Chapter 73 Chen Feng: Write this song for him, give it to me...
Han Zhou spoke in a mysterious way, which scared Lin Xiaoxing a lot.
At 11:30 in the evening, Lin Xiaoxing's nanny car appeared downstairs of Tianle Building.
In a skewers shop, Lin Xiaoxing: "You scared me to death."
Who would have thought that Lin Xiaoxing, who is good at love songs, always a handsome gentleman... and now appears in the image of a handsome middle-aged man, would say this.
After Han Zhou finished his description, Lin Xiaoxing breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, Lin Xiaoxing told Han Zhou the truth.
"That's my nephew."
Han Zhou was stunned.
It's... normal for a nephew to look alike with his uncle.
But what's the matter with the nephew scolding his uncle in the bar?
"Every family has its own problems." Lin Xiaoxing talked about his family.
Han Zhou was stunned after hearing this.
It's actually simple to say.
Life is nothing but money.
About twenty-five years ago, Lin Xiaoxing was eighteen years old and his older brother was twenty-three.
This year, their father died.
So the two brothers took all their property and moved from Guangzhou to Yanjing.
All the family property was used to open a hotel.
Then, the hotel suffered huge losses.
Twenty-five years ago in this world, which is 97 years, is equivalent to about 92 years in the previous life.
At that time, opening a hotel seemed to be a glamorous investment that would bring one into the upper class.
However, no industry is easy to run.
At the beginning, Lin Xiaoxing was a playful person and didn't care about management.
And his elder brother is not cut out for management.
Therefore, the hotel suffered huge losses.
"If you had used that money back then, you could have bought a courtyard house in Yanjing." Han Zhou: "Now you two brothers can just lie down and count the money ."
Lin Xiaoxing laughed awkwardly: "Stabbing with a knife, right?"
Things got even more bloody afterwards.
When the two brothers were down and out and about to leave the capital, they met a girl who was studying in Yanjing.
This girl used to be in the entertainment industry. She became famous when she was a teenager and starred in TV series. Two of her TV series became hits in a row. The older generation in this world still miss that face very much.
Two brothers compete, who wins?
Of course, the considerate eldest brother won.
Lin Xiaoxing lost.
That was twenty years ago, and Lin Xiaoxing was already twenty-three.
He was caught and beaten in the love and business field.
So he went south to the Taiwan Strait.
Although there is no such thing as Two Sides of the Taiwan Strait and Three Places in this world, the Taiwan Strait at that time was more open due to its geographical location and environment, and the entertainment industry was already booming.
It was at that time that Lin Xiaoxing was spotted by the older generation record king Du Hai, with the goal of training him to be a king of love songs.
Of course, I failed because of a missed opportunity.
However, Lin Xiaoxing was also successful, to the extent that most of his fans thought that Lin Xiaoxing was from the Taiwan Strait.
As time goes by, there is a bit of hatred between Lin Xiaoxing and his elder brother.
Of course, the older generation doesn’t take this very seriously.
I won't bring it up.
But Lin Jianqiu is different.
Since childhood, Lin Jianqiu has known that the handsome Lin Xiaoxing is his uncle.
When he grew up, Lin Xiaoxing was at the height of his popularity. On campus, you could hear classmates listening to Lin Xiaoxing's songs everywhere.
Lin Jianqiu was very dissatisfied with this uncle.
Basically, people think that Lin Xiaoxing looks down on his poor relatives.
It’s really hard to say about genes. An uncle who can sing and a mother who can act but has retired.
Lin Jianqiu has this talent, and now, step by step, Lin Jianqiu has reached this step.
The process was not complicated and Han Zhou understood it.
"So, you sang those sad songs for your sister-in-law?" Han Zhou asked.
Lin Xiaoxing glared at Han Zhou: "Don't talk nonsense..."
Han Zhou understood that if there was a chance to film Ashes of Time, he would definitely let Lin Xiaoxing play Ouyang Feng.
Han Zhou finally understood: "Okay, Lin Jianqiu is your nephew, right? I understand."
Lin Xiaoxing: "Now... has he signed with your company?"
Han Zhou nodded.
Lin Xiaoxing hesitated for a moment and sighed: "Then you have to help me take care of it."
Han Zhou: "Of course I will take care of my people, and I promised his mother that I will not cheat him. As for whether he can continue in this circle, it depends on himself."
Lin Xiaoxing took a sip of wine and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. When are you going to write a song for me? I've already transferred the money to you."
"Did you call me?"
Han Zhou took out a pen and paper from his trouser pocket: "Write, write now."
Lin Xiaoxing watched Han Zhou write a song, looked at the score, and read the lyrics: "Is this... something a human can sing?"
"How can we sing such fast lyrics without rhyme?"
Han Zhou looked up: "Not rhyming? No way, you left home at a young age and you have completely forgotten Cantonese?"
"Vernacular song?!" Lin Xiaoxing looked at it again and had an impression in his mind: "Huh..."
"Is this... a love song?"
Han Zhou tapped the pen on the table. "I advise you to stop thinking about it. You are not a child anymore, and you still want to be the king of love songs."
"Zhang Ceyong of Universal China also sings love songs. With him as the love song king suppressing you, you will never be able to become the love song king in your life."
"Changing my thinking, how about the Vernacular King?"
"The King of Vernacular...it doesn't sound very auspicious..."
Han Zhou joked, "Then call yourself the King of Guangdong Province? The King of Lingnan? You can call yourself whatever you want. Who cares what your fans call you? Did you give yourself the title of King of Singers?"
Han Zhou has finished writing the song: "This is for you. This song is definitely worth more than a million."
"Even if your songs don't win the hearts of the fans, you can use the money to find a Cantonese TV series and sell the copyright royalties to make your money back... I still have some money to share, hahahahaha."
Lin Xiaoxing looked at the song title: "The Difficult Sutra to Recite..."
"Have you ever thought that I'm already forty-three? Singing this... is going to kill me?!"
Han Zhou: "Then I don't care. I just write, not sing."
It's up to you to kill and not to bury.
Lin Xiaoxing took a deep breath: "Okay, I'll try."
After finishing his drink, Lin Xiao walked out of the restaurant and smiled: "Boy, do you really think I can't sing because I'm too old? I must get this song!"
Soon, Lin Xiaoxing sent the score to a small group.
After a while, Chen Feng@Han Zhou in the group chat: "You wrote "The Hard Sutra" for him and "The Train is Leaving Soon" for me?"
Liu Yiling: "This matter can't be resolved, right?"
Chen Feng: “Sneer/JPG”
"You don't know, but the company recently gave me a job to sing a movie theme song. Guess who wrote it?"
Liu Yiling: “…”
"Han Zhou?!"
Chen Feng: "They said that the creator specifically asked me, Chen Feng, to sing it."
"Write that song. It's called 'Monkey Show'."
Liu Yiling laughed out loud after reading it, shaking as she typed: "Hahahaha, monkey show? "Chanting Chen Feng" is it?"
Chen Feng gritted his teeth and sent a voice message: "Director Ma said after I signed the contract that this song can fill the gap of rock music in the funeral industry."
"This is a big deal in the rock industry, and I have to do it..."
Lin Xiaoxing: "Isn't this... quite appropriate?"
"You are going to fight for the rock industry your whole life. It's time to blaze a trail. Are you scared?"
Han Zhou peeked at the screen.
Liu Yiling sent a red envelope: "Don't be angry, Han Zhou is still young, and he can write many songs in the future. I will write you a song suitable for large-scale promotion in the future."
Han Zhou grabbed the red envelope in seconds.
"Huh? Only one copy?"
Chen Feng's mentality collapsed: "You bastard, you still want to steal my red envelope?!!!"
Han Zhou: "Oh, I drank too much with Brother Lin, and I feel a little dizzy. I can't see clearly what you guys are saying. I have a headache, so I'm leaving now."
Chen Feng was furious: "You are talking nonsense. Lin Xiaoxing drank to death and you didn't even faint. Do you think this is the first day I met you, Han Zhou?!"
Lin Xiaoxing: “???”
“Subway, old man, mobile phone/jpg”
Han Zhou really ran away.
Because An Lan called.
"Hey, aren't you coming to bed?"
Han Zhou: "I have something to do tomorrow, so I'll just find a place to rest in Tianle today."
An Lan: "Then will you come to record "Love the Country More than the Beauty" tomorrow? I plan to take half a day off tomorrow."
Han Zhou: "How many classes did you take at the Central Academy of Drama throughout the year? Asking for leave again? I'll just record songs at Tianle. I signed a new artist today and will give him a good lesson tomorrow."
An Lan: "Okay..."
…
Han Zhou returned to Tianle and went all the way to the floor where Wang Xiya's office was.
The lights were on in the office, and Han Zhou knocked on the door directly.
Wang Xiya: "Who is it? Come in."
Han Zhou pushed the door open and walked in.
At this time, Wang Xiya was pressing the calculator.
"Return to zero, return to zero~"
"17, 32, 23, plus 127,182..."
Han Zhou: "What does it count?"
"Box office." Wang Xiya looked up and saw that it was Han Zhou: "Now the box office of Hello Mr. Tree has dropped to six figures, and it will soon drop to five figures."
A drop to five digits means that the film will be pulled from almost all theaters.
Han Zhou was curious: "How much is it?"
Wang Xiya: "Twenty-nine million, estimated to be... thirty-one million in the end."
"It seems that An Lan and your fans are quite capable. If this movie is promoted normally, the box office will be at most three or four million."
"Three or four million is not bad." Han Zhou stepped forward and asked: "Why do you always have no chair in your office?"
Wang Xiya stood up: "Sit here."
As he said this, he stretched.
Because there is heating indoors and she is not wearing much, her sexy waist is undoubtedly highlighted in this action.
Han Zhou sat in the boss's swivel chair, looking at the computer, which was running a real-time box office website: "Is this what you study all day?"
This movie is nothing to Tianle.
Wang Xiya: "Go up a level, a movie with 30 million is better than a movie with 20 million."
As she spoke, Wang Xiya sat down on the desk, supporting herself on the edge with her hands and swinging her calves.
"In my opinion, with a box office of 30 million, plus nominations and even awards from at least five film festivals at home and abroad, this movie can be considered an epic success."
Han Zhou nodded: "Indeed, although I didn't make any money, I gained some fame."
How much money did Tianle invest in this? Mailang and Universal also pushed it hard. The cost of many things involved cannot be calculated, but in fact there are hidden costs.
In fact, this movie lost money at the box office.
However, after doing the math, it turns out that this is not the case. After doing the math, it turns out to be a huge profit.
Of course, big profits require paying taxes, so whether or not to take the hidden costs into account depends on whether Tianle is willing to lose more.
As long as you are willing to lose money, you can spend money to buy a box office of 10 million, or lose 6 million.
Wang Xiya: "I didn't keep watching it, but it's almost twelve o'clock, so I calculated it."
At this point, Wang Xiya interrupted the conversation: "I heard that you caught a few Tianle trainees in the bar today?"
Han Zhou nodded: "A few little girls sneaked out to play and I met them."
Wang Xiya narrowed her eyes and snorted, "It seems that it is time to set the rules."
You have to know that in Korea or the country of cherry blossoms, the trainees have a very hard time and the rules are very strict. Sneak out to play? Don't even think about it.
Han Zhou searched skillfully on the computer: "I have decided to expand the company's staff. In addition to the artists, I now need at least three assistants."
"One to help me with business matters."
"One helps me sort out the creative materials."
"And another one is going to help me connect with people and things in the entertainment industry."
“Looking at this structure, what positions do I need to recruit now?”
Wang Xiya knew all about this: "The first is logistics, which is divided into human resources, front desk, and procurement."
"human Resources……"
Wang Xiya told the story again, and Han Zhou felt overwhelmed.
Meaning that there is only me, an assistant director and a photographer, and the company needs to employ more than 60 people to form the basic structure of an entertainment company? !
In his previous life, Ma De worked in a software company, a software company with an output value of over 100 million, but only had about a hundred people.
Han Zhou felt a little pressured.
These sixty people are still a must.
If we recruit on a maximum scale, we will need nearly 110 people.
Even if the average salary plus all personnel expenses is calculated, the total cost per person is 6,000 yuan per month, which means the cost per month is 660,000 yuan.
And if it is put into operation, according to Wang Xiya, the average business operating funds for each employee will be at least 7,000 yuan per month.
Including travel allowances, business activity reimbursement, material consumption, etc.
Regardless of whether the business deal is concluded or not, it will cost this much money to open an entertainment company.
In other words, I have to pay out 1.5 million a month to make ends meet.
That’s 17 million per year…
No wonder other celebrities only open studios and not companies.
Who the hell can stand this?!
Moreover, if the company has good book performance, will it give out bonuses at the end of the year?
The benefits are good, should we expand the scale?
For example, if an artist like Wang Chuyang is to be successfully promoted and become famous above the third-tier level, he will need a team of at least five people.
If he reaches the second line, he will need twenty people to provide logistics support for one person.
This type is not bad, as it has visible profits and the income and expenditure are easy to calculate.
What if there is another assistant director like Zhang Jiuquan?
What if Zhang Jiuquan is promoted to be a director in the future?
The annual investment should be at least 10 million as a basis. If you invest more, there will be no limit.
For photographers like Chen Xiaoyong, if they want to consider long-term training, they need a fixed team.
The annual expenditure is at least five million.
If we take into account other filming teams, such as hiring Teacher Yaorao to set up a styling design department, the money invested a year would be at least more than 30 million.
Of course, this includes the rental of costumes, props, and dresses, fashions, and jewelry for the company's artists' commercial performances and evening parties.
Who can afford this expense? I didn’t read novels like this before! Why do so many people have to wait for meals in the company? !
Han Zhou: "Why don't you pay to acquire New World?"
Wang Xiya: "Why would I buy your shell company?"
Han Zhou: “…”
Wang Xiya continued to talk about the entertainment company’s other expenses.
After he finished speaking, Han Zhou’s eyes went dark.
Han Zhou was very anxious, anxious king, anxious, anxious, anxious, anxious, anxious, anxious, anxious, anxious, anxious, anxious: "Have you finished the promotion plan for "He is a Dragon"!? How much do you want?"
Wang Xiya: "We need at least 60% to do it."
Han Zhou: "Let me see."
After reading the plan, Han Zhou pondered for a moment and said, "Give me an extra 5 million in costs, transfer it to New World's account, and use it to operate the short video platform. With this condition, I'll give you 60% and I'll take 40% of the profits."
"Push it quickly, it must be released in theaters during the Spring Festival!"
I originally thought that the huge returns from the extremely low-cost film "This Man From Earth" would be enough to allow me to live a carefree life for a few years.
I didn't expect it, it's just bullshit.
Even if they made hundreds of millions, it would only cover the annual expenses of a small-scale entertainment company, and the development plan was almost to maintain the lowest development efficiency investment state!
What's more, there is no way this movie can make hundreds of millions.
No wonder the middle-aged and elderly managers in entertainment companies like Liu Jianxi are all bald. If not bald, who else would be bald?
Every day when I open my eyes, I find that the boss owes the company more than 3 million yuan. Who can bear this?
Unless the company never develops and remains as it is now with only three people!
But Han Zhou must run this company!
New world, no matter how difficult it is, we must do it!
