Night in Jinling.

Zhang Da, who had just said goodbye to Bezos in the afternoon, was on the phone with Zhao Fan.

"Mr. Zhang, the expert team and equipment responsible for the preliminary appraisal of the treasure have arrived at the Liverpool airport on a connecting flight today and joined us.

The fleet is still resting in Liverpool today, and we will set off tomorrow to carry out treasure hunting operations in the high seas.

Captain Zhang has read the weather forecast for the past half month. The weather at sea is mainly sunny, with occasional light rain for a few days.

The wind and wave level is low, which is very suitable for treasure hunting and subsequent salvage operations.”

Zhang Da said: "Okay, don't let down your guard when it comes to safety. It doesn't matter if you can't salvage the treasure. We must ensure that all crew members return home safely.

I have also emphasized this matter with Director Harrison who is meeting you in Liverpool, and he will provide emergency security for the fleet."

"Understood, Mr. Zhang!" Zhao Fan responded, "Mr. Harrison has already communicated with me. He said that he had established a relationship with the Marine Patrol of the Republic of China and provided me with an emergency phone with a positioning function.

If I am really in danger, I can immediately press the special call button on the phone to ask for help, and the Marine Patrol will come to support us as soon as possible."

Zhang Da nodded and said: "Okay!"

Zhao Fan asked: "Mr. Zhang, I have finished my work report, do you have any other instructions?"

Zhang Da said: "Nothing else, just remember that your own safety is the top priority in everything."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang!" Zhao Fan said, "Finally, congratulations to Liverpool for winning the championship. We all went to watch the game."

Zhang Da laughed and said: "Haha, little champion, not enough to be happy about, not enough to be happy about."

In yesterday's Community Shield match, Liverpool narrowly defeated Manchester City 2:1 and successfully won the team's first championship in the 2024-25 season.

The two new players Edwards had previously promised him, Adeyemi and Garvey, also appeared on the team's roster.

The introduction of these two top players born in the 2000s cost the team a total of 150 million pounds.

Fortunately, Edwards recovered 75 million pounds by selling players in the summer, so this expenditure is still within the affordable range for Liverpool, which is currently self-financing.

One day later, the fleet truly embarked on a treasure hunt.

Zhang Da, who wanted to follow the construction progress of Disneyland, also returned to work at the company.

Xu Lin, who has been paying attention to the broadcast volume of his own dramas and planning actor recruitment plans in the past few days, was the first to knock on the door of Zhang Da's office.

"Mr. Zhang, among the three online dramas we have invested in, the total views of "Night Market" and "Safe Return" have exceeded 100 million! Especially for the drama "Night Market", the total number of views of a single episode in 6 days has exceeded 3.51

100 million times, reaching the level of a hit! Currently, other streaming media platforms are negotiating with us to acquire the second round of broadcast rights, and the cost recovery is just around the corner!

The drama "Safe Return" was loved by the audience because it cooperated with the fire department and the realistic shooting style, and the total number of plays reached 141 million times.

Although we have invested a high cost for this drama, the provincial TV station in Jiangsu Province has expressed its willingness to introduce this drama to us.

Although the quotation is not high, it is also a milestone progress for our self-made dramas to move from online media to traditional TV media!

Moreover, if other TV stations are willing to introduce this drama in the future, it is expected to recover the investment cost.

The only fly in the ointment is that the drama "I Have a Promise with TI" is affected by the small audience for its subject matter, and its playback volume is relatively sluggish. It has not yet exceeded 10 million times.

However, this drama has a good reputation, and the acting skills of the male protagonist Xie Junhao have also been unanimously recognized by the audience.

I think the poor performance of this drama may be beneficial to our recruitment of actor Xie Junhao."

Zhang Da nodded and said: "Director Xu Lin, you have done a good job! Thank you for your hard work during this time!"

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for the compliment. I'm honored!" Xu Lin bowed and said, "It's just that I couldn't do it perfectly, and I feel guilty."

"This is your first time in charge of a self-produced drama project, and two of the three dramas have been profitable, which is already a very good result!" Zhang Da said, "The drama "I Have a Promise with TI", even in the end

It's not your fault that you can't make a profit.

When I agreed to film this drama, I had the idea of ​​satisfying my own hobbies. I also watched the drama, and it was indeed very well shot! The plot is compact, there are no messy plots, and the competition scenes were also shot very professionally. I

Personally, I think this drama is beyond reproach.”

Xu Lin leaned forward again: "Thank you, Mr. Zhang!"

"You're welcome. This is what you deserve. Your performance next month will also reflect the results of your work during this period." Zhang Da said, "You just said that the drama "Safe Return" has received traditional

Is it the media wooing?”

"Yes, Mr. Zhang!" Xu Lin suppressed the pleasure in his heart for a salary increase and nodded, "I estimate that within a two-year cycle, we will be able to recover the investment cost of this drama."

"When this show becomes profitable, you donate all the profits to the fire department." Zhang Da said, "Don't deliberately publicize this matter to the outside world, we can do it privately."

Xu Lin nodded and said: "Okay, Mr. Zhang, I will record this on my work schedule!"

"Well, this may be a long-term process. Just remember this first." Zhang Da said, "Regarding "Night Market", I saw a lot of comments about this drama on the Internet, and they all praised the director.

It was well shot, and the supporting actors acted brilliantly.

Most of the positive comments about the male and female protagonists focus on their appearance.

Many people commented that the actor's performance was average, and some even spoke harshly of the actor, suggesting that he only appear in scenes where he was making fried skewers, because at this time he was wearing a mask and his acting skills were better.

Do you think these comments are true? Or are there trolls controlling them?"

Hearing Zhang Da's words, Xu Lin almost couldn't help laughing.

But in front of his boss, he still held back.

"The comments about the poor acting skills of the male lead may be a bit excessive, but these comments are true." Xu Lin said, "First of all, we did not criticize this drama.

The director himself also prefers to shoot low-budget artistic films and rarely works in commercial films.

The person who took over the directorship of this drama this time was also interested in the salary we offered and wanted to save costs for his next movie.

Therefore, he does not have the need or financial resources to hype up his fame.

As for the supporting actors, they lack the motivation to pay attention to the film and criticize it. Moreover, the supporting actors who have received good reviews are all actors used by the director. They spend most of their time hanging out in the circle of art films.

As for the male protagonist's acting skills, it is indeed a little bit worse, but the director thought it was enough, and many of the male protagonist's scenes were filmed wearing masks, so there was no need for too many facial expressions.

In addition, the male protagonist’s salary was relatively low, so the director decided on him.”
Chapter completed!