Chapter 614 Reporters at the Venue
After entering December, Fan Wubing found that all his girlfriends had disappeared en masse.
At this time every year, it is the countdown to the Spring Festival Gala. The mainstays of New Silk Road Entertainment Company are basically brought to CCTV to rehearse. This time, the lineup sent by the company is even stronger, and the song program at least occupies It looks like one-fifth of it.
In addition to song programs, Xia Donghai and his wife also focused on other projects, such as traditional acrobatics and magic that are popular in East China. Based on Fan Wubing's suggestions, they reorganized these projects. After packaging, a relatively innovative and interesting new column was made, and then introduced to the market through the Spring Festival Gala.
"As for the attractions, they are actually quite vulgar. For example, if you ask two old men and old ladies to perform magic tricks, the audience's response will definitely not be enthusiastic. If you let young and beautiful girls perform, the attendance rate will naturally be higher. This is a question of market demand." Fan Wubing said to Xia Donghai at the time, "We will provide whatever the market needs. However, when it comes to program selection, we must also avoid the past. That kind of large-scale performance relies on various props, but it needs to be close to the audience. Choose the kind of very simple but very mysterious close-up magic, such as small tricks played on the hands, which is simple and easy to attract everyone's attention. Interested, the effect will be very good.”
After hearing this, Xia Donghai nodded again and again, and said inferences, "Understood, it means we must come up with something different. For example, it is not news that a dog bites a person, but it is news if a person bites a dog. You let the young man grow up The splits are not interesting. If an 80-year-old man does the big splits, it will cause a sensation. "
"That's absolutely right, that's the truth." Fan Wubing replied with a smile.
Although I say that, it is unrealistic to ask an eighty-year-old man to go on the Spring Festival Gala stage to do the big splits. It is easier to find a few beautiful magicians. Xia Donghai and his wife are really looking for them. With the help of a beautiful magician who can do it, coupled with the company's packaging design and all-round customization, a series of close-up magic tricks have entered the Spring Festival Gala program.
Fan Wubing watched the close-up magic of the two beauties and magicians in advance, and then watched some of their basic skill performances. Finally, he asked them to perform some small tricks on the spot, and then selected a magician named Yang Qianqian. The teacher came out as a candidate to be sent to the Spring Festival Gala column group.
When explaining the reasons for choosing her to Xia Donghai, Fan Wubing said a few points, "The first is that she has solid skills. It is more complicated to do a large-scale magic show, and the props are very troublesome. It is not suitable for events such as the Spring Festival Gala." She appears in a large-scale comprehensive performance, and to perform close-up magic requires solid skills. The second is that she is beautiful, and she will attract attention wherever she goes. The third is that she is relatively young, only seventeen years old. , The future development prospects are very bright, and the profits that can be earned for the company will also be huge.”
"You don't want to sign for life, right?" Xia Donghai heard Fan Wubing comment like this,
He couldn't help but laugh too.
"That's not the case. This industry is also for youth, so just sign for ten years. It depends on the situation after ten years. If you want to renew, it depends on how well you develop." Fan Wubing replied, and then said, " However, this kind of thing actually has a certain future. Although it may not necessarily lead to great achievements, in the future, setting up a leisure hall or something like this in a big city and teaching some magic tricks will be enough to support oneself. "
With the development of social economy, many industries have become subdivided. Some industries that seemed to have no future in the past will have a place in the future, and it is very likely that there will be better development opportunities in some aspects. After careful analysis of this idea, it can be found that the current Fan Investment Group also needs to be subdivided. At least it should establish a specialized domestic economic intelligence analysis department, which should not only sort out and analyze the domestic new economic development situation, but also Make some research based on social needs and provide intelligence support for the company's decision-making.
At the end of December, Boss Zhu came to Shanghai again and held the 1998 Annual Meeting of the High-Level Economic Forum. Most of the participants were domestic economists and influential business CEOs. , as well as senior editors and reporters from some financial newspapers and magazines.
As usual, Fan Wubing received an invitation from the Prime Minister's Office and went to attend the meeting. This was the third time that he had attended such an annual summit meeting in Shanghai. In fact, it was equivalent to a regular exchange between Fan Wubing and Boss Zhu. Every time at this time, Fan Wubing would always ask him some economic trend issues that should be paid attention to as a reference.
In return, or to listen to his opinions and suggestions, Boss Zhu will also disclose some policy-level issues to him to enhance communication.
This meeting was held at the International Convention and Exhibition Center. The senior executives of Fan Wubing Company came over to join in the fun as long as they had time. After all, they can be said to be the elite of the elites in various industries. It would be great to attend such a meeting. It can also enhance some of your own vision, which is beneficial to market analysis.
When Fan Wubing came over, Davis made sure to drive his Bugatti Veyron to have a good time, so the two of them took the very cool Bugatti Veyron and drove all the way to the International Convention and Exhibition Center.
Driving this kind of car on the street can still cause traffic jams. At least when the traffic police saw Fan Wubing's car, they forgot to direct the traffic.
"In the future, you should drive this car less to show off. It's easy to attract onlookers." Fan Wubing said to Davis.
Davis smiled and said, "This is the difference between China and the United States. Americans turn a blind eye to others. What others do has nothing to do with them, but Chinese people like to join in the fun. When they encounter something new, they always like to join in the fun. In fact, this has nothing to do with what car you drive. Just like if you, Mr. Fan, make a call, there will be a huge crowd outside."
"Stop talking nonsense. I'm not a gorilla in the zoo--" Fan Wubing laughed.
When the two entered the venue, they also attracted a lot of onlookers. However, the reporters who came here were more interested in their cars. Many people came over and took a few close-up photos with their cameras, preparing to use them as the appearance of this economic summit.
When Fan Wubing entered the venue, he also noticed that the reporters and editors sent by the magazine this time were mostly women, and they were young and beautiful. This captured the psychological characteristics of most of the interviewees.
As guests who can occupy a place in such a high-level economic summit and deserve to be interviewed by mainstream economic media, they are naturally of very prominent status. Most of them are men. If you want to interview them smoothly, understand some inside stories, and dig deep into some personal secrets, it is obviously easier to achieve the goal with beautiful women.
There was a receptionist in the lobby. After seeing the invitation letter from Fan Wubing and Davis, he immediately led them in very enthusiastically, pointed out the direction, and gave them a number plate, which was used when attending the meeting. People without number plates could not go deep into the summit.
When Fan Wubing was about to enter the venue, he was stopped by a young and beautiful female reporter.
"Hello, Mr. Fan, I am Sheng Wei, a reporter from "Eastern News Interview". I hope to interview you." The female reporter asked Fan Wubing with a recorder.
Fan Wubing glanced at the other party. Although it was the coldest time, the beautiful reporter in front of him was wearing a very thin tweed skirt, with her thighs exposed. She was very excited and did not feel that this was a test of coldness at all.
"Oh, hello." Fan Wubing touched his chin and said, "I haven't entered the venue yet. I don't know anything about the topic of this summit. I'm afraid there is nothing for Miss Sheng to interview?"
"Mr. Fan, you misunderstood. I just want to interview you about your personal life." Sheng said with a smile.
"Personal life?" Fan Wubing also smiled, "Are you a financial magazine or a gossip magazine? Personal ** is generally avoided."
"But Mr. Fan, you have a very typical exemplary significance among the young generation. Even if you are a good example for young people, you should accept our interview. And I also heard that your mother is also engaged in education. She should be more supportive of this kind of interview with personal experience, right?" Sheng Wei pursued.
Fan Wubing looked at the big clock outside the venue, then pointed to the watch hand and said with a smile, "It's too late. If there is a chance after the meeting, it won't be too late for us to talk again."
After that, Fan Wubing entered the venue accompanied by Davis and others.
When Sheng Wei wanted to follow in from outside, the staff stopped her. Not all media reporters can enter here. As a domestic economic summit, only senior reporters from a few authoritative media can be allowed to enter, and these reporters must have a firm political stance and must not have any bad records in previous interviews.
Unfortunately, Sheng Wei's "Eastern News Interview" magazine is not such a mainstream authoritative media, so she can only wait outside and wait.
"Boss, are you really going to accept her interview later?" Davis asked Fan Wubing.
"I'm full, right? I'll leave through a side door later. I don't have so much free time!" Fan Wubing curled his lips and said, he was unwilling to accept this kind of interview with gossip media reporters.
For ordinary people, the media is something they look forward to. Even for many film and television celebrities, it is very necessary to maintain a certain level of media exposure. If you want to attract other people's attention, you must appear in various media frequently. Even if it is negative news, it is a necessary means to increase popularity.
Therefore, many celebrities rely on scandals or various bizarre things to hype themselves. Of course, to a large extent, these things are handled by the agency, and some solo artists and celebrities hire gunmen to handle these things.
In the past, there have been cases where the gunmen betrayed the artists and celebrities because of the uneven distribution of spoils. This caused a lot of uproar in the city, and it was unclear whether it was a happy or sad thing.
However, after entering the main venue, Fan Wubing found that this side was not peaceful either, because the reporters of the mainstream media were also looking for their own targets, and then they were divided and annihilated. Many famous company CEOs were now under siege by reporters and were discussing their views on the international and domestic economic situation.
Of course, the most popular this year are the CEOs of several major portals, and some returnees who have just returned from abroad to sell their Harvard or Stanford business philosophy. These people have been very popular in newspapers and magazines recently, and naturally they are the objects of reporters' pursuit.
As for the three major portals in China that are looking for money everywhere, Fan Wubing did not show any intention to get involved. Although he had asked his brother Fan Kang to secretly contact the three major portals and exchange some shares, this process is relatively secretive and ordinary people have no way of knowing. However, Fan Kang's actions are also relatively efficient. He took advantage of the mentality of the three major portals to continue cash support. At this time, he has raised more than 20 million US dollars from the three major portals. In the case of cash, in the early stage of the operation of the three major portals, this is already a considerable amount of financing.
Fan Kang also gained a lot of benefits in this round of financing. The shares of the three major portals he held were not a small amount. However, because Fan Kang has always been very low-key in China, people did not know that the major shareholder behind the three major portals that had received financing was actually the elder brother of Fan Wubing, the head of Fan Investment Group. This was an unexpected news, but it was not revealed.
Psychologically speaking, Fan Wubing did not want to expose his ambitions for the three major domestic portals too early.
Looking at the heads of the major websites who were proud and boastful in front of the major media reporters, Fan Wubing could not help but feel a little smile. It should be said that these people are actually some promising young people with ideals, but they just don’t have enough development funds.
If it weren’t for me asking my brother Fan Kang to lend a hand to provide funding, these websites would inevitably fall into the hands of foreign capital in the future. After all, the companies that are willing and able to raise funds from them are basically from overseas venture investors, and the conditions they put forward are naturally more demanding.