Chapter 165 The president of Shanhe is not easy to be
On April 18, all scenes of "Enter Guandong" were completed and officially entered post-production. Zuo Le also returned to Quancheng from Heilongjiang Province.
After two days of resting and adjusting at home, Zuo Le went to Shanhe Pictures, intending to take a look at the company.
At present, Shanhe Pictures has left its original company site. When Zuo Le first established the company, he had insufficient capital and did not spend much on the company site.
Although the office building rented by Shanhe Company is in a good location, the overall business environment is mediocre, and the property and surrounding supporting facilities can only be said to be average. Coupled with all kinds of troubles, after Shanhe grew, Zuo Le began to think of moving.
The company moving is a big event, and the boss Zuo Le should have personally presided over it.
But he had something to do and was too busy to handle it. It happened that Yan Kui, the CEO, took office, so Zuo Le simply left the matter to Yan Kui. When necessary, Tian Yan, the boss's wife, also showed up twice.
Today's Shanhe Pictures is located in one of the top business districts in Quancheng. Whether it is the business environment, properties or surrounding facilities, it ranks at the forefront of Quancheng.
After moving, this was Zuo Le's first visit to the company. Yan Kui and several senior executives personally accompanied Zuo Le around the company area where Shanhe Pictures is located.
Seeing the gradually relaxing emotions on Zuo Le's face, Yan Kui's heart that had been hanging around slowly relaxed.
This was the first major thing he did after coming to Shanhe. Not only did he make a great contribution, but he had to at least satisfy his boss Zuo Le.
Now it seems that the result is not bad......
However, what Yan Kui didn't know was that Zuo Le was not only satisfied with the improved company environment, but also with the mental outlook and work order of the company's employees, which had obviously improved compared to a year ago.
And these changes are obviously inseparable from the efforts of the new president, Yan Kui.
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After looking at the company, Zuo Le returned to the chairman's office specially prepared for him. The other company executives saw the opportunity and left, leaving only Yan Kui.
Zuo Le personally poured a cup of tea for Yan Kui: "Mr. Yan, the company is developing well in all aspects. Thank you for your hard work during this period."
"It's all my responsibility and it should be done."
Faced with the boss's praise, Yan Kui was not flattered, but he could not remain indifferent. He held the water glass with both hands and expressed his modesty.
“Our company has laid a very good foundation before, and you, the chairman, and the company’s directors continue to produce high-quality content to replenish blood. This has made our company prosperous.
Compared with you, the work I have done is really insignificant."
"Ha ha."
Zuo Le smiled and stopped exchanging blows with Yan Kui, and turned to talk about business.
"Serious Crime Group Six" has ended. The average ratings of the whole drama are as high as 2.11, and the Douhua score is 8.5.
For a criminal investigation drama that is not very popular, getting this result is already very good.
The Shanhe Screenwriting Department is already preparing the script for the second part, and is preparing to shoot the sequel while the season is hot.
But when the project is actually set up for filming, it will probably be after Kong Sheng has finished filming "Don't Talk to Strangers".
When the first series of "Crime Six" was sold, because the main creative lineup was not very strong, and Shanhe did not expect it to be so popular after it was aired, the selling price was not cheap, but it was definitely on par with the ratings of over 2
Doesn't match.
Fortunately, the first part has gained a good reputation, and the sequel will be sold easily. Sunward Finance predicts that the revenue brought to the company by "Serious Case Group 2" will be comparable to that of the "Family with Children" series.
Then there is "Crossing Guandong", which is now in post-production and will enter the promotion stage in May.
This is Zuo Le's new work, and it will be Sunward's biggest project in the first half of 2020. The negotiation with Dongshan Taiji Network Platform on the selling price will affect Sunward's important revenue this year.
In the past, Zuo Le led the team in negotiating with these platforms. Since Yan Kui is in charge of the company's operations this time, it is his turn to take charge of the negotiation work.
But after all, this is Yan Kui's first negotiation, so Zuo Le will follow him to be on the safe side.
Later, when Yan Kui becomes familiar with this aspect of the business, Zuo Le can slowly fade away and no longer care about the specific process, just focus on the final result.
In addition, there is another thing, that is, Zuo Le wants to control the streamer special effects team that he has worked with before.
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Shanhe has its own special effects team.
This is something Zuo Le has thought about a long time ago. After all, as Shanhe continues to develop in the film and television industry, special effects will definitely be an unavoidable part.
The last time we filmed "Seven Swords", Zuo Le was deeply impressed by the sophisticated special effects technology of the streamer team. Later, when Zuo Le was planning to build the Shanhe special effects team, his first reaction was to recruit people.
However, after a closer look, I found out that the special effects team are not actors, so poaching one or two of them would not be of much use. Moreover, the technical core of the streamer team is the team’s boss, Li Guang.
Without Li Guang, even if Shanhe poached most of Liu Guang's special effects technicians, they would not be able to compete with the original team.
So after several considerations, Zuo Le gave up poaching and chose acquisition. However, because Li Guang had no intention of selling the company, the acquisition fell into a dilemma.
Of course, although the acquisition failed, Li Guang proposed a solution, which was to hope that Shanhe would take a stake.
The most expensive aspect of film and television dramas is the special effects, which are so expensive that many domestic film and television companies are prohibitive.
Therefore, even though the streamer is one of the top special effects teams in the country, life is actually not as comfortable as imagined.
Not all crews are willing to spend hundreds of millions on special effects like Zuo Le. The fifty-cent special effects are not just a mockery of domestic special effects.
Those who don’t have money don’t dare to spend money, and large-scale production crews with such capital to spend on special effects will not choose domestic teams in many cases, but outsource them to American Hollywood.
In this environment, the plight of domestic special effects companies can be imagined. Top domestic companies such as streamers can still sustain it, but many ordinary companies cannot survive and go bankrupt or change careers.
Sometimes many people see short videos of people playing with special effects on Douyin and other self-media platforms, exclaim about the high level, and then complain about the 50-cent special effects produced in domestic films.
Little did they know that the two groups were probably the same family......
Zuo Le is very interested in buying shares in the streamer team, but there are currently quite some differences between the two parties regarding the shares.
What Zuo Le means is that Shanhe is the best way to control the streamer. Even if it fails, it must still be the major shareholder.
Li Guang, on the other hand, does not want to lose control of the team. His vision is for Shanhe to come in and become a small shareholder and not participate in the company's management. In the future, special effects work for Shanhe Film and Television projects can be completely outsourced to the streamer.
That's right, Li Guang asked Shanhe to invest in the company to attract external funds. The bigger purpose was to win over Shanhe, a stable customer.
When we first collaborated on "Seven Swords", Zuo Le's excellence in special effects production and his generosity in spending money left an indelible memory for the streamer team, which they still remember today.
If you can bind such a big customer for a long time, even if it's just one project a year, it will be enough for the streamer to have a mouth full of money.
At this stage, the two sides are in preliminary contact and will soon launch the first round of negotiations.
Zuo Le's bottom line for Yan Kui is to get at least 30% of the streamer's shares and do so quickly.
He will be filming "Magic Phone" in the second half of the year and will need a lot of special effects. He decided to buy the shares early so that the streamer team can focus on the post-production of "Magic Phone" as soon as possible.
Preparing for "Senior Case Group 2", selling "Enter Guandong", and investing in the streamer team. These three things, especially the latter two, are major events in Shanhe in recent times, and they are what Zuo Le asked Yan Kui to solve first.
As for the remaining chores, they are not of high importance. Basically, Yan Kui handles them by himself and reports them to Zuo Le afterwards.
Being the CEO of Shanhe is not easy!
Zuo Le gives Yan Kui such a salary every year and has enough power in the company, so Yan Kui has to pay corresponding rewards.
Don't forget, Zuo Le is one of the "Four Evil Men" along with Zhou Papi and Huang Shiren. Many times, jokes can't be taken seriously...
