Chapter 716 - 359: Cai Xiaoyi: Sister Hehe Came to Look After Me
In Jinglan City, a place teeming with girls in Hanfu, how could one resist buying a set of King Zhou’s Robe? It was just a small price to pay for Chen Jincheng’s hard work in gathering all those Hanfu-wearing girls together.
As Tiao Yin promoted the video, the trend grew stronger and stronger.
Lei Xiaojun looked at the backend data. In just half a day, President Chen’s two Hanfu sets had already generated 300 million in total sales.
’But on second thought,’ he mused, ’considering how many Hanfu sets the girls bought, the ratio still seems a bit lopsided, with the female market dominating the male one.’
It was still morning, when Tiao Yin’s traffic was relatively low. The numbers in the afternoon and evening would likely be even more terrifying.
Over at Tiao Yin, Han Shangyou was also completely relieved when he saw the data.
’Chen Jincheng really is one of a kind.’
At this rate, they could break the 5 billion total sales record from the Xiaomi promotion and generate another wave of hype for the shopping cart feature.
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「Second-Life Star.」
Seeing that it was almost noon, Sister Hong booked a table at a restaurant.
Just then, she received a call and said in surprise, "Oh, it’s Director Dumplings! You’re already in Coastal City? Great, I’m at the company. You can come straight here."
After hanging up, she reported to Chen Jincheng, "Boss, I didn’t expect the director to get here so quickly. It seems he’s very eager to secure this investment."
𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
Chen Jincheng naturally understood why. He said, "Arrange for us to have lunch with Director Dumplings, and we can sign the contract with him then."
"Understood." Sister Hong nodded and went out to prepare the contract.
Chen Jincheng then explained to Lei Xiaojun, "The film and television department is planning to invest another 100 million in an animated movie."
"An animated movie?" Lei Xiaojun said in surprise. "Generally speaking, investments in animated movies are on the smaller side, right? This 100 million from you can’t be the total budget, can it, President Chen? Are you that optimistic about this film?"
Chen Jincheng nodded. "It’s not just the movie, it’s the director too. I think this film’s box office has the potential to be a massive hit. The script and the core concept are both excellent."
He didn’t say 5 billion directly, only that it would be a massive hit, leaving some room for ambiguity. But even so, the prospect astonished Lei Xiaojun. "An animated movie can rake in that much at the box office?"
"If all goes as planned," Chen Jincheng nodded.
’I just don’t know what the box office for *Nezha 2* will be like.’
’When I transmigrated, the second movie hadn’t been released yet.’
’Oh, and there’s the second *Fengshen* movie I’m really looking forward to.’
’That film will probably continue the glorious success of the first one, right?’
’It’s just a shame their one billion in funding was secured long ago. They don’t need any outside investment.’
...
A taxi drove up to the Jinmao Building and stopped.
After getting out of the car, Dumplings looked up at the skyscraper and took a deep breath.
’This really is my lucky day,’ he thought. ’I was originally going to rush through *Nezha* and finish it with regrets, but I never expected to successfully secure a hundred million just by trying to pitch Second-Life Star for an investment.’
With this 100 million investment secured, he could go back and polish *Nezha* until it was 100% perfect.
Full of anticipation, he entered the lobby of the Jinmao Building and immediately spotted Sister Hong waiting for him.
He had already learned about this manager from Second-Life Star before coming.
So, he immediately went forward and shook her hand politely. "Sister Hong, I’m so sorry to have troubled you and made you wait."
"Director Dumplings, there’s no need for that. Let’s head up to the office. Our boss is waiting for you too." Sister Hong gestured and pressed the elevator button.
Dumplings was very surprised to hear this.
He knew about Chen Jincheng, the boss of Second-Life Star. The man was incredibly famous, constantly in the news lately. He had even managed to befriend and build a close relationship with someone like Boss Lei, all while being an internet celebrity.
It was truly admirable.
Dumplings followed Sister Hong up to the Second-Life Star offices and was surprised to see Boss Lei there beside Chen Jincheng.
’Their relationship really is as good as they say.’
He hurriedly greeted the two men with enthusiasm, "President Chen, President Lei!"
Chen Jincheng smiled and said, "Director Dumplings, no need to be so formal. Sister Hong has already prepared the investment contract. Let’s sign it first, and then we can all have lunch together."
Dumplings nodded upon hearing this.
He found it a bit strange, though.
’Normally, when an unknown director like me tries to raise funds for a film, shouldn’t I have to beg and plead, present my project in detail, and convince them to invest?’
’But with Second-Life Star, everything has been smooth sailing. It’s almost as if they’re afraid I *won’t* sign.’
Of course, he knew that was impossible.
’Who are they? How could they possibly be afraid of him not signing?’
Then, the words of that President Sun came to mind. This President Chen valued him as a person and wanted to support Chinese animation, just as he had supported a hard sci-fi film like *Wandering Blue Star*.
That was the most convincing explanation.
Thinking about this, he couldn’t help but feel moved. He swore to himself that he would make *Nezha* the best it could possibly be. When it succeeded, he would tell everyone about the things President Chen had said and about President Chen’s noble character.
’Without President Chen, there would be no perfect *Nezha*.’
Sister Hong quickly finished signing the contract with Dumplings.
There was also a supplementary clause giving them the right of first refusal for investment in the sequel.
With that, Chen Jincheng could also rest easy.
The Er Shi Xingchen Film and Television department had secured another major project.
At noon, they went to the restaurant Sister Hong had booked and had a meal together.
Over the meal, Chen Jincheng discovered how interesting a director Dumplings was.
He had a profound understanding of the core of animation and how to embed emotion into it.
He even recounted the entire plot of the first movie at the table.
Chen Jincheng already knew it; he had seen it in his past life.
But then Dumplings started talking about some ideas for the second movie. For instance, he planned to have both Ao Bing’s and Nezha’s physical bodies destroyed by heavenly lightning, after which they would share one body, with Ao Bing’s soul entering Nezha’s, and so on.