Chapter 0147 - Pointing fingers is famous
Tang Huan's so-called lack of business is because he has allocated all his own work, so he is qualified to be busy.
For example, the two things with the highest priority recently, CPU and Chinese character information technology standard sales, the former will not care after writing the project book, and the executor of the latter, with a more positive attitude, has returned to the mainland, and Tang Huan personally saw him off.
Now he is sitting in his office to meet Zhang Delan, the first contracted singer of the DreamWorks record department, and naturally, the little girl is still accompanied by her sister.
"Yuanyuan, you are signed by me. If you come, you will be safe, and you will develop your career in a down-to-earth manner. DreamWorks' music department doesn't just throw out toys for my ticket play, it has its own plans and goals, such as a long-term partnership with Hong Kong Polygram to release records. In short, the individual and the company should make progress together, so that the guests and hosts can enjoy themselves and achieve a long-term win-win situation. ”
Tang Huan's confession and encouragement seemed to be very honest, but Hu Yinmeng, who was sitting on the side, secretly pouted, you are a big boss, open your mouth and close your mouth to call people "Yuanyuan", isn't it abrupt.
The Zhang sisters didn't care, they felt that this was just a way for the superiors to show their kindness to their subordinates, and some people in TVB called Zhang Delan so.
Obviously, unlike Hu Yinmeng, they directly ignored the strangeness of Tang Huan's young age but being so old-fashioned.
Seeing that Zhang Delan listened carefully and nodded repeatedly, Tang Huan changed his words, "I don't like to be harsh on employees, but I attach great importance to personal professional ethics." I position Yuanyuan as a jade singer, and accordingly, all kinds of publicity and packaging are also based on this principle. So remember. You need to maintain a healthy image of yourself. ”
Zhang Delan's sister hurriedly assured. "Mr. Tang, although rest assured, Yuanyuan is really well-behaved, and our whole family cares about her."
"Then it's up to the performance." Tang Huan bowed slightly, took out a few pieces of paper from the folder and handed them to Hu Yinmeng, "There are two songs here, one Cantonese song is prepared for Yuanyuan's new record, and the other is a male and female duet Chinese song used in the company's promotional video, and there are no male singers in the company now." Then it's up to me and Yuanyuan to sing, anyway, we've already worked together once, and we have a tacit understanding. ”
"Is "The Lost Promise" your masterpiece again?" Hu Yinmeng asked naturally while flipping through it.
"That's right." Tang Huan replied unashamedly, he had already planned to "borrow" the songs of "Polygram Seven Little Flowers" one by one according to time, from near and far.
His way of digging into the corner of his partner Xiangjiang Polygram in obscurity can be described as a broken ground.
But then again. Polygram, a behemoth, really made Tang Huan greedy. Anyway, in the previous life, he was finally taken away by the Universal. Then you might as well let yourself eat a few more bites.
Originally, the original singer of "The Lost Promise" was Chan Wai-han, whose father was the Assistant Commissioner of the Hong Kong Immigration Department, who had already participated in the choir and the joint school singing competition when he was in secondary school, and his upbringing was superior.
In 1983, Chan was discovered by Angus, a celebrity in the Hong Kong music scene who belonged to the production company of Anglia Angli at the time, and together with Chan Lok-man and Lai Tsz-shan, she recorded the album "Girl Magazine", which was wholly owned and owned by Anglo-Amli and distributed by Polygram, and was released in January 1984.
With the song "Lost Promise", Chen Huixian, who was less than 20 years old, became an instant hit, became the champion of RTHK's Chinese Song Dragon and Tiger Chart, and then won the 1984 Best Newcomer Award for the Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs, and the sales of "Girl Magazine" achieved platinum records.
After becoming famous in the first war, Chen Huixian became independent from the girl's magazine that year and flew solo, and her results were naturally also good.
As for the remaining Chan Lemin and Lai Zhishan, they jointly released their second album "Girl's Declaration, Absolute Love" in 1985.
However, after that, the Anglomelais production company to which they belonged fell into financial difficulties due to business failure, and was converted from a record company to a management company.
So, Chen Huixian was recommended to go to Polygram, Chen Lemin chose to quit the entertainment industry to develop in the business world, to be the niece of the original partner of the gambling king, Li Zhishan entered TVB development, and this small team completely disappeared, which shows the speed of the renewal of the Xiangjiang music scene, ups and downs, sometimes it is a matter of one or two years.
Zhang Delan is now in her early twenties, and she has participated in acting since she was a child, especially after exercising in TVB for so long, it is not a problem to control "The Lost Promise".
In this style, it was a natural thing to find someone to make another song and make an album.
Hu Yinmeng browsed "The Lost Promise", and his first impression was very good, and he couldn't find a place to express his opinion for a while, so he simply handed it to Zhang Delan, who was watching from the sidelines, and then went to see the second song.
"Choice?" Hu Yinmeng looked at it halfway, and a strange look appeared on his face.
This song is Tang Huan's classic love song duet from the early 1990s, Lin Zixiang and Ye Qianwen, which felt appropriate and copied it casually.
"Boss, is this for the company's promotional video? Are love songs appropriate? It's too affectionate. Hu Yinmeng finally found a sense of existence and threw out his doubts in one breath.
"If you want to be happy for life, you can't help but choose the right person and the right career...... I want Zheru to become synonymous with the field of IT in Xiangjiang, and the feelings are always the same, if employees can be as loyal to the company as they are to lovers, why worry about big things? Tang Huan said at the end and began to chew the words.
"Whatever you say, we little minions do what we do. To be rich is to be capricious. ”
Hu Yinmeng, who learned a mantra from Tang Huan, handed over the lyrics and music score of "Choice" to Zhang Delan, and then looked at the time, "Cai Jiguang I have already contacted him, he does have a script on the theme of youth idols on hand, although this person is famous, but after all, it is the first time to make a movie, do you believe him?" ”
"No matter what you do, there's always a first time." Tang Huan smiled playfully, "Yuanyuan, you go and think about the new song first, I want to meet a guest." ”
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Born in Xiangjiang in 1946, Cai Jiguang has a resume of studying and working in the United States. After returning to Xiangjiang in 1975, he joined TVB. And in 1977. and other initiators such as Tsui Hark, Gao Zhisen. The Heung Kong Film Culture Centre was founded to promote local film culture.
For example, various film cultural activities are held on a regular basis, valuable classic films are promoted and screened, special research on films is formulated, lectures are held, and the newsletter "Filmmaker" is published.
At the same time, the Film Culture Centre also rents equipment to independent filmmakers at reasonable prices. and recruiting enthusiast members who love movies.
In Tang Huan's view, these activities have contributed a lot to the development of Hong Kong films, especially its film courses, and the lineup of instructors can be described as strong.
After winning Hollywood's United States at the end of this year, Tang Huan is bound to let him interact with Xiangjiang, otherwise, the significance of the acquisition will be greatly reduced, and filmmakers like Cai Jiguang, who know the United States relatively well, are undoubtedly a good communication bridge.
It can be said that Tang Huan found the other party to make a movie. Hitting rabbits with grass can kill multiple birds with one stone. This is also his usual scheming style.
Cai Jiguang, who came to visit, was in a very enthusiastic mood, although he was quite well-known, but after all, it was the first time to make a movie, and he took the script to find investment, so he inevitably had to take favors, and even let go of his face.
Now that there is a big boss who takes the initiative to be optimistic about himself, Cai Jiguang can't help but be excited.
Tang Huan quickly glanced at the script, it was basically the plot of "Applause" in his previous life, to be honest, it tested his patience when he watched it, but the current youth idol movie, isn't it this level.
Tang Huan nodded and put down the script casually, "Compared with the script, what I value more is Mr. Cai's ability, this movie should be able to set a benchmark for themes like youth idols, DreamWorks has invested." ”
Hearing the affirmative reply, Cai Jiguang was overjoyed, "Thank you Mr. Tang for your trust." ”
"But ......" Seeing that Cai Jiguang suddenly became nervous because of this turn, Tang Huan smiled and waved his hand, signaling the other party to relax, "I have a small suggestion, Chen Baiqiang, Leslie Cheung, and Paul Zhong, you should have heard of them, it seems that they are all under the name of the same agent at present, I think it should be good to let them star in this movie." All the pretty boys are very distinctive, and it's hard for students to think about it or not. ”
Cai Jiguang thought back a little, and had some impressions of these three young people, which seemed to be really good.
"I'll arrange auditions, and if the conditions are right, I'll give them priority." Talented people often value their own principles, and Cai Jiguang did not immediately agree to it flatteringly.
Tang Huan smiled disapprovingly, "These three beautiful boys had better go together, otherwise it will be boring." In addition, I have a little sister from a family of actors, who is about to graduate from high school this year, you can help take care of it and arrange a role casually. Other than that, I don't have much more to say. ”
Cai Jiguang nodded and said yes, and after the farewell came out, he secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, sure enough, there is no good thing that pie in the sky is in vain, and the fingers of investors are always unavoidable, but fortunately, this Mr. Tang does things above board and straightforwardly, and he directly tells the requirements in person, which is also happy.
Just as he was thinking about it, Cai Jiguang heard someone greeting him, "Mr. Cai, why did you come to DreamWorks too?" ”
Cai Jiguang followed the prestige, it turned out that he had met Wang Jing in TVB, and he replied: "Let's talk about the investment of a movie." ”
Wang Jing's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to ask, "How about it, is Mr. Tang willing to invest?" ”
"Mr. Tang trusted me very much and agreed to invest." Cai Jiguang nodded, "I also recommended actors." ”
"Oh, Mr. Cai, you're so lucky." Wang Jing showed an envious look on his face, "Mr. Tang is not only generous, willing to let go, trust others to do things, but also has a very accurate eye for selecting actors, you look at Chow Yun-fat and Zhao Yazhi in "Shanghai Tang", how much they like the audience." ”
"That's amazing." Cai Jiguang scratched his head, and said in his heart that this Mr. Tang's fingers are so famous?
After this thought flashed, Cai Jiguang politely asked, "Why did you come here too?" ”
"DreamWorks gave me a job to shoot a promotional video, and I came here to report on the work." Wang Jing raised the document in his hand.
"That's it for now, and we'll talk when we have time. Now that I've got the investment, I'll have to get to work. Cai Jiguang left in a hurry.
Looking at Cai Jiguang's back, Wang Jing touched the briefcase, and there was an extra script there, and his mind couldn't help but be more determined. (To be continued......)