During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 387 Who is on me?

As the year draws to a close, the entertainment industry becomes more and more lively.

Major entertainment companies have held their annual meetings, and many celebrities have posted their photos online.

Shanhe Media is no exception and holds its annual meeting in the company's super-large banquet hall as usual.

This was Ni Ni's first time attending the company's annual meeting. Under the advice of her new agent, she dressed herself up very attractively and arrived at the scene early.

Because she had just joined the company and was not familiar with her colleagues, Ni Ni acted a little restrained.

Fortunately, she saw her "good friend", her mood immediately relaxed, and she greeted him happily.

"Sister Wenwen"

Her friendship with Zhang Wen can be traced back to a signed photo she took when she first came to the company.

"Ni Ni"

Zhang Wen also has a good impression of this artist who just joined the company and has an outstanding figure and temperament. In other words, she has a good impression of anyone who signs for her.

"Sister Wenwen, why aren't so many artists here?"

Ni Ni was a little confused. Today's scene was star-studded, but several of Shanhe Media's top artists were not there. At least Qiao Zhenyu, the top artist, did not show up.

"Ah, you just got here, so you don't know yet. Anyone who has a celebrity studio has his own team. In other words, they are all bosses and will not attend the company's annual meeting. For example, Brother Zhenyu, Sister Bingbing, and Mr. Zhou are all like this."

As a veteran employee of the company, Zhang Wen knew all too well about these things. Her long lecture even confused Ni Ni.

"What about Yang Mi?"

"Yang Mi is filming in Seattle. There are also crews from Joy of Life and Longling Grottoes. Because the filming location is far away, they didn't come back this time. There are also several crews doing publicity work as well."

Speaking of this, Zhang Wen felt somewhat fortunate.

"The company has a movie coming out during the Spring Festival this year, and the publicity department has already started working overtime. Fortunately, I'm just a receptionist."

Ni Ni also knew how Buddhist this veteran receptionist was, so she smiled and pointed in a direction and asked curiously, "Sister Wenwen, what are you doing?"

Zhang Wen looked in the direction where Ni Ni's finger pointed, and saw fully armed security guards moving boxes onto the stage.

"It's for giving out bonuses and for the lottery."

"so much?"

Ni Ni showed a look of shock on her face. Although she had not counted them, judging from the number of boxes, it must be tens of millions, right?
"It's OK. The boss is always very generous. I won a huge red packet of 88888 last year."

When talking about her glorious deeds, Zhang Wen had a look of boasting on her face.

Ni Ni on the side suddenly felt like a country bumpkin. She had not been in the entertainment industry for long and had spent last year's New Year on a film crew. She was overjoyed when she received 2,000 yuan from Zhang Weiping.

But compared with Shanhe Media, it is completely out of touch. It seems that he has made the right choice to hold on to this thigh, and it is worth it for him to bear a debt of 10 million.

Just looking at the artists who came one after another, Ni Ni felt a little anxious. The teacher's influence was getting less and less, but the competition was very fierce.
In the office, as the heads of various departments finished their reports, Wei Jin showed a satisfied smile on his face.

As for movies, although "Passengers" was released the year before last, due to the deferred payment of box office revenue, it was included in last year's revenue, totaling 4.3 million, which can be said to be a good harvest.

The other two films, "The Tuner", earned 2 million yuan, and "Ip Man 3" earned 1 million yuan.

The other movies, "Love is Not Blind", "The Thieves", "Mojin: The Last Dragon" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" were all released at the end of the year, and their profits have not yet been credited.

But even with this calculation, the film production department still achieved a net profit of 7.3 million, making it worthy of being the core department of the company.

The TV drama production department also makes good profits.

The two TV series "Snow Swordsman" and "The Legend of Zhen Huan" brought in a total of 5 million through several rounds of broadcasting and online platforms.

Adding some previous copyright income and foreign investments, the total is about 2 million.

In terms of variety shows, Shanhe Media continues to dominate the ratings of major TV stations.

"The Voice of China" is currently in its fourth season. Although the mentor lineup has changed and the audience is already familiar with the program routine, the ratings still remain above 3. Occasionally, when there is a hot spot, the ratings can even exceed 4. It can be said to be the king among music variety shows.

"Running Man" is not far behind. Although it has been running for three seasons, the popularity of the outdoor reality show remains unabated, and the ratings are quite impressive, surpassing other variety shows in the same time slot.

Other shows such as "I Am a Singer" and "King of Masked Singer" have seen their ratings gradually decline due to low audience participation, but their scores of over 2 can still be considered excellent works.

Thanks to this, the variety show department's revenue last year was far ahead of the rest, even higher than that of the film production department, with a net profit of over 8 million.

In terms of special effects, Shanhe Shui Mo undertook more than 30 films and TV series last year, with cumulative revenue of 3.8 million yuan and net profit of 1.2 million yuan.

The distribution department has continued to develop steadily. Last year, Shanhe Media distributed more than 60 movies, with distribution fees as high as 1.4 million.

The animation production department has formed its own system. Relying on Singularity, the adaptation of best-selling novels has almost become the norm. Last year, the three popular animations "The Immortal Realm", "The Immortal Against" and "The Mortal's Journey to Immortality" brought in more than 1.2 million yuan in revenue.

The music production department did not have a good time last year, with total revenue of less than 30 million.

It's not that the department hasn't made efforts, but the traditional record industry is on the decline, and online pay-per-view has not yet taken off, so the income basically comes from the artists' commercial performances and concerts.

But this part of the profit belongs to Star Culture, and the music production department does not get any share.

Department director Yang Shuo was almost crying in anxiety. Wei Jin had no choice but to make an exception and increase the commission rate of the music production department. Even so, it was still a drop in the bucket for the music production department.

In addition to the directly affiliated departments, the performance of the group's subsidiaries is also very impressive.

As for Shanhe Technology, "Zhu Xian" has declined, but still brings in more than 15 billion in revenue. "Cross Fire" continues to soar, with revenue reaching 30 billion. "League of Legends" is popular all over the country, with revenue exceeding 40 billion. The other self-developed web games, including "Embroidered Spring Blade", "Tian Di Empire" and "Legend of Mir " also bring in hundreds of millions in revenue.

It is worth mentioning that the miHoYo team has begun to develop a "virtual idol game", targeting "2D otaku" as its users.

In addition, "Honkai Gakuen" has also been included in the plan and is expected to be developed this year.

The development of mobile games has also been put on the agenda, which was specifically instructed by Wei Jin.

He remembers very clearly that 13 years later, with the full deployment of 4G networks, the era of mobile games is about to arrive.

In fact, mobile games have begun to rise, but the market size is not large, and they mainly consist of stand-alone games such as "Angry Birds" and "Plants vs. Zombies".

Shanhe Technology has also made some attempts at this type of small-scale mobile games and accumulated experience, but the profitability was not very good, so it simply did not invest more resources.

In addition, Impression.com has also developed very well. Despite the challenges from Maoyan and Douban, it is still the number one social entertainment platform in China, with revenue of 8000 million last year.

After the separation of Star Culture, management has become more refined. Although costs have also increased a lot, revenue has also increased year-on-year.

Last year, artist management achieved a new breakthrough. Less than 20 artists created a cumulative profit of more than 4 million for the company, of which Yang Mi alone provided more than million in profits.

As for cinema chains, as the Shanhe Cinema Alliance sought to go public and introduced strategic investors, it eliminated some small cinemas that did not meet the standards for environment and quality, resulting in a decline in market share.

It currently owns 352 cinemas and more than 1600 screens, with a market share of over 15%. Last year, its total revenue reached 24 billion yuan, with a net profit of 5.2 million yuan.

In addition, Zhao Feng has submitted an IPO plan. Because it is a main board listing, the waiting time is still uncertain, but it is expected to be completed within this year. By then, Shanhe Cinema Line will become the first cinema stock in China.

According to a rough estimate, Shanhe Media's revenue last year was close to 180 billion yuan. After deducting various expenses and taxes, the net profit was nearly 55 billion yuan.

This does not include Golden Harvest's profits and the large amount of revenue from movies and TV series that have not yet been paid out.

Wei Jin estimates that the company's net profit next year may even exceed 10 billion.

Just when he was imagining the expansion of his entertainment empire, his assistant Huang Mengying knocked on the door.

"Boss, the annual meeting is about to begin"

Annual meeting site.

As time went by, all the artists arrived and started chatting in groups of three or four.

"'Eastern Palace' is really popular. The ratings seem to have exceeded 3, right? That's too fast. It's only been aired for a week."

"Yeah, little Nazar is really popular this time, but he is too miserable in the drama, haha"

Yang Rong smiled and joked, she remembered the little girl who kept singing out of tune when she sang "Learn to Meow" on the stage.

"Sister Rong, please stop talking like that. You are the most popular this year. Huanhuan, I want Huanhuan."

"Gao Ye, you silly girl, when will the Sugar Man drama start filming? You are the leading actress, partnering with Hu Ge, so don't fall in love with that handsome boy, haha."

"Hehe, we have so many handsome guys in our company, no worse than Hu Ge, but Tangren is really efficient. I guess it will take another two months for this drama to start."

"It's okay. Doesn't the boss always say that good things don't come when you're busy?"

"Oh, why haven't I heard of it?"

"Sister Xue, that's enough."

"Hahaha, why are you blushing?"

Kan Qingzi, who was watching this scene, was thinking about something.
Zhang Tianai, who had the honor of sitting at this table, felt like a small fry and could not get a word in at all.

There is no way. The entertainment industry has a strict hierarchy. Almost all of the people at this table have been seniors who have debuted for a long time. The worst is the second female lead in a TV series or movie. Artists like her who have no works yet are undoubtedly at the lowest position.

“I don’t know when Ex Machina will be released, and…”

The annual meeting began soon, and Wei Jin went on stage to speak amid applause.

Without making a long speech, Wei Jin first affirmed this year's work, then put forward the work goals for next year, and finally gave everyone a bowl of chicken soup.

"Thanks to the efforts of all Shanhe people, the company has a very good development momentum this year. I hope that next year, we can reach a higher level. I would also like to wish everyone a happy new year!"

The big boss finished his speech, and next came the lucky draw session that everyone was looking forward to.

With tens of millions in cash and a large number of gifts piled together, the eyes of the people in the audience had already turned red.

Zhang Tianai and Ni Ni, who attended the annual meeting for the first time, were both lucky. The former won a new Apple mobile phone, and the latter won a red envelope of 6888 yuan.

Zhang Wen was luckier and won a ticket to Jing Tian's concert. The key point was that this was a special VIP seat, and the girl at the front desk almost exclaimed.

It’s not like she can’t afford the ticket, but the VIP seat means she has a great chance of getting more autographs.

You should know that Wei Jin personally attended this concert and invited many big stars, who are rarely seen at other times.

This is definitely the best reward for Zhang Wen, who has a hobby of collecting autographs.

Almost everyone at the scene won a prize, and even the luckiest person could get a red envelope of 1888.

After the lucky draw, it was time for the company’s internal performance session. The company’s contracted singers took turns to perform on stage, making the atmosphere even more lively.

Many employees at the scene took out their mobile phones, ready to take photos and post them on Weibo to show off the company's benefits.

In a lively atmosphere, Shanhe Media's 2012 annual meeting came to a close.

After the banquet, Wei Jin came to Liu Yan's Yanjiao villa as usual, which was also a benefit for the assistants.

"How do you play today?"

Wei Jin hugged Liu Yan's slender waist and began to climb up her milky white skin that was almost jumping out of her dress with one hand.

"Boss, put this on first."

Huang Mengying walked out of the bedroom and put the prepared eye mask on Wei Jin.

"Okay, let's play like this, eh? It's up to you guys."

Wei Jin did not resist. Even if he lost one sense, the others would be improved.

Soon, with the help of two assistants, Wei Jin untied the restraints and got on the water bed.

The regular SPA session began, and the two assistants' essential oil chest massage made Wei Jin relax all over.

But soon he felt something was wrong. Why was there someone under him?

Could it be that Xiaobai and Zixuan couldn't stand the loneliness and secretly asked for leave from the crew and came back?

But this technique seems a little unfamiliar. Is it because I haven’t practiced for a long time?

Thinking of this, Wei Jin planned to see who it was, but was stopped by Liu Yan.

"Boss, you are not allowed to take off the blindfold until the three of us fall down."

"Haha, that's how you play, eh? Okay, okay, don't call me daddy later."

Wei Jin found it quite interesting, and he trusted Liu Yan 100%.

After more than ten minutes of massage and shuffling, tonight's show officially began.

“Oh~~~~”

"Ok?"

Wei Jin felt something was wrong right from the start; this player was pressing too hard.

You know, after long-term training and lenient treatment by the Wei and Jin dynasties, the assistants had long passed the running-in period.

But the one who is playing the card now is like a new car that has just hit the road. I dare not say it is brand new, but it is at least 95% new.

So, who is riding on me?

(End of this chapter)