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Xu Dingjun is very handsome, extremely handsome. He is a mixed-blood with one-fourth German descent, with deep eyes and high nose bridge, resembling a young scientist.
Despite his current obscure and seemingly miserable life, only able to earn a living by performing in bars, he was actually born into a wealthy and prestigious family. His family background is deep, and he is a bona fide tycoon.
His family’s education was also very enlightened.
After graduating from university, he could choose to do whatever he wanted. Whether he wanted to continue his studies or do something else, it was up to him.
The family would not provide any help, and everything depended on himself. If he made a name for himself, the family would not interfere, but if things didn’t go well, he could still return home to take over the family business.
Xu Dingjun has two older brothers. The eldest brother is devoted to academic research, such as launching XXX rockets. The second brother is currently responsible for managing the family business at home, a business elite only seen in financial magazines.
As for Xu Dingjun, the youngest son, he has been lively since childhood, enjoying performing. He majored in drama in college, always excelling academically and having superb acting skills.
His good family background and upbringing made him disdainful of some of the dirt and darkness in the circle. When he was a junior, he rejected an unwritten rule of a well-known director in the circle and was blacklisted by the director. Since then, his acting career has been severely affected, and he can only earn a living by performing in bars.
Su Lingwei was both surprised and delighted to see Xu Dingjun appear with Director Han Zhiguo. Han Zhiguo’s film Overnight Riches would be a huge hit in his past life, not only because of its good script, good plot, and well-directed scenes, but also because of Xu Dingjun’s superb acting supporting it.
Such a handsome man, willing to play ugly roles in the movie, portraying whatever was required, won the recognition of thousands of audiences, rose to fame overnight, and became famous nationwide.
After deciding to invest in Director Han Zhiguo’s film Overnight Riches, Su Lingwei was also thinking about where to find the male lead Xu Dingjun.
After all, to ensure the success of the film, it was necessary to assemble the original cast and crew. Unexpectedly, Director Han Zhiguo brought Xu Dingjun with him, giving a feeling of ‘buy one, get one free,’ destined to be a huge hit.
Zhang Mingen pointed to Han Zhiguo and Xu Dingjun, introducing them to Su Lingwei, “Miss Su, this is Director Han Zhiguo, and this is his friend, Mr. Xu.”
Su Lingwei took the initiative to shake hands with the two, smiling, “Nice to meet you both. I’m Su Lingwei.”
“Nice to meet you, Miss Su.”
“Nice to meet you, Miss Su.” Han Zhiguo and Xu Dingjun each shook Su Lingwei’s hand, both of them gentlemanly only shaking her fingertips.
“Please, have a seat.” Su Lingwei invited Han Zhiguo and Xu Dingjun to sit on the sofa nearby, then asked them what they would like to drink.
“Just plain water.” Han Zhiguo did not expect that the ‘Miss Su’ Zhang Mingen brought him to meet would be such a young and beautiful woman, with exquisite makeup and a competent dress. She seemed to be younger than him, and yet she was already in charge of Jiahe Entertainment at such a young age.
A large company, it’s truly beyond expectations.
Zhang Mingen brought over two bottles of mineral water. Han Zhiguo and Xu Dingjun stood up to receive them, thanking him.
After sitting back down, the two opened the mineral water and took a few sips. Su Lingwei cut to the chase, “Director Han, I’ve read the script for ‘Overnight Riches’ and I really like it. I have high hopes for this movie. How much investment do you need for this film?”
Su Lingwei was very direct, not wasting time on pleasantries.
In her view, once a decision was made, one should boldly proceed. In the materials Han Zhiguo provided, he had briefly mentioned an investment amount, around thirty million.
After Su Lingwei reviewed it, she had a measure in mind. She had called Han Zhiguo to the company for a face-to-face meeting today because she wanted to finalize this matter in one go. A good movie should not be missed; opportunities are rare.
Su Lingwei’s direct approach, asking about the investment for the movie right away, made Han Zhiguo realize her sincerity.
This was unlike the various experiences he had heard from others, where they would talk about irrelevant matters, express support, and talk about dreams before eventually saying they didn’t have the money.
Regardless of how well the initial discussions went, they would start to play games, saying things like something’s not right here, or there’s a problem there, that funds were tight, or that they needed too much money for the investment and would suggest cutting it in half, or introduce someone else.
Su Lingwei, on the other hand, earnestly asked him how much money he needed.
Han Zhiguo was excited. Meeting with Su Lingwei, his dream was about to come true.
Worried that asking for too much money upfront might scare Su Lingwei away, Han Zhiguo reduced the original investment amount he had reported, tentatively saying, “I estimate it will cost twenty million to complete this film.”
He was a bit nervous; twenty million was not a small amount to him.
As a relatively unknown director, he had only previously made a short film in college and didn’t have much bargaining power.
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