After Lin Mo got the money, he immediately sent a message to Director Teng.
He was afraid that if he was late, he would miss this train.
"Director Teng, I want to invest in your movie!"
At the same time, on the other side.
Teng Huatao was on the phone with his wife in the hotel.
When he saw the message from Lin Mo, he was stunned.
"Wife, I can't talk now, I have something to deal with!"
Teng Huatao quickly told his wife, then hung up the video call.
Then, he excitedly clicked on Lin Mo's message chat box.
"Little Lin, you're not kidding, are you?"
It's no wonder Teng Huatao thought so.
After all, Lin Mo was only in his early 20s.
The fact that he could come up with 4 million yuan really shocked Teng Huatao.
Lin Mo on the other end was laughing happily and replied, "Director Teng, I'm really going to invest in your movie. You're still in Magic City, right? Let's find a place to talk tomorrow!"
"Alright!" Teng Huatao readily agreed.
...
The next day at noon, it was still that familiar restaurant, that familiar private room.
When Teng Huatao saw Lin Mo, his first words were, "Little Lin, can this money really be in place?"
Lin Mo smiled confidently, "Director Teng, once the contract is signed, the money will be transferred to your account immediately, don't worry!"
As for the company, he had set it up a long time ago, just waiting for this day.
As someone with experience, he certainly understood the difference between individual investment and company investment.
Teng Huatao was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately changed his address: "Lin Boss, haha, I'll have to call you that from now on! I was just about to go back to Yanjing, but I didn't expect things to turn around. Now we can do something big!"
The two of them chatted for more than an hour, revolving around the script and the actors.
As for the script, it was pretty much the same as the movie Lin Mo had seen in his previous life.
It was the actors that needed to start from scratch.
After all, the drama "dwelling narrowness" was Teng Huatao's work from ten years ago.
He didn't have a fixed acting troupe now.
What's more, over the years, every film he shot flopped.
Which actor or celebrity would dare to cooperate with Teng Huatao for a long time?
So, the two hit it off and decided to scout for new talent at the Film Academy!
The script for "love is not blind" was definitely a sure-fire money-making deal.
Perhaps due to the change of actors, the box office might not be as high as in his previous life, but Lin Mo knew that as long as the box office exceeded 100 million, his 4 million yuan investment would be considered well-placed.
A little-known fact: as long as a movie's box office exceeds three times its investment, it can make money.
With his 4 million yuan, once the box office exceeded 12 million, everything after that was profit!
In the private room, the two big men were full of ambition, as if they had been injected with a stimulant!
After signing the contract, Director Teng took the money Lin Mo gave him and returned to Yanjing.
Now that he had money, he was full of ambition.
He wished he could immediately assemble the crew and start shooting.
Seeing this, some handsome readers might ask, "Since you know the movie 'love is not blind' will be popular, why didn't you ask Reba to star in it as the female lead?"
He He.
First of all, they couldn't afford Reba with the money they had now.
After all, Reba had previously filmed a hit drama.
Her acting fee would now be at least two to three million yuan.
What's more, her boss, Yang Mi, would never agree.
Teng Huatao's name was now something that people in the industry tried to avoid.
Besides, Reba just lent him 4 million yuan, and then to ask her to lower her acting fee and star in this movie?
Yang Mi would probably come knocking on the door on the spot, pointing at Lin Mo's nose and cursing, "You want, you want, you still want?"
...
And in the time that followed, Lin Mo's life was no different from before.
Every day, he just chatted with Reba.
Reba was not in Magic City now.
She was filming in Hengdian World Studios.
Yang Mi had given her a drama.
After all, in Yang Mi's studio, Reba was definitely the top female artist besides Yang Mi, playing a leading role.
As for "love is not blind," Director Teng would occasionally send Lin Mo a "front-line report," saying that all the actors were in place, the movie was officially approved, and filming was just around the corner—the efficiency was excellent!
The actors were all newcomers, and their salaries were surprisingly low.
They probably earned only a few thousand yuan a month.
Someone might ask again, "Since Teng Huatao's reputation in the industry is already so bad, why are there still actors willing to act in his films?"
You must be joking.
For those young graduates from the Film Academy, being able to act is better than anything else. Money is secondary; getting screen time and exposure is king.
Although Teng Huatao's reputation was mixed, his name was still 'well-known' in the industry.
And "love is not blind" was a film destined for cinemas. For them, having their first work appear on the big screen was a dream come true. How could they afford to be picky?
As for some veteran actors in the crew, there's even less to say.
As long as they were paid, they would take the role.
They didn't care who the director was.
...
"Mo Ge, when are you coming to Hengdian World Studios to visit me? Filming is so boring~"
Reba pouted her small mouth on the other end of the video, looking forward to Lin Mo with a spoiled expression.
She was currently curled up on the large bed in the hotel, surrounded by scripts, but her mind was clearly no longer on the dense text.
Since joining the crew these past few days, besides filming, she just read scripts...
Because of her personality, she didn't really like making friends.
So she felt very bored.
Lin Mo looked at the slightly tired but still bright smiling face in the video, feeling warm inside, and chuckled, "You, you need to learn to enjoy the fun in solitude, make more friends, otherwise, this long crew life will suffocate you."
Reba's eyes flashed with a hint of helplessness when she heard this, "You know, I'm not good at communicating with others..."
That was true.
He still remembered when Lin Mo first transmigrated and met Reba.
This girl would sit in the back all day, not saying a word, always looking down.
Otherwise, if he hadn't seen her name on the roster once, he wouldn't have known that the future big star Reba was actually his classmate.
"Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore. I'll fly over to visit you in a while!" Lin Mo's words were full of pampering.
"Pinky promise, one hundred years no change. If you lie to me, you'll turn into a puppy and bark 'woof woof'!"
Reba playfully extended her pinky finger, and Lin Mo on the other side of the screen smiled and echoed, as if the distance between them was infinitely shortened at that moment.
Students in their first and second years at Shanghai Theatre Academy basically had to attend classes at school.
But Lin Mo was about to enter his fourth year.
Basically, he spent less time at school.
They were all planning for the future.
For example, like Reba, who chose an acting major, they pulled strings everywhere to join film crews.
And like Lin Mo, who chose a directing major, they were all worried about their graduation projects.