Chapter 26 Purchase of Copyright
The next day, when he sobered up, the room was empty and Yang Hao was the only one there. Looking at the sticky note left on the bedside table, he realized that Wang Zhi had gone to the crew of "Painted Skin: True Love Without Regrets" to play a lotus fairy and left early.

Yang Hao couldn't help but sigh, what a nice elder sister, she let him have sex for free for so many days without asking for anything, which made him feel embarrassed.

I will definitely compensate you when I have the chance in the future.
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After the wrap party yesterday, the filming equipment was returned today and the crew was officially disbanded. At this point, most of the main tasks of the film have been completed.

As for post-production editing, dubbing, subtitles and other work, it was all handled by the two directors Yan Fei and Peng Damu. Anyway, they did a good job in their previous lives, so Yang Hao was too lazy to worry about it.

After the sample film is edited in the later stage, Yang Hao will check it again and go to China Film Group to discuss distribution, schedule the films, and set the release date. This is when he starts to work hard.

"Boss Yang, are you driving to the company or somewhere else now?" The speaker was Wang Qiang, a driver hired by the studio. He was a dull and taciturn person. He was a veteran, but his driving skills were quite good. It was said that he had driven a tank in the army.

"Master Wang, go to the company"

Today Yang Hao is going to visit the studio's new office space. After the studio moved there, Yang Hao has not been there once because of filming.

As early as half a month ago, Yu Li had settled the relevant matters regarding the rental of office space for Yang Hao's personal studio, and according to Yang Hao's instructions, bought two Volkswagens worth more than 200,000 yuan as business cars for the studio.

The office rented by Yang Hao’s personal studio is located in Zhang Chaoyang’s Sohu Building.

Speaking of Zhang Chaoyang, Yang Hao couldn't help but sigh that he was a strange man. At the time when Yang Hao was reborn, Zhang Chaoyang was not doing his job as a CEO, but was giving live physics classes every day. Most people could not understand this kind of train of thought.

In 2012, Zhang Chaoyang's brain circuits were still relatively normal. Under his leadership, Sohu's market value was much more valuable than the Sohu Building. Unlike later generations, Sohu's market value was not even as valuable as the Sohu Building, and was widely ridiculed by netizens.

Yang Hao sat in the armchair in the studio, listening to Yu Li's work report.

"It's Over, I'm Surrounded by Beautiful Women" subsequently sold more than 400,000 copies, and the studio received more than 6 million in profits."

Hearing that the studio had made some new income, Yang Hao was very pleased. He nodded and motioned Yu Li to continue reporting.

"The preparatory work for Legend of Lu Zhen has been mostly completed and is expected to be finished in early January. Considering that the Spring Festival is coming soon, Mr. Cai from Tangren and Mr. Liu from Penguin both suggested that the filming should start after the Spring Festival."

"Okay, I can agree to this right away."

During the Spring Festival, actors in the crew often have many important announcements and have to take leave to go out, so the crew cannot operate normally. Once the crew stops working, the daily losses will be huge. It is reasonable for the crew to postpone the start of work until after the Spring Festival.

"Mr. Yang, there are several film crews that want to invite you to audition for the second and third male roles. Do you want to go for these plays?" Yu Li said as she handed over several scripts.

Yang Hao took the script and took a look. All of them were scripts he had never heard of before. They were obviously flops.

Yang Hao frowned and said, "Have you submitted my resume to these crews?"

"Boss Yang, you said last time that the company's current focus is not on economic business, and you and Zhao Liying are both filming a movie. Instead of submitting your resume now, it's better to wait until the movie is released and you have some fame, and then fight for an important role. That's why you haven't submitted your resume yet."

I am not a big star now, and I have not submitted my resume but the crews have invited me to audition. These crews must have heard from somewhere and know that Yang Hao has many dramas being filmed. They only need to pay Yang Hao a bargain price now. If Yang Hao becomes famous later, they will make a lot of money. These crews are inviting me with the mentality of picking up bargains. "Yu Li, please help me reject such unreliable projects in the future. You have been an agent for many years, so you should have some decisiveness of your own," Yang Hao said with a bit of reprimand in his tone.

After a few minutes, the atmosphere eased a little, and Yang Hao asked softly,

“How much money is left in the company’s account now?”

"Originally, the company had more than 50 million in its account, and the subsequent "It's Over, I'm Surrounded by Beauties" brought in more than 6 million. However, after investing in three dramas, "Bridget Jones Meets Seattle," "Legend of Lu Zhen," and "Charlotte's Troubles," plus the relocation of the studio and the purchase of two commercial vehicles, there is only more than 7 million in the account now."

"There are still more than 7 million in the account. We can't just let it stay there. We have to put it into motion, otherwise it will only depreciate more and more."

As he said that, Yang Hao took out a page of A4 paper and handed it to Yu Li.

"There are quite a few novels here. You should start buying the film and television adaptation rights for the novels right now. You can pay a slightly higher price than the market price. Don't be afraid to spend money."

4G network will be available next year, video websites will start a war of hundreds of billions of dollars in 2014, the spring of online dramas will soon come, and the copyrights of various novels will become more and more valuable. If you start to stock up a batch of copyrights now, even if you don’t shoot them yourself in the future, you can make several times the profit by reselling them.

Yu Li took a look at the A4 paper in her hand and saw dozens of titles written on it, including Yu Zui, The Rise of a Phoenix, The Son-in-law, My Sister-in-law, Shan Shan Comes to Eat, The Journey of Flower, Love of Silent Night, etc.

Yu Li also likes to read novels, but those novels are all published reading materials. She has never heard of the novels on the A4 paper and has no idea what the point of purchasing the copyrights of these novels is, but she can only do as her boss tells her.

"You go and do your work first," after instructing Yu Li on the matter of purchasing the copyright of the novel, Yang Hao sent Yu Li away and told her to get to work quickly.

Just as Yu Li walked to the office door, she turned around.

"Oh, by the way, Mr. Yang, there is something I forgot to mention. Yesterday, a middle-aged man named Li Mingyu offered five million to buy more than a dozen braised chicken restaurants under your name. He couldn't contact you, the boss, so he found me."

"Someone offered five million to buy all the braised chicken restaurants?" Hearing this, Yang Hao frowned and thought.

According to the development in the previous life, the yellow braised chicken franchise began to rise between 2013 and 2014. Some yellow braised chicken franchise stores even became listed companies. Could it be that this Yang Mingyu wanted to buy more than a dozen of his own stores and use them as the foundation to develop franchise stores?

Although he knew that opening a yellow braised chicken chain store could indeed make a lot of money at this point in time, Yang Hao still rejected this idea. Compared with the entertainment industry, the yellow braised chicken franchise store was just a drop in the ocean, and could not even compare to the profit of a blockbuster movie.

You can't pick up sesame seeds and lose the watermelon.

Instead of wasting energy on the braised chicken store, it is better to sell them in packages as long as the price is right.

After thinking it through, Yang Hao immediately said: "Okay, you can talk to him directly on my behalf. As long as the price is right, it will be just enough to pay back the 5 million I borrowed from the bank."

(End of this chapter)