Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 431: Song Dynasty Crystal Wall

"From the current perspective, the short drama industry is a very promising trend. I suggest establishing a dedicated short drama department to produce these dramas."

Recently, at high-level meetings of several video sites like Kiwifruit, Tengxu, and Douyin, this sentence has been frequently mentioned, as if everyone suddenly reached a consensus overnight.

Although publicly everyone decorates the future development of the short drama industry with grand reasons.

But in reality, everyone knows it’s because Chen Yiyang invested in the short drama industry, catching the attention of the big capital behind these video platforms, urging them to follow suit.

Of course, everyone sees some potential in this venture.

However, they genuinely can’t figure out ways to make quick money through short dramas.

For this reason, many friends from the film industry who know Chen Yiyang also sent messages or made calls to him, hoping to probe his thoughts on short dramas.

Chen Yiyang ignored most of these messages.

But Shen Teng also reached out to him.

Feeling bored, Chen Yiyang decided to go meet him.

"Mr. Chen." After some casual chatting, Shen Teng suddenly asked, "Is that short drama you invested in reliable? It seems like the entry barriers are quite low. If it is, I’m considering exploring this industry myself."

"You?" Chen Yiyang glanced twice at Shen Teng.

It’s not that he looks down on Shen Teng, but from what he knows, Shen Teng is quite a lazy guy. If he had thoughts of investing and becoming his own boss, he would have gone independent long ago.

That’s why he’s still involved in variety shows, just passing the time.

"Forget it." Chen Yiyang knew what Shen Teng wanted to ask, so he directly said, "The future of the short drama industry is uncertain, but currently, there’s not much money to be made."

"Then why did you invest, Mr. Chen?"

"I have other purposes." Chen Yiyang didn’t elaborate, and seeing his reluctance, Shen Teng didn’t press further.

Just then, another person entered the private room.

"Sorry, the traffic was a bit jammed."

The newcomer was Wei Xiang.

"Mr. Chen, I’ll take three penalty drinks." Wei Xiang sat down and immediately poured himself three drinks in apology.

"No need, no need, we’re not in a business bureau here." Seeing this reaction from Wei Xiang, Chen Yiyang quickly tried to stop him.

"That’s not right." Wei Xiang said to Chen Yiyang, "Without your assistance back then, I wouldn’t have achieved success this time. I must toast you with three more drinks."

Wei Xiang’s actions were indeed reasonable.

Previously, this guy was constantly playing supporting roles, never landing a lead.

But in the movie Chen Yiyang invested in last time, because he took a liking to him, he gave Wei Xiang the lead role.

Unexpectedly, the movie called ’Killer is Not So Cold’ turned out to be a hit.

Though the total box office was only 2.2 billion yuan.

It was an opportunity for Wei Xiang, the first-time lead, to prove his capability.

Because of this movie’s success, other films are likely to approach him for roles.

That’s the way the film industry works.

Before you’re successful, you beg and plead to get good roles. But once you taste success, others will beg you to be the lead, giving you at least two or three chances to fail.

"By the way." Seeing Wei Xiang reminded Chen Yiyang.

He had also commissioned Mahua Company to make a comedy starring Shen Teng.

He hadn’t paid much attention to the project afterwards.

So he asked Shen Teng, "What’s the progress on that ’Moon Solo’ movie?"

"Just the special effects are left." Shen Teng said, "It’s estimated to be released next year."

"Brother Teng’s film, from the sample I saw earlier, feels like it starts at 4 billion." Wei Xiang chimed in, "And it’s not just me saying this, the industry experts we invited to see the sample are all very optimistic about the movie."

"The main lead is Shen Teng, so the box office is assured."

Chen Yiyang clinked glasses with Shen Teng.

The comedies starring Shen Teng and the companies invested in by Chen Yiyang, both have had no failures.

That’s why the anticipation for this film within the industry is very high.

"The start of the year has ’Earth Wandering 2’ and Zhang Yimou’s film, with Brother Teng’s comedy in the latter half. This year, major cinemas might earn big." Wei Xiang casually remarked.

"Hmm." Hearing Wei Xiang’s comments, an idea started forming in Chen Yiyang’s mind.

With ’Moon Solo’ included, his odds were even greater.

More than a month later.

"Here, what era do you think this belongs to?"

The small accountant Chen Yiyang called over from Lin’an watched as he took a piece out of his pocket and waved it about.

She glanced at the item and confidently declared, "You’re trying to trick me with glass again."

"No, this is definitely an artifact." Chen Yiyang asserted confidently.

"I don’t believe it." The accountant leaned forward, moving closer to Chen Yiyang to study the item closely.

"Even if it’s not modern, at most it’s from the Ming Dynasty."

"It’s from the Song Dynasty." Chen Yiyang directly provided the answer.

"I don’t believe it. Could the Song Dynasty produce this? It looks exactly like glass." The accountant exclaimed.

The object Chen Yiyang took out did indeed resemble glass.

But it truly is from the Song Dynasty.

Song Dynasty Crystal Wall Painting.

"This is crystal." Chen Yiyang explained to the accountant, "Crystal forms naturally, it just needs to be shaped through polishing."

"But it looks so much like glass."

"This thing is like jewelry; handmade ones aren’t worth much, but natural formations are priceless."

After explaining, Chen Yiyang carefully placed the crystal pen into a small bag and tossed it to the accountant.

"Help me keep this safe, and when we return to Lin’an, let’s put it in the collection."

"Speaking of which, when are we returning to Lin’an? It’s almost New Year." The accountant said.

"In a few days, we should be able to."

In the Imperial Capital, during this time, besides acquiring this Song Dynasty Crystal Wall, Chen Yiyang spent most of his time overseeing the shooting progress of the short drama he invested in.

Now, the short drama, spanning a hundred episodes but totaling only 140 minutes, was finally completed.

After all the editing of the short drama was done, Chen Yiyang immediately launched it on the Qingguo app.

Subsequently, he purchased extensive promotional links across major video websites.

In no time, this short drama became a sensation online.

Due to its high production quality, with both the lead and supporting cast recruited from professional actors.

Thus, as soon as it was released, the short drama quickly went viral online. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Meanwhile, other investors who entered the short drama field after Chen Yiyang monitored his actions, wondering how he planned to profit from the short drama.

However, the subsequent developments puzzled them a bit.

Because after the short drama became a hit, Chen Yiyang still didn’t opt for charging fees, nor did he include any advertisements within the drama.