Chapter 174 The settlement is approaching, there is no danger
On June 21st, the documentary "Butterfly" filmed by Feihuang Studio was officially released on the Ellie Island website!
As a documentary, "Butterfly" does not include any advertisements, nor does it receive any special sharing agreement from any website.
If we estimate based on Elle Island's regular incentive plan, even if the number of views exceeds one million, the income will only be a few thousand yuan, which can be said to be a drop in the bucket.
Therefore, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce have almost given up on this thought, and regard it as using love to generate electricity.
Since Feihuang Studio has previously released the series of short videos "Mr. Pei's Daily Life" and already has a large number of fans, this documentary immediately attracted widespread attention once it was released!
In the video, Li Zhengwei faced the camera and talked about his mental journey over the years.
"After my dad left, I kicked the door open, ran to Shanghai alone, and started my career."
"Looking back now, I don't regret this choice. I feel that I was born for e-sports. If I go out to work, get married and have children step by step, I am afraid I will spend my whole life in regret."
"I'm not like those second-generation people who were born with silver spoons in their mouths. I had bad luck and was born in a poor family. But from another perspective, I also had good luck. I chose a career that I like.
And made a name for himself.”
"But I wouldn't recommend that kids go down the same path that I did."
"After I become famous as a professional, many people will ask me questions about playing professionally."
"My answer is always the same:"
"If you have really decided, then you will not ask me this question. You will just kick the door and leave like me, and you will always believe in it in the future. This is my dream, and I will do it for you."
It’s a lifelong struggle.”
"If you need my advice to make up your mind, my suggestion is to first figure out one thing: are you afraid of learning and want to avoid it; or do you really understand the price of choosing to become a professional player?
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Soon, a large number of players left messages in the comment area of the video.
"sofa!"
"I also asked why Feihuang Studio didn't make "Mr. Pei's Daily Life" anymore. It turned out to be a big trick!"
"This documentary looks very high-end, a big production!"
"It turns out to be my favorite documentary about professional players, I must support it!"
"I didn't expect that the life of a professional player would be so hard... It would be too miserable to kick out the door and start playing professionally. Fortunately, my parents approved it after I achieved results."
"Every word Brother Li says is very sincere."
"This documentary is really meaningful. I have a younger brother who doesn't do well in school. He skips class every day and plays games online. He also clamors to pursue a career. I think Brother Li is right. He doesn't really love it.
I never considered whether I had the talent, but just to escape."
"Yes, this documentary is not only advocating passion, struggle, and e-sports spirit. These have been badly filmed. For young people, this is misleading. The valuable thing about this documentary is that it also reflects
The hardship and sadness of this industry, especially when we know that there are still so many professional players who have not yet achieved success, can be said to be very objective."
"I didn't expect that Feihuang Studio would produce such realistic content. I support it!"
The player comments below the video are simply rave reviews!
"Butterfly" quickly entered the popularity list of the game section, and then appeared on the homepage of Ellie Island, where the popularity remains high!
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June 23.
In Moyu Internet Cafe, Pei Qian turned off the documentary video on his phone, took a sip of the coffee in front of him, and temporarily let go of his suspenseful heart.
"Huh... the painting style is finally normal for once."
“It’s really not easy to make any money!”
It has been three days since "Broken Cocoon Becomes a Butterfly" was released. During these three days, Pei Qian was simply trembling with fear.
I was afraid that Huang Sibo would suddenly call me without any warning and say: "Mr. Pei, the documentary has made money again!"
Fortunately, a similar plot did not happen.
Pei Qian repeatedly confirmed that although "Breaking Out of the Cocoon and Into a Butterfly" achieved nearly 2 million views in three days and ranked among the top three on the site's rankings, it did not bring any revenue.
If calculated according to the incentive plan, the final income brought by this video is only a few thousand yuan, which is a drop in the bucket.
This is completely in line with Pei Qian's previous prediction.
“Not bad, I gained valuable experience about losses again.”
"Facts have proven that making this kind of documentary that doesn't make money is indeed a good choice."
"I feel like I can continue to invest money in Feihuang Studio."
Pei Qian suddenly discovered that after Moyu Internet Cafe, he seemed to have found another good way to lose money.
That is to make films that are well-received but not box office hits!
After so many failures, Pei Qian has realized that losing money is not as simple as he thought.
The system has many restrictions and requirements, which are to prevent Pei Qian from maliciously causing losses. For example, the system stipulates that shoddy production and shoddy games are not allowed, games made must have profit points, etc.
In other words, the products launched by Pei Qian must be of high quality and cannot be deliberately messed up.
But now Pei Qian realizes something: in the system's judgment rules, "high quality" obviously not only refers to making money, but also includes reputation!
The possibility of recovering the cost of a documentary like "Butterfly" is very low, but the system does not stop it.
Including Pei Qian opening a Moyu Internet cafe, the possibility of losing money is very high, and the system does not prevent it.
This shows that "word of mouth" is also a very important indicator in the system's judgment. As long as it can get enough and good enough reputation, the system will also recognize this product and will not think that Pei Qian is deliberately losing money.
Pei Qian had vaguely felt this before, but he didn't dig deeper, mainly because the profit methods of games and movies were different.
In the game field, building a good reputation often means high sales. Under the premise that the system mandates the addition of profit points, the possibility of losing money in a game with a high reputation is extremely small.
Although there have been games in history that were either well-received or not well-received, compared to movies, the number is much smaller.
But video is different. No matter how good the reputation is and how high the number of views is, it may still not be monetized, such as this documentary.
"So, as long as I continue to let Feihuang Studio make these films that are both well-received and not well-received, I can steadily make losses!"
Pei Qian instantly found the future development direction of Feihuang Studio.
Next time I meet Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce, I will try to trick them so that they will never come back on the documentary road. This will create an opportunity for stable losses. How great!
It's just that Huang Sibo and the others probably won't shoot e-sports themes next time. The specific content needs to be discussed again.
There is still one week left before settlement, so there cannot be any unreleased products.
In other words, there is not much that Pei Qian can do now. He can only spend money suddenly while praying that things will not change.
Pei Qian looked at the system funds and found that they were currently at a loss.
"Almost everything that needs to be done is done. The question now is how to maintain this loss-making state."