Chapter 67: Noon Continued
readx;?β It's been more than half a year since the Performing Arts Center opened, and it's the first time I've stood on this stage. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ info" Shen Chong stood on the stage of the main theater of the Jiajia Performing Arts Center, rubbed his hands, and joked: "It is said that this is the most difficult platform in Taipei, and it is even more difficult than the rostrum of the Legislative Yuan......"
The audience erupted in laughter and applause.
The main theater can accommodate nearly 1,700 spectators, and is currently the largest and best professional indoor performance venue in Taiwan and even the whole of Southeast Asia, and the attendance rate of each performance, whether it is a movie premiere, a stage play, a musical or a traditional play, is maintained at more than 80 percent, but now, there are only about 40 people sitting in the sparse audience - they are not the audience, but all the employees of the Taiwan branch of Oriental Charm and its affiliated companies.
Shen Chong ran from the Yuanshan Hotel to the Performing Arts Center at noon to hold an annual meeting of the Taiwan branch of Oriental Charm, one is to cheer up its employees who have been suppressed and ravaged by the Taiwan government in the past six months, and the other is to prepare to take advantage of the opportunity of preparing for the establishment of a television station to integrate the films, music, magazines, and theater companies invested in Taiwan, and turn them into an organic whole from separate policies.
He is going to Hsinchu tomorrow, and he will return to Hong Kong the day after tomorrow, and he will go to the United States after the Jiayi TV and music station is launched, and the annual meeting can only be done during the lunch break, otherwise it will drag on, and he will have to wait until next year, every inch of time and every inch of gold, and he doesn't want those talented filmmakers or musicians to waste the entire 1980......
"I'm so sorry to call you here for a meeting at noon, especially when it's still so hot." Shen Chong apologized routinely, and then began to get down to business: "I summoned everyone here today, nominally for an annual meeting, but in fact no, I am here to scold people today." β
"The purpose of the annual meeting is to summarize the past and look forward to the future, but think about it, what do you have to summarize? I started investing in April last year, and it has been a year and a half now, and the results you have made can be counted on ten fingers! β
"Records? 4 Rolling Stones, 5 Flying Saucers, 1 Tianshui Music Collection, and it hasn't been finished yet...... "Tianshui Music Collection is an independent music studio formed by musicians such as Li Shouquan, Li Jianfu and Cai Qin after the Academy Awards, Shen Chong is also the gold owner, he raised his hand and nodded at the circle of people sitting in the corner, and then continued to count: "Movie? or the two films filmed last year; Magazine? Sales are not as good as in Hong Kong, which has only a quarter of Taiwan's population; The stage plays, back and forth, are all old plays that have been rehearsed before, and there is only one new play, "Lotus Bead New Match", if I remember correctly, this is a work that began to brew last year. β
"Don't tell me art takes time to think and refine, you're not alone, you're a group of people! When Jin Shijie was thinking, Li Liqun, what are you doing? When Luo Dayou was refining, Hou Dejian, what are you doing? Hou Hsiao-hsien...... Forget it, I'm too lazy to talk about the movie. β
He has a lot of money, is willing to spend money, and has the advantage of foresight, so although he doesn't come to Taiwan much, he has recruited almost all the pop culture celebrities in Taiwan in the early 80s under his own banner.
"Life is too comfortable, work is tired by life, you guys, all of you are under-trained, you have to have someone whip in the back, before you think of working, art is also a job, but you work by talent, you are all rare talents, don't waste talent." Shen Chong pressed his thumb against his chest, and said viciously: "I tell you plainly now, from today onwards, I will be the whip, and I will never give up if I don't pump your farts and pee!" β
"I know that people who play culture are very high-minded, very arrogant, and like to do what they want, do not like to restrict, I speak like this, you must be very disgusted, some people may want to leave, if you want to go, leave now, I don't charge liquidated damages." Shen Chong pointed to the door, made an indifferent expression, and said with a cold face: "I can confidently tell you that all of you add up, work hard all your life, and the profits you can bring to the company may not be as much as the money I threw out for a year, a month, or even this morning, the ancients learned to write and martial arts, and the goods were in the emperor's house, and now there is no emperor, your talent can only be sold to capitalists like me, so, don't be too proud!" I don't have the talent of you, and I don't have the power of an emperor, but I can make you hungry. β
The audience was silent, and the atmosphere was depressing.
"I invested in building such a good recording studio, and I invested in building such a big stage, not to show off my money, but to show off, I would go to New York, Paris or Tokyo, and the praise and satisfaction I got in those places was a hundred times that of Taipei! I just want to hear or see some good art......"
"Make money, you can't do it, art, I can't." Shen Chong felt that the stick had almost been wielded, so he used a classic line of Chiang Kai-shek in "The Founding Ceremony" to summarize the bombardment, and then sighed lightly, slowed down his tone, and said: "The more you lack something, the more you want it, this is a wise saying, I am a businessman full of copper smell, I have no culture, I can only do some vassal and elegant deeds to decorate the faΓ§ade, everyone, dear everyone, you work hard, and frame my stinky face a little better, OK?" I'm going to rely on it to pick up girls! β
There were a few heartless chuckles from the audience, but they quickly subsided.
"Okay, the past has been summed up, now let's look to the future." Shen Chong puffed his palms twice, boosted the atmosphere in the venue, and then said: "I haven't seen the yellow calendar, I only know that today is August 29th, 8 is homophonic with 'fat' in Cantonese, 2 is homophonic with 'and', 9 is homophonic with 'long', and it should be a good day, so I announce that from today onwards, Oriental Charm Taiwan Film Branch will be reorganized into the Taiwan branch of Oriental Charm Group, and in the future, films, music, magazines, and theater troupes will be incorporated into one system, unified management, unified planning, and strengthen the complementarity and interaction with the Hong Kong headquarters......"
He lifted the white backdrop behind him, pointed to the schematic diagram above, and explained the organizational structure of the future company concisely, and then announced the personnel appointment: "Mr. Duan Zhongyi will serve as the general manager of the Taiwan branch of Oriental Charm Group, Mr. Li Yuan will serve as the manager of the film department, Mr. Zhuo Botang will serve as the manager of the magazine department, and Mr. Yu Yushui will serve as the manager of the finance and fixed asset investment department. However, financial details are audited. β
Duan Zhongyi once worked in China Film and ran magazines, is very knowledgeable about film, music and publishing, has a wide social circle in Taiwan, and built Rolling Stone into the largest Chinese record company in his previous life, and is very capable of management, and is the best candidate to serve as general manager.
Li Yuan, pen name Ono, is a famous best-selling writer in Taiwan in the 70s, went to the United States to study in 1979, but soon dropped out of school and returned to Taiwan, and entered China Film as the deputy manager of the production planning department and the head of the planning team, and then was dug into the oriental charm by Shen Chong, replacing Zhang Aijia as the manager of the Taiwan branch, this person is one of the standard-bearers of Taiwan's new film movement in history, "The Story of Time", "A Day on the Beach", "Terrorist" and other classic Taiwanese movies in the 80s were filmed under his promotion.
The editor-in-chief of "Film Times" was originally Qiu Gangjian, but he was disheartened by the Taiwan government's repeated difficulties, and resigned in July on the grounds of concentrating on writing scripts, and the position was taken over by Zhuo Botang......
After the personnel appointment, he took out a thick stack of folders, raised them, and threatened: "This is the work task in the second half of this year, every department and everyone must complete it, if it can't be completed, don't blame me for not giving face!" β
Shen Chong has always believed that the core of management is nothing more than to make people work hard, and to achieve this goal, there is only one way throughout the ages, that is, coercion and inducement, in popular terms, it is a big stick and carrots used together, coercion has been used just now, it is time to use inducement.
"Okay, the past has been scolded, the future is set, now come to the last item of today's annual meeting, send some souvenirs, to commemorate the official establishment of Oriental Charm in Taiwan -- the previous year and a half, can only be regarded as trial operation."
He beckoned, and Zhang Aijia walked out of the curtain pushing a small flatbed cart with red and white paper bags printed with the oriental charm logo.
After Zhang Aijia pushed the cart to the center of the stage, she hid aside and made a frightened grimace at the tongue sticking out below, and many people smiled, making the atmosphere light again.
Shen Chong took a bag, opened it, took out a square box from it, opened it, and said while displaying: "Omega, the right time for life, everyone, time can't be kept, after all, it flows eastward, please cherish it more." (Note)
Then he took out a rectangular box from the bag, opened it, and said: "Montblanc fountain pen, we can't keep time, but we can keep memories and feelings, this is a tool for carving time, please use it more...... If the watch is broken, go fix it yourself, this one is broken, come to me again. β
Zhang Aijia spread her hands in the back, shook her head and smiled bitterly, made a helpless expression, despised his unromanticism of burning the piano and cooking cranes, and the audience burst into laughter - first, her expression was really funny, and second, these two souvenirs were valuable luxuries, and they were very pleasing luxuries, and no one did not love them.
In the laughter, Shen Chong began to give gifts one by one, starting with Duan Zhongyi and ending with Huang Yunling, she was the youngest employee, not yet 16 years old.
"Thank you, Mr. Shen."
"Do a good job, I didn't scold you just now, it doesn't mean that I won't scold you in the future."
Huang Yunling stuck out her tongue and jumped off the stage with a smile, and before she could sit down again, Shen Chong waved her hand and announced: "Okay, the grand, united, harmonious, beautiful, and memorable annual meeting has ended successfully. β
Everyone knew that he had more important things to do in the afternoon, and everyone walked past the stage in twos and threes, with different expressions, and said a few words of farewell, and then they dispersed, and the theater was soon empty.
Luo Dayou, Li Zongsheng, Hou Dejian, Li Shouquan, Liang Hongzhi......
Qi Yu, Cai Qin, Li Jianfu, Chen Shuhua, Huang Yingying......
Hou Xiaoxian, Chen Kunhou, Jin Shijie, Li Liqun, Gu Baoming......
Looking at the young and energetic faces walking in front of him, Shen Chong felt like a military parade in a trance, although this group of soldiers had no order at all - this is my real career, and the rest is just playing games with plug-ins.
"Why were you so fierce just now?"
"No, no." Shen Chong smiled and said: "Xiucai encounters soldiers, and it is unreasonable to say, and when dealing with literary and artistic people, the overlord must be forced to bow down." β
"Nonsense, they're all very talkative." Zhang Aijia took his arm and asked, "Did the conversation not go well in the morning?" β
"It's very smooth, it's basically agreed, you can not go in the afternoon." Shen Chong used a golden sledgehammer to get all the terms he wanted in the morning, and in the afternoon he only planned to make a clay sculpture Bodhisattva to pose, he looked at the theater, and then laughed sheepishly: "You know, I've always wanted to do something strange on this stage......
"Death to you!"
Note: The right-time-for-life is a classic OMEGA slogan that is deeply rooted in people's hearts.