Chapter 176: Rebranding (1/2)

Chapter 176: Rebranding

Translated by me, edited by drpetro.

For any movie, there was always a limit to their budget.

Right from the inception of the movie, directors needed to look for investors from all around and make estimates. However, this estimate needed to be reasonable, otherwise wasn’t everyone in the sh*tters when the movie only rakes in 400 million on a 500 million budget?

This movie had a budget of 200 million, with 50 million going towards special effects. This was already the limit of what Ding Yin could squeeze out.

Xue Ninggong, being second in the list of major shareholders, of course knew exactly how much budget they had left.

Now with Ye Qing providing them with a perfectly recreated spaceship, they could save a lot on the effects side.

It was just how much was the two ship in front of them worth……

Honestly speaking, there wasn’t anything in the world that was worthless. As long as you met the right buyer, even a pieces of rotten wood could be worth a fortune.

These two ships were clearly worth an abysmal amount just by their appearance. The perfection in its every detail had reached the utmost limit on what they thought a spaceship should look like. It was to the point where even the most picky viewer wouldn’t be able to say anything about it.

This wasn’t just the outside. The inside’s level of detail was just as on par, from the cockpit to the drive chamber, it all followed the detailed plan of the original design.

Hence no matter if it was Xue Ninggong or Ding Yin, they all felt that these two ships cost at least 30 – 40 million to make.

These two ships, to say the ugly truth, needed to be bought no matter the cost.

The original estimate of 20ish million for spaceship effects now seemed like it needed at least 50 million.

Thus under these tight budget restrictions, Xue Ninggong suddenly thought of the perfect answer.

To let Ye Qing invest through product branding, such that no matter if it was the suit she was wearing or these two shock and awe ships, they would all have the Monster Heavy Industry logo clearly engraved.

Originally, this futuristic fantasy movie was already hard to find investors for. Many large companies, as soon as they hear aliens and spaceships, would be immediately shaking their heads like no tomorrow.

Even with the reputation of Ding Yin and Xue Ninggong, it still couldn’t face the harsh reality of the domestic movie scene.

But now it was all different. With the confidence Xue Ninggong had in the movie, Oscars might be a long shot, but domestic movie awards, like the hardest to get fantasy movie award, would just be too easy.

And all this confidence was gifted completely by Ye Qing.

Xue Ninggong’s idea was also soon thought of by Ding Yin.

This movie doesn’t just need a spaceship, but due to being a fully fledged fantasy movie, there were also a bunch of other scenes involving fantasy mechanics. Hence, with Ye Qing in the mix, then where was the need to worry later on?

“Brother Ye ~ let’s talk inside.” Xue Ninggong looked at Ye Qing with mysterious eyes.

Oh? Wait what?! ‘Physical payment’?

While Ye Qing was thinking of all kinds of things, the moment he lifted up his foot, the whitening Ding Yin also butted in.

While inside the crew’s guest trailer, Ye Qing sat down on the soft sofa and listened to Xue Ninggong’s ‘perfect’ idea with a somewhat blank expression.