Chapter 112 It's obviously aesthetically pleasing
Chapter 112 It's obviously aesthetically pleasing
Today is Christmas.
Zhuang Muxi and her parents were on vacation, so the three of them went out for a Western meal and watched Stephen Chow's movie "Kung Fu" before going home.
It was already past 9 o'clock in the evening when I got home.
I originally wanted to share this with Fan Wumian and tell him that I watched a really great movie tonight.
Until I sit in front of the computer.
After reading the QQ message, I found out that he had finished work and returned to Hong Kong City.
This made Zhuang Muxi very happy, and she typed a reply:
"Thank you for bringing me a gift, but you can give it to me tomorrow. My parents are at home and I can't go out."
"I went to watch Kung Fu with them tonight. It was indeed a movie by Stephen Chow. We didn't get good seats, so we could only sit in the first row. My necks almost broke."
"Big star, have you finished filming your commercials?"
Across a wall.
Fan Wumian is taking advantage of his good condition to finish his manuscript overnight.
The Huiwen Daily wants to take advantage of his popularity and hopes to quickly publish the first physical volume of the novel "Emperor Huang Tiandi", but they are still short of the word count.
I guess he knew that Fan Wumian had become a very popular singer and was worried that he would become lazy and slack off and look down on the money he earned from writing columns.
A few days ago, Shang Yichang, editor of Huiwen Daily, contacted him.
He said that he had discussed it specifically with the editor-in-chief and decided to increase the profit sharing ratio of physical books from 10% to -.
The price of HK$1 per word cannot be increased any further as it is already very high.
Ever since Fan Wumian became famous for his singing, reporters dug up the news that he had started a column to write novels, which made the book "Emperor of the Desolate Sky" widely known and the "Huiwen Daily" also started to be in high demand.
Many college students and office workers would order newspapers or magazines specifically to read "The Desolate Emperor". They also cooperated with many companies in Taiwan, Macau and Southeast Asia, authorizing them to reprint the book.
As a result, the advertising revenue of Huiwen Daily increased significantly.
In an environment where traditional newspaper sales are declining, we have successfully achieved a simultaneous increase in sales volume and sales revenue.
Fearing that Fan Wumian was "not doing his job properly" and would rush to finish the work with an unfinished ending, the Huiwen Daily had to find ways to increase his motivation to create seriously.
no way.
Even if a newspaper makes a little less money from distributing physical books, it is better than making no money at all.
The news that he made a fortune in the Mainland by taking endorsements and selling albums had already spread throughout Hong Kong. It was much faster for him to make money than writing novels.
After receiving Zhuang Muxi's message, Fan Wumian replied
——"I want to watch that movie, too. There are two TV commercials still in the planning stages, which won't be filmed until some time later. On mainland TV, you can already see the coconut milk commercial featuring the famous star Zhuang. Let's celebrate together."
The Coconut Tree Company had already placed advertisements on TV.
After inviting Zhuang Muxi, the "piano goddess", to be the brand spokesperson, a new TV commercial was temporarily shot to replace the old one.
Fan Wumian has seen it.
In that advertisement, Zhuang Muxi was wearing a one-piece swimsuit and playing volleyball on the beach with a group of girls.
While drinking coconut milk to quench my thirst, I said:
"White and tender, with attractive curves, drink Coco Tree brand coconut juice!"
With her beauty and 34E figure, the visual impact is so strong that many netizens have shared her on the forum.
Zhuang Muxi typed back:
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"That company always feels a bit weird."
"It was originally a normal ad, but the editing turned out to be weird, with a few clips of me jumping up. I don't know what coconut milk has to do with my figure."
After reading it, Fan Wumian just wanted to laugh.
As for Coco Tree, it has been sticking to marginal advertising for more than 20 years, and since the late 1990s, its performance has remained as stable as ever.
He replied - "It doesn't matter, it's obviously in line with the aesthetics, youthful and beautiful."
Change the subject.
Zhuang Muxi continued to ask him
——"Last time you mentioned that you were in the mainland to take part in activities and get housing. Are you going to go out recently? There are still more than 20 days before the winter vacation. I plan to go to the mainland. Recently, I met teachers from the Central Conservatory of Music who came to Hong Kong for inspection and exchange. They invited me to visit the Central Conservatory of Music."
Fan Wumian let out a light exclamation and immediately typed a reply:
"I think it's pretty good. If you go to the Central Conservatory of Music to study, even if you occasionally appear in the news, you will have the opportunity to get more endorsements. At least it will be easier to make money. Mainland netizens like you very much, and you have the opportunity to become a star."
"I want to wait until I'm more famous, and then I can take part in high-end real estate promotions. The houses I get then will be more valuable."
"Maybe I can get the developer to give me a villa directly. It's better to sharpen the knife before chopping wood."
It’s similar to taking on endorsements.
Fan Wumian has gained fame, but compared with other veteran stars, he still lacks some experience.
High-end real estate projects are very strong and can find more popular celebrities to help endorse them, but this opportunity is not coming to him for the time being.
Instead of performing crazily to make money, it is better to support those small and unknown real estate projects.
It would be better to wait until the second album is released before thinking of other solutions. This way, you can avoid lowering your status and being too ugly, which would lead to being scolded by reporters and netizens.
For example, Gong Li, who is somewhat famous internationally, did not even show up at the golf club to participate in the event, but the developer rushed to give her a villa.
Just so that when selling to customers on weekdays, they can say "Gong Li also lives here", thereby enhancing the image and grade of the entire real estate.
Fan Wumian’s status is not high enough for now, so he has to wait patiently.
The other end of the network cable.
Zhuang Muxi replied: "What about you? Are you also planning to go to the mainland to study? Are you going to choose a school in Yanjing?"
After reading this sentence, Fan Wumian smiled, as if he saw a small fish swimming obediently into his own fish pond.
He replied
——"Yes, I have already let my agent know, and I am going to sign up for the Beijing Film Academy exam starting in February, majoring in acting."
Beijing Film Academy has released this year’s admissions brochure for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
With the help of his agent, Fan Wumian got some teaching materials needed for the exam. The registration time for the professional exam is more than a month away, so it is still time to prepare now.
After confirming that he would go to Yanjing to study, Zhuang Muxi stopped worrying and told him -
"Okay, then I'll try to take the Central Conservatory of Music exam, so I don't have to worry about the language and living habits."
Chatted for a while.
There are classes tomorrow, so Zhuang Muxi is going to rest first.
Fan Wumian received a text message from Lan Li, which stated that today's album shipments were only 9000 copies left.
There is no shortage of goods at the counterfeit dens, and in order to deal with the inventory, the prices are getting cheaper and cheaper.
The album "That Girl" has been on the market for so long that customers who wanted to buy it have already bought it, and the shipment volume has been declining recently.
Including CDs and a small number of tapes, Yaomei Culture has wholesaled a total of 680 million albums, a number that is enough to shock people in the industry.
This can be seen.
Obviously there is a market, but after traditional record companies add copyright fees, the prices are too high and mainland consumers are unwilling to buy them.
Countless infringing and counterfeiting dens are running wildly. With a production cost of 2 yuan per copy, even if they only sell it for 2 yuan, they can still make a 2% net profit. Traditional record companies and singers are certainly having a hard time.
Often after the first batch is released, when counterfeit albums appear, few people will buy the genuine ones.
Originally, I planned to make this profit through Yaomei Culture and then run away.
After summarizing the lessons learned from this battle of wits and courage with the counterfeit dens, Fan Wumian has basically figured out how to wholesale and sell his second album.
He plans to retain the sales channels of Yaomei Culture.
At that time, we will adopt the "closed production" method for producing mobile phones. When the inventory exceeds five or six million, we will contact dealers to pick up the goods and release the goods at the same time.
This can prevent some dealers from placing orders with counterfeit manufacturers after getting samples, and then mass-producing at low prices to make a buck.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that the genuine album sold a lot this time.
Even if we make a conservative estimate, the total sales volume of the copycat den will not be lower than that of Yaomei Culture.
Because last week, police officers happened to seal off a counterfeiting den in Fochuan.
The account book records that the album shipments of "That Girl" reached about 2 copies every day for more than ten days in a row.
This was a medium-sized den with only one old production line, and the safe contained 73 yuan in cash.
Manager Shi Zhongzhi contacted a lawyer and is seeking compensation of 60 RMB.
You always have to pay back when you go out to hang out.
Fan Wumian was being polite by not hiring anyone to fight counterfeiting.
Since this den has been closed down and the news has spread like wildfire, if I don't sue, I should get some compensation.
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Don't worry if you have money in your pocket.
When I returned to Hong Kong City again, I felt immediately different.
The next morning, I washed, changed into school uniform and went out to school.
Zhuang Muxi just celebrated her birthday some time ago, and Fan Wumian was not in Hong Kong, so he bought her a set of Ao Youxiang's "Abbot's Courtyard" comic books as a gift. The content was quite funny.
The two met secretly in the stairwell, but they left soon after for fear of being seen by their parents and neighbors.
When going downstairs, I met my bad friend Mantis.
Fan Wumian greeted him and said, "Hi, long time no see. Let's go buy breakfast together?"
Mantis's expression was exaggerated, and he said:
"Brother Tianwang, you also know that we haven't seen each other for a long time? You are busy making money and becoming a big star in the north. You have been away for so long and didn't even call us. I thought you forgot about us. You are really not a good brother!"
"Do I have to call you all day to ask about your well-being?"
Fan Wumian put his hands in his pockets, walked towards the school, and added calmly:
"I finally have enough money to make a movie. I was planning to hire you guys to help me. Maybe you could show up in my movie. Now that our relationship has faded, just pretend I didn't say anything."
"Um!?"
Mantis immediately came over and patted Fan Wumian's shoulders with his hands, his tone was so enthusiastic:
"What do you mean you've become indifferent? We're good brothers who have sworn brotherhood! Youpiao and the others said you weren't loyal enough, but I was here to argue for you. It doesn't matter if I bring them along or not, I'll definitely support you anyway!"
The original plan was to find a way to earn around HK$100 million as start-up capital to realize my dream.
Now the target has been exceeded.
There is no pressure at all to invest in a low-budget movie, so Fan Wumian wants to give it a try even more.
The story and the subject matter are all ready. If I work a little harder, I might have a chance to catch the Berlin Film Festival and find distributors in Europe and the United States.
As for the Chinese film industry
It has nothing to do with worshipping foreign things. The market size is really too small these days.
I watched "The King's Woman 2" some time ago. Even with so many star actors in the film, the total box office in Hong Kong was less than 1500 million Hong Kong dollars, and the total box office in mainland China was only about 2300 million, which was a huge loss.
Although the quality of this movie is rather poor, the "A Quiet Place" that Fan Wumian wanted to shoot also does not quite suit the tastes of domestic audiences.
Since the mysterious creatures rely on sound to hunt humans, the movie sets the rule of "death if you make a sound", so they mainly rely on sign language, movements and eye contact to communicate.
The total number of lines of dialogue in the entire movie is less than 30.
This kind of niche and curious science fiction film is more likely to arouse the interest of European and American audiences. If you meet a sucker, you may have a chance to sell it for a good price.
(End of this chapter)