Chapter 604: Not Afraid of Haters
In fact, the celebration party for "The Beginning" was so grand this time that Yu Xiaoshu even invited some people from Dongyi, Kunlang, Huxing and other film and television companies to come, in order to poach people.
And Yu Xiaoshu had no intention of talking to these people in person.
The reason is very simple, because the headhunters have already contacted these people, and today is just the last step of the normal process.
For Yu Xiaoshu, he actually has two goals today, one of which is to recruit Zhou Ming to Baiqian Media.
The headhunter had contacted Zhou Ming before, but Zhou Ming had no intention of changing companies. Zhou Ming even told the headhunter very clearly that he did not need it for the time being and was not prepared to change companies.
Everyone thinks that October Culture is a failed company, and at the very least it will be difficult for it to rebound strongly.
This is how society is.
Sometimes when a company fails, it's dead.
Life is the same.
Opportunities often only come once, and in many cases, if you fail to seize the opportunity to change your class, you will never have any more opportunities in your life.
You Zhihong has no chance.
Everyone knows this, so why did Dongyi Film and Television dare to acquire October Culture for 30 million? ?
That's what capital is like. Taking advantage of others' misfortunes is what they often do.
However, many people do not have any good feelings towards "October Culture", especially those in the industry. Everyone thinks it is normal for "October Culture" to be taken advantage of.
After all, when October Culture was more powerful, many of the things they did were not very decent, such as attacking other comic book masters, and directly pitting many anime screenwriters and so on.
In short, the causes back then lead to the results today.
In this regard, no capital is innocent.
This is basically the case with everything they do, they always do everything for the benefit of the owner.
You Zhihong initially made October Culture bigger and stronger by exploiting the creators of his own company, but later, many creators gradually left October Culture, and the remaining creators were basically led by You Zhihong himself.
Then what.
In the end, You Zhihong also suffered backlash. If it were still the same group of people, they would definitely argue with You Zhihong over creation.
What a pity, there is no point in saying this now.
Don’t think that "October Culture" is a reminder to other film and television companies, that is, everyone must respect creators and talents, and not always be PUA or make empty promises.
But to be honest, it's no use.
These lessons have been learned for many years.
Have these film and television companies changed?
Not to mention the distant past, the status of screenwriters has been gradually declining over the years. Can you believe this? ?
What happened to the promise to respect the screenwriter and creator? ?
When he first came here, Yu Xiaoshu thought that this Yuanxing was very good, after all, it respected the creators.
Unfortunately, he was wrong.
People change.
The market is naturally changing.
Even after the investment, traffic and other aspects are changing.
Then, the ending is already determined.
When it comes to screenwriting, Yu Xiaoshu can truly be said to be unique in the domestic entertainment industry. His status as a screenwriter will naturally not be challenged in any way, not to mention that he is now the second BOSS of Baiqian Media.
But others are not as lucky as Yu Xiaoshu.
Zhou Ming was not a director at first. He was actually a screenwriter at first, and only later did he start to be a director.
According to the current statement, Zhou Ming was actually PUA'd by You Zhihong in the beginning, and then under the circumstances of very harsh PUA, You Zhihong gave Zhou Ming hope again.
As a result, Zhou Ming naturally had no opinion about You Zhihong. On the contrary, he was very grateful and thankful.
This can be regarded as You Zhihong's ability. He has grasped the essence of PUA. But on the other hand, basically those who have seen through You Zhihong's PUA stay away from him.
While investigating Zhou Ming, Yu Xiaoshu felt that You Zhihong was quite an idiot.
Of course, if you want to say that his PUA ability is very strong, it is not that strong. It’s just that comic book drawers, screenwriters, and other creators all have to save face, and some of them are passively subjected to PUA.
At the beginning, Yu Xiaoshu did want to acquire "October Culture". After all, Yu Xiaoshu was definitely going to make Chinese comics next.
The so-called death of Chinese animation does not exist in Yu Xiaoshu's opinion.
Chinese animation will not die. The only ones who will die are those who have no respect for Chinese animation at all, and who, after a flop, blame the failure on the death of Chinese animation.
Putting aside other things for now, let's just talk about You Zhihong. Is it true that every time he fails, it's because Chinese animation is not good? ?
Why do we always say that Chinese animation is no longer viable after every failure? ?
Why don't you say something when you succeed?
After investigation and evaluation, Yu Xiaoshu finally decided not to acquire October Culture.
Because for many film and television companies, the most valuable thing about "October Culture" should be IP. After all, over the years, no matter what kind of character You Zhihong is, he has really created a lot of good IPs.
But for Yu Xiaoshu, what is really important is talents like Zhou Ming.
IP is really not important.
Apart from anything else, Yu Xiaoshu plans to make the "Journey to the West" IP the largest in the world in the next year.
You have to believe that Yu Xiaoshu can do it.
Because he is not alone.
Therefore, today's celebration party for "The Beginning", some other things can be said to be so-called pretexts, or other things. What is really important, what Yu Xiaoshu really wants, is Zhou Ming.
As long as Zhou Ming is poached here, he can form an animation team.
It is said that every profession is like a mountain between two worlds.
Until now, Yu Xiaoshu has never really formed an animation team. The reason was that he simply did not have enough time, and also because he did not have enough manpower and energy.
It's ok now.
Yu Xiaoshu has one thing in common with Liu Bo and Liu Qianqian: their attitude is basically the same.
That is to leave professional matters to professionals.
In this regard, Yu Xiaoshu has never changed.
This is true whether it is the special effects team, the editing department, the director, etc.
This is my greatest ability.
That is knowing people and assigning them to the right positions.
It just so happened that since Guo Han took the initiative to talk about this matter, Yu Xiaoshu could also make it clear: "Brother Guo, I'm not lying to you. In fact, Baiqian Media is preparing to set up an animation team recently. Next, Baiqian Media wants to shoot an animated series, not a movie, but a series. For me, the director should be Director Zhou Ming. I think he is also very suitable for this. You go and talk to him first, and I will talk to him in detail later..."
After all, the celebration banquet is about to begin, and Yu Xiaoshu’s live broadcast is also about to begin.
At today's celebration banquet, Yu Xiaoshu is the real protagonist, because he needs to face many live broadcast problems and also needs to connect with people.
In short, this was something Yu Xiaoshu had already publicized before, which is why the number of people in the live broadcast room has reached an unprecedented high.
The same is true.
Just now a staff member came to Yu Xiaoshu and told him that the live broadcast was about to begin.
For this reason, Yu Xiaoshu and Guo Han said they would talk later, and then went straight to prepare for the live broadcast.
This time, not all cast members of "The Beginning" were live, basically it was just the male lead Yan Ming, the female lead Yang Xuecai and Yu Xiaoshu.
The celebration party will be attended by all employees, and everyone will definitely broadcast it live.
There will even be group photos on site.
But if everyone broadcasts live together, then it will not be attractive next time.
Don’t forget, there will definitely be a celebration party next time after the finale.
Now that we have satisfied all the audience, what should we do next time?
In this regard, Yu Xiaoshu is quite experienced.
You know, he was doing this before.
No matter what, for Yu Xiaoshu, the live broadcast session was something he took the initiative to request.
The best way to connect with the audience is to connect online.
As for what would happen if we were connected to anti-fans at the scene?
That's fine.
Yu Xiaoshu really doesn’t care too much about whether he will be connected to anti-fans.
For him, it would be even better if he could really connect with the black fans.
Because this way it can generate another wave of popularity.
If anyone was the most nervous about this live broadcast with three people, it would probably be Yang Xuecai. After all, she is a newcomer in the strict sense. Although Yang Xuecai has experienced a lot since the filming of "The Beginning", the company also hired a physical education teacher for her, including how to face the camera, how to maintain facial expression management, etc.
These are not things you can learn by being a model.
If you ever try to maintain a smile, even a natural smile, in front of a mirror, you will realize how difficult it is.
Especially facing countless spotlights, you have to remain calm and keep smiling. Just think about how difficult this is.
So, some popular artists are also very awesome, but their awesomeness is all outside the screen.
If these traffic artists could devote one tenth of their attention to acting, they would have long since shed the idol label.
Look at the Four Heavenly Kings in that world. At the beginning, both Andy Lau and Cheng Zai were quite unfamiliar with their acting skills. Among the Four Heavenly Kings, Yu Xiaoshu believed that Zhang Gewang was the best in acting from the very beginning.
What happened next?
Andy Lau is honing his acting skills step by step, and so is Cheng Zai.
If traffic artists had one tenth of the persistence of Andy and Chengzai, things would probably be different a long time ago.
Unfortunately that is not possible.
If they really have such persistence, why would they bother with traffic? ?
Isn’t the purpose of traffic generation to make money without doing anything? ? ?
Otherwise, who the hell is going to generate traffic?
If we can really persist, endure hardships, be patient, and resist external temptations, then is it possible for us to generate traffic? ?
In fact, many people understand this point.
Then there are some people who don’t not understand, they are just masters at pretending to be confused.
Yu Xiaoshu has given these artists a heads-up since the very beginning when he signed the artists.
If you really want to make money without doing anything, don't sign with me.
But there is another good thing about Baiqian Media, that is, as long as you work hard, as long as you really want to act seriously, then the money you earn will be no less than the traffic.
As a boss, Yu Xiaoshu never intended to engage in PUA or anything like that, saying that artists shouldn't make money.
Stop talking nonsense.
What are you thinking about??
Do artists deserve to starve to death?
Old actors also need to eat.
Just look at why so many veteran actors can only play supporting roles. They no longer have the opportunity to play the leading role, so they try their best to play supporting roles. They get the least money, but they support the bottom line of a play.
As for some other veteran actors, they are just taking on bad movies crazily because they pay high salaries.
This is also a vicious cycle.
Not to mention the distant past, just take Li Feng, who played Police Officer Zhang. He didn't have many opportunities to play such a role before, especially since he had a lot of scenes and was quite outstanding.
Because in other popular dramas, it would be absolutely unacceptable for supporting roles to steal the show from the main character.
no way.
That's the truth.
But in "The Beginning", Li Feng really used all of his acting skills over the years, and the effect was quite good.
At present, Police Officer Zhang’s popularity is no less than that of the protagonist.
Before "The Beginning", Li Feng might only be able to play some very small supporting roles, and the opportunities were not great, but with the popularity of "The Beginning", it can be said that he has gradually received a lot of invitations, some of which even include the role of the leading role.
It is conceivable that Li Feng gained huge benefits from "The Beginning".
Leaving aside the other actors, this is a phenomenal web drama that has exploded in all aspects, in addition to the plot, the characters are also outstanding.
It is clear from looking at the distinct characters of “The Beginning” up to now.
"Teacher Yu, you can choose to live stream online, but I suggest you choose some of the people I marked as die-hard fans, because those marked as die-hard fans are all big brothers and big sisters in my top 100 list, and there is no problem with these people..."
Before the live broadcast officially started, Zheng Hai was warming up the show, while Wang Li was giving instructions to Yu Xiaoshu.
"Haha, no problem, no need."
Yu Xiaoshu shook his head slightly: "Just control the live broadcast as normal, and remember to take care of Yang Xuecai. Yan Ming and I don't need you to control the scene. You two just need to cooperate with my live broadcast. Also, if I really connect to black fans, don't cut it off quickly, and don't let the black fans kick me out of the live broadcast room..."
Wang Li was stunned after hearing Yu Xiaoshu's words.
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(End of this chapter)
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