Chapter 1542: 1542
The next day .
In the morning .
It was getting rowdy on Weibo .
The "Immortal by the River: The Torrents of the Yangtze" by Zhang Ye, along with his selfie with Ning Lan, Dong Shanshan, Jiang Hanwei, Shu Han, and the others had created a huge commotion . There was just too much information within it that could be processed, so much so that it dumbfounded a lot of people as everyone crazily discussed it .
However, Zhang Ye did not care about the online comments . He had come to the Central Publicity Department early in the morning with Wu Zeqing and borrowed a small conference room . The production crew was about to start filming, and the equipment, venue, and actors were more or less set in stone . However, the most important matter of the funding still remained unresolved . They had already done an expense calculation for the initial funding of 30 million RMB that was supposed to cover the cost of filming . However, this did not include the miscellaneous expenses . Unless the actors did not take a single cent for their work, or the accommodation arrangements and packed lunches were done away with, they would barely have enough to spend even if they scrimped and saved . But how could they possibly do that? The Central Publicity Department was also unwilling to use any social funds, so there was only one last option left . Zhang Ye could only turn to using advertisements to get more money .
There was a knock on the door .
Zhang Ye said, "Come in . "
Old Wu's new secretary pushed open the door and came in . "Brother Zhang, I've brought the people over . "
There were around eight advertisers who entered the room . They were all old acquaintances that Zhang Ye had contacted .
After coming into the conference room, the group of them turned very cautious . This was, after all, their first time coming to the Central Publicity Department to discuss a deal .
This was also Zhang Ye's intention as well . He had to fly the flag of this place since he was no longer as influential and popular . In that case, surely the name of the Central Publicity Department should do the job, right?
"Come, come, have a seat, everyone," Zhang Ye said with a smile .
Secretary Ci and another supervisor who was in charge of overseeing the project also joined the meeting .
Zhang Ye bluntly said, "There are no outsiders in here . We've all worked together before on advertisement projects . I'm sure that every one of you has already heard that the Central Publicity Department is funding an unprecedented, blockbuster, anti-corruption drama . I've accepted the job and will be the producer and director . That's why I've invited all of you here to talk about certain collaborations on this project . I tend to take very good care of my old friends, so I did not sell off any advertising opportunities yet . I'll be leaving that for everyone here . "
The advertisers gave each other a look and seemed to have a lot of concerns, but none of them said anything .
Zhang Ye blinked . "What's the matter?"
Boss Liu finally spoke up . "Zhang'er, we've made a lot of money from our past collaborations with you, and we've never suffered a loss whenever we worked with you . We're all old friends, so now that you're back, all of us should be showing you some support . B-But this is a political drama we're talking about, so it's definitely going to be a little sensitive . It won't be easy to insert any advertisements . "
Zhang Ye said in amusement, "Why would it not be easy to insert them?"
Boss Li added, "It'd be fine if this were a commercial collaborations . But for a drama like this—" As he spoke, he cast a wary look at both Secretary Ci and Supervisor Ke .
Zhang Ye said, "It's fine, just speak . "
Boss Li smiled wryly . "For a drama like this, ads definitely won't be allowed in plain sight, isn't that right? Our company is currently advertising a product called Great River Medicinal Wine . If it's just going to be a few covert shots here and there, the advertising is not going to work effectively for us . "
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "How about this? I'll think up a plan for you . "
Boss Li said with some interest, "Go on . "
Zhang Ye lowered his head and flipped through the script . Suddenly, he banged on the table . "I've got it . There's a scene where a prosecutor was hit by a truck and turned into a vegetable . Lying in a hospital bed, there was nothing that the family could do . At this point, I'll add a close-up caption for you . It will go like this: Great River Medicinal Wine, Drink Away Your Sickness!"
Secretary Ci was disgusted!
Supervisor Ke nearly fainted!
That guy has turned into a vegetable . How do you expect him to drink away his sickness?
He can't even drink water by himself . As if he could drink any of that damned wine!
But Boss Li said excitedly, "W-Will that be allowed?"
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "Of course it will . "
Boss Li stood up . "I'll sign on for it then! I'll sign on to advertise!"
Boss Liu said in a dumbfounded manner, "Zhang'er, what about our Jiacao brand of cosmetics?"
Zhang Ye flipped through his script again . Very quickly, he snapped his fingers and pointed, saying, "How about this line? I'll change this line in the script, then get the role Dong Shanshan will be playing to use your cosmetics after washing her face in the morning . She will say after that, 'For good skin, use Jiacao day and night!'"
Secretary Ci was stunned . "You can change the script just like that?"
Zhang Ye said, "Of course, I'm the screenwriter, so I can change it however I want . "
Boss Liu was very happy . "Good! Good! I'll accept this ad insert! And we'll go ahead with the agreed price as spoken over the phone!"
The other bosses were also getting excited .
"What about us?"
"Teacher Zhang, what about us?"
"Give us a product placement as obvious as possible!"
"Right, we don't want any subtle advertising . We want it to be as obvious as it can be!"
"Don't get anxious . One by one, everyone will be included!"
Adding captions .
Changing the lines in the script .
Having some writing on the shirts .
Every other idea that they came up with for the advertisements was getting more and more unconventional!
Crooked tricks, wonderful tricks, Zhang Ye was full of them .
In the end, Supervisor Ke really couldn't keep looking on . "Mr . Zhang, y-you can't do something like that!"
Zhang Ye said without a care, "Why not?"
Secretary Ci wiped her sweat away . "This is such blatant advertising . You're just adding in whatever you can think off . Don't forget that this is an anti-corruption drama . Aren't you kinda deviating too far from that if you do this?"
They were people from the organization . Regarding such matters, they were definitely going to have more reservations .
But Zhang Ye found this to be very normal . After all, he was very experienced and had been doing such things since many years ago . Was this even considered a big deal? That was how the people from my previous world did it too . You don't wish to fork out more money nor agree with turning to social funds, yet you're refusing to allow the advertisers to do some blatant advertising of their products? Does such a good deal exist in the world? They're the ones forking out the money, so of course we have to handle it well for them .
One advertiser .
Three advertisers .
Five advertisers .
The advertisement contracts were signed one after another .
The lack of funding was finally resolved .
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