I just want to sell products, but you're forcing me to perform talents.

Chapter 184 Crowdfunding Renovation

The next day.

A red sun rises from the sea.

Ye Xian woke up, and his heavy mind gradually began to clear.

"who I am?"

"Where am I?"

"What have I done?"

……

After asking himself three soul-searching questions, Ye Xian took out his phone and opened the Kuaiyin app.

Total views: 29363 million

Total likes: 1655

Total followers: 1711

Total number of music users: 4438 million

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Total number of fans in the Super Topic: 427 million.

Chaobo's total number of followers: 641 million.

……

Almost all of the songs were on the trending charts of Kuaiyin and Haishi Music.

"Invisible Wings", "The Wind Rises", and "Rice Fragrance" dominated the second, third, and fourth spots on the hot list.

The first place naturally belongs to Princess Liu's "Wanjiang".

This data greatly boosted his spirits; after so much hard work, he had finally seen a reward.

"boom--"

A loud noise suddenly rang out from outside the window. Ye Xian got up and glanced out the window. It was the construction team from the renovation company entering the site.

Although the Sixth Princess did not explicitly express her opinion to Ye Xian, Ding Zhan's trip to handle the renovation procedures went exceptionally smoothly.

Within a few days, all the procedures were completed.

Today is the first day of construction.

Sun Li had set up the orange phone early on.

"My darlings, I'm your team leader, Sun Li. That's right, what you're seeing right now is the renovation of Brother Xian's house."

"This construction project will involve major renovations to Brother Xian's house, since it has become a 'dangerous building'."

"Now that the excavators have arrived, they will be clearing, demolishing, and rebuilding the original factory buildings. At the same time, we will also work with the Qiuye Yanxuan team to help Xian Ge move!"

"That's right. Everything in the old house needs to be sorted out and moved out so that Brother Xian's 'dilapidated house' can be renovated smoothly."

Renovation and reconstruction are two different concepts, and the procedures and costs involved are also different. Therefore, Sun Li has been avoiding using the wrong words in the live broadcast room to avoid giving anyone a handle to use against her.

For some time to come, Ye Xian's main live streaming venue and content will become this kind of slow live streaming. A temporary live streaming venue will be set up next to the construction site so that all the members of the late-night snack group can witness the entire process of Ye Xian's house renovation.

This novel approach began on March 24th, when the live stream showed people searching through the ruins. Ye Xian was laying the groundwork for this live stream at that time.

Therefore, as soon as Sun Li started her live stream, even early in the morning, many people from the late-night food group flooded into the live stream room.

[Guobaorou (sweet and sour pork) requests to join the battle: Front row, Brother Xian's house is huge!]

[Uncle Giant Cannon: Brother Xian, you're a real tycoon! A huge villa and mansion by the sea, and he keeps saying he's going bankrupt!]

[Love is so deep, legs naturally spread: Brother Xian, do you need any accessories for your legs? I can take them.]

[Time Sweeps Away: Team Leader, why aren't you on camera? You're more alluring in person than your voice! If you don't appear on camera, I'm reporting you for streaming with empty shots!]

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Early in the morning, around 6 a.m., the people watching the live stream were either early risers, taking a dump, or still on their night shift. They lazily posted comments, and the number of viewers in the live stream remained at around 2000.

Not many people can watch such a live stream for a long time; most leave after watching for a while. Sun Li wasn't in a hurry. She would switch shifts with Qiu's mother after broadcasting for a while, and then Li Xin and Duan Fei would come in as guest viewers. In the evening, Ye Xian would enter the live stream room and chat with everyone.

When the mood strikes, I sing a song under the sun.

When he's not in the mood, he'll livestream himself cooking—cooking for the Qiuye Yanxuan team members and for the construction crew working through the night.

However, at 9 p.m., Ye Xian would have the construction team stop work and end his broadcast.

To avoid being complained about for disturbing the peace.

This live stream is just a transitional phase. Once the production team officially starts preparations in a few days, Ye Xian will begin more diverse content.

Even so, the number of tips and sales in Ye Xian's live stream was not much worse than during the fireside chat. On the contrary, everyone was more enthusiastic about tipping Ye Xian, euphemistically calling it "crowdfunding for renovation".

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In this slowed-down pace of time, Ye Xian and the "Dream of the Red Chamber" production team began preliminary preparations for the story.

Because some illustrations had been done in the early stages, the character designs were finalized quickly. The next step was the most troublesome makeup and styling.

Nearly 40 years after the broadcast of the 87 TV series "Dream of the Red Chamber," its costumes, props, and sets remain unsurpassed.

Back in 87, with an investment of 800 million yuan, the lead actor Jia Baoyu only received 80 yuan per episode, Lin Daiyu 60 yuan per episode, and the highest-paid were the two cranes, each earning 800 yuan a day. Besides the actors' salaries, most of the money went to costumes, props, and sets.

The high-quality production and the highly realistic costumes and props have transformed a profound and obscure cultural classic into a fashion phenomenon that has been popular for decades.

The costume, makeup, and prop team for the 87 TV series "Dream of the Red Chamber" started as "enthusiasts," and through sheer passion, they eventually became experts.

Wang Xifeng alone had over seventy sets of theatrical costumes made, over forty sets of costumes made for Lin Daiyu, and even funded the construction of Rongning Street and the Rongguo Mansion...

Such a pursuit of excellence is what created a classic.

Now that Ye Xian has become an investor, he naturally doesn't want this drama to be hastily adapted for the screen, nor does he want it to end after just one round of copyright sales.

Ye Xian wants to recreate the classic.

But the world is different, and times are different, so how can Dream of the Red Chamber break out of its niche?

The Blue Star version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" has no original novel fans, or rather, very few original novel fans. Only a small group of Ye Xian's fans like to watch it. Without the accumulation of time, how can it break out of its niche?

This requires drawing inspiration from the 10th edition of Dream of the Red Chamber in another world.

Although the 10 TV series "Dream of the Red Chamber" was a chaotic mess of one show after another, ultimately benefiting others, its marketing was undeniably brilliant.

Ye Xian won't actually run a talent show, but he will use this idea, combined with his expertise in short video operations, to quickly create a complete publicity plan for the "Dream of the Red Chamber" production team, a plan that has also been approved by the sixth princess, Li Yunxi.

It was precisely this publicity plan that made Princess Li Yunxi willingly give up 35% of her shares to Ye Xian.

So, Ye Xian was simultaneously live-streaming the renovation of Qiuye Yanxuan's base, planning the preliminary preparations for the famous "Dream of the Red Chamber," and waiting for his funds to arrive.

Everything is proceeding steadily and systematically.

Soon, the Qingming Festival will arrive.

All employees of Qiuye Yanxuan have been given a holiday.

The bustling construction site also suspended operations for a day.

Everyone went to sweep the tombs.

Ye Xian was no exception.

December 5st, early morning.

Ye Xian drove his newly purchased Xiao Liuling to the cemetery.

Here, Ye Xian saw another violet in front of the tombstone, which was his mother's favorite flower.

He didn't know who gave it to him before, but he found out this time.

Ding Zhan walked over to Ye Xian's side, his tone somewhat heavy: "Twenty years have passed since we parted, and everything has changed."

Ye Xian's nose felt a little sore.

Autumn's mother arrived a little late because she had gone to sweep the graves of her ancestors first. She hadn't been back to Haizhou for several years and hadn't visited the graves, so as a junior, she should have gone first.

The three met at Ye's parents' graves. After burning the paper money and kowtowing, Ye Xian stood there for a moment before turning to go back.

Suddenly, Qiu's mother called a halt to Ye Xian's actions.

"Ye Xian, how about we write a song for them?"

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P.S.: Today's Recap

Haizhou aged liquor inventory: 6168 bottles

(End of this chapter)