With the issue of military equipment resolved, the next concern is funding.

While addressing funding, actors must also be arranged early.

Miles Grant invested six hundred million to shoot Iron Blood, certainly spending big on actors.

This movie, starring Hugo Lynch, has many big-name stars supporting him to boost his fame.

Even if it’s just a brief one-minute role, those big-name artists won’t come cheap.

As one can imagine, a large portion of the money is taken by the actors.

The amount left for post-production is likely very limited.

This is a common issue with Stellaris Films.

Every time a film raises everyone’s expectations, whether in terms of actors or fame, there’s enough hype, but a substantial portion of fans end up disappointed after watching.

It’s because the post-production is so rough; the box office success entirely relies on star power.

This time, Iron Blood is likely no exception. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

With such a robust, militarized name, Miles Grant insists on turning it into a romantic love story, clearly catering to young people today.

But he doesn’t realize that blindly catering doesn’t guarantee profit; many classics are revered for breaking precedents.

South Grant can’t come up with that much funding, so she doesn’t compete with Miles Grant in terms of star-studded casts.

Because it’s a battle bound to be lost.

There’s a historical anecdote, the Tian Ji horse racing strategy.

Avoid the opponent’s strengths and use your strengths to defeat their weaknesses; only then can you gain victory in unequal circumstances.

Rather than compete with his star lineup, she’ll compete in acting, post-production, and reputation.

Hugo Lynch comes from an idol drama background and is quite popular, but this is his first time as a film’s lead.

Movies differ somewhat from TV dramas.

Although Miles Grant is shooting a military-themed film, essentially it’s still an idol romance film.

Hugo Lynch still plays the domineering CEO type, not much different from his previous roles.

Even if South Grant hasn’t seen Hugo Lynch’s films, she can imagine what kind of acting it would be.

The domineering CEO type, no matter how much he breaks through, isn’t likely to be astonishing, because the audience’s taste for it is already fatigued.

If there are no comparisons, perhaps Miles Grant’s investment in this film would receive accolades.

But if at this moment, a film of the same tier appears with excellent production and strong acting, it will surely defeat Miles Grant.

For this direct confrontation, South Grant is eighty percent confident.

The remaining twenty percent all depends on the audience.

South Grant asked Shawn Grant to find out who the female lead of Iron Blood is; after previous events, Rosalind Sutton definitely wouldn’t take the role.

So Miles Grant will surely invite another popular actress.

Shawn Grant quickly found out, because it’s not much of a secret, Henry Grant is in charge of recruiting actors this time.

Having failed to invite Rosalind Sutton, he resorted to using artists from his own company, currently the company’s popular top actress, Christina Simmons.

As the saying goes, know yourself and your enemy to be victorious in every battle.

The box office’s success is closely linked to the actors, and knowing Hugo Lynch and Christina Simmons are the leads, South Grant had Shawn Grant monitor the actions of these two.

After Shawn Grant did everything as South Grant said, he inquired about South Grant’s funding issue.

"Have you secured funding for the film shoot?"

"Uncle, don’t worry about this. Since I said I want to shoot this film, the funding issue will definitely be resolved."