Aubree couldn’t guarantee every single thing would be a hundred percent sessful, but she had absolute confidence in everything she did.
She was sure those threepanies wouldn’t refuse to work with her.
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“Ms. Miller, Mr. Carr, we’ve watched the mini dramas. Honestly, we have to admit there’s something kind of addictive about it. It keeps people watching. But about this partnership..
<b>The </b>executives across from them exchanged nces.
“We still think we should hold off on this coboration. Each episode is two or three minutes long. We’ve never seen <b>anything </b>produced like that before. The actors are all pretty much unknown, and <b>the </b>costumes, sets, and special effects are nothing to write home about. Mr. Carr, you probably know more about these than we do.
“We don’t see a product like this bringing any game–changing profits to our tform. Honestly, it’s not just about money. We’re worried about risking our tform’s reputation, you know?”
No! You… Kurtis shot up from his seat, furious. These people acted all friendly when they watched the video together. Now they were showing their true colors.
And it was already the secondpany to turn them down.
“Mr. Carr!” Aubree reached out and gently pressed down on Kurtis’s shoulder. “It’s alright. Everyone has their own considerations. Even if we can’t work together this time, there’s no hard feelings. We’re <b>still </b>on good terms.”
Aubree smiled at the executives across the table. “Looks like my project didn’t win you over. I guess I need to <b>work </b><b>harder</b>. It doesn’t matter if we can’t cooperate. I’ll treat you all to a meal when there’s a chance in the future.”
After exchanging a couple of polite words, Aubree simply led Kurtis out of <b>the </b>room without saying <b>anything </b>more.
Once <b>they </b>were back in the car, Kurtis still couldn’t wrap his head around how things <b>had </b>turned out this way.
“Are those people blind or <b>what</b><b>?</b><b>” </b>he burst out. “Why didn’t you say anything back there?”
“Aubree fought for it just like I did at the firstpany, even though it didn’t work out. However, <b>Aubree </b>didn’t time. How could Aubree just let it go with the second one?’ thought Kurtis.
even try
<b>this </b>
Aubree gave a small smile. “There’s no need to get all worked up if they don’t want to work with us. We’ve still got a thirdpany to visit, don’t we? Besides, missing our flight would be a real pain.”
Her voice was steady, not a trace of annoyance or frustration on her face as if the rejection didn’t bother her in the slightest.
Kurtis stared at her in disbelief. <b>“You </b>don’t care at all? If none of these deals work out, <b>won’t </b>it mess up your ns, at least a
little?”
There was no way they could pull it off just by <b>making </b>those mini dramas themselves.
Selling the rights wasn’t just about a simple licensing fee. It was about getting the mini <b>dramas </b>out there. After the first wave of hype, all the major video tforms would start streaming them, <b>making </b>the mini–<b>dramas </b>look like the next big thing.
Wherever there’s money to be made, people will jump in. Soon, there’d be plenty of others making mini dramas, too, putting them on Zappy and that free tform of theirs. With all those ripple effects, the biggest winners <b>would </b>still be them, eventually.
However, if even one step was missing, it’d be hard to hit their <b>targets </b><b>as </b><b>fast </b><b>as </b>they wanted.
Aubree shrugged <b>and </b>said, “If they don’t want to work with us, it’s not like we can hold a gun to their head and force them, right?
“No point wasting our time on something that leads nowhere. Let’s do something <b>that </b>matters. Let’s check on how things <b>are </b><b>going </b>in Urggate City before we decide our next move.”
‘She’s really <b>this </b><b>chill</b>? <b>Kurtis </b>thought, watching her.
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However, he started to feel a little more at ease as he looked at Aubree. She must have had this all nned out, thought Kurtis.
Aubree <b>and </b>Kurtis made <b>a </b>beeline for their next destination when their ne touched down in Urggate City. Sure enough, they got rejected yet again, though it <b>was </b>both unexpected and somehow exactly what they’d anticipated.
As they reached thepany entrance, Kurtis shot a re at the secretary who’d walked them out. He said, “Are these threepanies in cahoots or what? Seriously, they’re <b>all </b>giving us the sameme excusel
“We told them the mini drama wasn’t some fancy production long ago, didn’t we? They didn’t care before, but now everyone has suddenly got a problem with it. This isn’t how people do business, right?”
Aubree pressed her lips into a thin line. “It’s not that they don’t want to work with us. It’s that someone beat us to the punch.”
“What?” Kurtis blurted out,pletely shocked. As far as he knew, they were the only <b>ones </b>doing mini dramas <b>right </b>now. He thought, ‘If it weren’t for Aubree, even if someone had told me about this, there’s no way I’d have thrown money at something
like this.
“If Aubree hadn’t let me get a taste of sess with those mini dramas, and I hadn’t taken <b>a </b><b>gamble </b>with her, I never would’ve believed in the mini drama thing. I thought it was burning cash for nothing when I first heard about it.