Chapter 65: The Terrifying Copyright Bidding War!

Although the system did not specify a clear mission objective for this task, it did mandate a robbery amount that must not be lower than 100 billion Huaxia Yuan!

In all of South Africa, the only mining deposit capable of producing raw diamonds worth 100 billion Huaxia Yuan is Kimberley.

Other diamond mines simply do not have this scale.

It is precisely because of this that Chu Chen set his sights on De Beers, preparing to give that monopoly capitalist a surprise!

The flight from Jiaman to South Africa is very long.

As the plane moved further and further away over the Indian Ocean, the live broadcast camera also moved away from Chu Chen, leaving everyone with a huge cliffhanger!

At this moment, the entire live broadcast room completely exploded, and all kinds of barrage comments surged out instantly:

【Damn, don't tease us like this!】

【Yeah, where exactly is Chu Chen going? Can you reveal it! Otherwise, I definitely won't be able to sleep tonight!】

【Simulated Crime is different from those variety shows; there is no script, and the Program Team doesn't know the contestant's next move either!】

【No way, no script?】

【This is a program hosted by the authorities, not some trash variety show from a local station! It's impossible to have a script!】

【If there were a script, do you think they would let Chu Chen go rob a cash-in-transit vehicle...】

【Chu Chen: Preparing to make a move, preparing to make a move!】

【What exactly is the next challenge?】

【It won't be hijacking a plane again, will it?】

【This is just a regular civil flight, there's no profit in it, what's there to hijack?】

【Everyone stop guessing for now, let's just wait and see, we'll know when the time comes!】

Chu Chen's brief appearance caused quite a sensation in the live broadcast room!

Although it was only for a short minute, the real-time barrage volume directly broke the 100 million mark!

Just a moment ago, when the screen showed contestant No. 33, the barrage volume was less than 1 million...

The most critical thing is that more than half of those 1 million barrage comments were about Chu Chen; there were very few discussing other contestants...

From this point alone, one can see that the popularity gap between other contestants and Chu Chen is really not just a little bit!

Of course, if it weren't for Chu Chen, this program could never have become this popular!

At this moment, due to the rising popularity, it is not just within the live broadcast room; discussions about this topic on the internet are also intensifying!

The number one spot on the Weibo trending list is "Chu Chen's next crime"!

As of now, the number of comments on this trending topic has already exceeded 1 billion!

Because the heat was truly too great and too many people flooded in, this trending topic directly caused the entire Weibo to crash for more than five minutes, and it only returned to normal after a long time!

At the same time!

Yanjing, China Central Television!

At this moment, a very high-end decorated office is already full of people!

They have different skin colors, are wearing formal attire, and are all negotiation representatives from well-known television stations and television network companies from various continents!

The purpose of their trip to China Central Television is to negotiate matters related to copyright cooperation with the Huaxia side!

In order to secure the exclusive broadcast rights for Simulated Crime in their respective continents, this time, basically all the prominent television network companies in the world have come.

From North America, the most powerful North American Big Five are all present!

From Asia, South Korea's SBS and Japan's NTV are at the forefront.

As for Southeast Asia and Oceania, there are Australia's Kangaroo TV and ASEAN United Satellite TV!

In addition, Europe's Fourth Broadcasting Company and Shamrock TV Network, Africa's MABA-TV and South Africa TV, as well as the three major television networks of South America, are also among them!

Except for these companies, the rest were basically eliminated in the first round of bidding.

Right now, after the first round of bidding, the quotes from the representative companies of the television networks from various continents have already exceeded 2 billion USD!

Even the lowest bidders, the South African Broadcasting Corporation and Brazil National Television, gave 2.5 billion and 2.8 billion USD respectively!

The SBS next door and Japan's NTV have even almost raised the price to 5 billion USD!

However, the most intense bidding is still among the North American Big Five!

Long before attending this negotiation meeting, they had already pushed the price from the initial one-plus billion USD all the way to tens of billions of USD!

In the first round of bidding at this negotiation meeting, CBS already gave an astronomical figure of 35 billion!

As of now, the highest bidder among the Big Five is CBS!

Following closely behind are the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and the National Broadcasting Company (NBC)!

The quotes from these two companies are 30 billion and 32 billion respectively!

But looking at the intentions of their relevant persons in charge, they should not stop the bidding here; there will definitely be follow-ups!

Soon, after a brief study, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) directly raised the price to the 40 billion mark!

Once the 40 billion mark was broken, NBC and CBS were not to be outdone; without any hesitation, they gave 45 billion and 48 billion USD respectively!

After that, no matter how much the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) gave, NBC and CBS would catch up!

Finally, when the price reached 75 billion USD, three television networks, including the American Broadcasting Company, all gave up the competition and announced their withdrawal from this negotiation!

75 billion USD!

This price is basically comparable to the media copyright sales revenue of the NBA!

In the previous year, the NBA's media copyright sales worldwide were only 70 billion USD!

When the figure of 75 billion USD came out, the program person in charge and the leaders of China Central Television who attended the meeting were all shocked!

Matters had developed to this point, completely exceeding their expectations!

They also had not expected that the broadcasting rights for a new variety show could actually surpass the NBA!?

It felt like if these two major television networks continued to compete like this, the final transaction price breaking one hundred billion would not be a problem at all!

Because right now, neither side was giving way to the other, and the competition was exceptionally intense!

At the same time!

While CBS and NBS were refusing to yield to each other, South Korea's SBS ultimately finished off NTV with a price of 15 billion USD, securing the exclusive live broadcasting rights for "Simulated Crime" in East Asia!

In addition, Australia's Kangaroo TV and ASEAN United Satellite TV also each came out on top in their respective continents!

The contest in Europe came to a temporary close with the victory of the Fourth Broadcasting Company.

In Africa and South America, South Africa TV and Brazil's MTV became the final winners.

As of now, the exclusive copyright sales for "Simulated Crime" in these aforementioned continents have already reached 65 billion USD, far exceeding the expectations of the Huaxia side!

Right now, the contest between CBS and NBS has yet to be decided.

But based on the current situation, it is basically certain that their final bid will definitely exceed one hundred billion!

Calculating it this way, the exclusive broadcasting rights sales for the first season of "Simulated Crime" will absolutely sell for between 165 billion and 180 billion USD, or perhaps even exceed 200 billion!