Entertainment 2000: Supporting female stars will bring you a hundredfold return

Chapter 176: "A World Without Thieves" Premiere (Subscription Request)
The sun is shining brightly in the capital.

In the Blue Star Entertainment conference room, Tang Wen was listening to a work report on content.

Investing in film and television dramas can certainly make money.

But the system is the foundation.

For him, the right way is to continuously invest in female stars.

The projector shone on the screen. On the beautiful PPT cover, there was a bold title:

[Summary of copyright work in the first half of 2002]

The founder of a company often determines the company's style of doing things.

Tang Wen’s characteristics are of course - lustful and, ahem, efficient.

So, the PPT is not fancy.

The above is arranged in chronological order and classified according to different themes.

First, let me introduce Blue Star Entertainment, the main project.

Detective Di Renjie

The Legend of Sword and Fairy

Two famous plays.

There is no need to say much about the former.

The entire series was not only widely acclaimed, but also had good ratings.

And it’s an evergreen drama.

It's the kind of TV series that can be consumed for many years.

The Di Renjie played by Leung Koon-wah cannot be surpassed even if Di Renjie is resurrected.

Although the female characters are not outstanding, they are good enough to promote newcomers.

Tang Wen wrote the main outline and gave it to the company's screenwriter to refine the content, and he was the one who reviewed it in the end.

The first script is written.

The adaptation rights of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" have been purchased.

The subsequent copyright was also discussed, and Blue Star Entertainment has the right of first refusal.

This is prepared for Liu Yifei.

At the same time, he can also support many female stars.

The cashback amount must be considerable.

"Teacher Du Liang, we have also obtained the adaptation rights for your unpublished new book Bloody Romance."

Du Liang is the original author of "Bright Sword" and is currently revising the script of Bright Sword at home.

"Blood Romance" is a book he wrote last year. It is currently in the proofreading stage and is expected to be published in a few months.

"Teacher Du Liang saw that our Blue Star is very strong, so he recommended a friend's script, "Emperor Wu of Han", and we agreed to a preliminary cooperation after chatting. The script is currently being written..."

"The Emperor Wu of Han" is a very popular TV series.

There's no reason not to take it.

“Also thanks to Mr. Tang and the company’s reputation, Mr. Zhang Guoli wants to work with us on a new project called ‘The Fragrance of Sophora japonica in May’”

The screenwriter of this new drama is Zou Jingzhi, who is very famous.

He participated in both The Iron-Tongued and Bronze-Jawed Ji Xiaolan and The Secret Visits of Kangxi.

He is Zhang Guoli's old partner.

Zhang Guoli acts very steadily.

His projects basically never lose money.

But because he is too stable, he often has to get various parties to invest together and disperse the shares.

As a result, each company makes limited profit after producing a drama.

"In addition, CCTV is preparing a TV drama project called "Romantic Things", which is expected to start filming next year and be broadcast the year after. They want to ask us if we are interested in investing?"

Nowadays, CCTV’s budget is not much.

Tang Wen is on good terms with their production director and leaders.

The production department of CCTV is very happy to come to Bluestar for investment and cooperation.

Tang Wen recalled briefly, remembering that the film was about a mother and her three daughters, and had four female leads. He immediately nodded and said, "I'll invest."

After he made the decision, Xia Tian handed over the information.

Seeing that one of the screenwriters was named Zang Li, he added:
“Contact some of the writers on the show and ask them if they can write a custom script.

It’s probably a light family comedy, telling the story of a reconstituted family and the growth of three children…”

The person in charge quickly agreed.

No reason was asked.

No one else said anything.

Everyone knows that Tang Wen is a genius when it comes to content creation and market grasping.

They just need to carry out Mr. Tang’s decision.

No need to ask so many whys.

This screenwriter, Zang Li, is the chief screenwriter of "Home with Kids".

Another divine drama.

"Finally, I have good news to report to President Tang and all the leaders.

"The Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was completed at the end of last year.

We started negotiating copyrights as soon as possible.

Finally last month, we started shooting on location in the Outback as promised.

Mr. Huang Yi sold the adaptation rights to us for HK$400 million.”

"Well done!" Tang Wen praised, and said to Zhang Ran: "You have done a good job, and the bonus should reflect that."

Tang Wen knew that 400 million Hong Kong dollars to buy the adaptation rights was actually a bit high.

But who made the other party Huang Yi?
In addition, this TV series belongs to the memory of youth of a generation and can also produce several female stars.

Definitely worth the money.

However, choosing who to direct is a difficult matter.

The above.

It is the company’s project for the next two years.

The main projects currently being prepared include the movie "Peacock"

War TV series "Drawing Sword"

Jin Yong's martial arts drama "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber"...

The script of "Peacock" is ready, and Fan Bingbing, under the guidance of Liu Tianchi, has entered the early preparation stage of the film.

To fit the character, she needs to be thinner.

The script of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" needs to be written by Tang Wen himself.

He wrote scripts at the company during the day and bullied female heroes and neighbors at home at night.

Two days passed happily.

Finally, the rumor spread online and tabloids began to report it.

"Blue Star Entertainment is running wild, suspected of being short of funds"

"The reason why Tang Wen has not started the Jin Yong martial arts drama"

The article suspected that Blue Star Entertainment’s funding chain was broken.

It lists the projects that Blue Star Entertainment has recently been involved in.

Movies include "Infernal Affairs 2" and "A World Without Thieves"

Both are big productions.

The investment must be more than 30 million.

More TV drama projects include "The Miraculous Doctor Xilaile", "The Dye House", "Sex and the City", "The Story of a Noble Family"...

According to reliable sources, Blue Star Entertainment holds a considerable stake in the above-mentioned projects and has a relatively large investment share.

Finally, he concluded:
The profits from Tang Wen's Hollywood movies have not yet been settled.

According to the settlement cycle of the film and television industry, it ranges from several months to half a year.

I'm afraid that Blue Star Entertainment will have a hard time in the days ahead.

Reasonable and well-founded.

Not to mention the ignorant crowd who think it makes sense.

Even people in the industry think that Tang Wen has spread his business too wide!

It is normal to be tight on money when investing in so many projects at once.

However, the public relations department of Blue Star Entertainment is very puzzled. Is the company short of funds?

We pay bonuses every month, and the bonuses are almost higher than the wages.

I haven't heard that funds are tight.

The director of the public relations department went to see the general manager Zhang Ran in person. Zhang Ran looked at the long balance in the account and fell silent.

Tang Wen invested 200 million yuan at the beginning of the year.

Over the past six months, the company's finished product projects have all been profitable.

Even if we invest money everywhere, we still have 150 million left.

As for the company's daily expenses, the money earned by Wang Zuxian and the two singers can cover all costs and have a surplus.

Banks come to us and ask for loans, but we don’t know what to do with them.
If Blue Star was short of funds, other companies in the entertainment industry would have gone bankrupt long ago!
"Don't do the PR yet. I'll ask Assistant Xia to ask Mr. Tang."

When Xia Tian handed the news to Tang Wen, he had just finished writing the script for Yi Tian. After glancing at the unknown tabloid, Tang Wen frowned and called Sun Chao: "Didn't I ask you to add fuel to the fire? How come there is only this little bit of news? If it's not shocking, what kind of news is it?"

Sun Chao was out of town, and after he understood the situation, he was speechless and said, "Boss, how did you clean up the newspaper and magazine companies before the New Year? Have you forgotten?"

"Uh." Tang Wen blinked. That's right.

We are all working in the system, so we won’t fall into the same pit twice.

Sun Chao: "I posted a message on the Internet, saying that according to Blue Star's internal information, you invested in the Internet, real estate, and a dairy company, and borrowed a lot of money, which almost broke Blue Star's capital chain..."

Some operations.

There was finally some excitement on the Internet.

[According to reliable sources, Blue Star Entertainment only paid out last year's year-end bonus and spring quarterly bonus this year, and did not even pay out the semi-annual bonus.

Their capital chain is tighter than expected. I'm afraid it's over.】

After reading this, netizens were left with a puzzled look on their faces.

Year-end bonus, spring quarter bonus?

What is this?
Why doesn’t our company have it?
Someone claiming to be an employee of Blue Star Entertainment broke the news online, saying that the company is indeed out of money:
“It turns out that the company has an unlimited supply of beef jerky, pistachios, Coke, and Sprite.

As long as you don’t take it away, you can eat and drink as much as you want.

It’s not possible now. It’s said that for the sake of everyone’s health, we need to reduce the types of snacks.

Beef jerky and pork jerky were replaced with cheap fruits.

Not only are carbonated drinks limited, but they also bought a lot of cheap soda water..."

In a word, corporate pill.

Netizens were shocked.

Listen, is this human talk?

If you don't want to do this anymore, can you please give me the position?
Let us experience what corporate pills are!

This wave of public opinion really had the effect of reverse propaganda.

What kind of magical company?
Is there really such treatment?
Face doubts.

Bluestar employees directly sent photos.

In the photo:
Dong Xuan stood in front of a food cabinet that was as well-stocked as a cafeteria's, eating watermelon and making a "V" sign to the camera.

She is the leading actress of Blue Star Entertainment Corporation.

There is no doubt about it now.

Netizens became jealous.

College students on Renren are the most active:

"Boss Tang is really confused. He's giving all that money to his employees?"

"No wonder your Blue Star Entertainment's capital chain is tight. With such a consumption pattern, what company can survive?"

"I, I, I don't have a big appetite. Mr. Tang, please hire me. Fire them. Hire me, Mr. Tang!"

Someone enlarged the photo and took a closer look and found that all the snacks were branded products.

Many of them are even imported snacks.

"How do I join Blue Star? I want to go!"

"Who wouldn't want to? Maybe Director Tang would notice me and help me rise to prominence."

"..."

The public opinion has shifted.

Only mainstream public opinion and older opinion leaders insisted on talking about the problem of Blue Star Entertainment's capital chain.

Young people and college students have shifted their attention to the welfare benefits of Blue Star Entertainment.

Those who are already working began to complain about their own company.

Public opinion has heated up.

Some company bosses can't stand being criticized anymore.

Start doing things secretly.

There was a large-scale discussion on the Internet that Tang Wen was not capable of running the company.

Buy so many snacks, drinks, overtime allowances, quarterly bonuses...

If you are not short of funds, who will be?
If everyone does what you do, how will we as bosses survive?
Where do you get the money to eat lobster, abalone and other delicacies from land and sea?

How to ride a BMW?
You deserve it for your poor management.

It would be better if you go bankrupt!
I don’t know how many bosses are hoping that Tangwen will go bankrupt.

Blue Star Entertainment came out to refute the rumor, but its response was vague.

The PR director, who seemed like a rookie, was evasive in his words, saying that snacks didn't cost much, and that overtime pay wasn't much either...

It doesn't seem like a rumor-busting.

It seems to be explaining that the company's capital chain is tight, not because the employee benefits are too good.

Finally, he said that welfare will not be reduced.

Netizens gave thumbs up to the post.

The bosses are gnashing their teeth in anger. Funds are tight, so what's wrong with reducing employee benefits?
It will go bankrupt sooner or later.

Tang Wen was also surfing the Internet.

When I went to Beijing Film Academy’s Renren website, the photo of Dong Xuan eating watermelon appeared slowly in the cache.

Blue Star Entertainment is the center of topic discussion.

Dong Xuan is the center of Blue Star Entertainment.

Her photos are everywhere on Renren.

Tang Wen keenly noticed that Dong Xuan was showing signs of becoming an Internet celebrity.

Tap, tap, tap, fingers tapping on the table.

The original plan was to have Gao Yuanyuan, as a talented woman, be the first to register on Renren.com.

Take the first bite of cake and be the first to try it.

Now it seems that it would be more advantageous for Dong Xuan to go first.

Well, let's just treat them equally and let them come together.

For some time to come, Renren will not open certification to other celebrities.

This means that even if some celebrities sense the opportunity, they will register an account and start to settle in Renren.

Renren official website will not give them official certification.

The difficulty lies in proving that they are stars.

She will not be recommended by any website and will have a hard time competing with Gao Yuanyuan, Dong Xuan and others.

He called Xia Tian and arranged all the artists to prepare to move into Renren.

Including Gao Yuanyuan, Fan Bingbing, Dong Xuan, Li Xiaoran, Lin Zhiling...

Ning Hao, Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang also had a role.

The company will arrange personnel to shoot daily materials.

The account is operated jointly by the artist and the company.

Ownership belongs to the company.

In a blink of an eye, it is the premiere day of "A World Without Thieves".

The premiere ceremony was held at a five-star hotel near Blue Star Entertainment.

Renren arranged a filming team to record the entire process and plan to broadcast it online later.

Two big names, Zhang Guoli and Dong Qing, served as hosts on the scene.

As for the actors, of course, all of them were present.

Andy Lau flew here specially from Hong Kong.

The princess and Joey Wong came together to show their support.

Tang Wen specifically notified Hairun, Zhou Yi, Rong Xinda, and Huayi's Wang Jinhua.

Wang Jinhua was very generous and all the artists under her who could come came.

Chen Daoming, Hu Jun, Li Shuangbing, Ren Quan, Nie Yuan...

Sun Li and Tong David came from Hairun.

Zhou Yi has recruited Zhang Jin and Yang Junyi, who are currently not even third-tier actors.

Rong Xinda's good brother Zhou Xun came, and she brought Li Yapeng with her...

Zhou Xun hugged Tang Wen and whispered on his shoulder, "There are so many people! You organized such a big event, it must have cost a lot, right? Aren't you short of funds?"

"You know it all?"

"Nonsense, it's spread all over the circle that you don't even have enough money to shoot Jin Yong's drama. How much is the shortfall?"

"Why? Planning on getting me some?"

Unexpectedly, Zhou Xun, who was a novice in finance, nodded and said, "Let me make it clear first. Even if you lose money, you have to pay me back in the future. I'll call my mom and ask her. The most I can lend you is four million."

"That's a lot, little rich girl."

Tang Wen was a little touched. It was true that Zhou Xun had been popular for several years, but she didn't make much money.

Four million is at least most of her assets.

"What rich woman? That's so ugly."

Tang Wen stopped teasing her: "Don't worry, I'm not short of money. You'll know later."

Today, he arranged a rumor-refuting session.

I plan to give everyone a little shock about my strength and announce a few projects at the same time.

(End of this chapter)