CHAPTER 232: CHAPTER 232: MY HEROIC HUSBAND’S PREPARATIONS FOR FILMING

"Shen Yifan, drive home." After the event, Chen Yiyang called out the accountant’s name, intending for the accountant to drive him home.

"Boss, you forgot, today Shen is handling other matters, didn’t come along." An assistant beside him said with helplessness.

"Oh, I forgot." Chen Yiyang rubbed his face.

He had forgotten about it.

"Never mind, you can drive me home." Chen Yiyang handed the car keys to the assistant, then sat in the back seat himself.

However, before he closed the car door, a figure appeared outside the door.

Chen Yiyang looked intently.

Wasn’t it Ye Yue?

"Mr. Chen, can we continue drinking?" Ye Yue bent down and asked, "I haven’t had enough fun yet."

"Oh, oh, sure, sure." Chen Yiyang immediately slapped the car seat and said, "Let’s go, we can continue drinking at my place."

"Okay." Ye Yue stepped into the car.

The assistant driving shot a strange look at Chen Yiyang and Ye Yue.

Then hurriedly focused on driving under Chen Yiyang’s warning gaze, wishing he could forget everything after he dropped Chen Yiyang home.

The next morning.

Chen Yiyang rubbed his head.

Then turned his head to look beside him.

No one was there anymore.

So Chen Yiyang casually threw on some pajamas and walked out of the room.

As a result, he saw a figure in the kitchen making sandwiches downstairs.

"I saw vegetables, ham, and bread in the fridge, so I thought I’d make some." Ye Yue greeted proactively as Chen Yiyang came down.

"Thank you so much." Chen Yiyang casually picked up a piece, eating while giving Ye Yue a thumbs up.

Then he discovered Ye Yue was wearing the shirt he had taken off last night.

This cherry blossom girl sure knows the tricks.

Halfway through eating his sandwich, Chen Yiyang casually put it aside.

At this moment, Chen Yiyang finally appreciated the benefits of an open kitchen.

Spacious.

Yes, spacious.

A few days later, Chen Yiyang finally signed a contract with the other party.

When the other party left, Chen Yiyang went to the airport to see them off.

This deeply moved the Japanese boss.

He kept bowing and thanking Chen Yiyang for his trust and respect, promising to make the game great when they returned.

After sending off the Japanese boss, Chen Yiyang considered visiting some other cities within the country to see if there was any useful information to pick up.

An assistant notified him that someone wanted to meet him.

It was My Heroic Husband’s director, Deng Wen.

"Hello, Director Deng."

"Hello, Mr. Chen. Hello!"

In the office, Chen Yiyang received Deng Wen.

Deng Wen was considered a relatively experienced domestic director, but he hadn’t had any notable works so far.

Otherwise, Tengxu wouldn’t have entrusted My Heroic Husband to him.

"I heard you’ve taken over this project from Tengxu?"

"Not entirely taken over." Chen Yiyang hurriedly said, "I just replaced Tengxu’s investment share."

At present, a large portion of domestic TV dramas are platform-invested and self-produced.

For instance, My Heroic Husband, is ostensibly produced by Xinli Media, with investment from Tengxu.

But in truth, Xinli Media is entirely controlled by Tengxu.

Chen Yiyang took over Tengxu’s part of the investment share, replacing theirs while Xinli’s share remained unchanged.

However, in terms of actual speaking power, Xinli is only responsible for production; in other areas such as director and actor selection, Chen Yiyang has already gained complete control.

He can respect Xinli’s casting or choose not to.

Of course, according to various speculations and rumors about Chen’s identity among industry insiders.

Even without this layer of relationship, Xinli would definitely respect all of Chen Yiyang’s decisions.

Not everyone can take advantage of Ali and Tengxu.

Other bosses trying to enter the film and television circle must pay tuition by investing in projects no one favors to gain a say.

Quite unlike Chen Yiyang.

After investing in a few movies, he took over matured projects directly from big companies.

It’s equivalent to getting these giants to work for him for free.

This network is enough to make directors within the entertainment circle respect him.

And Deng Wen’s purpose in seeking Chen Yiyang was to discuss the filming and casting of the TV series.

Once Xinli learned Chen Yiyang replaced Tengxu, they immediately notified Deng Wen to inquire about Chen Yiyang’s intentions.

To ask whether Chen Yiyang wanted to place any actors.

Especially since Song Xi and Yang Jinlu under Chen Yiyang had successfully debuted through Produce 101.

Every move made by Chen Yiyang would attract attention from insiders.

Because it might involve Chen Yiyang’s plan.

Actresses conflicting with Song Xi and Yang Jinlu’s niche must avoid Chen Yiyang’s projects.

Actors without conflicts need to find ways to latch onto opportunities and hope to build resumes with him.

However, Chen Yiyang currently had no intention of letting Song Xi and Yang Jinlu act.

The money these two were making right now had to go to Tengxu, and they hadn’t learned acting yet.

No matter what, Chen Yiyang had to wait until 101 disbanded before making plans for them.

"Here’s the thing, because previously Tengxu intended to lower the rating for My Heroic Husband, they’ve reduced budget allocation, which might result in a downscale for the project."

"So you’re coming to ask for additional investment?" asked Chen Yiyang.

"Not exactly," Deng Wen quickly said, "I’m here with a proposal."

"Go ahead."

"Actually, Xinli is currently shooting another Tengxu project called Yu Nianqing."

"I know about this." Chen Yiyang nodded. Tengxu has high expectations internally for Yu Nianqing, planning to broadcast it directly on TV stations alongside online streaming.

"Currently, Yu Nianqing’s filming is nearing completion, I think we can start My Heroic Husband’s project now and take over the crew from Yu Nianqing to shoot both dramas with the same team."

Chen Yiyang somewhat understood Deng Wen’s meaning.

Filming movies or TV series requires a large number of practitioners.

However, many of these practitioners find work on their own.

Often, once a project concludes, they have to travel nationwide searching for the next one.

Thus, what’s called the preparation period for many films is essentially contacting these individuals, confirming their work schedules to avoid a shortage of staff during shooting.

If My Heroic Husband happens to start filming when Yu Nianqing ends nearing completion.

The staff from Yu Nianqing could seamlessly transition to My Heroic Husband’s crew.

This directly reduces the film’s preparation period’s expenses, saving a significant amount of money.

"What about the actors?" Chen Yiyang asked.

The crew can transition seamlessly, but actors still need to coordinate schedules.

"My proposal is, we can directly use Yu Nianqing’s actors.

Generally, after finishing filming of a series, actors rest for a period.

We can persuade those actors to stay in our crew to film temporarily without resting. Although the pay might be slightly higher, it avoids schedule coordination issues for actors."