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He had just entered the office and was just taking off his suit jacket and putting it on a hanger when he saw a flash of light in the woman's room across the way. He noticed that an ancient alarm clock was being thrown down from the loft by a slender white hand.

After the woman threw the alarm clock down from above, it landed on the desk. The cup of water on the table shook a bit because of the vibration, and more than half of the water inside was poured out, while some of the water was poured onto the keyboard. After a while, the alarm clock flipped a few times before rolling to the side of the window behind the curtain.

At this moment, from Tang Banyeng's angle, he could clearly see the alarm clock.

The alarm clock must have made quite a sound when it hit the floor, but the woman in the room opposite did not notice.

But then he remembered the day at the hotel. She had fallen asleep from exhaustion, and the hotel staff had called and knocked on the door. He hadn't been able to wake her up, and had ended up causing trouble.

He couldn't wake up from his sleep no matter how hard he tried. In this era where there were many insomniacs, he could be considered lucky.

"Boss Tang, what are your thoughts on this proposal?"

After the project manager finished his detailed explanation of the proposal, he turned his head and asked Tang Bainfeng, who had his head lowered. It was unknown what he was thinking about.

"The proposal is not a problem on the whole, but I need to see a price list with a higher performance and cost ratio in terms of cost control. After you go back, study it with your project team colleagues. I hope to see a satisfactory proposal by noon tomorrow!"

"Yes, then I'll go back and discuss it with my colleagues in the project team!" The project manager knew that Tang Baifeng was a man of his word, so he didn't argue any further. He simply stood up and left.

"Manager Sun, I think I need to emphasize one thing to you. What I want is to have a high performance and price ratio, not a low price. Do you understand the difference between the two?"

"Yes, Boss Tang, don't worry. Tomorrow, the program team will definitely give you a satisfactory plan!"

"Alright, I'll be waiting for your good news then!"

The project manager respectfully took his leave after seeing Tang Baifeng nod his head.

Tang Banyeng retracted his gaze from the door and turned to look at Liu Lei, who was in charge of production.

"How is the discussion about the rights to the movie 'Dimensional Decline' that you were talking about previously going on?"

It's basically already been discussed, because the author of this book didn't have any TV movie adapted from the previous work, so it's basically not very attractive to the public. In addition, the science fiction subject matter itself is just an unpopular topic in China, and the technical requirements for movies and TV shooting are quite high. In the past, this kind of subject has always been part of Hollywood, so our copyright fees are very low.

"Two hundred thousand?!" Tang Banyeng slightly raised his voice as he repeated himself.

When Tang Banyeng repeated this, the production department's director felt a bit guilty and carefully asked, "Boss Tang, do you think the price is too high?"

"High?" Tang Baifeng looked at Liu Lei. "Aside from knowing that 'Dimensional Decline' is a science fiction work, have you read it carefully?" Or could it be that just knowing the author's publishing history and flipping through the box office records of the domestic sci-fi films, he was able to easily decide on this price? "

"Boss Tang, I …"

Tang Bainfeng's words made Liu Lei unable to lift his head. He was indeed right, but a domestic sci-fi film was originally not pleasing to the eye. Many technological level products were simply not available in the country, and the subject matter was so unpopular.

"Then Boss Tang's meaning is … We can increase the copyright fee a bit more? "

The production director looked at Tang Banyeng's expressionless face and asked uncertainly.

The corner of Tang Banyeng's lips curled up, but the smile on his face didn't reach his eyes. "Have you studied economics?" Even if you haven't learned it yet, you should at least have a normal business logic, right? "You're a buyer. In this business, are there any buyers who take the initiative to raise the price for the seller?"

"But just now, CEO Tang, weren't you …"

"What did I mean, you didn't understand?"

Tang Banyan slightly raised his eyebrows. His tone wasn't that strict, it could even be considered gentle. However, Liu Lei felt a layer of cold sweat on his back.

He lowered his head and hastily thought back and forth about what Tang Bainfeng had said just now. During this process, Tang Bainfeng didn't ask or urge him. He only 'considerately' waited for Liu Lei to figure out the meaning behind his words.

The silent atmosphere that filled the office made Liu Lei even more nervous. Under this enormous pressure, after a few minutes of torture, he finally understood the underlying meaning of Tang Banyeng's words.

"Boss Tang, I understand what you mean. You want us to have enough understanding of this work no matter what movie we make, and not be like everyone else. We need to use empiricism and chauvinism to do things."

"It's not hopeless!" Tang Banyeng smiled, but his words were enough to send chills down everyone's spines.

Whether or not there is a market for domestically produced sci-fi films depends on the quality of the works, the level of effort of the relevant staff. As long as one is diligent, the reader and audience will be able to sense any works, be it a literary or film production.

But Boss Tang, the number of hits in this novel isn't very high, which means that the audience is very small. Although adapting this novel into a movie is a big trend, there's a big prerequisite, and that is to find a large number of hits and a large number of readers. Only then can the viewership ratings and box office sales be guaranteed to a certain extent, but this' Dimensional Decay '...

"It seems that you still haven't completely understood the meaning of what I just said. Go back and finish reading this book, and then talk to me again. Before this, I don't want to waste any more time on you. Also, I asked you to contact the author for me. How is the connection now?"

Liu Lei reached out his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, "I originally wanted to wait for this cooperation case."

After finalizing it, we can let the website arrange the time, but if Boss Tang wants to see the author as soon as possible, then I'll immediately contact the website and have them set the time. "

"Then do it as soon as possible! Alright, you can go now! "