"Uncle Wei, if you are interested, we can invest in this project together. Honggu, if we want to take over, Debao won't have any objections, right?"
Honggu said happily: "No, I know that person Cen Jianxun. He is very straightforward, not the kind of person who talks one thing and does another behind the scenes. Since he says it is difficult, there is really a problem. If you take over
, he will still be happy."
Sun Dahai nodded and said: "That's great! I just want to help Hong Gu and Fa Ge invest in a movie they like. Don't cause any misunderstanding."
Sun Dahai looked at Ren Kuang. Ren Kuang and he had a relatively tacit understanding. He smiled bitterly and said: "Sure, sure, sure. I will meet Director Zhang and Director Luo for tea tomorrow, read the script, and then discuss the investment in detail.
Honggu, please go with me."
"Okay." Hong Gu's boldness and enthusiasm are really embarrassing.
"Leslie, what have you been busy with lately?"
Leslie Cheung was holding a wine glass and slowly sipping red wine. Hearing Sun Dahai's words, he smiled and said: "In the first half of the year, my main energy was on movies, and the fans were reluctant.
Now I am ready to calm down and focus on music. I will start working on a new album in the second half of the year, and there will be a few concerts at the end of the year. I will have to wait until next year to act in a movie again."
"Well, anyway, Leslie, if you have any good projects that you want to star in, and if you don't invest in them, just tell me. I made some money investing in "A Better Tomorrow" and I can continue to invest in movies."
Leslie Cheung smiled and said: "Okay, thank you, Dahai. When I make movies, I tend to choose scripts and roles. In the past, many good scripts were shelved due to lack of investment. If you don't care about the return on investment, you can give it a try
.However, the possibility of losing money is very high.”
Hong Gu curled her lips and said, "Leslie can choose the script because his main job is singing, and he is also a top first-line singer in Hong Kong, so he doesn't care how much money he can earn from acting.
We are just actors, and we rely on acting to support our families. Although the box office performance has no direct relationship with us, it will affect the remuneration for future films.
The commercial films Fa Ge received in the past few years did not do well at the box office. If TVB hadn't been so enthusiastic about him and let him star in art films and TV series at a loss, I'm afraid he would have lost his role as a star.
Those investors are very practical. They are not just playing around like Dahai. What they want is profits, so they don’t care who has better acting skills. As long as you can’t attract box office, they won’t use you again.”
Fa Ge nodded with a wry smile.
"Capital is profit-seeking, and there is nothing wrong with that. When I was studying in the United States, the same was true for their investors.
It's just that the derivative industry of film and television works there is relatively developed, so a real industry chain has been formed, and box office revenue is not their main source of income.
Otherwise, except for some low-cost dark horses at the box office, most movies will lose money, and the bigger the movie, the more so. Because the cost of actors and production in the United States is too high."
"Why don't we also practice singing? Let Leslie help us write some songs in the future, and we'll also do a film and television song." Fa Ge started to make noises.
With Brother Fa's voice, when he sings, he sounds like he's at the scene of a car accident. Are you sure you're not joking?
Hong Gu was self-aware, so she ignored Fa Ge's teasing and turned to ask Ren Tuan.
"Brother Hua, if you want to engage in film and television investment with Dahai, why not set up a company so that we can get a share. I can see it. Even though Dahai is young, he is really lucky to have money. Don't accept it!
I don’t know much about investing, so instead of being coaxed by those financial salesmen to buy this fund or that financial product, I would rather take a ride on the ocean, which is easy and worry-free.”
Sun Dahai suddenly remembered something, and he asked: "Honggu, wasn't part of your remuneration for starring in "A Better Tomorrow" exchanged for shares in Sewijinghao Investment Company?
The first three years are the development period of the company. No dividends will be paid. Starting from this year, there will be dividends every year.
I haven’t read the company’s financial statements, but as far as I know, the profitability of Suijinghao’s branches in mainland China is very good, and the dividends you will receive at the end of the year should not be small.”
Hong Gu said proudly: "Although I can't understand the financial statements, I asked the general manager Ouyang Huihui.
She said that judging from the situation in the first half of the year, if there are no major surprises, as usual, the company will use 30% of the full year's net profit for shareholder dividends.
She said that I couldn’t guarantee whether the year-end dividend of the 5% shares in my hand would reach one million Hong Kong dollars, but it would be no problem if it was more than several hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars.
You know, this is after-tax profit. I have asked, and Xiangjiang Company distributes dividends to shareholders only after paying the profit tax, so individuals do not need to pay tax.
My salary has increased a lot now, but after excluding company commissions and taxes, I have to take on four or five movies a year to get so much money."
Fa Ge had never paid attention to this matter. After listening to Hong Gu's explanation, he realized that the shares of the company that he had not cared about before were actually so valuable now.
Leslie Cheung was also stunned.
He worked hard last year to make an album "Love for You". So far, the album has sold only a few hundred thousand copies a year after its release. After deducting various costs, he can only get one million. Hong Kong dollar.
The Suiyuejinghao Investment Company is just a coffee chain company that has been established for more than three years. It is really surprising that it can achieve a net profit of tens of millions with only a dozen branches.
Suiyuijinghao currently has three branches in Xiangjiang. When the first branch opened, several shareholders were invited to attend. Later, if there was an opportunity, they would also visit the branch to increase business and popularity.
Every time they go to a branch, there are many customers, so they feel that the business of several branches is pretty good.
However, according to people who have always been happy, one branch in mainland China is very popular. The turnover of almost every store is equal to the total of the three stores in Xiangjiang.
When Leslie Cheung and others heard about it, they thought it was an exaggeration, but now it seems that this is really possible.
They were still thinking about the investment company of Suiuijinghao, and Sun Dahai was already whispering to Ren Kuei.
"Uncle Wei, what do you think of Hong Gu's suggestion? Should we also open a film and television investment company?"
"We'll do it if you think it's suitable. But let's make it clear first, I don't know how to run a company. If you want to be a hands-off shopkeeper again, just arrange for a suitable person to manage the company."
Ren Kuang knew Sun Dahai very well and knew that he would not put too much thought into this, so he put his words up front.
Sun Dahai spread his hands and said worriedly: "Where do you want me to find people? Xiangjiang is your territory, okay? There are no such talents in the mainland."