[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment":3,"chapter-the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-chapter-83":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Intelligence King of Chinese Entertainment",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2260386,4411,"Chapter 83: Yan Li Said Nothing, Only Quietly Counted His Money (Requesting First Chapter)","the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-chapter-83",83,"\u003Cp>《Surpassing “The Legend of the Condor Heroes,” It Ignites Nanjing—Just Who Is This “Conquest”?》\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>《Premiere Ratings Near 10%, “Conquest” Dominates the Nanjing Region》\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>《A Brief Analysis of the Gap Between “The Legend of the Condor Heroes” and “Conquest” Based on Ratings, Reception, Performances, and Return on Investment》\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>《“The Legend of the Condor Heroes,” With a 30-Million Investment and Star-Studded Cast, Loses to the Obscure “Conquest”—Producer Zhang Jizhong Falls from Grace》\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>《……》\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Dahuzi slammed his mouse and turned to his assistant: “Which company produced this ‘Conquest’? Their tactics are disgraceful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They just lost a small battle in Nanjing, yet these little reports make it sound like “Conquest” is crushing “The Legend of the Condor Heroes” nationwide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite its poor public reception, “The Legend of the Condor Heroes” still has solid ratings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In multiple regions and cities—including Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guizhou, and Chongqing—the drama ranked number one in ratings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TV stations made a fortune on advertising; one Yunnan station spent 600,000 to 700,000 yuan to buy “The Legend of the Condor Heroes” but earned nearly 8 million yuan in ad revenue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, despite polarized public opinion, every TV station in the industry was scrambling to acquire it, and Zhang Dahuzi took pride in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then this opportunistic drama showed up, seizing every chance to smear and mock it—how could he not be furious?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Should we sue them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assistant came up with an idea; Zhang Dahuzi glared at him like he was an idiot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How do you prove these reports were orchestrated by that production team?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“More importantly, this guy is clearly trying to ride on our coattails. If you sue him, you’re just handing him a front-page headline. Hmph—he probably hopes I’ll sue him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Dahuzi was a genuine master of publicity; he knew all these tricks inside out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this situation, the best move is to ignore them—the more you react, the more they escalate, letting them gain the upper hand. Ignore them completely, and they’ll eventually quiet down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so, this kind of thing is like a toad crawling onto your foot—it doesn’t hurt, but it’s deeply annoying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Dahuzi glanced at the news on his screen, slammed his mouse again, cursed under his breath, then ordered his assistant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Find out who’s in charge of ‘Conquest.’ I’ll settle accounts with him one day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Yan Li watched “Conquest”’s views and followers skyrocket, feeling both delighted and regretful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s a seasoned veteran—he managed to hold back and not take the bait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, if he’d gotten into a fight with Zhang Dahuzi, “Conquest” would’ve hit the headlines, and satellite channels might’ve started calling for bids the next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, “Conquest”’s momentum is excellent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It topped the charts in Nanjing; after its premiere in Xi’an, it held steady in the top three for days; in Tianjin, it began a second rerun with strong ratings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to news from the company, several local TV stations had already inquired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One sub-channel of Beijing TV, which Yan Li had previously dealt with, contacted him directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After learning through his intelligence network, Yan Li found their willingness to buy was strong and their price expectations reasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, two DVD video companies also wanted to secure the related rights to “Conquest.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li originally planned to manage the DVD rights himself, since his monthly intelligence reports indicated “Conquest” would sell well in the DVD market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after gaining some understanding, he decisively abandoned the idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The DVD market and TV distribution are entirely different industries; to operate in it, you need your own distribution and promotional channels, and you must outmaneuver pirates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than expend that effort, Yan Li preferred to visit more TV stations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he decided to sell the rights outright—or sign a revenue-sharing contract, outsource the business, and collect royalties based on sales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In March, Yan Li returned to Beijing from Xi’an and began negotiations with TV stations and partners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After airing “Conquest,” Nanjing TV rebroadcast it in the same time slot—and ratings rose instead of falling, averaging over 15%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Nanjing TV’s acquisition director put it, the last time this happened was with “My Fair Princess.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, everyone in Nanjing seemed to know a ruthless man named Liu Huaqiang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Honglei, who was filming in Beijing, was stunned when local Nanjing reporters showed up at his set; only after learning the details did he understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Conquest” had gone viral!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he famous too?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Qunshu understood this even more deeply than Sun Honglei; during early promotion, Yan Li had repeatedly asked him to cooperate, shaping him as a pioneer director of crime thrillers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, when “Conquest” became popular in Tianjin, reporters started approaching him for interviews.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yan Li was provoking Zhang Dahuzi, TV stations even came to him, subtly pressuring him to criticize “The Legend of the Condor Heroes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gao wasn’t foolish—he gave interviews but never offended anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His answer was always: I don’t know, I’m not familiar, I don’t pay attention—it’s probably just netizens or reporters expressing their own views, nothing to do with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With “Conquest”’s popularity, Sun Honglei, the absolute lead, and Gao Qunshu, the director, benefited the most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Supporting actors Jiang Shan, Liu Weiwei, and Li Yixiang also gained varying degrees of benefits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In contrast, Yan Li, with his minor role and unfamiliar face, left little impression on viewers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li checked thoroughly—no media spontaneously mentioned him when discussing characters or actors; the few online discussions about “Conquest” focused almost entirely on Liu Huaqiang and the plot; when he went out in public, no one recognized him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this might also be because “Conquest” hadn’t yet aired on satellite TV, so its influence remained limited to a few broadcast regions and hadn’t fully spread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a newcomer actor, Yan Li could only comfort himself this way—then wipe his tears and quietly count his money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With “Conquest” burning hot in Nanjing, Tianjin, Xi’an, and other places, its price naturally could no longer be compared to its pre-broadcast value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary municipal TV stations previously paid a few thousand yuan per episode; now, anything under 10,000 yuan was unacceptable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In major cities like Nanjing and Xi’an, TV stations usually kept prices under 50,000 yuan per episode; before, except for the special case of Shenzhen, Nanjing and Xi’an paid 20,000 yuan per episode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, prices were typically above 30,000 yuan per episode, often rising even higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, the highest bid came from the Beijing TV sub-channel: 62,000 yuan per episode, making it “Conquest”’s first million-yuan contract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within less than a week of returning to Beijing, Yan Li had already secured contracts totaling over 2 million yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The contracts signed before the Spring Festival totaled about 2.5 million yuan; adding the initial 500,000-yuan deposit paid to Gao Qunshu, Yan Li and Old Gao’s agreed 5-million-yuan contract was essentially finalized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest of the profit? All Yan Li’s…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1145,"2026-06-19T16:16:52.605Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","3fdd17a5991cb8a0fef7f4c4ab62ef3ec4ec4892187ccfb50825aa364d85a03d","the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-chapter-84","the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-chapter-82",405,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-cover.jpg"]