Chinese Entertainment Intelligence King

Chapter 84: The last time Yan Li and Dong Xuan met, it will never happen again
"cheers."

Yan Li, Dong Xuan, Guan Yue, Yin Xu, Tong Dawei and Lin Jiachuan raised their glasses together.

Today is Dong Xuan’s welcoming party. Actually, she has been back for a while, but Yan Li was too busy before.

Now that he finally found some time, he cooked for himself and invited some friends to get together, both to welcome Dong Xuan and to celebrate the initial success of "Conquer".

"Old Yan, your craftsmanship is quite good."

It was Tong Dawei's first time eating food cooked by Yan Li, and he was a little surprised. Lin Jiachuan praised his good brother and boss.

"This is just the beginning. My brother hasn't even cooked his best dishes yet."

Guan Yue also nodded. She had eaten the braised meat made by Yan Li before, and the taste was still fresh in her memory.

Even her later support for Dong Xuan and Yan Li's reconciliation may have been influenced by this.

After all, the two of them were together, so she could come and eat for free with a legitimate reason.

Tong Dawei was tickled by what they said: "Old Yan, you have something good but you're still hiding it?"

"No, I've been busy these past few days, and I just moved into a new house, so I don't have all the seasonings. If you want to eat, I'll make some sometime and share it with you guys."

Yan Li answered half-truthfully that the seasoning was not the only thing, and the other thing was that braising meat was time-consuming and troublesome, and unless he or Dong Xuan wanted to eat it, they were too lazy to do it normally.

"Speaking of moving, this new house you rented is really nice."

Yin Xu took over the conversation and looked around the new rental house they were in.

It has 2 bedrooms and 1 living room, and the area is not very large, probably about 80 square meters, but the decoration is quite exquisite, and it is equipped with all the home appliances, such as air conditioner, color TV, refrigerator, washing machine, and even DVD player.

"But the rent isn't cheap, 2500 a month."

Lin Jiachuan helped to buy this house. Yan Li now has money and is too lazy to haggle over the rent. He only asks that the rent is not excessive.

The house we finally chose is in the Beijing Film Academy community, which is the residential area for the families of the Beijing Film Studio.

However, Yan Li's house was newly built in recent years and is relatively new. Moreover, because he planned to use it as a new house for his wedding, he spent a lot of money on decoration and equipping it with home appliances.

But later the couple went abroad, and their parents felt it was a waste to leave the house empty, so they rented it out.

Yan Li chose this house because it is very close to the North Tower. It is right next door and only a few minutes' walk away, which is convenient for Dong Xuan to go to classes.

That’s right, this set will become his and Dong Xuan’s little home from now on.

Yan Li will probably stay here much longer than in Jimen, so naturally he needs to rent a better house.

"2500 a month, that's 3 a year. Lao Yan, you're really rich."

Guan Yue was surprised. Although most students at Beijing Film Academy were not poor, a monthly rent of 2500 yuan was scary enough. At least most of the living expenses were not that much.

"Hey, just a little fight."

Yan Li had no intention of showing off. One reason was that his friends were coming to his house for a small gathering, and if he boasted like that he would annoy them.

Another thing for him is that the "Conquer" project has just "paid back its investment" and has not yet started to make money.

It won’t be too late to show off when you really have 18 million in your hands.

However, Yan Li is low-key and cannot resist the presence of a supporting actor on the scene. Lin Jiachuan's main focus today is flattery.

"My brother's not just doing this for fun. Our company's show, 'Conquest,' has already been approached by a satellite TV station. I just had dinner with them yesterday..."

Yan Li glanced at Lin Jiachuan. This kid usually played the supporting role, but his attitude was never as positive as today.

There's something fishy!

Sure enough, after a brief observation, Yan Li saw that while Lin Jiachuan was blowing, he was glancing at Yin Xu, the only one who did not have a male companion today.

Tsk, on the surface he is praising Yan Li as the big brother, but actually he wants to show off himself indirectly.

It was worth spending so much time with me, I’ve learned something smarter!
Yan Li observed Lin Jiachuan, but everyone else's attention was focused on him.

"Lao Yan, is your drama really going to be broadcast on TV?"

Everyone here is a student of Beijing Film Academy, and some, like Tong Dawei, have been in the industry for a while and are familiar with some common sense in the circle.

Not all TV series can be broadcast, and not all TV series that are broadcast can be broadcast on satellite TV.

Tong Dawei felt this the most because he participated in the filming of the Haiyan drama "Jade Guanyin".

He thought it would be aired soon, and the TV series would become a big hit, and he would become famous.

As a result, "Jade Guanyin" was shelved for a long time due to the sensitive subject matter.

There has been some news recently, but we still have to wait for the release date and are not sure when it will be released.

The drama that had the best chance of becoming popular could not be broadcast, and the "noble man" was also imprisoned. Tong Dawei's career development was frustrated. If it were not for the good relationship with Guan Yue recently, he would have almost become depressed.

As a result, the Haiyan drama that he had been longing for was not even aired yet, while Yan Li's "casually tinkered" low-budget police drama was about to be broadcast on TV.

"It was broadcast well in Tianjin before, so Tianjin Satellite TV is considering it, but it's still in the discussion and it's hard to say the details yet."

Yan Li was being modest, but in fact, according to what he learned through the intelligence system, the success rate of this matter was over 70%.

The remaining 30% will mainly depend on the price and the ratings of "Conquest" on several local TV stations and the external momentum.

The contract with satellite TV is indeed much more difficult to negotiate than that with local TV stations!

One is the price. Most episodes cost more than 10 yuan. If "Conquer" performs well in some regions, the price will be even higher. It is expected that the price will be negotiated to 15 to 20 yuan per episode.

"Conquest" has a total of 20 episodes, so the contract is 300 to 400 million, which is not a small amount of money.

Moreover, local sub-channels and municipal stations have their own fixed audience base, and their performance is relatively stable. As long as the TV series is not too bad, the data will not be too bad.

But it is different for satellite TV stations, which are competing with major TV stations in the national market.

The level of competition is so fierce that it is completely different from the local channels and city stations that enjoy local convenience.

If you buy the wrong drama, the ratings will rank low or even at the bottom among major satellite TV stations in the country, which will be difficult to explain, so you must be cautious.

So considering these realistic factors, it is already very impressive to reach 70%. As long as there are no accidents, "Conquer" will be broadcast on TV.

Even Yan Li has started to think about the second satellite TV station.

"Compared to you, Hairun's publishers are rubbish."

Tong Dawei couldn't help but complain, Yan Li smiled and said nothing. He knew something about "Jade Guanyin" and it was not the distributor's fault.

The heroine of this drama is a police officer who becomes emotionally involved with a drug dealer and even bears his child. Although there are reasons for this, the heroine remains firm in her stance and the drug dealer is eventually brought to justice.

But the plot is still too sensitive, dancing on high-voltage wires, it's good enough to have a chance to be broadcast.

Compared to Tong Dawei who was obsessed with "Jade Guanyin", the girls' concerns were more straightforward.

How much money did Yan Li make!
It was a bit embarrassing to ask directly at the dinner table, so when they were almost done eating, Yan Li, Tong Dawei and Lin Jiachuan took out playing cards to play Landlord, while Guan Yue and Yin Xu quietly pulled Dong Xuan to the bedroom to ask her.

"I do not know."

Faced with the inquiries of her two best friends, Dong Xuan shook her head. Seeing that Guan and Yin did not believe her, she explained.

"Yan Li didn't tell me specifically, and I didn't ask, but he should have made some money anyway."

"Confused."

Yin Xu was so disappointed: "You don't care about this matter. If he loses money one day and sells you out, you will help him count the money."

Guan Yue also stood with Yin Xu: "You still have to know what to count. You have to know your man's strength, otherwise you won't know when someone will poach him."

When Dong Xuan heard about being poached, she immediately perked up: "Then I'll go ask later."

"Don't."

Guan Yue stopped Dong Xuan and said, "Don't worry, don't make him think too much. We can find an opportunity later."

"Old Guan is right. You can slowly get the answers later. As for now, it's not like there aren't other people you can ask."

Yin Xu opened the bedroom door and pointed at Lin Jiachuan, who had just lost a card game and drank a can of beer, with a wise man in hand.

Dong Xuan remained silent, while Guan Yue rubbed her hands together, "I'll cover for you."

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"Sorry to bother you three."

Yan Li looked at Lin Jiachuan, who had drunk a lot and was being helped away by Tong Dawei, Guan Yue and Yin Xu, and waved goodbye.

When we got back to the house, Dong Xuan was cleaning the table.

Looking at Dong Xuan, who was wearing a slim sweater and jeans that showed off her slender figure, Yan Li walked up to her, put his arms around her waist, and put his head on her shoulder.

"Just now, Guan Yue and the others tried to get Jiachuan drunk. What bad things are they planning?"

Dong Xuan exclaimed: "Did you figure it out?"

"I'm not stupid, don't blame me, Chuan'er saw it all."

Yan Li couldn't help but complain that the methods used by these people were too crude. They didn't even try to hide their intentions towards Lin Jiachuan. It was obvious that there was something fishy going on.

After all, Lin Jiachuan had participated in many social events and negotiations with Yan Li, and was no longer the Wu Xia A'mon of the past. This little trick could not fool him.

"Then why did he get drunk?"

Dong Xuan twisted her body, symbolically resisting Yan Li's big hands that were beginning to do mischief. Yan Li continued to attack with great interest, while grinning evilly.

"Who said he drank too much? This kid can hold his liquor much better than before. That little bit of wine won't get him down."

"Then he is?"

"You can use the beauty trap, but my brother cannot use the same trap as you."

"No, I'll call Lao Yin."

Dong Xuan was anxious and reached out to touch her cell phone to report the news, but Yan Li snatched it away and threw it on the sofa. Then he carried Dong Xuan on his shoulders and walked towards the bedroom.

"Instead of worrying about others, worry about yourself first."

"..."

Yan Li was in a good mood today and took an unusually long time, which made Dong Xuan very miserable. She was almost exhausted.

Afterwards, Dong Xuan snuggled softly in Yan Li's arms, not wanting to move at all. Yan Li was still a little unsatisfied, and his hands kept making small movements.

After being together for a while, Yan Li remembered something, took out a box from the bedside table, and quickly put the thing in Dong Xuan's hand.

Dong Xuan felt her wrist get cold and heavy. When she looked again, she saw a gold bracelet about the thickness of a chopstick on her fair wrist.

"Why did you buy this?"

"New Year's gift, I looked around and found that gold is the most cost-effective. Gold bracelets look old-fashioned, so I changed to a bracelet, which will be easier for you to store."

Dong Xuan looked at the bracelet, reluctant to let it go, yet a little embarrassed: "Isn't it a bit expensive? It should be at least a few dozen grams, not a few thousand yuan. You need money for every aspect of your business, don't spend it carelessly."

"It's not a big deal for you. If you don't want it, I'll give it to someone else later."

"you dare."

When Dong Xuan heard this, she held the bracelet tightly in her hand. Yan Li found it amusing and pretended to snatch the bracelet, but Dong Xuan refused. The two of them went back and forth, whispering to each other.

After a while, Dong Xuan finally kept her gold bracelet. She breathed lightly and showed off proudly to Yan Li.

He was completely unaware that Yan Li, who was already not satisfied just now, was provoked into anger again by her.

Yan Li slowly approached Dong Xuan, put his arms around her waist to prevent her from escaping, and his voice was a little deep.

"I've been so good to you, and yet you're instigating your bestie to plot against my brother. Isn't that a little unkind?"

“…It wasn’t my idea.”

Dong Xuan sensed danger, and with a little guilt and nervousness, she directly sold out her best friend Guan Yue, but Yan Li didn't care about that.

"Then you are also an accomplice."

Seeing this, Dong Xuan knew that this situation could not be resolved peacefully. She looked at Yan Li with her beautiful eyes and said, "Tell me, what do you want to do?"

"If you do something wrong, you must be punished."

Yan Li whispered a few words, and Dong Xuan's face turned red with anger: "We agreed to do this for the last time, and you're not keeping your word again."

"Well, it won't happen next time."

Yan Li said this casually, coaxing and threatening Dong Xuan: "Be good, if you don't listen, I won't be polite."

Unable to resist Yan Li's soft and hard persuasion, Dong Xuan struggled a little, then leaned forward and crawled into the bed...

(End of this chapter)