"Zhiqiangsang, it's broken four billion, it's already broken four billion!"

Akina Nakamori put down the phone and shouted at Cao Zhiqiang with a look of joy on her face.

"I called to confirm just now, as of yesterday, the box office of your movie has exceeded 4 billion, you are really a big success this time, a big success!"

Seeing that Akina Nakamori was so happy, Cao Zhiqiang, who should have been happy, nodded very calmly: "Well, that's pretty much it." ”

Finding that Cao Zhiqiang didn't look particularly happy, Akina Nakamori was stunned, quickly walked to Cao Zhiqiang and sat down and asked, "Zhiqiang-san, the box office results are so good, aren't you happy?" ”

"Happy, of course I'm happy." Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly.

"But I don't think you're particularly happy, are you?" Akina Nakamori Road.

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and said: "No, I'm really happy, but I expected this result, and it didn't exceed expectations, so I seemed calmer, but this doesn't mean that I'm not happy." ”

Akina Nakamori was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "In other words, you already knew that this movie would be a big hit?" ”

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Of course, after all, although I made this movie in China, I actually made it for the taste of the Japanese, and it is normal to have this result." ”

After a slight pause, Cao Zhiqiang sighed and said: "Seriously, I originally thought that the results of this movie would be better, and it took three weeks to break five billion to reach the standard, but now it is only four billion in three weeks, which is actually slightly lower than my original expectations."

Sure enough, even though I did a lot, I still couldn't expect much. ”

Akina Nakamori opened her mouth wide: "No, you have a foreign movie, and you want to break 5 billion yen in three weeks, what do you want?" ”

Cao Zhiqiang shrugged: "It's always right to think about it, and besides, doesn't this just show that I have confidence in my work?" ”

Akina Nakamori was stunned, and then nodded very approvingly: "That's right, that "Love in the Rain" is really good-looking, whether it's the story, characters, pictures and music, all of them are very outstanding, I like it very much anyway." It is indeed not an exaggeration to have the current results.

Actually, if you didn't make this movie in China, but in Japan, I think it would have been able to meet your so-called standard of breaking 5 billion at the box office in three weeks. ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "It's okay, I will have the opportunity to shoot in Japan in the future." ”

Akina Nakamori nodded, and then suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, I almost forgot to talk about it when I patronized it." ”

Speaking of this, Akina Nakamori took out a small notebook, opened it and looked at it, and then said to Cao Zhiqiang: "That, that's the case, because of the release of your movie, the movie soundtrack album we launched, and the corresponding MTV videotape, are also selling very well."

So far, our soundtrack album based on Warner Records has sold more than 600,000 copies.

Among them, the single "Rain" in the album has rushed to the third place on the weekly chart of the public trust chart in the first week of release, "That Summer" ranked fourth, "So Many People in This World" ranked fifth, and "Unheard of Flower Names" ranked sixth.

If you add the first ranked "Tsunami" and the second ranked "Jun がいるだけで", it is equivalent to the top six on the weekly list of the public trust list, all of which are covered by your songs.

Many people say that if you release four more songs, maybe the top ten on the weekly chart, it will all be you, and then you will be able to complete the record of slaughtering the chart. ”

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Well, that's it, then I'll release four more songs when I go back, and complete the great cause of slaughtering the list next week, everyone in the province is always worried." ”

Akina Nakamori was stunned, and then smiled bitterly: "Do you really want to be like this?" If you do this, will you be hated? ”

"It's a sure thing to be hated." Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, "If you don't attract envy, you are a mediocre talent, if you want to be famous and make money, you must accept this."

But on the other hand, I'm so famous now that it's useless to keep a low profile.

If you don't take advantage of this momentum to make others feel desperate with your strong strength, then maybe someone will really find fault.

But if I release four more songs, and then rush to the top ten on the list, resulting in the results of the slaughter chart you said, then others will find that the difference between me is too great, and they will not come to trouble me again.

Because at that time, I will be noticed by a lot of people, and I don't dare to look for trouble at this time, don't you say? ”

Akina Nakamori nodded: "That's what I said." ”

Immediately afterwards, Akina Nakamori said with a smile: "However, your mode of releasing the original soundtrack record in time when the movie is shown is really good."

In this way, we can indeed achieve each other. ”

Cao Zhiqiang said: "That's for sure, after all, the hot sales of the movie will definitely drive related peripherals, such as the original audio tape, and it will definitely be affected." ”

Akina Nakamori nodded: "So, the reason why you didn't sell the movie rights directly at the beginning, but asked for a share, was because you saw that this movie would be a big hit, right?" ”

"Of course." Cao Zhiqiang admitted with a smile.

Akina Nakamori continued: "You only asked for 15 percent of your film studio, and only one percent of our studio, because you plan to give profits to other companies, and then we make money back on the record, right?" ”

"That's right." Cao Zhiqiang continued to smile, "After all, my film is a foreign film, if more benefits are not given, the film company will not schedule more films, even if the results are good."

But if we make more profits, then the film company will definitely increase the number of films scheduled in order to make money.

In this way, the total box office of our movies will be higher, and the number of people who will see them will increase.

If the number of moviegoers increases, it will naturally increase the sales of movie peripheral products.

Anyway, for our firm, the biggest source of income at the moment is the record share.

If we give more profit to the movie, we can get a little more share of the record.

Come and go, or we earn, and we don't offend anyone, right? ”

"I see." Akina Nakamori admired, "Zhiqiang-san, I didn't expect you to be so thoughtful, this president should be up to you." ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and waved his hand: "That's not possible, my current external personality is not good at socializing, so if I become the president, it won't work."

On the contrary, if you are the president, I am only a shareholder and a creator, so I can justifiably get rid of all kinds of entertainment and create freely at home.

At our current stage, those entertainment are all false, and reliable works are real, right? ”

Akina Nakamori nodded: "You're right, it's true." ”

Cao Zhiqiang took a sip of tea from the teacup, and then asked, "Speaking of which, how much money does our firm make now?" ”

As soon as she heard this, Akina Nakamori immediately picked up a small notebook and looked at it, and then said, "So far, excluding various expenses, our net income is 220 million yen.

This is mainly the revenue from your previous record with me, as well as the advertising income from my shooting, not counting the income from the film distribution and the original sound record distribution income that I participated in this time. ”

Cao Zhiqiang nodded, indicating that he could.

Yes, since the movie is still being released and the record is still being released, for the time being, whether it is the film ration share or the record sales share, the money will not be sent to the Aiyin Office for the time being.

Therefore, the current income of Aiyin Office is still the song "Tsunami" released by Cao Zhiqiang before.

It's just that there are three versions of the song "Tsunami", and there are also three corresponding MTV tapes, so the ongoing income is very considerable.

In addition to "Tsunami", the MTV copyright of "Jun がいるだけで" is also in the hands of Aiyin Office, so the newly released MTV is also counted as the income of Aiyin Office.

However, Aiyin Office is not only engaged in records, Cao Zhiqiang's income from publishing books is also collected through Aiyin Office.

For example, "Norwegian Wood", "Snow Country", "Thousand Cranes", and "Girl's Harbor", which are currently selling well, have all been released, and they have received a good response in the market.

Among them, "Norwegian Wood", "Snow Country" and "Girl's Harbor" are particularly popular, and they have all published their second editions.

So, when these incomes are combined, and after deducting necessary expenses, such as paying taxes, the net income is 220 million yen.

220 million yen may not seem like much, but don't forget how long it has been.

If you calculate it, it has only been less than two months since the establishment of Aiyin Office!

In less than two months, the income was 220 million yen, and the average monthly net income was 110 million yen, which is already terrifying!

At present, many large companies in Japan may not be able to reach 110 million yen a month in terms of net profit alone.

If you wait for the release of the movie "Love in the Rain" to end, calculate the ration distribution of the movie, and add the income from the original soundtrack and videotape, the income may be even more terrifying.

Of course, the reason why Aiyin is so profitable is also related to the small scale of this firm, low expenses, and special products.

At present, there are a total of six people in the firm, four of whom are staff members and two shareholders.

There are few people, the company is small, the products belong to cultural products, and they are all the kind with super high sales, so it is normal to have this kind of income.

To put it bluntly, the current Aiyin Office is more like a white glove dedicated to serving Cao Zhiqiang, or a thing to help Cao Zhiqiang avoid taxes.

Because if there is no Aiyin Office, it will be operated by Cao Zhiqiang personally, not to mention whether he is tired or not, the key is that he has to pay a lot more taxes.

Through the operation of Aiyin Law Firm, it is different to turn personal income into office income, and you can avoid a lot of tax expenses.

Compared with the high taxes, the salary expenses of four more people are trivial.

"220 million yen, that's fine." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "By the way, the TV series is almost finished, right?" ”

"Yes." Akina Nakamori said, "There are two more episodes, and the filming will be over." ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "In this way, what happened to the fashion company I asked you to register?" ”

"It's already registered." Akina Nakamori smiled and nodded, "The name of the clothing company is Sensen Clothing, and I have also found a foundry and has begun to make the relevant costumes in "101 Proposals". ”

"It's not just '101 Proposals.'" Cao Zhiqiang shook his head, "There are also the costumes in "Love in the Rain", which is currently being released, especially the costumes of the heroine, and a batch of them will also be made, and when the time comes, just indicate that they are the same costumes of the movie authorized by the genuine version." ”

"This, is it appropriate?" Akina Nakamori frowned.

"Don't worry." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "When we signed the film agreement, we didn't sign the movie peripheral products, and the film producer is me, as long as I write an authorization, it is a genuine authorization."

By the way, speaking of which, I almost forgot one thing.

It's the copyright of the clothing in the movie, and the clothing in the TV series, you have to quickly find someone to go to the relevant departments in Tokyo to register the intellectual property rights, such as the appearance of the clothing, the style of wearing, etc., all that can be registered will be registered for me.

At that time, if there are other clothing companies in Japan that also produce the same clothing, we can sue them.

Heck, Japan's intellectual property protection is good, and even clothing styles can be registered, which is good, good, very good. ”

Akina Nakamori cried and laughed: "Do you really want to be like this?" Doesn't that look a bit ugly? ”

Cao Zhiqiang shook his head: "How is this ugly, this is to safeguard our legitimate rights and interests and maximize our interests." I've already divided the majority of the movie, but we can't divide the periphery, we have to make a good profit from the periphery.

Forget about the movie, as for the TV series, the products used in it can make money.

Let's not talk about the rest, but the costumes of the various characters in it, we can't give up this piece.

Perhaps, in the future, Sensen, a clothing brand, will be able to take advantage of this to become an instant hit and become a real trendy brand of clothing. ”

Akina Nakamori shook her head with a smile: "Don't be kidding, how can it be so easy to establish a clothing brand, and you and I don't have so much energy to engage in brand clothing, don't make the garment factory yellow at that time."

If you want me to say, let's not bother to do it, do our own professional, just engage in music writing and writing books, or shoot advertising photos or something, it's enough. ”

Hearing such uncompetitive remarks from Akina Nakamori, Cao Zhiqiang shook his head and said, "Akina, what you said is wrong. We are now a grassroots career, such as sailing against the current, and if we don't advance, we will retreat.

Therefore, we must give up illusions, refuse to lie flat, and must work hard to move forward.

It is very troublesome to establish and maintain a clothing brand, but we can leave it to professional people, and we only need to be the majority shareholder.

I don't ask how good the clothing brand we have established is, comparable to the first line in Europe and the United States, just to be a second- or third-rate.

In other words, it is enough to be able to use the clothing brand as an appendage that relies on our fame, and you can rely on our fame to make more money.

As for the future, if everything goes well, it will be fine, but if it doesn't go well, it will not be difficult to sell the garment factory.

In short, for now, we must seize every opportunity to make money, and make money first.

After all, this is the accumulation stage, and it is important to earn an extra dollar.

Let's go back and wait for our family's big business, and it's really time to get to the point where the money is not bad, let's talk about other things. ”

Hearing Cao Zhiqiang say this, Akina Nakamori sighed: "Okay, since you are so ambitious, then listen to you, anyway, I am your woman, what you say, I will do it." ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled, pulled Akina Nakamori into his arms and said, "Don't worry, Akina, you will know in the future that I did this for our future."

It doesn't matter if you're tired now, after all, you and I are young, in good health, energetic, and can bear the hardships and tiredness.

When we are old and can't do it anymore, we have to start eating the old book.

Therefore, the more we accumulate now and the more money we make, the more we will have our old capital, and the easier it will be to live in the future.

On the contrary, now you are trying to save worry and trouble, all kinds of lying flat and rotten, and you will be miserable when you are old.

Are you right? ”

"Yes, yes, you're right." Akina Nakamori said with a smile, "It's still the same sentence, I will do what you say, I will do it, I will listen to you anyway, and I will wait for you to raise me in the future." ”

"Hahaha!" Cao Zhiqiang raised his head and smiled, "If you become a rich woman, maybe you will raise me in the future." ”

"Whatever." Akina Nakamori hugged Cao Zhiqiang's neck and smiled, "I will raise it, as long as you are willing." ”

(End of chapter)