This time, Yuehua Entertainment accepted all the investments.
A 400 million yuan investment was enough for them to create a classic television drama.
“Lin Fan, do you think 400 million is enough?”
“If it’s not enough, our company can still pull in some more investments. Not to mention anything else, just your name alone makes many people want to invest in our television drama,” CEO Li said with a smile.
Lin Fan shook his head. “There’s no need, CEO Li. This is just a television drama. There aren’t many special effects and it won’t cost that much money. This 400 million can give everyone a lot of remuneration and make filming easier for us.”
In the afternoon, Yuehua Entertainment confirmed the remuneration with every actor.
Xia Wanqiu’s remuneration was 35 million yuan.
Su Xiaoyu’s remuneration was 18 million yuan.
Xu Yang’s remuneration: 18 million yuan.
Lin Kexin’s remuneration: 18 million yuan.
Lin Jingjing’s remuneration: 8 million yuan.
The total remuneration of the rest of the staff was about 20 million.
In this scene, Lin Fan’s remuneration broke past his previous record and he received a remuneration of 20 million!
He received so much remuneration for filming a television drama.
Now, Lin Fan had even better remuneration than Su Xiaoyu and Xu Yang.
CEO Li smiled and looked at Lin Fan. “All the remuneration added up to about 117 million. We can still have 280 million yuan to film this television drama.”
“Lin Fan, from now on, the task of filming this television drama is all yours.”
“As the director of the second season of Joy of Life, I’ll also give you 20 million. I can give you 40% of the subsequent profits of Joy of Life.” CEO Li patted Lin Fan on the shoulder.
To be able to give Lin Fan 40% of the profits, it showed how much CEO Li valued Lin Fan.
Yuehua had spent more than 80 million yuan on Lin Fan’s scripts. Yuehua was responsible for the remuneration and the investors’ investments had to be used to film the television drama.
After the television drama produced more profits, they would give Lin Fan another 40% of it.
Without Lin Fan, they would not be able to film such a good television drama.
And now, Lin Fan had already received 40 million before filming started.
This was only the beginning. If the subsequent television drama could become popular, the endorsement and advertisement fees for celebrities would be terrifyingly high.
After everything was done, the actors were also memorizing the script and lines. The director team, the camera team, the post-production team, and all sorts of staff were already in position.
The second season of “Joy of Life” was about to start filming.
Before filming started, Lin Fan had more than 200 million dollars.
Lin Fan had to be responsible for many important tasks when filming.
For example, what clothes the crew wore, what kind of places to film at, the techniques needed to film, the different camera positions, and so on.
“Brother Fan, what kind of clothes are we going to use this time? You can choose them all,” the staff asked.
“Buy the newest clothes for everyone. Don’t be afraid of exceeding the budget. The wardrobe has to be filled up, especially the clothes of the four girls. They have to be as pretty as possible and make sure there are more different styles of clothes.”
“Also, Ranran is just a little girl. Filming is too tiring for her. Give her some thin clothes.”
“Don’t save on the clothes of the film crew. Only by doing all the details well can you film a television drama well,” said Lin Fan with a smile.
“The main reason is that our film crew is rich,” said Lin Fan.
The investment for the second season of Joy of Life was 400 million.
If these 200 million yuan were all used for filming, it would be enough to film this television drama perfectly.
When the 1986 version of Journey to the West was filmed, it was because of a lack of funds that five episodes were cut off. It became a pity.
Now that he had the funds, Lin Fan wouldn’t save.
Huace Pictures kept pressing forward and often spread rumors about Lin Fan and Xia Wanqiu online.
There was also a group of haters who defamed Lin Fan on Weibo every day.
The gist was very simple. It meant that Lin Fan was able to make the two dramas he filmed become popular because of luck.
They even said that Lin Fan’s second season of Joy of Life could not become popular.
It was because of such public opinion that Lin Fan became serious.
After seven days of preparation, they bought the costumes for the film crew and had top-notch makeup artists.
Coupled with the fact that the film crew had a top photography team, Lin Fan and the others officially started filming after the photography stage was set up!
Lin Fan was the director and the main lead of this television drama.
As the assistant director, Lu Benkai had been helping Lin Fan do a lot of work.
During the filming, Lu Benkai and many other actors were once again surprised by Lin Fan’s acting skills.
It wasn’t just Lin Fan’s acting skills. The acting skills of the entire film crew had improved greatly.
“Oh my god… Lin Fan’s acting skills are too outstanding.”
“The main thing is that the script is written too well. The script is so good that it gives every character a lot of room to act. Moreover, Lin Fan’s scriptwriting skills are very good. In addition, this television drama has more schemes.”
“Just by watching them film, I feel a little nervous. Lin Fan’s acting skills, coupled with the outstanding plot, were filmed too perfectly!”
“The relationship scenes between Lin Fan and Xia Wanqiu are still very sweet. Furthermore, Xia Wanqiu’s female lead role has also been elevated. As expected of the top celebrity in China!”
“Why is Lin Kexin acting so well? Ranran is also acting super well. Especially when Lin Fan and Ranran acted together, Ranran acted too perfectly.”
“I’m a little excited now. If this television drama is filmed, I don’t know how popular it will be. We can definitely slap the faces of the haters on the Internet.”
Unknowingly, half a month had passed.
Filming for the second season of Joy of Life was carried out every day.
At the same time, on the Internet, the people from Huace Pictures were still flaming Lin Fan and the others.
A large number of haters and keyboard warriors had already been mobilized and started flaming everywhere.
The goal was to prevent the second season of Joy of Life from becoming popular and make the audience’s impression of this television drama plummet.
Lin Fan didn’t respond to these public opinions.
The people in Joy of Life were all filming according to the plan seriously.
Lin Fan was very tired. Xia Wanqiu and Su Xiaoyu were also very tired.
Unknowingly, a month had passed, and the second season of Joy of Life had finished filming.
After filming, they entered the nervous post-production stage.
After another ten days, the second season of Joy of Life was completed and it would be released soon.
On October 1st, the Weibo account for the second season of “Joy of Life” officially announced its release.
The second season of “Joy of Life” was only short of confirming the premiere platforms before it could meet the audience.
[The second season of Joy of Life is about to air. The cast list is as follows:]
[Male Lead: Lin Fan.]
[The female lead: Xia Wanqiu.]
[Lead actors: Su Xiaoyu, Xu Yang, Lin Kexin, Lin Jingjing]
[Special Performance: Tang Xinran]
[Other actors:…]
[Director: Lin Fan]
[Screenwriter: Lin Fan]
When it was officially announced on Weibo, it quickly became the top trending topic on Weibo.
Even the audience did not expect that the second season of “Joy of Life” would start broadcasting so quickly.
Previously, when they were scolding Lin Fan online, it wasn’t even announced that the filming for the second season of “Joy of Life” had started.
It was going to premiere now.
What made the audience even more excited was that the second season of “Joy of Life” still had the original cast!
And the acting skills of the new characters were even better.
Lin Kexin was one of the top celebrities in China and the school belle of Beijing Film Academy. She was a big star who was popular all over the Internet and had a lot of fans. Her acting skills were very good. She and Lin Fan were actually working together to film the second season of “Joy of Life”.
At the same time, photos of many actors in the second season of “Joy of Life” were exposed on Weibo.
The fans screamed even more.
Other than that, they also discovered that the special performer in the second season of Joy of Life, Tang Xinran, was actually so beautiful.
In terms of temperament and looks, Tang Xinran was actually not inferior to any A-list celebrity.
Beautiful girls were always liked, and younger girls were even more popular.
“Wow, wow, wow. The second season of Joy of Life is really going to start broadcasting. How can it be so fast? I’m not ready yet. That’s great!!”
“What a surprise! Lin Fan wrote the script and directed this television drama. The second season of Joy of Life will definitely be filmed very well!”
“Oh my god, look at these stills. How can Lin Fan be so handsome? He’s really too handsome.”
“Xia Wanqiu is so beautiful, Su Xiaoyu is so beautiful, Lin Jingjing is also a goddess. Most importantly, Lin Kexin is also a great beauty. Furthermore, Ranran is only ten years old and is already a goddess. Ranran will be my wife in the future!”
“^ Get lost. Ranran is my wife, okay?”
“Do you remember? Ranran seems to be the girl Lin Fan saved. After dressing up a little, she looks like a little fairy.”
“I love it, I love it. The cast of the second season of Joy of Life can be said to be quite strong. Look at what kind of godly lineup this is. Lin Fan and Xu Yang are working together again. There are also so many veteran actors. They all know how to act.”
“Let’s go, let’s go. I’m definitely going to watch this television drama religiously. When will it start broadcasting?”
Countless good comments appeared on Weibo.
There were too many viewers who were looking forward to this day.
Of course, there would be good comments and bad comments.
A group of haters still appeared on Weibo.
“No way, no way. Do you really think this television drama can become popular? The second season of Joy of Life is resting on its past achievements. What is Lin Fan showing off for? He’s so ugly and still resting on his past achievements.”
“Don’t tell me someone really thinks that just because an actor is a big star, he can film a good television drama? Lin Fan’s filming is so lousy. Whoever sees watches the drama is stupid.”
“Reject Joy of Life! I’ll reject watching Lin Fan’s television dramas forever. Joy of Life can get out of my screen!”
“Is Lin Kexin worthy of being an artiste? An artiste with a questionable character like her is not worthy of acting in a television drama. I beg the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) to ban Joy of Life!”
“You make it sound so satisfying. I’m not bragging, but Xia Wanqiu is really ugly. A group of people are just praising her awkwardly. If this television drama can become popular, I’ll livestream myself eating sh*t!”
The Internet was filled with haters.
The fans’ scolding battle had also begun.
Liu Xian from Huace Pictures looked at the comments online and smiled.
The second season of “Joy of Life” had not been broadcasted yet, but there were already ratings online. It only had a score of 4.78. It could be said to be the worst television drama in history.
Having such a score before being broadcasted meant that this television drama had already failed.
“Lin Fan, do you really think that by signing Lin Kexin, your new television drama will become popular again?”
“No matter what, it feels really good to be able to get the 300-million-yuan contract termination fee of Lin Kexin.” Liu Xian smiled sinisterly.
There were not many good people in the entertainment industry. There was open strife and veiled struggles everywhere.
Liu Xian wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and looked at the photo of Lin Kexin in shorts on his phone. She had long snow-white legs. He also looked at a photo of Xia Wanqiu in an evening gown. Her figure was as sexy as it could be.
He would definitely be able to get such a woman.
The prerequisite was to destroy Lin Fan’s television drama and Yuehua!
“Come on, Lin Fan. In a few days, you’ll see how your television drama will fail.”
“This time, your second season of Joy of Life will definitely not become popular!”