China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 166 The annual profit is 4500 million+, but life is still tight

At the end of October 2000, "Journey to the West" officially ended on three satellite TVs in Beijing, Lu Province, and Qin Province.

In the finale, Sun Wukong self-sacrificed and turned into a relic, which made many children cry. Later, Monkey King was revived and named as the Patriarch of Ten Thousand Buddhas, Nanwu Great Sacred Relic Zunwang Buddha, which made the children laugh through their tears.

The big villain Wutian is in the ending plot, and the scene where his flowing long hair suddenly becomes tattooed and bald also left a deep impression on countless people.

I got bald and got killed too!

Similarly, there is another point that has been complained about in the finale. After the Tathagata Buddha returned to his throne, he made the two mortal girlfriends, Fairy Biyou and Bailianhua, all gods.

The former is Dharma Protector Zen Bodhisattva, and the latter is White Lotus Madonna Bodhisattva.

Avalokitesvara, Manjusri, Samantabhadra:? ? ?

However, while everyone made complaints, they also felt that the plot was very realistic. One person wins the Tao, the dog ascends to heaven, and no matter how well the employees do, it is not as good as the boss's wife counterattacking the superior.

But the complaints belong to the complaints. In fact, according to the plot of "Journey to the West", it is reasonable for these two Bodhisattvas to be named.

Fairy Biyou is the apprentice of Emperor Donghua and Gonggong. In terms of status and qualifications, she can be regarded as a half-big boss among the gods, almost tied for three stars with the Eight Immortals.

In terms of credit, Qiao Ling'er was besieged by Wutian's men in the later period, and Fairy Biyou rescued her from fire and water many times, and finally even sacrificed to save the gods.

In other words, the heavenly court and the gods of Lingshan owe her a favor, and based on this alone, it is not too much to be a Buddha.

Although Bai Lianhua has weak heels and feet, she can't support her thick thighs. She worships Tang Seng as her master, and Sun Wukong and others are her senior brothers.

You know, Tang Seng and Sun Wukong were both named Buddhas in the end, Zhu Bajie, Drifting Monk, and Little White Dragon were also named Buddhas, and Bai Lianhua had these masters and brothers walking directly sideways in Lingshan.

Bai Lianhua is also married to Qiao Ling'er for three generations, so to put it bluntly, she is the official spouse of the palace.

Moreover, she has also made efforts in the mortal world, saving Qiao Ling'er several times, background + official match + merit, making it easy to be a bodhisattva.

No matter what kind of emotion it is, and regardless of the popularity of the Internet and the media, the ratings data of "Journey to the West" is here.

The average ratings of Beijing TV reached 7.9, the average ratings of Lu Provincial TV was 7.4, and the ratings of Qin Provincial TV were the lowest, only around 6.5.

But even so, "Journey to the West" became the Qin Provincial Satellite TV's 2000 annual ratings champion.

The leaders of the Qin Provincial TV station who were in charge before were almost regretting to death. If they had known that this drama was so popular, they would not have given up to Fanxing.

But there are no regret medicines in the world. Fortunately, they still have 20% of the proceeds from "Journey to the West", which can be regarded as consolation.

The influence of Qin Province and Taiwan is slightly lower, and "Journey to the West" won the annual championship of satellite TV, but in Beijing, Taiwan and Lu Province, "Journey to the West" is still slightly inferior.

Even so, this drama also won the fourth place of the year in Beijing and Taiwan, and the second place in Shandong Province and Taiwan.

It is already the end of October. According to the usual practice, if there are any good dramas, they will usually be ranked at the beginning of next year as the opening drama.

Of course, it is not ruled out that there is a dark horse blockbuster, but the possibility is not high. Even if there is, the current data of "Journey to the West" is enough to make many TV stations give up their reserve.

Especially in the rebroadcast of Mad Demon Lu Xingtai, where the finale was replayed for the second time without stopping, and the schedule during the day was also arranged quickly.

Seeing this, Qin Shengtai immediately followed up. Beijing and Taiwan have a big business, and their new drama is on the line. It is not rebroadcast in the prime time, but it also arranges morning and late night shows, and in the afternoon, it will rebroadcast "Youth Bao Qingtian".

The three TV stations were happy to broadcast, but the other TV stations were in a hurry, so they quickly contacted Fanxing for the second round of broadcasting rights, lest the three TV stations squeeze out their potential.

Last time "Youth Bao Qingtian" sold out six satellite TVs in the second round. "Journey to the West" has low popularity data in all aspects, not so popular, and the price is also much lower.

After several rounds of negotiations, the three satellite TV stations of Hui, Suzhou, and Hunan jointly offered a package price of 500 million yuan, monopolizing the second round of broadcasting rights of "Journey to the West".

This price is a bit low. In theory, "Journey to the West" will sell several more equally, and it is expected to get 600-700 million.

However, in addition to the 500 million, the three companies also left some advertising time for Fanxing.

Other TV stations also use advertising time to pay for it, but they can't compare with these three. Hunan TV station is firmly in the first line, and Suzhou TV station has not yet risen, but they can't afford more money, and they are still at the top of the second tier. Anhui Province is also in the second tier.

The influence and advertising effect of these three TV stations are not comparable to those of ordinary provincial TV stations.

To put it bluntly, the advertising time of these three companies can sell money.

Ordinary provincial TV stations have low ratings. Even if you get the advertising time of the TV station, you can't attract advertisers, you can only attract local companies, and the profit is not high.

However, first-line TV stations like Hunan TV and Beijing TV are not out of the question, but it is very easy to get projects, and the price is also high.

It was packaged and sold to three TV stations. Fanxing seemed to have lost 100 to 200 million yuan in the second round of broadcasting rights, and then turned around and made a full 800 million yuan with the placement and TV advertising time.

After Cao Xuan got the data, apart from anything else, he set up an [Advertising Business Department] in Fanxing, which is responsible for sponsorship and advertising for TV dramas.

He has seen through it. If the advertising thing is done well, it will be more profitable than TM directly selling dramas.

These days, TV commercials are of great help to a company. Many star companies start their businesses from TV commercials, so companies are keen to advertise on TV, at all costs.

This is still a satellite TV station, if Fanxing can sell a drama to CCTV a set of prime time someday.

It is incompetent to earn 1000 million for pre-roll ads, and 2000 million is also very promising with a little bit of refreshment. However, CCTV is very strict about this aspect, and sometimes it has to divide the meat.

Generally speaking, it is better to make a lot of money with hits like "Journey to the West".

But this kind of hot money is hard to come by, and Cao Xuan has to have connections, sell three satellite TVs in the first round, and gain influence as quickly as possible, in order to make a lot of money.

If you start from the local stations a little bit, and wait for the fame to rise, the best profit point will be lost, and the income will be greatly reduced.

After all the agreements with the pre-roll ads were negotiated in the second round, Fanxing made an internal calculation.

The first round of 800 million + the second round of 500 million + advertising of 800 million, a total of 2100 million, followed by three rounds of miscellaneous broadcasts, DVDs, Hong Kong and Taiwan copyrights, etc., is expected to reach 2500 million.

Aside from the 20% share given to Qin Shengtai, input costs, taxes and other expenses, Fanxing's income from the "Journey to the West" project is between 1400 million and 1600 million.

Big money!

Coupled with the previous income from "Youth Bao Qingtian", Fanxing's film and television income this year will be more than 2200 million.

It was 30% higher than Cao Xuan's previous estimate, and more than double the estimate of the rest of Fanxing.

Nowadays, the mainland film and television production industry has just started, and even the first batch of private film and television licenses were issued just last year.

Among these companies, the net profit can reach more than 1000 million a year, and the number can be counted.

Fanxing has two blockbusters this year, with a net profit of 2200 million. In mainland private film and television companies, even if it is not the top part, it is definitely the first echelon.

And don't forget, Fanxing's current main business is not film and television, but music production and management, or Cao Xuan's music production and management.

Although the former's new album has not yet been released, the first two albums have also received sales dividends one after another, and there are several million throughout the year.

The latter's remuneration, endorsements, and commercial performances are even bigger. Just one Septwolves endorsement earned 1000 million (before tax).

Including the new album and concert that have not yet started, the remaining income from all parties + film and television is 2200 million, and Fanxing's net profit this year is expected to reach more than 4500 million.

What is the concept today.

Many medium and large state-owned enterprises do not have such a net profit. They beat more than 99% of Internet companies today, and they are definitely among the most profitable group of entertainment companies in the entire mainland.

On November 1997, 11, Cao Xuan's 13nd birthday, Fanxing Studio was established.

The grass-roots team in the first year gradually stepped into the right track in the second year, and now the three-year term is about to expire, and finally began to explode, and the first hit was amazing.

Of course, Fanxing's success this year also has a certain "luck" component. After catching two blockbusters, no one can guarantee whether Fanxing will continue this "good luck" next year, or directly lose everything.

The industry has begun to notice that Fanxing people are silently observing, and some people in the company are looking forward to it, and some are hesitant.

Only Cao Xuan continued to proceed step by step, saying that Fanxing earned 4500 million this year, but part of it has not yet been credited to the account, and the rest will be given to Penguin.

The money actually left on the books is only about 1000 million, but this is enough to start Fanxing's film and television investment in the early stage of next year.

"Love Through Time and Space" is expected to invest 500 million yuan, and will be filmed at Xingmei Film and Television Base in Huairou, Beijing. Chen Hanzhu will be the director and Ding Ying will be the producer.

The heroine, Xiaowanzi, is Hu Jing, the second female policeman is Yuanquan, and the hero, Zhu Yunqi, is Pan Yueming.

The original version of Xu Zheng actually acted well, but his appearance is not high, which turned Zhu Yunwen into a naive.

Of course, this is Zhu Yunwen's character design in the play, but Xu Zheng is better at acting in comedy. This character is not that strong in comedy. There is no need to find Xu Zheng, it is better to get a handsome guy to attract ratings.

Pan Yueming has just made his debut not long ago, with a clean temperament, white and tender, nicknamed Nai Pan, which is very different from the fattest and oily Hu Bayi who was complained by countless people in later generations.

More importantly, he is cheaper than Xu Zheng. Now there is only one movie released, and he is not well-known, and he can get it for tens of thousands of dollars.

And Xu Zheng wanted to invite him to act because of the popularity of "Bright Spring Pig Bajie", which cost at least 30 to 50.

Of course, as I said before, saving the money to hire a celebrity will have an impact on the TV series’ selling price. Fortunately, there is also a popular Hu Jing, and with the achievements in Journey to the West, Cao Xuan is confident that he will not Too much influence.

In addition, Cao Xuan also brought in his master Li Xuejian to play the role of Zhu Yuanzhang in the play.

After several months of treatment, Li Xuejian is recovering well. Fighting cancer is a long-term process, and he can't rest all the time, just thinking about returning to work.

Cao Xuan was afraid that he would take the show indiscriminately and affect his health, so he invited him to the crew of "Love Through Time and Space", not only to supplement the master, but also to have his own hint, the crew can take care of him.

Moreover, Li Xuejian's fame and strength are here, whether it is good for the role of Zhu Yuanzhang, the promotion of the crew or the sale of the show.

In addition, the male second Zhu Di gave Duan Long, Cao Xuan's old friend, a decisive careerist, which is quite suitable for him, and his acting skills are guaranteed.

The rest of the supporting role, Cao Xuan, did not intervene, and let Chen Hanzhu look for it himself, because the script is ready-made, and this drama will also be the first filming of Fanxing, and it is expected to start in mid-to-late February.

The main consideration here is that Hu Jing has to rush to shoot "Wulin Wai Shi", otherwise the start time will be even earlier.

Cao Xuan also took a job for himself in this crew, composing the theme song for "Love Through Time and Space".

"Journey to the West" pre-roll ads can sell so much, partly because the ending song "Lovesickness" is good, which can keep the audience to choose to listen to the song after watching the show

If the song is not good, everyone will turn off the TV after watching the plot, and no one will watch the pre-roll advertisement, and the advertiser will lose a lot.

So a good ending song can add a lot of points to commercial negotiations, which is why Cao Xuan took time to write songs in his busy schedule.

Cao Xuan's time was limited, so the interlude and the opening song were directly contracted to a music team, and he even planned to select the original costume theme song "Too Much".

This song has already been written, and now the theme song of "Oolong Breaks Through Love" has been determined. Cao Xuan can't crown himself, but he can buy the copyright to use it as the opening title.

As for the ending song, Cao Xuan copied the theme song of "Gong" with a swipe of his pen.

That's right, it's the divine song that asked about suicide again, the pinnacle work of the tuner, and made a certain 85 flower lose his dream of entering the music scene-"The Offering of Love".

They're all time-travel dramas, and the final endings are pretty much the same.

Cao Xuan didn't intend to sing this song himself, but wanted Hu Jing to try it.

Mr. Zhou has released a single, and Little Swallow has released an album. These popular florets are all going to the music scene one by one. It makes no sense that she, Fanxing, can't sing.

In the later "Sister Lang 2", Hu Jing showed pretty good singing skills, and she was born in dance, and she is excellent in singing and dancing.

Cao Xuan also has no intention of letting Hu Jing enter the music scene, but occasionally releasing a few singles is really helpful to her popularity.

Therefore, Hu Jing is the first to sing "The Offering of Love". If she can't sing, then find another singer.

But I will definitely not tune the tune and sing hard, so as to avoid embarrassment at the commercial performance or party scene...

If "Love Through Time and Space" was Fanxing's first shot in 2001, then "Swallow Shuangying" was the second shot.

This drama is going to be filmed for 40 episodes, and Li Bingbing is invited to play the heroine, and one person will play the double roles (sisters), Yan Shuangying's first love and second love respectively.

The second daughter, Da Lian, Yan Shuangying's dog licker, finally murdered the heroine played by Li Bingbing out of jealousy. Cao Xuan asked Zhang Tong from class 96 of the technical secondary school to play the role.

The big villain and master Buying, Cao Xuan took aim at Shinichi Chiba who played the hero in "The Wind and Cloud".

The third male Japanese ninja, Shen Qiqi, is vicious and vicious. He plans to let Duan Long act in a play. If the schedule really cannot be missed, Li Jie from Lin Pingzhi in "Swordsman" can also do it.

In addition to the actors, Cao Xuan asked Qian Yanqiu to pay special attention to the characters that will appear in the next few films. It is best to ensure that there are no replacements, and the rest will be based on demand.

The cast of "Swallow Shuangying" is acceptable, but the number of episodes is large, plus there are a lot of scenes, action scenes, and explosive scenes, and the cost will also increase accordingly, which is expected to reach 600 million to 800 million.

Cao Xuan still undertook the theme song for this show, but he hasn't decided which one to use.

He wanted to give all the theme songs of the series once and for all, so as not to have to think about every drama, which was too troublesome.

"Yan Shuangying" and "Love Through Time and Space" almost emptied all of Fanxing's cash reserves, and there were even many vacancies. Cao Xuan had to wait until Cao Xuan received the dividends from the album and the concert before making up the funds.

Fortunately, "The Family of Gold Fans" is still adapting the script, and the preparations for the project will be guaranteed after March, which leaves a lot of time for Cao Xuan.

Otherwise, if the three plays are launched at the same time, Boss Cao will have to worry about signing and selling himself as an endorsement.

After finishing the account, Cao Xuan found that he earned more and spent more.

Throughout the year, it seems that the assets and net worth have doubled several times, but money is still tight, and I am reluctant to add another courtyard house. I have been thinking about houses in Shanghai and Shenzhen for a long time, but I have never bought them.

Cao Xuan was full of resentment, if someone else heard it, he wouldn't directly spray him to death.

With a net worth of hundreds of millions and tens of millions of cash at hand, it is really not a son of a man to cry poor just like this...

(End of this chapter)