Chapter 274: Fengmang Film and Television

A few days later.

Xinyao Film and Television was officially renamed Fengmang Film and Television Culture. The office space was also moved from the somewhat dilapidated office building to the office building on the side of the International Trade Building, which was the one Chen Feng had bought before.

It had been empty all this time, but now it was just right. At more than two hundred square meters, it was much larger than the previous Xinyao Film and Television. Now, it was more than enough to be the office space for their Fengmang Film and Television Company.

After a few days of successively completing the relevant procedures, the office building on the side of the International Trade Building was also simply redecorated and planned. The sign of Fengmang Film and Television was also officially hung at the main entrance.

Thus, a new company wholly owned by Chen Feng was officially opened.

At present, Fengmang Film and Television did not have many employees. Including Chen Feng, there were only four people. The other three were Wu Mengting, Sun Xiaorui, and Xin Yuqing.

Among them, Chen Feng was the chairman, Wu Mengting was the chairman’s assistant and financial director, Sun Xiaorui had the title of chairman’s secretary, and was also the deputy general manager, in charge of administration, personnel, and logistics.

Xin Yuqing was currently serving as the receptionist and personnel administrative assistant, helping Sun Xiaorui and Wu Mengting.

The recruitment advertisement had been put out a few days ago, and many job applications had been received. It was just that the office building had not been renovated before, so the interviews had been delayed.

Now that the office building was ready, the interviews could begin.

To be honest, including Chen Feng, they were all completely ignorant of the film and television industry and film and television production. It was not certain that they could recruit the talents they wanted if they were to conduct the interviews.

So, after discussing with Wu Mengting and Sun Xiaorui, Chen Feng still decided to find someone who knew the industry to check.

The first person he thought of was Tao Yaoyang. He was a shareholder of Xingxing Media, so it was obviously not difficult for him to find someone from Xingxing Media to come over.

However, in the end, Chen Feng still rejected it. In the end, Chen Feng did not want to owe this guy too much favor, nor did he want to have too deep a relationship with him.

Secondly, there was Zhang Yuxi and her manager, Hua Jie, especially Hua Jie. Unfortunately, she had her own work to do and could not come over to take charge. She did not have the time for now. However, it was more feasible to let them recommend relevant talents, or find a reliable person to help come over to be in charge of the interviews.

With the relationship between Chen Feng and Zhang Yuxi, this matter was of course relatively easy to handle. After Chen Feng called her and told her about the matter, Zhang Yuxi agreed and said she could help.

The next day, Zhang Yuxi recommended a person from Hua Jie. It was one of Hua Jie’s apprentices, named Hu Rui. She had been with Hua Jie for several years and was now also working at Xingxing Media Company. She was also a manager, but the two artists under her were still not very presentable, and she was not very happy working at Xingxing Media.

So, she had the intention of job-hopping. She had been working in the entertainment industry for several years and had a relatively good understanding of the structure of film and television companies, especially the artist brokerage business, which was her main job.

It was completely no problem to temporarily transfer her over to be an interviewer. If Chen Feng could persuade her to stay, it would also be completely possible. This would depend on Chen Feng’s sincerity and attractiveness.

In order to accommodate her time, the interviews were also specially arranged for Saturday and Sunday.

Of course, just Hu Rui alone was obviously not enough. After all, there were more than a hundred people to be interviewed.

This was the result of a certain diversion. For example, Sun Xiaorui and Wu Mengting could decide on the relevant positions in finance, personnel, and administration, but the talents in related film and television production and brokerage affairs had to be professional like Hu Rui.

Especially in the film and television production, the professionalism was still quite strong. Of course, the interviews also needed professional checks. Thinking of this, Chen Feng thought of the director Zhao, Uncle Zhao, whom he had learned about from Liu Ying’s father when he went to Liu Ying’s house last time. This was an old director, and he must be familiar with film and television production.

Chen Feng did not hesitate and directly contacted Liu Ying and told her about the matter.

When Liu Ying heard that Chen Feng had acquired a film and television company and was recruiting, she was immediately excited. She had been waiting for this day. She immediately recommended herself to be the company’s financial manager, helping Chen Feng manage the company’s finances. She also said that she had been learning accounting knowledge for the past few years, and when she was abroad, she had also done related work in several companies.

Chen Feng did not refuse. It was better to find something for her to do than to let her think about how to marry him all day long.

So, Chen Feng directly gave her the title of financial manager. She was so happy that she laughed continuously. She immediately said that she would contact her father and would definitely be able to invite her Uncle Zhao to help.

With Liu Ying’s help, and for the sake of Liu’s father, Uncle Zhao, Zhao Guoqing, was easily persuaded to come and help.

After getting the confirmation, Liu Ying immediately reported the good news to Chen Feng and then went directly to the No. 8 villa.

A few days ago, she would come over whenever she had nothing to do, which gave Chen Feng a headache. In the end, Chen Feng specially went to her place to stay for the night and warned her not to go to the No. 8 villa if she had nothing to do, which made her quiet for a few days.

But today she came to report the good news, so of course Chen Feng couldn’t say anything to her. He let her into the house and then told Sun Xiaorui and Wu Mengting about Zhao Guoqing in front of them.

Chen Feng had told Sun Xiaorui and Wu Mengting about this matter in advance, so they were not surprised.

“Then tonight, I’ll treat this Uncle Zhao to dinner. I’ll also bring your father along.”

Zhao Guoqing had been a director for decades. Although he had not made a big name for himself, he still had the necessary connections. More importantly, he had relevant industry experience, which was exactly what they, these rookies, needed to rely on. So, Chen Feng attached great importance to him.

“Okay, okay, I’ll call my dad right away. By the way, where are we eating? What time?”

Liu Ying happily took out her phone.

“Tonight at seven o’clock, at Wenhua Residence.”

“Wenhua Residence?” Liu Ying’s eyes lit up. She asked with surprise and surprise, “Is it the Prince’s Mansion we went to last time? Don’t we have to make a reservation a few days in advance? Is it too late for tonight?”

Chen Feng had to explain, “I just happened to have made a reservation a few days ago. It’s not too late. You just have to inform your dad and Uncle Zhao.”

“Okay.”

Liu Ying was very happy and immediately called her dad. Her dad agreed very readily.

After hanging up the phone, Liu Ying glanced at Sun Xiaorui and Wu Mengting with some pride and said to Chen Feng with a smile, “Uncle Zhao has been working in the film industry for decades and has rich experience. If we can invite him to our company, he will definitely help our company do well.”

Chen Feng also said with a smile, “If he is willing, I can let him be in charge of our company’s film and television production.”

Hearing this, Liu Ying shook her head and said, “Uncle Zhao is not short of money now. His retirement salary is more than enough. This time, he agreed to help purely for my dad’s sake. He will definitely not be willing to be in charge of specific work that is laborious and laborious. But if, as you said at my house last time, you give him a consultant title and occasionally ask him to come over to help, it’s still possible.”

After thinking for a while, Chen Feng nodded and said, “Then let him be our company’s art consultant. The monthly salary is 50,000. Do you think it’s appropriate?”

“Five… fifty thousand?” Liu Ying was a little tongue-tied. “Isn’t this too much?”

Chen Feng said with a smile, “Just because he has worked in the film industry for decades, he is worth this price. What’s more, isn’t there also your and your dad’s face? If you give too little, it won’t look good on your face.”

In fact, Chen Feng’s main purpose was to use this Uncle Zhao’s connections in the film circle. Connections were priceless. In many cases, the value of connections was immeasurable.

For example, the “River and Mountain Order” that Xinyao Film and Television was stuck in the review process before. Xinyao Film and Television had revised it several times but it still didn’t work. In the end, it was not just a matter of the theme of this TV series, but also a matter of public relations and lobbying.

Otherwise, why could other similar TV series pass the review, but “River and Mountain Order” couldn’t?

Chen Feng and the current Fengmang Film and Television were complete rookies in the film and television industry, not even as good as the previous Xinyao Film and Television. So they urgently needed an industry veteran like Zhao Guoqing to lead the way.

Liu Ying believed that Chen Feng had given Uncle Zhao such a high salary mainly for her and her dad’s sake. She was immediately happy and moved, and her eyes looked at Chen Feng with light.

Chen Feng was a little embarrassed to be looked at by her like this, especially since Sun Xiaorui and Wu Mengting were next to him. He coughed dryly and said, “You can tell him about the treatment I mentioned and see what Uncle Zhao thinks. If he’s not satisfied, we can talk again.”

Liu Ying nodded obediently. This time, she didn’t call, but just sent a WeChat message to her dad.

Not long after, her dad replied, saying that Zhao Guoqing was very satisfied with this treatment and even said it was a bit too much.

After getting this reply, Chen Feng was finally relieved. After all, the film and television company had cost 30 million to buy. If there was no insider to lead the way and they messed around, the final result would definitely be a loss and bankruptcy.

“You can tell him that our company is newly established, and we will have to trouble Uncle Zhao with many things in the future. Please ask him to take more care of us in the future.”

After Liu Ying conveyed the message, the two sides initially established a very harmonious atmosphere.

It was already past four in the afternoon. After staying here for more than half an hour, Liu Ying said that she was going home to pick up her dad and Uncle Zhao, so she left.

As soon as she left, Wu Mengting asked, “Is this Uncle Zhao reliable? You haven’t even met him, but you’re giving him such a high salary. What if…”

Chen Feng waved his hand and said, “This Uncle Zhao is called Zhao Guoqing. You can find some relevant information about him on the Internet. It can’t be faked. He has been working in the film and television industry for more than forty years. Such an industry veteran, his connections accumulated over these forty years are what our company needs most now. After our company’s internal structure is set up, I plan to ask him to help with the review of the TV series ‘River and Mountain Order’. If he can get it done, do you think his salary is high?”

Wu Mengting was immediately speechless.

Sun Xiaorui, who was on the side, took over and said, “You let her be the financial manager and Wu Mengting be the financial director. Isn’t this a bit bad?”

Hearing this, Chen Feng said with some embarrassment, “I didn’t expect her to be so active in doing financial work. I couldn’t dampen her enthusiasm, right? So I just agreed. She doesn’t know that Mengting is the financial director yet. She’s in charge of her. Let her be happy for a while.”

Hearing this, Sun Xiaorui and Wu Mengting were both amused and a little sympathetic to Liu Ying.

It was conceivable that if Liu Ying knew that Wu Mengting was the financial director and was in charge of her, she would definitely be very depressed.

At seven o’clock in the evening, at Wenhua Residence, a table of four, with Liu Ying and Liu’s father accompanying them, Zhao Guoqing and Chen Feng were very relaxed. They talked and laughed with each other, and their impressions of each other were very good.

After a meal, Chen Feng and Zhao Guoqing became very familiar. Of course, this was mainly because of Liu’s father’s relationship. Liu’s father and Zhao Guoqing had been old friends for decades, and Liu’s father regarded Chen Feng as his prospective son-in-law, so their relationship obviously became very close.

The next day, on Friday evening, Hu Rui came over from Beijing by plane. Wu Mengting and Sun Xiaorui went to the airport to pick her up and treated her to a meal.

On Saturday morning, Fengmang Film and Television on the side of the International Trade Building officially began the interview work for external recruitment.

According to different positions, these applicants were divided into groups. The ordinary department positions were handed over to Sun Xiaorui, Wu Mengting, and Liu Ying to interview together. The three of them scored together and selected the best.

As for positions at the manager level and above, Chen Feng, the boss, personally interviewed them.

Zhao Guoqing was in charge of interviewing talents related to film and television production, including project planning, advertising and marketing, photography, video processing, post-production editing, recording, and so on.

And Hu Rui was mainly in charge of interviewing positions such as manager, enterprise promotion, publicity assistant, work assistant, life assistant, photographer, makeup artist, hairstylist, designer, costume designer, etc. These personnel were mainly to serve the company’s signed artists.

Chen Feng’s recruitment standard was to fill the company’s required job positions as much as possible and build up the company’s overall framework.

After two days of interviews, most of the company’s positions had been filled.

Now, the main thing missing was a general manager who really knew the industry. This person was directly related to the company’s future development and was not so easy to find.

In the end, Zhao Guoqing used his connections to find two candidates. One was the vice president of a peer company. This peer company had successfully produced many popular film and television dramas and was considered a big company. The other was the general manager of a small company who had just resigned.

So, Chen Feng asked Zhao Guoqing to contact these two people through an intermediary. The vice president offered a condition of an annual salary of 800,000 plus 8% of the share dividends.

Of course, Chen Feng could not agree to this condition immediately. He said that they could meet and talk first. The other party was a little arrogant and said that Chen Feng could go to Shanghai to contact him. The company he was working for was in Shanghai.

Seeing this person so arrogant, Chen Feng directly rejected him. He was too lazy to serve such an arrogant person.

And the general manager who had resigned said that he had no plans to work for the time being, but he still expressed his gratitude for the invitation from Fengmang Film and Television. Compared to that vice president, his attitude was much more polite.

This immediately gave Chen Feng a good impression of her. He immediately asked for this person’s phone number through an intermediary and planned to contact her personally to persuade her.

After dialing the phone, the other party answered after a while. It was a rather lazy woman’s voice, “Hello, who is this?”

Chen Feng replied politely, “Hello, I’m Chen Feng, the boss of Fengmang Film and Television. Are you Ms. Lu?”

“Your name is Chen Feng?” The other party seemed a little surprised.

“Yes, my name is Chen Feng. Ms. Lu, although Fengmang Film and Television has just been established, its predecessor was Xinyao Film and Television in Xiuzhou. You may have heard of it.”

As Chen Feng was speaking, the other party suddenly asked, “Are you from Lushi?”

Chen Feng was stunned and surprised, “Do you know me?”

The other side couldn’t help but burst into a silvery laugh.

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(End of chapter)