The villain must spend all his money before he goes bankrupt [Transmigration Book]

"Ladies and gentlemen, the work I'm going to introduce to you next is a bit special."

Standing under the spotlight for a long time to make an introduction, the auctioneer's forehead and clothes are already wet with sweat, but his enthusiasm has not diminished in the slightest.

When introducing this lot, the auctioneer deliberately kept it a secret, and the unconcealed excitement in his tone could easily arouse the curiosity of the guests.

Many of the guests who were a little sluggish and tired due to the long auction time were revived by what he said, and looked at the stage again.

The auctioneer was obviously very satisfied with the audience's reaction. With a mysterious smile on his face, he said loudly, "The name of this lot is "Battle City 2."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a commotion from the audience, and some people even stood up from their seats with disbelief on their faces.

Although the auctioneer's introduction to this work was succinct, the impact it caused was like dropping a bomb in the venue, directly detonating the entire venue.

Not to mention the inside of the venue, even the netizens who were watching the live broadcast outside the venue were all shocked by the news of the explosion.

There is no other reason, it is because...

This work is really famous.

"War City" is the most successful film and television work of novels in 2025. This film pushed the originally unknown production team to the front of the public, and even took it to the altar.

Due to the very limited conditions of the production team at the time, there was not even a decent promotion when it was released. It happened to be the National Day festival where all kinds of gods were fighting, and no one noticed this low-cost movie at all.

So in the first few days after its release, "War City" had a poor lineup, and the box office was quite miserable. It was so miserable that some small movie theaters were already ready to release it in advance.

But no one expected that a week after the film was released, many films with large investments and large productions at home and abroad were trampled underfoot by relying on word of mouth.

Many movie fans spontaneously turned into tap water to help promote this low-cost movie that is so poor that it is very difficult to even announce it.

With the rising popularity and word-of-mouth, the box office of this film is like a bamboo, and it has reached the highest box office in the National Day file and the highest total box office in 2025.

When the director Liang Qian made this film, he was just an unknown director. With this film, he won the box office of 32 billion and won the Golden Feather Award for Best Director that year, becoming a famous director sought after by investors.

And the impact of this film is much more than that.

Relying on his superb acting skills in "War City", Ying Chengze, a young actor who just came out of school at that time, not only won the Golden Feather's Best Newcomer Award, but also won the Best Actor Award at the Golden Wing Film Festival. main character.

He was just 19 years old when he became actor.

Although the heroine is slightly inferior, she also shines in the entertainment industry with this movie, but in just three years, she has changed from a newcomer who doesn't know anything to a popular floret.

As the sequel to the blockbuster movie that received a lot of word-of-mouth and box office success, "War City 2" has already sparked countless heated discussions before it even started writing.

The popularity of various peripherals and videos has not diminished even after three years, and there are even one or two hot searches every once in a while.

After three years, such a phenomenal work unexpectedly appeared at the auction quietly, and there was not even a little wind leaked before.

How can people not be surprised? !

After confirming the authenticity of this auction, more than half of the people in the venue went crazy.

The staff members sent by the film and television company to participate in this auction dialed their boss's phone number almost at the same time. Besides reporting the news, there was another purpose.

That is raising money, raising money like crazy.

Undoubtedly, in the face of such emergencies, if you want to get the copyright before others, you will need a lot of money.

Whichever company raises more money in a short period of time will have more opportunities to grasp.

For a while, various conversations rang out one after another in the venue. Because the scene environment was so chaotic, the organizer had to announce a pause of 10 minutes before continuing.

Even Jiang Yu, who had been holding back the fire for half of the auction because of insufficient funds at hand, couldn't sit still at this time, and went outside with his mobile phone to raise money.

But Ye Zhou, who was still in a state of excitement, didn't feel excited at all when he heard the news that "War City 2" was about to start auctioning.

Seeing his calm look, Jiang Tingyuan raised his handsome eyebrows slightly: "Don't you like "Battle City"?"

Ye Zhou shook his head: "No, that's a good movie."

Although he hasn't seen this movie, his original body is a diehard fan of "War City", and his idol is the director of this movie, Liang Qian.

The original body has watched "War City" hundreds of times, and just pulled the movie dozens of times, and can almost recite the lines of this movie verbatim.

He admires director Liang Qian very enthusiastically, and even dreams of becoming a director like Liang Qian.

Thanks to the original body, although Ye Zhou has never watched "War City", he knows the plot well.

It is undeniable that "War City" is a very good commercial film, no matter from the director's shooting technique, the screenwriter's control over the script, or the actors' acting skills, it can be called a masterpiece.

The quality of the work is high, the luck is excellent, the time and place are favorable, and it is difficult to think about it or not.

If you haven't read the novel "The Overbearing President's Contract Lover", Ye Zhou believes that he will also have great enthusiasm for the sequel of this movie.

but!

Ye Zhou clearly remembered that although the sequel of this movie was still produced by the original crew of the first movie, the final box office was very dismal.

Nearly one billion yuan was invested with great fanfare when the filming started, and when the film finally came out, the evaluation plummeted, and it was directly classified as a bad film by various film critics.

It can be said that all the word-of-mouth accumulated before has been completely ruined.

According to the final box office statistics, the box office of "Battle City 2" can barely exceed [-] million.

If this achievement is exchanged for a low-budget film, it can be regarded as relatively excellent, but if it is placed on "Battle City 2", it will really lose everything.

Ye Zhou couldn't help but shiver when he thought about it, his head shook like a rattle.

Mistakenly thinking that the boss asked this question because he was interested in this movie, Ye Zhou immediately persuaded him politely: "Brother Jiang, although "War City" performed very well, the first movie received a good reputation at the box office, and the second movie failed miserably in Waterloo." , is it still rare in China?"

"With the support of word-of-mouth for the first film, there is a great possibility that the sequel will hit the box office, but the risk and investment costs have also increased tens of times, or even a hundred times."

Ye Zhou tried hard to persuade the boss, trying to dissuade the boss.

Although he wanted to spend all of Jiang's money before he went bankrupt, he definitely didn't want to end up like this!

Ye Zhou clearly remembered that the final copyright of "Battle City 2" was auctioned for a sky-high price of 500 million, which was acquired by an established domestic entertainment company.

However, after the box office came out, although the loss was not small, what really caused the entertainment company a headache was that their stock price was also affected, dropping several percentage points one after another, and the company's market value directly evaporated by hundreds of millions.

The reason why I remember it so clearly is because among those who bid with this entertainment company, there was the protagonist Gongshou.

Although I don't know where Jiang Yu raised so much money at that time, what is certain is that Jiang Yu has a hole card.

It's a pity that in the book, Jiang Yu and Cheng Ran still missed the match in the end, and lost to the company with strong funds, so they had no choice but to give up the auction.

Later, every time Jiang Yu and Cheng Ran mentioned this matter, they felt very grateful, and took this matter as a lesson, reminding each other to be cautious in every investment.

Frankly speaking, Ye Zhou was actually looking forward to Jiang Yu raising more money, rewriting the plot in the book, and buying the copyright of "Battle City 2" in one fell swoop.

It's a pity that 500 million is not a small number after all. Ye Zhou sighed and suppressed the small expectations in his heart.

Trying to concentrate on fooling the boss: "Although the first "War City" was a big hit, I'm actually not very optimistic about its sequel."

When Jiang Tingyuan heard the words, a little surprise flashed in his eyes, and he said calmly, "Huh?"

Seeing him listening, Ye Zhou thought for a while: "The starting point of this movie is too high, and the audience's expectations for it are much higher than ordinary movies."

"Just to give you a simple example, if you usually get [-] points in every exam, and others don't have high expectations of you, and suddenly one day you perform exceptionally well and get [-] points in the exam, everyone will definitely praise you."

"But if you get [-] points in the test every time, everyone will take it for granted, and you won't be surprised. If you can keep it up all the time, it's fine. If you suddenly score [-] points in the test one day, everyone will think that you have failed in your studies."

Speaking of this, Ye Zhou blinked his eyes, and sincerely analyzed: "This is the situation that "War City 2" is facing now. If the filming is good, there may not be many praises, but if the filming is bad, the waiting for it must be overwhelming. bad reviews."

Ye Zhou's example is simple and straightforward, and it almost accurately analyzes the current situation of "War City 2".

Is "War City 2" really as unbearable as it is written in the original book?Not necessarily.

In fact, it is just a well-regulated commercial film. The slightly mediocre plot, slightly templated acting skills, slightly exaggerated special effects and the routine of the ending can be seen from the opening, which is almost a common problem in commercial films.

But on "Battle City 2", all of them have become fatal flaws, and film critics can't wait to find its mistakes frame by frame with a magnifying glass.

In the final analysis, it just failed to meet everyone's expectations compared with the eye-catching two comparisons of the first part.

Jiang Tingyuan looked at the sharp-tongued but calmly analyzed young man in front of him, his heart felt like it was lightly scratched by a feather.

"And the continuation cost..."

"I haven't passed sixty points."

In the middle of Ye Zhou's speech, he was suddenly interrupted. Obviously, he still hadn't turned his mind.

"Ah?" He looked at Jiang Tingyuan with a confused face.

Jiang Tingyuan: "Usually full marks."

Oh.

The dazed Ye Zhou's mouth was a step ahead of his brain, and he subconsciously praised him: "Brother Yuan, you are really amazing!"

When he realized what he said, Ye Zhou spurned himself deeply in his heart.

Too legit!

However, seeing that the boss seemed to have listened to his words and had no intention of participating in the auction, Ye Zhou finally let go of his worries.

After a brief pause, the auction kicked off again soon under the auspices of the auctioneer.

It's just that compared to the leisure and comfort before, the current venue is inexplicably full of gunpowder atmosphere. Unless the guests are from the same company, they rarely talk to each other.

Before the auction of "Battle City 2" is completed, all the guests present may become competitors.

The auctioneer's expression remained calm, but the hands hidden behind his back trembled slightly, obviously caused by too much excitement.

Once the transaction is completed, the auctioneer will take a cut of the transaction amount, so it is not difficult to guess why he, a seasoned veteran, is so excited at this time.

"The starting price of "Battle City 2" is... 500 million!"

"Each increase must not be less than 100 million, start bidding now!"

This price was clearly expected by some companies, almost as soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, bids had already begun at the venue.

"Twenty-one million and two million."

A slightly fat middle-aged man sitting in the back row was the first to raise his card.

It's just that before his bidding board was put down, someone raised the board again and shouted: "Twenty-seven million!"

"Twenty-six and a half million!"

"3000 million!"

"Thirty-one million!"

……

The price soared all the way, from the initial 600 million to 700 million, and finally the sound of bidding finally eased.

Although the auction is still going on, it is no longer as fierce as it was at first.

In fact, those people's thoughts are easy to guess, except for some people who simply come to join in the fun, the rest are some small companies and individuals with the mentality of picking up the loopholes.

Of course, there are still some who really like this work, but the funds are really limited, so they have no choice but to give up.

Now that the price has soared to an unacceptable level, they can only give up.

Ye Zhou roughly counted the number of people who initially participated in the auction as high as more than 30, which did not include the few big entertainment companies that had not yet sold.

Even after more than 20 minutes of bidding, there are still six or seven still competing.

What surprised Ye Zhou was that the protagonist Gong Shou was very calm this time, except for raising his cards twice at the beginning, he didn't make any moves once the price reached 3000 million.

As if seeing his doubts, Brother Jiang chuckled, and suddenly leaned into his ear and said, "Jiang Yu is raising money."

The warm breath sprayed on Ye Zhou's ears, which inexplicably made Ye Zhou's ears feel a little hot.

Subconsciously touching his ears, Ye Zhou forced himself not to think too much, and replied stiffly, "How do you know?"

Jiang Tingyuan frowned a little, and didn't explain much, just held his mobile phone in front of Ye Zhou.

There was a text message on the screen. The sender seemed to be Jiang Tingyuan's subordinate. The content of the text message was also very simple. It said that Jiang Yu had transferred all the funds originally planned to be used for his company from the bank loan.

In addition, he also borrowed 500 million from a venture capital company. Although the interest is not as exaggerated as a usury loan, it is not a small amount.

Even though Ye Zhou was prepared, he still gasped, not knowing how to evaluate the protagonist's attack.

There is no doubt that Jiang Yu and Cheng Ran are planning to make a big gamble when they are in such a desperate situation.

If he wins the bet, the small entertainment company in Jiang Yu's hands will soon become famous, whether it's reputation in the industry, competitiveness, or even resources will undergo a qualitative leap.

But if he loses the bet, Jiang Yu will not only lose the company he founded with great difficulty, but also bear a debt that can overwhelm him.

This is really...

This is really a good time to eliminate the protagonist Gong!

Bahahaha, young people always have to pay a little price for their own situation hastily. Since the protagonist Gong in the book failed to fulfill his wish, how could Ye Zhou have the heart to let him down now!

After thinking about it, Ye Zhou's eyes lit up with a 'shua'.

If he remembers correctly, the protagonist Gong and the bank loan raised the price to 8000 million in total, and the transaction price was 500 million, which means...

As long as we can help him get another 2000 million, "War City 2" will basically be stable.

2000 million buyers are going bankrupt, it's really fucking worth it!

Ye Zhou poked the boss beside him, and beeped softly in an unconcealable excited voice: "Brother Jiang, let's discuss something!"

Jiang Tingyuan explained his thoughts clearly: "Do you want me to lend money to Jiang Yu?"

Ye Zhou nodded like pounding garlic.

"Yes, but with conditions."

Brother Jiang agreed readily, but Ye Zhou couldn't help shivering when he heard the word condition.

Thinking of the Asura field when he just crossed over, Ye Zhou suddenly had no desire to borrow money anymore.

You have to be kind, Jiang Yu and Cheng Ran are actually quite cute, being cannon fodder is not so hard to accept, isn't it...

Just as Ye Zhou was about to refuse, he heard the boss coolly say, "You don't want to?"

"Nothing, don't say a single thing, as long as Brother Jiang speaks, I'm willing to even a hundred conditions!"

CNM!listen!Listen to what he just said is human language!

What's wrong with you Ye Zhou!Wake up! !Sober up, Ye Zhou! !

Ye Zhou was grinning on his face, but he couldn't help but slap himself twice in his heart, and once again deeply spurned his dog legs.

In fact, he can't be blamed. It's a habit developed in the previous life. Whenever I see an investor, I can't wait to go up and blow a wave of rainbow farts. After blowing too much, I have developed the habit of talking faster than my brain.

Ye Zhou wants to cry but has no tears. What can he do? He is just a filmmaker, and he is also very desperate!

Regardless of how Ye Zhou regretted it, at least Boss Jiang is in a good mood to be blown up.

Raising his hand, he called the secretary in front of Ye Zhou and asked her to remit 2000 million to Jiang Changsong's account.

Although Jiang Changsong didn't dare to put on any fatherly airs in front of him, he was a good father in front of Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu spoke to him, believing that the money would be transferred to Jiang Yu's account soon.

Ye Zhou couldn't help but be deeply impressed by the boss's wealth again. As soon as he thought of the huge amount of money he might get in the future, he suddenly felt...

Isn't it just a condition, don't be shy!

However, when Ye Zhou guessed what the big brother Jiang would ask for, and even blushed because of the overly sexual images in his mind, Jiang Tingyuan beside him calmly re-watched the auction.

Ye Zhou:? ?

Didn't he say he wanted to make a request? He took off his pants!

"That..." Ye Zhou started cautiously, but didn't know how to proceed.

What should he ask now? Don't tell me, boss, don't you want to make a condition?come quickly!I (ku) prepare (zi) prepare (dou) ready (tuo) (hao)!

Fortunately, the boss was very witty and didn't embarrass him too much.

"For now, Xingrui is going to make a move." Jiang Tingyuan had a panoramic view of Ye Zhou's expression, and very naturally reached out and rubbed his head lightly.

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, a slightly hoarse female voice suddenly came from the venue: "6000 million."

Ye Zhou followed the prestige and saw that the bidder was a woman with a very delicate face.

She looked to be in her early thirties, with long maroon hair hanging over her shoulders, adding a few strands of charm to her.

Ye Zhou has an impression of her, this is the lady who competed with Jiang Yu all the way in the book and won the final victory.

As soon as she opened her mouth, the price that had been stabilized with great difficulty immediately increased by more than 1000 million, which meant that she was bound to win.

The heads of the two companies looked at each other, sighed, and had to give up the bidding.

As a result, there are only three poor people still participating in the auction.

There are different companies standing behind these three people. One is the person in charge of Yangfan Entertainment, which has been in the limelight in recent years, and the other is Peak Entertainment, a veteran company that has stood in the industry for many years and is known for its stability.

The last one is Xingrui Entertainment, which directly raised the price by more than 1000 million.

The auction has obviously turned into nothing. As the price continued to soar, Ye Zhou noticed that Jiang Yu and Cheng Ran in the back row finally couldn't sit still.

"Sixty-five million!"

Cheng Ran's palms and forehead were covered with sweat, and the sweat flowed down his forehead into his eyes, which were irritated and painful, but he didn't even dare to blink.

Jiang Yu's spirit is also highly concentrated, [-] is already all the funds he can raise so far, once it exceeds this amount...

He has never believed in gods and Buddhas, and he is rebellious, but now he starts to pray silently in his heart, praying that he can shoot "War City 2".

As long as it can be filmed, he is sure to become famous all the way to the sky with this movie.

God didn't seem to hear his prayer.

The woman representing Xingrui Entertainment held up the sign again: "7000 million."

Hearing this number, Cheng Ran subconsciously looked at Jiang Yu, only to see Jiang Yu gesture to him.

When he understood Jiang Yu's meaning, Cheng Ran's heart trembled, but his body still obeyed Jiang Yu's order mechanically: "Eight..."

"8000 million!"

The audience was in an uproar. This was the second time someone directly increased the price by 1000 million.

In this auction, the money seems to be no longer money, but a simple number, often followed by a string of zeros.

Fortunately, after Cheng Ran quoted a price of 8000 million yuan, the person in charge of Yangfan Entertainment seemed to have chosen to give up, put the bidding board back to its original position, and withdrew from the bidding.

Peak Entertainment also felt a bit of a retreat, and tentatively raised the price: "100 million!"

Jiang Yu pursed his lips, no matter how stupid he was, he would understand that he must not show timidity at this time.

So he directly lifted his hole card and raised the price by another 400 million.

"Eighty-six million!"

I don't know if Jiang Yu's resolute attitude played a role. The person in charge of Peak Entertainment hesitated for a long time, but finally did not increase the price.

Jiang Yu fixed his eyes on the woman in Xingrui, trying to make her understand his determination.

Unfortunately……

The other party is obviously also bound to win "War City 2", and has more sufficient funds than him.

Jiang Yu clearly heard the woman's voice echoing in the venue.

"Ninety-one million."