1980 My literary era

In early January 1994, many things happened, such as the establishment of Huayi Brothers, and the launch of Zhijiang Satellite TV.

This month is not very auspicious.

In addition to these newly born satellite TV and film companies, there is also a company that has just been established in Yanjing.

In October, Wang Shuo and Feng Xiaogang established "Haomeng Film and Television Company" with Wang Shuo as the legal representative and a registered capital of 300,000 yuan.

Business scope: planning, consulting, economic information consulting for movies, TV series and variety shows, retailing of household appliances, household electronic products, clothing materials, arts and crafts (except fireworks), and building materials.

What stands out is a "diversified operation".

"You are trying to form a group!" Lin Weimin joked.

Feng Xiaogang put the tea cup in front of Lin Weimin, "Please don't make fun of us. I'm just having fun with Master Shuo."

Lin Weimin put down his business license and took a sip of tea, "Bah, bah, bah, the company has started to do it, so you can't get some decent high-breakfast, which smells like tobacco leaves."

"When others come, there is no tea, and the chairman has to sweep the floor himself. Just be content." Wang Shuo said.

There are three people in Haomeng Company. Wang Shuo is the chairman, Feng Xiaogang is the general manager, and Peng Xiaolin is the financial director. They are all officials. There are no people to lead. The chairman has to clean the table and sweep the floor by himself every day.

In addition, the registered capital of 300,000 yuan is actually only 100,000 yuan on the account, which was raised by three people.

Although the company may be small, Chairman Wang is very ambitious and will brainwash Mr. Feng and Mr. Peng whenever he has nothing to do.

"In the future, the company only needs to sell 30% of its shares, which will cost tens of millions."

Therefore, the performances of Li Chengru and Zhang Hanyu come from life.

The key is that if Chairman Wang dares to let go of his bold words, Mr. Feng and Mr. Peng will really dare to believe them.

The company had just been established for a month and had not yet produced a single work, when it met an oil-trading CEO who showed a strong interest in Good Dream Company.

This excited Director Wang, Mr. Feng, and Mr. Peng so much that they sent a girl to the boss to explore the way undercover.

Unfortunately, after waiting for a long time, there was no movement from the undercover agent.

I went to find someone, but they were gone.

After asking about it, the girl turned out to be Xiaomi.

"Ouch! I lost my wife and lost my troops." Feng Xiaogang said regretfully, patting his thigh.

While he was talking, Wang Shuo frowned and said nothing. He is the backbone and backbone of Haomeng Company. It has been two months since the company was established, but there has been no improvement, and he even lost a girl. This is the first time for Director Wang I felt the danger of the mall.

It was a bad start. The company had been open for two months, but no money had come in, only money could come out. This made Mr. Wang very anxious.

I called Lin Weimin two days ago and hesitated for a long time before I explained my purpose. It turned out that I wanted Lin Weimin to come over and give me some advice. Lin Weimin was Wang Shuo's most business-minded friend.

"You said it's not good for you two to find a partner to do business? You have to find him, what a shameful thing!"

Lin Weimin listened to Feng Xiaogang's story about what happened in the past two months. He didn't have any sympathy. Instead, he laughed. The main target was of course Wang Shuo. This guy was not born to be a business material, but he didn't believe in evil and suffered repeated defeats.

"I came to you today to help with ideas. Does it have anything to do with what I did before? It was the past, but it was because I didn't do my major. We are now in a film and television company, so we are in the same boat." Wang Shuo quibbled.

"Oh? Then why is there no business?" Lin Weimin hit the nail on the head.

"This...isn't this just opened?" Wang Shuo said with his lips pursed.

After joking for a while, Lin Weimin said seriously: "You guys, if you really want to hear my opinion, then I will give you a suggestion."

Wang Shuo became more energetic, "Let's talk and listen."

"Don't aim too high. Keep your feet on the ground and start with advertising."

Wang Shuo said in confusion: "It's so boring to do advertising. Isn't it overkill? If you want to do it, just do a TV series or a movie!"

Feng Xiaogang also said: "Mr. Lin, Master Shuo and I have produced several TV series, which have been well received and sold well. Should we have no problem making TV series?"

After hearing what the two said, Lin Weimin shook his head, "The level of you two is terrible!"

"Hey!" Wang Shuo became anxious when he heard Lin Weimin's words, "Who are you looking down on? I am the same person who wrote "Desire"!"

"Don't rest on your past achievements. Let me ask you, how long has it been since you wrote something decent?"

After Lin Weimin asked this question, Wang Shuo's face became uncertain.

Wang Shuo's creative peak was in the years from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. After 1991, he had almost no decent works published.

There were some things released in 1992, but they were all "twice-cooked pork" that couldn't be put on the market.

Lin Weimin's words hit Wang Shuo's lungs. He was silent for a long time. At this time, Feng Xiaogang said: "Teacher Lin, there is also me. I have written a few scripts with Master Shuo."

"Writing a script and revising it are two different things."

One sentence shocked Feng Xiaogang completely. The scripts Feng Xiaogang wrote before were actually reworked on the scripts written by Wang Shuo, Haima Studio and others.

Over there, Wang Shuo finally regained some energy and said angrily: "Are you here to stir up trouble?"

"I just want you two to have a clear understanding of yourself." Lin Weimin leaned back on the sofa and said leisurely.

It's hard to say, but it's true.

Chairman Wang was so worried that he sucked out sparks from the butt of his cigarette, "Do you think there is really such a thing as a gangster?"

"It depends on who it is. For you, yes."

After being despised, Wang Shuo became even more depressed, "Am I that bad?"

"It's not that you're bad. It's that you're unsettled and don't focus on writing at all. You're just as happy as you get some results. Writing requires talent, but talent and hard work are indispensable."

Lin Weimin pointed out Wang Shuo's problem to the point, causing him to fall into infinite melancholy.

In later generations, Wang Shuo devoted all his energy to film and television script creation after 1992, but he basically just dusted off and polished the works he had written in previous years.

A few original works, such as "My Thousand Years Cold", "Do Not Disturb 2" and "Private Customization", also made many old readers and viewers have mixed feelings after reading them.

Seeing that the PUA was almost done, Lin Weimin said again: "But don't be discouraged. Although you only have three axes, as long as you know the pulse of the people correctly, you will have no problem if you keep your job for twenty years."

"Shut up!"

Originally, he was looking for someone to learn from him, but he was criticized for being incompetent. Wang Shuo wished he had not called Lin Weimin.

But a blow was a blow, and Lin Weimin gave him the idea after all. Feng Xiaogang poured a cup of tea for Lin Weimin and asked in a low voice: "Teacher Lin, please help me to the end. Why don't you help us introduce some business? Advertising is also fine!"

Wang Shuo also looked at Lin Weimin with some expectation. Don't look at the disdain on his face when he mentioned the advertisement just now. That was because he hadn't finished the advertisement yet.

I really saw the advertiser, he could hold his thigh and call him daddy, Director Wang is so thirsty now!

"Let me give you a call."

Lin Weimin wrote a phone number on the paper and handed it to Feng Xiaogang.

Feng Xiaogang took the piece of paper and asked curiously: "Teacher Lin, this is..."

"Yang Weiguang, who used to be the deputy director of CCTV, is now the director. CCTV's advertising department is developing well. Your company can take on some jobs. As for what jobs you can take, it depends on your own abilities."

Director of CCTV?

Feng Xiaogang also worked as a screenwriter for the Spring Festival Gala. He can be contacted, but he is a nobody in front of others.

CCTV is a national television station. In recent years, along with the country's economic development, it has developed at an alarming rate.

As the cash cow of CCTV, the advertising department has achieved record highs every year since it was upgraded from the advertising department to the advertising department in 1987.

Lin Weimin met Yang Weiguang during the Spring Festival Gala a few years ago. We haven't had much contact with him over the years, but relationships don't care about the frequency of contact, but are directly related to your social status.

In other local TV stations, the food chain is like this, manufacturers → advertising companies → TV stations.

But in CCTV it’s like this, CCTV→advertising company→manufacturer.

Lin Weimin's casual phone call to Feng Xiaogang was a stepping stone for Haomeng Company. As long as they really did a good job in the business that the CCTV advertising department dropped from their fingers, it would be enough for their small company to survive.

"Hey! Why don't we ask you to take action? The hairs you pluck out are thicker than our waists. Once you take action, you will be the director of CCTV. How do you say that poem? Yes, there is no one in the world, why don't you say The leader wants you to be the director of the Film Bureau..." Feng Xiaogang began to flatter him in a disgusting manner.

Lin Weimin waved his hand, "Come on, put this stuff away and keep it for your customers."

With the money-making business, Director Wang, Mr. Feng and Mr. Peng are all smiles.

Two days later, Wang Shuo walked out of the Color TV Center.

In 1988, CCTV moved from the original broadcasting compound to the Color TV Center on the bank of Yuyuantan. The newly built Color TV Center main building has 24 floors, is 110 meters high, and has a construction area of ​​more than 84,000 square meters. After its completion, it was rated as one of the top ten buildings in Yanjing.

"How's it going? Have you met the director?" Feng Xiaogang and Peng Xiaolin, who were waiting outside, asked impatiently.

Wang Shuo still feels that it is a bit unreal and said: "I saw it."

"What did the director say? What's your attitude?"

"The attitude was okay, but I didn't say more than ten sentences in total."

Feng Xiaogang and Peng Xiaolin were a little disappointed when they heard this. They didn't even say ten words? Teacher Lin is in trouble?

"Then why did you stay in there for so long?" Feng Xiaogang asked.

"Nonsense, I'm meeting the director of the advertising department!"

"what happened?"

Wang Shuo then recounted what happened on CCTV.

They made a phone call before coming and arrived at the Color TV Center. Wang Shuo entered the office building by himself and met the station director Yang Weiguang.

Yang Weiguang was very polite, but seemed very busy and had a meeting to attend. He only asked Wang Shuo a few questions about Lin Weimin's situation, and then asked someone to take him to the advertising department.

Today's CCTV advertising department procedures are not so formal, and advertising service providers can add more as they please.

The director of the advertising department is called Tan Xisong. Wang Shuo was sent by the director of the station. She naturally attached great importance to it and gave Wang Shuo two advertising cases on the spot. The advertising fee was 500,000 yuan and the advertising agency fee was 10%, which was 50,000 yuan. .

CCTV earns advertising fees, and advertising companies earn advertising agency fees.

"50,000 yuan?"

Feng Xiaogang and Peng Xiaolin were extremely surprised, "You made 50,000 yuan so easily?"

Wang Shuo said: "The commercial hasn't been shot yet!"

"It's not easy to shoot an advertisement." Feng Xiaogang said nonchalantly.

In the past few years, he has been following Wang Shuo, and has been involved in movies and TV series. Isn't it easy to shoot an advertisement?

"I see, we have to hold Teacher Lin's thigh tightly from now on." Feng Xiaogang said.

Peng Xiaolin kept nodding.

Wang Shuo said: "We have to pursue something, and the main business should still be movies and TV series..."

Seeing that Feng Xiaogang and Peng Xiaolin turned a deaf ear to his words, Wang Shuo suddenly became depressed.

People's hearts are broken and it's hard to lead the team!