This man knows how to hype

Chapter 242 Pulling the skin of a tiger

Huaqing’s current revenue is roughly divided into four sectors.

First, the film section, which includes lead-invested productions, co-invested productions, and film-related and copyright income.

Second, derivative businesses, such as cinema chains, new media businesses and other financial investments.

Third, the earnings of the music sector.

The fourth sector is the agency business, which accounts for a considerable portion of Huaqing's overall revenue. Sometimes, the revenue brought by an actor in a year is more than the revenue sharing of several movies combined.

This is also the reason why capital is keen on supporting top stars. There is so much money to be made, and it is much more effective and profitable than polishing the work honestly.

Therefore, when Xu Xiyu talked about making a TV series to promote the actors.

Whether it was Ke Xinying, Qiao Shuangshuang or Jiang Yue, they all immediately expressed their agreement. For Hua Qing, promoting actors is a business line that is as important as making movies.

However, Ke Xinying was still a little hesitant about "All or Nothing".

She said, "We really plan to give up "All or Nothing". I think it is a hot topic. Even if Donghai shoots it, we will probably make some money if we shoot it."

"There is definitely some money to be made. The film market is big enough to accommodate two films with the same theme. But the problem is, we don't want to make some money, but to win over Donghai, the rival who has exposed our corner.

If our box office is worse than that of Donghai under the same theme, we will be completely passive. Whether it is internal or external market, confidence in us will plummet.

Everyone will think, "Oh, as expected, Huaqing's backbones have left and it's really not good." This is a very fatal problem. What Huaqing needs most now is not anything else, but everyone's confidence.

Therefore, our main project can only be "Dying to Survive". If nothing goes wrong, this movie will bring us both fame and fortune, which is the real win.

We have to tell the employees inside the company, as well as the external shareholders and partners that even if those people betray us, Huaqing can still defeat Donghai.

There is no way to play with the theme of "All or Nothing". At this stage, the audience wants to see how the characters are deceived and abused. Other things are not important at all.

I can understand this, and the people in Donghai can certainly understand it too. So, if Donghai finds a bunch of big names to act, we might not be able to win at the box office, so we can’t take this risk.”

Although "Dying to Survive" was filed with Lv Qinyao's company, Hua Qing will definitely be the final producer and the biggest share of the revenue.

After saying this, Xu Xiyu continued: "However, one movie still cannot support our business volume this year. So, if "All or Nothing" is not filmed, we really have to invest in another one."

"What to invest in? Are there any promising projects?" Qiao Shuangshuang asked curiously.

Hearing this, Xu Xiyu felt helpless. Of course he had the project, but unfortunately, the company only had three directors now, so Ji Libo could not be relied on.

The two directors are just right for two projects.

So, he shook his head and said, "Not yet, wait a minute."

"What kind of TV series should I invest in? Do you have any good scripts?"

“That’s true.” Xu Xiyu chose TV series whose actors are particularly popular.

The actor who becomes popular cannot be an actor who already has a high reputation. It must be an unknown actor who becomes popular through this drama and has his own meme on the Internet.

Besides, it is better if the time is close to each other.

Therefore, Xu Xiyu hopes to choose from TV dramas in 23 years. There are indeed many good domestic dramas on Earth in 23 years. The most well-known ones are definitely "The Three-Body Problem", "Kuang Hun" and "The Long Season".

But overall, "The Three-Body Problem" would have been better if it had been based on the original novel.

Xu Xiyu hopes to copy the original work of "The Three-Body Problem" before filming it. This kind of science fiction masterpiece will never become outdated and can be filmed at any time.

In many people's minds, "The Long Season" can be regarded as the best drama in 23 years, with a great reputation. But there is a problem: the drama is not popular enough for non-famous actors.

Among these three high-scoring dramas, "Kuang Kuang" is the one with the most popular characters and the best data in all aspects.

To be honest, if Xu Xiyu were asked to rank these three dramas by quality, he would put "Kuang Kuang" last, but what he wants now is data.

In addition, Xu Xiyu wanted another thing, which was Hu Ningtian’s “tiger skin”.

After all, whether it is "All or Nothing" or "Dying to Survive", including "The Storm", they will actually have trouble passing the review.

Xu Xiyu was very clear about this, but he wanted to shoot it just because it was troublesome.

He and Hu Ningtian have just started working together, and generally speaking, they are still in the "honeymoon period". If he doesn't take advantage of this "honeymoon period" to let Hu Ningtian help him find his way, after this stage, it is uncertain whether he will be willing to move.

This is how things are done. If Hu Ningtian comes forward to help him coordinate now, then Xu Xiyu will be indirectly "paying respects" to him, and he can now wear Hu Ningtian's tiger skin.

If you send any topics to him in the future, out of Hu Ningtian's consideration and because I know a little more about things, generally speaking, I won't deliberately make things difficult for you, so that you can avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Thinking of this, Xu Xiyu was just about to tell a few people about it.

But there was a knock on the door, and then Shan Xinbao's voice came in: "Boss, it's time for the meeting."

This reminder made everyone in the room look at their watches.

After seeing this, several people stood up in tacit understanding.

A few minutes later, Xu Xiyu pushed open the door of the conference room. Before he entered, dozens of people inside burst into applause.

Seeing that everyone had stood up without exception, with smiles on their faces, Xu Xiyu also put on a warm smile, stretched out his hand and pressed them down, saying, "Everyone sit down."

After saying this, he also walked to the main seat, and after he sat down, everyone really sat down.

"Today we just want to meet with you all and get to know each other. There's nothing particularly important. So, everyone, relax." Xu Xiyu said cheerfully after glancing at everyone.

However, his words made some people present feel disappointed.

Didn’t Qin Shangqi say that Xu Xiyu brought a big gift?
From what he said, it seems that this great gift is not going to happen.

Just when everyone started to think wildly, Xu Xiyu said again: "But then again, the only thing we can be familiar with in the conference room is work.

If you really want to make friends, you have to go to the dinner tonight. Assistant Shan has already informed everyone, so let’s not waste any more time talking nonsense. Who will go first and introduce what they are doing? "

Of course, meetings cannot be just casual chats. When you become a leader of a new team, don't start by thinking about explaining your own things through speeches or anything else. You must let them report on their work first.

This applies whether you are a big leader or a small leader.

For the rest of the afternoon, Xu Xiyu listened to the work reports from the bosses of various departments. He knew that these bosses must be trying to test his ability.

Therefore, the contents of the report also contain a lot of personal opinions.

This was the subordinate's first test of his superior, and Xu Xiyu was helpless against this kind of test.

Huaqing is a listed company with a market value of over 10 billion yuan and more than 1,500 employees. It would take at least several months to sort out its internal affairs.

Therefore, all he could do was to remain silent as much as possible and not express his opinions casually in the meeting to avoid making a "joke".

After all, a company is made up of people, and Xu Xiyu still has to maintain the "dignity" of a leader, and this "dignity" cannot be reflected solely in shares.

However, he didn't want to make a fool of himself.

It doesn't mean that anyone will let him go. Some people just want to make a fool of themselves and embarrass Xu Xiyu on his first day in the company.

It was not enough to just lose face, they also used this embarrassing incident to disrupt Huaqing's internal situation again.

In the evening, in a banquet hall of a hotel near the company, Xu Xiyu’s first team-building dinner for the headquarters employees after taking over Huaqing officially began.

There were more than a hundred tables in the huge banquet hall, and the scene was comparable to an annual meeting. All the company's staff, artists, and others in Beijing were present.

Except for the employees, of course.

A young woman was also let in.

The woman was sitting at a table in the corner at the back of the banquet.

She is tall and wears a mask, but judging from her exposed eyes and head structure, she must be pretty.

At this moment, she was sitting on a chair, watching Xu Xiyu, who walked onto the stage amid the applause of the crowd and was about to deliver a pre-dinner speech, with a hint of reminiscence in her eyes.

Xiyu.

haven't seen you for a long time.

(End of this chapter)