Chapter 66: A Massive Fortune Falls from the Sky: The Sky-High Copyright Fee That Crushed the NBA!

The development of this negotiation meeting to this point has completely exceeded the expectations of the Huaxia side!

They had originally thought that thirty or fifty billion would be about enough.

Because this exclusive broadcasting right is not for a lifetime; it is only the broadcasting right for the first season of "Simulated Crime"!

The subsequent second and third seasons, including the broadcasting rights for documentary spin-offs and side stories, are not included!

What they purchased was merely an exclusive broadcasting right!

But even so, these well-known television networks still flocked to it!

Because they knew that this program would definitely become a global hit!

Especially the famous CBS and NBS, who were almost bidding with a determination to win, neither willing to yield to the other!

As a result, the bids from both sides soon broke the 100 billion mark and were still constantly rising!

110 billion!

120 billion!

130 billion!

The next second, when the representative from CBS offered 140 billion, everyone present, including the competing NBS, was shocked!

140 billion US dollars!

Unsurprisingly, this should be the highest price the CBS Group could offer!

Upon hearing this bid, the NBS side studied it for a full half hour, only announcing their withdrawal at the very last moment!

At this point, this magnificent copyright bidding war finally came to an end with a landslide victory for CBS!

After the meeting, the Huaxia side signed contracts with all the television networks that had obtained exclusive broadcasting rights and held a press conference to announce the news to the outside world!

Once this news was announced, the entire internet instantly boiled over!

The sky-high copyright fee of 205 billion not only made China Central Television the biggest winner of this copyright sale, earning 205 billion US dollars and causing its market value to skyrocket!

It also broke the previous world record for NBA broadcasting fees in one fell swoop, becoming a new copyright legend!

Before this, it had always been China Central Television purchasing copyrights from them!

This time, they finally felt proud and elated!

At this moment, inside the official live stream room.

Many people were discussing this matter!

【Brothers, I just saw on TikTok that the exclusive broadcasting rights for "Simulated Crime" sold for over 200 billion US dollars?】

【I saw it too! So awesome!】

【China Central Television's stock soared today!】

【This can also be considered cultural export!】

【If it weren't for Chu Shen, the copyright for this program definitely wouldn't have sold for so much, do you believe it?】

【That's for sure! At least 199 billion of those 200-plus billion were given out of respect for Chu Shen!】

【Haha, exactly!】

【The copyright fee for this program would normally be 10 billion Huaxia Yuan, but because of Chu Shen, it fucking skyrocketed to over 200 billion US dollars, truly awesome!】

The day after the press conference ended.

The flight Chu Chen was on also successfully arrived in South Africa!

After arriving, he used his current identity to rent an off-road motorcycle at a desert motorcycle shop in Cape Town and headed straight for the old district of Kimberley, Belgravia!

At this moment, inside the live stream room!

When the audience saw Chu Chen, dressed in black riding gear, riding a pure black off-road motorcycle and speeding along the desert highway, the previously calm barrage instantly exploded!

【Holy crap, that man has finally arrived!】

【Handsome handsome handsome handsome handsome!】

【Chu Army, all stand up!】

【Get ready to take action, get ready to take action!】

【Holy crap! Where is Chu Shen right now?】

【Seems like he's in South Africa!】

【It really looks like South Africa! I've traveled to South Africa, I have some impression of that place!】

【Isn't this the highway next to Cape Town airport?!】

【This guy really is running all over the world!】

Inside the live stream room, there was much discussion.

It formed a sharp contrast with the previous stagnant water!

At the same time, not only in Huaxia, but Chu Chen's figure also appeared on the exclusive live channels of major television networks!

At this moment, in North America, inside the CBS building!

Looking at the skyrocketing viewership ratings in the backend, the general manager Mike instantly widened his eyes!

He had originally thought that for the first broadcast, a rating of around 40 would be about enough.

But right now, the ratings had already broken through 60!

Especially the moment Chu Chen appeared, the ratings saw another huge surge, instantly rising by five percent!

And it was still continuously climbing!

Seeing this, Mike immediately reported this matter to the general manager Gelun!

"What did you say? It has already reached 60!"

Upon hearing this news, Gelun screamed right there in his office!

"That's right! This guy is truly too popular! As long as he appears in the livestream room, even if he doesn't do anything, his popularity starts to soar! Besides, do you know? During this period, the number of advertisers from all over North America coming to seek cooperation with us has doubled compared to before!"

"My God, are you telling the truth?" Gelun asked in surprise.

"Of course it's true!"

"Good heavens, this Chu Chen is simply a walking cash cow!"

This time, in order to secure the exclusive broadcast rights for *Simulated Crime*, although CBS spent 140 billion USD, the revenue brought by this cooperation is far more than that!

Just the advertising fees from joining alone are estimated to be enough to make them fill their pockets!

If one also counts the revenue from member subscriptions and app channels, it will certainly make CBS's revenue this year the highest among the North American Big Five!

Thinking of this, Gelun became even more excited!

After ending the call with Mike, he notified the group's board of directors of this good news at the first opportunity!

Right now, as the major television networks began their simultaneous broadcasts, Chu Chen also harvested a massive amount of Shock Value!

He is still puzzled even now.

He hasn't done anything, yet the Shock Value has been skyrocketing!

From last night until now, in just under 10 hours, the Shock Value on the System Panel has reached over 50 million, leaving Chu Chen feeling very bewildered!

The various ding-ding-ding sounds have not stopped even now!

【Ding! Congratulations to the host, received Shock Value ×10 from Julian Valentine!】

【Ding! Congratulations to the host, received Shock Value ×10 from Thomson!】

【Ding! Congratulations to the host, received Shock Value ×10 from Park Sung-eun!】

【Ding! Congratulations to the host, received Shock Value ×20 from Michael Jordan!】

【Ding! Congratulations to the host, received Shock Value ×20 from Taylor Swift!】

What the!

What is going on?

The challenge hasn't even started yet, and the Shock Value has already risen by tens of millions, easily breaking through the 50 million mark?

What is the concept of 50 million Shock Value...

If all this Shock Value were converted into money, it would be enough to exchange for two trillion Euros, enough to buy a small country in Europe without any problem...

But then again, Chu Chen would not waste Shock Value to exchange for money.

Money is the cheapest thing in the System Mall; items more useful than money are everywhere!

Skills, statuses, Life—none of these can be compared to money.

These are the true hard currencies.

Compared to these hard currencies, the money of the real world is simply not worth mentioning.

Looking at this inexplicable wealth, Chu Chen steadied his mind.

It must be said, this wave of sudden "wealth falling from the sky" truly caught him off guard!

Because it came far too suddenly!

But regardless, since it has arrived, he must go on a spending spree!

Thinking of this, Chu Chen clicked on the System Mall with full joy, preparing to splurge—

But just at this moment, the long-lost system notification sound rang out!