Turn over from love

Chapter 271 The sensation of the movie’s release

Zhang Chen never thought that one day he would rely on a movie he had invested in in a daze to improve his status in the family.

When Lu Zhou first encouraged him to invest in Project Layden, he was very excited and full of hope. He would ask about the progress of the project every two or three months.

Later, after a long time, his enthusiasm faded, and he thought that since he had signed a bet, he couldn't lose, so he simply stopped paying attention.

Later, there was no news of the film being released. If the lawyer hadn't reminded Zhang Chen that the statute of limitations on the original film investment agreement was about to expire, he would have almost forgotten that he had invested in this thing.

Because Lu Zhou led him to invest in other projects and quickly raised funds, and because Lu Zhou was now prosperous in the entertainment industry and his net worth had soared, Zhang Chen was not worried about his investment back then. The 2 million will not be returned.

[You think I was right?You are a genius when it comes to music, but when it comes to movies... you are just a layman @鲁州]
[Although I don’t have the heart to remind you, as one of the project investors, I have supervisory responsibilities.Mentioning some things hurts feelings, but not mentioning them hurts principles. ]
[After thinking about it, let me give you a friendly reminder.The time limit for the betting contract is coming soon. After several years of hard work, can "The Layden Project" be released smoothly? ]
[If the release date is postponed within an acceptable range, I think my friend, I can forgive you for a certain period of time without pursuing any further investigation. There is no problem in giving you one more year, but after one year we have to get things done. [up]
[As for whether other investors can be as kind-hearted as me, then you can only ask for your own blessings@鲁州]
In the group chat of "Project Layden" investors, Zhang Chen @LUzhou.

However, Lu Zhou was busy and did not reply for a long time. Ye Fangfei was baffled.

Ye Fangfei: [Are you connoting me?]
Zhang Chen: [(Hehe.GIF) I’m just telling the truth. It’s not a business thing to talk about relationships, isn’t it? ]
Ye Fangfei: [Look at people too]
Zhang Chen: [Feifei, we haven’t had a meal together for a long time. Are you still alone now? ]
Ye Fangfei: [No]
Zhang Chen: [? ! ]
Zhang Chen: [Who are you following? ]
Ye Fangfei: [Who followed whom?]
Zhang Chen: [Who is your man? ]
Ye Fangfei: [No man]
Zhang Chen: [Khan, you are not alone and you don’t have a man, so you are a lesbian? ]
Ye Fangfei: [It seems that we are not chatting on the same channel]
Ye Fangfei: [I thought you were asking me if I was alone at this moment]
Zhang Chen: […]
Zhang Chen: [Your brain circuit is still as amazing as before]
Ye Fangfei: [You are not inferior either]
Ye Fangfei: [I heard that you have a new girlfriend recently? ]
Zhang Chen: [(silly laugh.GIF) I didn’t expect that you have been silently following my updates all these years? ]
Ye Fangfei: [Then you are overthinking it. It is just a gathering with friends in the industry, and they will occasionally mention your gossip]
Zhang Chen: [sweat]
Zhang Chen: [By the way, for all these years, you haven’t talked about men or gotten married. Isn’t it abnormal? ]
Ye Fangfei: [You change girlfriends as often as you change clothes. Are you normal? ]
Zhang Chen: [...you are slandering]
Ye Fangfei: [Oh, really?Then you can send a lawyer’s letter]
The two of them got into a fight in the group for no apparent reason.

It wasn't until Lu Zhou came out and said something that the bickering ended.

Lu Zhou: [Don’t worry, the movie can be released smoothly @张陈]
……

Three months later.

In the high-end Western restaurant, Zhang Chen was having a candlelight dinner with his new girlfriend.

The two were chatting happily, but the romantic atmosphere was interrupted by a phone call midway.

The call was from Lu Zhou. Zhang Chen, whose mind was filled with images of pink bubbles, answered the call impatiently.

Zhang Chen: "Lu Da Bulb, I'm dating my girlfriend. If there's nothing urgent, I'll hang up first."

When the beauty sitting opposite heard this, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle. She blushed and scooped up a small spoonful of vanilla ice cream with a spoon and put it into her mouth, which was sweet to her heart.

What girl wouldn't be tempted by her boyfriend who values ​​dating so much?
However, the beauty was only sweet for a few seconds. Zhang Chen on the opposite side heard something on the phone and suddenly became excited.

He choked and coughed, and almost spit out the Kobe steak he was chewing.

"Holy crap! How much?! Did you read that right?"

His speaking voice was a bit loud, which was incompatible with the atmosphere of the Western restaurant.

The beauty paused and looked at Zhang Chen as if she was frightened.

What happened?How could he, who had always been so gentle, suddenly become so rude?

Zhang Chen didn't care about his image at all. He picked up a napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth. He moved his body back into a comfortable position and leaned on the back of the chair. He had a bright smile on his lips. It was obvious that he didn't intend to hang up the phone right away. broken.

"50 billion! I haven't paid much attention recently, but it has already risen so high?"

"It's a good thing that I trusted you and invested in you. Otherwise, if such a good movie was scrapped due to lack of start-up capital, it would have been in vain."

The numbers coming out of his mouth made the beautiful girl opposite her eyes light up.

Any gentlemanly behavior seems not so important at this moment.

“Is there still room for growth?”

Zhang Chen even crossed his legs. He had already forgotten the beauty opposite him.

"Damn, you're so awesome! Our three major investors must celebrate tonight! Where are you now? I'll go find you and call Ye Fangfei."

When the beauty opposite heard this, her face suddenly froze, "???"

Isn't he dating her now?

He actually wanted to leave her halfway to go party with someone else?And among the candidates for the party was Ye Fangfei, whom he had never dreamed of?
Scumbag!

The beauty's expression became very bad, trying to hint to Zhang Chen: If you leave, let's say goodbye!
"Not free tonight?"

As a result, the next second, Zhang Chen said this to the phone.

"What are you busy with every day?"

"Okay, let's meet another day."

When the girlfriend opposite heard this, she breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Zhang Chen would continue to date her, but despite this, she still felt uncomfortable inside.

After all, it was the person on the other end of the phone who said he didn't have time, so Zhang Chen didn't leave her alone!

Who is the other party?The woman was a little curious.

"I just heard you say 50 billion, what was it?" Although the woman felt unhappy, she still put on a smile and asked in a gentle tone.

"Movie box office." After Zhang Chen made the call, he put the phone on the dining table and responded casually.

"Did you invest in the movie?" The woman's eyes brightened slightly.

When Zhang Chen heard this, the corners of his mouth raised, but he still couldn't hide the excitement in his heart at this moment, "I am the largest investor in the movie, Project Layden. Have you seen this movie?"

"Ah! Are you talking about this movie?!"

The woman covered her mouth and whispered, as if she was a little surprised.

"Of course I watched it. This is the most popular science fiction movie in China recently, right? I went to see it with my friends on the first day it was released. Whether it was plot design or special effects, they were all done just right, not inferior to foreign movies at all. When I read it, I still felt very surprised.”

As she said this, she couldn't help but take out her mobile phone to surf the Internet.

"It seems to have just been released for a little over a month, right? Now the box office has exceeded 50 billion? Is it rising too fast? It seems that my taste was correct. I guessed that the box office of this movie would be extraordinary. "

"I just didn't expect that you invested in this movie?"

As she spoke, a blush appeared on her cheeks.

Zhang Chen went abroad for more than a month some time ago, so he didn't pay attention to any news in the film and entertainment circles when he returned to China.

On the day the movie was released, Lu Zhou sent a message to the group, and then there was no update. It was not until tonight that he made a phone call to inform him.

Zhang Chen himself hasn't had time to watch this movie yet.

But now that he heard what his girlfriend said, he started to feel proud even before he had even watched the movie, and a look of pride filled his face.

"With this momentum, it can still go up." He crossed his legs and smiled, "I originally planned to book a room to watch this movie with you later. Since you have already seen it, forget it."

The girlfriend quickly raised her head and smiled sweetly, "It's okay, I want to watch it again with you."

So good, Zhang Chen got his wish.

The two finished dinner at a western restaurant, and then went to the nearby Xingda Cinema to watch "The Layden Project" on a reserved basis, but they were rejected...

Zhang Chen called Ye Fangfei.

"I'm not bothering you, right? I want to ask you for a favor. I want to book a movie theater for my friends, but the Xingda Cinema in DC refuses to book a movie for me temporarily. Can you use your name to make it easier for me? "

Ye Fangfei was ashamed: "If you want to book a reservation, make a reservation in advance. If you don't have a reservation, just go to the venue and buy a ticket to go see it. What are you doing to me..."

"This is not a spur-of-the-moment decision, so I didn't make an appointment." Zhang Chen walked away a few steps, keeping a certain distance away from his girlfriend, and laughed in a low voice.

"It's just a convenience trip with friends. I've already boasted about it in Haikou, so it's hard to take it back. Besides, I'm booking a movie to watch a movie we invested in together. This is to promote consumption."

Ye Fangfei: "You're not promoting consumption, you're flooding the box office. If you want to see it, buy your own tickets to see it. It's not like celebrities are afraid of showing up, so what's the point of watching a movie?"

Zhang Chen: "The private venue has an atmosphere."

Ye Fangfei raised her eyebrows: "Take your girlfriend to watch a movie?"

Zhang Chen touched the back of his head and said a vague "hmm".

Ye Fangfei: "Then go get a private cinema. Xingda Cinema is not suitable for male and female friends to have an atmosphere, and I can't help you with this."

Zhang Chen: "Your theater, you can't help me with this small favor... I'm convinced, you clearly don't want to help me."

Ye Fangfei: "It's good to know."

Zhang Chen: "Damn, I don't have any grudge against you. You are so busy that you don't even want to give me a back door."

Ye Fangfei: "What bothers me the most is that this little shit comes to me through the back door. Besides, now that "The Layden Project" is so popular, there is no way the theater will be empty. I'm so smart that I let your date go through the back door. I want the atmosphere." Just go get a private theater, and if you can’t find it, I’ll ask someone to introduce it to you.”

Zhang Chen: "...If you don't want to help, then I won't help. Why are you so angry? I'm dead."

Before hanging up, he suddenly remembered something, curled up the corner of his mouth, and said to the other end of the phone: "By the way, the box office of "Project Layden" exceeded 50 billion, did you know?"

Ye Fangfei: "I know."

Zhang Chen smiled and said, "Do you regret investing so little money now? If you want to say it, I have to be the smartest."

Ye Fangfei: "..."

After Zhang Chen finished speaking, he immediately ended the call and went back to find his girlfriend after holding back his anger.

"Come on, let's change places." He said. "Didn't you say we would book the whole place here?"

"This theater experience is not good, I will take you to experience a better one."

"……Oh."

……

After watching the movie, Zhang Chen felt quite shocked inside.

The fictional world created in the movie, for some reason, always gave him an indescribable sense of reality.

"Director Wang He is really good at making movies. This is my second time watching this movie, and I still find it amazing. The details are so well done. Ah Chen, you have such a good sense. It was you who chose to invest in this movie project early." Did you guess it would be popular?"

His girlfriend couldn't help but hold Zhang Chen's arm, her mouth seemed to be covered with honey.

"of course!"

Of course Zhang Chen felt happy when he was praised.

But in fact, I am ashamed to say that he was not very optimistic about this project at first. He even thought that Lu Zhou, an outsider, would definitely lose money when he became the producer. However, he was later deceived by Lu Zhou's boast, and Ye Fangfei's Investment assists, he simply joined the investment for fun, thinking at first it would be the tuition to join the industry.

After investing, Zhang Chen was scolded by his family, so he became obsessed with the project and checked on the progress of the project every now and then.

After following up, he found that Lu Zhou was quite serious about it. He hired a good screenwriter in the industry and an experienced science fiction film director. It seemed that it was something like that, and he felt relieved a lot.

But later, after he contacted the screenwriter, he discovered that this script was adapted from Lu Zhou's own fantasy story idea!After knowing this, Zhang Chen suddenly felt that he had been deceived into investing by Lu Zhou.

Fortunately, there was a bet, so he couldn't lose anyway. In addition, the project took a long time, and Lu Zhou took him to do other things. Gradually, he didn't have much hope for this movie project, and he simply ignored the follow-up. ask.

I didn’t expect that the fantasy movie in Lu Zhou’s mind would be so charming!The movie became a hit not long after it was released!The box office went all the way to over 50 billion!
Zhang Chen felt that he had picked up a treasure. It seemed that he had never lost money on any investment he made with this guy Lu Zhou.

Interesting!

The return on investment for this movie is enough for him to brag about when he goes home!His dad will definitely reward him!Hahaha!Zhang Chen felt so happy when he thought of this.

Sure enough, when Zhang Chen got home that night, he mentioned this to his father. His father smiled from ear to ear and looked at him with admiration. The two eldest brothers couldn't help but praise his investment this time. It's a very wise move.

My mother was so proud of this that she couldn't help humming a ditty happily even while walking.

When Zhang Chen went to bed that night, he dreamed that he had become the Leden boy who broke through the genetic hierarchy in the movie. Through continuous efforts, he finally put on a human mecha and walked out of the high wall to fight bloody battles for mankind.

When he woke up the next day, he had back pain and was still in a daze.

After gradually regaining his consciousness, he suddenly admired Lu Zhou's imagination.

Regarding future technology, many people have different ideas, such as artificial AI, coexistence of humans and robots, genetic mutation, human body evolution, chip implantation... there are all kinds of things.

But being able to make a movie out of your own fantasy world and present it to the audience vividly as if it were a real world is something that few people can do.

I heard that Lu Zhou has been personally following up on the production of the film’s post-production special effects.

The reason why the movie has not been released for so long is not because the actors took a long time to film, but because many times the special effects were not what Lu Zhou wanted, so they had to go back and redo them over and over again. Of course, this was also very expensive. This also led to several follow-up investments.

His seriousness about special effects makes the director always feel as if he has seen the fictional world with his own eyes.

After getting up, Zhang Chen called Lu Zhou and continued to want to ask him out for dinner.

As a result, Lu Zhou dismissed him without saying anything.

Zhang Chen was puzzled, "What are you busy with all day? Are you going to have a concert or release a new song recently?"

Lu Zhou: "No, it's just that a recent project is producing results. I have to keep up with it."

"Project?" Zhang Chen immediately became more energetic after hearing this, "What project?"

Lu Zhou: "AI, artificial intelligence."

Zhang Chen, who had just watched the movie and was very inspired, his eyes lit up.

This guy made a science fiction movie and is now investing in AI. It seems that he is very optimistic about the development of AI?

Zhang Chen knew that many people had been working on the artificial intelligence project in the past two years. Some people had called it the future of artificial intelligence in the past few years, but so far there has been no big movement.

There was a time when he wanted to submit a project for fun, but his elder brother taught him that he had failed in making a game, so he should not get involved with artificial intelligence. It was not a project that could be easily understood. .In the end, his father didn't approve the funding for him, so he had to give up.

"AI... this thing costs money, and it doesn't produce results. How dare you play it when the water is so deep? Don't spend all your hard-earned money in it and be unable to get out."

There was a friendly reminder in Zhang Chen's tone.

"My eldest brother has a friend who is professional in this field. Back then he was bragging that artificial intelligence was the light of the future. After my brother learned about it, he didn't dare to come in and play together. Now after all these years, he still doesn't See what they are doing. You are in the entertainment industry. If you jump in to play with artificial intelligence at this time, you are not afraid of losing your underwear in the end. "

After Lu Zhou heard this on the other end of the phone, he chuckled softly, "I've already invested all my wealth in it, and I can't look back."

Zhang Chen said "fuck you", "Lu Zhou, are you poisonous?"

Lu Zhou: "It's okay. The technology has already made quite a breakthrough."

Zhang Chen was doubtful, "Can you get my money back?"

Lu Zhou: "If we succeed by then, we will not only get back our money..."

His words reminded Zhang Chen of his investment in the movie "Project Layden" back then.

Zhang Chen: "That's just betting on the probability."

Lu Zhou raised his lips and smiled, "That's what investment is all about. The main thing is that I now have confidence in the development prospects of this industry. If you have some spare money, do you want to come in and play together?"

Don't tell me, Zhang Chen is a little moved.

But his heartbeat was not because of the artificial intelligence project, but because of the many investments he had made with Lu Zhou in the past, and the recent success of the "Layden Project" movie, which inexplicably gave him a lot more trust in Lu Zhou's investment vision.

"Let's talk about it. When you're not so busy, let's go out for a meal and talk about your AI project in detail first."

He takes no rush in making decisions.

"Okay." Lu Zhou smiled and finally gave him a suggestion, "If you are really interested, you can also ask your brother's friend who was working on artificial intelligence many years ago. His The opinions should be more worthy of reference.”

Zhang Chen: "It makes sense."

After this call, Zhang Chen actually took the time to ask his elder brother.Asked him if he could make an appointment with his friend. He wanted to know about the development prospects of AI.

"Why do you suddenly ask this, do you want to invest in artificial intelligence?" The eldest brother Zhang Zhixuan asked curiously after hearing his younger brother's request.

"A friend of mine is currently working on an AI project. I heard from him that this industry is very promising. I would like to consult more to see if there is any success. If so, we must start as soon as possible so as not to fall behind others, brother. , you think so?" Zhang Chen also honestly said what he was thinking.

"AI..." Zhang Zhixuan put down the book in his hand and pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose. "In the past two years, several major technology giants have made a lot of investment in this area. It is indeed worth paying more attention to."

The eldest brother's thoughts were different from those a few years ago, which surprised Zhang Chen a little.

"But you have to keep your eyes open to see the true nature of the project. There have been a lot of reports in the past two years. Some projects are just disguised as high-tech innovation to deceive investors. A group of technology giants have exaggerated the project. , and as a result, the final product has no technological innovation at all.”

Zhang Zhixuan came to a turning point.

Zhang Chen was stunned and said: "I know, so I wanted to listen to the opinions of professionals to evaluate it. This is more reliable."

He thought to himself that Lu Zhou would definitely not want to deceive him into investing. There should be no fool who would deceive him into investing and spend all his money first.But we cannot rule out the possibility that Lu Zhou will be deceived by others.

Zhang Zhixuan nodded, "If I have time someday, I'll invite him out to have a meal together. You can also invite your friend who is working on the AI ​​project to come with you, and we'll check it for you."

Zhang Chen: "Hey, okay! Thank you, brother!"

Zhang Chen told Lu Zhou the plan, and Lu Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and then readily agreed.

……

The movie "Layden Project" finally exceeded 60 billion in domestic box office. Because of the good market feedback, the film studio began to connect overseas channels and promote the movie to be released overseas.

After active promotion overseas and a combination of punches, "Project Layden" finally had a global box office total of 96 billion.

The prototype of this popular film and television script came from Lu Zhou.

When netizens knew this information, Lu Zhou’s reputation went crazy on the Internet again!

[Ahhh!Even if he is a musical genius, why would he still make movies?Even if you know how to make movies, why was it so successful for the first time? !We are both human beings, what kind of world difference is this! ]
[When the film project lacked start-up funds, he signed a gambling agreement with Ye Fangfei to let her invest in realizing his idea. In order to offset the risk of the gambling debt, he wrote songs for Ye Fangfei like crazy in the past few years, and he also worked hard to make money by singing songs. , write a hit song!Crying to death, who would have thought that his movie would finally be a big success today!It’s really not easy]
[Thanks to Ye Fangfei, without her investment support, perhaps we would not be able to see this excellent film today]
……

Zhang Chen felt numb after reading the online public opinion.

No...it's obvious that he is the biggest contributor, right?

He invested the most money!Why is it all due to Ye Fangfei?

cry blind...

Forget it, it’s quite satisfying to quietly become the biggest profiteer behind the scenes.

(End of this chapter)