Chapter 104 Inventory of Assets
After all, the news that Zhang Yimou is going to make a blockbuster is still just a rumor. Maybe he hasn't even finalized the script for "Hero" yet.

Of course Liu Zhou also wants to make a blockbuster, but now is not the right time and he does not have the ability to do so.

Just thinking about the coordination of thousands of people in "Hero" makes one's scalp tingle, so Liu Zhou thinks he should calm down for a while.

Just after International Women’s Day, Liu Zhou was called to China Film by Han Shanping.

He knew that he could share the money again.

When I arrived at Han Shanping's office, Director Xie was indeed there. Both of them were waiting for Liu Zhou's arrival with a smile on their faces.

"Liu Zhou, I heard you moved, why didn't you ask us to go to the Wenwen room?"

"That's not necessary. I didn't hire anyone for this move. Besides, Mr. Han, you're a very busy person. How dare I waste your time on such a trivial matter?"

"Look, Old Xie, Liu Zhou is getting cocky. Buying a big villa is just a piece of cake."

After saying this, Han Shanping and Director Xie couldn't help but laugh.

"The two factory managers, please stop teasing me. I will take you to see the place and cook for you myself."

"That's a deal, and you really have to treat us to a good meal. We've made a lot of money this time."

After Han Shanping finished speaking, he handed a document to Liu Zhou.

Liu Zhou took it and took a look, and it was indeed the income details and distribution of "Only You".

"Only You" had a box office of more than 50.7 million. After deducting the distribution, theater and special business taxes and film special funds, the producer can still get 30%.

This time Liu Zhou is no longer a rookie director, so the cinema made certain concessions on the profit sharing, so the profit sharing this time is larger than last time.

Thirty percent is fifteen million.

At the beginning, the investment share of "Only You" was 3.5% for Liu Zhou and China Film, and 3% for Zhujiang Film Studio.

In other words, Liu Zhou could get 5.2 million.

This movie was also released in Hong Kong, but its box office was not as good as "My Sassy Girl". Even with the support of King Liu, it only earned more than 16 million.

The producer can get four layers of the box office, which is 6.4 million, and Liu Zhou can get more than 2.2 million.

Then the copyrights were sold to movie channels and some other sources for nearly 1.8 million, and Liu Zhou also received 600,000.

Therefore, Liu Zhou can get a total of about 8 million yuan in income from the mainland and Hong Kong.

Then there are the overseas copyrights. This time, Liu Zhou bought out the copyrights in one go, including South Korea and one copy.

Because these two countries are related by Liu and Zhou, and the Nanyang region is related by China Film, the overseas distribution this time is not counted as a distribution fee, and the three companies directly share the profits.

The overseas copyrights were sold for a total of nearly four million US dollars, and Zeng Li was the main force in selling the copyrights. Overseas film producers were more interested in Zeng Li's popularity.

Liu Zhou can get 1.4 million out of the 4 million US dollars, which is equivalent to about 12 million RMB.

Therefore, Liu Zhou’s total revenue from this movie is about 20 million.

This is less than the revenue from the last film "My Sassy Girl", after all, there is one more investor.

However, through this cooperation, Liu Zhou also greatly deepened his relationship with China Film.

As long as China Film Group is not stupid, it can see Liu Zhou's ability and the value of his creation. He is much more awesome than Feng Kuzi, whose overseas copyrights cannot be sold at all.

If Liu Zhou is targeted in the future, China Film Group will certainly not sit idly by.

Moreover, with the participation of China Film Group, the production, distribution, promotion and screening of the film will be much smoother, and the role they can play is huge.

Relatively speaking, the Pearl River Studio did not play a big role this time. They could provide everything that China Film could.

Now the role of Zhujiang Factory to Liu Zhou is becoming less and less important, and Liu Zhou will probably rarely cooperate with them in the future.

This is not to say that Liu Zhou is ungrateful. Zhujiang Factory did provide him with considerable help when Liu Zhou started out, but Liu Zhou also helped them earn 20 to 30 million yuan, which was enough to repay the favor.

It is impossible for Liu Zhou to keep him investing and let them share the money that belongs to Liu Zhou.

Director Xie probably knew that the Pearl River Factory had made a great profit this time, and was very self-aware and did not mention, as he did last time, that the Pearl River Factory should not be forgotten when there was a new project.

Liu Zhou couldn't help but feel good about this. It would be good if everyone could part ways in peace.

The accounts were confirmed to be correct, and the three of them were very happy when they looked at the money they would get.

For Han Shanping and Director Xie, this money may not be theirs, but it is a resounding political achievement.

Afterwards, Liu Zhou kept his promise and cooked a meal for them in his new villa in the evening.

Looking at this luxurious villa, the two couldn't help but admire it. They used to wonder why a young man like Liu Zhou liked to live in a courtyard house.

Now they know that Liu Zhou doesn't dislike living in a building, but prefers to go all the way and live in a villa directly.

During the meal, Han Shanping inevitably asked Liu Zhou if he had any plans for new projects.

Liu Zhou also told the truth and said he wanted to take a break for a while.

Rest is real, but besides that, Liu Zhou also has other important things to do in the first half of this year.

Even if we want to make a new movie, we have to wait until the second half of the year.

Han Shanping didn't say much about this, and reminded him to always pay attention to the policy trends from above.

Liu Zhou knows that this year private film and television companies will be issued distribution licenses, and the distribution work will no longer be monopolized by state-owned film and television studios.

Yu Dong's Bona was established at this time and gradually grew by relying on the distribution of Hong Kong films.

Not to mention Huayi, after obtaining the distribution license, it will be a great boost to their development.

However, Liu Zhou did not think about competing for an issuance license.

His current studio is still just a makeshift team. Although he plans to officially start operations this year, he has no connections with theaters in various places, so it is difficult to do the distribution work.

In addition, he did not have enough films to distribute, and the labor costs to maintain the distribution work were a considerable expense.

So instead of doing this, it is better to rely on China Film for the time being. Although they will earn the distribution fees, it will save you a lot of trouble.

Liu Zhou still wants to accumulate some strength so that he can deal with not only distribution but also the theaters.

After dinner, Han Shanping and Director Xie left first.

Yuan Quan had a drama performance at the National Theatre in the evening and invited Zeng Li and Liu Zhou to go watch it together. However, Liu Zhou had drunk some wine and felt a little dizzy, so he did not go with them.

At this moment, lying on the big bed in the bedroom, although Liu Zhou felt a little drowsy, his mind seemed particularly clear.

Thinking about what he was going to do next, Liu Zhou couldn't help but calculate in his mind how much money he had now.

The account was summarized once two years ago, and Liu Zhou had 26 million in deposits at that time.

In the past two years, his income has been only two yuan.

One part is the royalties. His three youth novels have contributed about 8 million yuan to Liu Zhou in the past two years, including overseas. The next big thing is the publication of the "Ghost Blowing Light" series of novels.

Since August of the previous year, four volumes have been published so far, and the fifth volume is still being serialized.

The first part, "The Mysterious City of Jingjue", has sold 5.6 million copies by the end of February this year. Now every copy sold is a new sales record.

The second volume also sold well, selling 4.5 million copies.

The third and fourth parts sold 3.4 million and 2.1 million copies respectively.

The four books have sold a total of 15.6 million copies.

This seems to be a bit higher than the sales of Tian Xia Ba Chang. The genuine editions of his eight Ghost Blows Out the Light novels only sold about 30 to 40 million copies, and this sales volume was accumulated over many years.

However, at that time his book was first released online. Due to the impact of the online version, it is understandable that the sales of the paper book were lower.

For the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series of novels, Liu Zhou received 20% of the royalties.

The price of a single copy is still 25 yuan, which means Liu Zhou can get 5 yuan for each book.

Fifteen million six hundred thousand copies equals seventy-eight million!

The total additional income from royalties in the past two years is 86 million.

This is after-tax income, and all taxes are borne by the magazine.

But even so, "Mengya" magazine made a lot of money.

The "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series is so popular that it does not need any promotion at all. The distribution channels are also ready-made. The only cost may be the printing cost. As for labor, this can be ignored.

Now that the print run of the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series of novels is so large, "Mengya" magazine will have more bargaining power and costs will be reduced.

So even if he paid taxes for Liu Zhou, he would still earn much more than Liu Zhou.

In addition to the income from royalties, Liu Zhou also earns money from investing in movies.

First of all, the first movie "My Sassy Girl", excluding the one-volume and Korean version, made a total profit of 21 million.

Some time ago, Hollywood DreamWorks bought the adaptation rights of this film for US$600,000, which is equivalent to about RMB 5 million.

In the past few months, "My Sassy Girl" has been withdrawn from print in Japan and South Korea.

The box office of this movie reached 105 million yen in its first edition. At that time, the Japanese yen was still relatively valuable, with one US dollar being exchanged for Japanese yen.

560 million yen is equivalent to 5.3 million US dollars.

The distribution contract that Liu Zhou and Takeshi Kitano's T-MARK Production Company negotiated was for them to get 25% of the profit, which is 1.33 million US dollars, equivalent to about 11 million RMB.

Liu Zhou can get 80% of this money, which is 8.8 million.

Then in South Korea, "My Sassy Girl" reached 1.05 million viewers.

The movie ticket price there at that time was 8,000 Korean won, which is about four US dollars. That means the total box office was 4.2 million US dollars.

The distribution contract that Liu Zhou negotiated with CJ Group was for 27% of the production company's share, which meant that he and Pearl River Studio could get $1.13 million.

Liu Zhou's 80% is 910,000 US dollars, which is about 7.7 million RMB.

In other words, Liu Zhou’s total income from the movie "My Sassy Girl" was 42.5 million.

Then came the second movie, "Only You", which earned much less, with a total revenue of only 20 million, more than half less.

After all, the movie "Only You" is not as explosive as "My Sassy Girl" and its popularity is not that high, so the copyrights in Japan and South Korea were directly bought out, and no distribution profit sharing was done.

If it weren't for the heat caused by the quarrel between Liu Zhou and Feng Kuzi, the box office would not have reached 50 million in the mainland.

With the addition of an investor, Liu Zhou was already satisfied with the profit of 20 million.

Adding it all up, Liu Zhou's total investment income in the movie is 62.5 million.

However, this part of the money needs to pay taxes, but there is no need to rush, you can use it first.

This income is indeed high, but overseas income accounts for the majority. No wonder those banned sixth-generation directors live so comfortably.

Therefore, if a movie wants to make big money, it still depends on overseas revenue.

This is also the fundamental reason why China Film Group values ​​Liu Zhou more than Feng Kuazi.

Feng Kuzi's movies didn't sell at all overseas, and the money he earned from his four movies was not as much as from Liu Zhou's one movie.

It is difficult to keep Liu Zhou's movie's monstrous revenue secret. The outside world may not know about it, but some people in the industry, especially those investors, have already received the news.

During this period, many investors have been eyeing Liu Zhou's new film. Even Huayi, which had fallen out with him in secret, shamelessly expressed its intention to cooperate.

Liu Zhou rejected all the investors seeking cooperation on the grounds of taking a rest. It was also because so much money suddenly came to him that Liu Zhou wanted to calm down.

Liu Zhou also didn't want to become a film-making machine, shooting one movie after another. If he did that, no matter how much he liked movies, he would get tired of them.

So this time Liu Zhou plans to take a break for half a year, do some other things, and calm down.

Liu Zhou couldn't sleep when he thought about the fact that his two sources of income added up to 148.5 million.

It seems like I have become a billionaire all of a sudden!

However, this was not all the money Liu Zhou could control. After buying the land and factory building for Factory 798, his current villa, and some daily expenses, he only had million left.

In the five years since his rebirth, Liu Zhou has earned a two-story courtyard house, a piece of land and factory building of nearly 3,000 square meters on the Fourth Ring Road, a single-family villa in Beijing, and 130 million in cash.

This result seems a bit embarrassing for a reborn person!

Some amazing people may become billionaires in less than a year, the richest man in the world in less than three years, and the end in five years.

However, Liu Zhou was not discouraged. Earning the first million was the most difficult, and it would be much easier to make money after that, not to mention that he now had 130 million in funds.

In the evening, when Zeng Li returned home, Liu Zhou suddenly became very interested. After she finished taking a shower, he couldn't help but pull her to exercise together.

After exercising three times, the two of them lay down on the bed exhausted to rest.

"Zhou Zhou, what's wrong with you? Why are you so powerful all of a sudden?"

Zeng Li blushed, and said while panting as she smoothed her wet hair behind her ears.

Liu Zhou rarely lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled, saying:
"Lizi, do you believe me when I tell you that I'm a billionaire now?"

Zeng Li was stunned after hearing this, then smiled and said:

"I believe it!"

Liu Zhou laughed and then hugged Zeng Li in his arms.

(End of this chapter)