Chapter 158 Imperial Edict
The live streams were quite successful, and with Xia Mian's tearful complaints, the live streaming platform gained another wave of traffic and contacted Zhao Wei, wanting to broadcast a few more episodes.
For professional streamers, the platform will sign a live streaming contract, stipulating the monthly live streaming hours required, and pay a signing fee.
Xia Mian's main job is acting, so she doesn't have much time for live streaming, and she hasn't signed an exclusive contract. Her income comes only from tips and advertising. This money is split 50/50 with the platform, which might be a lot for an ordinary worker, but for a celebrity, it's just a drop in the bucket—not much profit at all.
Moreover, it only aired for two days and already generated a lot of trending topics. Zhao Wei felt it wasn't worth it and didn't really want Xia Mian to air it, so he directly refused.
Seeing that he disagreed, the platform offered other conditions, such as giving all of Xia Mian's earnings from her live streams to her. Just as Zhao Wei was about to refuse again, his phone suddenly rang.
"Hello, I am Xia Mian's lover, Zhou Pingchuan."
Zhao Wei was taken aback for a moment, which was rare for him: "Hello, Mr. Jay Chou."
"Does Summer Sleep have any live stream schedules recently?"
Zhao Wei's expression immediately turned serious—why was this big shot asking about the live broadcast arrangements?
Want to check Xia Mian's income?
There's a big spender in Xia Mian's live stream whose ID is "Z". Could it be that he suspects Xia Mian and "Z" are having an affair?
Last night, they trended on social media for "complaining on a live stream." Jay Chou complained that the live stream revealed too much personal information and tarnished his image.
Oh right, Xia Mian said yesterday that she might part ways with the Zhou family. Did the two have a falling out? That led Boss Zhou to want to block Xia Mian's future.
……what to do?
In just a few seconds, countless thoughts flashed through Zhao Wei's mind. If he could, he would definitely want to protect Xia Mian, because based on his many years of experience in the industry, Xia Mian was sure to have a bright future.
At this point, perhaps seeing that he didn't reply immediately, the other party simply said, "Just answer truthfully."
The voice on the other end of the phone was calm and composed, with a sense of confidence that he had the upper hand. Zhao Wei broke out in a cold sweat instantly.
He said nothing, yet the other party already knew everything. What use are embellishments and lies in front of such a person?
Zhao Wei simply put aside his concerns and said truthfully, "The live streaming platform has this idea, but I think the returns are too low, so I'm planning to refuse."
"Don't refuse, let him broadcast it."
Zhao Wei had no room for argument: "Understood."
Zhou Pingchuan added, "Xia Mian is young and inexperienced, so please take good care of her, Mr. Zhao."
Zhao Wei quickly replied, "Mr. Zhou, you flatter me. This is all I should do."
Zhou Pingchuan grunted in agreement and hung up the phone.
In just a few short sentences, Zhao Wei felt like he had just fought a battle, his body covered in cold sweat. Everyone said that the head of the Zhou family had a powerful aura, but he had never met him before and didn't know that. Today, he had truly experienced it firsthand.
He pulled two tissues from the tissue box next to him, first wiping the sweat from his forehead, then taking off his glasses and carefully wiping the temples and lenses.
He wasn't curious about where Zhou Pingchuan got his phone number. With money and status like that, ordinary people had no secrets from Zhou Pingchuan.
What he was curious about was why the other party instructed Xia Mian to do a live broadcast. Was it to make Xia Mian say more and make more mistakes, so that the main responsibility for the breakdown of the marriage could be shifted onto Xia Mian?
But... but later Jay Chou asked him to take care of Xia Mian, and he didn't seem to dislike Xia Mian...
Sigh, it's really hard to guess what the big shots are thinking.
"Fine," Zhao Wei rubbed his temples, put on his glasses, and made a phone call: "Xia, the platform contacted me and wants to change your livestream earnings from a 50/50 split to be given to you entirely. What do you think?"
“That’s good,” Xia Mian asked. “Does the platform want me to continue broadcasting?”
Zhao Wei: "Yes, I want you to broadcast for two more days."
“Brother Wei, did you see the trending topics last night?” Xia Mian sighed. “Someone is maliciously spreading edited videos. Maybe I shouldn’t broadcast it. If it causes more trouble, the haters will be even happier.”
Zhao Wei sighed silently. Xia Mian was a smart child who knew what was beneficial to her and what was not.
“Play it again,” Jay Chou only told Xia Mian to play it, without specifying how many times, and Zhao Wei took advantage of the loophole, “just to maintain the relationship with the platform.”
Xia Mian found it strange. When they first met, Zhao Wei seemed very assertive. But as they spent more time together, he discovered that Zhao Wei was extremely respectful of the artist's opinions. If the artist showed even the slightest sign of refusal, Zhao Wei would never force him.
What's wrong with me today?
Did the platform, in conjunction with Dongyu Entertainment, put pressure on Viagra?
He actually quite enjoys live streaming, so let's do it one more time. Try to minimize interaction with the audience, be more careful with your speech, and avoid mentioning or answering questions about marriage.
Xia Mian didn't know that the pressure from the platform and the company was nothing to Zhao Wei, not even a tenth as great as the pressure from Zhou Pingchuan's personal imperial decree.
After thinking for a while, Zhao Wei called the platform back and agreed to their request. However, he raised the price and reduced the number of broadcasts to only once today—since he had no choice but to broadcast, he might as well make a little more money so that Xia Mian could go out and splurge once.
The platform was naturally willing. No sooner had they reached an agreement with Zhao Wei than the operations team posted a link to reserve the live stream.
Netizens were surprised: Wow, there was a commotion last night, and they're broadcasting it again tonight?! What, you haven't vented your anger towards your husband yet, and you want to do it again?
Not enough being teased?
I want to tell everyone how unloved you are?
In front of her computer, Xia Mingzhao also received a link pushed by the live streaming platform: [The streamer Xia Mian, whom you follow, will start her live stream tonight at 20:00. Click here to make a reservation.]
"Xia Mian and Third Master may be getting a divorce," Xia Mingzhao said to Zhou Ting beside her.
Zhou Ting was preparing his lesson when he heard this. He replied calmly, "It's none of our business as juniors to discuss the affairs of our elders."
“Is that so?” Xia Mingzhao sighed. “If Xia Mian really got divorced, he must be in a bad mood. How about we invite him over for dinner? You can comfort him. He likes you so much, he should be happier.”
"Mingzhao!" Zhou Ting's hand holding the mouse paused for a moment, his voice rising uncontrollably, "I'm preparing for tomorrow's open class, please be quiet!"
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