Confessions of a Salesman

Chapter 572

The miraculous farce in the East is just a small episode, but it is not difficult to see that the internal problems of Zhongjing have not been fundamentally resolved.Hu Junsheng is not a savior. His arrival will bring a glimmer of hope to Zhongjing, but Zhongjing's deep-rooted internal problems are no less than those of the original Wanzhong Group.

Can Hu Junsheng become the second person like Dong Zong?I don’t think so. Judging from his attitude towards Dongfang, it’s not difficult to see that he’s still a bit too petty. He at least waits until his position is completely consolidated before eliminating dissidents. People like Dongfang are double-edged swords. Very powerful.

After seeing off Dongfang Miracle, President Dong asked me: "What do you think?"

I thought for a while and said, "Dongfang doesn't seem to be acting. They do have conflicts. I think Dongfang is a talent. If he really follows us wholeheartedly, it will be of great use."

Mr. Dong shook his head and said: "You underestimate them, haven't we suffered enough? It's not that I'm suspicious, but once called by snakes, I'm afraid of well ropes for ten years, so I have to guard against them! I suggest you or Investigate Dongfang thoroughly to see if he had any contact with Hu Junsheng before? I always feel that there is something wrong with Hu Junsheng's attitude. There is no reason. As soon as he came up, he just targeted Dongfang in this way? Dongfang was earlier than Sun Shengguo and the others. The one who came to Zhongjing, Dongfang is not strictly a member of Sun Shengguo. Even if he is, he is still a major shareholder of Zhongjing. With his high level, at least he has to wait for Hu Junsheng to gain a firm foothold before turning his back on him. , cleared Dongfang so quickly, did he clean it up? Just imagine, if you came to power and took my place, would you kick all my former subordinates away at once? What about the company? work? Isn't that realistic?"

I hurriedly said: "I dare not sit in your seat, even if you give it to me, I will not sit, I dare not even think about it."

Dong Zong smiled and said: "Why are you so nervous? Sooner or later, there will be such a day, and sooner or later my position will be yours. However, I will arrange everything and let you come up again. Don't worry!"

I shook my head and said: "I know how much I have, and I don't want to sit in your position. It's fine if I have money to make. That's fine. You don't have to try me. We will win and lose, and we will advance and retreat together." Yes, don't worry, I will never stay if you leave, and I will never leave if you stay, a good boss is enough for a lifetime!"

Dong Zong smiled and said meaningfully: "People will grow up, and they will have different ideas at different stages. I think you can be a little ambitious. Look at the people who can come today, which one is not ambitious? , you can’t accomplish anything if you don’t have any ambition!”

I hummed and said, "I know this too, but ambition has to be directly proportional to ability, right? If I only have that ambition without the corresponding ability, that's wishful thinking!"

President Dong frowned and said, "Why do you always like to belittle yourself? People who don't know you may think you're hypocritical, but I know you!"

I actually don’t know why I am like this. It stands to reason that I should have such self-confidence, but every time when it comes to improving to a higher level, I vaguely feel that I am not capable enough, or that the people around me are too good for the sake of it.

The reception was coming to an end, and some important people left one after another. When Mr. Ma left, he deliberately walked up to me and said to me: "I remembered, I saw you in the photo, the photo of my niece I’ve seen you before, so I’m sure I’ll remember it right!”

Before I could ask him who his niece was, he hurried away.

I am left with a messy mind, his niece?Take a picture with me, who?Never heard of it!
Seeing me standing there in a daze, Mr. Dong called out, "Why are you in a daze? Hurry up, I'll introduce you to a few more people, and they'll leave after a while!"

I hummed, followed Dong Zong mechanically, and listened to her introduction one by one.

Mr. Dong's formal introduction shows that she really attaches great importance to me, so the people she introduced to me will naturally pay more attention to me.It seemed that someone noticed that I might be Dong Zong's successor, and soon I became the focus of the last group of people who left.

Most of them are investors of banks and venture funds, and there are also some related parts manufacturers, all of whom are leaders in the industry.Everyone is very talkative, and no one is putting on airs. We exchanged business cards and contact information. Although we only talked about the scene, it can be seen that we are also testing Dong Zong's tone.

Dong Zong's attitude is rather ambiguous, without clearly stating that I will be her next successor, but repeatedly emphasizing that this is the first and last time she receives the award, and it will gradually fade out from the public Vision, in the days to come, I may become the spokesperson of all people.

The question I am asked the most is, who will develop Wanzhong's overseas market, and what is the specific form of development?
I don’t have a clear answer to this question. I haven’t discussed this issue with Dong Zong before. Dong Zong doesn’t let me participate in the overseas market, and she is responsible for it. As for why, I have never asked. Dong Zong also did not explain.

My answers are all very official, and all answers are just a plan for the time being, and the specific implementation will not be carried out so quickly.

The couple hadn't left yet, and they were still making their last effort. Seeing that we were the last group of people to leave, they hurried over. Probably the only person they knew was me, so, first of all, we were with me. Saying hello, I hope that I will introduce these benefactors to them.

For me, it's a matter of little effort. I think it's okay to introduce them because they are so diligent, but I just met them, so I simply introduced: "These two are familiar to you, right?"

These people nodded slightly. It can be seen that people in the financial industry are still quite resistant to movie stars. They think in their bones that they are not of the same level as them. They make money by their own brains. Celebrities rely on their faces, and if they are not in their own circle, they should not be hard-working, so they are all polite and polite.

It seems that without the topic I recommended, they would not be able to start the topic of their investment, so they asked casually: "I heard that you two want to start a film and television company by yourself? Is it still in the form of a studio? Am I interested in the film and television entertainment industry?" I understand too well, if you want to invest, is the risk ratio high? Is the return rate high?"

The man seemed to have made sufficient preparations, and immediately replied: "There are risks in any industry. Relatively, the investment risks in the film and television industry are still controllable. The rate of return depends on the amount of investment. Like a historical The masterpiece "Titanic" took ten years to plan. Once the filming is successful, the rewards are calculated countless times. Of course, if it fails, decades of hard work will be wasted. There are also some instant films, The filming was completed in just a few months, with millions of dollars of investment. Through the star effect, the cost can be paid back very quickly, but the later impact will destroy both actors and film companies. This is like your family of investors, Cut the leeks one crop at a time, then remake them, start a new stove, and cut them again.

We still want to make good works, so that we can give an explanation to our fans and our investors. The actors in our agency are all capable actors. We also strive for perfection in the selection of scripts, and we are never rough. To create chaos, what we want is word of mouth, and the box office is ranked second.

I have a few good scripts here, but I lack discerning investors..."

I smiled and said: "This is similar to our manufacturing industry. We all need word of mouth first and then talk about making money. I don't have such great strength. However, investors here may wish to think about it. It’s also good to make an appearance in it and live a movie star dream.”

An investor in one of the funds asked, "What's the upper limit of investment for one of your works?"

The male celebrity scratched his head and asked, "Are you asking about the upper limit or the lower limit?"

The investor smiled and said, "Of course it's the upper limit. If I can, I can invest 100% of it, but are you willing? What about your income?"

The male celebrity immediately understood, and explained: "Even if you invest 100%, our income ratio can only be divided into [-]-[-], and I am also our lowest limit."

The investor nodded and said, "I see. Have you done the script budget in your hand? If so, why not send it to my assistant in the next few days, can you show me?"

The male star said excitedly: "Of course, I will send you the script budget and script outline tomorrow."

The investor nodded, called his assistant, and left his contact information.

In this way, several investors successively gave him contact information, which made him see hope and was very excited.

When everyone was almost gone, he held my hand gratefully and said, "Mr. Chen, you are really my God of Wealth, thank you so much!"

I shook my head and said, "Those are the Gods of Wealth. What am I, I'm just helping you out. If it becomes a movie in the future, you might as well give me a ticket."

The female star smiled and said, "What are you talking about? If the filming is really successful, you will definitely be invited to the premiere. This is our honor, and we can only wish for it!"

I was a bit reserved one second, and immediately asked the next second: "I just want to ask, can I see Tony Leung and Chow Yun-fat?"

The two smiled at the same time, and the man said to me: "Of course, as long as we can invite them, are you a fan of the two of them?"

I blushed and said, "No, it's just that people always say that I look like Tony Leung, so I just want to see if I look like that?"

"Except that you are both men, I don't see anything similar!" Shi Shi's voice came from behind me.

I pursed my lips and said, "That's up to you to say, the blind know it! Where did you two go?"

Du Shiyang said with a smile: "Mr. Zhuhai Liang Chaowei, when will you have a new work?"

I said arrogantly: "I have won too many prizes. Let's give young people more opportunities. Any film can become a classic. I don't think it's interesting. I'm going to retire and leave some opportunities for you younger generations."

The male star suddenly said sadly: "Actually, it's not that we don't want to work hard to make a good movie. It's just that too many external factors interfere, which makes it difficult for us to make a good movie. A movie that is really popular and well-received, for today's In terms of fast food culture, it is really too difficult. Think about it, the investor hopes to use the least amount of money to get the most benefit and recover the cost as soon as possible. Most of the rich people are laymen. They don’t understand film and television works, not only There must be a good script, good actors, restoration of real scenes, and post-production promotion. Good actors must also have a certain influence and appeal. In this way, it is difficult to find actors themselves, and their fees may It accounts for more than half of the production cost, unless we perform it ourselves.

But we don’t have very good works ourselves. It’s not that we don’t want to have them, but we have to make concessions when we are not famous. If we blindly pursue good scripts, we may lose a lot of exposure. We will have very few people, and what may be produced is a good work, which cannot be well promoted, and no one will watch it. In fact, we are also very contradictory! "

I nodded and said: "I understand your difficulties very well. This is a question of which comes first, the chicken or the egg. If you blindly insist on making your own works and stick to your principles, you may end up with the last work. None, or it may become famous in one fell swoop, it depends on your own choice. It’s not just your industry like this, all industries are the same, if you want to be the best, you can pay the corresponding price.”

Shi Shi smiled and said: "It seems that you are quite enlightened? If you were you, how would you choose?"

I smiled shamelessly and said: "As long as it is not a legal channel, I am willing to go to anyone who can show my face. I have dreamed of being a star since I was a child. However, I also know that the bowl of food for stars is not so delicious. Be professional , you have to go through formal training, you don’t have to have a pretty face to be able to act!”

After finishing speaking, I looked at the female star unintentionally, and the female star realized that several people were looking at her.

She slowly raised her head and said, "Actually, I really don't know how to act, and of course I didn't intend to act. I just made a cameo appearance in a celebrity's MTV. Later, a director found me. When he was looking for me, I said that I don't know how to act, but the director told me at that time, as long as I pose a few poses and make a few expressions, it will be fine.

Later, after I participated in the performance of several works, I was always criticized as a vase. I realized that my acting skills really needed to be improved, but I had already signed with a brokerage company and had to participate in the performance. It was not my turn to refuse. .Now that I have my own film and television agency, of course I hope to continue to improve. I am going to study further!

　Today I saw a reader who left a very pertinent message. I am very grateful to him and gave me a lot of good advice.Let me say a few points here. One is the chapter on casinos and the police, which is a bit confusing, because it has been banned many times before and after, so I changed it again and again.The second is the initial stage of the article, I want to restore the most authentic and realistic writing, but considering various factors, I have to add some, some are not, and I hope to increase sales. Third, about the timeline, this question starts from I made a mistake when I first wrote the outline, so now I can't correct it, so I can only blur the timeline.

　　Finally, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to readers and friends who can give me valuable opinions. I wish you a happy holiday during the epidemic, and treat yourself as a holiday!

　　
　
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