Chapter 55: After all, you can't escape the hard life
What is the biggest problem currently plaguing Galaxy Film and Television Company?
Talent! Director talent!
Xinghe Film and Television has no shortage of funds or projects, but at present there is no other director except Lin Yicheng himself.

After thinking about it, Lin Yicheng made a phone call.

After a while, Liu Mingjun knocked on the door and walked in.

After the New Year, Liu Mingjun and several of his colleagues jumped over from Huace and are currently serving as the director of the television department at Galaxy Film and Television Company.

After Lin Yicheng asked him to sit down on the sofa, he asked:
"How do you feel? Are you still adapting?"

"It's okay, there are fewer people and less work." Liu Mingjun replied.

Lin Yicheng smiled and understood what he meant.

Lin Yicheng directly handed over the "Secret History of Kangxi" to Lao Zhou to deal with without it going through Liu Mingjun's hands. He might have had this idea in mind.

"It hasn't been developing well before. Now that you are here, let me tell you about the arrangements in the TV department."

"Please go ahead." Liu Mingjun straightened his body.

"I plan to invest in three or more TV series this year. We have both the funding and the projects, but we are short of directors. You are a senior in the TV series field and have a wide network of contacts, so I hope you can find a few suitable directors to get the TV series department up and running."

"What type of project is it?" Liu Mingjun asked.

"There are both modern dramas and costume dramas. I will send you the specific project information later."

"Okay, Mr. Lin, I understand." Liu Mingjun nodded.

"As for the director's cooperation methods, I mean there are two types. One is the common cooperation, where we invest and he is responsible for filming. The other is to join the company, in addition to receiving the director's salary, and finally give a certain bonus based on the performance."

"Well, I will hurry up and take care of it. I will give you a list to review when the time comes."

"Okay, one more thing. The first round of Naked Wedding has finished. The second and third rounds still have audio and video copyrights. You are responsible for negotiating them. As for overseas copyrights, the company has already opened up channels. You go and talk to them."

"One thing is that regarding online copyright, the authorization period should not exceed three years." Lin Yicheng specifically reminded.

"Second and third round copyrights are not a problem. If the authorization period for online copyrights is too short, I'm afraid I won't be able to sell it at a very good price." Liu Mingjun was a little embarrassed.

The copyright war among video websites has not yet begun, and the current video website sector is in chaos.

You can find a lot of pirated high-definition gun versions and all kinds of popular or not popular resources on the Internet.

In this case, the asking price for the TV series by the leading video websites is already low, and if they also restrict the licensing period, it will be really difficult to sell.

Lin Yicheng naturally understood this, but he didn't care. He didn't care how much it sold for. If he didn't sell it, it would benefit the pirated websites anyway.

However, there must be a limit on the number of years, so that when he acquires a video website, he will not encounter the embarrassing situation of his own website not having the authority to broadcast his own dramas.

"It doesn't matter, just try to negotiate the online copyright." Lin Yicheng said.

"Okay, I'll go talk to him as soon as possible." Liu Mingjun breathed a sigh of relief.

After Liu Mingjun left the office, Lin Yicheng smiled. It was obvious that Liu Mingjun's thinking and habits did not change immediately.

Lin Yicheng also understood that this was a common problem among people who came from large companies. They did not think about winning but about losing first.

I am afraid that something might go wrong and I will be criticized by my colleagues or held accountable by my superiors.

There is a long way to go, and after a while, you will naturally get used to Lin Yicheng's way of doing things.

……

In the next few days, Lin Yicheng finalized the candidate for his assistant.

He is not an outsider either. He is one of the company's first clerks. He looks ordinary, but he is very organized, careful and diligent, and doesn't talk much, which are all excellent qualities for an assistant.

After such an investigation, Lin Yicheng appointed this girl named Li Yuefang as his assistant.

When he is in the company, she helps him to send, receive and sort documents. If he is away filming, she is responsible for Lin Yicheng's daily chores.

At this time, Li Yuefang was reporting some things to Lin Yicheng.

"Boss, I just received an invitation letter from Su Mang, the president of Bazaar. She invites you to attend this year's Bazaar Charity Dinner."

"Tell her I don't have time. From now on, all invitations like this will be handled in the same way." Lin Yicheng replied calmly.

"Okay, boss." Although there were still a few months before the Bazaar dinner, the boss's so-called lack of time was obviously an excuse, but Li Yuefang was smart enough not to ask why.

Lin Yicheng didn't want to have anything to do with the fashion circle. Many magazines had asked him to shoot covers before, but Zong Shuai helped him turn them down.

Lin Yicheng believes that what he sells is his works, not his body.

Moreover, this Bazaar Charity Dinner, under the banner of charity, has the ultimate goal of expanding its own influence and making profits.

Outsiders have no idea where the final donation was used.

When you are rich, you should help the world. Lin Yicheng is willing to do charity, but not in this way. "Phoenix TV's "Lu Yu You Yue" invites you to participate in their program. The other party said that the time can be arranged by you." Li Yuefang reported again.

"Same, I don't have time." Lin Yicheng frowned and said.

He had a very bad impression of Chen Luyu, who was completely self-centered, had low quality, and did not respect others.

If he went to "Lu Yu You Yue", Lin Yicheng was afraid that he would not be able to control himself after hearing "Really? I don't believe it".

"Is there anything else?" Lin Yicheng asked.

Seeing Li Yuefang shaking her head, Lin Yicheng instructed, "Please help me buy the house across from where I live now. Also, please help me keep an eye out for similar houses in other districts. Remember, don't consider those in CY District."

Li Yuefang nodded and left, but she was wondering why people in CY district didn’t consider it?
……

After finishing all the tasks at hand, Lin Yicheng suddenly fell into anxiety.

Yes, it's anxiety. This is the first time he has felt this emotion since he became famous.

The first round of data for "Naked Marriage" is perfect, and there will be no problems with the second and third rounds and audio-visual copyrights.

The EP "Four Songs" has sold nearly 200 million copies in just over a month on the market, and the number of ringtone downloads is also very encouraging, which can bring him considerable income.

The company is also on the right track and has a promising future.

Logically speaking, everything should be going smoothly, and Lin Yicheng shouldn't have such emotions.

But it happened so suddenly.

Lin Yicheng thought for a long time and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He had a hard life in his previous life, and it seems he can't escape it in this life.

Logically speaking, with Lin Yicheng's current wealth and status, others would have started enjoying life long ago, with luxury cars, mansions, fine wine, beautiful women, parties, yachts, and so on.

But what about Lin Yicheng?

He has a house but it is not a mansion, and he still drives a second-hand Audi. He does not attend or host parties, nor does he pursue gourmet food, nor does he buy things like celebrity paintings and calligraphy, antiques and curios to show off his taste.

He looks like an ordinary person, and his life is not much different from that of ordinary people.

To put it bluntly, Lin Yicheng had a feeling from the beginning to the end that time was running out, as if there was an invisible whip behind him whipping him, making him dare not stop moving forward.

There is no other reason. Lin Yicheng knows the future situation. The pressure brought to him by BAT is too great, and the gap in size between the two sides is too big.

In the future, their market value will be at the trillion level. If a giant of this level breaks into the film and television industry, it will be a dimensionality reduction attack. Lin Yicheng can't guarantee that he will be able to fight against them at that time.

But Lin Yicheng was unwilling to become a worker for the three major families, and he would never accept the fate of being a running dog!

At this moment, Lin Yicheng almost had the idea of ​​changing his industry and track.

But he quickly dismissed the idea. In the film and television industry, at least he had experience from his previous life and was confident that he could deal with BAT and even compete with them.

But in other areas, Lin Yicheng realizes that he is just an ordinary person.

In his previous life, he was not sophisticated enough, had a narrow vision, and was only concerned with the entertainment industry. At most, he knew some things that the general public knew.

For example, Tencent and Moutai will rise, Bitcoin will have a huge bubble, and then what? Nothing!

If he rashly changes to another field, Lin Yicheng might be completely eaten up!

Look, there are several promising projects in the future, whether it’s shared bicycles or food delivery, live streaming or games, etc.

Which company doesn’t have the shadow of BAT behind it? Except for ByteDance, Lin Yicheng seems to have no example of a company that has managed to break out of the encirclement of the Big Three and rise successfully!

Even in the real estate industry, there are already big players like Lao Wang, Lao Xu and Lao Pan. With his size, he would just be delivering takeout for the big guys, and it is estimated that he would not even be able to fill their teeth!
However, Lin Yicheng was not discouraged. He had almost laid a solid foundation, and all he had to do in the future was to develop step by step.

Lin Yicheng just didn't believe it. He was steady and cautious, and with the knowledge and experience from his previous life, it was still unknown who would be in charge of the film and television industry in the future!
Thinking of this, the anxiety was swept away!

　This is the fifth day in a row that I have updated 10,000 posts. I just realized today that I shouldn’t update so many posts so quickly during the period of a new book.

　　Otherwise, when it reaches 20 words, it will no longer be a new book and will lose a lot of exposure.

　　But if the new book’s period is too short, you won’t be able to keep up with the recommendation opportunities even if there are.

　　a bolt from the blue!

　　However, let's finish what we started. I'll do it for two more days to make up a week.

　　Ugh.

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