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Chapter 251 *Nirvana in Fire*

Sheng Ning was taken aback, looked at the kiwifruit executive who had spoken, and raised an eyebrow: "What do you mean by that, Mr. Zhang?"

"Oh... don't misunderstand, I just heard that you had a pretty good time working with him this time."

Mr. Zhang quickly smiled and added, "Haven't the film and television department been vying for the exclusive broadcasting rights to 'Goblin' lately? If your relationship with him really improves, you see..."

"I have nothing to do with him."

Sheng Ning refused without even thinking about it, her attitude lukewarm: "President Zhang, you should try someone else."

Everyone: "..."

The leader, General Manager Gong, frowned, then smiled and tried to smooth things over: "Haha... It's alright, it's alright. Since Xiao Sheng isn't familiar with Chi Ye, we'll think of another way... But we need to be quick. I heard that Cool Film has contacted Shang Youshu. The competition for the copyright of 'Goblin' is indeed fierce."

The people inside remained silent upon hearing the sound.

"Goblin" represents more than just a modern romance drama; it is also Ikeno's first "sequel" after "My Love from the Star".

In other words, this was a project destined for success from the very beginning.

Of course, the definition of success varies from person to person. For the three major platforms, making money is equivalent to success, but it does not mean that the show will necessarily be a hit.

Even gods couldn't do that, so they only have one goal—to make money.

After this little incident, the atmosphere in the meeting room became slightly awkward, but it quickly dissipated as the discussion progressed.

Sheng Ning sat in the corner, listening to the group of usually "high and mighty" executives from Kiwi Fruit discussing how to "please" a male celebrity, and couldn't help but feel a sense of absurdity that was both funny and sad.

But then, she realized something.

You're getting better and better...

Based on the current trend, will you attend next year's Scream Night?
……

Back when Chi Ye was still an unknown, he attended a Scream Night event. It was because of that Scream Night event that his relationship with Jin Xia progressed further, and it was also the first time he had actually seen Sheng Ning in person since his rebirth.

Subsequently, a number of events occurred, including the Rise Scream Night, the Chicken Claw God's instant fame, and the Ikeno's divine look.

However, at that time, the attitude of the kiwifruit towards Ikeno was very clear: it was blatant targeting and hostility.

So... ever since Ikeno's "Loop" aired and made a splash, he has almost never attended the Scream Night again.

He received an invitation this year, but he didn't even look at it and just handed it over to Coco to handle.

Similarly, Tencent's Star Awards receive the same "treatment".

Previously, Tencent and iQiyi didn't care much about Chi Ye's attitude—"My platform is so big, now the mainstream stage in the Chinese entertainment industry, you're not willing to come? If you're not willing to come, then don't come."

Remember, you're the one begging us, not the other way around!
But as the saying goes, fortunes change every thirty years. Ikeno's career development was far faster than anyone imagined. In less than a year, he went from struggling in the second tier to becoming a top star, and then to becoming the male lead who single-handedly carried nearly 20 billion yuan in box office revenue.

"My Love from the Star" was a huge hit, both movies were huge hits, the album was a huge hit...

After leaving Yuena, Ikeno's career took off to an astonishing pace. Now, many people in the industry are secretly inquiring whether Ikeno has consulted a fortune teller.

Otherwise, why would he have such "career luck"?
Penguins are one of them.

"Are you sure you want to 'reconcile' with Chi Ye? I don't care about Yue Na, but Xiao Zhan is an artist we've been promoting. If we reconcile with him, he won't be one of our Tencent artists anymore."

The head of the content department at Tencent Video, a direct entertainment company under Tencent, was smoking a cigarette, his brow furrowed, and reprimanded the colleague who had said the above: "You still don't understand."

“We are first and foremost a company, and a company needs performance and to make money. Now that Ikeno can help us make money, why don’t we cooperate with him?”

"The main problem now is that Kuyi and Kiwi are fighting for the exclusive broadcasting rights of 'Goblin'... We had a conflict with Ikeno before, so our chances of winning are slim."

"Um…"

After thinking for a moment, the colleague said, "Actually, it's not really a conflict. To be honest, Chino used to be one of the artists we were really promoting... right?"

Towards the end, he himself looked at the person in charge with some uncertainty.

The person in charge said, "...If that's how you put it, then I won't argue with you."

Chi Ye used to be a rising star heavily promoted by Rise, a well-known "royal family" in the industry. Although he couldn't be called a "Penguin Prince" yet, he took on three ancient costume dramas for Penguin in a year... Anyone would drool over such resources.

Unfortunately, the Ikeno of the past is long gone. If everything had gone according to plan, they would never have noticed Ikeno, and Ikeno would never have achieved what he has today.

"...Have you sent all the notebooks to him? Have you received a reply?"

"Not yet... I feel like he doesn't seem very interested in these notebooks."

The person in charge glanced at him sideways: "You're not going to try to fool people with some junk again, are you?"

"Of course not," the colleague quickly said. "This time they really showed their sincerity, offering him a lot of top-tier investment opportunities, let him choose whatever he wants... Isn't that enough?"

"...Are there any period dramas?"

The person in charge suddenly asked.

The colleague was taken aback: "You..."

"Everyone else is focused on 'Goblin,' but I think the key is Ikeno himself... He hasn't acted in a single period drama since he became famous. If you get more high-quality scripts and improve his treatment, I think there's a chance he'll agree."

The person in charge made a sharp and insightful decision.

The colleague opened his mouth, wanting to speak, but then felt that what the person in charge said made sense, and couldn't help but ponder: "Ikeno is the key person... Yes, that's definitely the case."

……

"What? You're saying they'll submit anything I write?"

Two days later.

Chi Ye received the invitation to the Golden Eagle Awards for the second time. He had just finished a phone call with Teacher He when he received the message from Coco.

—Kiwifruit has said that they will invest in any TV drama script he writes and will provide whatever resources he needs, but they haven't mentioned the exclusive broadcasting rights for "Goblin" at all.

What does it mean?
Ikeno was surprised and somewhat suspicious.

"What else could it mean? A smart person, of course."

Coco had a smile on her face. Lately, she felt that her career had reached its peak.

The huge success of "Girl" not only represents Ikeno's successful entry into the film industry, but also represents Ikeno's "ice-breaking" with the outside world.

—At least in the drama industry, it seems that only at this time did he receive the treatment that a top-tier star deserved.

No, this is even better treatment than the previous top-tier contestants.

Because he has enough autonomy, he can even negotiate with the capital behind the three major platforms.

Who would dare to imagine that!
Two years ago, she was just an unknown assistant, but in just two years, she has made a remarkable leap... Well, her surname isn't Gao, but she now holds a very "high" position in the industry.

"What about Penguin and Coolfilm?"

Ikeno didn't notice Coco's emotional fluctuations and instead asked about the other two major platforms.

"Tencent hasn't said they'll invest in your script, but the projects they've offered are all of good quality... resources that other young actors would fight tooth and nail for. Also... they did this without consulting Yue Na, and I heard the two sides have argued about it several times." "Oh, so Yue Na's going to devour her master?"

Ikeno has always been ruthless in his remarks about Etsuna, and his words can be as venomous as they want.

However, now that he has a disagreement with Yue Na, Penguin Video has finally made him feel his "growth" for the first time.

Hmm...not bad. It would be even better if I could close Yue Na with just one sentence in the future...

"Where's Cool Shadow?"

"Cool Shadow is not responding."

"Oh, then there's no response."

Chi Ye didn't pay much attention to Ku Ying's "little temper." He picked out a few notebooks from the mailbox and gestured to Coco: "Do you think I should answer them?"

"Um…"

Coco glanced at the names of the scripts. She was usually very busy with work, but no matter how busy she was, she would personally do everything that Chi Ye asked her to do.

For example—choosing scripts.

She had basically screened all the scripts for Chi Ye, so she had a general idea of ​​the themes and plots.

"Brother Chi, are you going to act in a period drama?"

Chino paused for a moment, then nodded: "We need to break through this barrier. The audience will get tired of always wearing modern clothes."

"...If you want to take on historical dramas...that's definitely no problem. If you don't take on any these next few years, I feel like you won't have the chance to film them anymore."

"What do you mean?"

Chiye squinted.

Coco: "What I mean is, Brother Chi, you'll be an international superstar in a few years, so you probably won't be making TV dramas anymore."

"They'll say, 'I'll punish you by making you eat ten pounds of blue cheese.'"

cocoa:"……"

"Seriously, this blue cheese is really awful; I just can't bring myself to eat it."

Ikeno shook his head; the team had indeed prepared blue cheese for him.

But perhaps because he had received some "advice" from the Empress Dowager, and because of the pungent smell, he gritted his teeth and tried it a few times, but found it really hard to swallow, so he finally gave up.

It's a pity we missed this opportunity; we couldn't make the pliers hurt.

"Brother Chi, there are a few good historical romance dramas out there, judging by the cast and investment... they're all adaptations of big IPs. Should I reply to them?"

Coco had already picked out a few targets she liked and looked at Ikeno.

Ikeno didn't speak, but also looked at her.

Coco was stunned for a moment. She was probably the one who truly understood Chi Ye best right now, so when she saw Chi Ye's expression, she instantly realized something: "Brother Chi, you... want to write it yourself?"

“Ah.” Chino nodded: “I was a little clueless at first, but Kiwi said he would provide resources for any kind of doujinshi… I thought I’d write a few for fun.”

Write a few, just for fun?

If another actor said something like that, Coco would definitely scoff, but if it were Brother Chi…

"You should talk to the people in charge of kiwifruit. I'll check the availability and let them know."

Ikeno made a decision.

For a partnership to last, both parties need to be aware of each other's limitations. Since Cool Shadow is somewhat unreliable right now, he naturally won't put all his eggs in one basket.

As for the so-called investments from kiwifruit and penguin, he doesn't really care... Although he is not as rich as the two platforms now, and they are not even in the same league, he has plenty of savings, and his projects, especially TV series, are not short of investment.

He cares about other resources on the platform, such as revenue sharing, marketing expense reimbursement, and broadcast schedules.

As the only profitable platform among the three major platforms with the highest quality members, Kiwi is actually on a larger stage than Cool Movie.

Well, to borrow a phrase from "The Boss" and "The Fortress of Shanghai," it's like "My Love from the Star" elevated Cool Movies to a level that didn't belong to it.

I just don't know if other people will realize this.

……

CoolShadow was unaware of this.

They were furious when they learned that Ikeno's team hadn't responded to their questions about the exclusive broadcasting rights for "Goblin," and they kept urging them. Then... then they got the news that Ikeno was going to write the script himself and that Kiwi was investing in the project.

"What does Ikeno mean by this?!"

The newly appointed president of Coolfilm frowned: "Has he forgotten who helped him in the first place?!"

The person in charge below, who had previously had in-depth contact with Ikeno and had a good personal relationship with him, hesitated to speak.

In the end, he didn't say anything.

Unlike Kiwi Penguin, which rarely changes leadership, Kuying Platform has been incorporated into the Alibaba system, and Alibaba has the style of "I invested in you, so you are mine".

Therefore, over time, this has led to the current atmosphere where people clock in and out at work and can get by without much effort.

For example, before being invested in by Alibaba, Coolfilm was incredibly energetic and driven. But after finding a major investor, they suddenly realized that no matter what they did, as long as they made sure the surface data looked good, someone would back them up.

No money? No problem. It's all part of the big entertainment strategy. Someone will provide the funding.

It doesn't matter if we lose money, as long as the new user acquisition data looks good, the funds will still arrive next year.

The personnel changes within Coolfilm are extremely frequent.

Changing coaches is something that wouldn't happen on the other two major platforms for five years, but on KuYing, it happens almost every year.

This year, they got a new manager, and this new manager has a very tough style. He wants to get the exclusive broadcasting rights for "Goblin," but it seems that things aren't going too well now.

"Didn't you have contact with Ikeno before? Go talk to him and tell him that we are his 'one of his own,' and that his actions are a bit too heartless?"

The new director is getting a bit anxious. Ikeno Studio hasn't responded to him yet, and there are even rumors of a collaboration with kiwifruit... If he loses "Goblin," his achievements since taking office might become a stain.

Faced with the new boss's orders, the person in charge could only nod, no matter how reluctant he was, but still added a precaution: "Um... Mr. Wang, you've heard about Chi Ye's personality, I think we shouldn't be too formal..."

"Am I putting on airs or is he putting on airs? He's just an artist, and he's acting like he's on top of the world. Do I have to put on a smiling face for him?"

The new coach was very dissatisfied with the person in charge's attitude and waved his hand: "Isn't the Golden Eagles competition about to start? You go this time and confront Chen Ming. As a person, you can't forget your roots."

Person in charge: "...Okay, I understand."

"Oh, right, remember to talk about his new project... Is it a period drama? What's it called again?"

"...Nirvana in Fire".

(End of this chapter)