God of Sprint

Chapter 566: The Cunning Ma Huatong

The next morning, Zhao Yun got up early and had dinner with the three women, then took Nini and Lee Ji-eun to Mango TV.

Zhao Yun first discussed with Mango TV the details of recording a sports variety show that they had discussed during their previous dinner.

The two sides negotiated tit-for-tat over the contents of the contract. In the end, they decided to create a variety show called "Champions Are Coming", with Zhao Yun inviting athletes and Mango TV hosting the show and inviting celebrities. Mango TV was responsible for attracting investment.

The cost of the program was funded by Mango TV Station 70% and Yunduo Company 30%. There was a big disagreement on the profit sharing. Nini wanted a 50-50 split, but Mango TV Station asked for a 70-30 split, so they would take the majority.

Mango TV has been so strong these years that it has a sense of supremacy. Many young artists have been suppressed by them. If it weren't for the fact that Where Are We Going, Dad? was not popular, and if they hadn't created a variety show that met their expectations, they would not have been willing to cooperate with Yunduo Company.

Even though they are in urgent need of restoring the ratings of their variety shows, they still can't lower their posture. You have to know that the entertainment industry is a slow-moving industry. If they follow others in making variety shows, they will lose their traffic and thus lose market share.

After the hit show Running Man became popular, many TV stations started similar shows, inviting many big-name stars, but none of them succeeded. All of them lost money and made a lot of money, and some even made no money.

During the break, Nini wanted Zhao Yun to stop working with them. With Zhao Yun's current traffic, let alone paying now, other TV stations would have to rush to pay if he didn't pay to cooperate with them. However, Zhao Yun still persuaded Nini to take a long-term view.

Nini was still a little unconvinced and said, "We have already made concessions, but they are still not happy even if we give them 50%. Don't they know that this is an era where traffic is king? Whoever has traffic has the right to speak."

Zhao Yun finally managed to calm Nini down with some persuasion, but what Nini said was not wrong. Although we can make concessions, we cannot make concessions endlessly, otherwise they will push their limits in future cooperation. This negotiation basically set the tone for future cooperation.

In the end, the two parties agreed on a 60:40 split, with Yun Duo taking 40% and Mango taking 60%.

This negotiation also made Mango TV realize how powerful this little girl Nini is. They originally thought that Nini was just a vase, but they didn't expect that she could speak so well and what she said was well-reasoned. They all look up to Nini now.

This negotiation was also a test for Nini by Zhao Yun, otherwise he would not have come without a professional team. When hiring people, there must be opportunities for trial and error.

Regarding the contract negotiation for Lee Ji-eun's I Am a Singer, there is no need for senior management to discuss it directly. You can just discuss it directly with Director Hong Tao, the director of I Am a Singer.

In fact, this program is not fair at all. Those so-called voters were arranged in advance. Of course, if we talk about strength, those who won the title of King of Singers are well-deserved, but in terms of real fan satisfaction, those King of Singers may not win. In order to make the program less controversial, the King of Singers was given to the seniors, so that no one can say anything.

However, the new singers are willing to come even though they know the final result will not be what they want. This is because, firstly, the show is popular enough to bring them traffic, and secondly, they also want to show another side of themselves to the audience.

Although IU has a lot of fans around the world, IU is still not as many as many stars in terms of domestic fans. IU is now popular all over the world and her popularity is definitely high enough. She doesn't need this platform at all. The reason why Yunduo Company wants her to come is to show herself more and attract more fans.

So when negotiating with Hong Tao, Nini wanted Lee Ji-eun to record until the end of the last episode, and Yunduo Company could make appropriate concessions in terms of money.

Director Hong Tao said, "If you want Li Zhien to have more fans in China, just listen to me! Don't finish the recording. The beauty of regret can capture the hearts of the audience, and the counterattack drama is what the audience talks about the most."

Zhao Yun thought what he said made a lot of sense, so he nodded in agreement. But he still had to respect Li Zhien's opinion, after all, being eliminated would affect his reputation.

Unexpectedly, Lee Ji-eun had no objection at all, and the two parties temporarily signed a ten-term contract.

After finalizing the contract, Lee Ji-eun stayed in Hunan to prepare the program in advance, while Zhao Yun returned to Yanjing.

After returning to Yanjing, Zhao Yun immediately began to contact people in the circle to select personnel and finalize contracts for the show (Here Comes the Champion).

Zhao Yun's initial settings are table tennis, track and field, billiards (snooker), basketball, high jump, swimming, boxing, and volleyball.

Zhao Yun originally wanted to invite football players, but when he thought about the Chinese national football team's record, it would be embarrassing to just pull a few poops. This is a (championship is coming) program, not a (embarrassment is coming) program.

While Zhao Yun was contacting people in the circle, he chatted with Ma Huatong about the profit sharing of League of Legends. During the conversation, Ma Huatong asked Zhao Yun what he was busy with recently. Zhao Yun told Ma Huatong about his plan to organize a variety show.

When Ma Huatong heard this, he excitedly said to Zhao Yun, "Brother, why don't you add e-sports?"

Zhao Yun asked in confusion, "Esports is also a sport?"

Ma Huatong said as a matter of course, "Esports is of course a sport!"

"You know about the League of Legends competition we are doing now. Mr. Wang has set up a team in it. Many celebrities such as Zhou Jiegun and Lin Junjie like it very much. They have also formed teams in their respective regions."

Zhao Yun knew that League of Legends was very popular, and many of his college classmates were also discussing this game. "So what are our achievements in League of Legends?"

Ma Huatong said, "We don't have any achievements in the League of Legends LPL region right now, but we have just released a mobile game called Honor of Kings. We are now forming a team. If you add us, I will reserve a seat for you for free. In addition, I will sponsor your program an additional 20 million! How is it?"

Zhao Yun asked with a smile, "Brother Ma, where did you get the champion when you just formed this team?"

Unexpectedly, Ma Huatong said, "Being the champion is too easy! If I want, I can make them world champions tomorrow."

After being fooled by Ma Huatong, Zhao Yun didn't think about it anymore.

I thought we were old friends, he had said so and he had contributed a lot, and the skin profit sharing for League of Legends would be settled at the end of the year, so I didn't want to have a falling out. It was just a matter of helping out, so I agreed.

To put it bluntly, Zhao Yun never had his eyes on that damn KPL seat.

In fact, Ma Huatong was quite cunning. He wanted to use Zhao Yun's influence among young people to make this game a success and swallow up all other similar mobile games on the market.