Chapter 414: TV Station Raiders
That night, Wu Cheng took Zhao Yazhi to invite Chen Shufen, general manager of Tiancheng agency, to have dinner at the "Fenglin Wan Pavilion" opened by the Wu family.
Because of the Wu family, Wu Cheng usually takes people to this place when he invites others. Although the Peninsula Hotel is good, it is not his own place!
It is better to make money for your own family than to make money for outsiders.
The reason why Wu Cheng invited Chen Shufen to dinner was very simple. He discussed with Chen Shufen to replenish fresh blood for Tiancheng's agency in the second half of the year. Why was it the second half of the year? Because there were many graduates in the summer, students were recruited at that time.
Although Tiancheng Brokerage Company is developing quite well now, especially the advertising agency, under Wu Cheng's instruction, it is completely ahead of other companies.
In fact, in the whole of Xiangjiang, there is only one agency like Wu Cheng, which is more formal. Except for some free stars, most of the other actors are signed in film companies or TV stations. Moreover, their business is generally not their agents who take the initiative to look for it, but waiting for some customers in need to come to cooperate.
In this way, except for those famous actors who don’t need to worry about their business, other young actors will not have a good life.
Some people even go on stage to sing while acting while running on the nightclub to make a living.
Such things are actually not uncommon in Xiangjiang!
However, no signing star of Tiancheng brokerage company would do such a thing. Because not only is this kind of thing prohibited by the company, they also have no need for it.
Because the company will contact them with business, they just need to be prepared.
Previously, Wu Cheng proposed that the agency company open his own training class. Although Chen Shufen had some objections in his heart, he did not say much, because Wu Cheng has always been stronger.
And at that time, there was no time to set up a training class.
Now that the old things are mentioned again, Chen Shufen's resistance is much smaller. As Wu Cheng said, only in this way can Tiancheng's agency not stop moving forward.
However, for the actors, it will be more difficult for graduates in the training class to handle in the future. After all, it will be more difficult to arrange those graduates without their own TV station.
However, Wu Cheng's idea completely dispelled Chen Shufen's concerns. That is, Wu Cheng would ask Donglong International to set up a film and television department, focusing on TV series.
If these TV series are not available in Xiangjiang, they will focus on exporting overseas.
Although Chen Shufen felt that Wu Cheng's proposal was a bit whimsical, for some reason, Chen Shufen was not worried about Wu Cheng's failure at all.
After thinking about it carefully, Chen Shufen found the reason and felt that it was caused by Wu Cheng's illusion that he had always given them an illusion. In addition, Donglong International made money so well. In her opinion, even if several TV series really lost, Wu Cheng would not be able to hurt his muscles.
If it weren't for the benefits brought to him by Donglong International and DreamWorks, Chen Shufen would probably not have thought so. Because Wu Cheng's actions were equivalent to separating production and broadcasting.
For TV stations, it is equivalent to a trick to "cut off the fire from the bottom of the pot". This will definitely not be a little bit or two, especially wireless.
Chen Shufen believes that the TV series produced by Wu Cheng will definitely not be purchased by the TV series produced by Wu Cheng, because the TV series produced by themselves have not been broadcasted for a schedule!
In this way, Wu Cheng may have to fight with Daheng Shao again.
Chen Shufen didn't think anything was wrong. But Zhao Yazhi was a little worried because she was worried that Daheng Shao would be angry and join forces with Zou Wenhuai to suppress Donglong.
Although Donglong is in a strong momentum now, the relationship between Jiahe and Donglong has also eased, but if they were allowed to seize the opportunity, Jiahe will definitely not give up this opportunity.
Therefore, when the two of them said goodbye to Chen Shufen and returned home, Zhao Yazhi expressed her concerns. Wu Cheng heard this and smiled and said, "Do you think Shaw Brothers and Jiahe really have the same heart and virtue?"
Zhao Yazhi was surprised when she heard this, and Wu Cheng explained: "Which Shaw or Jiahe, do you think, is more competitive in box office?"
"It must be Jiahe!"
Wu Cheng nodded and continued, "Then do you think if Shaw Brothers and Jiahe join forces and the result is all Jiahe, how long can Shaw Brothers endure it?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yazhi couldn't help but shake her head, because she didn't know what Tycoon Shao would do in this situation. Should she continue to join forces with Jiahe to let Jiahe take advantage, or to make peace with Wu Cheng.
However, "How do you know that if Shao cooperates with Jiahe, the one who will benefit from it will be Jiahe?"
When Wu Cheng heard this, a very beautiful arc raised slightly at the corner of his lips, but with the expression of his whole face, he looked like "confident and disdainful".
"Do you think, how much has Shaw Brothers changed in recent years? Where is Jiahe? Shaw Brothers has always been a big studio system, and the employees below basically just live by it. Moreover, the production cost of its videos can be reduced, and it looks like it is stingy. Can the videos shot like this be watched?"
Wu Cheng said, a trace of disdain was curled up at the corner of his lips. Zhao Yazhi knew that he was despising Tycoon Shao's stinginess! After pausing, he said again: "On the other hand, although Jiahe has always regarded their satellite companies as stepmothers and has always controlled them with means, they were not as stingy as Shaw when they invested in videos. Moreover, before Donglong appeared, they were always in control of the box office champions of Xiangjiang. Can Shaw Brothers compare in this regard?"
Wu Cheng said, chuckled and said, "So, I'm not worried about them joining together, because as long as they lasted for a while, it would be sooner or later for them to turn against each other. Originally, the two companies were dirty, so how could they cooperate for a long time? If Donglong had no theaters, we still need to worry, but now there is no need for this."
"But you are not worried. Will Daheng Shao join forces with those TV stations to boycott the TV series you made? Whether it is wireless, Li, or even Jiayi, they will all be their own production department. If they join forces to boycott you, they will even join Baodao and Nanyang..."
Zhao Yazhi believes that Tycoon Shao has such ability because the Shaw family's power in Southeast Asia will definitely not be small. Those TV stations will definitely give him some face.
Moreover, Wu Cheng's "production and broadcast separation" is completely digging a hole for the TV station. As long as someone with a little brain is sure to think about it.
How could they like restless and rules-breaking troublemakers like Wu Cheng? This is robbing their jobs!
Although Wu Cheng knew in his heart that Zhao Yazhi was worried, although he was also a little worried about this, after all, it is not the 21st century now.
In the 21st century, the separation of production and broadcasting is actually not a rare thing.
But it is the late 1970s. If you do this in advance, you will definitely offend people.
But Wu Cheng couldn't make Zhao Yazhi worry about these things, so he pretended to be relaxed: "Sister Zhi, don't worry! There are no eternal enemies in this world, only eternal interests. Just as Daheng Shao told me before, although he is engaged in the entertainment industry, he is also a businessman, so how can a businessman not pursue profits? As long as there is a TV station that is willing to play our TV series, I don't believe that other TV stations can sit still! When they can easily make money, how can they resist such temptations? They have no grudges with money!"
Seeing that Zhao Yazhi's eyebrows were still slightly frowning, Wu Cheng couldn't help but reach out and wiped them, then leaned over and kissed them gently, and smiled and said, "Sister Zhi, don't always frown. Frowning is prone to wrinkles whenever you frown! At that time, men can still be said to be vicissitudes, what should women do?"
"Why, now I think I'm old?" Zhao Yazhi gave him a pretty look.
Wu Cheng hugged her slender waist and laughed, "How is that possible! My sister Zhi is the goddess Zhi! Even if it takes another hundred years, she still looks like a young person now!"
Zhao Yazhi felt a little numb, so she quickly reached out and patted the big hand that was making a monster on her slender waist. Finally, she glanced at him and scolded him: "Good mouth and smooth tongue, Xiao Min is out!"
"Brother Cheng, Sister Zhi, you are back!" Zhou Huimin jumped out of the room, looked cheerful, and came to the side of the two of them. Then she became addicted to Zhao Yazhi's side, talking about the innocent and romantic trivial things that happened to her at school today.
Wu Cheng found that Zhao Yazhi's attraction to children is really not a big deal. Needless to say, Zhou Huimin is the usual homework Zhao Yazhi helps to tutor. Even Lan Jieying likes to be tired of her side, as if she is there, so she doesn't need to worry about anything else.
Sometimes when I think about it, Wu Cheng was also a little ashamed. By the way, Zhao Yazhi treated them like her own children, full of incredible patience and love.
After saying something full of childlike interest to Zhao Yazhi for a while, Zhou Huimin looked at Wu Cheng and said, "Brother Cheng, Sister Yingying asked me to ask you, when will you have time to take us to buy puppies!"
Wu Cheng heard this and patted his forehead and said, "I've been a little busy lately. I think it's this weekend! Then you call your sister Yingying and then we'll pick her up together. What do you think? By the way, do you like white dogs or black ones?"
"It's white! It's best to be fluffy, it must be very comfortable to touch!"
"Hehe, then you said that it was your sister Yingying who asked you to ask me, you really want to ask!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Huimin lowered her head shyly, as if she was embarrassed by Wu Cheng's exposure of Xiaojiujiu. Then she looked at Zhao Yazhi with some grievance and seeking her protection.
Chapter completed!