Chapter 802: A Family Made with the Help of the Editor-in-Chief
January of 96 is coming to an end and the lunar calendar has entered the twelfth month.
"Party A and Party B" was officially withdrawn from theaters after 35 days, with the final box office set at 60.25 million yuan, barely breaking the 60 million yuan mark.
It took only two weeks for this movie to break the 40 million yuan box office, but it took 21 days to reach the final 20 million yuan.
The most influential factor is of course piracy. In the second week after the release of "Party A and Party B", pirated videotapes and pirated VCD discs appeared on the market. By the third week, piracy had become rampant on a large scale, which directly affected the subsequent box office trends.
And this was because "Party A and Party B" was not taken seriously by pirates in the beginning. They only thought about pirating it after the movie became popular. If it had been targeted by pirates from the beginning, the box office would probably have been discounted.
"Party A and Party B" has ended its theaters and it's the end of the year, but Wenhua Films seems to be busier than ever.
The movie earned 60.25 million at the box office, with Wenhua Films alone earning more than 33 million in revenue, and an additional 5% of the profits going to Yanying Studio as a licensing fee.
As soon as the box office share arrived, Yu Dong started to arrange to distribute bonuses to everyone.
Some time ago, the main creators of "Party A and Party B" participated in the box office dividends, which made everyone jealous.
The staff of Wenhua Film and Television has been expanding recently, and now there are 18 people. When we learned that the bonuses would be distributed today, everyone was full of anticipation.
Everyone in the office is busy as usual, but if you look closely you will find that most of the movements of these people's hands and the work they are doing are meaningless.
The door of Sister Xu's finance office suddenly opened, and all eyes were cast in that direction.
Sister Xu was startled by the group of people. She muttered something and then shouted, "Come over and claim your prize!"
Everyone immediately put down their work and lined up to enter the finance office.
After leaving the company, everyone was smiling happily. Each new employee received one month's salary, and each old employee received two months' salary.
This bonus is definitely not comparable to the dividends received by the film’s main creators, but it is much better than other units. Many units are now laying off workers!
When everyone was happily counting their money and talking about using the bonus to buy something for their family, two young and strong men walked into the company carrying boxes.
The young man came in without saying a word, put down his things and left. After a while, he came back carrying a box.
At this time, Li Guangfu walked into the company with a smile on his face.
The noise outside startled Yu Dong, who was on the phone in the office. When he saw Li Guangfu, they shook hands warmly. "Mr. Li, how come you have time to come here?"
"The New Year is coming soon. I bought some New Year's goods and would like to share them with you." Li Guangfu said with a smile.
Yu Dong invited Li Guangfu into the office, "Xiao Gong, serve tea."
"You are very kind."
"What's the big deal? I also have shares in the company. I can't help much during normal times, but it's no problem to give everyone some benefits during the New Year and other holidays."
Li Guangfu's business is now growing bigger and bigger, but his style is more low-key than before.
Yu Dong thanked him for the benefits he brought to everyone, and then said, "It just so happens that you are here today. I have something to report to you."
"What to report or not to report? You tell me and I'm listening," said Li Guangfu.
"The box office revenue of Party A and Party B has just arrived in the past two days. After deducting taxes, 2 million production costs, and 850,000 publicity and promotion costs, the film also distributed dividends to the main creators, leaving nearly 23 million. Add the more than 200,000 in profits from Winner, and that's roughly the net profit of Mandarin this year.
Having made so much money, it stands to reason that some dividends should be distributed to shareholders. After all, the main creators of the crew have received dividends, and the employees have also received bonuses, but..."
When Yu Dong said this, Li Guangfu smiled and waved his hand, "Oh, I don't care! Teacher Lin called me yesterday. The company is in the development stage now. We need money everywhere. If we have money, we have to spend it on the right things. There is no rush for dividends."
"You are very generous. It is a blessing for Wenhua to have a shareholder like you." Yu Dong complimented.
"No, no, it was Teacher Lin and you, Mr. Yu, who helped me become rich." Li Guangfu said with a smile.
The two chatted for a while and then Li Guangfu left the company.
After he left, the employees of Mandarin started chatting.
"I really made a profit today. Not only did I get a bonus, but I also got benefits."
"Sister Xu, who is this person? Why is he giving us benefits?"
Sister Xu asked, "Do the three Lis of Yanjing know?"
The others nodded, and Sister Xu said, "He is one of them, Li Guangfu, who used to be an actor at the People's Art Theatre. He made his fortune by relying on the editor-in-chief."
Everyone became interested upon hearing this. They only knew that the three Lis from Yanjing were rich, but they didn't know much about the fact that they "made their fortune by relying on the editor-in-chief".
After distributing the bonuses, Sister Xu completed her work for the day and started to give everyone some scientific knowledge.
"I don't know if you know this, but a few years ago our editor-in-chief had a nickname, 'Lin Bancheng'. What does this Lin Bancheng mean? It means there are many houses.
It can be said that he has a good vision. He realized early on that the housing prices in Yanjing would definitely rise, and he has been buying houses since the 1980s.
This Li Guangfu met Teacher Lin at the People’s Art Theatre. His family is a local in Yanjing, and their ancestors were also very wealthy…”
Sister Xu explained to everyone the relationship between Li Guangfu and Lin Weimin, and talked about the birth of Wenhua Film and Television. Many of Wenhua’s employees have only joined in the past one or two months and are not familiar with the company’s situation.
"Why do you think he rushed to give us benefits? The company won't distribute dividends this year! When the company was founded, he invested 5 million yuan, accounting for 40% of the shares. In financial terms, this is called a company valuation of over 10 million yuan.
A few months later, a big boss from Hong Kong took the initiative to invest in the company, offering 15 million RMB and 15% of the shares.
Can you guys calculate how much this valuation has increased?"
Someone exclaimed: "15 million for 15% of the shares, 100 million, this is almost a tenfold increase, right?"
Everyone was shocked and exclaimed: "This is faster than robbing money!"
Sister Xu asked, "Robbery? The movie Party A and Party B grossed 60 million yuan. Do you think this company is worth 100 million yuan?"
"It's worth it! It's totally worth it!"
"So, none of these big bosses are fools. Being smart is not enough, they also need to be courageous. Think about it, Li Guangfu invested 5 million just because of the editor-in-chief's words. Do you have the courage to do that?"
Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads. Let alone 5 million, even 500 yuan would make everyone think twice.
After Sister Xu’s explanation, everyone knew the origins of Li Guangfu, Editor-in-Chief Lin and the Guowen Publishing House.
Sister Xu concluded: "He invested 5 million, and it turned into more than 30 million in one year. The company has so much potential for development. It is reasonable for them to give us some benefits to win over people's hearts!"
Everyone nodded and agreed that this was correct.
While these people were chatting, Yu Dong instructed Xiao Gong to take some of the benefits sent by Li Guangfu to Haomeng.
Xiao Gong brought some things to Haomeng Company. Only the financial director Peng Xiaolin was there. Wang Shuo and Feng Xiaogang were not there. Xiao Gong asked a few questions casually and found out that the two of them had gone into seclusion.
The success of "Party A and Party B" not only brought great fame to Wang Shuo and Feng Xiaogang, but also earned them 400,000 yuan each.
That day, Yu Dong brought a suitcase of cash to give dividends to the two of them, which was a huge stimulus to them.
After all, these two people have seen money, but this way of giving money is indeed very impactful.
After receiving the dividends, Wang Shuo and Feng Xiaogang wandered around for a few days and then retreated to prepare for their next movie.
After delivering the things, Xiao Gong returned to the Guowen Society's staff building. As soon as he arrived at the company's gate, he saw several handsome boys and girls led by a young woman walking into Wencheng Film and Television.
Xiao Gong recognized them at the first sight; those girls and boys were exactly the leading actors of "Season of Flowers and Rain".
"The Season of Flowers and Rain" was broadcast on CCTV-1 from New Year's Day and was completed in less than 20 days. It set a rare high viewership record for CCTV in recent years and was widely popular.
It is currently being broadcast on various local TV stations. Compared with CCTV's exclusive broadcast, the concentrated broadcast by local TV stations is the best promotion for a TV series.
In China, no form of communication is more national than TV dramas. Before the 1980s, radio could do it; in the 1980s, literature could do it; but in the 1990s, only TV dramas could do it.
During the CCTV broadcast stage, although the coverage area was large, the influence formed by the broadcast of a single TV station was still slightly weak.
When it entered the stage of being broadcast on local TV stations, this TV series, which is known as the first youth idol drama in the country, gradually released its power.
On the nights after New Year's Day, if you walk into any Chinese family's home and the TV is on, there is a high probability that the TV series "Season of Flowers and Rain" is playing.
Although there are many local TV stations broadcasting the show, the ratings data collected from various places are still good, enough to show how popular this TV series is.
After this period of fermentation, the influence of "Season of Flowers and Rain" is no longer limited to the campus and student groups, but has penetrated into a wider audience group.
The first beneficiaries of the TV series’ popularity are the young actors in the TV series.
Most of these young actors were acting in a TV series for the first time, and they had no fame or acting skills at all, but Wencheng Film and Television and director Zhao Baogang gave them full trust and help. A 30-episode TV series took 130 days to shoot, and the final performance was remarkable.
For more than a month, the faces of this group of young actors have become the faces that domestic audiences watch the longest every day when they turn on TV. The audience not only remembers their faces, but also their names.
Huang Xiaoming, Jiang Qinqin, Zeng Li, Deng Chao, Pan Yueming...
A TV series made a group of rising stars famous.
The second beneficiaries are Wencheng Film and Television and Guowen Publishing House. Not to mention the economic benefits, the success of "Season of Flowers and Rain" has made Wencheng Film and Television a leader in the domestic TV drama production industry. It has also written a glorious chapter on Guowen Publishing House's copyright operation and development report card.
The third beneficiary, of course, is the director and the original author.
Last year, Zhao Baogang directed "Getting High", which became a national hit and made him famous in the TV drama circle; this year he directed the even more popular "The Season of Youth and Rain", which became even more famous than before and can be said to be very popular.
Not to mention the author Yuxiu. Since the Buhuhu series of books was launched in 1992 and "The Season of Flowers and Rains" was selected as the first batch of the series, her fate has been completely changed.
In the past few years, the royalties from novels, radio dramas, TV series adaptations, comics adaptations...
This made her, a 20-year-old girl, one of the few copyright tycoons in the Chinese literary world. She easily earned five million and was truly a winner in life.
Seeing the young actors from "Flower Season and Rainy Season", Xiao Gong was very excited. He walked quickly into Wenhua and shouted, "Hey! Go and see! The actors from "Flower Season and Rainy Season" are here at Wencheng!"
His shout startled everyone. The TV series is very popular recently, and everyone heard the actors were right next to them, so how could they not be excited?
They ignored their work and swarmed to the next door.
(End of this chapter)
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