Chapter 170: The Interview of Two Rookies
Miao Zhiqiang already has his own judgment in his heart.
However, it was not shown on his face, and he was still ready to answer the question raised by Liu Ruoyi, which was due to his professional attitude.
"I think the influence of Xiangjiang films has been declining in recent years, and the main reasons are nothing more than two points, internal and external troubles.
The internal innovation is insufficient, and the script is full of old stalks, and the audience will naturally not eat the same shoddy works for a long time;
The external is that Hollywood blockbusters have a strong impact, with big productions one after another, rich genres and excellent productions, which are not comparable to Hong Kong films at all. ”
"If you want to develop, you must jump out of the current narrow vision of the script, dispel the idea of always wanting to follow the trend and make quick money, and choose a script that is truly in-depth, connotative and innovative to be carefully produced, so that you can have the opportunity to compete with Hollywood blockbusters. ”
In fact, many people in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry have the idea, but when it comes to real implementation, how many investors dare to invest in tens of millions of film production projects to create high-quality products?
The things that the budget-conscious Xiangjiang people can do with 10 million will definitely not invest 10.01 million!
Miao Zhiqiang shook his head inwardly, forget it, this seems to be the case.
Of course he knows Zhao Shaodong, but he is just a gentleman and playboy who chases flowers and dishes in the circle, and he is like a mud bodhisattva sitting here, except for a few words of greeting, he hardly asks any questions.
And the little girl who asked the question looked like a newcomer in the industry, although she was a little familiar, but Miao Zhiqiang was sure that this girl was not a talent in the film and television drama profession, but probably an artist on entertainment news.
What can a gentleman and a female artist who is obviously a bit of a supportive nature do, Miao Zhiqiang is hehe.
This company seems to be a virtual reality and will not be a good destination for him, so after answering, Miao Zhiqiang is ready to leave.
Liu Ruoyi didn't know the other party's inner thoughts, and continued to ask: "If you only have 50 million funds in your hand, but now there is a project of 80 million that is very optimistic and worth investing, what will you do?"
"I will restrain myself, I will not take risks to take on projects that put the company at risk of bankruptcy, no matter how optimistic you are about a project, you must consider whether you can bear the consequences after failure, you can't operate with a gambler's mentality, everything must try to ensure that it does not affect the company's continued operation. ”
Regarding professional issues, Miao Zhiqiang still told the truth, the appropriate risk in his mind was acceptable, and it was absolutely not okay to go bankrupt.
"If the main development direction of Aurora Culture in the future is film and television dramas, do you have any suggestions for this?" Liu Ruoyi finally asked.
These questions were actually prepared a long time ago, but Zhao Shaodong did not cooperate, and let Liu Ruoyi do it, so the questions fell on Liu Ruoyi.
Fortunately, Liu Ruoyi interviewed I don't know how many people in her previous life, and she is already familiar with this kind of thing, and she is not stage frightened.
"I think that there are still prospects for film and television dramas, but we must change some of the current practices, such as following the trend and shoddy production, making some sincere film and television drama works, and distributing them to the markets of both sides of the strait, there will always be some works that can have good prospects. ”
Miao Zhiqiang still sees some trends, although it is not clear, but the outline is about to come out.
It's just that Liu Ruoyi doesn't agree with this person as the general manager in her heart.
After politely sending Miao Zhiqiang away, Liu Ruoyi said to Zhao Shaodong, "This person can be the deputy general manager and be responsible for specific affairs, but he should not be able to be the general manager who has the courage to do things." ”
There are ideas and methods, in Liu Ruoyi's view, if you don't dare to give it a go, you won't be able to succeed after all, as an investment bank, Liu Ruoyi naturally has a strong gambling nature, but unfortunately Miao Zhiqiang is exactly opposite to Liu Ruoyi at this point.
In particular, this person is incompatible with Liu Ruoyi's future thinking and treatment. In the future, if he is put in charge of operations in the company, Liu Ruoyi will encounter great obstacles if he wants to dictate the company's decision-making.
"Anyway, there's another one, let's take a look first. Zhao Shaodong was noncommittal, Liu Ruoyi couldn't look down on it, of course he wouldn't push it.
Sitting on the interview seat, Li Zihe was a little excited and a little nervous, this position is very important to him, after Feitu was acquired, the top management was completely replaced, and the middle level was also the hardest hit area.
Although Li Zihe has not been purged for the time being, seeing that the company's current way of doing things is completely different from the past, he naturally feels that he should not be able to do it for long.
Different corporate cultures, the purge of middle and senior management is the key to ensuring the implementation of barrier-free indoctrination.
Before coming to the interview, Li Zihe had a much deeper understanding of Aurora culture than Miao Zhiqiang, and his perspective was completely different.
Although this is a new company, Zhao Shaodong, one of the shareholders, has a playboy nickname, which makes ordinary people mistakenly think that this company is opened by Zhao Shaodong to please new people.
But Li Zihe would not think so, he did not receive an invitation to Zhao Shaodong's opening party, but an artist who was familiar with him participated in the party throughout the party.
Therefore, he knew very well that the artists who went to cheer that day said that he could move so many industry bigwigs to attend, which in itself showed Zhao Shaodong's ability and connections.
This man is by no means as simple as a superficial dandy.
Sure enough, in the face of one of the main interviewers, the subject of Zhao Shaodong's scandal in a small range of rumors in the circle, the first heavyweight question asked had nothing to do with the record, which shows that the original intention of this company is not as simple as praising a person.
"I think the market has changed, but the mainstream thinking of the Hong Kong entertainment industry has not been effectively realized, and the glory of the past decade has made some people flutter, thinking that relying on the Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asian markets is enough to win.
Although in recent years, there have been frequent attempts to hit the international market, and there have been some successful films, but on the whole, the identity of Chinese culture is different from that of Western culture, and it is extremely difficult to occupy a place in the international market in the future, which is a directional problem. ”
Although Li Zihe is doing music in Feitu, he is no stranger to movies and TV series, and he has really worked hard to study it.
"Personally, I think that instead of going head-to-head with Western culture, it is better to work hard in the Chinese circle.
In particular, the mainland market and the Japanese and South Korean markets, which are deeply influenced by Chinese culture, are huge markets with a population of more than one billion, and the potential market for one person willing to enter the cinema once can be tens of billions.
Although the mainland has said that the box office has not been satisfactory in recent years and has declined seriously, with the economic development in the future, the mainland market will definitely rise far more than that of Hong Kong and Taiwan. ”
Liu Ruoyi didn't expect Li Zihe to have such insight.
In recent years, affected by the Asian financial crisis, the development of the box office in the mainland has had some twists and turns, and the decline has been serious, I don't know where Li Zihe can see that in the future, the mainland will soar like a wild horse for more than ten years, climbing from a billion to a huge market of more than 40 billion.
No, maybe he didn't see it, but he saw the demand of more than one billion people to watch movies and the trend of economic development in the mainland.
Therefore, his suggestion is obviously clearer than that of Miao Zhiqiang, but it is a pity that in the real history, Chinese culture did not form a strong influence in Japan and South Korea, but allowed Hallyu to occupy a large share in the mainland.
"If the company wants to invest in large-scale productions, I will personally do a good job of various research preparations to ensure the return on the company's investment to the greatest extent. Faced with the second unusual question, Li Zihe instinctively sensed that he had something to do with Liu Ruoyi, and said a little slippery.
If this company wants to support Liu Ruoyi, investing in some big productions is the only choice to push people to the top, as a wage earner, he can only prepare for work, minimize other loopholes and strive to make money.
Listening to this person's statement, Liu Ruoyi felt that it was much more pleasing to the ear, the dominance of this investment, if the general manager had too many ideas in the future, it would be troublesome, whether there was a slippery head or someone who knew how to pat horses, he really didn't need to use his brains more for future investment projects, as long as he did a good job of implementation.
Regarding Liu Ruoyi's third question, Li Zihe told the truth, "I haven't studied this problem yet, and I can't feel it until I have more information to collect, but the main direction, aiming at both sides of the strait and the three places is suitable for evaluation, and the profit risk will be much smaller." ”
Well, this person is reliable, and when Li Zihe finished speaking, Liu Ruoyi basically decided that it was him in his heart.
What's more, what he, the general manager, wants to do at this stage is mainly to promote the singing career of the little sister T, and he has to handle the investment in the two movies himself, which is just right.
As for Miao Zhiqiang, Liu Ruoyi doesn't think that he can hold it, if he is willing to give in to the deputy general manager who is responsible for the implementation of specific film and television dramas, it may be okay.
However, when Zhao Shaodong confirmed Li Zihe as the general manager, he tentatively contacted Miao Zhiqiang to see if he could come to serve as the deputy general manager, but Miao Zhiqiang basically refused without much thought.
If it is a general manager position, Miao Zhiqiang can also do it first to see a seniority or something, but is it a deputy general manager?
Miao Zhiqiang, such an unreliable company, is not interested at all.
However, looking back in a few years, Miao Zhiqiang will regret nothing more than this in his life.