Chapter 100 Untitled
"Live streaming while recording a variety show? Xiaokang, why didn't you discuss this with me beforehand and just made the decision on your own?"
Zhao Minglan had just returned to China, but he didn't expect that his nephew would give him such a big surprise.
Zhao Pictures is the Zhao family's business.
It is also one of the five major entertainment companies in Han State.
The person in charge of Zhao Pictures at this time was Zhao Kangqian's uncle, Zhao Minglan.
The predecessor of Zhao Pictures was Guanlan Pictures.
The owner of Guanlan Pictures is Zhao Kangqian’s grandfather.
Zhao Kangqian's father was a famous playboy.
When he was young, he loved to play and married Zhao Kangqian's mother. Not long after Zhao Kangqian was born, he divorced Zhao Kangqian's mother.
Later, drunk driving directly led to the car accident and death.
It also directly hit and killed several innocent pedestrians on the road.
It broke several families apart.
This incident caused a big stir at the time.
Zhao Kangqian's grandfather paid a lot of compensation to suppress the matter.
However, the sudden death of his son, coupled with the need to clean up the mess for Zhao Kangqian's father, directly ruined his health.
Finally, after handing over the company to Zhao Minglan, he passed away.
When Zhao Minglan took over Guanlan Pictures, it was on the verge of bankruptcy.
It was with his extraordinary means and abilities that he managed to pull Guanlan Pictures back from the brink of crisis.
Later, it was renamed Zhao's Film. Later, relying on the connections left by the old man and its own hard power.
After years of hard work, Zhao Minglan made Zhao Pictures one of the top five entertainment companies in the entertainment industry.
But because he focused all his energy on managing the company, he never got married.
Instead, he raised Zhao Kangqian, the child left by his younger brother, as his own son and future heir.
Liu Ying in front of us was once one of the popular actresses under Zhao Film Company.
Therefore, Zhao Minglan knows Liu Ying quite well.
I know that Liu Ying is the type of person who cares about her family and is a good wife and mother.
Because he understood her, he agreed to let Zhao Kangqian marry Liu Ying.
Zhao Minglan is a person who puts profit above all else.
If Zhao Kangqian had not been treated as his son, and Zhao Kangqian at that time was determined to marry Liu Ying, Liu Ying's character was also quite good.
He would not agree to Zhao Kangqian marrying Liu Ying.
After all, Zhao Kangqian marrying Liu Ying would not bring any benefits to his family.
However, Zhao Kangqian's love and infatuation for Liu Ying at that time made Zhao Minglan feel very at ease.
Because he felt that Zhao Kangqian's infatuation was better than his father's romantic life.
There is nothing wrong with a man being romantic, but he should not be the only person who is romantic.
Unexpectedly, within just a few years, Zhao Kangqian's infatuation became a joke.
Not only did he cheat on his wife, he even turned around and put the blame on his wife.
Turn the tables on the person you once loved deeply.
Zhao Minglan was able to make Zhao Pictures a giant in the entertainment industry.
He is definitely not a good person.
When it comes to methods, Zhao Kangqian's tricks are nothing but childish compared to him.
He was not angry because Zhao Kangqian turned the tables on Liu Ying, otherwise he would not have taken action against Liu Ying in the first place.
What made him angry was that Zhao Kangqian did not just beat Liu Ying to death with a single blow.
This gives Liu Ying a chance to turn things around.
He was abroad at the time, so the matter was directly handed over to Zhao Kangqian to handle.
If he had handled it personally.
Liu Ying will never be given a chance to turn things around.
Zhao Pictures’ headquarters is in Shanghai.
At this time, Zhao Kangqian was not in Shanghai at all, but came directly to K City with the program crew.
After receiving a call from his uncle, Zhao Kangqian didn't care at all.
"Uncle, don't worry. I'm not a child anymore. I've thought this through carefully and have obtained the consent of several major shareholders in the company before doing this."
"The market is basically all about live streaming now. We have to keep pace with the times. I've already negotiated with Video One. If the average number of viewers for our variety show reaches 60 million, they will directly offer 400 million yuan for our live streaming rights."
Zhao Kangqian has already signed an agreement with Video One.
Once the number of people watching their live broadcast exceeds 60 million, First Video will directly spend 400 million to buy out their live broadcast rights.
Initially, in order to create the variety show "Celebrity Love" and attract so many first-line artists, actors and singers, Zhao Pictures invested 400 million yuan exclusively.
It also attracted nearly 300 million yuan in sponsorship and naming fees.
Originally, they spent a lot of money to create "Celebrity Love" in response to the variety show launched by their rivals, and Zhao Minglan also had the selfish intention of paving the way for Zhao Kangqian.
Unexpectedly, the rival variety show was crushed by them.
As a result, Liu Ying's "Love Journey" came out.
"Love Journey" actually pioneered the live broadcast mode of variety shows.
Not only did it take away some of their traffic, but it also became a hot topic every few days.
Various drainage methods.
This made Zhao Kangqian anxious.
This "Star Love" was originally created by him to express his abilities to the shareholders of Zhao Pictures.
His uncle arranged for him to be a manager in the company, but this was opposed by many shareholders at the time.
It was thanks to his uncle's support that he was able to take the position of manager.
However, being able to sit down does not mean you are safe.
He must demonstrate the ability to create value for Zhao Pictures in order to secure his position as manager.
And "Star Love" is the weapon tailor-made for him by his uncle.
Everything was going smoothly, but now the variegated horse "Love Journey" appears.
All kinds of rumors unfavorable to him suddenly appeared in the company.
Some shareholders in particular were shocked to see that his ex-wife Liu Ying's small variety show, which only cost 20 million yuan, had a viewership rating that was close to that of their big variety shows that cost hundreds of millions of yuan.
He even expressed doubts about his abilities.
This of course made Zhao Kangqian dissatisfied.
He believes that the reason why Liu Ying's "Love Journey" was successful was because the variety show benefited from live streaming.
In addition, I, Shao Yuan, have some traffic of my own.
That’s why such success was achieved.
The eight guests of their "Celebrity Love" are all traffic kings.
Every one of them has no less traffic than I, Shao Yuan.
There are even two whose traffic is much stronger than that of I, Shao Yuan.
Since Liu Ying can succeed, he can definitely do it too.
Therefore, in order to prove himself to the shareholders in the company, he entered into a betting agreement with First Video.
If he wins, he can recoup his 400 million yuan investment in live broadcast licensing fees alone.
As for the consequences of losing, the company will have to pay 400 million yuan in compensation to First Video.
But Zhao Kangqian didn't think he would lose.
Of course, Zhao Minglan didn't think that Zhao Kangqian would lose.
But the problem is that if Zhao Kangqian chooses to sign a contract with Video One, it will definitely affect the prime time traffic on Saturday night.
Originally, "Star Love" was broadcast on Banana Channel on Saturday night prime time.
Starting live broadcast now does not violate the agreement signed with the TV station.
But they will force the TV station to rebroadcast the program.
Can this live broadcast and replay be the same?
Then can the ratings still be guaranteed?
Of course the TV station was very angry.
So, I called Zhao Minglan who had just got off the plane.
Zhao Minglan immediately turned and called Zhao Kangqian.
"You did get the consent of the shareholders of the company, but did you get the consent of Banana TV? They bought the first broadcast rights. And you just turned that into rebroadcast rights. You're basically playing a trick on Banana TV, don't you understand?"
"Do you know that by doing this, you're slapping Banana TV in the face and putting Zhao Films on their blacklist? Do you understand how big a loss this is? After you do this, which TV station will dare to buy our variety shows or TV series in the future?"
What made Zhao Minglan angry was that Zhao Kangqian was damaging the reputation of their Zhao Pictures.
Once a company loses its credibility, it is not far from collapse.
Zhao Kangqian retorted, "Uncle, before making this decision, I had already informed Banana TV. Isn't the 200 million yuan in compensation enough to shut them up? When we sold them the first broadcast rights, it was only 100 million yuan."
"What did you say? You directly compensated them 200 million? How come I didn't know about this?"
Zhao Minglan thought, no wonder the TV station just called him and asked him to take good care of his nephew.
Instead of confronting him directly.
It turned out that Zhao Kangqian paid 200 million yuan in compensation to the TV station.
Well, those old foxes at Banana TV are really smart.
"You were so busy going to Romantic Country this time. I didn't tell you because I didn't want to disturb you. Don't worry, uncle, I didn't use the company's account for the 200 million. I took it out myself."
In order to get the 200 million yuan in compensation, Zhao Kangqian directly sold his villa.
"Xiaokang, are you so confident? You should know that if you lose this time, you know the consequences."
Zhao Minglan is 64 years old this year.
His health is getting worse every year.
Therefore, he also hoped that Zhao Kangqian could take over his position.
He also hopes that Zhao Kangqian can prove himself and gain recognition from other shareholders in the company.
"Risks and benefits coexist. Uncle, do you think the traffic of our eight top-tier guests is not as good as those random people on Liu Ying's side? We will definitely win this time."
Zhao Kangqian is full of confidence.
So, there was the incident where "Celebrity Love" suddenly changed its route from City M to City K, and the recording process was broadcast live.
That night, the live broadcast of "Celebrity Love" was directly on several hot searches.
The fact that "Love Journey" was being live-recorded in K City was pushed out of the top ten hot searches.
I, Shao Yuan, knew at first glance that the other party was buying hot searches.
Let’s take another look at the cast of “Celebrity Love”.
It’s really not easy.
There are eight guests, all of them are A-listers.
Two of them are already close to the super first-tier.
The number of fans is the same as his own, close to 90 million.
On the contrary, on their "Love Journey" side, there are only Zhen Shao Yuan himself and King Lin.
The other guests basically have no traffic. If there is any, it is only a small wave.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that "Celebrity Love" is aimed at "Love Journey".
Liu Ying and her agent Sister Hua were extremely angry.
Come and tell this matter to me, Shao Yuan.
"How can there be such rubbish men in the world? It's such a disgrace to us men."
I, Shao Yuan, did not expect that Liu Ying’s ex-husband would be so capable.
I heard before that he has been dealing with Liu Ying. I, Shao Yuan, thought that some of the reports were exaggerated by the media and could not be trusted.
Now, I have experienced it myself.
I just couldn't believe that there really are such rubbish men.
I, Shao Yuanzheng, am extremely angry.
Si Yi was sitting next to Zhen Shao Yuan, listening quietly to the conversation between Zhen Shao Yuan and Liu Ying without saying a word.
"Your Majesty, what are your plans for the future? Or should we proceed as planned?"
Liu Ying also wanted to fight back against Zhao Kangqian.
But she didn't have that ability.
Therefore, you can only rely on me, Shao Yuan.
I, Shao Yuan, am not only a guest, but also an investor of the variety show.
By doing this, Zhao Kangqian is also harming the interests of Shao Yuan.
However, I, Shao Yuan, had no good solution at this time.
After all, he is not in the entertainment industry.
Should he spend hundreds of millions to invite a few first-tier or even super first-tier stars to attract traffic?
That is simply impossible.
Although I, Shao Yuan, am not stingy, I am not so generous as to spend hundreds of millions just to prove myself.
Even if it's millions, it won't work.
But this tone is really hard to swallow.
Suddenly, I, Shao Yuan, heard that the system had sent a task.
"Ding... Host, please go to the Black Dragon Demon Star Joint Show tomorrow and purchase all the items on the list. If the purchase is successful, you will be rewarded with a 10 billion share exchange voucher."
Hundreds of billions of share exchange coupons?
When I, Shao Yuan, heard about this reward, I thought I had misheard.
Immediately ask the system in your mind.
"System, can your 10 billion share exchange vouchers be exchanged for 10 billion shares? Or can they be exchanged for several billion?"
System explanation: "This 10 billion share exchange voucher can be exchanged by the host for 60% of the shares of any company with a market capitalization of more than 10 billion and less than 99.9 billion."
"Any company's fine?"
"Yes, any company is fine. This reward requires you to lock in the company shares you redeem in advance. Please make your choice now."
A strong light suddenly burst out from my eyes.
Good guy, he was sleepy, and the system directly sent him a pillow.
Zhao Kangqian relied on his uncle's company to cause trouble for Liu Ying. Now he is targeting the variety show he invested in.
That's simply cutting off his source of income.
And the provocation is so obvious.
Of course, I, Shao Yuan, am very angry.
So, without thinking, I chose Zhao Pictures.
"Ding, the reward has been locked. It cannot be changed. Once the host completes the task, the reward will be issued immediately. Please concentrate on completing the purchasing task."
After that, the system fell silent.
After knowing the reward, I, Shao Yuan, immediately straightened my back.
He said to Liu Ying, "Okay, since he wants to fight, let's play with him."
Liu Ying was stunned. "Mr. Zhen means..."
I, Shao Yuan, said meaningfully, "I'll take care of this matter. You just need to worry about tomorrow's program."
Liu Ying and Sister Hua looked at each other. Although they were confused, they did not ask any further questions.
After the two left, I, Shao Yuan, immediately went online to check Zhao Pictures.
It was discovered that 55% of Zhao's Film Company's shares were in the hands of Zhao Minglan. It could be said that Zhao's Film Company was able to become a place where Zhao Minglan had the final say, not only because of his ability, but also because of the shares he controlled.
So, how does the system acquire 60% of Zhao Pictures' shares?
The next day, Saturday.
Nine o'clock in the morning.
The live broadcast of "Love Journey" has begun.
The live broadcast of "Celebrity Love" also started at nine in the morning.
It's obvious that this is a deliberate targeting.
Although I, Shao Yuan, have many fans.
But it can't compare to the eight first-line ones on the other side.
So, when the show started early in the morning, there were only three million people online on "Love Journey".
When seeing this data, Liu Ying gritted her teeth and her eyes widened.
However, she did not despair.
Because she believes in me, Shao Yuan.
Since I, Shao Yuan, said he would solve it, then it can definitely be solved.
On the other side, Zhao Kangqian saw that the number of people online in their live broadcast room exceeded 30 million in less than ten minutes.
Then I heard that Liu Ying's page only had three million online viewers.
A tenfold difference.
This made Zhao Kangqian very proud.
"See, I've said it before, trash is trash. It's just because it's rare that people take a second look. They really thought they could turn trash into gems. Now that real gems have appeared, people will realize that the difference between trash and gems is actually very big. So everyone made the right choice."
What?
You said Zhao Kangqian is not afraid of offending me, Shao Yuan?
Zhao Kangqian must have had all the concerns before.
But now Zhao Minglan is back.
He has someone to back him up.
In addition, sometimes, the things they deal with in the entertainment industry cannot be solved by money alone.
Moreover, this matter concerns whether Zhao Kangqian can hold on to the position of general manager.
Zhao Kangqian was willing to do anything, so how could he possibly care about me, Shao Yuan?
Besides, they didn't play any tricks, this can only be considered direct competition.
If his uncle were to attack him just because he lost the head-to-head competition, he would not sit idly by.
The richer a person is, the more he cares about face.
And public opinion is a thing.
I, Shao Yuan, still have my cell phone in my hand, so of course I know how many people are in my live broadcast room.
But he didn't care. Everything went according to plan.
"Welcome everyone to our small fashion capital, K City..."
Liu Ying began the opening remarks of the second episode.
Then the audience in the live broadcast room discovered that the program had more than a dozen car brand sponsors.
"Hey, where did Goddess Liu get so many car sponsors? With their names so prominently displayed, they must have sponsored quite a bit of money, right?"
"It should be quite a bit. My cousin's girlfriend's uncle's son happens to work at one of these companies. I heard their boss sponsored 30 million for the Sweet Journey."
"Even if each of the other companies invested 10 million, that would be over 100 million, right? Add to that the 50 million invested in the Huosang Hotel. Your Majesty's investment of 20 million is a huge profit."
"I've made a lot of money, but what's the point? Look at the number of people online now. It's not even one-tenth of last time."
"That's right, a bunch of traitors, all ran off to the Star Lovers' House across the street."
"I'm different. I'm your Majesty's die-hard fan. I'm rooting for Sweet Journey. Your Majesty, I support you. Come on!"
…
Liu Ying asked someone to place black and white cards on the table.
There was a white envelope in the middle of the card.
Then let each guest choose a card of a different color.
I, Shao Yuan, don’t know what Liu Ying is going to do.
He picked up the black card casually.
Si Yi picked up the white card.
"Okay, now please open the cards in your hands and check the content of your tasks for today. Please note that the contents of the cards in your hands cannot be known to your partners."
"And the envelope enclosed in your card is the start-up capital you can use today."
I, Shao Yuan, opened the card and found the words "surprise gift" written on it.
The card in Si Yi's hand had the words "Surprise Dinner" written on it.
After receiving the task, both sides began to split into teams.
Shao Yuan, Lin Tianxing, Cai Jiabao and Gong Chengnan got white cards.
Their task is to prepare a surprise gift for their respective partners.
The only funds they can use are the money in the envelope.
Si Yi and the other three need to prepare a surprise dinner for their partners.
The amount that can be used for dinner is limited to the money in the envelope.
Zhen Shao Yuan held the envelope and jokingly said to the camera, "Sure, Director Liu, it's different when you have money. Look, now we guests don't have to earn money ourselves. Instead, we get paid directly. Let's see how much money our Director Liu has prepared for us to buy gifts."
"This feels quite thick, it should be more than a thousand." Lin Tianxing pinched the envelope.
"Over a thousand to buy a gift? Then there are so many choices." Gong Chengnan thought of his wife nagging last night about wanting to eat pastries from a high-end pastry shop in K City.
I immediately decided to use the more than one thousand yuan to buy pastries.
After all, those pastries are not cheap.
For a thousand yuan, you can only buy two copies.
Cai Jiabao felt that the more than 1,000 yuan was only enough for him to have a decent seafood meal.
As a result, imagination is beautiful.
Reality is cruel.
When they opened the envelope, the four of them were dumbfounded.
Instead of the big red banknotes I had imagined, I saw a stack of scary green one-yuan bills.
I, Shao Yuan, counted them.
20 photos.
It’s only 20 yuan in total.
He looked surprised and said, "Only 20 yuan? Are you kidding me? These 20 yuan are not even enough to buy a good lunch box, right?"
Cai Jiabao was also dumbfounded.
"Yes, we still have to eat at noon. 20 yuan is not enough for food alone, not to mention we have to buy gifts."
Gong Chengnan immediately shouted, "Director, did you give the wrong amount of money?"
The on-site director shook his head and said that this was the amount of money.
As for what they can buy with the 20 yuan, that is up to them.
Anyway, there is only so much money. If it is not enough, let them find a way themselves.
Now the director firmly stated that he had no money. Anyway, he had no money left, but he only had his life.
I, Shao Yuan, looked helpless.
Well, I originally thought that with so much sponsorship for Liu Ying, she would be more generous today.
In the end, they still have to be self-reliant.
This forces them to work again.
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