"The money that was originally supposed to be invested in this project by Ali Entertainment will now be my responsibility. The conditions promised by the Youku video platform to purchase the first broadcasting rights of the drama will also remain unchanged."

Chen Yiyang immediately clarified his transaction with Ali.

There was a lot of silence from Cao Dong's side.

The fact that Youku was able to promise a high price for the first broadcast rights was originally a condition that could only be obtained by bringing in Ali's capital.

Now Ali's promise remains unchanged, but the profits have all been taken by Chen Yiyang.

Cao Dong could only speculate that Ali had reached some clandestine cooperation with Chen Yiyang, which led Ali to give up its original profits.

For a giant like Ali to yield benefits, what could Cao Dong dare to say?

"Do you have any other requests?" Cao Dong asked softly.

"Before I came, I took a look at the original novel. This novel has two male protagonists, right?"

"That's right." Cao Dong nodded and said, "One is a middle-aged man, the other is a teenager. The TV script hasn't changed this aspect."

"Have the actors been decided yet?" Chen Yiyang continued to ask.

"One is Lei Jiayin, the other is a currently popular young actor known as 'Four Characters'."

Chen Yiyang knew Lei Jiayin, who was considered a competent actor.

"'Four Characters' is?" Chen Yiyang took out his phone to check on the spot.

He found out that he was actually a member of a previous idol group.

He was considered a local traffic male celebrity.

Chen Yiyang didn't care about popularity or traffic.

He just curiously asked, "I see that our drama leans towards historical restoration and hardcore genres. Why hire a traffic star?"

"Mainly to expand the young audience, and also..." After hesitating for a long time, Cao Dong finally said, "At the request of the investors."

The Longest Day In Chang'an had many investors introduced behind the scenes.

But the biggest ones were Sanqin Entertainment and Ali Entertainment.

Then there was Cao Dong's own company.

Chen Yiyang didn't ask which investor requested it, but it certainly wasn't Ali Entertainment.

So he directly asked, "Can we keep 'Four Characters' and change Lei Jiayin?"

"To whom?" Cao Dong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Chen Yiyang didn't ask to replace 'Four Characters', all other actors were negotiable.

It's not because 'Four Characters' is a traffic star but because there is capital backing behind him, which Lei Jiayin doesn't have.

"Change to Pan Yuming."

"Fine." Cao Dong almost agreed immediately after just thinking for a moment.

The level of Pan Yuming's acting skills, a veteran in the entertainment industry like him, couldn't be unaware.

The reason for choosing Lei Jiayin was to have a mature acting school lead 'Four Characters' in filming.

Now Lei Jiayin is being replaced by another accomplished actor.

It makes no difference.

"Any other requests?" Cao Dong continued to ask. "I've heard you've signed a few actresses. I can change the female roles here as well."

Cao Dong's idea was simple, quickly satisfy this master, and quickly start filming the drama.

He didn't want any more mishaps.

If the drama was filmed halfway and this master suddenly remembered that his agency still had several actresses and demanded a change, that would be a big problem.

Chen Yiyang thought of Song Xi.

He didn't think of Yang Jinlu, to be honest, even though Yang Jinlu was incredibly popular online right now, second only to Song Xi.

But Chen Yiyang didn't really think Yang Jinlu could be an actress right now.

Better to wait until after the talent show and find a few teachers to teach her earnestly for a year or two.

However, since Song Xi was previously identified by the scouting system as having the potential to become a second-tier actress in the future, she probably had some acting skills.

Chen Yiyang thought it over.

He finally gave up on the idea of inserting an actress.

It's already absurd enough to meddle with the male lead.

As the drama's filming was about to start, Chen Yiyang got the male lead replaced.

It would already cause a stir.

If he changed a female role also,

rumors would probably immediately pop up online.

He thought it was better to be cautious.

"No need to change the actresses, whoever you've decided on before will do."

"Okay." Cao Dong let out a sigh of relief.

He just hoped Chen Yiyang would not change his mind later.

People with such backgrounds usually acted based on their whims.

Not inserting people now doesn't mean he won't insert people later.

After discussing the details with Cao Dong, Chen Yiyang also spoke to the people over at Ali.

Once all the contracts were formally signed, his transaction with Ali would be completed, and by then he would hand over the original copy of the Declaration of Independence to Ali.

As for who Ali would give the original copy to, that was none of his business.

Since the original copy of the Declaration of Independence is not restricted from leaving the country, there would be no legal trouble because of it.

After talking with Cao Dong, Chen Yiyang visited Director Liu from Aiya Company in the evening.

"Brother Liu, I heard you're short on funds. Just tell me how much you need, and I'll give you double; you just need to give me the shares at their original price."

"I was just joking before." Faced with Chen Yiyang's assertive approach,

Director Liu hurriedly explained that he had previously mentioned a lack of funds just as an excuse to have Old Yu invite Chen Yiyang over.

Aiya's transition to electric vehicles was very stable, so they weren't really short on funds.

Of course, correspondingly, their progress in the electric vehicle market was also very slow.

"So you're looking for me for something?"

"Indeed." Director Liu said with a big grin, "Actually, I wanted to discuss another business with you."

"What business?"

"I heard that Russia seems to lack some all-terrain vehicles lately?"

"All-terrain vehicles?"

At first glance, Chen Yiyang thought the name sounded quite high-end.

But after a quick check on his phone, he found out what these were.

It's what is colloquially known as dune buggies.

The selling point is that they can go over any terrain.

While they're not fast, the advantage is that they can run anywhere.

Why does Russia need these vehicles?

Chen Yiyang curiously asked Director Liu.

Then Director Liu explained to Chen Yiyang.

All-terrain vehicles have two advantages.

One is that they're cheap, and the other is that they can carry people over any kind of road.

In the civilian domain, the applicability of such vehicles is very limited.

But on the battlefield, they're very useful.

Tanks and armored vehicles are great.

But today's warfare can be called drone warfare.

The battlefield is full of cheap drones that can destroy tanks and armored vehicles.

So if the front line reaches a stalemate and you want to transport small groups of soldiers quickly to the front, these all-terrain vehicles are needed.

As mentioned before, all-terrain vehicles have the advantage of being cheap.

If unfortunately encountered with enemy drones on the road, the loss would be minimal.

Now, Russia urgently needs a large number of all-terrain vehicles to supplement the battlefield.

Director Liu saw this business opportunity and approached Chen Yiyang, hoping that he could use his connections to help Aiya open up channels.

"Then I'll contact you." Chen Yiyang had a pretty good relationship with Gena.

The War Thunder that Gena transferred to him was also operating well, making a bit of profit every month.

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