After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 571 What's so scary about pirates?
"I thought you weren't home!"

Zhou Haoran knocked on the door for a long time before it finally opened.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I was watching TV and didn't hear you..."

He Jin apologized repeatedly, made way for him to come in, and bent down to get him slippers. She was wearing a white silk nightgown, and as she bent down, a glimpse of her alluring figure spilled out from the neckline.

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "You're not wearing a bra!"

"I'm at home, I don't like wearing it." He Jin pursed her lips, her face slightly flushed, with a hint of annoyance. "You haven't come over for 20 days."

"is it?"

Zhou Haoran has no sense of time.

He Jin said reproachfully, "I've been counting down the days."

Zhou Haoran said, "I've been too busy lately."

"Have you found someone new?"

He Jin glanced at him.

Zhou Haoran nodded and hummed in agreement.

"Huh?" He Jin was taken aback. She had only said it casually, but she didn't expect him to admit it. "Really?"

"So what if there are a few more women? What's so strange about that?"

Zhou Haoran spoke with righteous indignation.

Have I fallen out of favor?

He Jin bent down, put his slippers on, and looked up at him pitifully.

Zhou Haoran chuckled, "Having fallen out of favor, how could I possibly still come?"

"Who is it? Is it as good as me? Is it as gentle as me?"

He Jin was somewhat unwilling.

"In all aspects, they are better than you."

Zhou Haoran had already commented that Dong Lan was an excellent bed partner, while He Jin was at best considered first-rate.

"Huh?" He Jin immediately became disappointed. "How is she better than me? Is she prettier than me? Is she a virgin?"

Zhou Haoran ignored the question and walked into the house. "What TV show are you watching? You seem so engrossed."

"My Fair Princess!"

He Jin has moved into her new house, which is spacious and bright, and has a large 28-inch color TV.

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "You're watching too!"

"Look, it's really good." He Jin pursed her lips. She knew that Hongxing TV was able to import this TV series entirely because of the young man in front of her. "Haoran, you have such good taste. You have good taste in choosing women, and you have good taste in choosing TV series too."

Zhou Haoran chuckled and said, "Why do you talk about women all the time?"

"I felt neglected, and I was resentful."

He Jin sighed softly.

Zhou Haoran said, "Here I am. Don't worry, it's the same as before. I'll try to come over once a week."

He Jin breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good."

Zhou Haoran sat down on the sofa and couldn't help but chuckle, "What's wrong with you? Can't you live your life without me?"

"I bought a car." He Jin said frankly and openly, "If you come over and pay me for prostitution, I won't have any money left to pay the balance."

Zhou Haoran smirked, "What kind of talk is that?"

He Jin leaned softly against him and said ingratiatingly, "Are you angry? I was just joking. Even if you don't give me money, I'm still willing to be with you."

Zhou Haoran didn't stand on ceremony and reached out to take off her nightgown.

"Wait a minute," He Jin called out, "Can we wait until this episode is over?"

"what?"

Zhou Haoran was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

He Jin said very seriously, "The plot is coming to an end now, and it's crucial. If we miss it, we won't be able to catch up."

Zhou Haoran wasn't in a hurry to take off her nightgown. He said dismissively, "Watching dramas in front of the TV every day is exhausting. Let's wait for the DVDs to be released, buy a set, and watch them all in one go. That'll be much more satisfying!"

"Hmm?" He Jin's eyes lit up. "Is 'My Fair Princess' going to be released on DVD?"

Zhou Haoran nodded. "Next month, I think. It will definitely be released nationwide in August. I told you I've been busy lately; releasing the VCD of 'Princess Pearl' is what I've been busy with recently."

"You're working on it?" He Jin's beautiful eyes sparkled. "Isn't it supposed to be handed over to a record company?"

Zhou Haoran leaned back on the sofa, holding the beautiful woman in his arms, and said while watching TV, "We have to hand it over to a video company to do it, so we have to have a good strategy. If we just let them do it, piracy will be rampant, which will have a huge impact on the sales of legitimate products. We might lose tens of millions of yuan."

"Tens of millions?"

He Jin was immediately stunned.

She didn't know what kind of business he was in, or how much money he had.

Upon hearing this, one can generally make a guess.

He might be a billionaire!
Zhou Haoran said calmly, "I'm underestimating the problem. If this matter isn't addressed and piracy is allowed to run rampant, we could lose one or two hundred million yuan in profits."

Hearing him say that, He Jin lost all interest in watching the TV series. She took a deep breath and asked, "Can the DVD business of 'Princess Pearl' generate hundreds of millions in revenue? How many sets of genuine DVDs would that require?"

"Ten or twenty million!"

Zhou Haoran said casually.

"How is that possible?" He Jin was taken aback. Although she didn't know much about the DVD market, she had some basic understanding of the current social situation. "Let alone TV series, even movies wouldn't sell for ten or twenty million, right?"

Zhou Haoran gave her a strange look. "Which movie was as popular as 'My Fair Princess'?"

“But…” He Jin still couldn’t understand, “But piracy is rampant now. Even if people want to buy DVDs, they’ll buy pirated ones. Who would buy the original?”

"It's just piracy!"

Zhou Haoran didn't seem to care, speaking in a nonchalant tone.

"How serious is piracy?" He Jin's eyes widened. "Even the government can't do anything about those pirates, do you think you can?"

"They're just pirates, easy!"

Zhou Haoran is like someone who doesn't know how to do a job.

Since he was going to take charge of the DVD release of "Princess Pearl", he must have had ways to suppress piracy in order to further stimulate the sales of the official "Princess Pearl".

In its previous life, Volcano TV produced "Princess Pearl" and effectively suppressed piracy by using star power, low prices, and anti-counterfeiting measures.

This led to the sale of 1000 million official DVDs of the series.

In this life, Zhou Haoran has made his move. His skill will undoubtedly surpass that of the Volcano Terrace.

What are you going to do?

He Jin's mind was blank; she had absolutely no idea how to deal with the pirates.

Zhou Haoran said casually, "Just do a good job with marketing."

"Huh?" He Jin looked confused. "It's that simple?"

"There's a lot to learn about this!"

Zhou Haoran checked the time; it was already 8:30 PM. If they were delayed any longer, they wouldn't get home until after 9 PM. Without another word, he picked He Jin up and carried her towards the bedroom.

He Jin hooked her arms around his neck, her eyes beginning to glaze over.

I was busy until 9:30.

Zhou Haoran was just about to leave.

Go to the door.

He Jin thought of something and hesitated before saying, "Haoran, I have something to tell you."

"what's up?"

Zhou Haoran didn't need to bend down to put on his shoes; Sister He Jin helped him put them on.

He Jin asked, "This house is quite big. I'll have my sister come and live with us."

"Okay!"

Zhou Haoran didn't even think about it.

He Jin breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "I was worried that it would be inconvenient if someone were present when you came to see me in the future."

"What's inconvenient about that?" Zhou Haoran said dismissively. "Your sister... I think her name is He Yao, right?"

"Yes, you helped arrange her job, and I haven't even properly thanked you."

He Jin's beautiful eyes sparkled.

"You're too kind."

Zhou Haoran waved his hand dismissively.

He Jin said happily, "Then I'll have my sister move in with me tomorrow, don't mind."

"Why would I mind?" Zhou Haoran thought that men and women really did have different thought processes. What was there to mind about sisters? He had been incredibly happy ever since he took Aunt Nuan as his wife. He then asked, "Isn't your sister married?"

"I don't even have a boyfriend."

He Jin sighed, feeling very worried about her younger sister's important life event.

Zhou Haoran asked again, "Is it good-looking?"

"Huh?" He Jin was somewhat surprised. "You haven't seen her before?"

Zhou Haoran shook his head, "No."

"Then I'll invite her next time and treat you to a meal. Thank you for taking care of me and arranging a job for her. My sister and I will need your help at work from now on."

As He Jin spoke, she began to feel that something was amiss.

He asked his sister if she was single and if she was pretty. What does that mean?
Is it possible...

Once this idea pops into my head, I just can't shake it off.

Zhou Haoran didn't care about her wild thoughts.

They are still working on "My Fair Princess".

First, inform Tang Shiyi that when signing the second round of rebroadcasting rights, a monitoring mechanism should be added to prevent the source material from being leaked.

This involves technical aspects, which Zhou Haoran is quite knowledgeable about.

There are two sources of pirated discs: one is copying genuine discs, and the other is copying master tapes.

There are very obvious differences between the two.

These days, the resolution of movies and TV shows is relatively low, especially for domestically produced TV dramas.

Unless it's a TV series of the caliber of "Dream of the Red Chamber" or "Journey to the West," which would be filmed using cameras and film.

Most domestically produced TV dramas use cameras and tapes, just like recording variety shows.

Shooting with film would be just like a movie, with theoretically no upper limit to resolution, almost the same as the naked eye.

Magnetic tapes won't work.

Only 720P.

However, 720p is sufficient, as high-definition televisions are not yet available. Due to limitations of the playback medium, current ordinary televisions can only display 320p images.

The resolution of a VCD is 320P.

This raises the technical issue of "conversion loss".

For example, if you have a master tape A, and then copy B, B's resolution will be slightly lower than A's. If you then copy C, C's resolution will be slightly lower than B's. The more copies you make, the more resolution you lose.

If a pirated disc is copied using a 720p original master tape, then even with some resolution loss, it can still be copied into a high-quality 320p VCD disc.

What if there is no mother tape?
Then we can only use genuine discs available on the market.

These original discs are 320p, but during the copying process, the quality deteriorates significantly, with the resolution dropping to perhaps only 250p. Such pirated discs sell extremely poorly and have a terrible reputation; they look like pixelated images and are a disgrace to piracy.

Therefore, if you want pirated discs to sell well, you must find a way to get the 720p master tapes from inside the legitimate company.

As long as the master tape is properly controlled.

If the collusion between internal and external parties is properly controlled, then pirates will have little room to operate. Even if they want to pirate, they can only use genuine discs as copies, which will greatly reduce the damage to the profits of genuine discs.

Zhou Haoran is now determined to eliminate any possibility of collusion between insiders and outsiders!

Hongxingtai was well prepared.

After the initial intimidation, the video company will likely not dare to act recklessly.

Next, we need to block the local TV stations that have obtained the master tapes and are preparing to rebroadcast "Princess Pearl" to prevent the legitimate source from leaking out of their hands.

However, Zhou Haoran knew what was going on.

These kinds of things are impossible to prevent.

It will leak out sooner or later.

We need to control the situation at least in the short term to buy a few months for the legitimate discs.

(End of this chapter)