Chu Ge felt that this sort of thing would not happen so quickly. They needed to evaluate a project before approving it; just reading his book carefully would take several days, never mind all the work that came afterward.
But as it happened, there was a bit of a coincidence.
Actually, Old Zhu could originally have been even more efficient.
He had transferred Cai Zhijian's Film and Television Company back into his own name in no time at all. With that as a foundation, he could buy the rights himself, paying whatever price the other side asked. Even if he bought them only to leave them gathering dust, it would not matter. He could simply treat it as repaying Chu Ge's kindness.
In the end, Zhu Mengmeng, who was still in her hospital bed and had not yet been discharged, reminded her father, "I don't think those two are after money. If selling it means leaving it in storage, they probably wouldn't even want to sell. They clearly want it filmed as soon as possible, and your company can't make this, Dad."
Old Zhu recalled what Chu Ge had said. That was indeed what he had meant, and Old Zhu himself had even promised, "I'd be ashamed to bring you some tiny outfit."
So he abandoned the idea of buying it himself and decided to invest instead.
To pitch the "IP" to an old friend, he specifically looked into Chu Ge's book, and unexpectedly discovered that things were much simpler than he had imagined...
The book itself was doing very well, but that aside, the key was that it had actually become known outside its usual circles. Among outsiders, the author and his wife seemed even more popular than the book...
Old Zhu immediately brightened and called an old friend.