Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Pei Qian noticed that Zhu Xiaoce’s bag actually had many contracts inside; he probably was going to ask everyone in the company who was going to get remuneration to sign one as well.
Pei Qian had wanted to say if this was making a mountain out of a molehill.
However, he thought about it again and felt that it was actually right that Zhu Xiaoce was strictly going by the books.
Since Huang Sibo had received this one million yuan, he definitely wanted every bit of money used to be documented clearly. To ask all the actors to sign a contract was reasonable.
Just that…
Pei Qian had not expected Zhu Xiaoce to come together with all the contracts prepared.
Name of the subsidiary: Fei Huang Workspace.
Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce had thought of this name together. Evidently, this name had Huang Sibo’s last name included as well as paid a little respect to Tengda Corporation.
Pei Qian almost wanted to slap his thigh and yell, “Good!”
This name really was…
Very pleasing to me!
Fei Huang Workspace was a fully-funded subsidiary of Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. Technically, it had to turn over all its profits to the head company. However, no discussion had to be made as to the profit distribution; and Pei Qian was not very particular about this.
He hoped that this subsidiary would lose money every month!
Flipping the pages of the contract, Pei Qian’s eyes swiftly glanced through and first located the name of this short video series!
‘Boss Pei’s Daily Life’
Pei Qian breathed out in relief.
Huu… as long as it wasn’t Surprise, all was well.
No detailed description of the script was in this contract. After all, at this point, Zhu Xiaoce and Huang Sibo had not figured out how and what to shoot; they obviously didn’t manage to write a script yet.
The contract stated that the Director would have complete control and rights over creativity, and the actors had to follow unconditionally as per his requests.
Of course, the Director also couldn’t be too unreasonable.
Remuneration was fixed at a thousand yuan an episode. There were three seasons with ten episodes apiece.
Lastly, liability for breach of contract was also clearly stated: if the Director or actors went against the contract, compensation would be three times the wages earned.
This sum of money for breach of contract was a very common clause; all actors had to follow this condition.
Pei Qian also didn’t mind too much. He wasn’t intending to breach the contract. Furthermore, this short film was only a minute-long per episode; thirty episodes would only be thirty minutes. With such an easy workload, why would he break the contract?
He signed the document.
“Alright, we won’t disturb Boss Pei and your work anymore; we’ll go back immediately to write a script. We will come again when it’s officially time to film!”
Zhu Xiaoce and Huang Sibo left the guest room as they continued looking for other employees to sign the contracts.
Within the company, many wanted to be on camera. If some roles could not be filled, outsiders would be recruited to be actors. Everyone would be given the same remuneration and would have to sign the same contract.
Pei Qian sipped his tea in the guest room as he suddenly felt that life was looking great for him.
The system is taking good care of me!
By taking a side job, I could earn thirty thousand yuan instantly; the system actually didn’t mind that!
Of course, Pei Qian’s actions could be said to have exploited a loophole in the system. However, from another perspective, it could be seen as the system being tolerant and closing one eye, not being too harsh on him!
Although thirty thousand yuan was not considered very much, it was a very important quick buck to make!
Pei Qian had spent money with all his might the last week and had only converted twenty thousand yuan into his personal wealth; thirty thousand yuan was still very attractive to him!
Furthermore, with this beginning, wouldn’t Pei Qian be able to continue manipulating the system?
Could it be possible that one day he would receive an astronomical amount of remuneration?
En… of course, as long as it was within the acceptable parameters of the system.
Pei Qian couldn’t help it but started to dream.
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Leaving Shenhua View, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce went to Huang Sibo’s apartment.
Although they had gotten a million yuan in capital, Huang Sibo still wanted to be mindful of his spending and spend judiciously. He wasn’t going to be so extravagant as to rent an office space.
In fact, he planned to set up two or three computers in his rented apartment’s living room to do the editing and publishing; he definitely could handle the initial stages like this.
When the videos gained in popularity and influencers started to review them, it wouldn’t be too late then to start thinking about office space.
“With Boss Pei’s full support, I feel that this project would definitely succeed. However… we have to decide on a script,” Zhu Xiaoce said.
Huang Sibo nodded, “En, it’s time for that.”
…
The two actually didn’t have any special ideas at the start. However, as they were limited by funds and they could not embark on making a blockbuster, they could only restrict themselves to short videos.
Short videos had different themes; however, they couldn’t think of anything particular that would stand out.
Finally, Huang Sibo suddenly whacked his head as he thought of something.
To feature Boss Pei!
As the saying went, the arts originated from life but surpassed life; to produce a good video, they had to film someone’s life.
Huang Sibo naturally thought of Boss Pei!
Boss Pei’s success was too legendary and colorful. If it was turned into short videos—even if they weren’t that popular, at least friends on the web would know that such an awesome boss existed in the world!
Huang Sibo explained this idea to Zhu Xiaoce, and the latter immediately agreed.
He felt that this was promising!
What was a game producer’s daily life like? What was the life of a big boss earning more than a million a month like? If at the same time, this big boss also treated his employees very generously; wasn’t he the absolute best boss?
Viewers would definitely want to watch!
Hence, the two had readily decided on filming Boss Pei! However, when it came to writing a script, the two were back to scratching their heads. Just as Zhu Xiaoce had said, shooting short videos also required the proper techniques and skills.
If the video was shot straightforwardly and factually—ultimately became like a documentary, it would be boring. Furthermore, viewers might see it as a hard-sell advertisement by Tengda. It would be despised, and Tengda might even be criticized.
How to find an entry point to give short videos an explosive factor—that was most important!
The duo’s brows knotted together as they thought bitterly. After two hours and raising many different suggestions, all were rejected.
Not outstanding enough! Not novel!
That won’t work.
Huang Sibo thought over and over again. Suddenly, inspiration struck him! Previously, Boss Pei had phoned him to ask if this series of short films was called ‘XXXXX’.
What were these five words again? Huang Sibo seemed to have forgotten.
Why did Boss Pei intentionally ask about this? Could it have been… some sort of hint? However, what exactly did Boss Pei ask about…?
Huang Sibo paced in his living room as he tried his best to recall.
“I remember, Boss Pei mentioned Surprise!” Huang Sibo yelled out excitedly.
Zhu Xiaoce was a little confused. “Surprise?”
“Yes, this was the name Boss Pei had said; this is it!” Huang Sibo said steadfastly.
Zhu Xiaoce scratched his rather hairless chin as he said, “However, our series’ name had already been set.”
“That’s alright, we can use the current name; the crux is in the idea! The idea is the most important!” Huang Sibo suddenly saw the light!
Zhu Xiaoce thought about it for a while as something clicked in him. “I see! I was thinking that our original theme was lacking something; it was lacking in a twist! A straightforward film would become like a documentary; it wouldn’t be able to emphasize the merits of short videos.”
“In a mere minute, to let viewers retain a deep impression of the video, there must be the unexpected; a twist!
“If that’s the case, we have a general direction. Next, would be polishing this idea! We need to do up a synopsis and add some content to really showcase Boss Pei’s image; at the same time, to prepare a twist!
“We can also add some sarcasm and dark humor!”
Zhu Xiaoce suddenly had a spark of inspiration as he suddenly thought out the whole flow of the short videos!
He even managed to finish writing the script for episode one!
