These 20 million would likely not be enough to turn a profit, as this amount isn't even sufficient for the initial investment.

But the production company is very confident about this TV series. It's fine if the price for the premiere broadcast rights is a bit low; as long as its reputation builds and fame spreads, the real money will come from the second round of broadcasts and the online platform licensing fees.

Ye Zhonghuai is now relying on these two productions to recoup his losses; it's also because these two works provide a safety net that he was able to appease the shareholders.

Chu Tian was unaware of this, but he couldn't help feeling a bit regretful now.

He had originally planned to release several works to see if he could snipe the competition, but their productions were about to go online, and it was too late to start filming now.

Since there's no hope for the TV series, isn't there still a movie?

"What's the content of this movie? How's the cast? An investment of 300 million isn't considered large, right?"

"Three hundred million isn't large?"

My goodness, Hou Yichuan thought, looking at his President Chu with a face full of surprise. Are his standards really that high?

"The initial investment for this movie was 300 million, and it's said they added quite a bit more later. As for the specific total, we aren't clear on that, as it's considered a business secret, more or less."

This is indeed true. Unless it's for promotional purposes, production teams rarely reveal the scale of their investment or the movie's content.

Even the title of the work might be chosen arbitrarily, perhaps something not even remotely connected to the actual content.

For example, take a famous movie from his past life, 'Let the Bullets Fly.' It's a film set in the Republic of China era, and perhaps during filming, it was given a working title like 'Amusing Mahjong Tales of Flower City.'

This isn't a real case, just an example. These two titles are completely unrelated, right? But this is a fairly standard practice.

After all, in this era of commercial competition, all sorts of tactics are employed: plagiarism, exploitative imitation, sniping—any method is possible.

If others got wind of the general content, business rivals might rush out similar works to snipe it, or unprincipled directors might create exploitative imitations.

It could even be copied by competitors, leading to legal battles down the line. It's not always about competition; sometimes, it's purely to spite you.

Many such incidents occurred in his past life, so later on, everyone wised up. For major strategic projects, comprehensive secrecy measures were generally put in place when filming began.

Nevertheless, some information would inevitably leak out occasionally.

This superficial information could prevent others from creating exploitative imitations of the work's title, synopsis, and general plot.

But it couldn't stop opponents' sniping attempts.

Take 'The Wandering Earth,' for instance, with its massive investment and large-scale production. Could you snipe it? Do you have that kind of money to invest? Do you have the capability to produce such a professional science fiction work?

If you have none of these, how could you possibly snipe it? You can only look on with helpless envy.

But if you were to make something like 'Wandering Youyou Ball,' that might just work. That's exploitative imitation, specifically designed to deceive laymen. If they click on it, you might just make a profit. This kind of shady tactic is even more common abroad.

"As for the movie's content, I'm not too clear on that. I only know it's a big special effects film. They say it's some kind of fantasy epic, based on a story from 'Strange Stories in Oriental Society.'"

"Alright, knowing that is enough."

Indeed, that's enough, Chu Tian thought. The general direction has been set, and the fundamental genre is also clear. With a little refinement, it really comes down to two keywords.

Special effects, fantasy.

As for 'Strange Stories in Oriental Society'? It's highly likely they're just using a story from it as a shell. With such a massive investment, the money must have been spent on either the actors or the special effects.

And with the term 'fantasy' attached, the special effects, at the very least, have to be decent; otherwise, it wouldn't live up to the label 'epic production.'

Hearing this, Chu Tian began to form some ideas.

"By the way, Wei, what has your dad been busy with lately?"

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