All-rounder Artist

Chapter 245: Chapter 229: Now He Really Becomes the

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If a five-hour on-demand streaming data of an online movie can create a “boom” in the eyes of Penguin Video, Catmill, and a minority group including Shen Qing, then when this timeline is extended to be calculated in days, it can create a well-deserved “boom” in the eyes of the ordinary people!

In the following days.

With the website’s push and the rising heat, the playback volume of “Flirting Scholar” has been skyrocketing in a way that didn’t quite align with many people’s perceptions and understandings of online movies!

2.03 million…

3-   5 million…

4-   92 million…

6.25 million…

By the time it was the seventh day and the first week was about to end, the number of times “Flirting Scholar” was played on Penguin Video and Catmill combined officially broke the 10 million mark!

“Less than seven days.”

“Online movie.”

“Ten million streams.

These keywords combined together are quite dazzling. It’s enough to make anyone who knows the industry slightly startle, after all this isn’t the Celestial Dynasty video site that usually calculates in billions.

This is Blue Star!

The ten million views on Blue Star are all genuine, and there are no inflated figures. For each view, viewers would spend five dollars, giving us ten million plays!

In other words.

Without discussing taxes, sharing expenses, and advertising splits, this online movie has earned a real 50 million just based on the number of on-demand views in less than a week, causing the other video sites to grit their teeth in envy as they watched Catmill and Penguin Video rake in the profits…

As a matter of fact.

When such a monster appears in the online movie market, its impact is no longer confined to the online movies itself. As the discussion heat of “Flirting Scholar” increases, more and more people in Xian Yu’s movie industry begin to pay attention.

At this time.

Compared to the bustling online movie circle, 01′ Zhou, who has been working at Starlight, wasn’t very cheerful because the box office performance of the company’s highly anticipated first movie “Thunderstorm” wasn’t looking good. It’s not quite accurate to say that the movie was a flop, but it did leave something to be desired. Perhaps for this reason, 01′ Zhou was called into the chairman’s office.

Entering the chairman’s office, 01′ Zhou’s expression is somewhat downcast, but he still musters up his spirit and says, “Chairman, you need not worry too much. According to our current box office trend, it won’t be difficult for “Thunderstorm” to recoup its cost.”

A box office smash is a success.

But if we can recoup our costs, then “Thunderstorm” would still be deemed passable. After all, our company’s first large-scale movie has gained a lot of experience without losing money, which is also a kind of yield. At least, that’s how 01′ Zhou consoled himself.

“Mmm.”

Li Songhua seems to pay no mind to 01′ Zhou’s words, and he goes on, “Today, a friend of mine suddenly called to congratulate me, saying that our company’s movie was done excellently, and the return on investment is conservatively estimated at more than ten times.”

“Exaggerated!”

Upon hearing this, 01′ Zhou frowns and says, “How could your friend be so sarcastic? After all, “Thunderstorm” is our first foray into the film market, and we will surely be more adept at it in the future.”

“Yes…”

Li Songhua’s eyes narrow into a dangerous curve, staring at 01′ Zhou in a daze, “I thought he was being sarcastic at first, but then I realized he was telling the’ truth. The investment return of our movie is indeed over ten times. Even when you compare this to the entire industry, we are a standout!”

“Huh?”

01′ Zhou is a bit stunned.

Although he doesn’t know what Li Songhua means by his words, he can clearly feel a chill in the air, signifying that the Chairman’s mood is very bad right now. Feeling a bit cold, 01′ Zhou says quietly, “Could the Chairman please clarify, I… I don’t quite understand…”

“Don’t understand?”

Li Songhua’s eyelids twitch violently, his voice suppressed and low, “Don’t you have any idea about the movie you sold yourself? I find you more generous than me, pampering our little Maestro without limit!”

“Lin Yuan?”

01′ Zhou’s heart skipped a beat and then he defended himself, “You also agreed with Lin Yuan making a movie. I also reported to you that the movie was sold to him, and you also implicitly agreed. Besides, that movie won’t make much money. What’s the issue with selling it to him? It was destined to lose…”

“Can’t make much money? Destined to lose?”

Li Songhua suddenly picked up a document from the table and tossed it to 01′ Zhou impatiently, “Then you tell me what this is? You tell me his movie won’t make much money? It’ll lose? What about your “Thunderstorm”, isn’t it earning a lot?”          ⁶

01′ Zhou was taken aback.

He flipped through the file.

His eyes went wide!

The document clearly outlined the viewing data, revenue, and various professional-grade analyses of the film “Flirting Scholar”, and one particular figure almost made 01′ Zhou scream:

“Fifty Million!? In a week!?”

If it weren’t for the fact that Li Songhua had thrown this across, 01′ Zhou would certainly have doubted this data, but considering Li Songhua’s present attitude, he wouldn’t question the authenticity of this document –

It wasn’t 01′ Zhou’s fault for overlooking this.

Regardless of how well the internet film circles were doing, usually they made few millions, and he was completely focused on “Thunderstorm”, the major project the company was preparing, and he didn’t care about such low-scale projects.

But right now.

Looking at the clear records in the document about the exaggerated achievements of the film “Flirting Scholar” after it was released online, 01′ Zhou was completely blown away: “So, so, so…this…movie…is a hit!?”

Li Songhua held his forehead in frustration.

This news surprised not only 01′ Zhou but also him. Only after “Flirting Scholar’s” popularity had been fermenting for a full week did he realize that a monster-hke film had been released online, and it was produced by his own company, but the film didn’t belong to the company………………….

What the hell was going on?

01′ Zhou felt like crying.

No wonder the chairman said he had spoiled Lin Yuan too much… Did he sell such a profitable movie like “Flirting Scholar” to Lin Yuan for just 10 million?

Am I getting old?

This movie is a hit?

Wait, I am still carrying this burden!

01’ Zhou suddenly plucked up the courage to argue with Li Songhua: “There’s your part in this too, Chairman. I had reported everything to you during this whole process. This problem can’t be blamed on me alone!”

“Are you sure?”

Li Songhua’s eyes threatened.

01′ Zhou opened his mouth, and finally sighed, his words filled with textbook-level workplace wisdom: “Without informing the chairman, I sold Thrting Scholar’ on my own. The chairman was very fond of this film, it was just me, old Zhou, who was confused.”

“That’s right.”

Li Songhua nodded in satisfaction and coughed: “Last time, you advised me not to invest in Xian Yu’s movie-making, and what did I tell you? We should fully support our child’s desire to make a movie! I knew it was something special as soon as I read the script, and anyone with discerning eyes would know it was bound to be a hit!”

“Yes, yes, yes.”

01′ Zhou nodded like pounding garlic.

Li Songhua coughed again, “Although we gave the movie to him, it was still made under our company name. We don’t want to grab pocket money from the kid, but…”

“I get it.”

No need for the chairman to say more, 01′ Zhou understood completely.

No matter how much the company lost, it was a given fact that Starlight produced a web-based blockbuster film that was a huge hit.

“But some people in the company already know about this, we can’t just kill them all, can we?” 01′ Zhou was a bit worried.

“Then you tell them.”

Li Songhua completely restored his chairman’s authority, saying domineeringly, “I, Li Songhua, am ready to zip lips now. If anyone dares to spill the beans, let him come and talk to me!”

“What about Xian Yu?”

01′ Zhou asked cautiously.

Li Songhua paused and stared at 01′ Zhou for a good while before he sighed deeply: “Can’t you pacify it?”

01′ Zhou:

What happened to your authority and dominance before?

So now, Xian Yu has become the Crown Prince of Starlight?