The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 412: Don’t Always Think About Teaching Young People What to Do

On June 6, Zhang Chen had to rush from Yanjing to Shanghai.

Because this day happened to be the 12th Shanghai TV Festival.

Originally, Zhang Chen should not have had anything to do with it, but the incident Zhang Chen caused some time ago was so big that many foreign guests asked if it was possible to meet the big star Zhang Chen here after arriving in Shanghai.

The leaders of the Shanghai Stock Exchange had no choice. After all, this time, more than 50 Chinese and foreign guests from more than 4000 countries and regions attended this event.

Even the leaders of Guangdong General Association and Shanghai Stock Exchange will attend the opening ceremony.

In order to facilitate communication with foreign guests, the relevant parties went to Zhang Chen's home to invite him.

When Zhang Chen is present, the foreign guests look completely different.

When Zhang Chen bought it, the foreign guests were communicating very appropriately with other people at the scene, and the scene was very harmonious.

But after Zhang Chen entered the venue, the atmosphere changed.

"Leon! Let me ask on behalf of the residents of our city, can Miami be qualified to host your concert?"

“Leon, I also want to know if it is possible for our city to host your concert?”

"Lyon."

Before Zhang Chen could even say hello to anyone, he was surrounded by a group of foreign guests he didn't know.

The key point is that Zhang Chen didn’t have any chance to answer at all. These people just stated their demands all at once, without caring whether Zhang Chen would agree or not.

"Everyone, everyone!" Zhang Chen raised his hand and raised his voice. "My team is still working on the plan. As for which cities will hold the concerts, my team will conduct a professional assessment. You just need to wait for the news."

At this time, Zhang Chen's bodyguards also reacted and quickly separated Zhang Chen and these foreigners to prevent any accidents.

Seeing this, the foreign guests could only disperse with regret, but when they left, they still looked back at Zhang Chen every few steps, as if they were reluctant to leave.

Many people come here with missions.

Participating in the TV festival is itself a window for communication among countries.

At present, what many countries most want to communicate about is Zhang Chen’s concert.

"Zhang Chen."

Zhang Chen had just caught his breath when he heard someone calling him.

Looking up, I saw a middle-aged man with a kind look. Next to him was a man who looked very young but was actually quite old.

"Director Wang, Han City?"

When attending such an occasion, Zhang Chen had naturally prepared for the people who would be there.

These two are the ones Zhang Chen should remember most today.

The former is his superior in the company's business, and the other is the host of today's event.

"Director Xu warned me when I took office that you like to make big moves, and told me to be careful and not to be scared by you. But I just started my work and you did something like this?"

Although Director Wang's words sounded like he was blaming others, his smiling face seemed to show that he was mostly happy.

"I have no choice. The fans have been calling for this for years. I can't just ignore their demands forever, right?" Zhang Chen smiled and shook hands with the two.

"According to your standards, doesn't that mean that our city of Shanghai is not qualified to host your concert?" Han's tone was slightly regretful.

Shanghai is a city in China where every inch of land is valuable. It is basically impossible to clear out a piece of land of 10 square kilometers as required by Zhang Chen's concert.

"Haha, leaders, don't take it too seriously. It's just a concert. It doesn't matter where it's held."

"Do you really not know your international influence, or do you underestimate your domestic influence?" Director Wang glanced at Zhang Chen unhappily. The three of them walked and talked, "I heard that many city managers across the country have received petitions from their own citizens. The scene you are making is much more grand than the Olympics in two years."

"How can that be possible? The Olympics is a grand event for the whole world. My concert can't even compare to it."

"That's not certain. The World Cup in Germany has been silenced by the news of your concert. Many people say that international events like the Olympics can be seen at least once every four years, but your concert is a once-in-a-lifetime event. If you miss it this time, you don't know when the next one will be."

The three of them strolled through the venue, and the people around them smiled as they passed by.

At this moment, many people saw something from the bland conversation between the three people.

It seemed that Zhang Chen's aura was totally different from that of a young man in his early twenties.

The calm and composed demeanor he showed when communicating with the two big leaders made many people tremble in their hearts.

It was only at this time that some people remembered that in addition to being a big star and the richest Chinese, Zhang Chen also had another identity that few people mentioned - a consultant to the Music Association.

It is said that Zhang Chen may also be listed as a member of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles in September this year.

At such a young age, he traveled to places that others would never be able to reach in their entire lives in just a few years.

Now he is not only a big boss in the domestic cultural industry, the number of upstream and downstream jobs related to his group company is already very close to 10, and he is a major taxpayer in all major cities.

Overseas, he is a shareholder of four listed companies, and the total value of his stocks has long exceeded 10 billion US dollars.

Except for Disney, a long-established listed company, the other three are the most widely spread Internet companies in the world in recent years.

It is rumored online that Zhang Chen also has an unusual relationship with Google, the world's largest search engine. According to the list of Google shareholders, there is a company called CGT Technology, which is the parent company of the current CGT player.

Both companies have unclear relationships with Zhang Chen.

If Zhang Chen also indirectly holds Google shares, then.
In addition, many people specifically looked for past reports about the company when Morning Glory Music went public.

One of them attracted a lot of people's attention.

There was once a share swap agreement between Apple and M&G Music.

If calculated based on the Apple shares held by Morning Glory Music and the Morning Glory Music shares held by Zhang Chen, Zhang Chen's net worth would have to be much higher.

But ordinary people can only guess, but have no idea how much assets Zhang Chen has hidden behind the scenes.

However, even the hundreds of billions of dollars of assets that have been exposed have made many people tremble with fear.

In addition to Zhang Chen's special identity, no one dared to covet his wealth openly.

There are also some well-informed people who know why Zhang Chen suddenly released an album this year.

"Zhang Chen, do you have a new album, the kind with a signature?" After sitting down, Director Wang suddenly turned around and asked Zhang Chen a question.

"If you have any, give me a few. When my children at home heard that you were coming today, they all asked me to get some from you." Han also nodded, looking quite helpless.

"I gave all the signed albums here to my aunt. I really have no more." Zhang Chen spread his hands, looking very innocent.

Director Wang and Han looked at each other, and Director Wang joked, "Then why did I hear that when you were in the United States, you gave Mr. Yang and his department a lot of signed albums?"

Zhang Chen was exposed on the spot, but he answered calmly: "I have some spare ones when I go out."

"Hey, kid!" Director Wang smiled happily, turned around and said to Han, "Then I guess I'll have to trouble you to go to Zhejiang Province. Remember to send me a copy when the time comes."

"It can only be the."

Zhang Chen listened to their conversation, kept smiling, and did not respond.

It was not until Director Wang found a new topic that Zhang Chen came back to his senses from the performance on stage.

"Zhang Chen, since this is a TV festival, why don't you say that our country's market is always dominated by foreign TV series? In the past few years, there were still a few TV series starring a few leading actors that could save some face. Now, there are fewer and fewer high-quality TV series in China. Doesn't your company plan to take the lead in the field of TV series?"

"Director Wang, hasn't my company always provided TV series to the market?" Zhang Chen began to list them. "Look, My Own Swordsman, Bright Sword, and this year's The Return of the Condor Heroes, which one isn't a hit?"

"I am worried that young people today are being influenced by South Korean culture. There are Hollywood movies, and Korean dramas have become popular in China in recent years. Young people today are learning foreign culture and ideas. How can this work?"

"Director Wang, do you mean that young people should be exposed to more of our own culture?"

"Yes, you said that people of our generation grew up under the influence of culture, while young people today are exposed to too many messed-up things."

After hearing Director Wang's resounding answer, Zhang Chen fell silent.

He had actually considered doing this a long time ago, including the original intention of the CGT player, which was to allow domestic movies and TV series to go abroad. Not to mention the whole world, at least in Southeast Asia, Chinese culture is still very popular.

But in recent years he has been busy making money and has forgotten his original idea.

The TV series he participated in were originally produced according to special effects of about 10 years ago. In terms of cost, if it were not for his own fame and influence, and if it were a smaller production company, those TV series might not have been able to recover the cost on paper.

Only those few film and television cities have shown signs of profitability in the past two years.

As the economy develops faster and faster, the speed of Internet communication has also begun to spread the clips of TV dramas in which he has participated, and a wave of check-ins has slowly begun to emerge on the Internet.

For many of Zhang Chen’s fans at home and abroad, the locations of TV dramas in which Zhang Chen has starred are one of the few places they must visit in their lifetime.

This can also be said to have brought some domestic cultural influence abroad.

But it is obvious that Director Wang means that he wants more film and television dramas with Chinese cultural characteristics, not only to go abroad, but also to prevent young people in the country from being influenced by foreign culture.

"Director Wang, there's something I want to say but I'm not sure whether I should say it or not." Zhang Chen hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively.

"You say." Faced with Zhang Chen's somewhat conflicted expression, he was also a little curious.

"I've heard a saying, but I don't know if it's right or not. Please judge for me, leaders." Zhang Chen looked ahead, but his vision was vague, as if he was thinking about something. "We shouldn't always think about teaching young people what to do. Our experience has no reference value for most people."

After hearing what Zhang Chen said, Director Wang instinctively wanted to refute.

But after thinking about it carefully, I think it makes some sense.

"Old Wang, don't be fooled by this guy, he's just lazy!" Han reminded slowly, "He's right, but don't forget that you originally just wanted this guy to produce more good works."

"Hey!" Director Wang also reacted. He nodded at Zhang Chen and said with a smile, "You really fooled me."

"Two leaders, in fact, in the final analysis." Zhang Chen just laughed and continued to explain nonchalantly, "As long as the censorship is tightened, those foreign films and TV series will not be able to enter at all."

When the two heard this, they nodded silently.

But there is no solution to this.

Since joining the WTO, many things are not as simple as they seem.

If some films and TV series are banned without reason, other countries will make a fuss internationally for various reasons.

In the film industry, many countries, especially Hollywood, have begun to call for China to open its market.

If the TV drama sector is further tightened, China's reputation in the international market will be affected to a certain extent.

We are now in the preparation stage for the 08 Olympics, and any damage to our reputation will affect the event two years later.

"Let's not talk about this topic for now." Han suddenly turned his head and looked at Zhang Chen, "How about you, the newly elected richest Chinese and the owner of the largest film and television company in our country, go up and say a few words?"

"Me?" Zhang Chen pointed at himself in surprise, "I've never heard of such an arrangement."

Every major ceremony has strict procedures and regulations.

There are rules for who stands where, who speaks first, and the order in which guests go on stage.

Even the speeches of every guest who goes on stage will go through layers of review. Even a single mistake or omission may lead to unnecessary misunderstandings.

That's why Zhang Chen was surprised.

"It's okay. I see you gave very good speeches at those award ceremonies." Han waved his hand nonchalantly. "I just hope you can tell those people working in our domestic TV-related industries and these thousands of foreign guests about your thoughts as the leader of the country's TV industry."

After saying that, he went straight onto the stage without waiting for Zhang Chen to react.

Zhang Chen was a little dumbfounded. Is this the decision?
However, after he looked around, he found that there were quite a few people secretly looking at him.

So it’s not necessarily because of the reasons just mentioned, but also because many people who came today wanted to see him?
Zhang Chen sighed in his heart.

If you enjoy the benefits of being a public figure, you have to pay the price that a public figure should pay.

Today, he is a mascot.

In fact, what he said was not important to the organizers of the TV festival. What was important was that he could appear on the stage.

"Next, please invite Mr. Zhang Chen, our outstanding youth, musician, and philanthropist, to come to the stage and speak!"

As the host finished introducing a series of titles, everyone's attention was focused on Zhang Chen.

At the same time, the warmest, loudest and longest-lasting applause so far in the audience also came towards Zhang Chen from all directions.

On the stage, Mayor Han looked at Zhang Chen with a smile, waiting for this young man whom he admired so much to come to the stage and speak to the foreign guests who had come here from all over the world to attend the TV festival today, saying that the new generation of China is also the most influential representative of the new generation in the world.

Faced with the sudden enthusiasm at the scene, Zhang Chen slowly stood up.

He first turned around and waved to the people around him before he walked towards the platform.

Along the way, he could hear people calling his name amid the endless applause.

Some called him "Zhang Chen", some called him "Leon", and there were also a few "husband" in between. I don't know if it was an illusion.

Amid cheers, Zhang Chen finally walked up to the podium and took the microphone from the host.

He did not rush to speak, but slowly scanned the entire audience from a corner of the venue.

Wherever his gaze fell, the guests there would become quiet.

When Zhang Chen scanned the entire scene, the entire scene changed from "extremely noisy" to "extremely quiet".

Many people had an illusion that the person standing on the stage did not look like a young man in his twenties. They had only seen this kind of temperament in a very small number of powerful leaders.

His calm demeanor and his handsome yet calm face made everyone calm down and want to listen to what this world-famous superstar and wealthy man had to say.

"First of all, thank you all for coming here from all over the world to attend the 12th Television Festival." Zhang Chen had a smile on his face and spoke in a steady voice.

Everyone responded to Zhang Chen's gratitude with applause.

After the applause paused, Zhang Chen continued, "Just now I discussed a very interesting topic with several leaders off the stage."

Having said this, Zhang Chen glanced at Director Wang in the audience.

As expected, Director Wang responded with a helpless expression.

Zhang Chen grinned and looked at everyone present: "I would like to ask you a question. You don't need to answer it, but you can think about it carefully."

"Tell me, are we making TV series to make money or to spread culture?"

After Zhang Chen finished speaking, everyone was stunned.

What else can you do when making a TV series if not to make money?
However, many Chinese companies seem to be thinking about this.

Many times, some film and television dramas are made for everyone to watch regardless of the cost and without seeking any return.

No reason, just to prevent some people and some things from being buried in the long river of history.

Zhang Chen looked at the crowd's reactions, which was within his expectations. He waited until the whispers gradually died down before continuing to speak.

"I think everyone comes into this world with a mission, more or less. Let's not discuss other things, let's just talk about everyone in our television industry."

"We want to make money and let the public see what we want to express, which is understandable, but"

Zhang Chen looked at the changes in everyone's expressions and continued, "The audience also has the right to choose what they like to watch."

"The market, or the audience, is the most qualified to judge the quality of a movie or a TV series."

"Today, I will take advantage of this exchange meeting to talk about what I want to do."

"Next, I will try to promote film, television and music."

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