Suzhou, Jinshu Suzhou headquarters at the foot of Dayang Mountain in Huqiu District, west of the city.
Sunday, December 7th.
The second day after Ren Jingxi came to Suzhou, he came here in the afternoon to discuss with the Jinshu Suzhou team about the location production of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "Dragon". He happened to meet Chen Qing who was also coming. .
It was about three o'clock in the afternoon.
After the meeting here, Ren Jingxi had just walked out of a conference room at Jinshu headquarters when he saw Chen Qing, who was surrounded by a group of people on the other side, turning into the corridor from the stairs.
The two met each other. Seeing Chen Qing's face flushed, the two women shook hands familiarly, and Ren Jingxi asked, "Have you been drinking?"
"At noon, the city hosted an investment inspection team from South Korea's Samsung," Chen Qing explained and asked, "When did you come here?"
Ren Jingxi said: "Yesterday."
Chen Qing tilted her head slightly, noticed something, and asked with a smile: "Do you know when I came back?"
Ren Jingxi was confused: "Isn't it this morning?"
"Heh, it seems you are paying close attention to me."
Ren Jingxi didn't answer.
The reason why Ren Jingxi knew that Chen Qing had returned from South Korea in the morning was because he happened to see it on TV at noon. It was such a big battle and a certain woman was so conspicuous in it that it was difficult not to know.
As for why Chen Qing asked this question, Ren Jingxi could also understand that this girl was a little afraid of him.
However, she had no intention of confronting Chen Qing.
Doing your own thing is the most important thing.
When Chen Qing saw that Ren Jingxi didn't accept the move, she wasn't angry. Instead, she thought about herself for a moment, thinking that she should be more determined.
Well, probably because I drank a little bit.
So he asked Ren Jingxi why he was here. The two stood in the corridor and chatted for a while. Ren Jingxi was planning to leave, but she wanted to go to Jinshu Special Effects next door to discuss "Legend of Sword and Fairy" However, Chen Qing stopped her from talking about special effects production and said that they would go there together later and accompany her to see another project here first.
Ren Jingxi had no choice but to obey.
What Chen Qing wants to see is the electronic information management system that has just been developed by Jinshu Artist Agency, a subsidiary of Jinshu.
The various projects of Jinshu Film and Television City west of Dayang Mountain in Huqiu District are advancing rapidly, which can be said to be changing with each passing day. However, neither the Jinshu Studio team nor the Huqiu District Government has forgotten Simon's overall plan for this area, creating A complete film and television industry chain.
Therefore, the film and television city is only the most basic.
The Jinshu Artist Agency Company, Jinshu Special Effects Company, Jinshu Hotel and Catering Company, etc. surrounding the film and television city are all crucial. Otherwise, if it is just a basic film and television city, it will be easily imitated.
A complete film and television industry chain is the core competitiveness of Jinshu Department in developing the film and television cultural industry in Suzhou.
The electronic information management system just launched by Jinshu Artist Agency is a small link in building a complete film and television industry chain for Jinshu.
With the deliberate promotion of Jinshu Series and the policy support of the regional government, in addition to the two major teams of "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" which is still being filmed and "Hero" that has begun to station, more film and television crews have begun to work here. Start shooting.
The electronic information management system recently launched by Jinshu Artist Agency will become a powerful tool for selecting extras for major systems.
After the extras who come to Jinshu Film and Television City are registered in the electronic information management system of Jinshu Artist Agency, when the film crew in the film and television city area puts forward a request, the agency only needs to move in front of the computer to select the qualified actors in batches. The required extras will be contacted and organized in a unified way and supplied directly to the crew.
This system not only standardizes the group performance market in the film and television city area, which is traditionally the responsibility of the group leader, but also puts all the extra resources in the hands of the Jinshu Department. On the one hand, it rationally allocates resources and saves costs for the crew. On the other hand, it also Able to create their own income.
In the office belonging to Jinshu Artist Agency.
Ren Jingxi sat in front of a computer and personally experienced the system. He raised his head and asked a person in charge: "Mr. Wang, what charging standards do you use?"
The general manager of Jinshu Artist Agency is Wang Zhiyue, who is about 35 years old. He previously worked for the Suzhou Municipal Government and is also part of the wave of civil servants going to work. Hearing this, he said: "10% commission."
Ren Jingxi said: "It's a bit high."
Chen Qing, who was standing nearby, said: "Artists under Jinshu Agency generally start at 30%, but here it's 10%. Why is it so high?"
"It's different," Ren Jingxi said: "Celebrities have very high incomes. One episode of a TV series is equivalent to several months of other people's wages. It is understandable that the commission is higher. The extras are different. They just earn hard-earned money. Chenghui is very sensitive, and 10% seems too high.”
When Ren Jingxi explained this, Chen Qing, Wang Zhiyue, and even the surrounding staff all reacted.
Wang Zhiyue thought about it for a moment and said to Chen Qing: "Mr. Chen, I think Miss Ren's words are very reasonable. Recently, in order to investigate the practicality of this management system, I have had a lot of contact with group performers. There are indeed many people Everyone complains that the 10% commission is a bit high, but this is set by the superiors and I have no power to change it.”
Chen Qing shook her head: "10% is not high. We also want to make money, and we are not doing good deeds. Just let them get used to it."
Ren Jingxi, who was sitting in front of the computer, thought for a while and said, "I have a suggestion."
Seeing that Chen Qing and Wang Zhiyue on both sides were looking at him, Ren Jingxi continued: "Collect the money from both sides, 5% for the extras and 5% for the crew. This seems to be half the price."
When Wang Zhiyue heard this, he immediately nodded: "I think this is a good idea."
Chen Qing did not agree, but Ren Jingxi's suggestion reminded her. She shook her head, nodded again, curled her lips and said, "Why do you collect both sides? They are all collected from the crew. This way the extras don’t have to pay a penny.”
Wang Zhiyue said: "Mr. Chen, if this is the case, will the crew have any objections?"
"The wool comes from the sheep, but the price is still the same. The extras just give it a discount."
Everyone understood immediately.
To put it bluntly, it's just a back-and-forth game.
Seeing Wang Zhiyue nodding, Chen Qing added, "Mr. Wang, you should also pay attention. This territory in Suzhou belongs to us. Don't let other group performance companies get in, as well as this system, internal software and information." This is our competitiveness, don’t let it leak out.”
Wang Zhiyue's eyes flashed and he said firmly: "Mr. Chen, don't worry about this."
Ren Jingxi in front of the computer happened to notice Wang Zhiyue's expression and quickly made some judgments in his heart. What is certain is that Mr. Wang must hold shares in Jinshu Artist Agency. In addition, the family background should be good.
Because it is conceivable that once Jinshu Film and Television City is launched, Jinshu Artists Agency, which has a monopoly on the group performance business in this industry chain, will definitely make money every day with a fixed commission of 10%. If such a piece of fat were eaten by the Jinshu family alone, it would inevitably make people jealous.
The two women stayed here for more than ten minutes and then went to the Jinshu special effects room next door.
Ren Jingxi was discussing business matters, while Chen Qing was doing routine work inspections, so there was no conflict. At around four o'clock, the two of them left the Suzhou headquarters of Jinshu and went to visit the Qin Palace together.
Director Chen's "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" was originally planned to be completed in November. Inspired by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Director Chen obtained secondary financing for the project and the filming cycle was extended by one month, which is expected to be until the end of December.
This will inevitably collide with "Hero".
Zhang Guoshi is still in Jiuzhaigou, but the "Hero" crew has already stationed in Jinshu Film and Television City and began to transform the Qin Palace set according to the director's requirements.
Director Chen didn't say anything on the surface, but from some recent news coming out in the circle, he was obviously holding back some energy.
This can actually be seen from the filming of "The Promise".
At that time, part of "The Promise" was shot in Hengdian. Director Chen directly stated that he did not want any sets used by Zhang Guoshi.
This time, it can be said that Zhang Guoshi is picking up the "leftover" scenery of Director Chen. The problem is that since the construction of the Qin Palace has been continuously improved, this "leftover" scenery is actually better than "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" The shooting stage is more precise and perfect, which is inevitably a bit depressing.
In fact, the contrast between the Qin Palace sets in the two films was very obvious.
In "Jing Ke's Assassination of the King of Qin" by Director Chen in the original time and space, the walls of the Qin Palace are obviously made of rammed earth, and are dusty in many aspects, giving people a dusty feeling.
Therefore, even slightly sensitive viewers will inevitably get into trouble.
The Qin Dynasty that swept through the six kingdoms and built the Great Wall. The walls of the Qin Palace were actually made of rammed earth. Can you imagine? Anyway, if Qin Shihuang himself has a spirit in heaven, it is certainly unimaginable.
In the later "Heroes", due to further improvement and construction, the Qin Palace in the picture was obviously much higher quality.
This time, due to the massive investment, at least the outer layer of the Qin Palace wall was a brick wall from the beginning. However, for such a huge project, two films were filmed nearly half a year apart. Due to the progress of the project, the differences are still obvious.
After Chen Qing took Ren Jingxi to visit the "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" team and met with the "Hero" team, she spent the rest of the time browsing other projects under construction. That night, she took Ren Jingxi to socialize. The next morning , the two women returned to Beijing together on Chen Qing's private jet.
As for Suzhou, Samsung's investment inspection team does not need Chen Qing to keep an eye on it. The city government will naturally entertain them.
After returning to the capital, Chen Qing immediately threw herself into a series of tasks.
Game console ban moves forward.
Discuss with the ICBC team to develop an online electrical appliance mall project based on the Ypay application.
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My boss has been paying attention to the incubation of Jinshu new media business in some other sense.
It can be said that in the week starting from December 8, Chen Qing spent half of his energy on this business. He personally reviewed the works submitted for each project one by one with the Jinshu New Media team. During the period, he also reviewed some works that he thought were good. The finished product was passed on to his boss, and finally began to be uploaded to the YouTube website on December 10th.
Mainly four categories:
Rural pastoral.
Visit Chinese Kung Fu.
Home cooking preparation.
Chinese traditional crafts.
During this period, we also made some very crucial small adjustments, mainly the names of various self-media columns. Initially, we planned to directly use the names of the characters who appeared on the scenes, or add some appendixes.
It will be completely replaced when it is officially uploaded.
For example, in the Yangshuo team, the name of the featured girl Jing Xiaosui was originally chosen after a lot of selection, and she has a very rural pastoral style. This is what Simon once explained.
However, in order to avoid possible disputes in the future, the Jinshu New Media team finally decided to give the girl another stage name.
Lin Youran.
The name naturally comes from Tao Yuanming's poem "Picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, leisurely seeing the Nanshan Mountain".
The farmyard outside the small town of Yangshuo is also nicknamed "Dongliju".
The relevant stage names are naturally registered and held by Jinshu. If there is a dispute in the future, people can leave, but the stage names will definitely stay.
Chinese people are reserved by nature and have no habit of naming companies or other companies after their own names. Naturally, Jing Xiaosui had no objection.
Of course, limited to the agreement, it is useless to have opinions.
Under Simon's interference, Chen Qing did not sign the ultra-long ten-year contract with Jing Xiaosui, Xie Qingmai and others as originally planned. Instead, they only signed for five years. This is also Simon's experience. It is very rare for a self-media to maintain its peak for five years. After five years, there will definitely be new people emerging. Even if not, considering the nature of the audience to pursue freshness, they should take the initiative to incubate new Internet celebrities.
In terms of revenue sharing, thanks to Simon's intervention, Jinshu New Media, which originally only wanted to give a fixed salary, signed a 30-70 share sharing agreement. Of course, this time Jinshu won seven and the artist team won three.
After all, Chen Qing made slight changes.
In the first year of signing a contract, the relevant team still receives a fixed salary. From the second year onwards, if the project improves and the income at least exceeds their daily expenses, they can enter the sharing stage. In addition, the 30% share is for the entire small team in front of and behind the scenes, not just the core actors. This is also to maximize the creative enthusiasm of the entire team, while weakening the importance of core players such as Jing Xiaosui and Xie Qingmo. sex.
Of course, the core actors who appear on the scene must be biased, and they are also 30-70. 30% belongs to the team, the core gets 30%, and other team members get 70%.
The average salary in China has increased rapidly in recent years, but it is still less than one thousand yuan. In comparison, YouTube is definitely a good platform. Since its launch, there is no shortage of Internet celebrities on the YouTube platform with annual incomes of millions or even tens of millions.
The team at Jinshu New Media is not comparable to the top YouTube celebrities in the West, but even there can be a team with an annual income of US$100,000. Calculated, that’s an annual income of one million.
The current A-list stars here in China probably have the same salary level.
Therefore, even from a commercial perspective, Jinshu System attaches great importance to Jinshu's new media business.
Since the first batch of content was uploaded on December 10, everyone in the company has been paying close attention to the click status of the series of videos with anticipation and anxiety.