Chapter 605 You can consider going to the United States for development
Ye Jinsheng knows that the United States is the most developed country in the world's entertainment industry. Being popular in the United States means that it will be popular all over the world. Michael Jackson's moonwalk has fascinated countless people around the world; Audrey Hepburn's smile has made men all over the world crazy.
, American stars are world stars.
The influence of stars in Hong Kong Island is far behind. For example, the most famous actor is Guorong, who is known as "Brother". He is a well-deserved emperor superstar among the more than 6 million people in Hong Kong Island, even in the entire Southeast Asia region.
Although he is famous, not many Americans know about him. Only Brother Xiao Long, who possesses "stunt skills", is the number one star in the East.
In the eyes of Americans, the entertainment industry in Hong Kong Island can only be regarded as a village-level entertainment industry with "rural" characteristics, which is not worth mentioning at all. Let alone Hong Kong Island, even the island countries do not take it seriously, or in other words
The United States doesn't care much about Asians, thinking that Asians are a bunch of rigid workaholics who don't understand what entertainment is.
Of course Ye Jinsheng knew that the entertainment industry in the United States was more developed, but he never thought about developing there.
Why? Because Ye Jinsheng has the dream of an entertainment tycoon. He wants to be the "originator" of the Chinese entertainment industry and bring vitality to this ancient country that has been dead for countless years. Hong Kong Island is only the first step. The mainland's one billion population is his dream.
The ultimate goal is that even if the people in the mainland do not have enough economic level to consume.
But Ye Jinsheng had never thought about entering the United States. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but he didn't dare to think about it.
Who are the people in the American entertainment industry? Ye Jinsheng knows very well, which of those long-established stars is not world-famous? Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Brooke Shields, Vivien Leigh, and so on.
Michael Jackson, a talented black boy, united all Hollywood singers to donate to Africa last year, and his song "We Are The World" raised 50 million US dollars.
In front of these star-studded superstars, Ye Jinsheng felt that his achievements were really insignificant. In addition, Americans were full of arrogance towards foreigners, especially Asians, who were deeply prejudiced. Over the years, Brother Xiao Long
Relying on the "mysterious" Eastern Kung Fu, they let go of their prejudices.
Going to Hollywood? Ye Jinsheng never thought about it until Liu Lang brought it up.
"Can I do it? Can I? Or can't I?"
There are two voices in Ye Jinsheng's mind, one is the ambition in his heart, and the other is reason.
Ambition told him: Go conquer Hollywood and let Americans surrender obediently to your feet; reason told him, you can make waves in Hong Kong Island, but Hollywood is not for him, just stay in Hong Kong Island!
"Liu Lang, I...let me think about it carefully!"
Going to Hollywood means giving up your nascent career in Hong Kong, having to start all over again, and the future is uncertain. Such multiple-choice questions are too difficult to answer.
"Okay, Brother Ye, I can help you if you go to Hollywood. Of course, it doesn't matter if you're in Hong Kong. It's just a matter of saving some face. But don't get too close to them. These people will be finished sooner or later!"
Liu Lang will not force the other party. Of course, he also hopes that Ye Jinsheng will develop in Hollywood. Others think Hollywood is unattainable, but in his eyes, the American entertainment industry is really nothing great. If he takes out all the songs in his mind, he will
It’s no problem to win seven or eight Grammy Awards. Well, it’s also no problem to win a few Oscars.
However, if Ye Jinsheng wants to develop in the United States, then the shares of Jingsheng Culture Company will also change.
This company now owns 10% of Liu Lang's shares. After two years of development on Hong Kong Island, Jingsheng Culture is worth nearly 100 million Hong Kong dollars. His 10% share is less than 10 million Hong Kong dollars.
, it’s only more than one million US dollars, Liu Lang really didn’t take this amount of money seriously.
This is because the Hong Kong Island market is too small, with a total population of only five to six million. Even Liu Lang's hometown, Fucheng, has more than 1.5 million people. In terms of population, Hong Kong Island only has four fourth-tier cities.
The scale of an entertainment company is already HK$100 million, which is already quite large.
If Jingsheng Culture goes to the United States to develop, the market size will be different. You must know that an album called "Thriller" released by Michael Jackson a few years ago has sold as many as 10 million copies worldwide so far, creating a
With hundreds of millions of dollars worth of wealth, this number is probably larger than the entire Hong Kong Island entertainment industry.
The wealth created in a year is much more. The songs and movies in Liu Lang's mind can create far more wealth than this number. Even if Ye Jinsheng is his good friend, it is impossible to give all of them to Jingsheng Culture.
Well! By then, Jingsheng Culture can only become a subsidiary of Shengtang Culture, with the same status as Industrial Light and Magic.
Of course, if Ye Jinsheng had not gone to the United States, Liu Lang would have started to establish his own entertainment company this year. He just lacked manpower. After all, no matter how powerful Lin Guodong was, he could not handle multiple aspects of the business. Ye Jinsheng was actually the best candidate.
However, this depends on whether he completely trusts himself.
Ye Jinsheng went aside to think about the future, and Shao Ming and Lu Xiaoguang began to "report". In the past six months, the sales of Transformers comic books have grown rapidly. Needless to say, the United States has created a huge sensation with the broadcast of the cartoon.
, sold nearly three hundred thousand copies.
Hong Kong Island also continues to sell well, with sales reaching 300,000 copies in half a year, which is similar to the United States. However, Hong Kong Island has reached this scale and is considered the limit. Unlike the U.S. market, which has just begun, and the price in the U.S. market will be high.
It’s a lot of money, but the profit margin is not comparable to that of Hong Kong Island.
"Yes, Brother Lu and Brother Shao, I have seen your efforts in the past six months. In half a year, the profit of our Shengtang Company's comic business reached 2.6 million US dollars, of which 1.2 million was from the comic business.
Hong Kong Island also contributed US$450,000. This is the result of the efforts of the Hong Kong Island team. Therefore, I decided to use 10% of the US$450,000 as a reward for your Hong Kong Island team. I hope
Let’s keep up the good work this year!”
On Hong Kong Island, in addition to Lu Xiaoguang and Shao Ming, there are five young people who are locals of Hong Kong Island. Four of them are majoring in painting, and the other one is majoring in finance.
Hearing Liu Lang said that he would reward everyone with 45,000 US dollars, the two of them grinned with joy. Their salary is 2,500 Hong Kong dollars per person per month, which is above average for Hong Kong Island.
, the remaining five people earn 2,000 Hong Kong dollars per month, reaching the average level of Hong Kong Island. Of course, this is net income, and they do not need to spend any food or accommodation, so it is calculated
It seems that Shengtang's treatment is very good, better than the middle-level cadres of ordinary large companies, but the reward of 45,000 US dollars still shocked the two of them. Even if it is divided among seven people, each person will get 6,400 US dollars.
This is U.S. dollars! The exchange rate between Hong Kong dollars and U.S. dollars is 7.8 to 1, so 6,400 U.S. dollars is 53,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is equivalent to two years of total income.
"Thank you, Mr. Liu. Don't worry, Mr. Liu, we will definitely listen to you and make the company stronger and stronger!"
The two of them immediately expressed their determination without saying a word.
"Do you have any difficulties on Hong Kong Island?"
Liu Lang then asked, as the boss of the company, it is one thing to let employees feel at ease and work well, but also to solve problems that employees cannot solve.