Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 251 Which Hand to Chop That Hand
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Wu Guangzheng, Zheng Jiachun, and Wang Xueling just showed up as a matter of routine. After the meeting, they had a brief chat with Tang Huan, and then they took their leave and left.

Glancing at Zhong Jinghui, Tang Huan smiled and said, "Zhong Sheng, the position of president of Huamei Entertainment, I will trouble you to concede."

Huamei Entertainment is a joint venture company that Tang Huan asked Andy Albert to set up in the name of United Artists. He first picked the least difficult party to start, and first enriched the personnel from Xiangjiang. Chung King Fai, 43 years old this year, is in charge people.

Not to mention the many achievements in the original time and space, Chung King-fai’s status in the Hong Kong literary and art circles is already very important. He is a rare all-rounder with a high degree of education. Master of Fine Arts, University School of Drama.

After graduating from the United States and returning to Hong Kong, Chung King-fai taught at Baptist University and served as the deputy general manager of Li's TV in the 1970s. Last year, he played the villain Ning Wang in the TV series "Dragon Art".

In addition to asking Chung King Fai to take the helm of Huamei Entertainment, Tang Huan also wanted him to produce a variety show, similar to the Asian TV documentary series "Stories of Looking for Other Lands" in which he served as the narrator in his previous life.

The program tells about the life of overseas Chinese around the world. After its launch, it was well received and became a rare program with high ratings on Asian TV. This concept was even referenced by its competitor TVB. There are a lot of derivatives of "Walk Through the Land of Beacon", "Walk Through the Land of Vanity", and "Hong Kong People Crusoe".

Any literary and artistic work needs to consider the factors of the times, and "The Story of Looking for a Foreign Land" should have a wider audience that is not restricted by ideology.

To put it bluntly, most of the people in Xiangjiang "escaped" here, with a knot of fear in their bones. If they had the ability, they would like to immigrate as soon as possible.

Tang Huan believes that the true introduction of other Chinese settlements in "Story of Looking for Other Lands" alone can make the audience flock to it.

Of course, there are interviews all over the world, and the cost of the program cannot be low.

In addition, the Hollywood effect brought about by the acquisition of United Artists should also be used, such as theaters for appreciating movies, and even borrowing and adapting some programs.

Zhong Jinghui nodded understandingly, and said with a smile: "As long as the funds are in place, I have the confidence to satisfy Mr. Tang."

"Money is not a problem." Tang Huan laughed loudly, thinking in his heart that he should search for more oil and water from the Xiangjiang stock market.

At this time, Hu Yinmeng came in and said, "The behind-the-scenes staff such as the producer, director, etc. have been summoned and the meeting is ready."

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After the all-staff meeting was over, everyone couldn't bear the excitement and anticipation, and ran to the bulletin board to check how big a red envelope they would get.

Everyone had expected the pyramid structure of distribution, but they were still stunned by the amount at the top of the tower.

It is very obvious that the higher the position, the more highly valued by the new boss, and those names that are ignored and classified as "etc" belong to Taki.

People like Xiao Sheng and Xu Xiaoming, who were obviously treated differently, hurried to the small meeting room, avoiding the hustle and bustle, while digesting the information contained in the red envelope in their hearts. Unable to calm down completely, when Tang Huan appeared, he involuntarily sat up straight, his eyes chasing the new boss were full of eagerness.

After Tang Huan sat down, he flipped through the roster casually, as if he had thought of something, he laughed.

It turns out that there are many interesting phenomena in Li's TV.

For example, husband and wife files, artists include Guo Feng and Ouyang Peishan, but they have already switched to TVB; there are also many behind-the-scenes examples, Li Zhaoxiong and Wang Xinwei, one of the "beautiful three heroes", Liu Jiahao and Wang Xinwei, who are gradually starting to emerge Mei Xiaoqing.

Another example is the abundance of female generals. According to the historical development, Mei Xiaoqing and Wang Xinwei will soon become the sole producers. In addition, there is Le Yiling, who is only 21 years old this year.

In the original time and space, in the future, this person would be valued by Fang Yihua and manage more than 800 artists under TVB.

In addition, Lok Yiling has collaborated with McDonald and Xiao Ruoyuan to produce a number of films, including the legendary film "The Lame Man" and the third-level pornographic film "The Thief of Jade Futon - Love Treasure Guide".

Since the other party stayed in the TV station, there was no need to waste talent. Tang Huan, who felt amused in his heart, asked, "Where is Le Yiling?"

Although she is only in her early twenties, Coke Yiling once studied in Japan, then worked as an assistant director of Jiayi TV, and is currently working in Li TV. She has quite a lot of experience, so although she was unexpectedly named by the boss first, she is still very generous. He agreed and stood up.

Tang Huan looked at the other person, then nodded slightly, turned to Hu Yinmeng and said, "Don't you complain all day long that you are too busy? I will assign you an assistant, and that is Le Yiling."

"One is not enough." Hu Yinmeng muttered greedily.

"It doesn't matter, Media Asia TV's Detachment Army is very powerful." Tang Huan laughed, "Mei Xiaoqing and Wang Xinwei are also here."

The two people who were called quickly agreed to stand up, and their eyes fell on Hu Yinmeng, the director of Media Asia TV.

The rise of DreamWorks in Hong Kong is obvious to all, but there is one phenomenon that is even more curious. There is no president and only one vice president, Hu Yinmeng, who is responsible for overall management.

No matter what the reasons were, it was obvious that Hu Yinmeng was actually the leader, and it would be great if he could work directly under her.

"That's about the same." Hu Yinmeng finally nodded in satisfaction, and said to Le Yiling, Mei Xiaoqing, and Wang Xinzuo: "The Detachment of Women is formed immediately."

When other people saw Tang Huan directing such a play, they were surprised and found it very interesting. Some even winked at Liu Jiahao and Li Zhaoxiong, and the atmosphere was very lively.

Seeing that everyone had digested this personnel change, Tang Huan coughed lightly and said: "I plan to launch two high-quality martial arts TV series next year, with Xiao Sheng and Xu Xiaoming in charge respectively."

Everyone below understood as soon as they heard it, these two would be gold medal directors created by the boss.

"In addition, I don't know if you have noticed that there is a huge market for youth idol dramas recently. DreamWorks' "Cheers" has a very impressive box office, and Media Asia TV is currently showing "Little Wish" starring Leslie Cheung and Michelle Man. ", the response was also good."

Tang Huan made a strong gesture, "It can be seen that as the new generation of Xiangjiang grows up, they need their own youth idols. You should brainstorm and come up with good shooting ideas. This is like a flash in the mall Like a fleeting opportunity, if you miss it, it will be difficult to seize it again.”
For Tang Huan's analysis, these behind-the-scenes staff all agreed, but they did not expect that the boss's vision was not only precise, but also so wide-ranging.

At this time, Lu Xiaohu hurried in and handed a thin document to Tang Huan.

I was in a good mood at first, but when I saw the contents of the document, Tang Huan was disgusted. IBM and Universal Pictures actually planned to sue themselves for infringement. That's right, Maimang, but why is the latter here to join in the fun?
Tang Huan frowned and thought hard, and the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became solemn.

"Great King Kong, Great King Kong..." Tang Huan repeated several times secretly in his heart, and finally found some clues.

In the original time and space, Nintendo was also blackmailed by Universal in this way. It was nothing more than seeing that the video game market was too prosperous and wanted to take a shortcut and get involved to get a piece of the pie.

Unexpectedly, I cut off Nintendo's FC game console and Shigeru Miyamoto, and accordingly took over the cause and effect. It was really God's will.

But the problem is, Nintendo was an outsider at that time, you can seize the opportunity to bully me, but I am a local in Silicon Valley, and Universal dares to be so greedy, that is too self-defeating, a company with sales of more than one billion US dollars , Do you think it's paper?

Feeling that the surrounding atmosphere was different, Tang Huan knew that he was influenced by him. He smiled and waved his hands, "You guys continue to discuss, I will go back to the company to deal with the sudden business."

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On the way, Tang Huan made a decision. These two lawsuits were irreversible and settled. Such U.S. intellectual property disputes are often protracted wars that compete with endurance and wear out. Product photos Good sale.

That's fine, it's time for training.You must know that the competition in the IT field has always been fierce and cruel. Zheru and EA can't always hide under their golden finger halo, but also need to face some challenges independently.

Therefore, Tang Huan planned not to return to the United States for the time being and let his subordinates respond to such emergencies independently and test their working ability.

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After arriving at the company, Tang Huan drafted a "battle message" for Zheru America and EA in the office - "Which hand should I use to chop that hand?"

At the beginning of the article, Tang Huan brought up his own memories.

When I saw the HP booth at COMDEX last year, I thought that by 1980, this old company that had witnessed the growth history of Silicon Valley should have an operating income of 30 billion.

In less than two years, the combined operating income of Zheru and EA, which have grown rapidly, is almost half of that of HP, but the total number of employees of the other party is 57000, and our total is just over [-]%.

This shows what kind of miracle we are creating.

But we can't be blindly optimistic. We must know that HP has formed its own corporate culture, which is often referred to as the HP way.

We do not have this point, neither does Apple, nor do other PC companies. This is the gap in the background.

In order to achieve similar goals, we need time to accumulate, but in this process, there will always be some clowns trying to gain some benefits from us.

How can we allow others to covet our own achievements, and we will chop off any hand that the other party dares to stretch out.

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For this article, Tang Huan carefully considered the words and sentences until very late. After it was finally completed and telexed to the United States, today's work was considered to be over.

After leaving the office building and getting into the car, Lu Xiaohu asked with a smile, "Where are you staying?"

Tang Huan pondered for a moment and decided to go to Zhao Yazhi to inquire about TVB's reaction.

Recently, Zhao Yazhi is mainly busy with the business of the clothing store. Occasionally, she accepts to shoot a commercial. She even plans to terminate the contract with TVB, but Fang Yihua refuses to agree. The excuse to keep it is nothing more than that, anyway, it is only a part of the contract. Addiction strikes, it will not be too late to act again.

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Tang Huan accidentally picked up a copy of the South China Morning Post, flipped through it, and couldn't help laughing.

Because the future Hong Kong famous brand king, Dickson Poon, had already launched his famous advertising campaign, that is, just in time for the first Christmas in the 1980s, he bought the "South China Morning Post", a long-established Hong Kong English newspaper. The first five pages are used to wish the citizens of Xiangjiang a Merry Christmas, and the last three pages are used to publish advertisements for the brand-name products sold by the company.

This kind of marketing method is still very creative in the current era.

However, Dickson Pan's success is not something that ordinary people can learn from. He started from a very high starting point.

This year, Dickson Poon returned to Hong Kong with his overall idea of ​​starting a business, borrowed 100 million from his father, and opened a Dickson watch and jewelry store in the most advanced shopping center in Hong Kong - Central Landmark. The Rise of Boutique Entrepreneurship.

Not to mention that the people of Xiangjiang are still cultivating the habit of spending on luxury goods. The high rent in Central, a high-end business district in Xiangjiang, is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Of course, with such a good family foundation and excellent personal ability, Dickson Poon's rapid success is a matter of course. From his future entry into the entertainment circle, buying theaters, making movies, and releasing records, it can be proved that the accumulated wealth.

"Boss Pan asked me to shoot a new commercial, which seems to be similar to your business habits, following the star route." Zhao Yazhi said while brushing his hair.

"This is not a patent or an exclusive secret. Anyone can adopt it as long as the capital is sufficient." Tang Huan laughed, "What's the reaction of TVB recently?"

"Most artists have been asked to re-sign their contracts." Zhao Yazhi smiled sweetly, "Obviously, you scared them."

"Sure enough, you're sophisticated enough to directly grasp the crux of the problem." Tang Huan shook his head, with a hint of admiration in his tone.

"You don't want to poach someone with a high salary, do you?" Zhao Yazhi asked worriedly.

"It's not enough to tear yourself apart for such a trivial matter, but to a certain extent, it's true that Media Asia TV's artist reserves are insufficient." Tang Huan shook his head thoughtfully.

The Shaw Brothers movies, TVB, and their artist training classes cooperate with each other, attracting a large number of young men and women with star potential to come to them like a magnet, so the root of the problem lies in their own star-making ability.

After chatting for a while about what happened at the bottom of TVB, Zhao Yazhi packed up the newspapers that Tang Huan had messed up, pointed at the full-page advertisement in the South China Morning Post and smiled, "Dison Pan saw my boutique clothing store. After that, he repeatedly said that this business direction was too accurate, and he would also invest in this area."

"Of course, it doesn't matter who came up with the idea." Tang Huan was not modest at all.

"You are the best, let's do it." Zhao Yazhi gave Tang Huan a blank look, picked up a stack of cards and looked at them.

"Of course." Tang Huan laughed.

"Don't make trouble, the computer team I'm leading will soon be in a TV competition, if you don't hurry up and take a tutoring session, you'll fall behind." Zhao Yazhi was furious.

As a part of marketing, the advertising department of Zheru Xiangjiang launched a TV program. 20 stars each lead a group of middle school students to conduct knowledge competitions on TVB and Li TV. The final winners will have a duel. The big leagues are similar, intense and unusual, and it has really attracted the attention of a large number of families, and the ratings are naturally quite impressive.

The computer knowledge involved is not as boring as imagined. There are countless possibilities in this field alone, but the general public has not realized it yet.

However, this game is relatively high-end, not to mention the English and mathematics level requirements for middle school students, and even some celebrities complained a little bit, but for the high prize money, the participants are still very active.

"With me as an expert here, wouldn't it be better to look at those knowledge cards?" Tang Huan laughed.

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The various activities after the acquisition of the TV station are not ordinary. No matter how streamlined Tang Huan is, some appearances that stabilize the morale of the troops and promise a bright future are still unavoidable. For example, today the artists will interact as a single team.

Randomly flipping through the roster, Tang Huan shook his head secretly. The artist resources left by Li TV are obviously lacking in youthful vitality.

There are only a handful of youth groups like Leslie Cheung, Wan Ziliang, and Wen Xueer.

As for Ma Miner and Cai Qionghui, who were gradually emerging, they were promoted by surprise during the filming of "Crocodile Tears" in 1978. At that time, the former was still in Li's third TV artist training class, and the latter was Li's TV weather reporter. .

This success, on the surface, is that the producer is knowledgeable, but it may be due to insufficient manpower, or else he would not have been tricked by others when filming and broadcasting "The Change of the Silkworm" last year. The actors were temporarily changed midway through.

But even under the condition of limited resources, the quality of "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", "Family of Four", and "Little Wish" currently being broadcast by Media Asia TV is still high.

In particular, Mi Xue's creative idea of ​​playing two roles in "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" can be said to be eye-catching, and this TV series is a collaboration between Mai Dangxiong and Xiao Ruoyuan. It's a pity that they don't serve their new boss up.

"Mr. Tang, Ms. Hu asked me to inform you that the meeting can start." Leslie Cheung stood at the door and said with his head.

"Don't worry, you come in first, I have something to ask you." Tang Huan leaned back in the chair and put his feet on the table without any image.

(End of this chapter)