Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now! Chapter 1255 - 373: [Why Not Pay Your Respects?] (2)

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Starting from New Year’s Eve, people from all over who knew him had been calling Chen Yan’s phone.

Chu Keqing, as usual, respectfully offered New Year greetings, with a touch of flattery and intimacy.

Even Boss Fang, whom Chen Yan hadn’t contacted in a long time, called to catch up, seemingly not wanting to break off ties.

In the past year, Boss Fang had been doing quite well, thanks to Chen Yan. He had managed to connect with You Su Yi’s son, a wealthy man under Boss He, and had made some money through this connection over the past year.

However, due to a lack of recent contact, the relationship with Chen Yan seemed to have cooled. Even though Boss Fang wanted to make an effort, he ultimately had few opportunities — Chen Yan was unpredictable and rarely in Jinling Prefecture, so they never ran into each other.

During the call, Boss Fang tried to schedule a meal with Chen Yan, but Chen Yan politely suggested they discuss it later.

Boss He also personally called to convey his greetings.

From the Liu Family, Liu Jianshan called, and on the first day of the New Year, Liu Zhaoming also called; they were both polite and respectful.

Additionally, someone from Port City’s Yang Family called. Surprisingly, Lu Sisi’s father, Yang Jiaming, also called, though he sounded awkward.

Chen Yan suspected that Mr. Yang Sr. had ordered Yang Jiaming to try to ingratiate himself, but Yang Jiaming found it hard to change his attitude immediately, still wanting to act like a senior — after all, Chen Yan was in a romantic relationship with his daughter.

Chen Yan couldn’t be bothered to deal with him, so he casually brushed him off.

However, Lu Xiuting’s attitude was very proper; she dared not act like a mother-in-law — this woman was quite pragmatic. She was very aware that her fate, even her life, was in Chen Yan’s hands. Her only support for the latter half of her life was Chen Yan, so naturally, she was extremely courteous.

Some friends also contacted Chen Yan to offer New Year’s greetings.

When Zhao Shanhe called, he was clearly drunk, eagerly telling Chen Yan that their business was booming. However, recently, others had started to jump on the bandwagon, but Zhao Shanhe, with his first-mover advantage, still faced no threats for the time being.

Moreover, Zhao Shanhe did something truly forward-thinking.

He actually went to some film platforms and spent a modest amount to buy the rights to a few big IPs. This meant that his "real-life immersive IP script killing" business now officially had legitimate rights!

In the future, if tourists want to play characters like Huan Huan or Consort Hua, there’s no need to worry about claims of infringement.

Although the IPs have a big name, the copyright for this new field of "real-life immersive script killing" is quite cheap.

Moreover, Zhao Shanhe pulled off a particularly clever move.

He enlisted the top-tier actress Fox Spirit Lin Xianyu!

When Lin Xianyu heard the business involved Chen Yan, she joined immediately without further ado.

With Lin Xianyu’s excellent relationships with the platforms, serving as the intermediary, they were able to secure the rights at a friendly low price!

No wonder Zhao Shanhe is good at business!

He’s truly cunning!

After securing the rights and signing contracts, he transformed into a legitimate player, no longer violating rights.

His first action was to consult a lawyer and send letters to those competitors copying his model and beginning "real-life immersive big IP script killing," accusing them of infringement.

Understand that you are infringing!! I bought the rights to these!

If you dare to do business without rights, it’s infringement!

Either stop operating immediately and shut down.

Or if you insist on doing this business...

Then cooperate with me, Zhao Shanhe.

Either pay me the licensing fee, or join forces; for your projects, I want a share, consider it a franchise.

This move struck all competitors hard!

If it were another business, Dragon Country is so vast, and people might ignore the infringement; a lawyer’s letter alone wouldn’t intimidate anyone.

Lawsuits drag on forever.

If it were online piracy, it would be even harder.

The thing is, this business is offline!

And it can only be done in Hengdian!

Because only in Hengdian are there so many filming locations, authentic sets, and a huge number of film industry workers, photographers, makeup and costume professionals, etc., along with a high tourist footfall!

All these conditions are essential, and only Hengdian in the whole of Dragon Country meets them all.

Other places have some film cities but fall short in many ways.

Zhao Shanhe doesn’t need to defeat competitors nationwide; he just needs to secure Hengdian’s territory.

And coincidentally, his family is a local authority in Hengdian!

Though not very high in status, they are well-connected in certain grassroots government agencies, management structures, business registrations, etc., and the Zhao family has a solid local network built over years.

This grassroots network, if faced with top-down suppression, would be vulnerable.

But the thing is, what major capital would compete with Zhao Shanhe in this "real-life immersive script killing" business?

Real money and powerful individuals wouldn’t be interested in such a small business.

The competitors aren’t strong either.

With the legal claim of "copyright" and a strong local network in various grassroots official departments in Hengdian, Zhao Shanhe has enough leverage to stifle many competitors.