Shenhao who plays around the world

Chapter 244 Boss Lin’s money is not that easy to earn

In addition to the football world, there are also many big moves in the film and television industry this year.

After a long period of post-production, the super blockbuster "Inception" was released simultaneously at home and abroad during the summer, earning a total box office of US$1.5 billion.

The original Nolan film is certainly wonderful, but Jiang Ye's version is not bad at all either.

Coupled with the advantages of Guanhai Group in theaters at home and abroad, the advantage in film arrangement should not be too great.

Dimension Pictures, which is responsible for the distribution of "Inception", has also completely become famous in Hollywood.

Previously, Lin Shen selected a group of unsatisfactory Chinese directors and implanted them with the templates of world-class directors such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Nolan, Spielberg, David Fincher, and Quentin.

Many films that suited their style were harmonized by Lin Shen one after another using his film and television investment privileges, and then handed over to them for reshooting.

Other directors may not be able to film Kashen’s Big Ship and Avatar well.

But if it were him himself, then it wouldn't be a problem.

Even the shooting efficiency will be higher than the original one.

After Wen Zhiqian got the card template, the entire shooting process of the big ship was as clear as if it were imprinted in his mind, and his efficiency was naturally greatly improved.

Xu Lang, who got Quentin's template, was assigned to shoot the first two parts of "The Return of the Clown".

As the most profitable horror film in history, the two films alone have grossed US$1.2 billion at the global box office.

The combined production cost of the two films has just reached US$120 million.

With such a high return on investment, there is no reason why Warner Bros. should be cheap.

Zhang Jinfu got the David Fincher template. The heroine Talia Ryder, who was previously filming "The Gambit", became popular all over the world after it was broadcast on the Lemon platform.

As the director of this drama, Zhang Jinfu finally became famous in Hollywood.

Streaming media giants such as Netflix and Disney even offered him tens of millions of dollars to direct new dramas.

As a person personally selected by Lin Shen, he is also a die-hard loyalist.

Zhang Jinfu flatly refused the lucrative contract from the two families and even had a quarrel with his wife over this.

In the eyes of his wife, Zhang Jinfu had no reason to refuse when Netflix offered such a high salary.

As a great director, he should enjoy the closeness and wooing of film and television companies.

Zhang Jinfu is too lazy to talk to his wife.

If it wasn't for the sake of their children, both of them had already considered divorcing.

Recently, he has been busy filming "House of Cards".

Although the salary given by the company is not very high.

But there are four seasons in total. Based on the salary of 5 million US dollars per season, the total income is 20 million US dollars.

Compared with the rubbish scripts given to him by Netflix, these four seasons of "House of Cards" are the real classics.

As the male protagonist, he chose Xiao Li Zi.

The Oscar-winning actor has been famous for many years, and his age and image are relatively close to the character.

Although Leonardo DiCaprio's famous film is Big Boat, it is simply unrealistic for the current DiCaprio to star in Big Boat.

The audience watches Big Boat to feel the beautiful love, not to watch a middle-aged greasy man harassing her.

After filming for Four Seasons, DiCaprio can earn a salary of 100 million US dollars.

Among Hollywood celebrities, this is also the highest income.

In addition, some of the artists their company has trained themselves, such as David Miller, who has the template of Leonardo DiCaprio, with good looks and acting skills, will also find suitable roles and insert them into the drama to make him look familiar.

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The overseas version of the Lemon platform, which Lemon Films has been quietly building up, has attracted tens of millions of registered users in an instant with the help of the mini-series "The Gambit" and has received acclaim.

It’s an excellent series, and it’s free to watch with no ads. It’s hard not to like it.

Seeing that the free strategy was so successful and attracted so many people, everyone in the overseas business department of Lemon Films let out a long sigh of relief.

Domestically, Lemon Films beat Ayouteng.

Acton even had to merge in order to compete with them.

But abroad, they are just a challenger.

Netflix, the leader of traditional streaming media, has 220 million paying users worldwide and invests more than 10 billion US dollars in film and television dramas every year.

Fortunately, Lemon Film and Television is backed by Guanhai Group. The overseas version is the same as the domestic version. Many netizens who like football can also watch the broadcast of domestic events through the platform for free.

This is quite attractive to some fans.

Compared with the five major leagues and even the second-tier European leagues, you have to pay to watch.

There is a market for free games, no matter how poorly the players perform.

What's more, the Chinese Super League has more advantages than other Asian leagues in promoting in Europe, the United States and other regions.

Other leagues are still limiting the number of foreign players.

At the beginning of this season, the willful Lin Shen directly announced that there would be no limit on the number of foreign players playing.

Theoretically, a team can field 11 starting lineups with all foreign players.

This kind of courage shocked all Asian countries.

Even the five major leagues are trying their best to limit the number of foreign players in order to protect the growth of local players.

Lin Shen, however, waved his hand and directly lifted the restrictions on foreign aid.

Many foreign players with high cost-effectiveness in second- and third-tier leagues in Europe and the United States are attracted by many teams in the Chinese Super League and Chinese Championship with high salaries. Many of them are international players who are well-known in their own countries.

Even if Aiwujiwu, many fans in Europe and the United States will consider paying attention to the Chinese Super League, which they were not very familiar with before.

Lemon Films is extra considerate, allowing audiences from all over the world to see Chinese Super League promotional content in their native languages.

In addition to international social media accounts such as YouTube and Instagram, the Chinese Super League has also created an English version of the official league website.

It contains detailed popular knowledge about watching, purchasing tickets, and on-site cheering guides for the Chinese Super League, providing convenience for overseas people who cannot speak Chinese.

Even at the end of each round, the five most exciting shots of the round will be edited and uploaded to the social platform account in a timely manner.

Those who hate Lin deeply are naturally none other than the former Chinese Super League players.

With the influx of more and more foreign players, it is difficult for them to even gain a foothold in the Chinese Championship, and many of them are even reduced to playing for Chinese League One and Chinese League Two teams.

The lower the league level, the less salary you will receive.

Thinking about the 3 million annual salary I received before, now it is only 300,000.

The gap between this is more exciting than riding a roller coaster.

Opening up foreign aid has not hindered the explosion of domestic football talents.

Many domestic players emerging from lower-level leagues are even more powerful than they are.

In the past, many main players of Chinese Super League clubs had real ability values ​​between 50-60.

Only foreign aid has an ability value of 70+.

The system rewards Lin Shen's worst English second-division player, whose ability value is no less than 50.

The gap between them is so big that it is heart-wrenching.

The vast majority of local players playing in the Chinese Super League cannot even sit as main players in the fourth-tier English teams.

These players, whose actual ability is less than 50, can be considered lucky to be reincarnated if they receive an annual salary of 300,000.

In Europe or South America, with their ability, they would have no chance to become professional players.

The worst player templates in Lin Shen's hands are all better than them, and he is not afraid of them joining forces to cause trouble.

According to the salary regulations for the latest season, the salaries of Chinese Super League players have increased significantly compared with last season.

The annual salary of the substitute in the second level is 300,000, and the annual salary of the main player can be up to 500,000.

The annual salary of substitutes in the Chinese League One is not less than 500,000, and the annual salary of the main players can be up to 1 million.

The annual salary of the substitutes in the Champions League is not less than 1 million, and the annual salary of the main players can be up to 2 million.

The annual salary of substitutes in the Chinese Super League is not less than 2 million, and the annual salary of the main players can be up to 5 million.

The four levels are distinct.

If you want to earn more, keep climbing up.

The capped annual salary of 5 million for domestic players is not too reasonable compared to the previous high salary and low performance of many players.

If a player is truly outstanding, the club can apply for a high-salary exception and receive the same annual salary as a foreign player.

For many children from ordinary families, not to mention an annual salary of 5 million, even an annual salary of 300,000 for the lowest level second-level substitute is enough for them to have fun for a while.

Moreover, these are just basic annual salaries.

Winning bonuses and upgrade bonuses are not included.

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Sun Tong and Xue Qiang, former Guangzhou City main players, were ordered to terminate their contracts by Lin Shen because they led the players to protest against salary cuts.

In the end, only one Chinese championship relegation team took them in.

But as the number of foreign players and cost-effective players in the Chinese Championship increases, the two of them naturally have no choice but to go to the Chinese League One to find a team to play for.

Even the Chinese League One teams don't look down on them.

The two searched around, and finally a polo team promoted from the second level of China took them in. The contract they were given was the main treatment, with an annual salary of 400,000.

But only signing once a year obviously has doubts about their strength.

No matter how aggrieved they were, they had no choice but to sign.

An annual salary of at least 400,000 is not considered low in China.

But for them, who used to earn an annual salary of 2 million, it was somewhat unsatisfactory.

Several old teammates who had not protested with them before had a second spring in their careers.

Although he failed to keep his job in the Chinese Super League, he has established a firm foothold in some middle and lower-tier teams in the Chinese Super League, and his annual salary is more than 1 million.

This made Sun Tong, who had always believed in his own strength, want to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

He didn't have the nerve to attend the dinner organized by his old teammates.

The team he plays for is in the second level, and he doesn't know whether he can keep his job in the fourth level.

Facts have proved that without them, Guangzhou City not only did not lose its legs, but also won the first championship in team history.

There is almost no suspense about the Chinese Super League championship this season.

Since the start of the game, Guangzhou City has not lost.

The 100,000-seat Puma Arena, the home stadium, was also full, and the market was astonishingly good.

Just from last season’s broadcast fees and the league’s commercial sponsorship income, Guangzhou City’s net income reached US$200 million.

Game-day revenue also amounted to US$30 million.

Including stadium naming revenue, in-stadium billboards, etc., the revenue in a single season is around 250 million US dollars, ranking first in the Chinese Super League!

As for the player and coaching team and club staff salary expenses, stadium maintenance and security expenses, the single season expenditure is only 50 million US dollars.

This is equivalent to Guangzhou City’s net income last season being as high as 200 million US dollars.

That's it, I still don't include the income from selling people.

Even Lao Wang, who has been losing money playing football, has tasted the benefits of Dalian people.

Last season, the Dalian native ranked second in the Chinese Super League, and the most eye-catching performance was the Nice substitute lineup purchased from Guangzhou City.

On the surface, they are domestic aids, but in fact they are not inferior to foreign aids in terms of strength.

When other teams buy foreign players, they can only strengthen a few positions because they haven't solved their debt yet.

It's not like them, who spent 400 million in adjustment fees to buy Guangzhou City's substitute lineup, and ended up finishing second. They earned 112 million U.S. dollars in broadcast fees and alliance commercial revenue sharing alone.

Many teams in Europe are interested in playing highly valued players, and selling them is another source of income.

As soon as Lao Wang was happy, he immediately settled the 700 million debt he had been dragging along.

Taking back the controlling stake of Dalian People, we plan to operate it well as a high-quality asset of Wanda Group.

For this reason, Lao Wang specially arranged for his obscure son to serve as the chairman of the Dalian Club. He also wanted to use Xiao Wang's influence on social platforms to increase the popularity of Dalian Club.

The third place in the Chinese Super League last season was Shandong Taishan, a veteran Chinese Super League team. Relying on years of persistence in youth training and cost-effective recruitment strategies, it has always been the favorite to win the championship in the Chinese Super League. It received 83 million US dollars in broadcast fees and commercial income dividends.

Fourth in the standings are the three towns of Wuhan, which have emerged in recent years. They have a state-owned enterprise background and are no worse than Lao Wang and other wealthy people in terms of capital investment. They received US$70 million in broadcast fees and commercial income dividends.

In addition to these four teams, the broadcast fees and commercial income of other teams are also more than 50 million US dollars.

This has resulted in Chinese championship teams desperately trying to climb up to the Chinese Super League.

The next broadcast contract will at least double, and the dividends received by the Chinese Super League teams will only be greater than now.

Sichuan Jiuniu, for example, used its relationship with City Football Group to rent several young players from Manchester City this season and is currently competing for promotion spots in the Chinese Super League.

A bit contrary to City Football Group's expectations, the Chinese Championship is not as weak as they thought.

Lin Shen has assigned almost all the local players from the Chinese Championship to be the main players in the English League One clubs, with ability values ​​between 66-71.

Most of the local players in the Chinese League One have a template between 60-65.

Of course, Manchester City's young geniuses are indeed amazingly talented.

But in terms of real strength, these opponents in the same league are not weak at all. They are very close to their current strength. It is difficult for them to perform particularly well.

At first, they were not happy to come here.

In their inherent impression, Asian football is backward and far inferior to Europe.

As for the Chinese Super League, no players are willing to go.

Not to mention, leagues below the Chinese Super League.

If it weren't for the contract, they would definitely find a way to refuse.

After the results came in, the strength of the young players here was no worse than the best among their peers.

Occasionally, I encounter some geniuses who have already become famous in the Chinese Championship, and their talents are even higher than them.

As talents recruited by the world's top football clubs, it is really difficult for them to accept.

As the winter window approaches, Sichuan Jiuniu is only ranked in the middle of the standings.

It’s not impossible to upgrade, but it’s not a big deal either.

But City Football Group has money. Since these young Manchester City players are not good enough, they will just use their money and ability to buy them.

It just so happened that Cathay Pacific, which performed brilliantly in the first half of the season, was completely defenseless against other clubs, allowing them to pick the players on their shelves.

Mickey, who previously scored a hat trick against Guoan in the FA Cup, has already been taken away by Beijing Guoan for 20 million euros.

City Football Group CEO Soriano took the initiative to come to the door. He was one of the few insiders who knew that Beijing Cathay Pacific was also a club owned by Lin Shen.

There are multiple consortiums standing behind him, and Soriano also has a huge appetite. According to the analysis of their scouting department, they will not lose money even if they buy this team in a package.

After learning that Mitch was bought by Beijing Guoan, Soriano regretted that he was too hesitant and missed a talented forward who might have a very lucrative future.

For the entire Cathay Pacific first team in Beijing, including the substitutes, Soriano offered 100 million euros to give Sichuan Jiu Niu a big deal.

After this investment, Sichuan Jiuniu will also be renamed Sichuan Jiucheng, corresponding to clubs in other leagues of the City Football Group.

If it were anyone else, Lin Shen might not be so forthcoming.

But the consortium behind Soriano still deserves Lin Shen to show his goodwill.

In this way, Cathay Pacific, known as the big devil in the Chinese Premier League this season, completely disintegrated.

All the main players and substitutes were sold, causing many fans to be in an uproar.

As the club's chairman, Xu Lei has also been criticized by fans and trending on the internet.

Even if he is trying hard to make money, he is not willing to sign players for the team.

Xu Lei is crying but has no tears. What kind of big boss is he?

No wonder Lin Shenbai gave him the shares in the first place because the co-author calculated that this position would be scolded by the fans.

As a result, he now has to wear sunglasses and a mask to cover himself when he goes out.

Otherwise, if the fans recognize him, he will be beaten.

(End of chapter)