Chapter 48 Teahouse Owner
"...Okay, okay, I'll definitely visit you after the Chinese New Year."
Meng Bai hung up the phone and sighed tiredly.
This was the third call he received today. Like the previous two, it was from a person in charge of a video platform. They all expressed interest in his next script and invited him to have a chat.
This is also his daily routine these days. Not only video platforms, but also some film and television companies have more or less contacted him through connections.
Even Li Qin called and said that her "Aunt Li" also wanted to meet him.
There is no way, it is really that the performance of the web drama "Soul Ferry" is too brilliant.
In the third week after New Year's Day, the last five episodes of "Soul Ferry" were all online, and the first season officially ended.
During this period of time, with the continuous increase in popularity, the number of viewers of "Pendulum" has also increased day by day. According to the real-time monitoring data of the background of Leshi.com, at the peak, there were nearly 60,000 people watching online at the same time.
To be more precise, it should be 60,000 accounts, and the actual number of viewers may be far more than that.
After all, many viewers left messages online saying that they dared not watch the show alone, and every time they would gather together to encourage each other.
At the same time, the number of views of "Pendulum" has exceeded 200 million, and is still rising rapidly. The number of new members of Leshi.com has reached more than 200,000 in just half a month.
According to the statistics of the member application page and browsing records, at least three-quarters of the more than 200,000 new members came from the contribution of "Soul Ferry".
In other words, even if each member is only calculated as the monthly card user with the lowest unit price, the investment cost of "Soul Ferry" has basically been earned back by the membership fee alone.
Compared with data such as the number of views, these new members are what major video platforms value most. After all, the former can be injected with water by adjusting the "statistical method", while the latter is real and real benefits.
What is the fundamental interest of the video platform? Traffic!
Where does the traffic come from? Of course, it is the users.
The current video platform is still in the stage of incremental market, but even so, few users will open memberships on multiple platforms at a time. Most people still open a membership in one place, and then consider which platform to choose next time after the membership period ends.
Now, a large number of new users have chosen Leshi.com because of "Soul Ferry", which means that for a long period of time, these users will be bound to Leshi.com, and it is difficult for other platforms to win them.
Leshi.com is undoubtedly the happiest about this situation. It is really a case of people sitting at home and users coming from the sky.
When Gan Wei contacted Meng Bai, he told him that when the total broadcast data after the new year comes out, he will definitely hold a grand celebration banquet for the entire "Pendulum" crew, and everyone will have a bonus red envelope.
Meng Bai is naturally happy to see this happen, anyway, it doesn't cost him money.
As for the fact that other platforms have contacted him, he didn't mention it.
Although he estimated that if he said now that the next script has been written, Leshi.com would immediately pay money very happily, but he always had to leave himself a way out.
Besides, if he really wants to go further in this circle, he can't just stop at Leshi.com. He has to climb other trees as well.
Of course, these are all things to be considered later. Meng Bai's most urgent task now is to hurry up and find a financial officer for his shell company "Arc Light Films" so that he can reconcile accounts with Leshi.com and share profits after the New Year.
He actually wanted to find an accounting firm to cooperate with at first, but after consulting, he found that most of their business is year-round cooperation, and the fees are not low. With this calculation, it would be more convenient to find someone directly.
Coincidentally, he actually knows someone in "finance".
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the deserted teahouse, Meng Bai pushed open the half-closed door.
"Huahua! Huahua!"
As soon as he entered the door, Meng Bai habitually called out twice, but found that there was no one behind the counter.
Yeah? Where's the person?
It is said that every time he came to the teahouse, he could see this "Lolita girl" lying behind the counter and slacking off. Suddenly, he didn't see her today, and it felt like the fixed NPC in a certain map in the game disappeared.
He was wondering, and suddenly a rather queen-like voice sounded behind him: "'Huahua' is not here, but 'Li Li' has one. What would you like to order, sir?"
Meng Bai turned around and looked behind him, and a smiling face came into view.
Standing behind Meng Bai was a girl with a sweet smile, tall and fair skin, with long black hair tied into a high ponytail hanging behind her, swinging left and right with the owner's movements. The most attractive thing is the girl's eyes, like two crescent moons, which narrow together when she smiles, which is particularly heart-warming.
"Hey, isn't this Boss Li?" Meng Bai smiled and said in a familiar tone: "I haven't seen you for a long time. I heard that Boss Li has made a fortune in the film and television industry recently?"
"Well, I'm a little girl. I lose money in business, so I can only find ways to make a living. Unlike our Boss Meng, I heard that he is now a famous screenwriter!" The girl replied in the same familiar and teasing tone.
After that, the two looked at each other and laughed at each other.
The girl in front of them is called Li Yitong, the owner of this teahouse. She has known Meng Bai for a long time and they are good friends who are "more than friends".
"When did you come back?" Meng Bai asked after finding a table and sitting down.
Li Yitong poured him a cup of tea and said with a smile: "Just last month. I wanted to contact you, but Huahua told me that you should be busy, so I didn't disturb you."
Meng Bai calculated that it was just when "Soul Ferry" was just launched, and he was indeed very busy.
"By the way, I haven't congratulated you yet." Li Yitong blinked, picked up a cup of tea and said, "'2014 New Year's hit new drama', I can see discussions about your drama every day on the Internet, it's very popular. Congratulations, your wish for so many years has finally come true."
Meng Bai smiled and said, "Just drinking tea? Congratulations to you have to be a little practical."
"I can't do that." Li Yitong spread her hands helplessly and said, "I just paid the water, electricity and wages, and I'm waiting to sell the tables, chairs and benches to make up for the losses. Now except for a cup of tea, there is really nothing."
"It serves you right! You've been away eight out of ten days, and all the deals have failed."
"Hey, please sort out your logic. I didn't come here often because my deals failed first, okay!"
"Same meaning, they're all failed anyway."
"..."
After joking for a while, Meng Bai asked, "I heard from Huahua before that you went to film a movie?"
"It's not really a filming, I was just helping a friend." Li Yitong explained: "She has a friend who is from Beijing Film Academy. She wanted to shoot a graduation project and was short of a female lead, so she found me."
"How did it feel?"
"I don't know. I just followed the requirements and made some movements and expressions. I didn't have many lines." Li Yitong said: "But it was quite fun. It's the first time I played someone different from myself. It's quite interesting."
"Why, do you plan to be an actor in the future?" Meng Bai asked.
"Teacher Meng, do you think I'm suitable?"
Meng Bai didn't rush to answer. He took a sip of tea and said leisurely: "Can you act?"
"...No."
"That's it."
(End of this chapter)
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