Q1: Hi, Hi Nicholas very nice to see you here. Actually we all know you as a very successful actor and singer, am I right, instead of being an entrepreneur. So I just want to ask how did your great fame affect your occupation, your business? Is there any negative effect? Because there must be some negative effects.
NIC: That is an awesome question. I was gonna say about the category that the questions are gonna come by. I was gonna say if anyone was gonna asking for an autograph, I would sign you the autograph if you can ask me a question that was a starter because after all we’re all in the study of MBA, so why not study in negotiating. But I like that question. Yes, I did not launch to the public that I had this company until April 2nd last year. So I have been actually going undercover for 7 years, and it has been really hard, that’s actually what I forgot to mention. It is another challenge for me to be such low-key. And to still participate in the company and why I kept it a secret was because I just thought if I really wanted to prove myself as an entrepreneur, first I do not want to use my fame, so-called fame to assist it. And also I do think that would actually harm it in a way because the press just gonna eat me up. He’s another so-called actor who is trying to do a business, but how successful am I really? I myself I want the real answer, and therefore I kept it a secret. And I hoped my clients are coming in because that they know they can rely on PO and rely on me as the CEO but not as… “Oh, I’m gonna give him a better credit because he just participated in my action movie” No I did not want that. It has been painful sitting in the office seeing all these people, all the directors come by and say “Oh you~ Hey~ You’re here for?” “I’m here for dubbing…” “Eh~ Oh~ You’re here again~” “I’m still here for dubbing…” I have been going there for 8 years, and then thank whoever’s up there that’s looking after me. Then last year I can present to the public that this is my company. (MC: and they completely bought that you were dubbing for 8 years? Nic: You think I’m mad? LOL) Ya~ It’s true. (Any other questions?)
Q2: Hi, Nicholas~ My name is Johnny and I know that you were doing really great at the age of 22 in the entertainment industry. I wanna know what motivated you to establish the post production at the age of 22, cause you were enjoying a lot of famous and money. So you should have sacrificed quite a lot, so what motivated you to establish the company? Thank you~
NIC: Like I mentioned before that little crisis I saw on set with the movie things with the hesitation, with the post production, I was quite upset and ultimately I do want to give something back to the society and, say you know, I hope in the near future. Well a lot of times when I was trying to sell a concept or an idea for my own music video back to the time, I was always banned. I was always given the answer saying “You can’t do that. —-why? ——that’s too expensive and we don’t have the technology, we got to go the Hollywood for that.” I said “Really? Korea just did one quite similar. I don’t think they went to Hollywood for it” I was you know I was pissed off that we are relying so much on the western technology. We have, to be honest, even today we have exact same machinery that they do. It’s just the culture that is different. What’s the difference between Brazilian soccer and China soccer? We got the same balls, right? But it’s the culture that they live it, they breath it, you know each kid is… all they have is a soccer ball and they play it every day, like our badminton. It’s the same, I mean, it’s different in culture but I wanted to make a difference, I wanted to make a statement.
Q3: Was there ever a time you wanted to… like you felt yourself drifting away from the business, like when your company was doing well and as a start-up I guess it’s very tough looking for projects and clients. And how do you take time off your acting work to, you know; spend time to your company? And was there ever a time you felt like giving up or just very tired of this whole thing?
NIC: No, I have not. And I do feel tired sometimes as do my stuff, but as much as we love our jobs… No we have never thought that you know… there’s not a second that has slipped by my mind that I would give up this business, because I believe simply I believe and I see it’s a very logical business. China last year became the third most movie-productive country in the world, first being India, second being the States, third is China. We made 716 movies last year, that’s almost 2 movies per day, how much post production is needed. That much of hours of movies are made each day. It’s a very logical business if so much pre-production is made then there must be space for post-production and I don’t doubt at all. I see a great future in this business.
Q4: Hi, Nicholas~ You have mention about the challenges your company had before, how about the great success of your company?
NIC: It’s doing OK~ (LOL) I really don’t dare to say it’s anything right now, it’s nothing compare to lot of my idols like DreamWorks or Pixar, but we’re getting there and I do believe that no one’s gonna start it off might that it might as well be me. So we’re trying we’re trying~
Q5: Hi, Nicholas~ You have been successful in different areas like you’re a very good actor and tripler, so how do you manage your time so well? Like you must be very busy.
NIC: I must give this credit to my staff. A lot of time I’m on the way and not in Hong Kong, or I’m not in mainland China, all over the places. And we have established a trust, a kind of a harmony that we are in sync, we know what we want to achieve. So this I give all the credit to my staff when I’m not here. They would make the harsh decisions and we’re, through the internet, we will communicate. And we are just obeying our rules.
Q6: (XD) Hi, Nicholas~ I’m called Nicholas as well and I hope I will be as successful as you one day. So we all know about you glory and success. And I would like… I’m curious about what mistakes you have done before for you as a leader. And what have you done to rectify your mistake as a leader? Thank you~
NIC: I…… (I like that question. It’s hard… LOL). I have a tendency of rush. As to all kids should, actually, maybe when they’re 22 or 23 right? We kind of rush into things, and when I first started this business, I did not go all the way to know it each and every part or department of how they run the business or I had the picture of it. But then it came to the part where, I had to buy really expensive machinery. When I was buying the second-hand piece of a colour corrector, actually I brought a broken piece of machine, and that cost us quite, pay a heavy price. The maintenance for that machine cost us a lot and luckily we were able to survive out of the crisis, but yes I did make these mistake and I failed a lot of clients and a lot of staff to trust me or not, whether or not to trust me anymore. Of course I was cheated also, but you know, you can never really blame anybody but yourself as a leader. Yes I did fail in buying a wrong piece of equipment. Yes, I did.
