Chapter 1082 No Way! Don’t even think about it!
Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. As soon as Liang Wen got off the plane, he saw Yang Hongxia who came to pick him up in person. Subconsciously, he almost turned around and wanted to go back to the plane.
However, he failed and Liang Wen still had to face Yang Hongxia obediently.
Yang Hongxia didn't do anything to Liang Wen at the airport. After picking him up, she showed him concern and caring. When he got on the company's special car, Yang Hongxia showed her true colors.
"Director Liang, what happened to Xixi and Xiaobao's movie? Why was the crew suddenly ordered to make corrections? Didn't the crew hire someone specifically responsible for these matters to communicate with various departments?"
Yang Hongxia did not ask directly about the budget overrun. Instead, she was concerned about why they were ordered to make corrections and reduce the shooting time under such circumstances.
Liang Wen wiped his cold sweat: "We are also innocent in this matter, Mr. Yang. According to the staff of the Children's Protection Association, it was because the young actors in our crew did not perform well in the school exams.
After investigations by the school, parents, and the Child Protection Association, they determined that our filming time was too long, which affected the young actors' studies. Isn't this..."
Yang Hongxia didn't believe a word of it: "Don't foreign countries advocate happy education? Don't they never pay attention to children's test scores? Don't they think it is very undesirable to use grades to measure whether a child is excellent?"
Why is it that now when students don’t do well in exams, people blame the crew?
If you have the guts, don’t let your children come to film!
Let's see if your child can get a perfect score in the exam after there are no more movies to film. Liang Wen smiled and said nothing.
When Chinese people go abroad to film, it is normal for the locals to dislike you or simply want to blackmail you. No matter what the weird reason is, there are relevant laws and regulations to support it.
But as a crew, can you really haggle with the locals over these little things? No.
The locals can afford it, but the crew can't.
The crew was burning money every day when they started working. This is not just an adjective, but it is true that every day when they started working, they had to pay the staff salaries, actors' pay, venue usage fees, etc. Just spending a little money can allow you to shoot abroad without the locals deliberately making trouble. Would you pay this money? If Yang Hongxia was there at the time, she would definitely pay it.
Unfortunately, the person in charge of the crew at that time was Lin Fan.
Lin Fan got angry and was unwilling to let these people get away with it, so he chose to accept the investigation of the Child Protection Association.
The result was good. The investigation showed that there were no major problems with the crew, but out of local protectionism, the staff of the Child Protection Association sided with the locals and chose to order the crew to reduce the daily shooting time again.
The locals didn't get the money, and Lin Fan didn't gain much advantage either. In a situation where both sides suffered losses, of course, the loss in the end was mainly due to money.
Yang Hongxia knew the twists and turns involved, so she was so angry: "Wouldn't it be better to spend some money to get rid of the disaster? Now that it's over, won't the wasted filming time cost more money?"
Liang Wen muttered: "Go talk to Director Lin about this."
What's the point of telling me this?
Do you expect me to convince Lin Fan?
Or are you hoping that Lin Fan will change on his own?
If Lin Fan was willing to spend money to eliminate the disaster, he would not have confronted the locals to the end, and...
"And is Lin Fan still thinking, at worst, we can just stop filming this movie there? At worst, we can wait until the park is built and then return to China to film? We have our own territory and we have our own decisions. Anyway, we can't let those people get away with it?"
Liang Wen gave Yang Hongxia a thumbs up: "If we talk about people who understand Lin Fan, Xia Yan ranks first, and Yang Hongxia must be second. Doesn't this mean she has already understood Lin Fan's mental journey thoroughly?"
Yang Hongxia was so angry that she wanted to hit someone: "Has he ever thought about how much it would cost to stop the production and reshoot at a different time?"
Liang Wen said honestly: "I've calculated it. Director Lin thinks we may have to add about 150 million to the original cost. It should be about this number."
Yang Hongxia was going crazy: "You guys still counted!"
Liang Wen thought: Not only did I calculate the additional investment, but I also calculated the box office revenue that the movie could achieve after it is released.
Moreover, Liang Wen didn't dare to say that Lin Fan felt that as long as the movie could really achieve the box office he expected after its release, the additional 150 million investment would be nothing but a drizzle and he could afford to lose it.
Of course, Yang Hongxia is now on the verge of a rampage. For the sake of her own safety, Liang Wen does not intend to provoke her anymore.
The driver and assistant in the car dared not breathe and shrank into their seats as much as possible, fearing that their presence would be too strong and they might be accidentally injured by the furious Yang Hongxia, which would be a tragic death.
No one dared to speak. The only sound in the car was Yang Hongxia's breathing as she tried to suppress her temper. To be honest, it was quite scary.
It was as if there was a sharp sword hanging over everyone's head. Whether or not it would fall, and when it would fall, all depended on whether Yang Hongxia could suppress her anger.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Fortunately, Yang Hongxia was also a veteran and had strong self-control, so she quickly suppressed her temper that was about to go out of control.
Then, I don't know if he was comforting himself or saying it to everyone: "Anyway, this matter has been concluded. And I believe that after this incident, those local people should also be able to understand Lin Fan's temper of preferring to die in glory rather than live in disgrace, and they will not easily provoke him again."
Liang Wen thought: Very good, it seems that Mr. Yang has accepted the reality, otherwise he would not be so unscrupulous as to praise Director Lin's bad temper to such a high level.
"But!" Yang Hongxia almost squeezed out these two words from her lips, "But, only this time, never again!"
Liang Wen nodded repeatedly: "I understand, I understand. Not only do I understand, I believe Director Lin understands it too!"
Oh, I have to tell Director Lin this good news quickly, otherwise he will still be worried abroad, afraid that President Yang will not be able to control his anger and will kill me directly.
Yang Hongxia glanced at Liang Wen and said, "Also, let Lin Fan finish filming this movie abroad! Don't give up and wait until the park is built before reshooting! Can you just decide to invest an additional 150 million yuan so casually?"
Why not? Lin Fan could just take out the money himself.
Yang Hongxia glared: "Don't think I don't know what you are thinking! Are you thinking that Lin Fan can fill this investment gap by himself? I tell you, no way! Don't even think about it!"
That's not how business is done!
If everyone thinks this way, Earthman Studio will be bankrupt no matter how much money it makes! Liang Wen immediately admitted his mistake: "Okay, okay!"
I will convey everything to Director Lin, but whether Director Lin will listen or not, well, we all know it.
(End of this chapter)