Chapter 13 To Youth

Thinking of Miss Liu's "flowery moves", Song Ci let go awkwardly and loosened her ponytail.

He secretly regretted that he had just been naughty and had provoked her for no reason. He didn't dare to move at all, for fear that people would misunderstand him for harassing a woman in the elevator.

The floor numbers on the elevator display screen kept jumping, the elevator's alloy door kept closing, and people going to work left the elevator one after another, and the space was no longer crowded.

When they reached the Tengda Culture floor, several people also walked out, and Song Ci and Liu Shishi also followed them out of the elevator.

"Shishi, you're here too. Good morning! I didn't see you in the lobby on the first floor just now." Jiang Yuanyuan, who happened to have just come out of the elevator, saw Liu Shishi and hurried over to greet her with a smile.

Liu Shishi glanced at Song Ci. In front of outsiders, she decided to let him go for now. She pulled Jiang Yuanyuan's arm and explained guiltily: "Maybe it's because I was squeezed in the innermost part, so you didn't notice me."

Song Ci took a quick look at the woman in front of him who was greeting Liu Shishi. The girl was chubby, looked full of energy and had a kind face. Just from the enthusiasm with which she greeted Liu Shishi just now, he knew that she was easy to get along with. She should be Miss Liu's new friend in the company.

Looking at Miss Liu who pretended not to know him, Song Ci felt amused. She was just interning in the company for a few days, why was there such a need to hide things? Unable to guess what Miss Liu was thinking, he shook his head and quickly walked into the company.

In the elegantly designed and exquisitely decorated office of the chairman of Tengda Culture, Song Ci lazily slumped his whole body in the soft boss chair. Perhaps because he slept too late last night, his face was tired and he looked listless.

General Manager Wang Jing and Song Ci sat opposite each other across a desk, looking down at a script seriously.

After a while, Wang Jing closed the script in her hand and couldn't help but exclaimed: "This script is really well written, with a strong storyline. It is worthy of being produced by the great talent Song."

Wang Jing was originally an editor at a publishing house, so he has a basic appreciation for novels and scripts. The scripts written by Song Ci are indeed outstanding.

Seeing Wang Jing's approval, Song Ci nodded and then made the decision: "Then it's settled. The company's first self-produced drama will be "So Young". Urban emotional dramas have a certain audience and the investment is not too high. It is suitable for our company to test the waters."

With Song Ci's script, Wang Jing was in high spirits and shared another piece of good news: "It's a coincidence that among the directors we have contacted recently, there is a director named Teng Huatao who is good at youth films and family dramas, and is very willing to cooperate with us. I think we can invite him to direct "So Young"."

Recalling Teng Huatao's resume, Song Ci nodded slightly and instructed: "When the time comes, both heaven and earth will help. We have the script and the director. Let's start the "So Young" project as soon as possible.

All the preparatory work can be done in the early stages, including cost accounting, location selection, publicity and distribution, etc. All tasks must be assigned, and all departments must actively cooperate. Once the budget is ready, please report to me for approval.”

Song Ci is known to Teng Huatao. His previous works "33 Days of Broken Love" and "East China Sea Fortress" were very famous. Apart from science fiction themes, Director Teng is still very good at urban youth films such as "So Young".

Wang Jing patted her chest and assured, "I will personally serve as the producer of this project and will make sure it is done to perfection. Do you want to be named as the general producer?"

"No need for that." Song Ci shook his head. He knew nothing about film and television production. It was meaningless to be a nominal producer. There was no need to pursue such false titles.

Suddenly thinking of the agency department of the company that has not signed a single artist yet, Song Ci said with a headache: "How are the male and female protagonists and supporting roles going to be arranged? Sister Jing, since you want to be an artist agent, the company's projects can't be given away to outsiders for nothing. Urban dramas like "So Young" are still very popular."

When Tengda Culture was first established, Song Ci did not think of setting up an artist management department in the company. He had no interest in the artist management business.

Artist management includes many aspects such as management contract management, artist image shaping, film and television project acceptance, etc. There are many tasks, and if you want to promote a popular artist, you not only need a lot of resources, but also look at the artist's own luck.

With a huge amount of resources invested, it would be good if the artist can become popular and the company can make money, then everyone is naturally happy. However, there are still many actors who are not very popular no matter how much they are promoted. They can only become slightly popular if they are promoted, but it depends on luck if they become very popular.

Of course, there is an even worse possibility: the company has made the artist famous, and when the artist has grown strong enough, he or she wants to quit and work on his or her own. There are many cases in the past where artists have fallen out with their former employers.

At the same time, if a star collapses, the company may also be affected.

Moreover, in a few years, it will become mainstream for celebrities to set up studios, and the relationship between celebrities and film and television companies will be more like a cooperative relationship. Therefore, Song Ci is unwilling to spend energy on artist management. It would be better for him to directly invest in celebrity studios in the future.

However, it is still the mainstream for film and television companies to operate artist brokerage business. With Wang Jing's insistence, Song Ci finally agreed that Tengda Culture should also engage in artist brokerage.

Wang Jing blushed slightly. At that time, she had insisted on engaging in artist management business. However, the company had been established for half a year and there was not a single signed artist.

Even the position of department director is vacant and there are only two or three people in the entire department. However, there has been some progress during this period.

Fearing that the boss would cancel the artist management business, Wang Jing quickly said, “The company has already identified several targets.

Among the male actors, Qiao Zhengyu is our focus. He was not doing well in Donghai Guangding Culture. After we contacted him, he was interested in switching to our Tengda Culture.

It just so happens that the leading male role in "So Young" can be given to him to show the company's sincerity.

We plan to select a few good freshmen from the three major colleges and universities this year and train them.”

After listening to Wang Jing's report, Song Ci did not comment, but just said: "A snake cannot survive without a head, and a bird cannot fly without wings. Recruit the artist director as soon as possible.

You can ask a headhunting company to do it, and as for the artists, you can poach them directly or train them from scratch.

Just don’t make the contract with the artist too exploitative. The company should help the artist make long-term career plans. Even if they go their separate ways in the future, the relationship will remain. The company’s reputation is very important.”

In the future, he will also use the celebrity effect to promote Internet products, so Tengda Culture needs to have a good reputation in the circle.

Although Wang Jing did not understand Song Ci's plan, she recognized her boss's business philosophy, and her own consistent style of doing things was to be kind to others.

"Don't worry about that. The entertainment industry is so small, and the company won't do anything that would drain the pond for fish."

Song Ci was not going to interfere with the casting, as long as the actors were not bad artists who were banned by the photoelectric system in their previous lives. "Just let me know when the leading actors have been decided."

(End of this chapter)