Chapter 233 Old Friend

In addition to signing a live broadcast contract with Panda TV, Mai Xuan was brought to Beijing by Song Anli to sign a three-year MCN incubation and training contract with the "Kujiji" studio.

Due to her awkward age, it was unrealistic to send her to Egypt. After a brief online interview, Zhao Mengche suggested that she take advantage of the current popularity to do some live broadcasts of her surrounding tours at home.

The excuse is to keep the characters simple and original and not over-package them, but in fact it means they are not optimistic and just let them fend for themselves.

Xie Jingxing was powerless to do anything about this, he couldn't do more, but no matter what, the MCN business was officially launched, and later on, Concubine Pei's mother would cooperate with Zhao Mengche to formally sign a batch of internet celebrity artists.

He took Concubine Pei to Pony.com to take care of the variety show production business.

"The program planning plan has just been rushed out, and Banana Entertainment has brought in Tencent and Mango TV for a round of talks. Well, Mango TV is a PGC video website that was reorganized and upgraded from the original Golden Eagle Network under Hunan Radio and Television, and its brand was just established two months ago."

In the office, Zhong Lifang was busy pouring three cups of tea while reporting on her work: "Their idea is to invest in technology and integrate the team through projects. Tencent is relatively simple. They are interested in the live variety show format and want the video copyright."

"Hunan TV is the pioneer of talent shows in China. Super Girl and Fast Boy are both excellent, and their production team is unique in China." Pei Fei actively performed and gave high praise.

Xie Jing Xing frowned without commenting: "So the program distribution is exclusively live broadcast on Panda TV, and the edited video version is online on the three platforms of Panda TV, Tencent Video, and Mango TV?"

"That's how we talk about it for now, but Tencent is more concerned about copyright ownership," Zhong Lifang explained.

"Mango TV has just established its brand and needs high-quality programs to attract traffic. Tencent took away the video copyright, and Banana Entertainment took away the live broadcast copyright. What about us? It is impossible for such a good thing to happen. We invested 8000 million, accounting for half of the budget. If there is only regular income from selling movies, it is better to use this money to invest in other businesses to make more money."

Xie Jingxing tilted his head and looked at Song Anli: "The copyright of the video must be in our hands. You understand the significance of Xiao Wang using Banana Interactive Entertainment as the main body of the project, right?"

It is understandable that Mango TV and Tencent want to take advantage. They are just asking for exorbitant prices during the first initial contact.

But Xiao Wang wanted to play the game of transferring the copyright through his own company, Banana Entertainment, which he owned alone, to participate in the production of Produce Camp 101, and then have Panda TV, which had received external investments from Grapefruit and Qihoo 360, buy the copyright.

This is a bit too much calculation. The most important thing is that he has just dug a hole through the "Education Power" project. If he can get the copyright of the variety show to Banana Entertainment as he wishes, what is the point even if Panda TV is eventually broken into pieces?
Song Anli understood the inside story and couldn't say anything in front of outsiders, so she just nodded.

Currently, the Xiaoma Pentium shares that were transferred to Concubine Pei's name were held by her. Zhong Lifang naturally couldn't bear to see the company's directors embarrassed, so she took over the conversation and helped to make up for it, saying, "Generally, the rebroadcast rate of talent shows is lower than that of regular variety shows. If we give up competing for the copyright, we can strive for some other benefits."

"For example, in recent years, domestic copyright awareness has risen, and the production costs of entertainment variety shows have skyrocketed. The cost and risk of producing this variety show are relatively high. Using copyright replacement guarantee agreements or priority settlement of income are both very optimistic ways to control risks."

What she said was quite objective. Excluding the external bragging and money laundering, a domestic movie with a box office of over 100 million yuan can now be called a big production.

Xie Jingxing and Wang Gongzi jointly led the investment, with Xiaoma Pentium participating in the investment. "Lost in Thailand", starring big-name director Ning Hao and movie emperors Huang Bo and Xu Zheng, had a total investment of just over 1 million yuan. Of course, the production team asked for a guaranteed share of the profits.

Making a variety show with a budget of at least 1.5 million seems to be quite risky for all the investors involved.

Tencent is a large company with a huge business, so if it loses money, it will just use it as a copyright library. Mango TV simply invests in technology without expecting to make any money. Pony.com and Pentium are both major investors, so if the project fails, they will really lose money.

Zhong Lifang is the first risk control expert in the domestic entertainment industry to use the guaranteed exit policy of investors. In her eyes, the expected long-term returns from talent show copyrights are not as good as exchanging them for visible risk compensation.

"Let's make a choice and try to strike a balance between copyright and risk. Specifically for this cooperation project with Banana Interactive Entertainment, we want the copyright." Xie Jingxing took the final right of interpretation and made the final decision.

Zhong Lifang was not very satisfied. There was no variety show production in the annual plan formulated at the beginning of the year, but she was suddenly given a sum of money to ask for cooperation in the production of a variety show. It was understandable that plans could not keep up with the changes.

What's the point of forcibly intervening in the specific operations of the project? The existence of the board of directors and the project risk assessment team is meaningless. Pony.com has completely turned into a feudal empire.

Song Anli couldn't comfort her. Peng Zhijian, who just resigned from Tencent in a dignified manner, ended up in this way. Regardless of right or wrong, people have different perspectives on things.

"I think since this project has just started, it's still too early to actually launch. There may be some changes later, so let's move forward slowly."

Princess Pei picked up the teacup and took a sip. She felt that she was qualified for the board seat and did not need anyone else to hold shares on her behalf, even if the other party was an ally.

Xie Jingxing remained silent. Seeing that things were impossible, Zhong Lifang walked down the stairs and said, “From project establishment to early planning and preparation, getting approval documents, production and final launch, it must be completed by the end of the year at the very least.”

"There is no rush for this. It is tentatively scheduled to be launched during the summer vacation next year to cooperate with the promotion strategy of Panda TV."

The Internet Cleansing Campaign will continue until November. Celebrities in the entertainment industry are lining up to do bad things and going to jail one by one to divert public opinion. To be on the safe side, it would be best for Xie Jingxing and Prince Wang to keep a low profile for a while.

And at present, the management team of Panda TV does not understand how to operate a PGC talent show with a new live broadcast mode, so "Creation Camp 101" has to be delayed.

He paused for a moment and continued, "Mr. Zhong, I have a few variety show ideas. I'll send them to your email address later. Please refer to them and see if they are feasible."

"We are building a cinema and investing in film and television drama production this year, and now we have established a subsidiary for variety show production. The business is very large, and we don't expect the overall financial situation to meet the listing requirements in two to three years." Song Anli reminded softly in tacit understanding.

Zhong Lifang and Concubine Pei resisted the urge to nod their heads and watched eagerly as everyone would make money after the listing.

Xie Jingxing shrugged and secretly praised Assistant Xiao Song in his heart, and said with a smile on his face: "It's not necessary to have a moderate reference. This company will rely on you in the end."

How could he know anything about the entertainment industry? His so-called variety show ideas were nothing more than the few variety shows he had watched in his previous life when he had the rare leisure time. It was said that most of them were remakes of copyrights imported from abroad.

This was brought up temporarily just to give Zhong Lifang some sweet treats. This woman has some real talent. Currently, she is the producer and controls the funds for several film and television variety show series invested by Xiaoma Pentium.

Some directors and crews spent tens of millions of dollars on production costs to build a street in the Republic of China for filming, but demolished the street after filming. Auditing the accounts revealed that the building materials were imported from Iraq, a scam that was hard to guard against.

Mr. Xie was counting on Zhong Lifang to improve the risk control and review mechanism. This time he broke the rules personally without a clear reason. It would do no harm to mention that everyone will get rich after the listing to appease people.

As for spending huge sums of money to make variety shows, the cost-effectiveness is too low and it can't be taken seriously. It would be better to use the money to hoard real estate.

Once again, a pit was dug for Xiao Wang, and by the way, it was confirmed that "Lost in Thailand" would be released on October 1, which was related to the arrangements for Concubine Pei's personal career as a superstar in the next two years.

Xie Jingxing changed into casual clothes, carried two bags of fruit, and went to visit Zhou Fenglan's home alone.

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"Do you think it's better to have a boy or a girl?"

After not seeing each other for half a month, Zhou Fenglan had obviously become much plumper, and she was stroking her belly, emitting a maternal glow.

Xie Jingxing held the prenatal examination report in one hand and supported her as she walked out of the hospital with the other hand: "It doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl."

"I think boys are better." Zhou Fenglan pouted.

Xie Jingxing analyzed seriously: "As for the boy, he might be under a lot of pressure in the future, after all, his father is too outstanding." "Bah, you are so shameless."

Zhou Fenglan laughed out loud and rolled her eyes, but then quickly touched her belly and said, "Girls are better."

"A girl? Her mother is so outstanding..."

Xie Jingxing was so mean and wanted to be beaten, Zhou Fenglan couldn't help but calm down after being beaten by him.

In fact, the sex of the fetus can be detected at seven weeks of pregnancy, but no one of them mentioned this.

To this day, Zhou Fenglan no longer cares whether it is a boy or a girl, no one can bully her child.

Xie Jingxing's mind flashed with Yu Tong's image, and he pursed his lips and suggested, "Let's buy a house in Beijing."

"Mom has to stay at home to take care of the old man and can't move out to live with me. You're busy with work, and it's more comfortable for me to live at home than to live outside by myself." Zhou Fenglan raised her hand to rub the hair behind her ears.

Naturally, her parents couldn't live in an "outsider's" property, and she had no reason to move out and take care of her pregnancy alone.

Then what about after the baby is born? Xie Jingxing took a deep breath and said, "Buy it. I will have to have a place to stay when I come to Beijing. It is not convenient to stay in a hotel."

"If you want to buy it, just buy it." Zhou Fenglan said in a relaxed tone.

Xie Jing Xing smiled and said, "I can get a discount if I buy it with you."

"what?"

Zhou Fenglan was confused, and Xie Jingxing took out a heavy small cardboard box from the back seat of the car, which contained seven property certificates.

There are villas in the suburbs of Beijing, flats in the city, or courtyard houses. Each property certificate comes with a thick document that carefully introduces the specific information of the property with pictures and texts.

"These are all the wealth that Old Xie saved up. Father and son should settle accounts clearly. I had never been to Beijing before, but he was very stingy and gave me two sets of houses on his own initiative. Now, thanks to you and the children, they are on sale at a big discount and are sold to us." Xie Jingxing raised his eyebrows and explained happily.

Zhou Fenglan flipped through the sets of information with his fingers, his eyes red as he said "OK" softly.

There is no doubt that Lao Xie is a local boss, but when he was young he started from humble beginnings and carried pig heads around to burn incense and worship Buddha, and he has also developed the ability to please people, both highbrow and lowbrow.

However, after experiencing many vicissitudes of life and approaching the age of knowing his fate, facing his children and grandchildren who felt guilty, he pulled his hair out and thought about it, and could only give away all his properties in the capital.

"Old Xie said this is our home, the home of his grandchildren."

Arriving at one of the properties near Sanyuan Bridge, Xie Jingxing pushed the door open and walked in, his voice echoing in the empty living room.

This house is on the second top floor with an area of ​​900 square meters. It is a new house that was built three years ago. Mr. Xie also bought the top floor at that time and originally planned to connect it to make a duplex.

The safety of the floor-to-ceiling window glass was difficult to solve, and he was told that he had to find the same glass manufacturer as Apple's offline stores to have it customized. As it turned out, he found it too troublesome and simply left the upstairs empty, which was just right for accommodating guests.

The second top floor apartment only has two bedrooms and a nanny room, and the master bedroom is less than 200 square meters.

A large open walk-in closet with sunlight pouring in. The glass wardrobes on both sides are filled with women's clothing from spring to winter, and jewelry lies quietly in a display cabinet on one side.

In the most conspicuous place, a golden phoenix hairpin was shining.

Walking in, there were two sets of toiletries neatly arranged in the bathroom, and a corner of the clean white bath towel had a wedding character embroidered with crude red silk thread.

"So Uncle Xie started preparing after he came to my house last time?" Zhou Fenglan asked with tears in her eyes.

Xie Jingxing had a faint smile on his face: "Yeah, I didn't even know there were these. He told me to take you to inspect them casually."

"All seven houses have been decorated." Zhou Fenglan added, wiping his eyes.

Xie Jing Xing sniffed: "Very attentive."

"Then you haven't thought of anything?" Zhou Fenglan's face suddenly changed.

"Well, I wanted to take you back to my hometown in Northeast China after I'm done with this, and then go to New Zealand... He just got there before me. Hey, don't do it, let's talk it out... I really care about you, just hit me gently, don't upset the fetus... Old Xie is cheating me, Old Xie is framing me..."

There was a burst of ghostly howling, and Xie Jingxing rushed out of the bedroom and rode on a mini electric motorcycle to run ahead. Zhou Fenglan chased after him with murderous intent, holding a crutch that he had pulled out from somewhere.

The two of them laughed and played for a while, called the property management and asked two chefs to come to their house to cook dinner, and then went downstairs for a walk hand in hand like a couple who had been married for many years.

The community is well greened, with towering trees, flying mosquitoes, and the sultry evening breeze makes me feel itchy.

After walking around for a while, Zhou Fenglan felt tired and sat down to rest under a man-made green trail. Perhaps some black technology was used, the green trail did not attract mosquitoes.

"Hey, Mr. Xie, when did you move here?"

Xie Jingxing was waving a small fan diligently to fan Zhou Fenglan. A middle-aged man with a slightly fat figure and deep nasolabial folds came up to greet him. Next to him was a beautiful young girl in an A-line skirt.

The hem of her skirt barely covered her thighs, and she wore a pair of thick platform high heels to make up for her lack of height. We could tell at first glance that she was a lover.

"I just moved here not long ago." Xie Jingxing searched his memory and couldn't remember who he was, so he nodded vaguely in response.

"Are you in Beijing on a business trip?"

The middle-aged man introduced himself in a familiar manner: "I am Zhao Chuanxiong from Jintong International Capital. We had a drink at a dinner party when you came to Beijing some time ago. Mr. Chen from Juntai is an old friend of mine."

“Oh oh oh, hello hello.” Xie Jingxing suddenly realized, but actually he still hadn’t remembered who this guy was.

The middle-aged man didn't care and shook hands and patted her shoulders enthusiastically, which made his young lover stunned.

Zhou Fenglan was used to it. It was a traditional skill in Beijing's financial circles. No matter whether they knew each other really or not, as long as the dinner party and Buffett were mentioned, he would be familiar with them and said they were brothers with Colonel Kalin.

In Shanghai's financial circle, the language used has changed to forums and summits, and words like familiar and brothers have been transformed into words like cooperation, mutual learning and communication.

(End of this chapter)