HuaYu: Starting with Photography to Navigate the Entertainment Industry

Xu Lang was filled with curiosity about Yang Mi.

After all, she is a top-tier fox-like beauty, the leading actress among the post-85 generation.

In this era of entertainment, Yang Mi is indispensable.

With her by his side, Xu Lang was filled with anticipation for his trip to Changsha.

But look at the other people on the list: Liu Yifei, An Yixuan, Qin Feifei, Changsha Na, Yang Ying, and Zhang Liangying, who is also going to sing.

"Well..."

Xu Lang couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

These girls all had varying degrees of ambiguous relationships with him, and now they've all come together.

"This is difficult!"

Is this going to turn into a chaotic battleground?

Xu Lang pondered for a moment, but couldn't come up with a good solution, so he simply shook his head.

"Anyway, I haven't officially had a girlfriend. Whether it's a casual fling or something more, I don't care!"

After leaving the office, Xu Lang found the staff below, handed them the list, and asked them to notify and make arrangements.

He, on the other hand, became a hands-off manager and went home to pay the outstanding amount.

12 month 20 number.

Xu Lang was woken up by a phone call before nine o'clock in the morning.

He rubbed his eyes, picked up his phone, and saw that it was Yang Ying calling. He swallowed the curse that was about to come out.

He was still a little reluctant to part with his precious child.

Moreover, he felt a little reluctant to leave Yang Ying alone in Changsha this time.

"Hey, what's up?"

Xu Lang patiently asked.

"Is there anyone next to you?"

Yang Ying asked cautiously.

"Um?"

Her question filled Xu Lang with doubt, and he was no longer sleepy. He sat up straight and urged her to answer:

"What happened?"

"It's nothing, I was just checking up on things."

"Pfft~~~!"

Xu Lang was so angry at Yang Ying's words that he almost fainted. All the pent-up anger he had been holding in exploded at once.

"Yang Tianbao, you little hussy, your butt's itching again, aren't it? Checking up on me? Checking your head off, you big dummy! Just you wait, I'll deal with you when I get there."

Yang Ying paid no attention to Xu Lang's roar, and instead said with a smile:

"Look, you're more energetic now, aren't you? You're not sleepy anymore."

Brother Lang, I have some good news for you:

My boyfriend is online!

"oh oh!"

Looking at the date, it's already the 20th. There are only about ten days left until the Christmas and New Year holidays. It's definitely time for Ito-Yokado's GG to be released.

"You saw it? How was the result?"

"Is that even a question? Don't you know who I am?"

Yang Ying spoke smugly, while Xu Lang was also very interested in the matter.

After all, he was counting on Yang Ying to make money by taking on male-male relationships.

Of the artists under his studio, only Yang Ying currently has the ability to accept GG (Girls' Love) offers.

The others, while having good qualifications, are looking for a decent male partner.

difficult!

After bantering with Yang Ying for a while, Xu Lang hung up the phone. While brushing his teeth and washing his face, he pondered:

Now, let's talk about career development?

It will definitely go smoothly.

After all, all the female artists under their management have roles to play, and they are all quite good ones.

but. . .

The development of this business, however, has been well-received but not commercially successful.

It's not making any money!

Apart from An Yixuan, who has some fame, the others are all newcomers.

For each TV series, the pay is only 100,000 to 200,000 yuan.

The highest price was paid by An Yixuan, because he was involved in many sub-series of "The Little Fish and the Flower Without Flaws". He was paid 2 yuan per episode, totaling 60 yuan for 30 episodes.

After deducting personal income tax, the remaining amount is around 60 yuan out of the original 50,

According to the revenue sharing ratio of Xu Lang's studio, he can only get about 15 yuan.

It may seem like a lot, but for Xu Lang, who wants to achieve great things, it's far from enough.

Moreover, his expenses are also high.

Yesterday, Mao Jian and Jiang Wei gave him an expense report on the cost of configuring the website's server room and servers, saying it would cost 10 yuan.

As a result, after reviewing the configuration, Xu Lang directly upgraded the original configuration, bringing the cost up to 50 yuan.

Upon seeing this number, Mao Jian and Jiang Wei were both stunned, and kept trying to persuade Xu Lang.

"Third brother, we really don't need that much!"

"Yes, there's no need!"

Xu Lang could understand why the two were hesitant to spend money, but he also knew that these people couldn't possibly imagine the immense popularity of the 2005 Super Girl competition.

"I require this website to be able to handle 10000 concurrent users!"

Upon hearing this number, Mao Jian and Jiang Wei were immediately stunned.

To be honest, the two of them hadn't really taken the number of people online at the same time seriously before.

But they've learned a bit about running servers recently.

Jiang Wei touched Xu Lang's forehead and asked:

"Third brother, are you having hysteria?"

Mao Jian echoed:

"A top-tier portal website like Sina can only handle 8000 to 12000 people at a time (excluding image-based and text-based interactions). Why would you want to handle 10000 people?"

"Aren't you sick?"

After being told this by the two, Xu Lang had no way to explain, so he could only pat his chest and pretend to be a big shot.

"I'm rich, so I want the best. You two, stop talking nonsense and just do it this way."

After saying that, he didn't forget to give some instructions.

"Remember, this isn't text-based interaction; it needs to be able to load high-resolution images."

The difference between pictures and text is huge.

After the two left, Xu Lang felt helpless.

It wasn't that he had money to burn, but rather that he had no choice but to do so.

In October, when we signed the contract with Hunan TV and Tianyu Media, there was a clause in the contract that required us to be able to handle a large number of users' access.

If even this requirement cannot be met, then Xu Lang should quit.

But this really costs money.

Besides the hardware costs, renting and building a server room also adds up to a significant amount.

After it's started, you'll need to hire someone to maintain it, which will cost money.

And none of them are cheap!

After washing up, Xu Lang went out to hail a taxi to the airport, preparing to depart for Changsha.

Sitting in the taxi, he was still calculating his money:

In the past two months, a total of 55,000 copies of the photo album were sold, with a net profit of 17.5 yuan per copy.

The income from the photo album was 96.

Of this, 30% went to the models, 30% to Kimi, the channel manager, and 40% to Xu Lang.

The actual amount received was around 40.

Adding the 30 yuan he had previously invested, he had a total of just over 70 yuan after getting it back.

The money for other artists hasn't arrived yet, even if it had.

He can also get two or three hundred thousand.

He spends money extravagantly on things like renting rooms and hotels; his money really doesn't last long.

"We still need to find a way to make money!"

Xu Lang had to adjust the direction of his efforts.

Thinking of this, he recalled the bet he had made with Cai Yinong regarding the distribution of "Chinese Paladin," with a profit of over 27 yuan per episode and a 55% split.

This time, thanks to the previous agreement with Hunan TV, if the show can be broadcast on satellite TV, Xu Lang will make a lot of money.

Starting at a million!

After all, with 38 episodes, even if each episode only pays 5, that's still 190 million.

However, the release of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" has far exceeded expectations, but the price is 5 yuan higher than the asking price, which Xu Lang cannot accept.

"Why can't it be doubled!"

If the issue price doubles, Xu Lang will receive more than three to five million yuan.

"It's worth the extra effort for this goal!"

Thinking about it this way, Xu Lang suddenly didn't find the business trip troublesome anymore.

At around 10:30 a.m., Xu Lang arrived at the Capital Airport.

As soon as I got off the bus, I saw several pretty figures standing at the domestic departure gate. They were Liu Yifei, An Yixuan, and the little girl Liu Pinyan.

"Hi!"

Xu Lang waved enthusiastically to the three of them.

As a result, Liu Yifei and An Yixuan acted as if they didn't see him and ignored him.

Only Liu Pinyan waved to him, smiled, and sweetly called out:

"Brother Lang."

"Xiao Yan is still the best!"

Xu Lang walked up to the three of them and began talking to Liu Pinyan on his own, while also thinking to himself:

"Have Liu Yifei and An Yixuan conspired together?"

He thought this to himself, but he also knew why the two of them were ignoring him:

An Yixuan is definitely still upset with me because of what happened with Xu Qianyuan before;

Liu Yifei must have been warned by Liu Xiaoli or Chen Jinfei to stay away from her.

"Hmph, if you don't want to talk to me, I don't want to talk to you either!"

As Xu Lang was thinking, he heard the voice of a Beijing girl behind him.

"Xu Lang, it's you! It really is you! Thank goodness!"