Chapter Ninety-Three: Returning Home
Although 2004 has already arrived, in the hearts of many people, only after the New Year represents the arrival of the new year. www.biquge.info As the Spring Festival approached, Gu Wenwu gave the employees a holiday, and he was ready to go home for the New Year after some purchases.
There is a good saying, wealth does not return to the hometown, just like a night walk in brocade, who knows. Gu Wenwu is now a real homecoming country. With the big hit of "The Hangover", Gu Wenwu was really popular for a while. As soon as the media in Anshi saw that this Gu Wenwu turned out to be from Anshi, they naturally made a series of reports, who are they not praised? Thanks to the media reports in Anshi, Gu Wenwu is more well-known in Anshi, after all, it is difficult to find a celebrity in a not-so-famous city like Anshi, and he is also a director.
Wang Lan got up early today, after knowing from the phone that her son was coming back today, she went to the vegetable market early to buy the freshest vegetables, she wanted to cook a big meal for her son, her son worked so hard in the capital, he must have lost weight, and he had to make up for it.
"Yo, Sister Wang, why didn't you go to work today, buy so many vegetables, are you going to have guests at home?" Just when Wang Lan was about to go upstairs with several large bags of vegetables, she happened to meet her neighbor Sister Ma, who was also upstairs. Sister Ma lives in Gu Wenwu's house diagonally across the door, and the two families have a good relationship and often visit each other.
As soon as she heard Sister Ma's words, Wang Lan suddenly said with a smile: "There are no guests, but my son is coming back today, so buy more food." ”
"It turns out that the civil and military are coming back, no wonder Sister Wang, you are so happy, if you want to say that your family is civil and military, it is really promising, you are all a big director, I read that those newspapers are all about your family's civil and military reports." Sister Ma said with envy.
"It's just a small achievement, and it's not a good achievement." Wang Landao. Although she said that, the smile that couldn't be hidden in the corners of her eyes and the corners of her mouth that couldn't be suppressed showed how happy she was now.
"This is not enough, I heard that the box office of your family's civil and military movies has exceeded 100 million, more than 100 million summer yuan, if you change someone else, I am afraid you will not be able to earn a fraction of it in your life." Sister Ma said.
"There are not so many, I asked my steamed buns, and he said that the box office is more than 100 million, but most of them have to be distributed to theaters and distribution companies." Wang Landao. She originally thought that her son would make more than 100 million yuan by making a movie, but after asking, she found out that the box office of more than 100 million yuan, in fact, Gu Wenwu did not earn as much as she imagined.
First of all, the state has to deduct 5% as a special fund for films and 3.3% of the tax, and then the theater chain has to take 2%, and then the theater's share, which is generally 38% to 43%, because Wanda Cinema Line belongs to the vertical management of its theaters, which means that the share of the cinema chain and the theater is counted together, and the total share of the Wanda Cinema Line is 41%.
After the theater is divided, it will be the distribution company. The distributor of "The Hangover" is Wanda Entertainment, which charges a 10% distribution agency fee. and then deduct the cost of copying and publicity paid by Wanda Entertainment, as well as the taxes to be paid for invoices, and the final rest is the income of the producer. This part of Gu Wenwu has to be fifty-five points with Wanda Entertainment, because Wanda Entertainment also participated in the investment.
That is to say, in the box office of 140 million, Gu Wenwu can really get only about 15%. If he weren't an investor, just by virtue of his identity as a director and screenwriter, let alone 15%, it would be impossible to divide 5%.
In the end, Gu Wenwu earned nearly 21 million summer yuan from "The Hangover". And his investment is only 500,000 yuan. Big money can no longer be used to describe him. Moreover, this part is only pure domestic box office revenue, and then there is also overseas box office and DVD and other audio-visual income. This is also where Gu Wenwu dares to invest tens of millions of dollars in the next play.
Of course, Gu Wenwu naturally couldn't tell Wang Lan so carefully, he only said that he only earned one or two hundred million, and the theater and partners took the bulk of it.
"Even if you only earn one percent, then you have to have one or two hundred million, in short, your family is now a person who does great things, and when you come back today, you have to treat him well." Sister Ma said.
The pride in Wang Lan's heart is beyond measure. Listening to Sister Ma's praise for Gu Wenwu, it was called a beauty in my heart.
"By the way, Sister Wang, are you busy with so many dishes alone, or I'll give you a hand, I'll be fine anyway." Sister Ma said enthusiastically.
"That's embarrassing, it's too much trouble for you." Wang Lan said with some hesitation.
"It's okay, we've been neighbors for so many years, what's the trouble with this little thing, how can you be busy with so many dishes alone, don't come back when the time comes, the dishes are not ready yet." Sister Ma said.
"Yes, then I have to hurry, I guess the steamed buns are almost home." Wang Landao.
"By the way, Sister Wang, how did you think about the matter I told you last time?"
"What's the matter?"
"That's what I told you about my niece, doesn't Wenwu don't have a girlfriend yet, my niece is also studying in the capital, she looks good, I heard that it's still a school flower, you see that Wenwu is so promising now, how can I do without a girlfriend around, just when he came back, I introduced my niece to him, make sure he likes it."
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Gu Wenwu still chose to drive home. Like the last time he went home, he stayed in Chang City for one night before driving home the next day. At the end of the year, there are countless people who go home, and it is normal to get stuck in traffic on the road, but fortunately this is 2003, and there are not as many people as you imagined with private cars, so the traffic jam is not very bad. In the end, Gu Wenwu rushed to the house before lunch.
When Gu Wenwu returned home, there was already a full table of dishes on the table, and Wang Lan and Sister Ma were still busy in the kitchen. And Gu Lin was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper at this time, and he didn't notice Gu Wenwu outside the door at all.
"Dad, Mom, I'm back." Gu Wenwu shouted, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Gu Lin turned his head and saw his son standing outside the door with a suitcase, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face. Putting down the newspaper and walking over, he took the suitcase in Gu Wenwu's hand. Wang Lan was in the kitchen, and when she heard Gu Wenwu's voice, the dishes that were originally going to be put back on the cutting board were put back on the cutting board, and she went out after wiping her hands, she hadn't seen her son for so long, she missed it so much.
Seeing the family reunited, Sister Ma left silently. Otherwise, she looked a little embarrassed to be an outsider, but her purpose had been achieved anyway.
Wang Lan pulled Gu Wenwu to sit down, took a good look at Gu Wenwu, and found that her son was not thin, nor dark, and his expression was also very good, so he was relieved.
"Steamed buns, you sit down first, there are a few dishes, and the meal will start immediately." After Wang Lan finished speaking, she went into the kitchen again.
Gu Wenwu turned on the TV and saw a newspaper on the coffee table, so he picked it up and took a look, "Anshi Evening News", hey, why do you read the evening newspaper now. The newspaper was turned to the fourth page, which was the entertainment section. "Gu Wenwu's new movie, the male protagonist is Cheng Daoming! Gu Wenwu looked at the date of the newspaper and found that it was already a newspaper a few days ago.
For some reason, Gu Wenwu felt a little sour in his heart.