Starting from a Fake University-Chapter 1568 - 828: Pay Television Drama, Copyright Awareness

Even if renowned domestic companies like Penguin Group, Arlibaba Group, and Web Cloud Games offer high salaries to recruit outstanding graduates from Mist City Arts and Science University, Ding Yue would never allow it.

No matter how high they set the annual salary, Ding Yue will always offer slightly more.

Besides, the top graduates from Mist City Arts and Science University’s first graduating class have already been recruited by Ding Yue’s Feiyue Group. This is called talent circulation—cultivating talents yourself means you’ll naturally make use of them yourself.

If they were snatched away by someone else, wouldn’t that be akin to sewing a wedding dress for another?

After chatting with An Yujia for some time, Ding Yue and Yujia unanimously decided that when these big companies arrive at Mist City Arts and Science University for campus recruitment, they would do their best to pitch the students who couldn’t enter Feiyue Group to Penguin Group, Arlibaba Group, and Web Cloud Games.

However, whether they’d be willing to play the fool is another story.

"Miss An, please send this data to the academic office, and once campus recruitment is concluded, release it publicly."

Ding Yue gave An Yujia a couple of instructions.

"Certainly, Principal Ding."

Without hesitation, An Yujia nodded and noted down Principal Ding’s instructions. Once this statistical data is published, it’s bound to astonish many people at how much the graduates from Mist City Arts and Science University are earning at Feiyue Group.

Even the lowest intern salary is as high as three thousand and six hundred yuan—keep in mind, this is just an internship salary!

Many fresh graduates during their internships don’t even receive any "salary" at all; typically, they’re only reimbursed for transportation or meals, and some even end up spending money out of their own pocket.

The internships referred to here aren’t pre-employment probation periods, but actual university internships, which can last as little as two to three months, or as long as up to a year or more.

Meanwhile, at Feiyue Group, the number of employees with a normal monthly salary exceeding ten thousand yuan is astonishingly high. Many earn hundreds of thousands or even millions annually, and there are even quite a few with annual salaries exceeding tens or hundreds of millions.

For college students, this kind of data is undeniably attractive to an extreme degree.

"Principal Ding, there’s another update—the first TV drama we’re launching this year, *The Legend of Fairy Sword*, is set to officially premiere on the Feiyue Home streaming media platform starting tomorrow."

An Yujia reported another work-related update.

*The Legend of Fairy Sword* is a Xianxia TV drama jointly developed by Feiyue Media and the Film Academy of Mist City Arts and Science University, modeled after the version of *The Legend of Fairy Sword* from Ding Yue’s previous life on Earth. The aim was to replicate the original as closely as possible to fill the gap of classic Xianxia dramas in this Parallel World.

"Mm-hmm, so it’s finally premiering—it must’ve been a tough job for the production team. I hope this drama achieves good viewership ratings."

Hearing this, Ding Yue smiled lightly and responded.

"A few days ago, Penguin Video, AiYi Video, and Bilibili all approached us, hoping we could grant them authorization to broadcast *The Legend of Fairy Sword* on their platforms."

An Yujia added.

"It was completely expected. During the New Year’s Eve Gala, the trailer for *The Legend of Fairy Sword* had already generated significant buzz. Penguin Video, AiYi Video, and Bilibili targeting it is perfectly normal."

Ding Yue shrugged and said.

"Exactly. But given our current aim of developing the Feiyue Home streaming media platform, there’s no way we’re granting broadcasting rights to them—it’d only siphon off our viewers."

With a serious tone, An Yujia remarked, "However, Principal Ding, regarding the premiere of *The Legend of Fairy Sword* on Feiyue Home streaming media platform, there’s an internal disagreement. I wonder what your thoughts are on this matter?"

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Ding Yue furrowed his brow slightly and asked, "What’s the disagreement?"

If any internal disputes arise, they must be resolved promptly. Otherwise, if the conflict keeps accumulating over time, it’ll eventually become a powder keg that could explode uncontrollably.

"Here’s the situation,"

An Yujia started explaining the matter in detail: "The debate is about whether *The Legend of Fairy Sword* should be offered for free or as paid content. Right now, both the drama’s production team and the Feiyue Home streaming platform’s operations team have differing opinions, with some arguing that the show should temporarily be free for viewers, akin to previous animated films. This strategy would aim to attract traffic and users, given that the Feiyue Home streaming media platform is still in its growth phase."

"While another group of people doesn’t want to see their hard work yield no returns, right?"

Calmly, Ding Yue asked.

Having listened to An Yujia’s explanation, Ding Yue quickly deduced the so-called disagreement—it was evidently about the tension between free and paid content. Both sides have understandable concerns, which is entirely natural.

"Correct."

Nodding, An Yujia replied, "It mainly stems from the drama production team, which is reluctant to make their meticulously crafted TV drama available for free."

"Since *The Legend of Fairy Sword* isn’t airing on television but exclusively on our Feiyue Home streaming media platform, the decision between free and paid content lies solely with us. The production team’s concerns are understandable. Moreover, Miss An, what’s our ultimate goal in building the Feiyue Home streaming media platform?"