That was, after all, a 200,000 yuan fee, plus 100,000 yuan for props. To Lin Chang, this money wasn't much, but it still had to make a splash.

Pei Qian knew in his heart that this matter was destined to fail, but it didn't matter. As long as Pei Qian showed that he didn't really need this money to spend but was just playing around, Lin Chang wouldn't suspect anything.

This money was said to be a fee, but Pei Qian didn't plan to actually shoot short videos or short films.

It was simple: the cost wasn't enough.

Pei Qian originally wanted to earn the fee, so he only asked for 100,000 yuan for props. With this little money, it wasn't enough to pay the director, cast and crew, and post-production staff, let alone buy camera equipment.

Feihuang Studio did have some ready-made equipment, but the problem was that Pei Qian didn't want to get involved with Feihuang Studio.

After all, in Huang Sibo's eyes, why would President Pei want to shoot short videos himself? It didn't make sense.

Therefore, Pei Qian planned to do everything himself, relying on his own efforts, and try not to let anyone other than Lin Chang know.

He would use his mobile phone to shoot, and he wouldn't know how to do complicated post-editing anyway. He would just cut out some unnecessary shots and splice them together.

He would film everything in one take, regardless of whether it was good or bad, and just upload it to Aili Island.

As for whether anyone would watch it...

It would be better if no one watched it.

Moreover, Pei Qian didn't plan to show his face. He would wear a mask, a face mask, or only show half of his face, so that even if the video became popular, his employees wouldn't recognize him.

The only purpose of shooting this video was the 200,000 yuan fee.

When Lin Chang really asked about the whereabouts of the 300,000 yuan, Pei Qian could show him this series of videos, indicating that he had indeed seriously filmed something.

As for why the filmed product wasn't popular...

There was nothing he could do. People make mistakes, and horses stumble. President Pei's artistic performance was too profound, and today's society was too impetuous. Everyone couldn't understand it, so President Pei couldn't be blamed.

At that time, Lin Chang would definitely not investigate too deeply, nor would he become suspicious.

Thinking of this, Pei Qian packed up his things, took the express delivery that had just arrived today, left the company, and returned to his rented house.

He would create the first episode tonight!

Although there was no deadline, Pei Qian had to shoot 20 episodes. Even if he shot two episodes a week from now on, it would take more than two months, so he still had to do it as soon as possible.

The sooner he finished filming, the more secure he would feel spending the 200,000 yuan!

...

Pei Qian first fixed his mobile phone and placed the newly purchased express delivery on the table.

This was a new mobile phone that had been released abroad for just over a month, the Pineapple 4, priced at 4,999 yuan, which just met the 5,000 yuan budget.

Currently, the more popular mobile phone brands in China, Shenhua's annual flagship phone could only be considered the second tier. The most high-end tier was still Pineapple phones, whose status was similar to Apple in Pei Qian's memory, or slightly worse.

In short, this mobile phone had high sales and good feedback. It was very suitable to use it as a test subject for the first episode.

Pei Qian had considered it. In fact, it didn't matter what the content of the short video was, nor did success or failure matter. But the key was to make Lin Chang feel that this matter was in line with President Pei's persona.

Pei Qian had previously told Lin Chang that he wanted to use this money to do an experiment, so this experiment must be unique.

It must be unconventional!

Just like when Pei Qian played "President Pei" before, although he was playing himself, it was based on the script, so it was reasonable to take the fee.

This time was the same.

Pei Qian planned to play a "professional" digital reviewer.

First, he took out a piece of paper and wrote down the process of this episode on it, and then officially started filming.

In order not to show his face, Pei Qian directly used a piece of white paper with the four characters "Hardcore Review" written on it.

He took out the eyeglass frames he had spent a lot of money on before, put them on over the white paper, and successfully used the paper as a mask.

After that, Pei Qian changed into a more ordinary set of clothes, thought for a few minutes, and wrote the opening script for the video.

"Hardcore Review"

"Non-Independent Review Day 1"

"Hardcore Review is a non-independent review agency. The review results depend on how much the manufacturer pays. Any review products appearing in the video may have received public relations fees from the manufacturer. Please close the video immediately. If any manufacturer is willing to cooperate, please contact us privately."

He would make a pure subtitle version and put it at the beginning of the video to dissuade a batch of viewers first.

After everything was ready, Pei Qian turned on the video recording function of his mobile phone and started recording.

"Welcome to the most professional and rigorous unboxing review program in the country. I am professional digital reviewer Wa Ou." (Wa Ou – digging lotus root; pinyin transliteration)

"Today, I'm going to unbox and review the Pineapple 4. Now, let's carefully unbox it."

Pei Qian deliberately used an emotionless tone to prevent being recognized.

Then, he picked up the dining knife next to him, poked a few holes in the packaging box, and took out the mobile phone inside.

He tore off the film in a very rough manner, deliberately crumpled it into a ball and put it aside, and then covered the packaging box along with the charging cable, charging head, "no need to read" series, etc., and threw it aside.

"First, the first item is its waterproof performance test."

He took a small basin of water that had been prepared in advance from the side, turned on the Pineapple phone, and threw it in.

After a few minutes, he took it out. The waterproof performance was very good. No water had entered.

"Next is the second item, drop resistance performance test."

Pei Qian held his mobile phone in his left hand to record, and dropped the Pineapple 4 mobile phone from different heights and angles in his right hand, onto the ground.

First, the corner faced down, then the back cover faced down, and finally the screen faced down, dropped from heights of 1 meter, 2 meters, and 3 meters respectively.

After dropping it, he took a close-up shot with the lens.

After falling from a height of 3 meters, the entire mobile phone was already unsightly. Although it could still be turned on and run, the screen was broken, the corner was dented a bit, and the back cover was also peeling.

"Third item, anti-impact performance test."

Pei Qian took the dining knife again and cut a few times on the back cover.

The initial strength was relatively small, so there was no major problem, but as the strength increased, obvious cracks soon appeared and became clearer and clearer.

"Fourth item, disassembly."

"As everyone knows, disassembly is the most important step to reflect whether the internal structure and materials of a mobile phone are conscientious. Next, let's use very professional methods to disassemble it."

Pei Qian took a flat-head screwdriver, pried open the entire back cover along the cracks, and then successively disassembled the battery, camera, and back panel components inside.

After disassembling it to the point where he couldn't start, the entire mobile phone was completely unrecognizable.

"Okay, this is the internal structure of the Pineapple 4 mobile phone. Everyone can take a look at its workmanship and materials. Everyone should understand what each part inside does. I won't introduce it anymore."

"Next, let's restore it."

Pei Qian didn't do this step. Anyway, he would just reverse the footage later.

Finally, he needed to record a closing statement.

"The above is the review content of the Pineapple 4 mobile phone. Here, I would like to remind Pineapple Mobile to quickly transfer the final payment to my personal account."

"This is Hardcore Review. See you in the next episode!"

After all the recording was completed, Pei Qian casually found an editing software, slightly edited this footage, added the text at the beginning, and added the reversed content.

After the film was rendered, he watched it.

There was a big problem. President Pei was very satisfied.

Pei Qian registered a new account on Aili Island's website, named "Hardcore Review," and then uploaded the video.

"Okay, that's it for today!"

Pei Qian put away the paper and glasses, after all, he still had to keep them for recording the next episode.

There were still 19 episodes left. If he did an unboxing of a digital product for each episode, and followed the current steps for all the products, he could easily complete 20 episodes, and he could spend the 200,000 yuan with peace of mind!