Xiao Qian did not personally supervise the construction of the bridge. This kind of thing did not require his personal intervention.
He left an assistant in his hometown to take charge of the whole process. On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the family returned to the Magic City.
The Spring Festival is still celebrated in my hometown, but in developed areas, the flavor fades away after the seventh year of the Lunar New Year.
The road is already busy with traffic, no different from the past.
Today, all the top executives of Starlight Culture are present, and everyone is beaming with joy.
This is the day of the annual financial review.
When are people happiest?
Of course it's time to count the money.
"Everyone, have a happy new year."
Weng Zhian presided over the meeting. As soon as he came in, he would hand out red envelopes to everyone. The small ones would definitely not exceed one hundred yuan.
Fortunately, everyone was rich and didn't care. They sent blessings in return and the atmosphere was lively.
After all the senior executives and shareholders were seated, Weng Zhian stood behind the microphone.
"Today is the day for the 1996 financial summary of our Starlight Culture Group. The past year has been a year of great development and unity for us. In the past year, our business of Starlight Culture Group has been fully launched and all achievements have been made.
We achieved amazing results. All of this is the result of everyone’s efforts.”
The applause burst out, as enthusiastic as the tide.
The group is thriving and developing, and this is something that everyone can see. Being in such a collective, it is easy for everyone to feel proud.
After Weng Zhian gave his speech, he gave up his seat. The person making the report was of course the person in charge of each branch.
Starlight Culture Group now has three branches, namely Starlight Entertainment, Starlight Music and Starlight Film and Television.
Starlight Entertainment is mainly responsible for artist management affairs and arranging various commercial activities and performances for artists.
Starlight Music is mainly responsible for the production and distribution of popular music, as well as hosting various music events.
Starlight Film and Television is mainly responsible for the production and distribution of film and television dramas.
The first one to take the stage was Xu Jiayi.
This woman is nearly forty years old, but she doesn't look old at all. She holds power and is radiant with moisture. Standing there, she looks like a queen.
"Dear shareholders and colleagues, let me announce the financial report of Starlight Entertainment for 1996."
The scene was extremely quiet, everyone was listening attentively, but Xu Jiayi's voice echoed in the hall.
Throughout 1996, Starlight Entertainment signed a total of five newcomers, including Li Bingbing and Ren Quan. It was considered a steady progress and the situation was stable.
The bulk of Starlight Entertainment's revenue is mainly concentrated on artists' commercial activities.
Among them, Shen Jue is still unique, taking the lead with a revenue of 800 million, which is much higher than others.
Yang Zhen is one of those who has risen quickly. With just one film, "Tai Chi Master", he has reached more than 500 million. The future is promising.
As for the one with the highest net profit, it is obviously she.
After all, an actor's income must be related to film and television works, and other than that it is advertising. Unlike singers who perform on so many stages, each performance is sky-high.
She is currently performing in commercials, and her appearance fee has reached 300,000 per show, which is the only one in the country. She still has to queue up, leaving them to pick and choose.
Starlight Entertainment's total revenue in 1996 was RMB 4.7 billion, with a net profit of RMB 800 million, unrivaled among its domestic peers.
In this era, domestic entertainment companies have only gradually begun to appear, and they are still groping forward on the road to formalization.
The existence of this kind of bug in Starlight Entertainment simply gives people no way to survive.
After Starlight Entertainment came Starlight Music, and the person who gave the report was naturally Li Qingjue.
In 1996, Starlight Music released a total of sixteen batches of albums. In addition to the individual albums of each singer, there are also various comprehensive albums such as film and television golden song collections and popular golden song collections.
In addition, the company also undertakes external album production and distribution work, which is also part of the revenue.
Among various albums, her second album has set a record. As of the Spring Festival, it has sold 4.35 million copies.
Based on the fact that an album costs fifteen yuan, this return alone will bring in revenue of 65 million just from the release of the album.
Last year, the company's singers' album sales exceeded one million, including She, Qu Qi, Wen Yi, Nanxing Moonlight, etc. The sales of comprehensive albums are better because they are all high-quality compilations.
"In 1996, Starlight Music's revenue was 3.5 billion yuan, and its net profit was 1.1 billion yuan. The financial report has been distributed, please review it."
Li Qingjue was in high spirits. After all, after taking over the management from her mother, Starlight Music had not declined under her leadership, which made her finally let go of her worries.
The overall revenue of Starlight Music is not as high as that of Starlight Entertainment, but its net profit is much higher. This is enough to show how much the company invests in artists.
After all, artists need a gorgeous image, and each person is surrounded by a whole team, plus the consumption of various luxury goods and cosmetics, so the cost is so high.
Unlike Starlight Music, the biggest cost expenditure is album printing and channel distribution. In addition, album sales are actually huge profits, so it surpasses Starlight Entertainment in terms of pure profit.
In the end, only Starlight Video is left.
Seeing Xiao Qian walking towards the stage, the applause from below started, which made Xiao Qian confused.
"You are clapping before I say anything. I hope you can continue to applaud when I say I will lose money."
A group of people laughed.
"Mr. Xiao, we all know the situation of Starlight Film and Television."
"The most popular thing this year is Starlight Film and Television. How can it lose money?"
Xiao Qian waved her hand.
"Don't flatter me. Even if you flatter me, I won't give you more red envelopes than Mr. Weng."
Let’s laugh again in the audience.
Someone has already opened the red envelope just now, no more, no less, just one hundred yuan.
The stingy fat boy is very particular about hardship and simplicity in this aspect, so admirable that he really wants to give him the middle finger.
"Starlight Film and Television has mainly worked on several projects in the past year. One is the third season of "Bao Qingtian", which we cooperated with Shonan TV. The other one is "Tai Chi Master", which is the company's first time involved.
Kung Fu action drama. The first round of broadcasting of "Legend of Xiangshuai" has also ended, and it will be included in the statistics for the time being. There is also the movie "The Opium War", but it has not been released yet, so we have to wait for the result. I will focus on it below.
Let’s talk.”
Of the three branches, the largest is definitely Starlight Film and Television. They all need to go out independently and build office buildings next to Chedun.
But when it comes to activities, Starlight Film and Television is the least popular.
After all, it is a film and television company, and it basically takes more than half a year to work on a project.
This is only possible because Starlight Film and Television is formal enough, has strong capital, and has professional staff.
In this era, it is common for most people who are engaged in film and television to work on a project for two or three years. The efficiency is slow and the returns are low, so the film and television industry continues to be in a downturn.
The formalization of Starlight Film and Television has always been at the forefront of the world, because the improvement of efficiency saves a lot of costs, and also makes the content produced more high-quality and more popular with the audience.
After cooperating with Xiangnan Channel on the first two seasons of "Bao Qingtian", Xiangnan Channel tasted the benefits and strongly requested to produce a third season.
However, this time Starlight Film and Television’s participation was not very high.
Except for a few actors who will also appear, the filming has been handed over to Shonan TV's own crew.
Xiao Qian mobilized his capable forces and prepared to do big things. Currently, all the staff of Starlight Film and Television are in-depth study and honing their internal skills.
Soon they no longer have any leisure time.
The third season of "Bao Qingtian" has maintained the level of the first two seasons and is still very popular. It has also been produced on other broadcast platforms and won the favor of advertisers, earning more than 300 million in revenue for Hunan TV and Starlight Film and Television.
But compared with "Tai Chi Master", it's completely unwatchable.
"Tai Chi Master" has also set off a craze not only in China, but also in Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea, triggering a new round of kung fu craze.
This is the second time after Bruce Lee that Chinese Kung Fu has become popular internationally.
And what’s different about the first Kung Fu craze is that the spread of this time is deeply imprinted with Chinese culture.
Bruce Lee's Kung Fu is popular internationally because he achieved it with one punch and one kick.
At that time, foreigners' impression of kung fu was that they were powerful and could fight.
Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do was created by drawing on the strengths of various fighting kung fu in the world. It is a refined and powerful fighting technique, not a Chinese kung fu in the traditional sense.
But the connotation of "Tai Chi Master" this time is completely the manifestation of China's most traditional ideological and cultural.
While foreigners find Tai Chi to be incredibly magical, they also unknowingly have a little understanding of Chinese traditional culture.
From this aspect, the impact caused by "Tai Chi Master" is more beneficial to China's external propaganda.
And the feedback to revenue is even more gratifying.
Domestically, it has now entered the fifth round of broadcasting. Although the sales were at a cabbage price, they still amounted to more than 7 million yuan.
As for foreign countries, the popularity is still unabated, and even TV stations in North America and Africa have purchased the broadcast rights.
As of the Spring Festival, "Tai Chi Master" has generated a revenue of 700 million. This number is dazzling even in the era of advanced information.
After all, it is a work that pioneered kung fu, so it is treated like this.
The total cost of the entire drama is just over 7 million, including various publicity expenses. The rest is pure profit.
After calculation, Starlight Entertainment was finally able to obtain more than 400 million, which made many colleagues dumbfounded.
Robbery is not as fast as this.
In addition to the work itself, Starlight Film and Television is also the first company in China to operate film and television peripherals.
The peripheral derivative products of "Tai Chi Master" alone have brought the company more than 30 million yuan in revenue.
With just this one drama, Starlight Pictures made a lot of money.
