Chapter 501: High Profits
Chapter 501: High Profits
Just after finishing the conversation about brand sponsorship, Fan Wumian quickly put the matter behind him, thinking there was no need to take it too seriously.
To put it bluntly, Bentley's executives just wanted to take advantage of his fame and use the opportunity to advertise.
In pursuit of the star effect, companies often take the initiative to give him big gifts. Real estate projects such as Shanghai Green Garden, Jinling Zhongshan International Golf Villa, and Lin'an Greentown Peach Blossom Land have successively given villas to Fan Wumian this year. His subordinates Zhuang Muxi, Huang Bo, Fan Wei, Wang Baoqiang, Huang Shengyi, and Xu Zheng have also received gifts.
Since Fan Wumian's strength is obvious to all, real estate developers of lower quality have long been embarrassed to approach him for cooperation, and those developers who dare to approach him are more generous than the other.
Like the developer of Greentown Peach Blossom Land in Lin'an, Hangzhou, who gave him a 5.5-acre Chinese-style garden mansion in Xijin Garden.
If nothing unexpected happens, Fan Wumian will not renovate the property and move in. This is equivalent to collecting an advertising endorsement fee and allowing developers to use his fame for promotion.
Not only him, but also first-line stars like Zhang Ziyi, Jacky Cheung, Gong Li, Xiaoyanzi, etc. are also particularly popular among developers.
As early as when Fan Wumian went to buy properties near Shahe Golf Course, he heard that several of them were given to Gong Li by the developer.
Recently, news broke that another villa she was given in 1992 owed tens of thousands of yuan in property fees, and the yard was used by neighbors to grow vegetables and raise chickens.
The reason why he didn't pay the property management fee was probably because he had so many properties under his name that he couldn't keep track of them all and had long forgotten exactly what assets he held.
Even so, a developer in Shanghai still gave her a duplex luxury house on the east side of Xintiandi, with the selling price ranging from US$58 to US$1000 million.
Those who suffer from drought will die from drought, and those who suffer from waterlogging will die from waterlogging.
Top stars have their own traffic, and the gap between them and ordinary artists is not just as simple as the pay. Currently, advertising is the most profitable business for most first-line stars.
Take Zhuang Muxi for example, "A Quiet Place 2" continues to be a hit, further increasing her advertising value.
上个月接到美心月饼的代言，费用高达800万港币，之前还从百事可乐拿到500万港币、从麦当劳拿到300万、帮浅水湾56号楼盘站台拿到150万。
In addition to endorsements for shampoo, depilatory cream, fitness equipment, Longines watches, etc., she has earned more than 2 million in advertising fees since the release of "A Quiet Place 3000".
Since I really had no idea how to manage my finances, I consulted Fan Wumian.
His advice to Zhuang Muxi was to use all the money to buy Penguin stocks and hold them for a long time, just as if he had forgotten about the money.
This made Zhuang Muxi's parents very happy. They thought that Fan Wumian, as a major shareholder, knew some inside information, so he tipped off their daughter.
The news that Zhuang Muxi had a large stake in Penguin stocks was published in newspapers two or three weeks ago, and a group of reporters went to interview her parents.
Mr. Zhuang only said that Fan Wumian had helped his daughter so much, so he was confident in the development prospects of Penguin Group and chose to invest in return.
The reason why she gave up buying a big house in Kowloon Tong last time was partly because Guangzhou Huijing New Town gave her a 258-square-meter duplex commercial house. When the developer of Guangzhou Jinhaiwan Garden heard the news, they also gave her a 428-square-meter river view flat.
The Internet has not yet become completely popular, and many companies use traditional advertising methods.
Judging from the actions of these real estate developers, the property market is clearly improving, which is why they are frantically marketing and promoting in order to recover funds and alleviate the debt pressure of the previous two years.
In addition, there are many first-line stars who are not satisfied with collecting advertising fees to help businessmen make money, and have begun to try to do business on their own.
For example, Uncle Benshan has run his media company very successfully.
From Liu Laogen Grand Stage to "Country Love" and then to "Marshal Ma", he quietly began to transform into a businessman, until he suddenly spent 2 million yuan to buy a Bombardier Challenger 850 private jet, which made everyone realize that the always low-key Uncle Benshan has become very rich.
Just counting the "Liu Laogen Grand Stage Jinmao Night" held in cooperation with Jinmao Tower in 2003, he made millions of yuan in just half a year.
These performances may seem unremarkable.
Once you become famous, the profits are actually very high.
In July this year, when Fan Wumian was filming in the United States, Gangzi from Deyunshe called him.
He told her that the total revenue in the first half of the year reached 900 million and that the company paid about 160 million in taxes. He asked Fan Wumian whether he wanted to share the dividends or continue to use the money for expansion and open Deyunshe in other cities.
He found out that Gangzi had already selected branch locations from Lin'an, Jinling and Tianjing, and Fan Wumian was not short of the millions in dividends, so he just let the other party take care of the arrangements.
If calculated according to the valuation formula of listed companies, a company like Deyunshe with an annual profit of tens of millions has a market value of at least a small target. Within the same period of time, the rate of return is higher than investing in penguin stocks.
Thanks to Fan Wumian, Deyunshe received a sum of start-up capital from him early on, and its expansion speed was much faster than in the previous life.
At present, the group of apprentices under Gangzi are unable to hold up the stage on their own, which has forced Deyunshe to spend money to hire well-known veteran crosstalk masters and powerful colleagues from outside to help. It's interesting to say.
Many of his colleagues made money from Gangzi and were unwilling to pick up the bowl to eat or put down the chopsticks to curse, so Gangzi successfully gained a foothold in the folk art circle and eased the relationship between him and the circle.
Although there are still many people who are jealous of Deyun Society, it has not fallen to the point where everyone is calling for its destruction and becoming the public enemy of the crosstalk world.
During the Dragon Boat Festival this year, Deyun Society rented the Yenching Culture Palace Grand Theater and invited their mentor to perform on stage, along with others including Da Ping, who was familiar to Fan Wumian, and the male lead of "Yang Guang's Happy Life".
The venue was packed with 1100 spectators. There were a total of 12 shows in one week, and tickets for each show sold for more than 30 yuan.
Regardless of whether people like Gangzi or not, the outside world has already acknowledged that he has gone further than his peers in the field of "commercializing crosstalk", and has gradually become a golden signboard in the crosstalk world, attracting many tourists to make a special trip to Deyunshe to buy tickets to listen to crosstalk.
As a partner, Fan Wumian just lay there and waited for his share of the money.
Although Tsunako's development is good, it is nothing compared to him. If any of her evil thoughts get out to the outside world, Tsunako and Deyunshe's reputation will be ruined in minutes.
Therefore, the cooperation between the two sides has always been very pleasant. Even though he has grown stronger now, Tsunako still dares not start a new business and kick him out. Instead, he is afraid of being caught in any criticism, so he regularly sends Deyunshe's account books to him.
The news that the car broke down outside the Third Ring Road spread, letting people know that Fan Wumian was in Yanjing.
At the entrance of the two-story small courtyard house on the northern edge of Houhai Lake, a large number of reporters, representatives of film and television companies, unknown actors and screenwriters, tourists, and entrepreneurs looking for funding came running in.
The tourists had a simple purpose, they just wanted to try their luck and see him. Others had their own requests. Dozens of people gathered on the sidewalk by the lake at the entrance.
There is really no way.
Just after 4 p.m., Pu Jiajing brought paper and pen and asked everyone to line up and register their demands one by one.
Gangzi called Fan Wumian in advance and brought a folding fan with a six-character poem in seal script by Qi Baishi, Autumn by the Fence, as a gift. After the polite conversation, while sitting down to drink tea, he said with a smile:
"Mr. Fan, last time I talked to you about expanding the scale, I personally went on a field trip and found that there is no habit of listening to crosstalk to relieve boredom in the south. I think it is best to wait and open a branch in Yanjing."
"It just so happens that my apprentices need a place to study, so this time I want to build a slightly larger place that can accommodate hundreds or thousands of people at a time."
"The Olympics will be held in two years. People will start to have some spare money, and there will be a lot of tourists coming to Yanjing. We'd better seize the opportunity to join in the fun. Don't you think so?"
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Fan Wumian nodded and asked, "Have you chosen a place?"
Tsunako smiled from ear to ear and explained:
"Yanjing is undergoing renovation and reconstruction everywhere, and a large number of idle official houses have been put up for auction. I happened to have dinner with a friend last time, and it seems that we can buy the Yanjing Renmin Theater, which is very close to your museum on Di'anmen West Street."
Fan Wumian was making tea:
"But the small theaters we bought before also appreciated in value. For a larger theater like this, I'm afraid few people would be willing to take it over, so the investment value is limited."
"I think it would be better to build one or two small theaters to make it convenient for tourists to buy tickets nearby, and then when funds are sufficient in the future, we can start a big project."
"What do you think of combining crosstalk with banquet hotels? My Wanghailou Club is so busy that it's almost always full. I wanted to have a meal there tonight, but after asking, I found out that the private room had already been booked, so I had to have the food delivered."
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In fact, Fan Wumian doesn't need to worry about small matters personally, but important decisions like this inevitably require communication first.
They were only thinking about adding seats and selling tickets, but they didn't think about whether the theater itself could increase in value.
Awakened by Fan Wumian, Tsuna gave a thumbs up and said:
"Mr. Fan is very thoughtful. Many theaters in Yanjing are abandoned. I guess no one wants them. I almost fell into a trap. Investing in a restaurant is of course a good idea. You can have banquets at noon and listen to crosstalk at night. You can earn two incomes at once."
In fact, Fan Wumian was not interested in opening a restaurant. He just felt that acquiring the old theater was not cost-effective, so he was just looking for a reason to divert Gangzi's attention.
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He remembered that in his previous life, Gangzi had cooperated with others and spent hundreds of millions of RMB to open the Deyunshe Hongshi Club. He had also seen it on a variety show, but he was not sure about the revenue situation.
But a clubhouse cost nearly 10 billion RMB, and given the high cost, it is probably difficult to make much money.
In his eyes, Deyunshe is only suitable for training apprentices and taking jobs to help the company make money, which is similar to an agency.
(End of this chapter)