Chapter 353: New Year Meeting, Unified Thoughts

Chapter 353: New Year Meeting, Unified Thoughts

Chapter 353: New Year's Meeting, Unified Thoughts
Wang Hao talked with Mr. Han Sanye in the chairman's office of Huaying Group for more than two hours. He said goodbye and left without having dinner.

There was no way. With the global promotion of the "Inception" crew, the Galaxy Group had a lot of things piled up, waiting for him, the big boss, to make the decision.

Although Wang Hao can also work remotely and the company is managed by professional managers, many company business matters still have to be reported to him in person.

Moreover, the release period of "Inception" happened to be the Chinese New Year. After the Spring Festival holiday, the company had a lot of things to arrange for the new year, including the summary of last year's work and the work plan for the new year, all of which required him as the chairman to participate.

That is to say, Wang Hao is still young, energetic, and has an excellent memory. With the help of intelligence information from his previous life, he is able to make movies and be a big director while building such a big business as the Galaxy Group.

"Mr. Wang, this is the progress report of the company's key projects last year."

In the conference room, Zhang Wei, the general manager of Galaxy Group, who was promoted only two years ago, placed a stack of documents in front of Wang Hao.

While looking at the report materials, Wang Hao was also distracted and listening to the reports from the heads of the major business groups of the group company.

The first is the [Asset Management Business Group] among the five major business groups. This business group is responsible for the various physical assets of the Galaxy Group, which mainly include Galaxy Properties, [Galaxy Film City] Industrial Park and employee family residential areas.

“Over the past year, the establishment and improvement of [Galaxy Cinema] has been the core focus of our [Asset Management Business Group].

Now, the first and second phases of the Galaxy Cinema Metropolis have been completed and put into use. After one and a half years of official operation, the land for the third phase has also been acquired.

However, the studios in the park are not operating at full capacity, so for the third phase of the project, our suggestion is to wait a little longer.”

"What is the ratio of Chinese and foreign crews in the park?" Wang Hao suddenly asked.

“In terms of crew composition, it is mainly composed of domestic film crews.

Overseas projects now account for only about 8%. Last year, in addition to Sony's "Daredevil", the only other films that came to Galaxy Film City for filming and production were "Life of Pi" directed by Li An and "Prometheus", the prequel to the "Alien" movie. "

The head of the [Asset Management Business Group] spoke in a lower and lower voice, and seemed to be lacking in confidence.

Wang Hao looked up at him and did not blame him too much.

It is indeed not easy to attract Hollywood film crews to come to Galaxy Studios for shooting and production. It is necessary to change the previous perception of China by the filmmakers there.

However, not being too critical does not mean that there were no problems with the other party's work in the past year.

“I know it’s not easy to attract Hollywood crews, but that’s no reason for you to passively wait for opportunities.

You [Asset Management Business Group] need to actively contact the branch in North America, open up channels, establish resource sharing, and publicize the advantages of our [Galaxy Cinema Metropolis].

Moreover, "Inception" is now in theaters, which is a good opportunity to promote "Galaxy Cinema City".

But I didn’t see your business group taking any part in the promotion of this film. Sometimes you still have to exercise your subjective initiative.”

The person in charge of the [Asset Management Business Group] was terrified and nodded repeatedly.

"Yes! Yes! Yes! Director Wang is right. We will definitely exercise our subjective initiative."

However, Wang Hao was not so easily fooled and asked another question.

"I saw in your report that you purchased another 3D photography system from Sony. Don't you have any plans for reverse research and development of this system?"

The person in charge of the [Asset Management Business Group] was stunned by the question and stammered for a long time without being able to utter a word.

Wang Hao sighed inwardly upon seeing this. The [Asset Management Business Group] can be said to be the logistics system among the "five major groups". Its internal management is a bit conservative, as is usual for logistics systems.

"The group organizational structure of 'six departments and five groups' was implemented last year. I also know that everyone was a little unsure and did not dare to let go in the early stage of the structure."

Wang Hao took advantage of the [Asset Management Business Group] incident and directly said to all the group management present at the meeting:

“But our Galaxy Group is also a young company. I hope everyone can show the energy and passion of young people both at work and in life.

As young people, we must dare to think, dare to act, and dare to try.

Just like the [Asset Management Business Group], if it only manages the company's fixed assets, why should I separate it out as a separate business group?
Can't we just assign it to the Sixth Department and set up a logistics department?"

He looked at the person in charge of the [Asset Management Business Group].

“For a large company like Galaxy Group that aspires to become the top in the industry, it is not feasible for us to simply rely on the full copyright operation of the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe].

Cultural products are ultimately at risk of becoming outdated. They can serve as our company’s moat, but they cannot serve as our company’s foundation.

So what is the foundation of our company?
Patents! Technology! And a perfect and rationally functioning system!

For example, your [Asset Management Business Group], real estate, film and television industrial parks, employee family quarters, and even future hotels and cinemas, do they have great growth potential?
No, these industries are more focused on horizontal development and expansion.

So what potential do you have for upward development?
Are the film and television equipment rental companies in the industrial park only able to purchase and then rent?
Can we cooperate with relevant universities to carry out reverse research and development of those high-tech photographic equipment?

Can we pay attention to the domestic equipment manufacturers to see whether all the props, equipment and facilities can be upgraded and replaced domestically?

We have no experience, no skills, and no talent, so can we start with small things?

For example, a small thing like a light bulb, the imported ones are better than the domestic ones. They are better in brightness, color difference, stability and service life. So can we make a breakthrough in this area first?
You can also communicate more with other business groups and departments. Even if there are crews coming to Galaxy Film City for filming and production, do you have people to inquire or conduct questionnaires on those crews?

See if they encounter any problems during the filming process? What technical or demand pain points can we help solve? What problems can we improve?
Have you ever thought about these? Have you ever thought about these?
When I was filming on the crew, I once heard the actors tell a joke, saying that many of those TV dramas seemed to be cast in the same mold.

It’s not the plot of the TV series, but the costumes and props. Sometimes several dramas have the same style.

why?
Because the costumes produced by the costume and prop companies around Hengdian were all in that style when they were filming their TV series.

If the crew wants to use costumes, they can only use the ones they provide.

I don't like this very much, and I know that this has not happened in our Galaxy Film City yet. But the Galaxy Group is the only clothing and props company in the park, and one company often means monopoly.

So I'm here to give you a heads-up in advance.

I don’t want to see some departments of the company just starting to develop and become conservative, complacent, and stick to the old ways.
When people join Galaxy Group, besides making money and wanting a better life, they should also have some ideas and dreams of striving for the development of China's film and television industry.

Galaxy Group regards every employee as a family member and brother. Since they are family members, they must think and work together.

If you can’t do that, then you are not my brother, and we can part ways amicably.”

Wang Hao took the opportunity of this high-level meeting at the beginning of the year to first give the company's leaders a reprimand.

"Big company disease" is a problem that many large companies will encounter.

Although the Galaxy Group is currently in a booming development stage, it does not mean that there will not be various problems within the company.

After all, Galaxy Group now has no rivals in the domestic film, television and entertainment industry.

As soon as "Inception" was released, Huayi had to give up its title as the "number one private film and television company".

In this way, the company's external competitive pressure will be much smaller, and corresponding pride, complacency, laziness, and overstaffing will naturally appear in many employees.

Rather than waiting for these problems to accumulate and explode all at once in the future, it is better to prepare for it early, be vigilant at all times, and eliminate the problems in the bud.

This is still necessary.

China has only been open for so many years and joined the WTO not long ago. Many emerging companies are still in their prime and have no idea about things like "big company disease".

But Wang Hao, who has memories of later generations, knows it very well.

For example, the three popular portals in the past few years, Sina, Sohu, and NetEase, were the leaders of the Internet, but now they are gradually being replaced by Tencent, Baidu, and Alibaba.

In the future, these three companies will begin to lose their development potential in just ten years.

Like Alibaba, it lost its original intention of "making business easy for the world" early on. The dragon slayer eventually became the evil dragon and was kidnapped by traffic.

As for Baidu, apart from search, its other businesses are not very good. It has long lost its past spirit of technological leadership and can only sell search advertising space.

As for Tencent, if the "3Q" war had not made Tony Ma realize his own shortcomings and change his operating philosophy, I am afraid that this company would not be much better than Baidu and Alibaba.

Why are these Internet companies like this? Why do they all have short lifespans and why is it difficult for any of them to become century-old companies?

In the final analysis, it was because when they made their fortune, China's economy was taking off and the laws were not very sound and strict.

Development in the grassroots era is always so wild and bold. While this helps those large companies to grow rapidly, it also lays the hidden danger of unstable foundations.

From this point of view, Today Capital is stronger.

Because they started from Toutiao and then went online to TikTok, they accumulated recommendation algorithms for at least several years. This technology has become their foundation, helping them to set sail.

Wang Hao doesn't want Galaxy Group to become a short-lived company like Sohu, NetEase, Alibaba, or Baidu.

Although we are a cultural and entertainment enterprise, who says that cultural and entertainment enterprises cannot become vibrant companies like Microsoft and Google?

Of course, if one wants to rectify the group company's culture and solve the problems that arise in the company's development process, it is definitely not enough to just rely on Wang Hao to sound the alarm here.

The thinking of the entire group must be unified, and a more scientific and healthy management system must be established together with the rapidly growing company.

A loud drum does not need a heavy hammer. I believe that the senior managers of the on-site group will also listen to what Wang Hao said at the meeting today.

At least they will not be overly resistant or even obstructive to the company's subsequent new management policies.

Prevent disease before it happens and cure disease before it occurs. If many things are not done now, they may have ripple effects in the future.

“So everyone should think carefully about whether other business groups, not just the asset management business group, can also find more core underlying logic that can serve as a foundation.

OK, Manager Li, go ahead."

Manager Li from the [Asset Management Business Group] continued to report nervously. The other department heads present also lost their initial smug look and started to think about the direction and key points of the future development and improvement of their own business groups based on what Wang Hao had just said.

After the [Asset Management Business Group] finished its report, the second speaker was the [Content Culture Business Group].

"In addition to maintaining the operation of several existing departments, our business group has been integrating resources and establishing closer cooperation with other departments over the past year.

The main core point of this cooperation is the Xingyue Chinese website that we launched last year.

These paid novel reading websites will replace Star Map Culture Copyright Company and become the core of the [Content Culture Business Group].

We have developed a "big entertainment" strategy around this novel website.

The first thing is to integrate resources.

For example, Xingtu Culture Copyright Company has the copyrights of many novels, such as "The Three-Body Problem", "Ghost Blows Out the Light", and "Wolf Warrior", which we have moved to Xingyue Chinese website.

There is also the Jin Gu Chuan Qi magazine in the business group, and most of its works have been uploaded, including "Game Era", "Kunlun", "Soushen Ji" and so on.

In addition, we have also acquired several medium-sized novel websites on the market, such as Cuiweiju Novel Network, Huanjian Book Alliance, etc. This has basically enriched the work library of Xingyue Chinese Network and attracted a large number of readers.

Since its launch half a year ago, Xingyue Chinese has had over 3 registered authors, over 200 million registered users, and over 1100 million page views. The development momentum is very good.”

(End of this chapter)