Sevillera didn't immediately refuse Anna's request to join the business. She was considering whether Anna would bring any benefits if she was allowed to join the business.
The answer was, of course, that there would be benefits.
First of all, the Akel Family had the bloodline and inheritance of nobility. Putting aside the question of whether that Count Akel was truly exiled to the Federation, or if he had fallen into the sea and disappeared for various reasons, or if he had simply been murdered and replaced by the murderer, Akel Family had a noble bloodline and inheritance.
In short, everyone in the Federation believed that the Agincourt Family was one of the few noble families with a history that could be traced back.
On one hand, people mocked the backwardness and ignorance of the feudal society, but on the other hand, they yearned to become nobles. This wasn't contradictory. Anna joining the business could perfect the image of the brand. She was a real "noble lady"!
Secondly, the Star Dream Butterfly Consortium had a great influence in the east. In terms of business promotion, even if Mr. Patu wasn't like Mr. Vaudric, who would do his best to promote the brand that his daughter was related to, as long as he could get a free ride, he could save a lot of energy and time.
Lastly, Anna was currently the president of the student union of the Union of Saint Peace. She was also a beautiful girl. In fact, she was very suitable to be the "heroine" in the plan that Lynch and Sevillera had discussed. She was a living princess.
Her image was very well-developed. She didn't even need to spend a lot of energy to build a persona from scratch. As long as she stood there, people would be able to associate her with some noble and luxurious life.
Sevillera looked at Anna carefully. Although she didn't like this girl, she had been born in a different family. Under the influence of her family, she had mastered an almost instinctive way of thinking.
Her personal feelings, likes and dislikes, wouldn't interfere with her judgment in business matters. What she was considering now was the advantages and benefits that Anna would bring after joining them, not whether she liked her or not.
After a dozen seconds, Sevillera nodded. "Okay..."
A cooperation, a business deal, was settled in a few words. This was the reason why people were racking their brains to get into this place. There were endless opportunities here!
Lynch and Anna each invested 200,000 yuan for 15% of the shares. The rest was covered by Sevillera.
However, there would definitely be more than just these three shareholders. For a girl of Servirella's status to start a company, her parents would definitely want to invest in the company.
For example, if they spent 1,000,000 yuan to buy 5% of the shares, other than the money to buy the shares, the rest would be increased. Not only would Sevillera's company value increase rapidly, but her parents would also be able to file a smaller tax return at the end of the year.
There were quite a few people like that. With the subsequent dilution, it would be great if Lin Qi could have around 10% of the shares. Moreover, this was on the basis that he could continue to increase his holdings.
The three young people were full of energy. Perhaps they had found a better direction. Cevrilla looked at Anna's face and did not find it so annoying. They even raised their glasses to it.
Then, they began to discuss what to do next.
Anna suggested a very constructive idea. "Maybe we can publish the novel in serial form to create a continuous craze. Then, we can start to prepare for the casting and movie. By the time the spring fashion conference is held next year, the movie should be finished. We can even release our product at the spring fashion conference."
This was a great idea, and Lynch and Servirella were surprised as they looked at Anna a few more times.
Now was the time when serial culture was the most popular. The current economic downturn caused many families to reduce all kinds of expenses, including the cost of reading.
A large number of publishing products were unsalable. Last year to the first half of this year was probably the most difficult period for authors. Other than those who had some savings, those who did not have much savings had started to line up to receive relief food.
It was under such circumstances that serialization appeared.
The emergence of serial culture was a helpless compromise of culture to commercialization. In fact, in recent years, there were serial stories in the Federation, but those stories were not very good and did not have many readers.
The truly capable people were publishing. Only those who could not get an invitation from a publisher and did not have a position in the publishing market would consider publishing some short column stories or mid-length stories in some newspapers and magazines.
Until recently, in order to fill their stomachs, some famous authors began to try to combine their noble art and business. While eating the basic salary of the newspaper and magazine publisher, they enjoyed the dividends of advertising.
The publishing house had a set of very mature methods. Just like the television station checking the ratings, they could accurately find the most popular part of their publications. The contributors of this part would receive more advertising revenue.
Some writers quickly gained a foothold in serialized literature in just a few issues. Yes, they even invented a term for this, "serialized literature" or "periodical literature" to distinguish it from "traditional literature."
People did not need to spend too much money to read a lot of stories. The sales of newspapers and magazines were increasing, but this also brought about some small problems.
For example, there was a significant drop in the level of education of readers who read serialized literature. This made some plots that met the needs of the writers become full of criticism.
Then came the reduction of advertising revenue, so they had to change their strategy. In the field of traditional literature, those who did not need to worry about filling their stomachs were loudly condemning the authors who joined serial literature, saying that they were traitors to literature.
But it was undeniable that serial literature had become a trend. It had a wider audience and a lower reading demand.
As long as the story could meet the needs of people, it was easy to produce one after another.
If their novels could be adapted and prepared for shooting through serial, it would inevitably attract the attention of society.
Seeing that both of them seemed to agree with her idea, Anna glanced at Sevillera and continued, "I have another proposal. I will play the female lead in this movie …"
Sevillera did not respond for a while. The first thing she said was not how much money she wanted or whether she could act, but she was not optimistic about her new idea.
"Mr. Patu will not allow you to do that!"
If Anna was the kind of person who had been abandoned and could only eat dividends without decision-making power in the future, no one would blame her for changing grooms every night, let alone acting in a movie. They would only ask her to take care of her body.
But she was not that kind of person. She also had a certain status in the Agincourt family. Mr. Patu would never allow her to appear in public in such a vulgar way as acting in a movie.
Maybe stars were indeed very glamorous and influential, but in the eyes of rich families, they were not only not great, but also not "clean".
In the face of Sevillera's judgment, Anna just smiled and looked at Lynch. "As long as Lynch can play the male lead, I will persuade my father …"
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The sudden silence was broken when Mr. Patu came back. He looked strangely at his proud daughter, Sevillera, who frowned and seemed to be thinking about something, and Lynch, who was beside her with a playful look. He suddenly felt a little curious.
He did not immediately ask what had happened between them. After the event was over, when he got in the car and left, he asked, "It seems that you have the upper hand this time."
He knew about the "struggle" between Anna and Sevillera. For him, people compared his daughter with others, and he was not too disgusted.
As he had several children, he could only choose a real heir. How to choose and cultivate a suitable heir had always been a big problem for him.
If Anna could gain an advantage in the competition with Sevillera, it would also be a kind of growth for her and increase the bargaining chip for her to become the real heir.
In the past, Sevillera often had the upper hand, and Mr. Vaudric's irrational support directly affected the outcome. However, something seemed to have happened this time.
Anna raised her chin a little proudly. She looked out of the window at the groups of homeless people sitting in the corner on the sidewalk. Looking at the pairs of eyes full of envy and jealousy, she turned to look at Mr. Patu.
"I found Sevillera's weakness..." Anna smiled reservedly, but there was a kind of pride hidden in that reservedness. She turned her head and looked away from her father, Mr. Patu, back to the window.
A beautiful girl was faintly reflected in the transparent car window. Her white neck was particularly eye-catching, like a white swan resting peacefully in the lake. She was as elegant and noble as a white swan resting in the lake.
In the car not far behind, there was also a father and daughter.
"You don't seem to be in a good mood, dear. Did someone annoy you?"
Mr. Vaudric looked at his daughter who was frowning, and he was also a little curious.
In fact, at his position, there was no one who could "annoy" him, and naturally, no one would annoy his daughter.
Those who knew them would not do that, and those who did not know them would not do that. This sentence was actually just to break the somewhat solemn atmosphere.
After a while, Sevillera said softly, "If... I mean if, if I were to act in a movie, would you agree?"
"Of course!"
Mr. Vaudric answered quickly as if he had not even considered it. "Why not, dear? This is your right. Do you need me to buy a production company for you?"
"In that case, you'll have a lot of fun. Remember what I said? Happiness is the most important thing!"
If he knew why Sevillera wanted to play a role in a movie, he would not be so happy.