Chapter 314 [Brainwashing]
As a well-known agent in Hong Kong, Zhong Zhen knows the development of the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
If the past ten years have been the "golden decade" of the rapid development of the Hong Kong entertainment industry, then the current Hong Kong entertainment industry has been declining.
Others can't see it, but she Zhong Zhen can see it most clearly. In the past, as long as there were artists under him, there would be work to be done, and the set would continue to run one by one when it was the busiest, such as Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung Big names could run four or five sets in one go.
But now, in order to find a job for his artists, he needs to come to TVB.
Therefore, in Zhong Zhen's view, the young man from the mainland who boasted that Haikou wanted to put the entire company on Chen Huilin and make a big gamble is either a fool or does not know much about the development of Hong Kong's entertainment industry.
Sighing, Zhong Zhen said kindly: "Chen Sheng, thank you for your kindness, and thank you for looking up to my artists, but I don't think you know much about the development of Hong Kong's entertainment industry." ”
"That's right, the Hong Kong film industry used to be very profitable, and often you can make a profit of 10 million if you invest 1 million. Many artists are easy to get on top. If you had come to Hong Kong to invest at that time, I would never have dissuaded you, but now ......"
"Chen Sheng, let me take the liberty of saying that you have chosen the wrong time and the wrong place, and invested in a business that should not be invested. I don't understand why you bought Colour Stars, but Colour Stars was bought by you so easily, so hard that you didn't notice anything wrong?"
"It's very difficult to do entertainment in these years, as a star agent and film producer, I advise you, it's better to go back to the mainland, it's not for you here!"
Zhong Zhen's earnest words made Chen Tianlang somewhat moved, after all, since he broke into the Hong Kong entertainment industry, everyone applauded, or watched coldly, no one is like Zhong Zhen, who gives you shortcomings and suggestions, and tells you the real Hong Kong entertainment situation.
Smiling at Zhong Zhen, Chen Tianlang said openly: "Actually, I know what you said, no, to be precise, I know better than anyone else." Nowadays, it is not the best time to invest in Hong Kong's entertainment industry, many movies are not blockbusters, and attractive movie stars are also monopolized by some large companies. Even I can assure you that in the future, Hong Kong films will be even more lonely, without the glory of the past, many filmmakers have changed careers, and more have gone north to develop in China. Yes, you heard it right, it is to go to the mainland for development. Because the golden mecca of Asian entertainment in the future is the mainland. ”
Hearing Chen Tianlang say this, Zhong Zhen's gaze was weird.
Chen Tianlang continued: "But what I want to say is that what I am doing now is not venture capital, but precision investment, for example, why I signed Chen Huilin, it is because she has a future and can bring me profits. I'm sorry, I'm a very realistic person, I've always been profit-based, and I won't let go of anything that can help me make money. ”
"In addition, the reason why I entered the entertainment industry at this inopportune time is because I am in the layout, yes, the layout. Maybe you think it's a big joke when you hear it, but what kind of situation is there in Hong Kong? But I want to tell you that I also set up an entertainment company in the mainland, called Shengshi Media, and now with the addition of Hong Kong, I am equivalent to opening up the world between the mainland and Hong Kong. When mainland entertainment rises, I can lead the Hong Kong team here to kill as soon as possible, seize the commanding heights of entertainment, and I want to build our Chinese aircraft carrier, movies, television, entertainment variety shows, and even online TV --- that you can't imagine."
"In the era of the future, the speed of development is faster than you can imagine, and entertainment has never died, but it has just been silent. When we wake it up, the movie box office can be as high as 50 billion a year!"
Chen Tianlang's words were like fairy tales, but they were very magical, which made Zhong Zhen stunned when she heard it, and in the end, she came back to her senses and had to say to Chen Tianlang: "You are the most bizarre person I have ever seen, I don't know if the future miracles you said will appear, I just know that you convinced me." I am willing to cooperate with your company. ”
Zhong Zhen stretched out his hand, Chen Tianlang shook it, and said with a smile: "You won't regret it." Never!"
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As a newcomer, Chen Huilin didn't understand why her agent, Sister Zhen, would choose to cooperate with Caixing. Give yourself to the mainlander named "Chen Tianlang" and let him build and package himself.
Chen Huilin's heart was full of doubts.
Chen Tianlang also seems to know that she has no confidence in herself, after all, she is "digging coal" and selling "strong pills" in the mainland.
So after signing the contract with Zhong Zhen, Chen Tianlang made an appointment with Chen Huilin alone.
Chen Huilin looked at this young man who didn't seem to be as old as herself, and her heart was full of doubts.
Chen Tianlang didn't say anything polite, nor did he play false, he directly took out the two songs he helped her create, "Three Seconds" and "Huahua Universe", and then said to her: "You can not trust me." But trust these two songs I wrote, as long as they are done well, they will definitely be popular!"
Chen Huilin was skeptical, then picked up the lyrics and looked at them, then looked up and said, "You wrote these?"
Chen Tianlang said: "Yes, especially for you. ”
"Well, it's not bad. Chen Huilin nodded.
"Isn't it just good?" Chen Tianlang said again, "I will let you let Huang Zhan, a big man in the Hong Kong music scene, help you with these two songs, you can rest assured." Now all you have to do is to devote yourself to the action of being a big star, I support you, and you also need to work hard yourself. ”
As he spoke, Chen Tianlang involuntarily rose with a confident and unquestionable domineering spirit.
Chen Huilin realized that her boss seemed to be different from others.
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After signing Chen Huilin, Chen Tianlang handed over all the lyrics he wrote and MTV script publicity and planning to the entertainment team, and then handed Chen Huilin to them.
"From now on, I want you to hire the best teacher for her, whether it's performing vocal music or dancing. When handing over the materials, Chen Tianlang said to Pan Jiawen of the entertainment group.
"Chen Huilin is a person who is strategically important to our company exhibition. If you don't package this person well, then I'm going to end up with you. ”
Pan Jiawen immediately said: "CHEN SIR WROTE THE MATERIALS SO CAREFULLY, WE MUST DO IT." ”
When Chen Tianlang heard this, he knew that he was not without confidence, so he said: "I know you don't have confidence now, but in another month you will come to see me with a smile on your face." ”
After handing over Chen Huilin to the entertainment group, Chen Tianlang began to refocus on the discovery and training of newcomers, as well as the construction of the acting team. Both of these things are equally important for the company.
Among them, the so-called "performing arts team" is Chen Tianlang's decision to sign those small stars of the 18th tier in Hong Kong, as well as those who are not red but not black, such as Wen Zhaolun, Cheng Kuian, Tang Zhenzong, Zhang Weijian and others in this era, and then transport them to the mainland for "performances", you can go to bars, go to opening ceremonies, go to various social parties, and even help them introduce mainland TV dramas to filming.
Chen Tianlang is ready to use this kind of policy similar to "buying and selling black slaves" to export these stars in Hong Kong who can't get along.
That's right, in Hong Kong they can't get mixed up.
But in the mainland, they have a lot of popularity, for example, Wen Zhaolun, who is now in a scandal in Hong Kong and has no film to film. But in the mainland, his popularity is leveraged, not to mention anything else, the TV series he starred in alone has swept the whole continent. Many elementary and secondary school kiosks also sell his stickers.
Chen Tianlang believes that if these people go to the mainland, they will definitely be treated like "giant pandas". In fact, this strategy is being carried out by mainland entertainment tycoon Deng Jianguo, and the Guangdong superstar company he established is to sign some Hong Kong artists, shoot mainland dramas after packaging, and then become popular and make money.
But what Chen Tianlang did was bolder, more radical, more rampant than him, and the future profit was the greatest.
Sell Hong Kong celebrities like black slaves!
It can be said that this "performing arts team" will be the company's source of funds in a short period of time, and it will be one of the company's sources of income in the future.
Therefore, after talking about Chen Huilin, Chen Tianlang began to talk to them about the acting team.
"What about the show team, how are you doing?"
"ACCORDING TO CHAN SIR'S INSTRUCTIONS, WE HAVE RECRUITED A TOTAL OF 72 ENTERTAINERS FROM HONG KONG, INCLUDING 42 MALE ARTISTS AND 30 FEMALE ARTISTS. Many of them are outdated veteran actors, such as Wen Zhaolun, Tang Zhenye, and Zhang Jiahui, who already have some acting experience. And there are four teams that have formed their own teams and programs, which can be taken out immediately to make money. The salary of an artist is modeled on the TVB salary, which is divided into six levels, trainee artist, junior artist, senior artist, senior artist, artist supervisor and artist manager. ”
In addition, each artist can take 30 percent of their performance remuneration. ”
Chen Tianlang listened to it while looking at his report, "It would be better if you could sign Huang Rihua, Miao Qiaowei, and Liang Xiaolong, who are relatively famous TV stars in the mainland, the bosses on the mainland are very fond of this, they can help the company make a lot of money!"
"We've been in contact with them, but some of them have contracts with YVB, or they're going to do their own business and stop doing shows. ”
Chen Tianlang nodded, "Everyone has their own ambitions, and they can't help it." Then he asked, "Costume teacher, have you arranged the practice room and accommodation?"
"Costumes are now being customized to the needs of the individual performance teams. The teachers are also basically in place. Accommodation: We arrange for artists to live near Shenzhen. The practice room is also rented from a school in Shenzhen, so we now rent two buses to take them back and forth between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. ”
Chen Tianlang closed their reports, "You have done a job that I expected, and it is much better than I imagined. Thank you very much for your efforts, and I hope you can do the same good in this matter. In addition, I would like to remind you that on the issue of teaming up between team members, special attention should be paid to the combination of squadrons and squadrons, and the combination of squadrons and brigades should be appropriate and able to meet the needs of various entertainment venues. ”
In addition, there is also the show to bring forth more innovations, of course, nostalgia is also the focus, such as letting Wen Zhaolun sing the theme song of "Intolerable Love", letting Cheng Kuian perform his clips in the movie "Bloody Heroes", and letting Tang Zhenye play Duan Yu in "Dragon Babu". In short, as long as the people on the mainland like it, they will perform it without hesitation. It is necessary to go deep into the grassroots, go to coal mines, go to department stores, and go to red and white ceremonies...... Of course, at the beginning, these people were afraid that they would not be able to wipe off their face, and they felt that they were also a corner, and they would not be able to bear it psychologically if they went to the mainland to do this kind of monkey show, so at this time, it was time for you to act, whether it was coaxing or deception, or coercion and temptation, we wanted them to act according to our plan. It is necessary to raise their consciousness and tell them that performing for more than a billion people is not a shame, but a lofty cause!"
"I have hired a few psychology teachers in this area for you, and I will help you tutor the psychological work of these celebrities. Well, we must ensure their mental health, they are our treasures who go to the mainland to pan for gold, and we must do a good job of brainwashing...... Oh no, counseling work. Chen Tianlang's mouth was so fast that he almost leaked his mouth.
"Well, that's all. Chen Tianlang nodded, "You can go out and call in Director Lin Haolin of the Investment Department." ”
"The performance of the entertainment team is very good, how is the work of your investment department progressing?" asked Chen Tianlang.
Lin Hao took out a report and smiled, "Hehe, I have been prepared." ”
Then Lin Hao began to introduce the situation, "The first thing to talk about is the investment in actors, Ekin Cheng, Chen Xiaochun and others have dug it up and used 3.3 million expenses." Investing in "God of Food" cost 400 hundred. According to your instructions, we are negotiating with the cartoonist named Niu Lao to buy the copyright of his film adaptation of the comic book "Crazy Boy", he asked for 5 million, bargained for 3 million, and estimated that 1.8 million could be sold. ”
In fact, Lin Hao doesn't quite understand why Chen Tianlang attaches so much importance to this comic, it's not for nothing that the comic has been filmed into a movie, but most of them have lost money. For example, "Comic Wonder Man", which was filmed in 1990, lost a lot.
Of course, Chen Tianlang will not tell him that this "Crazy Boy" will be a big hit in the future, and the reason why he poached Ekin Cheng and Chen Xiaochun is to prepare for this drama.
After a round of talking, Lin Hao began to talk about the difficulties, "The biggest problem at present is the lack of funds. TO BE PRECISE, SIR CHEN, THE MONEY YOU PREPARED FOR THE COMPANY HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT, AND YOU STILL HAVE DEBTS!"
Chen Tianlang smiled, "This is my problem, you just need to do your best within your ability in the past few months." The main thing is to get the money back that you invested! Okay, you're good to go. ”
Looking at the back of Lin Hao's departure, Chen Tianlang rubbed his forehead, the 50 million from the last time has not been returned, and it seems that he is going to "Avril Clothing Company" again.
Thinking of his old sister who has turned into a strong woman, a world-famous fashion designer, and even Lafayette, Chen Tianlang smiled bitterly, whether he praised her too highly.