2209 Twins
“Fortunately, this screenwriter stepped in to resolve it. Otherwise, with Qiao Weiyang’s stubborn temper, how could it have been resolved so smoothly? If she doesn’t change her temper, she’ll suffer greatly!” Old Madam Qiao said angrily.
“Forget it. Let’s take it slow. If she doesn’t change, there’s nothing we can do. We can only give her some time.” Qiao Jierou supported Old Madam Qiao.
…
Director Cao was worried about the release of White Fox. He was a little surprised to find out over the phone that the copyright had been bought by Man Tianxing.
After hanging up the phone, he said, “What’s going on with Man Tianxing? If he spends 600 million yuan to buy it, the box office sales will have to be at least 1.2 billion yuan to recover the cost. Not to mention the subsequent publicity fees.”
The assistant said, “That’s right. And even if he buys it, the schedule has to be right. How did this happen?”
Just as Director Cao was hesitating, another call came.
“Director Cao, Man Tianxing has instructed you to finish all the post-production work in seven days. After you’re done, release it directly!”
Director Cao was stunned. “That’s too much of a hurry! The deadline was originally a month. You’re asking for it more than three-quarters of the time in advance…”
“Man Tianxing has already contacted a professional team and sent more people. He wants to release the movie as soon as possible at the beginning of the summer vacation.]
Director Cao gritted his teeth. “Alright, noted.”
On Qiao Weiyang’s side, everything had been arranged. This professional post-production team had once worked with Director Cheng. They were quite capable, but they were in a rush. The manpower and price had to be doubled.
As for the movie theaters, they did not have any movies that were particularly good at the moment. Tian Guang could not extend his influence so far. He could control the schedule for a month, and he could not control things this time.
Now, Qiao Weiyang had to handle the publicity work.
Director Cao called her. “Weiyang, White Fox will be doing publicity work this week. You have to make some time.”
“No problem, Director Cao.”
“Previously, this matter was resolved quite smoothly and didn’t cause a particularly big commotion. However, we still have to cooperate with the publicity staff on how things will develop in the later stages. Whether White Fox can earn money or not will depend on this.”
“I understand. I’ll definitely do my best to cooperate.”
“Good, that’s good.”
“Director Cao, I owe you a thank you too.”
“Why are you thanking me?”
Qiao Weiyang chuckled. “During this period of time, you’re the only one who hasn’t come forward to ask me to apologize to Tian Guang. Apart from you, there was an endless stream of people who kept looking for me.”
Director Cao knew this. Even the investors behind the scenes exerted a lot of pressure on Qiao Weiyang.
Director Cao could not interfere in these things. He did not know how a young woman like Qiao Weiyang could withstand the pressure.
He said apologetically, “I couldn’t help you much. I could only stop putting pressure on you.”
“That’s already a great help, Director Cao. I’ll go prepare first. Goodbye.”
After Director Cao hung up, he sighed.
Qiao Weiyang handed a series of matters to Lu Mingjue. As a top manager and someone who had participated in the production and publicity side of things, Lu Mingjue was familiar with doing these tasks.
“Don’t worry, leave White Fox to me! I’ll contact all the creators immediately!”
He thought that Qiao Weiyang was so concerned about White Fox because she was one of the main leads, but he never expected her to be Man Tianxing.
After putting away the information, he asked Qiao Weiyang, “Sister-in-law, aren’t you afraid that Tian Guang will also release his movie in seven days?”
“Look at the information.” Qiao Weiyang raised her chin.
Lu Mingjue casually flipped through it. When he saw Tian Guang’s movie information, he couldn’t help but laugh. “Indeed, he can’t.”
After the cast and crew received the call, they all expressed their cooperation.
Back then, they thought that this movie would fail and would have no hope of being released.
Now that there was such an outcome, everyone could not wait to cooperate.
The movie was everyone’s hard work. No one wanted to see it buried.
Tian Guang naturally heard the news.
“So they’ll release it in seven days?” Tian Guang asked.
“That’s right. Man Tianxing is really impressive. He’s awesome.” Assistant Zhang couldn’t help but praise him. “He directly found the most professional team and sent more people to advance the post-production progress. The publicity work has also been put on the agenda. The efficiency is very high. I’ve already seen a lot of discussions. In addition to what happened a while ago, Qiao Weiyang is riding on a wave. The current publicity effect is very good.”
When Tian Guang heard this, he could not help but fall into deep thought.
After Assistant Zhang finished praising the other party, he realized that there was something wrong with Tian Guang’s expression. He asked in a low voice, “Director Tian, our investors are also asking us if we can release it early and not miss the hype this time.”
Everyone wanted to earn money.
Tian Guang had received so many investments behind the scenes, so the pressure he faced was even greater than Qiao Weiyang’s.
“Tell them that it can’t be released in advance. Our movie was originally targeted to be released on the day of the Qixi Festival. There are also two commercials in the movie that are related to Qixi. If we can’t stick with that schedule, we’ll have to reshoot these scenes. Besides, Qixi is a very good time. We don’t have to change the date just to compete with Qiao Weiyang.”
Tian Guang was very confident in his work, and he had signed a contract with the advertisers. He could not change the schedule.
Seeing that he had made up his mind, Assistant Zhang said, “Director Tian, you’re right. If they rush the production of a historical movie like White Fox, the quality will definitely be atrocious. It won’t matter even if it’s released early. Our quality is so good that we’ll definitely win when ours is released.”
…
Director Cao and Lu Mingjue were both urging the post-production team.
This time, even Qiao Jierou did not dare to cause trouble. She wholeheartedly cooperated with the post-production and publicity, trying her best to turn things around with White Fox. She could not let herself be suppressed by Qiao Weiyang.
On the first night of the movie’s release, Qiao Weiyang was still writing reports in her room.
The 600 million yuan was borrowed from Su Zhuoqian. The results would all rely on this.
Hearing a knock on the door, she whispered, “Come in.”
Su Zhuoqian walked in with a glass of milk. When he saw the computer in front of her, he raised his eyebrows. “Are you still busy with work?”
“I’m usually not busy until so late, but this time is different. I’m indeed a little busy.”
“Drink some milk first.” Su Zhuoqian placed the milk in her hand.
Qiao Weiyang took it and took a small sip. The strong fragrance of the milk dispelled her fatigue.
She raised her head and said, “Go and rest first. I’ll be done in a while.”
Su Zhuoqian reached out his finger and wiped the milk stain off her lips.
The warmth of his fingers rubbed against her thin lips, and Qiao Weiyang blushed.
“I’ll sit here for a while. Go ahead with your work. By the way… 600 million isn’t a lot. I can afford it.”