Chapter 613: Surprise or not?
Ten minutes later, almost everyone arrived at the October Culture meeting room.
It can be said that although You Zhihong did not notify everyone, basically everyone knew about it.
In the conference room, everyone had different expressions on their faces.
Zhou Ming, a veteran of October Culture, had no expression on his face, but the others lowered their heads and began to discuss in low voices.
It must be true.
So, we will directly enter Dongyi Film and Television? ?
Dongyi Film and Television has its own animation department, and in recent years, the development of Dongyi Film and Television's animation department is quite good. Compared with other film and television companies, Dongyi Film and Television has invested greatly in animation.
It is obvious that Dongyi Film and Television is preparing to defeat other film and television companies in the field of animation.
So, for Dongyi Film and Television, taking over October Culture is a natural thing to do.
In the eyes of Dongyi Film and Television, this is a powerful combination.
What's more crucial is that in the field of animation, other film and television companies can only be said to have just emerged, and they have not yet formed an influence. So, in this area, Dongyi Film and Television will have great room for development and may even become a leader in the industry.
The most important point is that Dongyi Film and Television wants to become the strongest among the eight major companies directly by relying on animation.
Chinese comics have a huge market.
Dongyi Film and Television firmly believes in this. It is often like this. When you think the market is dead, then for others, this market is huge.
Originally, Dongyi Film and Television was actually hesitant, until the release of "The Wandering Earth" during the Lunar New Year holiday last year, Dongyi Film and Television became more certain about this matter.
That's right.
Think about it, there were more people who said that science fiction was dead than those who said that Chinese animation was dead, and many people actually made science fiction movies, and they all failed.
But what happened later? ?
"The Wandering Earth" directly became the box office champion of Chinese-language films.
If Dongyi Film and Television makes an animated film, they don’t need too much, as long as they can reach a box office of 2 billion, then that would be enough to brag about it to the extreme.
The script is king.
After internal discussions at a meeting, Dongyi Film and Television came to the conclusion that everything is based on the script. Because Dongyi Film and Television has taken many detours in the past two years, they have gradually reacted.
Look at Baiqian Media. Why was Baiqian Media able to leap directly from a small company on the verge of bankruptcy to a medium-sized film and television company? Isn’t it because of Yu Xiaoshu?
A platinum screenwriter can save a small film and television company.
In short, Dongyi Film and Television was the first to prepare for reform. Among them, Pang He, the vice president of Dongyi Film and Television, was mainly responsible for recruiting talents, and the animation department was previously established by Pang He alone.
He knows the importance of talent.
For the company "October Culture", Pang He knows that the most valuable things are not the IPs or the so-called You Zhichong, but the talents of "October Culture".
Special effects artists, editors, storyboard artists, animators, etc., these are the most valuable assets of "October Culture".
When preparing to acquire October Culture, Pang He had already thoroughly investigated October Culture. After the acquisition was completed, You Zhihong would basically take the money and leave.
As for the others, they will be assigned to various departments of Dongyi Film and Television in turn, and their positions may even be reorganized.
In short, it is impossible that Dongyi Film and Television acquired October Culture with great effort and then had the people taken away by You Zhihong.
This aspect is clearly stated in the acquisition contract.
In short, if You Zhihong really leaves Dongyi Film and Television, it will be impossible for him to work in the animation industry again.
After all, the legal department of Dongyi Film and Television is not there to just sit there and do nothing.
When Pang He followed You Zhihong into the conference room, he looked at the thirty people in the conference room with faint smiles on their faces. This should be the small team of "October Culture".
It can be said that the fact that October Culture has been able to persist and has achieved so many brilliant achievements is inseparable from these thirty people.
Among these thirty people, Zhou Ming and Xiao Ning are the most important.
One is a director and screenwriter, and the other is a producer and screenwriter.
The two of them can be said to form an iron triangle with You Zhihong, but the relationship between these three people is different.
Zhou Ming was once a student of You Zhihong. He was trained by You Zhihong, but You Zhihong has been exploiting and PUAing Zhou Ming. Even now, Zhou Ming still rents a small house.
Xiao Ning is different. Xiao Ning is You Zhihong's brother-in-law. He is also You Zhihong's partner. He has a certain share in October Culture.
But one thing is that Xiao Ning is quite down-to-earth, and he and You Zhihong have completely different personalities.
For this reason, as long as Xiao Ning and Zhou Ming can be captured, the matter will be settled.
Use these two people to stabilize the morale of October Culture, and then gradually let these two people take charge on their own.
This was all considered in advance.
"Okay, come, let me introduce it to you."
You Zhihong walked into the conference room and said with a smile: "This is Pang He, the vice president of Dongyi Film and Television. I have already made an agreement with President Pang. Next, our October Culture will join Dongyi Film and Television. Everyone's salary will be doubled in Dongyi Film and Television, and the development will be better. I have said before that as long as it can revive Chinese animation, I don't care about anything, but I can't let everyone suffer losses, and I can't let everyone pay for my dream. Now, Dongyi Film and Television attaches great importance to creators. At the same time, Dongyi Film and Television has the same idea as us, that is, we all want to revive Chinese animation..."
Take a look.
You Zhihong is really good at talking.
To be honest, he was able to fool everyone into following him over the years, which would have been impossible if he didn't have some personal charm.
After You Zhihong finished speaking, he was the first to applaud and said, "Now, let's ask Mr. Pang to say a few words to us."
"Hello, everyone. You don't have to call me Mr. Pang. In the company, especially in the animation department, everyone calls me Lao Pang. In fact, Mr. You and I are the same. We both have a dream of creating Chinese animation. What I think is that China has never had a phenomenal Chinese animation. This is our shame. At the same time, children have never had their favorite anime heroes since they were young. This is also our fault. So, I have always wanted to create a phenomenal Chinese animation and create a super IP..."
Pang He said to everyone, "You can ask them. Dongyi Film and Television attaches great importance to talents. Dongyi Film and Television's investment in the animation department is more than that of other film and television companies combined. So, come on, join Dongyi Film and Television, and let's play big together."
With just a few words, Pang He livened up the atmosphere in the meeting.
Some people began to applaud.
But some people remained silent.
Among them, some people looked at Zhou Ming. These people had already received the news.
They followed Zhou Ming to invest in Baiqian Media without any hesitation.
At October Culture, they get the least money, do the most work, and don't get any rest. In short, You Zhihong really treats them like animals.
If it weren't for the fact that they could really learn something from October Culture, these people would have left long ago.
After all, after two years you will know what kind of person You Zhihong is.
When they were in trouble, it was basically Zhou Ming who helped them. For this reason, these people had no so-called loyalty to You Zhihong at all.
The prerequisite for a boss to have employees be loyal is that the boss treats himself as a human being.
You are not a human being at all. Your employees don't care about loyalty to you.
Therefore, some people did not take You Zhihong's talk about salary increase and the continuation of dreams seriously.
In the past ten years, everyone has been fooled too many times by You Zhihong.
Basically, there are about 8 people in this group, not including some other employees of "October Culture". These 8 people are considered some small leaders of "October Culture", and they have stayed in "October Culture" for a relatively long time.
When Ma Xiu told them that Zhou Ming was leaving, their first reaction was that they had to follow. Then when they heard that it was Baiqian Media and that their salary would double, they certainly didn't have any psychological burden or hesitation at all.
They deserve the "October Culture", but "October Culture" deserves them.
In the conference room, everyone had different thoughts.
As for You Zhihong, he started to introduce them one by one after Pang He spoke: "Come, Mr. Pang, let me introduce you. This is Xiao Ning. The producer and supervisor of our comics depends on him..."
"This is Zhou Ming. He is usually in charge of our comic director. The best choice I made in my life was to bring Director Zhou out. No one else would have done the job."
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Obviously, You Zhihong did not introduce all 30 people in the conference room, but he just introduced a few key ones.
The directors, screenwriters, designers, and editors all need to be introduced as well.
Currently, there are a total of 10 screenwriters in the screenwriting department of "October Culture". They are not led by You Zhihong, but instead are led by You Zhihong's brother-in-law Chen Jing.
The design department and editing department are managed by two other elderly people.
Among these departments, You Zhihong is the remote controller of the Screenwriting Department. After all, his brother-in-law cannot be said to be a waste, but he is at least half a waste, who can't do anything well, but he was arranged to the Screenwriting Department.
Zhou Ming had told You Zhihong at the beginning that even if you arrange Chen Jing to the logistics department or the finance department, it would still be better than arranging him to the screenwriting department.
But You Zhihong didn't take it seriously. In his opinion, after all, he was overseeing it, which was just right for him to be in the screenwriting department.
This is interesting.
Zhou Ming had never thought about it before, why the supervisor and producer were You Zhihong's brother-in-law, and the screenwriter was You Zhihong's brother-in-law. It was obvious that You Zhihong must have the important departments in his hands.
As for the director department, Zhou Ming himself obeys You Zhihong's orders.
Well, of course, You Zhihong of October Culture has strong control.
As long as the architecture is there, the rest is not a problem.
The purpose of today's meeting, in addition to the introduction, is to formally notify everyone that since it has been discussed long ago, the acquisition can proceed smoothly.
As I said, the acquisition may seem complicated, but there are professionals to do it, so Pang He is not too worried. For Pang He, the most important things are the people in the current conference room.
Because these people are about to start working.
Currently, Dongyi Film and Television has three animated films under development, one is being perfected in the drama, one is currently being filmed, and one is in post-production editing.
These three are the top priorities.
Now that October Culture has joined us, we can get the job done seamlessly.
For this reason, after the introduction, Pang He sat down and started talking about such things.
Then You Zhihong smiled and said, "That's no problem. Xiao Ning can be responsible for supervising the production of an animation. I can work with others to improve the script. Lao Zhou can discuss the animation that is being filmed..."
Obviously, You Zhihong had already discussed these with Dongyi Film and Television.
Today, I am responsible for notification.
In You Zhihong's view, there is nothing to discuss on this point.
Whether it's Xiao Ning or Zhou Ming, they are all his people, so isn't it natural that they should listen to him and do things.
As expected, Xiao Ning said hurriedly, "Okay, no problem on my side."
Then, You Zhihong looked at Zhou Ming, and Zhou Ming said with a slightly wry smile: "Boss You, I may not be able to do this."
Originally, You Zhihong had been wearing a relaxed smile, but when he heard Zhou Ming's words, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and he frowned and said, "Old Zhou, what's going on???"
Zhou Ming said: "Let's talk about this in private."
Pang He also frowned slightly.
You should know that among the talents of "October Culture", Zhou Ming is the most important one. As for the acquisition contract, there is basically such a clause.
The contracts have been signed.
But if something goes wrong with Zhou Ming, Pang He will have a headache, and You Zhihong will collapse.
For this reason, he said with a somewhat gloomy look: "There is nothing that cannot be discussed on the table, Lao Zhou, don't worry, if there is anything, just tell me, don't worry, I will help you out."
Zhou Ming looked at You Zhihong with a touched expression: "Boss You, I have no worries, and nothing else. Thank you so much for your cultivation of me. Without your cultivation, I, Zhou Ming, would not be where I am today, so I really thank you..."
As he spoke, Zhou Ming stood up and bowed deeply to You Zhihong.
If Zhou Ming lost his temper or even made demands, You Zhihong would not worry.
But when Zhou Ming did this, You Zhihong suddenly had a bad feeling.
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(End of this chapter)
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