Chapter 314 Ambition
In 11, reality TV shows were not as developed as they are later. Most of the shows on TV were variety shows that invited celebrity guests to participate in interviews. Even Mango TV, which is famous for its entertainment promotion, only invited some popular stars to play some small games.

"Variety shows, reality shows, I forgot about these."

Gu Wei, who had been at home for two days, thought of these things instantly, put down the TV remote control in his hand, and called Wang Chen.

As the year draws to a close, most of the company's employees have gone on holiday, and the remaining few are still on duty. Wang Chen and Song Ge, one is busy with a TV series and the other is busy with a movie, so they haven't returned yet.

"There are many such programs in Japan and South Korea, and the ratings are good. We can purchase the copyright and combine it with the actual situation in China to produce a unique variety show..."

Listening to Wang Chen talking on the phone, Gu Wei nodded slightly. This kind of program is not difficult to produce at all. Not to mention Xingchen Film and Television Company, even other domestic film and television companies or TV stations can produce it. What is lacking is just a concept.

"I'll discuss this with Director Jiang and we'll send someone over there after the New Year to discuss the copyright issue."

Hearing Wang Chen say this, Gu Wei felt relieved. He and Jiang Xuerou were also veterans in the circle, so Gu Wei didn't need to worry about these things.

In the other office, Song Ge was looking at the documents in his hand and listening to his assistant's report.

Since the establishment of Xingchen Film and Television Company, the company has spent a large sum of money on the acquisition of novel copyrights almost every year. The amount is not much when spread out evenly, but the volume is huge.

Nowadays, if the company really wants to adapt all the copyrights it owns into scripts, let alone three or five directors, even thirty or fifty people would take ten years to finish filming.

Song Ge is a scholar-general. He looks gentle and elegant, but his favorite sport is boxing. He spends one or two days every week training boxing.

Gu Wei once joked with him, "I don't think any of the CEOs of other film and television companies in the industry would be your match."

In the original time and space, Song Ge missed the release of "Wolf Warrior" because of his boxing training.

When Wu Jing was making "Wolf Warrior" that year, he called Song Ge and hoped that he would go to see the movie. However, it was a training day that day and Song Ge had to go to practice boxing, so he was unable to watch the movie. When he wanted to watch it again a week later, Wu Jing had already signed a distribution agreement with Hengye.

Although he missed out on "Wolf Warrior", it cannot be said that Song Ge has a bad vision. In fact, he is a filmmaker with great vision.

Otherwise, Gu Wei would not have entrusted the Star Film and Television business to him with confidence.

After coming to Xingchen Film and Television Company, Song Ge was not idle either. He was the one who facilitated the investment in Wang Jinghua's Shiba Culture Company.

In terms of cinema chains, Song Ge is still in talks with Dadi Cinemas. In his words, it won’t be long before the company will have its own independent cinema chain.

After the assistant left the office, Song Ge took a physical book from the bookshelf and began to read it with interest. On the cover of the book, the three big words "Ghost Blows Out the Light" were clearly written.

It stands to reason that for a big boss like Song Ge, other people would never have thought that he would read online novels. Even Song Ge became interested in online novels only after he came to the company and saw that the company had acquired a large number of novel copyrights and that the domestic special effects blockbuster that Gu Wei was going to shoot was also adapted from a science fiction novel. He found them quite attractive at first glance.

After reading the first part, he found that this novel was a rare masterpiece among online literature and had great potential for film and television adaptation. However, things related to ghosts cannot be shown in domestic films and TV series, otherwise they will not even pass the review, so the ending of this script still needs to be revised.

After watching for less than an hour, the female secretary, wearing a professional suit, came to the office and said softly, "Mr. Song, Director Zheng and the others are here."

Hearing this, Song Ge put down the book in his hand with reluctance, stood up and went to greet Director Zheng, Zheng Xiaolong, whom the secretary had mentioned.

Before taking up his position at Xingchen Film and Television, Song Ge had already planned three things in his mind. He had already settled on the artist management company and had almost negotiated with the theater chain. Now there was only one thing left, which was to recruit directors in the circle.

Zhang Yimou, Chen Guofu, and Zheng Xiaolong were all his targets. With the support of Star Film and Television Company and his status in the Beijing circle, Song Ge's ambitions gradually grew.

Zhang Yimou currently has other projects on hand, but Song Ge met with him privately and the two had a very pleasant conversation. Although the other party did not agree to come, he also promised to consider it carefully.

As for Chen Guofu, he joined Huayi Company as the chief film producer in 06. After filming the movie "The Sound of Wind", he has not participated in any directing works. Instead, his position in Huayi Company is that of an executive rather than a mere director, which is a bit awkward.

The last one, Zheng Xiaolong, is a top director in the TV drama industry. He has a good relationship with Song Ge. After receiving Song Ge’s invitation, the other party took time out to come even though he was filming "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

"Director Zheng, welcome, welcome."

After leaving the office, Song Ge went straight to Zheng Xiaolong. As soon as they met, he was the first to say hello with a warm attitude.

"Mr. Song, you are too polite. Xingchen Films is indeed one of the famous companies in the industry. After seeing it today, I can see that it lives up to its reputation."

Zheng Xiaolong did not come alone. There were two people of similar age next to him. Song Ge had met them several times. They were both good friends who had worked with Zheng Xiaolong for many years. One was a director and the other was a screenwriter.

Upon learning that Zheng Xiaolong was invited, the two of them decided to follow him and visit Xingchen Film and Television, which is known as the top special effects company in China.

When Song Ge on the opposite side heard this, he had an idea. Instead of inviting Zheng Xiaolong and his party to go directly to the office, he took a few people to visit the company.

"Director Zheng, this is the film production department." "This is the TV series production department."

"The company currently has more than 400 employees and is hiring in large numbers every year, more than half of whom are special effects engineers..."

At this moment, Song Ge acted as a tour guide, giving a detailed introduction, and several people nearby nodded from time to time.

After visiting the movie and TV series production departments, they went to the third and fourth floors to tour the machinery and equipment.

Song Ge only had a general understanding of this, and the detailed explanation was given by the head of the engineering department.

"Currently, the company has purchased three batches of equipment from Hollywood, with a total value of more than 1 billion RMB, including the world's top filming equipment..."

The engineer was very familiar with these devices and even gave a general explanation of how to use them.

"Director Gu is incredible, he is really amazing."

After listening to this, Zheng Xiaolong and his team exclaimed that the value of the machinery and equipment alone was so great that this company was the only one of its kind in the entertainment industry.

Song Ge beside him also had some emotion, and he unconsciously recalled what he said to Gu Wei in his mind, "There is no antitrust law in the domestic film and television industry. We can definitely create eight major domestic companies, or even the largest giants, and become the production standard of the industry."

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On the other hand, Gu Wei naturally knew about what Song Ge had invited Zheng Xiaolong to discuss in detail, but he did not get involved.

He is good at making movies and writing scripts, but when it comes to public relations, Song Ge is an expert and everyone has his own expertise.

This year's Oscars ceremony was held on February 2th. Two animated films from Tomorrow's Star Pictures were on the shortlist. Reid called and asked Gu Wei whether he would attend the Oscars ceremony.

The timing does not conflict with the closing ceremony of this year's Berlin Film Festival, but Gu Wei does not want to go back and forth. As for the Oscars, it becomes just like that after going too many times, and the novelty for him has long worn off.

"Boss, Warner Bros. has told us that the first trailer for 2012 will be ready in early March."

"Haha, that's pretty fast." Hearing this, Gu Wei instantly perked up, already thinking about the promotion. "Once the trailer comes out, we can start the promotion. Don't be in a hurry in the early stages. Take your time. You can increase the scale of the doomsday prophecy on your website to stir up the heat."

"Mike can't wait for the movie to be released." Ryder said in a relaxed tone on the phone, and then he seemed to remember something and said in a slightly serious tone, "Someone from Disney came to me and hoped to cooperate with us to develop the follow-up movie of "Frozen".

DreamWorks hopes to acquire the copyright of the Minions in Despicable Me or develop it together with us.

These people now see us as a big piece of fat meat.”

The revenue from the two animated films made them jealous, and since Gu Wei was an outsider, it was inevitable that the other party would be tempted. These things were inevitable.

With Han Sanping's support in China, Gu Wei can choose his partners. But once he goes abroad, it's a world of capitalists, and if you don't cooperate, they will find excuses to suppress and sanction you.

"We will talk to them slowly. Our bottom line is that the share cannot exceed 30%. In addition, they have to be responsible for the production and distribution of the film."

"Okay, boss, these vampires will never be satisfied." Reid couldn't help but complain.

After the two chatted for a few sentences, Gu Wei had just hung up the phone when Liu Yifei called in. The young lady asked him to come to her house for dinner.

After hanging up the phone, Gu Wei said something to his parents and drove directly there.

As the Spring Festival was approaching, there were a lot of cars on the road and it was very congested. Gu Wei had to drive slowly and turn on the car radio.

With both hands on the steering wheel, a piece of news on the radio caught his attention.

"It is reported that recently Hong Kong director Stephen Chow announced the latest movie news, that he will shoot the movie "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", which will be mainly invested by Huayi Film Group and will be solely responsible for its distribution..."

If we were to say which Hong Kong director can guarantee profitability nowadays, it would definitely be Stephen Chow.

If we were to say who can guarantee making money by filming "Journey to the West"-themed movies, it would be Stephen Chow.

Even if Gu Wei hadn't read the news, he could guess that the circle was probably in an uproar right now. As everyone knows, Stephen Chow's movies are the most popular. I wonder which lucky person will be able to participate this time.

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(End of this chapter)