The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Chapter 142 So many things to do!

Shijingshan, Taishan Live Streaming Guild.

When Chen Pingsheng visited for the first time, he received a warm welcome from Chang Fu.

He clapped his hands in the lobby and gestured for the group of live-streaming girls to stop what they were doing.

"Let me introduce you all. This is my brother, who is also a major shareholder of our company."

Chen Pingsheng stopped him from doing those messy rituals.

He has a total of twelve female anchors on his side.

They all have great figures, and some who are average-looking become stunning beauties after using a level 10 beauty filter.

Chang Fu pulled him aside to introduce him, saying that the top performer in the No. 1 live stream was his team.

"Old Chen, this is my ace up. Her name is Qiao Mei, and she's an amazing dancer."

Chang Fu whispered in his ear, "This woman has several big clients. Just last month, one of them recharged more than 300,000 yuan for her."

Currently, there is no live-streaming e-commerce, and these female anchors' income mainly comes from tips and donations.

Then we split the profits 30/70 with the platform.

Guild 7, Platform 3.

If half of them end up in the hands of the female anchor, that's considered good.

Qiao Mei has a great figure and long hair. She's not a particularly professional dancer, but she gives off a very sexy vibe.

According to Chang Fu, those who tipped the female streamers didn't actually have much money.

Most of them are from rural areas.

Chen Pingsheng was a little surprised; making money in the countryside is so difficult.

With such a meager income, how could he possibly give hundreds of thousands of yuan in tips to female live streamers every month?
Are you out of your mind?
Although these people made him money, he didn't really like this way of making money.

If it were someone like him, even if he gave away ten million in tips a month, it wouldn't be a big deal.

The key is that a year's hard work in a rural area only yields a few tens of thousands of yuan.

"Brother, don't pity those people, really."

Chang Fu said, "Even if they don't tip me, they'll tip other female streamers."

"It's not that I pity you, it's just that I feel you're a bit stupid."

Chen Pingsheng asked him, "Does a female anchor really get tips just because she does a little flirtatious dance in front of the camera?"

"Of course not, you don't get any money at all just dancing."

Chang Fu explained, "There's also a private chat group. After Qiao Mei and the others finish their live streams, people in that chat group will manage their accounts, add those who sent gifts, and chat with them."

"As you know, there are more and more single people in society nowadays. They come to the live broadcast room to seek emotional comfort, and the chat group is just to create this feeling of being in love for them."

"Once they have this feeling, they are willing to spend money."

Chang Fu actually knew that what he was doing was quite unethical in Chen Pingsheng's companies.

They were even too embarrassed to tell anyone.

But that's all he does. In short, that's how you describe him.

There aren't enough idiots; if he doesn't spend money here, he'll go somewhere else.

What else is there to say?

He didn't do anything illegal; making money legally is just something that doesn't sound good to others.

This is the current state of the livestreaming industry.

He couldn't change it either.

Chen Pingsheng glanced at the people in the chat group and thought that calling him a burly man with his feet scratched was definitely an exaggeration.

They were all young men.

Those top two donors, if they knew that these were the guys chatting and flirting with them behind the scenes, I wonder if they'd be furious.

The streamer's job is simply to show their face during the live stream; they have dedicated people to handle their private conversations.

Changfu thought he was doing alright; some small guilds in other places were even more outrageous.

The streamer often invites the top two spenders to participate in events.

As for the content of the event, even adults can guess.

If you don't give people any reward at all, even the dumbest person won't keep giving you tips forever.

To put it bluntly, this society has lost its pure love.

Many people turn to the internet to spend lavishly in search of solace.

Chen Pingsheng felt that anyone with a modicum of common sense wouldn't spend the money they worked so hard to earn by screwing in screws on these female live streamers.

They are a hole that can never be filled.

Chen Pingsheng stopped caring about his live-streaming career and instead asked:

When are you and Yang Qian getting married?

"By the end of the year."

Chang Fu said, "She doesn't want to go home to do it; she wants to keep a low profile in the capital." A divorced woman, that's quite normal.

Chen Pingsheng nodded: "When you get married, I'll give you my wife's red F12."

She now owns a LaFerrari and a Phantom convertible, and she hardly drives her F12 anymore.

"Hehe, that's great."

Chang Fu made him a cup of tea, sat down, and said, "My wife, Yang Qian, often mentions your company to me. She really likes it there; the work is easy. My place can't compare to yours. The money I earn is all rather unrefined. Anyway, I'm still very grateful to you for coming to Beijing."

Why talk about those things?

Chen Pingsheng said, "We used to fight and bicker together when we were kids. You should buy a house in Beijing. If you're short of money, I'll give you a few million first."

"Forget it, you've already given me the car, and you invested in the company. If I ask you to pay for my house, that would be too incompetent of me."

Chang Fu's income from this live streaming guild is actually quite considerable; he can easily earn three to four million a year, if not more.

Adding his wife Yang Qian's side, the two of them make five or six million a year, which is quite a good life in Beijing.

Chen Pingsheng didn't stay with him for too long; the live streaming industry is still relatively small.

Perhaps when it gets bigger, many legitimate and respectable ways to make money through live streaming will emerge.

Who can predict the future?

He then went to Tencent Film Entertainment, since he hadn't invested in any film productions for the past two weeks.

The number of filmmakers seeking investment from him has noticeably decreased significantly.

He also discovered that, whether it's a TV series or a movie, apart from a few that break out and become popular based on their own abilities, it actually depends more on the main characters.

Take Zhao Liying for example; it seems like she can make money no matter what script she chooses.

Those popular celebrities are the subject of one of the most expensive movie scripts he recently came across.

It's called the Magic City Fortress.

The investment cost alone is 360 million, and others are asking him for 100 million in investment.

They made it sound amazing, guaranteeing a minimum box office of 30 billion.

They still used the most popular celebrities as the main characters, and the celebrities reportedly have 100 million Weibo followers.

According to their calculations, with the fan appeal of that popular male lead, one ticket per person would amount to four billion.

He scanned it using the movie analysis function.

The return on investment was an unprecedented 5%.

What does that mean? It means that if you invest 100 million, you can probably get back 5 million including the principal.

Of those, 95 million were lost.

It's no exaggeration to say that they lost everything.

This is from a movie, and there's also a TV series where the female lead is a higher-profile actress than Yang Mi.

The investment was as high as two or three hundred million.

He then used a TV series analysis function to check it out.

startled.

Return on investment: 0%.

What does this mean?

All investments will be wiped out in one scenario: the TV series was filmed but cannot be broadcast normally.

Forever sealed.

You should know that the female lead is a big shot in the entertainment industry; she herself is from a wealthy family.

You can just take those kinds of remarks as a joke and let them go.

At least Chen Pingsheng himself felt that he still had absolutely no connection with wealthy families.

Could it be that the guy who amassed so much wealth through sleeping around is even more powerful than him?
But pull it down.

In the past two weeks, he has encountered all sorts of film crews.

Someone specifically brought a sexy and famous leading lady to him to ask for investment.

Some people dare to ask for exorbitant prices just because they have a popular name.

Upon investigation, it was found that the highest return on investment was only 90%.

The female lead in that movie was none other than the legendary actress Liu Yifei.

To be honest, if any movie directed by this "fairy sister" could break even, he would definitely invest money in it, out of his childhood admiration for her.

No matter how beautiful she is, if it makes him lose money, he'll pass on her without hesitation.

You should know that a 100% return is the normal return on investment; anything above 100% is what he can profit from.

Chen Pingsheng felt he needed to change his investment approach. With so many scripts in the entertainment industry each year, even with his "golden touch," he could only research one a day.

Finding a profitable film crew is also quite a matter of luck.

(End of this chapter)