Chapter 94 TT Video
In mid-July, the sun was scorching, the heat wave was rolling, the weather was hot and dry, and the heat was becoming increasingly unbearable.
After successfully signing the contract with Tengda Culture and officially getting the female lead in "Nightclub", Liu Shishi got up early and went to bed late to learn how to drive. Fortunately, Jiang Tiantian reminded her, so she did a good job of sun protection and did not get tanned.
Song Ci used his skills from his previous life and personally led the team to develop the 1.0 version of Weibo, and was busy every day.
The young couple only have time to see each other in the evening. They would take a walk together in the community facing the beautiful sunset and talk to each other.
On July 21st and 2nd, Tengda Group held a work meeting for the first half of 2005.
Senior management of the group, heads of various administrative departments, presidents and general managers of business units and subsidiaries, as well as deputy senior executives all attended the meeting.
Excluding the operating income of the three major subsidiaries, the financial report shows that the group's net operating income in the first half of the year was 1.507 billion yuan, of which the game business income was 688 million yuan and the advertising and SP business income was 819 million yuan.
It's just that Tenda Group's huge business expenses in May, such as purchasing NBA broadcasting rights, acting as an agent for Korean online games, and acquiring Qianqian Jingting, resulted in low profits and ugly financial report data.
But based on the revenue of 1.507 billion in the first half of the year alone, the scale of Tenda Group has surpassed Penguin and the three major old portals, making it the largest Internet company in China.
The two-day meeting was coming to an end, with only one department, tt Video Network, yet to report.
Zhang Yong raised his hand and looked at the hands on his watch. The last speaker, Huang Sheng, president of TD Gaming Platform, took too long to report, speaking for a full two hours.
He leaned close to Song Ci's ear and whispered, "Boss Song, Old Huang has been talking for too long, and the comrades are a little tired. Should we adjourn the meeting temporarily so that everyone can take a breath, rest, and go to the toilet?"
It was a very long meeting lasting two days. When each department reported, Song Ci had to carefully compare it with the development of the industry in his previous life. He had been concentrating for such a long time that he was exhausted and tired.
Hearing Zhang Yong's suggestion, he nodded in agreement: "Then let's take a break for fifteen minutes."
With the chairman's permission, Zhang Yong, who was in charge of presiding over the meeting, stood up from the first row of seats, turned around and announced loudly: "Let's adjourn for now, everyone take a break first.
Fifteen minutes later, at 4:50, the meeting continued. I know everyone is very tired, and there is only one department left to report, so hold on a little longer. ”
Upon hearing this, the participants were naturally relieved and filed out of the venue to take a break. Some went to the bathroom, while others were craving for a cigarette and quickly took the time to light up.
Song Ci returned to the meeting room from the bathroom. While stretching his muscles, he asked Wang Jing, who had just returned, "How are the company's middle and senior management dinners planned tonight?"
It was rare for the boss to show concern for the company's social activities. Wang Jing smiled and said, "Office Director Liu has booked a few tables at Junyue Hotel. The address and the private room have been sent to you. Let's get together after the meeting."
Song Ci always puts Wang Jing at ease when doing things. "Everyone has worked very hard in the past six months. Having a meal together after the meeting to exchange ideas is also a part of corporate culture. Just make arrangements."
After saying that, he sat back in the main seat, emptied his mind, closed his eyes and waited for the meeting to resume.
Fifteen minutes passed in a flash, and everyone cheered up and returned to the venue one after another.
Zhang Yong looked around and saw that all the participants had returned to the venue. He said loudly, "Everyone, be quiet and maintain the venue discipline. Mr. Tang, you can start."
As soon as Zhang Yong finished speaking, a calm middle-aged man on the far right side of the second row of the venue immediately stood up and walked towards the conference podium. He was Tang Jun, president of tt Video Network.
Tang Jun stood on the podium and opened the work report PPT. His report materials were immediately displayed on the projection screen in front of the venue.
Tang Jun looked around the room and saw that everyone was looking at him. He picked up the microphone and said calmly, "Dear Chairman, leaders, and colleagues, I will finally make a business report on behalf of tt Video Network."
Tang Jun clicked on the ppt to display and announce all the data of the video network one by one.
"TT Video was officially launched on May 15 this year. As of July 15, in just two months, the number of registered users has exceeded 8 million. Based on the current growth trend, it is expected that the number of users will exceed 20 million by the end of the year."
Giving the group leaders some time to review the data and digest it, Tang Jun continued his report after a pause of a few seconds.
“There are two main reasons why the data is so impressive.
Firstly, it benefited from the continuous traffic from Toutiao.com, and also because the group won the online broadcasting rights for "Super Girl".
Currently, this talent show on Hunan Satellite TV is very popular across the country, with everyone from the elderly over 50 to preschool children paying attention to this show.”
Hearing this, Song Ci nodded slightly. The 2005 "Super Girl" was the ceiling of singing talent shows and was extremely popular. This was why he repeatedly urged Tengda to obtain the network broadcasting rights for the show.
Tang Jun secretly glanced at Song Ci who was sitting in the center of the front row. He knew that "Super Girl" was a project that the chairman had arbitrarily ordered the group to take on.
At that time, some people did not understand and thought there was no point in spending millions to buy the copyright of a variety show. Now it seems that the chairman is indeed strategic and far-sighted.
Retracting his thoughts, Tang Jun slowly explained: "Compared to TV, users can freely watch the reruns and highlights of "Super Girl" on TT Video.
You can also post comments to exchange ideas. This novel viewing mode has attracted a large number of young netizens, so the number of registered users has skyrocketed in the past two months."
Clicking on the next page of the PPT, the summary meeting is to find out the gaps and fill them. Tang Jun will naturally not only report the good news but also the bad news, and he also points out the current business difficulties one by one.
"Because of the user's viewing experience, TT Video Network has not yet launched online advertising. The broadband and server costs of a video network with nearly 10 million users are huge."
When the speaker on the stage said this, Zhang Yong from the audience interjected at the right time to give Tang Jun some reassurance.
"You don't have to worry about the cost issue. The group can allow TT Video Network to not make a profit for three years. Your main task now is to seize the market.
A phenomenal variety show like "Super Girl" is hard to come by, and the popularity of the show will always wane.
How will you maintain the rapid growth of video network users and surpass competitors such as 56.com, pptv, and pps? Mr. Tang, please tell us about your development plan for the second half of the year! "
After hearing Zhang Yong's promise not to assess TT Video Network's profitability for the time being, Tang Jun breathed a sigh of relief, organized his thoughts, clicked on the PPT and continued his report.
“We have three main plans for the second half of the year. The first is to support users to upload original videos and enrich the quantity and content of the website.
Second, Blueprint Copyright is required to continue purchasing online copyrights for film and television dramas to attract users with a rich film library.
The third is to cooperate with TV stations to broadcast some variety shows. We don’t need to achieve the same effect as Super Girl. Even if it is only one-half or one-third of the popularity, it is enough to maintain the rapid growth of users.”
Song Ci chuckled. Tang Jun had tasted the sweetness. However, he had the impression that there had not been any popular variety shows in recent years. But overall, the idea was correct.
With Toutiao.com to attract traffic and Blueprint's copyright film library as a guarantee, Song Ci is not worried about the growth of TT Video users.
As long as it operates steadily and wins over the competition with the norm, when the mobile Internet era arrives, TT Video will naturally become the leader in long video networks.
What he was more worried about was that Tang Jun would not be able to pass the content review, and the previous experience of Kuaibo was a lesson for him.
Song Ci asked on the spot: "Planning is the key to success, and lack of planning leads to failure. Since TT Video Network has launched the original support plan, how will you handle the content security?"
Tang Jun was speechless for a moment. He indeed had not thought this through. Just as he was about to make up a few words based on his experience to deal with his leader, Song Ci saw that he looked embarrassed and spoke again.
"Please prepare a content review plan and submit it to us after the meeting."
Tang Jun breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the chairman did not ask any further questions or make things difficult for him. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing to make a fool of himself in front of so many senior executives of the group.
"Boss Song, I have finished my report."
At this point, all departments had finished reporting. Zhang Yong turned sideways and looked at Song Ci and asked, "Do you want to say anything else?"
Song Ci shook his head slightly. He had already commented on every department's report. As for the summary speech, it was meaningless to tell the old foxes in the group to listen to it.
"We've already had two days of meetings, so I won't waste time. Let's adjourn the meeting! Let's all get together in the evening and have some fun."
On the last day of July, the theater movie "Nightclub", exclusively produced by Tengda Culture and starring Xu Zheng, Qiao Zhengyu and others, held a press conference and opening ceremony at the Chang'an Hotel in Peking.
As the heroine of the movie, Liu Shishi naturally sat on the stage and accepted interviews from reporters together with the director and others.
More than 30 media reporters who were invited to the stage were holding cameras and taking pictures of the people on the stage.
The constantly flashing lights were a bit eye-catching, making Liu Shishi, who had a mechanical smile on her face, feel a little awkward.
After all, it was the first time for Liu Shishi to participate in such an event. She had no interview experience and her palms were sweating because of nervousness.
Fortunately, she is still an unknown figure in the entertainment industry, and the reporters' main attention is now on Xu Zheng and Qiao Zhengyu.
During the interactive question-and-answer session, the reporters who had been waiting for a long time couldn't wait to raise their hands. Xu Zheng, who was sitting in the main seat, randomly pointed to a reporter he liked and asked him to speak first and ask questions.
The middle-aged man who was chosen stood up happily and asked with the microphone: "Hello Director Xu, thank you for letting me ask the first question. I am a reporter from Southern Metropolis Daily. Why did you change from an actor to a director?"
Xu Zheng was wearing a baseball cap, looking mature and calm, with a faint smile on his face. He responded calmly and calmly:
“In fact, I have always wanted to be a director. During these years of filming on the set, I have also been studying shooting techniques and often asking senior directors for advice and learning.
I accidentally learned about Tengda Culture's director support program. I wanted to test the results of my studies over the years, so I signed up for Tengda's support program. Luckily, I passed the assessment and was fortunately selected to direct the movie "Night Club." "
Xu Zheng had already prepared for these anticipated questions in his mind before the meeting. He answered them eloquently and did his best to portray himself as a motivated and hardworking new director.
Another reporter asked: "I am a reporter from the Film Newspaper. Director Xu, when will this movie be released? What is your box office expectation for your first directorial work?"
This was another expected question. After all, Xu Zheng had just made the transition, so he didn't dare to boast. After a brief pause, he said cautiously:
"'Night Club' is scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival next year. As for the box office, my expectation is that it will be no less than 15 million. Of course, the more the better!"
Xu Zheng's answer was quite standard. The new director was steady and sought victory. The shooting cost of "Nightclub" was announced to be 3 million yuan. If the box office could reach 15 million yuan, the investors could probably make a profit of 2 million yuan. The profit ratio of 80% was enough to make this new director famous.
The first few reporters either interviewed Xu Zheng or asked questions to Qiao Zhengyu. Their questions were also very polite and plain, without any difficulty or questioning.
A press conference will naturally not be smooth sailing, there will always be one or two troublemakers.
"Director Xu, I'm a contracted reporter for Sina Entertainment. Rumor has it that you rejected Gao Yuanyuan and boldly chose newcomer Liu Shishi as the heroine of the movie. Do you think Liu Shishi is better than Gao Yuanyuan in acting? Otherwise, why not use a famous actress?"
Since the matter involved herself, Liu Shishi was extremely nervous. She secretly glanced at Xu Zheng, not knowing how the director was going to answer.
This question was obviously meant to be difficult and provocative, but it did not pose a problem for Xu Zheng. Ever since he took the blame for Zhang Zhao, he had been mentally prepared and his answer was flawless.
"As a newcomer, Liu Shishi needs to learn from seniors in the industry in terms of acting skills. I didn't choose Gao Yuanyuan mainly because she looks too beautiful.
The heroine of "Night Club" is a cashier working in a supermarket. Gao Yuanyuan's temperament and image are not quite suitable for this role, so it's a pity. I can only look forward to the opportunity to work together again next time."
Xu Zheng is indeed a veteran who has been in the entertainment industry for many years. With just a few words, he not only answered questions but also praised Gao Yuanyuan's beauty.
The Sina reporter wanted to ask more questions, but Xu Zheng, who was quick-witted, pointed to the side and said, "Please ask this reporter a question."
The Sina Entertainment reporter could only give up in disappointment, secretly annoyed that his previous question was not tricky enough. He could only think about how to use the Spring and Autumn style of writing to exaggerate and attract attention after the meeting.
The female reporter selected by Xu Zheng in a hurry stared at Liu Shishi on the stage and said with a smile, "Hello Liu Shishi, I'm a reporter from Toutiao."
It was the first time that Liu Shishi on the stage was asked a question. She immediately felt like she was facing a formidable enemy and was highly focused. When she heard that it was a reporter from Toutiao.com, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Toutiao.com and Tengda Culture are one family, and my boyfriend’s subordinates would not ask questions that would embarrass me, so I pricked up my ears and listened carefully to the reporter’s speech.
"As far as I know, you are a dancer and you changed your career to become an actor. How do you feel about having the opportunity to act in a movie?"
Liu Shishi recalled the rehearsal of Cai Yinong's advice to her last night and suppressed her nervousness and other negative emotions.
“First of all, I would like to thank Director Xu for giving me this opportunity. Being able to act in “Nightclub” is not only an opportunity, but also a new growth for me.
As a rookie, I will continue to hone my acting skills, consult with directors and senior members of the crew, and pursue the acting career that I love."
(End of this chapter)
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