Chapter 225: Team Building at Ligong Nightclub
For example, the original main program of the station, the Chinese program department has three categories:

The artist group performed radio dramas together, such as "Diary of a Real Man", "Threesome", "Rose Love", etc. Lin Bin, who died in arson before, was the producer, host and one of the leading actors of these dramas; he was the male number one of Commercial Radio.

The artist group is the largest content group.

They want to write, direct and act by themselves, which shows how versatile they are.

The broadcasting group consists of personal narrations, including "Sky Novel" by Li Wo, "Ethical Novel" by Xiao Xiang, "Historical Stories" by Chen Gong, "Women's Lecture" by Lin Hanying, "Children's Program" by He Yongqin, "Are You Lonely, My Friend" by Youlan, and so on.

It is also written by the host himself.

Among them, Li Wo of "Sky Novel" is very famous in the broadcasting industry, and Xiao Xiang is both Li Wo's wife and Li Wo's apprentice.

The most popular program used to be Li Wo's "Sky Novel", but now it is radio drama. Once the core male lead Lin Bin is gone, several classic programs have become very uncertain, and not everyone can immediately take over Lin Bin's position.

Zhou Cong casually suggested that Li Wo could continue to participate in the radio drama. Li Wo was originally involved, but after Lin Bin was trained, he gradually faded out of this area.

As for the news team, there are several reporters, but the daily news is directly provided by the Government Information Department. This is the weak point of Commercial Radio.

The strong point of news is Hong Kong Radio, which is the official radio station.

But its entertainment attributes far surpass those of official radio stations.

It is worthy of being a radio station that made a profit in the first year of its establishment!

It’s no wonder that He Zuozhi asked for such a high price. If the situation wasn’t pressing, he wouldn’t be willing to let go.

It was just a coincidence, and Wang Yuanchao used some tricks in business competition, otherwise, he would not have gotten anything.

However, Wang Yuanchao suddenly found that it was a bit hard to earn this money, and it was far less comfortable than just lying down and counting money at the fan factory.

Because it’s a brain-burning fuss!

You have to write everything yourself!

After chatting with the station director Zhou Cong, Wang Yuanchao met with Kuang Tianpei, director of the Chinese program production department, who is actually a composer.

"Rose Love" and the yet-to-be-released "Birthday Song" were all composed by Kuang Tianpei.

In fact, Kwong Tin-pei is responsible for coordinating all those programs.

Due to Lin Bin's absence, he and Zhou Cong will need to continue brainstorming on how to adjust the specific programs.

The Sales Department is responsible for advertising investment, external contacts, advertising review, and production and broadcasting. It is the most important revenue department and the lifeblood of the commercial station.

This department was originally under the charge of Kuang Tianpei, but how could he handle it?

He had two assistants, Kuang Wenzhuang and Dong Yuanjue. Dong was responsible for external liaisons and advertising matters. Kuang Wenzhuang was in charge of arranging the broadcast schedule, reviewing the advertisements, recording, etc.

The three are known as the "Three Swordsmen of Commercial Radio" in the advertising industry.

The technical department is headed by Ye Yunshen.

When it comes to technology, don't mess around with it unless you know how to use it.

But in the future we will definitely need to recruit talents to improve our technology. It will not be too late to wait until he understands the technical problems in the station and then slowly put forward his requirements.

Wang Yuanchao did not hold a meeting with everyone. Instead, he chatted with everyone one by one, listened to everyone's suggestions, talked to everyone about his expectations, encouraged everyone, painted a picture of a bright future, and made big promises.

For a general meeting, all staff must be present, right?
If we want to resume work, these managers need to work hard!

No wonder Zhou Qibang had no interest in staying and watching.

It’s all hard work!

No wonder Commercial Radio makes money, but not a lot of money.

These people are more numerous than the deep blue workers and their wages are much higher.

Although Wang Yuanchao is attracted by the fame and influence of Commercial Radio, he still wants to earn more if possible.

Speaking of creation, he has too much material in his mobile phone!
There are too many classic novels to count. Those that exist in this world are in your phone, and those that do not exist in this world are also in your phone. They are especially suitable for broadcasting.

But asking a big boss like him to copy books every day?
He must be crazy to do this!
How needy and immoral must he be to do this?

When the computer can export the content in the mobile phone, he will be able to create with just a click. Copy and paste will make creation so easy.

Now, don’t think about it for now.

Personal energy is not supported.

The price/performance ratio is extremely low.

Before making a new decision, Wang Yuanchao decided to take the core management team to do team building and visit a nightclub!

No, it should be going to a nightclub for dinner.

The Hong Kong authorities are also pitiful. The curfew is tightened for a while and then loosened for a while. If it is always tight, it shows that they are incompetent and afraid. If it is always loose, they are really incompetent and afraid again.

The nightclub business is not doing well. However, the nightclubs in North Point are much safer because they are isolated on Hong Kong Island and their bases have been cleared by the authorities.

The core management team was actually a little worried because they had to go out late at night, walk through Kowloon, and cross Victoria Harbour. But if the big boss comes to treat them, the big boss will go. Are you more valuable than the big boss?
No matter how conflicted everyone was, as long as they wanted to continue to display their talents on this stage, they had to sacrifice their lives to accompany the gentleman. A group of people drove to the pier, and then took a ferry to the largest Chinese nightclub in Hong Kong in the 60s, the Palace Nightclub.

It’s not the Ritz nightclub where Miss Hong Kong was born - that was 20 years ago.

At this time in the nightclub, everyone was eating downstairs, there was a stage upstairs, with singers singing on it and a band playing in the back, which was completely different from the nightclub Wang Yuanchao had imagined.

Shouldn't it be a big private room? And there's a mommy? A little girl to accompany the drinking and playing rock-paper-scissors?
You came all this way just to have a meal?

What a luxury!
Wang Yuanchao felt very uncomfortable listening to the songs sung all night. The singers were replaced in a rush, and no matter how the host introduced them, he didn't recognize any of them.

English songs accounted for a small part, with Chinese songs a little more. The key point was that the "Playboy Band" was clearly introduced and there was a cheer from the audience, but in the end a man with a hunchback came up and was the lead singer. It was so unpleasant to listen to and not pleasing to the eyes.

Aesthetic appreciation varies with the times.

But he wanted to come to the place, so he couldn't show any disappointment, so he could only drink with his subordinates.

If I had known this, I would have gone to the Eagle's Nest Nightclub on the top floor of the Hilton or the Immortal Palm Nightclub in the Six Nations Hotel! There were real foreigners singing there, and Zhou Qibang liked to go there.

It's nothing more than this that you reap what you sow.

Wang Yuanchao concealed it so well that he applauded others and his subordinates thought he was quite intoxicated.

Seeing this, Zhou Cong felt that the boss really liked this kind of young people, so he said:
"Diamond Records was very discerning and signed Teddy Robin and the Playboys. Unexpectedly, the single LIES sold well. It is very popular among young people and we have invited them to our station several times."

There is a big difference in the effect between inviting real people to perform on the stage and playing records.

Ok?
Teddy Robin?

Damn, when he heard the name, he had some impression of it. Firstly, the name containing Teddy is very memorable. Secondly, he has seen the movies that the other party starred in. Although most of them were supporting roles, he seemed to be a big shot!

I didn’t know that the boss could sing!
Still the lead singer of the band!

Although Wang Yuanchao doesn't like their songs, he doesn't care as long as young people like to listen to them.

But he didn't ask about the band, but about the record company, saying:

"Diamond Records, how many record companies are there in Hong Kong now?"

Zhou Cong said without hesitation:
"There are dozens of record companies, big and small, such as Harmony Records before I joined Commercial Radio, but the overall scale is very small. The more famous ones, besides Diamond, are EMI."

Before joining Commercial Radio, Zhou Cong had released a record album, which included 100 Cantonese songs, but it didn't make much of a splash.

Before, with the large number of Shenghai people coming over, Mandarin songs were the most popular.

After the Beatles visited Hong Kong in 64, English songs were the most popular, with Mandarin songs coming in second.

These days, Cantonese songs are a bit vulgar and not presentable enough.

Even though Zhou Cong is the number one singer in Cantonese songs, he has to do his job well as the station director.

Wang Yuanchao was a little itchy, because in the mainland, he was also the director of the art troupe's song and dance troupe!
I really want to start a record company.

However, the radio station has not been set up yet. The most important goal at the moment is to hit the rare futures market in November. I had to suppress my beating heart and raised my glass:

“We at Commercial Radio have a natural advantage in music, and our music programmes can still be strengthened.

Be able to unite, unite; be able to cultivate, cultivate.

We also need all colleagues to work together to make it bigger and stronger."

Zhou Cong was very happy to hear this. Music programs now mostly play records. If we want to strengthen it, wouldn’t we have to invite more bands and singers?

The cost is certainly much higher than playing records.

Although the musical effects are not much different, the communication effects are incomparable. Many people are still willing to listen to the singers talk for a few words, right!
Otherwise, why is there a difference between live broadcast and recorded broadcast?

Zhou Cong said considerately:
"I've dealt with Teddy Robin a few times. He's a very nice guy. Do you want to come over and toast to the boss?"

Let Teddy Robin toast you?
Wang Yuanchao felt a little elated.

But he still refused:

"Forget it, we are here to eat and listen to music. I am young and have many elite colleagues to support me. I cannot be too high-profile anymore."

Everyone stopped trying to persuade him, as the new boss was a low-key person, which was good, very good.

As the program director of the Chinese department, Kuang Tianpei could not help but ask:
"Boss, just now you said that we should train those who need it. Do you mean to establish our own music system?"

The director of Commercial Radio and the head of the Chinese department are both musicians, lyricists and composers, and they could not resist the temptation.

Wang Yuanchao waved his hand:
"of course yes!

Director Kuang can go back and discuss it with everyone and come up with a plan. As long as it is feasible, I will definitely support it strongly!

Even we at Commercial Radio can hold a singing competition to select suitable singers and train them as our reserve force."

While chatting enthusiastically with the two top leaders, Wang Yuanchao could not neglect the hosting masters Li Wo and Xiao Xiang.

(End of this chapter)