The table was very quiet.

Everyone looked at Chuck with a look of utter shock.

That includes Jamie, but he's pretending.

Calm and elegant like Lily, she was also "thundered" by Chuck's whimsical ideas at the moment, not to mention Bart, who was already blue and on the verge of rage.

Chuck, who has a wealth of experience in angering his father, was stuck exactly one second before Barth's anger exploded:

"Calm down!"

"Think about the last time I bought Victoria's Secret and wanted to do an underwear show in an underground striptease bar, what was your reaction?"

"At the beginning, there were all kinds of misunderstandings, followed by various reversals, to be honest, you are not tired of this kind of routine, I am already tired of it, so I had a showdown, I bought "Fifty Shades of Grey" and decided to publish it, not out of the rebellion of the rich second generation against the family, but I saw a business opportunity suitable for me."

"First of all, I would like to ask you to imagine what the sales of "Fifty Shades of Grey" would have been like if it had been published.

"Serena, you answer!"

Serena, who was named, looked confused.

Before she could ask, Chuck preemptively explained:

"I originally wanted Jamie to answer this question, but considering his relationship with me, if he was to do it, you would definitely suspect that we had colluded in advance, so you will answer it!"

"It just so happens that the original author of this book is a woman, and she told me unmistakably that this one is written for girls."

Guided by this impeccable reason, the eyes of everyone else at the table converged on Serena.

After a few seconds of hesitation, Serena spoke.

"I haven't watched much of the content, because I'm a little bit incapable of substituting the heroine-"

Before he could finish speaking, Chuck's mockery rang out.

"Yes, you are the queen of S, the likes and feelings of an ordinary girl, you probably won't be able to experience it in your life."

Serena was angry at Chuck's rude interruption, but she really couldn't refute it.

"That's right, I really can't substitute myself into the heroine of the book, so I'll say something I can feel myself!"

"I found that most of the girls in the school like this very much, especially Bobi, she doesn't like the heroine in various ways, and she watches it with relish on the other hand, and she has a big temper after the gossip queen was deleted, and threatened to find a hacker to find out the true identity of the gossip queen."

"The subject matter may be one reason to attract girls' appetite, but I think another more important reason is the male lead, which is like the original Paris video incident, the reason why it caused so much movement is because she is Paris Hilton."

"In other words, if the male protagonist of "Fifty Shades of Grey" is not called Chuck Bass, I estimate that the girls' interest in this film will definitely be reduced by more than half."

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

Chuck raised his hand and gave Serena a round of applause.

"Thank you to my dear sister for your statement, and I would like to give the floor to Mr. Jamie Dutton, the best-selling American author and Hollywood's most popular screenwriter, to share his thoughts."

knew that Chuck was doing this to firmly control the right to speak in his own hands, but no one at the table objected.

Bart and Lily, in particular, both had thoughtful expressions on their faces.

In this case, Jamie could only clear his throat.

"Regardless of the position, I am personally very optimistic about "Fifty Shades of Grey", and for an example that may not be appropriate, it is the female version of "Playboy".

"Here I want to correct one of Serena's opinions just now, the girls of Constance paid attention to "Fifty Shades of Grey" at first because of Chuck, but what really attracted them to continue reading was only the story itself, after all, they all know what kind of person Chuck is in reality, and this kind of pure love story will not happen to him."

Serena agreed with this.

Chuck shrugged indifferently and motioned for Jamie to continue.

"Of course, if a book wants to be popular, in addition to the story is attractive enough, it needs a little extra luck."

Before Jamie could finish speaking, Chuck began to deliberately dismantle the stage.

"So do you think the success of 'Percy Jackson' was luck?"

Without hesitation, Jamie replied:

"That's right, I'm really lucky, because I have a super rich dad!"

Chuck glanced at Bart, who was silent on the other end of the table.

According to Jamie's logic, his luck doesn't seem to be bad.

Bart made a straight face and made it clear that he would not pay a penny to help Chuck promote "Fifty Shades of Grey", let alone use his connections to help this public relations film.

Chuck was not surprised by the result and turned to look at Jamie.

The expression seemed to say.

See, I'm not as lucky as you!

Jamie, however, pretended not to see it and continued:

"Because the actor is Chuck, "Fifty Shades of Grey" is naturally hot, and many people even compare it to the Paris Hilton videotape incident back then."

"I know Paris Hilton doesn't have a good reputation on the Upper East Side, but the reverse PR tactics used by the other party in the videotape incident are very good to learn from."

"The normal PR tactic would have been to find a way to make people forget about the tapes, but Paris did the opposite, reaching out to the San Fernando Valley film company to prepare for the release of the tapes, and the result was that even those who didn't pay attention to the tapes before knew about it."

"If I were the publisher of 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' I would have let out the news first, a film that exposes the real lives of wealthy children on the Upper East Side, and the actor himself directly bid $500,000 for the copyright."

"After the gossip tabloids in New York began to follow up on the report, Chuck came forward and publicly stated that he would publish it to attract the attention of the mainstream media."

"At this time, if Mr. Bass can cooperate in the play and personally tell the media that the publication will be blocked, there will inevitably be more media follow-up reports on this matter."

"When everyone thinks that this one will definitely not be published, it will suddenly hit the shelves, and it will definitely cause an earth-shattering sensation in the United States!"

At this time, Bart had recovered the appearance of a real estate tycoon worth tens of billions, nodded calmly and said:

"It's a great plan, but there's a question, why should I help publish this book that seriously discredits the Bass family?"

Chuck was about to retort, but Jamie raised his hand to stop him.

"Mr. Bass, 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is fundamentally different from Paris Hilton's tape, the latter is true, and 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is just a story based on Chuck."

"Chuck's public publication of this and even his own role as the leading actor in the movie is precisely the best response to this kind of gossip scandal made up out of thin air."

"This kind of thing, the more you hide it, the more willing everyone is to believe that it is true, on the contrary, if you make it public, I believe most people will only treat it as a pleasure."

"Not to mention that this matter is still profitable, and it is a lot of profit."

Jamie clearly remembers that in the most popular years of the "Fifty Shades of Grey" series in his previous life, the author EL James's annual royalty income once exceeded that of JK Rowling, the author of "Harry Potter", and Stephanie Mayer, the author of the "Twilight" series.

Chuck nominally spent $500,000 on copyrights, and royalties alone can earn more than dozens of times the income.

There are also various revenues from box office, peripherals, and advertising when made into movies.

If you do the math carefully, the yield is much higher than Barthe's investment in real estate.

Of course, most of this money ends up in Jamie's pocket, but Chuck will definitely not get a small amount.

Seeing that Bart showed a serious thinking expression, Jamie gave Chuck a look.

It's your turn.

Chuck did what Jamie had just done and cleared his throat.

"As Jamie said, I plan to make the crisis PR of 'Fifty Shades of Grey' a business, and publishing it is only the first step to make it into a movie to maximize the benefits."

"First of all, the women's underwear in the movie will all use Victoria's Secret products, and secondly, I plan to contact several adult product manufacturers to launch a variety of interesting props for co-branding, and finally the shooting location can also choose the model room of Bath Estate's high-end products to help you play a wave of advertising for free."

"My ultimate goal is for Harvard, Wharton, and other famous business schools to write this as a classic case in their textbooks."

At this, the corners of Chuck's mouth curled up triumphantly, and he looked at Bart who still had a straight face across the table.

"If this can be done, I'm sure they'll be more than happy to admit me next year, even if you don't donate a lot of money to Harvard."

Bart was eventually convinced, saying he would wait and see.

Although Lily still thinks that this matter is a bit overdone, considering Chuck's character, she also thinks that this is the best way to deal with it.

As for Serena, no matter how sluggish she is at this time, she can see that her boyfriend is in collusion with Chuck.

Even she suspected that these ideas were all Jamie for Chuck at all.

As soon as she came out of the house, Serena confirmed her suspicions from Jamie.

Jamie only concealed that he was the original author of Fifty Shades of Grey.

Fortunately, Serena was not particularly concerned about this, and she was now struggling with whether to tell Blair the truth.

Jamie asked casually.

"Are you completely reconciled?"

Serena nodded.

All of this is thanks to Chuck, but Serena certainly won't thank Chuck for it.

Jamie spoke again:

"Want to hear my advice?"

Serena looked at her boyfriend expectantly.

"Of course!"

Jamie took Serena's hands.

"You know, although it was my idea to publish or adapt the movie, but the premise of all this is that he doesn't resist doing these things himself, but do you know why he doesn't resist?"

Serena was stunned for a moment, then her eyes widened at the thought of some incredulous answer.

"You're saying it's all because of Blair?"

Jamie nodded earnestly.

Serena scratched her hair a little speechlessly.

Blair deliberately found someone to act as a boyfriend to stimulate Chuck, and Chuck deliberately starred as the leading actor in a restricted movie in retaliation.

I have to say that these two are really a good match.

In the end, Serena decided to tell Blair only a small part of the truth, and not mention the business layout and considerations behind the whole thing.

Chuck moved quickly, and the next day a gossip newspaper in New York reported the incident with the headline "Hilton tape incident repeated, the son of a real estate tycoon is deeply involved in a sexual abuse scandal".

On that day, there were several more paparazzi reporters at the entrance of Constance High School.

And Chuck, who is absent from school on weekdays, is as commonplace as usual, but he happened to be at school for the past two days, and after school, he was unsurprisingly blocked by paparazzi reporters.

Chuck blackfaced the whole time and refused to be interviewed, a move that reinforced the speculation of reporters about the sexual abuse scandal.

Both Dan and Nate approached Jamie to inquire about more insider information, but they were both prevaricated by Jamie's ignorance.

Since that day, Chuck has not been to school again.

However, news soon broke that Chuck would hold a press conference to clarify the matter.

At this time, things have been in a uproar, and the whole New York high society is talking about it.

On the day of the press conference, Nate and Dan both went to the scene.

Jamie, fearing being surrounded by reporters on the spot, chooses to stay at home and watch the TV broadcast like Serena.

At the beginning of the press conference, a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York named Chuck Rhodes took the stage to read to reporters the preliminary findings of the District Attorney's Office into Chuck's sexual abuse case.

It was originally a story made up out of thin air, and of course the investigation could not lead to any results.

The prosecutor, Chuck Rhodes, also looked impatient, and seemed unhappy with his errand.

After hastily announcing the results, the prosecutor ignored the many reporters in the audience who raised their hands to ask questions, took the script and turned around.

This rash move successfully caught Jamie's attention.

Originally, Jamie thought that this Chuck Rhodes was very familiar, and now he finally remembered who he was sacred.

A rich second-generation prosecutor who loves to play bondage games is sent to investigate the sexual abuse case of "Fifty Shades of Grey".

Interesting!

Chuck Rhodes had just walked on the front foot, and Chuck, the "protagonist" of the press conference, followed up on the stage, holding a prepared speech in his hand.

He didn't read the manuscript as everyone expected, but picked it up and faced the reporters in the audience and asked anyone who wanted it and could give it to him for free.

Taking advantage of the fact that the reporters in the audience did not react, Chuck asked and replied:

"Well, it seems that everyone thinks this manuscript is worthless as much as I do, so let's talk about something more exciting!"

"I know you're all curious about what 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is about, and I'm curious too."

"Because when I bought the rights to this one from the original author for half a million dollars, she told me that this was only the first part, and there were still two more to write."

"In order to encourage the author to finish the next two parts, I decided to publish the first part first, what do you think of this idea?"

Chuck Rhodes is from the American drama "Billions", his name is the same name as Chuck, and Chuck is used for good distinction.

(End of chapter)