Chapter 1454: Chapter 1455: Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road
The gratitude from the bossâs family was one thing, but the bossâs wife wanting to meet with Rong Yan might have carried an intention to connect with the people behind Rong Yan.
Weâre all adults here. On the surface, Bright Starry Sky is Rong Yanâs company, but who knows if thereâs support from the Li Group behind it.
A large company like the Li Group is worth a thousand Lemon Entertainments put together. If they can seize the opportunity to connect with the Li Group through this collaboration with Bright, it wouldnât be a loss at all.
Rong Yan could hear the undertones in her words and skillfully deflected, "Thereâs no need for gratitude. Weâre just here helping at someoneâs request."
Wang Ying, seeing her dismissiveness, didnât push further. Knowing when to stop, she led everyone into the meeting room.
Inside the meeting room, Lemonâs senior executives had mostly gathered. A man in his forties was the first to stand up. After shaking hands cordially with Rong Yan, the meeting formally beganâ
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Two hours later, the two sides had mostly finalized the follow-up plans for cooperation.
For the female lead, Lemon proposed a new actress from a talent agency they had good relations with. Rong Yan reviewed the candidateâshe had a nice appearance, clean and fair features. As long as she cut her hair into a short, student-style bob, she wouldnât break immersion in the role of a high school student.
For the male lead, Lemon initially wanted to use a lesser-known actor from their own roster. However, Rong Yan, after glancing at the photo, immediately shut down the idea with a firm rejection.
She had Estelle pull up the seven or eight alternative candidates they had pre-screened. Using a PPT, they went through each name, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of each actor, while emphasizing the crucial importance of the male lead in a campus romance drama. Briefly deliberating, Lemonâs team didnât insist on using their in-house talent. Instead, they tentatively shortlisted three candidates from Rong Yanâs selection.
Rong Yan was well aware that Lemon Entertainment didnât place much importance on the project they were collaborating on. Even though they agreed to invest, they wouldnât be allocating a significant budget.
The maximum was ten million.
These days, producing a web series spanning several dozen episodes would cost much more than ten million, not even enough to cover actor fees. Their only options were newcomers or unestablished actors with little name recognition. These types typically didnât ask for high pay and were often willing to lower their already modest fees for the opportunity to play a good role. This allowed more of the budget to be allocated toward production.
The seven or eight candidates she and her team had screened overnight were precisely of this type, but they all shared one defining traitâhandsome!
But not the kind of "handsome" that was currently trendy on screens, the ruggedly masculine type.
Instead, it was the delicate, fair-skinned, youthful kind of handsome with a boyish charm!
To align with the age of the male lead in "Little Luck," Rong Yan paid particular attention to age, ensuring all the male actors were in their early twentiesâperfect for portraying college students. They would also pair well with the female lead and create a strong "couple dynamic."
The director was personally recommended by Rong Yanâa filmmaker adept at handling niche genres. Though not a household name, he had at least two more works under his belt than the lead actors did.
With the director and lead actor roles settled, Lemonâs boss stepped up as well, readily offering to negotiate with the AQ platform on their behalf to secure distribution. A timeline was decided upon, and schedules were set to lock in filming dates.
After both sides exchanged contracts, formally signed them, and each party kept a copy, the meeting concluded successfully. Wang Ying, now looking at Rong Yan with newfound respect, was noticeably more polite as she accompanied her and Ai Wen out of the meeting room.
All the way out, she acted as the bridge, chatting with Rong Yan, Estelle, and Lemonâs boss together.
The harmonious atmosphere came to an abrupt halt when a certain figure appearedâ
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