Chapter 468

Chen Mo roughly introduced Communication Group's plan to Mei Yanfang.

"Indeed, there is too much piracy, and we actors aren't making any money."

Mei Yanfang sighed on the other end of the phone.

The actors of today are different from the actors of later generations.

Those young idols of later generations often demand sky-high pay, with some getting over 2 million per episode of a TV drama.

The pay for a single movie is even in the hundreds of millions.

Part of the reason for this is that copyright issues were resolved.

Like now and before 2007, actors only get a few thousand yuan per episode of a TV drama, and they only get a few tens of thousands in pay for filming a movie.

Because of rampant piracy, their income is even lower.

Film and television companies don't earn 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 have earned the sky-high pay that the celebrities in the entertainment industry of later generations did, there wouldn't have been so many news reports about female stars marrying into wealthy families.

They could easily become wealthy women themselves.

"That's why I am currently acquiring a large amount of film and television drama copyrights."

Chen Mo said.

"Mo Mo, I actually have an idea."

Mei Yanfang suddenly remembered something.

"I am very familiar with the leaders at TVB. Why don't I help you negotiate with the senior executives at TVB and have TVB give the exclusive copyright to your player?"

Mei Yanfang said, expressing her thoughts.

"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 it was, delivered right to his door!

If he could get TVB's copyrights, plus Mo Mo 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.

Besides signing the cooperation with TVB, Chen Mo also had Wang Jinghua invest in several TV dramas that were currently filming.

Dramas like "Pink Ladies," "Amazing Detective Di Renjie," "Zou Xikou," "Romance in the Rain," and so on—all these classic TV dramas were invested in by Mo Mo Company.

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

By then, if we introduce a VIP system, all the copyright fees can be earned back.

……

With Mei Yanfang's help, Communication Group quickly signed a copyright agreement with TVB, spending a total of 200 million HKD.

All of TVB's film and television dramas will 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.

For a video website, the most important thing 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 watch 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes' anymore?"

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

"I still wanted to watch 'Shaolin Popey' that Chen Mo acted in when he was a kid!"

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

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

Dissatisfied comments appeared on every video website, and users abandoned these video websites one after another, turning to use Penguin Video instead.

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

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

……

"We can't buy TVB's copyrights?"

Youku boss Gu Yongjiang had an ashen face.

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

They directly monopolized the entire TVB copyright.

The main thing was that none of them had taken Communication 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 dramas and movies are left."

The expression of the Youku employee was also very ugly.

Their website's user volume has dropped significantly, and if this continues, they will close down sooner or later.

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

He was very anxious inside.

"Then acquire all of those as well. Also, which TV dramas are currently filming? 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.

Right 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 stepped ahead of them and invested in quite a few TV dramas that were currently filming.

He hadn't left them any opportunity at all.

There was no other way; they could only find another path and prepare to purchase the copyrights for foreign anime.

Mo Mo Group has indeed produced many good film and television dramas, but they basically haven't dabbled in the anime industry.

This is a significant emerging market in China.

They must seize the opportunity before Mo Mo Company does.

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

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

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

It truly is a case of gods fighting, and mortals getting hurt.

……

On the other side.

"Soldiers Sortie" wrapped up filming, and the TV drama entered the post-production stage.

"Mo Mo, are you still planning to rest?"

Wang Jinghua walked into Chen Mo's office.

During this period, Chen Mo hasn't entered any film crews, but has been resting.

He hasn't paid much attention to Communication Group's copyright acquisitions either, only providing the decision-making, while Brother Ma and Wang Jinghua basically handled everything.

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

Chen Mo rubbed his face.

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

These fans aren't just fans from China.

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

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

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