Chapter 28: Starting a company, Chen Xiaoyong is here
For the first time, Han Zhou felt how difficult it was to get a license.
More importantly, as a sole proprietor, Han Zhou needed a registered capital of 100,000 yuan to establish this company, and it had to be pledged.
This is what hurts the most.
Now, the investment for his first unique work was reduced by another 100,000 yuan.
In five days, with the help of a law firm consultant, Han Zhou finally completed all the matters related to starting a company.
Moreover, Han Zhou also got the template contracts signed between the entertainment company and various employees from this consultant.
This thing may not be available in other law firms.
But in Hengdian, every law firm has one.
After running the company, Han Zhou came to the film and television city again.
“Are there any roles today?”
"Yes!" The middle-aged actor who was asked by Han Zhou smiled: "Would you like to play the role of a Japanese soldier?"
Devil? Han Zhou shook his head: "Forget it, I don't know the Sakura language."
The extra who Han Zhou had known for a few days said happily: "Isn't this easy to learn? Let me teach you."
"Siguoyi, Yamedie, Yosi, Suoga, Baga, Mishimisidi..."
Han Zhou: “…”
Since coming to Hengdian, Han Zhou feels that his mental state has improved a lot.
Most of the extras here have a paranoid mindset, believing that they can seize the opportunity to become future first-line movie stars, or even best actor or actress.
Once a person's thinking becomes rigid, his style of behavior becomes rather strange.
Therefore, Han Zhou felt that he had become a lot more normal.
As he was speaking, Han Zhou's phone rang.
Han Zhou glanced at the phone and picked it up: "Hello?"
"Is it... Director Han Zhou?"
Han Zhou was stunned for a moment. This voice was unfamiliar: "I am Han Zhou, you are..."
"Hello, Director Han. My name is Chen Xiaoyong, and I'm Chen Dayong's younger brother."
Han Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Dayong's brother? Who are you looking for?"
"Director Han, my brother recommended me to study with you." Chen Xiaoyong thought for a moment and added, "I graduated with a bachelor's degree in photography from the Beijing Film Academy and a master's degree in literature from the Central Academy of Drama."
"looking for a job."
Han Zhou was not very clear about what the literature major at the Central Academy of Drama was about, but after hearing Chen Xiaoyong talk about finding a job, he understood.
These two days, Han Zhou told Chen Dayong about his company and wanted to poach Chen Dayong.
But Chen Dayong is currently under contract, so the attempt to poach him failed.
Chen Xiaoyong?
"Where are you?"
"Hengcheng, Times Mall."
Han Zhou: "Then take a taxi to Shangyuan Street."
"Director Han, it seems like we can't get a taxi here. The taxis here are on strike today."
In China, there are no strikes in any industry except the taxi industry.
Because essentially they are individuals, not workers, but because of the rental company, they have strong connections with each other.
Han Zhou was stunned for a moment: "Why the strike?"
"It seems that there is a taxi-hailing app called ZBER that is popular, and taxi drivers are demanding a crackdown on illegal taxis."
Han Zhou was happy: "Luckily I bought a car yesterday. Wait, I'll pick you up."
It turns out that in this world, the Internet has developed to this point?
Han Zhou didn't go to the crew, but walked to the parking lot while checking Zber's news.
“It’s so similar to Uber.”
Many people think that UBER is the first taxi-hailing app, but it is not.
In the past, the earliest taxi-hailing app was born in China. However, it failed because it was launched too early and 4G was not yet popular.
In 2012, Kuaidi and Didi were founded successively. The founders were former middle-level managers of Alibaba. He and another person founded Kuaidi and Didi at about the same time.
This person asked Alibaba for investment, but Alibaba was dismissive.
Later, Uber was established in the United States and took five years to become the most successful emerging Internet company at the time.
Then it entered the Magic City, and after a short trial run, began to raise funds on a large scale. Based in the Magic City, it infiltrated the surrounding economically developed regions, and at the same time began to invest money one by one in major cities in China.
In 2015, Alibaba did not choose to invest in Didi, which was founded by its former employees, but instead invested in Kuaidi.
Immediately, Antarctic Goose invested in Didi to compete with Kuaidi.
Soon, Kuaidi, which was supported by Alibaba, was defeated by Didi.
At this time, Didi was watching Uber's moves.
UBER has spent countless amounts of money to cultivate consumers' habit of hailing taxis online.
At this time, Didi came out and spent money like crazy, forcing Uber to retreat step by step.
In other words, although it is already the end of 2022 in this world, the actual technological development is equivalent to the end of 15 years in the previous life.
However, Han Zhou doesn't care about ZBER at all, because in this world China also has two giants, Fox and Penguin.
ZBER will also be dead in the future.
Han Zhou quickly realized that the economic development and technological development of society are strongly correlated.
In other words, China's box office market will usher in its heyday!
“I didn’t expect to catch up with this…”
Sitting in the second-hand van he bought, Han Zhou drove through the not-so-big Hengdian.
This is actually a town with a population of only a few hundred thousand.
However, because of the film and television city, the surrounding area has developed like a medium-sized city.
Soon, the broken van arrived at the Times Shopping Mall.
Han Zhou dialed the phone: "Hello, I'm here."
"License plate number? My van is the only one nearby. Do you see the van? Just come over here."
Soon, the passenger door was opened.
Outside the door was a young man with long hair that almost reached his shoulders.
It’s not quite right to call him a young man. He should be around twenty-five or twenty-six years old.
"Brother Han?"
Han Zhou waved his hand: "Don't be like this, I should be younger than you."
Chen Xiaoyong got the answer and got in the car immediately: "Brother Han, in the circle, whoever is the best is the elder brother, whoever is the first is the elder brother, many thirty-year-old newcomers still have to call teenage child stars elder brothers!"
This does seem to be similar to the idea that there is a sequence in knowledge and specialization in skills, and the one who is more accomplished comes first?
The car started, and Han Zhou drove: "Where's your bag?"
"I didn't bring anything with me. I decided to come here on the spur of the moment." Chen Xiaoyong was a little excited: "Brother Han, I saw your movie. In one word, it's awesome!"
Han Zhou smiled and said, "Awesome is just two words."
"Where did you see my movie?"
Chen Xiaoyong: "Brother Han, didn't you know that your film was selected for the Yanjing Film Festival? There was also an internal premiere ceremony for media professionals."
Han Zhou was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "I don't know, I haven't paid attention to it."
Chen Xiaoyong counted on his fingers: "It's not just the Yanjing Film Festival, these are just small events. There are also the Magic City Film Festival, the Bear Film Festival, the Golden Bear Film Festival, the West White Fang Film Festival, and the Big Apple Film Festival. They are all given away!"
It is now the second half of the year and the new year is about to begin. The beginning of the new year marks the arrival of the award ceremony season in all walks of life around the world.
But sending so many film festivals?
Han Zhou doesn't have time to attend so many film festivals: "Just give it to me."
Han Zhou could imagine that at various European and American film festivals, when people saw the local films sent by China, they would definitely laugh so hard that they would run to watch them, thinking that the films were vilifying China.
After watching it, I was numb.
Finally, some more fair film festivals will nominate "Hello Mr. Tree" for awards.
This is the result.
At the national level, China is not Mr. Tree, but European and American countries are indeed Mr. Pig.
No discerning person would give it a prize.
While the car was driving, Chen Xiaoyong was still talking about how awesome and wonderful the shots in "Mr. Tree" were.
Han Zhou also smiled and said, "Why don't you hang out with your brother?"
Chen Dayong, as a photographer, can arrange at least a dozen people in the team.
It’s easy to arrange for your younger brother to follow you.
Chen Xiaoyong shook his head: "In the past three years, I have spent some time shooting with my brother every year."
"My brother said that I have enough spiritual energy, but I don't have the rules and don't understand the rules."
"He said that if he hangs out with you, Brother Han, he'll be able to learn it."
Chen Dayong commented on his brother like this? Han Zhou wanted to call and ask, but not while driving.
Chen Xiaoyong took out his cell phone and said, "I have been in school for seven years and have shot several short films. Brother Han, take a look!"
Han Zhou: "No hurry, let's talk about it when we get to the company."
Soon, they arrived at Shangyuan Street. Han Zhou opened the door of his office. Before Chen Xiaoyong came in and said anything, Han Zhou took out a cigarette and lit it: "Wait a moment, I'll call your brother."
Han Zhou walked aside and called Chen Dayong.
After a while, I finished the call and checked Chen Xiaoyong's name again.
You don't know until you check and you'll be shocked.
Chen Xiaoyong, a true genius.
The man of the year at Beijing Film Academy for four consecutive years.
Ever since he entered the school, he has always been known as the strongest photography student.
As a freshman, I collaborated to shoot a short film called “Wedding,” which won the Best Short Film Award at the College Student Film Festival six years ago.
That junior student is now 29 years old and is Tang Yihong, last year’s Golden Flower Award winner for Young Actor.
After graduating from college, Chen Xiaoyong applied for the postgraduate entrance examination at the Central Academy of Drama. During his first year of graduate school, he participated in the filming of a documentary for the 70th anniversary of the Central Academy of Drama and served as the deputy photographer. The main photographer was the most outstanding photographer in the country, Mr. Daluo, who is now retired.
There is news that Mr. Daluo was just a name, and the actual photographer was Chen Xiaoyong.
Only then did Han Zhou realize that the Central Academy of Drama and the Beijing Film Academy were different. The Beijing Film Academy was a school for training stars, so the screenwriting department was called the Screenwriting Department.
The Central Academy of Drama is a place to train artists, so literary creation actually covers script writing, drama creation, etc.
So, Chen Xiaoyong studied photography in college and studied screenwriting in graduate school.
These can be said to be the top talents among the students graduating this year.
With his resume, if he goes to an upper-middle-level film and television company, he will definitely be able to directly direct a medium-sized project.
Chen Dayong is so awesome that he actually brought his brother to me?
Han Zhou came over after a while and said, "Xiaoyong, let's go and have dinner."
Han Zhou wanted to know whether Chen Dayong's ability to drink was inherited or a gene mutation.
Soon, Han Zhou found out that Chen Dayong had a pure genetic mutation and Chen Xiaoyong was even worse than himself.
Han Zhou hiccuped: "Xiaoyong...Xiaoyong doesn't sound good. You need a stage name."
"Look...hiccup...your brother's name is Chen Dayong, so you should be called Eryong!"
Chen Xiaoyong was already drunk: "Er... Eryong?"
"Yes, let's call him Eryong." Han Zhou: "Er, after we finish drinking, let's go choose cameras. The photographer's camera, the soldier's gun, the duck's..."
Chen Xiaoyong was startled instantly: "Brother! If you keep talking, I will 404!"
