Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 228

Chapter 228 “Huh?” Sebastian stepped on the brakes. His complicated feelings not be described in words. The boss called him out of the house this late at night just to drink? could He really wanted to turn back, but he refrained from doing so-he was rather satisfied with his job and had no intention of jumping ship now. Parking the car at a convenience store that runs 24/7, he went inside and walked around “There’s only beer. You want any?” “Yes,” Kevan said, Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

Sebastian straight-up brought a whole box. Kevan took two cans and gave him one. “You’re so lonely that you needed me to drink with you?” Sebastian poked fun at him. Kevan opened his beer using the pull tab, then placed it to the side. This act of his confused Sebastian. “You’re not drinking?” “Let’s get down to business first. Kevan’s expression was stern, and Sebastian immediately straightened up and shifted into an attentive position. “Take down all TV shows and movies by Summer Entertainment from VisualBox tomorrow. From this day onwards, Microworks will never have any other partnerships with Summer Entertainment,” Kevan gave the order. Sebastian frowned. “Summer Entertainment is currently one of the biggest production companies in the country. Their works have been very well-received in recent years. They achieved remarkable success in terms of viewership and box office performance and even won many mainstream awards. The web series we exclusively acquired previously, Little Ballad of Love, caused VisualBox to have a 230% increase in their premium subscriptions in just a single month, creating over 20 million in revenue. They managed to cover all the costs within less than three months. The other non- exclusive dramas have pretty good

views too. To be honest with you, Visual Box has a long-term contract with Summer Entertainment, letting them package and sell their works to us.” Kevan maintained his stance. “Just do as I say.” “Mr. Rogers, you must think this through.” Sebastian persuaded him earnestly. “Summer Entertainment is a golden goose right now. Almost all the streaming sites in the country want to have exclusive streaming rights to their works, but Summer Entertainment has spoken. They said. that they prefer us the most.” “Sebastian Kevan tapped on the table twice. “A good streaming website should not only wait for other companies to deliver content to them. Being overly passive will lead to manipulation by others, and prices will be raised at will. We should put things in a long-term perspective-the success of ‘Little Ballad of Love’ is, of course, due to the script, but most importantly, is the ‘ exclusivity’ of it.” Sebastian was an employee who followed Kevan during the company’s founding stages. He figured out what Kevan meant immediately. “You mean… We will be making our own content in the future?” Kevan nodded. “Microworks is a big corporation. Our capital is definitely larger than Summer Entertainment. Any projects they can do, we can too, anything they can’t do, we still can. I will host a corporate executive meeting tomorrow to prepare for our own film company. This company will be under the Interactive Media Division, and you will be in charge of it by then.” “I don’t have any objections to establishing a film company.” Sebastian was actually quite excited. “But we don’t need to break things off with Summer Entertainment now, do we? After all, we can’t provide VisualBox’s content all by ourselves. We’d definitely have to buy a great deal externally.” “Do you mean to tell me that Summer Entertainment is the only company with good productions?” Kevan asked him. “Well, they are the best. Sebastian did not want to give up. They have the most seasoned producers in the industry, and they even have contracts with some of the best screenwriters. They’ve also worked together with various directors in the country. Besides, any production from Summer Entertainment doesn’t have to worry about finding big-shot actors for them. On the contrary, many management companies will try everything they can to shove their people into any Summer Entertainment projects,

even if it’s not official yet.” “In that case…” Kevan’s eyes gleamed. “Recruit any producer, screenwriter, or anyone you think is useful from Summer Entertainment to our side. Have their salary and benefits be twice as much. as what Summer Entertainment is paying them, and make sure to pay the contract breach penalties for them. Ensure that they have nothing to worry about.” He had undoubtedly spared no expense this time, and Sebastian could feel his determination to prepare well for the film production company. “Okay.” Sebastian suddenly felt quite passionate about this project of theirs. He raised his beer can and thunked it with Kevan’s. I’ll contact my headhunting friend tomorrow and do my best to get everyone in their rightful places!”