After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 644 Lure the snake out of its hole
China is currently in the process of market-oriented transformation.

Many old models have been retained, such as the job allocation system for college graduates.

This policy was not fully abolished until around 2000, when universities expanded their enrollment.

As the most prestigious arts school in the harbor area, the Shanghai Theatre Academy naturally assigns its outstanding graduates to the best organizations. For acting students, the best position is the drama center under the Red Star Broadcasting Art Troupe.

Xu Zheng and Wang Qingqiu both have their personnel records at the Drama Center.

There are many promising and excellent actors here. Zhou Haoran even met the enthusiastic and beautiful Ma Yili here. The Drama Center can be said to be the most desirable workplace for art students in the Harbor Performing Arts Department.

This naturally formed the core team of artists that Tangren Media would sign next.

"Brother Haoran, I just happened to run into you. I need your help."

Although Wang Qingqiu and he were considered friends, they rarely interacted, and Wang Qingqiu was too embarrassed to ask him for help. This time, she was forced into it.

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "Sure, no need to be so polite."

“I…” Wang Qingqiu bit her lip lightly, seemingly a little angry, “My personnel file is with my workplace, and I need my supervisor’s approval to take on film projects. This time I got the script for ‘Spring Bright Pigsy’ and I want to act it out seriously and spend more time studying it. But my supervisor won’t approve it.”

"Not approved?"

Zhou Haoran raised his eyebrows.

"Yeah, they're deliberately blocking me!"

Wang Qingqiu was furious.

"on purpose?"

Zhou Haoran immediately understood. Given Wang Qingqiu's personality, she would refuse dinner invitations from investors, producers, directors, and screenwriters when accepting film contracts, and naturally she wouldn't accept them at work either.

Wang Qingqiu said, "Someone is deliberately bullying me. This has happened more than once or twice. In the past, they deducted my bonuses. Sometimes, the roles I played in plays were already cast, but they changed them at the last minute. Now they are blocking me and don't want me to act."

Zhou Haoran asked, "Who is it?"

"Tong Liwei".

"The deputy director of the drama center?"

"Yes, in charge of human resources."

Wang Qingqiu knew that the entire broadcasting art troupe was now under the management of Brother Haoran, and knew who to ask for advice.

“Okay, I understand.” Zhou Haoran nodded. “You don’t need to worry about this. Go back to studying your script. ‘Spring Bright Pigsy’ is a good play. You can shine just as well as play a supporting role well.”

"Thank you, Brother Haoran."

Wang Qingqiu smiled sweetly and winked playfully.

"Um... By the way, I need to ask you for a favor."

Zhou Haoran remembered something.

"Huh?" Wang Qingqiu covered her mouth, unable to suppress her laughter. "Brother Haoran, stop teasing me. Just tell me what you want me to do."

Zhou Haoran said in a low voice, "When we have dinner together in the future, don't participate when those other little vixens make dirty jokes at me. Every time we get together, they make dirty jokes at me, and I'm like a target."

"puff!"

Wang Qingqiu almost burst out laughing.

……

At the television station, Zhou Haoran's position is Assistant to the Station Director, which has been officially confirmed, and he exercises power in this capacity.

At the media group, his chairman's assistant and president's assistant were all "privately connected," and there was no formal confirmation.

In order to exercise power, a clear identity is required.

So a Red Star Media Art Center was established.

Zhou Haoran serves as the director of the art center.

He was put in charge of two subsidiaries: Red Star Audio-Visual and Red Star Broadcasting Art Troupe.

They had already infiltrated Red Star Audio-Visual's territory.

It is estimated that within six months, the opposition can be eliminated and power can be seized.

The arts and literature troupe has been slow to act.

We can't just not take action.

Only through action can power be reclaimed.

Zhou Haoran was about to make his move.

Give both grace and power!

Yes, it's about using this Spring Festival Gala to give everyone a chance to perform on stage.

This is the Spring Festival Gala on Hongxing TV, where they prioritize choosing their own people.

If that's the case, then we'll have to be ruthless!

But here's the problem: who should be targeted?

The arts troupe has eight subordinate art groups, with a scale of over a thousand people. Zhou Haoran doesn't even recognize the leaders of many of these art groups... How can he make trouble if he doesn't even know the people?

You can't just draw lots and have whoever gets the lottery be unlucky, can you?
Fortunately, Ji Yingyang came from the Drama Center.

You can ask her.

As for the other sisters, we won't consider them; they're all just pretty faces, not very bright.

Zhou Haoran rarely talks about work with women at home.

So I went to the company.

Dongfang Lang happened to be there as well, and the two were confirming the contract details for the distribution of power supply modules for Tokyo Electron's radio frequency chips.

After they finished talking, Zhou Haoran asked, "Sister Yangyang, do you know someone named Tong Liwei at the drama center?"

"That deputy director?" Ji Yingyang glanced at him. "Qingqiu came looking for you?"

Zhou Haoran nodded. "I plan to take him down."

“He should have been taken down long ago.” Ji Yingyang sneered. “I heard about him when I worked at the company. He’s a scumbag. He used his position to make unwanted advances on many young actresses.”

Zhou Haoran asked, "If we take him down, who should we push forward? Do you have any close friends or acquaintances with him?"

"Wang Qingqiu!"

Ji Yingyang smiled gently.

Zhou Haoran said helplessly, "I can't exactly promote her, can I? I'll have to find someone else."

“Well…” Ji Yingyang thought for a while, “Teacher Xiao Jun is quite good. He is a screenwriter, takes good care of young actors, and has a good reputation. However, he doesn’t seem to be interested in power, so he may not be willing.”

Zhou Haoran said, "It would be best if it were a woman."

"what?"

Ji Yingyang was stunned for a moment.

Fearing she might misunderstand, Zhou Haoran quickly said, "Women have less ambition, and it's determined by their genes. Women are more loyal than men and easier to control. It can also prevent the unspoken rules against female artists."

The last point is especially important.

Because for many years to come, the personnel policies within the system will be reformed in this direction. In order to prevent male leaders from harming female artists, female leaders will be appointed to manage departments or institutions related to artists.

This certainly avoided a lot of unsavory things.

However, this also led to these female leaders in shaping the direction of film and entertainment, sparking a new trend of young, handsome male actors. Young and beautiful actresses were liberated, while dashing and handsome young men became the darlings of the industry.

Zhou Haoran still had to approach the issue from the perspective of power.

“A woman…” Ji Yingyang knew that the deputy director of the drama center was a high position, and it was impossible for an ordinary employee to be promoted to deputy director in one step. “When I was there, Teacher Kang took good care of me. Her name is… Kang Min, I think? You can ask Qingqiu for the specifics. She must be in her forties or fifties. At that time, she was the head of the logistics department and took good care of us young people. When I first went to the unit, I was not assigned a dormitory, and she helped me arrange one and squeezed out a place for me.”

"Okay, she's the one."

Zhou Haoran felt the same way. When he first joined the TV station, he wasn't assigned a dormitory, so he had no choice but to stay in a small hotel.

But even the small hotels around the TV station are incredibly expensive, costing more than large hotels in the suburbs.

Fortunately, Qingmei accepted him later.

Ji Yingyang laughed and said, "Is that all?"

Zhou Haoran said without hesitation, "It's confirmed. Anyway, I don't know anyone here, so why not promote someone you know... Sister Yangyang, you should contact this Teacher Kang in a bit and tell her the good news."

"it is good."

Ji Yingyang knew this was a good opportunity to repay a favor.

Then, Zhou Haoran talked about how the entire arts troupe used both kindness and severity.

"That's easy to say. The Spring Festival Gala is enough, and there are also programs like 'City Playlist' and 'Art for All.' Deterrence tactics are difficult to implement, mainly because I don't know who my adversaries are!"

Zhou Haoran wanted to make a move against someone, but he didn't know who to target.

Dongfang Lang was very good at this kind of wicked approach. He laughed and said, "Isn't this easy? Encourage everyone to write letters of complaint! Select a batch from the letters and execute them on the spot. The rest all have something on them that you can use against them, so they'll all have to behave themselves."

“No way,” Zhou Haoran immediately objected. “People are already in a state of panic. If we do anything else, the arts troupe will fall into chaos. We can’t sacrifice stability just to seize power.”

Dongfang Lang asked, puzzled, "Why is everyone so panicked?"

Zhou Haoran said, "Besides being in charge of the arts troupe, I'm also in charge of Red Star Audio-Visual. At Red Star Audio-Visual, I'm using the strategy of whistleblower letters. I've already taken down several managers with this tactic, and the next step is to take down the general manager."

"Uh……"

Dongfang Lang twitched the corner of his mouth.

Zhou Haoran slowly said, "Now that I've become the director of the Arts Center and am in charge of the Broadcasting Arts Troupe, I reckon those people are all waiting for me to make my move. If I use the same strategy of sending whistleblower letters again, I think they'll team up and report me first!"

"Huh? You have something on them? That little thing about your relationship isn't a big deal, is it?"

Dongfang Lang frowned.

Zhou Haoran retorted angrily, "What do you mean by 'relationship between men and women'? Do you think my conduct is like yours? I've already said that we need to maintain stability and not cause trouble. I'm calling on everyone to report these things. If everyone does this, what kind of behavior is that? Those who know me know I'm a senior official. Those who don't might think I'm some kind of young guerrilla. This kind of atmosphere is absolutely unacceptable."

"Oh, that's true."

Dongfang Lang nodded; the tactic of sending a whistleblower letter was indeed inconvenient to use.

At the very least, one cannot publicly call for it.

However, it would be too slow to have those who could no longer tolerate the situation silently write complaint letters, and it would be difficult to achieve results in a short period of time.

Zhou Haoran said with difficulty, "I'm so busy every day, with so many business matters to handle. How can I have time to keep an eye on the Broadcasting Art Troupe every day? I can't even recognize everyone here anymore. It's not easy to find a few opponents."

"Find the opposition..." Dongfang Lang's eyes lit up. "I have a way!"

"Hmm?" Zhou Haoran knew this kid was unconventional and fierce. "Speak quickly!"

Dongfang Lang smirked, "We can use a trick to lure the snake out of its hole!"

"Luring the snake out of its hole?"

“Yes, all enterprises and institutions are undergoing reforms now. Compile a document outlining your reform measures for the Red Star Broadcasting Art Troupe. Then, get all the leaders of the appropriate rank to give you their opinions, and you must submit a feedback letter within three days.”

"This……"

Zhou Haoran's expression changed slightly, and he immediately understood what he meant.

Dongfang Lang said coldly, "In this way, we'll lure the snake out of its hole. Who's in favor and who's opposed will be crystal clear. By taking down the most conservative and the most vocal opponents, we'll establish our authority and eliminate the opposition. Then, your reforms in the arts troupe will face no resistance."

Upon hearing this, Ji Yingyang couldn't help but shudder. "That's too underhanded!"

Dongfang Lang laughed and said, "Outwardly Confucian, inwardly Legalist, this is the Legalist approach. It's something left by our ancestors, an old tradition of thousands of years. Read more books and you'll understand!"

(End of this chapter)