1990: Starting from Baojia Street

The results of the trial shooting were very good, even beyond Zhou Yan's expectations.

Everyone prepared for this scene for a long time. After completing the planned tasks, each department would spontaneously study this scene.

Everyone knows the importance of this scene to the movie, and also knows how difficult it is to shoot, so no one wants to be the one that holds them back.

However, although the test shoot was very successful, it was not the time to relax yet, and everyone was working hard to complete the scene.

Of course, although it was a test shoot, Zhou Yan kept many of the shots. Maybe they might be used later, because many of the shots were indeed very good.

For example, in the scene where the guests are walking back in the rain, everyone’s performance can be said to be perfect, and it can be used as a feature film.

On the second day of the formal shooting, everyone was familiar with the process and performed even better than during the trial shoot, and there were no accidents during the process.

All the shots were completed within the time planned by Zhou Yan.

When the last shot was finished, Zhou Yan raised the megaphone and shouted, "It's over, call it a day."

There was cheering from the crowd. Although the film was less than half finished, they brought it to a perfect end at the end of the competition.

During this period, all the crew members worked together sincerely and completed the filming here almost perfectly, and even advanced the planned cycle by two or three days.

After everyone cheered for a while, Zhou Yan spoke again, "It's getting late today, everyone go back and rest early. The crew will have a day off tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and you can move around freely. Of course, you can't leave Pengcheng, and if you want to stay overnight outside, you need to report to the crew."

"Also, there will be a celebration banquet tomorrow night, which will be held in the village. Of course, attendance is not mandatory. If you are willing to attend, please go to Director Shen to sign up."

The cheers from the audience became even louder now. Although they did not feel tired during the filming period, they were all very happy to have a day off, because many of them had been here for such a long time and had not had a good time in Jiaochangwei, let alone in the urban area of ​​Pengcheng.

The economy in Pengcheng is developing rapidly and is more connected with the outside world. Compared with Yanjing, you can buy more interesting things here.

Seeing everyone happy, Zhou Yan also laughed.

Normally, he doesn't like to do things like popping champagne at halftime, but everyone has been working hard during this period, and they will be leaving the arena in two days, so he might as well give everyone two days off to rest.

It was more of a reward banquet than a celebration banquet.

Shen Yan was right next to Zhou Yan, and said with a smile, "Director Zhou, why don't you let those who don't want to attend the celebration banquet come and report. Most people are definitely willing to attend the celebration banquet, so it will be less work if we only record those who don't want to attend."

Logically speaking, Shen Yan's suggestion is correct. Recording fewer people can indeed save a lot of trouble.

But Zhou Yan shook his head. "Some people don't want to attend the celebration banquet, but they may not be embarrassed to tell you. Let those who are willing to come sign up, so that everyone can feel less pressure."

Shen Yan immediately understood what Zhou Yan meant. He secretly gave Zhou Yan a thumbs up. Otherwise, it would be said that Director Zhou's crew was more stable than other crews. Director Zhou's handling of these details was really unmatched by ordinary people.

He only thought about saving trouble and didn't think about this level at all.

After Zhou Yan left, Shen Yan couldn't help but say to Li Hong, "Old Li, Director Zhou is really amazing. I have to learn from him."

"Shouldn't you have understood this principle long ago?" Li Hong smiled and said, "In fact, Director Zhou still has something to tell you."

"What?" Shen Yan asked curiously, "Are you talking about the registration matter?"

"Yes, it's about signing up for the celebration banquet." Li Hong nodded. "Letting those who are willing to participate sign up will not only reduce the pressure on those who are unwilling to come, but also increase everyone's enthusiasm."

"What do you mean?" Shen Yan didn't quite understand.

"Old Shen, let me tell you a story. When we were in junior high school, our homeroom teacher issued a policy that as long as students were not late for a semester, they would receive a notebook. It was not difficult for junior high school students to not be late for a month. Not many people were late to begin with, and after this policy was introduced, even fewer people were late. So by the end of the semester, only two people did not get a notebook."

"If the class teacher wanted to save trouble, he could have just said the names of those two students, eliminated them first, and then distributed notebooks to the others. But the class teacher didn't do that. Instead, he called up all the students who had received notebooks one by one to receive them. There were a total of eighty-nine students who were not late. Not one was left out. The teacher called out their names and they all went up to the podium. Do you think the class teacher did that just to save the other two students' face?"

"Isn't it?" Shen Yan seemed to understand.

"Of course not. I am just one of the eighty-nine students. Although I know that most people have received notebooks and I am not special, when the teacher called my name and I walked onto the podium, I still felt a sense of accomplishment. It may seem troublesome to let those who are willing to come sign up, but it gives the staff a chance to feel successful."

Shen Yan frowned. He felt that what Li Hong said made some sense, but he also felt that Director Zhou might not think in that way. Maybe Director Zhou just wanted to reduce the pressure on those who couldn't come.

Seeing Shen Yan's confused expression, Li Hong smiled and patted his shoulder. "One last thing. You are a new member of the director team and you are not very familiar with the other members of the crew. Letting everyone come to you to sign up will also allow you to chat with everyone more. It seems to be a lot of trouble, but it actually gives you an opportunity."

Shen Yan's expression froze. Director Zhou actually cared so much about him?

Seeing the change in Shen Yan's expression, Li Hong showed a meaningful smile. He was not sure whether Zhou Yan really thought so, but he still told Shen Yan so, hoping that Shen Yan would have more respect for Zhou Yan in his heart.

The crew needs unity, and the core of unity is Zhou Yan. As the deputy director, he should work in this direction and let everyone gather around Zhou Yan.

Li Hong should be the least ambitious one among all Zhou Yan's assistant directors.

Other directors who followed Zhou Yan all wanted to level up and then get the opportunity to shoot their own movies.

Li Hong used to think so, but as time went by, his thoughts gradually changed.

Now, he has gradually become indifferent to the idea of ​​being able to work on his own. If there is a chance, he can make one or two movies. If there is no chance, it doesn't matter at all.

But as long as Zhou Yan makes a movie, he must be Zhou Yan's assistant director.

Because over the years he has also realized one thing, that is, his ability is not suitable for taking charge on his own, and compared to being a director himself, he can play a better role as an assistant director.

Especially after following Zhou Yan and witnessing Zhou Yan's wild ideas and unparalleled personal charm, he understood more that instead of thinking about working alone, it would be better to assist Zhou Yan.

When he makes his own movies, his upper limit can be seen at a glance.

However, by assisting Zhou Yan in making movies, he can reach a position that ordinary people cannot reach.

Moreover, Zhou Yan is very good to his own people and will never treat him unfairly.

While Shen Yan was still in a daze, Hong Xin had already walked over and said, "Director Shen, I'd like to sign up for tomorrow's celebration banquet. Please write down my name." "Oh, okay." Shen Yan came back to his senses and quickly took out a notebook and pen to write down Hong Xin's name.

As soon as he wrote Hong Xin's name, others came over and soon he was surrounded by the staff.

……

The next morning, Zhou Yan took Wang Zuxian to find Zhou Hong.

He had finally got some free time during this period, so he was thinking of going to Zhou Entertainment today.

As soon as they arrived at Zhou Hong's villa, they heard Zhou Hong laugh and say, "I just saw your wedding news in the newspaper."

"Wedding news?"

Zhou Hong pointed to the newspaper on the coffee table and said, "You can read it yourself."

Wang Zuxian went to pick up the newspaper on the coffee table first, and when she saw the headline on the front page, she couldn't help but curl her lips, "These entertainment reporters are really brave to write this."

Zhou Yan leaned over to take a look and saw the headline on the front page read: Big News, Zhou Yan and Joey Wong held their wedding in Pengcheng yesterday!
Below the title is a very large photo.

In the photo, Joey Wong is wearing that red dress and standing next to the flower wall with Zhou Yan, with a smile on her face.

The most interesting thing is that this photo deliberately did not include the staff and filming equipment on the scene, making it look like a wedding.

From this shooting angle, the photographer should be at the place where tourists are watching.

Although the distance is far, the photo is quite clear, which shows that the person who took the photo was well prepared.

Looking at the text below, there is a very long paragraph. The content of the first paragraph roughly means that according to insiders, Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian held a secret wedding somewhere in Pengcheng, and there were not many guests at the scene.

Then they brought up the previous scandal between Zhou Yan and Joey Wong for a long time, and only in the last paragraph of the report did they mention that this might just be a movie shoot.

In a whole page of news, only less than ten words are true, and these words are hidden in the last paragraph. Many readers probably won’t even read this paragraph.

Even if you read it, you may ignore it.

I guess many people who have watched the news think that Zhou Yan has really married Joey Wong.

Many times, this is how rumors arise.

Zhou Yan and Joey Wong have long been accustomed to the entertainment reporters' indecisive writing style. Joey Wong simply curled her lips and complained a few words, and didn't say anything else.

As for Zhou Hong, he didn't care at all. Instead, he smiled and praised, "This photo is very well taken. I will go to the newspaper office to get the photo and show it to my grandparents to make them happy in advance."

Wang Zuxian felt a little embarrassed by what she said, "Second brother is making fun of us."

"The wedding will happen sooner or later." Zhou Hong smiled and clapped his hands, "Come on, I'll take you to the company."

……

The Zhou family has many industries, but Zhou Hong usually works in an industrial park in Futian. They have six buildings in this industrial park, five of which are shorter ones are factories, and there is a twelve-story building that is used as an office for management personnel.

Logically speaking, the six factory buildings are not large in scale, and managers do not need a twelve-story building at all. However, Zhou Hong said that this building is basically full.

"There are several companies in this building. About 60 to 70 percent of our business is in this building."

When they reached the entrance of the building, Zhou Hong introduced to Zhou Yan and Wang Zuxian, "But this number is still declining, and it is expected to drop below 50% by next year. In the past two years, we have also been integrating and sorting out our businesses. There are too many and too diverse businesses, which will have a greater impact on future development."

"Our clothing business was doing well before, but now most of the business has been outsourced to others. We are mainly responsible for receiving the business and then handing it over to these outsourced factories to do it."

Zhou Yan nodded. Outsourcing these basic operations could reduce the weight of the family business. Although it would give up some profits, it would also share the risks.

Moreover, after these businesses are divided out, management costs are also reduced.

To put it in a more sophisticated way, it means shifting from the physical industry to the service industry.

To put it in plain terms, they are brokers, whose main purpose is to earn intermediary fees.

"Will all factories be outsourced eventually?" Zhou Yan asked.

Zhou Hong shook his head. "How is that possible? The business we outsource now is basically the clothing industry, which has no technical content. If we don't outsource, we are too heavy, it's not easy to turn around, and we are easy to be sniped. After losing weight, we shifted our focus to the electronics industry and accumulated technological advantages as soon as possible. Our layout in the electronics industry is the opposite of that in the clothing industry. We first do intermediary business and then gradually build our own R&D center."

As they talked, the three of them walked into the lobby on the first floor.

The receptionist immediately greeted, "Good morning, Mr. Zhou."

The company's front desk is quite formal, with two young girls staffing the front desk.

The two little girls saw Zhou Hong first, and then Zhou Yan and Joey Wong, and their eyes immediately widened.

Zhou Hong smiled and nodded to the front desk, then took Zhou Yan and the others to the elevator and went to the sixth floor.

"The entire sixth floor is owned by Zhou Entertainment, so it's relatively empty compared to the other floors. But the output value of the sixth floor is quite high, more than most floors."

Zhou Entertainment currently has relatively few businesses, and even fewer profitable businesses. Many projects are losing money. For example, Huanyin just signed Wang Lihong and Mayday, and these newcomers have not yet made any money for the company.

The reason why the overall output value is so high is mainly because they made a lot of money from the movie "The Sixth Sense".

When "The Sixth Sense" was being filmed, Zhou Entertainment invested money in it. Just from this movie, they made a lot of money. Now they can get a share of the money from this movie every month, and this kind of money-sharing will continue for a long time. (End of this chapter)