Entertainment mogul: Starting his business with the internet

Chapter 7, featuring working people, is coming soon.
Even for large film and television companies like Huayi Brothers and Enlight Media, aside from box office revenue, most of their main source of profit still relies on selling overseas film and television rights.

Since 2008, Chinese-language film box office records have been broken time and again, and the box office performance can only be described as a meteoric rise.

The rapid pace of urbanization has led to a rapid increase in the number of large movie screens nationwide, and the national box office market is also growing at a high speed, ushering in a period of comprehensive prosperity for the domestic film industry.

During this period, as long as the films were of good quality and gained market recognition, their box office revenue would not be too bad. The profits from the box office were already quite considerable, and the scale of film and television companies was expanding rapidly. The prosperous film market created many listed companies in the film and television industry.

At that time, Tengda Culture might have been able to seek an IPO, just like Huayi and Enlight Media.

Seeing that Wang Jing was somewhat anxious, knowing that she had a heavy burden on her shoulders, Song Ci comforted her, saying, "Sister Jing, the development of a film and television media giant is never achieved overnight. I have other plans for the cinema chain."

Your task is to build an excellent production team and improve the company's publicity and distribution system.

The company's development plan is based on 2008 as the dividing line. Before 08, the company's business focus will be on the production of small-screen TV dramas.

Regarding film, we will only invest appropriately in producing low-budget movies. The company's primary goals in the early stages are to establish a strong brand, strengthen our team's talent pool, and cultivate young directors.

Hearing Song Ci's rational and orderly development plan, Wang Jing breathed a sigh of relief. She was genuinely afraid that Song Ci's youthful impetuosity and blind pursuit of size and comprehensiveness would lead the company into a dead end.

Wang Jing also has her own ambitions; otherwise, she wouldn't have resigned to start her own business with Song Ci. She has devoted a lot of effort to Tengda Culture and sincerely hopes that the company will prosper and flourish.

The two talked for about an hour, finalizing the artist management and online marketing details. Wang Jing solemnly told Song Ci, "Don't worry, Mr. Song, I will make sure that all the tasks assigned today are carried out."

Song Ci smiled and nodded, "Thank you for your hard work, Sister Jing. Let's arrange it like this for now, and we can discuss any problems that arise later."

After finishing their business, Song Ci, who had been serious just moments before, relaxed completely, sinking into the soft leather sofa, and lazily asked Wang Jing, "What positions in the company are suitable for Shishi?"

"Would Shishi like to intern at the company for a while?"

Song Ci glanced at Liu Shishi and said, "She spends all her summer vacation playing video games at home. If we don't find her something serious to do, she'll become a complete waste."

"Song Dynasty poetry!" Liu Shishi's face flushed red instantly, feeling a mix of shame and indignation. That scoundrel of a man dared to expose her shortcomings in front of outsiders! This girl was so tired from dancing during school, and now she couldn't even relax online and enjoy the fun of games during her summer vacation!
I was about to punch him out of habit, but I held back and argued, "Sister Jing, don't listen to his nonsense. I only browse the news online when I have free time at home during the summer vacation."

When Song Ci heard Liu Shishi say that she was reading the news online, she almost burst out laughing. However, remembering Liu's headbutt and fist, she held back and didn't say anything more.

After all, girls get more concerned about their image as they grow up. The key point is that the grown-up Shi Ye hits harder than before. If you provoke her, she'll hit you instead of just talking. You can't afford to mess with her.

"Shishi hasn't graduated from high school yet, right?" Wang Jing remembered that her boss skipped a grade to take the college entrance examination. Liu Shishi is a few months younger than Song Ci. Normally, she should be in her senior year of high school this September. High school students don't have any professional skills, so it's not easy to arrange things for them.

"Shishi was admitted to the Beiping Dance Academy in 2002 and will be a junior this September."

Wang Jing was having a headache. How was she supposed to assign work to someone who studied dance? Most art students were academically weak, so she couldn't rely on them for writing documents or negotiating projects. She couldn't very well assign Liu Shishi to do odd jobs. Who knew what kind of relationship Liu Shishi and Song Ci would have in the future? She was a good sister now, but she might become a lover later. If she offended her, she couldn't withstand the future boss's wife's whispers in her ear.

Wang Jing was also puzzled. She had known Song Ci for three years and knew some things about Song Ci and Liu Shishi. You two play together every day, so how come there is such a big difference in your studies? One is a top scorer in the college entrance examination, and the other has a junior high school education and studies dance. Can't the boss tutor your good sister regularly?

If Song Ci knew that Wang Jing had so much on her mind, she would definitely cry foul. Liu Shishi went to art school in the fourth grade of elementary school. What kind of tutoring did she need?

The boss's request had to be addressed. After a moment's thought, several departments in the company flashed through Wang Jing's mind: "Shishi could try the online marketing department."

"What will you mainly be doing?" Liu Shishi looked at Wang Jing with expectant eyes. She was really looking forward to her first job.

"The company undertakes some marketing business, and we arrange people to promote on major forums, Baidu Tieba, Sina, Sohu and other portal websites."

Because the company is still relatively new and its main business is film and television media, it is currently only involved in entertainment industry business.

For example, we recently took on a job with Zhang Jizhong, where we'll help him promote "The Return of the Condor Heroes" online to increase public awareness and discussion. Once you're more proficient, Shishi, you'll be in charge of similar tasks.

Upon hearing Wang Jing's introduction, Liu Shishi's eyes lit up. She habitually tilted her head back and confidently said, "I know this very well. I frequently visit Tianya and Tieba, and I'm quite familiar with several Tieba moderators..."

"Ahem..." Song Ci coughed lightly, interrupting Liu Shishi, who was about to launch into a long and rambling speech.

Liu Shishi was taken aback, then realized that her words had just revealed her true nature as an internet addict. She gave an awkward laugh and said, "I go online occasionally."

Wang Jing was amused by the adorable contrast between Liu Shishi's behavior before and after. "Don't worry, I'll arrange for someone to teach you first."

Looking at the eager poet, Song Ci thought for a moment and decided to give him a heads-up: "Shishi, let me ask you one more question. Are you sure you want to work at Tengda? If you're going to work here, you have to be strict with yourself. Don't give up halfway through, or you'll lose face and become a laughing stock."

Liu Shishi pouted and replied very seriously, "Don't underestimate me, Song Ci. This girl is very hardworking."

Song Ci nodded slightly. In her previous life, she had heard that Liu Shishi trained hard to perform action scenes well and was particularly hardworking. She figured that working a 9-to-5 job for two months shouldn't be a problem.

Wang Jing chimed in, wanting to lay the groundwork beforehand to avoid future difficulties.

"Shishi, I also have a request. Since you've decided to work here, you must strictly abide by all the company's rules and regulations. Even with your relationship with President Song, you won't receive any special treatment here."

Liu Shishi sat up straight and looked directly at Wang Jing, quickly stating, "No problem, if everyone can do it, I can do it too. Sister Jing, I can start work tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)