Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 364 I’m investigating you!
After lunch break, when Chen Shiping was driving back to the company to work, he happened to meet several vice presidents downstairs.

Chen Shiping frowned as he looked at their greasy faces and the hint of alcohol on them.

Several vice presidents also subconsciously stopped and felt a little nervous.

"Have you been drinking?" Chen Shiping looked at them and asked, "Don't you know that there will be a meeting this afternoon?"

"I just drank a little because I had a client to entertain." A vice president explained quickly.

Chen Shiping stared at him and asked, "What client needs you guys to accompany him together? Why didn't anyone notify me of such an important client?"

Several vice presidents looked at each other, not knowing how to explain.

One of them was quick to respond and said, "It's an investor from Hong Kong who wanted to invest in our film. He had something urgent to do and has left. I will report to you next time he comes."

Chen Shiping looked at him deeply and said, "Let's get ready for the meeting."

"Okay!" Several vice presidents immediately left with smiles on their faces.

Chen Shiping sighed inwardly and went upstairs.

It is difficult to stop the trend of eating and drinking, and it is not just the people within the group who eat and drink lavishly.

Many people from other units would also come to eat and drink for free in the name of inspection.

This phenomenon has been going on for many years.

Few people come directly to the group, but there are always various people going to the branches to inspect and learn.

Sometimes we go in groups.

People from the group headquarters often visit the branch companies below.

It was very troublesome. Chen Shiping had hardly used public funds for food and drink in all these years, and he only occasionally treated the crew members to dinner.

Chen Shiping has always been very careful about this point, as he has many ways to make money.

There is no need to suck the blood of the group in this way.

If you don’t have money, ask your wife for it.

Besides, he doesn’t spend much money working in the group.

Chen Shiping personally doesn't pursue food and drink, as long as he has enough money to spend, that's enough.

Besides, he can't spend all the money.

We really need to find a way to sort out this problem in the group and check whose situation is more serious.

Kill a chicken.

Please invite everyone in the group to drink chicken soup together!

After Chen Shiping returned to the office, he called Secretary Xiao Li and asked her to find out who had the biggest problem in the company.

Secretary Xiao Li suddenly felt a lot of pressure. Why was she asked to investigate such a matter?

I'm just a secretary!
However, this task is not difficult and is relatively easy to find out.

Those who are truly greedy and truly embezzle money will definitely not be found out.

Such extravagant and wasteful use of public funds for eating and drinking are all openly exposed.

After Chen Shiping handed the matter over to Secretary Xiao Li to investigate, he put it aside for the time being.

Let’s solve the big problem first, since it’s a lot of money.

It's all spent, so we have to tighten our belts and see who can be more extravagant.

Chen Shiping adjusted several previous investment plans and went to the meeting.

“The investment in digital cinemas and digital film bases should be increased, especially in the construction of digital cinemas, which should give concessions to cinemas.

Only in this way can the cinema chains give profits to the audience. Movie ticket prices must not be raised, otherwise it will only drive the audience out of the cinema."

Chen Shiping emphasized this point many times when the film market was reformed a few years ago, and the growth of ticket prices has been controlled in recent years.

The highest movie ticket price now is no more than fifteen yuan, and the general price is still a few yuan.

Movies cannot be a luxury. If tickets cost fifty or sixty yuan each, how many people can afford to watch a movie?
The managers and directors of China Film Corporation have no objection to this, as the subsidies to cinema chains are not given in vain.

You may suffer some losses in the early stage, but they will come back slowly in the future.

I just don’t know how big the subsidy Chen Shiping will provide is.

If there are too many, the group’s finances will be tight.

Everyone had different thoughts at this time, but no one continued to say anything. They planned to wait for Chen Shiping to finish speaking before seeing what happened.

Chen Shiping glanced at them and continued, "At the same time, we must continue to promote movies in rural areas, and do it on a larger scale! We must bring movies into rural areas and enrich the cultural and entertainment activities in rural areas."

The people in the conference room didn't care about this, it was just a matter of adding some projection teams.

Film companies in all provinces are doing this, and it doesn't cost much money.

There's just no profit.

“The research and development of digital film technology must continue to deepen. The future film market will be a competition of creativity and technology!”

Chen Shiping paused and said, "In the future, we will have to make additional investments in digital special effects research every year. We are currently planning to conservatively increase the amount by more than 5 million per year."

Many people were a little surprised. More investment? And it was a conservative increase of 5 million!

The annual investment is already quite a lot, and we have to squeeze out another five million, so it’s still conservative.

The investment of these items combined is not a small amount. Conservatively estimated, at least 20 million extra funds will be required each year!
Where did these 20 million come from? !
Although the group's various industries make money, there are also many places where money is spent.

Everyone in the conference room had different expressions. Chen Shiping pretended not to see it and continued:

"The goal of establishing the group has never been to make money, but to drive the entire industry to upgrade and drive the development of the entire cultural industry through film."

"The group still has a lot of idle funds. Some people have suggested to me that I should invest in real estate or even financial lending."

Many people in the conference room looked at each other in confusion. Which idiot made this suggestion?
Of course no one dared to make such a suggestion to Chen Shiping, but that didn't stop him from saying it.

Chen Shiping continued, "I have looked at the group's financial statements in the past few days, and they can still support these investments. Please share your opinions."

"Isn't there too much investment in digital special effects? All told, the annual investment is nearly 10 million."

“Support for digital cinema upgrades will still depend on the specific conditions of cinemas in each province.”

"Adding these investments together, the group will have to spend an additional 20 million per year. One hundred digital cinemas would cost at least 20 million. Will there be funding from above?"

After Chen Shiping and the others finished speaking, they knocked on the table and said:
"There is no funding for the upgrade of digital cinemas. The group is responsible for everything. The main purpose is to support the development of cinemas. This is a long-term strategic goal and there is no room for negotiation."

After hearing what Chen Shiping said, they no longer objected and began to consider the issue of return on investment.

"How much will each provincial cinema contribute? The group can't contribute all of it, right?"

"With so much investment, how much stock are the provincial cinema chains willing to give up?"

"Will the ticket prices for upgraded cinemas increase? The current movie ticket prices are still too low."

"If the ticket price increases, there is still hope that the investment will be recovered within a few years. In the long run, it is indeed a good investment."

Chen Shiping drank tea and listened to their questions. After a while, he said:

“It will depend on the specific situation of the cinemas. The shares sold by provincial film companies will not be too many, and the main purpose is to provide assistance.

As for the ticket prices, they won’t increase too much. We can’t open this loophole and let the audience pay for us!” Everyone: “.” What a good deed.

Chen Shiping coughed lightly and said, "The group's financial situation is good and it can fully bear these. Don't focus on small profits. The key is to develop the entire market."

"The group's current financial situation doesn't allow for that much spare funds," a vice president couldn't help but interrupt.

Chen Shiping said calmly: "Other aspects can be squeezed out, such as office expenses, entertainment expenses, consulting fees, etc.

"There is a prevailing trend of eating and drinking within the group. If this trend is eliminated, money will come out."

As soon as Chen Shiping finished speaking, everyone in the office fell silent.

This is where the emotion lies.

The vice presidents who had met Chen Shiping at noon before began to sweat in their palms.

Is this to make an example of someone else?!
Chen Shiping glanced at them and said, "When I came back today, I met several vice presidents who had just returned from entertaining clients. They all had greasy faces and drank wine. I guess today's entertainment was of a high standard.

As far as I know, the hotel under the group has over 200,000 yuan in bad debt every month, and the entertainment expenses reported by the finance department every month are over 500,000 yuan.

Does the group have so many clients to entertain? How many cooperations have been negotiated?
Are those people using the banner of cooperation to cheat for free food and drinks? Or are some of the people in charge of entertaining people incompetent and unable to negotiate cooperation? "

Chen Shiping sneered and said, "There are also office expenses and consulting fees. The group's monthly office expenses exceed 300,000 yuan, and a notebook costs 15 yuan?! Inlaid with gold?"

“The consulting fees are also shockingly high. For every movie, they pay to consult so-called experts and scholars!
The group has clearly limited the amount of consulting fees, but you guys can't raise the price so you raise the quantity for me, right?"

Chen Shiping slammed the table and said, "From now on, the group's monthly administrative expenses will be cut in half! Employee wages and welfare subsidies are not allowed to be touched, and cut them from other aspects!

The group has set up an internal investigation team to conduct self-examination and self-correction. I want to see who are the people sucking the blood of the group!"

Chen Shiping's angry voice silenced the entire conference room.

No one dared to say a word. Who would dare to rush forward at this time?

Everyone turned their eyes to Mr. Tong, hoping that he, as the chairman, could come out to the rescue.

Director Tong was also frowning at this time, feeling that if this matter became a big deal, it would have a great impact on his promotion next year.

"Mr. Chen, don't make a fuss. We are all working hard for the development of the group." Director Tong looked at Chen Shiping and said.

Chen Shiping stared at him without answering. The others looked at them.

I wonder if Chen Shiping will still give face to Mr. Tong today.

Chairman Tong did not back down this time. He looked at Chen Shiping and continued, "There was no problem in the first place. Self-examination and self-correction will only cause tension within the group, and it will not have a good impact if it gets out."

After hearing what Director Tong said, Chen Shiping glanced at the others before saying, "Then the last item decided in today's meeting will be cancelled, and the others will be implemented from today!"

Everyone felt a little relieved, but they also secretly cursed Chen Shiping for being so cruel and using tricks to deliberately scare them.

The so-called investigation team is just to force them to make concessions.

Director Tong didn't know what to say now. Chen Shiping was giving him face. If he didn't continue, who knew if he would have any killer moves next.

Since he mentioned the investigation team and talked about the group's extravagance and waste, he must have some evidence in his hands!
Director Tong didn't dare to push him too hard, especially since he just wanted to land safely.

Once he leaves next year, Chen Shiping can do whatever he wants!
Others were also worried about continuing to go against Chen Shiping at this time, so he directly and forcefully wanted to investigate what happened before.

In that case, it must be a thundering measure!
If you don't die, you will at least lose a layer of skin. This result is already very good.

After Chen Shiping glanced at them, he said to the heads of each department, "Submit a plan to me within three days. The meeting is adjourned!"

After saying that, he stood up and walked out without even giving Chairman Tong a chance to adjourn the meeting.

Director Tong didn't care. He just recalled whether he had made any mistakes in the past few years. It would be bad if Chen Shiping caught him.

If Chen Shiping stabbed him at the critical moment, he would be finished.

After the meeting, the vice presidents looked at each other and went back to work as usual.

It’s just that after getting off work in the evening, everyone gathered in a hotel from all walks of life.

"What does Chen Shiping mean this time?"

"Isn't it because of what happened at noon?"

"It wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision. It was probably premeditated."

"The problem is that I'm worried that he'll hold on to it in the future."

"It's okay, just be careful next time."

At this time, a waiter pushed the door open and said respectfully, "Leaders, what are your plans for tonight?"

"The standard is 20 yuan per person. The group is strictly controlling the eating and drinking habits and resolutely prohibiting extravagance and waste."

The waiter smiled and said, "Okay, I'll arrange it for you right away."

After a while, all kinds of delicious dishes were served, and the waiter also ordered a few bottles of Erguotou.

But as soon as the lid is opened, the aroma of sauce fills your nose.

More than an hour later, after they finished their meal, the hotel manager came over and asked, "Why are you hanging up the bill this time?"

"Twenty per person, you count yourself."

Several vice presidents waved their hands and left chatting and laughing.

The manager sighed, turned to the foreman beside him and said, "Divide it into four times, with fifteen people each time."

"Okay, what if they come again tomorrow?" the foreman asked subconsciously.

"Then let's put it off until the end of the year. Besides, do you think they only cooperate with us?"

The manager glanced at the foreman and went back to work.

These things are tacitly acknowledged by everyone, and there will be no problems on the books.

There are so many vice presidents, and each of them takes turns to come to the hotel and bring different things.

When you go to the group for reimbursement, you won’t find anything.

It’s not too much for me to entertain clients once a week, right?

There are many tricks for these things.

If you want to control this kind of thing, you have to set reimbursement limits and lower the standards for entertainment.

It has to be stuck!
At this time, Chen Shiping was also enjoying a big meal. Today's meeting went smoothly.

The original goal was to ensure the smooth implementation of those investment plans, to scare them, and to push the plans forward smoothly.

Otherwise these people will be scared and will definitely make trouble.

Chen Shiping didn't intend to make such a big fuss. It would be embarrassing for him to set up an investigation team within the group.

Otherwise, Secretary Li would not have been arranged to conduct a secret investigation.

Once we find out, we will just pick them out and kill them next time. Who would bother discussing it with them?

Just pray that you don't get caught.

I hope Secretary Li can be more capable, otherwise we will have to wait until the end of the year to transfer Han Laosan in to do this.

Han Laosan is still the best!
Chen Shiping wanted to transfer Han Laosan in as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)