New Age Artists

Chapter 98 The Director Does Not Take Over the Editing Job
October 5th, Sunday.

Give my brother a break first.

Eat candy in the morning, eat candy at noon, and eat candy in the evening.

"That's enough. I have to rehearse for my graduation play, and my acting skills can't be affected by you."

Tang Yan is going crazy.

Is there such a thing? I finally have time, so I do nothing else but do it.

Don't go out for a day, don't go anywhere, and just torment her.

The dumpling skins were almost cooked. For the sake of her health, no, for her future business ability, she decided to go back to school.

May 5, morning.

After a day of rest, Shen Santong held a summary meeting to summarize the work of the "Happy Birthday" crew.

"After the crew work manual is sorted out, we will study it internally and also put it online to share this information. Anyone who wants to learn can download it."

Shen Santong talked about his experience on the crew.

Managing a crew of 200 people is very different from managing a construction site of 200 people.

After this filming, he gained a lot and gained a lot of experience in the organization and scheduling of film projects.

The current organizational capabilities of mainland drama crews are relatively low.

The Hong Kong Island team is just like that.

It’s just because it was the boom period of Hong Kong films, the deadlines were too tight, and the shooting process of commercial films was well done, but when it comes to organizational capabilities, it’s actually average.

Just like in Hong Kong Island back then, famous directors such as Li Hanxiang, Chang Cheh, Liu Jialiang and Chu Yuan were forced to leave by movie workers and paper-throwing villains who said their films were "not profitable".

Currently the Hong Kong team is in mainland China and is simply repeating past practices.

"Through the Shengkuai project, we have attracted a lot of talents. I suggest that future company leaders must have experience following a film crew. The company's resources should be tilted towards those working on the front line."

Shen Santong plans to use the crew as a training ground for the film company in the future.

After the summary, adjustments were made to the personnel of the film company.

Those who perform well in the crew will be promoted.

Those who make more mistakes should give way.

in the afternoon.

Shen Santong held a meeting with the post-production team of "Happy Birthday".

This time, there are not only editing and music teams, but also the digital technology team of China Painting Film.

The summary meeting in the morning was a general meeting of the Locomotive Film Company, and all of its employees attended.

Naturally, we also know that in the future the company's resources will be tilted towards those working on the front line.

For workers, any bullshit slogan is not as good as a few more days of paid vacation, more income from overtime, and a higher year-end bonus.

Shen Santong has a good reputation in the company.

It can also be regarded as the invisible benefit of redeeming the ringtone prize pool.

It proves that he is not a black-hearted boss who goes back on his word.

Since the company’s resources have been tilted towards the front line, everyone is looking forward to it and in good spirits.

“The overall rhythm should be fast, fast and smooth, with more comedy than horror.”

Shen Santong talked about the editing requirements for the post-production of the film: "Most of our audiences are working class people. After work, they go to the cinema just to relax. There should be fewer unnecessary shots, or even no unnecessary shots."

After receiving a positive answer, Shen Santong looked at the Chinese painting team again.

He put forward requirements for the technical team: "After the success of Supermarket, the audience has higher requirements for my new play. We must strive for excellence and the pictures must be able to meet the audience's expectations."

As for the later stage, Shen Santong was in charge.

I'll check the progress at any time, but I won't be stuck in the editing room.

When he was making the first Supermarket, he was very strict because the funds were limited.

There was enough funding for the production, and the filming was completed two days ahead of schedule, with 2.5 million still left in the account.

The post-production costs alone exceed the supermarket’s production costs.

With sufficient funds and staff, Shen Santong does not have to do everything himself. He does what a director should do and does not take away the work of editors and other post-production workers.

5 month 17 day.

morning.

Continue with the meeting.

Meeting with the music division team.

The previous ringtone branch gradually transformed and built a music website.

Among all of Shen San Tong's branches, the music company has the highest morale.

The reason is simple: you can make more money.

Shen Santong expected that the income from ringtones would be very high, but he still underestimated the horror of the bonus period.

The company itself was in a period of dividends, and Shen Santong, as the boss of the company, also had the celebrity effect. He focused on the agency of popular online songs, and in just six or seven months, the revenue of the ringtone agency business quickly matured.

Not only did I earn money from acting as an agent for ringtones, I also gained money from acting as an agent for lawsuits.

The ringtone company's prize pool has reached more than 20 million.

"I'll bring the finance department with me. After the meeting, we'll redeem the prize pool first."

The first thing Shen Santong did at the meeting was to announce the distribution of money.

The money in the prize pool will not be fully distributed, and the rules of the prize pool will be improved over time.

There are different reward points for individuals, groups, and large project departments based on month, quarter, and year-end.

The operator's quarterly settlement has arrived, but because Shen Santong is the most strict with finances, the monthly and quarterly bonuses were suspended during the filming of the movie.

As soon as the words fell, the audience cheered and was in an uproar.

The next step is to adjust the personnel structure of the music company.

As a company's business grows, its scale expands, and it makes more and more money, various problems will inevitably arise.

As a private company, Shen Santong can keep a firm grip on the company even if he is away from the company for a few months.

Divide the money first, then adjust the personnel.

Some problems were quickly resolved without causing any trouble.

Support from middle and lower level staff and reasonable structure.

Even if the supervisor doesn't want to do it, there are plenty of people who are willing to do it.

5 month 18 day.

morning.

Continue with the meeting.

Meeting with the staff of Dongtian.com.

Dongtian.com still has not achieved profitability, but the number of registered users is close to 20 million, which is very impressive.

We are currently working on paid reading, online book platform, copyright operation agency and production.

It is still in the state of exploding three gold coins.

Last month, Sina Blog was launched, marking the beginning of the blog era in China.

The influence of the Internet will gradually increase, and the voice of offline media will gradually decrease.

In order to have a say in the Internet age, Shen Santong continued to invest.

There are also those who are willing to invest or even acquire the company.

However, the conditions did not meet Shen Santong’s expectations, and there were also node requirements.

He doesn't have any big ambitions. He just wants Dongtian.com to maintain its voice in film and television reviews and become a normal platform.

The meetings continued for several days.

Qianyuan Game Studio, which has been planned for some time, was officially established.

The game studio started preparations several months ago and has been recruiting people.

Shen Santong had held a meeting before and also had final communication with some people from various branches.

Select the best talents and start developing web games.

Online games are making a lot of money right now. It would be fine if Shen Santong didn’t have the conditions, but he does.

"Emperor Qianyuan"!
In an era when martial arts novels were still popular, a mature and fantasy novel about breaking off an engagement and upgrading the story was produced.

It is a best-seller in many countries. Including pirated copies, the total sales of nearly thirty copies should be tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions.

Structurally, it is a story structure of upgrading and changing maps.

Map after map, very suitable for conversion into games.

Shen Santong designed a prize pool for the game project. With the ringback tone business in the lead, the employees were energized.

5 month 24 day.

After finally finishing up the pile of work in the company during the filming period, Shen Santong took some time to read a piece of entertainment news that has been making headlines recently.

Zhang Yadong said that she is not in favor of marriage and would rather date than get married.

After thinking about it, I sent a text message.

"Sister Yuanyuan, congratulations on your film "Qinghong" winning the award." Shen Santong planned to tease Da Meiyuan.

soon.

In less than two minutes, Gao Yuanyuan texted back: "Thank you, that's the movie directed by Wang Xiaoshuai, I'm just an actor."

Shen Santong: "Have you returned to China? I will welcome you back."

My younger brother wants to welcome big sister Gao Yuanyuan!

(End of this chapter)