Chapter 178 Billion Box Office

The first day’s revenue statistics are out.

It’s much better than Shen Lang expected.

Over 600.

Most of the investment was recovered the next day, which surprised everyone at Penguin Pictures.

Although there are still concerns about the company's reputation within the company.

But why do people come out to start a company?
Isn’t it just to make money?
A one-minute plot earned six million?
With such a fast rate of making money, everyone knows how powerful this thing is!
According to Shen Lang's idea, the short drama should be at least 100 episodes long.

One dollar per episode doesn't seem like much.

But everyone watched the last 99 episodes and contributed yuan each.

According to today's data, that's nearly 600 million!
Calculate the income.

Tang Haibin almost fainted from happiness.

Good news, hurry up and announce the good news!
"Professor Ma, um, it's me, Xiao Tang. The future is promising, the future is promising..."

"Okay, okay, I understand. Please rest assured that we will take good care of talents like Shen Lang and will never let him be disturbed by the outside world and affect his creation!"

……

In fact, 600 million was too optimistic on the part of Tang Haibin.

Shen Lang knew that this kind of shocking script usually only attracts people in the first thirty episodes, but becomes weaker as the episodes go on, and it is impossible for the script to make 600 million yuan.

In fact, if a drama can earn 80 million yuan, it is already a blessing.

But it’s okay!

This thing wins in mass production!
The script is simple and formulaic.

Just like Shen Mingxiu, just change the vest, change the plot, change the character and it’s a new drama.

The aloof president becomes an internationally famous doctor, the pretty daughter becomes aloof president, they fall in love with each other after a one-night stand, and get married and get married the next day.

Unexpectedly, the aloof CEO had amnesia, and she had an ex-husband with a child.

The ex-wife is a scumbag, but the children are cute.

After all kinds of tugs and turns, she finally dumped her ex-husband and started a new life.

The hero, heroine and child, a happy ending!

What? The ex-husband and the child are poisonous?

It doesn't exist. Learn about the female worldview!
……

"Minister Shen, Professor Ma from the group specifically told me to take good care of your life!"

"I heard that you still ride a bicycle to work?"

"You've worked so hard. The company will give you a car!"

"No, no! Cycling is healthy, can I get a discount?"

"Um, well, um, we are a listed company..."

"That's it!"

"Are you still renting a house? How about the company renting you a high-end apartment?"

"Forget about the apartment. It doesn't feel like home anyway. It doesn't matter where you live. It's just a roof over your head! Otherwise, can the company help me pay off the mortgage?"

"Haha, your year-end dividends will probably pay off the loan in less than two years. Let's talk about work!" Tang Haibin laughed awkwardly.

"I want to discuss something with you. How about increasing the fee to two dollars per episode? I think this is within everyone's spending power!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Lang said seriously, "Boss Tang, although we are an enterprise, we must also be conscientious! It's a one- or two-minute short play, and charging one dollar per episode is already very unfair!"

"Yeah, yes, yes!"

"But you can update twice a day!"

"Really? That's great!" Tang Haibin was very happy on the other end of the phone.

Nonsense, can't you update twice?

If one more episode is released every day, female netizens will start to find out his home address.

"Teacher Shen, I really want to start all of your scripts, but due to limited staff, I will only shoot one for now!"

Shen Lang nodded and said, "It must be male-oriented! That useless son-in-law attended the family gathering, and the VIPs put down their glasses tremblingly: Chairman, why are you here? The father-in-law is stunned!"

"I know. It's called 'The God of War's Useless Son-in-law', right? Okay! Arrange it right away...!"

……

With the popularity of "Mr. Shen, Your Vest Has Fallen Off Again".

This short, fast-paced drama format has achieved huge success.

Moreover, Penguin Pictures changed from one episode a day at the beginning to two episodes a day, which finally calmed some public opinion.

Increasing the quantity without raising the price, although Shen Lang is trying to make money, he doesn't want to make a bad show.

He also suggested that the company establish an APP membership system, whereby users could recharge 98 yuan and take the popular TV series home. With just yuan, users could watch any short dramas on the APP.

Although there are only two short series, "Mr. Shen's vest has fallen off again" and the recently released "God of War's Wasted Son-in-law", many people still choose to recharge.

Moreover, there is still a lot of criticism on the Internet.

But it is obviously much less than before.

Because almost all the people who scolded Shen Lang before were male audiences, and they hated the themes such as CEOs and rich daughters.

They think the subject matter is tacky.

But in fact, men also have their own fairy tales. In the past, they were martial artists, and now they are useless sons-in-law.

"Fuck, that's awesome! I just want to see how the family elder who gets to marry into the family at the end licks the hero's ass!"

"The male protagonist is both a god of war and a CEO. He has all the buffs stacked up. He will kill anyone who stands in his way!"

"Fuck, if I don't clean the toilet once a day, I feel like I can't poop properly!"

"Mr. Shen knows what we want! In one word... awesome!"

……

However, as long as you become famous, plagiarism will follow.

Soon, short dramas appeared on short video platforms like mushrooms after a rain.

Is Shen Lang anxious?

There's no rush at all.

This kind of short play does not have any technical content. To put it bluntly, it is not sophisticated. All the crew needs is a mobile phone and some 50-cent special effects post-production editing.

Being imitated is only a matter of time.

But when big companies took a fancy to this business, Penguin got there first!

If a small company wants to imitate, does it have the resources of Penguin?

The actors are all professionals, and the lighting technicians, makeup artists, editors, post-production technicians, and even the directors are all top-notch in the industry! (Peng Mo fainted in the toilet crying. He has already filmed 80 episodes and he is not willing to take on another one!)
So, imitate it, imitate it however you want!

When Shen Lang exchanged one thousand points and used the price of one point to buy one thousand short play scripts and placed them in front of Tang Haibin, he had already announced who the real winner of this battle was.

"Ding, congratulations to Donkey for completing the mission perfectly!"

"The investment for 'Charlotte's Troubles' was 22 million, and the investment for 'Hero' was 220 million. The investment difference is ten times. As the assistant director and main creator of the crew, can you lead the team to beat 'Hero'?"

“Mission Reward: Catch up with the filming progress of Hero, release it at the same time as Hero, and reverse the situation at the box office, with the box office revenue exceeding that of Hero!”

"Box office revenue: 'Hero' - 430 million, 'Charlotte's Troubles'... 5.12 billion, which is more than ten times the box office of 'Hero'!"

"You will receive 1 random attribute entry as a reward, and a chance for your popularity to skyrocket!"

[Host: Shen Lang]

[Age: 39 years old]

[Appearance: 78. You are past your prime, but you have maintained your figure well. You are very [very bold] handsome among middle-aged people! ]

[Physique: 61, nothing good except strong kidneys, barely pass [barely bold]]

[Ability: 35+25=60. The villain's acting skills are one in a million, but the whole system shares the same roles, which lowers the overall score! ]

[Assets: one set of Tomson Yipin (temporarily frozen), one Lawrence Mercedes-Benz VS500L (temporarily frozen). ]

[New tags: Automatically extracting...]

[First-level label attribute: acting skills]

[Sub-category 1: Intermediate villain acting skills] (upgradable):

【Scammers】: 30/100;

【Sex Maniac Ⅱ】: 10/200;

[Peeping Tom II]: 0/200;

【Humbug Blind Flow II】: 0/200;

[Ex-husband II]: 0/100;

[Dead eunuch]: 80/100;

【Pretentious Academic Master Ⅱ】0/100;

[To be developed]: 0/100;

……

【Advanced Villain Acting Skills】: 0/100!

[Sub-category 2: Intermediate villain acting skills in dramas, skits, and folk art]:
【Drama】：0/200;

【Sketch Ⅱ】: 0/200;

【Crosstalk】：0/200;

[To be developed]: 0/200;

[Intermediate level of villain acting in dramas, skits, and folk art]: 20/100!

(End of this chapter)