Chapter 401 Take advantage of others if you can
"Mr. Meng, can you tell me why you chose to invest in the newly established Pinduoduo when the e-commerce market was already considered saturated?"
"It's actually very simple. I think a dynamic market will not be saturated. Just like the film and television industry, when I first entered the circle, many people said that the film and television market has stabilized, and then online dramas appeared..."
"Mr. Meng, there have been a lot of hot discussions about you on the Internet recently, such as "genius creator" and "richest man born in the 1990s". What do you think?" "
Haha, I have indeed seen a lot of similar messages recently, and I have also read some discussions among netizens, which are mainly based on playing with memes. As for what they think... Actually, I don't have any opinion. As long as it's not a rumor, everyone is happy."
"Mr. Meng, we would like to ask..."
"..."
In the reception room of Arc Light, several machines were set up next to each other and aimed at Meng Bai, who was sitting in the middle. Opposite him were a dozen interview reporters who were taking notes seriously.
Since Meng Bai's identity as a "billionaire" was exposed, his popularity on the Internet has been unparalleled, and his popularity is even close to those top stars.
A "young man" born in the 1990s has established a huge business empire in just five years. As a newcomer, he has surpassed a number of old forces in the industry and started from scratch to become a billionaire...
Each of these stories is worth writing about separately, but now they are all gathered on one person, which is naturally more legendary.
How popular is Meng Bai now? Let's
put it this way. Many self-media marketing accounts on the Internet have begun to appear in large numbers, such as "Five Secrets of Success Meng Bai Said", "Ten Top Thinking of Post-90s Billionaires", and "Business Rules that Even Jack Ma, Lei Jun, and Meng Bai Follow".
Meng Bai has always thought that he is on par with these big guys, and it should be at some financial investment summit or "List of Outstanding Entrepreneurs". Unexpectedly, I haven't seen the real person now, but I have "met" him first in the soft article of the marketing account.
With such high popularity, the media will naturally not let it go. At one time, interview invitations from various news platforms were sent to the external propaganda department of Arclight, and then forwarded to his boss.
Meng Bai did not hesitate and directly turned down most of the invitations.
This time it was not because he wanted to keep a low profile - with his current popularity, it was impossible to keep a low profile - it was mainly because there were too many invitations and he was simply too busy.
However, not all media can be turned down. Official central media such as People's Daily, Xinhua, and CCTV still have to be given face.
Meng Bai simply asked the company to contact various media and directly conduct a centralized interview. Anyway, the reporting ideas of these official media are all in the same tone, and the content is similar, so it is better to say it all at once to save trouble.
Today's interview brought together a total of seven or eight media, all of which are official top platforms. The interview lasted for two hours, and the questions were basically about relatively large topics.
Seeing that the scheduled interview time was almost up, the reporter asked the last question.
"Mr. Meng, what do you think about the 'film and television winter' that the film and television industry has been talking about recently?"
Meng Bai pondered for a while and slowly said, "In my personal opinion, there is actually no 'film and television winter'. It's just that this industry is not as profitable as before."
"I remember that it was around 2015, which should be the best time for this industry to make money. Any practitioner with a script can get investment. Any film and television company as long as there is a project, even if a work has not been filmed yet, there will be people financing." "
In just over a year, more than 20,000 large and small film and television companies have poured into the entire industry. It can be said that this was the most prosperous time for the film and television industry. Including our Arclight Films, we actually grew up at that time with the industry's wind."
"The result of this rapid development is that everything is mixed. No one talks about quality and content anymore. Everyone is concerned about traffic and IP. It doesn't matter whether the work is good or bad, and the quality is not important. In short, as long as there is popularity, it can attract financing, and then rounds A and B, IPOs, etc., are all capital operations."
"Then when the audience gets tired of this set of popular works and the capital market can't make up new stories, it will naturally collapse. So I don't think this is called a 'cold winter', it just allows the overheated industry to return to its original position."
"And for those companies that always stick to quality, these impacts are not significant. Just like our Arclight Films, we have actually been doing many more pioneering projects in recent years..."
Speaking of this, Meng Bai coughed lightly and said in a natural tone: "For example, we cooperated with China Film and spent four or five years to complete a science fiction film project called "The Wandering Earth."
That's right, just like all the previous interviews over the years, Meng Bai's real purpose is to take advantage of this popularity to promote the upcoming "The Wandering Earth".
After all, the entire "The Wandering Earth" project has few selling points. The science fiction theme itself is niche, and it has the debuff of "domestic production", which makes it even more difficult to attract the audience's interest. The cast is mostly newcomers, and only Wu Jing and Uncle Da have some appeal.
In addition, the crew's funds are almost all spent on filming and post-production, and the part left for publicity is relatively tight, so every bit counts.
The reporters who interviewed thought that the last question would be over soon, but Meng Bai dragged everyone to talk about the movie promotion for more than half an hour. It was not until the scheduled time had passed that it finally ended with a sense of unfulfilled desire.
The reporters didn't care, anyway, it was all interview material, the more the better.
And speaking of it, the first "domestic science fiction movie" with such a large production is also quite gimmicky, and it's not bad to add it to the interview.
——It
will take some time for the media to release the exclusive interview, but Meng Bai's popularity on the Internet continues to ferment.
Because of the previous "ratings fraud" incident, his Weibo account has been exposed. In less than a week, the number of fans of this account, which does not even have a certification mark, has increased by more than two million.
The comment area is also a mess, with some expressing respect, some spraying abuse; some people who are just joking said "Mr. Meng V me 50 to see his strength", some looking for a job, and even many fans of the drama online urging the update of the drama.
Of course, these messy "whole lives" are mainly dominated by male fans, while the comments of female fans are much simpler, basically they just call "husband".
[In fact, it doesn't matter whether he has money or not, the key is that this little brother's appearance really touches me. ]
[Excuse me, which sister has a clearer photo of our husband, I think it can be used tonight. ]
[Sorry, Sicong, don't call me again in the future, I'm afraid Meng Bai will misunderstand. ]
[I really don't understand what these people like? Just look at his money and face, right? Doesn't anyone know that Meng Bai is a scumbag! ]
[What is the dog barking upstairs? They don't read the rumors or clarifications, and they just grab the rumors of those garbage marketing accounts every day. Besides, he is handsome and rich, so what's wrong with changing a few girlfriends? 】
【……】
Speaking of which, not long ago, Meng Bai was somewhat labeled as "Sea King" and "scumbag". With the announcement of his assets and status, he was naturally forgiven by the public.
There are even many people who "understand" him - he is in the entertainment industry, and there are all kinds of beautiful actresses and female stars around him every day. Facing such industry leaders, it is estimated that one is more proactive than the other, so it is quite "normal" to have more girlfriends.
There are also some people like Li Qin who have had "scandals". Before, many fans said, "Sister, don't be in love. Run away when you see a scumbag." But now, the caliber has changed. Many people are saying, "Sister, you should take the initiative and don't let your brother-in-law run away." It
has to be said that the moral standards of netizens may be more flexible than the parties involved in many cases.
For Meng Bai, this is a good thing. At least in the future, there will not be too many scoldings when there is a scandal with a girl.
How can we say that the character setting at the beginning is crucial. As long as the first scene is a basin, there is nothing to collapse.
But at this moment, Meng Bai didn't care much about this aspect, he had another thing to worry about.
"You mean, these are all the project books submitted to the company recently, and they have been screened by the film and television department?"
In the office, Meng Bai looked at the hundreds of new script projects in the company's script library and asked Hua Yan with a confused look on his face.
(End of this chapter)
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