Chapter 1288 Taking advantage of the situation (3/4)
Chapter 1288 Taking advantage of the situation (34)
Xiao Ming complimented Zhang Tan again, and the two talked about this year's film and television plans, which is also the main thing to talk about today.
Xiao Ming had communicated with Zhang Tan on the phone before, but today they just met again to discuss it in detail.
Therefore, when faced with this problem, Zhang Tan was already prepared and said, "I have prepared two scripts. I will send them to your email later for you to take a look."
Xiao Ming said with a smile: "Teacher Zhang is the expert in grasping the market. I will listen to you. If you say it is feasible, then we will get started."
Although these words were compliments, Zhang Tan felt quite comfortable hearing them.
He is not a saint, so of course he will feel happy, happy and happy when he hears flattery.
However, he still kept his mind open and only talked about two scripts. His plan was to hand over "Pumping Heart" and "Modi" to Kuxun Video. As for "Love Letter", he wanted to wait and see. Anyway, Kuxun
It is impossible for the video to be shot for three movies at the same time.
The two chatted for more than an hour. Zhang Tan got up and left, planning to go to Ku Cheng's office to sit. He had not seen Ku Cheng since he returned to Pujiang.
Xiao Ming wanted to send him there in person, but Zhang Tan declined, so Xiao Ming asked his female secretary to send him there.
Ku Cheng's office is on the top floor and you need to take the elevator. The secretary led Zhang Tan toward the elevator, and then Xie Ou walked out next to him.
Xie Ou said to the female secretary: "Let me send Teacher Zhang up. I happen to have other things to do, so you go and do it first."
The female secretary hesitated for a moment and finally left.
The elevator door opened, Zhang Tan and Xie Ou walked in, Xie Ou pressed the button for the top floor, and the elevator door slowly closed.
Xie Ou chatted with Zhang Tan for a while, and when the elevator door was about to open, he said meaningfully: "Mr. Tianku is in a bad mood these days. The company's profit situation was very bad last year. He had a conflict with the executive vice president.
Maybe someone needs to be replaced."
After saying that, the elevator door opened and Zhang Tan walked out, while Xie Ou stayed in the elevator.
Zhang Tan thought about it for a moment, understood something, smiled at Xie Ou and said, "Thank you."
Xie Ou smiled and closed the elevator door.
Zhang Tan understood Xie Ou's words and also understood Xiao Ming's purpose of welcoming him with so much fanfare today.
It seems that Xiao Ming is aiming for the position of executive vice president and is building momentum for himself.
"It turns out that he was used by him today." Zhang Tan said, but then smiled, Xiao Ming's method was still very clever, letting him know that he was used without feeling disgusted.
On the contrary, Zhang Tan felt that if Xiao Ming could take advantage of his power to rise to power, why not do it?
In the future, he might need help from Xiao Ming.
Zhang Tan saw Ku Cheng in the office. Ku Cheng's complexion was not good, and his hair style, which he had carefully taken care of in the past, was a bit messy. It seemed that just as Xie Ou said, he was in a bad mood.
The profit situation of Kuxun Video is not good. Zhang Tan knew this when he attended the company's board of directors before the Spring Festival. Among all the business sectors last year, the most profitable one was the entertainment division.
If the large entertainment division is excluded, the company may lose money.
The development foundation of Kuxun Video is the video business, and the purpose of pursuing a large-scale entertainment business is to expand the industrial chain, extending from the platform to content production.
The role of the large entertainment division is to feed back the main business.
But now it's reversed. How can this satisfy Kucheng?
Ku Cheng trusted Zhang Tan very much and told him all about the company's current problems.
Maybe it's because he can't stand being bothered by these things these days, and he urgently needs someone to talk to, and the people around him in the company are not a good choice, so Zhang Tan is a perfect fit!
Although Zhang Tan has equity in the company, he does not work in the company. He has a relationship with Kuxun, but the relationship is not close, and there is no competitive relationship.
Zhang Tan listened patiently and acted like a listener.
After talking about the company's plight, Kucheng suddenly said: "I want to divest some unprofitable businesses, reduce expenses, and slim down the company."
When a company encounters difficulties, this is a common practice. This is to abandon the car to save the boss and cut off the tail to survive.
Zhang Tan said: "It should be like this. The basis for a company's survival is its profitability. Some businesses have neither hope nor profitability, so divesting them early is the best solution."
Kucheng continued: "At present, the company mainly has three major businesses, one is the video business, the other is the large entertainment business, and the other is the short video business. Now it seems that it is necessary to spin off the short video business."
Zhang Tan was a little surprised and asked: "Strip off the whole thing?"
Kucheng said: "Since we want to divest, we must sell everything."
Zhang Tan hesitated for a moment, then said: "I personally think that the short video business has good prospects and great potential."
Kucheng said: "I also know that the prospects are very good and the potential is great. In the future, the video business will inevitably develop towards short videos, but whether I can wait until that day is a question. Now it seems that I can't wait. Maybe we will leave."
Too early. Only by doing the right thing at the right time can you meet the trend. No matter you leave early or leave late, you will not succeed."
Zhang Tan doesn't think so. He believes that the short video business has always been in the spotlight, but he just hasn't found the key to open the door to the trend.
Since Kucheng had already decided, Zhang Tan didn't say anything more.
He was very interested in the short video business, so he asked a few more questions.
After Zhang Tan left, Kucheng was thoughtful.
Of course he was aware of Zhang Tan's interest in the short video business, but he quickly ignored it. If he was interested, whether he would do it in the end was another matter. Even if he wanted to do it, he would sell it.
It doesn't matter if you give it to him. As long as the price is reasonable, it doesn't matter who you sell it to.
In the afternoon, Xiao Ming called. On the phone, he told Zhang Tan that he had just read the two scripts "Pumping Heart" and "Modi" and they were both very good. He had no problem at all and could be ready at any time.
Project establishment work.
At the same time, he asked Zhang Tan if he would direct the two movies.
Even if Zhang Tan wants to direct, he can only direct one of them at most.
However, Zhang Tan has not yet decided whether to direct a movie.
He didn't say it to death, he left some space.
After a movie becomes a hit, many people will be impulsive and start their first movie while the iron is hot. But at this time, it is often easy to give up because they cannot clearly see the market.
In the evening, Wang Hao came. It was Zhang Tan who invited him over.
Lao Li recognized him and opened the door to let him in.
Wang Hao said thank you, followed the noisy sounds of the children, looked towards the brightly lit classroom, and then walked towards the studio next to it.
He thought that this might be the special hobby of the rich, so he actually opened a late-night academy in this prime location, specifically to accept children from poor family conditions. The fees were low, and he was completely unable to make ends meet. What was he trying to do?
But he understood this, and what Zhang Tan did was similar to his movie "Childhood Looking South".
The rural teacher in the movie chose to stay in his hometown and open a kindergarten for the left-behind children in the village. Zhang Tan is very similar to that rural teacher in some aspects.
