Chapter 30: Open the door and deliver fruit
"Self-...... Invest ??? yourself"
Hearing what Lu Chen said, Cheng Ming was stunned, and he doubted whether Lu Chen really didn't understand or was joking with him.
"Our company is currently relying on Shiyin as an artist to make money, where did we get so much money to invest in movies?" asked Cheng Ming.
Lu Chen pinched his chin with his hand, thought for a moment, and then looked up and said, "Try to control the cost to 30 million." ”
This......
"Lu Chen, do you really plan to invest exclusively?" asked Cheng Ming cautiously.
Lu Chen nodded and said, "Yes." ”
Seeing that Cheng Ming seemed to have some doubts, Lu Chen asked, "Do you think thirty million is not enough?"
Cheng Ming didn't answer immediately, he glanced down at the script in his hand before saying: "Enough is definitely enough, but I'm afraid the quality is difficult to guarantee, if you don't invite a better actor and a better director for this movie, it is likely to look a little nondescript when it is filmed." ”
Hearing Cheng Ming's words, Lu Chen fell into contemplation again, what Cheng Ming said, he didn't think about it.
An investment is faced with great risks, first of all, the problem of insufficient funds, although the cost can be controlled, but the quality is also likely to decline.
Secondly, if the investment fails, the consequences of failure are borne by oneself, and if you find several other investors to invest together, you can share the risk of failure.
Of course, there is another problem with finding a few more investors, that is, the final profit is also a few shares.
After a while, Lu Chen finally said: "After thinking about it, I still think that it is better for our family to invest, as for the actors and directors, we can also use newcomers like the unruly princess in the dream country." ”
This is a gamble in itself, the bet is won, the movie is a big hit at the box office, Chenyin company has been greatly developed, the bet is lost, the loss is up to 30 million, itself Chenyin is in the beginning of development, the company's operating costs are not large, this loss is nothing.
Seeing that Lu Chen had already made a decision, Cheng Ming didn't say anything anymore.
Lu Chen continued at this time:
"By the way, the script of Journey to the West was written by me, don't let Shiyin know about it......"
As soon as Lu Chen's words fell, Shi Yin pushed the door in, and then asked suspiciously, "Don't let me know what? What are you talking about sneakily?"
Seeing Shi Yin walk in, Lu Chen was stunned, this guy shouldn't have heard the conversation between him and Cheng Ming.
"Did you hear that?" Lu Chen asked.
"Don't let me know these words, what don't you want me to know?"
Speaking of this, Shi Yin's eyes looked directly at Lu Chen.
"You guys, you can't be discussing something to kill me, are you?"
Seeing that Shi Yin didn't hear the conversation between Cheng Ming and himself, Lu Chen was a lot more relieved, now is not the time to let Shi Yin know that he is the provider of film and television resources, in case the two of them have a stiff fight one day, Shi Yin will leave the company, if Shi Yin knows that Lu Chen is the provider of all the company's resources, she will definitely consider the consequences of quitting, but if she doesn't know, she can pat her ass and sell the shares and leave directly.
In the later stage of Chenyin's development, if Shiyin wants to leave, it will be of certain benefit to Lu Chen, and Lu Chen can take advantage of that opportunity to take back all the shares in Shiyin's hands, which is equivalent to Lu Chen's backhand.
Whether it is useful or not, we will find out later.
Lu Chen looked a little helpless at this time and said: "I discussed with Cheng Ming about the company dinner tonight, and I didn't plan to notify you, but I should have overheard your appearance, so I still didn't hide it." ”
Hearing this, Shi Yin was stunned, and then said with a little anger: "What! The company dinner didn't even notify me! I'm also the major shareholder of Chenyin!"
"If I tell you what if someone recognizes you at the hotel, won't it hurt us to eat? Lu Chen said lightly.
Seeing that Lu Chen and Shi Yin were talking again, Cheng Ming smiled and left Lu Chen's office quietly.
I really don't know what these two people are doing.
In Cheng Ming's eyes, Shi Yin and Lu Chen are a couple, after all, Shi Yin was introduced by him to film the Savage Princess crew audition, and the relationship between the two seems to be good, and they also created a company together, that is, these two people will always hide some things from each other, although they are all small things, which makes Cheng Ming a little incomprehensible.
In the evening, all the staff of Chenyin Company went to a nearby hotel for dinner.
Of course, in the end, Shiyin still went.
After the dinner, Lu Chen, Cheng Ming, and several male employees of the company went to the hotel's KTV to sing, while Shi Yin drove back.
After several big men in the company drank, they came one by one, and when Cheng Ming finished singing, Lu Chen immediately got up, walked to the song orderer, and searched for the song he wanted to sing.
At this time, Lin Zijie from the Personnel Department stood up and said to Lu Chen: "You sing first, I'll go out and answer the phone." ”
After speaking, Lin Zijie glanced at this group of drunken guys, he was the only one who didn't drink here, and he originally planned to go back after the dinner, but Shi Yin said to let him look at Lu Chen and them, so he stayed, but his girlfriend called, he had to go out and pick it up.
It's just that he still feels a little uneasy, so he walked to the door and said to the waiter Xiaomei: "Little sister, do me a favor, help me watch them, if they want to leave, let them wait for me to come back." ”
Tong Huan was suddenly accosted by a guest, and she was suddenly frightened, and she slowly turned her head.
Today is the first time she works in KTV, it is rumored that KTV is a mixed place, what she is most afraid of is to meet those little hooligans, the KTV they are in is a relatively large kind, each large private room has a special waiter, and she is Lu Chen's waiter in their private room.
After being asked by the guest, Tong Huan responded tremblingly: "Don't worry, I will definitely help you take care of the three guests." ”
"Thank you. ”
After speaking, Lin Zijie walked to a special place for smoking on the second floor of KTV, and then called his girlfriend back.
Tong Huan cautiously walked into the K room, and then gently closed the door, the door was not closed, she was afraid that these men would plot against her, and the man who drank the wine was full of wildness and had to guard against it.
However, it was obvious that Lu Chen and the others didn't notice her, and they didn't even look at her.
At this time, Lu Chen finally found a song he wanted to sing, and after ordering the song, the prelude began to sound.
Hearing this familiar melody, the people in the room quieted down, the song "Let Me Stay by Your Side" in the early morning has been very popular recently, and now it has become one of the must-order songs of K songs, but these people in the private room don't know that Lu Chen is actually the original singer of this song.
At this time, the prelude ended, and Lu Chen began to sing in his wine-soaked voice.
I never speak
Because I'm afraid
No one answered
......
As soon as the first two songs came out, the people in the private room were stunned, Lu Chen's voice gave people a sense of vicissitudes and helplessness, maybe because he drank wine, his voice was already a little hoarse, it was precisely because of this hoarseness that it further rendered a sad atmosphere, Lu Chen closed his eyes slightly at this time and continued.
Too much time to waste
There's so much to face
......
Hearing the end of the first paragraph, the people in the private room could no longer listen to it, it was too miserable! This song was sung so miserably! Especially the feeling of tearing, straight into the soul of people, Lu Chen almost fused all his feelings into the song, they seemed to see a person who was struggling in the swamp, but could never break free from the shackles of the quagmire.
In the next melody, Lu Chen opened his eyes, and he quietly looked at the big screen in the K room, with a lot of thoughts in his heart.
In the last life, because of a woman, because of her own incompetence, she lost her family property, and no one knew about it when she finally died, which was extremely miserable, in this life, he would never repeat this process again!
At this time, waiting for the melody to end in the middle, Lu Chen continued to sing.
The smallest of me
The humblest dream
......
There is no end in sight
Don't be afraid to let me stay with you
will accompany you through~~~
When the song was finished, the whole private room fell into a deathly silence, people didn't know what to say, this is exactly the same as the original song, no, this is better than the original song, more emotional, there are rumors on the Internet that the early morning is Lu Chen, that early morning will not really be their boss, right?
At this moment, Lu Chen had fallen into a state of ethereal thoughts, as if everything had been seen through.
At this moment, a faint cry suddenly came from the corner of room K.
This......
Only then did people react, and a strange woman came to their private room.
They all looked in the direction of the door, and saw a waiter with a ponytail tied up, holding back tears and sobbing with his hands.
Lu Chen was stunned.
He didn't cry, why did this woman cry?
Cheng Ming and they were also confused, who was this little sister, when did she come in, why didn't they know at all.
Also, what is she crying about?
Seeing this girl's clothes, Cheng Ming suddenly reacted at this time, this is not the waiter in their private room.
Because of the drinking, Cheng Ming immediately played the role of a confidant big brother, he got up and walked to Tong Huan's side, and said to her: "Little sister, why are you crying, are you suffering any grievances, don't hold back if you have grievances, it's a lot better to say it......"
was comforted by Cheng Ming like this, Tong Huan burst into tears and squatted down.
Cheng Ming was dumbfounded, is he so scary?
Lu Chen's singing just now was so sad that it infected Tong Huan.
Tong Huan has been more introverted since she was a child, more timid, afraid of talking to others, even if she goes to college, she is still like that, she is defensive of her roommates, it can be said that she suffers from severe autism.
But she is such a person, but she has always had a dream in her heart, that is, to become the idol of the girl group and be able to stand on the stage to sing and dance, so after graduating from college, she left the city she was once familiar with, left the town she was familiar with, and came to Hwaseong alone to pursue her dream.
It stands to reason that her appearance is enough, she looks young and beautiful, with medium-long black hair, a single ponytail, and white skin, who likes it, but unfortunately, her character is so timid that every time she stands on the stage, she will be extremely nervous and speechless.
She has participated in more than a dozen programs recruited by the members of the girl group, but none of them selected her, the price of Yanbei is too high, and the rent is also expensive, she was forced to have no choice but to choose a job, but her character always causes trouble at work, causing her to be fired several times, and almost every time she can't pass the probation period.
Today is her first time working in this KTV, and it is also a probationary period, and she is scared just by thinking of the KTV environment that her classmates told her in the past.
Lu Chen's singing voice reminded her of the hardships she had come through, her character was able to stay in Huacheng for two years, and in these two years, the hardships she had endured can be imagined.
Wronged, she never felt wronged, she felt more small.
As Lu Chen sang, "The smallest me, the most humble dream." ”
She hated herself for being cowardly, but she couldn't overcome her fear of the outside world no matter what, and her work made her come into contact with some real injustices, some unspoken rules and dirtiness of reality, which made her want to escape from this society even more.
Seeing Tong Huan crying with pear blossoms and rain, Lu Chen put down the microphone, coughed twice, and then said: "Ahem, little sister, did I scare you by singing too loudly just now, I apologize to you, don't cry, okay." ”
Just then, there was a knock on the door outside room K.
Cheng Ming asked, "Who?"
"Send fruit. The waiter outside the door said.
"Wait a minute. ”
Cheng Ming said to Su Yaoyao again: "Little sister, someone wants to come in, see if you can let me go first." ”
Cheng Ming's words didn't play any role, Lu Chen's singing tore apart the soul of this autistic girl, and it was obviously not so easy to integrate.
The waiter at the door saw that the door had not been opened for so long, and he looked through the crack in the door in confusion and found that no one was sitting on the sofa.
He muttered, "Strange, what about people?"
He pushed the door, and something blocked it.
The waiter said again, "Guest, send fruit." ”
Prompted by the alcohol, Cheng Ming shouted loudly: "Tell you to wait!"
At this time, the waiter seemed to hear a faint cry, and at this moment, a song with a relatively low key had been arranged on the song ordering machine in the private room, so the sound of the stereo was not very loud, and the male waiter could hear Tong Huan's crying.
The waiter suddenly reacted, they had a beautiful little sister here today, and that little sister was the waiter in this box, but her voice was not seen at the door.
Thinking of this, the waiter suddenly had a terrible scene in his mind, he was frightened and pushed open the door, and Tong Huan was pushed to the ground because he was blocking the door.
As soon as the waiter came in, he saw the scene in front of him, and said into the walkie-talkie in a panic: "Report...... Call the police, call the police, someone in room 1103 is molesting our employees. ”
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