In fact, according to our reporter, He He has long intended to leave, and there are even rumors that he originally planned to leave at the same time. Since its popularity in 2005, Deyun Society has suffered two backbone resignations. Why?
As for the reasons for leaving, He He said last week that they would hold a press conference to explain, but until today, they have not expressed their views. Some insiders said that Deyun's management system and income distribution system do have drawbacks.
1 entrepreneurial history
Jing Li and Degang Guo have suffered a lot.
Crosstalk lovers who are familiar with Deyun Society know that their departure is different from that of Xu Deliang and Wang Wenlin in 2008. When Xu and Wang performed in Deyun Society's small theater, seven programs were only ranked third and fourth, and they rarely participated-in 2008, they admitted that too little income was the reason for leaving. He is second only to Qian in Deyun Society. Without the latter, they are the main axis of the whole performance (the last program).
Who's Degang Guo? According to Dong Qiang, a veteran comic dialogue fan. According to records, in 2002, Jing Li, Degang Guo and Zhang Wenshun held the "Beijing Crosstalk Conference" in Guangde Building, Dashilan, Beijing. Jing Li was born in 1978. He studied under the famous allegro Liang Houmin, who was still studying at Beijing University of Technology. He and Degang Guo, as well as some colleagues from Beijing and Tianjin who came to help from time to time, propped up the performance of the crosstalk meeting. An insider close to Deyun Society, Xue Style (pseudonym), told reporters that when Degang Guo was wandering in Beijing in his early days, Li Jing was a colleague who had a hard time with Degang Guo, whether on the Huasheng Bridge where there were more actors than the audience (at least only one audience) or at the cross talk of three actors during the whole performance.
He Wei Yun's experience is even more interesting. On 1998, Degang Guo began to talk cross talk in Zhonghe Theater. At that time, he was only 17 years old and was also called "He Wei", so he would come to every game. In 2002, Degang Guo, Jing Li and Zhang Wenshun moved to Guangde Building to perform, but He Wei still joined in and sat in the same seat every time. Later, knowing that He Wei had also studied crosstalk, Zhang Wenshun invited him to give a speech on stage. When the first paragraph was finished, Zhang Wenshun was happy: This boy is too much like Degang Guo, and he is simply a little Degang Guo. Later, at the suggestion of Zhang Wenshun, the little audience became Degang Guo's apprentice. Zhang Wenshun liked the word "cloud" very much, so he added the word "cloud" in the middle of his name, calling it "He Wei Yun", and he became the master elder brother of the word "cloud" from now on.
Hehe has been performing together since 2004. The following year, they won the first prize in the professional group of "2005 Beijing Crosstalk Essay Invitational Tournament" with "I Want Happiness", which greatly increased their fame and became the "second best" (the finale) in Deyun Society's performance. Before the "big axis", "inverted two" is the most test of strength. You have to spend it there before the next corner comes, and the audience doesn't know it. Once you don't speak well, the audience will quit. Jing Li said that this is different from the fact that some enterprises attach importance to employees' professional titles, diplomas and qualifications. Crosstalk circles rely on strength to speak, and whoever has many jokes and wonderful performances will take the lead.
2 transition period
From Crosstalk Team to Communication Company
What He Wei Yun expressed to the media was that there was something wrong with the management system of Deyun Society. So, what is the current management system of Deyun Society?
Zhong, general manager of Deyun Society, said in an interview with China Business News that since Deyun Society entered its heyday in 2007, Deyun Society has adopted the mode of accounting separately from actors in theaters such as Tianqiao and Guangde Building. Actors take the big head, the proportion is five, three, four, six; The premise of separate accounts is to ensure that the attendance rate exceeds 80%. With the expansion of Deyun's team, the cost of introducing cranes is also increasing. Small theater performances can only guarantee no compensation, and only Shang Yan can really increase the income.
At first, folk crosstalk groups generally adopted the loose management mode of "mentoring system". In 2007, Deyun Society was transformed into Deyun Society Culture Communication Co., Ltd., but according to Degang Guo's introduction at that time, actors still calculate their income according to the number of performances, and there is no basic salary. The actual situation is not much different from that before the establishment of the company.
Degang Guo had previously told reporters that the contract period of actors of Deyun Society exceeded 10 years, but the basic salary, retirement age, file management and breach of contract clauses were mostly not clearly defined. "Everyone is willing to sign a lifetime contract. We have more humanized management, many old gentlemen have stopped acting, and we also pay them retirement wages. Even if an actor wants to quit halfway, I will let him go without being fined for breach of contract. It is precisely because of our generosity and tolerance that I will not use those cold terms to muzzle everyone. "
According to Zhong's statement to China Business News, the legal representative of Deyun Society is his wife Shine Wong, who is an honorary director. The reason for this arrangement is to let Degang Guo spend more time on cross talk. Zhong does not deny that there are often contradictions between the company and the actors. "For a long time, actors' understanding of wages is labor costs. For example, if you are invited by a TV station to do a program, the other party will directly pay you the labor fee and will not tell you whether you have been taxed. However, after the company operates, it will not work. Wages are deducted every month, which often leads to misunderstandings between actors. " Zhong said that the company will consider the balance of personal income when arranging actors' performances in a unified way.
3 abacus
He only plays a 200 yuan in Wei Yun.
Luo Yu (pseudonym), an insider of Beijing Quyi, said that he had been a signing actor of Deyun Society before Wei Yun, and the income from a performance was probably 500 yuan. Although he is a very important actor in Deyun Society, his monthly income is about 5,000 yuan, which is similar to that of ordinary white-collar workers. Moreover, at the beginning of this year, He has refused to renew his contract with Deyun Society. This has also been confirmed by the side of the film "Fantastic Heroes". They once issued a press release saying that when they negotiated with He He, they were talking to themselves, not their agents.
Luo Yu told reporters that He and Li left because of the income problem on the one hand and the development of He and Li on the other hand. They not only hosted the starry night story on Beijing TV station, but also invited various film and television dramas many times. After more and more part-time jobs, Deyun Society began to restrict their development. According to the information provided by Luo Yu, after He chose not to sign the contract, the income of a performance dropped sharply to 200 yuan. Luo Yu calculated an account for the actors of Deyun Society: "According to the current report, the total income of each small theater in Deyun Society is about 300,000 a day. If an actor like He plays a 200-yuan play, then the income of all actors is less than 20 thousand, right? This deduction is a bit too much. "
Regarding the complaint that the income distribution is too small, Wang Hai, deputy general manager of Deyun Society, has been reluctant to explain too much to reporters: "We all respect He He's choice to leave and hope that they will be better in the future. Needless to say, there are too many words. " Asked about the poor management system, Wang Hai's response was: "Now most of the actors have stayed, and the rest will not be said."
Run away from the door
The break between scholar and Jianghu?
Luo Yu told reporters that the disadvantages of the management system of Deyun Society have a long history-with the increase of personnel, all departments must be fully authorized to form efficient management, but everyone in Deyun Society listens to Degang Guo, which means a little "centralized", which will naturally expose many problems.
Senior cross talk fan "born in 1982" (net name) analyzed the cultural factors behind Deyun's "violent walk" in his blog. In his view, "Xu, He and Li have all loved Quyi since childhood, and they have received school education for more than ten years from primary school to university. Their character formation period is spent in an atmosphere of equality between classmates and courtesy between teachers and students. "However, Degang Guo, who studied at an early age, was exposed to more old-fashioned crosstalk lines, with many sects and strict guidance. Therefore, bookish He, Li and Jianghu people are doomed to go their separate ways.
Regarding the contradiction between the Jianghu spirit of folk cross talk groups and modern management, Luo Yu believes that it is definitely necessary to introduce advanced enterprise management methods and scientifically evaluate the appeal of actors: "In the past, the income of each performance was only 5 yuan, and the colleagues of Deyun Society can bear hardships with their love for cross talk. When the interest relationship becomes more and more complicated, it is difficult for anyone who can balance Degang Guo to handle the relationship between many actors. "
Nowadays, the business map of Deyun Society is getting bigger and bigger, involving theater performances, clothing sales, catering operations, film and television shooting and artist brokerage. If Degang Guo makes a final decision, there will be more and more problems, and brain drain is just the tip of the iceberg.