Chapter 192 Four new special items!
After spending more than half a month with his boss, Song Chuang actually already knew that he was a wealthy man.
But... raising the box office guarantee is not something that can be done easily.
To increase it by 200 million, we will need to put out an additional 60 million in guaranteed expenses.
This is several times higher than the production cost of a movie.
Normally speaking, the production cost of "Love Is Not Blind" is just over 10 million (Chen Yan offered 2-3 times the salary to recruit people from all over the industry when filming). This 60 million can be used to shoot 6 more "Love Is Not Blind" movies.
What's more, the box office of 500 million...
Song Chuang really felt that it was difficult to achieve.
So he advised, "Mr. Chen...isn't this guarantee a bit too high?"
Sitting on the bed, Chen Yan, who was still yawning, said nonchalantly, "It's not high. Just do as I say."
After saying that, perhaps because he was afraid that Song Chuang would be under pressure from company performance, he added, "Don't worry, if it's not achieved, I will pay for it from the head office, and it won't be included in the issuing company's accounts."
When Song Chuang heard Chen Yan say this, he felt relieved.
He said, "Okay, Mr. Chen. I will do as you say."
Although he has no shares in the company, he has been in the industry for so many years and pays great attention to his professional reputation and the company's performance.
If the company lost money because of this inflated guarantee, he would also lose face.
Now Chen Yan is willing to transfer this risk to the head office, so he no longer has to worry about it...
After hanging up the phone with Song Chuang, Chen Yan didn't care about the little incident that happened this morning.
He lay back on the bed, wanting to take another nap.
But it was not so easy to sleep in. He tossed and turned in bed for half an hour, and finally had to helplessly announce that he had failed to sleep.
Getting up from the bed, Chen Yan washed up, then went to the computer and took out his cell phone.
He has not forgotten the most important thing today: happiness value and store item refresh.
Clicking on the Cloud Girlfriend game, Chen Yan directly clicked on [Store].
Sure enough, in the new month, Chen Yan’s happiness value has arrived.
As of last night, Yu Qiaoqiao's favorability was 146 and Lu Man's was 171, contributing 14 and 17 points of happiness to Chen Yan respectively.
So, this month, Chen Yan's happiness value exceeded 30 points for the first time.
After looking at the happiness value, Chen Yan's eyes fell on the three rows of shelves in the store.
Then, he was surprised to find that the second row of shelves in the store were lit up!
You know, the props and cards that Chen Yan bought before were all on the first row of shelves, while the two rows of shelves at the back were empty from beginning to end.
This was also the first time Chen Yan saw them lit up.
Chen Yan first clicked on the second row of shelves and took a look.
Then he found two small bottles of medicine on the second row of shelves.
"Potion? What is it for?" Chen Yan was a little confused.
He clicked on the first potion.
Immediately, the instructions for the potion popped up.
[Imagination Potion (One-time)]
Effect: After drinking this potion, your imagination will be permanently increased by +1. Whether it is painting, creativity, or artistic creation, your imagination will be improved to a higher level.
Side effects: For 24 hours after you drink this potion, your thoughts will become so wild that even ten horses can't stop you.
Note: Maybe , you are only one bottle of potion away from Beethoven. Or maybe... even 10 bottles of potion can't save your poor brain.
Looking at the potion, Chen Yan's mouth slowly opened.
What's this?
A potion that boosts your imagination?
You know, imagination is crucial for a game planner.
An imaginative planner and an unimaginative planner can make the same game very different.
However, imagination is something that really depends on talent.
Some people see a flower as just a flower, but some people see the whole world in a flower.
The new game "Mud Man Knockout" is a game that requires imagination. Because this game needs to design more than 20 fun levels, each level must be interesting to attract people.
Therefore, if this bottle of potion can really improve imagination, it will be a magical tool for Chen Yan!
Chen Yan couldn't help but look forward to its effect.
After looking at the first bottle of potion, Chen Yan looked at the second bottle.
[Growth Potion (One-time)]
Effect: After drinking this potion, you can choose a part of your body that will permanently increase in size by 1 cm.
Side effect: Maybe your clothes need a change.
It was just a simple two-sentence introduction, but it surprised Chen Yan again.
Another self-acting potion?
Or does it act directly on the body?
For a moment, Chen Yan couldn't help but have a guess.
Could it be that... all the items in the second merchandise cabinet are this kind of potion, or items that can affect a person?
If that's the case, then the goods in this cabinet are valuable!
After all, looking at the introduction of these potions, there is no restriction that only Chen Yan can use them himself.
This means that Chen Yan could give the potion to Yu Qiaoqiao or Lu Man.
These two bottles of potions may not have much use for them now, but what if they get something like "Acting Potion", "Health Potion", "IQ Potion" or something like that randomly next time?
Would n’t that play a big role?
No one talks about Boss Qiaoqiao, just Lu Man.
According to the evaluation of [Photo Paper], her potential is terrible, and it is almost impossible for her to realize her dream of becoming a superstar.
But if you have an [Acting Potion], drinking it will improve your acting skills...
Then with her help, she might really become a world-famous star!
Thinking of this, Chen Yan couldn't help but look at the selling price of the two bottles of potion.
The price of [Imagination Potion] is 8 points per bottle. The price of [Growth Potion] is 3 points per bottle.
Chen Yan bought them all without hesitation.
No matter whether it is useful or not, Chen Yan has only one goal: it is better to buy wrong than to miss it!
After buying out the second shelf, Chen Yan clicked on the first shelf again.
No different from last month, there are still two cards on the first shelf.
Chen Yan looked around and found the first item he wanted was [Xiao Ha's Polaroid Photo Paper (1 Dozen)]. A dozen is 10 sheets. The price is 2 points.
Chen Yan bought it directly.
In a moment, a thick stack of photos appeared on Chen Yan's desk.
Chen Yan looked at the second item again.
Chen Yan had never seen the second item before.
[One-day Super Rich Card ( one-time )]
Price: 2 points
Function: After using this card, you can get cash back on all your purchases on the same day. The limit is 50 million.
It is still an extremely simple sentence, but it clearly states the function of this card.
Chen Yan, who had obtained the [Luxury Car Dream Card] before, knew that... he was just pretending... bah. It was time for him to spend his money freely again!
In fact, ever since the game came into being, Chen Yan discovered that... he had become stingy.
According to common sense, now that he has more money, he should spend it more generously.
But...it didn't.
Maybe it was because every time he spent money on Lu Man and Yu Qiaoqiao, he could get 10 times the cash back. So whenever Chen Yan spent money on himself, he always felt... guilty.
For every penny he spent, Chen Yan felt like he had lost 10 cents. For every dollar he spent, Chen Yan felt like he had lost 10 dollars!
This made him feel doubly tormented every time he spent money on himself!
And now, he finally got this kind of card that allows him to spend money again.
Chen Yan can finally spend money on himself with confidence and generosity!
What’s more, it’s 50 million!
Chen Yan felt that he needed to plan carefully how he could spend all the money in one day and treat himself to a good feast!
Well...if I can spend money with Yu Qiaoqiao and Lu Man, not only will the bill be free, but I can also get a 10-fold cashback. That would be even better.
While thinking, Chen Yan was dreaming...
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Over the next few days, nothing happened.
Following Chen Yan's request, Song Chuang went to discuss the 500 million yuan box office guarantee with major cinema chains and platforms.
Directly suppress the major cinema chains and platforms that were ready to "rebel"!
The guaranteed box office is 500 million!
Who wouldn’t be jealous!
However, in order to prevent them from not working hard or deliberately reducing the box office, Song Chuang added an additional condition: the compensation will be divided according to the box office ratio of each theater chain.
For example, the total box office of "Love Is Not Blind" was 300 million yuan, of which Wanwei Cinemas' box office sales were 100 million yuan, Hengdian Cinemas' sales were 50 million yuan, and other cinemas' sales were 100 to 500 million yuan.
Their sales ratio is 2:1:3.
According to the contract, Tiandu Distribution should compensate each theater chain a total of 200 million yuan in box office revenue, which is 60 million yuan.
Then the compensation given to each cinema chain will be 20 million, 10 million, or 30 million.
This kind of healthy competition can effectively prevent theaters from cheating.
After all, even if they deliberately drag down the box office and prevent the film from reaching 500 million, if the box office of their own theaters is low, the share they can get will not be high.
It would be better to work hard with Chenlu Pictures and Tiandu Distribution to get the film released.
And just like that, under the method of Song Chuang and Chen Yan, the theaters were locked on "Love Is Not Blind".
However, the cinemas and platforms are not fools. After confirming the cooperation with Tiandu Distribution, they immediately sent someone to inform Xu Brothers Films about the guaranteed box office share of Love Is Not Blind.
They also have their own reasons for doing this.
This would prevent the Xu brothers from thinking that they had chosen Morning Dew Pictures on their own initiative. Secondly, who knows... maybe the Xu brothers would follow suit? They might make more money.
After hearing the news, Xu Zhaoqing and Director Zhang were overjoyed.
I think Song Chuang, Yang Rou, Lu Man and Chen Yan must be crazy to dare to make such a huge gamble.
500 million at the box office! Just from a chick flick?
Is this possible?
Are they crazy?
The two believed that Chen Yan and Song Chuang were just too excited, so they quickly told the good news to Xu Zhaorong, the helmsman of Xu Brothers Pictures.
After Xu Zhaorong received this news, he remained silent for a long time...
