Chapter 1736: The Script

Fan Baobao truly did not understand why Zhao Fusheng insisted that she hold shares in Alibaba.

"Just keep them."

Zhao Fusheng said calmly, "After Alibaba goes public, your status as a shareholder will soon be disclosed. It won't do you any harm."

This was the truth. In Zhao Fusheng's view, since Fan Baobao was in the entertainment industry, she would inevitably encounter all sorts of things sooner or later. Some people knew his identity, others did not.

But if she had the identity of an Alibaba shareholder as protection, to put it bluntly, once others knew her wealth, they would naturally understand that she was not someone to be trifled with.

"Alright."

Seeing Zhao Fusheng insist, Fan Baobao said no more.

She also knew that since Zhao Fusheng had arranged it this way, there must be a reason behind it.

This was also a matter of business, and regarding such matters, Fan Baobao always followed Zhao Fusheng's arrangements.

That evening, the two of them invited Zhou Yun and Jiang Wen to dinner. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yun had not brought her child either. Upon asking, they learned that she had left the child with her parents.

Although they were not very satisfied with this son-in-law, who was not much younger than them, Zhou Yun's parents still adored the child.

This was probably the difference between the groom's parents and the bride's parents.

Simply put, one was taking a wife, the other was marrying off a daughter. Both the mood and the feeling were different.

So most of the time, parents-in-law on the husband's side were not as good to their daughter-in-law as parents-in-law on the wife's side were to their son-in-law.

The reason was simple: the former felt that since their son had brought the wife home, they could enjoy it with peace of mind. If the daughter-in-law did not meet their expectations, they could just have their son find another woman.

But the latter hoped that the son-in-law would treat their daughter well, after all, their daughter had left their side.

"What are you laughing at, you bastard?"

Seeing Zhao Fusheng looking at him with a meaningful smile, Jiang Wen was completely baffled, not understanding what was so funny.

Zhao Fusheng shook his head but did not explain.

Some things, even if seen through, did not need to be spoken.

"By the way, a junior of mine has written a script. Do you want to take a look?" Jiang Wen said to Zhao Fusheng while eating.

Zhao Fusheng was taken aback: "A script?"

Then he found it strange: "If it's a script, just hand it to Ye Jing. Why show it to me?"

"Well, mainly regarding the subject matter, I hope you can give some advice." Jiang Wen smiled.

Zhao Fusheng nodded: "Alright, send it to my email later. I'll take a look and then decide."

Seeing that he agreed, Jiang Wen said no more.

Old Jiang's执行力 was still strong. The next day, Zhao Fusheng saw the script in his email.

After reading it, he understood why Jiang Wen had said he needed some advice.

Because the script was actually about business wars.

Or more precisely, it wrote about how a returned educated youth gradually transformed from a profiteer into a wealthy businessman.

"A history of private enterprise development..."

Sitting in front of the computer, Zhao Fusheng muttered to himself.

Zhao Fusheng knew a bit about China's private enterprises.

From the beginning of reform and opening up to the early 1990s, the so-called "pre-company era," people doing business in society were basically individual business owners and "official profiteers."

The so-called individual business owners, also known as profiteers, simply ran small businesses, opened restaurants, sold clothes, etc., with small scale and little capital.

As for official profiteers, their businesses were big deals—steel, approvals, cars. Basically, the big-money businesses were monopolized by them.

At that time, people doing business were not the elite of society; most were marginalized by society.

In Zhao Fusheng's impression, the educated youth were the main force among these people.

After all, most of the educated youth who returned to the cities were not resettled. Having been away from the cities for a long time, they had to find their own way to survive in the cities.

So running small businesses became one of their few options.

Because there was no "Company Law" at the time, most people applied for individual business licenses, which were called individual business owners.

Of course, there were also those official profiteers. They did set up many companies, but due to their backgrounds, although the companies were nominally state-owned, they were actually tools for their personal enrichment.

In fact, according to Zhao Fusheng's thinking, this stage should be said to be a very primitive stage of the market economy. Folk commercial activities were more like wandering the rivers and lakes, and often business was done by the rules of the underworld.

What is the underworld?

In martial arts novels, it is said that where there are people, there is the underworld.

But in fact, the underworld refers to the marginal areas of the entire society. In the earliest times, the underworld meant the remote corners of a city. So the ancients said, "In the distance of the rivers and lakes, dwelling in the high halls of the temple."

Of course, with the development of the times, today, the development of private enterprises has gradually stepped onto the right track.

The so-called outlaw tycoons are hard to appear again.

A wealthy man like Yang Guoqiang, who started with a construction team, could not appear again in any industry.

In the Internet age, it's more about getting rich overnight with a certain project, rather than taking an unconventional path to win by surprise.

To be honest, Zhao Fusheng really liked this script, but he had to admit that if it were actually filmed, under the current circumstances, the ratings would probably not be very good.

Any literary or artistic work has the limitations of its era; there is nothing wrong with that.

For example, many Hong Kong films from back then, when viewed now, actually have rough production and uneven acting. The reason they are revered as classics is largely because these films represent many people's memories, representing our youth.

To claim that these films are insurmountable by later generations is somewhat nonsense.

Some things always have to be faced.

So, after much consideration, Zhao Fusheng still called Jiang Wen.

"We'd better not invest in this drama." Zhao Fusheng did not beat around the bush and said bluntly to Jiang Wen.

Jiang Wen was stunned: "You mean..."

"The content is good, but you have to know that the current market does not recognize this kind of content." Zhao Fusheng said frankly. "To be honest, even if it passes censorship, in the end, probably no TV station will buy the broadcast rights."

"We have a good relationship with Capital TV, and also with CCTV. We could..." Jiang Wen hesitated, still reluctant to give up on this script.

Obviously, he also liked this subject matter.

Zhao Fusheng smiled: "The problem lies in the authorities' definition of private enterprises. Think about it, in this script, what is the definition of private enterprises? If we invest and film it, and then it can't be broadcast, who will bear the loss?"

In that instant, Jiang Wen understood Zhao Fusheng's meaning.

In the final analysis, it was because in the current environment, there were too many things to pay attention to in film and television production.

For example, if you make a spy drama, the positive image must be our Party, and the Nationalist Party must be the negative image. And in the end, the victory can only be ours.

But the problem is, if it were really as shown in movies and TV dramas, the War of Resistance probably wouldn't have lasted a full eight years.

But there was no way around it; this was a matter of the main theme. Even knowing that anti-Japanese divine dramas were unreliable, TV stations had to broadcast them anyway.

"Alright, I'll give him a call."

After a moment of silence, Jiang Wen said to Zhao Fusheng.

Zhao Fusheng nodded and said nothing more.

He rarely interfered in the current management of subsidiaries including the film and television company, but since he had spoken, both Ye Jing and Jiang Wen knew that the matter had already been decided.

Zhao Fusheng still had this much deterrence.

After all, he was the backbone of the entire Future Group, including its many subsidiaries.

Without Zhao Fusheng, the major shareholder and chairman, these subsidiaries would have no way to continue.

It must be known that it was because of Zhao Fusheng's existence that Dong Chenxi and others were fearless. Without Zhao Fusheng's restraint, these people really would not know how to run a company.

It is often said that sailing the vast seas depends on the helmsman; this saying is quite reasonable.

At the very least, without a suitable controller, any company would find it difficult to go further in the fierce market competition.