Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 378

The flat buildings in Palm Springs are basically large units, including three-bedroom units with 220 square meters, four-bedroom units with 240 square meters, and five-bedroom units with 370 square meters.Li Tang had seen the house plans before, and the houses were all well-decorated.If you want to buy the largest apartment of 370 square meters, it will cost you more than 500 million yuan based on the calculation of 550 square meters. It is estimated that it will cost about [-] million yuan if all the procedures are completed.

"Brother, let me make it clear first that the company is almost out of money."

"No money?"

Li Tang was stunned. Since he received a large amount of money at the beginning of the year, and MK2 has successively remitted more than 400 million and nearly 500 million, he has hardly worried about money issues.

But having said that, he did not spend any money this year. Cheng Er gave Xiaopang and Jiang Qinqin a one-time red envelope of 500 million yuan, and then rented and renovated a house, bought an old bungalow, and bought fifteen two-bedroom apartments in the Wangjing area. The investment in "Going to" included the cost of going to Venice, which cost more than 200 million yuan, Diao Yinan's 50 yuan, and the company's operating expenses, so the total income was more than 3000 yuan. There seems to be very little left.

He suddenly remembered and said quickly: "Then the investment money for "Surprise Victory" should be fine, right?"

"That's no problem. We still have more than 300 million in our account now. Bona's box office share should be settled next month. It shouldn't be a problem to maintain it until the end of the year." Zeng Jiada said.

Because the overseas revenue of "Toward" will come down by the beginning of next year. According to the current overseas box office trend, although it is not as exaggerated as "The Third Man", it is estimated that it will still be less than 2000 million. This does not include the recent stage of "The Third Man". The income of "Three People" may also be 200 million.

The box office of art films is definitely far worse than that of commercial films, but the advantage is that it can generate long-term profits.For example, Lou Ye's "Suzhou River" has been around for several years, but it still brings 300 to [-] million yuan in cash flow to Nai'an and Lou Ye every year.

Li Tang felt relieved and said with a smile: "It's okay. I still have some money here, but it's probably a loan!"

Zeng Jia's salary and annual endorsement income are directly paid to his card after deducting the share and paying taxes.Yes, although he has established his own business, strictly speaking, his agent was in the studio before and is now in the company. He still needs to deduct the share, and the remuneration is divided into [-]%. Endorsements and commercial performances are calculated at [-]%. This part of the income owned by the company.

When Li Tang transferred money to Li Xiuxiu last time, he checked it carefully and found that there was still more than 300 million in the card, so a [-]% down payment was enough.

"Brother, why do you have to buy so many houses?" Zeng Jia asked a little confused.

Think about it, not counting the old bungalow in Shanghai, I bought fifteen units in Wangjing alone. Of course, this can be understood to offset costs and reasonably avoid taxes, but it seems a bit too much.

"Invest!" Li Tang said easily.

“Do you need a loan to invest?”

"..."

He didn't know how to explain it for a moment, so he had to say: "The investment income is high, and the loan is also cost-effective. I suggest you buy a house if you have money. You may be able to double it several times in the future."

"I have a house to live in, so when it comes to investing, I think it's better to speculate in stocks."

It has to be said that before housing prices took off rapidly, few would have thought of the concept of real estate speculation, especially for luxury homes like Palm Springs, which were twice as expensive as ordinary commercial housing.

Because we have learned lessons before, in the early 90s, we were affected by the Hainan property market bubble. For example, in Shanghai, many villas were built on Hongqiao Road and Xinzhuang area, and the original quoted prices were over one million.At that time, the ordinary commercial houses in the surrounding area were basically only about one to two thousand, two to three thousand, depending on the location.As a result, with the bursting of the Hainan real estate market bubble, almost all of these villa properties were unfinished. Only now are they being taken over and developed one after another.

Houses will definitely go up, and they will go up a lot.Li Tang couldn't be more clear about this.

But he really knows nothing about domestic stocks.Although the current domestic securities market is very different from that of the United States, we are just getting started. Shanghai's securities trading market has only been open for ten years. I believe it will continue to improve in the future.

If nothing else, considering the rapid development of China's economy in the next 20 years, there is no reason why the stock market will not rise.Given the size of China’s economy in the future, if the Shanghai Composite Index, which is currently about 20 points, will increase tenfold to [-] points in [-] years, it may be too little. Otherwise, it would be unscientific!
But if you want to say that it will still be 20 points in [-] years, then you can only say that this leek will cut your face off.

..."Boss, congratulations! It's time to get into shape again!"

Li Tang finally met Xu Baldy, who was belatedly arriving. The main reason was that the play "He Doesn't Have Two Wifes" starring him was very popular when it was performed during the National Day. It was performed for more than ten days in a row before the popularity slowly subsided.

Although Shanghai has always had a good soil for dramas, they are niche after all. This situation has become rare in recent years. When talking about it, Baldy Xu is full of enthusiasm.

But Li Tang congratulated him because just a few days before the National Day, he once again won the Best Actor Award at the Zuolin Dramatic Arts Award for his French absurd comedy "Art" he starred in last year.Yes, this award is named after Wang Zuolin, the old dean of Shanghai People’s Arts.

The key to this award is that he shared it with Mr. Jiao Huang from "Under the Red Flag", which is even more rare.

Domestic awards are always based on the unspoken rules of ranking based on seniority, and the results are divided according to the rankings. Moreover, this guy already won the Zuolin Award once the year before last. This time he won it again and shared it with Teacher Jiao Huang. This can only show his absolute strength. He deserved the title, and it had reached the point where the jury couldn't take him down.You must know that there is always only one place for the Best Actor Award at the Zuolin Awards, and this time it is an exception.

Although Xu Guangtou's face was full of joy, he still waved his hands in a pretentious manner and said: "General, general, just don't let everyone think highly of me and support me. By the way, I also want to congratulate you. Let's go to "Drive to "Spring Subway" is incredible, it has already exceeded [-] million, and it can even surpass Director Chen's "With You"."

"It's impossible. We're almost at the limit now. If we delay it for another week or two, it would be great if we could get an additional 100 million."

On October 20, the fourth week of release of "Metro to Spring", the box office finally exceeded the 400 million mark, reaching [-] million.At the same time, director Chen's "With You", which was released a week earlier than "Toward", has already reached a box office of [-] million.

In fact, just two days after the National Day Golden Week, high-definition pirated discs appeared on the market.As soon as the pirated version came out, the box office dropped immediately. This is a very helpless and inexplicable thing.It is being released simultaneously in more than 200 major cities in the country and in more than [-] cinemas, so it is really hard to guard against it.

It's actually even worse when it comes to director Chen's "With You". Director Chen is so famous that pirated copies have already flooded the market just a few days after it was released. Now it can get a box office of 400 million yuan. This is extremely difficult.

After the two met and complimented each other, they sat down to discuss (mi) and (mou) the matter of "Victory by Surprise".Li Tang briefly introduced his conversation with Wu Bin at the Huabiao Awards Ceremony to Baldy Xu, and finally said: "Boss, I will do my best when it comes to what I have to do, and what happens next is up to me. Keep it simple, no matter what happens." You have to do things well, why don't you help me remove the mess!"

Baldy Xu's face was full of joy. After all, he was his brother, and he really understood everything.He immediately patted his chest and said, "Oh, don't worry, I always do what I say, so I'll keep an eye on it."

The investment in "Surprise Victory" is not large, only 200 million in total. The main reason is that the actors are basically friendly actors. Except for the male lead Xu Guangtou, the other two male actors are Director Wu Bin's colleague at the film school Wang Jinsong, who is from Beijing. The newly appointed vice-president of the acting academy that was just established this year, with the stage name Qi Ke, is the same one who played the role of "pulling out a monkey rubber band and flicking the glass in your house" in "Who Says I Don't Care" starring Feng Gong and Wang Zhiwen.

The other person who plays the role of a laid-off cadre is also an old actor. He has been playing supporting roles for a long time and his salary is not high.As for the two main female characters, one is Director Wu’s mother and the other is Director Wu’s girlfriend.

I have to say that Bald Xu is still very good at spreading the banner. He quickly mastered it by using his relationship with investors. Well... I can't say everything, but at least most of the say. He even held Wu Bin's hand. The script was reorganized.

After finalizing the investment in "Surprise Victory" and almost completing the more than 3000 million the company earned this year, Li Tang was completely idle.It's strange to say that after so long after filming "Purple Butterfly", there are no roles for him.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that his external quotation is too high. The film salary is 200 million and the TV series is 500 per episode.It's okay to say that film remuneration is much lower than the tens of millions paid by Hong Kong and Taiwan stars. What's more, Uncle Ge and Zhang Ziyi, who currently have the highest remuneration in domestic films, both quoted more than [-] million.

However, the salary for this TV series is inevitably a bit exaggerated, but according to Zeng Jia, it is better to be short than excessive. He also said that he is not only an actor but also the boss of Tang Dynasty Film and Television, and he must gradually establish a brand.

With his free time, Li Tang was not in a hurry to return to Shanghai, mainly because his father had already found his second love and couldn't go back to being a light bulb.It's quite comfortable to stay in the capital in autumn. I just pretend to stay in the company for a while every day, bragging and drinking with directors Wu Jing and Xiao Teng who also have nothing to do.Wouldn't it be nice to be able to study scripts with Teacher Jiang every now and then?

His current work plan is almost blank except for shooting two advertisements for brand endorsements throughout November. In December, he will start the promotion of "Hero".

"Hero" has been officially scheduled for its world premiere on December 20th. The domestic part will be distributed by Mr. Zhang's New Picture, Hong Kong and Taiwan will be distributed by Jiang Ergongzi's Anle Company, and the overseas distribution will be handed over to [-]th Century Fox .

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