Chapter 372: Although I was very unhappy, I couldn’t find any excuse to refute
Su Zhi started her vacation, and the biggest difference for Xu Kong was that the frequency of their meetings increased significantly.

He had almost just returned from Fengge and was too lazy to go to his own place, so he came directly to find Su Zhi.

Of course, an obvious consequence of seeing each other more often is that you’ll have sex more frequently.

Unlike Youyou, although Su Zhi is indeed more experienced than before, her hobbies have hardly changed much.

Still likes to be passively controlled by Xu Kong.

However, although he prefers to be passive, he is becoming more and more proficient in certain aspects under Xu Kong’s guidance.

Especially how to utilize the unique and strong capital.

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It was the end of December, and there was a high-level meeting at Penguin Video.

The year is coming to an end, and as for this year, “The Bad Kids” is a big hit that was recently aired.

At least everyone is happy.

At least we can deliver on our performance.

“I actually don’t quite understand why Xu Kong’s new dramas are always so popular?”

A senior manager from the operations department couldn’t help but ask.

As someone who always pays attention to various industry data, he is very clear about Xu Kong’s performance this year.

There was “Comrades: Almost a Love Story” at the beginning of the year, plus “The Beginning” some time ago, and “The Bad Kids” which just finished airing and is still incredibly popular.

Xu Kong’s output this year is frighteningly high.

Many directors may only produce one drama a year, and even some actors may not be able to play the leading role in three dramas a year.

But looking at Xu Kong, not only is his output high, but almost all of his products are big hits.

How this was done was not only confusing to him, but also to many people in the industry.

Could it be that Xu Kong really has a thorough understanding of the market?

Almost all of them are critically acclaimed and commercially successful, which is actually much more difficult than just shooting a hit drama or a drama with high reputation.

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“you ask me?”

“If I knew, would I still be here now?”

Another senior executive couldn’t help but laugh and made a joke.

Everyone knows that Xu Kong is indeed special.

No other director or actor could have done this.

“Mr. Zeng is here!”

Just as they were about to discuss, Zeng Xi, the current vice president of Penguin Video, walked in.

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“Have you finished the finishing touches on The Hidden Corner?”

“The popularity is at a new high right now, so it’s easy to promote and attract new viewers. Don’t relax after the show is over.”

When Zeng Xi is out talking to companies like Fengge and others, he appears to be quite considerate and harmless.

But this is not the case inside Penguin Video.

On the contrary, he can be considered a relatively strict leader.

He would never publicly scold any of his subordinates individually, but there were indeed many cases where he scolded a group of middle-level managers alone.

But this time, he was in a pretty good mood.

The main reason is that the performance of “The Bad Kids” completely exceeded his expectations.

Although the potential for a hit had been felt before, with the added popularity of Xu Kong, it was highly unlikely to fail.

But it was actually aired, and its popularity even surpassed “The Beginning” which was aired on Tudou Video some time ago.

Zeng Xi was quite satisfied with this point.

Although the condition for cooperating with Xu Kong and Feng Ge was indeed too harsh.

Zeng Xi would not have the courage to give up 70% of the profit directly if Tudou Video had not taken the lead.

But now it seems that everything is worth it.

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“Mr. Zeng, I think we can reach some cooperation agreement with Fengge. It doesn’t matter if the conditions are higher.”

The meeting had just started and the discussion before was about the year-end review of various projects for this year.

Suddenly the head of the copyright department spoke up.

This person in charge was promoted by Zeng Xi himself, so he is quite sincere.

Recently, his workplace feud with another vice president has become more serious.

Even for this meeting, the other party was too lazy to come.

It can be seen that the situation has reached a level that cannot be easily reconciled.

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However, this suggestion was agreed by most people present.

The main thing is that Xu Kong’s dramas are really worry-free.

The data was already explosive, and the performance was almost stable.

And you don’t have to worry too much.

Whether it is promotion or operation, there is actually no need to put too much effort.

There is no need to worry about the audience’s enthusiasm for discussion.

Apart from the fact that copyright and profit sharing are difficult to negotiate, everyone actually hopes that the platform will broadcast Xu Kong’s dramas all year round.

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Zeng Xi almost couldn’t help rolling his eyes.

“Cooperation is not something we can achieve just by thinking about it.”

That’s easy to say.

It was highly likely that he would personally negotiate the long-term cooperation with Xu Kong or Feng Ge.

They just need to wait for the delicious food and drinks.

Not to mention that the conditions offered by Feng Ge are likely to be quite harsh.

And it is very likely that they don’t even consider such things.

After all, Xu Kong’s dramas don’t need to worry about high copyright fees because they can’t be sold.

Several major platforms are vying for it.

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Thinking back to when Feng Ge first got into trouble, if he had been more decisive, he would have let Xu Kong see his sincerity.

Maybe the contract will be signed.

At the beginning, Zeng Xi did fight for a condition that he thought was pretty good.

Want to establish a long-term partnership with Feng Ge or Xu Kong.

It can even be said that it directly provides a guarantee for Feng Ge’s subsequent dramas.

No matter what the final result is or what the performance is, they all bought the copyright according to a certain budget.

But who knew that Xu Kong refused.

Zeng Xi didn’t think too much about it at the time, he just thought that it was because Xu Kong was a young man with high aspirations.

But now it seems that the cooperation agreement, which was considered quite good, was indeed a bit too stingy.

There are many restrictions, and it doesn’t seem like they are sincere in discussing cooperation. It seems more like they are making a small bet all at once when they are hesitant.

It was true that Zeng Xi did not dare to gamble directly on Xu Kong at the beginning.

It hasn’t been long since he was promoted to vice president of Penguin Video.

Although I am very grateful for Xu Kong’s help.

In particular, the phenomenal drama “The Legend of Sword and Fairy” played a very crucial role.

But at the same time, he began to worry about whether Feng Ge could survive under the circumstances.

Who knew that Xu Kong really relied solely on his own personal ability to lead Feng Ge, who was on the verge of decline, to success.

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“I’ll go talk about this, don’t mention it for now.”

After saying this last sentence, Zeng Xi did not continue the topic.

It is true that what needs to be discussed still needs to be discussed, but he has no idea about the specific situation.

However, at present, in terms of financial strength and comparison with some other platforms, they are indeed much stronger than Tudou Video.

Of course, Potato is more willing to take risks than them.

Although the 70% share was not his own money, Zeng Xi still felt a little painful.

Just for this “The Hidden Corner”, the profit share from the early stage investment promotion was enough for Fengge to make a profit while recovering its investment.

The popularity after the broadcast and the subsequent profits added together may bring Fengge nearly 300 to 400 million in net profit.

And it has only been aired up to now, which is only about a month in total.

The profit-sharing contract that was signed originally lasted for half a year.

This time, it is not a loss-making business for Penguin Video, after all, the publicity and promotion expenses are much lower than expected.

But apart from the rapidly growing number of daily active users and paying members, the actual revenue is not as exaggerated as before.

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“What do you mean?”

“No one ever told me about this in advance, and no one discussed it with me!”

Unlike the joyous atmosphere at Penguin Video, the meeting at their old rival Kiwi was quite tense.

Qin Xian’s temper is indeed much better than before.

This is all because he is deliberately controlling his emotions.

But after hearing the words of a senior executive who was not on good terms with him, Qin Xian was completely unable to tolerate it this time.

If he was demoted, his salary was deducted, or some other punishment was given, Qin Xian might be angry, but he would endure it for the sake of the overall situation.

But now, the other party actually wanted to directly interfere with the company’s copyright work that he had been responsible for.

Of course Qin Xian couldn’t agree so easily.

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“This matter has been approved by Director Qin. It’s useless for you to object.”

The person who took over was Qin Xian’s old rival.

When he first joined the company, he relied on his elder brother who was the chairman of the company to be disrespectful to others and deliberately targeted them.

That’s because this guy really annoys him.

Not only did he set up various small gangs within the company, but he also gave him a fatherly scolding in front of a group of people in the company before they knew his identity.

At this point, the two of them have become complete enemies.

The reason why he chose to take the initiative to take charge of Kiwi’s copyright and new drama selection was because he couldn’t stand what happened after he squeezed the other party out of the department.

Now I didn’t expect that the other party would come back again.

“I’ll go ask my brother myself.”

Qin Xian said with a dark expression.

However, the other party seemed fearless and not afraid at all.

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Of course, not all senior executives at the scene were opposed to Qin Xian.

At this time, a veteran of Kiwi Fruit also spoke up and advised:
“Boss Qin, don’t be angry yet. Things are a little different from what you think.”

How could Qin Xian possibly listen to him? He looked like he was waiting to see how you guys were going to argue.

“Weijie is not going to accept all of your previous jobs.”

“He is quite special. He is not responsible for talking to all domestic companies this time.”

“I am only responsible for Fengge’s side…”

Qin Xian had prepared a long speech, like giving examples of how much revenue the hit drama he bought the copyright for had brought to the company.

It is true that he has connections, but his performance is also real.

But after hearing the word Feng Ge, he was stunned for a moment, but then he completely lost his temper.

Because even though he was unhappy, he had almost no intention of interfering with his current sphere of power.

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“You also know how popular Feng Ge’s dramas are right now, especially Xu Kong’s.”

“Almost every one of them is a hit.”

“And you, Xu Kong, and Feng Ge…”

He didn’t finish his words, but his meaning was clear.

In fact, there were a lot of rumors about the conflict between Qin Xian and Xu Kong within Kiwi.

Especially regarding what Xu Kong said publicly, as long as it was Qin Xian and their Kiwi, he would hardly consider cooperating in his subsequent dramas.

This has never been confirmed.

After all, it is unlikely that they would really go and ask Xu Kong. As for Qin Xian himself, he certainly would not tell it himself.

But at the same time, Feng Ge had almost no cooperation with them anymore.

I originally thought that it was possible that Fengge had signed some agreement with Penguin.

But “The Beginning” is still broadcast normally on Tudou Video and it has become a huge hit.

From this perspective, the credibility of the news is quite high.

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“You also know that with Xu Kong’s current popularity, every subsequent drama of his is likely to continue to replicate the path of ‘The Bad Kids’ this time.”

“Currently, Penguin and Tudou are said to want to reach a long-term cooperation agreement with Fengge.”

“It would be too passive if we just didn’t participate at all.”

The senior executive also spoke with a complicated expression.

There is no way. Since “The Beginning” was broadcast, “The Bad Kids” was broadcast almost not long after that.

The statistics of their new dramas in the past six months have been too disastrous.

The decline in daily active users and the number of paying members is a very intuitive proof.

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“I……”

“I have no objection here.”

In the end, he gave in.

The main thing is that although I am very unhappy, I can’t find any excuse to refute it.

Now it seems that Xu Kong’s problem was indeed his.

Besides, Xu Kong’s performance, results and data are there, so there is no need for Qin Xian to be stubborn.

He just started to regret it again.

How did the relationship with Xu Kong become so strained?

However, he never thought that one day Xu Kong would be able to develop to the level he is today.

After all, when he first heard the name Xu Kong, the other party was just a small character who Qin Xian didn’t think was worth paying attention to.

He had seen too many so-called top stars like Xu Kong at that time.

As for the play that one writes, directs and performs by oneself, it sounds unreliable.

Who knows, the impact of these rare misjudgments will most likely accompany the rest of his career.

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(End of this chapter)