My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 159 Visiting Lu Man on Set

In this plan, Song Chuang was very straightforward about his thoughts.

Previously, he had always worked in other people’s companies. Even though he had gradually become the president, he only held a few shares and stock options.

This spurred his idea of starting his own business.

However, starting a business is always risky. Although he had nearly ten million in hand and could borrow a substantial amount of money, if he lost it, it would hurt.

Since Chen Yan said he could propose any condition,

He simply thought about a technical investment, using Chen Yan’s money to start a business.

In this new company, Chen Yan would invest 40 million as initial operating funds, holding eighty percent of the shares.

His abilities would be valued at 10 million over two years, giving him twenty percent of the shares. ƒгeewёbnovel.com

If Chen Yan invested more money later, his shares would be diluted proportionally.

Through such an agreement, he could not only follow the company’s growth to gain sufficient benefits but also effectively avoid his own risks.

One could say it was an agreement completely in his favor.

However, at the end of the plan, perhaps to prevent Chen Yan from suspecting that he was not fully committed,

He also set up an equity incentive and wager plan for himself.

If he brought in over a hundred million in profit for the company within a year, he would receive an additional 2% of the company’s shares and corresponding dividends.

If he brought in over three hundred million in profit within a year, he would gain an additional 3% of the shares...

At the end of the plan, he also specifically listed terms.

Chen Yan had the right, within the next five years, to purchase his shares either with cash or by trading the shares of other companies.

On the other hand, he had the right to refuse Chen Yan’s investment in the company under normal operational circumstances, preventing the dilution of his own shares.

Looking at the detailed plan and wager agreement in the documents, Chen Yan’s mouth grew wider and wider...

He wasn’t surprised by Song Chuang’s audacity: after all, he had offered a high price to hire him. His qualifications and abilities were there, so it wouldn’t be possible not to make a significant cut.

Chen Yan was surprised that this could be a case of not needing to break a sweat to find something he had been searching for.

Previously, Yang Rou had mentioned that the only possibility for the film "Love Lost in 23 Days" to achieve higher box office revenues was to find a good film distributor.

As long as this distributor could secure a large number of screenings in major theaters and various collaborations on different online platforms, there was still hope for the film to break five hundred million at the box office!

And now...

Was there a better distributor than the talented person he had hired to start a distribution company?

Other distributors need to make money, control costs, and consider whether it’s worth sacrificing their face and connections for the sake of other companies’ films.

But does he need to consider these things when being the distributor himself?

Not at all!

With his own distribution company, all he needed to do was negotiate the distribution of benefits with Song Chuang, who would then wholeheartedly handle the distribution. After all, the distribution of each film was linked to his own benefits.

And with his extensive connections and resources acquired over many years in the film industry,

At the very least, for the first movie, major theaters and online platforms would want to give him face, right?

Even...

Chen Yan thought further.

Distributing films also fell under Lu Man’s "Cloud-nurturing" category. So, could the money spent on film distribution also be considered as profession cashback?

Moreover...

Chen Yan had always been pondering. If Lu Man’s movies and TV shows all made money, then it would be difficult for him to continue investing to receive cashbacks.

But now, with his own distribution company,

Chen Yan could simply make money when he wanted, and lose money when he wanted. He could be flexible.

This was simply perfect for completing the last piece missing in his path of "Cloud-nurturing" Lu Man’s profession!

Thinking of this, Chen Yan was determined: Song Chuang, he must acquire him!

After all, only with such an expert on board could Yang Rou, Mei Li, and Lu Man feel confident in handing over their films to Chen Yan for distribution.

As for the shares and treatment that Song Chuang wanted...

Chen Yan felt...

It was a mere trifle.

After all, he wasn’t relying on the company’s profits to make money.

Could owning a company potentially be more profitable than "Cloud-nurturing" Yu Qiao Qiao and Lu Man?

In projects, there are profits and losses.

But his "Cloud-nurturing" was absolutely fail-safe!

He just needed to ensure that this company continued to distribute Lu Man’s films, and Chen Yan would be making a fortune! Double the profit from one film!

After reviewing Song Chuang’s plan again, Chen Yan pulled out the plan for "Love Lost in 23 Days," which he had scribbled all over.

Then, he turned to the last page and wrote a plan to make Song Chuang’s new company Lu Man’s distributor.

After a moment, Chen Yan pulled out the photo of the plan taken by his Instant Camera and flipped it over to read the back.

"Love Lost in 23 Days," a women-themed theatrical film.

Development cost: around 27 million.

Publicity cost: 10 million to 30 million.

Expected box office: around 1.5 to 5.8 billion.

Possibly because he was the distributor, the publicity cost was added to the projection on the photo.

Furthermore, the overall evaluation reduced the production cost by 3 million while the expected box office increased significantly.

The lower limit rose from 100 million to 150 million. The upper limit rose from 400 million to 580 million!

Although he no longer had Xiao Ha’s Instant Film to check Song Chuang’s potential,

Just by looking at the evaluation increase of this project, Chen Yan knew... he had struck gold!

You should know, Lu Man alone was a heavyweight that hundreds of crew members couldn’t lift!

With her power, she successfully lowered the box office threshold to 100 million.

But just by letting Song Chuang distribute this film, the film’s box office floor rose by fifty million!

If he isn’t an exceptional talent, then what is!

With this special method of verifying Song Chuang’s capabilities, Chen Yan couldn’t help but eagerly look forward to meeting Song Chuang in two days!

He must secure him!

With him, Chen Yan could confidently fulfill his wish to gift the villa to Lu Man!

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[Yu Qiao Qiao’s Affection: 117 (Likes)] (The exams are a bit tiring, she wonders what Chen Yan is up to +1)

[Lu Man’s Affection: 105 (Likes)] (Affirmed her feelings +1 No longer confused about her state +7 Slightly guilty afterward -2)

[Wealth: 38287]

[Profession Wealth:0 ]

[Cash: $23,391,000+]

[Fixed Assets: $14,925,000]

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The next day, with gleeful anticipation for the future, Chen Yan got out of bed.

Since the company was now on the right track, though the team was still in the process of integrating and there wasn’t much to do, he gave himself a day off.

After eating, Chen Yan called the company’s driver to take him to Eastern Film City. He planned to see Lu Man in person to make sure of her current state.

After all, since Lu Man had suddenly affirmed her feelings yesterday, he didn’t know if it would affect the movie’s performance.

In the driver Xiao Wu’s transport, Chen Yan quickly arrived at Eastern Film City.

The driver and vehicle were arranged by Yang Rou.

According to her, now that the company had expanded, especially with a notable figure like Lu Man, it was necessary to have a professional driver and vehicle.

Because of tight initial funds and the delay in deciding on a car model, she had temporarily rented an ordinary Mercedes-Benz sedan from a car rental for company use.

Arriving at Eastern Film City, the film’s executive producer was already waiting for him.

Obviously, Yang Rou had notified him in advance.

The more Chen Yan interacted with Yang Rou, the more he felt that this woman handled things very thoroughly and satisfactorily, making him feel at ease with how she managed several matters.

Following the executive producer to the film crew, filming was in progress.

Movie shooting, contrary to popular belief, isn’t done in the order of the script but is completely mixed up.

Sometimes it’s according to the shooting location (shooting all the scenes of the same scene together), sometimes it’s according to the schedules of the crew members, and sometimes it’s arranged based on the difficulty of the scenes.

And "Love Lost in 23 Days" was clearly following the last arrangement. After all, the lead actress was a shareholder of the company, everything had to be considered for her...

Thus, after standing in the crew for half an hour, Chen Yan saw several scenes pass almost without a hitch, with no NG (no good takes).

And Lu Man performed better than he had expected.

At least, that "heartbroken state" she portrayed was exactly the same as it had been a few days ago.

This surprised Chen Yan.

Maybe... Lu Man’s acting had improved dramatically?

Or... was she still immersed in the feeling of having lost love?

Once the scene was completed, Lu Man, surrounded by her assistants, returned to the dressing room to rest.

Since today’s scenes were indoors, there were dressing rooms. Lu Man’s was a private one.

As she passed by Chen Yan, Lu Man, just like a few days ago, simply nodded slightly without saying anything.

This deepened Chen Yan’s doubts.

However, he didn’t follow her but instead went up to talk to Director Teng for a few moments, encouraged him a bit, and asked him to keep up the good work.

Afterwards, Chen Yan left the film crew under everyone’s gaze and went to the dressing room.

Reaching the dressing room, Chen Yan knocked on the door and heard Lu Man’s assistant’s voice from inside, "Who is it?"

Chen Yan said, "It’s me, Chen Yan."

Lu Man’s assistant, also an employee of the company, hurried to open the door once she heard the big boss had come.

She opened the door and Chen Yan asked, "Is Lu Man inside?"

The assistant nodded.

Chen Yan said, "I need to talk to her about something. Would you step out for a moment?"

The assistant hesitated slightly, looked back at Lu Man, and after receiving a nod from her, she quickly nodded and said, "Of course, Mr. Chen."

After the assistant left, Chen Yan entered the dressing room and looked at Lu Man.

Today’s Lu Man wasn’t as glamorous as usual. Because her character in the film required her to look more ordinary and common, coupled with portraying the state of a woman who had lost love, Lu Man’s makeup was more haggard.

This made the usually strong and attractive her appear more fragile.

As Chen Yan observed her, Lu Man also scrutinized Chen Yan.

Perhaps because of the "liking" filter, Lu Man felt that Chen Yan had become much more handsome recently.

Compared to the first time she saw him in his ordinary clothes, now in his sharp suit, he seemed more mature and composed, and combining that with his current status... Lu Man felt like a domineering CEO had stepped out of fiction into reality.

While Lu Man was lost in her thoughts, Chen Yan, feeling her stares, cleared his throat and said, "Have you been well lately?"

Hearing Chen Yan’s words, Lu Man came back to her senses.

She looked at Chen Yan with a slightly despondent expression and said, "You... what do you think?"