On the afternoon of the 23rd, Jiang Yan landed in Beijing. Before meeting Hengdian, he had to go to Yangshi. The Spring Festival Gala was approaching, and the director had urged him many times. Jiang Yan had to report first and then return to Hengdian.
Three hours later, Jiang Yan stayed at Yangshi for half an hour, drank a pot of tea and then came out. Needless to say, the Spring Festival Gala program was almost no problem, unless Jiang Yan also came to a "certain flag gate"...
Since the 24th, Jiang Yan has been spending time in Xingchenhai Park.
During the day, I keep an eye on the progress of various projects, at night I go into the world of "Men in Black 2" to learn about technology, and during my breaks I train to lose weight.
During this period, Stars and Sea also ushered in another wave of highlight moments.
On the 31st, the global box office data of "Lord of the Rings 1" was released.
This film is currently quite well-known in China, partly due to Jiang Yan's "taken advantage of" investment of US$80 million.
80 million U.S. dollars and more than 600 million yuan. This figure makes countless people in the industry still make fun of Jiang Yan for being "short-minded" to this day.
After all, there are so many things that can be done with so much money. Some people have calculated that if Jiang Yan had used more than 600 million to buy houses in Beijing and Shanghai two years ago, he would have made at least 50% of the profits by now.
If we don't buy a house and only work on other film and television drama projects, based on the income ratio of Xingchenhai's previous projects, we will have at least about 150% of the income now, which would be 300 million if rounded up.
But now, let alone 150%, even 50%, of 80 million U.S. dollars may not be earned, and there is a high probability that it will be a loss. If it is really a loss, it will cost hundreds of millions, so Jiang Yan’s
The title added the title of "prodigal son".
Of course, there are many people who are optimistic about "Lord of the Rings". After all, since the promotion period of this film, more and more people in the Hollywood industry are optimistic about it, so many people in China also think that this film will not lose money.
If it's not a loss, it means it will make a profit. This is good news. As for how much profit it will make? There is no need to consider it. Is it possible that it can still compare with "Titanic"?
However, when the global box office of "Lord of the Rings 1" came out, the whole world was shocked.
"The Lord of the Rings" was released in North America as early as August. It was screened in 3,359 theaters on the first day, earning a box office revenue of 47.21 million U.S. dollars. It has since been released in many places around the world. As of December 31, "The Lord of the Rings" has been released worldwide.
The box office has reached 800 million US dollars.
800 million US dollars!
This is only the first one!
You must know that Jiang Yan’s 80 million investment was for the entire trilogy!
As a result, the combined box office of the trilogy is at least 2.4 billion, which is already more than "Titanic".
And if you do the math, the revenue ratio of this film is about 10 times, so Jiang Yan’s 80 million can become 800 million?!
And it’s still US dollars?!
Converted into RMB, it is more than 6 billion?!!
Oh my god!
Countless netizens, media and the public were completely shocked.
Of course, Stars and Sea will definitely give an explanation, saying that this is not how the accounts were calculated. How can it be ten times as much? Movie promotions, theater distribution, etc., there is a lot of trouble here!
But the media doesn’t care: Just say that 80 million times have not been paid back!
What else could Wu Yong say? He could only say: It is still being calculated, but it should not be a big problem to get back the money.
So the media got excited. The first part of the trilogy paid off, and the remaining two parts were bloody profits. So you still say that Jiang Yan didn't make a lot of money?
Then there was a lot of wild talk on the Internet, saying that Jiang Yan had a smart eye and that Jiang Yan was unbeatable in luck.
Of course, some people are singing the opposite tune, saying what is there to be proud of?
"The Lord of the Rings" was filmed so well and the box office was so high, but the technology is yours? The story is yours? The copyright is yours? You just contributed the money. What are you proud of?
There are even more fierce scholars who said that Jiang Yan is a filmmaker, but he does things that only capitalists do and has no contribution to the movie. Therefore, the higher the box office of "Lord of the Rings" is, the more it is a travesty.
...
Such comments were approved by many people, but in January, after the Grammys and Oscars announced the shortlists for the new year's awards, all the noise disappeared and turned into a unified exclamation: Jiang
Yanniu pen!
On January 4th, the 2002 Oscar nomination list was announced. "The Lord of the Rings: Part One" received 13 nominations, including two related to Jiang Yan, namely "Best Original Song" and "Best Score".
This time, those who shouted "Jiang Yan just paid, he did nothing" were completely shut up.
On January 8, the 2002 Grammys also released the shortlist.
Jiang Yan himself was shortlisted for 8 awards with "Joey3".
"Best Album of the Year"
"Best Single of the Year".
"Best Male Pop Vocalist"
"Best Rock Singer"
"Best Rock Song"
"Best Rock Performance".
"Best Original Song for Film and Television"
and "Best Dance Production"
As soon as the list came out, it was immediately reprinted by relevant media. Jiang Yan has become extremely popular in the United States this year. Many people are aware that he may be nominated for a Grammy again, so they are very sensitive to this year's Grammy nomination list.
Sure enough, these media guessed it right and immediately issued an article to celebrate.
The Chinese music scene is shocked!
The Asian music scene is shocked!
Countless people who didn’t know what a Grammy was were also shocked!
Anyway, everyone was shocked again. Jiang Yan comes here every year, so it would be unreasonable not to express shock.
Then media reporters and knowledgeable people once again popularized the Grammy.
Of course, Oscar also needs to educate himself again.
Otherwise, Jiang Yan’s outstanding writing skills will not be reflected.
Then the result was no surprise, the whole network was once again flooded with Jiang Yan.
However, the media and fans felt that Jiang Yan did not particularly care about this, because soon after the list was announced, everyone noticed that Jiang Yan had uploaded more than ten basketball teaching videos on his "Youtu" website.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the video, Jiang Yan personally teaches various basketball skills in a simple and clear way. His body shape is also visualized. With the different videos, he gradually changes from bloated to
Restored to its most perfect condition.
Watching these videos, basketball fans are naturally extremely excited. After all, in this era, these are like "martial arts secrets". You can't find another one in the world, so even though countless fans started to practice with them
Already.
And many practitioners in the music industry once again lamented: When can I be like Brother Yan and not blink when I hear a Grammy nomination, then this life will be worth it.
Not to mention those in the film and television industry, Jiang Yan and Xingchen Dahai have money and resources, so needless to say, they just have to find ways to get on board...
February 5, 2002, a small year in the south.
At this time, there was still one week before the Spring Festival of 2002. Jiang Yan had a rare opportunity to hold annual meetings for his related industries before the year.
Stars and Seas, Star Cinemas, Spark Charity, Xiangjiang, several mainland media, Tesla Group and Small Target, etc. Due to confidentiality reasons for some companies, Jiang Yan did not participate in person, but only held a conference call, and then
They all prepared generous gifts.
For other public companies, he went to the scene to express his gratitude to the employees and boost their morale, hoping that everyone would continue to work hard to make money for him next year.
Among them, the biggest one is Xingchenhai, firstly because of the large scale of the company and the large number of employees.
In addition to more than a hundred people from Xingchenhai headquarters, some employees of Xingchen Cinema Line, some people from the old Xu family in Hengdian, and the media company owned by Jiang Yan also came to participate.
The total number of people from several companies was close to 300. Ordinary hotel banquet halls could not be crowded, so Jiang Yan directly booked the venue at Dongyang International Hotel.
In addition to the large number of employees, more importantly, there are also many celebrities. In addition to all the artists from Stars and Seas, many friends of Jiang Yan or other artists also came to join in the fun.
However, the people who came here were all under control and did not dare to open the door completely, otherwise celebrities from Huayi Brothers, Tangren, Hainan Zhouyi and other companies would come over.
It’s not that it’s not good for them to come, but it’s awkward for them to come to the internal annual meeting.
This awkwardness does not mean that it will be awkward here in Xingchenhai, but that the people who come will be awkward.
Just look at how Jiang Yan distributed benefits at the annual meeting.
3 million cash and other prizes worth around 1 million!
All the employees present took the stage to draw a lottery, and they were guaranteed to receive thousands of cash and prizes, which other companies would consider extremely boring.
Since it was an internal annual meeting, there was no media, and the outside world did not know the situation. Employees consciously kept it secret, so Jiang Yan showed off his wealth and distributed benefits to everyone without any impact.
With so much money being used to give out red envelopes, Wu Yong, who is always searching, rarely said anything this time. The reason is naturally because "The Lord of the Rings" became a big hit.
The profit of "Lord of the Rings 1" has been calculated, and Stars and Sea's profit is 1.6 times. According to the current exchange rate, Stars and Sea's profit in this wave is 400 million yuan.
This is only the income from "Lord of the Rings 1", and the next two will only be higher.
So taking out 4 million out of 400 million for welfare is just a drop in the bucket.
The red banknotes and prizes were placed on the stage, and the atmosphere in the venue suddenly became very warm. Everyone was smiling and the voice of "Long live the boss" could not be heard.
Even people like Wang Fei and Mr. Zhou, who were not short of money, went up to smoke. It didn't matter how much they were, the main thing was to get good luck.
At the end of the lottery, Bao Qiang had the best luck. This silly boy laughed so hard on the spot that he won a car worth about 80,000 yuan. Xu Shanzheng, who was playing better with him next to him, had an envious look on his face.
The incredible look in his eyes reminded Jiang Yan of "People on the Road".
So now it's good, "People on the Road" has a prototype story, it's perfect.
However, Baoqiang is still relatively simple. After all, this is 80,000 yuan, so he immediately wanted to return it, but Jiang Yan is the kind of person who cannot afford to lose. So Baoqiang happily went to announce the good news to his family.
On the second day after the annual meeting, Jiang Yan held a separate meeting with Xingchenhai.
The theme of this meeting is share distribution.
One thing Jiang Yan is sure of is that Xingchenhai will not be listed on the market.
Without going public, many things must be handled carefully, otherwise it will easily dampen enthusiasm.
Fortunately, Xiang Yan has already made plans in this regard. In short, the elders will definitely not be disappointed.