"Knock knock—"

"Enter."

"Director, this is the ratings statistics of each channel this month."

Friday, the last day of September, was also the last day of Xia Rongsheng's tenure, and he received a thick amount of statistics from his secretary.

Since he was promoted to director, he has paid little attention to the ratings statistics of each channel, and the editor-in-chief and the deputy editor-in-chief of each channel are responsible for this kind of thing, and there is no need for the director to worry about it.

But today, he specifically asked the secretary to fetch the statistics.

He flipped the paper, and the years flowed silently with the sound of a tumult. He stared at the line that represented the ratings, stunned. The past forty years seem to be contained in this undulating line, and the past is like smoke, and it is impossible to pick it up or grasp it.

"Director?"

"Director!"

"Huh?"

Xia Rongsheng raised his head and helped his reading glasses with his knuckles.

The secretary said: "At three o'clock in the afternoon, the retirement ceremony was held in the auditorium, and at seven o'clock tonight, Deputy Director Wang set up a banquet in Yanyu Building. ”

"Got it, I'll go."

Waiting for the secretary to leave the office, Xia Rongsheng continued to look at the ratings statistics.

After ten episodes of "Ode to Joy" aired, the ratings finally exploded, ranking first in the country for a week in a row.

Before this, this drama has always hovered in five or six, which is not only far lower than expected, but even Jiangnan Satellite TV's non-prime-time TV series can't compare.

There was once a voice in the station proposing to withdraw the file, but he was suppressed by the crowd.

The quality of a 42-episode series cannot be determined by the ratings of the first few episodes alone. In his opinion, this drama is well-made, with plump characters and smooth plot, it is a rare good drama, and the ratings of the first few episodes are unsatisfactory is mostly because there are no popular Xiaosheng Xiaohua in the cast.

Facts have proved that he can always believe that young man, after a week of hibernation, "Ode to Joy" not only soared in ratings, but also sparked heated discussions on the whole network, and the amount of topic discussion can hang up all the TV dramas of friendly stations in the same period.

Looking at the ratings curve that has been rising all the way, Xia Rongsheng is deeply grateful.

He never imagined that in the last two years of his retirement, he would be able to usher in another wave of peak in his career.

In the past two years, Jiangnan Satellite TV has not only launched "Heartbeat Signal", which broke the ratings record, and "Poetry Conference", which can be called the ceiling of cultural programs, but also built a new media platform under his leadership, and successfully gained a firm foothold under the siege of many Internet companies.

And just when he was about to retire, there was another blockbuster "Ode to Joy", which was the best gift for his retirement.

The current Jiangnan TV can be said to be below CCTV and above 10,000 Taiwan, no, only compared to the entertainment section, Jiangnan TV has long surpassed CCTV.

He closed the statistics, took off his reading glasses, picked up the thermos and walked to the window, looking down at the city he knew for the last time.

Yes, yes.

If you retreat at this time, it can be regarded as a glorious retirement.

His only regret was that he couldn't personally participate in what the young man wanted to do.

"It's not easy to set things right and reshape the entire industry......

He picked up the thermos cup and took a shallow sip of warm tea.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the smoke and rain building on the shore of Nanhu Lake.

Xia Rongsheng's retirement is undoubtedly a major event in the Jiangnan media circle, this senior in the media industry has served as the director of Jiangnan Station for more than ten years, and has gone through several turns and reforms, each time he has firmly held the helm, so that Jiangnan Station has always ranked first among the major local stations.

On the occasion of retirement, people in the circle who have cooperated with Jiangnan Station are all present to send their blessings, and at the same time, they can also take the opportunity to make a familiar face in front of the next director Wang Sili.

Shen Yize is naturally one of them.

He doesn't have to be familiar, there is no one up and down Jiangnan who doesn't know him, he is purely here for Xia Taichang.

It's hard to say what will happen to Wang Sili after he takes office, at least when Xia Rongsheng is in power, he will not be thin, if there is no introduction and help from Director Xia, and without the important channel of Jiangnantai, if he wants to get to where he is today, I am afraid it will take two or three more years.

"Xiao Shen, I rarely say such things to others, because I never think that talent is more important than hard work, but I must admit that you were indeed born to eat this bowl of rice. Your talent, your talent, your abilities, even many seniors are ashamed of themselves.

However, there is still a long way to go, and you still have a long way to go to realize your pursuit. I believe you succeeded, but alas, I won't be able to witness your success on the front lines. If there is a place that can help, although I have withdrawn, but the candle is extinguished, and the tea will not cool so quickly. ”

When toasting, Xia Rongsheng said to him.

Shen Yize raised his glass and thanked him.

Although it is a bit ungrateful to say this, from a business point of view, Xia Rongsheng's retirement is not necessarily a bad thing for him and his golden point.

Shen Yize is very self-aware, just like Ma Tengfei said, his character is actually not suitable for business, because he can't completely put aside human feelings, and only calculates gains and losses based on interests.

Director Xia's biggest help to him was that when Golden Point was just starting, Shen Yize came into contact with many bigwigs in the industry through him, and even got in touch with the leaders of the General Administration.

Since then, the road to Jindian has been very wide, and if Shen Yize is interested, he can completely set aside Jiangnantai and cast the net wider, which is also the most in line with the company's interests.

But he didn't.

Now that Xia Tai has retired, he doesn't have to worry about anything, of course, he will still maintain cooperation with Jiang Nantai, and he believes that Wang Sili will do the same, but it is obvious that neither of them will see each other as the most reliable partner anymore.

In addition to Jiangnan Terrace, there are also Mango Terrace, Tomato Terrace, and Lychee Terrace......

In fact, the major provincial stations and Golden Point have already cooperated, but the planning delivered by the company is not from Shen Yize's hand, but by the original planning department, the ratings of these programs are not bad, and there is even a quasi-hit, but compared with programs such as "Heartbeat" and "Yearning", it is a heaven and an underground.

Next, he can no longer stick to the Jiangnan TV family, whether it is a variety show, a film or television drama, the one with the highest price will get it.

With the historical achievements of Golden Point, it must be able to sell the copyright at a sky-high price.

As he expected, not long after Director Xia retired, major local stations came to his door one after another.

The media circle is so big, everyone knows that the relationship between Shen Yize and Xia Rongsheng is like a master and apprentice, and if Xia Rongsheng does not retreat, they will not have the opportunity to participate in the bidding for a day.

At this time, I came to the door, and I was quite accurate.

Throughout October, Shen Yize spent almost all parts of the country on business trips, either eating, socializing, and talking about copyright with the leaders of major TV stations, or on the way to eat, socialize, and talk about copyright with the leaders of major TV stations.

After a month of traveling, he successfully sold the broadcast rights of "Where Did You Go Dad", "The Voice", "Little Joy" and "Ode to Joy".

Among them, the premiere rights of "Where Did You Go Dad" and "Little Huanxi" were sold, the former was sold to Mango Channel at a price of 220 million, and the latter was sold to Tomato Channel and Lychee Station at a total price of 360 million.

"The Voice" and "Ode to Joy" sold the rights of the second round of broadcasting, the former was sold to Lizhitai for 60 million, and the latter was sold to Ganxi TV for 30 million.

These four royalties alone are close to 700 million, which is not only enough to recover the production cost, but also to make a lot of profits. It's a pity that the first season of "Wonderful Story" has been over for a long time, and the popularity has dropped dramatically, otherwise you can make another profit.

In addition to running all over the country, Shen Yize also took the time to go to Los Angeles, on the one hand, to inspect the business conditions of An&Y, and on the other hand, to produce singles for overseas independent singers. After that, he rushed from Los Angeles to New York, met with Ye Yongxin, and negotiated financing with local investment giants.

Lexiang Technology has entered the B2 round of financing, generally speaking, each round of financing, the company's valuation will be doubled compared with the previous round, of course, there are also cases where the company's money has burned out, and the performance has not yet risen, but Lexiang Technology obviously does not belong to this ranks.

The B2 round raised a total of US$300 million, led by Tiger Fund and followed by Today Capital, with the two investing US$250 million and US$50 million respectively.

This is the largest financing obtained by Lexiang Technology since its establishment, but because of the strong infusion of external funds, the company has to issue additional shares, and the proportion of shares of the founding team has been diluted.

At present, the company's total share capital is nearly 60 million shares, and Shen Yize holds 8 million ordinary shares, accounting for about 14%, which is the largest number of shares among individual shareholders.

Of course, these investment funds do not seek voting rights, in other words, they do not participate in the company's operations and decision-making, they only ask for preferred shares. Preferred shares are not useful in normal times, but they take effect when benefits occur.

For example, if the company is to be liquidated, the money from the sale of the goods will be taken first, and if there are more, the subordinated priority will be taken, and the subordinated will be taken, and the remaining will be returned to the entrepreneurs who hold the common shares.

It's very sad to think about it, entrepreneurs are charging into battle, but they are the last ones when they share interests, but this is the iron rule of the operation of the capital world, and Shen Yize can't accept it.

In addition, Tiger Fund, which led the investment, also proposed to strengthen the core management team, such as the introduction of COO, sales president, etc...... As a result, the option pool used to recruit the core team increased by another 5%.

Fortunately, Ye Yongxin helped sort it out, otherwise with the complexity of the company's current shareholder structure, Shen Yize was only afraid that he would have to figure it out until he was bald.

Lexiang Technology still suffered a huge loss in October, but after getting this investment, Shen Yize's heart was not so panicked.

Losses are losses, but from the observation of various data, the market share of Lexiang TV and Lexiang Music is stable and rising, and venture capital at home and abroad is not stupid, since it dares to invest, it means that the company must have potential.

Some people are happy and some are worried, the market share of Lexiang TV has increased, and there will inevitably be a decline in the market share of companies of the same type.

At the end of October, Ascendas Group announced a non-binding offer to acquire Qiyi.com at $26.60 per share, with the total amount of the remaining shares expected to exceed $4.5 billion, and the tender offer has been supported by founding shareholders, including the founder of Qiyi.com and its affiliates.

Qiyi.com has not had a hit in the past two years, the number of paid members has continued to decline, and the poor performance of the listing has also led to financing difficulties, coupled with a loss of nearly 10 billion yuan every year, it is expected that it will not be able to hold on.

Since then, the video platform has entered the stage of competition for hegemony from a three-legged stand. After Tengfei acquired Qiyi.com, it has an absolute advantage, but Youshi is backed by Ant Group, and the funds are also sufficient, so it is difficult to distinguish the winner in a short period of time.

And Lexiang TV is still in the second echelon, which is not enough to stand side by side with take-off and Youshi.

Although there are not as many popular models as Lexiang launched by Tengfei Video, it is better than a large volume, and the S-level projects in a single season are usually about ten, while Lexiang is only two.

Therefore, in the eyes of many users, it is very cost-effective to open a membership of Tengfei video, no matter what the quality is, at least the content that can be watched is very rich, and you can watch it very happily without brains.

Enjoy the huge losses of science and technology, but the profit of Golden Point in October hit a new high, close to 800 million.

The two companies are independent, enjoy the loss of science and technology, the loss is the investor's money, and the equity of Golden Pin is completely in the hands of the founding team, and wait until the year-end dividend, part of the profit will go into the pockets of each shareholder.

As for now, this money will naturally be used for investment, so that it can snowball and make money.

800 million is enough to support a large-scale variety show.

"Huang Hao, you let Zhao Hui come here."

Not long after, Huang Hao called Zhao Hui to the office.

Shen Yize looked at him carefully and said with a smile: "Is there any happy event?" See you're in a good mood. ”

Different from the state of arrogance when he first arrived a year and a half ago, Zhao Hui at this time was full of red light and was quite high-spirited.

"There's nothing special, it's just that after the show aired, the results were good, and everyone was very encouraged."

Zhao Hui, as the chief planner, has attracted the attention of the industry, and several TV stations and film and television companies have contacted him privately in an attempt to poach.

He refused without hesitation, he couldn't go back to the TV station in his life, besides, he liked the working environment and atmosphere of Golden Pin very much, and the most important thing was that Mr. Shen himself was a creator, only creators understand creators, and he didn't believe that other companies could have such good benefits and conditions.

Shen Yize then asked, "How are you doing?" Suddenly there are more projects, are you still used to it? ”

Zhao Hui "harmed": "What's not used to then?" It's a little busy, but in the past, in Gangnantai, it was much busier than this, and it wasn't a big deal. ”

Shen Yize disagreed: "You can't compare like this, you can't compare like this, you can create, rest and relaxation are part of work, you should know that our company does not advocate overtime." ”

Zhao Hui said: "But now there are many projects, and there are not enough people, so it is difficult to complete the task without overtime." ”

"On the issue of manpower, you can rest assured, it won't be long before the company will recruit a group of professional planners, and a second planning group will be set up to help you share some projects."

Shen Yize paused and cut to the chase: "A long time ago, I told you that our company will do creative variety shows sooner or later, do you remember this?" ”

Zhao Hui was stunned for a moment, and said happily: "Is it time now?" ”

Shen Yize nodded and handed over the planning ideas that had been prepared to him.

Zhao Hui took a look, and saw five bold words on his head: Run, brother.

Taking advantage of the gap between him looking through the planning, Shen Yize briefly explained: "This is the program I mentioned to you before that every episode needs a theme, and the workload will be greater than other types of programs, but as long as the theme is set well, the game is interesting enough, and the upper limit will be higher."

I've provided some game ideas, such as tearing up name tags, bell chase, etc., which can be used as fixed links, as well as finger pressure boards, eye games, catapult chairs, etc., which are all very classic and very interesting, in addition to that, you can also do some holiday specials and sitcom themes according to the actual situation, etc.——"

When Shen Yize said "very classic", Zhao Hui was a little surprised, and said that these games are rarely seen in variety shows, why are they very classic?

In short, there are no restrictions, as long as it can be broadcast, as long as it is interesting, no matter what the topic. Twelve issues in one season, which means that you need to prepare at least twelve themes, no problem, right? ”

"No problem!"

Zhao Hui closed the plan, full of confidence and excitement.

He usually has a habit of accumulating ideas and inspirations, many of which he thinks are new and interesting enough, and the problem is that it is difficult to hold up a show, but if it is only used as the theme of one show, it is very suitable.

After a rough look at the plan, he immediately understood Mr. Shen's ideas and the effect he wanted to achieve.

Pure outdoor reality show, relaxed and funny style, because the theme of each issue is uncertain, so for the audience, the show is like a sitcom, the interactive collision between the guests, emotional sparks are the main source of laughter, even if it is a fixed game link such as tearing the name brand, it will also produce variables because of the arrival of flying guests, so as to bring freshness to the audience.

Although he had never produced this kind of show before, Zhao Hui still keenly captured the two most important factors: the character of the resident guests and the setting of the game session.

Doing character design, this is what screenwriters do best.

After explaining his thoughts, he asked, "Can we find a few screenwriters to assist us in our work?" ”

Zhao Hui's acumen surprised Shen Yize a little.

He's really a talented player......

He thought to himself, and immediately agreed to his request without saying a word.

Entering November, the "professional planning" in Shen Yize's mouth came as scheduled.

Wang Xiaodong took most of the brothers in the original Jiangnan Satellite TV planning group to jump to Jindian and set up a second planning group.

Speaking of which, Wang Xiaodong and Zhao Hui are still former colleagues, although they are not in the same group, they also look up and don't look down, and they are quite familiar with each other.

In addition, Shen Yize also poached another important person - Xiao Ning.

The general manager of Jiangnan Water Town is responsible for the operation of the entire Jiangnan TV, this position is the biggest fat shortage of Jiangnan TV, Wang Sili naturally will not let Xia Rongsheng's people stay in his position for a long time, in fact, the first thing he did when he came to power was to transfer Xiao Ningmingsheng back to the TV station, and instead sent his own people to take office.

Xiao Ning is only in his early forties, his passion is still there, and returning to Taiwan to retire in advance is undoubtedly the biggest insult to him, even more than "Lian Po is old, can he still eat", so he almost didn't hesitate when he received Shen Yize's invitation.

As for Shen Yize, Lexiang Technology just lacks a COO (Chief Content Officer), Xiao Ning served as the director of Jiangnan TV's program transaction management center, and started from scratch to build today's Jiangnan TV, it can be said that there is no one more suitable for the position of COO than him.

Since then, the core team of Lexiang Technology has finally been formed: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shen Yize, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Ye Yongxin, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Wei Shoucheng and Chief Content Officer (COO) Xiao Ning.

Shen Yize could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

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