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Chapter 204: Shocked by Shen Dong’s Charisma_1

Chapter 204: Chapter 204: Shocked by Shen Dong’s Charisma_1

A few days later, Shen Dong received a call from Lu Xingzhou, the general manager of Lixing Copyright Company.

He said that he had already spent all the money and had acquired a batch of copyrights for film, animation, novels, and other works.

Lixing Copyright Company had now become the largest company in the industry.

Shen Dong gave the other party another fifty million and told them to continue spending money on acquisitions.

That afternoon, Shen Dong, Zhou Chengyu, and Wan Pengfei drove to Hang City.

Their trip to Hang City was to attend the launch ceremony for "I Am Not a Pharmacist."

As investors, they all needed to be there.

Originally, Shen Dong planned to bring Chen Yuyan along, but she said that today was Su Qingyu’s birthday, and she wanted to attend the birthday party.

The main creative team of "I Am Not a Pharmacist" was staying at the Hang City Grand Hotel.

When the trio arrived, they found Wang Xiaocong, Xu Zheng, and Zhu Zhiyong already waiting at the entrance.

After meeting, they exchanged brief pleasantries before heading out to dinner.

Wang Xiaocong seemed to be well-acquainted with Hang City, leading everyone to a private restaurant.

The food was quite good.

During the meal, Xu Zheng toasted each person.

Although he also had a ten percent investment in "I Am Not a Pharmacist" and was considered one of the investors, he knew that he was the least capable among this group of people.

He felt it was crucial to show the right attitude.

Especially towards Shen Dong, Xu Zheng was incessant in expressing his gratitude.

He thanked Shen Dong for choosing him as the director and lead actor of "I Am Not a Pharmacist," specially dedicating three toasts to Shen Dong.

Flushed with the glow of alcohol, and with his characteristic shiny bald head, he was particularly eye-catching.

After the meal, Xu Zheng and Zhu Zhiyong went back to rest.

Wang Xiaocong then took Shen Dong and the others to a teahouse, claiming that the tea here was unparalleled in Hang City and even the locals would sing praises of it.

Many tycoons enjoyed coming here for tea, and by chance one could run into the bigwigs frequently featured in business news.

Unfortunately, today they didn’t spot any famous business magnates.

"How is it, nice, isn’t it?"

Wang Xiaocong personally brewed the tea, showcasing his tea-making skills as he poured a cup for each person and then, somewhat proudly, asked for their opinions.

"Not bad."

"Tasty."

"Indeed, it’s good."

The three from Shen Dong’s group all nodded, with rather impoverished vocabularies for complimenting the tea.

"Can’t you guys say something a bit nicer? Something like ’leaves a lingering fragrance on the lips’ would do," Wang Xiaocong said, a bit exasperated.

"Mr. Wang, you’re making it tough for me. I don’t know about Shen Dong and Mr. Wan, but I certainly have no expertise in tea appreciation. You’re asking me to use those phrases; I really can’t do it," Zhou Chengyu said with a laugh.

"I haven’t studied it either. No choice, I can only use ’not bad’ and ’tasty’ to express myself," Wan Pengfei said with a wry smile.

Then, the three of them all looked towards Shen Dong.

Shaking his head, Shen Dong said, "Don’t look at me. I used to be too busy making a living to have a chance to enjoy tea. Drinking tea here once would cost me two months’ salary."

"Alright then," Wei Haoran said, looking quite helpless.

With no one being a connoisseur, what else could he say?

Indeed, there were hardly any young people these days with a deep understanding of tea.

In fact, he had studied tea ceremony out of necessity as well.

Otherwise, sometimes when he followed his dad to meet some business tycoons, and during those moments of tea-drinking, when others asked him how the tea was, he couldn’t comment, which was quite embarrassing.

He didn’t mind it, mainly because he didn’t want to embarrass his dad.

After some casual conversation, Wang Xiaocong said, "Shen Dong, have you come across any money-making projects recently?"

He asked casually, but Shen Dong’s response made his eyes light up.

All he heard was Shen Dong saying, "I have indeed spotted a way to make money recently. I feel like it could be profitable, but as for when it will start making money, that’s unknown."

"Hurry up and tell us," Wang Xiaocong urged, spiritedly.

Zhou Chengyu and Wan Pengfei’s eyes also lit up as they looked at Shen Dong.

"I’ve previously acquired a copyright company, amassing a large collection of copyrights for movies, animation, novels, music, and so on. I think it can be a profitable venture," Shen Dong explained.

Wang Xiaocong and the others were stunned, finding it quite unexpected.

Piracy is too rampant now.

The value of copyrights for movies, animation, music, and so forth is very low.

Stockpiling copyrights for movies, animation, music, and so on is almost profitless.

They naturally didn’t think Shen Dong was foolish.

The three exchanged a glance, quickly coming to a realization.

Wang Xiaocong said, "Do you think the country will crack down on piracy, changing the current situation? You’re stockpiling them, waiting for action from the authorities?"

"Yes," Shen Dong nodded, "I believe the rampant piracy severely dampens creators’ enthusiasm, and it is unsustainable. If allowed to continue like this, related industries won’t develop. I judge that the authorities will definitely take action. Stockpiling copyrights now, when the authorities do act, the profits will be extremely high. It’s just that I don’t know when the authorities will take action. If you want to invest in this, think it over carefully."

Hearing Shen Dong’s words, Wang Xiaocong and the others fell silent.

Theoretically, it indeed made sense, but no one knew when the country would take action.

If they spent money to acquire a copyright company and bought a massive amount of copyrights, and the authorities delayed their action, the company would need to keep investing to maintain normal operations.

That could be fatal.

Without hope, it’s very hard to keep going.

Over the years, they knew of some copyright companies that couldn’t even pay their employees’ salaries and ended up selling off the company cheaply.

It has to be said, this is a path of high risk and high reward.

"Shen Dong, which copyright company did you acquire?" Zhou Chengyu asked.

"Lixing Copyright Company," Shen Dong replied, "I can give you the lowdown. As of now, I’ve invested 550 million, stockpiling copyrights for movies, animation, music, novels, and so on."

By sharing this, Shen Dong was offering Wang Xiaocong and the others an opportunity to make a large and quick profit.

The day when the authorities take action is fast approaching, and when it comes, the prices of various copyrights will surely skyrocket.

Now, many high-quality works’ copyrights have already been secured by his Lixing Copyright Company. There’s no issue with the three of them getting involved.

Moreover, doing this could also help foster closer relationships with them.

Of course, he couldn’t surely say that the authorities would act in the near future.

This matter couldn’t be discussed.

If Wang Xiaocong and the others had the courage to invest, they would naturally make money.

If they lacked the courage and chose not to invest, they couldn’t blame him for not making a profit.

After all, he had laid out the opportunity and had even shared his own investment. The choice was up to Wang Xiaocong and the others now.

"What, you’ve invested that much?"

Wang Xiaocong and the others exclaimed in astonishment.

They were shocked by Shen Dong’s boldness.

The three of them couldn’t help but admire internally, Shen Dong really dared to gamble.