Chen Yang drove directly to the Shangri-La Hotel in Rongcheng City. The staff of Chu Xiaobai's Chutian Culture Media Co., Ltd.'s Rongcheng office had already booked a room—a deluxe suite.
With their big boss coming, the office manager dared not neglect him.
Upon arriving at the hotel, Chen Yang bid farewell to Chu Xiaobai and drove Su He and her brother back to their villa in the Luhang residential area. Chu Xiaobai, having just arrived in Rongcheng, would undoubtedly have to listen to work reports from his subordinates—a mountain of miscellaneous matters. However, they had arranged to have dinner together that evening, and Chu Xiaobai had also invited Liu Zhengyi.
Although Su Jun had seen Chen Yang's friends in Beijing all of extraordinary backgrounds and knew that Chen Yang was no ordinary person, he still couldn't help but gasp in astonishment when he saw Chen Yang's ultra-luxurious villa back in the residential area.
On the way, Su He told Su Jun about her recent situation. He knew Su He was living with Chen Yang, but she mentioned it was mainly to take care of her grandmother, so Su Jun didn't think much of it. Su He had always been a well-behaved girl, and Su Jun would never consider the possibility of them living together before marriage.
In fact, Chen Yang and Su He had always maintained proper decorum. Although they often shared intimate gestures like kissing, Chen Yang always stayed within boundaries and never crossed the line.
When Su Jun saw his grandmother, he was naturally moved. Although she suffered from Alzheimer's, she still remembered Su Jun. While she couldn't recall his name, she didn't treat him like a stranger, unlike how she treated her son, Su Weimin.
This showed how deep her affection for Su He and her brother was!
That afternoon, Su Jun stayed at the villa with Su He, keeping his grandmother company. Chen Yang naturally went to the city television station. The pre-launch preparations for Channel 89.6 were a huge undertaking, and Song Xiaoyun and Song Yi were incredibly busy. As the boss, Chen Yang couldn't just shirk his responsibilities.
The original staff of Channel 89.6 had all left, and the offices had been vacated in advance. Half a floor was occupied, with two large offices, each containing thirty to forty workstations, and seven smaller individual offices. Song Xiaoyun and Song Yi had already prepared three of them, the largest of which was naturally reserved for Chen Yang.
Although Chen Yang said he wouldn't be at the channel most of the time, and occupying such a large office was wasteful, he had no choice but to accept it under the insistence of the two. After all, the remaining six offices were sufficient for the middle management.
With the departure of the Channel 89.6 staff, all the original programs naturally stopped airing. However, the broadcast time for each channel had to be guaranteed, otherwise it would be a broadcasting incident. Therefore, the city television station arranged for a large number of songs to be played on a loop.
To Chen Yang's satisfaction, Song Xiaoyun immediately organized the rehired former contract workers to produce several promotional trailers to generate buzz for the August 1st launch ceremony. Almost every few songs played, a trailer would be played, creating a dense advertising blitz.
Although 89.6 wasn't very popular, it still had a few listeners. In Song Xiaoyun's own words, "If even one person hears this trailer, they'll look forward to the 89.6 channel's revamp on August 1st, and that could be a potential listener!"
While this was a small detail, it reflected Song Xiaoyun's truly dedicated work ethic. Chen Yang heard from Song Yi that Song Xiaoyun had been living in the office for three consecutive days, working almost all night revising the launch plan and the first version of the program schedule. Even Song Yi was worried about her health and had repeatedly tried to persuade her to stop.
In the newly decorated conference room, Chen Yang was shocked to see Song Xiaoyun's pale and haggard face. She had become like this in just a few days.
Chen Yang frowned and said,
"Xiaoyun, I heard from Song Yi that you haven't been home for three days and have been staying up all night every day. Is that true?"
Song Xiaoyun looked tired, but smiled nonchalantly and said,
"President Fang, it's not that exaggerated! I'm just sleeping in the office. I've been working on that project proposal lately, and it's more convenient to stay in the office. I can immediately jot down any inspirations on the computer..."
Chen Yang frowned and interrupted Song Xiaoyun, saying,
"You can't do this! This channel hasn't even launched yet! What if you, the program director, collapse from exhaustion?"
Chen Yang knew that Song Xiaoyun was very grateful to him, so she did her best, but going without sleep for several days and nights was going too far. Even an iron man couldn't endure that! Song Xiaoyun glanced gratefully at Chen Yang and said,
"It's alright! I can manage. We need to finish the proposal as soon as possible; we still have a lot of preparation work to do!"
Chen Yang said decisively,
"No! Starting tonight, you can no longer stay in the office. You must go home, and you're not allowed to work overtime on the proposal at home. Just rest! If you collapse from exhaustion, the entire channel's operation will be affected. Besides, your father isn't well; how can you not go home for several days in a row?"
"Okay, I understand..." Seeing that Chen Yang was getting angry, Song Xiaoyun didn't dare say anything more and quietly agreed. Chen Yang's tone softened, and he asked,
"Xiaoyun, how have our preparations been going these past few days?"
Speaking of work, Song Xiaoyun immediately perked up, and she began her report clearly:
"General Manager Fang, overall it's been going very smoothly. The remaining employees are all very capable and have helped me a lot with the workload. I've already drafted the planning proposal and Xiaoyi's management regulations, but we still need to refine them a bit more before showing them to you. Also, we're planning to hold another recruitment drive in the next couple of days, initially considering hiring eight employees. I've estimated that this is the minimum number needed for the channel to operate normally!"
Chen Yang pondered for a moment, then quickly said,
"We can't be too stingy with staff. I think we should hire ten! Try to recruit one or two well-known hosts in Rongcheng, and the rest should be mostly newcomers, with experienced staff mentoring new ones, which will make the team more dynamic. Also, set up a few internship positions and contact Rongcheng University and Normal University to try and get them to send some students from relevant majors for internships, so that we won't be so short-staffed." "Got it!"
Song Xiaoyun tilted her head, thought for a moment, then her eyes lit up and she said, "President Fang, that's a great idea! Focusing on new employees will significantly reduce salary expenses, especially for internships which require almost no money. If we find promising talents, we can sign them early!"
Chen Yang smiled and nodded, then asked, "Yes, we definitely need to be careful about cost control in the early stages. Xiaoyun, are there any other questions?"
Song Xiaoyun frowned slightly and said, "In the early stages, we certainly can't fill the programming too much. We need some existing pre-recorded programs to fill the time, but the city station's program library is quite old, with few high-quality programs and slow updates. If our channel wants to pursue a high-quality approach, we might need to find some program sources ourselves. But if we buy programs ourselves, it's very uneconomical, the utilization rate is too low, and the expenses are too high..."
This was indeed a problem. Song Xiaoyun had been troubled by it for several days. Since Chen Yang had asked, she simply threw the problem at him. Chen Yang pondered for a moment, then said,
"Don't worry about this problem, I'll figure it out! Give me a draft of the program schedule, I'll see which programs we need to import!"
Song Xiaoyun had an almost obsessive trust in Chen Yang, and immediately nodded, saying,
"Okay!"
Then Chen Yang discussed some other issues with Song Xiaoyun and Song Yi. The broadcast was in about two weeks, and there were still many things to do, many of which required Chen Yang's approval.
After registering the company, Chen Yang's 1.5 million yuan was in the company's corporate account. Initial expenses were covered by the company account. Since there was no dedicated financial staff, Song Xiaoyun and Song Yi had to act as accountant and cashier, respectively.
During the preparatory stage, everything was in disarray, so they had to make do for now.
According to the agreement, after the formal signing of the contract, Chen Yang's Phoenix Culture Communication Company had to pay a six-month contract fee of 625,000 yuan to the municipal station. Adding staff salaries and initial expenses, the remaining funds on the books were already limited. Chen Yang needs to secure enough advertising revenue within the next two weeks, otherwise he'll soon be operating at a loss.
However, all of this can wait until Chen Yang returns from Nanpu. Xie Fangzhi is already making calls to arrange meetings for him. Chen Yang plans to host a business dinner two weeks before the broadcast begins. Xie Fangzhi will help him find real estate developers, decoration companies, design firms, and home building material retailers. Additionally, Chen Yang has asked Song Xiaoyun to arrange for salespeople to distribute flyers to major car dealerships and car detailing and decoration chains, which should also attract some advertising.
In the first month or two, Chen Yang doesn't expect the radio station to make a profit; breaking even is sufficient, and even a small loss is acceptable. After this growth period, the station's listenership will experience explosive growth, and businesses will be coming to him seeking good advertising slots.
Chen Yang is confident in the listenership, because in his previous life, Radio 89.6 used the same cooperation model and strategy to achieve huge success.
In his previous life, however, this partner was Chu Tian Culture Media Company, the first major project Chu Xiaobai operated after opening a branch in Southeast Province, which resulted in great success.
As Chu Xiaobai's good friend, Chen Yang had a deep understanding of this project, so in this life, Chen Yang was simply following the same pattern.
However, Chen Yang had no qualms whatsoever. Chu Xiaobai was a wealthy and powerful man; if he didn't pursue this project, there were certainly other better ones to do. Besides, he was about to give him a chance to make a fortune!
No! He couldn't let this kid get away with it too easily; he had to squeeze some benefits out of him! Chen Yang thought mischievously.
Chen Yang had already set his sights on Chu Tian Culture Media Company's vast content resources. The issue of high-quality program sources that Song Xiaoyun mentioned still had to fall to Chu Xiaobai.
While listening to a work report in his hotel suite, Chu Xiaobai inexplicably sneezed.
A subordinate quickly got up to turn up the air conditioning temperature...