Chapter 489 Isn't it just a few hundred billion?

Even though he is already wealthy, Chen Yan still maintains a good habit: being cautious.

Therefore, when he encountered a problem that he did not understand, he humbly sought verification from professionals.

He would never say that he just wanted to find a reason to talk to Yang Rou...

When I arrived at Yang Rou's office, she was handling official business there.

Chen Yan didn't disturb her, but sat down comfortably on the sofa and looked at Yang Rou.

I don’t know if it’s because of the “nourishment” of “love”, but Yang Rou has been exuding more and more of her mature feminine charm during this period.

Not only do they put on younger or more colorful makeup, but their clothing style is no longer limited to formal wear and suits.

She is the same today.

She was wearing a beautiful dress with a waist-cinching design, which made her figure look particularly exquisite.

Plus her ponytail.

I feel seven or eight years younger.

Chen Yan's eyes lingered on her, feeling a little envious.

Men are like this. What they can’t have is the best, and they will always look forward to it.

After being busy with official business for a while, Yang Rou put down the pen in her hand, tucked the hair behind her ears, looked at Chen Yan, and asked, "Mr. Chen. What's the matter with you coming to see me?"

Chen Yan looked at her and said, "It's okay, so I can't come to see you?"

The corners of Yang Rou's mouth curled up slightly, which was almost invisible if you didn't concentrate.

But she looked at the time and said, "If you have nothing to do, of course you can."

"But... you're not paying me to chat with you, right?"

"If you're not in a hurry, we can talk ."

Chen Yan asked back, "Are you asking me out for dinner?"

Yang Rou spread her hands, "If I say no..."

Chen Yan, "Then I don't believe it."

The two looked at each other.

There always seems to be a lot of sparks in the air.

After a moment, Chen Yan made the final decision and said, "Then I'll pick you up after get off work. I just found a Xinjiang restaurant. It's very good. Let's go eat together."

Yang Rou smiled and said nothing.

This kind of unspoken understanding, push and pull, and ambiguity has become a daily routine for the two of them.

Yang Rou enjoyed it very much.

To be honest, Chen Yan also enjoyed it.

What is ambiguity?

I know you like me, and you know I like you. But we just don't want to break that layer of window paper. Hey~ just for fun.

If you take a step forward, I'll take a step back.

If you take a step back, I'll take a step forward.

Always maintain a proper relationship, not distant, but not too close.

Enjoy this light, heartbeat feeling...

After making the appointment with Yang Rou, Chen Yan also asked about the purpose of his coming here today.

After hearing Chen Yan's question, Yang Rou was not surprised.

Obviously, she had already made certain guesses and inferences about the actions of the Xu brothers.

She walked out from behind the table, took out two documents, and handed them to Chen Yan, saying, "Mr. Chen, this is the information I recently found on my phone about the Xu brothers' projects. I think you should take a look."

Chen Yan took the information and started reading it.

As he watched, he couldn't help but be surprised.

"More than 2 million a day? 1...700 million for filming a TV series?"

Chen Yan asked, "Are the appearance fees of the best actor and actress so high?"

Because Morning Dew Pictures has always started with small projects, and the actors they use are all third- and fourth-tier actors, or those they have trained themselves, so the payouts have always been low.

So, when he suddenly saw such a sky-high pay, Chen Yan was a little surprised.

Yang Rou said, "Because this is probably money laundering."

She said, "I have shown you before the evidence of tax evasion by the Xu brothers and their associated artists. This is actually a whole 'industry chain.'"

"The film and television industry is very profitable, so many investors from other industries often like to invest in this industry."

"With so much hot money pouring in, how stupid would it be to just make a film?"

"So, the Xu brothers studied for a long time and finally developed an industrial chain that combines money laundering and tax evasion."

"They first set up a group, find some well-known actors and directors to form a project, and then take the project to seek financing from outside investors, planning to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to produce a TV series or movie."

"After that, they will pay more than half of these funds to the actors in the form of film salaries."

"Or use yin-yang contracts to launder the funds."

"And the actors will register a studio in a tax haven or a low-tax place. Or use it to avoid taxes."

"After that, the money will be divided between the two parties."

"As for film and television projects, if they are good, they will sell for money, but if they are not good, they will flop."

"Anyway, this industry is very risky, so it's normal to fail."

After hearing Yang Rou's explanation, Chen Yan nodded silently.

Yang Rou had actually mentioned these things to him before when she was describing her plan against the Xu brothers, but she had not given him any details.

Moreover, plans are plans, but the shock brought by seeing it with your own eyes is still different.

After Chen Yan absorbed this part of information, Yang Rou took out a second piece of information and handed it to Chen Yan.

It was still an internal document, which contained the evaluation and promotion plan of "Magic City Fortress".

Chen Yan read through it quickly and finally understood what the Xu brothers were doing!

Because the drama "The Fortress of Demon City" was invested heavily, the Xu brothers still had a lot of money left after the filming of the drama.

If there is any money left, it will be returned to the investors, so the Xu brothers came up with a solution.

That is to increase investment and invest this part of the money.

Of course... not all of it. It's still money laundering.

In fact, each media and advertiser has multiple systems such as "standard price" and "internal price".

For example, when the Xu brothers cooperate with various companies, they will of course use the highest discount. However, they can keep accounts according to the standard price.

In this way, the difference in price went into the pockets of the Xu brothers.

Besides, the Xu brothers were not optimistic about the quality of the project "Magic City Fortress". But they felt that the project was not hopeless.

Today's film and television projects are half quality and half publicity, and sometimes publicity even accounts for a greater proportion of the box office.

There are many films that are very famous but of average quality but still have high box office sales.

In addition, the Xu brothers were very confident in the traffic of the leading actors of "The Fortress of Devil City", so they wanted to take a gamble: relying on pre-promotion to trick the audience into the cinema.

Harvest as much as you can.

Therefore, based on these two reasons, the Xu brothers made such a plan.

Chen Yan looked at Yang Rou in bewilderment, "Are all the people in your circle so extravagant?"

Yang Rou took the information back with a smile, and then commented , "It's a way to make money. It's not shabby."

Chen Yan said, "But, what you earn is money, but what you lose is... my god."

"You can still make money later, but when mom is gone, it's really gone."

Hearing Chen Yan's dirty words, Yang Rou didn't know whether to laugh or cry for a moment.

She said, "I actually despise this unscrupulous way of making money."

"But... everyone in the circle does this."

"There's nothing we can do."

Chen Yan held his chin, thought for a moment, and then said, "It's not that there is no other way."

"If we become powerful enough to own the entire film and television industry, wouldn't we be able to change the entire industry?"

Yang Rou laughed a little for a moment, "The film and television industry is so big."

Chen Yan said, "It's not big."

He calculated, "I remember that the entire industry's value was only a few hundred billion two years ago."

“There was growth last year, but it was only a few hundred billion.”

"On this scale..."

Chen Yan didn't say anything else, but Yang Rou understood what Chen Yan meant.

For a moment, she was a little confused.

Because she suddenly realized...the man in front of her was serious.

He really felt that this industry was a little small, so he thought about tearing it all down and rebuilding it, making his company the entire industry.

Yang Rou had never considered this possibility before.

However, now after Chen Yan mentioned it, Yang Rou suddenly realized... the man in front of her seemed to be really possible.

He has a film and television company that has been ranked among the top three in production capacity in the industry in the past two years, a rapidly growing agency, and a steady stream of financial support.

As an executive of the entire group, Yang Rou knows a lot of secrets.

Within the group, the market size of the game company's new games is estimated to be over tens of billions.

The financial company established by Chen Yan in Hong Kong also made profits of over 10 billion yuan a year.

In addition, his investment company is gradually building up huge resources and terrifying connections.

And his and my vision for film and television projects.

If he is really interested in this industry, maybe... he can really turn the entire industry upside down.

After all, he was not an outsider and was very familiar with the film and television industry. So he could grab resources .

Then, they release high-quality dramas at low prices and in the form of profit-sharing, in order to seize the broadcasting channels of major satellite TV stations and websites.

Relying on these high exposures, they mass-produce their own artists.

Who in the circle can beat him?

No one!

Suddenly, Yang Rou got goose bumps all over her body.

Because she suddenly realized that all this could really be achieved.

Could it be that I am overthinking it?

Thinking of this, Yang Rou couldn't help but review it again.

There are no problems.

She couldn't help but look up at Chen Yan.

At this moment, Chen Yan was looking up at her.

When their eyes met, they both felt a tingling sensation all over their bodies.

Because... they both discovered from each other's eyes... this really didn't seem to be a joke or a fantasy.

It's a plan that can be advanced.

Yang Rou tried to calm herself down. She licked her lips and said, "Mr. Chen, I'll think about it first."

"Think about it again."

Chen Yan no longer had the mood to "tease" Yang Rou. He nodded, said "hmm", and then left Yang Rou's office: he also wanted to go back and think about this matter carefully.

Because, he also discovered... this matter seemed to have some potential.

A day's work passes quickly.

In the evening, Chen Yan came to pick up Yang Rou for dinner as promised.

However, Yang Rou completely lost her desire to eat.

She directly pulled Chen Yan, then restrained her excitement, gave Chen Yan a simple plan, and said, "Mr. Chen! I think we can really do it!"

Chen Yan was stunned for a moment and said, "Can we do it now?"

Yang Rou:?

Yang Rou blinked, always feeling that Chen Yan's words were a little strange.

But at this time, Chen Yan took the initiative to take the document from Yang Rou's hand, and then began to read it.

There was nothing surprising in Yang Rou's document. It just detailed Chen Yan's plan to "conquer" the entertainment industry.

And lists a series of actions that can be taken and problems that may be encountered.

After reading a document, Chen Yan's originally vague ideas gradually became clear.