Pei Qian noticed that Zhu Xiaocai’s backpack contained many copies of contracts, which were probably meant to be signed by everyone in the company who would receive a performance fee.

Pei Qian initially thought this might be making a mountain out of a molehill.

But on second thought, strictly following procedures wasn’t a problem.

Now that Huang Sibo had received the 1 million yuan, he would certainly want to keep clear accounts of every expense. Signing contracts with actors and determining compensation was reasonable and appropriate.

However…

Pei Qian hadn’t expected Zhu Xiaocai to arrive with contracts ready.

Company name: Fei Huang Studio.

This name was chosen by Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaocai. The studio’s name contained Huang Sibo’s surname and paid homage to Tenda Group.

Pei Qian almost slapped his thigh and shouted, “Great!”

This name was truly…

Exactly what he wanted!

Fei Huang Studio was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tenda Network Technology Co., Ltd. Theoretically, it should remit all profits to the parent company, though the specific profit distribution hadn’t been discussed yet, and Pei Qian didn’t care about that.

He hoped this subsidiary would lose money every month!

Opening the contract, Pei Qian’s eyes quickly searched for the name of this short video series first!

“Mr. Pei’s Daily Life.”

Pei Qian breathed a sigh of relief.

Phew, as long as it wasn’t “Never Expected”…

There was no description of the script content, since Zhu Xiaocai and Huang Sibo hadn’t decided exactly how to shoot it, and the script hadn’t been written yet.

The contract stipulated that the director had complete creative autonomy, and the actors had to cooperate unconditionally and fulfill the director’s requirements.

Of course, the director couldn’t make unreasonable or excessive demands.

The performance fee was 1,000 yuan per episode, divided into 3 seasons, totaling 30 episodes.

Finally, the contract established liability for breach: if either the director or actor breached the contract, they would be liable for three times the fee.

This breach of contract clause was a standard provision in normal contracts, and all actors’ contracts contained the same terms.

Pei Qian didn’t pay much attention to this. He had no plans to breach the contract, and each episode of this short film was only 1 minute long. All 30 episodes together were just 30 minutes—what was there to breach with such a small workload?

After signing the contract.

“Good, we won’t disturb Mr. Pei’s work anymore. We’ll go back and immediately develop the script, and come back when we’re ready to start shooting!”

Zhu Xiaocai and Huang Sibo left the meeting room and continued to find others to sign contracts.

Many people in the company would appear on screen, and if they couldn’t find suitable characters, they would need to recruit extras from outside. All of these people would receive compensation and sign contracts.

Pei Qian sat in the meeting room drinking tea, suddenly feeling that life had become beautiful.

The system is being quite accommodating to me!

Taking on a side job, and suddenly, 30,000 yuan would be credited to his account, and the system couldn’t interfere!

Of course, Pei Qian’s behavior could be said to be exploiting a loophole in the system to some extent, but from another perspective, it could also be seen as the system showing leniency and not destroying him!

Although the 30,000 yuan performance fee wasn’t much, it was still important extra income!

Pei Qian had struggled so hard to spend money in the previous cycle, and had only managed to convert 20,000 yuan. These 30,000 yuan were quite attractive!

Moreover, now that he had started this practice, could Pei Qian continue such clever operations in the future?

Could he someday enjoy an astronomical performance fee?

Hmm… of course, this had to be within the system’s rules.

Pei Qian couldn’t help but start dreaming.

…

…

After leaving Shenhua Luxury View, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaocai went to Huang Sibo’s residence.

Although they had received 1 million yuan in investment, Huang Sibo still planned to be economical and spend money where it mattered most. He certainly wouldn’t be so extravagant as to rent office space.

He planned to set up two or three computers in the living room of his rented apartment for editing and publishing videos. This arrangement would suffice during the initial phase.

Once the videos became popular and they secured advertising deals, they could consider office space matters later.

“With Mr. Pei’s strong support, I believe this project will succeed. However… we need to finalize the script,” said Zhu Xiaocai.

Huang Sibo nodded. “Yes, we need to decide on the script.”

…

The two originally didn’t have any special ideas. Given their limited investment and lack of connections and resources for large productions, they could only focus on short videos.

Short videos could cover many subjects, but after considering various options, they couldn’t think of anything particularly outstanding.

Finally, Huang Sibo suddenly hit his forehead as an idea came to him.

Film Mr. Pei!

As the saying goes, art originates from life but rises above it. To create good work, they needed material from real life.

Huang Sibo naturally thought of Mr. Pei!

Mr. Pei’s success had such a legendary quality to it. If made into short videos, even if they didn’t become wildly popular, at least netizens would know that such an amazing boss existed in the world!

When Huang Sibo shared this idea with Zhu Xiaocai, Zhu immediately agreed.

He thought there was potential!

What is the daily work of a game developer like?

What is the daily life of a boss earning millions per month like?

And what if, coincidentally, he was also extremely generous to his employees and an extraordinarily good boss?

Viewers would want to see that!

So the two quickly agreed: film Mr. Pei!

However, when it came to actually writing the script, they both scratched their heads.

As Zhu Xiaocai said, making short videos requires skill.

A straightforward narrative that completely followed the actual situation, ultimately becoming something like a documentary, would not be interesting.

It would also be seen by viewers as a hard advertisement produced by Tenda, which would inevitably have poor results and might even attract criticism.

Finding an entry point—a highlight for the short video—was the most important thing!

The two frowned deeply, racking their brains.

After thinking for two hours and proposing several schemes, all were rejected.

Not outstanding!

Not original!

Definitely wouldn’t work.

Huang Sibo pondered extensively.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration hit him!

Earlier, Mr. Pei had called him and asked if the name of this video was “XXXXX” or something.

Five characters, exactly what they were, Huang Sibo had somewhat forgotten.

Why would Mr. Pei specifically ask such a question?

Could it be… some kind of hint?

But… what exactly had Mr. Pei asked about…

Huang Sibo paced back and forth in the room, trying hard to remember.

“I’ve got it! Mr. Pei said ‘Never Expected!” Huang Sibo exclaimed excitedly.

Zhu Xiaocai was somewhat confused. “‘Never Expected’?”

“Yes, that’s exactly what Mr. Pei said at the time, absolutely no mistake!” Huang Sibo asserted confidently.

Zhu Xiaocai stroked his barely stubbled chin. “But, we’ve already decided on the name for our video.”

“It doesn’t matter. We can keep the current name. The key is the concept! The concept is the most important thing!” Huang Sibo felt suddenly enlightened.

Zhu Xiaocai thought for a moment and suddenly realized, “I see! I was wondering what our original concept was lacking—it was missing a twist!”

“Straightforward narration, shooting it like a documentary, wouldn’t leverage the advantages of short videos at all.”

“To make a lasting impression on viewers in just one minute, we need the unexpected, we need a twist!”

“Now that we have the general direction, next comes refinement! Create the copy, add punchlines, highlight Mr. Pei’s image, while incorporating the twist!”

“And add some satire and dark humor while we’re at it!”

Zhu Xiaocai was suddenly flooded with creative ideas. The entire approach for the short video had been completely sorted out!

Even the script for the first episode came together naturally!