Chapter 229 Chinese Entertainment Content Provider
As a businessman, financial newspapers such as the "Wall Street Journal" are indispensable. Especially recently, Zheru has been favored by others, and Tang Huan can't ignore it.
As a result, on this day, he habitually opened the latest issue of the "Wall Street Journal", and unexpectedly found a full-page advertisement titled "wele," which means "welcome, ibm", which is simply a wave of "dissatisfied, let's fight" His arrogance came rushing forward.
Tang Huan was surprised that this famous advertisement appeared almost a year earlier, but after thinking about it carefully, he was relieved that IBM had already made a move, and the ignorant and fearless Jobs naturally had to be tough a handful.
Tang Huan picked up the phone casually and called Markkula, "Mike, I saw the advertisement in the Wall Street Journal today. It's a good idea."
"That was Steve's idea." As Markkula replied, he remembered the situation when Jobs came to ask for advertising funds before, if the other party hadn't said, "Look at how Tang Huan attracted people's attention at the Moscow Olympics." , I really don't necessarily agree with such a grandstanding plan.
"This year's advertising budget alone has doubled compared to last year, reaching 4.5 million US dollars, but it is still overrun." Markkula sighed helplessly.
"The smell of wine is also afraid of deep alleys. Jobs' thinking is right." Tang Huan laughed. Not suitable for this emerging industry."
Hearing Tang Huan's analysis, Markkula finally felt a little more relaxed. "Let's see how the ad works."
Tang Huan put down the phone with a smile. He said something to himself. At least the attention of bloggers is enough, and investors will have a deeper impression of Apple.
As for being ridiculed as self-indulgent or touted as ambitious, it will not be meaningful until after the victory or defeat has been decided in the future.
Looking at the "Wall Street Journal" in front of him, Tang Huan couldn't help itching his hands, and he picked up a pen to write a straightforward headline, "What can personal computers do for us".
Since the birth of mainframe computers. The main customers of the computer were the state, and then it was adopted by large enterprises. The right to use this expensive equipment often represented a privilege to some extent.
It was not until the 1970s, with the rise of minicomputers and even calculators, that small and medium-sized enterprises began to experience the benefits brought by such technologies.
When those forward-thinking people launched the toy of the personal computer, although they kept saying,
It does a lot of things, but it's really just a very vague set of rhetoric. I don't have a score in my heart at all, otherwise I wouldn't have waited until Tang Huan launched the spreadsheet software last year. So it rose rapidly in Silicon Valley.
In this article, Tang Huan, combined with the background of the 1980s in the original time and space, made a good prediction of the capabilities of personal computers, starting from spreadsheets, word processing, and databases, and expanding to image processing, electronic publishing, etc. A number of new occupations will be born accordingly.
This series of descriptions immediately made the image of the personal computer concrete and vivid, which can be regarded as cheering for the upcoming Apple computer in a disguised form.
Tang Huan gave this manuscript to his subordinates to see if it could be submitted to the "Wall Street Journal", and then he set off for Xiangjiang.
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Kowloon Tong, No. 63 Broadcasting Road, in the tvb main station building.
The graceful and graceful Zhao Yazhi smiled at the two staff members who were flatteringly calling "Sister Zhi", walked into the elevator, and blocked the whispering behind the scenes.
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"It is said that a divorced woman with an oil bottle has a difficult life, but if you look at her, she has been promoted step by step."
"What do you know? She has found a backer. Otherwise, why did she have to be named for the recent Chow Tai Fook commercial? There are several first-line actresses in the company."
"I said why she has become more and more airy recently. Many TV drama characters said they didn't like it, so they simply rejected it. Ms. Fang has to give her face. It turns out that there are people on the top."
"Hee hee, you little eighth woman, don't be so explicit, show some morals. I heard that she has invested in a clothing company. Naturally, she doesn't have to work hard like other artists to film. This job is superficially It’s just beautiful, if you need to catch up with the schedule, staying up late and working overtime is a common thing, and women can easily grow old because of this.”
"If the conditions are qualified, I am willing to film even if it is hard work, and maybe I will have the opportunity to find a rich man."
"Go and make your spring and autumn dream."
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"Hi Miss Fang, I'm here." Zhao Yazhi walked into Fang Yihua's office and said respectfully.
"Azhi is here, sit down quickly." Fang Yihua greeted enthusiastically.
As Run Run Shaw's agent, Fang Yihua has seen too many people who are arrogant and arrogant in Shaw Brothers movies and TVB.
Therefore, she admired Zhao Yazhi's attitude towards people and things very much. Even though he had climbed a high branch, he did not hold his tail high and high, and remained low-key as always.
Originally, I secretly regretted that the other party was unkind, but not only did a TV series "Shanghai Beach" make her more popular, but my personal life has also undergone earth-shaking changes. Look at the style between the eyebrows and eyes, it is absolutely amazing Can't be fake.
After chatting a few gossips, Fang Yihua changed the subject, and said sincerely: "Azhi, you can be regarded as an old employee of the company, so I need your help with some things."
"I'm afraid I can't do anything that makes Ms. Fang embarrassing." Zhao Yazhi's tone was cautious.
"That's not necessarily true." Fang Yihua smiled meaningfully, "It depends on whether you agree or not?"
"Then please tell me." Zhao Yazhi nodded.
"The success of "Shanghai Beach" is obvious to all. Logically speaking, we should take advantage of the current enthusiasm to shoot a sequel, but DreamWorks has not made any move, which is really worrying." Fang Yihua pulled Zhao Yazhi clapped his hands. "I would like to ask you to find out Mr. Tang's tone. See if TVB can operate the sequel of "Shanghai Beach" alone."
Fang Yihua respects the copyright of "Shanghai Beach". It's not because of how noble tvb's morals are, it's because Tang Huan has established a firm foothold in Xiangjiang now, and the company under his name has constant business contacts with famous Chinese businessmen such as Boss Huo, Chartered Ship King, Zheng Yutong, and the Xiangjiang Police Department. It's not easy to provoke.
After Zhao Yazhi understood Fang Yihua's intention to come here, she couldn't help but feel dizzy, and said in a low voice coyly: "This kind of thing. You should communicate with Ms. Hu from DreamWorks."
"That little girl Hu Yinmeng is more difficult to deal with." Fang Yihua said angrily, and at the same time, a look of embarrassment flashed across his face, as if there was something hard to say.
In Xiangjiang, a small place with a population of five or six million people, it is always necessary for good people to make comments on celebrities.
I don't know when it started, a gossip began to spread in the Xiangjiang entertainment circle. After the two most powerful women in the industry, Shaw Brothers, Fang Yihua from TVB, and Liu Lianghua from Golden Harvest, a new star has gradually risen— — Hu Yinmeng of DreamWorks.
DreamWorks first filmed the TV series "Shanghai Beach" which won the fame and status recognized by everyone, and then created the female singer Zhang Delan. The latest album "Lost Promise" has reached the platinum standard of 50,000 copies in one fell swoop. This is not enough, and many comic talents have been recruited one after another.
Although everyone still doesn't understand why DreamWorks spends so much money to expand the production, but behind it is a big financial backer, and it's no exaggeration to lose money. Hu Yinmeng's status in the Xiangjiang entertainment circle is on the rise, there is no doubt about it.
It was precisely because of these gossips that Fang Yihua had a knot in his heart. He and Liu Lianghua were at least of the same age, and he was compared with Hu Yinmeng, a little girl?
Especially when talking about business with him, listening to and seeing the other party's teeth sharp and vigorous, the jealousy of being a woman arises spontaneously.
Feeling uncomfortable and prejudiced, it is even more difficult to talk about the cooperation that has been based on shallow foundations.
However, Fang Yihua was able to join Shaw Brothers as a layman, started from grassroots procurement, and then succeeded in seizing power with the tacit approval of Run Run Shaw, and suppressed a group of old fritters. .
Therefore, Fang Yihua planned to take a detour, bypassing Hu Yinmeng, and directly asked Zhao Yazhi to blow pillows at Tang Huan. The degree of favor of this little Huadan under him can be inferred from the speed of career development.
Zhao Yazhi bit his lip and thought for a while, finally did not disappoint Fang Yihua's expectations, nodded and agreed, "Miss Fang, I will try, but I can't guarantee that there will be good news like success."
"Just put your heart into it." Fang Yihua smiled happily, and even pinched Zhao Yazhi's smooth and tender face affectionately, "I believe that you are with Mr. Tang, and your words are definitely heavy enough."
Fang Yihua is notoriously strict in TVB, so Zhao Yazhi was really uncomfortable with the intimacy in front of her, but she suppressed her emotions and didn't dare to show it.
At the same time, Zhao Yazhi's heart is like a mirror, the recent changes in his situation are all due to that man.
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When Zhao Yazhi returned to the apartment, he found that Tang Huan was still sleeping on the bed. It had been almost half a day since he got off the plane.
Zhao Yazhi gently sat down in front of the dressing table, looked at himself in the mirror, pursed his lips and smiled, then carefully took out a few sketches and admired them affectionately. These were all drawn by Tang Huan for himself before , each piece is accompanied by impressive boudoir pleasures.
Just as his mind was wandering, Zhao Yazhi suddenly heard Tang Huan turn over on the bed, and asked vaguely, "Zhizhi, what delicious food did you cook, I can smell the aroma here."
"Stewed chicken soup." Zhao Yazhi leaned over and brushed Tang Huan's face playfully with the tip of his hair a few times.
Seeing the itchy look of the man, she couldn't help giggling.
"Okay, if you don't let me sleep well, then I'll sleep with you." Tang Huan opened his eyes and hugged the troublemaker.
"You are so vulgar." Zhao Yazhi just said something coquettishly, and her small mouth was blocked.
During the entanglement of tongue and tongue, Zhao Yazhi was half undressed.
"No, you're still hungry after you got off the plane." The woman murmured.
"Wait until the exercise is over. The appetite will be better." The man impatiently made a move. The big bed was intimidated by this momentum. There was a whining sound.
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"This bed should be replaced, it's so noisy." Tang Huan, who was refreshed, fondled the woman's satin-like smooth back fondly.
"It was fine, but it was all done by you, the villain." Zhao Yazhi bit the man's chest muscle in embarrassment.
"All right, all right, it's all my fault." Tang Huan laughed loudly, "I'm really hungry, let me taste your handicraft."
The two were busy for a while before sitting at the table in the restaurant.
Zhao Yazhi watched Tang Huan tenderly finish a bowl of chicken soup. Proudly claiming credit: "It's delicious, I put some supplements in it."
"Not bad, not bad." Tang Huan nodded again and again, "Zhi Zhi, you are so caring, I really need to mend it, I am busy with work and farming at the same time, so I inevitably feel weak."
"You just talk nonsense and have no shape." Zhao Yazhi blushed slightly and brought another bowl of chicken soup.
Seeing Tang Huan chewing slowly this time, Zhao Yazhi remembered what Fang Yihua had entrusted, so he said, "Ah Huan. Miss Fang called me to her office today, and wanted me to help me find out. Can tvb get the copyright and shoot the sequel of the TV series "Shanghai Beach" by itself."
"TVB is not willing to let go of any opportunity to extract surplus value." Tang Huan laughed dumbfounded after hearing this.
In the original time and space, following the 1980 version of "Shanghai_Beach", tvb filmed "Shanghai Bund Sequel" and "Shanghai Bund Dragon Tiger Fight", each with 20 episodes.
Except for Ding Li played by Lu Liangwei, other aspects such as actors, plot, etc., basically have nothing to do with the first "Shanghai Beach".
As for the response, just pull an older person from the street and ask his memory to know the result.
Although Tang Huan is a wily businessman, he is first and foremost an engineer. Especially sometimes, he will burst out with the obsessive-compulsive disorder of technicians in pursuit of perfection.
Therefore, once he remembered that there would be a pedantic sequel behind the masterpiece he had created—"Shanghai Beach", it felt like a caterpillar crawled on his back, and he felt uncomfortable all over.
Are you short of money now? Certainly not missing. Then why bother yourself?
"Zhizhi, what do you think are the flaws in DreamWorks' "Shanghai Beach"?" Tang Huan did not directly refuse, but asked a question instead.
Zhao Yazhi propped his chin and thought for a moment, "I feel that it is already very perfect. Looking back now, it is really unbelievable. I remember that when I was filming, there were always some deficiencies, and it was even worn out, but it didn't."
"If I asked you to shoot a sequel, what would you do, such as the plot." Tang Huan continued to ask persuasively.
Zhao Yazhi immediately shook his head, "I don't know, I guess the plot should start from scratch."
"That's it, Zhizhi, you can see it very clearly." Tang Huan snapped his fingers, "TVB's so-called sequel is actually just to use the signboard of "Shanghai Beach" to attract audiences. .”
"Then I will reject Miss Fang tomorrow." Zhao Yazhi nodded resolutely.
"That's not necessary, you are just in charge of spreading the word, there is no need to take on the job of offending people." Tang Huan smiled and waved his hands, "Besides, you always have to give some face, if they are interested in making movies , can cooperate."
"What face do I have, don't affect the business for me." Zhao Yazhi advised embarrassingly.
"These are small things, there's no need to spend too much brain cells, so it's settled." Tang Huan waved his hand grandly.
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On the second day, accompanied by Hu Yinmeng, Tang Huan first inspected the latest organizational structure of DreamWorks, which already had a prototype of comprehensive Chinese entertainment content provider qualifications: TV, film, music, and the newly incorporated comics department .
Xiangjiang's comics, like their counterparts in other regions, have experienced a period of chaos and prosperity mixed with violence, pornography, etc. There is no lower limit.
Under social pressure, Xiangjiang officials formally passed the "Regulations on Bad Publications" in 1975 to clean up and rectify the industry.
Naturally, an earthquake occurred in the comics world. For example, Huang Yulang's "Little Hooligan" had to be renamed "Dragon Tiger Gate" because of excessive violence, blood and flesh, and pornographic perversions, etc., while avoiding bad content.
After these adjustments, the practitioners have obeyed the rules at least on the surface, and the Xiangjiang comics industry has ushered in a new opportunity.
At present, the pattern in this field is roughly divided into two factions, Huang Yulang, who created "Dragon and Tiger Gate", and Shangguan Xiaobao, who created "Bruce Lee".
The apprentices of the former are Qi Wenjie, Zhang Wanyou, Mao Mingwei, etc., known as the "Yulin Army"; the latter's brothers include Shangguan Xiaowei, Shangguan Xiaoqiang, etc., and become the "Shangguan Family".
Huang Yulang has become popular. He established the Yulang Group in 1979 with great ambitions, and began to embark on the golden road of "putting the money he earns in his own pocket". Obviously, there is no hope of attracting.
Moreover, for a person like Huang Yulang who has both professional talent and business acumen, after working hard to his current status, it is basically impossible to accept the situation of being inferior to others.
But it doesn't matter, there are still a lot of comic talents that can be included.
Practitioners in this field had a hard life in the early days. Huang Yulang, for example, dropped out of school at the age of 13 and became an intern at "Times Comic Daily". .
Others in the same industry are not much better. Famous people like Shangguan Xiaobao, even if they start a company, their business is bleak, otherwise they would not be bought by Huang Yulang in the next few years in the original time and space.
Hu Yinmeng didn't waste too much, and directly took out the check from DreamWorks, so the members of the "Shangguan Family" basically didn't run away, and all of them got it. (To be continued..)
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