Chapter 141 Commercial Cooperation

Pei Qian knew that it was time to shoot the next episode.

A total of three episodes had been prepared before the New Year, and all of them had been released.

If he wanted to broadcast the fourth episode within three days, he had to hurry these two days.

However, a show like *Pei Qian's Daily Life* only took a few hours to complete all the work of shooting, editing, and dubbing after the script was written. It was especially suitable for the high-yield-like-a-sow model!

Therefore, there was absolutely no problem in terms of time, and it was even a bit generous.

Pei Qian had no choice. He had signed the contract. Since he couldn't afford the liquidated damages, he would honestly shoot it.

Anyway, it was all a death sentence. Stretching his neck a little longer would reduce the pain.

Soon, the fourth episode was successfully filmed.

Zhu Xiaoce held up the SLR camera and looked at it, making an OK gesture.

"Perfect! President Pei's acting skills are still so online, it's great."

"As expected, a game designer who doesn't want to be a movie emperor is not a good boss!"

"By the way, President Pei, about the video commercial cooperation, Brother Huang asked me to ask you, what do you think..."

Zhu Xiaoce looked at the reception room next to him.

Pei Qian instantly understood that he wanted to talk to him alone.

If it was anything else, Pei Qian would probably wave his hand and let Zhu Xiaoce and Huang Sibao handle it.

But when he heard that it was about commercial cooperation, Pei Qian became energetic.

"Come to the reception room."

Video commercial cooperation was commonly known as getting paid to promote something.

Pei Qian had to care about this!

If Huang Sibao and Zhu Xiaoce didn't mention it, Pei Qian would be embarrassed to ask.

After all, this 1 million was Pei Qian's investment. Before giving it, he said that he would not interfere in anything. Now that the film had been made and it was popular, it would be inappropriate for him to come out and interfere.

That would easily ruin his image.

If people lost heart, the team would be difficult to lead!

But now that Zhu Xiaoce had taken the initiative to mention it, Pei Qian had room to play.

Entering the reception room, Pei Qian listened attentively.

Zhu Xiaoce was slightly excited: "President Pei, our team received the first advertisement the day before yesterday! Ahem, that is to say, we can get paid to promote something!"

"..."

Damn it, that was too fast!

Pei Qian thought that it would take another two or three weeks or even a month to receive a paid advertisement.

As a result, he had received a paid advertisement after only a few days of broadcasting?!

Pei Qian's expression remained calm: "Hmm, what's the quote?"

Zhu Xiaoce said, "It's an advertisement for an online clothing store. They hope we can do a product placement for their new t-shirts."

"We have to arrange for a supporting character to say a slogan and wear their clothes, but I think the audience should be able to understand this. It's not a big problem."

Pei Qian was silent for a moment and asked, "What's the price?"

"Five thousand yuan! That, it's really not much, but this is just the beginning, the first step." Zhu Xiaoce said.

Damn it!

Five thousand for the first paid advertisement???

Pei Qian was a little confused.

That was a lot!

Although Pei Qian didn't have a very clear understanding of the price of paid videos by video up-loaders, he still knew something about it indirectly.

In the general environment of 2010, the vast majority of people looked down on video creators, and even regarded those who made videos for a living as shameful.

Most of the popular up-loaders basically had their own main business, and very few were full-time.

Pei Qian still remembered that he had once watched a video of Ao Changzhang, in which he reviewed the beginning of his paid promotion in 2011 when he had nearly 100,000 views per video and received a paid advertisement from *League of Legends*, thus starting his paid promotion journey.

So, what was the price of the paid video that Ao Changzhang received at that time?

1000 yuan.

Yes, such an important game, such a big company... only 1000 yuan!

Although *Pei Qian's Daily Life* currently had 500,000 views per episode, it had only become popular a few days ago! Who could be sure that the author of this series of videos would not run out of ideas and be buried in the long river of history?

Therefore, the price of five thousand yuan was a reasonable price, and it could even be said to be generous.

Of course, this was considered based on the standard of ordinary individual up-loaders getting paid.

If the IP of the drama series, exclusive broadcasting, and so on were taken into account, it would be a completely different matter.

Pei Qian pondered for a moment.

"My suggestion is... reject it."

Zhu Xiaoce was quite surprised.

The money was invested by President Pei.

President Pei should be more eager than anyone else to recover the cost and make a profit, right?

"I don't quite understand. Please enlighten me, President Pei." Zhu Xiaoce was very modest.

After all, no matter how talented he was, he was just a senior in college.

He still had to listen to President Pei's suggestions.

Pei Qian considered for a moment and said, "The most important thing in starting a business is to have a long-term vision!"

"Indeed, a paid video of five thousand yuan sounds very tempting."

"As long as you do a little product placement in the next episode, you can get five thousand yuan. Where else in the world can you find such a good thing?"

"But you also have to consider that in order to promote this t-shirt, it will either be very awkward or you will need to adjust the plot. Can it still have the original program effect?"

"This is ruining your reputation."

Pei Qian's expression was somewhat pained, as if he had foreseen the result of the reputation collapsing.

"Next time, what if the one who comes to you for paid promotion is a cosmetic, shower gel, or shampoo? How can you play to your best level if you create for the sake of paid promotion?"

"If a big IP is nipped in the bud because of many five thousand yuan, wouldn't that be a greater loss than gain?"

Zhu Xiaoce was shocked.

As expected, President Pei's vision was different!

My focus was on the five thousand yuan.

President Pei's focus was on the IP value of this series of short plays!

This... could this be the difference in vision...

Pei Qian paused and continued earnestly: "You and Huang Sibao must not be stressed!"

"It's just one million yuan. What if you lose all of it?"

"Those are all minor problems!"

"To do big things, you must be selective. Either you become a big hit, or you lose everything and earn a reputation. The stupidest thing is to not earn much money and lose your reputation. Do you understand?"

Zhu Xiaoce nodded sharply: "Okay, President Pei, I understand!"

Pei Qian calmly took a sip of tea and said meaningfully: "In this way, if you are willing to listen to me, you might as well make a paid promotion standard for this series of videos."

"Product placement? Too awkward, don't play that."

"If you want to accept it, accept high-end customization!"

"One hundred thousand yuan for a paid advertisement! But it's not just about asking for a high price. Other video creators do mindless product placement, but you can do high-end customization."

"A short video, from the beginning to the end, revolves around the sponsor's paid product on the premise of ensuring quality and quantity."

"In this way, on the one hand, you can ensure the audience experience, on the other hand, you can ensure the advertising effect, and you can also protect the reputation of the video, killing three birds with one stone."

Zhu Xiaoce looked embarrassed: "But President Pei, this requirement is too high, right? It's not easy for someone to come to us for paid promotion, and we have to complete the video with guaranteed quality and quantity around this product. This..."

Pei Qian shook his head gently, sipped his tea, and looked at Zhu Xiaoce with trust in his eyes: "I believe in your talent, and you must also believe in yourself."

Zhu Xiaoce opened his mouth, but said nothing.

President Pei's eyes had already explained everything!

"Okay, President Pei, I understand!" Zhu Xiaoce nodded heavily.