Chapter 415: Three Years (2)
Of course, in addition to the TV series "Beauty Scheming", "Entertainment No Circle" and "Love Apartment 3", it really brought huge benefits to Chu Shi, and it was also the most popular TV series in China in 2010, none other than "The Walking Dead"! It's a pity that this TV series itself is an American drama, no matter how good the results are, it can't successfully win the top spot in the annual ratings list of China.
However, no matter how it is, it can't hide the explosive ratings of the TV series "The Walking Dead", and when it comes to revenue, it is even higher than the total revenue of the two works of the TV series "Beauty Scheming" and "Entertainment Without Circle", which also makes Chu Shi extremely happy.
This work alone has brought incomparably rich benefits to Chu Shi, in this case, Chu Shi is naturally more and more eager for the market of American dramas in China, and he is more and more looking forward to the future benefits in his heart.
The TV series "The Walking Dead" was broadcast simultaneously in 24 countries across the country, and with the high-quality scripts provided by Chu Shi, the superb directing level of Old Fran, plus the superb acting skills of Chu Shi, Maggie, Police Officer Rick and others, and the final investment of 240 million US dollars, it has also achieved good results in 24 countries.
If you remove the problem that foreign works cannot be included in the annual TV drama ratings list, the TV series "The Walking Dead" can rank first in the annual ratings list in more than half of the countries, and the rest of the other countries are enough to rank second, such results far exceed the psychological expectations of Chu Shi and others, you must know that at the beginning, although Chu Shi and others thought that the TV series "The Walking Dead" could be popular. But it's definitely not so popular!
After all, the TV series "The Walking Dead" is a huge investment TV series of 240 million US dollars, and it is very difficult for this kind of work to recoup its costs. But even so, the hearts of Chu Shi, SCL and AMC are also full of confidence. I feel that if you count all the superficial benefits, you can bring a wealth of 300 million US dollars to Chu Shi, and after removing the cost, you can also leave a profit of 50 million US dollars or 60 million.
After that, the American dramas obtained by Chu Shi in the markets of China, South Korea, and Japan, and the company fame and actor fame obtained by SCL and AMC became other interests, and on the whole, they were still profitable TV dramas.
But the final benefits far exceeded the expectations of Chu Shi and others! In addition to the Chinese, South Korean, and Japanese markets in Chu Shi's hands. The total revenue of the TV series "The Walking Dead" has reached a terrifying $600 million! Even after removing the total investment of $240 million, the profit has reached a terrifying $360 million! On this side alone, it brought $120 million in revenue to Chu Shi, who owns 20% of the shares in the TV series "The Walking Dead", and after removing the cost of $80 million, it also brought $40 million in profits to Chu Shi!
However, in Chu Shi's eyes, this is nothing, what really shocked Chu Shi's position was after a series of operations. Korea, Japan and China market for their own benefits!
The Korean market has brought a total income of 30 million US dollars to Chushi, the Japanese market has brought a total income of 50 million US dollars to Chushi, and the Chinese market has been working hard for a year. It has also brought a total income of 60 million US dollars to Chu Shi! After all, in other countries, the profits are calculated only after the cooperation between SCL and AMC companies and local entertainment companies, and this country is all completely involved in it. It is operated by the Japanese branch of Dimension Entertainment Company and the Korean branch of Dimension Entertainment Company, and most of the profits have fallen into the hands of Chu Shi!
All added together. The TV series "The Walking Dead" alone brought Chu Shi a profit of 180 million US dollars. Coupled with the cost of $80 million that Chu Shi invested in it at the beginning, the liquidity in Chu Shi's hands has even reached a terrifying figure of $260 million!
And this is just a TV series work that Chu Shi invested in in 2010, you must know that in 2010, Chu Shi invested in several other works! Even if the income is inferior to "The Walking Dead", after all, other works Chu Shi occupies the vast majority of the shares, while "The Walking Dead" Chu Shi only occupies a small part of the shares.
When calculating profits, the first thing to bear the brunt of is the three TV series works of Dimensional Entertainment Company that Chu Shi completely owns - "Beauty Scheming", "Love Apartment 3" and "Entertainment Without Circle".
Among them, the one that brought the most wealth to Chu Shi is obviously the TV series "Beauty Scheming", which ranked first in the 2010 Chinese TV drama ratings list, even if the cost is removed, in the end, Chu Shi has not brought 350 million Huaxia dollars, and the TV series "Entertainment No Circle" is slightly inferior, only bringing 70 million Huaxia dollars to Chu Shi, all of which are added together, it is only 60 million US dollars, which is more than the TV series "The Walking Dead" The $70 million earned for Chu Shi in Huaxia was slightly inferior.
The TV series "Love Apartment 3", which ranked second in the annual ratings list, also brought a lot of benefits to Chu Shi, although the results were slightly inferior, but the investment cost was small, it was just a sitcom, and the profits were also a lot, and finally brought nearly 300 million Huaxia coins of profits to Chu Shi, which can also be called a big profit!
In addition, the last TV series "The Inheritors", which started in 2009 and ended in 2010, after investing part of the profits into the operation of Dimension Entertainment Company, also brought 30 million US dollars of pocket money to Chu Shi himself, which can be regarded as a great harvest.
The cost of the four works was left in the Dimensional Entertainment Company for future investment plans, and the total profit of 140 million US dollars also flowed into Chu Shi's personal account, counting the full 260 million US dollars provided by the TV series "The Walking Dead" for Chu Shi's private account, and now Chu Shi's private account even has a balance of 400 million US dollars!
This number is really terrifying, but even so, it still hasn't reached the limit of Chu Shi, after all, in addition to the TV drama industry, Chu Shi also has the last variety show in his hands!
Year 2010. Chu Shi's variety shows "Run, Brother", "Voice of China Season 2", and "Where Are You Going, Dad" The second season won the first, third, and fourth places in the 2010 annual variety show ratings list. In terms of revenue, it is naturally expensive.
The first is the second season of "Where Are You Going, Dad", and the results are also good compared to the first season. Although the market of film copyright is missing, it is not too much to bring 200 million Huaxia coins to Chu Shi, right? Coupled with "The Voice of China", which has a similar performance to "Where Are You Going, Dad", the income of 400 million Huaxia coins from variety shows also makes Chu Shi feel like he is making crazy money.
But for Chu Shi, this is still a small head! The real money is still "Run, Brother" and "Voice of China National Tour"!
For singers, holding a national tour is definitely one of the most lucrative activities. With the name of "The Voice of China", a large group of star artists participated in the national tour, which is even more popular than the solo concert of the most popular single star artist in China, and the two groups of people have been singing in China year after year, adding up the income of the two seasons of "The Voice of China National Tour" in 2009 and 2010, and even reached a terrifying figure of 600 million Chinese coins, and the cost is even less than 100 million. It has even exceeded 500 million Chinese coins!
plus the broadcast income of two variety shows. These two items alone have brought 900 million Huaxia coins to Chu Shi!
And this is still not as good as "Run, Brother", a variety show starring Chu Shi himself!
Broadcast revenue, because "Run, Brother" is following the attack on the Korean market. After the hard work of Nami Miyazaki, it finally landed in the Japanese market, and it was broadcast simultaneously in the three countries. In addition, the broadcast episodes can even be comparable to three or four ordinary variety shows, and the effort, time, and funds consumed have greatly increased at the same time. The income is also rising, in just one year. Bringing together the Chinese, South Korean, and Japanese markets, the works that lasted for a whole year actually brought Chu Shi a demonic income of 1.2 billion Huaxia coins, and this alone surpassed the two variety shows "Where Are You Going, Dad" and "Voice of China".
And it has not yet reached the limit, although the benefits of TV broadcasting, network broadcasting, peripheral products, popularity enhancement and other benefits are calculated, but there is no problem of calculating movie copyrights!
Previously, with the movie version of "Where Are You Going, Dad", Chu Shi and Tang Dynasty Entertainment Company reached a deep cooperation relationship, and Tang Dynasty Entertainment Company also took the opportunity to make a lot of money, and this time, following "Where Are You Going, Dad", Tang Dynasty Entertainment Company took a fancy to the film copyright of "Running Brother", and it was still a direct buyout, and after a long negotiation period between Chu Shi and it, an agreement was finally reached to directly buy out the film copyright of the variety show "Running Brother" for the next three years at a price of 1.2 billion Chinese coins.
So far, the income brought by the variety show "Running Brother" to Chu Shi has even reached 2.2 billion Huaxia coins, plus the income of the other two popular works, Chu Shi's income in variety shows has even reached the figure of 3.3 billion Huaxia coins!
Of course, not all of the money is owned by Chu Shi, and there is a small part of it, about a little more than 10% of the shares, which are owned by Ice World Entertainment Company.
Of course, even if it is the shares of Ice World Entertainment Company, Chu Shi naturally occupies half of it, and all the profits that can really be attributed to Fan Bingling are at best more than half a percent, less than one percent, and after removing the cost, I am afraid that there is not even half of it.
It is true that as long as Chu Shi is willing, all the profits can be withdrawn, but Fan Bingling said that he hopes that Chu Shi can only mention the shares occupied by Chu Shi himself, and the profits from the shares occupied by Ice World Entertainment Company, Fan Bingling hopes to continue to stay in the company for the company's future development.
In this way, it is indeed a good help for the development of Ice World Entertainment Company, and in Chu Shi's mind, Fan Bingling has completely become his own woman, not to mention a small part of the shares, even if it is all given to Fan Bingling, what can it be? Isn't it all your own in the end?
Therefore, after some settlement, Chu Shi only withdrew 2.8 billion Huaxia coins from the Ice World Entertainment Company, which was converted into about 400 million US dollars and entered his personal account.
So far, Chu Shi's personal account funds have even reached a terrifying 800 million US dollars! Not to mention in China, even in Hollywood, USA. With such a huge wealth, he can also be called one of the best celebrity riches!
As for putting it in Huaxia......
The wealth of five or six billion Chinese coins. is definitely the richest man among celebrities, and even some bigwigs in the circle. There is no such horror value!
In recent years of world peace, the entertainment industry in all countries around the world has developed quite prosperously, and Huaxia can also be called one of the best developed countries, I don't know how many rich people want to squeeze into it with heavy cash, but they have not succeeded, on the surface, local tyrants do not have much preferential treatment in the entertainment industry.
But this is only limited to local tyrants who lack strength! If you spend enough money, it can also have a qualitative effect!
Here's an example! Among the top entertainment companies in China. Dengtian Entertainment Company, which also has a very good relationship with Chu Shi, has a current market value of only four or five billion Huaxia coins, if Chu Shi exhausts all his means and tries his best to smash all the wealth of five or six billion Huaxia coins into it, he can even completely buy a top entertainment company like Dengtian Entertainment and become Chu Shi's private industry!
In addition, Friendship Entertainment, Tang Dynasty Entertainment, Aurora Entertainment, and Hurricane Entertainment, the four peak-level entertainment companies in China, now have a market value of only two or three hundred billion, and the first shareholder of the four companies, the least one has about 15% of the shares. At most, it is only about 25% of the shares.
If Chu Shi smashes all the funds of four or five billion Huaxia coins, he will probably be able to exchange for about 20% of the shares, and if he is lucky, he will directly become the largest shareholder of one of the peak-level entertainment companies. And after that, with Chu Shi's strong creative ability, extremely hot super popularity, and accurate vision. With a little effort, you can hold other small and medium-sized shareholders. Even major shareholders are attracted to their side, which is a breeze. can become the chairman and ruler of a pinnacle-level entertainment company, and become a well-deserved supergiant in the entertainment industry.
With this $800 million liquidity, there are too many things that can be done, especially for a recognized genius like Chu Shi in the circle, which can be called a sharp blade, which can make Chu Shi go from a big man in the circle like this to one of the top bigwigs.
Even if only a few people such as Fan Bingling, Tang Yanran, Liu Yushi, and Chu Haoyang know that Chu Shi has a full 800 million US dollars of liquid capital in his hands, no one can really know the specific situation, even the most powerful paparazzi, can only roughly guess that the wealth in Chu Shi's hands is at least 300 million US dollars.
But even if it is three or four billion US dollars, it is enough to be called terrifying, and the title of the first son and the richest man in the circle has also quietly spread that Chu Shi, who was originally the boyfriend and husband of countless young female stars, is now even a lot older than Chu Shi, who is already quite famous, and is the sexiest and most seductive female star in life, is also eager for Chu Shi's happiness.
It's a pity that Chu Shi has been working abroad for a year, and he has just had a relationship with Fan Bingling, how can others be tempted lightly? Even because of the fact that it is rare to know Huaxia, even scandals are very rare, and it is not good to be honest, and gradually, reporters have lost interest in this kind of lace news of Chu Shi.
Most of the eyes were on the huge wealth of hundreds of millions of dollars in Chu Shi's hands, secretly thinking about what Chu Shi would do with this dollar!
First of all, there is no doubt that Miyazaki Nami has established branches of Dimension Entertainment Company in the United States, Japan, and South Korea, and has recruited troops and horses, and has made efforts to completely enter the markets of these three countries in the future, which is the first big move of Chu Shi, but after all, in these three countries, Dimension Entertainment Company's reputation is not very big, and it is difficult to attract big names to save zĂ i, and there is also no large-scale film and television works in a short period of time, and there is not too much investment. Even the funds on the account of the Dimensional Entertainment Company are enough, and Chu Shi does not need to pay extra money at all.
So, where did Chu Shi's $800 million go?
Many people followed and filmed, but did not find any special moves in Chu Shi, and many people monitored Huaxia, and even large entertainment companies in the United States, South Korea, and Japan, but they also did not find any intersection between them and Chu Shi, and they became more and more confused.
Although some people speculate that Chu Shi may have deposited hundreds of millions of dollars in the bank to eat interest, which has won the support of a few people, as long as anyone with a little brain knows that Chu Shi, who can invest all his savings in a TV series like the TV series "The Walking Dead", how could Chu Shi, who is extremely radical and high-spirited on the way forward, still eat interest in the bank with such a huge amount of money?
Such a Chu Shi may have lost his enterprising spirit and is not to be worried, but today's Chu Shi is not like this at all!
Where did Chu Shi's money flow into?
This has become a curious place for countless people, but for a long time, there has been no one who can find out, let alone reporters, even Chu Haoyang, Miyazaki Nami, Liu Hong, Fan Bingling, Tang Yanran, Liu Yushi and others asked Chu Shi curiously, and Chu Shi replied with the word 'confidential', which made everyone extremely depressed, and in the whole world, I am afraid that only Chu Shi knows where the money goes, right?
Although curious and confused, they can't find even the slightest clue no matter what, and slowly, people lose their enthusiasm to continue to explore, and it has become an insoluble mystery in the entertainment industry, of course, it is only short-lived, just wait for the time to mature, Chu Shi will announce it, shocking the industry! (To be continued......)