Chapter 1288 Taking Advantage of the Situation (34)

Xiao Ming complimented Zhang Tan again, and the two talked about this year's film and television plans, which was also the main business to be discussed today.

Xiao Ming had communicated with Zhang Tan on the phone before, and today was just another meeting to discuss in detail.

Therefore, facing this problem, Zhang Tan was well prepared and said, "I have prepared two scripts. I will send them to your email later. You can take a look."

Xiao Ming smiled and said, "Teacher Zhang is an expert in market control. I will listen to you. If you say it is feasible, then it is OK. We will start directly."

Although this was a compliment, Zhang Tan felt very comfortable.

He was not a saint, and of course he would feel happy and pleased to hear flattery.

However, he still kept a secret and only mentioned two scripts. His plan was to hand over "Heartbeat" and "Modi" to Kuxun Video. As for "Love Letter", he wanted to wait and see. Anyway, Kuxun Video could not start shooting three movies at the same time.

The two chatted for more than an hour, and Zhang Tan got up and left, intending to sit in Ku Cheng's office. He had not seen Ku Cheng since returning to Pujiang.

Xiao Ming wanted to take him there personally, but Zhang Tan declined, so Xiao Ming asked his female secretary to take him there.

Ku Cheng's office was on the top floor, and he needed to take the elevator. The secretary led Zhang Tan to the elevator, and at this time Xie Ou came out.

Xie Ou said to the female secretary: "I'll take Teacher Zhang upstairs. I have other things to do, so you go first."

The female secretary hesitated for a moment, but finally left.

The elevator door opened, and Zhang Tan and Xie Ou walked in. Xie Ou pressed the button for the top floor, and the elevator door slowly closed.

Xie Ou and Zhang Tan chatted for a few words, and when the elevator door was about to open, he said meaningfully: "Mr. Ku has been in a bad mood these days. The company's profitability was quite bad last year. He had a conflict with the executive vice president, and he might have to change people."

After that, the elevator door opened, Zhang Tan walked out, and Xie Ou stayed in the elevator.

Zhang Tan pondered for a moment, understood something, and smiled at Xie Ou, "Thank you."

Xie Ou smiled, and the elevator door closed.

Zhang Tan understood what Xie Ou said, and also understood the purpose of Xiao Ming's grand reception today.

It seems that Xiao Ming is aiming at the position of executive vice president, and he is building momentum for himself.

"So I was used by him today." Zhang Tan said, but then he smiled. Xiao Ming's methods are still very clever, and he will not feel disgusted when he knows that he is used.

On the contrary, Zhang Tan thinks that if Xiao Ming can use his momentum to get promoted, why not do it.

In the future, he may need to use Xiao Ming.

Zhang Tan met Ku Cheng in the office. Ku Cheng's complexion is not very good, and his hair that he used to take care of carefully is a little messy. It seems that as Xie Ou said, he is in a bad mood.

Kuxun Video's profitability is not good. Zhang Tan knew this when he attended the company's board of directors before the Spring Festival. Among all the business segments last year, the most profitable one was the big entertainment division.

If the big entertainment division is excluded, the company may be losing money.

The development foundation of Kuxun Video is the video business. The big entertainment business is just to expand the industrial chain, extending from the platform to content production.

The role of the big entertainment division is to feed back the main business.

But now it is reversed. How can Kucheng be satisfied with this?

Kucheng trusts Zhang Tan very much and tells him all the current problems of the company.

Maybe he can't stand these things these days and urgently needs someone to talk to. The people around the company are not a good choice. Zhang Tan is the best choice!

Although Zhang Tan has equity in the company, he does not work in the company. He has a relationship with Kuxun but the relationship is not close, and there is no competitive relationship.

Zhang Tan listened patiently and acted as a listener.

After Kucheng finished talking about the company's predicament, he suddenly said: "I want to divest some unprofitable businesses, reduce expenses, and slim down the company."

When a company encounters difficulties, this is a common practice. This is to abandon the car to save the coach and cut off the tail to survive.

Zhang Tan said: "It should be like this. The foundation of a company's survival is its profitability. Some businesses are neither promising nor profitable, so the best solution is to divest them early."

Ku Cheng continued: "At present, the company mainly has three businesses, one is the video business, one is the big entertainment business, and the other is the short video business. Now it seems that the short video business must be divested."

Zhang Tan was a little surprised and asked: "The whole thing is divested?"

Ku Cheng said: "Since it is to be divested, then sell it all."

Zhang Tan hesitated for a while, but still said: "I personally think that the short video business has good prospects and great potential."

Ku Cheng said: "I also know that the prospects are good and the potential is great. The video business will inevitably develop into short videos in the future, but whether I can wait until that day is a question. Now it seems that I can't wait. Maybe we left too early. Only by doing the right thing at the right time can we meet the wind. Whether you leave early or late, you can't succeed."

Zhang Tan didn't think so. He believed that the wind of the short video business has always been there, but he just didn't find the key to open the door to the wind.

Since Kucheng had already made up his mind, Zhang Tan said nothing more.

He was very interested in the short video business, so he asked a few more questions.

After Zhang Tan left, Kucheng was thoughtful.

Of course, he noticed Zhang Tan's interest in the short video business, but he soon stopped taking it seriously. He was interested, but whether he would do it in the end was another matter. Even if he wanted to do it, it would be fine to sell it to him. As long as the price was reasonable, it didn't matter to him who he sold it to.

In the afternoon, Xiao Ming called and told Zhang Tan that he had just read the scripts of "Heartbeat" and "Modi", both of which were very good. He had no problem at all and could prepare for the project at any time.

At the same time, he asked Zhang Tan if he would direct the two movies.

Even if Zhang Tan wanted to direct, he would only direct one of them at most.

However, Zhang Tan had not decided whether to direct a movie.

He did not say it firmly, leaving some room.

After a movie becomes a big hit, many people will be impulsive and start the first movie while the iron is hot, but at this time it is often easy to fail because they cannot see the market clearly.

In the evening, Wang Hao came. Zhang Tan asked him to come.

Lao Li knew him and opened the door to let him in.

Wang Hao said thank you, followed the noisy voices of the children, looked at the brightly lit classroom, and then walked towards the studio next to it.

He thought that this might be the special hobby of the rich. They actually opened a late-night school in this prime location, specifically accepting children from poor families, and the fees were low, which was completely beyond their means. What was the purpose?

However, he understood this. Isn't what Zhang Tan did similar to his movie "Looking Back at Childhood in the South"?

The rural teacher in the movie chose to stay in his hometown to open a kindergarten for the left-behind children in the village. Zhang Tan and the rural teacher are very similar in some ways.