Chapter 66
A Life of Toil
"Hehe... Mr. Cai, you really are a straightforward person. But my movie roles aren't so easy to get. I won't choose an actor who isn't suitable for the role, even if it's Huang Bo. Do you understand what I mean?"
Looking at Lin Yu's serious expression, Cai Yinong began to have doubts. What she valued most right now was Lin Yu's development in film. After all, Lin Yu was of a certain age, and even if he continued filming until he was 60, he could still make quite a few movies.
Moreover, Lin Yu hasn't had a single film that flopped so far. In her mind, a heavyweight director is extremely important. Otherwise, she wouldn't have sought out Li Guoli to start a company together.
"Understood, the most important thing is the quality of the movie!"
After considering it, Cai Yinong decided to cooperate with Lin Yu. After all, given Lin Yu's age, there are still many movies to be made. They can take it slow, and maybe one of them will be chosen. After all, once he invests, he will be considered one of their own. She doesn't believe that Lin Yu would be so heartless as to not use him.
Hearing Cai Yinong's answer, Lin Yu was a little surprised. After all, if he did as she said, the initiative would be completely on his side. Was she testing his character?
In the end, Lin Yu agreed to Cai Yinong's offer to invest in Sugar Man. After all, one million yuan for 15% of the shares was practically free, so why not take it?
Tencent has been listed for over a year, and he has gradually invested almost all of his savings into it. Even the money in his Starlight account has been reduced to just over three million, although the majority of it was money left over from loans.
Fortunately, he's the sole owner of the company, and there aren't many shareholders, so he doesn't have to waste his breath arguing with them. Otherwise, a boss with a mountain of debt like him would have scared away investors long ago, and who would invest in him?
In two years, when Apple is ready to mature, he'll want to take a bite. Anyway, he won't invest more than five percent of the shares, so no one will notice him as the behind-the-scenes "big boss".
After having dinner with Lao Hu and Cai Yinong, Lin Yu spent the next few days "focusing" on auditioning actors who had come to Starlight but had come for nothing. He humbly said that they performed very well, but were just not suitable for the roles. Then, with a wave of his hand, he rejected them all.
A week later, Lin Yu, representing Xingguang, officially signed an actor contract with Lao Hu and successfully invested in Tangren. Of course, Lin Yu would not let Cai Yinong release the news of the investment in Tangren, after all, appearances still had to be maintained.
After three days of preparation, Lin Yu, along with Hu Ge and his assistant, headed abroad.
The director and crew of Twilight are ready, and the actors are almost the same as in the previous life. Taylor, the little wolf, has also grown up. It has to be said that people in Europe and America grow up very fast. Now, Hugo, the last minor supporting actor, has also arrived. All that's left is to start filming. Moreover, Hollywood's industrialized process makes making movies very convenient. As long as the funds are in place, there are basically no troubles.
So after arranging things for Hu Ge, Lin Yu was also preparing to return to China. With his own company's people keeping an eye on things at the film set, he didn't need to worry too much. The most important thing now was that Miss Liu was returning to China, so how could he not go and welcome her?
Old Hu, who was about to be abandoned abroad by Lin Yu, also looked depressed.
"Are you going back to China?"
"Yeah! What would I be doing here if I didn't go back?"
"This is your company's production! Aren't you going to keep an eye on it? And the investment is so huge!" Hu Ge said with a look of surprise.
Hu Ge now knows that Lin Yu has started a company in North America. When he first heard the news, he almost popped his eyes out.
"You promised you only invested some money? What happened to trust between people? You bosses have such dirty hearts! If I hadn't come here to film, I wouldn't have known anything about this!"
This was Lao Hu's deepest thought at the time, but he wouldn't say anything. If Lin Yu didn't announce it to the public, he wouldn't tell anyone either. He had that much integrity. Lin Yu also knew Lao Hu's character, which was why he didn't deliberately hide it from him.
As for Lao Hu's assistant... well, let's try to keep it a secret for now. Lao Hu should have a clue. But it doesn't matter if we can't hide it. He didn't intend to hide it anyway. He can just issue a statement whenever the news gets out.
"Hehe... It's only around 200 million RMB, which isn't a huge investment here. It doesn't matter whether you look at it or not," Lin Yu said calmly. "Besides, it's much cheaper to bid on now than in my previous life." Lin Yu added silently to himself.
Hu Ge: ? ? ?
After saying goodbye to Hugo, Lin Yu also boarded a plane back to China.
"I've been flying around a lot lately, and I'm starting to feel a bit out of sorts."
Sitting by the window, Lin Yu looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside and muttered a slight complaint:
"Sigh! What a life of toil! But it's still much better than my previous life. In my previous life, I wanted to fly like this all the time, but I couldn't find the chance!"
As Lin Yu embarked on his journey home, domestic reports about Twilight gradually subsided. After all, the film was primarily aimed at Western audiences, and if it weren't for Lin Yu's involvement and the casting of a domestic actor, the media probably wouldn't have reported on it at all.
Lin Yu, who had just landed two days prior, received an invitation before he could even pick up Miss Liu.
The premiere of "The Promise" is about to begin. Lin Yu has to give face to his senior brother Chen Kaige, and besides, he hasn't seen the movie in theaters yet, so he's very curious about how the film will look on the big screen.
In his previous life, he felt it was a waste to go to the cinema to watch this movie, since the tickets were expensive and it was considered an epic flop by the public. So he just watched it briefly on his computer.
To be honest, he didn't understand it at all at the time, and even now, he still doesn't understand what his senior brother Chen had made. It has to be said that senior brother Chen was quite farsighted, because he had predicted in advance that no one would understand this movie within five years, and maybe no one would understand it until ten years later.
Lin Yu was puzzled. "Why don't you film it five or ten years later? And am I stupid or what? How come I still don't understand?"
Is it because you didn't go to the cinema to see it?
With these thoughts in mind, Lin Yu decided to go to the premiere to give it a try. After all, the screen at the premiere was quite large, and he wanted to see if he could understand Master Chen's epic blockbuster.
But before that, I still need to pick up Miss Liu. And it would be great if I could go with Miss Liu. Maybe with her help, I'll understand the movie. Hmm, I should ask her for an invitation, since buying tickets normally is a bit pricey.