Chapter 35

Investors: “…”

While Xu Man, who was still entangled with thoughts like “This set is really good,” “But the cost is too high,” “But the set is really good,” looks ahead at the vast land: “All of this?”

Yu Xiangwan continues to smile. “Yes, Director Xu also knows that President Sheng values ‘Cultivator’ a lot. She should visit the set frequently in the future, but she’s busy, and if the location is in another city, it would be too troublesome.”

He gestures for everyone to look at the construction site ahead. “So, when she found out that the production team hadn’t finalized the location, President Sheng bought this land.”

Xu Man: “…”

Investors: “…”

So, because Sheng Quan didn’t want to fly back and forth, she bought land to build the set for “Cultivator”?

A piece of land.

In the Magic City.

Even if it’s not in the city center and not even close to the city center, the land here is not cheap. They find the rent painful, yet Sheng Quan directly buys it.

Moreover, buying land is not something you can do casually. When a piece of land is put up for sale, there are always many people competing. Sheng Quan’s being able to buy such a large piece of land means she defeated numerous competitors.

The group of people who used to find opportunities to say one or two sentences along the way are now silent.

After entering, they suddenly announce that, after seeing the somewhat breathtaking skeleton of the Immortal Palaces, even those with many ulterior motives will understand what they should and shouldn’t do.

This is a tactic, but it works well in this situation.

Sheng Quan is indeed young, but it seems she’s not the kind of young and impulsive person who only knows how to spend money.

After understanding, the investors look at each other, and their attitude towards Yu Xiangwan becomes a bit more friendly than before.

“President Sheng made a big move when she made a move. I admire her.”

“With President Sheng supporting ‘Cultivator,’ we can rest assured.”

“Yes, yes, we’ll follow behind President Sheng. President Sheng eats meat, and we drink soup. Hahaha.”

In front of the massive Immortal Palace skeleton, everyone is warm and friendly, and praises for Sheng Quan, the younger one in the film industry, are continuous and harmonious.

As for fighting for control over the production team, Hahaha, in the end, the film industry is still dominated by young people.

***

Sheng Quan was indeed intended to showcase her strength.

But it’s not as powerful as Yu Xiangwan described. She doesn’t have the money to buy land; the land was won by Yan Hui’s Career Points Lottery after reaching level fifty.

Career points become increasingly difficult to accumulate as they rise. Yan Hui’s career points have been stuck at 49 for a long time. If it weren’t for the release of behind-the-scenes footage for “Life’s Journey” and Yuan Zixin carefully selecting a highly popular interview for him, breaking through level fifty wouldn’t happen for a while.

The system’s lottery arrangement is quite random, but it’s clear that as the career points increase, the value of the prizes also rises. For example, a prize like “Love and Hospital Recharge of Five Million” may sound impressive, but when recharged in a private hospital, its usefulness is not significant.

However, the two subsequent draws were impressive. One was a ten-million-dollar luxury car, and the other was the rental of a large shop opposite the Huaxing Building for ten years (which she has now turned into the company’s cafeteria).

When Yan Hui’s career points crossed fifty, the lottery prizes noticeably stepped up a level.

A luxury car worth millions, a rented shop, and they directly moved to various plots, big and small.

Although she didn’t win the biggest one, which could be considered a medium-sized one, Sheng Quan was already quite satisfied.

Because this piece of land came with construction services, although there were limitations, she wasn’t greedy enough to want to build another Huaxing building. The budget for the set construction was enough.

At the moment, she watches auditions while casually chatting with 006: 【Now that those people are shocked, there’s a group helping with the funds for “Cultivator.” In about three or four months, we can look for new sponsorship.】

006 immediately expresses support with its metaphorically raised hands and feet.

Sheng Quan’s lifespan is currently relying entirely on the returns from Yan Hui and Jin Jiu, but as her career points increase more slowly, according to her and 006’s speculations, she might need to achieve global fame to make a significant breakthrough.

In other words, Sheng Quan’s current lifespan income is almost like a “drop in the bucket.” It’s challenging for Yan Hui’s current sponsored individual, Xu Man, who is a director.

To see results, she would have to wait until the film was released. 006 may not even see it before the movie comes out, and Sheng Quan’s lifespan might not be able to support the future when it runs out.

The host isn’t in a hurry, but 006 is nearly dying of impatience.

【We should have found a new sponsored person a long time ago. I know the host wants to accumulate a lot of lifespan at once, but what if lifespan runs out before that?】

Sheng Quan calmly reassures: 【Don’t worry; I have a backup plan for this.】

【If I can push someone like Yan Hui, who has nothing, up, can’t I push someone who already has a few works like Xu Man out?】

006 thinks about it and quickly calms down. However, it soon worries again: 【But the host’s lifespan is only one month now. What if something unexpected happens? It might be better to increase the sponsored person’s career points now.】

Sheng Quan also has this in mind.

To be precise, she had figured out what to do next from the moment she obtained this piece of land.

【Wait a bit more. When the Ten Great Immortal Palaces are completed, it will be our time to make a move.】

Question: How quickly can ten nearly true-to-life immortal palaces be completed, along with their surroundings?

Answer: As fast as they want, as long as the funds are sufficient.

And obviously, their funds are more than enough.

For the next period, the scene on the construction site changes almost every day. The actual number of workers is much higher than what Xu Man and the investors saw because they work in two shifts, day and night.

Of course, this is with the approval of the government.

China’s infrastructure capabilities are indeed astonishing.

The representative sent by the foreign investor can’t help but praise the set for several days each time they visit it. Every time, they run towards the construction site of the Ten Great Immortal Palaces as if seeing something fresh.

Of course, it’s not just her; the other investors, including Director Xu Man, are also quite diligent.

primarily because it’s so authentic.

Just because Sheng Quan said she “wants to see the immortal palaces described in the script,” Yu Xiangwan really constructed them exactly according to the script.

Not to mention the huge external appearance of the Immortal Palaces, even the stairs made to look like jade (he insists on calling them Spirit Stones), the tall pillars—he even had someone design the various detailed mechanisms described in the script.

These small mechanisms were originally supposed to be done by the special effects team because it’s indeed challenging to create them just based on textual descriptions. But Yu Xiangwan managed to invite an extremely difficult-to-hire design team.

So far, Xu Man has been praising him endlessly in front of Sheng Quan for getting that team.

After shooting several films, it’s only with this one that she hasn’t even officially started shooting that she has experienced the feeling of a director being ecstatic to the extreme.

The most challenging part of making a film is paying attention to the details. Because, in essence, when making a TV series or a movie, it’s using fake things to present the audience with a real world. But fake is fake, and there will always be places where it’s exposed.

With too many exposures, it will make the audience lose immersion.

The detailed design that “Life’s Journey” received praise for from the audience was the result of the entire crew, led by Wan, working hard. Even the pen caps on the table were the result of their difficult work.

And this film?

Xu Man stands with a group of people in front of the just-announced completion of the Ten Great Immortal Palaces.

Feeling the imposing momentum of each Immortal Palace, looking at the clean “white jade tiles” on the ground, and then looking at the dragon on the front pillar moving upward slowly, every scale seems so real, and its eyes seem to be staring at them.

She: “…”

The crew: “…”

Sheng Quan is also a bit shocked. She walks up to inspect the craftsmanship of the dragon’s tail, turns her head to look at Yu Xiangwan, and pats his shoulder, unable to conceal her amazement: “You’ve done so well.”

“I knew you could do it, but I didn’t expect you to do so well. It’s like you’ve really brought the immortal palaces down.”

Not exaggerating, after Sheng Quan praised him, Yu Xiangwan became completely spirited.

He slowly turns to Sheng Quan and reveals a happy and innocent smile:

“If you like it, that’s good.”

The props team leader, who has been dealt with by Yu Xiangwan, shivers and quietly says to the people around him:

“I break into a cold sweat every time I see him smile.”

“Bro, Yu producer didn’t seem to smile like this last time.”

The props team leader thinks carefully: “Seems like you’re right; his smile towards us seems to be that kind of… that kind of tyrant’s smile. Now it’s almost turning into a peony flower. This kid, he looks so good, jealous.”

“The bro is right! And why is this face twitching like that?”

 The props team leader rubs his face.

“Oh, I’m practicing. Sheng CEO might come over, and it’s not like Producer Yu is the only one who can smile.”

“Watch me; I’ll make a chrysanthemum bloom for Sheng CEO in a while.”