Losing Money to Be a Tycoon
chapter-1355

December 10th, Monday…

The door of Tengda Corporation’s President’s office was still open. Meng Chang and Huang Sibo were waiting in the lounge next to them.

“Eh, why is Boss Pei here so late today? Doesn’t he always come on Monday?”

“I don’t know. Perhaps he has other work to do?”

“Yes, how’s your publicity plan going?”

“It’s alright. We have general ideas. Have you decided which website ‘Successor’ will be on?”

“Not yet. A few websites are fighting for it, and offering different prices. That’s why I’m asking Boss Pei for advice.

Both of them started chatting as they felt bored.

After some consideration, Meng Chang had already decided to choose ‘Successor’ for publicity. This also meant that he would spend most of his publicity resources on the ‘Successor’ project.

After some consideration, he had a rough idea of the publicity plan. However, he still had to ask Boss Pei to check if it was feasible.

As for Huang Sibo, he had already contacted a few local video platforms.

Needless to say, several video platforms, including the Aili Island website, showed strong interest in ‘Successor’ and offered high prices.

Of course, Huang Sibo knew very well that this was probably not because he thought highly of the content of ‘Successor’, but purely out of respect for Fei Huang Workspace’s previous results.

Ever since Fei Huang Workspace was established, they have starred in short videos, documentaries, and movies. All of them had been successful.

Even documentaries that were not very profitable had caused a heated response online. They did not make money, but their reputation had improved.

This time, Fei Huang Workspace had gone astray again. They had invested so much money in the United States to film an online drama in the country. This behavior itself seemed a little unreliable, but these video websites were still willing to spend money to buy this episode considering the miracles that Fei Huang Workspace had repeatedly created.

Of course, he had to pay a high price for the exclusive broadcast. He had to consider the details of the cooperation carefully if he wanted to buy the series and how much platform resources he could give as publicity.

Different platforms gave different conditions. Huang Sibo could not make up his mind, so he still came to ask Boss Pei.

However, Boss Pei, who should have appeared in the office on time this morning, did not come. The two of them could only wait and chat.

In any case, the two of them were in charge of the ‘Successor’ project at the end of the day. They had to work closely together, so it was necessary to share a lot of information.

Meng Chang asked Huang Sibo about the conditions offered by various live-stream platforms in detail and fell into deep thought.

“I think Boss Pei will probably still choose to work with us on Aili Island.”

Huang Sibo was stunned for a moment. “Oh? Is that so? However, compared to the bids from other video websites, I don’t think I have an obvious advantage.”

“Are you saying that we should focus on the number of users and the level of activity on Aili Island?”

Meng Chang shook his head. “That’s only one aspect. I think Boss Pei cares more about the… environment and atmosphere of Aili Island.”

“This is a more mystical thing, but the audience of every video website is different, and their habits are different. Different user groups would also have different comments on the same series.”

“This kind of evaluation would affect the impression of the people who came later on.”

“‘Successor’ is more suitable for the style of Eric Island, and it is more compatible with my publicity plan.”

“As for the price… that’s not a problem. Boss Pei will definitely not accept a fixed price. Instead, he will probably adopt a split mode that is linked to the number of views and ratings.”

Huang Sibo looked worried. “That might be the case but I’m a little worried.”

“Now, the fixed-rate contracts offered by various video websites are very high. It is enough to cover our filming costs. It is indeed a safer choice.”

“However, if we use the splitting mode, wouldn’t it be a loss if we make a small loss?”

“It’s fine if ‘Successor’ is a very serious commercial film. The key is that it is a very special niche film. The probability of such a commercial failure is not low.”

Meng Chang said, “It’s not Boss Pei who’s afraid of losing money. Wasn’t Boss Pei very satisfied with the sample last week? It’s enough to show that he’s very satisfied with this show.”

Huang Sibo nodded. “That makes sense. By the way, what is your publicity plan?”

Meng Chang took out his plan. “The plan this time will be slightly different from before, but the core will still be the same. It’s just…”

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Boss Pei walk past the lounge and into his office.

Meng Chang and Huang Sibo quickly kept their respective plans and prepared to report to Boss Pei.

Huang Sibo was confused. “Why do I feel like Boss Pei doesn’t look too good today? Did something happen to one of his businesses?”

Meng Chang thought for a moment. “That might not be the case. He might be thinking about a long-term plan and estimating the worst-case scenario in advance. That’s why he displayed it on his face.”

“Er… you first?”

Huang Sibo shook his head. “You go first.”

Meng Chang: “Let’s set up a website for ‘Successor’ first. That way, we can roughly guess Boss Pei’s publicity intentions. Then, I can make some minor adjustments to the publicity plan.”

Huang Sibo thought about it and felt that it was right so he did not decline. “Alright, I’ll do it as soon as possible.”

…

At the same time, Pei Qian was sulking in his office.

Why were Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation so disappointing?!

Last weekend, Pei Qian continued watching competitions at home.

In the end, he was filled with anger.

It had been more than a week since the quarterfinals. Why was there still no movement from Finger Games? They had not done anything!

Previously, GOG had cooperated with Bunny Tail Live-Stream to launch the viewing function of PC and cell phone clients. It had simply received good reviews. As a result, the relevant discussions and analysis of GOG’s competition on various forums and video websites had skyrocketed. It had squeezed the popularity of IOI’s international competition to the point that it could not be seen.

There were many players in GOG to begin with, and there was a lot of attention. In addition, this viewing function had exploded with many microbiologists from the audience. All of them were watching the competition with magnifying glasses, causing the discussion to explode.

If this function had been released for a few months, everyone’s popularity might have decreased. However, it had only been released for a short while. Players were still playing happily.

Even foreign countries were falling, much less domestically.

In the end, IOI did not do anything despite facing so much pressure. It was ridiculous!

Of course, it would not be objective to say that they did not do anything. They still spent some publicity funds, but they did not produce any results.

The only thing worth praising was to market FV Club. They successfully put on a “the other clubs in the world surrounded FV Demon King” posture and barely managed to retain some popularity.

However, the problem was that GOG’s confrontation was not bad either!

Last week was the top eight, and last week was the top four. GOG had five foreign teams in the top eight, and there were two foreign teams in the top four.

In the end, the two domestic teams from GPL stood out and entered the finals. However, foreign teams had also maxed out in the top eight and top four competitions.

This was especially so in the semifinals. These two foreign teams also worked hard and used some tactics. One team won a small game, and the other team almost won two rounds.

That was because as GOG became more popular overseas, the clubs placed more emphasis on GOG’s branches. The establishment of the league system allowed these foreign teams to gradually catch up. GPL teams no longer had such a huge lead.

These teams had also contributed very exciting competitions to foreign audiences. What’s more, they could be said to be honored even though they had lost.

The discussion for the top eight and top four competitions was also full.

On the other hand, on IOI’s side, FV Team made it into the top four without any mishaps and entered the finals. The process was a little bumpy and was no longer as crushing as last year. However, on the whole, it could be seen that FV Team was still very strong even though they had been weakened by Finger Games.

While it was a very good suspense as to whether FV Team could win the championship or not, this topic was nothing much compared to GOG’s topic. There was no qualitative change.

Coupled with the influence of the viewing model, IOI’s popularity was rather worrying.

Pei Qian stayed up late at night to watch IOI’s competition and surfed the forum. The more he read, the angrier he became.

That was because no one was discussing IOI at all. Even if they were discussing whether FV Team could win the championship.

How could he not be angry!

Many IOI viewers were still looking forward to the finals, hoping that it would be more popular. After all, IOI was an external platform, and GOG was an internal battle.

However, the problem was that the popularity of the top eight and top four competitions had been crushed. Was it possible to suddenly surpass them in the finals?

The more Pei Qian thought about it, the angrier he became. In the end, he could not get up this morning and came an hour late.

Just as he was sulking, he heard a knock on the door.

Pei Qian looked up and saw Huang Sibo.

“Boss Pei, I’ve spoken to a few video platforms. They are very interested in ‘Successor’. This is the initial price that I have discussed with them. Please take a look.”

Pei Qian frowned subconsciously when he saw the prices of the various platforms on the plan.

What did ‘very interested’ mean?

Why are you so interested in such a series? Why are you spending so much on exclusive broadcasting?

Don’t you have your own aesthetic pursuits? Don’t you have the most basic judgment of the quality of the series?

Ridiculous!

Don’t mindlessly buy it just because you saw Fei Huang Workspace’s brand!

I can’t help you if you want to do this. Don’t blame me for losing money!

There were some websites that Pei Qian had not visited in the past two years, such as Potato Web. Ever since the rise of the Aili Island website, Potato Web had been going down the original route. It had not removed the s at the beginning of the video. Thus, Pei Qian rarely visited it.

Although he could advertise as a member, Pei Qian would rather spend money on a member of the Aili Island website than a member of Potato Web.

One was voluntary while the other was forced. There was a fundamental difference in nature!

I can give you money, but I don’t want to. You can’t snatch it.

At first, Pei Qian thought that Potato Web was out of stock. However, when he saw the price, he realized that it was not out of stock. Instead, it was still alive and well. Obviously, the advertising fee was very profitable.

Pei Qian flipped through it casually and said, “Let’s work with Aili Island.”

“However… We have to change this specific cooperation model. Don’t buy it out. We have to calculate money based on the number of views, bullet screen comments, ratings, and other data of the series.”

Since video websites offered similar prices and they would be scolded no matter where they went, Pei Qian decided to choose Aili Island.

However, he definitely could not buy it out because it would mean that he would be able to recover his capital. How could he do that?

In any case, once this drama was released, he would probably be scolded badly. It was hard to say if there would be many bullet screen comments. After all, even if they were scolded, there would be more bullet screen comments. However, the number of views and ratings would definitely not be good.

The audience for the first three episodes were so disgusted that they would definitely not continue watching.

The probability of a sudden reversal in ratings was also negligible. The ratings of most series would only gradually decrease. There were too few cases of such a reversal from low ratings to high ratings.

Based on this, he could incur losses!

After all, very few readers came to watch ‘Successor’. Most of them were netizens who did not know the plot at all.

The plot of ‘Successor’ was definitely worth scolding and there were many criticisms for it.

Huang Sibo was a little surprised.

Eh, Meng Chang guessed everything correctly?

It was no wonder that he felt that Boss Pei was paying more attention to Meng Chang recently. Meng Chang was indeed something!