The deep water bay at night is quiet and deep, and only the sound of waves in the distance is faintly heard.
In the master bedroom on the second floor of Villa No. 75, the couple was talking.
"130 million, plus the 15 million you lent her to her, 145 million!
This girl is so bold now that she is not afraid of losing things and can’t stop the situation!”
Tao Yushu's tone was both worried and anxious, and there was a sense of distraction.
"You, you care and you will be confused!" Lin Chaoyang's voice sounded, "Yu Mo is so big, she is all operating Sugar Games with great enthusiasm. After purchasing Pixar, the company will be reunited in one or two months.
There are indeed two brushes."
"Besides, who hasn't had the first time? Can you guarantee success when you acquired several companies? Isn't it caused by pressure?
Yumo does have her own advantages in doing business, so don’t worry about these useless things.”
Tao Yushu's current mentality is about the same as having a senior high school parent at home. She sighed softly, "I don't want to worry, but————————————I'm just a worrying life."
The King of Books has a clear understanding of himself. Lin Chaoyang comforted him: "Even if he thinks badly, if the investment fails this time, the company will not be worthless. It is nothing more than losing tens of millions of dollars to sell it. This little money is right.
It doesn't matter to us."
It would be fine if he didn't say that, but Tao Yushu became even more angry when he talked about it.
She can afford to pay the money, but she can't afford to face.
She has never lost all her business world. If Pixar Animation’s investment really fails, it would be a shame!
Lin Chaoyang joked, "You are tired of being a false reputation!"
After thinking about it, in order to prevent Pixar from losing nothing after losing money, Tao Yushu made a request to Tao Yumo the next morning, she wanted to pick a group of painters from Yulang's organization and the mainland to go to Pixar animation for the repair.
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"Send people to travel, but the salary levels of the two places are different. How do you calculate the salary? It is easy for the original employees to feel threatened and be disloyal from the company."
"The treatment can be improved appropriately and the contract signing is longer. This is the company spending money to train them.
As for what the employees in the United States think, what are they going to dislike for the helpers who are given free of charge?
Besides, why do I care about this? You can do it!"
Tao Yushu just asked for it, not caring about her sister's life or death. Tao Yumo gritted her teeth secretly, and she knew that the $15 million last night was not that easy to get.
"Okay, I can handle this matter, the interest rate is exempt."
"You have no room for bargaining, and you must not lose any interest." Tao Yushu said with a strong attitude.
"Tao Pai Pi!"
Tao Yumo beeped in a low voice, but who had to let her be under the eaves? This end had to be lowered.
Before New Year's Day, several companies run by Tao Yushu held dinner parties. Under normal circumstances, Tao Yushu, the boss, must attend, and it will be evenly affected by rain and dew.
This year, the dinner party at Yulang Institution is the same as in previous years. It is still grand in scale, with employees, families, young and old gathering together. There are programs to cheer up and lottery activities, and the atmosphere is festive and lively.
But in such an atmosphere, there is an undercurrent surging.
Some middle and senior leaders met their eyes and saw their concerns about the future in each other's eyes.
At the dinner party, Tao Yushu, who had been sitting in the main seat in previous years, disappeared, and was replaced by Tao Yumo, the second in command of the company.
Mrs. Lin didn't attend the dinner party at all today.
Seeing this situation, everyone thought of the comments circulating in the company before.
Mrs. Lin wants to abdicate and hand over the company to the second lady.
In fact, Tao Yushu has never expressed this idea in public. The source of the rumor is that two months ago, Mrs. Lin’s personal assistant Wu Meizhen was suddenly arranged to Yulang’s institution to serve as secretary for the second lady.
From Lin Tai's personal assistant to Yulang's second institution secretary, Wu Meizhen's career can be regarded as the scene of a ten-meter platform jumping tragedy.
However, among the Chinese people, there are always many talents who are good at guessing the thoughts of leaders or bosses.
Wu Meizhen was Mrs. Lin's personal assistant. In ancient times, she was the eunuch in charge of the seal. In the companies controlled by Mrs. Lin, she could be said to be under one person and above ten thousand people.
If you just make a small mistake, you will not be treated like this.
But if you make a big mistake, you should be fired directly.
What's going on when I was sent to Tao Yumo?
Some people immediately realized the mystery of this treatment, which must be paving the way for the future second lady to take over the company!
The rumors arose from this, and Tao Yumo's personal trip to the United States to acquire Pixar animation further confirmed everyone's speculation.
On such an important occasion today, Mrs. Lin himself did not attend, but actually photographed Miss II attending. This attitude is self-evident and is a foregone conclusion.
After the initial surprise, the smart managers began to think about toasting and expressing their loyalty. The idea is very simple. Mrs. Lin didn't come here today, so she asked her sister to attend. Isn't this just to make everyone close to the future boss?
It's an opportunity.
Otherwise, Mrs. Lin is here, will they show their loyalty or not?
Tai Lin is really considerate!
"Mr. Tao, I'll give you a cup!"
"This glass of wine, toast Mr. Tao!"
Tao Yumo is not difficult to understand why the company's management team took the initiative to go to her table to toast, but she doesn't like this form. She stood up and raised her glass for everyone to drink a drink together, and asked everyone not to toast anymore, and everyone would play with their own things.
of.
After sitting down, Tao Yumo continued to chat with Fang Runnan from Shanghai and American Factory.
Fang Runnan is a Mesozoic force in Shanghai and American factories. He has participated in the production of cartoons such as "Mindlessness and Unhappiness", "Saplings", and "Fools Buy Shoes".
In the 1980s, in order to accelerate employment, the Shanghai-US factory established an affiliated factory, Shanghai-Shanghai-Film Film Drawing Factory, which belongs to the "big collective" and is responsible for the line drawing, coloring and other work of Shanghai-US factory.
Fang Runnan was transferred to the drawing factory as director at that time. Last year, Yulang agency cooperated with the Shanghai-US factory to jointly establish Shanghai Art and Mei Animation Co., Ltd., and Fang Runnan became the general manager of Yimei Animation.
At this year's dinner party at the end of the year, Tao Yumo specially invited Fang Runnan. He would naturally be unhappy if he could have such a party to visit Xiangjiang for public expenses.
Of course, he also knew that Tao Yumo invited him to come, so he must have something to do.
But what Fang Runnan didn't expect was that Tao Yumo actually wanted to select a group of people from Yimei Animation to study in Hollywood, USA.
The term "publicly sent abroad to study" is not unfamiliar to intellectuals of this era, but the opportunities are too rare. Only a very small number of people in a very small number of units have the opportunity. It can be said that everyone yearns for it.
Fang Runnan didn't expect that such a big pie would hit their artistic animation.
When Tao Yumo finished the news, he wished he had never been the general manager.
Because he was the general manager, he obviously naturally lost the opportunity to study in the United States.
"This time you choose 5 people in Arts and Arts animation. If you are willing to go, you will study English for 3 months first. When you arrive in the United States, the company will provide food and accommodation, and the salary will be paid according to the original unit's standards. There will be a subsidy of US$500 per month.
——”
Hearing the number "500 US dollars", Fang Runnan's breathing became more rapid.
As the general manager of the joint venture, his salary and benefits are comparable to the deputy director of the Shanghai and American factories, and he also has subsidies, but even so, the full amount of money is less than 600 yuan per month.
What is 500 US dollars? According to the current exchange rate, it is more than 2,600 yuan, which is more than 30,000 yuan a year!
With this treatment, what else would you like to go? How many people have to steal the heads? Fang Runnan has already expected that after the news came back to Shanghai, how many leaders and colleagues would be harassed by him?
How to allocate study places is a job that offensives!
Fang Runnan thought of pain and happiness.
Tao Yumo obviously guessed Fang Runnan's psychology, "Don't be too happy too early. The study time is 1 year, but you have to sign a contract before going to the United States. After you come back, you have to work for the company for 12 years. If you leave halfway, you have to compensate the company for the losses."
"Mr. Tao, you underestimate the enlightenment of our working class. You just don't sign a contract. If you have been trained by the company, you will never be able to leave!"
Tao Yumo said, "Then tell me, why have so many people escaped from your Shanghai and American factories in the past few years?"
Fang Runnan looked embarrassed when he heard this.
Starting from the late 1980s, animation companies in Japan, Xiangjiang and Wandao discovered the advantages of cheap human resources in China and opened animation companies in the mainland, siphoning a large number of animation talents from state-owned units such as Shanghai and American factories in the form of commissioned processing.
You don’t have to think about how to choose if you make dozens of dollars a month in a state-owned factory and thousands of dollars a month in a joint venture.
Tao Yumo had no intention of embarrassing Fang Runnan, but wanted to put him in the right position.
She continued: "The company trains talents for the purpose of using them, and will not treat everyone badly. The signing of a contract is like a villain first and a gentleman later."
"Yes, you said yes." Fang Runnan's attitude became much more respectful.
"In addition, "Chinese Heroes" has achieved success. Next year, Yulang's organization will not only work on animation feature films, but also find breakthroughs in animation series, and will produce at least 3 animated series.
You go back and coordinate with your Director Zhou, so don’t drag your staff down.”
Listening to Tao Yumo's words, Fang Runnan was happy first and then sad.
What he likes is that Yimei can earn more foreign exchange. They make processing films, and their remuneration is three times the normal labor service for the factory. They can create more benefits for the factory. What is worrying is that in recent years, the animation talents of Shanghai and American factories have been constantly increasing.
If the staff gap is too large next year, the factory may not be able to draw many people.
After all, it’s enough to spend money on poaching, but talent is not a leek. It is impossible to train an original artist without three to five years.
Fang Runnan talked about his concerns, but Tao Yumo said, "This is the internal matter of your Shanghai and American factories.
You can't do it, there are people outside who do it."
Tao Yumo's words made Fang Runnan feel the cruelty and ruthlessness of the capitalists, and his heart was even more sad.
Looking at his reaction, Tao Yumo nodded with satisfaction. Tao Papi's set of things is indeed easy to use.
Although Yulang institution has always called "A (animation) C (comic) G (game)" in recent years, due to the small local market in Xiangjiang and the uncertain returns in the foreign market, the investment in the animation field is extremely limited.
Apart from the release of one or two puzzle and early education animation series every year, there is no other achievement.
After starting cooperation with Shanghai-US factories last year, relying on the outstanding animation strength and cheap manpower of Shanghai-US factories.
The two cooperative "Heroes of China" has achieved success, paving the way for the development of Yulang's institutional animation business.
This time when I went to the United States, Tao Yumo also visited the American animation market by the way and found that the American animation market was too mature compared to the Xiangjiang market.
Taking animation creativity as the starting point, copyright protection as the core, comics, animations, games, derivative products, etc. as the expression form, copyright development and utilization are important cultural industry models that run through the development, circulation, sales and other links of animation products.
Among them, animation creativity is the upstream of the industrial chain, comics, animations, and game products are the midstream of the industrial chain, animation derivative products are in the downstream, and animation copyright runs through the entire industrial chain.
According to American colleagues, the development of the Japanese animation industry in this regard is more mature than that of the United States.
After the investigation, Tao Yumo deeply believed that animation dramas are more risky than comics, and even if they are popular, they may not make a lot of money.
But it is an indispensable part of expanding the animation industry chain. Compared with the dissemination of comics through booklets, animation dramas have inherent advantages in communication media.
A comic works are so popular that two or three million people have watched them so much that they can't stand it.
But if it is placed on the TV platform, let alone hundreds of audiences, even tens of millions, hundreds of millions or even tens of billions of audiences, the influence is not at the same level.
In the business field, influence can be easily converted into real money and silver interests.
Tao Yumo is now full of confidence. Since she wants to take over the Yulang organization, she must do a big fight.
Those media talked about "Two Beauties of the Dow" all day long, and when she went, she introduced it, "This is Mrs. Lin's sister."
She didn't say anything, but felt a sense of enthusiasm in her heart to prove that she was more suitable to be a capitalist than her sister!
After New Year's Day, the days pass by day, heading for the New Year.
Lin Chaoyang is still writing his new book, and his efficiency is not fast. He basically touched the fish in the morning and started writing in the afternoon. In the evening, the child came back from school. The family was in a big mess and could not be written at all.
It took more than two months to write less than 130,000 words, and the efficiency hit a new low.
Lin Chaoyang's psychology is very mysterious now. He is very happy when stumbles, but occasionally he still feels guilty and ashamed.
But if you let him devote all his energy to writing, he will feel too tired and have rich freedom. There is no need to work so hard, it is too much for him to lose his own fault.
So he started to work hard with peace of mind. Even when editors such as Li Shifei and Luan Walter sent a letter and called, he could say "the new book has been written" with confidence.
After the New Year's Day dinner party, Tao Yushu completely delegated power to the Yulang organization's affairs and handed over to Tao Yumo.
But she did not relax because of this, and she was still busy every day and couldn't rest.
"Without a company, why do you feel like you are more busy than before?
Lin Chaoyang sometimes couldn't help but ask questions. Tao Yushu's answer to this was that the company had too many things to do after the end of the year.
At this time, Lin Chaoyang would look at Tao Yumo, "Then why are you so idle?"
"Brother-in-law, why are you like a supervisor now?"
"I just care about you.
"I thank you for your concern. I didn't see you when I was working overtime. I would have been in a way that I would have been in your eyes when I got home early." Tao Yumo said dissatisfied.
Then he answered the phone, "Hey, Maggie--"
In recent years, Maggie Cheung has won the Golden Horse Film Awards one after another. In February this year, she won the Best Actress Awards of the Berlin Film Festival for her wonderful performance in the biographical film "Ruan Lingyu", becoming the first Chinese woman to win this honor.
actor.
Many awards have also made her successfully stand out from the ranks of "Xia Yu Fanghong" and become a superstar in the film industry with both fame and strength.
With awards and honors, Maggie Cheung naturally received a sluggish film contract, "The Green Snake" and "The Three Heroes of the East"
"Barefoot Boy" "Eastern Evil and Western Poison"
She suffered a long time after a high-intensity work. Today, she finally finished filming a movie and had some breathing opportunity. She immediately called Tao Yumo to enjoy it.
After hanging up the phone, Tao Yumo put on her clothes in high spirits. Before leaving, she did not forget to look at Lin Chaoyang: "I won't get in the way of your old eyes!"
"This girl—"
After she left, Lin Chaoyang found Yan Yan standing in front of the calendar card holding his little face.
"What are you looking at?"
"Look at the calendar."
Yan Yan's little adults looked sad and depressed.
"What do you do when looking at the calendar?"
Yan Yan raised his head, his eyes as if saying: Old father, you are asking questions knowingly.
As the Chinese New Year is getting closer, the two young people at home are counting calendar cards every day to live, hoping to return to Yanjing as soon as possible.
When I returned to Yanjing, my grandfather, grandma, and grandpa supported me. Happy days came.
"well!"
Thinking about the ten days left before such a day, Yan Yan couldn't help but sigh, "Time flies so slowly!"
"A man is a big man!"
Lin Chaoyang looked at his daughter's cute appearance and couldn't help but scratch her little nose.
Time is particularly cruel to adults, but it is always tolerant to children.
A week passed in a flash, and the two children finally waited for the holiday.
On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, they happily followed Lin Chaoyang on the plane back to Yanjing.
Tao Yumo didn't go with everyone. She went to the United States again last week. After she acquired Pixar Animation, it was impossible for her to appear in the office once a year like Jobs did.
The rule she set for herself was that she had to appear on Pixar once a month, and she should have returned to Yanjing from the United States before the New Year.
Tao Yushu returned to Yanjing two days ago.
As the first domestic blockbuster with an investment of RMB 30 million, "The Battle of Red Cliff" directed by Xie Jin will finally be released in the mainland on the first day of the Lunar New Year in 1993.
For this movie, Xie Jin can be regarded as striving for excellence and perfection.
The film was in preparation since the year before yesterday, and it only started filming in the spring of last year. It took more than two years and was not completed until September.
"The Battle of Red Cliff" has a total investment of RMB 30 million, and the priority is the highest in Lin's Pictures, but Lin's Pictures is not in a hurry to release it.
Instead, it has made arrangements from multiple parties and finally set the release date on the first day of the Lunar New Year. By then, "The Battle of Red Cliff" will be released in the mainland, Xiangjiang and Wandao at the same time.
In addition, the release dates of Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia and other countries are less than five days apart.
The reason for this operation is, on the one hand, because the frequency of the new film of Lin's Film has been reduced to 20 days at the end of the year, and the release of "The Battle of Red Cliff" can only be postponed.
In this way, sufficient publicity time can be left for the movie.
On the other hand, "The Battle of Red Cliff" has huge investment and has a wide influence in East Asia and Southeast Asia. We strive to release it on a large scale at the same time to form a better clustering effect.
There is no concept of "New Year's Day" in the mainland. The choice of "The Battle of Red Cliff" to be released at this time is a test for Lin's Film's promotional and distribution work.
Tao Yushu returned to the mainland a few days in advance to see the effect of promotion and promotion.
Lin Chaoyang was with two children and there were several followers behind him. As soon as the plane landed, Yan Yan couldn't help but take a deep breath.
"What do you smell?" Lin Chaoyang looked at his daughter with a funny look.
"Dad, the air in Yanjing is sweet!"
Although she knew that her daughter was so happy when she was happy, Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but sniff it. The cold air in Lin was only smelling smoke and dust, not sweet at all, but full of intimacy.
"Sister is talking nonsense, the air is not sweet at all!"
Dongdong was tempted by Yan Yan and took a deep breath greedily. He only had the smell of earth on his mouth, and felt like he was deceived.
"Haha! Brother, stupid!" Yan Yan laughed mercilessly.
At the exit of the passage, Lin Chaoyang actually saw the promotional poster of "The Battle of Red Cliff" in the billboard at the airport. The brother and sister followed Lin Chaoyang quarreled. Du Feng was still here to pick him up.
A sarcastic lesbian.
After saying hello to Du Feng, Lin Chaoyang looked over, and Du Feng introduced: "Brother-in-law, this is Chen Lan,
My girlfriend."
Lin Chaoyang Neng felt that Du Feng's solemnity when introducing his new girlfriend was completely different from his previous ones.
Moreover, Chen Lan looks different. She stood there with a tall figure, bright eyes, and a unique temperament dedicated to soldiers, which is very different from the previous styles of the belles.
"Hello brother-in-law!"
"Hello, hello! Du Feng is really lucky."
After saying hello, he returned to Xiaoliubukou Hutong. After settling down, while Chen Lan was outside to help Zhang Guiqin work, Lin Chaoyang asked, "What's the situation?"
"Nothing happens, I'll get married next year."
"Marriage? So fast?"
"No, it won't work, the old man will finally get through."
Du Feng looked melancholy, obviously he was reluctant.
Lin Chaoyang joked, "Are you still afraid of him now?"
"He is just relying on his seniority!" Du Feng said a little dissatisfied.
"Your dad can't think too much. Even if you get married, can you be satisfied?"
Du Feng felt that his personality was insulted, "Brother-in-law, what do you mean? What's wrong with me? I'm innocent and have made more girlfriends, but I didn't treat anyone badly!"
Lin Chaoyang ignored his defense and asked, "Since it was arranged by your father, the origin must be different, right?"
"I said it all, my surname is Chen."
"Oh~" Lin Chaoyang nodded meaningfully, and then said, "Your father is very thoughtful. If you get married, you will not dare to do anything randomly."
"Nonsense!" Du Feng glanced out the window when he said this and saw Chen Lan in the yard.
As if afraid that she wouldn't hear it, Du Feng raised his chest and said in a tone full of fearlessness: "Marriage is sacred, I don't allow you to defile marriage like this!"
Chapter completed!