My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 47 Losing Money (Please vote for recommendation!)

Chapter 47: Chapter 47 Losing Money (Please vote for recommendation!)

Chen Yan took the document and glanced at it.

A very succinct and clear report.

It began with the answer: she had chosen the celebrity Lu Man.

Following that were a series of data and analysis.

In this report, Yu Qiao Qiao had researched nearly thirty first- and second-tier celebrities concerning public opinion, data, fan reputation, works, and personal branding, among other things.

Then she roughly filtered them down, selecting five to ten key individuals.

After a second screening and focused analysis, she finally decided on the person: Lu Man.

Chen Yan looked at what Yu Qiao Qiao had written about Lu Man:

Lu Man: a rising star among young actresses.

Public persona: cool, elegant.

Online revelations: Some say she is not at all aloof privately but rather a bit lazy and narcissistic; others say she is somewhat humorous.

However, no matter what, she still belonged to those who had decent reputations both online and offline.

Plus, she had not been in many works before and was just becoming popular, she was a rising star with low status but substantial traffic and buzz, making her a cost-effective choice.

Having finished reading Lu Man’s information, Chen Yan nodded, "You did a great job, I think this could work."

Upon hearing Chen Yan’s praise, Yu Qiao Qiao happily handed over a second set of documents.

Chen Yan took it and discovered it was a chat history between Yu Qiao Qiao and Lu Man’s agent.

Yu Qiao Qiao explained, "After I tentatively chose Lu Man, I tried chatting with her agent to see if she was available and interested in our game."

"Her agent showed some interest in our game. Then mentioned that Lu Man would be visiting Qin Island City for an event in a few days and might have time to talk to us."

Chen Yan asked in surprise, "Lu Man will talk to us?"

Yu Qiao Qiao shook her head, "Her agent."

Chen Yan nodded, feeling that made more sense.

A rising star coming to discuss such a small collaboration would indeed be strange.

Chen Yan said, "Then we’ll go together and talk to see if we can reach a collaboration."

"By the way, does she have a rate card?"

Yu Qiao Qiao handed over a third document, "Yes. This is their cooperation rate card."

"But... it only lists the fees for TV dramas, movies, and variety shows, not for games."

"I estimated based on the duration; our shooting costs might be about 1.5 million."

Chen Yan looked at Yu Qiao Qiao with slight astonishment.

Although he had always known Yu Qiao Qiao as a well-rounded, exemplary student.

But from prior interactions, Chen Yan found her to be soft-natured with not so much decisiveness, hence he had thought of her as one of those "nerds"...

Now seeing this, her efficiency and thoroughness were very high.

This actually gave Chen Yan a refreshed understanding of her.

So... her lack of decisiveness was actually due to her self-consciousness and too much consideration for others’ feelings?

This virtual girlfriend of his was not simple...

While analyzing Yu Qiao Qiao’s character silently, Chen Yan took the files and began reading.

Because Lu Man had only acted in two TV dramas and both times in supporting roles, although she was popular, her acting fees were not high. Over 4 million for a movie and 200 thousand per episode for a TV drama.

In this way, considering the duration and role in his game, it indeed seemed that it could be managed with around 1.2 million.

But... he didn’t have that much cash on hand.

If he also reserved money for company expenses, game production, and promotion...

Sheesh. He probably couldn’t even afford the deposit.

What to do...

Thinking this way, Chen Yan looked towards Yu Qiao Qiao...

"Hmm... you’ve done an excellent job. I’ve got a new appreciation for your capabilities, so I’ve decided to give you a raise. An extra 20,000 every month!"

Yu Qiao Qiao: ???

"Chen Yan, can you be normal for once!"

Chen Yan: ...

Ah, as expected, it’s not possible.

He dispiritedly said, "Then how about an extra 2000..."

Seeing Yu Qiao Qiao still looking discontent, Chen Yan changed his offer, "200... that should be okay, right?"

Yu Qiao Qiao crinkled her cute little nose, "But why suddenly give me a raise?"

Chen Yan waved his hand, "Because you stepped in with your left foot first today."

Yu Qiao Qiao: ???

Chen Yan, "Alright. Just take the 200; don’t argue with me. It’s not a lot."

"Besides, here’s another 300 for you to buy some fruit. Our company is running out of fruits. Go quickly, buy some that you like."

Yu Qiao Qiao: ...

Pouting, Yu Qiao Qiao took the money Chen Yan had given and grudgingly went out to buy fruits.

Meanwhile, Chen Yan picked up a pen, twirling it while sighing,

"Ah... it’s so difficult to make money these days."

"No shame, no skin, just earned an extra 500 in wealth points."

"10 times cash withdrawal only amounts to 5000."

"To gather 1.2 million to hire Lu Man, it’s going to take forever..."

"Hmm... Let’s try letting Yu Qiao Qiao spend some money these next few days, see how much she can spend."

"If that still doesn’t work... then I might just have to try and see if that ’Opportunity Card’ can not only get me acquainted with Lu Man but also reduce the deposit..."

...

In the following two days, Yu Qiao Qiao found herself unusually busy.

Because Chen Yan always assigned her some strange tasks.

Like buying fruits, snacks, making her have meals only in the company, and the most absurd, asking her to buy several laptops to bring back.

With her small arms and legs, how could she possibly carry several computers!

So she was furious enough to almost resign.

She felt that Chen Yan was professionally harassing her. Extremely unethical!

And the reason... might be because she did not agree to the salary increase?

Sometimes Yu Qiao Qiao felt, if she posted her story with Chen Yan online, there would definitely be heaps of people calling her crazy.

An employee doesn’t want a raise, so the boss "suppresses" them by assigning them all sorts of strange tasks.

If this isn’t dreaming, what is...?

Could such a good thing even exist?

However, when she recounted her situation to Zhao Ying, Zhao Ying’s eyes lit up, saying again and again, "Interesting, interesting."

Yu Qiao Qiao didn’t know what exactly Zhao Ying found interesting since Brother Ying’s thoughts were hard to keep up with...

...

And Chen Yan’s last few days were also very difficult. Because he found it too hard to make Yu Qiao Qiao spend money.

In two days, having Yu Qiao Qiao buying various things and sharing meals, they had only spent more than three thousand yuan.

10 times cashback, he withdrew just over 30,000.

Then... he had Yu Qiao Qiao buy five laptops, but the system flagged it as cheating, and it wasn’t approved.

Thus... after days of hard "earning", it all went to waste, not to mention he also lost an extra two thousand.

It almost broke Chen Yan’s heart.

Thus, left with no choice, Chen Yan could only hope his "Opportunity Card" would work...

....

Friday, Qin Island City, Qin Island Square.

Today, the Zhao Group is hosting a grand event here.

Amongst the parts of the event, the most eye-catching must be Lu Man, who has just alighted from a black stretch limousine.

Having graduated from a dance academy, she was strikingly beautiful, with a tall and slender figure at 175 cm, and a red split dress that accentuated her fine and slender physique.

Beneath her curved willow-leaf eyebrows were captivating eyes.

Her high bridge of nose and fair face made her look as if she had stepped right out of a painting.

This year, playing the second female lead in a hit drama, she became popular all over the country, gathering many fans. Thus, wherever she went, there was a tsunami-like scream from fans....