The entertainment industry shouldn't be like this

Chapter 188 The Celebrity Earnings Ranking Spotlight (4K)

In fact, many people want to know how much Dunhuang made in this summer vacation.

Colleagues want to use this to evaluate the investment value of 3D animation, or evaluate the strength of Dunhuang; for some media, it is purely to make readers eat melons more deliciously.

Fortune Weekly editorial office.

This is a business magazine as famous as Forbes on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. It is well known for providing various wealth rankings, and the "World Celebrity Earnings Ranking" is one of its main lists.

This list was released at the beginning of the year, but the survey did not start until the end of the previous year or the beginning of the next year. In fact, they will always pay attention to the people on the list, especially the key people.

No, as soon as the summer file of multiple targets "participating in the war" came to an end, the editorial department began to conduct a new round of statistics.

Among them, as one of the big winners in the summer file, Wang Wei cannot be ignored.

"Wang Wei is probably going to be on the list this year!"

An editor in charge of counting Wang Wei's data suddenly raised his head and said something to the side.

An editor next to him also raised his head, and said indifferently: "Old Han, aren't you talking nonsense? He was on the list last year, so what's so strange about it this year?"

The editor Lao Han laughed twice, and said, "What I said is, he is probably going to be at the top of the list!"

There was a sudden silence in the editing room, and the other editors also looked up.

How much did Wang Wei rank in the "World Celebrity Earnings Ranking" last year?Anyway, it was outside the twenty.

——This was once considered the biggest mistake in the previous ranking, which greatly underestimated Wang Wei's annual income.

However, it won't change from "underestimated" to "overestimated" all of a sudden, jumping to the top position.

One editor narrowed his eyes and said, "Old Han, this is the annual income list, not the asset list."

Someone answered: "Old Wu, even if it is the list of assets and wealth, he can be on the list."

Old Wu continued to squint, nodded and said, "It's true to be on the list, but it's impossible to be at the top of the list."

The editor, Lao Han, smiled: "Not to mention, his assets are not enough to top the list; but his annual income is really very likely to top the list. Dunhuang's record this year is obvious to all."

"The company's income belongs to the company." Editor Lao Wu seemed to say something nonsense.

Others understood what he meant—the company's revenue is of course money, but most of the time it will be invested in reproduction or something, so on the list, the company's revenue will not be counted as personal income.

Lao Han shook his head and said, "It's enough to just watch his personal film share."

"Isn't that left handed and right handed?" Editor Old Wu muttered in a low voice.

Old Han laughed again, and didn't even bother to refute.

Old Wu didn't continue talking.

Because he also knows that this is actually very common.

Companies and individuals are two different types of business entities. For example, Dunhuang’s investment in film production is a corporate activity, while Wang Wei’s role as a producer or director is an individual activity.

In other words, it is only natural for him to ask for the producer/director's salary, share, etc.

Don't you think Luo Jianzhou is the same?He is the young owner of Tang Yu Media, but as a director, he will not take a penny less of the remuneration he should get.

It's just that Wang Wei has an absolute controlling interest in Dunhuang, which looks like "eating and taking", which is a bit dazzling.

But the editor Lao Han didn't care, the more dazzling, the more attention he attracted.

Of course, the premise is that the data must be real - at least close to the real.

After all, as a third-party organization, they do not have the ability to conduct detailed investigations on everyone. In many cases, they can only conduct some simple statistics based on public data.

It is good to say that explicit assets, such as real estate such as houses, and clear information such as stocks and shares, do not require much effort.

As for "floating wealth" such as income, the information is not so transparent.

This is also the reason why many celebrities are not on the list - not because they are not qualified, but because their information is difficult to be counted, or because their identities are sensitive, the media dare not count them.

But obviously, Wang Wei is not among them.

Therefore, the editors in the same office also became interested and helped Lao Han calculate——

"The first is the box office share of "Charlotte Annoyance". The domestic 14 billion + overseas 6 million. As the producer, Wang Wei, what is the proportion of the overseas box office share?"

"I don't know, just count the domestic box office. It is said that it is 6 points, so that is 8400 million?"

Not only Lao Han's eyelids twitched, but other editors' eyelids also twitched.

Although many first-line directors and gold medal producers can earn tens of millions of dollars for a single movie, but... this is just the first one!

"What about all kinds of post-revenue sharing? For example, copyright sales and DVD sales dividends?"

Lao Han thought for a while and said, "Dunhuang hasn't announced the sales data of TV broadcasting rights, but according to the popularity of "Charlotte", it will never be less than 2 million yuan; DVD sales do exist, and so far the sales have exceeded 500 million yuan. [-] million, and the sales have steadily exceeded [-] million."

"I think you, Old Han, underestimated it. Forget it, let's calculate according to this number first. How much is his later income share?"

"It is said to be 5 points."

"That's 1500 million, it's worth a hundred million."

Old Wu also joined in, and said: "Then the blockbuster "Silence of the Lambs" will follow, with 13 billion domestically and 18 billion overseas. There is no need to estimate this, it has been spread all over the industry——Wang Wei is only here You can get 1.7 million from the box office share of the movie!"

"Hiss... It's more than twice the size of "Charlotte"."

"After all, it is the producer + director's share, which is normal. In fact, many people have said that if it is not restricted, with the momentum of "Lamb", the global box office will definitely not stop there."

"Pull it down, if it wasn't a restricted subject, there wouldn't be such a big commotion in the world, my dear, in the end more than 25 criminals were arrested because of this movie..."

"Don't go too far, let's continue to calculate the post-production share of "Lamb". Well, it won't be lower than that of "Charlotte", even if it's only 2000 million, let me see... a total of 3 million?" The old editor Han took a deep breath.

"The share of these two movies will definitely go up. There are still several months in this year, enough for him to get another share of the share."

"I'll talk about it later, let's count the hottest "Toy Story", with a domestic box office of 7.5 million + overseas 10 billion. As a producer, his share will definitely not be less than 5000 million..."

"Damn, why did old Han become more and more cowardly?"

"..."

Probably because I subconsciously felt that the final number was too exaggerated, so the more I estimated, the more cautious I became.

Old Han smiled wryly.

Some people said indifferently: "It's almost there, the box office is not the focus at all, the derivatives of this cartoon are the most important thing."

The others nodded.

The real value of the film industry is not how much profit the film itself can generate, but how many opportunities it will provide for companies to cooperate with other fields——

Including television products, theme parks, consumer goods, DVDs, books, computer games, etc., all of which reduce costs and risks while increasing revenue.

"Toy Story" shows this point vividly.

Lao Han looked down at the collected information, and said, "Dunhuang didn't disclose the exact amount of revenue it got from derivative products, but the analysts speculated that the relevant products will be sold in China this year based on the historical performance of its authorized partners and other animation works. Sales will reach 15 billion."

"In North America, local media reported that in the summer season alone, the total sales of its related derivative products exceeded 1 million US dollars; in Europe, its peripheral toys were said to have 'ruled the toy market this summer'; Achieved sales that exceeded expectations..."

"So, even though a lot of the data are estimates, but Wang Wei's sales dividends only on peripherals, I said that I don't think it will be lower than the box office share. No one should have any objections, right?"

It really doesn't.

Someone silently calculated, "That's 4 million?"

"Hmm..." Lao Han's teeth ached when he thought of the unaccounted TV rights and DVD sales.

This is the result of his cautious calculation.

Moreover, is there no film produced by Wang Wei in Dunhuang this year?
The old editor Wu said quietly: "Don't forget, there is also a "Legend of the Condor Heroes" in Dunhuang. Does Wang Wei get any dividends in it?"

Someone couldn't help exclaiming: "No matter which list he is on, he has become rich this year!"

Old Han gritted his teeth and said, "So, at the end of the year, if I find out that he has an annual income of one billion, I wouldn't be surprised at all..."

The number of one billion made everyone's teeth ache.

——Speaking of which, what kind of astronomical wealth haven't they seen in the editorial department?One billion is just a number to them.

However, thinking about Wang Wei's early 20s, and the fact that he earned money in one year that they could never earn in their entire lives, everyone felt that they were living like dogs at their age.

"Well, there are still quite a few young people on the list this year. For example, Shen Zhenyi, who has an annual income of at least hundreds of millions, and Luo Jianzhou, who has just surpassed a billion at the box office, and the director's share is at least tens of millions..." Old Han settled down.

"In such a comparison, someone's ability to make money is simply hopeless!"

I don't know who jumped out a sentence.

"Yeah, this is a desperate gap!"

After a rough estimate, Qi Qi sighed!

……

"My money-making skills really need to be improved!"

After the first payment of "Toy Story" was settled, Wang Wei expressed his heartfelt emotion when he saw that the balance in his account was only nine figures.

To be honest, for a producer like him who has never missed a beat and has great power, it is not too much to take the highest 20% of the box office in the industry.

But his share rate is not higher than 10%, and the share of the surrounding area is often the share of net profit - if he is not the boss of Dunhuang, Mr. Wang probably has used some "financial means" to make a "explosive money at a loss" It is not impossible.

Therefore, his personal income could have been even more astonishing, but he was too kind and did not have the heart to "draw blood" from Dunhuang.

What?You ask how much is his current income?
Uh, Wang Wei himself doesn't know either.

It's not in Fan, but I really don't know.

——Several films have different share ratios, and they are all settled in installments, plus taxes and so on. Except for his team of accountants, no one can tell the exact amount of his income.

Wang Wei also only knows one thing. Right now, he has "only" more than 3 million cash in his account, and the dividends from "Toy Story" have not yet come down.

——Thanks to the high expectations for the peripheral sales of this work, Dunhuang had already made complete planning and design guidance for the development of its peripherals when the film was still in production, and completed authorized production. Therefore, peripheral sales are completely synchronized with the popularity of the movie.

As a result, the authorization and sale of peripheral derivatives has become the most profitable item in the business related to "Toy Story".

How much can you earn?
Anyway, in the company's internal financial statements, Wang Wei saw that the box office revenue of this animated film is enough to cover all the costs - including production costs, publicity costs, and the high share for him and the production team, etc. .

Then, peripheral income is almost pure profit.

And the company's internal forecast for the global sales of its peripheral derivatives this year falls at a high level of 30 billion yuan!

Dunhuang will get a "small part" of it - starting with [-] million.

Of course, predictions are not necessarily accurate; in fact, it seems that they are not accurate now——

Some of the other major ticket warehouses were worse than expected, such as the Southeast Asian market; some were better than expected, such as the European market; but they generally received the expected response.

Only Latin America has become a surprise.

"Toy Story" has a box office of 2.5 million yuan in Latin America, making it the highest-grossing animated film of China Entertainment in Latin America.

The popularity of the movie has greatly increased the sales of peripherals, so Latin America has become the only market where peripherals are out of stock.

There must be a reason for the unexpected joy, and Dunhuang plans to spend more effort to figure it out, so as to develop this potential market in the future.

Of course, the current result is that relying on one "Toy Story" to support all the newly started projects of the animation studio is not only unfounded, but even more than enough.

And another result is that just after Wang Wei lamented that he "earned less", he turned around and got a headache——

If he doesn't do anything, when all the dividends for this year are credited to the account, the number in the account may really become ten figures.

The problem is that if money stays in the account, it will not be a baby. With the domestic tax policy for the rich, the huge amount of cash lying still will only contribute to taxation.

At this time, Wang Weicai realized silently that his money-spending skills needed to be improved more than making money.

Because Dunhuang has already formed a relatively benign capital flow, there is no need for him to "bring capital into the group"; and the previous Tunjin Beast Weibo Technology is still Tunjin Beast, but it has introduced external investors, and he can't just inject capital. ...

As for spending, er, he really couldn't think of what posture to use in order to spend nine or even ten figures.

For a moment, Wang Wei just wanted to look up at the sky at 45 degrees——

He never expected that one day he would be annoyed because he couldn't spend the money!
This is outrageous!

……

　I am planning at the beginning of each month, I want the salted fish to turn around; at the end of each month, I am crying, this salted fish is hopeless~~~
　　
　
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