Chapter 507: Going One's Own Way

After all, Yang Ruoqian really didn't know much about foreign affairs, so he listened patiently to what the employee had to say.

The general meaning is that although the plot and character design have been completed, when selecting actors, we still need to take care of some groups as much as possible in order to obtain a larger market.

And by doing this, unnecessary trouble will be reduced a lot.

Mr. Yang was a little happy when he heard it - a lot of trouble? The market is small?

Isn't that what you want?

Isn’t the flaw coming now?

Yang Ruoqian shook his head directly and rejected the ideas of these employees: "Your scripts and themes are based on local culture and market research. I won't say anything... but in terms of character selection, I don't agree with your approach."

"Since the characters have been prepared in the script, let's follow the characters selected in the script." Mr. Yang finally made the decision, "What we are making is a movie, a work. Don't add some weird elements into it."

"If something goes wrong, the company headquarters assumes all responsibility. You have to know that we have a world-class legal team. You don't need to worry about anything other than creating works. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Mr. Yang..." The employee was obviously not an old guy from the domestic headquarters, and his tone was still hesitant. "If we do this, the cost may be very high, and there may be many disputes."

Yang Ruoqian has a very good attitude towards this blue ocean market, and explained calmly: "As creators, these things are not what you should consider. I just want to ask one thing, if you make a movie according to the current casting, what will you produce? Are you satisfied?"

There was silence in the conference room.

If we have to look at the creativity of the work, there are too many things that they are dissatisfied with.

But the boss’s money cannot be invested in vain. If they don’t first consider allowing investors to recover the cost, no one will come to them to create in the future. In serious cases, they may even lose their jobs.

Therefore, they must first consider "what the audience likes to see" rather than what they want to shoot.

You know, for a work that has been firmly in the top 10 global box office until now, due to poor early box office data, all parties have been arguing with each other and almost falling out.

The Kuaiguang Group has deep pockets, a huge scale, and many interested parties involved...

Not to mention the distance, what does Mag, who is responsible for overseas operations of various IPs, say?

Since cooperating with Kuaiguang Group, Mager is now very proud, and even the focus of the industry seems to be shifting here.

In fact, during this period, not only the domestic entertainment industry has been experiencing an overall downward trend, but also the international mainstream entertainment industry has a feeling of "no one to succeed".

No one buys the work, the value of a large number of IPs has shrunk significantly, and new IPs have been delayed in launching.

Whether to patch up a leaky boat or get on another boat is not a difficult decision for many people.

If the Kuaiguang Group hadn't swept the global market so quickly and with so much momentum that many people didn't react, it's hard to say whether Mager would have been able to negotiate so smoothly.

When "Black Robe Inspection Team" had just emerged and others were still hesitant to wait and see, Ma Ge took decisive action and established a cooperative relationship with the Kuaiguang Group.

Until now, Ma Ge has almost controlled all the overseas channels of Kuaiguang Group. Although the contract he signed with Yang Ruoqian was not an IP rental, but a joint operation contract, but since Kuaiguang Group does not deal with international operations very much, so It's all Mag's responsibility.

And Mager's operation is relatively stable. Except for the last copyright incident, there have been almost no disputes.

If the group were to make any major decisions, would Mag's side be affected?

"Mr. Yang, this may cause a small amount of disputes. Are you sure? You have many other projects, are you sure you won't be implicated?"

Yang Ruoqian was very sure: "Just do as I say. I will just go and talk about Ma Ge's affairs. The selection of the role must conform to the character in the script, and the acting skills must also pass the test. A big name is not a big name. Market or not is what we have to do here at Xuanfa. How to coordinate other departments is a matter for our headquarters. You don’t have to worry about it.”

"Well……"

"Take me to the office, I'll just talk to Mag about related matters."

The employee stood up with some respect and brought Yang Ruoqian to his office.

Not only the employees who led the way, but also other executives and even foreigners looked at Yang Ruoqian with a godlike look.

This young boss is so courageous.

To be able to make a career at such a young age is indeed not an ordinary person.

Being taken all the way to the office, Yang Ruoqian also took the opportunity to take a look at the company's working environment.

Even for overseas branches, Yang Ruoqian's environmental requirements for the company are as high as ever. The lounge must be full, various entertainment equipment must be present, and the canteen must be arranged according to the local culture.

All benefits must be completely followed by the domestic headquarters.

He even specifically requested the installation of a Luo Rujiao holographic projector in overseas branches, so that these employees can chat with Luo Rujiao when they are bored, and consult the powerful artificial intelligence when they have questions.

"Not bad... all the equipment is equipped as required." Yang Ruoqian sighed, "There is not much room for optimization."

In such a luxurious overseas branch, Yang Ruoqian's office is naturally on the highest floor, with the best view - and usually there is no one in this place.

All kinds of office supplies are very complete, and the layout of the domestic headquarters is restored to the greatest extent possible without destroying the original decoration style, so that Mr. Yang will not feel any strangeness.

The same is true for Yan Jinyu.

"The designer is really thoughtful."

"Mr. Yang, you can call us at any time if you have anything." The employee briefly introduced the office and left, leaving only Yang Ruoqian and a translator.

Looking at the somewhat empty office, Mr. Yang couldn't help but sigh: "I am a little uncomfortable without the secretary next to me..."

He took out the light-polluted and cool high-end gaming notebook from his bag, plugged in the power and turned on the computer.

Foreigners prefer to communicate through email. Although Yang Ruoqian has Mag's WeChat, he still asked the translator to help him send him an email.

"I am now in the overseas branch of Kuiguang Group and have made several important decisions. See if it will affect your project."

"The specific content is..."

"Signature..."

After writing all the content and checking for grammatical errors, Yang Ruoqian sent this relatively formal email.

A few minutes later, Yang Ruoqian received a message from Mag on WeChat.

"Sir Yang, your employee seems to have sent me an email? Do you know the content?"

Yang Ruoqian was a little surprised and replied directly in Chinese: "Why do you say it was sent by my employee?"

"If Sir Yang came to find me, why not just use WeChat? And there is no need to send an English email."

"This makes it a little more formal." Yang Ruoqian explained casually, "Do you have any thoughts after reading the content? Will my actions here have any impact on your business?"

If there is an impact, that would be great, and I can have an excuse to spend more money to make up for these impacts.

Mager replied very quickly, and his Chinese level has improved significantly: "Sir Yang, I just read the email. Generally speaking, it should have no impact on me."

"But you may encounter many unexpected troubles, and there may even be some strange organizations you have never heard of that come to you and claim compensation from you with some strange excuses."

"If your reaction is strong and your attitude is tough, it may affect my business."

"But I respect your choice, because I don't like these overly... overly radical organizations. Many of their demands are even unreasonable in my opinion."

When Yang Ruoqian saw this answer, he was even more excited: "It doesn't matter. If they want to sue, let them come."

Mag made a laughing expression: "Sometimes it doesn't necessarily have to be a lawsuit. It can also be in the media to criticize you, smear you, and trip you up. There are many troubles. But as I said, it depends on your choice, Sir Yang, what to do. I believe in your judgment."

Of course, he believed in Yang Ruoqian's judgment.

During this period, Mager's company operated the copyright and sold peripheral products step by step, making a lot of money.

No matter what decision the Kuiguang Group makes, it must be a decision made after careful consideration and to maximize benefits.

For example, this time, although the casting completely according to the character setting may cause a lot of trouble and may offend some groups, it can also cater to other groups.

Compared with the 200-kilogram Zhu Ganglie version of Dark Juliet, the aesthetic taste of most audiences is still classical beauty, which is beyond doubt.

As long as professionals judge that the benefits can be greater than the losses caused by trouble, they can do so.

Since Sir Yang has sent such a formal email to himself, it means that the top professionals in the Kuiguang Group must have made the most careful calculations and conducted the most comprehensive global market research, and finally judged that the benefits are greater than the losses before making this decision.

Mager feels that in terms of content and how to attract more audiences, the Kuiguang Group must know more than himself.

Besides, even the works of the overseas branches of the Kuiguang Group can also be put on the domestic market! There will also be no loss of domestic traffic.

The improved work can sell 200 million more in the market, but the cost of solving various troubles is only 100 million, so it is not a loss-making business.

More importantly, Mag himself hates this extreme behavior.

Even if the two options make about the same amount of money in the end, he prefers to create a work without so many external factors.

Seeing Mag so cooperative, Yang Ruoqian was very satisfied: "Okay, then I will prepare to recruit actors."

"Okay, I wish Mr. Yang a success in his new movie... Oh, I'm nearby recently, I can fly over to meet you!"

Although Mag was scared by Mr. Yang's horrible hospitality last time in China, he should be able to communicate well now that he is abroad, right?

Yang Ruoqian did not refuse: "Come over and talk."

"Then it's settled."

"..."

...

In a colorful bar, several people who meet the aesthetics of any region are sitting together drinking.

A blond, blue-eyed, healthy and slender Western beauty took a sip of her cocktail and said, "That legendary company is recruiting actors? Have you heard of it?"

"Haha, what does it have to do with us, Natalie."

In fact, although Kuaiguang Group has caused quite a stir in overseas markets, with two best-selling works including "Black Robe Inspector" and "The Redeemer", most people still don't know enough about the production company behind it. .

Of course, as actors, it is impossible not to understand them.

What's more, Kuaiguang Group has recently decided to try to develop new markets.

High-quality film and television drama resources are top-notch scarce resources whether at home or abroad. If you make three movies like Kuaiguang Group, you will get three popular movies, and even the ones that win awards are the best among the best. With money and connections, it doesn’t matter. The kind that may not be squeezed in.

No matter how relevant it is, can we still reach into the domestic market?

If you want to take the road over to Mage, you won’t know anyone.

Even though Ma Ge was cheated by Mr. Yang several times in China, in fact, he has a high status and it is impossible for ordinary actors to have access to resources of this level.

"These are not the most critical issues. It is that many of the roles that should have belonged to us have been taken away by others." Another actor took a sip of wine and said, "Natalie, you are so beautiful and your acting skills are not bad. It’s a pity that I was born in the wrong era.”

"Nowadays, there are not many high-selling movies released in a year, let alone a few new IPs... The roles are either monopolized by old actors or handed over to those 'diversified' actors. What else is left for us? "

There are many popular movies nowadays, many of which are "Someone 3" or even more. Although the box office performance is good, the starring candidates are all determined, and they have no way to get involved. They look good, but they are not resources at all.

Some of the new supporting roles are directly out of reach for "traditional" actors like them.

"Kuiguang Group is a company from mainland China, maybe? You might as well try your luck tomorrow."

"Look at their "Redeemer" and "Black Robe Inspectors", most of them are newcomers. Maybe we will have a chance this time."

"Yeah, I saw some of the character designs they released, and we all seem to have some competitive potential."

"Come on, you can find that kind of actor for Juliet...it doesn't determine anything about the character."

Natalie felt in her heart that the hope was not very high, so raising this topic was just a drink: "Let's try it tomorrow...it doesn't matter, it doesn't mean that you can't support yourself by taking on bad movies~"

ps: Kawako was shot in the morning, and the male protagonist Suhuan became a witch in the evening. Le, there is really no shortage of big work every day.

By the way, I would like to recommend a book called "You Are Reborn, Why Are You Still Forced into Marriage?" 》(End of this chapter)