Chapter 299: The Film Crew Sets Out

Mingri Group, Presidents Office.

Chen Mo nodded as he listened to the report Luo Xiao brought in.

"Very well."

Just today, Luo Xiao came over to report that all the actors had been found and they could set off for filming this afternoon.

This was great news!

Finish filming sooner, end it sooner, and then, a bit sooner, start filming the next flop, right?

"Is the filming budget enough? If not, I will add some more for you. After all, filming is very hard work; you must ensure the staff and actors eat well, drink well, and live well. Only by guaranteeing these things can you ensure a high-quality movie is filmed, right?"

"How about this, I will add another 20 million in investment for you."

Chen Mo said seriously.

As for why he wanted to add another 20 million in investment, it was entirely because of the tournament being held by Tiange Club. After all, once the tournament started, [Extreme Survival] would certainly see a rapid increase in players.

This would result in the games revenue increasing even further.

Pressured by this, he ultimately decided to add another 20 million in investment for the film crew.

Another 20 million added.

Hearing Chen Mos words, Luo Xiao opened his mouth in surprise.

Including the previous investment, the final filming budget for this movie had reached as high as 80 million.

This 80 million was different from the 80 million of other film crews.

For other crews, 40 to 50 million of that 80 million might go toward hiring actors, leaving not much for actual filming.

But his was different; at least 70 million of his 80 million would be used for filming.

After all, the actors he hired were all amateurs, so their pay certainly would not be much.

At the time of casting, many fellow students had expressed that they would be willing to play a role even without any pay.

However, he did not do that and still selected roles based on the scripts requirements.

Since they were already amateur actors, if he was not careful with the casting, the movie would likely be even harder to film.

Moreover, he roughly understood the intention behind Chen Mos decision to add so much investment. Since they were all amateurs, every shot during filming would probably need to be taken several times.

This would invisibly increase the filming costs.

So, Chen Mos addition of funds was likely due to this concern.

It seemed that during the filming process, he must strive for perfection to present a flawless movie.

"President Chen, I understand."

"Hmm, go back and prepare then. I will see you off personally this afternoon."

Chen Mo looked at Luo Xiao with a smile; he was very satisfied with this talent he had unearthed from his hometown.

The Flop Plan was currently proceeding very smoothly.

In the afternoon, several vehicles were parked outside the building, and the film crew was preparing to set out.

When Chen Mo arrived downstairs, he saw Luo Xiao walking over with a few young men and women.

"President Chen, these are the actors I found. They were all recruited from the Shanghai Theater Academy."

"This is President Chen, the president of Mingri Group," Luo Xiao introduced.

"Hello, President Chen!" The students, who had not yet graduated, hurriedly greeted him upon hearing Luo Xiaos words.

"Hmm!" Chen Mo nodded indifferently, though he was muttering to himself inside.

The Shanghai Theater Academy was a training ground for actors; many excellent actors had come from there.

When did this guy, Luo Xiao, run off to Shanghai to recruit actors? He had not even heard a whisper about it.

"Have any of you acted in TV shows or movies before?" Looking at the young faces in front of him, he asked with some concern.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xue and the others hesitated for a moment before answering truthfully.

"President Chen, we have not acted in any TV dramas or movies yet. This is our first time, but we will try our best to perform well."

After speaking, they all looked at the President Chen opposite them with trepidation.

They were all acting for the first time!

Chen Mo breathed a slight sigh of relief, thinking to himself that he had been too nervous. Even though the Shanghai Theater Academy produced many excellent actors, very few became legendary right after filming their first movie.

Turning his head, he looked at Wang Bin, who was grinning foolishly with the crew members in the distance, and felt even more reassured.

With Wang Bin there as a fallback, no matter how excellent these students were, how good could this movie possibly turn out to be?

"Very well. Since this is your first time filming a movie, do not be nervous. Just film it however it turns out."

After saying this with a smile, he turned to look at Luo Xiao.

"I see these few are good prospects; take good care of them."

"Alright, there is nothing else, you guys can set off now."

"Very well, President Chen, we are setting off then."

Luo Xiao acknowledged the order and then instructed the crew members to board the vehicles. They needed to go to the airport, take a flight to Beijing, and then head directly to the Film City.

They needed to film nearly two-thirds of the plot at the Film City, and for the remaining one-third, they would need to go to other locations for shooting.

Watching the departing convoy, Chen Mo returned to his office in high spirits. In his eyes, that was not just a departing convoy, that was 80 million departing.

In the car, Jiang Xue and Su Tang were sitting in the back seat, whispering to each other.

"The president of this Mingri Group is really so young."

"Yeah, he does not look much older than us, yet he is already become the president of a Group. He is really amazing."

"It must be that his family background is very good; he is most likely a rich second-generation."

"And he is a handsome rich second-generation at that. Tang Tang, why do not you make a move and see if you can become the presidents wife?"

"What are you spouting!"

Su Tang glared at Jiang Xue indignantly, then looked at the front seat. Seeing nothing amiss, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Mingri Group, Presidents Office.

Chen Mo was looking at the revenue report for Nanhe Coffee sent over by Shen Rou.

Some time had passed since Du Xiaoxiao exposed Nanhe Coffee for doing good deeds, and by now, that buzz had faded significantly.

He needed to see if the recent revenue of Nanhe Coffee had dropped back down.

He opened the revenue report and examined it carefully.

Upon flipping to the last page, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The revenue curves for all the boutique coffee shops showed a downward trend, which indicated that the coffee shops revenue was gradually decreasing.

This perfectly confirmed his hypothesis.

Although that streamer had brought some buzz and some fans chose to spend money at the coffee shop because of its charity work.

But this kind of spending was just impulsive consumption and would not last very long.

Moreover, with the prices of Nanhe Coffee being what they are, the income of some people simply could not support drinking Nanhe Coffee every day.

Therefore, as the buzz faded and the impulsive consumption ended, some consumer Groups began to slowly return to rationality.

This was the reason for the decrease in Nanhe Coffee revenue.

Of course, this incident also gave Nanhe Coffee some fame; some people might not choose to drink Nanhe Coffee every day, but they might drink it once every few days or so.

Therefore, he estimated that even if the revenue of Nanhe Coffee dropped, it would not drop back to its original level.