Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 430: Doesn’t Care About Money

The Qingguo Short Drama team entered the industry when the short drama sector was just beginning to develop.

However, due to the low return rate in the short drama industry, they haven’t been able to find investors for their company.

Yet today, the boss of Qingguo is waiting respectfully at the door, unsure of who he’ll meet.

"Hello, Mr. Chen, I am Xu Yun."

Qingguo’s boss, Xu Yun, greeted Chen Yiyang and led him into the office.

Being pressed for time, Chen Yiyang didn’t exchange many pleasantries with Xu Yun and just skimmed through the company’s profile.

The company is essentially a light asset company, with contracted employees all working behind the scenes.

"I will buy the company." Chen Yiyang quickly made up his mind.

What he wanted was a framework, and this short drama company’s framework was really well established. Previously, they produced a short drama in about a month, showing the filming model is quite mature.

"Ah." Xu Yun was somewhat caught off guard.

But Chen Yiyang had already asked his assistant to begin preparing the contract.

Xu Yun had heard of Chen Yiyang’s name before.

This young tycoon, famed in both the entertainment and business circles, was shrouded in a mysterious aura.

Xu Yun often speculated if Chen Yiyang was really an heir of some secret aristocratic family, given the regular production of CEO and family-themed short dramas.

Now, he was meeting the real person.

The reality was that Chen Yiyang carried the exact aura of a CEO portrayed in short dramas.

Chen Yiyang didn’t care about Xu Yun’s thoughts, his priority was rushing to produce at least one high-quality short drama.

Once the contract was signed, Chen Yiyang called over Qingguo’s management team.

"Do you have any good scripts on hand now?"

"There’s a costume drama." Xu Yun stepped forward to say.

"Let me have a look." Chen Yiyang took the script from Xu Yun and glanced through it.

The script was indeed nice, a culmination of mindlessly enjoyable stories.

"But boss," Xu Yun quickly adapted to his new role from being the boss to a subordinate.

Mainly because Chen Yiyang was generous with his money, selling the company meant he wouldn’t have to work hard for the rest of his life.

He said to Chen Yiyang, "This script requires a lot of special effects and scene setups. Estimated cost would be around two million to shoot, which is why it hasn’t been filmed yet."

"Two million?" Chen Yiyang paused for a moment, "Is two million considered a lot?"

"Yes." Xu Yun explained, "Our previous short dramas, generally a modern drama’s expenses were about five hundred thousand. Costume dramas cost a little more, mainly because the rental prices for scenes and costumes are higher."

"Alright then." Chen Yiyang rubbed his temples.

The price was astonishingly low, making him feel apologetic for previous criticisms about short dramas being poorly made.

Such a small sum could produce videos lasting one or two hours, incredibly cost-effective.

"Let’s go with this script." Chen Yiyang said, "I will recruit the lead actors and extras through my channels. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Find professionals for scenes and costumes, I will cover the costs. You guys set up the framework, I will also bring a professional filming team here in a few days for you to learn with."

"Wouldn’t this exceed the budget?" Xu Yun asked cautiously.

"I’ll give you a budget of fifty million." Chen Yiyang said, "Any methods to enhance this short drama’s quality, use them all. If we overspend, come to me for approvals."

"This..." Xu Yun didn’t quite grasp Chen Yiyang’s intentions.

"It’s like this." Chen Yiyang patiently explained to Xu Yun, "I need a short drama that can match general films or TV series in quality to make a name for short dramas. The cost, however much, is not within my considerations."

After saying this, Chen Yiyang continued, "By the way, previously filmed Qingguo short dramas will all be free. Don’t we have our own app? Just right for promoting ourselves as the first free short drama app."

"Can advertisement revenue cover costs if we make free short dramas?" Xu Yun brought up his concern.

"That’s not what you need to worry about."

After Chen Yiyang said this, Xu Yun and the others immediately went silent, avoiding further discussion.

Although they were unclear on Chen Yiyang’s plan, since the company had been acquired by him, they let him handle it.

"By the way, relying on previously filmed Qingguo short dramas alone won’t sustain enough traffic for a short drama app, you should negotiate with other short drama teams to see if their quality works can be bought at a flat rate for our app."

"Okay, I will take care of it in the next few days." Xu Yun had begun mechanically responding to Chen Yiyang’s words now.

"Having only short dramas might not be enough content for a video app."

At this point, Chen Yiyang suddenly remembered he had a video website.

Le Shi Network had been under laissez-faire management ever since he acquired it.

But since it was used to being neglected, it didn’t face significant problems.

Le Shi Network’s value lies not in the website, but the large collection of film and TV rights it holds.

Now these rights can be licensed for Qingguo’s mobile software, enriching Qingguo app’s content.

"Let’s settle it this way." Chen Yiyang patted the table, signaling the meeting’s end.

Considering the back and forth, the costs involved were just a few millions, hardly interesting to Chen Yiyang.

While Chen Yiyang found the business too small, for all short drama industry practitioners,

Chen Yiyang’s acquisition of Qingguo directly revolutionized the short drama industry.

Prior to Chen Yiyang’s entry, the short drama industry was somewhat like a niche circle of self-made videos by vloggers.

Always regarded as trivial from the outside.

Even if a short drama went viral, a production cost of tens of thousands would yield mere tens of thousands in profit.

Established film companies wouldn’t bother to glance.

Their stars could capture half a year’s earnings for short drama companies in a night of performance.

But Chen Yiyang swiftly moved into the short drama industry and utilized his network to recruit professionals to train staff.

This garnered abundant attention.

This attention wasn’t about large capital entering the short drama industry and thus attracting notice.

Rather, it was about noticing Chen Yiyang’s new moves.

Tengxu had previously mentioned being extremely interested in any investment activities by Chen Yiyang, even adopting a following strategy.

In fact, it wasn’t just Tengxu, any wealthy capital was exceedingly interested in any investment action by Chen Yiyang.

No reason other than Chen Yiyang’s investments having incredibly high return rates and his sharp vision.

Currently, companies invested by Chen Yiyang have either developed successfully, offering extensive returns to investors,

or are still growing but show immense future potential given the present outlook.

As for failed investment cases, not a single one!