"Brother Jun, Director Shao is here." Lin Bowen came over and said.
Wang Zijun threw away the storyboard script in his hand, straightened his clothes and walked out. He happened to meet the newly appointed director of the Information Bureau, Shao Yuming, at the door.
Nowadays, Taiwan¡¯s music, film, radio, television, cultural publishing and other fields are all under the jurisdiction of the Information Bureau. The Information Bureau has great power. It can make people involved in the cultural and entertainment industry very troubled by just moving a finger.
The newly appointed Director of the Information Bureau, Shao Yuming, was a scholar who taught at three universities in the United States. After returning to Taiwan, he worked at Taiwan National Chengchi University for several years. Now he is suddenly transferred to be the Director of the Information Bureau, which really makes many people feel Accident.
The night after Wang Zijun came back from the United States, he received a call from Secretary Shao Yuming, saying that Director Shao wanted to visit Mr. Wang at home.
As soon as Shao Yuming took office, he took the initiative to visit him before his buttocks were even hot. He really lowered his arrogance and gave Wang Zijun a lot of face. Naturally, Wang Zijun wanted to reciprocate the favor and hurriedly went out to greet him. He held Shao Yuming's hand and said, "Oh, Director Shao, you are a rare visitor. I was supposed to visit you. Congratulations on your new appointment. It really breaks my heart."
"Mr. Wang is the light of China to me. When I used to teach in the United States, he was like thunder. I have long wanted to be strong." Shao Yuming laughed and went in side by side with Wang Zijun.
Shao Yuming is different from the previous two directors of the Information Bureau. He does not have a prominent background and does not even have political experience. He only served as the director of a research center at a university. Moreover, he is very young. He is not even 40 years old this year and is a few years older than Wang Zijun. Moreover, the position of director of the Information Bureau is at the forefront. After Shao Yuming took office, he was walking on thin ice.
After visiting Wang Zijun, as long as Wang Zijun's hair is straightened, the entertainment industry in Taiwan will make him worry a lot less. Wasn't it because of the cooperation of everyone in the film industry that his predecessor, Director Zhang, achieved great political achievements and was promoted?
In addition, when Shao Yuming became the director of the Information Bureau, he also had the identity of a spokesperson for the Mainland Work Conference. As for the Mainland Work Conference, which later became the Mainland Affairs Council of Taiwan, the purpose of Shao Yuming's trip was to communicate with Wang Zijun and ask him to restrain himself - Wang Zijun stayed in the mainland for two or three months last year, because of his The huge influence of the people makes some people in the government very unhappy.
"Director Shao, please have some tea!" Lin Fengjiao personally brought the tea. Wang Zijun waved it lightly without trace, and Lin Bowen also left and closed the door.
Shao Yuming nodded to Lin Fengjiao and said with a smile, "Thank you, Mrs. Wang."
Mrs. Wang called out and Lin Fengjiao felt happy and left the room with a smile.
Shao Yuming took a sip in a serious manner and praised: "Mrs. Wang's tea skills are great. Mr. Wang is in a good mood."
"Director Shao, thank you for the award." Wang Zijun said, thinking that this guy deserves to have stayed in the United States for more than ten years. Like those Americans, he always praises the food when they meet.
Shao Yuming did not talk about the topic directly, but brought the topic to matters related to Wang Zijun: "I heard that Mr. Wang's new film is about to start filming again?"
Wang Zijun said: "Yes, we will start shooting in a few days after the main actors are in place."
Shao Yuming smiled and said: "Mr. Wang is an Asian film master as famous as Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, and his new film will definitely be quite exciting. When the film is released, I will beg for two movie tickets."
"If Director Shao is willing to reward me, I will definitely invite you to the premiere." Wang Zijun said with a smile.
Logically speaking, Shao Yuming is Wang Zijun¡¯s supervisor. Whether it is his film company, record company or publishing company, they are all under Shao Yuming¡¯s control. He should be the one to please Director Shao.
The lower Shao Yuming¡¯s attitude was at this time, the more unsure Wang Zijun felt. It was really troublesome to deal with such a talkative person.
Since Shao Yuming was rambling, Wang Zijun kept chatting with him, ranging from American TV programs to Hong Kong martial arts novels, and they all said useless things.
After a long while, Shao Yuming began to gradually move the topic closer to his area of ??responsibility and asked: "Mr. Wang, what do you think of Taiwan's cultural industry?"
Shao Yuming asked a big question, and Wang Zijun also answered a big question, saying: "Taiwan's cultural industry is the engine of Chinese culture around the world. The flow of culture, whether it is from the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, or Europe and the United States People of Chinese descent must look to Taiwan, which is a great advantage."
Shao Yuming asked: "Then how does Mr. Wang think we can take advantage of this?"
Wang Zijun glanced at Shao Yuming and said with a smile: "This is your job, Director Shao. If you are not in your position, you will not seek for it."??, if I talk nonsense, it is overstepping the rules. "
"But it doesn't matter, this is a private chat between friends." Shao Yuming said.
Wang Zijun smiled and said, "No one calls me sir among my friends. Director Shao is too outspoken."
Shao Yuming laughed: "Then I'll call you Brother Wang, and don't call me Director."
Hearing that this guy started to pull Wen again, Wang Zijun also followed him and said blindly: "Brother Shao, just call me brother."
"Brother Wang, how many years older than you are, so I can take advantage of you." Shao Yuming said.
"No, no, you are older than me in terms of age, and you are my parents in terms of official position. After all, you are also the eldest brother." Wang Zijun said.
The reason why Shao Yuming is so polite to Wang Zijun is that, firstly, Wang Zijun has a great influence in the entertainment industry, and more importantly, Wang Zijun is truly the richest man in Huaru, and Wang Zijun seems to be able to reach "Yaoting", and only the last two are enough Let Shao Yuming, an official who became a monk on the way, make friends.
And what about Wang Zijun? It's because Shao Yuming's key position is so important to the development of his career in Taiwan, so they just use each other as brothers.
The two guys each got what they wanted, and soon they were like the man and woman who fell in love at first sight, igniting a fire at the first touch, and started telling some dirty jokes. As soon as this kind of dirty joke came out, the relationship between the two of them was brought closer invisibly.
After telling jokes for a while, Wang Zijun stopped his smile and said seriously: "Brother Shao, you said how to develop the cultural industry, I have an immature idea now."
"Oh, brother Wang, tell me quickly." Shao Yuming said quickly. With Wang Zijun's influence in Taiwan's entertainment and cultural circles, even a fart can cause a chemical reaction in the entertainment industry. He did not dare to ignore Wang Zijun's ideas.
Wang Zijun said: "Brother Shao, look, Taiwan's current songs are popular among the masses in mainland China and Southeast Asia. Even if their influence in Hong Kong has declined, the foundation is still there. You see, there are Golden Horse Awards for movies now. , but there are no special awards for Taiwanese songs. Isn¡¯t this too disappointing?¡±
What does Shao Yuming want most after taking office?
Naturally, these are political achievements that are tangible and visible.
At this time, officials in Taiwan were very performance-oriented. Didn't Li Denghui, for example, make several dazzling political achievements when he was the mayor of Taipei City, and then he came into the eyes of Chiang Ching-kuo, and was promoted along the way? ?
And Shao Yuming¡¯s predecessor, Director Zhang, promoted the Golden Horse Awards to a continental film award, and was also named and praised by the above.
When he heard what Wang Zijun meant, Shao Yuming's heart lit up - yes, the Information Bureau could set up a special song award.
Wang Zijun analyzed: "Currently, if you want to win music awards in Taiwan, you can only win them at the Golden Bell Award and the Golden Tripod Award. The former one is the TV Award, and the latter one is the Publishing Award. For music professionals, it is really It¡¯s too unprofessional. My suggestion is to remove the singer award from the Golden Bell Awards, remove the record award from the Golden Tripod Awards, and then establish a dedicated music award.¡±
Shao Yuming nodded and said: "This is a good idea."
Wang Zijun said: "If you want to do it, make it big. I don't think there should be language and nationality thresholds. As long as it was released in Taiwan in the same year, whether it is English or Japanese songs, you can compete for the award. Even mainland China Any song is fine.¡±
Hearing the word "mainland", Shao Yumingqian smiled and said: "Brother Wang, let's put this matter of the mainland aside for now. But you are right, it should be bigger, and the music from Nanyang must be included in our Baidu." Spoon the screening range. By the way, what do you think the name of this award should be?"
Wang Zijun thought for a moment and said, "How about the Golden Melody Award?"
"What a name!" Shao Yuming clapped his hands, "Brother Wang, you are well-informed. Can you give me some advice on the details of the award?"
Wang Zijun said: "In general, it can be divided into three major categories, that is, pop music, classical/art music and performance category. Within each major category, it can be divided into three sub-categories: publishing, personal and technology. Category awards. Finally, add some jury awards and special awards, and the Golden Melody Awards will be almost complete."
¡°Good advice!¡± Shao Yuming hurriedly talked to Wang Zijun about the details of various organizational awards.
It can be seen from this that although Shao Yuming, who is an academic, has learned some official slickness somewhere, he is still an academic bureaucrat in the final analysis. Sometimes what he says is too true, and he seems a little too impatient, even pretending. Don't pretend.
Wang Zijun said: "Brother Shao, we have to organize the Golden Melody Awards next year at the latest, but now we have a good opportunity."
Shao Yuming asked: "What opportunity?"
Wang Zijun said: "The King of Pop in the World"Michael Jackson is going on his dangerous tour around the world, and he will also come here in Asia. If Michael Jackson can be invited to Taipei, the influence will be quite large. "
Shao Yuming asked: "Invite him to Taipei for a concert?"
Wang Zijun shook his head and said: "It's basically impossible."
"He doesn't want to come to Taipei?" Shao Yuming asked.
Wang Zijun said: "No, in fact, according to Michael Jackson's personal opinion, he very much hopes to hold a concert in Taipei, Hong Kong and Beijing. Unfortunately, there are places in Asia that can provide him with concerts. It¡¯s just Japan.¡±
Shao Yuming asked strangely: "Why not Hong Kong and Taipei?"
Wang Zijun said: "With Michael Jackson's worth, if he comes to Asia to hold a concert, he will need at least tens of millions of dollars in various expenses. In order to recoup the cost, the concert must accommodate at least 40,000 spectators. Hong Kong, Taiwan You can¡¯t find a venue like this in the Bay Area or mainland China.¡±
Shao Yuming, who was the first Information Director, did not expect such a thing to happen. He sighed: "It seems that there is still a big gap between us and Japan and the United States."
Wang Zijun smiled and said: "I can't invite Michael Jackson to hold a concert, but I can invite him to Taipei for tourism and exchange."