From traffic to movie star

Chapter 440 Public Relations Cannes Film Festival

After greeting Zhang Ming, Wei Xun didn't go around the corner.

He asked the other party to sit down and said with a smile: "My headhunter told me that Mr. Zhang has recently thought of changing places."

"To be more precise, Mr. Wei's headhunter found me."

This kind of "poaching" approach is actually more like a negotiation, and the fight is about who can hold their breath.So Zhang Ming also smiled and said: "I also felt a little confused when I came here. The medal is a film and television media company. It seems that there is no place here for me to help Mr. Wei."

"Mr. Zhang is 32 years old this year, and he has already taken the position of executive vice president of Internet media in Honggao. With such ability, if you change to another company, it is not impossible to find a president to do it."

Regarding Zhang Ming's pretending to be confused, Wei Xun said pointedly: "But he has been staying in Honggao. Judging from Mr. Zhang's qualifications and age, he may not be able to change his position in the next ten years."

Zhang Ming's expression froze upon hearing this.

He is the executive vice president of Honggao's Internet media. This position is already very high, but there are at least five or six steps to climb up to the real decision-making level.Honggao's total assets exceed one trillion yuan. The internal management structure is huge and the audit mechanism is strict. In his position, going up is no longer simply based on ability, but also has to fight for relationships and factions.

Moreover, there are not many positions in Honggao, just like a radish and a hole. Before you want to enter a hole, you have to pull out the radish inside.

Zhang Ming was young and capable, so when he realized that he couldn't make it, he became anxious.

He didn't want to waste his golden time here.

"Even if you can't move for the time being, but with all due respect, this is Honggao." Zhang Ming adjusted his thoughts and said, "Take your listed company Panda Stock as an example. .”

"There is really no way to compare this, but I think you must have heard that Gu Changming, the president of Panda Ticketing, was trained by me. The CEO of Panda Ticketing and the executive vice president of Honggao's Internet media, Mr. Zhang feels Which is more satisfactory?"

Wei Xun smiled and said: "And Chang Ming is now in charge of his own affairs, and I will never interfere with him."

It has to be said that Wei Xun's ability to persuade people is very strong, at least Zhang Ming was a little moved by what he said.But just for a moment, he shook his head: "It's a pity, there is no place for me in Medal Media, and Gu Changming is here to buy panda tickets."

"It's not a pity at all, because I want to try the self-media industry, develop a software called 'Today's Headlines', abandon the old path of traditional media portals, and adopt a new media operation model." Wei Xun said: "In my It seems that the future of the Internet is the era of self-media.”

While speaking, he threw a brief proposal to Zhang Ming.

The era of self-media?

Zhang Ming looked at the proposal book in front of him, and instead of flipping through it, he said hesitantly, "Mr. Wei is not afraid that after I read it..."

Theft and plagiarism of proposals are not uncommon in the business world.

"Mr. Zhang can read it freely, because after you read this proposal, you will definitely keep it." Wei Xun motioned him to open the document file, and said with a smile: "And I initially planned to invest one billion yuan, and it will gradually increase in the future." Investment, such a plan, can never be sustained without money to burn.”

In other words, no money is a pile of waste paper.

Preliminary proposal of one billion?
Hearing the amount of investment, Zhang Ming's face turned serious.However, after he opened the proposal, his eyes widened as he looked at it, and his whole body fell into a kind of shock.

Toutiao's 'traffic harvesting' plan.

Breed short videos from Toutiao.

Short videos overtake long videos.

This proposal is definitely a genius-level idea. It has a complete plan and details to advance and fill, as if there is a software called 'Jijin Toutiao' that has really walked such a road!
If you follow this plan, once you succeed, Toutiao will not be able to reach the heights of Jutong and Honggao, but it will definitely not be too far behind!

"Boss Wei... this..."

Zhang Ming watched halfway, but he didn't dare to look any further. He raised his head and looked at Wei Xun. He didn't know whether his eyes were more shocked or amazed.But Zhang Ming knew in his heart that his heart was beating extremely fast at the moment: "You want me to be the headline of today..."

Negotiations rely on leverage and attraction.

From the moment he saw this proposal, Zhang Ming knew that he had lost.

But a person who can write a proposal for 'short video corner overtaking long video' is enough to impress Zhang Ming!Because from this plan, he saw Wei Xun's ambition.

The ambition to challenge the two behemoths, Honggao and Jutong!

This made Zhang Ming excited.

"If you become the CEO of Toutiao today, like Chang Ming, I will give you absolute autonomy. I will give you 5% of the original stock, but you have to invest 2000 million as capital, and you can increase it later. Large shareholding ratio. As long as you agree, I will give you the specific operation plan of Toutiao and Douyin. "

Wei Xun smiled and said, "I'm going to leave for Xiangjiang the day after tomorrow. Before that, I want to see the news of Mr. Zhang's resignation in the media."
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The so-called chicken head is better than phoenix tail.

The next day, there was news from the financial sector that Zhang Ming, the executive vice president of Internet media of Hong Technology, resigned and announced to the outside world that he would start his own business.

But what few people know is that behind Zhang Ming's self-employment, Wei Xun is supporting him.

An Internet technology company called 'ByteDance' was registered quietly. At this time, no one has paid attention to this small company.

As for Wei Xun, he was doing the final finishing work in the medal media office.

Solved the problem of 'headlines', Panda Tickets went on the market successfully, Medal has secured its position as the leader in China's film and television industry, and the wedding date with Chi Tang has also been set, all of Wei Xun's plans are going smoothly and are handled very well appropriate.So next, I can rest assured to start the filming of "Infernal Affairs".

His flight will fly to Xiangjiang tomorrow morning.

Zou Min has already set off with the crew first, and Bai Qianchi has already arrived at the crew ahead of schedule, leaving Wei Xun as the director and leading actor.

When it was time to get off work, Wei Xun stood up to make coffee.

Dong Zhen knocked on the door and walked in with a subtle expression: "Mr. Wei, when I was negotiating with the Film Bureau about the application for the Cannes Film Festival, the other party hinted that I might have a change, because Director Liu Qiren is also eyeing the host of the Cannes Film Festival next year." competition unit."

International A-category film festivals usually have to report well in advance. For example, Wei Xun plans to go to Cannes next year. Even if the film has not started yet, he has to inform the officials in advance.

Because there are at least thousands of films from all over the world that participate in the Cannes review every year. If you want to stand out and be valued by the Cannes organizing committee, it must be the most appropriate way to submit for review through official channels.

Whether it is the Big Three or the Oscars, not only must the quality of the film be good, but it must also do a good job in public relations. This is the industry's default rule.

Logically speaking, with Wei Xun's current status, it is not difficult to get a Cannes application quota.

But this director Liu Qiren is a representative figure of directors of Chinese literary and artistic films. The works that Bai Qianchi once made emperor in Venice were filmed by this director.Moreover, Liu Qiren has exhibited his own films in Cannes' Un Certain Kind Unit, and was even nominated for best director at the Berlin Film Festival.

It can be said that Liu Qiren is a "frequent visitor" of the top three in the world.

Moreover, the Cannes Film Festival has an unwritten rule. Although it is not absolute, in general, if you want to win an award in the main competition unit of Cannes, you must have a work that has been shortlisted in other units. This is also Cannes’ favor and cultivation of filmmakers.

According to this model process, Liu Qiren's chances of winning the award this year are quite high, after all, he is indeed of a high level.

But there must be only one spot for the official report to select the 'Main Competition Unit', and if Director Liu took it away, Wei Xun would be gone.

There are only [-] films in the Cannes main competition. According to normal circumstances, the French themselves may have [-] films. After all, the Cannes Film Festival is held by others, so the competition for the remaining five films must be fierce.

"The launch conference of "Infernal Affairs" in Xiangjiang has been cancelled, so there is no need to notify the media."

Wei Xun stirred the coffee in his hand, thought for a moment, and said: "After I go to Xiangjiang, you arrange the media to break the news that "Infernal Affairs" will start filming quietly, and intend to report the news to Cannes."

Since there is only one place, let's see who can make it public.

Everyone is on their own.

(End of this chapter)