Huang He came to Shanghai to see Leng Zhiwen. After all, Leng Zhiwen had been studying for almost a month at this time. Unexpectedly, he met Leng Zhiruo, who had just gotten off the plane.
Well, Leng Zhiruo happened to be coming to Shanghai to handle some matters, so the two met by chance, and they ran into each other right at the airport. You should know that Huang He had not asked about Leng Zhiruo's itinerary at all before. It can only be said that this is fate!
"Brother-in-law, aren't you traveling with a secretary?" Leng Zhiruo curiously glanced at Huang He's side. It turned out that besides two bodyguards, there was no one else around Huang He.
"It's not that I didn't bring one, it's that I don't have one at all!" Huang He shrugged and said, "Zhiwen was sent to be an actress by me, so my side became empty. It's not that I haven't tried a few people, but I'm not satisfied, so it's temporarily empty."
"That won't do. Brother-in-law, you don't know, I only now understand the importance of a secretary. If I don't have a secretary by my side, I don't even know how to work. There are too many things!" Leng Zhiruo sighed.
Indeed, among Huang He's three younger sisters-in-law who had already started working, Leng Zhiruo had the heaviest workload because she was responsible for the operation and supervision of hundreds of branches nationwide.
Although there were no businesses that required innovation or proactive development, just maintaining the operation of these companies and solving some problems was enough to keep Leng Zhiruo extremely busy.
The most obvious example was that Huang He had not been intimate with Leng Zhiruo for fifteen days. He had been flying all over the country during these fifteen days, and he was so busy that he couldn't stop.
"I'm actually fine. The hard work is handed over to you guys to do. Other things are also handled by the administrative department!" Huang He chuckled.
"That won't do either. This is not a long-term solution. It's more convenient to have a secretary!" Leng Zhiruo thought for a moment, then clapped her hands and said, "Danrou, go to the flagship store first and deliver the documents to me!"
"Okay!" Wang Danrou nodded, then left Leng Zhiruo and went in another direction.
"Why did you deliberately send her away? Is there something wrong with her recently?" Huang He asked curiously.
"No, she's been quite well-behaved lately and hasn't contacted her brother-in-law. After all, our blind box business has little to do with her brother-in-law's business, so she doesn't need to take risks!" Leng Zhiruo said with a smile.
"Then you are..."
"Brother-in-law, what do you think of letting her be your secretary?" Leng Zhiruo asked with a smile.
"Her? That won't do!" Huang He quickly shook his head. "It's fine for her to be your secretary, but it's a big problem for her to be my secretary. A lot of oo intelligence will be sent to me. If she sees it and passes it to her brother-in-law, it will be troublesome!"
"That's true!" Leng Zhiruo nodded. "I thought she was really good at her job, doing things meticulously and comprehensively, just like I was back then, so I thought she would be a good candidate for secretary!"
"Moreover, letting Xiao Ma Ge's sister-in-law be your secretary would be a critical hit for Xiao Ma Ge!" Leng Zhiruo said slyly. Alas, this woman has changed!
"However, it's not impossible for her to be my secretary!" Huang He pondered for a moment, a smile appearing on his face. "I actually have some information that I need her to send to Xiao Ma Ge, but the problem is, it's the same to give it to her through you!"
"Forget it, then let her stay with me. If I leave her, I really can't handle things for a while. I'll find another one for you!" Leng Zhiruo pondered.
"Okay, you handle things as you see fit. I'll listen to you anyway!" Huang He held Leng Zhiruo's small hand and then whispered, "Zhiruo, you should have some time now, right? Let me drive you somewhere. My commercial vehicle is in the airport parking lot. I just bought it. All the seats inside can be laid flat and turned into a big bed!"
"Who will drive?"
"Of course, I'll drive myself... And the driver's seat and the rear seats are separated by a semi-transparent glass, so the driver can't see us, but we can see the driver."
"Is that so? How long do you plan to drive? Will ten minutes be enough?" Leng Zhiruo nodded.
"You underestimate me. Ten minutes is not enough. It will take at least an hour... Oh, no, two hours..." Huang He chuckled, ordered the bodyguards and driver to take a taxi to their destination, and then took Leng Zhiruo into his commercial vehicle. They stayed inside for a full hour without moving.
Well, the commercial vehicle is indeed stable. After an hour, from the outside, it seemed very calm, with only some slight tremors.
"Brother-in-law, what's your purpose in coming to Shanghai this time?" After finishing, Leng Zhiruo licked something off the corner of her mouth and asked curiously.
"Well, mainly to see how the blind boxes are selling in Shanghai, to inspect them, and then to go to Tangren. They said that there are a few good TV dramas that they are inviting them to invest in filming, and they need me to oversee and make decisions on whether to invest money!" Huang He said with a smile.
"Oh, in that case, can I see Zhiwen?" Leng Zhiruo asked with a smile.
"Zhiwen!" Huang He's tone remained unchanged. "It depends. If I can meet her, it would be best, but I heard that she is currently studying with an old artist at the Shanghai Theatre Academy, so it's not easy to get out."
"Oh, this girl, she's usually quite annoying, but I never thought I'd miss her so much after not seeing her for so long. I really want to see her. Brother-in-law, if you have a chance, you must take me to see her!" Leng Zhiruo said.
"Of course!" Huang He nodded, then finally started the commercial vehicle. The car drove away from the parking lot and began to head towards Tangren Film and Television's Shanghai headquarters.
"Do you want me to drop you off at the Shanghai company in Jiangnan first?" Huang He asked.
"No need, I'll go with brother-in-law. Anyway, there's nothing important today. How about I be your secretary?" Leng Zhiruo said with a smile. Huang He nodded repeatedly, his face full of smiles.
It's so great to have my wife as my secretary!
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"Old Li, the chairman will be here soon. Are those new talents ready?" In Tangren's office, a middle-aged man asked Li Guoli with some unease.
"Everyone is here, and the dinner for the evening is booked. But Old Chen, do we really need to do this? It's too embarrassing!" Li Guoli said hesitantly.
"There's no other way. Don't you want to shoot two new plays this time? But our company's accounts don't have enough money to invest in two plays, and we can't even gather actors. If the chairman doesn't give money, where will we get the money to invest in new plays!" Old Chen said.
This Old Chen is now the head of Tangren's artist management department, the boss of agents.
"Give it a rest. I still don't know your intentions. You're not doing this for new plays at all. You want to get the company to approve more money for you to sign new talents, so that you can skim off the income from the artists, right!" Li Guoli said irritably.
"There's no other way. It's because the profit-sharing method set by our new chairman is too strange, so no artist dares to sign with me. All the previous artists have also run away!" Old Chen said irritably.
To mobilize the enthusiasm of his subordinates, Huang He and Tangren set up a new rule called the triple profit-sharing system, which is divided according to a TV series or movie, or the artist's income.
First of all, for film and television works, all staff, including directors and all actors, will have a basic salary. Of course, this number is not high, even slightly lower than the industry average, which is just to ensure that all staff can live normally.
Of course, if it were like this, all these staff and directors would run away, so they have additional profit-sharing income.
First, after a TV series or movie is completed, the cost needs to be calculated to get a filming cost number. By the way, the basic salary is included in the cost.
Then, the income of this TV series or movie is calculated, whether it is advertising revenue, the purchase price given by the TV station, or the authorization for second-round broadcasting, etc.
No matter how this income comes, as long as it is in Tangren Film and Television's account, the profit-sharing begins.
This profit-sharing is divided into two parts. The first part is when the total income is lower than the production cost. In this case, Tangren Film and Television will take 80% of it, and the remaining 20% will be distributed to the film staff. The specific proportion has a basic rule.
The director gets 3%, all actors get another 10%, and finally all other staff get 7%. It's roughly this general proportion. The specific details of how to distribute will be discussed after the crew is assembled.
Once the income exceeds the production cost, the proportion will change. Tangren Film and Television will take 40% of it, and the remaining 60% will be distributed to the director, crew staff, and actors, also allocated at three times the previous proportion.
With this rule set by Huang He, Tangren Film and Television was in an uproar at the time, because in their opinion, this triple rule was too stingy.
First of all, the basic salary for directors and actors is very low, far below the industry average. It is only slightly higher than that of ordinary people, and much lower than that of celebrities and directors of the same level before, almost at the bottom.
For example, before, Li Guoli's director fee for a TV series was at least 900,000 yuan.
But now, the basic salary for a TV series is only 100,000 yuan, which is a huge decrease.
Although there is the large portion of profit-sharing income, this income is too uncertain, and the dividends received before the cost is recovered are too small.
Take a TV series with a production cost of 10 million yuan as an example. Before recovering the cost, a director can get at most 3%, which is 300,000 yuan. Aren't all big directors charging millions in director fees? Is this 300,000 yuan looking down on people?
Although the money received in the future seems like a lot if the income exceeds 10 million yuan, most of the TV series in China lose money every year, except for a few high-quality ones.
To put it bluntly, 90 out of 100 TV series in China lose money, and 30 of them cannot be sold at all and do not earn any money.
That is to say, they might not even get a penny of profit-sharing income, and in the end, they only get a basic salary of 100,000 yuan, which is explosive.
In everyone's opinion, Huang He was completely drawing a pie for them, and it was a pie they couldn't eat. Who would be foolish enough to continue working here?
Therefore, the directors and artists who were previously under Tangren and did not have contracts left directly. Those who had contracts tried their best to terminate them and leave. Li Guoli rushed to find Huang He to stabilize the situation, but Huang He waved his hand and said that no matter which director or artist wanted to leave, he would cooperate with the termination to avoid trouble. As a result, most of the directors and artists left.
The only remaining director is Li Guoli, and as for agents, only Old Chen is left. Both of them have shares in the company and can receive dividends, so they can't leave and were kept.