Chapter Nine Plans

  As Song Tang finished his speech, the entire venue erupted in thunderous applause. All the employees present were deeply attracted to Song Tang's passionate speech and grand blueprint. As the saying goes, "Are there any heroes among the princes and nobles?" It's not that the employees of Da Tang Film Industry didn't have a brave heart to climb up at all times, but these people had their inner passion suppressed by the realistic world, and what Song Tang is doing now is to set their hearts free. From what can be seen now, Song Tang's approach has been successful.

  Seeing the atmosphere of the venue so high, Song Tang couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in his heart. However, Song Tang was clearly not the kind of person who would be complacent with just a little success. He clearly recognized that at this time, Da Tang Film and Television was still far behind some of the major film and television companies in the United States, and the road ahead for Da Tang had only just begun. At this point, Da Tang was still far from being able to dominate the industry with ease.

  All employees of Datang only then deeply realized that the boss, from now on no one will think Song Tang is an eighteen-year-old boy with no management experience. And Song Tang did not realize that it was his brilliant speech today that laid the foundation for Song Tang's management in Datang, and since then, Datang Film has made great progress in both the company's execution and employees' work enthusiasm.

  Song Tang smiled and began to leave with George amidst the applause of the crowd.

  "Boss, if your speech gets out, I'm afraid those presidential candidates will come to you for advice!" George exclaimed as he walked into the elegant office that used to belong to Song Tang's father. Although it was a bit exaggerated, George spoke from his heart, after all, Tang Shu's age said it all.

  Song Tang was pleased in his heart, George now called himself the boss, naturally it means that George has fully accepted this new boss, but Song Tang still waved his hand lightly.

  "Alright George, I came today mainly because there are some things I need to communicate with you."

  "George, you also heard what I said in the conference room just now. I want the company to quickly become stronger and bigger, which requires efforts from many aspects. However, hardware is currently the most in need of effort. We will invite all kinds of excellent talents in the industry to come. And you will be very busy!"

  Since George's speech earlier, he had a lot more confidence in Song Tang and was now listening intently.

  "Last night, I carefully studied our company's business situation. To be honest, it's not very good. In this regard, I also had a simple exchange with my father."

  Hearing about the company's operating conditions, George, as the general manager, felt a tremble in his heart and hurriedly said: "Sorry boss, I should take main responsibility for this matter, it was all because I didn't do well."

  Seeing George like this, Song Tang knew that the general manager of Datang Film and Television in front of him had misunderstood his meaning. Song Tang waved his hand, gesturing for George to sit down, then smiled and said: "Hehe, okay George, you know I didn't mean to pursue your responsibility. The reason why Datang's business performance is not very good is actually because of some reasons from my father. I also know that the funds invested by my father in Datang Film and Television every year are not many, and apart from daily consumption and wages for employees, there is actually not much money left for Datang to develop. Apart from these, the company can still look like it does now, which is already very good."

  At this time, George heard that Song Tang did not pursue his responsibility and could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

  Song Tang didn't give George a chance to speak and continued: "Nowadays in North America, big movies are emerging one after another. If we don't have the funds, it will end up like our current situation. So, the next step is that the parent company will definitely increase investment in Datang Film. I wonder if you, George, have any good suggestions for the company's next development."

  Song Tang finally decided to listen to the suggestions of this general manager of Datang. Although Song Tang had been involved in many aspects in his previous life, he still lacked some knowledge about management.

  George saw his boss and asked for suggestions, so George organized his thoughts and said: "For the company's hardware facilities and welfare treatment, these are actually quite good, at present, they can fully meet the development needs of the company. There is also the problem of the company's funding gap, which the boss just mentioned will increase investment in the company, so we don't have to worry about this either. It's just that..."

  "What's wrong? Is there something else George is too embarrassed to say?" Song Tang asked curiously as he saw George pause.

  "It's just that our company currently lacks some powerful screenwriters, directors and producers, you also know the boss, with our company's current situation it's impossible to invite these talents. If these problems can't be solved, it may constrain the development of the company." George said.

  Hehe, as expected of the great Tang manager, having two brushes, looking at problems so uniquely, Song Tang thought.

  "Hehe, George, you're right. Although we can't immediately invite these talented individuals from the Tang Dynasty, there are still ways to solve the problem." Song Tang said with a smile.

  Although George was curious about why his boss was so confident, he didn't refute it because what he saw in his boss's eyes wasn't arrogance, but a kind of confidence that grasped everything, which made George involuntarily believe that his boss would definitely succeed.

  After Song Tang finished speaking, he took out the script of "Vulgarity" that he wrote last night and handed it to George, saying: "This is the script I've been writing these days, take a look at how it is?"

  George took the so-called script handed over by Song Tang with some curiosity, and at first George didn't think much of it. However, as George read on, he became more and more excited. Although the story of this script is very simple, it indeed uses a large number of monologues and dialogues to show the characteristics of the film, which is an excellent script. This was George's first impression after reading it.

  "Boss, did you really write this?"

  "Of course." Song Tang replied affirmatively. Song Tang would not say that this was a plagiarized work of Tarantino, because at this time the work had not been born yet, so Song Tang shamelessly crowned it with his own great name.

  "Oh, boss you're really great, I have to say that the work you wrote is excellent." George offered his praise without hesitation after hearing his boss's response.

  "Hehe."

  "What about the leading actor, boss? And who's going to direct it?" George quickly got back on track and started discussing the filming of the script with his boss. At this point, George was somewhat eager to see how well the film would do when it was released.

  "As for the actors, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson..." Song Tang quickly rattled off the original cast of the film.

  George heard Song Tang mention the actors and although he was curious why his good friend wanted to find a few not very famous actors, George still said it was no problem.

  "What do you think the production cost of this film will be? And which actor is going to play the lead role in this script?" Apparently, George was more interested in the director and cost of the film than who would star in it.

  "Hmm, as for the budget, it's roughly around $8 million!"

  George nodded, for "Vulgar" the film, $8 million is completely fine, next is George's concern about the director.

  "As for the director! I want to film it myself, you know that I studied directing at the Southern California Institute of Film and Television, now that I have the opportunity, I certainly can't miss it. Moreover, this script was originally written by me, I believe no one understands this play better than me, besides, this play is just for me to practice my skills, and there are even more wonderful scripts waiting for me afterwards."

  For these words, George thought carefully and agreed to come down. Besides, since the boss has decided, it seems that he himself has no right to refute. However, George expressed curiosity about Song Tang's more wonderful script, but Song Tang just smiled and didn't reveal too much about his next plan.