Chapter 297: Is it time to start cyber begging?

Zhang Xiaorong and An Luning’s group of troublemakers did not make any big news.

After all, even if the two of them want to fight, they need an opponent.

Liu Manli is not going to play any fighting games with these two little sisters at this moment, she is taking care of the baby~
However, Liu Manli was not completely unaware of what was happening here.

Now, she contacted Bai Youlou again for the first time, and this time what she sent was not a short essay, but a pack of emoticons.

A thumbs up!

Obviously, Liu Manli was also convinced by Bai Youlou’s actions.

It’s really yours!
But Liu Manli is not a timid weakling. Let’s negotiate, right?

All right! You guys wait for me to unload the goods.

After unloading the cargo, I will come to deal with you little girls.

In this way, the fight between the two parties can be considered to be over.

Just wait for Liu Manli to give birth, and then arrange a time and place to meet.

As for Bai Youlou, he plunged into the preparations for “The Wandering Earth”.

The most difficult thing in the preparation stage is actually the presentation of the film’s world view, and Bai Youlou is mainly busy with this.

His move was actually quite big. He immediately gathered a team of dozens of people to focus on this matter.

But after working on it for a while, he found that it was not working. Even if he had the picture in his mind, it was not so easy to get it done.

No wonder the original time and space thing took three years to prepare before filming began.

However, Bai Youlou did not cancel the project simply because of the difficulty.

Instead, there was more interest.

So the team began to expand.
Bai Youlou’s fame played a big role at this time. The recruitment work went smoothly. In less than two months, the team expanded to more than 200 people, all of whom were experienced people who could be used right away.

The concept team and art team worked at full capacity to design, draw, plan and build
Bringing things from your mind into reality is never an easy project.

During this process, Lao Zhou was the most uncomfortable.

The main reason is that Bai Youlou keeps making requests, so he has to go around the world to help find people.

“Brother Lou, you asked me to help you find a few scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Isn’t that a bit too outrageous?”

Lao Zhou didn’t understand. Isn’t this a science fiction movie we are going to make?
No matter how realistic this thing looks, it’s still fake.

The scientists are researching real things, why are they here? Are you looking for trouble?

As expected, before the person even showed up, as soon as he proposed a business outline, Lao Zhou was turned away.

Too lazy to pay attention to him.

The sun’s energy is exhausted and will swallow the earth within 400 years. Human beings are forced to implement the “Wandering Earth” plan – to build 1 planetary engines, use 2500 years to push the earth out of the solar system, and eventually enter the orbit around Proxima Centauri and become a planet of Proxima Centauri.

With this setting, Lao Zhou understood why he was defeated.

Who would care about him as a serious scientist?

After knowing this, Bai Youlou knew with his ass that Lao Zhou probably used the conventional operation.

When it comes to dealing with people in the entertainment or capital circles, Lao Zhou is of course very professional.

It’s all about social skills.

But you can’t use the same approach when dealing with scientists. It’s not that scientists don’t have social skills, but you are not in the same field. If you want to win someone over from the beginning, you can’t use ordinary methods.

Talk to them about feelings and meaning.

Those who look up at the stars are, in a sense, the most romantic among scientists.

The common method of building closer relationships will be used later.

At the beginning, you need to use something “elegant”.

“Science fiction is not equal to science, but this thing can attract people’s interest in science. Just tell people this again, don’t use your social skills.”

Old Zhou understood it immediately. After thinking about Bai Youlou’s words for a while, he even polished it up a bit.

Some new ideas have been added, such as “The movie is not just a movie”, “Director Bai is not an ordinary director”, “The movie may be pseudo-science fiction, but if you want to fully understand it, you have to learn the real thing”, etc.

This time, a great victory!

Four scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences were directly brought to Bai Youlou.

“Brother Lou, I didn’t say I would definitely participate. This time I’m just doing an investigation.”

After bringing the person here, Lao Zhou quietly talked to Bai Youlou in private.

“This is easy. Just show them your sincerity.”

In fact, it’s not that science fiction films have sought help from scientists before, but most of them were just gimmicks.

The main function is reflected in publicity.

For example, before the movie was released, we advertised that our movie was very rigorous, and that a certain scientist from the Chinese Academy of Sciences participated in it, blah blah blah.
To be honest, even if those scientists focus their main energy on academics, they can be fooled by these operations if they are not careful. But who will be fooled all the time?

There’s a reason science fiction films have a bad reputation.

The main reason is that our predecessors have ruined this subject.

They don’t have the ability to make a serious science fiction movie, but they are very good at making money, laundering money, and selling dog meat under the guise of sheep meat by leveraging the fame of science fiction.

So, when Bai Youlou took out hundreds of completed concept design drawings, thousands of storyboard drafts, and heavy props that cost millions to make, everything became simple.

Wow! Are you serious, boy?!

Seeing how interested the scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences were, Lao Zhou was a little surprised. “What we are doing is fake, so why are they so curious?”

“What was your dream as a child?”

This one sentence seemed to stump Lao Zhou and raise new questions.

But actually here’s why.

Click!

Reporters began taking photos and videos.

It was only then that Bai Youlou noticed them. He frowned slightly and looked at Lao Zhou, “Did you find this reporter?”

Lao Zhou smiled and said, “I asked someone to film this because I saw that the scientists had a solution. I’ll have an interview with them later. Brother Lou, please help me~”

“Why are you calling reporters at this time?” Bai Youlou asked in surprise.

“Xiao Wu and I came up with this idea after a meeting. If we can handle the scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, then we can handle more people.”

Bai Youlou suddenly understood
At this moment, the tacit understanding he and Lao Zhou had developed from years of cooperation allowed their brain waves to align.

Oh my goodness, are we going to start begging for alms on the cyber-sphere? !
The two looked at each other and knew each other’s thoughts.

Bai Youlou scratched his head. No, he was thinking of spending more money this time.

But if he does this, wouldn’t it save him a lot of money if he succeeds?

Of course, Bai Youlou is not a fool who would spend his own money. If he really wants to spend more, it would be faster for him to just buy a house or do some charity work.

The main thing is not to dampen the enthusiasm of the brothers.

But~
Bai Youlou felt that he probably didn’t have the physique of a cyber succubus, and his reputation probably didn’t support him playing like this. He could talk about feelings, but he was better at scolding people and flirting with girls.
“Okay, it’s up to you.”

After handing the authority to Lao Zhou, this guy quickly started working for Bai Youlou.

First, some news was released to let people inside and outside the circle realize that Bai Youlou was serious.

Then, during an interview, he “inadvertently” revealed the difficulty of this subject matter, as well as the difficulty in investment and sponsorship.

difficulty?

That’s right, it’s difficult!
Colleagues in the circle have a feeling of “universal celebration”. Seeing Bai Youlou making money is more painful than for them to lose money!
Because he is young, frivolous and unruly, it is destined that there will always be a considerable number of people who dislike him.

Especially my peers.

But Bai Youlou has slapped countless people in the face along the way, and his momentum is getting more and more terrifying.

Fortunately, he suddenly lost his mind, voluntarily gave up his comfort zone, and went to make some science fiction movie.

Still making it so big?
You are short of money now! It would be best if this project died halfway through~
Oh no, it would be best if the project is barely completed and then the box office crashes.

This wave can directly beat Bai Youlou back to his original form.

While the bullets were still flying outside, Bai Youlou received a call from his good brother Lin Juntao.

“Brother, why didn’t you tell me that the movie was short of money?”

Lin Juntao is as generous and magnanimous as ever. He has actually already invested 70 million yuan in this film. Now it is obvious that he wants to continue to increase his investment, which can also play the role of “providing timely assistance”.

Of course, Lin Juntao was also a little puzzled. It had only been planned for a short time, so why were they short of money?

It doesn’t matter! If you can’t figure it out, just don’t think about it.

Anyway, he is now brainless and watching Bai Youlou’s movie.

Since he missed the chance to watch “Dying to Survive” last time, Lin Juntao had no idea how many times he had insomnia or woke up in the middle of the night, and he regretted it in his dreams.

After that, I didn’t even hear about the project of “Lost in Thailand”. The combined box office of these two movies is almost 7 billion.
Many big-name film companies have produced so many movies over the years that their box office revenues combined are not as high as this.

However, Bai Youlou’s small company has achieved a box office of nearly 10 billion yuan for its last three films combined.

To be honest, Lin Juntao regretted it very much. If he had known this would happen, he should have “acquired” Bai Youlou’s company and himself at a huge price.

But it’s not too late to make amends.

Lin Juntao now doesn’t think about anything, doesn’t care about anything, and just follows mindlessly.

Forget about what kind of science fiction film Bai Youlou wants to make. Even if he wants to spend 200 million to make a documentary, Lin Juntao will follow suit.

Even if you lose money, you can still earn a big favor.

So when he saw online that Bai Youlou was short of money, he immediately took out a check and wanted to give it to Bai Youlou.

No matter how much you are short of, I will make up for it for you!
Bai Youlou: Brother, you are so generous. Let me give you 500 million to spend first.

Lin Juntao:
When he heard the number 500 million, he knew that Bai Youlou was joking with him.

After all, he was an old hand, and he seemed to have guessed the purpose of Bai Youlou and the others quickly.

He left a final message saying “let me know if I have anything to say”, and the call was over.

Lin Juntao is not an isolated case.

What Bai Youlou didn’t expect was that when the news that his movie was short of money spread more and more widely, many people came to him and wanted to give him money.

Many are even competitors.

Okay, okay, none of them are stupid!

These people might privately criticize Bai Youlou, saying that he will definitely die suddenly in this movie or something like that.

But as soon as Bai Youlou said that he was short of money, these guys’ bodies turned out to be more honest than each other.

These people in the film and television industry are really schizophrenic. Investing in Bai Youlou and hoping that Bai Youlou “dies” soon don’t seem to conflict with them.

Yes, it’s just a matter of interests after all.

The reason why Bai Youlou is hated is that his sharp tongue and arrogant style are just trivial matters.

What really made him remembered and hated by others was that he blocked other people’s financial path at certain times.

Just the wave of “Dying to Survive” alone has crushed countless colleagues.

But if it is profitable to cooperate with him, those people who hated him before will want to stand with him even more now.

Lack of money is a lie told by Bai Youlou, but being pessimistic is also a lie told within the circle.

If you go to interview the media, there will certainly be few who are optimistic, but privately the speed at which they transfer money is faster than the other.

Bai Youlou also found this phenomenon very weird.

However, after seeing the situation in the RV that day, Bai Youlou said that his heart felt like the fish that had been slaughtered in RT-Mart for ten years.

After all, the world had already gone insane to a point he could never imagine, so it was no wonder that this situation had occurred.

Then he rejected all the random people who wanted to give him money.

The lack of money for some projects in the entertainment industry is not as simple as just a lack of numbers.

Many times, some purely paper numbers may not be wanted by the investors even if they want to invest in them.

Who are you to deserve an investment share?

Although Bai Youlou is hated, his status is already very high. If you want to participate in his projects, even if they are unpopular, you can’t just have money to get them.

The reason why Lin Juntao can continue to cooperate with him is not because he is willing to pay money and be a sucker.

Huaxing actually has a large number of channels and can provide a lot of help for film shooting, promotion and release.

Sometimes these resources are more important than money.

Of course, if there is a sucker who insists on paying, it is not a bad idea, but the investment will depreciate.

The original share of 5 million will be sold to you for 10 or 20 million.

If you think it’s expensive, get out.

For some outsiders who want to enter the film industry, this is sometimes considered “tuition fee”.

If you really treat movies as an investment and financial product, you will definitely lose everything.

Because the really good projects are so difficult to distinguish even those in the industry themselves.

At the same time, the cyber almsgiving plan was also going smoothly.

Bai Youlou underestimated his current influence.

What’s the point of the money that comes to you on your own?
There are some things that money can’t buy.

When Lao Zhou took out a list of state-owned enterprises and placed it in front of Bai Youlou, the two brothers fell silent.

“No, you’re not kidding me, are you?”

Bai Youlou looked at Lao Zhou and thought that it would be fine if he was filming “The Wandering Earth 2” now. After the success of the first film, it would be reasonable for the second film to have a scene where everyone adds fuel to the fire.

But this is the first one.
Who knows what kind of sci-fi film Bai will make, and how come so many companies dare to follow suit?

The world is getting crazy!

he likes!
(End of this chapter)