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December 18th.

The week-long, lively Pengda Carnival finally came to an end.

The last day is the awards ceremony!

This year's PD Golden Panda Awards has added multiple awards in the Film Selection Unit and Animation Selection Unit and is no longer limited to the field of TV series.

Meng Lang's ambition was obvious.

When the Golden Panda Award was first established, it was just an award created by PD Company for its own entertainment to commend outstanding employees, and no one took it seriously.

But the plan can’t keep up with the changes!

As PD grows stronger, its social influence in particular increases dramatically. As an internal award, the Golden Panda Award has also gradually attracted attention.

At this time, Meng Lang made a decision.

Since five years ago, the PD Golden Panda Awards has abolished the internal selection mechanism and changed it to open selection. Works applied for and nominated for awards can come from other companies in addition to PD Group.

Facts have proved that this step was the right one!

In the first two years, there were not many works applied for.

However, as the popularity of the PD Golden Panda Award increases, more and more directors and producers are eager to prove themselves by receiving the Golden Panda Award, and more and more works have been applied for.

Take this year for example!

In the TV series section, a total of 42 works were selected, 7 of which were produced by PD, and the remaining 35 works were from more than a dozen domestic and foreign film and television companies.

The movie section is even more exaggerated!

You know, PD Film and Television is not very good in the film field, so there are few works. The competition for the film category of the Golden Panda Award is quite fierce.

There are 174 domestic and foreign films, including large-budget productions and small-budget micro-movies. Among the various films, only two works are produced by PD.

They are Starlight Warriors and The Lego Movie!

Needless to say, in the TV drama category, with the excellent quality and outstanding ratings of PD special dramas, winning awards is as easy as eating and drinking.

But in the film section, things are a little bit subtle this year.

Star Wars and The Lego Movie are not award-winning works. Although it received mostly positive reviews from the audience, can it win the Golden Panda Award for Best Picture?

Meng Lang didn't believe it himself!

Although the Golden Panda Award is yours, you can't give up the slogan of fairness and justice in order to take care of your own people, right?

Really do this...

Who will come to your award ceremony next time? Isn’t the Golden Panda Award notorious?

Based on this, this year's PD can be described as extremely miserable. There were nominations for every award, but it was a pity that outsiders took away most of the awards as they accompanied me throughout the process.

Meng Lang applauded in the audience, his hands were sore.

Looking at a Leah film and television director delivering his acceptance speech on the stage, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

This scene happened to be captured by the live broadcast camera.

As a result, shortly after the awards show ended, a report titled The Frustrated Meng Lang went viral.

The children sympathized with Uncle Meng!

Although he has made money that is difficult for ordinary directors to achieve in their lifetime, he has achieved unimaginable success in the field of commercial film and television. But he failed miserably and completely in terms of film and television awards.

look!

Even the Golden Panda Award held by your own company was awarded to an outsider. How can you not be disappointed?

What the hell?

Meng Lang also saw this report and found it difficult to understand the sympathy and tears in the comment area.

Didn't he just sigh?

As for that?

As for such an over-interpretation? When did a sigh become a symbol of frustration?

You can't look at it this way!

Although he returned from this awards ceremony empty-handed, outsiders took away all the golden pandas.

But think about it from another angle!

The Golden Panda Award is an internal award established by PD. What difference does it make if he wins or not? Isn't that a good thing when outsiders win awards?

So many friends and businessmen are vying to praise the black pig's stinky feet!

It was obviously a good thing, but why did he become frustrated in the eyes of netizens? The reading comprehension ability of this group of people is really worrying!

certainly!

If netizens are willing to think so, Meng Lang will not stop them, let alone take the initiative to clarify the truth.

If you are frustrated, you will be frustrated!

You see Uncle Meng is in such a miserable state, why don’t you buy some new toys to support him? There is a new carnival lucky bag. Would you like to buy one?

No way? No way?

Is there really someone who expresses sympathy with tears but in his heart wishes that Uncle Meng would starve to death? Seeing his misfortune made you feel happy?

…

After the carnival is over, the calendar has reached the end of 2023.

The New Year's bell is about to ring!

For 2024, Meng Lang has no other expectations and only thinks about one thing.

If my son arrests Zhou, what will he arrest?

Xiao Tao's capture of Zhou Li has been in preparation for nearly two months. Lao Meng and his wife, Tao's father and Tao's mother, carefully prepared more than 20 treasures.

There are brushes and seals...

The list was prepared by four old people, and Meng Lang didn't interfere. He only remembered that the strangest thing here must be a Tiga [Spark Prism].

This was added by Tao's father.

In his words, the date of Xiao Tao's birth coincided with the end of Tiga, when the children turned into light and defeated Gatanjie. The spark prism represents his identity as the Son of Light.

Meng Lang was very dissatisfied with this.

Xiaotao is the son of light?

So what is he? The father of light?

This is too inferior...

Of course, drawing Spark Prism is already pretty good. What Meng Lang was most worried about was the football prepared by Lao Meng.

Lao Meng's typical cheating!

This football has an extraordinary origin. It was the first goal scored by Bolton Wanderers in the Champions League. It has the signatures of all the club's players and coaches.

Everyone knows Lao Meng's heart.

He has been coveting the UEFA Champions League for a long time, but unfortunately his son's lack of support has made it difficult for him to realize his dream.

Therefore, Lao Meng simply gave up his son and focused on his grandson.

It is planned to train him to become a fan or club chairman, who will lead Bolton to win the first UEFA Champions League trophy in the club's history in the future.

Winning the Champions League starts from childhood!

Not to mention, Lao Meng’s plan is really going well! If Meng Lang didn't cause trouble, Xiao Tao would definitely do his best to realize grandpa's dream.

but……

Meng Lang won't cause trouble? is it possible?

When Xiao Tao grows up, he can do anything, even a young model and a sports car, but he must never touch football.

This thing is a bottomless pit!

Young models can give birth to little black piglets, sports cars can be sold for money when they get tired of playing with them, but what about football? Hundreds of millions a year are thrown into it, and it can't even make a splash.

Take Bolton for example.

Only part of the money earned by PD's country branch can be withdrawn back to the country. The remaining part must be invested locally, which is why Meng Lang acquired Bolton.

Over the years, his total investment in Bolton has reached 500 million euros. But what did he gain?

A Premier League trophy and four years of Champions League tickets!

That's it?

Uncle Meng was heartbroken!

If I had known this would happen, why would I not invest in football at all? Wouldn't it be good to engage in real estate and build buildings in the local area?

It's too late to regret!

Meng Lang suffered a loss in this, and there was no way he would let his son make the same mistake again.

Tao Mi told him that Xiao Tao was more afraid of cats and dogs.

Therefore, Meng Lang secretly left the scent of the pet dog on the signed football prepared by Lao Meng using special means.

The old shady master!

Do whatever you can't do and ruin the first place! He didn't believe it. Xiao Tao could still choose football?

Stop mumbling here and come to the kitchen to help me wash the dishes. My parents will be here soon!

I'm coming!

Meng Lang jumped up from the sofa and walked into the kitchen to help Tao Mi.

New Year's Day is approaching, and the two families haven't gotten together for a meal for a long time. It happened to be Xiao Tao's first birthday, so we decided to get together at the last minute.

Dinner parties are nothing.

The old people play cards and dance leisurely all day long, no matter when they have time. Only Tao Mi and Meng Lang were busy at work.

Meng Lang has the energy involved in Nava, and Tao Mi is responsible for the schedule and publicity arrangements of The Mystery of the Notes.

Both of them are quite busy.

For today's dinner, Tao Mi declined exclusive interviews from three media outlets, and Meng Lang also asked Ma Teng to help him keep an eye on the crew.

While washing the vegetables, Meng Lang suddenly asked, Dear, have you sold the Internet copyright for the Mystery of the Musical Notes?

not yet!

Taomi answered while chopping vegetables: The current environment is not good, and the bids from several video websites are not high.

Indeed!

Video websites have been keen on fighting copyright wars in the past few years. With investors' money, they went crazy to buy the copyrights of various variety shows, movies, and TV series.

It didn’t work anymore!

Investors are not fools. You have burned billions or tens of billions in copyright fees this year, and how much profit have you created?

If you have a mine at home, you can't burn it like this!

Video websites that have regained their composure have gradually reduced their need for copyright purchases. In order to expand the content section, they launched a large number of self-made dramas and self-made variety shows.

simply put.

In the past, video websites used money to buy finished dramas shot by others. Nowadays, video websites are more keen on self-made dramas that “invest and shoot by oneself”.

That's why Tao Mi is very distressed.

The total investment in Mystery of the Musical Notes reached more than 57 million yuan, and it is difficult to make a profit by relying on the TV station alone. Video websites have become the best recipients of passing on production costs.

But now, the successor has chosen to give birth on his own, and he doesn’t want to take over anymore!

How can production costs be passed on?

I have an idea……

Meng Lang thought: You and Big Bird Video have a talk, and we can create an advanced on-demand model!

Advanced on-demand? What do you mean?

How do I put it? It's a brand-new paid viewing model. Users pay for the service and can watch an entire TV series in advance!

Read it in advance?

Tao Mi thought: What you call advance, can't it be faster than the TV station?

I am very sure of that!

Meng Lang nodded and said, It takes other people ten days and a half to watch the show, but you only need to spend a little money to watch it in advance!

This mode...

Taomi hesitated: Will you be scolded? Users will definitely boycott this behavior!

It's not a big problem!

If users want to scold me, they scold me first. If someone asks, just say that this is the decision made by the video website and has nothing to do with the producer, so no one will scold you.

Meng Lang thought clearly and discussed with Chen Huan, Ma Teng and others for a long time, and finally decided to implement this model.

I have no choice but to make money!

Big Bird Video is not like other video websites, which are either listed or backed by giants, and have the confidence to operate at a loss.

The development of Big Bird Video to this day is all due to the blood transfusion of the parent company of the group. As of now, the company's financial report is still in a state of loss.

If we don't turn losses into profits, we may be close to being shut down.

We must look for profit growth points!

Advance on demand, no matter how much criticism there is. For the website, it is definitely a decision where the pros outweigh the cons.

Anyway, he has made a lot of dirty money over the years. Being scolded has become a daily occurrence, nothing less.

There is a reason why I chose The Mystery of the Notes.

The first work of Balala Little Demon Fairy has accumulated quite a lot of popularity and fans. When the sequel is released, countless people will definitely come to support it. This is the basis of its popularity.

Secondly!

The Little Demon Fairy series does not have a very high status within the PD Group, it is just dispensable.

Even if this failed and the Little Demon Fairy series was affected, Meng Lang wouldn't feel heartbroken.

Finally, and the most critical point.

There are not many works that have been aired recently, and Meng Lang really has no choice. Apart from Armor Warrior Nava, the only one left is Balala Little Demon Fairy: The Mystery of the Notes.

Okay, I promise you!

Tao Mi agreed to the matter without much thought.

This surprised Meng Lang.

Aren't you afraid? Doing this kind of thing may affect your reputation and cause some fans to turn negative...

You're not afraid, so what am I afraid of?

Tao Mi smiled: We are husband and wife, and we should share weal and woe. Since you need my help, what reason do I have to refuse?

Wife...

Meng Lang's eyes were filled with tears, and he suddenly felt that if he could marry Tao Mi, he must have saved the galaxy in his previous life.

Unexpectedly, Taomi's true nature was revealed in her next sentence.

I think it's pretty good too!

Don't think too pedantically about me. You can make more money, so why not make more money? If you achieve great things, you don't stick to trivial matters. What does it matter if you have to bear a little infamy?

Ah this...

Meng Lang's mind didn't turn around. He was stunned for a moment before asking, You...when did you become like this?

I learned it from you!

Tao Mi said proudly: Haven't you always done this? I'll learn from you. Isn't that too much?

Not too much, not too much!

Meng Lang wiped the hot sweat from his forehead, feeling a little guilty for no reason.

This is Tao Mi!

How innocent a girl she was back then, but she was raised like this by him! If her fans knew about it, wouldn't they be able to chop him with a knife?

Those who are close to vermilion are red, those who are close to ink are black!

There is indeed some truth to what our ancestors said!

He has to bear the main responsibility for why Tao Mi became like this. But then again, he didn't teach Tao Mi, how did she learn?

Is he self-taught?

you do not know?

Knowing Meng Lang's confusion, Tao Mi was surprised and said, I thought that was a book you published yourself!

what book?

Legend of Black Pig!

Taomi blinked and said, Haven't you read it? It was very popular some time ago, and many celebrities and Vs are recommending this book!

What the hell?

He's not dead yet, and a biography has been arranged for him? Meng Lang's eyes widened and he suddenly thought of a possibility.

This book……

Could it be written by Ma Teng?