Chapter 513

Chapter 513: Single!?

The School Flowers finished their lunch and started to pack all the stuff as well as cleaning the tables and restoring it to their original places.

After the smooth process, the office was restored to its original appearance.

The excited Zhou Peipei even perfumed the room before leaving.

This bottle of perfume wasn’t some cheap stuff but a branded bottle brought back from Paris.

Chen Huan liked the smell and asked how much was it only to learn it was 1000 yuan the bottle.

It was a bit too luxurious!

However, Chen Huan still accepted it happily when the girls perfumed his office and bedroom!

It was more enjoyable to work and rest in space like that.

It wasn’t until the girls went downstairs and he was prepared to go rest to see Cui Zhong through the windows.

“Huh? Why are you here?” Chen Huan opened the door for him,

“Can’t I come visit?” Cui Zhong sat on the seat with an aggrieved look, “I heard that you and Teacher Chu were making a new TV series so I hurriedly came…but I was stopped by the security guards at the entrance for a dozens of minutes and was stopped by another guard when I got into the office building saying that you were resting and eating… they would only let me go up when the girls got down.”

Chen Huan realized that the guards downstairs were asked to do so by the School Flowers.

Otherwise how could Chen Huan eat if he had to talk to people all afternoon?

He didn’t answer Cui Zhong and changed the subject to, “You’re well informed, I wanted to get things done before telling you.”

Cui Zhong felt nervous when he heard that.

Talking to him after things get done?

Was Chen Huan not planning to give the TV series to Shanhai Streaming?

Although Cui Zhong felt that nobody could give a better offer than Shanhai Streaming, it was difficult to be absolutely certain in this world.

For example, he just saw that guy from Pomelo Zhang Shouzheng.

While waiting downstairs, Zhang Shouzheng came down with a smile but he put down when he saw Cui Zhong.

This made Cui Zhong feel nervous.

Pomelo used to be nothing and only ate the leftovers of Shanhai Streaming and Youyi. They also had to buy foreign variety shows to make some money so they weren’t a threat at all.

But they were now incorporated into Habao Entertainment.

Habao Entertainment was backed by the giant Habao Technology and had 20 billion in cash flow, which was more than what Zheng Rongrong had.

With their strength swelling to the top, wouldn’t it be only naturally for them to try to poach Teacher Lu Xiaofeng and Teacher Chu Liuxiang?

“Teacher Lu… we always worked well together…” Cui Zhong quickly mentioned their relationship.

“Right, I think so too.” Chen Huan nodded.

“The president already gave me all the decision power this time.” Cui Zhong said, “If you have any request, you can say it, I can call the shots on it and it won’t be a vague response.”

“Old Cui, you got promoted? Nice!” Chen Huan gave him a thumbs up.

Cui Zhong’s previous position was akin to the director in charge of the artists and although he also served as the vice-president, he didn’t have much power.

Now he could decide on the details of the cooperation so the princess started to delegate some power.

It must be because of Cui Zhong’s hard work and previous achievement that got him this kind of authority.

“Isn’t it all thanks to you and Teacher Chu?” Cui Zhong didn’t act proud, “Meteor Girls, ‘Miracle in Cell No.7’ and ‘Princess Returning Pearl’ have allowed us to take a big step forward. This is the result of you and Teacher Chu’s hardwork and all I did was play a supporting role.”

He made his own position known quickly.

But it was the true.

The girls from Meteor Girls all called her Aunty Cui.

A wrong name could be given but it could never happen with a nickname.

His personality was obviously good to be called Aunty Cui, not harsh or violent, the type of personality of the hardworking but always nice person.

He was like that to the girls and it was the same with Chen Huan.

From the beginning, he served as a link to Chen Huan and Shanhai Streaming.

Including the incident of ‘The Stringy Chu Liuxiang’, he alone came out to support Chu Liuxiang and although it was instructed by Zheng Rongrong, he was happy to do it.

“Well, since you’re here, let’s talk business.” Chen Huan softly said, “Teacher Chu recently wrote an urban crime script, which needs the prison that was built when shooting ‘Miracle in Cell No.7’… Do you want Shanhai Streaming to lease it to us for a fee or use it as investment to participate in the production?”

“Huh!?”

Cui Zhong thought Chen Huan would play hard to get more benefits.

Unexpectedly, Chen Huan already mentioned working together.

Working together!

Aunty Cui’s eyes turned red suddenly.

What is a kind person?

This is a kind person!

It was really not a waste for him to take in all that insult on the internet to defend Teacher Chu!

They didn’t forget their friends and treat them like shit!

This TV series was indeed theirs!

Nobody could take it away from Shanhai Streaming!

Cui Zhong was in great spirits when he thought of that, “We’ll let you rent it, one million for the entire production of the TV series.”

“You’re not buying in?” Chen Huan was a bit surprised.

In terms of maximizing the profit, investing into the production would give them more control in it.

But Cui Zhong didn’t think about it and chose the option that didn’t benefit Shanhai Streaming much but greatly benefitted Chen Huan.

“Nope.” Cui Zhong was in a great mood so explained himself to Chen Huan, “The president and us already talked about it that Shanhai Streaming shouldn’t interfere with Teacher Chen and Teacher Chu’s work to let you have all the creative power in order to make the best work! Besides, you already have chosen to work with us and putting it on Shanhai Streaming so we obviously have to show the advantage of doing so, hence there’s no need to haggle for everything.”

Chen Huan laughed and said, “Who said it will be broadcasted on Shanhai Streaming?”

“Huh…”

Cui Zhong was speechless.

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He thought about it and Chen Huan indeed didn’t mention the broadcast and only talked about leasing the prison or using it to invest into the production.

Even if Shanhai Streaming invested into this series, Chen Huan would still have the final say on where to broadcast it!

However, he thought that since they were Shanhai Streaming’s place, they would also let Shanhai Streaming broadcast it!

His smile immediately stiffened at that moment.

“Teacher Lu…” Cui Zhong said with some tears coming.

Seeing his wretched expression, Chen Huan quickly waved his hands, “Alright, I was joking! Teacher Chu said this TV series was already assigned to Shanhai Streaming since the construction of the prison! Otherwise, wouldn’t you have done it in vain?”

Cui Zhong let out a reassured sigh as his heart went back from his stomach.

“Teacher Lu, you scared me to death!” Cui Zhong wiped the cold sweat he had from his forehead.

Who told you to be such a scaredy-cat?

Chen Huan teased in his mind but was too out of pocket to say it since it would be mocking him.

“Speaking of which, it may not be suitable to broadcast this TV series on TV stations due to the scale and content.” Chen Huan said to him, “Can Shanhai Streaming handle the publicity if they were to broadcast it alone?”

“Yes! Of course we can!”

His feelings were like a roller coasters as it went up and down.

Aunty Cui was so happy when he heard this that he wanted to scream.

The sole one?

There would be no TV broadcast and Shanhai Streaming would be the only one to broadcast this series!?

Everyone would only be able to see on Shanhai Streaming!

How much attraction and people would a TV series like that bring?

Shanhai Streaming hated Calf TV. Maybe they would exclusively broadcast ‘Princess Returning Pearl’ if it weren’t for them causing trouble.

Thinking of the crazy rating and viewers of ‘Princess Returning Pearl’, how much traffic would it bring to Shanhai Streaming when the two were added together?

Unexpectedly, another TV series made by Teacher Chu would be exclusively broadcasted on Shanhai Streaming, it was like a pie falling from the sky!

The president would definitely applaud him when she heard of the news!

“If you let us be the sole broadcaster, we will definitely satisfy you two teachers in terms of money and you also won’t have to worry about publicity.” Cui Zhong quickly organized his speech, “You already know about the budget we spent for ‘Love Letter’ and ‘Miracle in Cell No.7’. We already have a lot of experience so you certainly won’t be disappointed by us! We promise that all TV series viewers will know about this series or at least be curious whether they will watch it or not!”

“Good.” Listening to his promises, Chen Huan gently nodded and said, “We’ll talk more in detail after we finish shooting it.”

Cui Zhong nodded happily and said, “I’m eager to see another Teacher Chu’s masterpiece!”

In fact, Chen Huan letting Shanhai Streaming be the sole broadcaster was something he didn’t have much of a choice.

Because of the theme of ‘Prison Break’, it would be terribly censored if it was broadcasted on the TV stations.

The series would lose its unique appeal if that happened.

Chen Huan decided to only broadcast it online in order to keep the complete structure of the plot and the clear line of the story.

Shanhai Streaming had now expanded in Asia so as long as subtitles were made, people from various countries could also watch it.

The ‘Prison Break’ made by the US in this previous life was able to obtain the love of many Chinese people so there was no reason why this Chinese version of ‘Prison Break’ wouldn’t do so across Asia.

Although there would be many changes around the world building in the plot, Chen Huan was experienced and his changes were still reasonable and smooth.

Not to mention that there was director Xin Changkong present.

He could also make certain adjustments depending on the situation when shooting.

Chen Huan could also remember the storyline and add or change things up during the editing.

Chen Huan’s request for a big budget for publicity from Shanhai Streaming was an important part in the entire production.

Although it was a bit troublesome, it was a very costly thing to produce a great TV series.

For success, it depended whether your mindset was giving your best at whatever you do and doing whatever you could.

Those that succeeded by being casual and relaxed, they were either cheating or lucky.

People who were truly successful wouldn’t place their hope of success on the two things mentioned above.