Leizhou, or Leizhou for short, was named after the hero of the Period of Destruction and General Havin Renault of the early New Era. In Leizhou, the surname Renault was proof of identity.
In the continent of Renault, people would often see people with the surname Renault in political, military, financial, and other news. However, what the public was most interested in was not these high-ranking people in the military, political, or business world, but rather the young master of the Renault family, Zaro Renault, who was always a hot topic in the entertainment industry.
Zaro Renault was the youngest grandson of the current governor of Leizhou. Although the governor already had great-grandchildren, he still favored this youngest grandson the most and indulged him.
In the eyes of the public, Zaro Renault was a willful hedonist. He came from a high family background and was rich. He did not do proper work and spent all his time chasing after girls. After graduation, he had opened a film company called Wireless Media. However, even people who did not pay attention to the entertainment industry knew that this company was completely opened by this young master for fun. The films he invested in, shot, and produced were all for the sake of promoting his girlfriends. Up until now, Wireless Media had produced seven films, and this young master had also changed girlfriends seven times in the past two years.
People jokingly called Zaro "Young Master", not because he was the youngest of his generation in the Renault family. The so-called "Young Master" was just a mockery of his extravagant, extravagant ways of doing things.
Everyone in Leizhou knew that as long as it was a movie produced by Wireless Media, it would be a bad movie in terms of plot. The plot of every movie was relatively simple, so simple that one could guess the ending just by looking at the background introduction at the beginning.
Nothing new! There was no logic at all!
In the New Era, where the Internet was so advanced, film production was much simpler. The number of films and films was exploding. However, some of the larger platforms on the Internet were also particular about restrictions. Of course, in the face of power and wealth, these restrictions would be diluted.
For example, the movies produced by Young Master Zaro's "Wireless Media" company were clearly rated as bad movies, but every single one of them had excellent publicity channels, and many people watched them. Every single one of them did well at the box office. Although they were not as good as other popular movies, they were still able to break even.
However, the reason why the netizens were so happy to ridicule him was because this young master did not care about what people said about him on the internet. Gradually, the netizens became bolder. Every time Wireless Media's movies were released, they would go watch them and express their emotions. Of course, most of them would ridicule and criticize the movies. But even if they were criticized like sh * t, the number of people who watched them was never low. They would still watch and criticize every movie that came out.
One of the reasons this phenomenon existed was because of Young Master Lei's fame. Netizens wanted to see what kind of lousy movie this famous hedonist from Leizhou had filmed so that they could use it for entertainment.
Furthermore, there was another important reason why many people chose to watch their company's movies — the investment was huge, and the scenes were realistic!
The Renault family was wealthy. Young Master Zaro did not have high expectations for his films, but he had high expectations for the setting and viewing effects. He liked movies with big scenes and grandiose grandeur, so the films he invested in were all grand and imposing.
In the New Era, technology was advancing too quickly. Even in a small room, it was possible to film realistic scenes in outer space. All digital special effects made it look like the real thing at first glance. However, experienced netizens could always find inconsistencies in these seemingly realistic scenes.
There were too many such movies that used computer special effects. Thus, some people had formed a mindset to specifically seek out movies that were large-scale and had a lot of actual shooting.
And one reason these people chose Wireless Media was that when the company filmed, they used real things, whether it was guns or flying cars or spaceships.
For example, in the previous movie, Young Master Zaro had rented a spaceship and 10 fighter jets from the military. A few scenes had even been filmed in outer space.
Actually, Zaro wasn't really particular about this. He just felt that the Renault family had to be different in some way. Everyone else used computer effects, but he used real guns and bullets. He felt that if he didn't make a big investment and make a big move, he wouldn't be worthy of the Renault family name.
Today, this young master of the Renault family had found his eighth girlfriend, and Wireless Media was investing in the production of their eighth movie. This was a cliché movie about the hero rescuing the damsel in distress.
In the past, this young master would invite famous actors to support his girlfriend, and when he was in the mood, he would make a cameo appearance. This time, however, he didn't want to make a cameo appearance. Instead, he wanted to act himself to satisfy his craving. Thus, the investment for Wireless Media's eighth movie was even bigger. For this reason, the young master had rented three battleships and close to 50 fighter jets.
Of course, the pilots of the battleships and fighter jets were all military personnel. Even if Zaro was willful, he wouldn't be so foolish as to let a non-professional pilot pilot the battleships and fighter jets. Otherwise, if they were damaged, his father would skin him alive.
As for this movie, when Zaro had asked his father for resources, he had already thought of a reason — to help promote the military, attract more young people to join the military, and reduce the number of deserters.
In the early days of the New Era, there had been a hard and fast rule. Everyone, regardless of gender, had to serve a minimum of two years in the military upon reaching adulthood. However, after 200 years of this rule, the minimum period was reduced to one year. Even now, many people would use all sorts of methods to find loopholes and escape from military service.
A few days ago, there had been many cases of deserters in Leizhou. Among them, quite a few famous idols and celebrities had been involved.
His father didn't believe Zaro's reason for "helping to promote the military." Unfortunately, Zaro had already convinced his grandfather, the governor. No matter how unwilling his father was, he had to help make the arrangements. Because of this, he had been ridiculed by others in the military. They had rolled their eyes at him and said even more nasty things behind his back.
Someone had once joked that Zaro was a person used to cheat his father.
This time, because the investment was even bigger and more fighter jets had been rented, it had stirred up a lot of discussion in Leizhou's entertainment circle. Naturally, many people saw this as an opportunity.
Regardless of how lousy the movie was, there would definitely be a lot of people watching it, at least more than the previous seven times. Being able to participate in the movie was a great opportunity to show one's face. Many entertainment companies wanted to send people in.
Besides actors and actresses, music producers were also taking advantage of the opportunity to present their own works. Many even lowered their prices to recommend themselves.
Actually, Zaro didn't really care for any of them, but there had to be a piece that was worthy of his presence. After some consideration, Zaro decided to settle for the biggest name composer.
Just then, the piece that had caused a sensation in the medical world to treat Hull virus patients piqued Zaro's interest. He sent someone to search for "Divine Punishment" and "Cocoon Breach." Downloads weren't available in Leizhou, but Zaro had other ways to do it.
After hearing about it, he sent someone to contact Silver Wing Media in Yanzhou. He liked the style of the two movements. If he continued, the third movement would probably be more in line with his preferred style.
He wouldn't use music that had already been released. After all, too many people had heard it before. It wouldn't make it look any better. He was going to appear in the eighth movie. His grand entrance had to be a piece no one had ever heard before. It had to be an impressive piece. Only this sort of background music befitted his status.
Most big-budget movies would hire professionals to create a special soundtrack based on the plot and setting of the movie. This was the so-called customization privilege.
That was why Zaro wanted to get in touch with Silver Wing and ask the composer of the two movements to compose a soundtrack. Unfortunately, Silver Wing rejected the request without hesitation. The reason was that the composer was working on the third movement and did not have the time.
Zaro wasn't happy, but Silver Wing's rejection was straightforward. There was nothing he could do. Zaro could rely on his family background to do as he pleased in Leizhou, but Yanzhou wouldn't give him face so easily.
After some hesitation, Zaro asked Silver Wing when they would be releasing the third movement. They estimated it to be in January next year. That would be the time when their eighth movie would be out. Zaro decided to book the third movement immediately.
Zaro's original intention was to buy the entire third movement. When the time came, the third movement wouldn't be released online in Yanzhou. For this, they could pay more.
However, Silver Wing rejected the offer bluntly. "Not selling!"
Zaro was so angry that he cursed the entire day at the office.
He couldn't buy the third movement no matter how much money he offered. His assistants and agent tried to persuade him to give up.
"There are many composers in Leizhou who create this type of music. If you don't like one, listen to a few more and you'll find someone you like," Zaro's agent said earnestly. For this movie, the budget had already been exceeded by a lot. It was just a soundtrack. There were so many custom-soundtrack studios in Leizhou. Any reputable one would do. It was a lousy movie anyway. Zaro just needed to have fun acting in the movie. What was the point of being so particular?
Zaro's agent was also depressed. Zaro's investment in so many movies with no substance, no substance, and no reputation had already been met with opposition from the rest of the Renault family. He had already been summoned by a few Renaults to advise Zaro to restrain himself and stop dragging the family down. Unfortunately, Zaro's words carried little weight. Young Master Zaro didn't listen to him.
As for the soundtrack, Zaro persisted. Wireless Media negotiated with Silver Wing many times and finally came to an agreement. The soundtrack would still be used, but they would only buy exclusive rights for a month. During this month, the third movement would be released as planned in Yanzhou. In Leizhou, however, the release would be delayed for a month until Wireless Media's eighth movie stopped screening. In addition, Silver Wing offered 10 million.
Zaro agreed.
Zaro's agent wanted to hug the table and cry.
Even in Leizhou, when they had made a huge investment in an air combat movie, they had found a well-known music studio to customize the soundtrack for the movie, but it had only cost around 3 million. Plus, they had bought out the rights. They had the entire rights to the soundtrack, which meant that if they used it in the movie, they could continue to use it in other movies without having to pay any additional fees. But now, they had gotten a price of 10 million from Silver Wing Media in Yanzhou, and it was only for a short month of exclusive rights.
Where did Silver Wing get the confidence to make such an offer?
And Zaro had agreed. What was going on in his head? Did money fly in by itself? They really didn't know how tight finances were.
"Young Master, should we reconsider?" Zaro's agent continued to persuade.
"No need. Let's do it this way. Let's speed up filming. The day the third movement is released in Yanzhou will be the day our movie opens." He did not want his background music to be heard on other platforms.
"But this price and terms..." Zaro's agent tried his best to persuade Zaro to change his mind.
"Agreed." Zaro was already annoyed by this. He wanted to drive over to the set early to ask when he would be appearing. His stunt double had been the one filming before that.
Zaro's agent wiped his face when he saw the impatience on Zaro's face. How vexing!
Spending so much money on a song with a deadline was insane. If anyone in the industry found out, they would laugh their heads off.
They could not afford to cut anything else. He knew that this young master had high expectations for production. Now, not only could they not cut back on the music, they had to increase the budget. What a stubborn fellow.
"Oh, what other requests did they make?" Zaro asked.
"Silver Wing said that the composer of the third movement requested that if we wanted to use the third movement's soundtrack, it had to be used in that scene in the movie and not anywhere else," Zaro's assistant reminded him.
Zaro looked at the scene his assistant had arranged and was amused. "Isn't this the scene we planned from the start? This is where I make my grand entrance! "
"Yes, yes. That's why Wireless Media agreed," the assistant replied cautiously.
It was just a scene, and it wasn't even the complete song, yet Silver Wing had offered 10 million. Only an idiot like Zaro would agree to that. Zaro's agent thought to himself.
Ten million! Did they really think they were buying gold?
Seeing his agent's conflicted expression, Zaro laughed. "Look at how stingy you are."
"It's not that I'm stingy, Senior Master. It's 10 million. If the soundtrack really doesn't suit your entrance …"
"Then change it to another song. Use the one you picked earlier as a backup."
Then change it to another song? Easy for him to say, 10 million had been fed to a dog?
"Isn't that a loss?" Zaro's agent was reluctant.
"So be it. I can still afford it," Zaro said casually.
Zaro's agent cursed in his heart. Yes, you're a Renault. 10 million is like 1,000 dollars. Our hearts tremble when we hear that.
But considering the profits from the previous seven movies, even if this 10 million was lost, it was not a loss.
This was why Zaro had been so stubborn. He had already recouped his capital. After deducting the expenses, he had a decent amount of money. He could still continue to fool around in the entertainment industry.
"Is it worth it?" Zaro's agent still felt the pinch.
"Are you trying to say that a bad movie isn't worth spending so much money on music?" Zaro squinted at his agent.
Zaro's agent laughed awkwardly. So you know it's going to be a bad movie too, he thought to himself.
"Have you heard of a saying?" Zaro asked.
"What?" Zaro's agent and assistant listened attentively.
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