Chen Yiyang stayed in Lin'an for a few days. While chatting with Director Rao Zhi, he learned that he was also in Lin'an, so he decided to have a meal with him.

"Why did you come to Lin'an?" Chen Yiyang asked curiously.

"I came to handle some matters, took on a job, and am preparing to shoot a movie."

"What kind of movie?"

"A movie related to evacuation, kind of a war film?"

"A war film? That's quite a leap." Chen Yiyang was a bit surprised.

The last movie this guy shot was a comedy, and now he's doing a war film.

"It's good to have a film to shoot, and this time the investment is substantial," Rao Zhi briefly described the project he took over.

"The film is half a task film, but it's not me who took on the task; Gong Fan took it, and his company is also investing.

However, he needs to prepare for Earth Wandering 2, so he handed it over to me. I thought with such a large investment, I should shoot it no matter how hard it is. Such a valuable experience."

Although Rao Zhi spoke lightly, from his appearance, he seemed to be under a lot of pressure.

After all, this movie is not only a task film, but Gong Fan also trusts him and has invested in him.

If the movie loses money, he probably wouldn't feel good about it.

While chatting with Rao Zhi, Chen Yiyang mentioned some recent events he encountered.

"I have some news," Rao Zhi said softly. "Tengxu has invested in Shen Teng's new movie and is reportedly letting the 101 girl group sing the theme song of this movie."

"How did you find this out?" Chen Yiyang was quite curious.

"I attended a gathering recently, with the Happy Mahua team's directors and screenwriters. I chatted with them and learned this. This movie is actually developed by their team."

Happy Mahua is considered a top comedy team domestically, initially focused on offline theater, and then they skyrocketed with My Hero Charlotte.

This also led Shen Teng from their company to become a leading comedy actor in the country.

Now the Mahua team is about to make a second movie, and most industry insiders know that the box office for this movie is going to explode.

For such a movie, Chen Yiyang has no investment opportunities. Only a giant like Tengxu, which controls the platform, can get in.

"Is this movie already filmed?" Chen Yiyang asked curiously.

"It's almost done, reportedly only some scenes with the female lead are left."

"Why are the female lead's scenes filmed last?"

Although Chen Yiyang has never shot a movie, he knows some basic knowledge.

Important roles' scenes are usually shot first. If something goes wrong, there's time to fix it.

Famous actors pay attention to their reputation.

If issues arise in post-production, reshoots can be done and actors can be found.

If supporting roles are shot first, those actors may move on to their next gig, making reshoots difficult.

"Because of some minor conflicts," Rao Zhi began sharing gossip with Chen Yiyang.

"I heard that this movie's original male and female leads were Shen Teng and Ma Li. These two have been long-time partners, working together for many years, and their last movie was also shot by them.

However, this time the script is adapted from a novel from the United States. The remake rights aren't with the Mahua team but with a company on Wan Island.

The company is willing to give out the remake rights, but the condition is to invest and appoint the female lead.

Shen Teng definitely wasn't willing, but he couldn't do anything about it. They went around for a while and finally agreed to the appointed female lead, and filming the female lead's scenes just started."

"Remake, an original US novel?"

Suddenly, Chen Yiyang's mind became agile.

"What's the original novel of the movie called?"

"Seems to be called Brewster's Millions."

After chatting with Rao Zhi, Chen Yiyang wasted no time and immediately called his team in the United States, instructing them to quickly buy the remake rights.

"Adjust the budget to 2 million US Dollars." Chen Yiyang directly issued the order.

Then he continued, "Also, help me find out, I heard the novel and film's remake rights are in a company on Wan Island's hands?"

In the early hours of the next day, Chen Yiyang received a call from his team in the United States.

"Boss, the rights have been purchased, and the contract is signed. A full 1 million US Dollars. As soon as the other party heard that the remake rights of the old movie could be sold at this price, they immediately signed the contract."

"Did you ask what I told you to?" Chen Yiyang inquired.

"We did ask," the other party replied, "The company on Wan Island previously indeed bought the rights. But their rights happened to expire yesterday.

Moreover, when they bought the rights, they only paid 300,000 US Dollars. And recently, they've been negotiating with this US company to renew the rights.

The US company wanted 500,000 US Dollars this time, while they were only willing to pay 300,000, so it dragged on until now.

After we entered the scene, the US company heard we were willing to offer 1 million US Dollars, so they sold it to us."

"Got it." Chen Yiyang nodded.

He basically understood what happened.

The Mahua team wanted to shoot a new movie and set their eyes on the Brewster's Millions script.

But at the time, the remake rights belonged to a company on Wan Island, so they contacted this Wan Island company.

Unexpectedly, not only did this company want to come in and invest to make money, but they also wanted to appoint the female lead.

That would have been fine; what the Mahua team didn't know was that the Wan Island company's rights were about to expire.

They were negotiating renewal with the US company but weren't willing to spend more, and in the end, Chen Yiyang seized the opportunity.

Even though the Mahua team's new movie is almost finished, if it premieres without the rights, it would naturally constitute infringement.

Now Chen Yiyang, holding the remake rights to the movie, can maneuver well.

Once Chen Yiyang confirmed that he had bought the rights and looked at the contract photos,

he arranged for someone to bring the contract back to the country.

Meanwhile, he went to find Rao Zhi.

"Can you help me contact the Mahua team? I want to discuss a business deal with them."

"What kind of deal?" Rao Zhi asked curiously.

"Take a look at this." Chen Yiyang showed him the contract photos.

Rao Zhi understood English and quickly finished reading the contract.

"Didn't the company on Wan Island say the remake rights were with them?"

"Expired yesterday, didn't renew, and I snatched it."

"Awesome." Rao Zhi gave Chen Yiyang a thumbs up.

Then he quickly became excited as well.

There's a big scoop now.

The only reason the Mahua team involved the Wan Island team in this project was because they held the remake rights.

Now that the rights are gone, there's a good show to watch.

So, Rao Zhi immediately called Peng Fei, the primary responsible person from the Mahua team, saying that Chen Yiyang wanted to meet and have a meal with them.

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