Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

On July 7, "Night Club" was officially released nationwide.

In order to support A-Zu's career development, the Kang family went to the cinema to buy tickets to watch the movie. Due to its success at the Shanghai Film Festival, the attendance rate on the first day of the movie was very good, and it eventually received a single-day box office of 105.67 million. Such a good result naturally led many cinemas to increase the number of screenings.

The first week box office performance of "Night Club" finally settled at 725.10 million. "Night Club" and its production company Xiyangyang Film and Television have become a dark horse in the film industry in 2005. While everyone is looking forward to the next performance of "Night Club", Xiyangyang Film and Television officially announced that its second film "Lost on Journey" will be released during the 2006 Spring Festival.

Lost on Journey is also starred by Xu Zheng, the male lead of Night Club. After Night Club finished shooting in November last year and completed post-production in December, Xiyangyang launched the Lost on Journey project. It officially started shooting in February this year and has now finished shooting and post-production is almost complete. Xiyangyang has already launched Love Is Not Blind, but there is no shooting plan yet.

Because Xiyangyang has no money!

The cost of "Night Club" was 250 million, and the cost of "Lost on Journey" was 700 million. The 1000 million that KS Investment Company invested in Xiyangyang has been spent. Generally, the theaters will share the profits with the distribution company one month after the movie is released. Therefore, although the box office of "Night Club" is close to million, it has nothing to do with Xiyangyang for the time being. It will take a few weeks before the next round of filming can start.

On August 8, "Night Club" was completely closed after 21 days of release, and recorded a box office of 29 million. This was about 1586.75% higher than the previous life, a very good result, and Xiyangyang also began to receive the pre-tax film rent paid by the cinema.

How is the box office revenue of a movie divided? This depends on the specific cooperation contract signed between the distribution company and the cinema. The mainstream cooperation model in China is profit-sharing. Over the years, the profit-sharing ratio between the two parties has long been a convention. From the release of a movie to its withdrawal, the total box office revenue of the movie will be divided between the distributor and the cinema, usually 50/50.

That means the publisher received about 790 million this time, and Xiyangyang received 600 million, excluding the share of other companies. Excluding the cost of 250 million, Xiyangyang made 350 million on the project of "Night Club". As far as Kang Qirui knows, the other companies they cooperated with spent about 100 million on publicity, which means that their profit was almost 100%. Based on this, the project of "Lost on Journey" has received cooperation invitations from many companies.

On the evening of Monday, August 8, A Yao came home from get off work and started cursing as soon as he entered the door: "If a person is unlucky, he will choke even when drinking water."

"Are you okay?" asked the old man.

"I'm so unlucky in my unit. There are four places for studying at the Party School, but I'm not included." A Yao complained. He is one of the youngest deputy-division-level cadres in the bureau. Logically, he should be sent to study to show strong training.

"You are a fool. If you don't want to go, then don't go." The mother comforted A Yao according to her own understanding: "Studying is very hard. It is definitely not as easy as going to work."

A Yao was stunned when he heard this, and walked to the mother and pulled her aside and said, "Mother, do you really not understand or are you pretending not to understand? Do you know? Going to the Party School to study is equivalent to preparing for promotion, and many people get promoted after returning from the school."

"Working for promotion all your life." The second brother sighed.

"Ayao, let me tell you." Lao Dou said, "It's good for you to know. If you compare yourself with others, you are not inferior to them. Just work hard."

"I'm not inferior to others." A Yao defended himself: "Take Zhang Zai for example, he can speak foreign languages ​​but he can't even speak Cantonese fluently. And Hua, he looks like a weak scholar. If he became a leader, he would be embarrassed to speak on stage."

Kang Qirui glanced at him, chuckled and shook his head. He finally understood why A Yao had served as deputy director for so many times, but in the end someone else became director, because A Yao's perception was completely wrong. He looked at him disapprovingly and said, "If you think this way, San, then I think you will be a deputy director until the day you retire."

A Yao was naturally unconvinced. He wanted to argue with Kang Qirui, but Xingzi stopped him in time and blocked him behind her. She asked Kang Qirui seriously, "A Rui, what do you mean by this? Tell A Yao what you think. A Yao will definitely listen to you."

Kang Qirui looked at Xingzi, then at A Yao, and then he said seriously: "First of all, Guangzhou is an international metropolis, a place where people from all over the country come to make a living. Foreign languages ​​and Mandarin are the core of the future. To put it bluntly, in a few years, when you go out on the street, no one will speak Cantonese to you, let alone your government departments. How can you be so naive to think that being able to speak Cantonese is an advantage? Now all primary school classes are taught in Mandarin."

"Secondly, what's wrong with being a scholar?" Kang Qirui slowed down and continued, "The most important thing is that you are too impatient. You were promoted to deputy director just before the New Year, and now you want to be promoted again? The bureau doesn't have to do anything, just train you? You have to be magnanimous and have a broad mind. What you should do now is not to strive to study at the Party School, but to strive to improve your academic qualifications. Think carefully about the postgraduate study I told you about before."

A Yao's first degree was too bad, just a fake college. Three years ago, under Kang Qirui's suggestion, he obtained an adult undergraduate degree through continuing education (enrolled in 01 and graduated in 02), but this degree is still a bit low. Bachelor's degrees are too common nowadays, and the value of his adult undergraduate degree is not as good as that of others who have obtained a bachelor's degree through the general college entrance examination.

"Are you talking about me?" At this time, Kou Shuiwei walked into the Kang family. A Yao had a lot to say, but was interrupted by Kou Shuiwei. So he asked, "Why are you talking about you? We are talking about the postgraduate entrance examination."

"That's me!" Kou Shuiwei said with certainty, "Recently, the Pyrenees University has opened a graduate program in Guangzhou, and I'm going to study there."

"What? You're going to graduate school?" A-Zu, who was most familiar with Kou Shuiwei, looked incredulous and joked, "It's almost the same as being studied in a mental hospital."

"Hello, hey, hey? Our old classmate, do you look down on me so much? I tell you honestly, my supervisor said that if I write my thesis well, I can continue to study for a doctorate." Kou Shuiwei said smugly, and for a moment it was hard to tell whether he was telling the truth or not.

"You want to study for a PhD in cow dung? You study cow dung with your PhD?" the second brother teased.

When Kou Shuiwei was about to confront Er Lao, his father asked, "Ah Wei, what subject are you studying?"

"That rich man major is business management." Kou Shuiwei waved his hand and said with a smile: "All my classmates are chairmen and general managers, so everyone calls it the rich man major."

"You are considered rich?" The second brother snorted and said, "We have a lot of chairmen and general managers in our Kang family. Any one of them has a lot of titles. What's so great about that?"

Kou Shuiwei was speechless, and seeing that he could not show off, he said goodbye and left. After Kou Wei left, A Yao, who originally did not want to study for a master's degree, changed his mindset at this time. He said: "I really regret not getting more diplomas. If I had completed my undergraduate studies and continued to study, I would be a master's degree now."

Although his trick failed to show off, it did enlighten A Yao. We can't say that his trip was meaningless!

"Ayao, it's not too late for you to wake up now." The old man said earnestly: "Your brother is right. It is necessary for you to take the postgraduate entrance examination. As the saying goes, 'Those who know the future can be pursued.' It's not too late to work hard now."

“It’s true that learning never ends, but it depends on who you are talking to.” Ah Zu said disapprovingly: “Like someone like Ah San, look at him, he’s already bespectacled. If he keeps reading like this, his eyes will go blind.” Having just led Xiyangyang to great success, he doesn’t think graduate students are necessary.

"You are such a bad boy, you are the only one who talks too much." Dad criticized A Zu, and then said: "Don't worry, A Yao, Dad supports you to go to school, our whole family supports you. A Rui, you will be responsible for helping A Yao with his homework."

The old man started assigning tasks right away. Kang Qirui sighed and said, "How can I have time? School is about to start. I have to teach undergraduates, guide graduate students, and do research projects for the school. I also have to write my new book. There are so many things to do."

He thought for a moment and then said, "It's not difficult for Ah San to pass the postgraduate exam. How about this, I'll see which of my students has time to tutor him. Is that okay?"

A Yao was not happy. "Hey, hey, hey, your student is going to be my tutor? Then I will become your student's student?"

"What's with your tone? Don't look down on people, okay? They took the college entrance exam and got into CUHK, and then got into my full-time graduate program, okay?" Kang Qirui glanced at A Yao and said speechlessly, "Everyone here is a top student, okay? It's too easy to help you get a part-time graduate program."

A Yao was speechless. His father continued to assign tasks, "A Zong, you support him financially. Although he is A Rui's student, we still have to pay for his tutoring. Also, buy him more nutritional supplements."

"Ah?" The second brother said in surprise: "Why should I pay? His wife has plenty of money."

"When brothers are of one mind, they can accomplish anything. In this kind of situation, it is definitely the brothers who should contribute money and effort." The elder brother had his own reasons, and the second brother had no power to refute him and could only agree.

"Everyone else must be quiet when A Yao is reviewing, and no TV is allowed." The old man issued another order, which was undoubtedly opposed by most people. Especially the second sister-in-law who loved watching TV series, she said: "If the third uncle wants to review his books, he can review them in his room. What does it matter if we turn on the TV? This is a big house in Xiguan. The sound insulation is so good. How can the sound from the living room reach his room?" (End of this chapter)