Volume 3: Taking Roots 2016 Chapter 710 Gathering together
From the north where the early autumn chill was gradually setting in, Zhou Dongsheng returned to the south where it was spring all year round. As soon as he got off the plane, a warm current blew in his face, which made him feel a little emotional.
Hey, this is the taste. This is the most suitable climate for southerners. Don’t say it’s only the “golden autumn” of September. Even in October or November, the weather is still cold…
That all depends on God's favor. Being able to successfully enter winter in one go is a rare blessing.
Huh? What? You said it snows in the Magic City, not in the South?
According to this statement, the Magic City obviously belongs to the northern Jiangsu region. This explanation is very reasonable, ahem.
Although the crew of "Dying to Survive" is currently under the leadership of producer Xu Zheng, they have also chosen the Shanghai Theatre Academy as their second stop for casting, and have locked in on the main stage of the Shanghai Theatre Academy.
But for Zhou Dongsheng, he naturally had no intention of following along throughout the whole process. After all, investing in movies was just for fun and was purely out of personal interest.
As for making a little money by the way, it was just a small thing that happened easily and was not Zhou Dongsheng's main purpose.
As for what Zhou Dongsheng's main business is, of course, being a hands-off boss!
If I have to personally handle the entire process of a film investment project, wouldn't that be putting the cart before the horse? Moreover, it seems that my main goal has been achieved.
The rest is naturally enough to just sit back and enjoy the fruits of his labor. If the final list of actors is beyond Zhou Dongsheng's expectations, the worst that can happen is that Zhou Dongsheng will have to intervene forcibly.
After all, as the largest investor, I still have the basic say. If it really doesn't work, I can just give up...
As for going to the art-filled Shanghai Theatre Academy to enjoy the artistic influence, and to find a few suitable candidates to train among a group of young and energetic girls...
There is no need to rush. It is never too late. Zhou Dongsheng has a big family and a lot of business now, and it is a bit difficult for him to take care of things.
Originally, Dongsheng Investment Branch was established in Shanghai, and a solid team was recruited again, in addition to the original intention of taking into account some investment businesses in Shanghai.
More reasons are due to his own "asset management". After all, Zhou Dongsheng knows exactly how much he is worth.
Even though he has successfully accumulated such a huge amount of assets, some of the hidden risks have not been completely eliminated. The biggest hidden danger may very well be himself.
It’s just that its own assets are in a stage of rapid growth. After all, it is no exaggeration to say that every project in Dongsheng Investment’s hands is a wave of the times one after another.
The waves that come one after another have the ability to threaten the waves in front, and some projects have the potential to lead the trend of the times on their own, which has not yet been realized.
Zhou Dongsheng is like a small paper boat lying on the waves of the times. Although he can sit back and enjoy the fruits of the times, if he is not careful, the waves may easily overturn him.
Then, sink into the depths of the sea...
If you have never seen the light, what is there to be afraid of in the darkness?
Anyone who has experienced the temptation of light will naturally not be willing to return to darkness.
The same is true for Zhou Dongsheng.
After all, he is just an ordinary man, greedy for money, lustful, and with all kinds of desires. It is precisely because of this that Zhou Dongsheng cherishes his "hard-earned" wealth even more.
He even prepared billions of escape routes for himself, being extremely careful to ensure that even if he accidentally sank to the bottom of the sea, he would still have some capital for retirement.
At the very least, you can still brag to your descendants in the future: "Back then, your grandfather was a soldier for half his life and was also a glorious man..."
Well, of course, this is to prevent me from being asked by my innocent descendants when I brag about it in the future and being asked questions like “Grandpa, why are we so poor now…”
Zhou Dongsheng naturally had to find a way to manage his assets well, and the main function of the Dongsheng Investment branch originally established in Shanghai was to do this.
Zhang Xiaoguang, who joined Zhou Dongsheng's team through the recommendation of a headhunter, is naturally a professional in this field. The so-called asset management actually has another more well-known name.
Professional manager!
As a serious profession, the main function of a professional manager is management and operation, which can be divided into several types according to different focus of abilities.
The management type is responsible for business management and can receive high annual salary, equity incentives and other rewards. If compared with working humans, they are definitely the well-deserved working emperors.
Looking at the assets and companies under Zhou Dongsheng today, people like Xu Kaidao, who joined Zhou Dongsheng the earliest, managed Xiaorenmin Media in an orderly manner and also received due rewards.
To a certain extent, as long as the group is in charge of the management rights of the enterprise, they can be considered professional managers, and people like Xu Kaidao are the most typical representatives.
However, compared with Zhang Xiaoguang, a regular soldier, Xu Kaidao can only be considered a half-wild one, and it was all thanks to Zhou Dongsheng's promotion that he was able to step up to such a position.
He also unknowingly reaped the benefits of the booming live streaming economy, otherwise he would still be just a small department manager in an Internet company.
But no matter whether the cat is black or white, a cat that can catch mice is a good cat. For Zhou Dongsheng, there is no essential difference between the two.
However, compared with Xu Kaidao, Xu Ruoan and others who each have their own responsibilities under him, Zhang Xiaoguang is undoubtedly a professional manager who has reached a higher level.
If they are divided into levels, the former may only be considered an entry-level professional manager who has just started out, while Zhang Xiaoguang can be considered a senior professional manager.
Of course, this is not something Zhou Dongsheng made up casually, but it was officially stamped and approved by the China Professional Managers Association, certified by the special CPM system, and has a senior professional manager certificate.
Before this, Zhou Dongsheng didn’t even know that this association and profession existed. It was because of this demand and the introduction of headhunters that Zhou Dongsheng opened his eyes to this.
The scope of professional managers' duties is all-encompassing, and perhaps the simplest and most widely known is the so-called MBA (Master of Business Administration).
This is also a direction that many entrepreneurs will choose to study and supplement their knowledge after encountering a threshold. For professional managers, it is the most basic stepping stone.
The other many areas of ability, in short, are ability and record. The former paves the way for the latter, and as long as the latter is brilliant enough, the former is not to be ignored.
After all, a hero's origin is not judged.
Zhang Xiaoguang, who was able to obtain the senior professional manager certificate, naturally has both. He had successfully helped the company complete the IPO process, survived the equity lock-up period, and finally successfully cashed out.
This alone has enabled Zhang Xiaoguang to initially achieve the "financial freedom" that ordinary people dream of.
It’s just that the so-called “financial freedom” standard has always been flexible and changeable. When you have nothing, the standard of financial freedom may just be a set of correct seven numbers.
But once you have real eight-digit assets, perhaps this standard will become a small goal of nine figures.
It was precisely because of this that Zhang Xiaoguang chose to join Zhou Dongsheng's team. After all, a rapidly rising upstart like Zhou Dongsheng was exactly what he had always dreamed of.
Since you have become them, then join them, manage their assets, and then become them step by step .
Of course, as a serious profession, professional managers naturally have their own professional ethics and practice the bottom line of "a gentleman loves money but gets it in a proper way."
Even if one wants to take the risk and get his hands on the employer's assets, it is not an easy thing to do, because professional managers only have the right to operate the company or assets.
As for ownership and property rights, they are naturally not within its management scope, nor can it be easily interfered with. This is like a simple corporate version of the separation of powers structure, which restrict each other.
Outside of enterprises, there are naturally legal constraints. After a long period of development, the current sound system is sufficient to fully protect the asset security of asset managers.
After all, every progress and development bears traces left by those who have paid a heavy price.
Just like when a business founder was kicked out of the company, the AB equity structure was born to protect the rights and interests of the founder.
It was precisely because of this that Zhou Dongsheng entrusted him with the important task with confidence. Of course, Zhou Dongsheng did not choose to hand over everything at once and put all his assets in full trust, but instead observed for a period of time.
Among them, the Dongsheng Investment Branch and the Dongsheng Charity Foundation were handed over to Zhang Xiaoguang, which was undoubtedly the main task during the inspection period.
But now, times have changed and as time has passed, the work that seemed complicated and confusing to Zhou Dongsheng is now well organized in Zhang Xiaoguang's hands.
Zhou Dongsheng was vividly shown what a senior professional manager is. His solid work ability is truly astonishing.
And Zhou Dongsheng became more and more convinced that he was a "waste" and that he had to specialize in his own field and should just be his own boss.
However, it’s time for me, a hands-off boss, to upgrade to a higher level!
As the boss, Zhou Dongsheng was naturally very satisfied with Zhang Xiaoguang's inspection. Therefore, when he came back this time, he naturally had a very important task to entrust to Zhang Xiaoguang.
It's time to give him more responsibilities, since he's just sitting around doing nothing anyway.
This was something Zhou Dongsheng had naturally wanted to do for a long time, but he had always felt that the time was not yet ripe. That was to integrate his ever-growing mess.
After all, I now have many companies in my hands, and as the owner, I have begun to face the embarrassment of being unable to take care of everything. Naturally, it is time to solve this problem.
As the saying goes, true gold fears no fire. We can take this opportunity to take a good look at the ability of Zhang Xiaoguang, a capable general, and see whether his high annual salary and impressive record match his ability.
This time when he returned to Shanghai, Zhou Dongsheng had already prepared himself to sit back and watch, leaving the stage to Zhang Xiaoguang.
All I need to do is wait for the acceptance of the results. As long as I complete this step, it will be inappropriate to call myself Mr. Zhou in the future. I have to call myself Director Jay.
Oh, that’s not bad!
In this regard, Zhou Dongsheng was naturally calm and waited and saw what would happen. Zhou Dongsheng's opinion was naturally conveyed to Zhang Xiaoguang through his assistant Li Jiana.
As for why not convey it in person, isn't that nonsense?
Isn’t it said that secretaries do the work when there is work to do and secretaries do the work when there is nothing to do?
Doing everything yourself will make you tired eventually, and sometimes you would like to enjoy the joy of watching others do it themselves, right?
Otherwise, do you really think Zhou Dongsheng is a money-throwing boy, who wastes all the money he spends and supports a bunch of good-for-nothings?
Of course, due to Zhou Dongsheng's previous elegance and easy-going nature as a hands-off boss, there might really be a few good-for-nothings and parasites under his command.
It just so happens that with the help of Zhang Xiaoguang, we can clear up the atmosphere together and use the name of integration to sweep away the fallen leaves from top to bottom.
"It's getting cold, it's just right to tidy up~"
Zhou Dongsheng looked leisurely at the Huangpu River outside the window. Steaming tea poured out from the teapot in his hand. The white smoke dissipated, leaving only the fragrant tea aroma.
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At the Shanghai branch of Dongsheng Investment, Zhang Xiaoguang slowly put down the phone in his hand with a smile on his face.
When Zhang Xiaoguang heard what Li Jiana conveyed, he was shocked and became extremely excited. After waiting for so long, he finally had the chance to show his talents.
For such insignificant work before, Zhang Xiaoguang felt that the salary he had received was not worth it.
At the same time, how can I have the nerve to ask my boss for more benefits if I don’t have any outstanding achievements?
Isn't this the opportunity ? If you want to make a difference, this is the time!
Bringing together several organizations and individuals to give full play to the effect of 1+1 being greater than 2, this is collectivization!
Now Zhang Xiaoguang has undoubtedly become Zhou Dongsheng's agent, implementing the group policy on his behalf and making the major enterprises under his control work together.
This will create the advantage of "resource sharing and complementary advantages" and further enhance our core competitiveness.
The truth is such a simple one, but to implement it, it still has to be implemented step by step.
With Zhou Dongsheng's permission, Zhang Xiaoguang naturally had enough power to do this.
Zhang Xiaoguang methodically formulated a preliminary strategy, and then began to notify everyone one by one, including Xu Kaidao, Xu Ruoan, Lu Sifang, Brandon Green...
Xiaorenwu Media, Yi Nian Media, Dongsheng Investment, and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, these four major companies are undoubtedly under the firm control of Zhou Dongsheng.
Even though it has a number of shareholders, the absolute controlling rights have never been lost, which also provides the basis for these four companies to become subsidiaries.
As for other investment projects, although they are investments from Dongsheng Investment, they are not completely owned by Zhou Dongsheng independently.
Although there is also the possibility of resource sharing, they cannot be confused.
Under Zhang Xiaoguang's drastic leadership, the entire groupization process began to proceed in full swing!
