The three-hundred-million investment was secured, and the remaining two hundred million was easier to manage.
Xie Yun showed everyone the drafted contract; aside from the investment shares, it imposed significant constraints on both parties, with particular emphasis on not using tainted artists, "Rest assured, when we hire people, we will sign the most stringent contract in history with them. Should they cause a scandal affecting the movie's release, they must compensate all investors for the losses," he said.
Rigorous standards were necessary, as the industry was far too chaotic.
During the production of his last film, which was nearing completion, a scandal broke out that the leading actress had been unfaithful within her marriage to a married man, instantly branding her a synonym for promiscuity. The label "everyone's woman" was attached to her, and the tolerance for such behavior in women was far less than for men's dalliances, leading many netizens to boycott her works.