Chapter 376: The Second Spending Plan

"No need to thank me, you are a qualified actor."

Luo Xiao looked at the honest man in front of him and smiled slightly.

He liked this extra very much. During the filming process, although his role didn't have as many scenes as the others, he was always very serious whenever he filmed.

His acting skills were also quite good; as soon as something was explained, he could instantly grasp it and make adjustments.

Among all the actors in the film crew, he was the one who progressed the fastest, besides Wang Bin.

Also, another point about him was that he always had a smile on his face every day. He looked a bit silly, but he was full of energy every day and could really motivate the other members of the crew.

"Wang Qiang, with your alcohol tolerance, if you down this big glass, no one will be able to carry you back later!"

Wang Bin watched Wang Qiang down a large glass of red wine in one gulp and couldn't help but tease him.

Wang Qiang was someone he had met in a film crew before. Because they shared the same surname and Wang Qiang often studied acting techniques, they slowly became familiar with each other.

When recruiting actors for [demon subduing record], he thought of him, so he arranged a role that didn't have much screen time but was very suitable for him.

"It's okay, we don't need to film tomorrow anyway. Even if I get drunk, it doesn't matter."

Wang Qiang smiled honestly.

The team-building event lasted for more than two hours. Since no one was pressuring anyone to drink this time, everyone didn't drink too much red wine. So when the team-building event ended, although everyone was a bit tipsy, it wasn't very serious.

Luo Xiao checked the time and saw it was still early, so he found a high-end karaoke bar not far from the hotel. This was also part of the team-building activities that President Chen had mentioned.

During the last team-building event, they didn't go to the karaoke bar simply because everyone was too drunk.

The next day, Luo Xiao led the crew members out of Jiangcheng Airport. They hailed several taxis and headed straight to the Mingri Group.

They took an early morning flight, so they arrived in Jiangcheng at only 10:00 AM. At this time, it would be a waste of time to go straight home. He still needed to return to the company as soon as possible to arrange some work and report to President Chen.

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At the Mingri Group, in the Presidents Office, Chen Mo was writing continuously on a piece of scrap paper.

Yesterday, he had received a call from Luo Xiao saying that they could return to Jiangcheng today. This meant that for Lanpian Film and Television's first bad film, only the editing work remained.

According to Luo Xiao's report last night, the editing and special effects production would take about a month. With the film's review process, it would likely be released around mid-August.

A mid-August release, and his settlement date was at the end of the month. Looking at this time difference, Chen Mo instinctively felt something was wrong. Even if it was a bad film, if it had just been released, there would definitely be some uninformed people who would choose to watch it!

In that case, even if the box office wasn't very high, it would still have some impact on his settlement. The only solution was to postpone the film's release date.

However, just as he had this thought, the system gave him a reminder. It stated that during the filming and production process, he was not allowed to intentionally interfere with the film's release time.

So, unless something unexpected happened, the film's release in mid-August was inevitable. But fortunately, it was a bad film.

It was possible that for the first two days, some uninformed people who didn't know the quality of the film would choose to watch it. But as the film's reputation spread, the number of people watching it would definitely decrease. Thinking this, Chen Mo slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Just yesterday, he had found a very good spending plan. With this spending plan, even if the film had a little income, he could use this plan to spend that little bit of income.

However, after confirming that the mid-August release would not affect the settlement, he didn't stay idle. Now that Luo Xiao and the others were back, he could start preparing for the filming of the second movie! Losing money, of course, required seizing every moment.

And this could also serve as a second spending plan. If there was any large income before the settlement, he could fully invest the funds into the filming of the second movie. With this second spending plan, it would undoubtedly make his settlement this time much more secure.

However, besides preparing for the filming of the second movie, he planned some other spending projects. The first thing was the company managers' company cars. When they last allocated cars, because Luo Xiao and Wang Bin were both filming in Beijing, their cars had not been finalized.

Also, when he visited the film crew in Beijing last time, he mentioned that if the crew stayed in hotels, it would be difficult to transport some of the filming props. So, vehicles to transport the filming props also needed to be equipped. At the same time, cars to pick up and drop off the crew members also needed to be arranged.

Chen Mo looked at the content recorded on the scrap paper, then thought that since Tang Qiu had already established a law firm, she definitely needed a company car. These vehicles combined would certainly be a decent expense. What other places could he spend money on? Tapping his pen tip on the paper, Chen Mo thought contemplatively.

Knock, knock, knock! The office door was suddenly knocked on. Chen Mo looked up and saw Luo Xiao and Wang Bin push the door open and walk in cautiously.

"President Chen!" The two walked to the desk and greeted him.

Chen Mo looked at the two with some surprise. The phone call he received yesterday said that the crew would return to Jiangcheng today. Since they were returning today, they would surely have to start work tomorrow. He hadn't expected these two to come over before 12:00 PM.

"Sit down." He gestured to the chair in front of the desk. Since they were back, he could just arrange the next plans for Lanpian Film and Television.

"President Chen, the crew members have all returned. However, those few students from the Drama Academy went straight back to Shanghai because of their studies and did not return to Jiangcheng."

"Also, for the movie, only the editing is left. Once the editing is finished and the final product is out, we can submit it for review and release it to theaters."

"However, before releasing it to theaters, shouldn't we promote the movie a bit? Otherwise, the movie won't have any popularity at all, and I'm worried that after the movie is released, it will affect the box office."

After sitting down, Luo Xiao simply reported on the upcoming work. He had thought about the promotion for a long time. The final result was that they still needed to promote it, of course, on the premise of not affecting the film's quality. After all, the movie they were filming now was all amateurs, so it was impossible to promote this movie through star power. Therefore, if they didn't promote it, he was afraid that not many people would choose to watch their movie. At least, in the initial stage when the movie is released to theaters, that would be the case.