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Chapter 123 Revenue Sharing, Wishes Fulfilled

《地心引力》全球总票房15.83亿美元，减去大陆14.6人民币、香江1.1亿港币、宝岛地区5.7亿新台币，换算后大概还剩下13.3亿美元。这13.3亿美元票房沈青的公司享有15%

The initial total box office revenue will be distributed as a percentage of the total revenue. The initial total box office revenue is approximately $5.9 million, and 15% would be $8850 million.

The film's production budget was $8000 million, but $7000 million was actually used. The $1000 million saved was, according to the agreement, Shen Qing's company's reasonable profit.

The two combined amount to $9850 million.

Shen Qing's director and actor fees totaled $1500 million. Adding up all the dollar revenue, the company and Shen Qing personally earned a total of $1.135 million.

In addition, there is a Greater China region section.

The total box office revenue from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan is approximately 16.78 billion yuan. Shen Qing's company takes a 30% share of this revenue. Roughly assuming a 33% return rate, multiplied by 3%, they can get about 1.66 million yuan.

In summary, "Gravity" is expected to bring Shen Qing and his company $1.135 million plus 1.66 million RMB in revenue. At the current exchange rate, this is equivalent to 9.17 million RMB and $1.385 million USD.

China Film Group owns 30% of the copyright in Greater China, receiving 1.66 million yuan in revenue. In addition, China Film Group also has distribution revenue.

Enlight Media holds 20% of the copyright in Greater China, receiving 1.1 million yuan in revenue share, and also has distribution revenue.

Bernard owns 15%, receiving 8300 million, and also has revenue from the issuance, but the proportion is relatively low.

Fan Bingbing's studio holds a 5% share, receiving 2768 million yuan in revenue. She initially invested $80, which is approximately 530 million yuan, and received 2768 million yuan back, resulting in a total return of about 422.26%.

It's worth mentioning that Shen Qing owns 35% of Fan Bingbing's studio, giving her veto power. The purpose of acquiring the shares is to regulate the operation of Fan Bingbing's studio, preventing this woman from being greedy and repeating the mistakes of the original timeline.

The internet has thoroughly investigated Shen Qing's company's profits and compared them with those of Huayi Brothers, which is already listed on the stock exchange.

In 2009, the net profit of Shenqi Film and Television Company was three to four times that of Huayi Brothers Company. This year, it is expected to be at least six or seven times, or even higher, with a chance of ten times. Huayi Brothers Company currently has a market value of over 10 billion yuan. So how much is Shen Qing's net worth?

More importantly, the total domestic box office is only around 10 billion yuan a year, while the overseas market is 30 billion US dollars. Among all the film and television companies in China, only Shen Qing is confident in leveraging the huge overseas market.

So Huayi Brothers can have a market value of 10 billion yuan with an annual net profit of just over 100 million yuan. Shen Qing earns 900 million yuan from just one movie. If his company were to go public, a market value of 50 billion yuan would be no problem, right?

It could even be higher!

More radical netizens even said that Shen Qing's company has a chance to reach a market value of 100 billion after its listing. If he can produce a movie of the level of "Gravity" in the short term, then the market value of 100 billion will be very stable.

Shen Qing was born in 1980 and is not yet 30 years old.

Qingdao film set.

morning.

Shen Qing pointed to the sunshade that could accommodate dozens of guests and asked the assistant director beside her, "How do we pour the water down after it's stored?"

The assistant director quickly said, "The two of you will pull the ropes that have been tied in advance, and the roof will tear open."

It's a cloudy day today, just in time for the wedding scene between the male and female leads. On their wedding day, it rains heavily, and relatives and friends take shelter under a sunshade. As the water accumulates on the roof, it finally breaks open under the weight, soaking everyone underneath.

On the wedding day, there was a strong wind and torrential rain, and everyone was a mess, but everyone was also very happy. Afterwards, the groom asked the bride if she had any regrets and if she would like to get married on a sunny day. The bride said: "There's no need to do it all over again. This is the wedding of my dreams."

Filming officially began at 8:00 AM.

Shen Qing stood on the stage, looking at the main entrance, her face a mixture of happiness and trepidation. The two protagonists had gone through so much to reach this point: the initial spark of attraction upon their first meeting, the time travel they took to help the playwright but which resulted in losing contact with each other and their shared experiences. Multiple time travels had finally made her fall in love with him again, wanting to give him the best of everything, yet she was also filled with anxiety about whether today's wedding would be perfect.

The doors slowly opened, and Liu Shishi appeared in the entrance, dressed in a pristine white wedding gown. All the guests stood up. Liu Shishi looked at Shen Qing in front of her; his suit was impeccably tailored, and he was handsome and dashing, gazing at her with a firm yet tender expression. Liu Shishi lifted her dress and walked towards Shen Qing with a determined yet gentle demeanor, as if stepping into a dream she had once lived.

Which girl hasn't fantasized about what her wedding day will be like? And this very moment, this very scene, is exactly what Liu Shishi has imagined more than once. But in the past, the groom's image in her fantasies was always vague, while now it seems directly imprinted on her heart, so clear and concrete.

Halfway there, the actor playing the female lead's father took his daughter's arm and wanted to personally hand her over to Shen Qing.

"Click!"

"The assistant director shouted."

Liu Shishi, who was engrossed in the scene, "woke up" and seemed to realize that she was on a film set.

Shen Qing walked to the monitor, looked at it, and turned to everyone, saying, "You passed! Especially Shi Shi, she has made great progress."

The next scene is an outdoor shot.

The bride and groom ran hand in hand out of the wedding hall, nearly getting blown over by the strong wind. The bride's veil got tangled in her face, and the groom frantically tried to remove it. Guests followed, each looking disheveled from the wind, but everyone was laughing.

"director."

Just as the entire crew was busy preparing to go outside to film, Liu Shishi walked up to Shen Qing.

"What's wrong?"

"I think we should add something to this scene?"

"Let me elaborate further."

"The male and female leads have gone through so much and finally got married, shouldn't we add a kissing scene? Otherwise, I always feel like something is missing. I don't know why, I just feel like something is missing. If I'm wrong, please don't be angry."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qing turned her head and said, "Don't move the machine yet!"

Turning to Liu Shishi, he asked her, "Do you think there should be a kissing scene here?"

Liu Shishi's face turned red without her realizing it.

Shen Qing is a world-class director, while she's just a small-time actress who's managed to gain some fame by sheer luck. Her talk about making movies with him seems incredibly presumptuous. But the feeling is undeniable. She's wearing a wedding dress, walking towards Shen Qing, but the scene abruptly ends halfway through, leaving a sense that something is missing.

"Mmm." Liu Shishi nodded, blushing.

Shen Qing began to ponder.

That's how the original movie was filmed. The female lead, wearing a wedding dress, walks halfway down the aisle, then the camera cuts to an outdoor scene. Everyone outside looks disheveled, and the groom gives the bride a fleeting, light kiss—the entire shot lasts less than two seconds before cutting away. The original movie is very romantic, but the kissing scenes between the male and female leads are pitifully few. There are two scenes in total: one showing the back of the male lead's head, clearly a camera trick, and the other a light peck, lasting only about a second.

Shen Qing reached out to take Liu Shishi's veil, and Liu Shishi instinctively took a half step back.

"Don't move."

Shen Qing draped the veil over Liu Shishi's head, completely covering her face. Having made up her mind, she turned to those around her and said, "Everyone, get ready. This scene is going to be reshot."

The director's words are like military orders on the film crew, and upon hearing this, the crew got busy again.

"Then let's add a veil kiss."

Shen Qing adjusted Liu Shishi's veil again.

"What is a veil kiss?"

Let me demonstrate for you.

As he spoke, Shen Qing gently lifted her veil and slipped inside. At this moment, his face was only a few centimeters away from Liu Shishi's, and their breaths could be clearly heard.

"That's how it is; the newlyweds kiss inside the veil, which is both ceremonial and symbolic."

Liu Shishi's heart leaped into her throat, and she didn't hear a word Shen Qing said afterward. All the actors playing guests turned to look at the two of them, their expressions quite varied.

The veil kiss became a global phenomenon due to Chen Xiao and Chen Yanxi's wedding on July 19, 2016, and was hailed by the media as one of the "most beautiful wedding moments in the entertainment industry."

"Shrugs would look better," Shen Qing added.

"what?"

"I said, you'd look better if you shrugged when we kiss later."

"Why are you shrugging?"

"It's about pushing forward with both shoulders."

"Okay, let's rehearse first—no, I'm afraid I won't do well."

Rehearsing a kissing scene means kissing multiple times. When Liu Shishi heard that she had to shrug, she was afraid that she would not perform well, so she subconsciously said that it was a rehearsal. But as soon as she said it, she immediately realized that if she asked for a rehearsal, it would be the same as asking him to kiss her. So she hurriedly explained, but the more she explained, the more she felt that Shen Qing was laughing at her, and in the end her face became redder and redder.

Shen Qing placed his hands on her shoulders and gently applied pressure, saying, "Like this, push your shoulders forward and your chest back slightly."

After saying that, he kissed her.

Liu Shishi had been worried that she wouldn't be able to shrug, but when Shen Qing kissed her on the lips, her shoulders naturally shrugged forward. Everything happened so naturally.

A dozen seconds later, Shen Qing released Liu Shishi, emerged from under the veil, and asked the photographer not far away, "How was it?"

He was so engrossed in the kiss that he didn't pay attention to the other two's behavior.

Photographer Jia Haijun gave a thumbs up and said, "Beautiful, this will become a classic shot."

"Then let's prepare for the actual filming."

After all departments were ready, Liu Shishi adjusted her veil outside the gate, while Shen Qing stood inside, looking at the gate with a mix of trepidation and happiness, as multiple cameras filmed simultaneously.

All departments are ready.

The camera is on.

Recording is now on.

The stage manager claps the clapperboard.

Scene 15, shot 6, third time.

Start!

The main gate slowly opened, and Liu Shishi, veiled and carrying her skirt, walked gracefully into the hall. Halfway through, her father, playing the role of her father, took her arm and handed her over to Shen Qing, who played the groom.

Shen Qing and Liu Shishi gazed at each other for a few seconds. Then, Shen Qing gently lifted Liu Shishi's veil and kissed her passionately beneath it. They kissed so intently that they seemed to forget the time. The assistant director in front of the monitor didn't call "cut," and the two kissed for an unknown duration before finally stopping. They continued to look at each other tenderly, and finally, they couldn't help but smile. The surrounding guests all applauded the couple with beaming smiles.

"Cut!" the assistant director said.

Shen Qing went over to watch the playback. Liu Shishi hesitated for a moment, but ultimately couldn't resist her curiosity and followed. Shen Qing pointed to the monitor screen and showed it to Liu Shishi, saying, "Whether this shot is beautiful or not depends on you, and your shoulder shrug deserves at least half the credit."

Liu Shishi blushed as she watched the two kiss through their veils. She wasn't sure if Shen Qing was right; she only knew that no drama had ever stirred so many emotions in her. She stole a glance at Shen Qing, then quickly looked away, only to steal another look a moment later.

The highlight after the wedding scene is the billiards match between the male lead and his father.

The father is dead, but the protagonist's time-travel ability allows him to go back in time to see his father. However, his wife is pregnant with their third child, and after the baby is born, he will no longer be able to travel back in time to see his father. The child was conceived after the father's death. If he travels back in time to before the child's conception, a tiny change, due to the butterfly effect, could cause the child to disappear, or the boy to become a girl, or the girl to become a boy.

Shen Qing and Li Xuejian are putting on another acting showdown. When the father, played by Li Xuejian, finally beats his son at billiards, he casually mentions that there should be a prize, and then Shen Qing says he wants to give his father a hug.

In China, fathers and sons don't hug each other all the time, and the father immediately realized something.

The son is looking at him from the future; in the future, he is already dead.

This is the final farewell moment. My son's baby is about to be born, and I won't be able to see him anymore after the baby is born.

A wave of reluctance and heartache washed over Li Xuejian's face. His heartache wasn't from knowing his days were numbered, but from the thought that his son was about to lose him completely. His son would have the ability to travel through time, but wouldn't be able to travel back to see him. The one suffering the most was actually his son.

The father, played by Li Xuejian, makes a small request: that the two of them take a walk on the beach and travel back in time to when the male protagonist was a child. This is taboo, but if they are careful and don't change anything, the risk is acceptable.

The scene at the beach will have to be filmed tomorrow.

A few days later, all the filming in Qingdao was completed, and the entire crew moved to Beijing.

Fan Bingbing's role is a cameo; she has one scene in Qingdao and another in Beijing.

"You're something else."

After filming a scene, Fan Bingbing walked up to Shen Qing and said...

"What do you mean by 'can't' or 'can't'?"

"That girl's gaze towards you is different now," Fan Bingbing said, gesturing towards Liu Shishi.

Shen Qing glanced in the direction Liu Shishi was pointing, and their eyes met. Liu Shishi quickly looked away and said, "Really?"

"That's right, she didn't look at you like that the day the camera started rolling," Fan Bingbing said. "You're lucky, kid. Only a really stupid woman would look at a man like that. It means she's not after your name or your money, but you as a person."

"And what about you? What is it about me that you've got your eye on?"

"Enough about me, you still haven't succeeded?"

"This kind of thing happens naturally, and I'm not a lecher."

"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, and I'll ask her out after work tonight."

Do you think I'm the kind of person who's easily swayed by lust?

"Yes."

"Scarlet Heart" was undoubtedly a phenomenal hit, with its ratings soaring to 2.3 on Beijing TV and 2.1 on Jiangsu TV. The biggest beneficiary of the series' explosive popularity was undoubtedly Liu Shishi, whose career, combined with the earlier success of "Chinese Paladin 3," was already showing signs of becoming a top-tier star.

Cai Yinong flew to Beijing specifically to persuade Shen Qing to sell the online rights to "Scarlet Heart." iQiyi has officially launched the service, following the release of "Scarlet Heart."

After the show became a huge hit, Gong Yu finally decided to go all out, offering 400,000 yuan per episode to buy the online rights for five years.

A few years ago, the online copyright was only a few thousand yuan per episode, but now it has risen to 40 yuan per episode. Cai Yinong was tempted, but Shen Qing kept refusing to agree.

Cai Yinong came to Beijing to have dinner with Shen Qing to discuss this matter, and Liu Shishi was naturally present as well.

"Let's wait another year. Also, a five-year term is too long. Three years would be better. I expect the online copyright market to take a big leap next year. Let's wait a little longer."

Cai Yinong was skeptical, but she didn't insist any further.

After dinner, the driver took Shen Qing and Liu Shishi back to the film crew's hotel. The two sat side by side in the back. Shen Qing naturally took Liu Shishi's hand, and Liu Shishi trembled slightly as if she had been electrocuted, then quickly pulled her hand back.

Shen Qing didn't insist, leaned back, and began to meditate to calm herself.

After hesitating for a while, Liu Shishi whispered, "Let's go for a walk, okay?"

Shen Qing nodded and said to the driver, "Find a place to stop up ahead."

The driver was the son of Shen Qing's neighbor from his hometown, a very honest young man who had served in the army and whom he knew well. Upon hearing this, he said, "Brother, after you park the car up ahead, I'll go down and buy a pack of cigarettes. Once you're done chatting, honk the horn and I'll be right there."

Shen Qing nodded.

Liu Shishi said she wanted to go for a walk because she wanted to talk to Shen Qing alone. The driver avoided her, so the two of them didn't have to get out of the car.

After the driver parked the car and left, Liu Shishi mustered her courage and said, "You've been so good to me, specifically asking me to play the female lead in 'Scarlet Heart,' and inviting me to act in your new movie. I remember all of that. I know you like me, but I really can't agree to be your girlfriend. You have so many girlfriends, even Mimi is my best friend. I really can't be your girlfriend, do you understand?"

Shen Qing looked at the woman who was turning to the side and looking at him, and saw that her eyes were slightly misty. He nodded, realizing that he had indeed been too greedy.

"I understand, it's just that—I can't bear to part with it."

"You only keep thinking about what you can't have; once you get it, you can let it go."

Liu Shishi leaned back in her seat and stopped looking at Shen Qing.

What does it mean to "get something and then be willing to give it up"?

Liu Shishi stared blankly ahead and said, "You've done so much for me, but in the end, you still didn't get me. Men are all fickle; once you really have me, you won't be so reluctant to let me go. I can promise to stay with you for a year, and after that, don't think about me anymore, okay?"

Filming is where feelings are most likely to develop, especially when two people are playing lovers. From meeting to marriage to raising a child together, Liu Shishi often had the illusion that she was Shen Qing's wife as they filmed the movie. Her profession as an actress made it impossible for her to suppress these feelings, and she also had to express them fully in front of the camera.

But these were all just quantitative changes. The real qualitative change was the "veil kiss" scene. The moment Shen Qing lifted the veil and kissed her, she was completely captivated.

But reason told her that Shen Qing wouldn't marry her, and wouldn't even love only her. She desperately wanted to get close to Shen Qing, to date him, but what then? Become one of his mistresses? Especially with Yang Mi involved. Should she just wait until the movie finished filming and never see him again? But she—couldn't bear to.

That's right, I just can't bear to part with it!

So when I heard Shen Qing say she "couldn't bear to part with" her, I actually felt that my soul resonated with Shen Qing's.

But what could he do? He couldn't possibly give up everything for her and all the other women.

After much thought, she finally came up with this idea.

She stayed with Shen Qing for a year. During that year, she didn't care that Shen Qing had other women, or that her best friend Yang Mi was also his woman. She just happily dated him for a year, and then she would have no regrets. She would leave then.

If she stays with him for a year before leaving, he won't bother her anymore. He's already got her, and might even be tired of her; what's the point of clinging on?

Only if he stops bothering her will she be able to truly leave him.

Otherwise, she feared that if he came to find her, she would throw herself into his arms without thinking.

Only when he gets tired of her and stops treasuring her will she have the strength to leave him.

What if I feel even more reluctant to part with you a year from now?

No, it won't.

"Yes, it will!"

No, it won't.

Shen Qing rolled down the car window, saw the driver, and called out to him. The driver quickly jogged to get into the car.

"Go to Pan-Hai International."

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"Okay, bro."

Shen Qing owns an apartment in Panhai International, which is where he usually lives.

The car drove into the underground parking garage, and Shen Qing took Liu Shishi's hand as they entered the elevator. Once inside the room, the two kissed for two or three minutes before reluctantly separating. Shen Qing noticed that Liu Shishi's body was trembling slightly.

"What's wrong?"

"This is my first time, could you... be gentle?"

Shen Qing held her in his arms, repeatedly calling her "baby" to comfort her.

"Won't it get the sheets dirty?"

"No, that's the best gift you've ever given me, and I'll cherish it."

"It's settled, just one year."

Shen Qing hesitated for a moment.

"You want to change your mind?"

"I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it when the time comes."

"You have to let go, even if you're reluctant. Who wants you—"

Liu Shishi didn't say what she wanted to say: Who told you to have so many women? I can't be your mistress forever without a name or status, can I?

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