Chapter 688 Well-informed
Shanghai is the birthplace and important place of development of modern Chinese cinema. Many movie stars who became famous in the old society were also born in Shanghai, and several generations of emerging newcomers from the founding of the People's Republic of China to the reform and opening up were also born in Shanghai.
Unfortunately, when the 1980s came, the older generation gradually died, and many of the new generation went abroad because they yearned for the outside world, resulting in a gap from the late 1980s to the 1990s. In addition, the leaders of the Shanghai Film Studio were conservative in their thinking and failed to catch up with the times in the process of opening up, falling behind by half a beat. This lag was caught up by Yanjing. In the late 1990s, with the opening of private capital to the film and television industry, the influx of capital and Yanjing's unique policy support, its position was replaced by the so-called "Beijing Circle".
These have been briefly explained before, and they are mentioned again now only to prove the high status of Shanghai Film Studio in the current domestic industry.
But now it's different, although Luo Yang is from Yanjing and has been in Yanjing circles since he was a child, after meeting Song Yuanchao, especially when he started dating Li Xiaoyun, Luo Yang gradually shifted his focus from Yanjing to Hong Kong and Shanghai.
With the establishment and development of Luo Yang's advertising company, coupled with the cooperation with Shanghai Film Studio, Luo Yang has made subsequent development plans. In Song Yuanchao's view, as long as Luo Yang continues to follow this plan, step by step, with the strong strength of Shanghai Film Studio, his company's future prospects are limitless.
There are no problems with the operation of the advertising company now , but Luo Yang’s focus is not on the advertising business. Instead, he focuses on cultivating talents through advertising and recruiting outstanding actors from the Shanghai Film Studio.
Luo Yang told Song Yuanchao and the others that the progress was very good. In the past two months, they had cooperated with many famous actors through advertising shooting and other cooperation. If it were not for the staffing reasons, Luo Yang even wanted to sign contracts directly with several actors.
Although it is not possible now, it may be possible in the future, especially since Luo Yang's advertising company also has the convenience of Hong Kong capital and can provide some young actors with opportunities to study abroad, which is extremely tempting to them.
"How is Zhang Minmin now?"
Song Yuanchao asked casually, and Luo Yang smiled and shook his head: "What else can I do? To put it in one sentence, one's heart is higher than the sky, but one's life is thinner than paper. If a person cannot see himself clearly and cannot put himself in the right position, the result can be imagined."
"Haha, you didn't lose anything. His tapes are selling well in China now, and the copyrights are in your hands, right? You made a lot of money." Qin Zhengguo joked with a smile.
"I just feel it's a pity. I was originally planning to..." Luo Yang shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about him. By the way, I heard that Shenghua is planning to do some kind of postal and telecommunications cooperation?"
"How did you know?" Qin Zhengguo asked in surprise.
The postal and telecommunications cooperation project was what Qin Zhengguo had discussed with Song Yuanchao over the phone before. Due to the problems between Shenghua Telecom and its competitors, Li Daqi couldn't think of any good solution for a while, so he turned to Qin Zhengguo for help.
Unexpectedly, Qin Zhengguo actually came up with a trick, which was to carry out comprehensive cooperation through a joint venture company, thus forming a strategic partnership and completely eliminating competitors from the industry.
Qin Zhengguo was undecided about this model, so he called Song Yuanchao directly.
Song Yuanchao was greatly surprised when he learned about this. He never thought that Qin Zhengguo would think of this.
Although this unconventional move is not the right way, the effect is very good, because in Song Yuanchao's memory, there was a company that did this and did it very well.
Song Yuanchao expressed his support for Qin Zhengguo's idea, because the facts he experienced in his previous life had already told him the answer, and this model was completely feasible.
With Song Yuanchao's approval, Qin Zhengguo and Li Daqi held several consecutive meetings in Pengcheng, calling together the senior management of Shenghua Telecom and the heads of the marketing and sales departments, and decided to adopt this approach to develop comprehensive cooperation with the local postal and telecommunications (telephone) departments.
The plan has been worked out, but as it is close to the end of the year, it has not officially started yet. Shenghua plans to officially start it after the Spring Festival. However, given the current situation, initial contact and probing have been carried out in several regions with good relations. After listening to Shenghua's ideas, the other party showed great interest, which is a good thing for Shenghua.
"You are well-informed." Qin Zhengguo asked in surprise, "Where did you get the news?"
"Haha, everyone has his own way. Don't forget that I also have connections." Luo Yang smiled and kept the secret, but Qin Zhengguo didn't ask any more questions. Luo Yang's background was not simple, so it was normal for him to have channels to know about this matter.
However, Qin Zhengguo was also thinking that this matter must be started earlier. If it is delayed for too long, what if the competitors find out and learn to use this trick? Wouldn't that be making things easier for others?
Compared with Qin Zhengguo's worries, Song Yuanchao did not take it seriously. Shenghua Telecom's products are different from other brands. Although Shenghua Telecom is a company registered in Hong Kong, Shenghua Electronics is a company in Pengcheng and a mainland enterprise.
Compared with Shenghua, other brands are foreign brands. They only have an office or branch agency in China, and the actual company is not under domestic control.
In normal market competition, offices or agencies still have the right to make some responses, but if they follow Shenghua's model and fully cooperate with local governments, it will involve the height of the entire strategy. Although foreign large companies are large in scale, strong in technology and strong in strength, there are also big disadvantages to being big, the most obvious of which is the problem of timeliness in decision-making.
Such a major move requires feedback from domestic offices or agencies to the overseas headquarters, which then understands and analyzes the information before making a corresponding decision, which takes a considerable amount of time.
Not to mention that this time may be a year or two, or even longer. In addition, these large multinational companies have the kind of pride in their bones, and it is possible that they will eventually reject the proposal, so there is still plenty of time left for Shenghua.
"What? Are you interested in this cooperation?" Song Yuanchao asked with a smile. Luo Yang was not an outsider. Currently, Luo Yang also held a certain amount of Shenghua shares, which were obtained through the stock exchange of his company in Hong Kong. In addition, Luo Yang was Li Daqi's brother-in-law, and his sister Luo Lin was Lin Yan's sister-in-law. He and Song Yuanchao were both friends and classmates. If he was interested, it was not impossible for them to participate together. Moreover, with Luo Yang's background and relationships, his participation would also be beneficial to Shenghua.
"I'm not interested. I'm too busy with my own affairs." Luo Yang waved his hand and smiled, "I just asked casually after hearing about it. But this is a really good idea. Who came up with it? It's a genius idea!"
"Who else could it be? Of course it's me!" Qin Zhengguo laughed loudly, patting his belly with a proud look on his face.
Luo Yang gave him a thumbs up and continued, "Let me make a deal first. I will not participate in this deal, but you have to keep the advertising business for the future for me. The more business I have, the better. More business can train me."
"Don't worry. We have already prepared it for you without you having to tell us." Qin Zhengguo agreed immediately and Song Yuanchao . Luo Yang was so happy that he picked up the tea on the table, toasted them and drank it all.
Luo Yang and his wife and Qin Zhengguo and his wife did not stay in Jinling for long. They left on the third day. Luo Yang and Li Xiaoyun returned to Shanghai first, along with Uncle Li and Aunt Dong.
Qin Zhengguo and his wife returned directly to Hong Kong. As the Spring Festival was approaching, everyone had a lot of things to do. Once the Spring Festival was over, they would be busy with new projects, so they had to make arrangements in advance.
Lin Yan accompanied Song Yuanchao in Jinling for a week before returning to Shanghai with her children. They had agreed to spend the New Year in Shanghai this year. Zhang's mother and her family had been talking about it for a long time. Last year, they returned to Beijing and could not accompany the elderly. This year, it would not be possible. After eating the New Year's Eve dinner, they would take the children to Beijing on the first day of the new year to meet up with Lin Daoyuan and his wife and Lin Yuhang.
Li Daqi did not stay in Jinling for too long. After bringing his new wife back home, he returned to Shanghai two days later than Uncle Li and his family. When he arrived in Shanghai, he set up several tables and invited relatives and friends in Shanghai to have a meal, which completed the entire wedding process.
The New Year's Day days passed just like that. The work before the Spring Festival was particularly busy. Song Yuanchao once again plunged into busy work. In a blink of an eye, the first month passed. The Spring Festival in 1985 was relatively late, and it was not until February 20th that the first day of the new year. This year's Spring Festival Gala, Rowling had already declined the invitation to perform on the Gala early. For two consecutive years, Rowling did not spend enough time with her family, and she could not help feeling a little guilty.
Maomao is not a child anymore. A three-year-old child is already very sensible. It is too unreasonable for a mother to not be able to spend the Spring Festival with her child. Besides, Rowling is already famous now, and there is no need for her to continue to perform on the Spring Festival Gala. Wouldn't it be better to give the opportunity to other young people?
Lin Yuhang was very happy with Rowling's decision, and even Lin Daoyuan felt very satisfied.
In the past two years, Rowling and her family never had New Year’s Eve dinner together, and the family always felt like something was missing. Now, we can finally get together this year.
Song Yuanchao also agreed with Rowling's decision, but he didn't say anything. He secretly agreed with the wisdom of Rowling's decision in his heart.
Although the Spring Festival Gala can make people famous, with the success of the Spring Festival Gala for two consecutive years, the Gala has become more and more strict. It's good that Rowling doesn't want to continue to be on this show, so as not to be called a "Spring Festival Gala nailer" in the future. Besides, it's not a good thing that Song Yuanchao has decided not to continue to be on the show.
Besides, Song Yuanchao had watched the 1985 Spring Festival Gala, which was arguably the worst of all the previous ones. I won't go into detail about the specifics, but you can look for the records. Rowling's retreat was a blessing in disguise, and it was far better not to participate than to participate. One can't help but feel that she was lucky.
