Little brother, come work for your sister.

Ouyang also wore a troubled expression.

"Although I dismissed those people, I contacted a new visual effects team right away."

"I even pulled a few strings. Those people who attended the boot ceremony last time were also very enthusiastic."

"However..."

"The results were not ideal."

Bai Ling's gaze flickered. "In what way not ideal?"

In fact, she had already realized that the situation was much trickier than she had imagined.

Even though she was the investor and the big boss, Ouyang was the director of this drama.

In theory, Bai Ling should not interfere with anything Ouyang did; whenever he encountered a little trouble, Ouyang could resolve it himself.

Yet now, he had come to her.

This already indicated that the problem was not something she could easily solve.

Sure enough, Ouyang scratched his head and said, "Previously, to save costs, we hired a relatively mediocre visual effects team."

"Now it seems I understood far too little about the visual effects field. You get what you pay for."

..."

Bai Ling was stunned. "So, we're out of money?"

If that was the problem, it really was quite tricky.

She had already taken out everything she possibly could.

Could it be that she had to borrow money?

However, even with the shortage of funds, it hadn't quite reached that point.

So, after some thought, Bai Ling said, "As for my scenes, arrange them quickly."

"If I free up some time, I can release a few more songs or participate in a couple of variety shows."

There was still quite a bit of time before filming wrapped up, anyway, and she was entirely confident she could resolve the financial issue.

Ouyang nodded. "That is one way, but there is another problem."

"High quotes from these visual effects companies are one aspect, and their scheduling availability is another."

"Quite a few visual effects companies are overwhelmed with work right now and need to wait several months before taking on our project."

"I'm worried it will be too late."

"There is also another group that explicitly stated they will not cooperate with us. Chances are, they've been warned by someone."

Bai Ling's gaze flashed. "You mean Wang Dagang?"

Ouyang nodded. "If nothing else, it's him."

Bai Ling immediately felt somewhat helpless.

She had thought Wang Dagang wouldn't be able to have any real impact on her.

Who would have thought he was waiting for her right here.

What a piece of work.

"Alright, let me think of a way."

Ouyang nodded. "Don't worry too much. Zhuge and I will also do our best to find a way to solve this trouble."

After Ouyang left, Bai Ling said to the system, "System, are there any rewards that can allow me to master visual effects production techniques? Can you make me a visual effects master?"

System: ...

"This system is the Entertainment Heavenly Dao Rewards Diligence System, and the rewards granted by the system are random to a certain extent."

"If the host intends to become a visual effects master, she can study visual effects, and the rewards given by the system will have a high probability of being related content."

"However, the system reminds you once again that even if the host becomes a true visual effects master, the time required to produce visual effects is quite astonishing."

"For the host, this is perhaps not the optimal solution."

From the system's words, Bai Ling could tell.

Want to become a master of visual effects production?

No problem.

Yet even if she became such a person, so what?

It wasn't like she grew three heads and six arms. To get visual effects done, wouldn't she still have to operate in front of a computer?

The tediousness of it, compared to writing a song or writing a book, was countless times greater.

Given Bai Ling's current situation, wouldn't she simply be turning herself into a hired laborer?

This still wouldn't solve the urgent crisis.

Could it be that Bai Ling was supposed to create visual effects all by herself for years, grinding away at a single production?

Thinking of this, Bai Ling couldn't help but shake her head. "Heh, pretend I didn't say anything."

Yet if this matter couldn't be resolved through the system, what other ways were there?

Suddenly, Bai Ling realized that so-called visual effects production was actually related to 3D modeling and animation design.

And what was similar to these things? Wasn't it gaming?

Game characters required the creation of 3D models, and cinematic CG involved animation design.

Therefore, if those visual effects companies were unwilling to take the job, was it possible for Bai Ling to poach people from the gaming industry?

No matter how influential Wang Dagang was, could he possibly cross boundaries from the entertainment industry into the gaming sector?

After pondering it carefully, Bai Ling felt this approach was highly feasible.

Thus, she dialed Bai Zihao's number.

"My dear precious younger brother, how is your game development going?"

Bai Zihao sounded somewhat flustered.

"Don't mention it. I've hit another development bottleneck."

Bai Ling said, "Oh, is that so? That's wonderful."

Bai Zihao, "..."

"Sis, listen to what you're saying..."

Bai Ling chuckled. "Listen to me slowly..."

"Are you interested in coming to work for me?"

After listening to the trouble Bai Ling had encountered, Bai Zihao pondered for a moment and said,

"I actually know a bit about those visual effects companies."

"Their main business is pre-shooting for film and television, film and television animation design, post-production visual effects composition, and so on."

"Speaking of which, there is an overlap with some parts of our gaming industry."

"We focus more on programming development, operations, game system design, map design..."

Bai Ling felt a slight headache coming on. "Stop right there, stop right there!"

"Sis doesn't want to hear so many detailed points. Just tell me if there's potential in this."

"Are you willing to help your sister out?"

Bai Zihao said without hesitation, "Of course I am."

"When you have trouble, how could I just stand by and watch?"

"However, Sister, you're shooting a Xianxia drama, and the workload for visual effects is huge. My company doesn't have many hands dealing with this specific part, so you need to give me some time to poach and recruit people."

"But if we do that, the cost goes up again."

Bai Ling weighed the situation. "How about this? You don't need to worry about the money; just help me implement this matter as soon as possible."

"Also, if possible, I want to build a visual effects team belonging to my own personal studio."

Bai Zihao gasped inwardly. "Sis, your appetite is a bit too big."

Bai Ling chuckled softly. "When someone is trying to choke you out, you realize it's better to have a slightly bigger appetite."

Bai Zihao nodded. "Alright, then that's settled."

"I'll contact you when there's news."

Bai Ling immediately felt a lot more relaxed; Bai Zihao should be able to help her sort this out.

At the same time, however, the financial pressure on her shoulders grew a bit heavier.

She had to find a way to make money.

After some thought, Bai Ling sought out Sister Ge to discuss her subsequent schedule.

Whether releasing songs or going on variety shows, whatever it took, she had to plug this financial hole.