Chapter 382 Planning
On the morning of the first day of the Chinese New Year of the Dragon, the Technology Building of the Tengda Group Headquarters was carefully decorated, filled with a strong festive atmosphere.
A huge Chinese knot hangs in the high atrium, festive New Year greetings animations are played on the electronic screen, and kumquat pots and small red lanterns are placed at the elevator entrances on each floor.
However, without the usual hustle and bustle, the interior of the building seems a little empty and quiet.
In the chairman's office, before the agreed time, Liu Shishi, who had come with her husband to Tenda to visit employees, was sitting on the sofa and browsing Weibo.
She was wearing a simple and elegant blue windbreaker today, with a scarf casually draped over her shoulders, and her whole body exuded a low-key and casual elegance.
Behind the desk, Song Ci was concentrating on browsing work emails. Opposite him sat the leader on duty today, the group's chief financial officer, Chen An.
Song Ci stared at the computer screen and asked casually, "Mr. Chen, has the group's 2011 financial report been sorted out?"
"There are still some details that have not been calculated, but the general data has come out."
Song Ci paused slightly while controlling the mouse, and looked at Chen An expectantly: "How are the revenue and profits?"
Chen An could not hide his excitement: "The group's annual revenue was 111.8 billion, and its net profit was 42.4 billion."
"Great! That's great!" Song Ci was so excited that he couldn't help but clench his fist and tap his palm. "Revenue has exceeded 100 billion. Today, Tengda is a true industry giant."
Chen An quickly flattered: "This is all thanks to your good leadership!"
"Tengda's development to where it is today is the result of everyone's joint efforts." Song Ci was delighted and after a little thought, he decided to let employees share the results of the group's development.
So he pressed the short number on the landline on the table, "Director Jiang, please come up and call Song Xueying and Jian Ning as well."
After a while, Jiang Tiantian, the director of the group office, came to the office with Song Ci's two secretaries, Song Xueying and Jian Ning.
"Happy New Year, Mr. Song and Madam! Happy New Year, Mr. Chen!" After the three of them greeted each other, they waited for Song Ci to arrange their work.
Song Ci glanced at the three women and said, "The Spring Festival came early this year, and the human resources and finance departments did not have time to complete the year-end bonus calculations. Currently, all bonuses are paid in advance. Just now, President Chen reported the group's operating data to me, which far exceeded my expectations."
After a short pause, he instructed Jiang Tiantian, "Please remember this. When you go back to work after the New Year, notify HR and Finance that the year-end bonus for departments with A ratings will be increased by 30%, and for departments with B ratings by 10%. After the statistics are compiled, have Cao Yun submit it to General Manager Chen for approval, and then give it to me for signature."
After that, she added, "Wang Jing is on maternity leave, so Mr. Chen, please take care of the year-end bonus."
Chen An nodded in agreement: "Okay."
"I've made a note of that, Mr. Song." Jiang Tiantian smiled happily. The office received an A in last year's assessment. As the head of the office, she would be able to get a lot more year-end bonus this time.
Song Ci looked at the two secretaries again: "How is the handover going?"
Song Xueying smiled and said, "Jian Ning learns very quickly, and all the work in the secretarial office has been handed over."
Jian Ning also responded quickly, her tone full of enthusiasm: "Don't worry, Mr. Song, I will definitely do a good job as a secretary."
Hearing this, Liu Shishi raised her head and carefully looked at her husband's new secretary. She looked to be about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with a petite figure, a delicate baby face, and a very pleasing appearance.
After hearing this, Song Ci smiled and nodded: "In this case, Xueying should report to Wang Fengying after the New Year."
The scene of meeting Song Xueying for the first time when she registered for Peking University suddenly emerged in her mind, and she couldn't help but sigh: "Senior sister, it's been 8 years since we met! When you go to Dewen, you will be needed to take charge of the situation. Whether you can do it depends on your ability!"
Song Xueying smiled brightly and bowed to Song Ci: "Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I won't let you down. I will do my best to cooperate with Mr. Wang and look forward to Dewen Manufacturing for you."
Everyone looked sideways when they heard this. They heard that the chairman had established a new company. It seemed that Song Xueying was going to be transferred to the new company as a senior executive.
After explaining a few things, Song Ci raised his hand and looked at his watch: "It's time! As usual, the condolences will start on the first floor."
On the first floor of the building, Song Ci was walking at the front in a suit and tie, with an upright posture and steady steps.
Liu Shishi held her husband's arm affectionately, with her usual gentle smile on her face, which was just right for the public. In her clear eyes, there was a subtle curiosity and novelty.
A few steps behind the two men followed Jiang Tiantian, two secretaries, and two or three accompanying staff members in charge of coordination.
Liu Shishi leaned in and whispered, "Husband, do you think I should follow your example and visit the studio staff during the Chinese New Year next year?"
Song Ci joked: "No need, as long as the bonus is in place."
The two walked side by side, talking and laughing, and soon arrived at the data center on the first floor.
An accompanying supervisor on duty was quick to step forward and swipe the access card to open the heavy soundproof door.
The low humming sound of the cabinet was heard, and a dozen technicians in uniform were staring intently at their screens.
Noticing the arrival of the chairman and his party, everyone stood up immediately, with a reserved yet festive smile on their faces.
The supervisor announced loudly: "The chairman has taken the trouble to come visit us with his wife on the first day of the Chinese New Year. Welcome everyone!"
"Hello, Mr. Song! Hello, Madam!" Greetings came one after another in an instant.
"Thank you all for your hard work, and Happy New Year." Song Ci's voice is gentle and powerful, with sincere gratitude, making people feel like they are in the spring breeze.
Song Xueying stepped forward at the right time and handed a thick red envelope to the chairman. Song Ci took it, but did not distribute it directly. Instead, he turned to his wife with a smile and signaled with his eyes.
Liu Shishi understood what her husband meant, and with a smile on her face, she took the brand new red envelope from her husband.
The red envelope is specially made, printed with the Tenda logo and the gold-plated "Fu" character. When you hold it in your hand, you can feel a thin banknote inside.
I approached the first young technician who seemed a little nervous, handed him the red envelope, and said with a friendly smile: "Thank you for your hard work. My husband and I wish you all the best in the new year."
The chairman’s wife has a clear and pleasant voice, with the appeal that only a star can have.
"Thank you, ma'am! Thank you, Mr. Song!" The young man took it with both hands, his face flushed. He obviously didn't expect to have such close contact with the goddess on the screen, and he didn't expect to be the first to receive a New Year's red envelope from her.
As Liu Shishi distributed red envelopes one by one, Song Ci asked casually, "Zhang Tao, I remember that the result of the data center assessment this year was A, right?"
Supervisor Zhang Tao immediately replied, "Yes, Mr. Song."
Song Ci nodded slightly, showing that he was very satisfied with the work of the data center last year. "I just told the office that after the year-end bonus is calculated, the department that gets an A will receive 30% more bonus."
"Long live!" "Thank you, Chairman." For a moment, the data center was excited and the employees cheered. During the Spring Festival, nothing can be more exciting than a real bonus.
One floor, two floors, three floors... From the security monitoring room that requires 24-hour duty, to the cutting-edge communication laboratory, to Tenda's most profitable TD gaming platform, Liu Shishi followed her husband to shuttle between various departments of Tenda.
Wherever he went, Song Ci would stop to ask about the work situation and carefully remind people of safety issues.
Liu Shishi was responsible for personally delivering the gold-plated "Fu" red envelopes to each employee on duty. The couple had a clear division of labor and worked in perfect harmony.
At the same time, in a VIP box of the Chang'an Club in Peking, several film and television company CEOs gathered there.
Wang Changtian of Light Media, Yu Dong of Bona Film Group, Ding Mingshan of Beiping Culture, Liu Yanming of Hairun Pictures, and the Wang brothers of Huayi Company, these well-known bosses in the entertainment industry, all had solemn looks on their faces.
Yu Dong got straight to the point: "Boss Wang, why are you calling everyone here during the New Year? Just tell us what you want to say."
Today's host, Wang Zhongjun, sipped his tea leisurely and said, "The box office of 'Charlotte' has reached 400 million. Looking at this momentum, it will definitely reach 1 billion."
"Tengda really made a killing this time!" Wang Changtian couldn't help but sigh. The net profit of Light Media in 2011 was only 140 million yuan. The total investment in "Charlotte's Troubles" including publicity and promotion was less than 50 million yuan. The profit of a single movie far exceeded that of Light Media.
Yu Dong slammed the table fiercely, angrily: "Md, let alone compare with Tengda Culture, Bona didn't make as much as Liu Shishi last year! This year is not a good start again! If this continues, we will all be left with nothing."
Everyone here knows that starting from mid-December last year, two blockbuster films, "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" and "The Flowers of War", were released, which once occupied 97% of the entire box office.
I finally waited until the movie was over, but unexpectedly, "Charlotte's Troubles" came out again.
One movie directly drained the entire Spring Festival box office, causing other movies released at the same time to lose all their money, resulting in several film companies such as Huayi, Guangguang, and Bona suffering serious losses throughout the Spring Festival.
Wang Zhongjun cleared his throat and said, "I invited you all here today to discuss a solution. Tengda now provides one-stop services for production, promotion and distribution, and theaters, and has formed a complete industrial chain."
"The key is that Tengda's publicity and promotion capabilities are too strong," Yu Dong frowned, "online and offline linkage, pervasive."
Wang Zhongjun's eyes gleamed with a gleam of light: "So my suggestion is that we should unite together. We are all good at production and theaters, the key is to form a joint force in publicity and promotion."
The bigwigs present exchanged glances, and all understood the deep meaning of Wang Zhongjun's words.
The success of "Charlotte's Troubles" is not only due to the high quality of the film itself, but also to Tengda's strong publicity and promotion capabilities and star effect.
The fan base of Liu Shishi, Yang Mi, and Hu Ge, coupled with the sentimentality of "Chinese Paladin III", makes this movie even more powerful.
Wang Zhongjun picked up the teacup and took a sip, his eyes flashing with shrewd calculations: "You should have noticed that last year, Tengda Group successively acquired Nuomi.com and Time.com and integrated them into the "Nuomi Time" app.
Cooperating with major cinema chains, we have realized the full process of online seat selection and ticket purchase. During the promotion of "Charlotte's Troubles", we can see the huge potential of the online ticketing market through Nuomi Time."
Wang Changtian frowned: "Tengda's Internet genes are too strong. Even if we join forces, it will be difficult to compete with it in online promotion."
"Just because we can't do it doesn't mean others can't do it." Wang Zhongjun smiled meaningfully, "The Internet world is not controlled by Tengda alone."
Yu Dong knocked on the table impatiently: "Mr. Wang, stop playing dumb and just say what you think!"
"The predecessor of Nuomi Time was a group buying website. Who is the leader in the domestic group buying market?" Wang Zhongjun looked around at everyone, "It's Meituan!
Meituan is preparing to separate the online ticketing business of its entertainment division and establish "Maoyan Movies". They hope to reach a strategic cooperation with the leading film and television companies and invite us to invest.
Yu Dong's eyes lit up: "Meituan is also going to enter the film industry?" He immediately expressed his support, "This is a great idea!"
Wang Changtian looked conflicted. Guangguang and Tenda have always had a good relationship, and the richest man also gave him some face. If he invested in Maoyan Films, it would be clear that he was going against Tenda Nuomi Time.
"Everyone, Tenda's advantage is not only in its ticketing platform. Movie promotion cannot be separated from Weibo, and online payment cannot be separated from WeChat Pay. If these problems are not solved, Maoyan Movies alone may not be able to help!"
"Mr. Wang, you're worrying too much." Wang Zhongjun interrupted confidently, "Ali Group will officially enter the film and television industry this year and learn from Tengda to build a large-scale entertainment strategy.
Online payment can be replaced by Alipay. As for publicity, Weibo has never stopped normal commercial competition. "
Hearing this, Ding Mingshan and Liu Yanming, who were in silence, looked at each other obliquely. Neither of them wanted to get involved in the fight between the two major Internet groups.
Huayi, Bona and Guangxian are all listed companies with huge assets. If they run out of money, they can just take advantage of the stock market. The same cannot be said for Beiping Culture and Hairun Pictures.
Liu Yanming shook his head slightly. Hairun Pictures has always been focusing on TV series production as its core business and rarely involved in film production. Even if Maoyan Films was established, it would not be of much help to Hairun.
As for Ding Mingshan, he was even considering leaving. Beiping Culture was formerly the state-owned enterprise Jingxi Tourism, and he became the company's largest shareholder through targeted capital increase.
Beiping Culture has not produced a single film so far. I thought Wang Zhongjun invited him here today to discuss cooperation on film and television projects, but I didn't expect that he was competing directly with Tengda.
Thinking of this, Ding Mingshan stood up and said goodbye: "Everyone, there are guests at home, and my wife urged me to go back. I'm sorry, I'll host them another day." After saying that, he bowed and walked straight out.
Seeing this, Liu Yanming followed closely and after a few polite words, he also left in a hurry, not wanting to stay a moment longer.
Wang Changtian wanted to keep him, but Yu Dong waved his hand to stop him: "Boss Wang, we can't work together if we don't share the same ideals. Since we are not on the same path, there is no point in forcing you to stay."
Wang Changtian sighed and felt secretly regretful. As one of the first private film and television companies in China to obtain the Class A "TV Drama Production License", Hairun is quite powerful and has close relations with CCTV and has many connections.
"A forced melon is not sweet. President Wang, just let them be." Wang Zhongjun sneered. Alibaba CEO Ma personally promised to cooperate with Meituan. Liu Yanming and Ding Mingshan will regret it sooner or later if they fail to seize the opportunity.
"Mr. Wang, Mr. Yu has agreed to invest in Maoyan Films. What does Guangguang say? Do you want to get on board?"
(End of this chapter)
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