After exchanging pleasantries, the two sat down on the sofa.
As the editor-in-chief, Yang Chen's status is not much lower than that of the CEO, Chen Wu. Even if he makes a mistake, he will not be severely punished.
Moreover, he admitted his mistake as soon as he entered the door, making his attitude clear.
As the president parachuted in from the head office, Chen Wu had streamlined the work in the nearly one year since taking office, but he could not scold Yang Chen, a company veteran, as casually as he would others.
Chen Wu personally brewed him a cup of tea and asked, "Old Yang, what do you think of that book? What are its prospects?"
"Thanks!"
Yang Chen accepted the tea and said politely.
"After the incident, the first thing I did was read the novel 'Rebirth in the City: A Journey to Immortality.' It's been serialized for five days now, with 25 chapters and a total of 50,000 words!"
"Given the limited length, based on the preceding content, my assessment is that the plot, creativity, and exciting moments are all average, the character portrayal is passable, and at most it can only achieve moderate popularity. I dare not conclude that it will become a huge hit!"
After careful consideration, he gave his objective evaluation.
It's not finished yet, so no one dares to draw any conclusions. Therefore, even though Yang Chen is the editor-in-chief of Diaoniang, he doesn't dare to say that this book will definitely be a hit.
Chen Wu remained noncommittal upon hearing this, but then said, "I asked our sister company, and they have very high opinions about the same copyrighted animation, saying it's top-notch in China!"
"Heh, I wonder which animation company this author hired. The production cost is at least over a million per episode. They're investing so much, aren't they afraid of losing everything?"
In the end, he sighed as if regretting something.
Yang Chen recalled the information he had researched earlier and said to Chen Wu, "Mr. Chen, what's interesting is that this author is actually a well-known internet celebrity!"
Chen Wu raised an eyebrow and asked curiously, "Internet celebrity? Which one?"
Yang Chen smiled and said, "If I remember correctly, President Chen has been practicing that thirty-six-form boxing technique every day during this period, right? The person I'm talking about is Master Xiao, who taught this boxing technique. His real name is Xiao Ning!"
"Huh? It's him?"
Chen Wu was quite surprised to hear this, and then, seemingly unconsciously, he asked, "Old Yang, do you think... we could cooperate with him?"
"cooperate?"
Yang Chen's eyes lit up, and he immediately became interested.
He thought for a moment, nodded, stood up and said, "Perhaps we can go and sound him out first, Mr. Chen, I'll arrange it right away!"
Chen Wu waved his hand to stop him and said, "Wait a minute, Lao Yang! What I mean is, let's send someone to contact him first. If he's willing to cooperate, then everything is negotiable. We can discuss the follow-up work in a meeting later!"
Yang Chen nodded, indicating that he understood what he said.
"Okay, I'll make the arrangements right away!"
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Five days have passed since Xiao Ning's first live stream.
During this period, Xiao Ning uploaded a video explaining the boxing technique every day, and each one received two to three hundred thousand likes.
The video demonstrating the boxing technique has now garnered over two million likes and has been downloaded more than five million times.
Today, Xiao Ning has over 100,000 followers on Douyin alone, and her numbers on other platforms are also considerable, making her one of the most popular internet celebrities recently.
Of course, Xiao Ning himself does not acknowledge the identity of an internet celebrity; he feels ashamed of it!
Every morning, she urges her family to practice boxing, then takes Xiao Bing to shoot short videos. After lunch, she is busy editing the footage and uploading the videos.
Of course, in reality, it was Da Mi who was doing all the work; he was just sitting to the side playing on his phone. However, appearances had to be maintained, otherwise people would become suspicious, and the existence of artificial intelligence could not be exposed.
They lived a leisurely and carefree life, enjoying themselves immensely.
Early that morning, after breakfast, Xiao Ning was about to go out to find a location to shoot a video when she heard from Da Mi that the editor from Dianniang Company's Huya had sent her a message.
"Editor? Okay, let me see what he said."
Xiao Ning stopped himself from going out and simply sat in the room, took out his phone, and gave instructions to Da Mi.
"Yes, Master!"
DaMi replied immediately and a message box popped up.
"Hmm, a collaboration? Is it because of copyright issues?"
After reading the message, Xiao Ning raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised, but upon reflection, it was something he had expected.
It's common knowledge in the industry that Dianying values copyright.
Xiao Ning has already taken the first step; there's no reason why Dimming Company shouldn't have reacted yet.
After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Cooperation? How do you want to cooperate? Besides, when you say cooperation, do you mean it only represents yourself, or the entire Tencent Games, or Tencent itself?"
Shanghai, the headquarters of Dian Niang.
The three offices were packed with people.
A group of people were staring intently at the computer screen, putting immense pressure on Huya, who was sitting in front of the computer. The presence of the editor-in-chief, 314, made her even more nervous.
Seeing the other party's reply in the QQ chat box, Huya didn't know how to respond, so he turned his head and looked at the editor-in-chief.
Yang Chen stroked his chin, his eyes flashing, and said, "Get up. I'll talk to him myself. Everyone else, go about your business!"
Huya quickly stood up and gave him his seat. The rest of the people scattered, leaving only Winnie, the editor-in-chief of Group 3, behind.