Chapter 457

It wasn't until ten in the morning that the two slowly woke up. “I suggest you find someone you know inside and out to manage that animation studio, otherwise there will be a lot of trouble.”

After a night of pleasure, Yang Mi gave Lin Yu a reminder from the perspective of a boss.

In business cooperation, although trust is important,

one must absolutely never trust any business partner blindly.

This is a major taboo in business.

It’s equivalent to a time bomb!

“Okay! Once I go back, I’ll get to work on handling it.”

Lin Yu pondered Yang Mi’s reminder for a long time.

Although doing this might cause Chen Jie and the others at the animation studio to harbor resentment,

it was still better than being backstabbed or betrayed one day.

Sometimes, your wishful trust might just be a foolish, ignorant joke in the eyes of the other party; hidden dangers must be nipped in the bud.

This was also the first time Lin Yu began to think about the issue of internal power division and delegation within the company.

Two in the afternoon.

Lin Yu returned to Huanyu Company and immediately called a meeting with the senior management.

Currently, there was a lot of management talent within the company.

Lin Yu directly appointed a manager named Zhang Hao to take a supervisory position at the Colorful Rainbow Animation Studio.

Regarding this, Chen Jie at the animation studio was actually very agreeable and cooperated actively.

Originally, Lin Yu had bought this studio without kicking him out, and he already felt a bit indebted.

Sending someone to supervise the progress of the studio was reasonable and fair.

Zhang Hao was a very steady person who worked with high efficiency.

Less than two hours after arriving at the Colorful Rainbow Studio, he had already reported the progress and recent work content.

According to the report table,

*The Return of the Demon Child* should be able to officially premiere during the May Day slot.

There was only about half a month left.

This also filled Lin Yu with anticipation.

“Everyone, after this season of *Diao Si Nan Shi* finishes filming, our company needs to undergo a transformation.”

“But the specific target is still web dramas.”

“Currently, the competition in TV dramas and movies is too intense; we aren't qualified to compete yet, so we can only create revenue through web dramas.”

Lin Yu had previously done a meticulous analysis on this point.

In this world, movies and TV dramas were developing rapidly, but web dramas were not well-regarded.

The main complaints and disdain were due to two points.

First, the filming cycle is short.

Second, the set design is simple.

This gives people a feeling of shoddy production,

causing many professional filmmakers to scoff at them and refuse to participate.

But Lin Yu knew the future trend well.

Web dramas could absolutely stand toe-to-toe with movies and TV dramas, and might even create a level of popularity that film and television dramas couldn't reach.

For example, *The Bad Kids*, *The Long Season*, and *The Long Night*.

Their online ratings and word-of-mouth were explosive.

“What I’ve said is the path Huanyu Company will take over the next year.”

Lin Yu’s senior management meeting was very concise.

Without any bureaucratic dragging, it only took half an hour to determine this year’s goals.

After the meeting, Lin Yu had just turned off the meeting mode on his phone when he heard an incessant dinging sound.

Looking at his phone, Lin Yu couldn't help but chuckle.

During the meeting, Che Ze, the general director of *Masked Singer*, had sent him over 50 messages.

[Lin Yu, what are you doing?]

[Urgent! Reply immediately!]

[The vehicles and personnel for the pickup are already prepared.]

[Once you’re done, reply to me immediately.]

[Big brother! Where are you?]

The usually steady and cold Che Ze was driven in circles by Lin Yu, anxious like an ant on a hot pan.

[Hmm.]

Seeing Lin Yu’s understated "Hmm," Che Ze, who was in Jin Ling, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The secrecy level for this trip was still extremely high.

It even surprised Lin Yu a little.

To avoid being followed by paparazzi, the production team specifically found several identical commercial vehicles.

They scattered the media reporters' field of vision.

They brought Lin Yu back to the Jiaxing Film and Television Base without anyone noticing.

Those who knew it was *Masked Singer* would understand, but those who didn't would think it was a secret agent rendezvous!

After arriving at the exclusive hotel,

the production staff carefully informed Lin Yu of the rules for the *Masked Singer* grand finale.

“This grand finale is divided into two rounds.”

“It will be broadcast live.”

“Contestants need to hand over the musical scores to the band in advance.”

“There are a total of eight contestants advancing to this grand finale.”

“The voting will take three forms: the public jury, the media jury, and online voting.”

“The contestant who remains until the end will take the crown and become this year’s Masked King of Singers.”

The staff member introduced with great enthusiasm.

“Do you have any questions, Teacher Lin Yu?”

Seeing the question marks all over Lin Yu’s face, the staff member’s expression tightened, and they said nervously.

“That’s not right!”

“Why are the Wufangzhai zongzi you prepared last time gone?”

Lin Yu frowned, squatted down, and said with a serious face.

Staff member: Huh!? Just that?

“There’s also a theme?”

After the *Masked Singer* staff left, Lin Yu saw the small print at the bottom of the card.

In the first round, the solo battle segment, every singer must perform a song based on the theme.

[Wait]

Seeing that the production team’s theme was only a single character,

Lin Yu fell into deep thought.

To be fair, the production team was very dedicated this time; not only did they choose a live broadcast format to open the *Masked Singer* finale, but they also had this innovative theme-based song performance.

This allowed the musicians' song choices to be more diverse and more challenging.

For example, some singers are good at pop, while others have an advantage in folk; having a theme actually gives everyone a fair point of competition to compare.

“Knock, knock, knock.”

At this moment, there was a knock on the door of Lin Yu’s room.

It was clear that the person coming was in a great hurry.

“Lin Yu, this is the Wufangzhai you wanted.”

The person speaking was none other than Che Ze, the general director of *Masked Singer*. Because he had sent dozens of messages to Lin Yu without a reply, there was inevitably some resentment in his eyes.