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  Xiyuan Restaurant Room 1102.

  Ye Sumang and Cai Yinnong sat side by side, facing a middle-aged couple dressed in elegant Western attire.

  The four of them didn't say a word, just sizing each other up. It wasn't until nearly a minute later that the middle-aged man finally spoke up.

  "Hello, I am Ou Yang Chang Qing, the deputy director of the scene department of Xiang Nan TV station. This is my wife Li Ling." The middle-aged man introduced himself very formally.

  "Hello, I am director Ye Sumang (producer Cai Yinnong)."

  When she heard that the other party was actually the Deputy Director of the Provincial Station, Cai Yinnong's eyes lit up instantly. Subconsciously, she glanced at Ye Sumang beside her, but found that he still had a calm and composed expression, as if he didn't care about the identity of the man in front of him.

  "This kid is really calm." Cai Yinan secretly sighed.

  The weight of a deputy director-general is big enough for this kind of film and television company, ordinary bosses see it and even can't wait to rush up and pull the relationship, after all, the energy of this position can completely affect the annual efficiency of the film and television company, Cai Yinan also has to attach importance to the relationship between the two sides.

  However, Cai Yinan did not know that Ye Sumang, who had just entered the society, was not very clear about the power of a deputy stationmaster. At this moment, the man in front of him was just an ordinary negotiating opponent.

  Both sides seem to be in no hurry to negotiate at the moment, and after introducing each other, they fell silent again. Because speaking first means giving the initiative to the other side, so for a while, the whole room was filled with an oppressive atmosphere, apparently trying to outdo each other.

  "My mouth is parched. Is there anything to drink here?" After a moment of silence, it was Li Ling, who had not spoken until then, who broke the silence, and the atmosphere in the entire room relaxed along with her words.

  "It's just over here." Ye Sumeng had already familiarized himself with the layout of the room, politely stood up, and led Li Ling to the location of the refrigerator inside the house.

  Cai Yinan and Ouyang Changqing exchanged a smile.

  "Director Ou Yang, I've long admired your great name. I heard that the TV series 'My Fair Princess' which became a hit overnight in Xiangnan was personally introduced by you." Cai Yi Nong smiled and flattered him with a sentence, quietly pulling their relationship closer.

  "It's nothing, it's nothing." Ouyang Changqing waved his hand, although he was humble on the surface, but a hint of pride still flashed in his eyebrows and eyes, apparently Cai Yinniang's words had hit his heart.

  "My Fair Princess" is considered one of the most crucial imports in the history of Hunan Television, at that time, Ou Yang Changqing, who was still in charge of the procurement department, persisted in persuading the station leaders to introduce this TV series amidst many opposing voices.

  And the TV series did not disappoint his hopes, triggering a nationwide "Huan Zhu craze", and also made Hunan TV from an inconspicuous local station in the country to one of the four major local stations in the country.

  And he also gained an important achievement due to this successful introduction, which gave him the opportunity to quickly rise to the position of 'Deputy Director-General'.

  It can be said that what Cai Yinan said is the greatest affirmation of his past achievements, no wonder he, who is usually serious and calm, couldn't help but reveal a hint of pride.

  "Director Cai, I've seen the promotional video for 'The Legend of Sword and Fairy', but I'm not sure if there's more detailed information. I'd like to take a look." Ouyang Changqing smiled and said: "You know that promotional clip is really too short, it can't accurately assess the value of a TV series."

  "Certainly" Cai Yinan took out a folder from the table and handed it to Ouyang Changqing, who was sitting opposite her. She had long been prepared with detailed information about the TV series.

  Ouyang Changqing curiously took over the materials and also took out a pair of glasses from his pocket, carefully flipping through them for a while.

  About ten minutes later, he put down the materials, nodded and said: "Not bad, very detailed, creative and novel. It seems to be the first in the country to dare to use a game as the background for a TV series adaptation, but..."

  Hearing Ou Yang Chang Qing's praise, Cai Yi Nong was originally very happy, but a sudden "but" made her heart suddenly rise to her throat.

  "But... this type of TV series has never been tested by the masses, so the guarantee for ratings is not high. Even if we want to buy it, the price offered will probably not be too much." Ouyang Changqing said with a smile, without revealing that he was actually trying to lower the price.

  Cai Yinan's face across from him gradually darkened, the implication of Ouyang Changqing's words was very clear - that is, blatant price-cutting, and the reason he found was also very incisive, after all, game adaptations on TV dramas had yet to appear in the Huaxia TV drama market.

  "What price range does Ou Yangtai want to offer?" The speaker was not Cai Yiru, but Ye Sumang who had just returned.

  His words immediately drew everyone's attention to him. Ouyang Changqing also glanced at Li Ling beside him, who just smiled helplessly.

  Just now, Ye Sumang and Li Ling had just finished selecting drinks, and then Li Ling pulled him into the room to ask questions for a long time. Most of them were about Ye Sumang's age and directing experience. Although Ye Sumang was very patient in answering Li Ling's questions, his ears were also listening to the conversation in the hall. When he heard that Ouyang Changqing started to press prices nakedly, he couldn't help but stand up.

  "Based on your investment, the cost of each episode is around 750,000 RMB. Our station is willing to buy the first broadcast rights for 1 million per episode. How about that? I think you're not losing out, considering there's still rebroadcasting rights and DVD distribution rights to sell." Having caught Li Ling's gaze, Ouyang Changqing lightly adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose, seemingly unfazed by Ye Su Mang's sudden interjection, and responded with a smile.

  "This is probably..." Upon hearing this price, Cai Yinan's face turned quite unsightly, and his words were also filled with difficulty.

  The price of one million is indeed lower than Cai Yinan's psychological price, and she originally hoped to sell for more than 1.4 million.

  "Cai Jie, I think I have a method, do you guys think it's feasible?" Before Cai Yinan could even finish speaking, Ye Sumang suddenly interjected, and everyone's curious gaze immediately focused on his face, wanting to see what kind of plan this young man would come up with.

  "Ouyang Taichang actually said that in the end, he still appreciates our TV dramas and is willing to buy them. He's just worried about whether the TV dramas themselves will be accepted by the masses, right?" Ye Sumeng's face was calm as she spoke lightly.

  "That's right." Ouyang Changqing nodded.

  "How about we sell it to you at a flat price? Just seventy-five thousand yuan for the whole set." As soon as Ye Sumang spoke, everyone's eyes widened in shock. Cai Yinnan was about to retort directly, but was temporarily stopped by Ye Sumang's gaze.

  "What...why?" Ouyang Changqing was also puzzled, unable to understand what kind of trick Ye Sumeng was playing.

  "It's simple. Since Ouyang Taichang is worried about ratings, why don't we use ratings to distinguish between them?" Ye Sumeng smiled and put forward her own point of view.

  If the ratings of this TV series can break 1, then it will be considered one of the hottest TV series in the country. Ye Su Mang's idea was simple: I sell each episode of my TV series to you at a basic price, but once the ratings break 1, you have to pay me double the money for that episode, break 2 and triple the money, and so on.

  This division plan can be said to be rough and simple. The ones who come up with it are either crazy or have absolute confidence in their own TV series.

  As expected, after Ye Sumang finished speaking, the scene fell silent.

  Everyone stared at Ye Sumang with their eyes wide open, apparently shocked by the plan he had put forward.

  Ouyang Changqing stared at Ye Sumang for a while, the young man in front of him had a gentle and steady appearance, no matter how he looked, he didn't seem like a madman, that could only be said that this boy was very confident in his own TV series.

  Standing beside him, Li Ling also applauded with admiration, this kind of self-confidence in being strong is the most admirable quality among these financially successful people, and she also found a gambler's temperament similar to her own from this young man.

  "Ouyang, don't mind what I'm about to say, the child is still young." Cai Yinnuo's heart was actually also moved by Ye Sumang's method, but Ouyang Changqing's face still needed to be slightly maintained. After all, Ye Sumang's words just now were directly aimed at this deputy director's statement, and she felt that she had to stand up to protect Ye Sumang.

  "No wonder, how can it be strange? I also think this division method is not interesting. How about it, Director Cai, shall we do as he says?" Ouyang Changqing came back to his senses and suddenly couldn't help but laugh, looking at Cai Yinniang, and actually directly agreed with Ye Sumang's proposal.

  The contract was signed surprisingly smoothly, including the proportion of shares and the time period for broadcasting. Ye Sumeng did not participate much in all this because Cai Yinan, as the leader of an old television production company, clearly understood more than him, a rookie. He is now just looking forward to the day when the TV series will be broadcast, to see how many people can recognize his work.

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