Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 632: Shancheng Posing as Seoul
Schaefer made a good point.
Chen Yiyang thought that if they showed this promotional video to Saudi Arabia, they might think Schaefer and Chen Yiyang were dismissively dealing with them, deceiving them.
Damn it.
Chen Yiyang didn't expect the Koreans to mess things up and require them to clean up.
"It's not easy making money like this." Schaefer thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we help South Korea shoot a promotional video ourselves?
This kind of promotional video is easy to shoot: pick a big city, use plenty of aerial shots, and focus on showcasing technology and urban development."
Chen Yiyang thought Schaefer's idea was pretty good.
"Contact a team in South Korea, and shoot some footage in Seoul and Busan."
"It's tough to shoot in South Korea." Schaefer said, "The market in South Korea is just that big. If we find a South Korean team to shoot the video on our end,
it's likely that people from the exhibition bureau will find out, and then they'll ask us to explain what we're doing shooting a video."
"What should we do then?"
"Let me think." Schaefer opened his computer, brainstorming while searching online.
Soon, he came up with a solution.
"Help me find a Huaxia team to shoot a video in Shancheng. Then, we can use AI to replace the signage to pretend it's Seoul."
"You must be joking." Chen Yiyang was dumbfounded — how could Shancheng pretend to be Seoul?
While Seoul is an international metropolis, Shancheng's unique cyberpunk style is rare globally.
"Even Koreans themselves use Shancheng as a stand-in for Seoul." Schaefer showed Chen Yiyang a picture with some confusion.
Chen Yiyang looked down and indeed saw a shot from a Korean drama where a character was shown with a city scene behind them, labeled as Seoul's aerial view.
Having lived in Shancheng for a long time, Chen Yiyang instantly recognized it as an aerial shot of Shancheng.
Not to mention, even the river clearly wasn't Seoul's Han River. Seoul's Han River isn't as impressive.
The Korean drama used Shancheng as Seoul, with an extra mountain photoshopped in.
"Well." Chen Yiyang was lost for words. "Then let's find a team to shoot a promotional video in Shancheng."
It's tough to find a team in Korea, but isn't it easy to find an aerial shooting team domestically?
Chen Yiyang helped Schaefer find a team specializing in city promotional videos and paid a rush fee to have them urgently shoot a video. Schaefer then stored the promotional video on a USB drive and flew to Saudi Arabia to personally deliver it to Kasim.
Originally, Chen Yiyang thought the matter was settled.
A few days later, Schaefer called him again. "Kasim watched our version of the promotional video where Shancheng was disguised as Seoul.
They thought it was shot really well, and their Saudi team couldn't match the quality, so they hope you can find a team to fly to Saudi Arabia to shoot."
"Let's stick with the same team then."
Chen Yiyang was too lazy to help Schaefer find a new team.
So he called over the responsible person from the team he found previously.
"Mr. Chen." Upon meeting Chen Yiyang, the leader of the Dream Factory Video team, Yao Meng, still felt dazed.
His team recently accepted a rush job to shoot a promotional video about future technology and development for Shancheng.
Originally, they thought it was a project commissioned by the Shancheng government to promote their own city.
Later, they realized it was arranged by a pretty famous young tycoon online, Chen Yiyang.
After shooting the video, they didn't pay much attention.
Yet now, Chen Yiyang had personally called them over for a meeting.
Yao Meng was quite nervous inside, worried that the video they shot earlier wasn't good enough.
"Oh, you're here, come in and sit."
Chen Yiyang gestured for Yao Meng to sit down first.
This kind of small matter really shouldn't warrant his involvement.
But considering the confidentiality needs with South Korea, Chen Yiyang felt delegating to someone else was adding an extra risk.
Might as well handle it directly and communicate with Yao Meng himself.
"Take a look at this video first."
Chen Yiyang handed a tablet to Yao Meng to watch the video.
Yao Meng picked up the tablet and watched carefully.
He quickly recognized it as the promotional video of Shancheng he previously shot.
However, it appeared to have been edited by AI, and the parts originally in Chinese characters were changed to Korean.
"Here's the deal." Chen Yiyang said to Yao Meng, "Busan in South Korea and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia are competing for the next World Expo host city.
Your video was actually used as Busan's bid video to show the Saudis."
"Huh?" Hearing Chen Yiyang's words, Yao Meng was dumbfounded.
Though Chen Yiyang spoke in Chinese characters, somehow he couldn't understand what these words meant together.
What did he mean by their Shancheng promotional video being shown to the Saudis as Busan's promotional video?
"It's enough for you to know about this situation." Chen Yiyang didn't give Yao Meng further explanation.
"Saudi Arabia saw your promotional video and thought it was shot very well, so they want to invite your team to shoot a Riyadh promotional video for their World Expo bid."
"Wow, are we still shooting in Shancheng?" Yao Meng's mind was completely frozen.
"Uh, Riyadh is a desert city, very different from Shancheng." Chen Yiyang didn't expect Yao Meng's thought process to be so odd.
He continued, "You need to go shoot in Riyadh. But the good news is, the Saudis are quite generous, willing to pay three times the market rate, and they'll cover your hotel and meals."
Yao Meng's attention was immediately captivated by the offer of three times the market rate.
In their line of work, there aren't many opportunities throughout a year.
Sometimes, they don't get any contracts for months, and then one deal can carry them for a few months.
Now that there's an offer of three times the price, there won't be income worries for the whole year.
"We're doing it." Yao Meng agreed immediately.
"Great, that's settled. I'll provide you with the contact details in Saudi Arabia later. By the way, when you get to Saudi Arabia, remember when communicating with the Saudis, don't tell them the Korean video was also shot by your team."
"Don't worry, I'll make sure of that." Yao Meng quickly nodded and agreed.
Even though he wasn't clear on what strange situation was behind all this,
the offer of three times the market price overpowers everything.
Yao Meng assured his lips would remain tightly sealed without saying anything unnecessary.
After sending Yao Meng away,
Chen Yiyang sat in his office looking at the computer in front of him, thinking it had been a while since he played any games.
Might as well let Steam see if any new games had come out recently.
He logged into his account and immediately noticed a bunch of new messages waiting for him.







