The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Chapter 103 Artist Training Class

Nothing much to do this afternoon.

He took them to his new Tencent headquarters.

His previous company was clearly too small; it was at least a company that could reliably earn several small fortunes a year.

It would be inappropriate not to have a grand headquarters.

In late March, they moved into a five-story building in Chaoyang.

The annual rent is eight million, and the area is extremely large.

Tengying Entertainment is located on floors one through four, while Tengying Capital is on floor five.

Currently, the staff here includes a legal department with five senior lawyers.

They were specifically responsible for drafting all sorts of contracts for him, and for suing anyone who cheated them.

The kind of flyer distribution that travels thousands of miles.

In addition, there is the online marketing department, which is headed by Jiang Yilei.

Before, she was all alone, and even with twenty hands, she couldn't keep up with the workload every day.

Now things are much better; they've recruited over a dozen more, all of them young people.

The third floor is Zhao Liying's personal studio, with her entire team responsible for her.

As Tencent's biggest star, this treatment is perfectly reasonable.

Bai Xin was in charge of his fifth floor, which had a private elevator that anyone could use, without any special treatment.

This place is not just for offices; there's also a separate restaurant on the first floor, specifically for employees' lunch and dinner.

Since it's an entertainment company, there's no such thing as overtime.

He himself doesn't come here often.

After moving to the new headquarters, Tencent Entertainment immediately became much more upscale.

At least that's how it felt when Jiang Peiyao and Guo Wen came.

"Uncle, this is the film crew that's been asking you to invest recently."

Bai Xin feels that she has the potential to become a powerful female CEO in the entertainment industry.

This junior secretary is gaining more and more status.

"Just leave it here, I'll look at it later."

Chen Pingsheng's office was very large, but it wasn't filled with many books; there was just a large sofa and a tea table.

He usually receives guests here.

It feels pretty good to be able to finalize a business deal while having some tea and a chat.

Chen Pingsheng asked Jiang Peiyao and Guo Wen to sit down and introduced them to his secretary: "Bai Xin, this is my little cousin, and this is her friend. Find them a training teacher, a professional one, because they will both be entering the entertainment industry to act in movies in the future."

"In addition, our headquarters is now quite large, so we can set up our own artist training class to cultivate more new talents."

"Let Zhao Liying train one or two people as well. As long as they are trained by her, they will all belong to her personal studio. We will not adopt a boss system, but a mentor-apprentice system."

Chen Pingsheng thinks the traditional master-apprentice system is quite good, whether it's for chefs or crosstalk performers.

They all address each other as master and apprentice.

From now on, he can use this method as well: whoever brings in someone, the money she earns belongs to them.

This makes sense.

He himself doesn't understand filmmaking or the entertainment industry, but he does understand how to distribute most of the profits from these artists.

If all these successful individuals are listed under Tencent Pictures, Tencent Pictures' market value will definitely continue to rise.

He owns 100% of Tencent's shares.

To put it bluntly, he doesn't make money off the artists, but the artists can endlessly inflate Tencent's valuation for him.

Even laymen have their own ways of doing things.

Tencent Pictures has given over 90% of the profits from its artists to itself, so who would dare to poach its talent?

"Uncle, you've finally decided to start an artist training program."

"Why do you seem more excited than I am?" Chen Pingsheng found it quite strange.

Bai Xin chuckled, "Only when Uncle, the boss, becomes bigger and stronger, can I, his little secretary, truly live a prestigious life."

“Okay.” Chen Pingsheng said, “It’s fortunate that you’ve been there to protect Tengying. You no longer need to be a cleaning lady. From now on, you will be officially promoted to President’s Special Assistant with an annual salary of two million.”

"As for whether you want to develop in the direction of celebrities or in administration, that's your choice." "As for the artist training class, let Zhao Liying be in charge of the assessment indicators. We don't do those superficial things. If your acting skills are not good, even if you look like Liu Yifei, we won't keep any of you."

He has always believed that acting skills are the key to long-term success.

Marketing based on beauty and various red carpet events is ultimately just a passing fad.

There are also some entertainment companies that make money from artists' breach of contract fees, which is quite shameless.

The specific method is to sign a large number of contracts, then freeze them out, and if they want to leave, they have to pay a penalty for breach of contract.

Chen Pingsheng doesn't do those superficial things; he focuses on cultivating a group of actors with good acting skills, which will eventually make money.

Bai Xin took a small notebook and wrote everything down.

The boss's words are law; if he tells you how to do something, you must do it, and you can't go wrong.

You can add a little of your own ideas.

This is on the premise that the boss's ideas are fully understood.

Anything that deviates from the boss's ideas is absolutely unacceptable.

She had thoroughly studied the thirty-eight principles of self-cultivation for a junior secretary.

This was the first time Song Yanxi had seen her husband working at an entertainment company, and she was surprised to find him so nonchalant about it.

How can we not be nonchalant?
With the support of the Golden Finger analysis function in the general direction, there will be no mistakes in making money. As for minor issues, what does it matter how many problems there are?
Tencent Entertainment remains the most stable money-maker in the drama industry.

He's also an oddball. He doesn't like those young, pretty boys with no acting skills, and to prevent his female artists from dating within the company, he simply doesn't recruit men into his artist training program.

As for how the women recruit, that's entirely up to them.

In any case, for a woman to make a name for herself in the entertainment industry, she either needs incredible resources or stunning looks.

It's the kind of thing that makes people marvel at first glance.

Neither of them are available, and I can't find a suitable bird to sleep with.

Jiang Peiyao is his cousin, and Bai Xin is quite good at making arrangements.

I arranged for us to stay together in a big four-bedroom, two-living-room house. Four girls could live there comfortably.

Jiang Yilei also has to work in the evenings, responsible for the online promotion of the latest artist training course at Tencent Entertainment.

We need to recruit about thirty people, train them all at the same time, and eliminate twenty-nine of them after one year.

Only the best actors will be kept.

Jiang Peiyao was secretly astonished. "Eliminating twenty-nine people a year and keeping only one, isn't that too cruel?"

Bai Xin stood to the side and offered a brief explanation.

"That's how the entertainment industry is. The competition is so fierce, and an older man like me would never let someone just coast along."

The four girls in the dorm had all taken a shower and changed into their own white pajamas. As soon as the air conditioner was turned on, they would wiggle their toes and not care about anyone else.

"But if this news gets out, I doubt many people will dare to come, right?"

One out of thirty survives—what an incredible ratio!

"How can it be."

Bai Xin smiled and said, "If we keep that one, Tengying Entertainment will independently invest in an A+ level female lead project for her, worth between 50 million and 80 million, and will also use Zhao Liying to directly elevate her status."

"Once this news gets out, which newcomer in the entertainment industry, including those little internet celebrities, wouldn't want to come? Our uncle is the most unique investor in the entertainment industry, so everyone will definitely believe what he says."

"Is my cousin-in-law special?" Jiang Peiyao asked, somewhat puzzled.

"You don't even know this?"

Bai Xin looked at her with bright eyes: "Uncle is known for his integrity in the entertainment industry. He basically doesn't interfere with the dramas he invests in, and he would never let actresses engage in any unspoken rules. Uncle never even attends entertainment industry parties where there are many beautiful women."

"He would only be slightly interested if Yang Mi were also there."

"That's it."

Jiang Peiyao felt quite proud and secretly happy for her older cousin.

"As the younger cousin of an older man, you are truly blessed. In the future, while no one in the entertainment industry will dare to bully you, no one will dare to sexually harass you."

Bai Xin patted Jiang Peiyao's pert buttocks; she wasn't old, but her buttocks were quite big.

I originally intended to pat her shoulder, but since her butt is sticking out so high, I could easily reach it.

"Uncle invested 100 million last year to film 'The Legend of Hua Qian Gu,' and it should be finished filming before October this year. Once this drama becomes a hit, our senior sister might just jump straight to the top tier. At that time, she'll be on par with Yang Mi in the drama industry, and our Tencent Film and Television Company will be a top-tier entertainment and film company. As Uncle's only designated little secretary, I'll be a very impressive figure, hahaha."

(End of this chapter)