Chapter 122 - Isnt This the Mirror Image of the B-Site?! (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

The moment Game Designer’s sales broke through three hundred thousand, he felt like this game was beginning to make profits. If its sales kept increasing and reached four or five hundred thousand, it could begin earning back the money incurred by Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and the short videos!

To Pei Qian, this was like a bolt from the blue; horrible news! Thus, recently, Pei Qian had been keeping an eye on the sales of Game Designer. He kept praying that the game would not get more popular than it already was.

Given the current situation, Pei Qian could not do anything more. The game was already out. Changing the game into rubbish maliciously was considered a violation. As for making cheap shots and causing commotions… gamers would probably think this was just another form of art.

Pei Qian only had one thought in his mind: he was in a great fix! He had to admit that although Teacher Qiao’s video was full of nonsense, he got one thing right: ‘being misunderstood was the fate of one who expressed ideas’.

As one who was expressing his ideas, Pei Qian was being insanely misunderstood. What’s more, everyone was misunderstanding him! This kind of fate made him want to vomit blood.

Others, on the other hand, were celebrating the conclusion of the third season of Boss Pei’s Daily Life.

“Brother Huang, what are you going to do from now on? Are you going to shoot the fourth season?” Lu Mingliang asked expectantly. He was hooked on acting as an intern in the series. He really wanted to continue acting in more episodes.

Huang Sibo smiled and said, “We’re not sure yet. However, according to the benefits Aili Island gave us in the contract, we should be able to recover all the money we poured into the previous seasons. We might even be able to profit.

“Since we have already proven the IP value of Boss Pei’s Daily Life, we have two main options to consider: we can either continue investing in this IP or look for a new direction. Of course, before we get back to work, we plan to take two weeks off. We have been working extra hard during this period. Everyone must be tired.”

The more Pei Qian heard, the more he felt like something was amiss.

What was going on?

According to the benefits Aili Island gave them in the contract, they should be able to recover all the money they poured into the previous seasons? They might even be able to profit?

These words were another bolt from the blue. Pei Qian was instantly stunned.

They had poured more than a million yuan into the previous seasons! They did not accept a single sponsored partnership. How could they earn all of it back? Even if this small website had an incentive plan, they could not possibly earn so much in such a short time!

“You guys didn’t accept any low-end sponsored partnerships, did you?” Pei Qian suddenly became wary.

Huang Sibo smiled. “We didn’t, Boss Pei. I told you before that Aili Island has an incentive plan for video creation. This is what makes it different from Potato Web.”

“An incentive plan… ten thousand clicks would amount to about fifteen to thirty yuan, right?” Pei Qian asked, becoming more confused.

The incentive plan was targeted at the whole internet. This meant that the price tag could not be too high. Ordinarily, ten thousand clicks would earn fifteen to thirty yuan. Videos with a million clicks would earn about two thousand yuan.

Of course, some websites’ incentive plans would weigh this price tag according to the total number of clicks the video got. For example, videos that had more than a million clicks, two million clicks, and three million clicks… all were paid differently for every ten thousand clicks. Still, they would not be paid an excessive amount.

Since Boss Pei’s Daily Life had only ten episodes per season, they would likely earn thirty to fifty thousand yuan at most. They could not possibly earn more than that.

No matter how Pei Qian calculated in his head, he could not figure out how the one million yuan would be recovered!

Huang Sibo smiled slightly and shook his head, explaining everything to Pei Qian in detail.

“Boss Pei, there are things you don’t understand. The incentive plan is targeted at all content creators. However, taking into consideration the amount of influence Boss Pei’s Daily Life has online, we negotiated better terms with Aili Island. The capacity we have is no longer that of an ordinary content creator.

“For the sake of marketing itself, Aili Island offered a sum of money to purchase exclusive broadcasting rights of Boss Pei’s Daily Life. The way they agreed to split the profits in this regard was extremely generous as well.

“The upper management of Aili Island thinks that short videos like these represent the future of video content. The show has good prospects. That’s why they made an exception and increased our grade from B to A.

“According to the rules—if a single account clicks on a single episode of an A-grade series and watches the video for more than six minutes, it would be viewed as a valid click. A valid click would earn about 0.4 yuan!