ca-book Chapter 378: We're going to have to go head-to-head with an industry leader!
Chapter 378: We're going to have to go head-to-head with an industry leader!
Chapter 378: We're going to have to go head-to-head with an industry leader!
The car Chen Jincheng drove this time was his BMW 5 Series, which he hadn't used in a long time.
The back seat of this car is still quite good; even if Li Suwan, the young teacher, lies down, she can still move around freely.
Li Suwan was extremely ashamed.
She had never had such an experience before, especially with another girl driving.
At first, it definitely felt suffocating, but later I just started to enjoy the stimulation and accepted it lying down.
The BMW 5 Series' powertrain is quite good; as long as you go fast enough, you'll experience a strong sense of acceleration.
After driving for more than 40 minutes, the car entered a small town under the jurisdiction of Linhai City.
Today, I'm here to visit a scenic area in this town, where there's a very beautiful mountain.
Chen Jincheng plans to film a traditional Chinese dance for the young female teacher on this platform.
That ancient-style dance is also from another world, a very famous "Myth".
This dance series has garnered up to 300 million likes.
When Ximeng stopped the car, she got out with a resentful look on her face.
Chen Jincheng and Li Suwan also got out of the back seat, straightened their clothes, which still looked a bit messy.
Li Suwan's face was flushed. At this moment, even though she was a mature young woman, she clung to Chen Jincheng's arm like a little bird.
Xi Meng, not wanting to be outdone, shared the masks with the two of them and then took Chen Jincheng's other arm, and together they went up to the mountain scenic area.
Once we got to the mountain, we carefully found a spot and filmed Li Suwan's dance video, titled "Mythical Dance at the End of Chapter".
Li Suwan is very professional in dance, so the video shooting went smoothly and was completed in no time. Then the three of them strolled around the mountain scenic area.
The sight of two women, one on each side of Chen Jincheng, was quite eye-catching.
So in the end, it turned out that Xi Meng was arm in arm with Li Su Wan in front, and Chen Jin Cheng was following behind, occasionally acting as the two women's photographer.
"Sister Suwan, can I ask you a question?" Ximeng asked softly as she walked.
"What's wrong?" Li Suwan nodded.
Perhaps because she had already watched the whole thing in the car, and might watch it all the way back, the two of them were already starting to resemble best friends.
It's like how men who have slept together have a very close relationship.
Xi Meng asked, "So, what's the most comfortable sitting position in the back seat? I have long legs, will that be a problem?"
"..." Li Suwan opened her mouth, but for a moment she didn't know how to answer the question.
How does she know?
Throughout the journey, she felt tense, excited, and as if she were suffocating.
They were all at his mercy.
So, in the end, all she could say was in a low voice, "You'll find out when the time comes."
Aside from the scenery, there wasn't much to see in the mountain forest area of this small town, and the three of them soon went back down the mountain.
When she got to the car, Ximeng opened the back seat and sat down with anticipation.
The situation made Chen Jincheng smile wryly as he looked at Li Suwan: "Teacher Li, are you the only one who can drive? If I don't let my secretary experience it on the way back, she'll definitely make a fuss for a while."
Li Suwan blushed as she took the keys; she naturally knew what the experience was about.
As the car started and drove out of the town, Ximeng leaned against Chen Jincheng and whispered in his ear, "Boss, are you all recovered?"
...
Over the next few days, Chen Jincheng took Li Suwan to various scenic spots in Linhai City and filmed a traditional Chinese dance for her every day.
Li Suwan was reluctant to release these ancient-style dances; she wanted to take them back to the Ganjiang River area and release them slowly.
Li Suwan and Ximeng, on the other hand, developed a deep camaraderie and became inseparable best friends.
Literally meaning intimately close.
Therefore, in the later ancient-style dances, Li Suwan would also pull Ximeng to dance together.
Even in scenic areas, she would take Ximeng to shop at women's lingerie stores.
“This one is beautiful!” Xi Meng said to Li Suwan, holding up a lace dress.
“This one looks good too.” Li Suwan also picked up a small item.
The two of them turned to look at Chen Jincheng and asked him a question.
Li Suwan: "Honey, do you like this?"
"Honey, what about this one?" Ximeng waved the lace in her hand.
The two women's words instantly drew the attention of all the customers and sales staff in the store to the three of them, creating a sudden and awkward silence.
what's the situation?
Is there such a legitimate and aboveboard thing now?
All three of them were wearing masks and baseball caps, so you couldn't see their faces at all. Otherwise, I would definitely have wanted to see who this amazing person was.
Chen Jincheng was somewhat helpless at the two women's perverse sense of humor, and could only bite the bullet and say, "Both of your choices are very beautiful."
"Hehe!" Xi Meng giggled, took the things from Li Suwan's hand, and went to pay together.
For her, the happiest thing must be being able to openly call her boss "husband".
This is all thanks to Sister Suwan; she's so capable.
Li Suqin shyly approached Chen Jincheng and took his arm. She had called him "husband" when they were being disciplined in the room earlier, and she had tacitly agreed to it. She just wanted to call him that a few more times.
As it turned out, Ximeng actually learned it.
The key thing is that this girl has become bolder and started calling him "husband" in public.
She was naturally eager to try it out.
I never expected him to play this kind of pretend game with them.
After leaving the lingerie store, Chen Jincheng reminded Ximeng, "Let it go for now, but be mindful of what you're doing."
"Okay, honey," Ximeng said sweetly.
"..." Chen Jincheng.
After helping Li Suwan film another video at the scenic spot, the two found a hotel to stay in. But that evening, after just one night of self-discipline, they heard Li Suwan exclaim in surprise: "Chen, we're trending!"
"???" Chen Jincheng was stunned.
He's been keeping a low profile these days, just accompanying Li Suwan to various places to film videos, very discreetly.
The hype surrounding Jinglan City and Hanfu Outing Day has died down, so why is it trending again?
When he saw the video, he was stunned. He had been filmed with Li Suwan and Ximeng in a lingerie store, and the video had been uploaded online.
"Explosive! This guy is so lucky!" Fortunately, this was just surveillance footage. Not only was the image blurry, but his figure was also magnified. In addition, he, the young female teacher, and the scheming secretary were all wearing masks and baseball caps, so there was no need to worry about being recognized.
Yet, even in this trending topic, someone still mentioned him.
"Damn, this guy seems even more impressive than Chen Jincheng. Chen Jincheng might dare to play around with those 'Cheng girls' in secret, but how could he dare to be so open about it? Although we can't see their faces, these two girls have amazing figures. They're probably no worse than Chen Jincheng's 'Cheng girls,' right?"
"Upstairs, are you joking or looking down on Chen Jincheng? If he wants to have fun, he will openly bring two girls out to play, show affection in front of you, and make the girls call him 'husband.' In the end, after he's done, he will tell you that it was just a video and the 'husband' was just part of the script."
"Yes, that's the real Chen Jincheng. This guy is all covered up. How can he compare to Chen Jincheng?"
Upon seeing this, Chen Jincheng could only think that these people really thought highly of him.
Seriously, when it comes to matters between men and women, if you do it secretly and privately, no matter how much you spend, it's fine.
But if you actually dare to do it in public, that would be vulgar.
He wouldn't be so brainless as to be so high-profile, so these people are overestimating him.
Xi Meng couldn't help but laugh: "Boss, these people are still arguing and comparing, they have no idea that both of them are you."
Time passed by while having fun.
As Li Suwan returned to Ganjiang City, December arrived in the blink of an eye, marking the last month of 2018.
However, this past month has not been a good start for Ershixingchen. Aiqiyi and Tencent Video, who had previously agreed to block Ershixingchen's content, have finally decided to take action against them.
So, they were about to clash with an industry leader for the first time.
On the streets of Linhai City, a Lamborghini sped along and soon arrived in front of a building. On the roof of the building, many workers were already carrying out renovations and welding frames.
This building is naturally the headquarters building that Second Stars bought for 10 billion, and the welded frame is meant to support Second Stars' signboard.
When he entered, there were already quite a few workers doing renovations.
Only one department of Second Star has moved in so far: the film and television department, which has moved to the 12th floor.
When he arrived, Sister Hong was already there, along with Sun Ji, as well as the original management and employees of LeTV's film and television division.
These people had been waiting for him for a while, and when they saw him come in, they all stood up to show their respect.
Everyone knows the purpose of today's meeting.
That means their film and television department's online film and television section suffered a setback, specifically due to being targeted by two industry-leading platforms.
"Please sit down," Chen Jincheng said to the group.
"Boss!" Sister Hong and Sun Ji also stepped forward to greet him.
Chen Jincheng also asked Sun Ji, "Tell us everything!"
Sun Ji immediately reported: "Boss, our copyright department at Ershixingchen Film and Television Network went out to negotiate three dramas, but they were all blocked. Mr. Zhao, you can explain."
Mr. Zhao, the vice president in charge of the film and television network, immediately said, "We had negotiated three dramas, and all of them were about to be finalized. However, people from iQiyi and Tencent Video intervened and bought the copyrights by raising the price by 5%."
"Only a 5% price increase." Chen Jincheng couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this: "I thought they'd raise prices much higher!"
He said this very casually, because Ershi Xingchen is indeed well-funded now, with profits from Hanfu video sales and "It's Over, I'm Surrounded by Beauties" still sitting in the account.
Apart from the loan to purchase the building, Ershi Xingchen didn't need to repay any other money and had no other projects, so the money was just a string of numbers lying around.
Therefore, as long as he doesn't buy bad dramas like "The New Investiture of the Gods," "Pushing Hands," or the new version of "The Legend of the White Snake," and doesn't incur losses, he's afraid that iQiyi and Tencent Video won't be able to afford the price war.
As long as Tencent doesn't get involved, he believes his funds are definitely more abundant than those of a single film and television platform.
But he would never buy these terrible dramas. As long as he didn't touch any dramas that didn't exist in his previous life, he could basically succeed in everything.
Thinking about it, he asked Sun Ji again, "How are the investment negotiations for 'Cheng Qing Ling' going?"
Sun Ji immediately said, "It's all settled. 5000 million yuan will be invested in the project, together with Tencent and three other film and television companies, totaling 2.5 million yuan. We will also have the right to bid against Tencent."
"Tencent didn't object, but they don't seem to have high hopes for the show. There's a lot of pessimism about it online, especially among fans of the original novel."
Actually, he also felt that the investment in this drama was a bit rushed, and he wanted to oppose it, at least for the time being, since the situation was unclear.
However, after learning one thing, he stopped saying anything.
The boss had me sign a girl named Meng Ziyi. She's very pretty, has a great figure, and a good temperament. She seems to have a lot of potential. Of course, that's not the most important thing. The important thing is that the boss personally instructed me to sign her.
Therefore, to a large extent, the boss intends to use this investment to woo Meng Ziyi, and probably doesn't care how the drama ends.
Imagine a minor actress who has been playing supporting roles for years suddenly receiving the treatment of bringing 5000 million yuan to a production with her own investment. The director even guarantees that the script will be revised and the plot will be expanded for her role.
What will happen to a relatively unknown actress after this series of shocks?
If you don't book the room yourself, clean it, and wait for the boss to come over, that's just being inconsiderate.
If he's not mistaken, the boss will probably accompany this girl to the set and get things done.
Having been in the film and television industry for so long, he can see through these kinds of things at a glance. He will also be going to the set to discuss the situation, so he still needs to think about how to make arrangements for the boss so that the boss can have a good time.
Chen Jincheng was relieved to know that the matter had been resolved.
This show is destined to be a huge hit, and it will give Tencent a good slap in the face, making them regret it to the point of vomiting blood.
However, that's a matter for later. Since Aiqiyi and Tencent have taken action this time, revenge is inevitable. He asked Sun Ji, "What dramas are Aiqiyi and Tencent in talks about recently? Have you found out?"
"Yes, the investigation is complete." Sun Ji nodded and immediately turned on the projector of a multimedia device, projecting the title of the play.
The title of this drama is the one that will be released soon. He had seen some of these dramas in his previous life, while he had no recollection of them at all. It wasn't that they didn't exist in his previous life, but rather that they didn't make a ripple at all in his previous life.
Moreover, he didn't see any of the hit dramas from his previous life on these lists.
So he asked again, "Aren't there any others?"
Seeing this, Sun Ji knew that the boss didn't think much of these dramas, so he thought for a moment and said, "There is one that I heard was shortlisted for the Magnolia Award for Best Television Series. As for whether it will win, I don't know. We'll have to wait until the awards ceremony in June."
"However, the production company's asking price is really high. The online rights cost 5 million yuan. The key is that this drama doesn't have any big-name stars. The most famous ones are Guo Jingfei and that big-mouthed actress. It's also an urban life drama, so the probability of it becoming a big hit is not high. Therefore, iQiyi and Tencent Pictures are both pulling in different directions and are unwilling to pay so much money."
"But this show might win an award, so the quality must be good. As is customary, the two platforms will probably share the broadcasting rights together because of this potential award."
Chen Jincheng felt the name sounded familiar and quickly asked, "What's the name of this show?"
“All Is Well!” Sun Ji replied.
"Holy crap, this is the one." Chen Jincheng slammed his hand on the table and stood up, startling everyone who stared at him.
A line from a movie instantly flashed through Chen Jincheng's mind: "Is it because you're old, or because you don't shower?"
This is the king of dramas!
The TV ratings of "Go Go Squid!" are overshadowed, and the online viewership of "The Untamed" is overshadowed.
Before its release, the show received little attention, both in terms of publicity, market response, and even from streaming platforms like Tencent. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been so reluctant to pay for the exclusive rights.
This was a bomb that no one had anticipated.
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(End of this chapter)