February 2nd, the dragon raises its head, and spring arrives.
A month passed quickly.
It has been a month since the Spring Festival.
"Real Challenge" has recorded its ninth episode and aired eight episodes.
A month has passed since the Spring Festival, and many new people have emerged in the entertainment industry, and many old employees have contributed. Of course, at the same time, an equal number of people have left this circle.
It has been a month since the Spring Festival period.
All movies released during the Spring Festival have been officially taken off the shelves.
In the end, the highest-grossing film was still the American film "Mars", which grossed 2.3 billion.
"The Assassin's Creed" made a strong push in the later stages and slowly caught up to 2.1 billion, but unfortunately they were very exhausted in the last week and had no chance of surpassing "Skyrim", otherwise it might have given it a try if it was postponed.
"Pigsy" grossed 600 million yuan, no more, no less.
Originally, the expected box office for this movie was 1 billion, but half a month after the Spring Festival, "Auntie Fu" was re-released, and the first market to be crushed was "Pigsy" because after school started, there was no such thing as family fun.
"Pink and White Lovers" grossed 320 million.
After "A Lonely Lamp" gained good reputation on the first day, it made subsequent efforts, coupled with Tianle's various planning and promotions, and the final box office revenue remained at 530 million.
"He is a Dragon" grossed 510 million.
It can almost be said that it was a bumper harvest for everyone.
Such a good box office market was unexpected by all film and television companies. Perhaps only Han Zhou knew in advance that the emergence of 5G in the Internet era and the development of the box office market were synchronized.
"He is a Dragon" grossed 510 million.
After the final calculation, 250 million was divided out, with Tianle getting 60% and New World getting 40%.
The New World is divided into exactly 100 million.
But taxation is different from the previous life.
In the past, a few percent of the box office revenue would be directly taxed, and then after the cinema chain shared the profits, the film company would be taxed again directly.
After the film company completes its share of the profits, it will have to pay value-added tax.
A total of three tax payments were made.
In this world, after the account division is completed, each company will pay taxes separately, which is also Han Sisheng's suggestion.
This method can avoid collective punishment caused by tax evasion and can also avoid tax evasion as much as possible.
In other words, everyone pays taxes separately. If you want to die, you die alone. If you want to commit tax evasion, you do it alone.
This forms an excellent tax system because, if one company does not want to evade taxes and pays the full amount of taxes, other companies will be forced to pay the full amount of taxes because the tax department will get all the movie revenue data first.
In order to avoid being cheated by other companies, companies will compete to pay taxes.
This is called the chain of suspicion.
The tax on this part of New World's income is as high as 25%, but this part will not be taxed directly.
Because of this income, New World's financial accounting shows that the company will have personnel expenses of eight million.
The company calculated that the cost of operating the film was as high as four million, totaling twelve million.
After deducting 12 million, the remaining 63 million will be subject to 25% tax.
In the end, New World made a profit of 47 million on this project!
After getting the data, Han Zhou roughly calculated that out of the 500 million box office, he earned 47 million, which was considered a lot.
In the past life, when making a movie, the film company would generally get 30 to 40 percent of the profits.
On Earth, the percentage is around 48 percent.
“It’s too complicated to calculate, but the benefits are huge!”
Han Zhou has been extremely busy this month!
Han Zhou contacted advertisers one after another and finally negotiated three advertisements.
Then I participated in the shooting of an advertisement and the production of two advertisements for Mengshan Dairy.
The filming of the advertisement took six full days in freezing cold weather, at a grassland that Hu Jiansheng had found in the south.
Then after coming back, I participated in the production of the "Train is Flying" version of the advertisement.
"The Train Is Flying" is a children's song, and it was finally sung by the most unlucky Rang Bing. However, this version was only released once because Mengshan invited three different children's choirs and performing companies to produce three versions of the children's song.
The advertising version of "The Train Is Flying Fast" is actually "Wangzai Milk" with the lyrics changed by Wangzai in his previous life. Han Zhou changed the lyrics of Wangzai Milk to Mengshan Milk.
In the end, Bing was too embarrassed to sing and accept the performance fee, so Han Zhou found the Yanjing Children's Choir to cooperate with him.
In the end, Han Zhou received 4 million in production fees, and the Yenching Children's Choir received 2 million in production fees and the performance rights for two versions.
After returning to Yanjing, in addition to producing "Mengshan Milk Version of Train Flying", Han Zhou also participated in the print advertising shooting of Longyi Clothing and Tianlishan Mineral Water.
This wave of income, totaling 14 million after tax, was all invested in New World's recent consumption.
In order to poach those people from Speedcom Media, almost all the money was spent.
Han Zhou recruited an entire music production team, a TV drama production team, and half a film production team from Sutong Media.
New World now has to pay out 3.5 million in monthly wages alone.
But fortunately, the advertising revenue helped us get through the period when we couldn’t share the box office revenue.
But now, New World’s account is empty again.
In order to equip the music production team with equipment and purchase the props and equipment needed for the filming of "The World's Number One", Han Zhou spent all the money in his account.
The profit share of "He is a Dragon" will not come until at least the third month of the lunar calendar, which is April of the solar calendar.
But now, the preliminary shooting of "The World's Number One" has started.
Han Sisheng introduced a very capable director, Zhou Xuyun, to the team to serve as deputy director and executive director.
Zhang Jiuqun now directly becomes Zhou Xuyun's apprentice and has taken his team to Tangcheng Film and Television City in Xi'an.
After getting Han Zhou's script and shooting plan, Zhou Xuyun only did one thing these days: spending money.
Every day, Han Zhou would receive calls from Zhang Jiuquan asking for money.
"Are you asking for my life?!" Han Zhou said speechlessly, "Wait a little longer. The costume company will definitely pay off next week. The camera rental company will try to lower the price. If that doesn't work, we'll have to wait another week to get the money."
Han Zhou still has to rely on himself to make money and hold on for another month before he can wait for his share of the revenue from "He is a Dragon".
Now Han Zhou has only one way left to make money.
"The Voice of Dark Gold"!
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In recent days, the marketing of "Voice of Dark Gold" has been fully launched.
“Dark Gold Voice, a brand new challenge in the music variety show mode.”
"There is an old Chinese saying that gold will always shine, but can gold really shine in a place without light? This is the origin of the name Dark Gold Voice."
"All singers will cover their faces when performing on stage."
"The scariest thing is that they won't be able to decide what songs they sing. Everything will be decided by their opponents and netizens!"
"A song consists of four parts: lyrics, music, arrangement, and singing. The change in style in each part will lead to a qualitative change in the song, either turning a classic song into a rubbish performance, or turning an unknown song that no one cares about into a classic performance."
"In the simplest terms, you may encounter the following demands on this program."
"'Sing a little love song in a rough style', 'Sing a folk song in a popular style', 'Arrange a beautiful canto song into a pop song', 'Change a song about family and country into a love song style'."
"Of course, because this kind of collision is too intense, the program team gave the singers the right to refuse. For example, if a national song is changed into a love song, the singer can refuse."
“But every rejection makes the audience question the singer’s ability.”
Many netizens found this introductory video very interesting.
Who wants to listen to singers singing songs that can be heard on music apps participating in a competition show? What’s the point of that?
Why are you competing if everyone is being so polite?
"Haha, I wonder if anyone will get the title and sing the nursery rhyme in all its charms."
"Pfft~ The picture is so beautiful that I can't even imagine it."
And there is more than one music critic that netizens are focusing on discussing.
Soon someone released the latest news: "Just got the latest news, according to a tip-off, there is a big devil setting in "Dark Gold Voice"!"
It soon attracted many netizens to join in the fun.
"What the hell!? What does the big devil setting mean?"
"The big devil should be the kind who sings very, very well."
"Very powerful? That's too simple. I heard that the Great Demon King in the Great Demon King system is at least at the quasi-king level or national team level."
"??? Are you kidding me, that's bullshit."
"The perversion is not just here. The most perverted thing is that if a singer in the current issue accidentally chooses the same topic as the big devil, he will be pulled out to practice alone with the big devil."
"That year I put my hands in my pockets and got beaten until my head was bleeding, right?"
"So, who's going to participate?"
"Haha, the program team has spread the word that there are now five first-tier singers participating, and it is even suspected that a superstar has taken on the job of challenger instead of big devil."
"…Is this king crazy?"
For those who don’t pay attention to variety shows, or those who only eat the eggs without watching the hens, "The Voice of Dark Gold" is calm and uneventful, as if there is no news at all.
For hardcore music fans who listen to songs every day and passers-by who watch and pay attention to variety shows every day, the reputation of Dark Gold Voice has exploded.
What does this variety show mean?
Invite singers that are familiar to everyone, but don’t show their faces or let everyone know their identities.
Invite a bunch of well-known singers, but don't allow them to choose their own topics.
What if someone who is good at love songs chooses patriotism, or what if someone who is good at beautiful voice chooses R&B?
Also, the Big Devil system is also a scam.
What if the king of heaven fails?!
Not to mention the superstar, even if a veteran first-tier star fails, it's a disgrace!
Moreover, it seems that there are too many invited singers rumored online. With so many people, what is the competition system like?
Next, more explosive news came.
"In the first round of on-site scoring, those with low scores can choose to reveal their masks or not. Those who reveal their masks will be eliminated, while those who don't will enter the next round to continue the challenge."
"This competition system means that those who sang badly can reveal their faces and admit that they were embarrassed. If they don't admit it, they will go to the next round and get beaten again? In the end, it may be an even more humiliating reveal?"
"You can't say that. It could be a counterattack, right?"
"Wait a minute, you only mentioned the rules for revealing your face, then what about those who haven't revealed their face? And what if someone guesses your true identity?"
"It seems to be saying that if your identity is not exposed, you can continue to participate in every episode. If your identity is exposed and you qualify for the finals, you can just wait for the finals."
"If your true identity is revealed and you haven't qualified for the semi-finals yet... you will be eliminated immediately!"
"Ah? In other words, the one who is the strongest, who can defeat everyone without revealing his true singing voice and characteristics, may not reveal his true identity until the last moment?"
"It's not that simple. It's not just about the singer's ability. In this kind of competition, the opponents and netizens choose the topics. It tests the strength of the entire music team, not just the singer's ability alone."
Soon everyone understood what was going on.
For example, if the song is based on a fatal theme of "sad lyrics and cheerful arrangement", the song produced by the singer without a strong enough team may not be pleasing to the ear at all.
Isn't this just waiting to be beaten?
"No... How much does a show like this cost to produce? Which of these people doesn't spend millions per show? Isn't this... a budget explosion?"
"Nonsense, if the money is not enough, which first-line singer or even superstar is willing to take the risk of possible embarrassment to participate?"
"I saw a comment section saying that a superstar was worried that the live voting system might be hacked, so the production team promised to broadcast the entire semi-finals live and conduct online voting, which directly increased the competitiveness."
On-site voting is always controllable.
Once this happens, the final champion is essentially a foregone conclusion.
Once online voting is introduced, the fight will become real.
There would be no such thing as a singer choosing a simple topic for another singer.
The outside world was already arguing, but at this time, Han Zhou was already participating in the first recording.
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Han Zhou was wearing a red duck headgear and a robe.
In front of me is the camera crew.
Chief Director Wang Jietao said, "Contestant Red Duck, why did you choose this mask or headgear?"
Han Zhou: "I like to eat sweet-skinned duck."
Wang Jietao: "So this is actually a cooked duck? Doesn't it have a bad connotation?"
Han Zhou: "Anyone with life experience knows that a cooked duck will surely take off."
Wang Jietao, the chief director of "Dark Gold Voice", smiled and said, "As the first singer, our first topic will be chosen by the program team. Each topic is the most difficult choice the program team has chosen for the singer. Are you mentally prepared?"
Han Zhou, wearing a transformation device, said in a quacking voice: "Yes... or no?"
Wang Jietao smiled: "There is no script, just speak according to your own reality."
Han Zhou was laughing, but what came out of his laughter was: "Ha ha ha ~"
"Then I'm not afraid."
Wang Jietao: "So, this is the title of your first recording. You only have three days to make this song. Does your team support making such a song?"
Han Zhou took the question card, took a look at it, and put it down directly: "I am the team."
Wang Jietao: "I admire your courage and talent."
Han Zhou: "Wait a minute, isn't there a big devil involved? Who will meet the big devil in the first episode? Isn't it chosen by the program team?"
Wang Jietao nodded: "You have a one in five chance of crashing into the car demon king."
Han Zhou: "Only one fifth?"
Wang Jietao: “???”
Han Zhou: "I understand. I'll go get ready."
The camera was aimed at the question card, and what was written on the question card was a question that the stupid netizen had imagined.
【Happy sad song.】
"Your arrangement, song, and singing style should all combine to give the audience a song with a cheerful melody, but your lyrics must be sad."
It is not limited to love songs.
It can also be a patriotic song with a cheerful tune but rich connotation.
It can also be a Chinese style song with a cheerful tune but nostalgic for the past and present.
There can be many options.
This restriction is very big, but also very small.
Wang Jietao: "See you in three days."
As soon as the camera was turned off, Han Zhou said, "Director, when will you pay me? I'm a bit poor."
Wang Jietao laughed awkwardly: "I... will try my best to help you speed it up, but you know, the whole process must be kept confidential to avoid being leaked, so... it's a bit slow."
Han Zhou: "We can hardly make ends meet at home."
Wang Jietao felt that he had gotten himself into trouble.
Among all the singers, you are the lowest in status, but you ask for money very quickly!
Two days later, on Friday, the pilot episode was broadcast on Lizhi TV.
Han Zhou had also sneaked to Jinling and appeared in Litchi Terrace wearing a duck mask.
A woman dressed like the Black Queen, who was obviously a female singer participating in the competition, came over, with many black roses adorning her body. "Oh, so cute, hello, Peking Duck!"
Han Zhou: “…”
"Are you COSing a maid?"
Black Rose: "Please call me, Queen."