ca-book Chapter 595 One person looked and remained silent!
Chapter 595 One person looked and remained silent!
Following the announcement of the short drama series "The Second Generation Starry Night" by the production company "Back to Field", the entire industry is investigating what constitutes a short drama series. Companies such as Kuaishou, Douyin, Tencent Penguin Pictures, iQiyi, and Kugou are among the most eager to investigate.
Because they felt that this short drama was closely related to them.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard they investigated, they couldn't find any information, and there was nothing useful online.
Kuai Shou, Chen Yixiao arrived at the company today. Due to the special circumstances, there were only a few people in the entire company, and everyone else was working from home.
"Still no findings?"
He frowned and asked his assistant.
The assistant nodded: "We still haven't found any useful information. We did manage to find a member of the Second Starry Sky who participated in the short drama project through connections. We wanted to offer them some benefits to find out more, but they signed a confidentiality agreement and dare not say anything."
"It will probably cost some money to get them to talk, but I don't think it's worth it. Since Chen Jincheng has released the news, the short drama will definitely be released soon, it's just a matter of a couple of days earlier or later."
Chen Yixiao knew this principle, but he still frowned because he didn't like this uncontrollable situation.
The recent listing process of Kuaishou has been going very smoothly, and the feeling of having everything under control is making him almost lose his way.
On the other side, Huang Zhen of Tencent Penguin Pictures was also trying to find out about the short drama, but his assistant hadn't found out anything either, which made him very frustrated: "If we intensify our investigation, I don't believe we can't find out this information. Moreover, I have a feeling that the short drama 'Second Generation Star' is probably aimed at Tencent Penguin Pictures."
The assistant nodded, also thinking it was very likely.
While several companies were investigating short dramas, everyone also discovered that Ershixingchen Film and Television Network had suddenly launched a short drama section. However, when they clicked on this section, it was completely empty, with only a countdown to the launch of the first batch of short dramas, which would take three days.
That means the short drama will be released in three days, and it will be released in batches, which means there will be a lot of them.
This only makes people more curious.
In the past, films and television dramas were produced in units of one or two episodes. Now, the use of "a batch" clearly indicates that it is not related to films and television dramas, but rather to short videos.
When Huang Zhen received the news from Tencent Penguin Pictures, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Since it has nothing to do with film and television, they don't need to be too nervous.
If Chan Kam-ching wants to venture into short dramas, he will likely spend less time on film and television in the future, which might be the time when Tencent quietly closes the gap.
Many people online have made this guess.
Some people even brought up the feud between Chan Kam-ching and Chan Yi-hau, which may be the reason why he wanted to enter the short video industry.
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The ideal life in the courtyard.
As darkness fell and night descended, Chen Jincheng had already finished editing today's video.
So, he began a pleasant teaching schedule.
Today's students are Zhu Ling, Tian Meizi, Miss Meng, and Zhang Ruonan. With a sweet girl like Tian Meizi on my left, a charming and sophisticated woman like Miss Meng on my right, and Zhu Ling and Zhang Ruonan waiting to learn from me—how delightful is that?
It's a pity that no matter how enviable something is, you can't let people know about it.
I received a call from Sun Ji informing me that the announcement for the short drama had been sent out.
He also got up, let Miss Meng take the initiative, and then called Mr. Gu from Douyin.
When Gu Xue received the call, she was in a meeting with the senior management of Douyin, naturally because of the short drama Chen Jincheng was working on.
The website Ershixingchen Film and Television uses the term "batch" to describe short dramas, which clearly indicates to the outside world that they are not film and television dramas, but short videos.
Isn't this related to their dialect?
Now that Kuaishou has finally given Douyin some breathing room in preparation for its IPO, they don't want Chen Jincheng to suddenly interfere. Given his achievements in the short video industry, if Ershixingchen Film and Television were to enter the short video market, the threat would be much greater than that of Weishi. Perhaps Weishi would even copy Chen Jincheng's approach, turning what was originally not a threat into a threat all at once, which would be disastrous.
Gu Xue was very surprised to receive a call from Chen Jincheng. If he was going to enter the short video market, then this call might be up to no good.
But she couldn't ignore the call, so she answered and greeted him casually, "Hello, Mr. Chen, why are you calling me all of a sudden?"
Chen Jincheng went straight to the point: "President Gu, you should have seen about the short dramas on Ershixingchen Film and Television Network. Ershixingchen plans to drive traffic to the short dramas by advertising on your Douyin platform. How about 20 billion yuan? This money should also play a significant role for Douyin."
Chen Jincheng knew very well that Douyin was short of money after falling into crisis. In another world, Douyin's huge spending of billions during the Spring Festival that year was a desperate gamble.
Therefore, this 20 billion will be of great help to Douyin.
Some might say, "Why would a company as big as ByteDance be short of 20 billion?"
That's because someone confused assets with working capital. A large company may not have much working capital. Besides, ByteDance has more than just Douyin. More importantly, there's another world. After Douyin ran into trouble, ByteDance did consider the possibility of Douyin being cut off.
Moreover, the ByteDance that did not defeat the Chopsticks was actually far less powerful than it was in later generations.
Gu Xue knew that the 20 billion figure would be a great help to Douyin, but she could only awkwardly say, "President Chen, you have already entered the short video industry. Although this 20 billion is very tempting, I'm afraid I would have to resign tomorrow if I dared to agree."
"Mr. Gu, how did you find out I'm going to enter the short video market? That's not true." Chen Jincheng probably knew why the other party thought that way. He reached out and stroked Miss Meng's hair as he said, "Mr. Gu, I'll send you the first 20 episodes of a short drama. Then you'll know what's going on. I'm targeting Tencent Penguin Pictures and the like."
Gu Xue was clearly taken aback. What was going on? Wasn't everyone talking about short videos?
After hanging up with Chen Jincheng, she quickly received a file from Ershixingchen. Clicking on it, she found more than a dozen videos, each only about 3 or 4 minutes long.
The title of each file was: "After Having Two Kids and Getting Divorced, I'm Being Pursued by a Billionaire, But I Don't Want Them Anymore!"
"???" When Gu Xue saw this name, she felt like Chen Jincheng was playing a trick on her.
Even the higher-ups at Douyin felt like they'd been played.
What the hell is this?
But knowing that the other party was Chen Jincheng, they patiently clicked on the first episode.
After watching the first episode, I watched the second, the third...
Soon enough, Gu Xue and the higher-ups at Douyin fell silent. Had Chen Jincheng really not been playing them?
These plot points are so gripping, everyone's speechless! (End of Chapter)