Chapter 45
Chapter 45 – Benefits of Studying
By the time Chen Yu finished dinner and returned to his room, it was already seven in the evening.
Feeling that enough time had passed, he sent the download link for the edited video to the other party.
[Chen Yu: “I’m done editing. Give it a look.”]
[Blooming Clouds: “That quick?”]
[Chen Yu: “Why do I feel uncomfortable hearing those words?”]
[Blooming Clouds: “I’m just surprised. Did you properly edit it?”]
[Chen Yu: “Facts speak louder than words. Comment after you’ve watched it.”]
“No-Nothing…” Chen Yu’s expression started turning strange after this situation.
“I’ve seen your edited video, and I feel that its quality is extremely high, so I wish to form a long-term partnership with you. May I know how many minutes you can edit per day on average?”
“Just send me whatever you have,” Chen Yu said generously. “I’ll take them all.”
“Are you running an editing studio?”
“You can think of it that way. In any case, no matter how many videos you send me, I can edit them all to the standard you saw just now.”
“If that’s the case, let’s sign a contract. So long as you can edit a certain length of video every day, you’re free to set the price.”
Chen Yu could not help but frown at these words and asked, “Are you trying to become my sugar momma?”
“???”
“No need for contracts. Just pay me 30 yuan per minute. I’ll edit however many videos you send me.”
Chen Yu did not wish to go through that much hassle at all. He was only trying to earn some quick cash to tide him over the short term. Hence, he aimed for small profits but a high turnover. Once he got his hands on more and more advanced technology, the money he earned now would be chump change.
He had always thought of himself as a wise person that had abandoned the consciousness of a small farmer.
He was going to attain great achievements and earn big money in the future.
Once he was successful, why would he waste his precious time earning a trivial sum and even sign a contract for it? This notion was simply laughable.
It was just like the three small gifts he was offered in exchange for returning the Nuclear Energy Laboratory. How capricious would he be to choose the learning circlet? Wasn’t it much better to choose the basketball shoes to earn a quick buck and let his family have a good meal?
Once he settled his short-term emergencies, he could simply apply for a stronger learning tool.
Finding his thoughts to be very reasonable, Chen Yu gave the other party no room for negotiations as he said firmly, “Thirty yuan per minute. Don’t say useless things.”
“Can you edit a hundred, or even a thousand, minutes?” A skeptical voice came from the other end of the phone. “Let’s sign a contract and cooperate properly. The smaller your studio’s workload, the greater your profit margin will be. Won’t that be great?”
“No.” Shaking his head, Chen Yu said, “I have no wish to earn that much money at all. Thirty yuan per minute. Take it or leave it.”
“…”
“I’m hanging up and resuming my advertisement if you don’t give me an answer.”
“Mr.… Mr. Chen, I wish to ask you, are you certain that there are no problems with your thought process?”
“Nothing’s wrong. My logical thinking is quite strong. Just 30 yuan per minute.”
“…Alright. Okay. Great!” An anger-filled laugh came from the phone. “Let’s do as you say. I’ll pay you 30 yuan for every minute of edited footage, but you must guarantee the quality.”
“That won’t be a problem.” Turning to look at his laptop, Chen Yu said, “The quality will be extremely stable, as stable as one plus one equals two.”
“Good. I have another question. If I have too much raw footage, it’ll still take you a long time to download everything, even if you have high-speed internet, right? Can I mail you a hard drive?”
“Sure,” Chen Yu answered, nodding. “You can even act as a middleman and pick up work from other independent media or companies and pass the work to me. I’ll edit everything for you at a price of 30 yuan per minute.”
Upon hearing Chen Yu’s words, the other party was startled and asked, “Are you serious?”
“Of course. I am very serious.”
“I… I don’t understand. Why are you doing this?”
“For the horde.”
“Huh?”
“To save myself trouble. Do you have any other questions?”
“…No.”
“Good. May we have a pleasant cooperation.”
“Ye-Yes… May we have a pleasant cooperation…”
After disconnecting the call, Chen Yu was finally unable to suppress the excitement in his heart any longer as he jumped up in joy and did a fist pump.
“I won’t get eliminated anymore this year!”