What a silly child...
Yang Ruoqian sighed, and out of conscience, he kindly reminded: "Are you sure? This thing is really scary."
Shang Qianyu was actually scared in his heart, but he still showed a look of disdain on his face: "Boss, you really underestimate me. It's just an escape room. I've played it before. It's simple and stress-free."
Yang Ruoqian looked at Shang Qianyu's poor acting skills and gave him another chance to step aside: "Ours is different from the ones outside. It's specially customized. It's really scary. You can think about it again."
In order to attract more abuse, Yang Ruoqian does not intend to give any preferential treatment to the celebrity guests invited to participate in the show.
In order to avoid unexpected situations and disputes with customers, commercial escape rooms or haunted houses, even hardcore projects under the banner of horror, actually just put more effort into the atmosphere.
Even if customers make very basic mistakes, most staff will let them go so that they can experience the full game content.
But what Yang Ruoqian did was different.
The celebrities are not customers. Not only did they not spend a penny, they were hired by Mr. Yang with a large sum of money!
If you must say, Mr. Yang is the customer.
Still expecting the staff to let them off, and still expecting the difficulty to be reduced? Yang Ruoqian even planned to plant a few traitors among the invited guests. Several celebrities seemed to be teammates on the surface, but in fact, some of them had ulterior motives...
It is indeed a bit too much to ask Shang Qianyu to leave this kind of difficult intrigue.
Shang Qianyu has a high status, but he wants to compete with other stars in intrigue...
However, as a professional actor and a queen of preparation, Shang Qianyu always keeps his word and never regrets what he has promised: "Boss, don't worry. I have seen too many storms and eaten more rice than many people have walked through. It's okay."
"Okay." It's hard to persuade the damned ghost with kind words, Yang Ruoqian said no more, "I will let Qi Mu send you the relevant content when the time comes, and you should prepare yourself well."
"Okay, boss! Thank you for your cheats!" Shang Qianyu thanked him sincerely, and then asked carefully, "By the way, boss, someone contacted me and said they want me to film a TV series. I happen to have a free time in my schedule. Do you think I should go?"
"They asked me to play the leading female role, and the salary was quite high..."
“Isn’t it bad to always use company resources instead of helping the company get resources?”
Oh no, something bad is going to happen. The child has grown up and has started to think about making money for the family! With Shang Qianyu's current status, and having just finished filming "Wandering Blue Planet", which is at the peak of popularity, the pay for one episode is at least millions. After filming more than 20 episodes...
The already struggling company is now even worse off.
Yang Ruoqian was shocked and refused righteously, "You are still young and have plenty of time in the future. Why are you always thinking about making money in a hurry? Is the company out of money? Am I going bankrupt?"
"Now all you have to do is maintain your own value and run your business well. Don't do anything else!"
"Have you read the script of that TV series? Have you learned about the investment in that TV series? With so much money spent on the actors, how much money can be spent on the plot and special effects?"
"Will filming this TV series affect your reputation? Will it affect your image? Xiao Shang, you need to consider other issues."
"Or are you short of money now and want to take on some acting jobs?"
"It doesn't matter. If your salary is not enough, just tell me and I'll give you a raise!"
Shang Qianyu was very touched: "Boss...you are too kind, right? Others can't wait to cash in as soon as they become popular!"
"I have enough money to spend, so I don't need a pay raise! The company is my home, and my money is the company's money!"
Shang Qianyu had previously mentioned taking on the role of an advertising spokesperson, but Yang Ruoqian had rejected her. Now, she was asked to film a movie somewhere else, but was rejected again...
He even cared about whether she had enough money.
With such a boss and such a company, what's the point of talking about money? Hearing that Shang Qianyu refused to change the contract and increase his salary again, Yang Ruoqian was a little disappointed: "Okay then... do you have anything else to say?"
"And more." Seeing the boss start to chase people away, Shang Qianyu quickly grabbed the edge of the table and said, "I have a small question. Boss, are you selling your house?"
Yang Ruoqian was confused by this question: "What, are you going to buy that house?"
Shang Qianyu nodded vigorously: "Yes, I plan to settle down in Jinhai. I have lived in that house for so long, so it's a good opportunity to buy it. It will be my home in the future."
"Okay." Yang Ruoqian thought about it and nodded in agreement. "I basically don't live in that house anyway...why don't you buy a new house instead of a second-hand one?"
"I'm used to living here." Shang Qianyu chuckled, "Besides, I have a lot of furniture in the house and don't want to move."
"If I don't buy it, it will be difficult to renovate it into the style I like. Now I have some money, so I thought about it and decided to buy it from you directly."
"Boss, don't worry about selling it. I'll give you a premium!"
It would be nice to be able to exchange a house that you will hardly live in for cash...
Yang Ruoqian nodded: "Okay, let's sign a contract when we are free."
"Then boss, I'll leave first?"
"Mind your own business." Yang Ruoqian waved his hand.
After Shang Qianyu finished explaining everything, he hummed a little tune happily and opened the office door.
Outside the door, Secretary Qi Mu was waiting there with a document in her hand. When she saw Shang Qianyu coming out, she smiled and nodded at her.
"Qi Mu?" Yang Ruoqian also glanced towards the door. "What's the matter? Just send a message."
Qi Mu walked into the office, turned around and closed the door, and said, "Boss Yang, I'm sorry, I see you and Shang Qianyu are talking about something important, but it's hard for me to make a decision, and it's hard to delay, so I'll wait outside."
"What's the matter?" Yang Ruoqian asked curiously.
Generally speaking, Qi Mu can make his own decisions on matters related to the company's business coordination, and the documents to be handed over to Yang Ruoqian are usually major decisions.
"Shelter's first original film, Sharknado, has been released." Qi Mu unfolded the document in his hand and placed it on the table. His speaking speed was basically the same as Yang Ruoqian's browsing speed. "From the first day's data... well, the play rate and word of mouth are slightly polarized."
The volume of playback and word of mouth are slightly polarized...
The corners of Yang Ruoqian's mouth twitched. You wouldn't notice it normally, but the secretary could be so tactful in her words.
Isn’t it just that the number of views is very high but the ratings are very bad!
To put it bluntly, a lot of people gave bad reviews.
This is exactly what Yang Ruoqian would like to see!
He had previously asked Shelter to try making some original crappy movies because he didn't want Shelter to make so much money anymore.
Now that the first original movie has come out, it is true that it can bring high playback rates thanks to the popularity and traffic accumulated by the company in the past, but what about the second one? What about the third one? The audience's patience is limited. As long as they persist in maintaining low-quality originals and persistently feeding the audience shit, they will definitely not last long without any works to copy! The best way to deal with this kind of thing is to do nothing and let the Shelter Company continue on the wrong path.
In order to ensure that the information was correct, Yang Ruoqian also opened the Leopard platform and looked at everyone's comments on "Sharknado".
Well... 2.9 points, there is not much room for decline.
Since the Leopard Platform was developed, Yang Ruoqian has watched Douchi Movies less and less.
Yang Ruoqian put down the document and shook his head: "Didn't I say before that the group will not be involved in handling the internal affairs of the Shelter Company? How they want to make a movie is their business."
"Mr. Yang, the management of the Shelter Company collectively sent you a letter of thanks, saying that they are very grateful for the inspiration you provided them. Without you, there would be no success of Sharknado." Qi Mu smiled, "So now they are willing to listen to your opinions and consult you on the next step."
Yang Ruoqian was stunned for a moment: "Ah? A huge success? Didn't you just say that this movie received a lot of negative reviews?"
Don’t a flood of negative reviews mean failure? “The movie received a lot of negative reviews, but it also received a lot of viewership.” Qi Mu smiled. “Many platforms sent us backend data. Most viewers watched the entire movie after posting negative reviews. Some even went back to watch it twice.”
"According to the survey results we posted online, many people are looking forward to the next original work of Shelter Company and have expressed that they will definitely watch it and are very willing to recommend it to their friends."
"The reason is very simple. Most people are very curious about how bad the movies produced by Shelter can be."
"The Shelter has received a lot of orders for movie placements from advertisers now."
Yang Ruoqian: “…”
Because they are curious about how bad a movie can be?! What kind of reason is this? At the beginning, Yang Ruoqian asked the Shelter Company to write the script using the chain method, but the script was so bad that it aroused the audience's curiosity?! No, is there any curse on the Shelter Company? In the past, they could make money when they made normal art films, and they could also make money by making bad knockoff films. Now they can still make money by making original bad films...
Three movies are produced in a month, and each movie makes a profit of hundreds of thousands!
Now they have even gone a step further and started accepting advertisements! So Yang Ruoqian would not lose a penny, right?
Yang Ruoqian gritted his teeth, and a vicious plan emerged in his mind: "Let them make a sequel, "Sharknado 2"!"
Qi Mu nodded: "Boss Yang, do you have any other requests? For example, the plot, or the casting?"
“There are no requirements, just shoot Sharknado 2.” Yang Ruoqian took a sip of water, “Let them decide on the rest.”
If you want to ruin an IP, what's the best way? Make a sequel! Although there are a few isolated cases, many well-known masterpieces have their reputations ruined after making sequels.
Including movies, TV series, and novels.
Perhaps the quality of the sequel itself is not that bad, but because it fails to meet the audience's extremely high expectations, it is easy to feel disappointed.
If the sequel to a masterpiece with a score of 9.5 is objectively rated at a level of 8, it may only be rated at 6 in the eyes of the audience.
The same logic applies to "Sharknado".
Aren’t audiences looking forward to what kind of shit the Shelter Company will come up with?
If Sharknado 2 is not as bad as Sharknado, the audience's expectations will naturally be dashed and the IP will naturally be ruined.
The current score of "Sharknado" is 2.9. How much room can it have for decline?
Qi Mu nodded: "I'll convey it to you."
"By the way, after you convey this, please help me find a few top haunted house designers and escape room designers in the industry. We need these people for our new variety show."
"Okay, Mr. Yang."
…
Shelter Company, high-level assembly.
"Has the group sent any news?"
Cai Meng glanced at his phone and nodded: "Yes, but before I say anything, I have to ask you, what do you think about the future route?"
"To be honest, Mr. Yang's creativity is amazing. The number of views of our original film is an order of magnitude higher than that of the copycat film... I think we can go the original route in the future."
"It's not enough to just pursue originality, we also have to protect the copycat industry, the market is huge."
"There has to be a hierarchy, right?"
"I think we don't need to think about such long-term things for now. Let's think about how we can maintain our original dishes first."
"Brother Cai, don't keep us in suspense. Let's see what Mr. Yang has to say."
"Yes... Let's first refer to Mr. Yang's opinion."
Cai Meng laughed loudly: "When we were acquired before, wasn't the thing you were most worried about being told what to do by the group? Why is your attitude changing so drastically now?"
"That's different. Mr. Yang is really capable!"
"Yes, only a genius like Mr. Yang can come up with such an idea of a script chain..."
Cai Meng took a sip of water and said, "Boss Yang wants us to continue filming Sharknado 2."
After this was said, everyone in the office was silent for two seconds.
sequel?
It seems that the Shelter Company has never made any sequels since its debut! Titanic 2 is essentially a copycat, so it cannot be included.
The employees of Shelter had such a clear idea of the positioning of their own film that they subconsciously blocked the option of making a sequel.
Now that I was reminded of this, I realized that this path seems to be really possible! In the history of movies, if you want to make money from sequels, the previous film usually has to be a big hit in both word of mouth and box office, otherwise no one will buy it.
Movies like "Sharknado" are unheard of...
"It seems like we have never made a sequel. We can try."
"A sequel to a bad movie! Why didn't I think of that?! Mr. Yang... is truly a very creative person!"
"You should think deeply about the reasons. Why did Mr. Yang ask us to make a sequel? What does he mean by this suggestion?"
"What else? He must value our IP. He is telling us implicitly that the Sharknado IP is the code to wealth!"
"As long as we shoot it, we will definitely make money!"
"What are you waiting for? Let's get started. I'll be the first to play the script this time..." (End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
