Chapter 444: Big Profits
In Huang Xinran's view, this drama is actually a drama about the pain of youth. The hazy love between boys and girls blooms into the most beautiful fruit in their most beautiful years.
The reason why Huang Xinran was optimistic about the show in the beginning was because he thought this type of drama had a large audience.
After the actual filming started, I realized that I had underestimated the potential of this drama.
The simple and straightforward dialogues, the hazy sweet love, the youthful and beautiful young men and women, every frown and smile are unforgettable.
The box office of the movie kept rising, and the director was so happy that he couldn't stop calling Huang Hongyuan one after another. His purpose was very simple, which was to hope that Huang Hongyuan could write another script for him.
Huang Xinran also made a lot of money. As a nominal screenwriter and producer, she did not let her second brother down.
However, when contacting his second brother, Huang Hongyuan rejected the suggestion of writing another script.
"Although this script seems to make some money, it just feels too tiring. It's better for me to just write scripts."
The main thing is to make revisions, and making revisions over and over again is too tiring.
What Huang Hongyuan feared most was exhausting himself. Having just recovered from a serious illness, his health was not good to begin with, and he really had no intention of writing a script that was too strenuous.
Huang Xinran thought about it and didn't persuade him any more: "Okay, just write some articles and submit them when you're done. If you don't feel well, just take a rest. As long as you're healthy, you'll have everything."
My second brother’s good health is better than anything else.
After reaching a consensus, no matter how the director tried to persuade her, Huang Xinran refused to give in.
But the box office is still rising.
Finally, even Mr. Hu couldn't sit still anymore and asked around about the drama. When he found out that the drama was actually related to Huang Xinran, he came to see her immediately.
As soon as he arrived, he started complaining, saying that Huang Xinran didn't care about his old friend.
How else can Huang Xinran take care of him?
Before filming began, she had no idea that this script would become such a hit after being made into a movie!
Mr. Hu knew about the existence of her second brother Huang Hongyuan. Even though Huang Xinran refused to give in, he came to Lu's house every day for many days in a row to wait. He actually waited until Huang Hongyuan came to sneak in.
In fact, Mr. Hu also knew where Huang Hongyuan lived, but he didn't dare to go to his house without Huang Xinran's permission. Although he and Huang Xinran had been friends for many years, he also knew some of Huang Xinran's bottom lines. So he didn't dare to touch him easily.
Huang Hongyuan looked at Mr. Hu who was staring at him eagerly, especially after the other party complained to him pitifully under the influence of alcohol, he finally softened his attitude.
But he also made his own demands.
The script can be given to him, but Mr. Hu can't rush him. I'll give it to him when he finishes writing it.
Mr. Hu agreed.
Huang Xinran did not stop him after knowing this, but secretly decided that after her second brother finished writing the script, she would put more effort into revising it, so as to save her second brother from wasting his energy.
The movie was a good success, and apart from being a huge hit in the theatres, they also made a good share of the profits.
Of course, this is all thanks to Huang Xinran's foresight in signing a profit-sharing contract right from the start. Now that the film is both a critical and commercial success, we have to say that they were very courageous at the time.
Even though he made money, Huang Xinran still wasn't happy.
The reason was simple. The latest issue of the financial newspaper had reported a piece of so-called inside information, and it was Lu Yunchen's photo. Next to him was another beautiful woman. Huang Xinran recognized her at first sight. She was Zeng Qiaoer, the niece of Boss Zeng whom she had met before.
When attending the banquet, Huang Xinran severely humiliated Zeng Qiaoer. She originally thought that she had given up, after all, Lu Yunchen had gradually interrupted his business dealings with Mr. Zeng, but she did not expect that Zeng Qiaoer would make a comeback more than a year later.
This time, the other party made the financial headlines as soon as he arrived. No one can say that it was an unintentional act.
I don't know if Lu Yunchen also saw this report. Anyway, Huang Xinran called him several times, but no one answered. It was already dark in the evening, and there was no sign of him.
Huang Xinran was very restless as he couldn't find anyone.
Lu Yunchen was indeed busy with business, but no matter how busy he was or how late it was, unless he was abroad or on a plane and could not be contacted, he would contact her as soon as he saw the news.
Such delays in contact are rare.
As the time passed and it was almost eleven o'clock, Huang Xinran could no longer sit still.
She picked up the phone and made a call: "Hello, is this Mr. Zhao? I'm Huang Xinran... I'm really sorry to bother you so late at night. Yes, yes, yes... I really have something to talk to you about..."
After hanging up the phone, she began to wait anxiously.
Time passed by minute by minute, and half an hour went by in the blink of an eye.
At this time, the phone finally rang. Huang Xinran picked up the phone immediately: "Hello, Mr. Zhao... Yeah, OK! Got it, Mr. Zhao, thank you. I won't say anything more. I'll treat you to tea another day when I'm free. Thank you very much... OK, OK, no problem!"
After hanging up the phone, Huang Xinran picked up her handbag and went out.
She got in the car, stepped on the accelerator and headed straight for the address she had obtained.
Lu Yunchen was indeed attending the banquet.
But he didn't expect that he would be unable to leave after coming here. He was entangled by someone.
He didn't notice it at first, but soon, when Zeng Qiaoer appeared, if he didn't realize that something was wrong, he would have lived in vain for so many years.
Because he knew that, he realized that the other party did it on purpose.
Mr. Zeng was obviously plotting against him.
Lu Yunchen's brows were knitted into knots. He knew that the other party was like a cat that smelled blood. It must be the mobile phone he developed that fell into the other party's ear, and it followed the smell to find him.
Speaking of mobile phones, they were only recently successfully developed. Before they were even put on the market, some people were already eyeing them.
Although Ranran provided him with enough ideas at the beginning, it still took countless manpower and efforts to successfully develop it.
Now the guy named Zeng actually came out and tried to pick the peaches. How could he possibly let him do as he wished?
But I didn't expect that when the open approach failed, the other party would resort to the covert approach.
She used such despicable means, bribed so many people, and was determined to make things a done deal, ruin his reputation, and sow discord between him and Ranran. This was what he could not tolerate the most.
"I advise you not to fight recklessly. As long as you agree to work with my Zeng family to develop follow-up cooperation, I guarantee that no news of what happened today will be leaked. Otherwise, your past, Lu Yunchen, who appears to be kind but is actually dirty inside, will be known to the world. The witness is my Zeng Qiaoer, and as for the physical evidence... I guess you don't want countless people to come and watch this paper being handed in, right?"
"In this circle, if someone like me who has no power and no influence wants to climb up, how can I achieve my goal without making some sacrifices? Lu Yunchen, Lu Yunchen, you are already this old, why are you still so naive?"
"It's been so many years, and we've come to this point. What will happen next? This is something we both agreed to, so stop pretending to be so noble!"