Chapter 305: Baton
It was a sunny day in Beijing in August.
The scorching, bright sunshine pours unhindered into the office of the chairman of Tengda Group, and shines through the glass curtain wall, illuminating the entire office area.
Song Ci sat behind his desk, paused his hands, stopped recording, slowly closed the Montblanc pen, then straightened his back and looked straight at his most trusted right-hand man.
He had just listened to Zhang Yong and Wang Jing's report on some affairs of the group during his vacation.
"The group's development momentum in the first half of the year far exceeded that of its peers. Brother Yong and Sister Jing, thank you for your hard work." Song Ci's voice was calm and gentle, with some sincere praise
The two of them said in unison, and hurriedly said modestly: "You are a good leader."
Song Ci waved his hand gently. It was certainly his foresight and wise decision-making that made Tengda such a huge scale today, but Wang Jing and Zhang Yong also made great contributions.
"Brother Yong, has the group's first-half financial report been sorted out? I plan to start a new round of financing later this month."
Zhang Yong straightened his expression and said solemnly, "It will be done during your vacation. I will ask Chen An to submit it to you for review later."
Song Ci nodded slightly: "I have no worries about the financial report. The group's operating data in the first half of the year is impressive enough, and a little more or less valuation is actually harmless.
The key is that I plan to give priority to foreign capital investment in this round of financing. Tengda wants to go abroad and become a top multinational group, so it is inevitable to find some helpers abroad. "
Zhang Yong and Wang Jing understood what the chairman meant. Since WeChat was launched overseas last year, it has quickly made its mark in the mobile instant messaging market with its minimalist and bright style.
It has been advancing triumphantly and has always occupied the largest market share. In addition, it has continuously innovated and introduced new features such as voice, friend circle, drift bottle, etc., gradually standing out and becoming the overlord of mobile IM software.
Currently, WeChat and Wechat have nearly 600 million users worldwide. It should be noted that the global smartphone shipments are only 800 million, while WeChat and Wechat have nearly 600 million users.
This is an extremely terrifying statistic, which means that WeChat has become the only dominant player in this field, and the Matthew effect of the strong getting stronger is evident.
Zhang Yong thought of the recent experiences of overseas companies and couldn't help but sigh: "We need to find some help!
In recent days, Facebook has launched a public opinion offensive, accusing WeChat of violating user privacy. Zuckerberg publicly questioned Tencent's data security at the hearing, and the North American branch is under great pressure. "
Wang Jing also looked worried and sighed: "The EU is also ready to make a move. It is so difficult to establish a large multinational group."
Song Ci had already firmly believed in his belief, and his eyes were full of fearlessness: "The difficulty of the situation was already expected, wasn't it?
The key to the problem lies in North America, so I insist on placing the servers abroad and using foreign executives to manage overseas branches, in order to minimize the reasons for the Americans to take action.
However, as WeChat grows and develops, the overseas branch alone cannot sustain itself for long, so it needs to find some strong helpers to help with some public relations issues.
Fortunately, the American side is not a monolithic entity. All major capitals have their own interests, which gives us the opportunity to survive in the cracks.
Now we need time. When WeChat really grows into a towering tree, they will be more cautious and dare not act rashly. In short, the road to cross-border development is still long and arduous. "
After the three giants of Tengda finished discussing their business, the atmosphere in the office gradually became relaxed, and the topic inevitably turned to the hot topics on the Internet in the past few days.
"Mr. Song, when I first saw Liu Rong download the movie, I thought you would ban Xu Jinglei?"
Wang Jing had a curious look on her face, and was very curious as to why Boss Song, who had always been decisive and ruthless, would suddenly change his attitude and let the matter go so easily.
Song Ci chuckled and teased, "Sister Jing, why do you think I am the kind of person who shouts for war and killing at the slightest provocation when encountering trouble, and has no tolerance?"
"That's definitely not the case. But I guess it's just the social etiquette. I'm just curious about what channel the other party used in the end?"
Wang Jing blinked her eyes. Director Li of Peking Satellite TV had also been asked to look for her, but because the matter involved Liu Shishi and the relationship was too delicate, she did not dare to intervene rashly.
Song Ci nodded: "It is indeed the ways of the world, but if you want others to talk to you about the ways of the world, first you must have the strength to shout and kill."
"That's true. If it weren't for Mr. Song's strength and status, the other party wouldn't give in so easily."
Zhang Yong echoed this, and when they talked about this topic, he remembered what Liu Yan, the president of Weibo, had reported to him, so he took the opportunity to ask, "Boss Song, if we encounter similar situations in the future, how should the people below deal with it regarding my wife?"
After hearing this, Song Ci thought about it carefully and ordered: "From now on, any account on Weibo that insults Shishi without thinking will be blocked immediately upon discovery."
This time, because he wanted to test Tangren's emergency public relations capabilities, he did not assign Liu Yan to take action, but he would not allow such things to happen in the future.
"I understand. I will take care of Liu Yan."
Speaking of Weibo, Song Ci's eyes naturally turned to the hot search page that had just opened on the computer screen.
"Most of the hot searches are about Feng Xiaogang's new movie. The box office of Earthquake is so good that Huayi's stock price must have gone crazy."
Wang Jing and Zhang Yong looked at each other, both of them showed joy, as they were both beneficiaries of the box office success of "Earthquake".
Wang Jing was beaming with joy and replied excitedly, “That’s right, Earthquake has been released for 11 days and the box office has reached 400 million, heading for 600 million.
Huayi's stock price has hit the daily limit for four consecutive times and is expected to continue to rise. Thanks to your advice, Mr. Zhang and I bought a lot of Huayi stocks last time and made a lot of money. "
"The film and television industry has been booming unprecedentedly in the past two years, so Huayi shares can be held for a while before being sold."
"Can it still go up?" Zhang Yong was very shocked. Huayi is just a film and television company. Its annual revenue is not even as good as Tengda Culture's, which is only about 1 billion. However, its current market value is close to 15 billion. Based on the price-to-earnings ratio, it is even more exaggerated than that of Internet companies.
"Huayi's market value can at least double." Song Ci glanced at Zhang Yong and thought that this was just the beginning. Even though Huayi is now under pressure from Tengda Culture, a market value of 40 to 50 billion yuan will no problem in a few years.
A small company like Huayi has a market value of more than 30 billion yuan, which made Zhang Yong want to persuade the chairman to list Tengda Culture independently to raise money.
However, considering the overall strategic structure of the group and the coordination and linkage between various sectors, he finally held back.
Song Ci continued to browse the trending searches: "What's going on with this Zhang Jingchu? Four of the top ten trending searches are about her. Did she spend money?"
Although Wang Jing is not in charge of Weibo business, Tengda Culture will report any news to her in a timely manner, so that she can have some understanding of recent events in the entertainment industry.
"Zhang Jingchu has been quite high-profile recently. The movie 'Earthquake' is a big hit, and she is already quite popular. She also spent a lot of money, so she has been dominating the trending searches."
"Actors still need to speak through their works, and young actors still need more time to hone their acting skills."
Song Ci looked at what Zhang Jingchu said to reporters at a media meeting and said with disdain: "Recently, the careers of the four female stars Shuangbing have not been smooth, and she wants to stand out just by relying on this, as if the 85 flowers don't exist!"
"85 Flower?" Wang Jing heard the chairman say a new term and asked with interest: "Boss Song, what does 85 Flower mean?"
Song Ci was stunned for a moment, then he realized that at this point in 2010, it seemed that people had not yet clearly defined the concept of 85 flowers.
Then she explained: "My Shishi, as well as Liu Yifei, Yang Mi, Wang Luodan, Lv Yi and other popular new generation actresses were all born around 1985, so I call them the 85 flowers.
They were the strongest competitors for the last generation's four female roles and two female roles, and Zhang Jingchu's development momentum cannot match theirs."
Wang Jing thought about it and realized that the current situation of female stars in the Chinese entertainment industry is just as the chairman said. Apart from the four leading actresses and two leading actresses, the future of several female stars born around 1985 is indeed the brightest.
In the Chinese mainland film industry, since the beginning of the millennium, the "Four Dan and Two Soldiers" have gradually come to the fore and have long occupied the strongest lineup of first-line female stars in the domestic entertainment industry, becoming the most sought-after presence in the entertainment industry and are well-deserved industry leaders.
But in the second half of 2010, the gears of fate seemed to start turning quietly, and the six first-line actresses all had bad luck that year.
First of all, Zhang Ziyi was affected by the "fraudulent donation" and "ink-throwing" incidents, which caused her to fall into a public opinion trough. The brand terminated the contract, her endorsement was snatched away, her foreign boyfriend broke up with her, and her international influence was severely undermined.
After Zhou Xun's contract with Huayi Company expired, he chose not to renew the contract and instead focused on running Dongshen Pictures, which he co-founded with Chen Kun.
However, the new company has a lot of work to do and will be downgraded after leaving Huayi Resources. Although it is a benchmark for acting skills, its commercial value needs to be broken through.
After the box office performance of his two films "Mulan" and "The King's Guards" was not satisfactory, Zhao Zhetian is preparing to try to transform himself into a director.
Xu Jinglei, as a representative of early female stars in the Beijing circle, has extensive network resources, but has relatively few film and television works. In the past two years, she has gradually turned to behind the scenes. However, the new film she directed recently had a bad fate and was almost taken off the shelves. She lacks the stamina to develop.
The careers of the "Four Dan" have all hit a low point and reached a bottleneck period, and the situation of the two soldiers is also similar, not much better.
After winning the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress for her role in the movie The Whistleblower, Li Bingbing officially became a powerful movie star. Then, through Deng Wendi's relationship, she plunged into Hollywood and tried to make a name for herself on the international stage, but her development prospects were not optimistic.
As for Fan Bingbing, she starred in many movies such as "The Orphan of Zhao" and "East Wind Rain", but the box office results were disappointing and the reputation of her works was polarized. She began to dominate the screen with the "Fan Ye" persona and red carpet marketing, and controversy and traffic coexisted.
All six of them are mainstays of Chinese entertainment female stars, but at this time their careers have encountered turning points and are plagued by difficulties.
The new generation of young actresses such as Yang Mi, Liu Shishi, and Wang Luodan are striving to catch up, and each of them has several dramas waiting to be broadcast that have great potential to become hits.
The entertainment industry seems to be in the midst of a transformation from the old to the new, which seems to indicate that a new generation of top female artists is about to be replaced.
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, several days have passed, and soon it is August 10th.
The highly anticipated "The Founding of a Nation" crew started filming in a low-key manner at the Huairou Film and Television Base in Beijing.
Liu Shishi ended her leisurely vacation and reported to the crew in high spirits. As soon as she arrived at the crew with two assistants, she saw that the scene was crowded and lively.
Famous celebrities and actors in the entertainment industry can be seen everywhere at this moment, some studying the script carefully, or gathering in groups of three or five to have lively conversations.
After meeting with Han Sanping and Huang Jianxin, the two heads of the crew, Liu Shishi wandered around the crew.
"Brother Chao! Long time no see, I hope you are well."
After walking a few steps, another old friend came over: "Brother Yuan, is the filming of "Revolutionary People Are Forever Young" going well?"
"Brother Sanshi, how is Sister Li doing recently?"
Tangren Yijie has a wide network of contacts and she greeted everyone she met warmly along the way.
Liu Shishi had just talked for a few words with the husband of the former No. 1 sister Sun Li, Huang Sanshi, when she caught a glimpse of two familiar figures out of the corner of her eye.
"Senior Brother Qiao, Luo Dan!"
"Master..." Qiao Zhengyu saw the first sister coming towards him and subconsciously wanted to call out her name, but when the words came to his lips, he quickly stopped, paused for a moment, and greeted respectfully: "Hello, Madam."
Wang Luodan, who was standing by, heard Tengda's eldest brother shout "Madam". He was surprised and his mouth slightly opened. He felt mixed emotions. All his jealousy and reluctance turned into deep helplessness in his heart. He could only shout, "Madam!"
When Liu Shishi heard the two addressing her like that, she paused for a moment, then smiled warmly, "No need to be so polite. Mr. Song is not here, so let's just address him as before."
After all, Qiao Zhengyu was a senior from the same school as Yijie and a leading artist of Tengda Culture. After being polite for a while, he followed suit and resumed addressing her as before.
Wang Luodan hesitated for a long time before he said softly, "Senior Sister!"
As soon as the word "sister" came out of her mouth, Wang Luodan felt that her previous unwillingness and desire to win were all gone with the wind.
Thinking of Xu Jinglei's previous experience, she had no choice but to bow her head in the face of reality and be humble in front of the number one sister.
Liu Shishi felt very uncomfortable with the cautious look of the two men, but she could also understand their mentality. After all, they were all employees under Mr. Song, and they really couldn't be tough in front of the boss's wife.
After a few pleasantries, Yijie and her assistant went to look for a heavyweight in the entertainment industry.
After searching for a long time, they finally saw the target person in a simple rest shed.
"Hello, Mr. Li. I am Liu Shishi. I play your daughter in the play. Please give me your guidance in the future filming."
Li Xuejian was originally reading the script attentively, and when he heard the voice, he slowly closed the script.
When I looked up, I saw a pure, beautiful, sunny and energetic girl standing in front of me. I recognized her at a glance as Liu Shishi, who played Ms. Yang in the movie.
Li Xuejian carefully looked at the popular junior and nodded slightly, his eyes revealing scrutiny and appreciation.
The little girl is full of youthful radiance, giving people a very clean and pure feeling. She has a delicate and gentle little face, which is very popular with the elders.
"Hello, Master. Let's work together on future filmings."
A hoarse voice came into his ears, and Liu Shishi was also observing Li Xuejian calmly.
The other person was wearing a simple and clean white short-sleeved shirt with a bright red badge on his chest. The kind smile on his face made people feel like spring breeze, and he exuded a sense of calmness and grandeur from the inside out.
(End of this chapter)
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