I've been reborn, but you still think I'm a PUA?

A good suspense drama is definitely brain-burning.

However, modern people live at a fast pace, and their entertainment methods are simple and direct, such as watching short videos and short dramas. Sometimes they don’t even watch movies, but just watch the simplified version of the movie commentary.

As for brain-burning suspense dramas, one or two episodes are fine, but it will be difficult to retain the audience if there are more than one episode.

Moreover, the cost of filming such a drama is not low. For example, the well-known "Day and Night Chase" costs more than 200 million per episode.

When we first went to solicit investment with the script, people who specialized in film and television investment were unwilling to invest, even though they knew that the person who wrote the script was Huo Mingkai.

Before this, most of the movies Huo Mingkai had filmed were costume dramas and historical dramas, with very few modern dramas. This suspense drama is his first ever, so who knows if it will be a failure?

Investors are pessimistic and have the same consideration.

Three months after the script was written, he only managed to secure 20 million in investment.

Including his own working capital, the budget would be at most 50 million.

The next step is to find actors. Fifty million is not a lot. We definitely cannot hire big-name actors, and small-name actors are not well-known enough, so we still need to spend money on subsequent TV publicity.

Huo Mingkai was very distressed and finally thought of Ning Feifei. He planned to offer Ning Feifei the salary of a third-tier actor.

Doing this is already taking advantage, and to be honest, Huo Mingkai still feels a little guilty.

When Xu Yang took the initiative to offer to invest, he felt even more embarrassed.

"Your studio was established not long ago and you are in urgent need of money. Don't waste your money on me." He said, trying to dispel Xu Yang's thoughts.

Xu Yang smiled and shook his head: "How can this be a waste of money? Yang Rui is still learning under Brother Kai. I'll invest 30 million and use it as Yang Rui's tuition."

"useless!"

Huo Mingkai's heart trembled. Under normal circumstances, he would not be interested in these 30 million, but he was currently filming a suspense drama.

If the effect is not good and the audience does not buy it, the 30 million will be wasted.

It would be fine if he lost money himself, but Xu Yang is a junior, and he feels bad about losing the junior's money.

"Besides, Yang Rui is one of us, so why bother talking about tuition fees?"

Huo Mingkai was determined and refused to accept Xu Yang's investment no matter what.

"What Yang Rui has learned cannot be measured by money. Moreover, brothers should settle accounts clearly. I can't always take advantage of Brother Kai. Investing 30 million is too little. If Brother doesn't accept it, it means he looks down on me!"

Xu Yang emphasized his tone and took out a checkbook from his bag.

Large sums of money transactions are rather troublesome, and having checks would be much more convenient, so Xu Yang learned to carry a checkbook in his bag.

After filling it out, he stuffed it into Huo Mingkai's hand without saying anything.

"That's settled. I call you brother after all, so you definitely can't cheat me. Besides, Feifei is still here. With you guys here, I can't think of any reason why this show wouldn't be good. Let's just shoot it. I believe this show will be a success!"

Huo Mingkai didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he felt touched in his heart.

He will be fifty in a few years. Logically speaking, he can make a living for the rest of his life by continuing to shoot costume dramas, which he is best at. Now he turns to shoot suspense dramas. If he doesn't do well, he may lose his reputation in his later years.

Even his father and close friends did not support him and forced him to give up by not investing in him.

After hearing so much cold words, he almost forgot that he used to be a confident director.

"Okay." Huo Mingkai swallowed the lump in his throat and said, "Just for what you said, I will definitely make this suspense drama a success!"

Hearing this, Xu Yang finally smiled.

Huo Mingkai didn't know that he was the one who actually took advantage.

After this drama was filmed in the previous life, it directly achieved the status of the uncrowned king of original suspense dramas. From then on, all suspense dramas imitated this work.

Thanks to this drama, the male and female protagonists both won the Best Actor Award, and were directly promoted from third- and fourth-tier stars to first-tier stars!

As long as nothing unexpected happens in this life, the 30 million investment will definitely not be a loss!

At this moment, Jiang Ling's voice brought him back to his senses:

"Xu Yang, come here, I'll toast you a glass."

Jiang Ling held the wine glass, gratitude flashing in her eyes. As Huo Mingkai's partner, no one understood Huo Mingkai's pain better than her.

But she could not solve her husband's urgent problem and could only accompany him silently.

Xu Yang's investment was like timely rain, which not only nourished Huo Mingkai's heart.

"It should be my sister Jingling, come!"

Xu Yang picked up the wine glass and clinked it with his hands while smiling...

At night, the entire Jianghai City is lit up with bright lights. The speeding cars are like flowing neon lights on an overpass, with fiery red and orange interwoven, weaving a dream of decadence and luxury.

At exactly twelve o'clock, the dark electronic screen in the shopping mall on the central commercial street suddenly lit up!

Along with it, the shopping mall on Wangfujing Street in Beijing, the central building in the Xuhui District business district in Shanghai, and the Xiangdai branch building in the central business district of Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong also lit up...

Under the building, there are shadows of people, the hustle and bustle of traffic, and the people passing by are of all kinds.

On the screen, a mixed-race girl, wearing a wreath on her head, lifted her brightly painted eyelids. Her star-studded eyes were incredibly lively, like a newborn fawn. She gently nibbled her jelly-colored lips, holding delicate petals still dripping with moisture. The mixed-race girl blew gently, and the light petals fluttered like butterflies. The scene changed again, and the mixed-race girl's makeup also changed...

Passersby who were shopping couldn't help but stop, stand under the building, and look up to watch the advertisement.

At the same time, all the directly-operated stores of Xiangdaier across China hung the spokesperson's stand at the door, replaced the previous season's cosmetics, and vacated the most conspicuous position to display the cosmetics with the theme of "vitality".

Sales volume no longer matters.

By using this advertisement to attract passers-by to walk into the Xiangdaier direct store, or click on the Xiangdaier brand store when shopping online, the popularity will be enough to offset the cost of this promotion.

At the same time, Xiangdaier officially posted advertisements on Weibo overseas and in China, and @ed the newly signed model, Xiaohua.

Xiaohua is Ahua, because the brand thinks Xiaohua will be more approachable and fans will like her more.

Others who forwarded this post included Jiaxing Film and Television Official, Feiyang Film and Television Studio, and Xiaohua’s newly registered Weibo account.

Since then, loyal fans of Xiang Daier and other spokespersons, artists signed by Jiaxing, some Internet celebrities, and people who are simply attracted by Xiaohua's beauty have voluntarily forwarded the advertisement. Just one hour after the advertisement was released, the number of forwarding of this post exceeded one million!

The number of fans of Jiaxing Film and Television, Feiyang Studio and Xiaohua increased by hundreds of thousands overnight.

In fact, Xiaohua’s Weibo account is not in her hands, but is controlled by Xu Yang. This is the requirement of the brand.

As a spokesperson, she must pay attention to her words and actions and maintain the brand image, and Xiaohua also agreed to let Xu Yang host the account.

That night, Jianghai City was bustling with activity.

Xiaohua, who fell asleep early, didn't know how many people stopped to admire her overnight.