Chapter 1420 Eighty Million Dollars!

Monday, January 21st.

"Achoo!"

Pei Qian sneezed shortly after getting up.

"Who's thinking about me behind my back again!"

After a quick breakfast, Pei Qian went to the office as usual, preparing to work hard to spend money rampantly this cycle.

He had to admit, the recent situation was really not optimistic!

The three works from the Inspiration Class had all become hits, which took Pei Qian by surprise.

But looking on the bright side, things couldn't get much worse for the Inspiration Class. After all, the heat of *Eternal Reincarnation* had completely subsided, it had sold almost all it could, and subsequent sales were stabilizing. The ratings and popularity of *Successor* had already reversed on the Aili Island website, and there was no room for further growth.

The more troublesome one was *Agent Academy*. At its current rate of updating like a sow, the stable updates for a long time to come would provide Feihuang Studio with a relatively stable income.

But no matter what, stable income meant it was controllable, and could be solved by racking his brains to spend money rampantly, so it was still okay.

As for *Safe and Civilized Driving*, the situation was a little worse than Pei Qian had expected. The many deterrent measures he had set up didn't seem to have had much effect.

But overall, it was still within acceptable limits.

There were still some complaints, and many people online were complaining about *Safe and Civilized Driving*, mainly focusing on its overly harsh collision penalty mechanism, overly strict driver's license exams and novice tutorials, somewhat monotonous core gameplay, and malicious smearing of some brand collision effects.

Judging from the current situation, if judged by general game evaluation standards, *Safe and Civilized Driving* was considered to have heat and was successful, but according to Tengda Games' evaluation standards, *Safe and Civilized Driving* was far worse than previous Tengda Games.

In particular, sales of the Safe and Civilized Driving Simulator, although they had also increased with the release of the game, the inventory was still piled up like a mountain, which was good news.

Pei Qian planned to take this opportunity to let Lü Mingliang rent a few more large warehouses across the country, all filled with various products from Outu Technology, especially focusing on stockpiling the Safe and Civilized Driving Simulator.

This was the hardest to sell, so of course it had to be stockpiled the most!

In this way, he could greatly alleviate the settlement pressure of this cycle.

In addition, Pei Qian had already handed over the matters of charity and the zoo to Assistant Xin to prepare. The charity matter needed to be discussed with relevant departments and various schools, but this should go smoothly. The zoo needed approval from relevant departments, architects to design it, and a qualified zookeeper to be found.

These couldn't be rushed, and he would strive to have some progress within two weeks.

Of course, this zoo definitely couldn't be made so big in the early stages. Pei Qian was thinking of just finding a piece of land near the Thriller Paradise, even if there were only a few animals, to open the zoo as soon as possible, so that rampantly spending money wouldn't affect the settlement.

After surviving this settlement cycle, he could slowly expand it like the Thriller Paradise in the future.

Just as he was pondering the future plans, there was a knock on the office door.

Pei Qian looked up and saw Huang Sibo.

Huang Sibo's face was full of excitement, as if he had written "I have great news" all over it.

Pei Qian's heart instantly skipped a beat.

Bad news!

What good news was this again?

Huang Sibo, you just came back from the Suffering Travel, don't force me!

But Pei Qian thought again, that's not right, didn't the two projects that Feihuang Studio was responsible for this cycle already come to a conclusion? *Successor* and *Agent Academy* had already signed agreements with Aili Island, and were exclusively broadcast there, so they couldn't be sold to others, right?

Pei Qian calmed down a little and asked, "What's wrong?"

Huang Sibo gave a thumbs up, his admiration overflowing: "President Pei, the copyright of *Successor* has been sold!"

Pei Qian was stunned.

Copyright? Wasn't it already sold? Sold to Aili Island.

How could it be sold a second time?

Huang Sibo continued: "The overseas copyright of *Successor* was snatched up by several overseas streaming platforms and TV stations. In the end, we decided to sell the copyright to the nLx platform because they will be responsible for translating *Successor* into 28 languages and broadcasting it to audiences in 190 countries and regions around the world!"

"Moreover, nLx platform is the largest streaming platform abroad, with the most users and the widest influence."

"Of course, their offer wasn't the highest, but it wasn't too far from the first place."

Pei Qian looked shocked and asked tremblingly, "How much money?"

Huang Sibo: "Eighty million dollars!"

Pei Qian lost his expression for a moment.

Only confusion remained.

Crazy, this world is crazy!

Although *Successor* was co-produced with a film company in the US, and money was spent on some big scenes, the total investment before and after was just over two hundred million, equivalent to about thirty million dollars.

After all, unlike other dramas, the salaries of the main actors in *Successor* were not high. The protagonist, Phil, was a young actor with superb acting skills selected from abroad. Lu Zhiyao and the others were all friendly guest appearances, and they were paid as extras. Even if you count the friendship price and the premium for the movie emperor, it wasn't much.

It couldn't be compared with some film and television dramas where the lead actor's salary exceeds 100 million at every turn.

These thirty million dollars had already been spent lavishly, ensuring that the big scenes in the drama reached first-class standards.

Pei Qian originally thought that two hundred million was a lot of money. If the overseas copyright couldn't be sold, and only the domestic copyright was sold, how could he recover the cost?

The best case scenario was nothing more than breaking even, right?

But first, he didn't expect that using the rating and playback volume sharing method on the Aili Island website, he would almost recover the cost in a short period of time, and subsequent income would be pure profit. Second, he didn't expect that there would really be foreign companies willing to buy this thing?

And it directly came with a super increase!

Of course, considering the financial resources of the nLx streaming platform, it was not surprising to spend 80 million dollars to buy the copyright. After all, they had bought more expensive ones, and they spent 10 billion dollars on copyright content every year.

But the key question was, why did they want to buy *Successor*?

Pei Qian was very puzzled and asked, "What is their evaluation of *Successor*?"

Huang Sibo praised: "Exactly as President Pei predicted!"

Pei Qian: "?"

What the hell did I predict!

I never thought anyone would buy this crap!

Huang Sibo explained: "I remember when we started filming *Successor*, President Pei, you gave a brief reminder, saying that *Successor* should not have too strong emotional tendencies, and should not overly express the satirical side, but should be expressed from a realistic and neutral perspective. The audience's eyes are discerning, and they can naturally understand it."

Pei Qian: "..."

He wanted to ask, did I really say this?

But after all, it had been too long, and he couldn't remember it at all.

But he reflected on it a little, and it did sound like something he would say.

The reason was very simple. When *Successor* started filming, Pei Qian didn't think it had a chance to make money overseas at all. It was filmed for domestic audiences.

And the core of *Successor* was anti-superhero. Pei Qian asked the crew not to overly express the satirical side during the filming process in order to slightly weaken the expression of this core and reduce the possibility of it becoming popular in China.

As a result, it came true!

The audience's eyes were really discerning. Under such circumstances, they still saw through it at a glance and forcibly gave a near-perfect rating.

But... what does this have to do with overseas copyright?

Huang Sibo continued: "At first, I was wondering why. Later, after talking to these overseas platforms, I realized that President Pei, your trick is too amazing!"

"If we really deliberately expressed this satirical meaning, then foreign audiences would definitely not accept it and think we were blacking them. But we used a realistic and neutral perspective to express the whole story, and foreign audiences would have a lot of resonance!"

"Those contents that domestic audiences think are satirical, foreign audiences think are very consistent with political correctness, but are bonus points. And the content about conspiracy theories, media manipulation of public opinion, and high-level deception of the public has aroused widespread resonance from foreign audiences!"

"This drama has given foreign audiences who are tired of superheroes a bright new idea, and they all think it is a good drama that reflects social reality!"

"Of course, there are also many opposing voices abroad, but opposing voices are also popularity! In addition, with the help of the film and television company in the US that co-produced with us, major streaming platforms and TV stations have become very interested in *Successor*."

"That's why it can be sold at such a high price!"

"In any case, President Pei's instruction has allowed *Successor* to over-fulfill its historical mission! A satirical drama can conquer both domestic and foreign audiences at the same time, which is simply an incredible thing!"

Pei Qian was dumbfounded.

Can this be my fault too?

I didn't write this script, and I didn't even ask about it during filming. As a result, it still can't be separated from me after it became popular?

Pei Qian said that this was simply unacceptable!

That's eighty million dollars! Is this going to kill me on the spot?

Huh, wait, this money won't be credited until the next cycle anyway, so what am I anxious about?

As soon as he thought that this money should be credited in the next cycle, Pei Qian calmed down again and felt that things were not so serious.

"Okay, I got it. Is that all you came here for?" Pei Qian asked.

Huang Sibo was stunned for a moment: "Uh... yes."

He was a little puzzled. What, President Pei doesn't think this is worth reporting?

Eighty million dollars! Am I not allowed to report the good news?

Pei Qian nodded: "Okay, in the future, if there is anything like this, just send me a message. You don't have to make a special trip."

Pei Qian was also doing this for Huang Sibo's own good. He was very afraid that he would not be able to control himself and send Huang Sibo to the Suffering Travel on the spot.

Huang Sibo was stunned for a moment, then became a little ashamed.

Everything was within President Pei's expectations, and it was a bit of an overreaction to come and report the good news!

He should learn President Pei's state of strategizing and being calm in the face of turmoil!

Isn't it just eighty million dollars? Looking at President Pei's calm and indifferent attitude, this is what all Tengda employees should learn!

Huang Sibo reflected on himself while turning around and leaving.