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250: Chapter 25 The Landscape of Hong Kong's Wireless
"Everyone, what is the meaning of this?"
"Young Master Ping, why are you here?"
Xu Jing was even more bewildered upon seeing Chen Shaoping; wasn't this person supposed to be in Yangcheng?
How did he show up in Hengdian?
"I came to find you because there's something to discuss," Chen Shaoping spoke up.
"Is there a deputy director named Sa Pigou in your team?"
Xu Jing was startled, wondering how Chen Shaoping knew about this person.
"As far as I know, he's using his authority to engage in sex-for-money trades with some actresses."
"Quite a few actresses have already been deceived."
"There might even be an actress in his bed right now. Why don't we go check it out?"
Chen Shaoping looked at Xu Jing as if he were discussing it, but his tone brooked no argument.
Hearing this,
Xu Jing's sleepiness vanished instantly. If the Alliance's first movie ran into trouble on his watch,
He would definitely be kicked out.
"Fine, let's go!"
The group arrived at the door of Sa Pigou's room.
Xu Jing stepped forward and pounded hard on the door.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Sa Pigou, who had just fallen asleep, was woken up and roared impatiently toward the door.
"Who is it? Can't a person get some sleep?"
"It's me, Xu Jing. I need to discuss tomorrow's filming with you. Open the door."
Sa Pigou was startled. "Director Xu, it's very late. How about we wait until tomorrow?"
"I want to do it now. If you don't open the door, I'll have the waiter open it."
"Wait a moment, I'm coming right now."
Left with no choice, Sa Pigou had to start shaking the woman beside him awake.
After a while, Sa Pigou finally opened the door.
Chen Shaoping's group squeezed inside all at once.
"Who are you people? How can you just barge into my room without even a greeting?"
Seeing that only the bedside lamp was on, Yang Mengmeng pointedly turned on all the lights in the room.
At the same time, her eyes began searching everywhere in the room.
"What are you doing?"
Soon, the female artist hiding behind the curtain was caught by Yang Mengmeng.
"Brother, there really is one. You're truly amazing!"
She didn't forget to praise Chen Shaoping.
"Old Xu, I hope you investigate thoroughly whether his behavior has affected our movie."
"Also, I don't want to see him anywhere near the set during the filming of my movie."
Chen Shaoping's face was dark, clearly very displeased.
Then he took out his phone and recounted the incident in the 'eating meat together' group chat.
He hoped everyone would take this seriously.
As for the specific handling, that was Xu Jing's business.
However, he hoped the resolution would be satisfactory.
...
Back at the hotel.
Chen Shaoping got a room for himself, ignoring Yang Mi's hesitant expression and gaze.
Just as he lay down, the system's notification sound rang out.
[Congratulations Host for completing one piece of intelligence, gained 5 paparazzi points.]
[Congratulations Host for completing one piece of intelligence, gained 5 paparazzi points.]
[Congratulations Host for completing one piece of intelligence, gained 5 paparazzi points.]
[Host possesses paparazzi points: 49 points.]
The night passed in silence.
The next day, Chen Shaoping woke up a bit late.
The others had already gone to the set. After finishing breakfast and calling them to say goodbye, he drove back to Hang City.
When he met with Cai Guoqiang, there was a hale and hearty old man beside him.
"Old Cai, who is this?" Chen Shaoping asked.
Cai Guoqiang pointed at Huang Danian and said, "This is my old classmate, and also the Station Director of Zhejiang Province Television Station."
Chen Shaoping was surprised; he hadn't expected Cai Guoqiang to have such connections. The saying 'an elder in the house is like a treasure' was truly right.
He then introduced Chen Shaoping to Huang Danian, "Old Huang, whether we can film it or not, the decision lies with this young man."
"He is..."
Before he could finish the introduction, Huang Danian said in a sonorous voice, "Young Master Ping, I didn't expect the script for 'the legend of the new white snake' to be written by you."
"Our Zhejiang Province Television Station is very interested. Can we cooperate?"
Chen Shaoping was all smiles; he hadn't expected such a turn of events.
"Why don't we sit down and talk in detail?"
...
After a detailed discussion, both parties finalized the core terms for joint investment, filming, and subsequent broadcasting.
Chen Shaoping and Cai Guoqiang didn't delay and immediately returned to Yangcheng.
The specific matters of forming the crew were left to Cai Guoqiang, Li Qian, and the television station; Chen Shaoping no longer needed to worry about it.
Eight o'clock in the evening.
Chen Shaoping and Zhang Ying finished dinner.
They sat on the sofa, eating fruit and listening to music.
The album of Zhuque Legend was finally online.
After listening through once, Chen Shaoping felt it was very good; this was exactly what he wanted.
Zhang Ying kept refreshing the stats, hoping they would skyrocket immediately.
"Let's go, Darling, let's take a stroll downstairs and check again when we get back."
"Besides, I think it's best to check the stats for their album in a few days; it should see explosive growth then."
"Alright." Zhang Ying placed great importance on this album; although it wasn't hers, she had spent quite a lot of time on it.
...
Two days passed.
When Chen Shaoping arrived at the company in the morning, he went straight to Li Qian's office.
He pushed the door open and immediately began apologizing.
"Sorry, everyone, I'm late."
A flash of dissatisfaction crossed Li Qian's eyes. "Take a seat quickly, we've been waiting for you."
"Hello, Young Master Ping!"
"I am Cai Youzhi, the Business Department Manager of Hong Kong Wireless Media, and this is our Film and Television Director, Song Yizhi."
"We've taken the liberty of coming today mainly to discuss cooperation with you, Young Master Ping."
A thin man in his forties wearing a black suit spoke politely.
"Manager Cai, Director Song, I assume you both have read 'the legend of the condor heroes'? How do you feel about it?"
Chen Shaoping gestured for them to sit as he spoke.
"To be honest, Mr. Chen, not only have we read it, but we also found some young people in Hong Kong to read it."
"Unexpectedly, the young people like it very much too."
Film and Television Director Song Yizhi spoke up.
"So we want to purchase the film and television adaptation rights for 'the legend of the condor heroes'."
Chen Shaoping's brow furrowed slightly; he hadn't expected the other party only wanted to buy the adaptation rights.
It seemed the other party had lowered their head, but only slightly.
However, cooperation wasn't out of the question.
"Sure! I wonder how your company wishes to cooperate?"
Cai Youzhi stated their terms, "We want to purchase the ten-year film and television adaptation rights for 'the legend of the condor heroes' for a price of 1 million."
Chen Shaoping took a sip of tea and said to Li Qian, "CEO Li, I have things to do."
"Chat with these two a bit longer, and have them stay for a simple lunch at the company before they leave."
"Alright, Mr. Chen." Li Qian instantly understood Chen Shaoping's meaning; he simply didn't think much of the other party's price.
"Sorry, you two. Let's not talk about the adaptation rights anymore. I have other business, so I'll head out first."
Chen Shaoping stood up and turned to leave.
Cai Youzhi looked at Chen Shaoping's behavior, somewhat unable to understand what he meant.
Did he think the price offered was too low?
If it was low, they could still negotiate; there was no need to break off immediately.
"Mr. Chen, wait, we are truly sincere."
Chen Shaoping stopped and shook his head.
"No, you have no sincerity at all."