Chapter 71: Our Goal Is the Sea of Stars

"Boss, the financial statements of "Miscellaneous Boy" are ready!"

When Wu Cheng was sitting in the office making the company's next filming plan, Ma Xinlian, the deputy financial manager, knocked on the door with the financial statements and said.

Wu took over the report and flipped through it casually.

found that in terms of the box office of "Miscellaneous Boys" in this port, the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line is 4.78 million, and Donglong is divided into 40%, with about 1.9 million. The box office of Feilong Cinema is more than 5 million, which is the result of an additional 500,000 publicity fees later.

Fifty-fifty with Feilong Cinema Line, there are more than 2 million, after deducting taxes, Donglong's income is more than 3 million, and the shooting cost of 'Miscellaneous' plus publicity fees is 2 million. In other words, the film 'Miscellaneous', Donglong has earned more than one million at the box office in this city!

In terms of foreign cities, the distribution rights of Nanyang and other places were handed over to Shaw Brothers, and most of the places there were carried out in the form of buyouts, and Donglong's after-tax income was nearly five million.

As for Japan, South Korea and Treasure Island, Donglong and them all adopt a sharing method, and they still need to wait for the film over there to be drawn.

Excluding taxes and other expenses, the income of the 'miscellaneous family' is about six million.

With the momentum of 'miscellaneous families', the box office in Japan and South Korea, as well as Nanyang and other places are quite prosperous, which is why Wu Cheng has always wanted to share the box office with them.

He is confident in his films, and naturally prefers to use the method of sharing.

A hammer deal, although the speed of recovering funds will be faster, but it has allowed the publisher to take a big advantage, which Wu Cheng does not want to see. If you have money, everyone will make it together, and you can't let one party lose too much. Cooperating by way of buyout, Wu Cheng felt that he had lost a lot.

Compared with the net income of more than 10 million yuan of 'Five Lucky Stars', the income of 'Miscellaneous Family' may be less. But compared to investment, the return ratio of 'Miscellaneous' is better than that of 'Five Lucky Stars'.

Wu Cheng estimates that the income of the 'miscellaneous family' can reach at least one million, or even more than 10 million.

As for the Feilong Cinema Line, there are five cinemas that belong to others, and some of them should be removed here, and the pre-tax income of their own twelve cinemas is more than 1.8 million.

Seeing that the company was profitable, Wu Cheng said: "Manager Ma, you go back and count the salary of the employees this month, our film is a big hit, so naturally we want to add some bonuses to them, and increase them by 10% of their salary! ”

Ma Xinlian smiled: "Boss, it's so refreshing to follow you to do things!"

"Don't be a sycophant, hard work is king!"

"Yes, boss!" Ma Xinlian said with a smile still on her face.

Wu Cheng couldn't help but look at her appearance.

After waving his hand and letting her out, Wu Cheng called Cen Jianxun and asked him to come to the company. Then he called the secretary Wang Xinwei in and said, "Xinwei, you go and check what bigger villas are for sale in Repulse Bay." ”

"The boss wants to buy a villa?" Wang said with relief.

Wu Cheng looked at her with a smile and said: "If you have money, you can also buy a house, and quietly tell you, in the next few years, the housing prices in Xiangjiang will definitely grow wildly, and now is the right time to enter, this is also an investment!"

"The boss wants to get into the real estate world?"

Wu Cheng shook his head and said: "Real estate is not my goal, although I also know that real estate comes quickly, but there are too many doorways inside, and there are many places to deal with, this is not the life I want, or forget it!

After a pause, he said again: "Of course, when we have money in the future, we will also build a film and television base, so we don't have to run out to rent a studio all day long, and sometimes we have to wait, it's too troublesome!"

"Boss, what price do you need?"

"Don't care about the price, as long as it's bigger, it's okay if it's not decorated, and when I find it, it's not too late for me to look at the surrounding environment and make a decision, anyway, we're not bad for money!"

Looking at Wu Cheng's complacent look, Wang couldn't help but feel relieved, but this kind of Wu Cheng can only be seen by those close to them. In the eyes of outsiders, although Wu Cheng is very confident and sometimes crazy, he will not show such a little proud appearance.

Speaking of which, the company is indeed not bad for money, if you don't think about those bank debts.

In fact, although Donglong's films make money, from the establishment of the company to the present, the two films have earned more than 20 million, and this money-making ratio cannot be compared with any film company.

But if you think about the 40 million that the bank owes, you know that in fact, Donglong doesn't have much money.

Of course, Wu Cheng also knew it in his heart, but he didn't take it seriously. Bank arrears, you can repay it within three years, some bank interest, is really nothing.

In fact, he owes the bank not only the 40 million, but also the 5 million on the record company's side and the 2 million on the brokerage company's side, adding up to 47 million.

In other words, he put the clothing company under pressure, got 5 million to register a record company, and then countered the record company and created a brokerage company.

To put it bluntly, it is to use the bank's money to make money for yourself.

In the eyes of others, this is a very dangerous thing, once it is played, if there is a problem with the capital chain, the collapse of the entire industry is inevitable, and then you can only file for bankruptcy.

But in Wu Cheng's view, he played this, in fact, there was nothing to do, and the companies he created were all high-quality companies, all of which had great potential, and there was no need to worry about it at all.

Not to mention anything else, on the film company's side, as long as he is given a year or two, he can pay off the 40 million arrears. It is estimated that the bank will not want him to repay the money so early!

And this time to buy a house, Wu Cheng does not plan to use the company's funds, after all, the company's funds are not his own, and he has to think about Hong Jinbao's thoughts.

However, he can also resist his own brokerage company, and he can also resist the bar that opened with the Mei family and Hong Xing, and it is not a problem to borrow him three or five hundred thousand.

Even, he can take the copyright of his 'Huiming' to resist the pressure.

In Xiangjiang during this period, as long as you have something to resist the pressure, it is still very easy to borrow some money from the bank, especially the relationship between Wu Cheng and Wu Mingquan.

Therefore, as for money, as long as it is not too big, Wu Cheng is not worried at all.

……

"Boss, what do you want me to do?"

Cen Jianxun, who had a lion's head, asked with a smile on his face.

Wu Cheng stretched out his hand and signaled, and said with a smile: "Sit down! Feilong Cinema Line, we need to continue to develop, do you have any other ideas?"

Speaking of the cinema line, Cen Jianxun said with a straight face: "Boss, I recently contacted two idle cinemas to join our Feilong Cinema Line, according to the boss's instructions, our cinema distribution is quite reasonable, basically can cover most of Xiangjiang, but around the city, our cinema distribution is not good...... In other words, we haven't kept up with the villages and towns at all. ”

"How are other theaters doing in villages and towns?"

Cen Jianxun shook his head and said: "Very little, basically, most of the theaters in all cinema chains are distributed in the urban area, and even if there are outside the urban area, it is a very small part......

Wu Cheng nodded, pondered, and said: "I mean, in the next month, the twelve theaters under our name will be renovated, replaced with new equipment, and those dilapidated seats will also be replaced, especially the leading theaters, we must use the best, don't worry about spending too much money, we are not short of that money, as long as the theater chain is built into the most high-grade in Xiangjiang, that is our goal." In addition, the village and town, we also have to go ahead, the scale of the theater does not need to be big, as long as there are one or two hundred seats, this piece of income seems to be small, but it will definitely not be bad in the future, of course, the lot has to be selected, and by the way, the land is also bought. ”

"Boss, I've thought about these too, but what about the money?" Cen Jianxun twisted his finger at Wu Cheng with a wry smile, "If you talk as the boss, we will break our legs! And according to what the boss said, it will cost at least three or five million to renovate it...... Of course, the real big head is still the investment of those small theaters, I estimate, not three or fifty million, I don't think it will work. ”

Thirty or fifty million, that can only cover some relatively large towns. Of course, if it can really be done, then Wu Cheng will not worry about the theater chain in Xiangjiang.

When the time comes, even if he is right with Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, he will not be afraid!

The possibility of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest joining forces to deal with them is not impossible, when the momentum of the new art city was like a rainbow in the previous life, the Shaw brothers and Golden Harvest directly abandoned the previous suspicions and worked together to suppress the new art city, but in the end, they were still unable to suppress it.

Now that Donglong is still young, he also faintly has the momentum of being right with Jiahe, and when Shao Daheng is hot, he will also abandon his previous suspicions with Zou Wenhuai, then he will be in big trouble.

So, he needs to be prepared for this strategy.

As for waiting for Shaw Brothers to stop production and take over Shaw Brothers' theater chain, it will have to wait until the eighties, and for him, it is still far away. And there are not many Shaw Brothers theaters in villages and towns.

Wu Cheng said with a smile: "You don't need to worry about money, bring the personnel of the Finance Department and the Legal Department, bring the materials of the Feilong Cinema Line, go to the bank for a loan, and borrow as much as you can, and offset all the cinema lines...... In three years, we will definitely be able to pay off this debt!"

Cen Jianxun listened, the corners of his mouth kept twitching, and at the end he smiled bitterly: "Boss, you are the only one who has the courage to do this, if you do this, you will have to capsize if you are not careful! When we acquired those three theaters before, we pressed a few theaters out." ”

Wu Cheng stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "With me as the helmsman, you can put your heart back! You have to know that our goal is not only the cinema chain in Xiangjiang, a small land, but also the entire Southeast Asia waiting for us to conquer, and even the whole world...... Sao Nian, look farther away, let's work hard! Our goal is the sea of stars!"

Looking at Wu Cheng's cynical appearance, the corners of Cen Jianxun's mouth began to twitch again.