After seeing that the ratings were rising at a gratifying rate, Wang Shang finally let go of his focus and no longer focused on "Love Apartment", but began to prepare for another thing - to create his own production studio.
Everyone has a desire to control their own affairs and does not want to ask others for help, and Wang Shang's desire to control is even worse.
"The Legend of Zhen Huan" and "Bu Bu Jing Xin" had no funds, no money, no one, no reputation, so they asked Datang International to co-produce, and I only existed as a screenwriter. Fortunately, Datang International has a good relationship with Wang Shang, so
There were no major conflicts.
Nowadays, Wang Shang's "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and "Step by Step" are very popular. They have also gained great fame at the Golden Eagle Awards and have accumulated a lot of fans...
After two years of hard work, he had made a lot of money and gained a reputation. Wang Shang felt that the time had finally come to establish a production studio.
Why not just buy a production company? Wang Shang doesn't have the money. Although he already has tens of millions in assets, he is still far behind those film companies.
However, it is not easy to set up a small production studio. Although it is a bit small, it is like a sparrow with a small body but all the internal organs.
Wang Shang needs to do a lot...
Administrative Personnel and Finance Group: Responsible for the administrative office, human resources, and financial management of the studio.
Marketing Group: Responsible for negotiating with various TV stations and theaters for the film's broadcast/release after the production is completed. It is necessary to recruit several account managers with experience in this industry, as well as a supervisor.
Planning team: Responsible for planning corporate image and product marketing. We need to recruit a supervisor and several copywriting planners.
Pre-shooting team: Responsible for the pre-shooting of the film, such as the filming of "Love Apartment". Photography, lighting, director, etc. are required...
Post-production team: Responsible for the final product of the film. The film editor also belongs to this part. Relevant personnel who need post-production editing and processing.
In addition to recruiting these personnel, we also need to rent or buy office space, purchase office facilities, purchase transportation, and film and television production equipment (cameras, cameras, small pans, tracks, lights, etc.)...
After the studio is established and developed, it must gradually develop in the direction of the company. It must gradually develop various talents such as actors and screenwriters, and establish its own film and television publications. Finally, it must gradually form a film and television production company that integrates training, production, distribution, and publicity.
In short, it is really not an easy task to open a film company.
The myriad of things that make Wang Shang, who has little experience in business organization management, a splitting headache...
However, Wang Shang always believed that professional things should be done by professionals, so Wang Shang quickly brought Xiaoyu to the Shanghai Talent Recruitment Market.
Wang Shang chose a high-end and classy elite area recruitment hall in the elite area, and put the simple promotional paper on the ground and stood it up.
"Recruiting a general manager of a film and television company with more than fifteen years of working experience, with an annual salary of more than one million plus shares, and the salary is negotiable!"
Words such as ‘general manager’ and ‘annual salary of one million’ are highlighted in red and bold, making them particularly conspicuous.
As soon as this propaganda paper came out, there was an immediate surge of people, pointing fingers at Wang Shang's propaganda paper.
"Do you really earn a million a year?"
"What company is it?"
The sound buzzed in my ears.
Wang Shang stood up quickly and said loudly: "The company is a start-up and has not yet started, so it needs a professional manager to check it. As for salary, it all depends on ability..."
At this time, someone recognized Wang Shang, pointed at Wang Shang in surprise and asked: "Are you Wang Shang?!"
"Yes, I am Wang Shang!"
Wow~~
The whole crowd was shocked...
"It's true! It's very similar to the one at the Golden Eagle Award!"
"Wow! I actually met a real person here! Celebrities, you are lucky today!"
"Your movie "Love Apartment" is very good. I watch it every day now. I have been under too much pressure recently. Fortunately, it has relieved me a lot of stress..."
Everyone was so excited and talking about it that they neglected the important matter of recruitment.
Soon after……
"What? Wang Shang appeared on the third floor?"
"Who is Wang Shang? A big star?"
"A big star, he is the director of "Love Apartment", a huge and awesome star!!"
"Let's go, whether you recognize him or not, it's rare for a big star to come and go. Go over and touch your paws to get some star energy."
The news spread wider and wider, and as a result, people looking for jobs in the entire talent center flocked to the floor where Wang Shang was...
An hour later...
With the hard work of the security guards, Wang Shang and Xiaoyu finally managed to get away from the surging crowds on the third floor and the third floor outside. They were in such a state of embarrassment that they didn't even dare to take back the propaganda paper.
After driving on the main highway, Wang Shang and Xiaoyu looked at each other with lingering fear.
"Am I an idiot? How could I do such a thing?" Wang Shang said depressedly. It was said that because of the 'experience' brought by his previous life, when recruiting people, Wang Shang immediately thought of the Magic City Talent Market, but he didn't
I never thought that in the past, it was not he who recruited him, but someone below him.
Moreover, Wang Shang's reputation in this time and space is so great that in the eyes of ordinary people, Wang Shang is just a shining gold ingot, and they all want to put their paws on this ingot and touch it...
Wang Shang cursed himself for being stupid, and then quickly thought of a headhunting company. Just go to them, they are professional...
In the afternoon of that day, the news that Wang Shang went to the Shanghai Talent Market to recruit people was posted on major entertainment websites. The next day, many entertainment newspapers in Shanghai reported the matter.
"Wang Shanghe and a young woman appear in the talent market of the Magic City!"
"Thousands of people surrounded him, but Wang Shang fled in panic!"
"Wang Shang wants to open a film and television company?"
"Wang Shang is finally no longer satisfied with his status as a screenwriter and has set his ambition on opening a film and television company. His career will achieve a new breakthrough."
"With an annual salary of one million plus shares, Wang Shang is really generous!"
The news that Wang Shang was going to open a film and television company spread throughout the entire Magic City like it had wings, and then spread throughout China's north and south.
Wang Shang's recruitment information was also known to countless people, and many people in the industry became a little excited after seeing it.
An annual salary of one million is a lot of temptation, and there is also the emphasis on shares. In many cases, shares are more valuable than a high annual salary. Suddenly, many people with rich industry experience sent emails to Wang Shang, wanting to apply.
that position.
It's true that there are mistakes. Wang Shang's wrong behavior actually had the effect of publicity in the end.
But in addition to this, more media and professionals are paying attention to another focus.
How much money does Wang Shang have now?
Are you actually thinking about starting a production company?
You must know that opening a company, even the most entry-level studio, requires a lot of money, including personnel salary and welfare expenses, office facilities expenses, taxes, equipment rental and purchase...
There are also even more huge celebrities and directors’ net worth expenditures, etc…
A TV series or a movie can easily cost tens of millions of dollars in investment, and the capital required to open a production company will definitely be much more. If you only have a few million dollars of capital, you can only make small projects, make commercials, and make micro-movies at most.
Don't even think about long-form movies and TV series...
And looking at Wang Shang's performance all the time, he has never been a petty person. It should be impossible for him to set his goal on making small troubles...
In other words, Wang Shang should have at least 10 to 20 million in funds on hand.
Ten or twenty million?
How did he earn it?
At this time, except for a few people from Datang International, no one else knew Wang Shang's original 4% share ratio for "The Legend of Zhen Huan", nor did they know the 10% share ratio for "Bu Bu Jing Xin", let alone Tang Zongshi's "Love Apartment"
It’s just a friendly sponsorship of 2 million, and Wang Shang paid for the rest all by himself.
In the eyes of the media and people in the entertainment industry, Wang Shang has always been just a screenwriter, who only gets royalties from scripts.
Eighty-four episodes of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and eighty-six episodes of "Step by Step", a total of 170 episodes. Even if the cost of each episode is 60,000 yuan based on the market premium of 200%, it will still cost 10 million, but after excluding
Personal income tax, plus the known purchase of a house, will only leave about 7 million in the end.
7 million, to open a film and television production company, minus various labor costs, the funds that can be used to make movies and TV shows are quite stifling...
"Does he want to be like those numerous small production studios? Start by shooting commercials and helping people plan ceremonies? After making money, he can then switch to film and television shooting and production?"
"Probably not?" Everyone hesitated.
However, they soon received an inside message, and only then did they realize what it means to be strong within a strong force...