In Yanjing, Han Sisheng and Han Zhou lit cigarettes and stood by the window of the company headquarters, looking at the hustle and bustle of traffic below.
Han Sisheng took a puff of his cigarette and exhaled the smoke: "In the future, CCTV will mention you and praise you in many programs."
Han Zhou held a cigarette in his mouth, put his hands on his waist, and stretched: "Did Shen Xixiong say that?"
Han Sisheng: "Shen Xixiong's words don't count in this matter. The higher-ups have issued a document."
"Vigorously support the film industry to go global."
Han Zhou tilted his head in surprise: "Now?"
Han Sisheng nodded: "Now."
Han Zhou was silent for a moment.
It is definitely a good thing that the higher-ups have paid attention to the film and television industry. It will make many things much easier in the future and they will have the green light throughout the process.
But there are bad things too .
Some companies were on the verge of bankruptcy, but now that the policy has come into effect, they have come back to life.
From a global perspective, the above policy is definitely great news.
However, under every policy, there are always some garbage that finds loopholes. The larger the size of an industry, the easier it is for it to harbor filth.
From the beginning, Han Zhou's goal was to expand the entertainment industry to a level large enough to compete with American pop culture for the right to speak.
But the policy seems to have come too early.
Han Zhou does not have enough strength to control the entire entertainment industry yet.
Han Sisheng looked at Han Zhou and said, "Is there anything that can only be done after being fully prepared?"
"Even when we're halfway through a meal, someone goes to poop..."
Han Zhou: "Ahem, ahem, it's disgusting to talk about it anymore."
Han Sisheng looked at Han Zhou and took a puff of his cigarette. "You are still unsatisfied. When I got to this point, I was already 45 years old. How old are you this year? 27? 28?"
Han Zhou: “Twenty-six.”
Han Sisheng looked out the window and said, "Twenty-six. According to the saying that evil will last for a thousand years, you can live to be eighty or so, right? There are still sixty years left."
"In more than sixty years, you can accomplish so many things."
Han Zhou: "I live for 60 years, so Jiang Peng and the others can at least live for 40 years, right?"
Han Sisheng: "As long as you are here, they won't dare to act rashly."
Han Zhou grinned: "That's... hard to say."
After saying that, Han Zhou took out a blue envelope from his pocket and handed it to Han Sisheng.
Han Sisheng picked it up and looked at it: "Barra Charity Dinner?"
Han Zhou nodded: "The Bala Charity Dinner is a product of the Ali system, and they have always been at odds with Penguin."
"Since I became famous, I have been working closely with Penguin, and they have never invited me before. Guess why they invited me this time?"
Han Sisheng frowned and thought deeply.
Nothing in the world of Vanity Fair is simple.
Charity is charity, but sometimes it is a sharp sword.
Han Sisheng: "When water comes, we can cover it with earth; when soldiers come, we can stop them. Are you prepared?"
Han Zhou stretched lazily: "There is a way to solve it, but I really don't know what they are going to do now."
"But there is a solution to whatever they are trying to do."
…
The Bala Charity Dinner is being planned in full swing, and all the top stars in the circle are preparing to attend.
Recently, many people have started to hype it up.
Of course, there is no large-scale hype, but we will try out the trend first.
At this time, in North America, an expert in economics published an article that instantly attracted widespread attention.
"Jurassic Park, expected profit of up to 3 billion US dollars!"
"Jurassic Park is expected to gross US$2.6 billion worldwide. As far as I know, their filming and marketing costs totaled US$270 million. They shared a whopping 60% of the box office revenue with distribution companies and theaters around the world, and their profits reached US$1.4 billion."
"The popularity of Jurassic Park has turned into popular culture and even created a craze. Last year, the global dinosaur toy market was worth about 50 million US dollars, and this year, that number will reach a terrifying 3 billion, 66% of which is controlled by New World. The profit of this toy is extremely high, and it is expected to be more than 1.6 billion this year."
"With one movie, the profit is expected to reach 3 billion US dollars."
"This theme combines elements of pop culture such as thriller, horror, adventure, and science fiction. It can be continued into at least a trilogy."
"The estimated value of its IP is in the tens of billions of US dollars."
"And New World has already started to build the New World Science Fiction Park, and sources have revealed that this park will not only be built at the filming location, but will be promoted globally after it gradually matures."
"If we include the IP value of the theme park, the IP value that Jurassic Park alone brings to New World is as high as 20 billion US dollars."
"If we calculate based on this year's world IP value list, Jurassic Park has already entered the top 15."
"And New World also holds another IP that ranks in the top 15 in terms of value, which is Honghuang."
"New World has completed the accumulation process from a film and television company to a large film group."
This article actually mainly talks about New World's ability to create popular IPs, and is written for Disney and 20th Century Fox.
But what ordinary people see are more intuitive numbers.
For example, the profit of a single movie is as high as 3 billion US dollars!
This profit seems to have ranked first in the world!
This gimmick is even bigger for ordinary netizens!
Soon, movie fans in the United States began to discuss this matter crazily.
"Three billion US dollars! You can do so much with that! Even if you party every night for a hundred years, you can't spend it all!"
"Don't be stupid, the guy above. Even if you party every night for a hundred years, you won't be able to spend all your money. Instead, you will spend more and more!"
"Speaking of which, three billion US dollars, how much tax should be paid?"
"According to different tax rates around the world, it will probably cost around 1.3 billion in taxes."
"You're overthinking this. New World will just buy Han Zhou the most luxurious private jet and put the bill on Jurassic Park. This part is the cost, and they won't pay taxes. With this whole operation, the maximum tax paid worldwide will not exceed 100 million US dollars."
This is true. In fact, the New World is also preparing to do so.
It’s fine to pay taxes in China, but it’s also stupid to pay taxes on money earned abroad.
This method is not applicable in China because Han Sisheng had already seen this problem and calculated his own tax method, which resulted in the tax rate in the film and television industry being different from that in other industries, making it impossible to evade taxes.
Outside of China, will New World choose to use the money to grow bigger and stronger, or just keep the money in the account?
If you put money into the account, you will be taxed heavily.
This is basically no choice.
The profit from this movie alone is enough to expand New World's overseas branches to the point where it can compete with Universal.
This is hard investment.
As for future output, there are many things to do, such as building a theme park, which itself costs money, but when shooting, the cost is directly included in the shooting cost.
This set is handmade by Yang Hong.
This shocking news was successfully spread to China, and with the help of some people, it quickly became a hot topic.
On short video platforms including Weibo, the comment sections have gradually become weird.
"Three billion US dollars for a movie? Nearly 20 billion!!!"
"Some people make 20 billion, but some people can't even afford to eat. I wonder how much money Han Zhou will give to charity."
"If you earn 20 billion, you should at least donate 10 billion, right?"
“The money comes in so quickly!”
Someone in the comment section also said: "The profit is 20 billion, it's not like we just got 20 billion, so we don't have to pay taxes?"
Someone immediately responded: "Even after paying taxes, there will still be 130 to 140 billion, right? What's wrong with donating 5 billion?"
Someone continued, "If you earn 13 billion, you have to donate 5 billion? Then does the company not need to develop? Doesn't development cost money? How can you develop if you donate everything?"
Then someone started to curse: "Fuck you, 13 billion is not enough for development, how else can we develop? This year our XX Research Institute only has 800 million in funding."
At first glance, these words seem to make sense.
But if you think about it carefully, they are all traps.
Today, New World earned 13 billion from a movie. Can the next movie earn that much? Spending money to increase the size of the company is definitely the first priority.
If you earn 13 billion and donate half of it , then it would be 7 billion.
If we use 13 billion to develop the company, it will be able to provide tens of thousands of jobs in the future. When the scale grows to 50 billion or 100 billion, any donation will be more than 7 billion for charity.
At this juncture, should we develop or donate first?
Anyone who is not a fool knows to choose development, right?
However, netizens do not think. Once someone starts to lead the trend, the comment section is immediately filled with calls for donations.
Who would lead the charge to force donations?
It’s easy to tell that this is done by companies that are currently larger than New World.
Will you donate?
If you donate, you will have no money for development, and it will be impossible to catch up in scale.
You don't donate? Then your reputation will be ruined, and there will be no development in the future.
This is a double-death question.
And now that the Barra charity dinner is coming, this issue has become even more sensitive.
The Internet has almost exploded.
People are discussing this issue everywhere.
It's just a movie of yours, it's of no use to the national economy and people's livelihood. You made so much money, is it reasonable not to donate 5 billion to it?
You make money so easily, doesn't your conscience hurt?
Isn't this money hot in your hands?
You have monopolized all the money. What about those people in this society who can’t afford electric bikes?
As the saying goes, the nail that sticks out gets hammered down. It is too easy to transform economic problems into social conflicts or anti-rich rhetoric.
…
A large number of celebrities have arrived at the Barra Charity Dinner.
There were many reporters filming at the door.
On the porch, three people were chatting.
One woman and two men.
The woman is the founder of the Barra Charity Dinner.
The two men are of great background.
One is the president of Jianheng Group.
The other one is Lv Yun, the president and founder of Ali.
The woman looked at her phone and smiled: "Han Zhou is here."
Ahri's CEO Lu Yun looked in the direction of the red carpet and smiled, "Just a nobody."
Lu Yun likes to interact with people in the entertainment industry very much, and among his partners there are a large number of people from the entertainment industry.
The reason is very simple: fame and fortune. He thinks fame equals fortune.
So he really likes to be in the spotlight.
But that's for the stars he's familiar with and works with, and he likes them very much.
Han Zhou is obviously the opposite.
In contrast to him, Penguin's Lu Xiusheng doesn't like to be in the spotlight at all. He will definitely stay away from anything that will attract public attention.
The president of Jianheng Group smiled and said, "Boss Ma is right. It's just a small figure. There's no need to mention him specifically."
The woman smiled.
The president of Jianheng Group had no idea what she and Lu Yun were doing.
Han Zhou is the protagonist of tonight's dinner, so how could he be a small figure?
What Lu Yun said was just one thing and one thing in mind.
The car stopped, Han Zhou opened the back door and got out, and the staff of the charity dinner immediately came forward to greet him.
The reporters also rushed forward and took photos frantically.
Han Zhou adjusted the buttons of his suit and smiled.
While reporters around were filming frantically.
A team of people were ready. The leader held the intercom and said, "Prepare to make a hole."
They were prepared to give a warning as soon as they entered the door.
It’s also very simple. Just let some reporters in and ask them about Han Zhou’s donation.
However, the man holding the intercom spoke again as soon as he finished saying this: "Stop the reporters and don't let anyone in!!!"
A middle-aged man got out of the driver's seat of Han Zhou's Shanhai car with a smile on his face.
The reporters were stunned at first, and then started filming frantically.
Lu Xiusheng, founder and president of Penguin Group, got out of the car and smiled as he walked: "It's really good."
Han Zhou said happily: "I thought this car was nice, right? If you like this one, I'll give it to you."
Lv Xiusheng: "That's not necessary. I'll talk to Shanhai about it and equip all the middle-level managers in the company with this car."
Shanhai Group would never have imagined that it had picked up such a big order out of nowhere.
Lu Xiusheng and Han Zhou walked in side by side, and reporters were madly calling them and taking pictures.
Han Zhou doesn't have the habit of staying on the red carpet for too long, and Lu Xiusheng doesn't like it even more.
The two of them walked in quickly.
At the intersection, Lv Yun saw Lv Xiusheng coming out. He was stunned for a moment, then walked up to him, laughed and greeted him: "Long time no see! You're here to attend the meeting today?"
Lu Xiusheng smiled and said, "I came to take a look. I happened to be in Shanghai and didn't have much to do."
Zhao Qilin, the founder of the Bara Charity Dinner, greeted Han Zhou: "Teacher Han, it's rare to see you! You actually have time to attend our charity dinner this year. I didn't see you in previous years, hahahaha."
Han Zhou said indifferently: "You didn't invite me in the past few years."
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere at the scene immediately turned cold.
Seeing Han Zhou's impolite words, the president of Jianheng Group also wanted to show off, so he stepped forward and smiled: "Hello, Mr. Han Zhou."
Han Zhou turned and looked at him.
The president of Jianheng Group said happily: "Come to think of it, I've heard a lot about you."
"The old cow from Mengshan told me about you."
After he said this, even Lu Yun and Lu Xiusheng stopped talking and just listened to him.
The old cow from Mengshan was imprisoned for some things two years ago and has not come out yet.
The president of Jianheng Group smiled and said, "But it's true... Tsk tsk, Mr. Han should be more cautious when making friends and endorsing products. Don't always endorse things like this. If you have the chance, you can cooperate with our Jianheng Group."
Even Lu Xiusheng, a smiling Buddha-like figure, couldn't help but take a few more glances at this weirdo.
Does that mean I, Lu Xiusheng, am not a good person either?
Han Zhou glanced at him and said, "Jianheng Group? I've never heard of it. I don't endorse small companies like this."
Han Zhou looked at Lu Yun and said, "Boss Lu, it's rare to see you."
Lu Yun smiled and said, "Then you are quite busy. You are a busy person, rarely seen."
Han Zhou smiled and said, "I finally met you. I must tell you something."
Lu Yun was confused.
Han Zhou: "I often play in your Ali's forest, and finally planted two Haloxylon ammodendron trees. Last time, a crew from our company went to see where you planted the trees, and they said that my two Haloxylon ammodendron trees only had numbers on them, but they were already dead."
Lu Yun's face darkened.
Han Zhou said happily: "Our company is planning to shoot a documentary about the Three North Shelterbelt Project."
“So I went over to take a closer look.”
Lu Yun's sullen face brightened up a bit, and he smiled: "Really? If a tree dies, we can continue to plant it. It's not as difficult as making a comeback."
Han Zhou said happily: "It's normal for the trees to die in the hot sun. It's just that Ahri needs to take better care of the trees, otherwise it wouldn't be cheating consumers!"
Han Zhou also smiled. Lu Xiusheng said, "Let's go in first."
Han Zhou smiled and said, "Excuse me, you two."
In fact, no matter who wants to deal with Han Zhou, it is quite easy, except Ahri.
Because when Ali criticizes Hanzhou, he is simply criticizing an industry, because Hanzhou is just an industry.
But Han Zhou can steal a hundred properties from Ali.
Each one is deadly.
Han Zhou knew what was going on today, so he used his invincibility as soon as he came up, jumping and slashing to use his ultimate.
If you have the guts, try it and see who has a worse reputation next year.
Lu Yun directly threatened to destroy the New World.
Given Ahri's domineering nature, this is nothing new.
But Han Zhou directly said that he was at the peak of his career, and if you were interested, go and give it a try.
After entering the venue, many entrepreneurs found their seats.
On the stage, many stars were preparing to take photos.
It’s the same old scene and the same old story.
There is nothing new under the sun. In front of the camera, it’s all about scrambling for the center position.
On the stage, someone invited Han Zhou to take a photo together.
Han Zhou thought about it for a moment and went on stage.
Han Zhou could imagine what news would appear afterwards.
"Han Zhou took the C position, but only donated XXX"
Anyone else might be fooled by this method, but Han Zhou wouldn't.
But he still went on stage.
The female stars who were just fighting for the C position now invited Han Zhou to stand in the middle.
Han Zhou glanced at the stage, walked to the host, and grabbed the microphone.
Many stars looked at Han Zhou, wondering what he was going to do.
After all, whatever Han Zhou did was normal. After all, everyone knew that Han Zhou was not particular about details.
Han Zhou picked up the microphone and said, "Everyone, is it so difficult to line up?"
"Hurry up and finish filming, and start now. If you don't start, it will be dark."
Everyone was laughing.
Han Zhou: "I suggest that we line up from left to right according to height. Come, let me see who is the shortest."
"Come here, it's your turn, Ah Xi, come this way, Ling Yan is the second one, Liu Mei is the third one, come here..."
Han Zhou arranged their positions one by one.
Then he stood at the other end.
Grab the C position? You guys spoil me!
If Han Zhou just made a suggestion, these people might not listen.
But Han Zhou called out everyone's names one by one, who would dare not listen?
If you don't listen, won't you be remembered?
After the people in front started lining up according to their height, those behind also started moving on their own.
The formation was completed directly.
After Han Zhou stood among the crowd, the photographer was still in a daze.
'What kind of scene have I not seen? (crossed out)'
"I've never seen such a scene before!"
Han Zhou: "Photographer, take pictures quickly."
The photographer woke up from his dream and started taking pictures immediately.
All the celebrities also put on professional smiles.
I had put a lot of effort into grabbing the center position, but now it’s all fucked up.
The problem of the C position has been solved, and the next issue is charity.
Han Zhou didn't want to pay.
Since New World is such a large company and has its own charity plan, why would it donate money to other charities? Especially since it is from the Ali family.
It is hard to say whether they really do charity or not. After all, the scale of protective forests in the whole country is 0.2%, and the whole desertification control depends on it. Who would dare to trust them if they really do charity?
Han Zhou didn't want to pay, but also didn't want to be scolded, so he found a rich man to pay.
Lu Xiusheng sat in the audience, watching Han Zhou straighten out the entertainment industry queue on the stage, and then watching Han Zhou leave the stage, smiling: "It feels like being the king."
Han Zhou laughed loudly: "Don't be funny, this is a new era and a new society."
The dinner is about to begin.
But what happened tonight was more complicated than Han Zhou had imagined.