This celebrity is overly enthusiastic!

Chapter 83 Lucky Candy

Despite having a capable assistant, Shi Nansheng, Chen Yuan found himself always busy with something.

After the New Year, Chen Yuan met with Qian Yanqiu, the screenwriter of "Journey to the West: The Sequel." During their conversation, they somehow ended up talking about traditional detective novels.
After a few drinks, Qian Yanqiu shared his idea of ​​creating a story about Di Renjie uncovering traitors and solving numerous strange cases during the Wu Zhou period of the Tang Dynasty.

Chen Yuan clapped his hands in praise, telling Brother Qian to go ahead and write the script, as Yuan Universe has plenty of money and would definitely invest in it.

The "Detective Dee" series is one of the few classic TV series in China that has been filmed in four installments, so Chen Yuan naturally wouldn't let it pass by.

They wanted to directly recruit her into the metaverse, but Qian Yanqiu didn't just want to be a screenwriter; she also had the idea of ​​becoming a director.

Chen Yuan directly took out 30 yuan to invest in his studio, acquiring a 30% stake.

Chen Yuan wasn't exaggerating; Yuan Universe is currently the mainland film and television company with the most abundant cash flow.

Columbia Pictures paid out a share of its revenue at the beginning of the year, amounting to 1.2 million RMB.

However, Chen Yuan is also a big spender; besides directly buying out the office floors he had rented...

They also leveraged their connections with Columbia Pictures, spending a fortune to buy a bunch of 3D animation and special effects software, high-performance computers, and high-salary professionals from the US and Hong Kong to set up the framework for Metaverse's special effects department.

A hundred million seems like a lot, but if he spends it all in one go, it won't last long.

Chen Yuan also invested 10 million yuan in Xu Ke to support his restart of his major work "The Book and the Sword," which had been shelved last year. This was a promise made by Yuan Universe when he recruited Shi Nansheng.

Xu Ke originally wanted Metaverse to support his current film, *Black Mask 2*, but Chen Yuan knew that *Black Mask 2* was a truly disastrous flop, losing everything.
He would rather gamble on the fact that Xu Ke never got to film "The Book and the Sword" than let his money go to waste.

Although he failed to secure investment for "Black Mask 2", the investment from Metaverse allowed Tsui Hark to raise more funds to revive the stalled project "The Book and the Sword".

But having taken the benefits, he had to comply himself. So Tsui Hark cast On Chi-kit, who was very talented and whose skills had improved greatly after filming a martial arts drama, as the male lead in "Black Mask 2".

On Chi-kit, the Asian version of Brad Pitt, has great potential, and Chen Yuan is planning to cultivate him. Although "Black Mask 2" was a terrible movie, participating in an action movie is still a valuable experience, and Chen Yuan readily accepted Tsui Hark's offer.

Chen Yuan transmitted a bunch of special effects modules from Virgil's head to the special effects department employees through [face-to-face transmission], asking them to design and produce the special effects for "Seven Swords Legend" according to the concepts Chen Yuan provided.

As a newly established department, they were naturally unable to handle all the special effects tasks; they were only responsible for a small portion.
The real big money still comes from Hong Kong's Centro Digital Effects company, which has already collaborated with us on "Kung Fu Panda".

After careful calculations by Shi Nansheng and the senior management of Metaverse, the production cost of "Legend of Seven Swords," including the expenses already incurred and the expected special effects production, will be at least 8800 million.

Although it doesn't reach 100 million yuan, it is indeed the most expensive martial arts drama in China, enough to make two "Swordsman" movies.

But no one complained that it cost too much money. Even directors like Shi Nansheng and Zhang Jianya thought it was a miracle that they could make "Legend of Seven Swords" with only 8800 million yuan.

Putting the plot aside for now, the fight scenes alone have the feel of Hong Kong kung fu movies from the 80s and 90s, and the quality completely surpasses the level of all current TV dramas.

Indeed, without Chen Yuan's extraordinary talent and ability to share his knowledge and experience with the crew, and to unite everyone with his charisma, it would have been impossible to create the "Legend of Seven Swords" we know today.

After arranging the later stages, Chen Yuan quietly distributed the storyline of "Dae Jang Geum" to the screenwriting team.

Screenwriters who performed well previously will receive more rewards, while those who performed poorly will receive fewer. Chen Yuan is very pragmatic and will only put more resources into those who are worth cultivating.

He didn't make a big show of how big the next TV series in the metaverse would be, or how great its cultural dissemination mission it would be.

First, you have to write a good story; cultural dissemination is just a natural consequence.

Otherwise, wouldn't that be putting the cart before the horse? Let the screenwriters focus on creating the core framework of "Dae Jang Geum" first, and then gradually fill in the framework with flesh and blood, and add decorations.

After a few days of brainstorming, Chen Yuan, as usual, convened a brainstorming meeting with the scriptwriting team.

With everyone contributing their ideas, a basic outline of a story about an ordinary woman in ancient times who slowly climbs the ranks in the palace using her medical and culinary skills began to take shape.

Chen Yuan then made another bold move, arranging for several capable screenwriters to take the lead in writing this story, tentatively titled "The Tale of the Female Physician."

Before going to the United States to attend the Oscars, Chen Yuan first visited the set of "Love Courtyard," which had already started filming.

He had only intended to boost everyone's morale, but unexpectedly, this turn of events led him to discover a major problem!
My goodness, how can Tangtang, who is only 18 years old, have such an outdated makeup style!
With two braids hanging down her back and no bangs, her high hairline and large forehead were fully exposed.

Now Tangtang is quite dark-skinned, and this look makes her, a girl born and raised in Shanghai, look like she came from the countryside.

Chen Yuan knew that the makeup artist, according to the director's requirements, wanted to portray the character Chen Meijia, whom she was playing, as uneducated, mathematically challenged, and carefree.
But there's no need to portray it in such an extreme way!
Ultimately, "Love Courtyard" is still a youth idol drama. If Tangtang has this kind of makeup and styling, how can he attract fans and make money for him? After all, the girl is already signed with his company.

After scolding the producer and director, Chen Yuan asked Tangtang to sit down again, and he personally designed her hairstyle.

Tang Yan sat in the chair, feeling that this year had truly been a year of explosive luck for her!
After graduating from high school last year, she originally planned to become a flight attendant, but she didn't get the job. However, she won the beauty pageant because of her outstanding figure.

Since you have an advantage in appearance, why not choose a profession that can leverage this advantage and become an actor?

She decided to apply to the three major film and television academies and take the college entrance examination again.

When Yuan Yuzhou was selecting actresses, she simply submitted her resume without really having high expectations.

Unexpectedly, he directly defeated so many students from regular film and television schools, and even established actors who had already participated in many film and television works.

They even signed directly with the Metaverse, which everyone says has a bright future!

And now you can even have your makeup and styling personally designed by the famous Chen Yuan!

Wasn't her fellow townsman Huang Shengyi famous nationwide because of a makeup and styling design by Chen Yuan?
Of course, I can't compare to her. Huang Shengyi is indeed very beautiful. The design she received is the kind of look that President Chen would charge millions for in a major advertisement.

He was just a minor character in a sitcom.

But Tang Yan was really touched. Almost everyone in the crew had a deep friendship with Chen Yuan.

Huang Shengyi is a rising star heavily promoted by the Yuan Universe, and most of the other main actors are also the main actors of the famous 100 million dollar blockbuster "Seven Swords Legend".

She was the only complete newcomer, with no acting experience, and her looks couldn't even compare to Huang Shengyi and Yang Xue.

Even though she had crammed a lot about acting, she was the one who got called for the most cuts during the week of filming.

In the entire crew, everyone else was an old friend, but I was the only one who didn't know anyone before, and I had the lowest status.

However, the big boss of the universe did not look down on her at all, and even helped her improve her makeup and image.

Looking at her handsome boss combing her hair in the mirror, Tang Yan almost shed two tears from her starry eyes.

Huh? Why does the yellow Saint Cloth standing next to me have such a long face?

(End of this chapter)