know, the time slot you carefully selected might just happen to be hit by a dark horse movie, which will squeeze out all your screenings.
This is not something even professionals can estimate.
Lu Man felt a bit of a headache.
She wanted to make money for Chen Yan...
Want to prove myself to Chen Yan...
But it seems... it's going to fail.
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At this time, Chen Yan, who was staying in his office, waited for two minutes before the content behind the Polaroid photo was finally revealed.
【"Love Is Not Blind", a female-themed movie. 】
Development cost: around 30 million.
Expected revenue: around 100-400 million.
Project evaluation : This is an excellent female-themed film. It has the potential to become a masterpiece. However, it has certain requirements for the actors' acting skills and compatibility, so please choose carefully.
Project suggestions: Increase publicity, choose a good time slot, and follow the guidance of professionals.
Overall rating: four stars.
After reading the game's review of the movie, Chen Yan had a new understanding of Yang Rou's abilities.
This woman really has a keen sense of project.
I don’t know if it’s because she has worked on too many projects or if it’s just her natural talent, but the range she estimated is indeed very accurate.
But...why is the range of expected returns so large?
Is it because the project plan only lists a bunch of names but does not specify the specific personnel?
Thinking of this, Chen Yan couldn't help but ponder.
So…if I try to confirm the list myself, can I judge who is most suitable for the position based on the changes in the range?
Thinking of this, Chen Yan felt that this idea was correct.
He flipped through the entire plan and decided... to start with the director.
Yang Rou shortlisted ten candidates for the director position.
Chen Yan picked up the project plan in his hand and began to try them out one by one.
The method to try is very simple, just cross out all the directors in the list and then write only the names of the confirmed directors.
The first director’s name was Feng Jun.
Chen Yan crossed out the names of other directors and wrote his own name.
After writing his name, Chen Yan closed the plan and waited patiently with the photo in his hand.
Time passes by every second.
Just when Chen Yan was getting a little tired of waiting, suddenly, the words on the back of the photo began to twist and reorganize...
After a moment, the change was completed, and the modified panel appeared in front of Chen Yan.
Nothing else has changed, only the expected return has changed.
[Expected income: 100-100 million...about 100 million. ]
Chen Yan: …
So, the first director is almost the lowest limit, right?
Chen Yan silently memorized this person's name. He decided not to work with this director again.
As for the reason...
Well. Just say you don't like his name.
Although the start was not good, Chen Yan did not lose heart.
After all, the results of this experiment at least let him know that his method was feasible.
So, he began to constantly revise the plan.
Soon, more than ten minutes passed.
Chen Yan tried all ten directors one by one.
The director with the lowest box office range is Wang Zijun, [100-100 million].
The highest is a director named Teng Yufei. With him as the director, the upper limit of the box office is 400 million.
This means that he is the director in the best option!
But the amazing thing is that among the ten directors, his qualifications and evaluation are not the highest. He is only ranked in the middle.
In the previous meeting, a director named Yuan, who was favored by everyone, was only ranked second. The upper limit of the box office was 3...800 million. It was 0...200 million lower than Teng Yufei.
Chen Yan carefully compared the two men's qualifications and achievements, and really couldn't see how Teng Yufei was better than Director Yuan.
But games don’t lie, so Chen Yan could only think that maybe his directing style just fits this movie perfectly.
In addition... there is another strange thing, that is, even though Teng Yufei is so suitable for this movie, it still does not increase the lower limit of the box office. Even the lower limit of the box office for the ten directors is the same as 100 million.
This made Chen Yan a little worried.
Is there...some other factor that causes this movie to have such a low threshold?
But... the people chosen by Yang Rou and Sister Meili are all elites, so this kind of situation shouldn't happen.
Huh? They are all... elites?
Thinking of this, a figure suddenly popped up in Chen Yan's mind.
He thought about it...
I crossed out the name of the heroine [Lu Man], and then after some thought, I replaced her with a top-tier female star with good acting skills who fits the character setting in the script.
Moments later. Expected returns have changed.
[Expected income: 260 million to 420 million.]
Chen Yan: …
The culprit was found!
It turns out... it's you, the guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who's holding me back!
However... what surprised Chen Yan a little was that although Lu Man's lower limit was low, his upper limit was not low. It was just 20 million lower than that of the first-line star.
This shows that... if this guy can perform well, he can be as valuable as a first-line actress in this play...
That's good news.
After all, she is the girlfriend chosen by the game, and no matter how bad her teammates are, Chen Yan can't replace her.
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After testing the director, Chen Yan originally wanted to strike while the iron was hot and test the other people on the list one by one.
But at this time, the break of the meeting was over. His secretary Yu Qiaoqiao called him and asked him to go back to the meeting.
So Chen Yan could only put the Polaroid photo in his pocket and then returned to the meeting room with the documents.
If a crew wants to get going, there are many things that need to be prepared in the early stages, such as deciding on a location, customizing costumes, coordinating the schedules of actors and directors, and so on.
The meeting started for another hour.
After the meeting was over and adjourned, Chen Yan thought about what had happened during the experiment with directing just now: a mid-level director had better results than the director that everyone was optimistic about.
So he thought about it and decided to keep Yang Rou.
When the people in the company saw that the big boss and the president had something to discuss, they all left tactfully.
When there were only two people left in the conference room, Chen Yan took out a few candies from his bag, handed one to Yang Rou, then took one for himself and stuffed it into his mouth while saying to Yang Rou, "Boss Yang, there is something I want to discuss with you first."
Yang Rou took the candy but didn't eat it. She put it in front of her and asked, "Boss. What's the matter?"
Chen Yan considered his tone and said, "I want to personally decide on the personnel selection, schedule, and publicity plan for this project."
Hearing Chen Yan's words, Yang Rou's eyes fluctuated a few times. She looked at Chen Yan without saying anything, obviously waiting for Chen Yan's explanation.
Chen Yan hesitated for a moment and said, "I want to make sure that the box office of this movie exceeds 500 million. So every detail needs to meet my highest standards."
Yang Rou looked at Chen Yan with calm eyes.
After a while, she asked, "What about the company...?"
Chen Yan understood what she meant and said directly, "You are still fully responsible for the company's affairs. I will not interfere. Even the crew's affairs will be executed and taken care of by you."
"I am the only one who decides the selection."
He paused and said, "Well...it's a special case."
