Chapter 124: Following Up Empresses In The Palace
“Xiao Xue, lift the mute on everyone. I want to hear your opinions.”
Hearing her sister say this, Xiang Xue could only reluctantly lift the mute, and then the entertainment room was drowned in noisy voices again.
【Xiang Chuan sis! Any interstellar themes!】 There are, but the long ones that are watchable seem to only be Star Wars… Modern people probably won’t like that technology, right?
【I want to see themes where men scheme against each other like this!】 Great taste. This kind of theme… the most recent one I can think of is Nirvana in Fire?
【Xiang Chuan sis, any love stories that don’t look so tiring?】 Perfect timing. When she transmigrated over, it was the era when industrial saccharin was prevalent. Just not sure if modern people can stomach it.
【Xiang Chuan sis, I like some of the case-solving plots in Empresses in the Palace. Any themes like that?】 Yes, there are tons. Animation or TV series? Seems like when she transmigrated over, Detective Conan wasn’t even finished yet…
【Xiang Chuan sis…】
The kids on the light screen got more and more excited as they spoke, but Xiang Chuan frowned tighter and tighter as she listened: Why does it feel even more confusing after hearing them? She looked at Xiang Xue and Lin Ming sitting next to her, and asked, “What about you? What do you want to watch?”
“I want to watch something light. Empresses in the Palace is great, but watching it seriously for too long is pretty tiring.” Xiang Xue smiled a bit embarrassedly. Xiang Chuan could sympathize with her hardship; after all, chasing a serious palace intrigue drama nonstop every day was quite mentally draining.
“For me, something without so much romance.” Lin Ming sat up straight and replied, “But I also agree on watching some light themes. Repeating serious themes all the time really affects dessert after meals.”
So you’re just thinking about eating! Xiang Chuan and Xiang Xue looked at him speechlessly, but Lin Ming had thick skin and drank the juice Xiao Xue brought in nonchalantly under their gazes.
“Something light… long enough… um…” Xiang Chuan rubbed her chin, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, thinking of a long comedy she watched with her mother as a child, thinking this might be suitable.
No time like the present. Xiang Chuan suddenly stood up, leaving behind “Xiao Xue, I’ll send it to you later, receive it from the terminal” and rushed out of the entertainment room quickly, leaving Xiang Xue, Lin Ming, and the maintenance team members who hadn’t reacted yet.
【What will Xiang Chuan sis pick?】
【I think, based on Xiang Chuan sis’s taste in cooking and her choice of Empresses in the Palace, her pick won’t be bad.】
“Anyway, no matter what sister brings over, I’ll just broadcast it.” Xiang Xue raised her eyebrow, “Anyway, for the viewers, ancient things are inherently attractive, no matter the theme.”
“That’s a fact.” Lin Ming agreed.
Everyone chatted casually, and less than five minutes after Xiang Chuan rushed out of the entertainment room, Xiang Xue’s terminal pinged with a message received. She opened the message, and sure enough, it had a video file attached. Xiang Xue decisively put the file into the big screen’s storage space, and on the selection page were four big words—My Own Swordsman.
Xiang Chuan deliberately waited twenty minutes before going back in, nothing special about it, mainly because she had watched My Own Swordsman countless times from childhood to now. Some jokes might be fresh for modern viewers who haven’t seen many comedies, but she was somewhat immune to them. But she couldn’t reveal she hadn’t seen it, so she could only preview it away from the crowd.
When she stepped into the entertainment room again, they were indeed discussing heatedly inside.
“Xiang Chuan sis, you’re back. We just finished watching it, it’s really fun.” Lin Ming said excitedly. Since starting elementary school on the First Fleet, he hadn’t laughed so easily in a long time.
“Yeah, Xiang Chuan sis, this guy laughed louder than everyone, too bad the entertainment room is too soundproofed so you didn’t hear.” Xiang Xue glared at him grumpily, then looked at Xiang Chuan excitedly, “Xiang Chuan sis, Xiang Chuan sis, this TV series is really fun, very light and cheerful. The viewers will definitely like it!”
“Silly girl, for live streams, you should prioritize what you want to watch, not the viewers first.” Xiang Chuan poked her sister’s forehead with her finger, “If you compromise yourself for the viewers’ experience, the stream won’t last long. Besides, you’re doing it purely out of interest. If that spark is gone and you force it, the viewers will just despise you.”
There’s such a saying? Xiang Xue and the maintenance team members suddenly realized: Right, they’re doing it for fun. If the selected TV series bores them, continuing would definitely be no fun.
【Thanks for the suggestion, Xiang Chuan sis. I’ve learned something!】
【Ah don’t interrupt! I’ve learned too, thanks Xiang Chuan sis!】
【Thanks Xiang Chuan sis!】
Some kids on the light screen even hurriedly gave a military salute, making Xiang Chuan laugh: “This is something I saw in the information turbulence. Just keep that initial enthusiasm. So, from the perspective of you as the first batch of viewers, is this TV series fun?”
Of course it’s super fun! Mentioning this got everyone even more excited, all chiming in about the various highlights from the first episode, not stopping for breath.
【By the way, after finishing the finale, what to do with Empresses in the Palace?】
One maintenance team member suddenly brought this up, and everyone fell silent again.
“Huh? You haven’t decided yet?” Xiang Chuan blinked, “No word from the Cultural Affairs Bureau? I thought they’d be very interested in this?”
“On the first day of broadcast, the Cultural Affairs Bureau representative—our mother—came to me hoping to get priority usage rights for the full series after broadcast, but I didn’t agree because I thought you had other plans, sis.” Xiang Xue blinked at her.
Plans? Xiang Chuan was stunned. Uh, she really hadn’t thought about what to do with Empresses in the Palace next, but seeing Xiang Xue and the others’ expectant eyes, she could only steel herself: “Aren’t there lots of new viewers who haven’t seen Empresses in the Palace? How about we make a website with a membership system, charge for it, and release it publicly.”
Website? Membership?
Charge and release publicly?
Everyone was stunned listening, all wanting to ask how it would work, when Lin Ming suddenly came to, saying: “Xiang Chuan sis, for this, you’d better discuss it with Aunt Lin first?”
True. Xiang Chuan remembered her mother looking exhausted and headachey an hour ago, suddenly feeling a bit guilty. If they quietly launched a paid video website for the public without preparation, the Cultural Affairs Bureau would probably explode. Then she might really get lectured by her mother for over an hour.
Thinking this, Xiang Chuan opened the terminal’s communication light screen and directly video called her mother:
【Mom, do you have time? We want to talk to you—about some things with Empresses in the Palace.】
Before entering the entertainment room, Lin Minzhi was touched that “my eldest daughter is finally consulting me beforehand,” but after coming in and just sitting down, her eldest daughter shoved a document at her.
Xiang Chuan biting a straw: “It’s too troublesome to explain. Mom, just look at the document I organized. If not, I can make a meeting file version tomorrow.”
The confidence from a 30-year-old corporate slave who sat in the office year-round making PPTs for bosses and leaders made Lin Minzhi pause. She opened the document, and before her was a complete project draft. It was called a draft because time was tight and Xiang Chuan hadn’t formatted it—accurately, she hadn’t formed the habit of using the terminal’s document editor AI for layout, so she only used blank lines, dashes, book title marks, etc., for simple categorization.
But Lin Minzhi was worthy of being a politician of over ten years; after composing herself, she quickly read through the draft and absorbed the key points.
Simply put, Xiang Chuan hoped Xiang Xue’s live stream small team would build a website for paid TV series viewing. After Xiang Xue finishes broadcasting a TV series, the website shelves it for members to watch. The website also connects to Xiang Xue’s live stream room, so new viewers in the room can see old dramas. During trial operation, charge monthly.
Lin Minzhi had seen plenty of website application documents like this, but Cultural Affairs Bureau ones were mostly culture promotion related, and mostly non-profit. This was the first so blatantly stating “I want to make money” on its face.
Lin Minzhi turned to look at her two daughters. Xiang Chuan bit her straw curiously observing her reaction, while Xiang Xue was full of curiosity.
Sigh, it could only be said their dad’s merchant genes were too strong. Lin Minzhi helplessly opened the communication light screen and called down her husband, who was in another study room video calling and playing tai chi with group shareholders.
Business matters are still best handled by professionals.
