267: Chapter 267 Personal Investment

"Alright, if there's nothing else, I'll take my leave." Chen Fan walked toward the door.

"Wait a moment, Student Chen Fan, there is one more thing I need your assistance with." Song Yutong called out to him.

Chen Fan stopped and turned back to look at her: "What is it?"

"We still need to film some videos and take photos of your company to edit into the interview footage later." Song Yutong's tone was a bit more serious than before. "If it's convenient, we'd like to come over to film some office scenes and daily work routines so the interview content will be richer."

"Sure, I'll send you the address." After saying that, Chen Fan added, "When you arrive, just go to the front desk and give them my name."

"Thank you then, Student Chen Fan. Let me walk you out."

"No need." Chen Fan waved his hand.

"Don't be so polite, I don't have anything to do anyway." As she spoke, Song Yutong had already walked to the door, opened the editorial department's door, stood to the side, and waited for him to go out first.

Chen Fan glanced at her, didn't refuse again, and stepped outside.

After exiting the editorial room, Song Yutong hesitated for a moment, slowed her pace, and turned her head to look at Chen Fan: "Student Chen Fan, can I ask you a personal question?"

Chen Fan turned to look at her and found that she was also looking at him, her gaze natural.

"What is it?"

"Does Student Chen Fan have a girlfriend?"

"Yes." Chen Fan didn't hesitate.

"Oh." Song Yutong replied, her voice a little softer than before. A flash of disappointment crossed her eyes, but she quickly adjusted, the corners of her mouth curving up, and her tone returned to normal. "Then she must be very outstanding."

"She's okay."

Seeing this, Song Yutong didn't press further. After walking Chen Fan downstairs, she stopped.

Chen Fan walked toward the school gate without looking back.

Seeing this, Song Yutong didn't press further. After walking Chen Fan downstairs, she stopped.

Chen Fan walked toward the school gate without looking back.

After arriving at the school gate, Chen Fan's white Range Rover was parked there, very conspicuous.

Chen Fan suddenly thought about whether he could apply for a parking space at school so he could drive in directly in the future.

Anyway, the interview had already happened, and the fact that he was running a company wouldn't be a secret anymore; driving into the school wouldn't be a big deal either.

However, Chen Fan still had to go to the company now, so he would come to the school to handle it when he was free another day.

He walked to the car, opened the door, sat in, started the engine, shifted gears, stepped on the gas, and drove out of the school gate.

...

The next morning.

Chen Fan arrived at the Fanti company.

When he pushed the door open and entered, Li Nan was sitting at her workstation looking at the computer screen. Hearing footsteps, she looked up, saw it was Chen Fan, and stood up from her chair.

"General Manager Chen."

"How are the sales?" Chen Fan asked.

Li Nan walked back to the computer, clicked the mouse twice to pull up the backend data page, then stepped aside to let Chen Fan see the screen:

"Yesterday, we sold a total of 658 items, with a sales volume of 85,321 yuan." Li Nan said while looking at the screen.

"That's not bad, over six hundred items already." Chen Fan's eyes lit up.

Don't think that six hundred items isn't much, but this was only the third day of sales, and achieving this volume was truly quite good.

The first day was less than 100 items, the second day was over 300, and yesterday it went straight to over six hundred. At this growth rate, it was likely that daily sales could exceed one thousand in a few days.

Furthermore, Chen Fan's subsequent plans for collaboration with games, as well as the two big moves of product placement in love is not blind, had not yet been unleashed.

While the movie love is not blind wouldn't be released until the end of the year, once it was, tens of millions of viewers would see the female lead wearing Fanti clothes on the screen. That kind of exposure was something no amount of advertising could buy.

Once these two cards were played, sales would definitely skyrocket.

Just then, a phone rang. Chen Fan thought it was his own phone, but it turned out to be Li Nan's phone.

She picked up the phone and answered it, her tone polite and restrained: "Hello."

The person on the other end spoke for a few sentences. Li Nan's expression didn't change much; she just listened, occasionally responding with "Hmm," "Okay," or "Let me look into it."

After a while, she said: "Additional sponsorship? We don't have any plans for additional sponsorship at the moment."

She paused, listened for a few more sentences, and then said: "Alright, I'll ask, and I'll get back to you shortly."

After hanging up, she placed the phone on the table and looked at Chen Fan, her tone carrying a hint of consultation: "It was the director from love is not blind. They asked if we were interested in increasing the product placement budget, saying there are a few scenes where they could increase the brand exposure for Fanti, and asked if we wanted to add more."

"Additional product placement?" Chen Fan leaned back in his chair, his fingers tapping lightly on the back of the chair.

He was wondering why the production team would proactively ask for additional product placement.

Logically speaking, the budget for love is not blind had long been set, the script was written, and the scenes that needed to be filmed should be mostly done.

Calling now to ask if they want more money, the most likely reason was that the film was short on funds.

Production overruns, or insufficient post-production budget, requiring an investor to plug the hole.

How was that movie solved in his past life? He tried hard to recall, but his memory was a bit fuzzy. He didn't seem to have heard any news about love is not blind having post-production funding issues.

Maybe they found other investors, or perhaps the director even sold their house to cover the costs.

While thinking about this, Chen Fan suddenly felt there was no need to dwell on it.

No matter why the production team was short on money, that was their business. The only thing he needed to decide now was whether or not to make an additional investment.

He had already reviewed the previous product placement plan; the brand exposure for Fanti in the movie was already sufficient.

If they added more product placement, it would just mean a few more scenes, a few more shots, or a few more pieces of clothing appearing.

But once it exceeded a certain degree, the marginal benefit would drop rapidly. Adding more would not only provide no extra effect, but it might even affect the audience's viewing experience.

If the audience started thinking "Why is it this brand again?" or "There are too many ads," it would be counterproductive.

He quickly went over this in his mind, then said: "Let's not add more for now."

But after Chen Fan finished speaking, another thought popped into his mind: "What if I make a personal investment?"

Once this thought emerged, he couldn't stop it.