Chapter 626: This is pure 2D; if you're here for

"Only Xu Feng understands what the audience wants to see," "Counting the foreshadowing left in the Naruto side-story," "Is White Fang's choice right or wrong?", "The new character who gained high popularity with only a brief appearance, Uchiha Obito," "Perfectly resolving previous foreshadowing while burying new ones"—following the hit broadcast of the Naruto side-story "Obito Arc," various media outlets began churning out articles to ride the wave of traffic.

Even with only two short episodes, there were truly too many topics for netizens to discuss.

The first and foremost was the identity of the Fourth Hokage, whose real name hadn't been revealed, and that wife of his.

Many people had already guessed that they had an extraordinary relationship with Naruto.

Secondly, Xu Feng resolved the foreshadowing of how Kakashi, an outsider, could have a Sharingan.

And the fact that the character Nohara Rin did not exist in the main story arc.

How did she die?

After resolving one piece of foreshadowing, Xu Feng threw out a new one.

This plunged netizens into a new wave of discussion.

It also kept quite a few bloggers fed.

Furthermore, there were those netizens arguing endlessly about White Fang's choice.

Xu Feng, for one, didn't want to participate in that topic.

But what made Xu Feng feel relieved was that the situation of conspiracy theories running rampant, as seen in his past life, did not occur online.

For example, remarks suspecting that White Fang's death was manipulated behind the scenes by Hiruzen Sarutobi...

When Xu Feng magically modified the original Naruto plot, he wanted to keep the "great, glorious, and correct" side of the show as much as possible.

After all, this show is, at the end of the day, a "shonen manga."

And a week later, seeing that Naruto had no new updates.

It still firmly occupied three or four spots in the Top 10 trending searches.

Insiders couldn't help but shake their heads and smile bitterly.

It's too exaggerated; this is Xu Feng's undisputed dominance...

"Advanced on-demand viewing? What kind of thing is that?"

Xu Feng, who was busy with the post-production of *Fate/Zero*, felt terrible the moment he heard his assistant's report.

This was what she had just reported to Xu Feng regarding Penguin's latest operation.

For example, when a show reaches its second half, the official platform releases all the remaining ten episodes, including the finale, in one go.

But even if you are a member, you can't watch them; you have to buy them at a price of 6 yuan per episode.

Then, if you want to watch the remaining 10 episodes in one breath, you have to spend 60 yuan at once.

Damn, it's even more expensive than watching a movie.

And later, this model was carried forward by many websites like iQIYI and Youku.

Memberships were further divided into seven or eight types, such as Gold members, Diamond members, Student members, and General members.

Xu Feng remarked, "Are you playing ranked matches, for God's sake?"

And these memberships were different.

General members couldn't even cast to a screen, and even if they did, they could only watch in low-quality 720p. You had to upgrade to a premium membership for 1080p. And it wasn't like you were ad-free just because you bought a membership.

As soon as you pressed pause, an ad would automatically pop up.

Damn, it really makes capitalists weep and ordinary people kneel.

Of course, this had nothing to do with Xu Feng; no matter what, the blame couldn't be pinned on him.

But for the show *Naruto*, it would definitely have an impact.

The reason is simple: the source of the courage for Penguin to mess around like this is precisely because they hold the exclusive national broadcast rights for Naruto.

They bought it at a sky-high price of 120 million per episode.

How could they not recoup this money from the netizens? "B-boss, Penguin's new contract has arrived."

Noticing Xu Feng's somewhat dark expression, his third-generation assistant Yang Chao lowered her voice significantly.

Although the launch press conference for *Shippuden* hadn't even started yet, Ma Huateng couldn't wait to send over a new broadcast contract.

He still wanted to secure the exclusive national broadcast rights for *Shippuden*.

The price per episode had risen to 150 million.

Good guy, it seems they really made a lot of money using this trick.

Although Xu Feng also used things like figures and merchandise to scam people out of their money, isn't this going a bit too far?

"Find someone professional and ask how much it costs to start a video streaming website from scratch."

Xu Feng tossed the contract provided by Penguin aside and said indifferently.

"Boss, you don't mean to..."

Even a country girl like Yang Chao could guess Xu Feng's thoughts, but she also felt that this idea of Xu Feng's... was not cost-effective.

After all, the few giants in the domestic film and television industry had already carved up the market.

Although it wasn't a monopoly like Coca-Cola and Pepsi in the beverage market.

It was pretty close.

If Xu Feng wanted to start his own, he would likely lose everything!

"Whatever, that money is just benefiting the capitalists sitting in the bank anyway; how much interest can it earn me?"

Xu Feng said indifferently.

After much deliberation, he decided to get that website, which had already disappeared in this parallel world, up and running.

Although that website had changed its flavor in his past life.

But this time, Xu Feng intended to make it a pure 2D website.

After sending Yang Chao off to work, Xu Feng began to look through internet celebrities and film critics with high 2D purity, intending to poach them to his side.

For example, Fan Shi, who always sniffed out the scent whenever Xu Feng had a new show or movie, and Bottle, etc.; Duck... well, barely put him on the list.

22 million?

Don't worry about that one.

Even if it's a bit niche, it doesn't matter; the money he earns from making movies is enough for him to live lavishly for a lifetime.

In short, all those "food-mooching challenges," "don't laugh challenges," "getting married," and whatever else—get out!

This is 2D, you know?

Xu Feng was really curious about how such trashy things became popular.

If someone likes watching them, he has no opinion, but don't do these things on his turf.

It makes him sick.

The news that Xu Feng was going to start a video website spread quickly within the industry.

The first reaction of many people upon hearing this news was: Has Xu Feng gone crazy?

You don't play cross-industry like that!

However, when Xu Feng released his trump card, everyone was silenced—all of Xu Feng's directed works, including the second part of *Naruto*, *Shippuden*, which was currently in preparation, would be added to the library on the day the website opened (excluding banned shows like *Death Note*).

Say nothing else; just the second part of *Naruto* was enough to attract countless passersby.

The only fly in the ointment was that the exclusive national broadcast rights for the first part of *Naruto* had been bought by Penguin for three years, so even Xu Feng, the creator, couldn't list it. "At least it won't lose money."

At this point, many professionals commented as such.

After all, Xu Feng's dominance in the domestic entertainment industry and the influence of IPs like *Naruto* and *Bleach* were there.

As long as Xu Feng didn't pull any bizarre, flashy stunts.

He believed his fans would definitely buy it.

And many of Xu Feng's fans also expressed that as long as the fees weren't as scammy as Penguin's and iQIYI's, they certainly wouldn't mind jumping ship. ===== CHAPTER 628 =====