Huayu: A Commercial Director

Chapter 202 Eighteen Billion, Next Year's Plan
The trophy was placed at the racecourse, and Chen Shou stayed at home with his daughter, but the little girl couldn't sit still and kept running around.

Fortunately, the horse farm is quite large, covering dozens of acres. However, it has been snowing outside recently, so she can't go out and run wild. She was a little unhappy and kept pestering Chen Shou to take her out to play.

"Let's go horseback riding, Dad!"

What else can I do? I spoil my own daughter. I take her to play at the stables. She's all bundled up, like a little potato, with only her eyes showing. She rides around on a miniature horse, pulling on the reins.

We drank at noon, slept and spent time with the kids in the afternoon, and then some friends from Teacher Yu's neighborhood came over for a BBQ. In winter, we roasted meat and grilled it over a fire in the shed.

A friend brought a whole roasted lamb over, and we roasted it tonight. After eating and drinking, we all got quite drunk and ended up staying at the horse farm.

Chen Shou woke up the next day at dawn. He had drunk a lot of alcohol the night before. One of his friends who came was from Inner Mongolia and brought some of their local liquor.

He opened his eyes and saw a pair of big eyes staring at him from the side. His hair was messy and he looked like he hadn't woken up yet.

"Daddy, wake up." Her sleepy look was so cute that I couldn't help but hug her and give her a kiss.

"Let's go brush our teeth." Facing his daughter, Chen Shou immediately adopted a soft, husky tone. The father and daughter went to brush their teeth and wash their faces, then changed their clothes and went downstairs to eat.

"Daddy is going to work today, so you stay home and be a good boy/girl."

"Hmph." Chen Caiyu snorted coldly, turned her head away and ignored Chen Shouzhe, her eyes filled with tears when she saw him off at the door.

Chen Shou drove to the company. The movie "Mojin: The Lost Legend" was still showing today. It was only the 11th. It was released on the 23rd of last month, so it had been showing for a total of 19 days. The box office figures for today were not yet available. The box office for the first 18 days was 18.85 billion yuan. There were still more than ten days left. The box office was currently maintaining at around 10 to 20 million yuan. It was expected to break 2 billion yuan.

Wu Ershan and Zhong Lifan were at the company. Wu Ershan was very excited because his film had surpassed 2 billion yuan. Chen Shou had promised him that there was already a sequel to the Ghost Blows Out the Light series, and they would continue filming next year, and there would be several sequels in a row. They were striking while the iron was hot because they didn't know when this genre would be restricted.

Tencent has acquired the film and television rights and is developing the web series in collaboration with Yang Mi's studio, using actors and production crew from Yang Mi's studio. The web series is scheduled to be released next year.

"Based on the profit sharing, you'll make quite a bit this time," Chen Shou said with a smile.

"I can't compare to you. I never thought Saw would be yours too," Wuershan exclaimed.

Domestic media outlets reported this news yesterday, causing quite a stir in the industry.

As a horror film, the first two Saw movies only cost a little over five million US dollars, equivalent to about forty million RMB, but they grossed over four hundred million US dollars, almost three billion.

According to Lionsgate's public statements, there are a total of nine parts; this is a gold mine.

However, what surprised the domestic film and television industry the most was that the owner of this gold mine was Chen Shouzhe, and Lionsgate was just a partner.

"They can't make enough money in China, so they go abroad to make it."

Many industry insiders say that only Chen Shouzhe can openly and legitimately make money abroad, while others can only watch enviously.

"We'll be filming two movies next year, thank you for your hard work," Chen Shou said.

"It's okay, filming together isn't tiring." Wuershan was very happy; he was about to get the money again.

Unfortunately, it seems there's still no chance of getting the Journey to the West movie. What he really wants to develop is a supernatural movie like Journey to the West, because he loves it so much.

Wuershan went to Xiaoxiaomeng's place on some business. Chen Shouzhe and Zhong Lifan were calculating their earnings from last year and preparing for the annual meeting. Private companies don't need to publish financial statements. As the company's general manager, Zhong Lifan knew very well how much money Chen Shouzhe had made through these three companies. As for his money outside, she didn't know, but Chen Shouzhe was definitely richer than the rumors suggested. "How much are you preparing for this year's annual meeting?" Zhong Lifan asked.

How many employees does the company have now?

"Including the three families from Yang Mi's side, there are about 800 people in total. The main reason is that there are too many people from Xiao Xiaomeng's side, more than 600 people."

"Ten thousand per person equals eight million. Wow, that's a lot of money. Let's do it on a tiered basis, and then arrange it according to their positions. Let's make it fifty million. Your share will be calculated separately, based on the film company's net profit this year."

“That’s quite a lot,” Zhong Lifan said with a broad smile.

"This is what you deserve."

Chen Shouzhe didn't say anything. Zhong Lifan was indeed worth the money, and he couldn't treat her unfairly.

"What are the plans for next year?" Chen Shou asked.

"Two movies are scheduled to be filmed in Wuershan next year, with one expected to be released by the end of the year at the earliest. In addition, Stephen Chow's movie is expected to be released during the Spring Festival next year, and Huang Bo's racing movie will be released after the New Year. Whether there are any other movie plans depends on whether you want to continue supporting him. Guo Fan's movie has already started production, but it is not expected to be released next year. It is estimated that the movie will not be released until the year after next."

Wu Jing's second film is still filming and is expected to be released next year. A Chinese Ghost Story III will be released alongside Huang Bo's film. Besides that, there's an animated film, and then there's your ongoing project, Operation Northern Myanmar. Do you have any plans for the second half of the year?

"There's nothing for the second half of the year right now. Let's finish filming this movie first," Chen Shou said.

"That's no problem. The movie 'Hello Mr. Billionaire' will be released during the Spring Festival. Enlight Media has already started contacting us. When we signed the contract, the distribution was awarded to Enlight Media and Wanda Media. Chairman Wang came by yesterday. I couldn't get through to you on the phone."

"I'll talk to him about it later."

“Okay, the stock price of Enlight Media has been falling because our cooperation with them ended.”

"They keep asking for benefits but haven't given anything back. Oh well, there are plenty of people to cooperate with anyway. If all else fails, we can issue it ourselves."

The company has definitely grown bigger and bigger, and it has distributed a lot of profits. Now that it is powerful, it no longer needs them. China Film Group can be lost, let alone them.

I called Wang Changtian, and they're still handling the distribution, along with Wanda.

"Director Chen, what about A Chinese Ghost Story and Huang Bo's race car?"

"We'll talk about it later." Chen Shou ignored him and simply brushed him off no matter what he said next.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Changtian felt frustrated. He hadn't expected Chen Shouzhe to turn his back on him so suddenly. The stock price kept falling, and no amount of news could save it.

Enlight Media's business has always been closely related to Shou Zhe Pictures. Although they have issued an announcement, the internal information is true.

The two sides had a falling out, and Wanda Pictures was replacing Light Chaser Animation.

The shareholders had strong opinions, and some even wanted Wang Changtian to take responsibility.

With the year-end approaching, Enlight Media's financial report from last year was good, but now it has been declining, which is unsettling for everyone. Moreover, the business situation next year is probably not going to be good either.

(End of this chapter)