Free Web NovelChapter 1103: Chapter 315: Boss’s Message, Three Directions
But after possessing such immense strength and confidence, having reached the pinnacle of an assassin, taking lives as easily as reaching into one’s pocket, would someone willingly become a mere tool? Li Yan wanted to retire, to live an ordinary life, and he thought this decision was for him to make alone, not one requiring someone else’s approval!
For years, he couldn’t count how many times he’d thought of what he would say if he met the boss, what his reaction would be, what questions he would want to ask, or what requests he might make.
But now, the opportunity for dialogue had arrived, yet Li Yan felt a bit lost. Perhaps... this presence, like a curse, was both his goal and motivation. Once face-to-face, would there really be happiness without that mysterious pressure?
"Ha... why think about these things? I haven’t met him yet, have I? Even if I meet him, he might not be willing to let me go easily. He might even be extremely displeased with such provocation, potentially leading to conflict, which would be troublesome."
Li Yan secretly mocked himself and dismissed these thoughts, deciding to let things take their own course!
After deleting the first message, he frowned a bit while deleting the second one.
The first part was easy to understand, but what did the latter part mean? ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
"You have a little trouble yourself now, sort it out first."
What little trouble do I have? Everything seems so smooth now... Li Yan quickly contemplated. He didn’t think these were meaningless words. Even the third one wouldn’t joke nonsensically, let alone the boss who finally initiated a conversation.
To catch ’his’ attention and have ’him’ issue a reminder, even something considered a ’small trouble’ must be quite significant to an average person!
Could it be something from Liguo?
Impossible. Even if that assassin organization is powerful, it wouldn’t cause much trouble for ’their’ organization, and he hasn’t shown any intention to intervene, which shouldn’t attract the boss’s attention.
Li Yan closed his eyes, reflecting on various matters since the New Year and soon had an insight.
Is it this matter?
It might be a bit of trouble... but if needed, it can be easily resolved!
...
When Li Yan returned to the conference room, the discussion was still lively, but he no longer felt like listening. He instructed everyone to conduct a more in-depth investigation based on their directions, using data to support their suggestions.
As he was concluding the meeting, Qiao Pan indicated he had something more to say.
The company’s current staff wasn’t large. Most had joined during the company’s preparatory stage before Li Yan became the manager. They had been recruited by him, including only Zeng Zixi who was studying marketing, and then Qiao Pan who had recently joined. Although there hadn’t been much time to form cliques, and no one was dissatisfied with him, rendering concerns about factions irrelevant, Qiao Pan was undoubtedly a truly qualified figure within the industry. Compared to him, others were somewhat theoretical or superficial.
Hence, Li Yan naturally paid more attention to his opinions and suggestions.
"I have two suggestions. The first is about DVD copyrights. Though considering the current piracy situation domestically, the benefits from this are negligible, even the tiniest profit is still a gain, so if it can be sold, it should be."
"Of course, as some viewers find it inconvenient to watch movies due to time and location, there will still be people buying genuine discs, it’s just a question of how many." Li Yan nodded.
"Here, I must apologize to Mr. Li and all my colleagues." Qiao Pan stood up and bowed to everyone.
Amidst everyone’s puzzled looks, he began to explain: "Actually, after our movie’s press conference, some audiovisual product companies contacted the crew to discuss the purchase of DVD rights. After all, with so many stars involved, there was certainly a market, aside from audience interest, with fans buying for collections too. But at that time, I refused to discuss further, citing the film’s incompletion state. When the movie was completed, in a rush for post-production and preparing for release, several companies contacted me again for the rights. But I tactfully declined again..."
"Why?" It wasn’t Li Yan, but Jiang Xueyin who eagerly asked this question.
Being in charge of finance, she truly didn’t understand why Qiao Pan would turn down such revenue opportunities. Unlike box office revenue, with copyrights, the general audience’s ticket purchase income, after deducting taxes and Yun Country’s 5% film fund, cinema chains take at least half the revenue. Distributors only get a few percents, and the production company typically gets between 38% and 43%. Roughly calculated, 40% return would be fortunate. But with copyright deals, it’s usually a buyout, unrelated to sales volume, whether it’s 500,000, 1 million, or more, it’s all net profit.
Although the current box office had already yielded significant profits, as Qiao Pan himself said, even the tiniest profit is still a gain!
Seeing everyone’s confused expressions, Qiao Pan smiled wryly: "If I had sold it then, maybe we wouldn’t have achieved this box office success now! Middle to small-investment films, owing to box office pressure, often try to sell various rights to cover costs, and DVD companies, having spent money, need to compete for customers, usually rushing to market their product. With genuine DVDs released just after the movie premieres, bootlegs follow immediately, and clear version DVDs are available online for download—a fatal blow for romantic films not relying heavily on visual effects! Apart from dating couples, many moviegoers would choose to download and watch instead."
