The Rise of Dragon Son-in-Law

Li Yuechan was genuinely curious about what Long Chen had been up to these past few months.

Although she was busy herself every day, she always thought about making time to accompany Long Chen.

Yet every time she was free, Li Yuechan found it very difficult to catch a glimpse of Long Chen.

Faced with Li Yuechan’s question, Long Chen didn’t quite know how to answer her.

Now that he was the owner of Dragon Doctor, there were things he couldn’t disclose.

After all, Dragon Doctor was already a super-giant with assets in the hundreds of trillions.

If Li Yuechan knew, he wondered, would it scare her out of her wits?

After giving it some thought, Long Chen decided he would tell Li Yuechan the truth.

"Well, actually, during this time, I’ve been busy with Dragon..."

"Alright, alright, you don’t need to explain," Li Yuechan raised her delicate hand, cutting him off.

She wouldn’t let Long Chen continue because she suspected him.

She suspected that Long Chen had been meeting with some beauty in secret, which was why he was often nowhere to be found.

And such matters, once brought to light, would make both parties quite embarrassed.

So Li Yuechan simply took the initiative to stop him from continuing.

"Yuechan, are you sure you don’t want to listen?" Long Chen asked with a smile.

"No, let’s not talk about that, I have something to tell you about Chenyue Film and Television Company."

Li Yuechan took a deep breath; the sheer mention of the company made her frown.

Seeing this, Long Chen knew there must be difficulties with the company and smiled, "Let’s hear it."

"Okay, the company’s basic framework is all set up, but at the same time, we’ve hit our biggest challenge.

We’ve talked to many related companies, but they aren’t willing to put their works on our platform.

Because our Chenyue Film and Television barely has any traffic, we also have no foundation," Li Yuechan said with a wry smile.

"So the biggest problem we are facing now is essentially drawing in traffic, right?" Long Chen inquired.

"Yeah, it’s traffic. That’s our biggest problem at the moment. Once we have the traffic, we won’t worry about having works to put on our platform.

But to get the best effect from drawing traffic, we first need attractive works. Without good stuff, even if we get the traffic, we can’t retain it,"

Li Yuechan explained.

"So now, we need to first introduce a batch of excellent works and then draw traffic in order to build up, correct?"

Li Yuechan nodded, "Right, ideally, we’d bring in some new dramas with great potential, and then we can look into acquiring a large number of movies and TV series."

"Any ideas?"

"Yes," Li Yuechan replied, "It’s just difficult. Initially, we can only rely on splurging money, but it’s like throwing cash into a bottomless pit, and I’m starting to get scared."

"What’s there to be scared of? It’s just a matter of spending money. Compile a list of works you want for me, the kind that hasn’t yet premiered, like TV shows or movies," said Long Chen.

"You’re going to help me?"

"What do you mean help you? I’m not just your husband; I’m also your business partner. It’s my responsibility to lend a hand when it’s time," Long Chen said with a laugh.

"Alright then, I actually have a list ready; I just didn’t know where to begin. Wait here, I’ll go get it for you."

Li Yuechan stood up and left.

Moments later, Li Yuechan returned with a list and handed it to Long Chen.

He glanced at it, "’First Son-in-law,’ ’Dragon Martial Sword God,’ ’You Are My Billion Starlight’... Are these all new series that haven’t premiered yet?"

"Yes, the first part of the list is of series that haven’t aired, and the latter part contains works that are already on other platforms but not exclusively licensed. We can try to bring them to our platform as well," Li Yuechan softly explained.

"Okay, leave this list to me. You go handle the ones that are easy to negotiate. And don’t worry about drawing traffic, I’ll sort it out," Long Chen stated.

"Really?" Li Yuechan doubted.

"Really, you are my wife, I can’t let you work too hard," Long Chen pinched Li Yuechan’s cute cheek.

"Husband, you’re so good to me."

Li Yuechan nestled in Long Chen’s arms, her face full of happiness.

...

The next day, early morning.

After getting out of bed, Long Chen immediately set into action.

He searched for a while and contacted the original author of ’First Son-in-law,’ the first drama listed, who was located in Qianzhou. They agreed to meet.

After meeting, Long Chen found the author to be quite different from what he had imagined.

The person in front of him had sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, was refined and scholarly, with an extraordinary temperament.

"Mr. Tian Ya, hello."

Long Chen extended his hand first.

Tian Ya shook it, smiling, "Hello."

The two sat down and struck up a conversation.

After chatting about everything under the sun for a long time, Long Chen admired Tian Ya immensely, utterly impressed by his profound knowledge and humorous conversation.

In the end, Tian Ya also pointed Long Chen in the right direction.

That same day, Long Chen took a flight out of Qianzhou and, leveraging the relationship with the author, successfully acquired the authorization.

After that, Long Chen got busy, traveling to different places, personally seeking collaborations with various companies.

During this process, whenever Long Chen had spare time, he would study and ponder the creation of new elixirs; his primary focus was on developing an elixir to cure leukemia, and after that, to work on beauty pills and similar items.

Three days later, Long Chen had negotiated three dramas, but there was still a long way to go before securing all the series listed.

Growing somewhat impatient, Long Chen felt the process was too inefficient.

Taking a deep breath, he stopped going in person and instead started calling the phone numbers on the list.

After making the first call, Long Chen immediately said, "Put me through to your company’s president, I want to talk with him."

"Sorry, sir, I’m not clear about your identity," the person on the other end replied.

"I am..."

Beep beep beep.

The call was directly hung up.

Long Chen was stunned, then he chuckled bitterly.

He felt that he had been too naive.

After thinking it over, Long Chen called Li Yuechan and asked her to compile a list of the personal phone numbers of the big bosses of the companies on the list and to send them to him.

This was a difficult task for Li Yuechan.

"I... I’ll do my best," she said with a bitter smile.

"It’s indeed a bit hard to find everyone. How about this, just find me one or two, once I get through to these one or two, I can then ride on the momentum to find the rest, since they are all in the same circle," Long Chen suggested.

"Then I can give you two contacts."

"Okay, send them over."

Long Chen hung up the call.

Li Yuechan was quick to act, providing Long Chen with two phone numbers almost immediately.

Long Chen dialed the first number. The phone rang for quite a while before someone answered.

"Hello, I am from Chenyue Film and Television and would like to discuss the matter of licensing your new drama for our platform to broadcast," Long Chen said with a smile, calm and composed.

"Chenyue Film and Television? A girl already came to me a couple of days ago, and I’ve already rejected her. Haven’t you given up yet?

You Chenyue Film and Television, without any advantage, let alone the most basic viewership. We cannot cooperate, goodbye."

A somewhat hoarse voice came through the phone.

He was about to hang up.

"If you hang up now, I believe you’ll definitely regret it," Long Chen said, remaining calm.

"Oh? You must be young, huh? Aren’t you worried that your big talk might get blown away by the wind? Go on, tell me, why would I regret it?

Haha, I, Gao Guoliang, have been in the industry for more than thirty years and have yet to learn what regret means."

"Gao, may I ask you a very frank question?" Long Chen asked, quite composed.

"Of course, go ahead, I’ll give you three minutes," Gao Guoliang said.

Long Chen frowned slightly, then, restraining his impatience, asked, "You invest in film and television to make money, right?"

"Isn’t that obvious?"

"Since it’s about making money, then how much profit do you think this new drama will make after it goes online?" Long Chen asked again.

"The script of this drama is very innovative and solid, and the cast is full of talented actors. Unless something unexpected happens, it will be a hit. Even if it isn’t a huge success, it will certainly not be bad. It should earn around two hundred million."

"We don’t know if it will be a hit, but right now, I’m offering you three hundred million to buy out the rights. Are you interested?"

Long Chen asked lightly.

Hiss.

Gao Guoliang sharply inhaled.

Three hundred million?

If this could really happen, he wouldn’t have to worry about anything and could make a big fortune.

But Gao Guoliang was almost certain that the person on the other end of the phone was bluffing.

"If you are serious, then come to South City and find me. Call me when you’re here, hopefully, you’re not just blowing hot air. Goodbye."

Gao Guoliang hung up without hesitation.

Long Chen took a deep breath and immediately booked a flight to South City.

Three hours later, Long Chen arrived in South City and got through to Gao Guoliang’s phone.

"I’m already in South City, where are you?" Long Chen asked.

Gao Guoliang was taken aback, then quickly said, "I am eating with a brother from iMonster Art in South City Restaurant. How about this, I’ll send you a location, come and join us for a meal, okay?"

"Wait for me, I’ll be right there."

Long Chen hung up the phone directly.

Gao Guoliang was stunned again. It was the first time he had encountered someone who dared to hang up the phone on him, a prospective collaborator.

"Interesting." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Gao Guoliang’s lips curved slightly, suddenly looking forward to meeting this person from the phone.

"Gao, if there are no problems, how about we find a place to sign the contract after dinner? Your new drama’s premiere will be confirmed on our iMonster Art. How does that sound?"

At the dinner table, a young man in a suit and tie asked with a full smile.

"Well, theoretically, there’s no issue. Let’s eat first, then we can talk about the details after dinner," Gao Guoliang said with a smile.

"Alright, alright," the young man hurriedly nodded.

Meanwhile, Long Chen arrived at the restaurant in less than ten minutes and found Gao Guoliang’s private dining room, pushing the door open and entering.

Both Gao Guoliang and the young man from iMonster Art were startled to see this stranger intrude.

Then Gao Guoliang was the first to react, "You’re the young man who called me earlier?"

"Indeed." Long Chen scanned the dining table and smiled, "We agreed to eat together, how come you’ve started without me? Just for this, I’ll dock you ten million later."

"Uh," Gao Guoliang chuckled, "You’re quite funny. Ten million for a meal? If we can strike a deal, I’d be happy to treat you to another meal."

"Looks like this meal is on you then, Gao," Long Chen proclaimed confidently, with a smile.