Chapter 354: Corporate animation publicity

Han Songlin's arrival caused quite a stir in the Chinese film and television industry. Everyone wanted to meet the big boss. Han Songlin waved to everyone calmly to say hello.

Then the group entered the meeting room.

Yao Sen had wanted to take Han Songlin to his office, but then thought that his office was not very big, just a dozen square metres, and that if there were a lot of people, it would be difficult to move around.

'Chairman Han, why don't I call the people in and we can have a meeting together?'

Han Songlin: 'Yes, go ahead. I would like to meet everyone too.'

Before coming to Hua Wen Film and Television, Han Songlin had cut back on the few film and television dramas that Hua Wen Film and Television was planning to invest in and produce itself.

The main reason was that Han Songlin didn't think much of them.

Nowadays, there are quite a lot of high-quality dramas in the Chinese film and television drama market.

At this time, coal bosses were still digging coal in the mines to accumulate their wealth, and they were not yet interested in coming to the capital to invest heavily in the film and television industry.

At the moment, the capital that is tossing around in the film and television industry, let's not talk about state-owned film and television companies, let's just talk about private film and television companies. Basically, they all know the ropes.

And because the capital is not deep, they take care of it more carefully, for fear that if they make a flop, the entire company may be crippled.

Now when it comes to investing in filming, there is no such thing as later, when a number of companies come together to share the risks and so on. You have to bear all the risks yourself.

Under such circumstances, how can you not be dedicated?

Zheng Lin sat down in the seat where Han Songlin had first sung. As the CFO of Xinghai Group, Zheng Lin naturally had the right to sit here.

After looking at Han Songlin, Zheng Lin really couldn't understand how Han Songlin had suddenly jumped into the film and television industry.

This kind of constant jumping between industries is very difficult for the Xinghai Group to manage.

Zheng Lin has naturally taken a serious look at the Chinese film and television materials.

To put it bluntly, the company's film and television production capabilities are not very good.

It has produced two TV series, one of which lost money and the other barely broke even.

That said, what makes Zheng Lin a little speechless is that although the company's production capabilities are not good, the level of Chinese language investment is quite good.

The TV series that were invested in all made money.

In the end, the company made five million instead.

Five million?

That's a lot of money, but in Zheng Lin's eyes, it's just so-so. Xinghai Group is now making tens of millions every minute.

Han Songlin looked at Liu Kai, who had sat down next to Zheng Lin, and said, 'Liu Kai, I don't see any of your preparatory work.'

Han Songlin quite recognised Liu Kai's directing skills.

He was a standard academic director.

In the future of the Chinese film industry, there will be three schools of thought. The largest school will be the academic school, followed by directors who have transitioned from being actors, and finally others who have transitioned from other fields, such as best-selling authors.

However, academically trained directors do not do well at the box office.

The films they make have profound meanings and make extensive use of film industry techniques, but they don't do well at the box office.

On the contrary, directors who have transitioned from being actors do very well at the box office.

This is really hard to bear.

As for Hollywood directors, to be honest, they are supported by a few famous directors.

They are in their prime now, but in another twenty or thirty years, when these famous directors grow old, there seems to be no good successors.

The most frightening thing is not how powerful the enemy is now, but that he will remain powerful in the future, making people lose all hope.

Obviously, this is not the case in the future.

After Liu Kai entered the meeting room, he kept an eye on Han Songlin. He listened to Han Songlin's questions with excitement, but suppressed it, not wanting to show it on his face.

Otherwise, he would appear to be unstable.

Nowadays, people think that people who appear stable are reliable.

If you don't appear stable, no matter how capable you are, people won't give you a chance; and without a chance, there's no way to show your talent.

'I haven't come across a good script.'

Han Songlin: 'It's hard to find a good script. I've scrapped a few projects at the company before, because I felt that the scripts were too cliche.'

What kind of script is this? It's still about the main theme.

Han Songlin knows that films and TV dramas with a main theme still have a large viewing audience in the market.

But you can't keep making them over and over again.

It's a bit excessive for all film and TV companies to make them.

We have films and TV dramas with a main theme, but do you think the US doesn't have them?

They make them every day. It's the main theme of American drama; America saves the world, isn't that their biggest theme?

This stuff also belongs to the American national character, and when that character falls, the impact on those who believe in it can be imagined.

Liu Kai now knows that the original decision to cut the project was made by Han Songlin.

'The script is the core of a drama. We can't just have the director think and write on the spot. In the future, we Chinese-language filmmakers will have to take on the important task of industrialising the film industry.'

Zheng Lin looked at Han Songlin in surprise. Could the film industry be industrialised?

Boss, I know you like industry, but you can't just industrialise everything, like assembly lines!

Film is art, a flash of inspiration, not mass production on an assembly line.

That way, it won't be good.

'Yes, Chairman Han is right. The United States has a complete film industry. I think we can learn from them and promote the development of our film industry.' Yao Sen, who had gone out to get someone, happened to come in just as he heard Han Songlin's words and agreed wholeheartedly.

Zheng Lin's eyebrows shot up. This can't be another Zhang Leping!

'Learning is necessary, and the wise are our teachers. But we can't just follow in their footsteps. We have to surpass them, think for ourselves, and establish our own film industry.'

As he spoke, Han Songlin surveyed the people who had come in.

'Yes, what Chairman Han said is the theoretical guidance for our future work.'

Liu Kai shrugged, 'No wonder this old Yao is in the position of general manager, he's got some skills.

Everyone else also had a newfound appreciation for General Manager Yao in their hearts.

How had they not noticed before?

Yao Sen had no choice. Han Songlin had not even arrived at the company yet, and he had directly rejected several projects.

What did that show?

It showed that his work was not satisfactory to Han Songlin.

Yao Sen knew only too well what would happen if a leader was not satisfied.

He had gone to Hua Wen Film and Television precisely because he had previously made his leader unhappy and had been unable to stay at his previous job.

One must always learn from one's mistakes.

Han Songlin was also surprised by Yao Sen's behaviour, which seemed a little excessive.

However, Han Songlin was quite satisfied with Yao Sen's obedience. At least Yao Sen was able to execute 100% of what he wanted to do.

This was very important.

What did Han Songlin come to Hua Wen Film and Television for this time?

It wasn't for film and television, but for animation.

Yes, it's just for animation.

At the moment, Han Songlin isn't particularly interested in film and television, and he's just happy to see Chinese film and television develop normally.

As for why he wants to do animation, it's simple: for publicity.

I remember when Haier Company made an animation of the Haier Brothers. When I was a child, I watched the animation, and then I saw the Haier Brothers stickers on the refrigerators in Haier stores on the street, and I stared at them for a long time.