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Chapter 242 - 242 Nuonuo, could you charge it for me?_l
Chapter 242 - 242 Nuonuo, could you charge it for me?_l
Chapter 242: Chapter 242 Nuonuo, could you charge it for me?_l
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A few minutes later, An Nuonuo was on the second floor, hand over her mouth and fresh flowers in her arm.
Jiang Xu showed a rare smile.
Finally, he had managed to appease her. It was no easy task.
He went back to his room and opened his computer.
He took care of some business.
Then he checked the performance of “Palace Life”.
Liu Yue had been promoting the show based on his strategies and the results were good.
The main actors and director had all been engulfed by all sorts of tabloid news over the past week.
The interest was unprecedentedly high.
They were heavily criticized by netizens.
Once the outrage peaked, they came out to clarify things, presenting hard evidence.
They also took the chance to promote their new drama.
When the netizens realized that they had misunderstood, one by one, they were filled with regret.
In order to make up for it, they started helping with the promotion everywhere.
As a result, the viewership for “Palace Life” far exceeded all the other television dramas airing at the same time.
It had already reached 8.9 percent.
Based on the rate of growth, breaking ten percent was already a certainty.
The last time this happened was with “The Ring of Zhen”.
It was settled.
This investment would bring a significant return for Jiang Xu.
After browsing some reviews for “Palace Life” online, Liu Yue called him personally to inform him about the results.
“The results are truly surprising. I didn’t anticipate such a performance, you contributed a lot.”
Jiang Xu laughed: “It’s a result of our collective efforts. How much did we make?”
At this, Liu Yue became extremely excited.
“Due to the success of our previous dramas, we sold this one exclusively to Deep City TV Station.
We used a method of pricing based on the ratings.
If the rating broke 1, fifty thousand per episode. If it broke 2, eighty thousand per episode…if it broke 10, fifty thousand per episode, for 11 it was 150 thousand, and for 12 it was 600 thousand.
I find this really amusing.
The head of the TV station initially didn’t believe that the show would be a huge hit.
That’s why he agreed to the maximum price of six hundred thousand per episode, now he probably regrets it deeply.”
An idea crossed Jiang Xu’s mind. “Doesn’t that amount to four hundred eighty million?”
“Palace Life” had a total of eighty episodes!
Breaking the ten percent mark would happen very soon.
According to Jiang Xu’s prediction, barring any unforeseen circumstances, breaking twelve percent wouldn’t be a problem.
The online streaming rights for the drama were his, which would give him an additional ten percent of the profits.
In his hands, there would be nearly forty-eight million.
Moreover, the revenue from the TV station was only part of it, the real money was in the commercial breaks.
“Yes.” Liu Yue became increasingly excited as she spoke: “Currently, we insert two commercials per episode.
The price the advertisers paid was not low, we could make around fifty million from this.”
In other words, Jiang Xu would soon have almost ten million, pre-tax, at his disposal from this drama.
In addition to that, Jiang Xu also had stakes in the Galaxy.
The more he earned now, the higher the mid-year dividends would be.
However, the most valuable asset was actually the online streaming copyright.
After a few years, acquiring the rights for this drama would be impossible without more than five hundred million.
“Sister, two things,” Jiang Xu said seriously. “First, I hope you can give me my earnings of ten million in advance.
Secondly, a wave of palace dramas is about to start in the industry.
We have to seize this opportunity and produce a few more dramas.”
Liu Yue agreed immediately: “Alright, I will have finance make the transfer to you.”
“Thanks, sister.”
Just as the call ended, another call came from Wang Xiaoyuan.
The first thing she said was: “I want it too, quickly give it to me.”
Jiang Xu: “Hmm?”
Wang Xiaoyuan: “The palace drama, quickly write a few for me. Seeing Galaxy making money, do you know how miserable I feel?”
Jiang Xu was fazed: “Alright, I got it. My condition is that the online streaming copyright is mine, and I also get fifteen percent of the net profits.”
Even though he was a shareholder of the company, he wouldn’t pass on what was rightfully his.
“No problem, speed is the most important thing, or else we won’t catch up to the momentum.”
Jiang Xu thought about it and said, “No matter how hurry I am, it’s still going to take ten days or half a month.
How about this, I will write and you will shoot on your side at the same time.
This would speed up the process, how does that sound?”
Doing this was actually a bit risky.
However, Wang Xiaoyuan had blind confidence in Jiang Xu now.
Upon hearing this, she immediately agreed: “No problem, let’s do it that way. I will initiate the project now.
You get to work on the main characters, behaviors, and such, and make cards out of them and send them to me.”
“Okay.”
After ending call, Jiang Xu’s eyes flashed.
He had to seize this golden opportunity to quickly collect funds.
He planned to use the money to buy quality songs and online streaming copyrights for television dramas.
Most specifically, those from Hong Kong.
Songs and films from Master Ye, Brother Fa, and Brother Hua, for example.
The quality was high and they were classics. They would all be timeless, even decades later.
Jiang Xu recalled later on, many of the network streaming copyright for Hong Kong television dramas were purchased by a company.
“The Ring of Zhen” and many others were collected by this company as well.
Many netizens at the time joked that with these copyrights, the company didn’t need to compete with other websites for the latest television drama.
Having these classic works was like having a generous retirement plan.
They could weather the storm, rest assured.
Then he made a call to his teacher.
He was going to take a long leave again.
“Teacher, good evening.”
“Sure, I approve.”
Jiang Xu:”???”
His teacher scolded with a smile: “You naughty boy, you always have a mountain of excuses every time you ask for leave.
I’m just going to skip asking this time, at least your grades are consistently stable.”
Jiang Xu was moved: “Thank you, teacher. Just wait for your promotion and salary increase next semester.”
“Okay, I will look forward to it.”
“Phew!”
Jiang Xu took a deep breath, now it was time to really get to work.
First, he’d work on an outline.
He directly drafted five novel outlines.
When he finished, it was already past one in the early morning.
He didn’t even bother to brush his teeth as he collapsed on the bed and fell into a heavy sleep.
This leave was exceptionally long.
He took all of twenty-five days off.
Five palace-themed dramas, five days to finish one.
He would write for fifteen hours a day, approximately one hundred thousand words per day, each drama would have around five hundred thousand words in total.
Once these dramas were done, Jiang Xu looked completely drained.
His head was buzzing.
He was lying on his bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.
His body felt hollow.
As soon as he thought about a novel, he felt like vomiting.
Now it was early April.
The college entrance exam was only a little over two months away.
An Nuonuo didn’t come back till almost seven in the evening.
The moment she came back she stormed into Jiang Xu’s bedroom.
Seeing Jiang Xu’s listless appearance on the bed, she was terrified.
She tossed down the takeout food she was holding, rushing over anxiously: “What’s wrong, are you okay?”
She leaned in closer.
Her dark glossy hair hung down.
Some strands fell on Jiang Xu’s face.
It tickled.
Jiang Xu spoke weakly: “Nuonuo, could you recharge me please?”