Huayu: When the director changed his major

Chapter 252 The company is in full swing
On Monday, Zuibai Entertainment held a general staff meeting.

Zuibai Studio, Zuibai Mahua, and Zuibai Chinese website participated in the conference via video at separate venues.

Representatives from various departments spoke.

"In 2013, the company will fully focus on developing internal IP, stimulating the internal motivation of each department, and launching billion-dollar projects."

"Zuibai Mahua continues to rely on theater tours, with the audience and actors working together to polish high-quality scripts, leading to high-quality film and television output."

"Zuibai Chinese website should rely on low- and mid-level authors to continue supporting talents who can write millions of words, while focusing on the top IP effect."

Cheng Xi looked at the crowd of people in the conference hall and read the important work plan for 2013 from the manuscript.

The meeting made it clear that 2013 will be a year of great strides for Zuibai Group.

Now that the funds are in place, we can expand our business by leveraging our content advantages.

The movie "Charlotte" alone will bring the company about 4 million in revenue.

"Also, let me say a little more. In the past, the entire company revolved around the projects I personally created, which is actually an unhealthy way of operating a company."

"In the next step, we will definitely operate as a corporatized and group-based company. There is no doubt about that."

"Everyone should put aside their mentality of waiting for help as soon as possible. The company encourages internal competition. Whoever develops good projects and contributes greatly to the company's development will be able to receive more company resources."

"I'm a young person. I don't want a seniority-based culture in the company. Whoever is capable gets promoted, and whoever is not gets demoted."

"Okay, this concludes this morning's staff meeting. Those from the originality department, please stay for a moment."

After everyone left, Cheng Xi restrained his serious expression.

He smiled and said:

"Let's go in order. Starting with you, Xin Yukun, please report on the progress of your respective scripts and projects."

Xin Yukun: "Boss, 'The Man in the Coffin' has been nominated for three Golden Horse Awards, the Best New Director Award at the Venice International Film Festival, and has been nominated for awards at several other film festivals."

Cheng Xi nodded and said, "Yu Kun has done a good job. Next, let's arrange the domestic release. If necessary, make any changes. You can report this to President Li after the meeting."

Wen Muye: "Boss, the 'So Young' project has been prepared, the funding and crew are in place, and the only thing left is the casting of a few main characters."

Cheng Xi: "There are four roles in total, one male lead, two male leads, one female lead, and two female leads. You can hold a casting meeting or find actors for auditions. I'll give you a week to nominate two roles for each role and report them to me."

Xin Shuang: "Boss, the book I revised is called "The Hidden Corner."

When Cheng Xi heard Xin Shuang say this, he smiled inwardly.

The book jumped into my head. When it comes to IP value and popularity, nothing is as famous as Zuibai's novels.

Cheng Xi is now on the rise.

But Xin Shuang’s script was indeed well revised, and I originally wanted to shoot it myself.

However, considering the general direction of today, Cheng Xi decided to delegate power to everyone.

"I read the script the day before yesterday, and the revisions are very good. Please talk to Mr. Li. As for the actors, Qin Hao can be considered for Zhang Dongsheng. You can choose the other roles except Zhang Chaoyang. Don't ask me."

"As for the cost, have you calculated it?"

"Well, boss, I only need 600 million in funds."

"Shoot it well. This is a good script. I'll approve a 1500 million yuan loan for you. The company will invest 1200 million yuan, and you can raise the remaining 300 million yuan yourself."

When Xin Shuang heard this, he was delighted.

I didn't expect the boss to be so generous with money and power. Now I can do whatever I want.

The next few people, some are interested in "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms", and some are interested in Gu Man's "Love O2O" and "Shan Shan Come to Eat"
However, some of the books were not revised well, so some were rejected by Cheng Xi.

Finally, we will develop four projects, "Youth", "The Bad Kids", "Eternal Love", and "My Sunshine", at the same time. If we add "The Man in the Coffin", there will be two movies and three TV series.

"Let me be frank. Mr. Li and I will do our best to support your creations, but if the finished product is not good..."

At this point, Cheng Xi paused. He looked at everyone seriously and said:

"I only get one chance."

After the meeting in the morning, Cheng Xi came to Zuibai Mahua again in the afternoon.

The success of "Charlotte" has really given a shot in the arm to all the staff of Mahua.

But at the same time, people's hearts began to waver.

According to Liu Hongtao's report, many entertainment companies are now looking for their actors.

I know that I can't find actors like Shen, Teng and Ma Li, but I am trying to find other third- and fourth-tier actors, even those who didn't appear in "Charlotte" this time.

Moreover, many actors themselves began to become impetuous.

They are all vying to star in the next play that may be adapted into a film or TV series, and their dedication to their work is far less than before.

"It's okay, this is normal. Everyone wants to be famous and rich; but those who have other ideas can be filtered out."

Liu Hongtao listened to his boss's words and nodded silently.

What he really didn't expect was that the success of the movie actually increased the difficulty of management work.

In the past, when everyone was suffering and there was no immediate benefit, we united and were determined to perform the drama well.

Nowadays everyone wants to be famous.

Fortunately, Cheng Xi had anticipated the current situation and had taken precautions.

After acquiring Mahua and determining the film and television strategy, the human resources department has renegotiated everyone's contracts.

The main changes are the increase in the contract term and compensation amount. In addition, it includes not only performance contracts for dramas, but also contracts for other film and television performances.

This way, there won’t be a situation where people use the name of Mahua to take on bad movies.

This is tantamount to digging one's own grave. By increasing the popularity of Mahua, it has in turn become a tool for everyone to make money.

"Yan Fei, Da Mo, and Song Yang, what are your thoughts on the second film?"

Song Yang played the buck-toothed Zhang Yang in "Charlotte", with classic lines like "I don't have fire, how can I light a cigarette" and "Sister-in-law, these women are all mine."

But in fact, he has always been involved in the screenwriting work of Mahua series.

At this time Song Yang said:
"Boss, I've always had a script. Yan Fei and I recently refined it. It's called 'The Shameful Iron Fist'. Would you like to take a look?"

When Cheng Xi heard this, he had the impression that "The Shameful Iron Fist" would be released 16 years later, but he didn't expect it to be after the butterfly effect.

It was born so quickly.

"Well, go print a copy for me now!"

"Boss, here's the printed version, take a look."

Just like that, no one expected that Cheng Xi would sit in the office and start watching.

I took a quick look and found that about 60% to 70% of the jokes were there.

There are some things that have not appeared in later generations, such as "stewing yourself in an iron pot", which have not yet appeared.

After Cheng Xi quickly flipped through the pages, he raised his head and saw that everyone was looking at him nervously.

I can't help but feel funny:

"This book is good, but some parts need to be revised."

"I'll take it back and study it."

(End of this chapter)