Rebirth of a Movie Star

Chapter 26 - New Owner

He didn't think that today his casual question would actually yield an answer. Was the incident about the happen?

Que QiMing was also curious. He smiled and said, "Director Zhu, give us some hints so we can be happy as well ah."

Zhu Kuan's pudgy face was wrinkled from smiling so much. He said in a pleased manner, "It's okay to tell you now. Things are already set and won't change. So I'm no longer afraid it will affect your mood when filming."

"Affect our mood?" Bai Lang's heart leapt. He didn't care about looking suspicious anymore and directly asked, "Could it be that the funding ran into a problem?"

Surprise flashed through Zhu Kuan's face. "Wow that's amazing. How did you guess straight away? Or is that you got wind of it from before?"

Que QiMing was also shocked. He said with a grave expression, "If there's a problem with funding then Director Zhu you really need to let us know the details carefully."

Based on Que QiMing's long experience, he knew that one of the primary problems that could arise with a movie funded/owned by industry outsiders was that the investment might dry up.

After all if the owner's experience was not enough and team did not cooperate well, then it was very easy to exceed the budget. Then the shortfall would have be made up. At this time it would be also difficult to find a new investor. After all the movie had already been shot halfway and had already formed shape. It would be difficult to meet a new investor's requirements to obtain their funding. And if the shortfall couldn't be made up, then there was a high chance the entire production end up cancelled.

Because Zhu Kuan had carefully planned and tried to save money throughout "Gold", the situation should already be good. However after all it was still Zhu Kuan's first time filming a movie in China. It was his first time getting to know the location, logistics, equipment, pre and post editing requirements, etc. So of course there would many unexpected costs.

Zhu Kuan saw these two people's faces had changed was a bit annoyed at himself. He smacked his own mouth. "Aiya, my wife always tells that when I'm too smug I always say the wrong thing. She's not wrong." He came closer and lowered his voice. "Don't spread it outside, although everything is okay now, however I don't want to affect other people's mood when working."

Bai Lang immediately said. "Of course we won't. However is there anything we can help with? Director Zhu don't hesitate to ask."

Zhu Kuan didn't see the genuine panic Bai Lang felt and instead patted his chest and said in a reassuring manner. "Don't worry, this is your first movie and it's also mine. You and Old Que have also somehow managed to grasp and express many things that I wanted to show but don't know how to say. It's really like the Gods are on our side. No matter what, I will definitely complete this movie well...."

"Then what exactly is the situation that Director Zhu was talking about?" Bai Lang followed on to ask immediately.

"Ai, it's to do with Old Zhao. Old Zhao's family has a few factories which are being managed by their relatives. During the new year that group of relatives, young and old, all didn't go back to their hometown and couldn't be contacted. After the new year when they went to check the company, they found that they had embezzled all the money from those factories and run away. A total of 4-5million. Some of them were prepaid fees for goods that hadn't been delivered yet. Old Zhao was troubled to death. And the elders in his family refused to allow him to notify the police. He had no choice but to move funds from the other factories but it really was a big problem getting the money around. So the old people in his family told him to cut us off first."

"And then?" Bai Lang asked and at the same time he was calculating in his heart how much he would be able to help.

The series of books went on the market last year in November. Now it had already been four months. When Bai Lang had gone on the web forums to check , he saw that the first book had come at at the same time as the holiday season and so it had achieved a very beautiful sales number.