I started out as a criminal, and the police relied on me to solve countless cases.

Chapter 181 Open the Door
Qingwen Media is a newly registered small company and has so far only promoted one movie, "The Third Squadron".

The original market expectations were quite pessimistic.

After all, this industry still operates according to the most primitive relational logic.

A fledgling new director and a newly established media company.

Logically, no platform is willing to spend money to buy copyrights.

This has nothing to do with the quality of the film, it has everything to do with the relationship.

No matter how much money Lin Leqing is willing to spend, it is impossible for him to build his own platform and play movies on his own platform.

Without a platform to broadcast the film, advertisers don’t even have a channel to place advertisements, so how can the film make money?

Lin Leqing, the boss of the company, has been bombarding the phones of the people in charge of purchasing movies on various platforms these days.

As a result, everyone's response was surprisingly consistent: there was no cooperative relationship between the two parties and no purchase would be made.

Even offering high rebates to the purchasing manager was useless and was rejected righteously. He even claimed that he would report Qingwen Media for illegal advertising.

Lin Leqing was so anxious that his gums became inflamed and he had been drinking porridge for two days in a row.

But even so, she didn't call Jiang Hanwen.

Although Jiang Hanwen had already told her that it didn't matter if it couldn't be sold, they could just cut the movie into slices and put them on Tik Tok to earn some traffic money and promote sales. Although they wouldn't make any money, they wouldn't lose too much either.

Tell her not to have too much pressure, this business is complicated and not easy to navigate.

Jiang Hanwen never thought of making a big move at once, breaking into the film market in one go, and gaining a foothold.

This is different from the movie Memories of Murder that was filmed in the cold country.

That movie had access to top resources from Samsung Entertainment, as well as endorsements from Samsung Group-related consortiums, underground forces, the Han country police, and even government departments.

With the combined efforts of multiple parties, it is hard not to be popular.

And now what about this "Third Squadron"?

Jiang Hanwen doesn’t know any big names in the circles in Beijing and Shanghai, and he has no connection with the powerful figures in the capital, publicity and platform sectors at all.

Jiang Hanwen is no rookie. He has risen from an extra in the entertainment industry to an award-winning actor. He has a clear understanding of the working logic, operating rules and unspoken rules of the circle.

Want to pay respect to the mountain? There is no door.

In this case, it is nothing but a pipe dream to find a platform willing to pay for the movies produced by Jiang Hanwen Studio.

The platform, the investors and the filming parties are all strongly bound together, and outsiders cannot interfere with the transactions between them.

Newcomers to the industry must pay tribute, but the key is that not everyone is qualified to pay this tribute. If you don’t have anyone to recommend you, you can’t even get in.

It has been a week since the filming was completed.

Sun Xiaoyi has completed the film editing. With the help of Lao Zhao, he found a local studio in Chuncheng to complete the post-production of the film. Three versions of the trailer were released consecutively.

The popularity remains high and has been dominating the hot searches on major platforms. There have been several hot discussions about the prototype of the case on a certain website.

This left the entire crew confused. Qingwen Entertainment clearly did not spend any money to buy hot searches, so why was the traffic so huge? It was really strange.

Jiang Hanwen and Sun Xiaoyi were sitting in front of the computer, cutting the entire movie into small segments at appropriate places as Jiang Hanwen instructed, trying their best to ensure that it did not affect the movie-watching experience.

Lin Leqing's message came.

"Brother Hanwen, good news! The film has been sold. Several video platforms agreed to sell it almost at the same time, and they all offered high prices. Even the toilet station called to inquire about cooperating in the production of a detective variety show."

On the other end of the phone, Lin Leqing could not hide his excitement. After all, the sudden turn of events took place like this and he was able to escape from a desperate situation. It was really unexpected.

Although Qingwen Media is not short of money, the copyright marketing this time is full of difficulties, which is much more difficult than she imagined.

In his opinion, the quality of the film is high, so there is no shortage of buyers.
"My Mr. Lin, I've already said that we don't plan to make money from this film. We are newcomers in this circle and it's not easy to get in. All the platforms have refused to cooperate before, and now they have suddenly turned 180 degrees, and at the same time. It's hard to say if there is any fishy thing going on here." Jiang Hanwen was not that excited.

He should be happy that the film was sold, but after decades of experience in the entertainment industry, Jiang Hanwen is very familiar with those big guys who control resources.

How could he let go for no reason?

The eldest brother is unhappy and he will ban whoever he wants. His words are more effective than those of the broadcaster.

Jiang Hanwen just couldn't believe it. These video platforms changed their nature at the same time and dared to go against their big brother.

This is totally impossible. Maybe there is something fishy in the contract.

"Brother Hanwen, I know what you are worried about. I have read the contracts of several companies and there is no problem. Moreover, they took the initiative to recommend the endorsement merchants. They are still very conscientious."

Lin Leqing knew Jiang Hanwen's concerns; she had seen many cases of problems with contracts.

So this time we were extra careful and asked the Lin Group’s legal team to review every clause to make sure there were no problems.

"Lin Leqing, I told you, we won't sell it."

"Brother Hanwen, why don't you make money? If there is no problem with the contract, you should sign it."

Jiang Hanwen sighed. Lin Leqing was a good woman in every way, except that her strong personality was too difficult to deal with.

He is used to working on real estate projects, likes to take on too much responsibility, make decisions arbitrarily, and refuses to listen to other people's opinions. He thinks that the film industry also practices high turnover, and he must make money as long as it is available, otherwise he will not give up.

If she continues to act on her own will, Jiang Hanwen can only take the initiative to terminate the cooperation with Qingwen Entertainment.

At worst, we can just treat this as a collection of short videos. The company’s income is sufficient and we can afford the loss.

Moreover, this decision was made for Lin Leqing's own good. He didn't want Mr. Xiao Lin's company to be ruined by its first order.

Jiang Hanwen organized his words and was about to speak.

I received a WeChat message on my mobile phone.

Liu Mingyang?
Why did this guy suddenly send me a message? He wants to be a wingman for Lao Zhu and trick me into doing hard labor?
Jiang Hanwen clicked on it and saw dozens of pictures, all of which were of the company's office area.
Basically every picture shows a pile of mobile phones and computers, and a group of people squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands.

Not only are there a lot of people, but the photos were also taken in different locations.

The following is a voice message from Liu Mingyang.

"Brother Jiang, let me report two things to you first."

"First, I have been transferred from the Office of the Public Security Bureau and now serve as the spokesperson for the Publicity Center of the Public Security Bureau. Haha, but don't worry, I still have the job with Director Zhu. As long as you come to Beijing, I will definitely go back to the Office of the Public Security Bureau and serve Brother Jiang!"

"The second thing is that the Chaoyang District police cracked down on a major online rumor-mongering case, a malicious traffic-boosting case, and banned seven water army companies. They arrested more than 800 people involved in the case and destroyed a network that claimed to command 80 million water army soldiers. These companies have many customers behind the scenes, and we are still sorting them out."

Jiang Hanwen was confused.

"It's a great thing that you got promoted. I'll give you a red envelope later, but what does arresting a pirate have to do with me?"

Liu Mingyang immediately sent over a long list of screenshots of communication records.

Jiang Hanwen looked at a few pictures, shook his head and smiled bitterly.

These guys really have good intentions. To be able to do this, they must have spent a lot of money on traffic for several days.

Liu Mingyang: "Brother Jiang, these bastards are not only bad, but also stupid. They really treat the Internet police as police officers."

"I don't want to ask around. What is the weight of the three names Jiang Hanwen in the police force? Spreading rumors about you? Tricking you? Do you think the Internet police of the country are just there to eat dry food? This is simply lighting a lamp in a toilet. It's courting death!"

"Well, they hit a wall. The police came directly and busted the place."

(End of this chapter)