Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 531: The Second-Generation with Poor Acting Skills
"I heard the Nezha film you invested in had a box office of fifteen billion." Manager Xu proactively initiated the conversation.
"The predicted box office is over fifteen billion, and it’s roughly estimated to end up around there. This time it’s going to break records.
But mainly, it’s because Director Yang Zhou is incredible; I’m just the one who forks out the money."
"People who say that usually have a hidden talent." Manager Xu pointed at Chen Yiyang, "I’ve long seen you’re either lucky or your vision is extraordinary. Have any of your investments lost money?"
"Just lucky, just lucky," Chen Yiyang quickly replied.
Nowadays, his fame is growing, and his every move can’t be hidden anymore.
Everyone knows that Chen Yiyang’s investment vision is absolutely beyond most geniuses’ level.
He’s either got a cheat code or is the genius among geniuses.
Of course, the main reason nobody’s kidnapped Chen Yiyang for research is still because his investments are too scattered, and most aren’t large scale.
After all this effort, he’s only a billionaire.
Whether it’s the two "Mas" domestically or one "Ma" abroad, their rise was much faster than Chen Yiyang’s.
Overall, Chen Yiyang’s current evaluation in top-tier business investment still falls slightly short compared to Musk.
"Let’s cut to the chase." Manager Xu directly began with the main matter.
"I heard you acquired a payment license?"
"Yes." Chen Yiyang nodded.
"Getting the payment license has a small hassle, which is not being able to change the name, you know."
"I know." Once you buy a payment license, you can only use the original name and can’t arbitrarily change it. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
But after buying it, Chen Yiyang definitely wants to find a way to change it to Yiyang Payments to establish his brand immediately, so users understand which payment channel it belongs to.
However, compared to getting the payment license, this is much simpler and not urgent.
"Help me out a bit, and I’ll help you smooth out some connections, letting your payment license change names quickly, how about that?"
"You’re too kind, Brother Xu." Chen Yiyang hastily replied, "I’d be more than happy to help you."
"To put it bluntly, this is more of a personal favor I’m asking. It’s simple, just help me watch a show and judge if the female lead in it has the potential to develop in the film industry."
When Manager Xu mentioned this, Chen Yiyang understood the situation.
It’s likely a second-generation looking to break into the entertainment industry.
However, their parental connections didn’t include any links to the entertainment scene, so they first invested in shooting a show to test the waters.
If there’s potential, the parents will help by pulling connections, finding contacts, and investing money to help this second-generation develop in the entertainment industry.
If there’s no potential, they’ll probably still help, but won’t invest too many resources, not treating it as a business venture but rather as something to amuse the child by investing a little money for fun.
Finding Chen Yiyang for this indeed makes sense.
Because Chen Yiyang is now recognized in the industry for having the best vision.
Manager Xu took out a USB stick and gave it to Chen Yiyang. Chen Yiyang took the USB stick and played it on a computer.
It’s another anti-corruption drama, but the scenes are quite simple, and the filming techniques are basic, showing low investment.
However, when the female lead appeared, Chen Yiyang was somewhat startled by her looks.
With this appearance, unless she goes for comedic roles, it’s tough to stand firm in the entertainment industry.
Nowadays, the entertainment industry has increasingly high demands on women’s looks; even if not top beauties, they should be pleasing to the eye or have distinctive features.
But the actress in this series has an ordinary face, which might even look a bit unattractive on the big screen.
Let’s look at her acting.
Well, almost nonexistent, it’s clear she didn’t come from a professional background.
"What’s the name of this female lead?" Chen Yiyang asked out of curiosity.
"Her surname is Ren," Manager Xu gave a slight hint.
Chen Yiyang immediately realized whose child this was.
"So, not suitable?" Manager Xu asked.
"Most likely not suitable, she lacks both acting skills and looks. If her parents were in the industry, they could still use connections to hype up her popularity.
But her elders are all in business, and they might not want to resort to such methods for fame, fearing loss of face."
"Then let’s forget it. I’ll let them know later." Manager Xu didn’t seem concerned.
It looks like no one but the girl herself is optimistic about her entering the entertainment industry.
This is quite alright.
Chen Yiyang bears no ill feelings toward the girl.
Since it’s clear this simple little drama was produced solely because of her, it’s not the kind that squeezes out others’ resources.
No big stars were hired to boost the show.
She’s considered a quality, affluent second-generation.
Curious, Chen Yiyang continued watching for a while.
Then he noticed that although the drama is roughly shot and the acting somewhat amateurish.
The male actor playing the villainous drug dealer had some interesting acting, standing apart from the rest.
Chen Yiyang immediately thought of the anti-corruption drama he previously invested in, which was still missing an actor for the villainous boss role.
So, Chen Yiyang paid attention to the actor’s name in the drama’s end credits.
After leaving Manager Xu’s house, Chen Yiyang called Xu Liubai.
"Have you found someone for the main villain role?"
"Haven’t found anyone yet, and now I’m afraid to look." Xu Liubai couldn’t help but complain to Chen Yiyang, "Since the Nezha box office hit the charts,
people in the industry immediately learned you invested in my project as well and included three of your stars.
Now, half of the entertainment industry is inquiring whether this role has been filled yet.
Anyone I recommend risks offending people. I beg you, Mr. Chen, please specify someone, so the crew can issue an announcement."
"Alright." Chen Yiyang thought for a while and said, "I just watched an unreleased drama with a male actor who caught my attention, named Zhang Songwen. Do you know him?"
"I know him. I’m quite familiar with this person. He’s an actor, but rarely anyone uses him as an actor. He’s usually hired to help idols crossing over into acting improve their skills rapidly, kind of like a performance coach. I have his contact saved, I’ll send it to you later."
"Alright." Chen Yiyang nodded.
Many idols or singers cross over into acting and have no time for systematic learning.
What can be done is to hire performance coaches, not regular coaches but those specifically dedicated to helping actors rapidly enhance their acting skills.
For example, if an actor takes on a role, the coach will first study the role, figure out how to perform it, act it out themselves to complete all preliminary work.
Then they teach the idols or singers, guiding each action, look, tone, and demeanor.
