In fact, aside from cooperating with the promotion, Shang Yechu had hardly paid any attention to Renxing's activities—what was there to care about? She had long known that Renxing would become the leading domestic mobile phone brand, and its sales wouldn't be too bad no matter what. Rather than worrying about Renxing's sales, she was more concerned about the filming of "Rules Street".
Renxing is the boss of Renxing, and "Rules Street" is Shang Yechu's "Rules Street"!
Rules Street has recently run into some problems. Shang Yechu and Gu Wenhua are so worried about it that they can't even eat.
As a fast-paced action film lasting a few hours, the main plot of *Rules Street* was already filmed. Commercial horror films only have so much: a few people running, a few jumping, a few screaming in terror. It's not complicated.
As for the roles, Shang Yechu has played countless stereotypical characters like Xiao Ye, the protagonist of "Rules Street," even if she hasn't played a hundred. She's done at least five or six dozen, and even while filming "Tianban" at the same time, it didn't significantly hinder her character portrayal. Therefore, the filming of "Rules Street" went smoothly and effortlessly.
The production process for most horror films follows this pattern: first, the main filming; then, the post-production special effects; and finally, reshoots. *Rules Street* is no exception. It is currently in the post-production special effects stage.
Qingping Entertainment's special effects team is not yet fully established, so the post-production of "Rules Street" was also outsourced to an external team.
Gu Wenhua hired Glass World, a well-known domestic film and television post-production company. They asked for a very high price. Shang Yechu and Ji Juntao were extremely busy with "Half of the Sky" at the time, so they just let Gu Wenhua do whatever he wanted.
After all that fuss, something went wrong.
Because Gu Wenhua loved to create grand scenes, even if it was just a street, he would still make it look like a dragon. As a result, the already precarious budget for "Rules Street" was completely burned.
Initially, the hole was relatively small, and Shang Yechu was too lazy to bother with it. He kept it a secret from Ji Juntao and filled the hole himself. To avoid putting Gu Wenhua on the defensive, he lied and said that Qingping Entertainment had reimbursed him.
Whether this incident gave Gu Wenhua the illusion that he could get rich quick through entertainment or not, this commercial film enthusiast went on an unstoppable rampage thereafter, piling on flashy special effects as if they were free!
Soon, the budget was exceeded again. Gu Wenhua didn't dare to ask Ji Juntao for money, so he could only go to Shang Yechu with a long face and ask Shang Yechu to help him get a better deal.
As the top executive, Shang Yechu could easily make decisions on such a small matter. She spoke with Ji Juntao, who readily agreed and approved another five million for Gu Wenhua. Qingping Entertainment had made a considerable amount of money in the past six months, so giving Gu Wenhua this sum was within reasonable limits.
Gu Wenhua was overjoyed and left with the money. But just ten days later, he came back to Shang Yechu with a long face.
We've gone over budget again.
These four short words encapsulate all the suffering that directors endure in this world.
Ten days! Five million! Even if you converted that five million into cash and tore it up for fun, you still wouldn't be able to finish tearing it up in ten days!
Shang Yechu almost suspected that Gu Wenhua had been ripped off, and even considered asking Ji Juntao to send an imperial envoy to investigate whether there was any corruption in the "Rules Street" production team. However, these were matters for later; the most urgent task was to settle the interim payment owed to the special effects company as soon as possible.
Even with his thick skin, Shang Yechu couldn't bring himself to brazenly ask Ji Juntao for money twice within ten days—especially since special effects, before they're fully completed, are just a jumbled mess. Shang Yechu couldn't very well force Ji Juntao to pay with these unfinished products. He had no choice but to put the matter aside for now and carefully consider his words before calmly and deliberately asking Ji Juntao for the money.
Shang Yechu has now returned to Hengshi and, after a long absence, came to the company, intending to take a closer look at the building.
As Qingping Entertainment expanded, Ji Juntao upgraded his equipment and finally prepared to abandon the headquarters located on the outskirts of the city. Qingping Entertainment will be moving to an office building in a high-tech cultural and creative park in October. It will be several times more spacious than this small, cramped place, giving all the employees of Qingping Entertainment plenty of room to move around.
What Shang Yechu admired most about Ji Juntao was her seemingly inexhaustible energy. She managed everything—from publishing "Tianban" and "Rules Street" to endorsing Renxing, handling the company's other minor employees, poaching talent, liquidating assets, stirring up public opinion, and relocating—all piled up together, yet she managed it all with remarkable efficiency and without a single detail being out of control.
Just as Shang Yechu was racking her brains trying to get money out of Ji Juntao, the first-day sales data of Renxing mobile phones was delivered to her right under her nose.
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