Chapter 88 She gave too much!
With the strong investment from Shen Shiman, "Ask the Way" is not only very well produced, but also has a sufficient budget for publicity and promotion!
However, because the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, time is still a lot tighter.
In addition to the overwhelming short video promotion, Shen Shiman also organized a famous scene restoration challenge with a prize of 300,000 yuan. After the pre-sale movie tickets were redeemed, people participated in the voting to select the challenger with the highest popularity and restoration degree and give out the prize.
At first, everyone participated in imitation just for the bonus.
Later on, more people saw that this challenge tag was very popular and participated in it spontaneously.
Nowadays, almost everyone who has watched short videos knows the movie "Ask the Business".
After watching some fragmentary clips, many people joined the army of ticket buyers.
In order to cooperate with the publicity, director Shen Shiman took a group of leading actors to participate in a survival challenge variety show.
Coincidentally, the director of this variety show is Feng Deng, the previous director of Ai Lu.
Director Feng was actually not very happy to let Shen Shiman participate.
He originally invited Wang Qingsong and Song Wenxing, and also invited Gu Qiming.
He avoided Shen Shiman and specifically told three people not to tell Shen Shiman.
But with Song Wenxing around, how could he not tell Shen Shiman?
Ever since "Asking the Way" was finished, Song Wenxing couldn't find any reason to talk to Shen Shiman.
Originally, Shen Shiman would say a few words to him about the filming.
Especially when he kept making mistakes while filming, couldn't get into the state, and had to do NG frequently...
It wasn't that he was trying to attract attention in this way, it was just that the following scenes were really difficult for him.
In order to avoid being misunderstood as doing it on purpose... he would study the script diligently every day after filming.
However, the effect was far from what Shen Shiman wanted.
If it were someone else, he would have been able to get by with his reputation as a movie star.
However, Shen Shiman insisted on striving for perfection and it took him three full months to finally finish filming his part.
There is a scene of imprisonment, which is also the node of the hero Tianxing's personality undergoing a huge change. He was required to shoot it with real people and real objects for half a month, and he almost got stuck in the role and couldn't get out of it...
I thought I could sell it for a lot of money.
As a result, Man Man ignored him completely and asked people to pack up the props and leave after the shoot.
During this time, he seemed to be reporting on his work almost every day, telling Man Man about his schedule...
This includes going to Feng Deng's variety show to promote "Ask the Stars".
Apart from Song Wenxing, Wang Qingsong had no intention of keeping the secret at all...
Not only did he not listen to Feng Deng and not tell Shen Shiman, but he also negotiated conditions with Feng Deng, saying that if they were not invited to be the director of "Asking the Way", he would not participate.
As one of the two male protagonists, Wang Qingsong plays a much more important role than Song Wenxing!
In particular, Wang Qingsong's status is higher than Song Wenxing.
Although both of them are movie emperors, Wang Qingsong can be said to crush Song Wenxing in terms of seniority and quality.
Not to mention that Wang Qingsong is also a 5G surfing expert...
He has just as many fans of the second dimension as Song Wenxing.
Plus, he takes good care of himself...he's naturally handsome. Even though he's almost seventy years old, he still looks like he's in his thirties.
Time doesn't seem to leave any traces on his face...
Seriously frozen in time.
Naturally, there are also girlfriend fans and wife fans...
And although Wang Qingsong is already a veteran actor, he is still regarded by many as the top actor in the uncle circle.
More importantly, although Wang Qingsong is very active online, he never participates in any variety shows...
Even when it was the previous promotion for the drama, he just followed along to a few shows offline at most.
This time, Wang Qingsong was invited to perform in a variety show!
Just the mention of this has already generated a lot of anticipation!
But Feng Deng was still reluctant to invite Shen Shiman...
He always feels that this woman is unlucky for him!
Unexpectedly, he was still hesitating. Shen Shiman got the news and took the initiative to call him.
"Director Feng, how is your health lately?"
Even though it was just a common greeting, Director Feng suddenly felt his scalp tingling.
He always felt that the hidden meaning behind this sentence was: Can you still bear the torture? Do you still have enough hair? Can you bear to have it lost?
"Thanks to Director Shen, I'm in good shape."
Feng Deng chatted with people in a non-enthusiastic manner and said some meaningless words, but did not mention anything about the variety show.
He hopes Shen Shiman can find it interesting!
But Shen Shiman kept talking about this and that, and had no intention of talking about serious matters.
Feng Deng was getting impatient.
Just as he was about to find an excuse to hang up the phone, Shen Shiman suddenly said, "Director Feng, you haven't been very successful in attracting investment recently, right?"
Feng Deng's face turned cold instantly.
"I heard that Director Feng's main source of investment before was Mr. Shen from Fuhua Group."
Shen Shiman spoke slowly and calmly, not worrying at all that Feng Deng would get angry and hang up the phone: "I also heard that Mr. Shen was very dissatisfied with Director Feng because of the public opinion storm caused by the suspension of "Love Journey"."
"The financial resources and social circles of the Fuhua Group are still very good."
"At least for now, half of the advertisers that frequently appear on major programs are willing to give Fuhua Group a face!"
"Director Feng has had a very difficult time recently!"
Shen Shiman chuckled: "I heard that Director Feng recently posted on WeChat Moments about urgently selling a villa and horse farm in the suburbs of Beijing?"
Feng Deng pursed his lips, held the phone tightly and said nothing.
It's no secret that he's been having financial difficulties lately.
Even if Shen Shiman didn't have any WeChat friends, he could still find out a lot by just asking around.
"As for the relationship issues between Director Feng and Mr. Shen, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do to help fix them."
Shen Shiman felt that the topic had been discussed for a long time, so he stopped wasting time and said bluntly: "But it's still okay to invest some money in Director Feng's show!"
Feng Deng frowned. Although he didn't really believe what Shen Shiman said, he couldn't help but ask, "Investment? How much can you invest?"
He really needs money now!
However, he didn't have much hope for the amount of money Shen Shiman could invest.
How much money can a small director make?
Not to mention that Shen Shiman had just filmed "Ask the Business" not long ago... He heard that the entire movie did not use any external investment, and was entirely paid for by Shen Shiman alone.
I guess he spent all his family assets, right?
"It's okay to invest 20 million for the time being."
Shen Shiman said a number without any great pressure.
The filming of "Ask the Stars" did cost a lot of money, and she demanded the best in every aspect...
She had been silent for several years and had little pocket money left in her card.
Shen Shiman felt that an investment of 20 million was a bit too little, but he was short of money, so he could only make do with it for the time being.
Feng Deng was so frightened that he was speechless.
After a long while, she screamed, "How much?"
“How much do you want to invest?”
Twenty million?
If Shen Shiman invested 20 million, he would definitely not hesitate to let him participate in his crappy variety show or even sit in his director's seat!