New Age Artists

Chapter 578 Focus on your main business! Appearance is justice!
Early in the morning.

"Gao Xiaosong went in."

Shen Santong was delighted to hear the news.

Last night, Gao Xiaosong caused four injuries while driving under the influence, becoming the first cultural celebrity to be jailed for drunk driving since the "drunk driving criminalization" law came into effect on May 5 this year.

The only domestic scenes left were the interior scenes, which were shot at the Qingdao Film and Television Base.

Shen Santong was in a good mood, and the filming of the movie went more and more smoothly. His assistant reported that he no longer scolded others, whom he had been scolding recently, and the movie received rave reviews.

He has been praised as a cultural guardian and film master.

Really know how to tell the truth!
But soon Shen Santong was no longer happy.

The assistant submitted a report saying that the Internet business group had some minor problems, and then the film business also had problems.

The release of "The Suffering That Can Never Be Forgotten" was called off.

It was difficult for Internet business manager Shen Santong to take action in the crew, so they froze the personnel first. No matter whether he was promoted, demoted, or resigned, they had to wait until he returned to the company.

Shen Santong inquired about Kang Honglei's play and found out what was going on.

Some people think that the release of Hollywood blockbusters is to prevent Santong Entertainment from dominating the market and to suppress Shen Santong's arrogance, so they start to make trouble in secret.

The reasons for the suspension are very clear. In order not to disrupt the cooperative relationship, a tripartite meeting between Tokyo University, Japan and South Korea will be held at the end of the month.

Chen Chexi asked worriedly, "What if someone feels that the higher-ups are punishing you and joins in adding insult to injury?"

"Don't worry, this is because the academic artsy people are feeling the pain and are making trouble. We must not expand it at this time."

Santong Entertainment began to reorganize itself internally, and its interactions with colleges and universities increased.

Some people are jealous, envious or lost.

The sons, sons-in-law, and relatives of film studio directors, famous directors, and well-known writers and screenwriters, there are very few such relationships among the three major groups.

Moreover, resources are always limited. If there are too many, there will not be enough to share, and only a few people can get to eat the cake.

Some official projects are not available to everyone, and Europe and the United States are becoming more and more stingy with their money.

Those who gain benefits through connections must be a minority, a very small minority, and cannot be the majority.

Santong Entertainment is striving for the majority.

Shen Santong is very calm, and there are almost no dramas of a large scale in Santong Entertainment.

All the controversial ones were thrown to Jiahe, and overall the number was pitifully small.

Under his influence, people do not engage in marginal themes. Even low-budget dramas and feature films should give people hope rather than just complaining.

Not wanting to lose his composure, Shen Santong first calmed Kang Honglei down.

"Wolf Tooth" will be released in the summer, and military themes will be explored by then, allowing him to prepare a new military adventure drama.

This is one of the benefits of Shen Santong being able to work on projects himself and take the lead.

He takes on the hardest challenges and breaks through a point, and then his men can act along the breakthrough point.

However, Shen Santong was also a little angry. The slogans were so loud, why didn't these people mention that the sun in the north would make an informal visit at the end of the month?
If Liutai is not defended, the Three Han will be reduced to ruins.

The relationship between Todai and the northern part of the peninsula does not depend on the attitude of one or two people, but is determined by location.

There are only two options in the east direction, one is Japan and South Korea, and the other is Russia and the north of the peninsula.

Shen Santong knew that the final result would be the latter, but being full does not mean just having the third bowl of rice; the first two bowls are also important.

You have to always give it a try, after all, the Japanese and Korean industrial chains are more developed.

At the moment, these two opportunities must be seized. For Todai, external support is important, but it is no longer the key. Japan and South Korea are at the crossroads of history.

It is a zero-sum mentality that industrial chain competition cannot coexist. These two companies can survive well if they are embedded in the Dongda industrial chain.

The problem is that they cannot make the decision and they all have historical guilt.

In comparison, Dezi was very aware of the times. After 4.0 became 404, he took advantage of the advantages of chemical industry and immediately integrated into the Dongda industrial chain while the advantages still existed.

Shen Santong was not in a hurry and just played with some people.

5 month 27 day.

In late spring and early summer, plants grow and flowers bloom.

Shen Santong announced that the filming of "The Devil's Thieves" has been completed.

After a simple wrap-up dinner, Shen Santong immediately returned to Beijing.

One or two plays cannot affect the overall situation. A fire at home is a big deal.

The Internet business wants to expand in the direction of group purchasing and is unwilling to provide supporting services to the cultural and entertainment industry. This is a major problem with the company's development strategy.

Shen Santong froze all personnel at the beginning of the month and began self-inspection.

"Is someone targeting me?"

Shen Santong suspected that someone was plotting against him behind his back.

There have always been people targeting him, but this time they are more targeted.

Can it be a good thing for some people to praise themselves?

It's getting more and more exaggerated now.

They said that after watching his plays, they couldn't watch any other plays, and they praised him as pure and innocent.

Even though it's the truth, I can't say it publicly!

"Re-stir up my scandal. It can't be so perfect. You can also stir up the illegal taxi issue."

Shen Santong instructed the assistant in charge of personal image.

If there is a spot of black on a piece of white paper, it is probably not a good thing to whiten it. It is possible that the flaw should still exist because of that spot of black.

It's not just the literary and artistic academics who are resisting, they have no impact on the Internet business.

Shen Santong has studied many cases, and this taste is familiar, a bit like the time when Ning Hao fought, one beating and one pulling.

It doesn't mean that external forces are strong enough to directly interfere in the internal affairs of his company, but they can influence it by leaking information.

No matter what, there can't be any problems internally.

After returning to the company, Shen Santong first met with the heads of various Internet departments.

The situation is not optimistic.

The Internet business has been expanding behind his back for several months.

The employee mailbox was not working properly, and even Shen Santong’s related accounts were created into a fake space.

There is a team that specifically serves his account ID, so that Shen Santong can see what he likes.

It is impossible for Shen Santong to stay online for a long time, especially when filming. The only people who can be caught are those who report to him. It is hard to say how the middle-level managers will execute the instructions.

It’s like there’s an old lady at home, scolding her son and daughter, who are all in their 40s, 50s or 60s, and they all listen.

No one really did what the old lady said.

Filming takes place from February to March to May to June in the first half of the year, and from August to September to November to December in the second half of the year. Shen Santong has also figured out the pattern.

The reason driving the expansion of Internet business is very simple: the Internet has much more money-making potential than entertainment.

The “Thousands of Group Buying Wars” started in China last year, with the model of Groupon (Xiaomi group buying website) becoming very popular.

This is the case at the moment. The capital from Dongda will first see what Xiaomi has, and then invest immediately if Xiaomi has it.

If Xiao Mi doesn’t have it, no one will care about it.

Western media are very disciplined and will definitely not mention Dongda’s advanced technology. Domestic media are also self-conscious and generally will not mention it, which makes it difficult to raise funds.

On the Internet, group buying has become popular on Xiaomi's side, and domestic group buying has quickly become a market darling.

Media attention and capital pursuit.

Meituan was the first to start this model, and then countless similar websites emerged like mushrooms after a rain, and then there was a war among thousands of groups.

This year, Baidu Nuomi came into being. On May 5, Renren Inc. was officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The listed assets include the social networking site Renren, the group buying site Nuomi and Renren Games.

Nuomi.com thus became the first group buying website to be listed.

It is generally believed that Baidu glutinous rice gets up early and arrives late.

But in fact, Baidu succeeded and was successfully listed on Xiaomi, becoming an asset that can be converted into cash and transferred, rather than a heavy asset that has been put into practice.

This is also the characteristic of many of Baidu's businesses. It is extremely averse to heavy assets and is always prepared to run away.

Shen Santong convened a meeting of middle-level and above managers in the Internet business group.

"We must focus on our core business, deepen our core business, and never expand without order."

"The future of the company has always been entertainment, with movies as the first priority. We want to grow the film market to 100 billion yuan and the derivative market to 1 trillion yuan. This has been our goal in the past and will remain so in the future."

“We will never adopt a money-burning model, and we will never expand for the sake of expectations when we are not yet profitable.”

As for the Internet business, in one sentence, if you don’t have money, you can’t play it.

Huge advertising investments, crazy poaching, burning money on subsidies, etc. are very common operations.

Santong Entertainment will never go down this path.

The group-buying business also has an impact on movies. The competitive market has been very fierce, with various special offers and movie tickets costing 6 yuan.

Internet companies will only spend this much money when they are engaged in a price war.

Shen Santong got angry, and all parties had already made arrangements before the meeting.

At times like this, Shen Santong is always ruthless.

The person in charge of the Internet business voluntarily resigned, and Shen Santong gave him a decent resignation. If it was not decent, he would go through legal procedures. Apart from anything else, the misappropriation of company funds has been confirmed.

For the executives who were deeply involved in the matter, those who had no job issues could take compensation and leave, while those who had problems could report them proactively to save their dignity.

For a time, half of the management of the Internet business was closed.

This incident also reminded Shen Santong to launch an internal entrepreneurship platform within the company, which would not only cover Internet business but also other business segments, thus forming a set of internal entrepreneurship mechanisms.

Shen Santong did not abandon the original achievements, but focused the group buying on movie ticket purchasing services and electronic payments.

The first batch of third-party payment licenses were issued a few days ago. Alipay has done a really good job in this regard and has really promoted the development of a lot of businesses.

Later, as he strayed further and further away from his main job, Ali’s performance became less and less good.

Shen Santong recognized that Santong Entertainment focused on its main business, which was the entertainment industry.

With movies and games as the center, he wants to visualize myths and legends as well as some online literature, such as the world of conferred gods, such as "Swallowed Star" and "Mortal's Journey to Immortality", which can retain the essence of the original works and further conform to the logic of the movie, and then follow up with special effects. Shen Santong doesn't believe that such a movie will not be a hit?
It’s hard to say about other parts of “Devouring the Stars”, but the Earth chapter is absolutely wonderful. The various monsters are enough to support a theme park project, and the profits from toys and peripherals will not be small either.

Having set his sights on the entertainment industry, Shen Santong will never expand without order.

Shen Santong made drastic changes to reorganize the internal affairs, and the film market was also in full swing.

The summer vacation at Tokyo University has not yet begun, but the atmosphere is already tense.

"Kung Fu Panda 2" premiered worldwide on May 5 and was simultaneously released at the University of Tokyo, earning more than 27 million yuan at the box office in its first week.

Tokyo has become the second largest film market outside of North America.

Previously optimistic filmmakers who believed that Hollywood could improve the level of domestic production are now in great pessimism.

Lost!

Can't beat it!

If it is really relaxed, as long as the film companies agree to release the films simultaneously, we can discuss it, without having to consider the release schedules of domestic films.

"Pirates of the Caribbean 4" was released in early May and grossed million yuan.

"Kung Fu Panda 2", which was released at the end of the month, is just as popular as "Caribbean 4".

Hollywood not only has strong production capabilities and great influence, but is also constantly learning.

Some optimistic filmmakers discovered that "Kung Fu Panda 2" contains some Eastern philosophy. Hollywood movies have begun to learn to tell Eastern stories and know how to capture the hearts of domestic audiences better than Eastern movies.

It is no longer external, but a resonance from within, "the mind is as calm as water", the inner state of cultivation.

Hot money does not consider which industry it is in. Hollywood has advanced production standards, and those who understand the tastes of Tokyo will naturally flock to Hollywood.

“Chinese cinema is dead!”

"Sinner! Shen Santong is a sinner!"

"You are the one who provoked them, and you want to sue them. Can you beat them?"

Shen Santong accompanied Gao Yuanyuan to watch "Kung Fu Panda 2".

Speechless, want to fall in love again?

Shen Santong doesn't have the time to do that. All the children he should have had have been born.

Come on.

You can't say, "I love my Yuanyuan the most, but the outside world is calling for my death. When the day comes when public opinion clears up, I will definitely give you a grand wedding."

Watching Kung Fu Panda 2 again, I had watched it in my previous life, but now my eyes and perspective are different.

After reading it, Shen Santong just wanted to say, this is called an oriental story?
Many filmmakers have forgotten where their roots are.

"Kung Fu Panda 2" was directed by a Korean director, so he understands a bit of Eastern culture, but in essence, it is still American.

I read some movie reviews.

Sure enough, many people chanted scriptures.

[We are destroying our own culture, but when others promote it better than us, we call it cultural erosion. What kind of protectionism is this?]

This statement is barely acceptable.

The level of film production at the University of Tokyo cannot keep up, so it’s up to others to interpret it.

But there are also some things that are very wrong.

[Kung Fu Panda II promotes the idea that the “civilian” resistance to tyranny through force ultimately succeeds.]

The taste is very strong.

It stigmatizes violent resistance, is full of prejudice against concentrating resources to accomplish major tasks, and regards it as cruel, tyrannical, and authoritarian.

The barrel of a gun that defends the interests of the people is linked to "fighting violence with violence."

"Common people" gives people the feeling of ordinary people, but in fact they are not ordinary people.

Just like what happened in later generations, as soon as the elites were placed on the throne, they began to look down on their poor brothers.

The role of Maka is just to vote for the elites, don't think about anything else.

Shen Santong also found some interesting comments.

[Po the panda is simply a good friend of the Western people. He defeated the cannon with his fists and feet, and single-handedly hindered the process of industrialization of the University of Tokyo.]

There is an over-interpreted long article:

His heart is as calm as still water, seemingly because he is curious about his vague life experience and confused about the future and responsibilities, so his heart is difficult to calm down.

After being knocked unconscious, he learned the truth and found himself in the coma.

In fact, to put it simply, you should let go of your greed, put away your edge, and do things without desire or demand.

In fact, to put it more bluntly, it means letting go of your purpose.

The problem is, in the story we can “use a little force to achieve a great result”, but in reality, others have cannons, can we rely on our skulls to resist?

This movie has bad intentions.

Let us stop, the question is, is it useful if we stop, do the robbers stop?
Isn't this the same as carbon emissions?
Let us not develop, but just practice martial arts according to other people’s imagination.

Shen Santong felt that this interpretation was a bit exaggerated, so he browsed the homepage and found that it was his fan.

Oh, this is a great interpretation.

[The logic of Hollywood stories cannot stand up to scrutiny. They seem to be oriental stories, but they are not. They are just pretending. One weapon determines everything. One weapon can conquer the East. This is very American logic.]

Shen Santong found that many people subconsciously examined Hollywood stories.

It has not yet become mainstream, but the number of people cannot be underestimated.

Often many of these people are his audiences, and it seems that his movies have indeed influenced some people.

Of course, under these comments, there are also people who follow up with conspiracy theories, nitpicking, and criticizing the main creative settings.

Interestingly, Kung Fu Panda 2’s North American box office was halved in its second week.

North American audiences do not appreciate this kind of film, which is American in nature but Eastern in skin.

The flattery is very clever, but North American audiences can't understand it.

Shen Santong is worried about the intelligence level of North American audiences.

I can't understand the advanced points, and my intelligence is indeed challenged.

6 month 11 day.

At the opening red carpet ceremony of the Shanghai Film Festival, Shen Santong brought the crew of "Wolf Tooth", and Guo Fan and Lu Yang brought the crew of "Li Shimin".

These two are Santong Entertainment's summer blockbusters.

Guo Jingming made a stunning transformation to become a film director and appeared at the film festival with "Tiny Times".

"Director Shen, thank you for giving me the opportunity. I have learned a lot." After walking the red carpet, Guo Jingming was very grateful to see Shen Santong.

Height is indeed a disadvantage.

Shen Santong said politely: "We are working together to expand the film market. I have also heard people talk about Director Guo's seriousness and professionalism."

Guo Jingming's current situation is indeed not very good.

Its reputation has been ruined, it was involved in a plagiarism scandal many years ago, and it has openly embraced its worship of money.

It is true that many people worship money, but they don’t say it openly!
Han Han, who lived in the same period, left Guo Xiaosi in a slump.

It's amazing. First, he had a love-hate relationship with Guo Jingming, and then the dispute between Han and Bai Ye made Bai Ye so angry that he closed his blog.

It has blown up the traditional literary world, and also has a bit of a flavor of blowing up the Beijing circle, attacking the north from the south.

When he looked back, Guo Jingming was many steps behind him.

This is not the end yet. He and the former leader of the Beijing circle, Wang Shuo, staged a "heroes cherishing heroes" drama.

The team is really awesome. Wang Shuo's "My Thousand Years of Cold" was published with the help of Lu Jinbo from Han Han's team.

It is true that Wang Shuo is not popular, but his status and position are much higher than Bai Ye.

Completed a triple jump and achieved continuous promotion.

If we use celebrities as an analogy, the illiterate anti-intellectual top stars start by hyping up gay couples, and then tearing up veteran actors who have status but no talent. In the process, they can also suppress the group they belong to, and not be stained with the reputation of being rude and arrogant to their predecessors. Then, former top stars with status but no fame cooperate in the hype.
Absolutely amazing.

The entire packaging, hype and marketing are nothing compared to it.

Later, when he made the movie "See You Tomorrow", he used another crushing strategy, "father-in-law" marketing.

Very strange.

The operation of commercial films has subconsciously relaxed the standards by using the same tolerance as that for art films.

The mutual admiration with Wang Shuo is not over yet, and we will continue to make efforts in the social field.

After being on the cover of Time, the most important thing is to get out of it safely.

There were no aftereffects in the future.

Not only that, no one has brought up the anti-intellectual trend of the past.

Shen Santong has to admire the entire operation process!

It’s not a big deal if you don’t study well. The key is to listen to your father.

This is not just helping Han Han get on the horse and sending him on his way, this is about taking Han Han on a gallop through life.

Han Han might have had flaws in the past, but now he has no flaws.

With the understanding of society, many things in the past cannot be falsified.

In comparison, Guo Jingming's biggest flaw is his height!
There is really no way.

Many young people in small towns hate Guo Jingming but like Han Han.

Guo Jingming was a young man from a small town who made his mark through writing, which was very inspiring, but he was short.

Han Han has many black spots.

But if the image and personality are likable, then there is nothing we can do about it.

Appearance is justice!

(End of this chapter)