Chapter 286

"Yes, Master, are you interested in this too?"

Chen Mo asked with a smile.

Chen Mo gave Mei Yanfang a rough introduction to the Communications Group's plan.

"Indeed, there is too much piracy, and we actors don't make money."

Mei Yanfang sighed on the other end of the phone.

Actors today are different from actors in later generations.

Those little fresh meat and idols in later generations often get sky-high remuneration, with one episode of a TV series fetching over 2 million.

The remuneration for one movie is even in the hundreds of millions.

One of the reasons is that the copyright issue has been resolved.

Like now and before 2007, an actor would only get a few thousand yuan per episode of a TV series, and only get a few tens of thousands of yuan for filming a movie.

Because of rampant piracy, their income is even less.

Film and television companies don't make much money either.

The money they truly earn comes from filming advertisements and taking other gigs.

In other words, if the Xiangjiang stars of that time could earn sky-high remuneration like the stars in the entertainment industry of later generations, there wouldn't be so many actresses reported to have married into wealthy families.

They could easily become wealthy women themselves.

"So I am currently acquiring a large amount of film and television drama copyrights."

Chen Mo said.

"Momo, I actually have an idea."

Mei Yanfang suddenly remembered something.

"I am very familiar with the leaders of TVB. Why don't I help you negotiate with the top management of TVB and let TVB give the copyrights exclusively to your player?"

Mei Yanfang said her idea.

"Master, thank you!"

Upon hearing Mei Yanfang's words, Chen Mo's eyes lit up.

He was just worrying about where to find more film and television drama copyrights, and here they were, delivered to his door!

If he could get TVB's copyrights, plus Momo Company's copyrights, then Penguin Video's users would be directly stabilized.

"Just a small favor, why are you being so polite with me."

Mei Yanfang's tone was full of doting.

She truly cherished this disciple of hers.

In addition to signing a cooperation agreement with TVB, Chen Mo also had Wang Jinghua invest in several TV series that were currently being filmed.

TV series like *Pink Ladies*, *Amazing Detective Di Renjie*, *Zou Xikou*, *Romance in the Rain*, etc. all these classic TV series were invested in by Momo Company.

When they air in 2008, only Penguin Video will have the copyrights.

By then, with a VIP system, all the copyright fees can be earned back.

With Mei Yanfang's help, the Communications Group soon signed a copyright agreement with TVB, costing a total of 200 million Hong Kong dollars.

All of TVB's film and television dramas would only be provided to Penguin Video as a network channel.

That is to say, from now on,

Anyone who wants to watch TVB's film and television dramas online can only log in to Penguin Video to watch them.

The most important thing for a video website is whether the film library has many movies.

Soon, netizens discovered that the resources on other video websites were becoming fewer and fewer.

"What's going on? Why can't I even watch *The Legend of the Condor Heroes*?"

"What a crappy website; it doesn't have the movies I want to watch."

"I even wanted to watch *Shaolin Popey* that Chen Mo acted in when he was a child!"

"If the resources aren't complete, why run a video website?"

"Penguin Video is better to use; it has whatever movie you want to watch inside."

Dissatisfied comments appeared on every video website; users successively abandoned these video websites and turned to use Penguin Video.

Including the three major video websites—PPS, Youku, and Tudou—many users also cancelled their accounts.

This situation immediately caused a crisis for several major video websites.

"Can't buy TVB's copyrights?"

Youku boss Gu Yongjiang had a livid face.

It was only nearly a month late; he didn't expect Momo Company's actions to be so fast.

Directly monopolizing the entire TVB copyright.

Mainly because none of them had taken the Communications Group's actions seriously before.

Who would have thought they were actually planning to solve the copyright issue!

"The film and television drama copyrights on the market have basically been monopolized by Penguin Video; currently, only some less popular TV series and movies are left."

The Youku employee's expression was also very ugly.

Their website's user volume had been lost significantly; if this continues, they will close down sooner or later.

Gu Yongjiang paced back and forth in the office with his hands behind his back.

He was very anxious inside.

"Then acquire all of them for me too. Also, which TV series are currently being filmed? Invest in all of them; there is only one condition: the copyright must be given to Youku."

Gu Yongjiang could only think of a temporary solution.

Now it's about acquiring whatever copyright he can.

Youku can no longer buy the copyrights for the hottest film and television dramas on the market, but they can make investments in advance.

As soon as he prepared to invest, Gu Yongjiang discovered that Chen Mo had already taken a step ahead of them and invested in quite a few TV series that were being filmed.

He didn't leave them any opportunity at all.

There was no other way; they could only find another way and prepare to buy the copyrights for foreign animation.

Momo Group did indeed produce many good film and television dramas, but it basically hadn't ventured into the animation industry.

This is a significant emerging market in China.

They must seize the opportunity before Momo Company.

Besides Youku, PPS and Tudou also started their own actions; they began to acquire copyrights for domestic variety shows and some self-made short dramas.

The copyright acquisition war among the four major video websites officially broke out.

The result of this phenomenon was that other small video websites began to close down one after another.

It really is gods fighting, mortals getting hurt.

On the other side.

*Soldiers Sortie* wrapped up, and the TV series entered the post-production stage.

"Momo, do you still plan to rest?"

Wang Jinghua walked into Chen Mo's office.

During this period, Chen Mo hadn't entered the film crew again, but had been resting.

He didn't manage the Communications Group's copyright acquisition much either, just making a decision, and basically everything was handled by Little Ma and Wang Jinghua.

"Yes, let's rest for another week or so; I plan to start a global tour."

Chen Mo rubbed his face.

He saw many fans' messages, all hoping he could hold another concert.

These fans were not just fans from China.

There were also many fans from abroad who specifically came to leave messages for Chen Mo.

Upon hearing that Chen Mo was going to conduct a global tour, Wang Jinghua was very supportive.

This kind of global tour concert requires advance promotion and then pre-sale of tickets.