Jiang Tao's words were filled with heartfelt concern: "If you said you'd spend more on equipment, sets, and special effects, I wouldn't mind. If you said you'd spend millions or tens of millions more for authentic location shooting, I'd accept it. This is art, this is a good work, it naturally requires money. But you tell me, one person takes away two hundred million in salary, how can I not be distressed?"
He saw several veteran actors over there, didn't he? Their prices wouldn't be low, right?
"Low, far too low!"
Rao Yilong couldn't hold back his complaints: "Those old gentlemen, old artists, their prices are very fair. Five million per person, that's reasonable. If they get a share of the box office profits later, I'll be happy!"
"...So, combined, they don't even earn as much as Sister Shuang?" Lin Xiao found it bizarre. Before he joined the army, it wasn't this outrageous, was it? Did the influence and salaries of the older generation of stars actually fall behind this Sister Shuang?
Honestly, he didn't even know who this Sister Shuang was until today.
He thought about it and picked up his phone to search for Sister Shuang.
After reading, he fell silent.
"Manager Jiang, are you sure you want Sister Shuang to be the female lead?" Lin Xiao asked with some confusion after reading. "Four years, three projects, each with an investment exceeding five hundred million, and none of them exceeded three hundred million at the box office... all losing ventures."
"It's not my choice, there's no other way. Besides, Sister Shuang has a huge influence in the entertainment industry; she's considered a top-tier star now." Jiang Tao seemed a little helpless. "Isn't this to serve as a living advertisement for our film?"
"..."
Lin Xiao couldn't quite understand. "Shouldn't 'living advertisements' be those senior predecessors?"
"This..." Jiang Tao also fell silent for a moment. "We're just investors. I don't meddle in the professional matters..."
"How about we send Sister Shuang away? Let my wife be the lead instead." Lin Xiao pouted. "And it would save you two hundred million in salary."
"No!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Qinghan immediately refused, "I don't know how to act, how can I be the lead..."
"She probably doesn't know how to act well either. The difference isn't that big."
Lin Xiao's words seemed to make Jiang Tao and Rao Yilong start thinking again.
However, Luo Qinghan continued to insist, "No, no, I told you long ago, I can't... What will happen to our company then?"
"That's true... It's just to go through the motions and bring some traffic to the crew."
While they were saying these things, they weren't hiding them, and some of Sister Shuang's assistants overheard. One of them couldn't help but blurt out a mocking remark: "Who dares to compare themselves to Sister Shuang? Really, don't you know your own limitations?"
"Exactly. You think you've gotten a bit of luck, a blind cat catching a dead mouse, and suddenly you have some traffic and attention, so you think you're a top-tier star?"
Their words were full of sarcasm, and they added in the end: "Do you even understand the script? Have you acted before? You probably can't even play an extra properly later, can you?"
The two of them didn't recognize Lin Xiao and Luo Qinghan. They only knew that Luo Qinghan had appeared in many videos these past few days, and that was all. They hadn't heard the conversation between Lin Xiao and Director Chen earlier and didn't know who Lin Xiao actually was.
"Your Sister Shuang should thank you properly."
Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes.