Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 305 Boss Tang's irrelevance

"Mr. Tang, please tell me." Chen Bosheng smiled and looked respectful. He looked very calm, but he was a little uneasy in his heart.

Because this is not the first time to seek sponsorship, big companies basically think it is unnecessary, and those who are interested also have interest demands.

If this golden thigh also makes some unreliable demands, then they can only break up unhappy.

"I heard that the name of this award is similar to the Oscar, and it's also called the Academy Award." Tang Huan flipped through the information and asked casually.

"Yes." Chen Bosheng smiled awkwardly, "Does Mr. Tang have any good suggestions?"

"The name doesn't matter, the key depends on the actual situation." Tang Huan pointed to a part of the document and asked: "The preparations for the Golden Image Awards are too shabby, I remember you have experience in organizing film festivals, you should understand that packaging is also very important .”

"After all, it is the first session. It has a trial nature, and it is also limited by insufficient funds." Chen Baisheng couldn't help but slander while explaining, it was really rich and powerful.

"In my opinion, the Golden Statue Award is a challenge to the Golden Horse Award. If that's the case, why don't you try it out? Just do it openly, so as not to look down on Xiangjiang's own filmmakers." Tang Huan said with a serious look on his face. Disapprovingly, "Now that you have found me here, will funding still be a problem?"

Chen Bosheng was so choked that he couldn't help coughing twice, his face was blushing and his neck was thick, and his heart was a little confused. See what this means, this big boss dislikes the Golden Statue Award for making it unseemly.

"Mr. Tang's strong support for the Golden Statue Awards is really a blessing for Xiangjiang Films." After a compliment, Chen Bosheng cautiously asked, "I don't know if Mr. Tang has any other requirements while sponsoring the funds? For example, What needs to be taken care of."

"I forgot to declare that this kind of sponsorship only represents the name of the individual, and has nothing to do with DreamWorks or Huamei Entertainment." Tang Huan looked clear, and he spoke directly, "The purpose of this, you can I understand it to ensure the neutrality and fairness of the awards, but I don't like duplicity, in fact, I don't want this kind of reinvention to affect DreamWorks' commercial interests in Taiwan."

Chen Bosheng, who had been exposed, smiled wryly. This Boss Tang is so confident that he doesn't care about other people's opinions at all.

"Even if Mr. Tang confesses frankly and has other ideas, the Academy Awards will benefit greatly from this anyway." Chen Baisheng sighed, "I am indeed a little bit shy, but this is also due to the influence of previous encounters. .”

"I understand, it's not easy for you to fight for the Academy Awards." Tang Huan nodded in understanding.

"In my opinion, Xiangjiang's filmmakers can be roughly divided into three categories: one is pure businessmen, who only want to make money, regardless of other things; After the boss, turn your head to squeeze your peers; the third is that a scholar like you with an ideal color, although he does not have commercial influence, can bring new atmosphere, direction and reflection to the entire industry. For example, the gold medal you initiated Like awards, the first two categories are unlikely to be interested in pioneering."

"Thank you Mr. Tang for your consideration." Chen Baisheng blushed again, this time he was excited. He didn't expect that the high-ranking billionaire on the opposite side would be so considerate of people's feelings. He could be called a confidant. He was even moved. Tears flowed down my face.

It's really a scholarly spirit. In such a city, it's no wonder that the "Film Biweekly" in the original time and space finally closed down.

Tang Huan shook his head secretly and brought the topic back, "If the first Academy Awards is so petty, it's better to just give up and avoid becoming the laughing stock of others."

"The original intention of establishing the Golden Image Awards is to let Xiangjiang Films get their due status. It is inevitable to compete with the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards. There is nothing to be afraid of." The establishment of strength requires a process, I am worried that the first few sessions will not be effective, and I am sorry for Mr. Tang's generous funding."

"It doesn't matter, since I can do this step of generosity, naturally I will not lose my patience." Tang Huan smiled and waved his hand, "The establishment of the influence of the Academy Awards is inseparable from the support of movie fans and audiences. I No matter how you design the professional judging process, there must be a public vote collection activity, and it must be carried out vigorously."

"The expenses will be even greater." Chen Bosheng stopped talking when he saw Tang Huan waved his hand impatiently.

"You design the Golden Statue Awards beautifully, and then sell the broadcast rights to Media Asia TV, so you can get an extra copyright fee." Tang Huan said angrily.

"I believe that with Mr. Tang's support, funding is definitely not a problem. But I am worried that the Golden Awards at the start-up stage have no influence. Film companies and practitioners are afraid. If you find an excuse not to attend in person, then It's cold." One of the advantages of being a scholar is that he has a solid mind, and Chen Baisheng listed out all the disadvantages that can be expected.

"That's why I ask you to do a good job of collecting votes for the public. Although the audience lacks professional standards, who dares to ignore the influence of their choice results." Tang Huan stood up, "For this reason, I also provide I will give you professional equipment and technical support, so as to greatly save manpower and time costs. Come on, I will take you to observe it."

"Is there any technical support?" Chen Bosheng was puzzled by Monk Zhang Er, but seeing Tang Huan enthusiastically leading the way, he had no choice but to hold back his curiosity for the time being.

After leaving the office, he saw Jiang Zhiwen and Jiang Zhiqiang brothers who seemed to have been waiting outside for a long time, so Tang Huan waved his hand to signal them to follow.

Soon, a group of four people arrived at the product exhibition hall of Zheru Xiangjiang Company, and the service personnel inside hurried forward to greet them.

The girls who can do the job of explaining here can definitely meet the standard of a flight attendant. Chen Baisheng, Jiang Zhiwen, and Jiang Zhiqiang can't help but feel bright when they see it, and they also have a natural feeling of being tall and superior to the IT products here.

When he came to a booth, Tang Huan told the guide, "Get three information collection cards and ask them to fill in their birthdays."

After Chen Bosheng, Jiang Zhiwen, and Jiang Zhiqiang took the pencil and three cards, they knew what they should do without the instructor saying much. After all, they were all highly educated people and quickly accepted new things.

After the three scribbled information cards were collected by the instructor and put into a device with a light source, Chen Baisheng and Jiang were quickly printed out correctly on the computer monitor in the order of A, B, and C. It’s the birthdays of Zhiwen and Jiang Zhiqiang.

"It's so advanced and high-tech." The three filmmakers praised in unison.

The guide smiled sweetly, glanced at the big boss, and asked for instructions.

"Tell them briefly." Tang Huan waved his hand casually.

In fact, the information cards that Chen Baisheng, Jiang Zhiwen, and Jiang Zhiqiang filled out just now are similar to the common college entrance examination answer sheets in the original time and space.

The professional name of this information exchange technology and product is called Optical Mark Recognition - Optical Mark Recognition, or OMR.

Some OMR devices have a light source on one side and a sensor on the other side. By sensing the strength of the light source, for example, the degree of light passing through the paper, or the position of the small hole on the paper through which the light passes, to identify information.

In other OMR devices, the light source is on the same side as the sensor, and the information is identified by the degree to which the paper reflects light.

Obviously, OMR originated from paper tape and punched cards. Because it has real holes, it can use the light passing through the paper to read the data.

By the 1930s, the first OMR-like device appeared, the IBM 805 scorer, which read data by using a metal brush to test the conductivity of pencil marks on paper.

The real OMR appeared in the 1950s.

At this stage, Big Blue still made a significant contribution and developed similar equipment. In 1962, it launched the IBM 1230 optical scorer.

Since then, similar devices have mushroomed.

In 1972, with the establishment of companies such as Scantron, which provided cheap optical identification equipment, the popularity of OMR began to accelerate.

The expansion of Zheru Company in the field of office applications, whether it is software or hardware, is extremely rapid. It directly introduces and digitally improves the technologies and products that already exist in the market, and creates originals under Tang Huan's instructions.

Optical Character Recognition (OCR), a major application technology of the scanner, coupled with mature barcode application results, spans to OMR, without the need for Tang Huan to issue orders, and it is completed by his subordinates with divergent thinking and expansion. up.

There is no doubt that the main customers of OMR are from the education field, but it is a new thing after all, and it is a good way to gain popular support through counting votes, doing practical exercises and marketing promotion.

"After the ballot collection campaign for the general public begins, the question will be published in major newspapers, and an information card will be attached. As the information card is filled and collected, the statistical results can be released immediately." Tang Huan made a gesture, "Just like students answering papers and teachers marking papers, the process is simple and clear."

"I'm afraid some people will think that this voting method is more troublesome." Chen Bosheng reminded without hesitation.

"Don't tell me that in this kind of event, you didn't expect to set up incentives such as lottery." Tang Huan glanced at Chen Baisheng disapprovingly.

"Excessive emphasis on incentives may damage the fairness of votes." Chen Bosheng raised a different opinion.

"The purpose of audience votes is mainly to accumulate popularity. If you are worried about affecting fairness, then increase the voice of expert votes." Tang Huan waved his hand impatiently. The scholar's rebellion failed in three years, which really tested his patience.

"That's my opinion, you should either maintain the status quo without hesitation, or go back and make a new plan to show me." Tang Huan unceremoniously issued the order to evict the guest, "Go to Hu Yinmeng and ask her to convey it to me. "

Chen Baisheng nodded and said yes, but when he left and left, he couldn't keep up with Tang Huan's train of thought. A question suddenly popped up in his heart. The focus of this boss Tang's interest is the Golden Statue Award or the use of high-tech Tool to count votes?

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Tang Huan was too lazy to change places, so he found a seat in the exhibition hall and sat down, and talked with Jiang Zhiwen and Jiang Zhiqiang about what they were interested in, buying the broadcasting rights of United Artists' English-language film Xiangjiang.

Last year, Cheng Long's "Junior and Brother" had a box office of more than 1000 million, setting a record, followed closely by Jiang Brothers' "The Painful War" at the Anle Cinemas, with a box office of more than 900 million, which also set a record.

In fact, "The Tragic War" was edited by Jiang Zhiwen from the documentary copies he bought. There are many atmospheric war scenes in it. Somehow, it scratched the itch and catered to the taste, making the Hong Kong audience obediently pay for it. Watch in theaters.

Therefore, "The Tragic War" cannot be considered a film by the Jiang brothers, and Anle Cinemas has rarely participated in film production.

In the original time and space, this business policy has not changed even after 1985, when Hong Kong films entered a prosperous stage.

However, following the collapse of Xiangjiang Films in the mid-1990s, in order to solve the problem of film sources, Anle Company gradually entered the field of production, and then had the success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and other films.

"General films are negotiable, but blockbusters like "007" are another matter." Tang Huan and the Jiang brothers said in business, "However, I still have one condition, that is, I hope that Mr. Jiang I am so humbled to work for DreamWorks and Huamei Entertainment."

Hearing this, Jiang Zhiwen and Jiang Zhiqiang were a little dazed. When did business have an additional rule of involving people?

However, DreamWorks and Huamei Entertainment definitely have strong capital, which is not comparable to that of Anle Cinema. If they go to work, it will not be wronged. Thinking of this, Jiang Zhiqiang couldn't help but glance at his brother.

"Let's put it this way, the goal I set for Huamei Entertainment is to become a bridge between Chinese-language movies and Hollywood movies, and I am optimistic about the talents of the two Mr. Jiang, but Anle Cinemas is your ancestral business, and you must To carry it forward, so I can only settle for the next best thing and invite Mr. Xiaojiang." Tang Huan explained his thoughts carefully.

"Thank you for your consideration, Mr. Tang. However, the incident happened suddenly and we were not mentally prepared. We need to go back to discuss it." Jiang Zhiqiang said very politely.

"It's a matter of course." Tang Huan nodded slightly, "Then I'll just wait for the good news."

As soon as the Jiang Brothers were sent out of the showroom, Zheng Jiachun came over to say hello with a hearty laugh, "I said, Boss Tang, your high-tech products can be said to emerge in endlessly. The little money we earned so hard, turned around and went to you." pocket."

(End of this chapter)