Mo Wuling ran away because it was approaching noon, and Zhu Momo finally found an opportunity and ran over. When he left, he took the score of "Those Flowers" with him, saying that he would use it in "To Youth". In his words, he once again condemned Simon several times.
The general idea is basically the same, someone is not a good person.
Zhu Momo knew nothing about this, Balabala talked about recent events, and after lunch, she accompanied Simon to get off the boat and start the afternoon schedule.
Simon mainly went to the industrial park in the east of the city in the afternoon.
The Westeros system's current layout in China is mainly industrial. Thanks to Chen Qing's relationship, Suzhou has also received many large projects in recent years.
Nokia and Tinker Bayer, the core of the Westeros system, have successively invested in large-scale product factories and set up R&D centers in the industrial park in the east of Suzhou City, and have continued to invest additionally. Both companies plan to sell their products to 30 About % of the product production is located in Suzhou. With the size of Nokia and Tinker Bayer and 30% of the production capacity, it will play a strong driving role in the related industrial chain of the entire Suzhou area.
In addition, Samsung Electronics also established its largest overseas production base in Suzhou three years ago. With the Westeros system achieving absolute control over Samsung Electronics, this can now be considered its own industry. Moreover, with the restructuring of Samsung Electronics, the company will gradually close more high-cost factories in South Korea and shift production capacity to China, mainly Suzhou.
As for the companies related to the Westeros system in China such as Joyo Computer founded by Chen Qing two years ago or BBK, the largest VCD brand in China, they have also established R&D centers or production plants in Suzhou, even if they are not comparable in size to giants such as Nokia. , together they are quite a huge capital force.
Not only that, with the help of Chen Qing, Samsung Motors, which is merging with Kia, is also considering setting up a vehicle factory in Suzhou. This is not only a hot topic in the country, but also happens to be a shortcoming of Suzhou, so the city government is also very eager.
In China in this era, investors are the boss.
Chen Qing was able to attract so much investment to her city, even if the various tax and land concessions were necessary, she indirectly gained considerable hidden influence in the local area, not to mention that there were other people standing behind this girl. A towering tree.
Accompanied by local leaders and relevant company executives, Simon walked through several factories and checked the construction progress of his Chinese-style garden by Dushu Lake, and finally rushed directly to the airport.
Zhu Momo really wanted to go to Beijing with Simon, but unfortunately before leaving home, her mother reminded her intentionally or unintentionally that she had to go home at night and had to be obedient, otherwise Mo Yiling might go crazy. I said goodbye to Simon on the airport runway for a long time, and then reluctantly left. We also made an appointment to meet in New York during Fashion Week in February.
Inside the cabin of a Boeing 767.
Reflecting the evening twilight outside the porthole window, Simon continued to talk to Chen Qing about business: "I have discussed one thing with the heads of Tink Bayer, Nokia and other companies one after another, about OEM. Previously, because the industry was just emerging, Due to the small scale of production capacity and the fact that the relevant companies themselves want to control the industrial chain, each company basically builds its own factories for production. In the next few years, I hope to gradually peel off this part of the link."
At present, a large number of Taiwanese OEM companies such as Foxconn have entered China. Chen Qing understood Simon's intention as soon as she heard it, but she was a little confused: "Boss, why do you want to divest? Wouldn't it be better for us to control the production process ourselves?"
"If Nokia and other companies maintain annual sales of millions or tens of millions of products, you wouldn't be wrong to think so. However, in the next few years, whether it is Nokia's mobile phones or Tinker Beyer's digital music The annual sales of players and other products may reach hundreds of millions. By then, if you continue to produce on your own, you can imagine that the production business alone may become the largest department of these companies, requiring hundreds of thousands or even millions of employees to be employed. Employees, think about how many management risks, cost pressures and even potential social problems this contains?"
When Simon mentioned this, Chen Qing quickly understood.
If the future situation is as described by my boss, a large but low-end production department may become a drag on the entire company if we don't pay attention.
It really needs to be stripped out as soon as possible.
"Then, boss, what should I do?"
Simon said: "I will give you three years to develop your own foundry team. By then, if it is feasible, the factories that originally belonged to Nokia and other companies will be gradually divested to you. If you can't do it well, then you can only give it to Taiwan." It’s an OEM.”
Chen Qing quickly calculated and found that three years was enough.
Here, whether it is Nokia, Tinker Bayer, BBK or even Joyo, they all have their own factory management teams. These are the teams that can select qualified talents to transition to the OEM field. In addition, if there is still a shortage of manpower, you can still poach people. The target happens to be those OEMs in Taiwan. As long as you give enough money and add equity rewards, it will definitely be no problem to poach some teams.
Intrigued, Chen Qing discussed various details with her boss all the way.
The Boeing 767 arrived in Beijing at around seven o'clock in the evening.
Simon rushed to the mansion in Maoer Hutong first, changed his clothes, had dinner, and then rushed to the Great Wall Hotel in Chaoyang District with Chen Qing.
This is a film and television circle gathering hosted by Jinshu, which can be regarded as a celebration for "Love Call Transfer". Of course, I chose this evening mainly because Simon would come over, and it had been arranged a few days in advance.
On the way to the Great Wall Hotel, Chen Qing also specifically mentioned that the choice of the Great Wall Hotel was because of the connection between Mr. Qin in the world. A certain famous nightclub in the capital not only had an indirect stake in the Westeros system, but also Qin. Xingmei Media, founded by the brothers, also holds 50% of the shares.
It was already nine o'clock when we arrived at the banquet hall of the Great Wall Hotel.
There had been three rounds of drinking here, but everyone was still in high spirits. Naturally, they had no objections to Simon's late arrival. As long as this high-ranking man showed up, it would be an honor for the party.
The hall is large enough to accommodate hundreds of people, and there are many famous celebrities in the Chinese film and television industry. Many people come here from other places, including all the Jinshu series and a large number of its stars and filmmakers.
In fact, speaking of it, in the past year, there were not many projects produced by the Jinshu Department, and there were only a handful of them in the true sense.
However, it is this handful of projects, such as "Something to Say", "Kangxi Private Interview", "Super Girl" and "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" that soared into the sky at the end of the year, which can be said to be huge profits. , not to mention "Love Call Transfer", which was released during the Lunar New Year this year, setting a box office record for domestic films in one fell swoop.
Coupled with the fact that there is someone behind the scenes of the Jinshu Department, there are many benefits to having such a thigh, not to mention hugging, just rubbing against it.
After doing as the Romans do and greeting the most famous ones such as China Film and Television Corporation, Mr. Tong and Mr. Han, Simon came to the crew of "Love Call Transfer", smiled and stretched out his hand towards Feng's pants: "Congratulations, Feng, on the box office record of domestic films, I’ve watched it privately several times and you guys did a better job than I imagined.”
This is not a scene talk.
The original Love Call Forward had an interesting story, but it was also just pure popcorn. However, as we all know, Feng Trousers has always been a director with great artistic pursuits, and he was greatly influenced by a certain ruffian writer. He always likes to add some connotation to his works.
Of course, it is the kind that does not affect the quality of the film. A typical example is "Party A and Party B". It is a comedy and also satirizes some social phenomena.
The new version of the script of "Love Call Transfer" is jointly written by Feng Pants and Chef Liu. Based on the story framework given by Simon, it has a bit more flavor of Feng's comedy that follows current events. The quality is indeed better than Simon expected. Even better, this is the basis for this movie to earn 200 million yuan in box office in the mainland.
Feng Trousers held one of Simon's hands with both hands and said sincerely: "Mr. Westeros, this compliment makes me feel ashamed just coming from your mouth. The recent "Titanic" from Daenerys Entertainment "", it only grossed 350 million US dollars in the United States. Calculated, "Love Call Transfer" is not even as good as the box office of "Titanic" in its seventh week of release. I am fascinated by it, I am fascinated by it."
Today is February 1st, Sunday.
As of January 29, the seventh week of its release, "Titanic", which is still gaining momentum, reversed its decline during the Golden Globe Awards. The box office in the past week still only dropped 23%, and it collected another US$33.15 million. Total North American box office The box office revenue reached US$355.91 million.
Not to mention overseas, just North America. According to the current exchange rate of RMB against the US dollar, the box office of "Titanic" is equivalent to 3.1 billion RMB. For a movie, it is still in theaters and its potential has not been fully released. It is already equivalent to the past year. The total box office in Mainland China for the whole year is more than double, which is indeed amazing.
Simon was also mentioned about this movie when he was greeting Mr. Tong from China Film Group.
It is said that there is a rumor from the top that the schedule for "Titanic" will be arranged as soon as possible, and it is said that it will learn how others make movies.
Coupled with the good relationship between the Westeros system and China, "Titanic" has been confirmed to be released in April, when the Oscars have just ended. In addition, the box office will definitely reach a new high, and the overseas fame will reach its peak. Not only that, this time, the film will basically be cut without any cuts.
Simon can imagine that because China has implemented the reform of the theater chain system and the Internet of theater ticket sales ahead of schedule, compared with the domestic box office that was still as high as 360 million yuan in the past, if it is true, "Titanic" The box office potential is fully unleashed. Not to mention doubling the box office, 500 million will definitely be spent.
This is not okay.
It's better to take the initiative and take it off the shelves as soon as one month after its release. And don't worry about piracy and so on. It will spread as soon as possible. If it's really not possible, let's release the pirated version by ourselves.
In short, it would be good to get 300 million this time.
Too much is not enough.
Simon thought this, and Chen Qing glanced at Feng Pants, holding on to his boss's hand and reluctant to let go, and interrupted with a smile: "Director Feng, you are too humble. Every country has its own national conditions, and we can do what we can." It’s great to get to this point.”
Feng Pengtong nodded repeatedly and noticed Chen Qing's eyes, then realized that he had lost his composure and quickly let go of the big man's hand in front of him.
Simon also greeted the film's chef writer, lead actor Li Daqian and several actresses one by one.
Then we talked about "Party A and Party B".
This comedy, which was supposed to be the first domestic Chinese New Year movie, was postponed for a year. However, due to the success of "Love Call Transfer", it has become increasingly popular in the industry recently.
The point is the competition for roles.
The matter even reached Simon's ears from Chen Qing.
The original protagonist of the film was originally Uncle Feng. Now, Mr. Li, who just had his acting addiction in "Love Hu", is also very interested in the script. We had just cooperated with each other and it was very pleasant. Feng Pants had no objection to this. Simon thought about it a little and decided not to interfere.
Again, it's better to screw up.
If you want to collect it, collect it with all your strength.
Moreover, while he was talking, Jiang Anqi, one of the women here who was with Simon, came over and casually decided on the heroine.
Jiang Anqi studied Tsing Yi and Daoma Dan for many years before joining Nortel, which is very suitable for the heroine's setting. What's more, Jiang Anqi, who has appeared in Hollywood movies, is much more famous than the original heroine.
The male and female protagonists have all been replaced, and the once classic has changed beyond recognition, at least in Simon's mind.
However, it doesn't matter.
This is just for fun, and Simon really doesn't want to play too big, causing some people to find that the Westeros system is also a little too big in other aspects.
Next, just be an orthodox behind-the-scenes boss in the film and television industry, and just be a popular actress.
Speaking of actresses, after Jiang Anqi came up, Simon's other women here, Li Youhu, Teacher Yu and even Princess Xu, who were also present tonight, all came up one after another. Except for the slightly more reserved Teacher Yu, the others didn't show any sign of it. He doesn't hide his relationship with Simon and is obviously competing for favor.
Even the trio of "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" who did not go home during the Chinese New Year but stayed in the capital to continue working, all came over and rubbed against each other.
Fortunately, there was no fight.
Fortunately, the other tall goblins with model attributes are not here tonight. Just like Zhu Momo, if he appeared at the reception on the Hentiangao that jumped two meters straight, it would be a provocation to everyone. .
Because he was busy with social activities, it wasn't until he was about to leave that Simon could say a few words to Ren Jingxi, who had not come forward to join in the fun.
Looking at the beautiful face in front of him that was still plain but somewhat high-spirited, Simon smiled and asked, "I heard that your family has moved to Beijing?"
"Yes," Ren Jingxi held a glass of red wine in his hand, nodded, and gestured to Chen Qing not far away: "Sister Chen said that?"
"Um."
Ren Jingxi smiled and said, "That's definitely not good."
Simon also laughed: "Yes, you are said to be greedy."
Ren Jingxi and Simon looked at each other with bright eyes: "Speaking of this, will you be affected by Sister Chen's words?"
"Yes, so you should say more nice things to yourself."
"So, what I did in the past year was pretty good, right?"
"Be confident and remove the questioning tone."
Ren Jingxi nodded and changed his tone as expected: "I have done so well in the past year, you have to reward me."
"what do you want?"
Ren Jingxi tilted his head slightly, still looking at Simon: "I haven't thought about it yet."
"Lying, but since you did such a good job, I'll give it to you."
Ren Jingxi paused for a moment, feeling inexplicably uneasy and a little expectant. She resisted not avoiding his gaze: "Do you know what I want?"
"Yes," Simon nodded, stretched out his hand, ran his fingertips across the girl's pretty face, and pulled back before reaching her chin: "Work hard in the future and make more money for me."
Ren Jingxi unconsciously turned his head slightly again, his face seemed to be chasing the leaving fingertips, but unfortunately he had left after all. Ren Jingxi returned to looking at the man again, and without any pretense, she said softly: "Thank you, Simon..."
Simon interrupted quickly: "Stop, don't praise me as a good person, otherwise I will regret it."