Chapter 135: Profits from "Fatal Call"
Chapter 135: Profits from "Fatal Call"
Filming a movie is never a pleasant experience, especially the preparatory work in the early stages, which is complicated and tedious.
However, it is precisely because of the difficulty of filming that the joy of harvest is particularly precious.
When Wang Hao and others determined the route and direction and began to drive the Galaxy Interactive Entertainment carriage along the road of China's film industrialization, the release of "Fatal Call" finally came to an end.
With the end of the Spring Festival holiday, the box office of "Fatal Call" began to drop sharply after reaching the 1.13 million yuan mark, and finally stopped at 800 million yuan, only million more than "Huo Yuanjia" released in the same period.
Although the box office results are similar, the profit results are very different.
You should know that Li Lianjie, the leading actor of "Huo Yuanjia", is now an international kung fu superstar. Regardless of whether others recognize this title or not, his film salary is quoted as 6000 million US dollars, which is equivalent to nearly million yuan.
Although the production company did not have that much money, Li Lianjie generously said that the money did not need to be paid first.
But now that the box office of this movie has reached 1 million, there is no way she can refuse to pay Li Lianjie the million US dollars in salary.
After deducting taxes and theater shares, all the profits from the entire "Huo Yuanjia" were earned by Li Lianjie.
In comparison, Wang Hao and his team's film "Fatal Call" grossed 1.13 million yuan, but the actual production cost was only 1500 million yuan.
Such a revenue ratio of nearly seven times can be said to have shocked a number of mainland film and television companies.
Even though the 1.13 million is not their total profit, 3.3% of the special business tax and 5.0% of the special fund for the film industry must be deducted first, and then the profit is shared with the theaters, so the amount left in their hands is about million.
Based on Wang Hao and his team's 55% investment share in Galaxy Interactive Entertainment, this means a profit of more than 2000 million.
Of course, compared with the box office of 1.13 million, the profit of more than 2000 million seems a bit meager. And if the corresponding production cost of more than 700 million is deducted, it seems that Wang Hao and his team have not made much money after being busy for so long.
But you have to know that before filming "Fatal Call", Wang Hao and his company had only one or two million in their accounts.
The filming started in early October and the movie was released in January. In three months, one or two million turned into 20 million. This speed of making money is not slow at all. No wonder so many people want to squeeze into the entertainment industry.
What's more, Wang Hao only calculated the current revenue. You have to know that there are still other ways to make profits after the movie is taken off the screen.
For example... selling to movie channels, or selling overseas copyrights to video tape distributors, all of these are sources of income.
Wang Hao also knows that with the future development of the Internet and the rise of video websites, there will be huge benefits in the online copyright of movies.
In addition, the production cost of the movie "Fatal Call" is said to be 1500 million, but in fact it is not that much. The investment from Huaying and Huayi alone is enough to cover all costs. On the side of Galaxy Interactive Entertainment, it actually contributes more manpower and effort.
In this way, this project not only helped them to support the production team, but also provided an opportunity for their special effects department to practice. It was really like Qin Shi Huang touching the electric switch - he won.
So throughout the month of February, Galaxy Interactive Entertainment was shrouded in a festive atmosphere.
Wang Hao himself is not a stingy boss. Since the company is making money, he naturally has to treat his employees better. Not only did everyone get a salary increase, but at the beginning of the year, Wang Hao also gave each of them a big red envelope, which caused many employees to shout "Long live the boss!"
Even so, not much money on Galaxy Interactive Entertainment's books was moved.
After providing a wave of benefits to his employees, Wang Hao thought about improving his own quality of life.
Although he has lofty ideals and wants to revitalize China's science fiction film industry, this does not mean that he needs to eat coarse food.
Who uses their own money to make a movie? So soon, Wang Hao's personal account had an extra 500 million yuan.
Of course, the money earned from those movies belongs to the company. Even if Wang Hao is the boss of the company, it is impossible for him to put the money into his own pocket.
But Wang Hao is not only the boss of Galaxy Interactive Entertainment, but also the director and screenwriter of the movie "Fatal Call".
Before the filming of the movie, he didn't have to take the director's fee and screenwriter's fee due to insufficient funds.
But now that the movie is making money, it would be unreasonable not to pay him a salary.
The five million is his director's fee and screenwriter's fee.
As for what to do after you have money?
Wang Hao had never had so much money in his previous life. Looking at the string of zeros in his account, he would be lying if he said he was unhappy. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep for several nights.
But after being happy, Wang Hao regained his composure because he knew that the 500 million was just the beginning.
In the future, he will have more 500 million, or even 5000 million, or 5 million.
So he quickly figured out what to do with the 500 million.
Living in Beijing in this day and age, if you have money, of course you have to buy a house.
Not to mention that land in Shangjing is extremely expensive and housing prices will inevitably rise in the future. As a big director, he must have a place to stay in Shangjing.
And one place to stay is not enough, there should be at least two or three.
Even a cunning rabbit has three burrows. In the future, when he chats with the actress about everything and talks about the luminous script, wouldn't it be easy for him to be caught in the same house?
So Wang Hao immediately contacted a real estate agency and started buying the first house in his life.
The location of this house is also easy to choose. The first thing is to rule out the wrong option of Chaoyang District.
The fighting power of the aunties there is really too strong. I don’t know how many celebrities in the entertainment industry have fallen there.
Although Wang Hao considered himself to be a gentleman, a man of integrity has nothing to fear.
But thinking it’s better to have less trouble, he still chose to set up his new home in the HD district and set his eyes on a property that was newly developed the year before last - Wancheng Huafu Haiyuan.
This place is located near the Summer Palace in Shangjing, between the Third Ring Road and the Fourth Ring Road. Many people may not know it if you really talk about it, but if you mention Wanliu Academy next to this land, many people will know it.
Of course, Wanliu Academy has not been developed yet, but Wancheng Huafu Haiyuan is also a very good place. Wang Hao did not hesitate too much and directly chose an apartment of more than 300 square meters with four bedrooms and two living rooms and paid the down payment directly.
The house will not be delivered until the middle of the year, so he cannot move in now. However, now that he has a house of his own in Shangjing, his wandering and lonely soul finally has a place to stay.
(End of this chapter)