Sweet Wife in My Arms - Chapter 516

Chapter 516: Impeccable

Luo Lin really felt that it was a waste as the company had just been established and was in great need of such attractive hunks.

However, Ye Xinyu was extremely reluctant and there was no way that she could force him into it.

Meanwhile, Yan Huan was still writing. When Luo Lin was about to get impatient, Yan Huan handed her the piece of paper.

Luo Lin took a look at it. It was a list of students and their respective drama academies.

“Just poach them into our company. You can decide how to do it,” said Yan Huan as she rested her head on the table. All this strategizing over the days had given her a headache. These are people who would become famous in her past life. They might be relatively unknown now, but within a few years, they would turn into the new generation of frontliners in the entertainment industry. It would be advantageous for the company to recruit these people under their flag.

Luo Lin had no confidence in these newcomers. However, she would do it since it was what Yan Huan wanted.

As Luo Lin was working on it, Yan Huan was thinking about the kind of productions that the company should be involved in. This would require thorough consideration. Perhaps, she should only think about it after Luo Lin managed to get everyone in.

Yan Huan had given much thought to this issue lately. Their debut production would be crucial in deciding whether Linlang would thrive or struggle in the future. Yan Huan knew which productions would be a hit. Thus, she needed to work on them before someone else did. Even though it was pretty unethical, as this was others’ hard work and she would be taking over it by force, but she was left with no choice. With such tantalizing resources being placed there, how could she not be tempted?

In fact, the fantasy genre is very popular now. If we want to produce a film, fantasy would be the best choice. As long as the visuals are done nicely with a good lineup of actors and vivid performances, then it would definitely be a hit at the box office.

“Yeah…” She tapped her chin while thinking about a film that was adapted previously. I had never been involved in this genre before, so it would be a fresh attempt. Luckily, the audience were getting bored with the repetitive films that were produced recently, such as Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Crimson Sabre etc. The Story of a Supernatural Chivalrous World was a success a few years back, it had high ratings. But later on, the supernatural action series filmed by several directors had not been popular. Hence, a fantasy story would be a breath of fresh air compared to the existing sea of supernatural films and dramas.

This was what Yan Huan had prepared for.

“This?” Luo Lin thought for a long time, but she still could not see what the good about it. She felt that Yan Huan’s mind must be muddled to come up with such an idea.

“Help me work things out with this author.”

What else could Luo Lin say? She had no choice but to begin negotiations with the author after this.

“Oh yeah.” Yan Huan propped her face on the table. “I will give you five percent of our Linlang shares once you get this done.”

Luo Lin’s eyes brightened up. “For real?”

“Yes, for real,” Yan Huan would never lie. She was very serious about this. She had always thought of allocating some shares Luo Lin as she had great capability and was responsible. She would be a great business partner. Yan Huan did feel guilty to have Luo Lin remain as her manager, as she felt that it was a waste of her talent. She needed a larger stage to perform and Yan Huan believed that one day Luo Lin would reach a level that no one could have imagined.

She was willing to give Luo Lin this opportunity, as long as Luo Lin was also willing to accept it. Then, their cooperation would be a pleasant one.

Luo Lin suddenly smiled. The look in her eyes were something Yan Huan had never seen.

Pulling out her chair, Luo Lin strode out of the room and went directly to contact the author. He was a popular web novel writer who had a few good works. The one that Yan Huan had chosen was a fantasy-action story written by him, The Third Young Lady.

This title was rather peculiar and thus would be highly recognizable. The content itself was not too bad, although his writing style was not particularly captivating. Of course, that could be improved by adapting it into a television series. To the author, getting the chance to have his work adapted into a television series was equivalent to attaining a meteoric rise in fame.

The author could almost faint from the sheer happiness.

Luo Lin had also managed to purchase the copyright for a really affordable price.

Of course, she had contacted everyone whom Yan Huan asked her to look for. Out of the ten, two of them had rejected their offer and one had not yet replied. The remaining seven had already signed their contracts, which were long contracts that spanned over several years. The shortest one was for five years while the longest was for an entire decade.

If they wanted to terminate the contract unilaterally, then they would need to pay an outrageous compensation that no ordinary person could afford.

As for the changes to the script, Yan Huan had appointed a well-known screenwriter to make the secondary amendments. As for the cast, she would be the main female lead. She had also contacted Liang Chen to participate in it, which the other woman had happily agreed to. With Liang Chen’s participation, Qi Haolin would definitely jump on the bandwagon too. After knowing that it was Yan Huan’s own investment, they had agreed to accept lower pay for their contribution as a token of their friendship. Since this was not their first time working together on screen, the chemistry between the main actors were already established.

The online novel was renamed to Zhu Xiaoye. After the rewrite, it was adapted to a 56-episode television series. The script had pretty much been completed and it was exactly the same as the version in her past life.

The author and scriptwriter were the same. Only the cast and the producers were different.

Yan Huan found a large garment manufacturing company and sent them her concepts. They would be making the costumes for the series. She wanted the series to be impeccable, from the plot, to the cinematography and to the clothing.

As for the makeup artist, she had really headhunted Yue Ran. Yue Ran became the top makeup artist for Linlang.

Yue Ran had a rough idea for the image styling. After a few alterations, it had basically been finalized. This time, most of the cast were made up of those who were poached by Yan Huan from all around. Some of them were still rookie actors who would be famous in the future. In short, besides Yan Huan, Liang Chen and Qi HaoLin, the others were all newcomers.

Initially, the cast had been confirmed, but Ye Yimeng had approached her unexpectedly for a part in this production. As Yan Huan had went to watch Ye Yimeng’s movie which helped to publicize the movie for free, Ye Yimeng was willing to make a guest appearance in Yan Huan’s production regardless of the role and at a very low pay.

Yan Huan willingly assigned Ye Yimeng a good role.

The pre-production for Zhu Xiaoye took a long time. Yan Huan went on to hire China’s most famous post-production team. This was because this series would need a lot of work on the post-production to have the visuals nicely presented.

She injected most of her effort into preparing the set. Hence, it also took a long time to prepare. The preparations for the set and props had took approximately three months. Lastly, she had also hired an internationally renowned animator to assist the post-production team.