479: Chapter 479

What did "don't let him get away" mean?

Wu Yue didn't understand. After all, he didn't have any cheats, so how could he know the ins and outs of this?

"Run away? He's the one coming to you for investment, alright? Don't worry, he won't be going anywhere."

"No, Brother Yue, just help me keep him steady. Tell him to wait for me for a few days, and I'll meet him as soon as I get back."

After saying this, Lin Chuyan still felt it wasn't secure enough, so he added: "How about this? Just tell him directly that I'll invest in this project, there's no need to look for anyone else, and I won't interfere with his creative process."

Wu Yue was a bit confused by him: "Are you really going this far just because you heard the name 'ne zha'?"

"Brother Yue, trust my vision, just like I trust your ability to make money. Tell me, have we ever missed the mark?"

"…That seems right."

"Yeah, yeah, don't worry, Brother Yue, I won't mess things up. How did that saying from my senior go? The bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish! Other companies don't like ne zha? That's perfect, we don't have to share it with them."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Chuyan rubbed his hands in excitement.

In his previous life, to be honest, he rarely went to the cinema once a year, but coincidentally, ne zha was one of the movies he did watch.

Its data back then was in a league of its own, dominating all major movie charts—the opening day box office exceeded 100 million, the single-day box office peaked at over 300 million, and the final box office reached a terrifying 5 billion, making it the box office champion of that year.

This was a masterpiece that, by itself, single-handedly revitalized the long-sluggish domestic animation market.

And now… such an opportunity was just sitting right in front of him.

Judging by what Brother Yue said, it seemed no one was willing to invest… then he couldn't be blamed for taking it all for himself.

As a transmigrator, if he didn't even have this much boldness, wouldn't that be a disgrace to all his fellow transmigrators?

Pulling back his thoughts, the most pressing matter was to get la la land finished.

The subsequent "roommate dance scene" took the whole crew an entire day to film before Director Lin was satisfied.

"Cut! That's a wrap! Pack up!" Lin Chuyan then announced to everyone: "Everyone, tomorrow is the last day of la la land. We'll finish filming during the day, and then we'll have a wrap party in the evening!"

The party culture here is quite something; with just that shout, everyone's spirits were lifted.

After working hard for nearly two months, they were finally finishing up; some felt relieved, while others were very reluctant to leave.

The former was because Lin Chuyan was indeed difficult to deal with. First and foremost was the prevalence of legalized marijuana here in Los Angeles. Director Lin had a rule: absolutely no one was allowed to bring that stuff onto the set, not even on their person. Anyone who violated the rule would be told to pack their things and get out immediately.

Secondly, some people really couldn't stand a Chinese face riding over their heads and yelling at them… even though they were on his payroll, and even though he was more professional than them.

Of course, there were also many who were reluctant to leave, and Mr. Sand was a prime example. Someone like him only cared about whether you were capable and if you were a good fit; he had seen set tyrants before, so it was no big deal.

"Director, we must work together again if there's a chance."

"Definitely, Sand. You are the most professional Director of Photography I have ever met."

"Lin, you are also the most professional director I have ever met… one of them."

"Hahahaha! So, what do you think of this film?"

Sand was a bit embarrassed to say it, but he still spoke: "I even have an illusion that perhaps I might have a chance to win an award?"

"Perhaps it's not an illusion?"

"Hahahaha!"

la la land had high artistic quality in every aspect, and both of them knew it well after working together the whole time. Feeling relaxed at this moment, they both couldn't help but laugh.

However, even so, Sand just took it as a joke.

"Right, Sand, there's something I want to ask of you." Lin Chuyan looked left and right; his girlfriend was still taking off her makeup at the moment. "It's like this…"

Tomorrow is the marriage proposal, and the heavy responsibility of filming the proposal scene is handed to Sand. Please make sure to record every beautiful moment, I'm counting on you.

"You mean you want to add a marriage proposal into the filming that isn't in the script? In other words, this movie la la land was originally filmed by you for the purpose of this proposal, and Ruan is the heroine of your life. Finally, you use this proposal, you use the beauty of you and Ruan in reality, to make up for the regret that the hero and heroine in the movie didn't end up together… is that right?"

Mr. Sand thought for a good while, finally sorted out the matter, and then was shocked.

Are you Chinese men this romantic?

"Sand, your reading comprehension is completely correct. You must have done very well in your literature classes; I give you full marks."

Mr. Sand really wanted to find a word to describe this: "This is simply… this is simply…"

Lin Chuyan thought of the word for him: "Perfection?"

"Hahahaha!" Sand never expected to see such a romantic scene on the last day of filming. "Lin, congratulations! Congratulations to you both! Don't worry! Leave it to me!"

"Thank you, thank you!"

Sand had a filming task on his hands and couldn't join the others in making a fuss tomorrow, so it had to be arranged properly.

Besides that, Lin Chuyan also found another person—the lighting technician.

He repeated the same words and received the same reaction again, and then Lin Chuyan began to instruct the other person on how to provide the exact background environment he wanted tomorrow when he took out the ring box and prepared to kneel on one knee…

He had already thought this part through long ago; the Griffith Observatory was the most suitable and romantic backdrop.

In an instant, a sky full of stars. Xingxing would definitely like it.

Yeah, there was no need to notify the other staff; they would naturally find out when the time came.

Next…

"Are you tired?"

"Not tired." Ruan Xingyu walked towards him. She seemed to still be in character; having just finished the dance scene, she was walking with a bit of a skip in her step. "Which day are we going back to the country?"

Lin Chuyan held her hand: "Do you want to stay here and play for a few days? I haven't properly spent time with you, just focused on filming."

"Dancing is so much fun… filming is already very fun, if all filming is like this. Also, Los Angeles has been burning like this, what's there to play with? Let's go back early."

"Sounds like you quite enjoyed it. By the way, I was just thinking… it seems there will be two actors in this family from now on. Or maybe in the future, when I'm a director, I'll always cast you in my films; that's called keeping the benefits within the family."

"Hehe, my acting fee is very high, I don't work easily." After saying this, Ruan Xingyu realized what he said. "This family?"

"What, aren't we a family?"

"Emmm… let's see how you perform!"

"Alright, this time it must be a one-take pass."

Ruan Xingyu didn't understand, but she didn't take it to heart.

Lin Chuyan's performance was about to come.

The next day. The day la la land wrapped up. The marriage proposal that Yanzi had already imagined eight hundred times in his mind was finally about to arrive.