The next day, Amiya's specially designated investment office for Kanna's new film.
SilverAsh leaned on the sofa, listening to Kanna's plans for the movie. Last night, he and Nothis (Lingzhi) had discussed it. Nothis believed that although Kanna was very popular at Rhodes Island and among the high-ranking and core Elite Operators, her age made her a somewhat playful choice for a film director.
Moreover, considering the script, this play could not be completed with a simple investment of tens or hundreds of thousands. If something went wrong, all that money would be wasted. Although such a loss would not affect Karlan Commercial's scale, as a businessman and leader, investing in a project destined for loss was undoubtedly unacceptable to him.
However, considering that this was the Doctor's first request for help, SilverAsh initially planned to invest only a small amount. He didn't expect that when he arrived today, the other party would produce a Columbia black card and declare that she had already secured a seven-figure investment.
As the head of the Chamber of Commerce, SilverAsh fell into contemplation after confirming the authenticity of the card. With millions already invested, his initial plan of one hundred thousand yuan clearly seemed inadequate.
After all, in this situation, for a Chamber of Commerce to invest so little money would sound like an insult.
After much thought, he overturned last night's plan and increased the investment amount to five hundred thousand. This was the maximum he could invest in his personal capacity.
Yes, that's right. Even at this point, SilverAsh still chose to invest in his own name, not Karlan Commercial's. After all, if it were in the Chamber of Commerce's name, this investment, with no visible prospects, would certainly be rejected by his own risk control department.
On the other side, Melantha and Breeze also each invested five hundred thousand in their personal names. With this, Kanna's yet-to-be-filmed movie had nearly three million in starting capital.
Amiya was still a bit shocked, looking at Melantha and Breeze chatting not far away. She hadn't expected that Doctor Breeze, who usually seemed inconspicuous, and Melantha, who ate in the cafeteria with everyone and showed no signs of being a young lady, could come up with such a large sum of money. Recalling Kanna saying yesterday that Rhodes Island had many rich cat ladies, her gaze involuntarily drifted towards Kaltsit not far away.
"Forgive my intrusion, Miss Kanna, although Miss has completed the crew structure for you, what about the actors? As far as I know, an excellent film usually invites equally excellent actors to perform, and with so many roles in this play, the current funds are simply insufficient to hire excellent actors."
Just after confirming the distribution of investors, Lingzhi, as SilverAsh's mouthpiece, inquired about this matter.
"Of course, I already understood this. The current funds do not allow us to hire excellent actors, so from the beginning, I never thought of looking for people outside. I have decided to select all the actors from within Rhodes Island!"
Upon hearing Lingzhi's question, Kanna gave an answer that surprised everyone present.
"What! Looking for actors within Rhodes Island?" Everyone was surprised by Kanna's wild idea.
"Of course, I also know that everyone at Rhodes Island has no experience in filmmaking, but there are people within Rhodes Island who understand acting! Ta-da! This is the teacher I invited, and of course, she will also make a cameo in the movie!"
After Kanna contacted someone with her communicator, a figure appeared at the door accompanied by a knock.
Seeing the person at the door, the one slapped her thigh and said regretfully, "Oh! How could I forget you! If I had known you were here, I wouldn't have spent so much money inviting actors from Lungmen."
The person who arrived was none other than former Yan martial arts star Wan Shengsheng, who had come to Rhodes Island for treatment after being infected with oripathy. After arriving, she chose to join Rhodes Island and became an Operator, with the Operator name Ironhide.
Upon entering the room, Ironhide seemed a bit reserved seeing a room full of high-ranking officials (Amiya, the Doctor, and Kaltsit were all present). Fortunately, she was someone who had seen big occasions before, and the atmosphere in the room was strangely focused on Kanna, so she quickly recovered.
"Hello everyone, I am Wan... Rhodes Island Operator Ironhide. I used to be an actress in Yan for a while, and I have some understanding and experience in acting. This time, I accepted Kanna's invitation to be both the action director and actor trainer for this play. If there are any shortcomings during this period, please feel free to point them out."
Those who knew her identity were surprised that Kanna could find the most suitable person among so many Rhodes Island Operators. Even SilverAsh, who had always been somewhat distrustful of Kanna's abilities, was now surprised.
Meanwhile, Lingzhi, who had been researching Ironhide's information since she entered, also relayed the news to SilverAsh. SilverAsh looked at the long list of movies she had acted in, some of which he had even heard of, and thus approved Kanna's choice.
Next, after a discussion about the use of funds, the result was to establish a special fund, supervised by Rhodes Island's highest authority, Kaltsit. To use this fund, it would require the simultaneous signatures of the supervisor sent by SilverAsh (Lingzhi), the assistant director (Ironhide), and the director (Kanna) before it could be withdrawn and used from Kaltsit. Furthermore, all fund expenditures had to be recorded one by one, and after the film's production was completed, the investors would be reimbursed for any overpayments or compensated for any underpayments.
Then Kanna took out the script in her hand and began to select actors.
Amiya, who had been assigned by Kaltsit as Kanna's assistant for this period, initially thought Kanna would hold open auditions for all roles, as recorded in books, and then select suitable characters through interviews. But she didn't expect Kanna to deviate from the norm. She took the script, retrieved all Rhodes Island's active personnel from Amiya, and then simply went around looking for people with the script in hand.
Then, this scene unfolded before Amiya... "Aha! An interesting script, but are you sure if we act according to this, we won't be hunted down by that person?"
"Mm-hmm, Texas, this character is quite interesting. Hmm, judgment and justice are within the range of guns and cannons. Do you think I'm imitating it well...?"
"Lappland going crazy is one thing, but I advise you not to go crazy with her. You have no idea how powerful that person is. I don't want to wake up one day and find your head opened up like a flower..."
"Eh! Is there no role for me?"
"I can give you the right to set up a stall on set..."
"Then I don't want a role. Being able to set up a stall is enough!"
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