Chapter 732: Bound to the Child-Bearing System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 733: Marginal Person in a Farming Novel (35)

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

As one of the first to enter the short drama track, Shen Yao reaped the benefits of this blue ocean.

Not only that, she also led Hongshi Network onto a faster money-making track.

At least at first Hongshi Network didn't react, but later when they saw that all the novel IPs on their website had been adapted into short dramas, and the filming style turned out to be unexpectedly popular, Hongshi Network couldn't help but increase investment, encouraging the website's authors to innovate, and both sides achieved a win-win.

"After all, Hongshi Network still makes more money, after all, how much are the novel IPs here worth, and how much are the paid content and advertising from the short dramas filmed? It's simply not equal. The system truly knows the money-making power of the short drama track. Even though the filmed plots are crude and the actors inside are unprofessional and fake, there are simply too many satisfying points flying everywhere. Audiences just like this kind of dry and awkward stuff."

"Capital won't lose money," it's just a matter of whether the eating is ugly or not.

Fortunately, Hongshi Network hadn't gone so crazy as to cheat even this bit of money from novel authors, at least retaining a bit of conscience (not much).

"But why are short dramas so popular?" Looking at them, they are simply incomparable to long dramas.

The system still couldn't quite understand, and even long dramas wanting to film short drama effects was very possible, after all long dramas have a wider audience, while short dramas are limited by story pacing and duration, more like online scams.

"Modern survival pressure is getting greater, and the dragging situation of long dramas is getting worse." Usually, long drama filming has episode limits, but in modern society, because hiring star traffic costs a lot, the production crew wishes the main character appeared every minute, which leads to content that could be explained in twenty episodes being stretched directly to forty, the extra content is either padding or adding industrial saccharin. As time goes on, audiences don't like looking for abuse, so naturally they abandon the long drama market and look at other content.

Short dramas appeared just in time, benefiting from short video dissemination giving them heat, and also letting audiences used to fast pacing find content suitable for them to watch.

After all, everyone is pressed by real life until they can't breathe, and yet the long dramas they watch are all unrealistic lovey-dovey content.

Come on, work is already hard enough, who likes watching this kind of TV drama affecting themselves?

The appearance of short dramas greatly enriched their boring daily lives. After all, novels adapted into short dramas are all satisfying, even if the earlier part was bitter and tiring, the ending is ultimately filled with the word satisfying.

Tao Tao Zhen Tian:... Little old me has a violent temper, should watch this kind of short drama to feel satisfied, just like that whoever's TV drama, what the hell? Always destroying heaven and earth for self-cultivation, how did ordinary people living seriously offend him?

Wire Geng You Geng Chang: Hahahaha, I've been obsessed with short dramas lately, especially those satisfying from start to finish content, truly satisfying!

Dou Bu Rong Yi: Who doesn't think this way? Life is hard enough, who likes dating, and what office romance! My resentment is heavier than a female ghost, those colleagues who drag legs, I wish I could directly take a knife and chop them down!

Lv Luo Hua Kai: Exactly exactly, and what campus prince and princess, come on! Can't even study well, not afraid of failing finals but always talking nonsense every day!

The resentment online is extremely heavy, after all those long dramas are so outrageous, as long as one is a normal person, there's no one who doesn't complain.

But even so, long dramas are still careless, occasionally there are a few dramas that catch the eye, still belonging to the kind of pearls lost in the vast sea.

Audiences were forced to eat bland meals for so long, now finally eating rich oily and saucy things. Although this stuff isn't very clean and hygienic (no class, too low), it indeed feels comfortable in the heart.

As for those bland long dramas filmed, whoever likes watching can go watch, anyway we don't watch!

Shen Yao's projects don't all make money. Even if the filming content is really good, it will also be disliked by watching audiences due to subject matter and other restrictions.

But overall, Shen Yao's gains exceed her investment, the company profits, partners make money, so it can still run smoothly.

But Shen Yao can stay stable, doesn't mean other capital and companies can stay stable.

The popularity of short dramas still impacted the long drama market. Previous platforms lost a lot of attention to video platforms due to the rise of the internet. This was a problem of the internet's rise. The arrival of the information age made the cost of everyone connecting lower, TV platforms gradually became desolate, an unstoppable fact.

But everyone didn't expect short videos would steal the heat of internet platforms, and even the explosion of short dramas would cause problems for long dramas.

After all many people make long dramas. Who would like to lower their class to make short dramas? Isn't that lowering their status?

But the short dramas they looked down on make money. Actors filming short dramas went from unprofessional at first to professional, practitioners went from few to many, all indicating short dramas really have advantages long dramas can't compare to, a new generation blue ocean that can make money.

"General Manager Shen, this month many companies have already had thoughts about investing in short dramas."

"The sales volume of novel IPs on these few internet platforms is several times that of the previous period."

The assistant held a stack of data, speaking in front of Shen Yao about the news she discovered.

Shen Yao thought this was very reasonable. Capital loves sharks smelling blood. Where there is money, they will swim there.

Now everyone is making money on the short drama track. As long as one doesn't resist money, no one will refuse such a money-making opportunity.

You know making money in the entertainment industry is easy, but these years due to capital's coercion, more and more audiences don't buy it. Even if fan economy can still be done, how many normal people occupy fans, and among them only a small part can spend money. This leads to money in the entertainment area being hard to earn.

Who doesn't know a hit drama can make money, but how a drama can become a hit is the key.

This is solid data, not something solved by shouting a few words online. Moreover, some star traffic, to maintain their public image, will crazily market. Don't look at how many bought hot searches there are, actually only insiders know, they are all illusions.

"What does Hongshi Network say? Our cooperating short dramas are all provided with novel IPs by them." If Hongshi Network eats from both ends, even if Hongshi Network's scale is very large, it can't withstand so many capital entering.

Although the short drama track is hot, it must have a limit and threshold. Exceeding this point will gradually cool down, just like previous internet platforms. Now all are losing money to make noise, but can't ignore it.

Shen Yao estimated these internet platforms won't take long before they also stick a foot into the short drama track.

After all they are all for making money. This isn't something embarrassing.

"Hongshi Network's side hasn't spoken yet, but probably can't drag on too long." As long as the price is high enough, no one will refuse to make money.

Hongshi Network has so many novel authors. As long as they are willing to encourage writing endlessly, someone will write better novel IPs.

Hongshi Network cooperates with Shen Yao to develop and film short dramas, but how many can they film? As long as novels are endless, selling some doesn't affect anything.

At least in Hongshi Network's view, this money-making thing of selling copyrights is very doable.

After all long dramas are weak now. Compared to original works, investors prefer buying ready-made ones.

Screenwriters have little room to change. Even some screenwriters' weight in the crew has dropped, basically adjusting scripts according to the lead actor's intent. Under this premise, how could Hongshi Network not sell novel IPs? Other novel websites also rely on copyrights to make money.

The assistant also felt her boss's words were correct. Hongshi Network does this kind of thing. It's impossible to watch money delivered to their eyes and not earn it.

Moreover, Hongshi Network is so large. Once enough novel IPs are sold, they dare not imagine how much money will be credited.

Sigh

After all, making money as a capitalist is still better. Unlike me, a working ox and horse. No matter how hard I work, I only earn basic wages. Fortunately, the company is more humane. The more you work, the more you get, and there are extra bonuses waiting.

The assistant had a lot on her mind, but Shen Yao didn't know these things.

She waved her hand, telling the assistant to pay more attention to companies they don't get along with. It wasn't that she wanted to trip these people up, but Shen Yao felt she should avoid them.

You know making money is a very niche thing. Once it spreads widely, it won't make money.

At least in Shen Yao's expectation, the short drama track is only suitable for making a big profit and leaving. Her energy should be left for movies and TV dramas. That is the foundation of slow and steady gains.

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"Hee hee hee hee hee"

Qiqqi was already seven or eight months old and could eat a little baby complementary food; Shen Yao held her chubby daughter, with various toys bought back by the Jiang parents at hand.

Qiqqi was teased by her birth mother into guffawing; the nanny responsible for childcare on one side was tidying up the things scattered around. Not far away, Jiang Han Zhou was still on the phone, perhaps having touched on something hard to speak of, his expression very serious.

Rubbing her eyes and letting out a yawn, Shen Yao handed Qiqqi to the nanny at her side and herself turned around and walked toward the sofa where Jiang Han Zhou was.

"What's wrong?"

Both hands resting on Jiang Han Zhou's shoulders, Shen Yao blinked her eyes curiously.

Jiang Han Zhou smiled faintly, "It's an old acquaintance, begging us for help."

Begging them for help, and an old acquaintance at that; Shen Yao looked at Jiang Han Zhou's facial expression and suddenly guessed this person likely had some grudge with them.

"Don't want to help?"

"Don't know how to help; moreover it's a bottomless pit — jump in and you can't get out."

Back and forth, the words spoken so straightforwardly, Shen Yao was certain it was Zhou You without a doubt.

Zhou You ah, wasn't this person framed? Because of that new film regulation, the film shot ran into huge problems.

How did this person end up begging Jiang Han Zhou now? Words aside, the relationship between them is quite complex; at least if she were Zhou You she'd be too embarrassed to get entangled again.

"That film had special effects done; good news, the content is still fairly complete — if publicity is in place it could be a small loss or even a small profit; bad news, it won't pass review, needs cuts, but that will inevitably affect the film's rhythm; moreover this is a myth film split into upper and lower parts."

Jiang Han Zhou pointed out the core problem, then spoke of Zhou You seeking him out, hoping he could invest money and help with publicity; when the box office comes out there would be a profit share.

"A money-losing business others won't do; Zhou You is trying, because he also has quite a lot of his own capital pressed in here."

Chunfeng Company has never been a soft-hearted image in the entire investment circle; Zhou You binding himself to this company is equivalent to signing a deed of sale.

Zhou You can't run away; in order to not lose thoroughly down to the last penny, he can only thick-skinnedly beg others to come over and lend a hand.

Pity; after Zhou You got famous the people he knew weren't that many, and he had also fallen out with Jiang Han Zhou; now coming to beg is certainly because others wouldn't help, a last resort of treating a dead horse as a living one.

Jiang Han Zhou expressed he was also unable to help; not that he wouldn't provide help, but it's a predestined road of no return — even if he stretched out a hand, what could he do?

However Jiang Han Zhou didn't beat the person to death with a single pole either; instead he pointed out a clear path for the other party.

Back then, Zhou You's little wife didn't sign a contract behind his back, did she? Right now, that contract can be used to first extricate himself.

The finished film is no good; then shoot a new film, use the new film's box office earnings to make up the compensation; although doing so most likely also won't work.

"But there's no better method now; I can only try first."

The film definitely cannot be cut; because disjointed plot would drag down his reputation; later the subsequent films' release would also affect word-of-mouth.

What is word-of-mouth? Word-of-mouth is the prerequisite factor for Zhou You to make money.

You know Zhou You's two films both earned Jiang Han Zhou quite a lot of money; Zhou You isn't not envious, otherwise he wouldn't have torn faces with Jiang Han Zhou, turned around and cooperated with the ill-reputed Chunfeng Company and the capital behind it.

Right now Chunfeng Company and the capital behind it, because of the new film regulation problem, caused Zhou You's shot film to have problems, unable to release normally and make money.

What can Zhou You do? Only try to self-rescue; best to extract himself from this pit.

Zhou You's proposal, after prudent consideration, was agreed to by Chunfeng Company and the capital behind it; after all capital is never willing to lose money.

Zhou You striving to self-rescue certainly reassures them more than a salted fish lying flat.

So hurry up and shoot a new film; strive to produce a few more "Speed Forward" and "No One Survives"; they can also eat a mouthful of meat.

Zhou You continues to organize a film shoot; this time he absorbed the previous experience and lessons, directly shooting a suspense genre, somewhat similar to "No One Survives" genre.

Because "No One Survives" box office was very good and word-of-mouth also had a place; therefore the capitals did not refuse Zhou You's choice.

The cast are all famous star actors in the circle; Zhou You currently also doesn't want to save on personnel configuration; as long as this film can be shot well and make money, he is still the renowned best director.

'Will it succeed?'

'It will; he has real ability after all; as long as no one drags things down.'

Shen Yao smiled faintly, raised her phone, turned around and went back to hold Qiqqi who could already run.

As the phone screen extinguished, the news about the company project launch thus disappeared; taking advantage of this east wind, they naturally couldn't not make money; just right the "Speed Forward" sequel script was written out; that new director excavated by Jiang Han Zhou could also shoot; of course they had to pull him out to have a look.