Zhang Jian stared at Jiang Hua, waiting for him to share his plan.
Jiang Hua was shocked. What's with that look? He was just casually saying it.
How come you don't even refute it?
Zhang Jian, you're a big shot, a business elite. I'm just a behind-the-scenes guy.
"Come on, say it. Weren't you just talking a big game?"
Jiang Hua took a deep breath. Isn't it just bluffing? Thinking of his previous life, the old man selling breakfast downstairs could boast in front of him, even coming up with a nationwide franchise model, with standardization and systematization.
He organized his words, then started his persuasion technique.
"If funds are insufficient, we can start with short dramas, accumulate funds, then expand our territory and enter tracks we're most familiar with, such as games, music, and video websites."
"Short dramas?"
This wasn't very popular in 2017. You should know, after the mask disease.
Short dramas directly became a phenomenon. A short drama's cost was less than 1 million, but the top-up in one night could exceed 30 million. This was a highly profitable business.
Jiang Hua took out his phone and opened his novel for him to see.
"This is a 'shuang' novel. If we turn it into a short drama, keep each episode around 6 minutes, make the first 9 episodes free, then charge for each episode after that, do you think it has potential?"
"Domineering CEO, Mary Sue, Dragon King Son-in-Law. For overseas, we'll add elements like Cinderella, vampires, werewolves, etc., and take a localized route. The cost of a short drama is around 1 million."
In later generations, the strongest cultural exports were these short dramas without much logic, and they earned USD.
1 million was just a small amount. As long as one drama blew up, it could support the production of dozens of such short dramas.
Zhang Jian frowned as he looked at "War God Temple". He didn't understand why so many people read this novel.
The data was pretty good too, with 3 million people reading online.
After reading three chapters, he handed the phone back to Jiang Hua and said, "Maybe I'm too old. This touches on my knowledge blind spot. This 'shuang' novel has no logic, but it's very 'shuang'. I think it has potential."
"How about this, I'll invest 30 million for you to do it. I think it has great potential."
WTF, you're investing in me? I don't have time. I originally wanted to find a big tree to take shelter under.
Now you want me to be the big tree myself, to be the capital myself.
I'm just talking big. From childhood to adulthood, the biggest leadership role I had was the homework collection leader in elementary school.
I managed a dozen people and even got fired by the teacher for corruption after taking a bunch of snacks.
Now at Star Entertainment, he's just a mascot.
Having him set up a company overseas is too much to ask. Besides, investing 30 million in him.
He can't even use it. He already has tens of millions of cold hard cash in his card.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly shook his head.
"I don't understand management or capital operation."
Zhang Jian laughed loudly, "That's simple. Isn't your Star Entertainment doing quite well? Huang Feifei, the former manager of Flower Art, isn't just an artist manager, but also a business genius."
Waking up with a shock in a dying dream, capital turns out to be myself.
There's a reason his company could get on track so quickly. Being able to secure the Audi contract also took a lot of effort on their part.
Zhang Jian continued, "Just give me 20% of the shares for my investment."
This guy really wants to be a hands-off boss. But he's now in charge of the big entertainment project.
He has a lot of resources on hand. Just NetEase Literature alone has 8,000 writers.
This is what Jiang Hua needs. Otherwise, relying on him alone to write short drama scripts, does he even need to work?
The overseas resources of the Pig Factory are abundant. Their games are very popular overseas.
This 20% share request isn't high. It's acceptable.
The two discussed some details. The rest would be handled by Star Entertainment.
...
At Audi's headquarters, the supervisor who strongly advocated signing Jiang Hua, Zhao Gaoyi, directly threw a fit in his office.
"What do you mean? We've already prepared the upcoming promotional activities. What are they thinking, changing people at the last minute? Isn't it just a traffic star? We're Audi, yet we're also being shortsighted."
He sat in his chair, looking at the new promotional plan.
The top stream mega-star has huge traffic, but his style is different from Hope.
Buy Hope, find your first love.
What a classic promotional slogan. Jiang Hua's fan base also fits very well with Hope's positioning.
He had done a survey. It's strange to say, but Jiang Hua's series of unconventional actions.
Deleting accounts, disdaining fans who can't sing Yue opera, even leading the shipping of his own Jun-Xiao CP.
He usually keeps a very low profile.
But his fans are all quite high-end. Especially after the Hope first love thing came out, this guy actually became popular in the rental boyfriend circle. But the higher-ups turned a blind eye to all this.
Maybe it's time to leave. There's no place for him in this company.
Thinking of this, he opened his phone. A song Jiang Hua recorded, "It's My Life", came on with explosive energy.
Another song, "Free Loop". This song was his favorite, perfectly fitting with Hope's positioning.
It's simply tailor-made for Hope. But the higher-ups only have their eyes on the traffic in front of them.
Audi has changed. It has also become the appearance of capital.
"Forget it, I'll leave too. It just so happens that a new electric car company has been poaching me recently. I originally didn't want to leave. Now I have no choice."
He also packed his things, left a resignation letter on his desk, and headed straight for the Magic City.
This will be his new starting point.
"Old Zhao, we've been waiting for you for a long time. The boss personally arranged a table at a hotel in the Magic City."
At the airport entrance, several cars were parked there. The reception was grand.
Zhao Gaoyi walked out with a travel bag on his back. As soon as he came out, he was warmly received.
"Old Wang, what's this about?"
"Haha, it's nothing. The boss has been waiting for you for a long time. But he's in an important meeting right now."
Zhao Gaoyi said helplessly, "I'm just a failure. I'm not worth you making such a big fuss. I want to rest for a while recently."
This was equivalent to a refusal.
Old Wang's expression changed slightly, but he immediately laughed, "No worries. Resting for a while is good. But you still need to eat. By the way, you strongly advocated signing Jiang Hua. We also have high hopes for him on our side. Why don't you come and continue executing this promotional plan?"
This was absolute trust. Coming and immediately being responsible for the promotional plan. This is an important department in the company.
"By the way, your office is already prepared. Rest for a while and come over."
This means he has no choice but to come. He was already prepared to leave this circle.
"Hey, Old Wang, I'm already prepared to retire and go home."
"That won't do. We haven't realized our ideals yet, to make Chinese cars go global."
Looking at Old Wang, who was no longer young, Zhao Gaoyi recalled his past self.
He solemnly said, "Old Wang, you must sign Jiang Hua at all costs. He might help