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September 1st.

Daqin Empire official website:

"Our Daqin Empire has welcomed two more family members. Let us solemnly introduce and welcome Liu Sisi, an artist from the original Sugar Man Company, and Wang Baobao, an artist from the Original Brothers and Friendship Company, to officially join our empire. Spread flowers, spread flowers.

"

One stone stirs up a thousand waves.

Because there was no movement at all beforehand, and there was no gossip.

Normally, whenever something happens in the entertainment industry, there will usually be various rumors flying around long ago, and it will be brewed for a while before being completely exposed.

Now the Qin Empire's way of doing things has completely changed the previous atmosphere.

In an instant, the media exploded, and various newspapers and online media quickly followed up, reprinted, reported, and added their own analyses.

Many media immediately went to interview the two companies involved.

...

Sugar Man Company quickly made an announcement on the company’s official website:

"Liu Sisi, a former artist of our company who is also a family member, has officially joined the Daqin Empire. This is for the better development of the family's future. Our company has reached a strategic cooperation with the Daqin Empire. Once again, we sincerely wish our forever family Sisi a smooth future.

step up."

Sugar Man Empire admitted it bluntly, without any bad words, but it made the media unhappy.

No fighting, no quarrels, just peaceful business behavior. This is not something the media wants to see.

...

Brothers and Friendship Company did give the media an excuse.

Because the company did not issue an announcement, some reporters tried their best to block Mr. Wang from Brother Friendship Company on his way to get off work.

"I can only say that our company didn't know about this before. Suddenly one day, Daqin Empire Entertainment directly helped our company's artist Wang Baobao pay the liquidated damages of the contract. According to the legality of the contract, our company cannot stop Wang Baobao.

After leaving, Wang Baobao has always been an important member of us. The company had high hopes for him, but..."

...

Sugar Man didn't get any news, Brother Friendship Company gave it a chance, although Mr. Wang's words didn't seem to have any unpleasant words.

But what is the role of the media? They suddenly had a reason and began to add their own opinions and add fuel to the report. What conspiracy theory? The Daqin Empire forcefully poached people and directly penetrated other companies in the circle. What Daqin and the Brothers and Friendship Company started

If they officially become enemies, the two will have a battle sooner or later.

Anyway, the title should be as stimulating as possible and as eye-catching as possible.

...

Qin Dong was very casual and didn't take these things to heart. He didn't want to speculate or care about the thoughts of the two bosses of Brother Friendship Company.

...

September 6th.

"Director Gao."

Qin Dong called Gao Liang from China Film Group:

"[Those Years] was released yesterday. I hope Director Gao can urge the theaters to settle the money within a month."

"Hey, didn't I produce two TV series here? I'm just waiting for the rice to fall into the pot. I'm poor. Director Gao, please do me a favor. Otherwise, I can only go to the bank for a loan. Then I have to ask Director Gao to give it to me.

Be a guarantor, otherwise the bank will not grant you a loan."

"Haha... Okay, thank you, director. I'll treat you to a drink another day."

"Hey, okay, bye."

...

Yesterday, September 5th, "Those Years", which had been released for a month, was officially released.

The total box office was 423.3 million yuan.

It once again broke Qin Dong’s highest box office record.

Qin Dong called to urge him the next day if it wasn't released. If he didn't urge it, he didn't know how long it would take for the money to arrive.

Of the two TV series, one will start shooting soon, and the other will start shooting in a month or two. Qin Dong will soon leave for Thailand to shoot the third movie.

It's a pity that the company only has a few million in its account.

Originally I still had 32 million, so I bought six cars and rented the floor above my current company. When there were more people, I expanded the office area.

This time, nearly five million were removed directly.

And for Wang Baobao's contract, he directly spent 20 million to help the other party terminate the contract.

...

The production cost of just one film "The Harem: The Legend of Niu Hulu" was 75 million. Even if the Kyoto TV Drama Art Center invested 25 million, Qin Dong Company still came up with 50 million.

As for "Ruoxi and Yongzheng" independently produced by the Daqin Empire, the current preliminary budget for this drama is between 10 million and 15 million.

In addition to Qin Dong's third film "A Journey to Thailand", the budget is 20 million, and the external publicity cost is 30 million.

The total cost is nearly 90 million, and it's just in time for the autumn and winter seasons, so Qin Dong is anxious.

Now we have to wait for the box office share [in those years] to arrive.

...

Qin Dong calculated that the total box office was 423.3 million [those years].

Deduct a special business tax of 3.3% and a special film fund of 5%.

There are 388 million left.

The money will be divided into 100 parts, excluding theater chains' share of 57% and China Film Distribution's share of 8%.

Only 35% belonged to the Qin Empire.

About 135.8 million.

Of these 135.8 million, not all of them belong to Da Qin Empire Entertainment Company.

According to the original contract, Qin Dong's director's fee plus screenwriter's fee was converted into 8% of the total box office.

That is 33,864,000 RMB.

After the 135.8 million yuan arrives in the Great Qin Empire's account, Qin Dynasty will still have to pay 33,864,000 yuan.

In the end, the money belonging to Daqin Empire Entertainment Company was only 101.9 million yuan.

Of this money, another fifth will be given to China Film Group, and China Film Group also invested one-fifth share [in those years].

In the end, only 80 million belonged to the Qin Empire.

After deducting the production cost of 10 million, Da Qin Empire actually only made a profit of 70 million.

Qin Dong himself received 33 million.

Although it is all Qin Dong's money, the individual and the company must be separated, even if the company is wholly owned by the individual and belongs to Qin Dong, this must be the case.

Moreover, his personal money is useful and cannot be invested in the company.

...

Of course this was the domestic box office revenue [in those years].

There are also overseas box office and other copyright income such as online videos, TV and movie channels, etc.

All this will come later.

Normally overseas releases are relatively late, and we have to rely on China Film Group to operate this aspect. The Qin Empire currently does not have this ability.

The overseas box office share ratio is even lower. This kind of romance film may only be able to sell some box office in Southeast Asia.

Qin Dong is not in a hurry about online video copyright, because Yiguo Video currently does not agree with Qin Dong's investment.

Qin Dong also wanted to see if there were any suitable video websites, but there really wasn't any. Forget it, he would not get involved in this industry in the future, so he was currently retaining other copyrights from [those years] and waiting for the opportunity.

...

With the guarantee from Director Gao of China Film Group, Qin Dong felt relieved.

If the director of a leading company says that the money will be paid within one month, then it must be close to that.

"Hey, Lao Xu, get ready, the two queens will gather together."

Qin Dong stopped talking and was about to take people to Thailand.

For foreigners who are not familiar with the place, it is better to go early and come back early to finish filming early. Qin Dong can prepare in advance for next year's co-production. This kind of film is even more unfamiliar and requires more time, so you must prepare in advance.

I heard that the crew over there must work eight hours a day, and they are not allowed to work overtime. They have to apply to some guild in advance for overtime work. Even if the application is approved, the overtime pay will be several times that, which is scary.

Thinking of this, Qin Dong couldn't stand still. He had to finish filming "囧囧" as soon as possible, and then prepare for the co-production in advance.