Chapter 735 Cinema
As the Chinese New Year was approaching, Song Yuanjun settled his work in the company early and set off for Hong Kong.
We have to spend the Chinese New Year in Hong Kong this year, mainly because Lin Yan's belly is already very big and she will be giving birth soon.
As he is about to welcome the birth of another little life, Song Yuanchao has mixed feelings.
Looking back on his previous life, he was alone, but now not only am I married to Lin Yan, we also have a lovely son, and our second child is about to be born. I never dared to imagine this in my previous life.
Although I cannot spend the New Year in Shanghai or go to Yanjing this year, I can only say sorry to Zhang's mother and my father-in-law and mother-in-law.
However, the elders also understood and smiled without saying anything. They just asked her to bring Lin Yan back as soon as possible after the baby was born to see them.
I originally thought that this year only my family and Qin Zhengguo's family would celebrate the New Year together, but I didn't expect that when the New Year was approaching, Luo Yang and his wife and Li Daqi and his wife came to Hong Kong together. When they met, they smiled and said that they had nothing to do anyway, so they might as well come to Hong Kong to celebrate the New Year together. It would be more lively if several families celebrated the New Year together.
With so many people coming to our house at once, the happiest ones were Yangyang and Nini who came to our house to play.
The two children called uncle and aunt sweetly and naturally received a lot of gifts. They smiled so hard that they couldn't close their mouths. Holding the gift boxes that were taller than them, they skipped and went to the upstairs room to open the gifts under the guidance of the Filipino maid.
Lin Yan is now a pregnant woman and has difficulty walking with her big belly. Ying Caixia is accompanying her, holding her young son who is still breastfeeding, as well as Li Xiaoyun and Zheng Li.
By the way, Zheng Li and Li Xiaoyun are also pregnant now. Lin Yan and Ying Caixia, as experienced people, are teaching them the key points and conditioning methods to pay attention to during pregnancy. The women are chatting about topics that interest them in the living room. Song Yuanchao and the other men went directly to the garden outside, and like Qin Zhengguo did, they put tables and chairs on a high place, so they could drink tea while looking at the scenery and chatting casually.
"My sister asked me to thank you." Luo Yang said as he lit a cigarette.
Song Yuanchao was stunned at first, then he understood what he meant. He smiled and shook his head and said, "We are all family, why are you thanking me? By the way, why did your sister ask you to bring a message?"
"Haha, I went back to Yanjing before coming here. My sister wanted to call you in person, but she really didn't have time this time." Spreading his hands, Luo Yang said helplessly: "You also know about last year's Spring Festival Gala. Fortunately, my sister didn't go last year, otherwise she would have suffered. But this year I can't refuse. I have been rehearsing these days."
"Second sister-in-law is going to be on the Spring Festival Gala again this year?" Song Yuanchao was a little surprised.
Luo Yang nodded, pointed upwards and said nothing more, and Song Yuanchao understood. It seemed that this was not just that simple. It should be a task assigned by a leader.
But it's normal to think about it. Last year's Spring Festival Gala was very poorly organized. It was the worst Spring Festival Gala program. It is no exaggeration to describe the broadcast effect with the word "bad".
Precisely because of this, the leaders attached great importance to this year's Spring Festival Gala. They had to come up with a good program to satisfy the people across the country and must not damage this newly established brand.
For this reason, and considering Rowling's fame, it is normal to find her and ask her to participate in the Spring Festival Gala again. After all, Rowling has been quite famous in China in recent years, and she is the only mainland singer who has entered the Hong Kong music scene and occupied a certain position.
Not long ago, Luo Lin's new album was released in the mainland and Hong Kong at the same time under the operation of Luo Yang, and achieved very good results. The two title songs in it became popular all over the country, and even the popularity in Hong Kong increased a lot after the release of this album.
This is the reason why Luo Lin asked Luo Yang and Song Yuanchao to say thank you, because the two title songs of this new album were still produced with the help of Song Yuanchao.
"It's good that Sister Lin is on the Spring Festival Gala. Last year's Spring Festival Gala was terrible. What a crap it was. I'm convinced." Li Daqi at the side said, "Sister Lin's songs are still good. Xiaoli likes them very much. I bought her a copy after it was released. Oh, by the way! When will the CD be released? Xiaoli was asking me yesterday. As a big boss, you are not planning to release a CD, right?"
"Haha, how could that be? It's already been prepared and will be officially launched tomorrow." Luo Yang replied with a smile. How could he not care about his sister's affairs? According to the plan, the tape will be launched first, and then the film and CD will be launched. The latter will be launched at the same time, and the specific time will be tomorrow.
Since his brother-in-law needed it, how could Luo Yang not take it seriously? He patted his chest and said that there was no need to buy CDs. He would give a heads up to the Hong Kong company later and ask them to send a few over.
After chatting about this for a while with a smile, Luo Yang suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, I heard that your domestic partner company is doing well?"
Hearing this, Song Yuanchao, Li Daqi and Qin Zhengguo all laughed. Luo Yang was not directly involved in this project and only knew a rough idea.
In fact, the domestic cooperative companies nowadays are more than just good. To use an old-fashioned saying, the situation is not just good but very good.
Currently, Shenghua Telecom has carried out large-scale domestic company cooperation in seven provinces across the country. Nearly 30 cooperative companies have been established, and several others are still in talks. It is expected that there will be results after the Chinese New Year.
After the establishment of these companies, the benefits brought to Shenghua Telecom were very huge. Due to the nature of the companies and the binding of the interests of both parties, Shenghua Telecom formed a semi-monopoly advantage in this regard, directly eliminating many competitors.
Although Shenghua Telecom's own products are only small and medium-sized products, and the technical strength for large equipment is not yet reached, it is enough for Shenghua Telecom to occupy a dominant position in these markets. In addition, Shenghua Telecom has obtained product agency with a foreign company that produces large program-controlled switches through other cooperation models, so it is also capable of producing large products.
This model of Shenghua Telecom completely broke the original market structure and caught its competitors off guard. Because of its semi-monopoly, Shenghua Telecom directly squeezed its competitors out of the market after establishing a cooperative company in a province (city).
As a result, the competitors' market shrank significantly, while Shenghua Telecom's market grew at a rocket speed.
In just this year, the number of Shenghua Telecom's projects has doubled and its profits are extremely astonishing.
Just a few days ago, Song Yuanchao and Qin Zhengguo were still paying attention to this matter. Song Yuanchao was still better, but when Qin Zhengguo saw the annual report figures of Shenghua Telecom, he was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out.
There were so many zeros behind the astronomical profit figure that he couldn't count them all at once. He never imagined that in just less than two years, Shenghua Telecom would surpass Shenghua Group's other industries and achieve such an amazing result.
"It's okay. What? Do you plan to play together?" Song Yuanchao asked half-jokingly.
"I don't understand this. What's the point of playing? Just play. Besides, I am also a shareholder of Shenghua now. If the company makes more money, will you treat me unfairly in dividends?" Luo Yang waved his hand and everyone laughed when he said this.
"I have something to ask for your opinions." Luo Yang said. Seeing the three people looking at him, Luo Yang organized his words and said, "You all know that I am in Xiangjiang Company. At the beginning, I just started a small business. The development in the past few years has been so-so..."
Everyone is familiar with Luo Yang's company in Hong Kong. When it was first established, Shenghua helped a lot. Although it is an entertainment company, it mainly deals with audio and video products. In particular, Luo Lin's albums in recent years were all operated by Luo Yang's company, in addition to Zhang Minmin and several contracted singers of the company.
The company's business is not bad, because its main market is in the mainland, coupled with the convenience of Luoyang Company in Hong Kong and the mainland's pursuit of Hong Kong singers, in addition, Zhang Minmin became an instant hit in the mainland two years ago.
Moreover, Luo Yang discovered a new female singer. This 17-year-old girl had great potential. She participated in the Youth Singer Competition when she was in the first year of high school, and her song "Assorted Vegetables" caused a sensation. It happened that Luo Yang was a member of the organizing committee of the Youth Singer Competition for some reason. He was attracted by the girl's voice and unique charm on the spot, and decided to sign her to his company on the spot.
Although this girl named Zhang Qiang is young, Luo Yang has not misjudged her potential at all. Her first album last year was a huge success, and her momentum is almost the same as that of Rowling. Moreover, her style is completely different from that of Rowling, which is unrestrained and unique, attracting many young people to follow her.
This year, Luo Yang plans to release her second album directly in the two places, and she will be one of the singers that Luo Yang's company will strongly support in the future.
Overall, his company is developing well and making a lot of money, but it is not very well-known in Hong Kong.
Luo Yang told Song Yuanchao and the others that after cooperating with Shanghai Film Studio last year, Luo Yang had the idea of entering the film and television industry. Moreover, the establishment of Li Xiaoyun and Lin Yan's advertising company was a step of Luo Yang. The real purpose of the advertising company was not the advertising business, but to prepare for the film and television industry.
In the mainland, it is basically impossible for private enterprises or even foreign-funded enterprises to enter this industry. At best, they can cooperate in a co-production manner similar to the last time, and there are still many restrictions in the operation.
Luo Yang was very clear about this, so his company in Hong Kong made adjustments some time ago, preparing to gradually shift from the initial single audio-visual products and record sales business to the film and television industry.
Luo Yang decided to use Hong Kong as a base and expand his film and television business through Hong Kong's relatively mature entertainment market. In fact, he is doing so now.
However, the progress is not very smooth. On the one hand, as an outsider, Luo Yang does not have deep roots in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a relatively xenophobic place and is not very friendly to outsiders. In addition, Hong Kong is currently a British colony and has certain special features. In addition, the structure of Hong Kong's film and television industry is complicated, so it is very difficult to do well in this market.
"I have re-registered a film company. Next, I will try to find suitable scripts, directors and actors for film and television production." Luo Yang said to everyone: "It is a bit difficult to produce TV series. This is basically monopolized by TVB and ATV. Outsiders can't get in. At present, we can only start with movies. However, the production and release of movies in Hong Kong are different from those in the mainland. They need the support of theaters. Without the latter, even if you make a movie, it will be difficult to release it and recover the cost."
"Do you mean you want to find a suitable cinema chain to cooperate with?" Qin Zhengguo couldn't help but ask when he heard this. He has been in Hong Kong longer than anyone else and knows the situation in this area better.
"Yes!" Luo Yang nodded: "There are currently two ways. One is to cooperate with a suitable cinema company, and the second is to acquire and build your own cinema."
