The road to becoming a movie star from the villain

Chapter 138 New Year, New Plan
When Hong Chen woke up from his sleep, it was already past ten o'clock in the morning.

Yan Yileng got up early and was helping Ding Meimei with the housework outside.

Ding Meimei smiled happily, and said to herself that she is such a good girl.

Hong Chen turned on his phone and looked at it. His WeChat account had exploded, and there were dozens of unread messages.

He opened it and looked, and many people sent congratulatory messages for him.

Hong Chen's status is different now. As the boss of the studio, he has a lot of power, and many people want to curry favor with Hong Chen.

There are still a few missed calls on the phone. Those who can call him must either have a high status or have a good relationship with him.

Xu Zheng, Wu Zhan, and Ge Chen all have them.

Hong Chen first went back to Xu Zheng, saying that he had just woken up.

"Your mentality is so good, your movie is so popular, you can still sleep until now, I thought you would wake up from your dream laughing." Xu Zheng made a joke.

Xu Zheng invested a lot in this movie, so he was naturally very happy that the movie sold well at the box office.

"Haha, thank you, thank you. When this year is over, I will hold a celebration banquet and invite Director Xu to come over. You must honor me." Hong Chen replied politely.

"Don't worry, sure." Xu Zheng said with a smile again.

Xu is a shrewd person. He knows that Hong Chen is not only an actor of an entertainment company, but the owner of a studio.

This meant that Hong Chen had his own capital behind him.

Moreover, "Detective Chinatown" seems to have been successful, which shows that Hong Chen's studio has the potential to continue to develop.

Of course the relationship should be good.

Afterwards, Hong Chen called Wu Zhan, Ge Chen and others in turn.

"By the way, there is one more thing. Since it is a studio, we also have the right to sign artists. The girl Lu Jia has a good development prospect. How about signing her in?" Even during the Chinese New Year, Ge Chen did not forget about his work.

"Okay, go find Lu Jia in the next year and sign her in." Hong Chen was quite satisfied with Lu Jia, and Ge Chen naturally agreed to his request.

Now he is already the boss who can decide others to sign.

Hong Chen took a shower, put on loose clothes and came out of the room.Ding Meimei was showing Yan Yileng the photos of Hong Chen when he was a child, and some of them were from when he was wearing crotch pants, which immediately made Hong Chen feel helpless.

However, he didn't say much in this scene.

In the next few days, as expected, "Detective Chinatown" began to exert its strength, and the box office achieved catch-up.

The film allocation ratio has also risen all the way, from the initial 8% to 28%, which is a full increase of 20%.

In terms of the final box office results, "Journey to the West" is still the first. In any case, the name of the director is enough to make people pay for the movie.

"Detective Chinatown" relied on word of mouth, and it just scored No. 2 in the box office.

The final result was 24.6 billion for "Journey to the West", 21 billion for "Detective Chinatown", 14 billion for "Kung Fu Yoga", 3 billion for "Omen 12", and 11.7 billion for "Three Fighting the Bone Demon".

For this result, the bosses behind the scenes of several movies are quite satisfied, because no matter what, they have paid back their capital.

Afterwards, Hong Chen returned to the capital and went to Yan's house with Yan Yileng for the festival.

Hong Chen and Yan Chi were discussing the box office.

Under normal circumstances, the division of the box office is very complicated. First, 5% of the total box office is used as tax.

The after-tax box office is called the split-account box office. Theaters take 50%, theaters take 7%, and the remaining 43% is divided between the producer and the distributor.

Excluding the publisher's money, the producer can generally get 40% of the box office revenue.

This is a normal situation, and all movies in this situation are no exception. No matter how great the director or actor is, the producer's income is about 40%.

A little bit 33%, a little better 45%, just fluctuating in this range.

That is to say, the total box office revenue of "Detective Chinatown" is 21 billion, which is almost 8 million in the hands of Hong Chen. Both Xu Zheng and Wu Zhan have invested here, and the two account for 1/8 of the investment ratio, and the total is close to 1 million. .

Yan Chi also has a share of the account, but not too much. He mainly acts as the director and investor, and he will share 1 million.

Yan Yileng invested 3000 million yuan, twice the investment ratio of Xu Zheng and Wu Zhan combined, but Yan Yileng was unwilling to take too much, so in the end Hong Chen still gave her [-] million yuan.

Although they are boyfriend and girlfriend, they still need to be clear about the money, Hong Chen doesn't want to cause a estrangement between the two because of such a trivial matter.

Hong Chen gambled his entire net worth of more than 5000 million yuan, and the investment cost was about 9 million yuan. After the movie ended, his total assets became 5 million yuan, and his net income was 4 million yuan.

This is the profit brought by the grasp of the market.

Of course, strength is also an aspect. The general producers will never consider the Spring Festival, because except for the big-budget movies, the rest of the movies don’t even have a screening rate, and if they go there, they will be cannon fodder.

Other entertainment companies that had refused to invest in Hong Chen felt regretful after seeing the result.

The Spring Festival is also a time when entertainment companies make money, and they often invest in several movies to make a fortune.

It's a pity that the investors of Yan Chi and Hong Chen were not optimistic about the prospects at that time, so basically no one invested.

This also resulted in Hong Chen being forced to gamble his entire fortune, using the highest risk in exchange for the highest return.

After getting rich, his confidence suddenly changed. Hong Chen also gave a large year-end bonus to the members of the studio. Everyone is very grateful to this boss.

Originally, they were hired by Ge Chen from Huahai to Hong Chen's studio, and they were still a little apprehensive, worried that the prospects would not be good, but this year-end award immediately made them desperate.

"Detective Chinatown" also led a wave during the Spring Festival. Although it was soon forgotten by people after the Spring Festival, it was still a successful commercial film.

"What's your plan next?" Hong Chen asked Yan Chi.

Hong Chen and Yan Chi are now friends and partners. They have the same goal and like-mindedness, so the relationship is getting better and better.

"Phew, take a good rest for a month or two, and experience life. I'm not as hardworking as you. Although I want to achieve success in the directing industry, as a director, I need to rest for a period of time to slow down, and then polish and polish the script. , let's start work when everything is ready." Yan Chi shrugged and said.

After thinking for a while, he said again: "Anyway, "Tang Detective 2" will be filmed in the second half of the year. You save the schedule. This one will be more exciting. I will plan it after a while."

Hong Chen nodded, "That's no problem."

The operation of the studio needs funds, and he must make this kind of commercial film that can make money and have a good reputation.

"What about you, what are your plans?" Yan Chi asked him again.

Hong Chen thought for a while, then said quietly: "Find a good script and make a good movie."

"Hahaha, I wish you success!" Yan Chi gave him a thumbs up.

After the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, people began to work one after another.Hong Chen made an appointment with Ge Chen and Wang Shaoqi to meet in his new studio.

Hong Chen's skill is not small. His new studio occupies an entire floor in a commercial office building in the center of Kyoto, with an annual rent of about 3000 million.

"Hello, boss!" The front desk lady of the studio saw Hong Chen appearing, and immediately went to greet him with a smile.

This is the first time for Hong Chen to come to work in his studio. Before that, it was Ge Chen who made the arrangements, including setting up the venue, recruiting planning, copywriting, publicity, judicial, financial and other related personnel.

"Hello." Hong Chen was very polite, and smiled friendlyly at the receptionist.He doesn't have any airs, and he won't be like some people who insist on holding things up when they are in high positions.

Ge Chen immediately came out to greet him, and Wang Shaoqi was also there.The two accompanied Hong Chen to the depths of the studio, one on the left and the other on the right. Along the way, the members of the studio all looked over.

Because Hong Chen is the core of their daily work, their most important job is to protect Hong Chen's interests.

This scene has a bit of a domineering president in a Korean drama.

Three people came to the conference room, which was also beautifully decorated.

"How? Are there any good scripts recently?"

After Hong Chen sat down, he asked with concern.

Hearing this, Ge Chen put some documents on the table and began to introduce the resources in her hands.

(End of this chapter)