CH 74

Chapter 74 - Unspoken Rule (2)

There’s a post on his Weibo last month saying that he was filming a low-cost youth film. Three days ago, he said that the filming has stopped because of the lack of financial aid and he doesn’t know what to do next.

There were a few dozen fans that was comforting him, and the little artist responded to to each one of them.

Judging from his replies, he is a very gentle boy.

This made Lu Li, who was planning to knock on his wall, feel heartbroken.

She has never met such a soft-hearted idol before.

In the past, she supported big and small artists. Some fans would do anything for their idol. During their birthdays, rich fans would raise money or give luxury goods to their idol. Lu Li saw the little boy in front of her. All his clothes are local products and can be bought for affordable prices.

It may not be considered miserable for ordinary families, but for someone in the entertainment industry, they would be embarrassed to go out without wearing luxury goods.

Lu Li felt sad and immediately sent Qiao Jiayi the link to the little idol’s Weibo.

[A gem.]

About five minutes later, Qiao Jiayi said: [Hey, what is think link.]

[An amateur.]

[Look at his facial features. Absolutely good looking!]

[I’m not sure about his acting though.]

[Oh, his movie has no money, so he can’t act anymore.]

Lu Li: [This sister won’t allow it!]

[This sister is rich!]

Qiao Jiayi: [?]

Lu Li: [I am very willing to spend money when chasing stars.]

Qiao Jiayi: [Are you saying that you are interested in investing money on his movie?]

Lu Li: [I have this intention.]

[What do you think?]

Qiao Jiayi: [Have you really thought about it?]

Lu Li thought about it and followed Lin Jiyu’s Weibo to find the director of the drama. There were a few short films that the director made, which were all silently posted online on Douban, which had very little reviews.

[Douban is an interest-based social networking platform. It’s seen as a combination of Goodreads, IMDb, Blogger, Facebook, Pandora, Spotify, Ello and Fancy.com. It is a site where users post their reviews on books, movies, and music.]

The director’s latest post on Weibo was him looking for an investor in the same city.

They are obviously poor.

Lu Li watched the short film from the director and thought that it was not bad. Although it is not perfect, it is obvious that he has made a lot of progress. The film was not shot from a gorgeous fake big sky. It was the actual sky, which is rare, so Lu Li gave a review on Douban and shared it on Weibo.

After a while, she suddenly received a private message.

It turned out to be from the director.

[Thank you for watching my work on your busy schedule, and thank you for giving it a review. These are a few of my works that are not linked or listed on Douban. You can also take a look at them when you want to pass time.]

There was a link to another site.

Lu Li was shocked.

There are directors in this world who ask others to see their works?

Lurking on Douban and Weibo everyday and immediately promoting their resources when someone leaves a review on their work?

Without resources, it is really too difficult to climb up.

She thought about it all night, and comprehensively evaluated it from different perspectives. The next day, she finally made up her mind and asked Qian Yong to call the director and explain her intentions.

For the small-cost youth films, she did some homework and found out that aside for the cost of post-release announcement and promotion, no big-named actors, no special effects, and big scenes, the cost of filming is less than 10 million.

Lu Li asked Qian Yong to give the director three million to try it out. The first time, she should offer a low price. She thought that the director will say that it was not enough and would immediately ask for more.

Qian Yong offered three million, and it didn’t take long before the other side seemed to hang up the phone.

Lu Li: “What’s the matter? Why did he hung up?”

Qian Yong: “He thinks that the amount we offered is too big, and thinks it’s a fraud.”

Lu Li: “…”

Lu Li wanted to convince the director that it was not a fraud and the task was handed over to Qian Yong.

After Qian Yong completed the task, he sent Lu Li a script that was written by the director himself.

After reading it, Lu Li was unexpectedly satisfied.

She could see that the script is carefully polished at first glance. A youth film, but with no dog-blood love triangle. The script mainly revolved around the sincere friendship of a few teenagers. The love element is very young and naive, and the details makes someone recall their youth.

She took the script and made a decision immediately.

Invest!