Chapter 531 Companies and Mansions
After sending Manager Liu away, Chen Shufen took Xu Fang to Chen Lang's office.
"Lang Lang, it's okay for you to let me concurrently serve as the general manager of the brokerage company, but the artists under it can take over the work of other companies at will, is it okay?" Chen Shufen looked at Chen Lang and asked.
At present, it is really difficult to improve the agent system in Hong Kong, because many film companies or television stations are themselves brokerage companies, and many artists sign contracts directly with film companies and television stations, unlike Europe and the United States, where brokerage companies are independent of major film companies and television stations.
Hong Kong's brokerage system, coupled with Hong Kong's own small territory, but it has gathered more than a dozen companies of the same type, resulting in extremely fierce competition between similar companies, so it has also caused a lot of artists to be unable to circulate, generally only in their own signed film companies or TV station activities, unless you are a super big name, and these companies are signed a head contract, so there is still a greater degree of freedom.
But the agency that Chen Lang wants to set up is in favor of the circulation of company artists, which is really a bit of an outlier in Hong Kong, which is fiercely competitive, and even a little stupid, giving the artists he cultivates to others, and then going back to compete with his own company, this is not stupid, so Chen Shufen has this question.
"No problem, my purpose is to circulate artists, so that our artists can get more performance opportunities, of course, this is also conditional, first of all, we must meet our own needs, and in the same situation, it is naturally our own people who have priority.
Second, if there is a company that wants to invite our big-name artists, then we can use the form of bundling to try to recommend some potential and focused training newcomers to the past together to increase the training opportunities of newcomers.
Third, I plan to launch a package rental business, now there are many film bag companies in Hong Kong, they don't have their own crews, but they have pulled down the funds in their hands, so we can provide one-stop services from script writing, crew formation, shooting, editing, publicity, distribution and release, and then the company's artists will also recommend them in a big package, and you have to do a good job of cooperating. ”
Chen Lang summarized three points based on a point he knew in his previous life about the bundled sales model of CAA brokerage companies, as well as the movie shooting package rental business he saw in the novel.
Chen Shufen and Xu Fang looked at Chen Lang with a surprised look on their faces when they heard this, "This ...... That's really ...... The idea of genius, sure enough, genius is different from others, although I don't know what the real effect will be, but it sounds very operational. ”
Xu Fang nodded again and again when she heard this, it seemed that she was also pleasantly surprised by Chen Lang's thoughts.
"This is just a little idea of mine, but whether it can be realized in reality depends on Sister Chen, you and Xue always can cooperate and implement it in place." Chen Lang smiled.
"Understood, I'll negotiate with Mr. Xue." Chen Shufen nodded and said, "But Lang Lang, when will you release a new record?" When else will the first concert be held? ”
"It's still May, and I'll record a new record when I get off in July, and I can't confirm the concert yet." Chen Lang smiled bitterly when he heard this.
"Don't you know that the company has piled up hundreds of letters from fans asking you to release a new record and hold a concert, and you can wait for a long time, you won't let these fans who love you down, right?" Chen Shufen knew that Chen Lang was busy, but time was like water in a sponge, and there would always be a squeeze.
"I'll schedule it, I'm almost done writing the songs for the new record." Chen Lang could only continue to smile bitterly.
Chen Shufen saw Chen Lang's wry smile, and said warmly, "It's not that I forced you, but fans are really looking forward to your new record, part of which is because Alan Tam released a record "Love Trap" after he became king, and now it is popular all over the streets, many Alan Tam fans are a little excessive, sarcastically You don't release the record because you are afraid of Alan Tam, your fans are naturally very angry about this, for this reason, the two sides launched a scolding battle, which is known to everyone. ”
"Everybody knows? Could it be that the scolding between fans was filmed by reporters? Chen Lang heard the contradiction between himself and Alan Tam's fans, and suddenly had a headache, it seems that he and Alan Tam inevitably embarked on the old road of fighting for hegemony in the previous life.
"You underestimate the energy of your and Alan Tam's fans, you may not have read the newspaper during this time when you were busy buying theaters, and the rich lady among your fans directly bought a page in the "Oriental Daily" and scolded her, it is difficult for everyone to know it, but fortunately, the focus of the dispute is on who is the first person in the Hong Kong music scene now, and the words between each other are quite restrained." Chen Shufen shook her head and smiled bitterly.
Chen Lang shook his head with a smile when he heard this, no wonder his fans were so excited and angry, obviously after winning the most popular male singer, Alan Tam has become a superstar in the music industry side by side with Chen Lang, fans on both sides naturally think that their idol is the first person in the music industry, and the competition between them has already appeared at the awards ceremony, and now it is just a continuation, and it will be more fierce in the future.
"Okay, I know, I'll go into the studio as soon as school is over." Chen Lang had no choice but to promise.
"Then I'll wait for you to take a vacation, as for other things, you can rest assured, I will take care of it." Chen Shufen stood up with satisfaction when she heard this.
"By the way, Sister Chen, I should buy a building in these two months, and then let all the companies move in, you get ready first." Chen Lang reminded.
"I see." When Chen Shufen heard Chen Lang's words, she sighed with emotion in her heart, her vision was really vicious, and she actually took a fancy to this genius at a glance, but the teenager four years ago has now grown to this point, which is really unbelievable.
After dealing with the company's affairs, Chen Lang returned home, and during dinner, he talked about the company again.
"How much controlling stake did you acquire from Shaw Cinemas? How much did it cost? Mother Chen asked with some curiosity.
"154 million Hong Kong dollars, 55% equity." Chen Lang replied with a smile, although it is not a wholly-owned acquisition, but having an absolute controlling stake means that he has his own theater chain, which is definitely a tiger for the development of his film career.
"It took so much money to acquire 55 percent, which is too little." Sister Chen Yundao.
"Now that the film market is hot, land prices have been rising again, and with the theaters in Southeast Asia, this price is not outrageously high." Father Chen opened his mouth and said, for this aspect of things, Father Chen has studied more now, and his speech is more standard.
"By the way, Dad, how is the acquisition of the tape factory?" Chen Lang asked.
"Now we are the only two who have entered the audio-visual market in a big way, and the factories in Hong Kong and Kowloon have basically been divided up by our two families, and the remaining one or two small factories have little value, and now we are still merging and reorganizing, and the reorganization should be completed in June, and then the audio-visual company can be formally established." Chen's father explained.
"Didn't get into any trouble, did you?" Chen Lang has always been a little jealous of Li Guoxing's Taiwan club.
"It's all about business, and there's nothing else to worry about." Father Chen obviously knew what Chen Lang meant, and shook his head with a smile, "Meiya has been established, but in fact, it is still being digested, and when the two of us have digested it, then the competition will really come." ”
"If it's just fair competition, it doesn't matter." Chen Lang nodded and said, "Just shoot him playing yin." ”
"There should be no problem with this for the time being, our two families have also met in the process of acquisition, and they have used legitimate means, Li Guoxing has not made any off-the-market moves, and he obviously does not want to expose the backs of the Taiwan community, after all, the limelight is still very tight."
"That's good." Chen Lang was relieved when he heard this, "Is there a company called Qiming among the acquired companies?" ”
"No, this company was robbed by Li Guoxing." Father Chen shook his head and said.
"This company also owns the videotape rights to nearly 1,000 Shaw Brothers films for a year, which is very bad for us." Chen Lang said.
"I also inquired, but Li Guoxing's bid was too ruthless, and it was bound to win, so we had to give up in the end, and now the most important thing is to win the film and video rights of major film companies, which is the most profitable thing." Chen's father said.
"Now the three are cooperating, Debao Film Company and LL Film Company can get the copyright, and more than 40 independent film production companies have asked us to release the original record, and their film rights can also be obtained." Chen Lang analyzed, "In addition, if there is a film company that does not care about the copyright, it can be purchased at a low price, and it will be used to fill the company's film library." ”
"If there is, I'll get in touch with the studio." Father Chen nodded.
"Our family has opened more and more companies, and the current small building is obviously unable to accommodate more and more employees, I want to buy an office building with about 8 floors, what do you think, Dad?" Chen Lang asked.
"There are indeed more and more companies, and it is not convenient to scatter together, so it is time to buy a LL building." Father Chen nodded when he heard this.
"That's going to cost a lot of money, right? Is the money left over from the acquisition of Shaw Brothers Cinemas enough? Mother Chen was worried when she heard this.
"There are still 76 million Hong Kong dollars left, and it should be almost the same to buy an 8-story building, but if it doesn't work, we can take out a loan, and with the current profitability of the company, we will be able to pay it off soon." Father Chen said with a smile.
"Then it's decided." Chen Lang also smiled.
"Okay, okay, let's eat quickly, don't always talk about these companies." Mother Chen saw that the two had finished chatting, and added a piece of meat to her son and said.