Chapter 56: Arguments
Qiu Degen is 55 years old this year, of medium height, quite wealthy, with a round face, heavy eyebrows, big eyes, and his hair should have been dyed, very dark and heavy, and he has the style of a successful entrepreneur of this era.
Like a self-made figure, Qiu Degen's majesty is only aimed at his subordinates, and he seems very approachable when he treats people and picks up customers, this time because of Lin Xi's arrival, he even put down the matter at hand and walked to the door of the office in person to greet him.
This kind of "degrading and greeting" made Lin Xi feel a little flattered, and also made Qiu Degen's secretary on the side look at it and smack his tongue secretly, it seems that Lin Xi's status in the eyes of his boss is far more important than he imagined.
After shaking hands, Qiu Degen made a gesture of invitation to the office, then turned to the secretary who was still in a daze and said, "Go make a good pot of tea." β
The secretary nodded busily, and was about to do it, when he suddenly stopped Qiu Degen again.
"Forget it, let's go brew two cups of freshly ground coffee, young people nowadays should prefer to drink this."
Whether it was drinking tea or coffee, Qiu Degen did not consult Lin Xi's opinion, which can also be seen that although he attaches great importance to Lin Xi, he is also a very assertive person in his heart.
Such a person is the most difficult to be convinced, but Lin Xi is not worried.
Since Qiu Degen is in such a hurry to meet him, it shows that the two sides do have a basis for cooperation.
After entering the office and taking the seats, Qiu Degen went straight to the point and said the reason why he was in a hurry to see Lin Xi.
"I thought I was doing a lot of concealment about my acquisition of Li's TV, but I didn't expect Lin Sheng to analyze so much with an inconspicuous piece of news in the newspaper, which is really terrifying."
"Mr. Qiu is too modest, you think it may be inconspicuous news, maybe in the eyes of ordinary people, it is great news, I have a calculus or not, I really don't deserve such praise from Mr. Qiu."
Lin Xi's humble and non-arrogant attitude made Qiu Degen very satisfied, nodded and asked, "I don't know what Lin Sheng proposed to meet me for?" β
"Naturally, it's to discuss the plan with Mr. Qiu!"
Qiu Degen couldn't help but squint his eyes.
Lin Xi's words sounded a little unashamed, but after careful consideration, he felt that it was not like that, obviously he was just a sixteen-year-old boy, because he was famous for writing books and shooting advertisements, and his identity was still far from his own, but Qiu Degen always felt that Lin Xi was relying on what he said.
"I wonder what Lin Sheng is going to cooperate with me in?"
"Mr. Qiu doesn't think I'm bored to pay attention to the news in the newspaper about the acquisition of Leigh's TV, right?" Lin Xi asked rhetorically, in fact, he answered Qiu Degen's question.
Lin Xi admitted frankly that he came to Li's TV, and Qiu Degen immediately thought of a possibility.
"I understand, Lin Sheng should have a good script in his hand, but he didn't talk about cooperation with wireless, so he thought of Li's TV?"
"Mr. Qiu is only partially right, I did come to Li's TV to seek cooperation, but I definitely didn't come to sell the script." Lin Xi took out a business card from his pocket and solemnly handed it to Qiu Degen: "This is a film and television company I registered not long ago, and I hope to be able to carry out more in-depth cooperation with Li's TV in film and television program production in the future." β
Qiu Degen took the business card and glanced at it, and there were a total of three lines on it:
At the top are the six bold characters of Oriental Film and Television Company, with Lin Xi's name in the middle, and the company's telephone and fax numbers at the bottom.
This era is not an era when managers and directors are flying all over the sky, and people with real status will print their positions on their business cards, Lin Xi is not unaware of this situation, but with his perception from the future, he always feels that printing positions on business cards is a very ungrade practice.
As long as a really awesome character shows his name, others will know what his identity is, and there is no need to do more on his business card.
But this "lazy" approach is a completely different perception in Qiu Degen's eyes.
has no position, which means that Lin Xi, a film and television company, does not even have a basic corporate framework, to put it bluntly, it is a leather bag company.
This made Qiu Degen a little disappointed, but a person like him would not show his love on his face lightly, put away Lin Xi's business card, and then asked: "I don't know how Lin Sheng is going to cooperate with Li's TV?" β
"I'll shoot it, and Li's TV will be introduced and broadcast."
Qiu Degen's eyebrows twitched, and he smiled and said: "Although the current business situation of Li's TV is not good, it is not so bad that it needs to buy programs from outside to broadcast, is Lin Sheng's mention a little too big?" β
"That can also be a joint contribution between the two parties, and finally a proportional share." Lin Xi took the initiative to take a step back.
Qiu Degen shook his head regretfully, "If Lin Sheng only came with this sincerity, then I don't think there is really any need for us to talk about it anymore." β
"I know, Mr. Qiu must think that I haven't figured out the situation yet, but in fact, it's you, Mr. Qiu, who haven't figured out the situation." Lin Xi changed his previous respectful attitude, and his tone became unpolite.
Qiu Degen's secretary walked in with two cups of brewed coffee, and when he heard Lin Xi's words, his hand shook and almost knocked the coffee cup off.
He had never seen anyone dare to speak to Qiu Degen in such a tone, if it was someone in the company, I am afraid that it would have attracted Qiu Degen's monstrous anger a long time ago.
Because he was afraid of being implicated by Qiu Degen's anger, the secretary put down two cups of coffee and hurriedly left.
The atmosphere in the office was a little solemn, and after Qiu Degen stared at Lin Xi for a few seconds, he said, "Why can't I understand the form, please teach me Lin Sheng!" β
In the end, the pronunciation of the word "teaching" was very heavy, obviously Qiu Degen was very unhappy, but he just endured it and did not have a seizure.
"Mr. Qiu has acquired Li's TV, but it has been kept secret, I think what you are worried about is nothing more than being treated as a big enemy by wireless, Shao Yifu has begun to adjust the core business of Shaw Brothers in the past two years, shifting the focus from movies to TV program production, and even the studio in Clear Water Bay is rented to TVB to shoot TV series, and now he has just secured the position of chairman of the board of directors of wireless, and suddenly an opponent emerges, just to be used for Liwei, Mr. Qiu doesn't want to be targeted by the other party from the beginning, so he is so cautious, Am I right? β
Qiu Degen didn't say anything, and acquiesced to Lin Xi's statement.
"Mr. Qiu wants to avoid the edge for a while, I can understand this, but I also want to ask, Mr. Qiu, can you avoid it for a while? Hong Kong is so big, can it really accommodate the peaceful coexistence of two TV stations? This is obviously impossible,So Li's TV is the number one enemy of wireless at all times,As long as Li's TV still exists for a day,It won't be taken lightly over there,This has nothing to do with the strength of both sides,It's a natural hostile relationship,This is determined by market capacity,No one can change itγ β
When Lin Xi said this, Qiu Degen couldn't help but be moved.
"So Lin Sheng wants to persuade me that instead of cowering, it is better to rise to the challenge?"
"Mr. Qiu is wrong again, I don't mean that at all, because even if I don't say this, Mr. Qiu can't always stop announcing the news of your entry into Li, and Li's TV has to face the competition, what I really want to say is,If Li's TV follows the existing TV station business ideas, it may be able to survive and develop for a while, but never think of surpassing wireless."
After Lin Xi finished speaking, he glanced at Qiu Degen, and saw his thoughtful expression, so he continued: "The relationship between wireless and Li's TV now is very similar to the relationship between Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest in the early 70s. The reason why Golden Harvest was able to surpass Shaw Brothers is that Mr. Zou Wenhuai has found another production model that can change the entire industry pattern in addition to the Shaw Brothers large-scale studio production system, that is, independent production. The reason why Bruce Lee and Xu Guanwen are willing to cooperate with Golden Harvest is that Golden Harvest is willing to support them to set up their own companies, invest together, and share profits. β
Qiu Degen had already understood what Lin Xi meant, but he deliberately asked, "Lin Sheng wants to persuade me to learn from Zou Wenhuai?" β
"Don't Mr. Qiu think that your current situation is very similar to Zou Wenhuai back then? Zou Wenhuai came out of Shaw Brothers, doesn't he know the advantages of the large-scale studio production system in terms of cost saving and human resources? He must know, and let him stand in the perspective of the Shaw Brothers, he will definitely unswervingly implement this system, but he established Golden Harvest, he knows very well that he wants to compete with a behemoth like the Shaw Brothers, the disparity in strength is too great, and only by changing the rules of the game can he win, so he chose the independent production system, the same reason, it's not that I want Mr. Qiu to learn anything from Zou Wenhuai, but that Mr. Qiu is facing the problem of seeing Zou Wenhuai back then, according to the existing rules of the game, Li's TV will definitely not be able to play wireless, So why not try to change the rules? β