My wife is in my arms

Chapter 546 Script Eleven
Tianyu Entertainment.

In the office, Lin Bao'er took out a wet wipe and wiped her desk. She hadn't gone to the company cafeteria at noon today, but instead asked her assistant Song Lan to pack her lunch and bring it back, which made the desk a little dirty.

The company held a high-level meeting this morning.

The main topic of discussion was Zhang You's "The Truman Show." Last night, after she took the script home and showed it to her father, Lin Shirong, he said the script was suitable for filming.

This means that her father also thinks highly of "The Truman Show".

As for not having spoken with Zhang You yet... Lin Bao'er didn't think it was a big deal. Putting aside her personal relationship with Zhang You, given that Zhang You was still the music director of Tianyu Entertainment for the time being, the scripts he wrote would inevitably be submitted to the company for evaluation, and then the company would decide whether to film them or not.

However, the morning meeting did not produce any results.

The main reason is that several senior executives prefer "Hotel Paya". As the head of Tianyu Entertainment, Lin Bao'er naturally knows why this is the case.

Since she took over the company, she has always advocated low-budget productions. Now, she suddenly presents a script that requires a lot of production costs. The first reaction of the higher-ups is that she is deliberately testing whether they are strictly implementing her will.

Besides this, it's also possible that this kind of thing has happened many times before, leading the higher-ups to think that, like in the past, they would just discuss it and... but once the production department produced the pre-sale items, she would immediately reject them, so this time they were too lazy to investigate further.

She showed them the script, and they did.

They make a budget, then they do it, but once it's done, nothing happens.

After reviewing several documents, Lin Bao'er noticed it was almost 1:30 PM and said directly, "Notify the senior management that we will be evaluating 'The Truman Show' soon."

Song Lan responded and went to give instructions.

While having lunch, she overheard several executives chatting in the restaurant. They were saying that Chairman Lin was deliberately making things difficult for them, yet he didn't dare to spend a lot on production costs, but still made them discuss it. What was there to discuss? In the end, she wouldn't agree anyway.

In the past, Song Lan would have thought that what the senior executives said made a lot of sense.

After all, it's true. Many of the company's film projects, because of their high production costs, were rejected by Chairman Lin after several meetings, even though the company's senior management had agreed to film them. After this happened a few times, the company's senior management realized what Chairman Lin was thinking.

Always thinking about making big gains with small investments.

However, in the film industry, successful cases of achieving big results with small investments are comparable to winning five million dollars with a lottery ticket costing two dollars.

While the probability of this happening exists, it is indeed extremely small.

Sometimes, Song Lan didn't know what Chairman Lin was thinking. In the end, she could only attribute it to the fact that women are women after all. Not all women have the ability to take the company to the next level. However, she certainly couldn't completely deny Chairman Lin's abilities. She might not be good at attacking, but she was certainly very good at defending.

Many entertainment companies have faced cash flow difficulties due to the failure of big-budget productions, with some companies experiencing a 50% drop in stock price and others being forced to delist. However, it is quite remarkable that Tianyu Entertainment has managed to maintain a slight increase in revenue.

However, this time... Song Lan knew that once the evaluation of "The Truman Show" was satisfactory, and the budget was submitted to Chairman Lin, she would sign it without hesitation, no matter how much it cost.

Because this script was written by Director Zhang.

This alone surpasses the hundred reasons why the script must be filmed listed after the high-level assessment. So the quality of the script is not important at all; what matters is who came up with it.

For the sake of Director Zhang, Chairman Lin was willing to compromise to this extent.

Now... it's still the same, just another kind of infatuation. After receiving her notification, several senior executives of the company quickly entered the conference room.

"Ugh! I have so many things to do this afternoon!"

Operations Manager Jiang Kun sighed. "You're so busy, but I'm not. Our department has a meeting at 2:30, and then we need to finalize the filming plans for two short dramas, including the music video for 'Red Bean'."

Wang Feng reached out and rubbed his head.

Hearing the two complain, the other executives also shook their heads with smiles, all wearing troubled expressions.

There's nothing we can do... They already read the script this morning. Putting aside the quality, the production cost will definitely be very high if we want to film it, and with such a high production cost, the final result won't be any different.

It's just another meaningless and futile effort.

Instead of wasting time, you should think more about how to make short dramas. The production cost doesn't need to be too high, ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. After filming, you can put them online and charge a membership price. You don't need too much advertising. If tens of thousands of people watch them, you can recover the production cost, and the rest is all profit.

The meeting room door was pushed open.

When Chairman Lin appeared, everyone sat up straight.

It's fine to talk about it in private, but if it's in front of Chairman Lin... the result is predictable. If you're magnanimous, you can call him over and give him a scolding; if you're not, you can just let them pack their bags and get out.

"We reviewed the script this morning; now everyone can share their thoughts."

Lin Baoer spoke.

The high-ranking officials exchanged glances, thinking, "It's the same old story again. They really don't treat their superiors like cadres."

"Let me speak first! I don't agree..."

Minister Jiang was certain that Chairman Lin would ultimately not approve the project with a high production cost, so instead of praising how good the script was... which was indeed quite good, with a clear theme and full of philosophical metaphors, making it one of the few excellent scripts he had produced in recent years, he decided to take the opportunity to flatter Chairman Lin more than to make that decision.

"reason"

Lin Bao'er asked.

"The production cost is too high..."

Minister Jiang replied.

"This is not a reason to deny a good script. Moreover, Minister Jiang, if I remember correctly, you gave high praise and commendation to the script of 'The Truman Show' this morning after reading it, and you also agreed to film it. How come you changed your story after lunch? What made you change your mind in such a short time?"

Lin Bao'er said in a deep voice.

immediately.

The expressions of the other senior executives in the conference room changed slightly; they realized that something was definitely wrong.

Finally, the shrewd and calculating Wang Feng spoke up, "Chairman Lin, I support the filming. This is a story about breaking free from a false world to find truth and freedom. A story like this is exactly what moviegoers are willing to pay to see. As for the production costs... I believe that the script for 'The Truman Show' will ensure that all the investment is rewarded to our company in a high way."

Jiang Kun stared at Wang Feng in astonishment.

You know, this old guy always pretends to be invisible in meetings, afraid that Chairman Lin will see him, but this time he did something completely different.

Did you take the wrong medicine?!

(End of this chapter)