Chapter 314 Mother-in-law is the Vanguard
Under the persuasion of Wang Yuanchao and Liu Heqing, the father-in-law and son-in-law, Wang Danfeng reluctantly came over to serve as the vanguard general.

She has no business sense, so she cannot be the head of a film company.

After the contract was signed, Wang Yuanchao introduced Wang Danfeng to Zou Wenhuai, and these two worked together from then on.

Both of them knew each other's identities beforehand, and this was just the first time they met.

Wang Danfeng was in charge of the agency department, training class, and finance department, while Zou Wenhuai was in charge of production, publicity, human resources, technology, logistics, stage affairs, etc.

After Wang Yuanchao left, Wang Danfeng gave Zou Wenhuai the Cathay Pacific information that had been sorted out in the early stage, as well as Wang Yuanchao's subsequent filming plans.

What to do next requires Zou Wenhuai, the helmsman, to make a plan and report to Wang Yuanchao, and then Starlight Pictures can go ahead and do it.

Zou Wenhuai was actually still worried about the financial bottleneck, but now that he was here, the boss couldn't really leave everything to an outsider like him, right?
But when I saw so many production and shooting plans of the new company, as well as the shooting budgets ready to go, I gasped.

He is also worried about getting stuck!!!
He is now worried that he will choke to death!

In 69, Starlight Pictures planned to invest in and produce 10 films and supervise the shooting of 50 films. It was crazy, but the key point was that the budget was already in place!
(There is no other way. The tributes from the gang members and the dividends from the police chiefs are all waiting anxiously. The money is stored with Zeng Qirong, just waiting for the film to be made.)
The slight unhappiness about finances just now disappeared in an instant.

"Boss Wang, with such a large filming plan, is it beyond our company's current capabilities?"

Zou Wenhuai still respected Wang Danfeng very much and asked unconsciously.

"Boss Zou, the boss told me that he hired a very powerful person who helped Shaw Brothers build its empire. He was able to fight back and forth with Dianmao at its peak. There must be no problem." Wang Danfeng first praised him, and then continued:
"The boss can't take care of what to do specifically. His goal is here, and how to accomplish it is our business. You know, if I'm in charge of one film, I can still manage it, but being in charge of several films is far beyond my ability. Anyway, I will fully cooperate with you!"

Zou Wenhuai had a headache and said:
"With so many filming plans, even if all the directors in our company were to shoot one film every two months, we still wouldn't be able to handle it!"

Wang Danfeng said:

"I've heard my boss mention this a few times. We can recruit some independent film companies to help us make films. With such a large number of people, all those independent film companies will definitely come around us. We can also use their resources."

When Wang Danfeng was having dinner at home, she heard her son-in-law say that he had dozens of cinema chains, but he couldn't do without film sources. He first filmed a lot and brought up the team. Maybe he could create the next million-dollar movie?

The actual situation is that Wang Yuanchao has no requirements for the quality of the film, only the quantity. If it can be released, he can launder money. If it cannot be released, well, he can also launder money. After all, there are so many works that are shot but cannot be released every year, everyone knows it. As long as the project is established, he can launder money.

Therefore, Wang Yuanchao only requires ten works to be produced by Starlight, which is also in line with the current environment.

Later, let’s wait for Bruce Lee to come back, he can wait in time.

He couldn't tell the good from the bad of other movies.

Zou Wenhuai shook his head and said:
"The boss is afraid of losing money."

As the general manager, Zou Wenhuai still has to consider the business, right? This is his own business, how can he do shoddy work?

Wang Yuanchao is not worried about making too many films, but only about making too few. He even invested in 10 films for Golden Eagle Films!!! The Xi brothers and sisters feel like they are about to burst!

There are many such bad movies, and each one can make 300,000 or 500,000 yuan at the box office, which may not be noticeable. If there are fewer, can he still make 1.8 million yuan each? Of course, if a movie becomes a hit, it is also okay to make 1.8 million yuan.

Wang Danfeng smiled and said:
“So the boss only has business requirements for the 10 films we produced ourselves.

It would be best if there are good works among the 50 films produced by the producer, but it doesn’t matter if there are none, just give newcomers a chance. Of course, we can’t say this to the people below, we have to make everyone motivated.”

This is a reveal to myself!
Zou Wenhuai didn’t understand his boss’s move. Was he trying to gain probability through quantity?

Even if there are two films out of 50 that gross a million, well, the cinema chain is ours, the production is ours, so it doesn't seem to be a loss. The only ones who lose money are the investors and producers.

I don’t know why these investments from the boss are so risky, they are just betting on a hit product.

For a movie with a box office of one million, the producer only gets about one-third, which is about 300,000 or 400,000 yuan.

After deducting the investment cost of about 10, no, it should be 20?! (How can you launder money without falsifying the cost?) It’s just double the profit!

What a bunch of gamblers! They could have used the money to buy horses!
Zou Wenhuai had not thought of the concept of money laundering, but he felt that the boss was also very capable, and that only Starlight Pictures could make a profit without losing money. In this case, he said:

"Director Li Hanxiang founded the United Films in Yizhou, but his life was not going well. He wanted to return to Shaw Brothers, but Uncle Shaw was still upset about him leaving Shaw Brothers, so he did not agree.

Since the boss has so many filming plans, why don't we buy him and his Guolian as a whole? It probably won't cost much. Just letting him see such a large filming budget will probably make him crazy with joy. "Oh, this is also a great director.

Wang Danfeng said worriedly:

"He's his own boss, can he buy it out?"

If it were so easy to acquire, Wang Yuanchao would not have thought of looking for independent film companies to make the film.

Zou Wenhuai said:
"It won't hurt to try. If we can acquire it, it will be convenient for us to manage it. If we can't acquire it, it won't be too late to ask them to help with the filming, right?"

Wang Danfeng nodded, thinking that it made sense and there would be no harm in giving it a try.

The two of them reviewed the talents of the company again. Zou Wenhuai also introduced the people he brought with him to Wang Danfeng and asked:

"Boss Wang, look, these job assignments..."

Wang Danfeng interrupted immediately:

"Boss Zou, the finance manager was appointed by the boss, and the boss has also told us to follow the company's instructions. If we are not satisfied with him, the boss will replace him. I will be directly responsible for the agency department, and I would like to use the head of the training department of Yonghua Film Studio for the training department. Their artist training class is also good.

As for the other candidates, you just need to finalize them.

If I had the right person, I would definitely suggest it to you, but don’t I have one? "

Zou Wenhuai felt that he was too sensitive, repeatedly testing, and was not chivalrous enough. He felt very ashamed and laughed at himself:
"Hey, I'm at Shaw Corporation, I'm used to asking for instructions..."

Wang Danfeng smiled and said:
"The boss always doesn't employ people he doubts, and he never doubts people he employs. You'll understand after spending more time with him. My husband and I have watched the boss grow step by step to where he is today, and we know him very well.

He likes to help everyone get rich together, and he has set up an investment fund for everyone to share, even the most basic employees.

So as long as you prove your achievements, you will also be one of the bosses. By the way, I haven’t even been a boss yet!
We each do our own job and strive to become partners as soon as possible, right!

This way, when I go home and talk to my husband, my voice will be a few points higher! We all want to be bosses, right? Hahaha!"

Zou Wenhuai has talked to Liu Heqing and Zhou Cong. Their company also has a partnership plan. After working for 3 years, you can get dividend shares. Later, you can purchase actual shares at an internal price. If the performance is good, you will get a larger share. It is completely the boss's act of making concessions.

So he laughed and said:
"Then we must be as brave as men and not let President Wang down!"

After this discussion, Zou Wenhuai felt that it was better not to rush to arrange the various responsible persons, but to wait until Yonghua Film Studio was officially incorporated into his company before making comprehensive considerations and arrangements. Moreover, he also had confidence in his people, who were all old friends who had followed him to build his business, and they were not comparable to the declining Yonghua Film Studio.

Moreover, Deputy General Manager Wang Danfeng is in charge of three departments, and he even gave one department to the veterans of Yonghua. Even if the people of Yonghua are not good enough, he has to arrange a few positions for them, otherwise it will not be conducive to leading the team.

When he returns, he has to appease his small team. Some people may only be assigned the position of department deputy for the time being.

Wang Danfeng smiled and said:
“You know, Mr. Zhu Guoliang doesn’t want to manage the film business at all, and he’s just waiting for us to take over.

They haven’t made any movies since the beginning of the year!

I'm worried that all the cast and crew will run away.

We are all waiting for you, Mr. Zou, to come and are looking forward to it day and night.

The boss has so many filming plans, but you didn't tell Yonghua's brothers and sisters except me, and just waited for President Zou to come and announce this exciting good news!
"

Zou Wenhuai was moved again. He was already in his forties, but he was moved by Wang Yuanchao again and again.

This is a gift from Boss Wang because he is afraid that he would be parachuted in and his position would be unstable!
With these dozens of film plans, wouldn't the people below be so happy that they would scream? Which screenwriter, director, actor, or staff member wouldn't want to make more films? Without films to make, what future would there be? They might even lose their jobs.

There were only a few people that Zou Wenhuai brought over from Shaw Brothers, and the majority were from Wing Wah Film Studio. With so many films, the new company would certainly have to recruit more people. So, hasn't everyone's chance come?
Zou Wenhuai said:
"Boss Wang, don't worry. With so many filming plans from the boss, if I still can't make a name for myself, I'll just go out and buy a piece of tofu and kill myself!"

Before leaving Shaw Brothers, Zou Wenhuai had plans for the future of Star Entertainment, but he did not expect the boss to be so radical and supportive, so he needed to adjust the original plan.

(End of this chapter)