Start With a Fake University

The patter of rain has been falling continuously for some time.

The weather temperature is also gradually dropping.

On the campus of Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences, tens of thousands of students began to wear autumn and winter clothes. Some students who couldn't stand the cold had even put on their own down jackets.

This place in Wucheng City, when it is hot, it is extremely hot, when it is cold, it is bitterly cold, only summer and winter, but spring and autumn.

Compared to usual, today Ding Yue also wears a thin white sweater, plus a long windbreaker. The sweater and windbreaker are both Burberry, and the whole person looks a little gentle.

After getting dressed, Ding Yue came to the spacious balcony of his apartment room as usual.

This balcony is very important.

The reason why Ding Yue chose to move his new residence here was because of this balcony.

Standing on this balcony, Ding Yue looked to the left, and he could see the current campus of Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences.

Looking straight ahead, you can see the Bookship Library in the distance.

Looking to the right, one can see one construction site after another. The towering tower cranes have been erected, and construction trucks are coming in and out one after another.

Ding Yue's vision is very broad.

You can see both the original 2500 acre campus and the first phase of the iconic book ship library that was expanded last year.

You can also see the vast construction site in the west that is undergoing the second phase of comprehensive expansion. It has to be said that the location of the Yayuan apartment building can be said to be very well repaired.

The construction of Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences is proceeding in an orderly manner. Whether it is the construction of infrastructure, the construction of the teaching level of various departments and majors, and the construction of the school's overall talent training, it is prospering and moving in a bright direction.

Ding Yue enjoyed this feeling very much.

A private university in Novosibirsk University has continued to grow under its own efforts. This kind of "farming" feeling gave Ding Yue an extraordinary sense of accomplishment.

Of course.

Another reason why Ding Yue worked so hard to build Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences with a system is that he wants to know that when he builds Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences into the world's top comprehensive university, after achieving this ultimate goal, the system will What kind of ultimate reward for yourself?

Think about it, I'm still a little excited.

Just as Ding Yue was immersed in self-thinking, the phone on the table in the living room rang.

Ding Yue turned around and walked back to the living room. He glanced at the caller ID. Secretary Wen Ruohan called.

Picking up the phone, Ding Yue went out directly.

"I'm going into the elevator right away, just say it briefly, or I'll see you in the second cafeteria later."

"Yeah, well, Principal Ding, I have the money ready, Principal Ding, are you going to the second cafeteria for breakfast now?"

"Correct."

"Ok."

When Ding Yue left Yayuan No. 1 apartment building and came to the second canteen, he saw Wen Ruohan, the secretary who was already waiting here.

"It's early Principal Ding."

Wen Ruohan greeted enthusiastically after seeing the oncoming Principal Ding.

"It's cooling down, aren't you cold?"

Ding Yue took a look at Wen Ruohan's clothes, and the legs under the long skirt were more or less exposed. Girls, it was enough to show their legs.

"Hehehe, it's okay."

Wen Ruohan smiled and shook his head, and then went into the first floor of the second canteen with Principal Ding.

Ding Yue found a place to sit down, and Wen Ruohan went to have breakfast.

Under normal circumstances, if Wen Ruohan and Principal Ding come to the second cafeteria together, it is Wen Ruohan who is responsible for the breakfast for Principal Ding.

Sometimes Principal Ding got up late and slept a little longer, and Wen Ruohan often bought breakfast for Principal Ding and sent it to the apartment.

Wen Ruohan felt that sometimes he was not only the office secretary of Principal Ding, but also the life secretary to some extent, but not too much. In the end, he bought breakfast and milk tea.

However, Wen Ruohan discovered that President Ding drank less milk tea recently. After arriving at the second canteen every morning, he would drink a cup of hot soy milk instead of hot milk tea.

"Principal Ding, you seem to drink less milk tea, but a cup of hot soy milk every morning. Is soy milk better than milk tea?"

Wen Ruohan asked curiously after calling for breakfast.

"Health."

Ding Yue replied calmly.

Now Ding Yue found out that drinking too much milk tea is not so good.

"Let's talk about business." Ding Yue said while eating steamed buns.

"Well, Principal Ding's "Big Hero 6" of our school as of yesterday, the cumulative total box office for one month was 2.473 billion yuan, and then he successfully applied for the key extension for one month. The month of the extension is about For a box office of 100 million yuan, that's a total of 2.573 billion yuan."

Wen Ruohan began to report business affairs to Principal Ding seriously.

Because today, President Ding is going to give bonuses to the employees of Feiyue Animation Studio, that is, the 3% profit dividend that President Ding promised to Feiyue Animation Studio.

It is precisely because of Principal Ding’s 3% profit dividend bonus that everyone in Feiyue Animation Studio will be able to produce it before the National Day file with high quality and quantity in three or four months. Animated movie "Big Hero 6".

The final box office explosion surpassed Ding Yue's imagination.

Ding Yue initially thought that if "Big Hero 6" had a box office of several hundred million, then he would be able to make a profit. In the end, 3% of the profits would be distributed to the members of Feiyue Animation Studio as an incentive, that is, hundreds That's all.

It's not just a few million now.

Because it counts as a total box office of 2.573 billion yuan!

Since the application key of "Big Hero 6" has been postponed for one month, Ding Yue doesn't want to delay another month, and then settle the box office for several months before he can get the box office share. At that time, he will give it to Feiyue Animation Studio. It would seem a bit too late for the employees to pay dividends.

So Ding Yue asked his secretary Wen Ruohan to look for the finances, and then from the money he had now, he first gave out the 3% dividend bonus to the employees of Feiyue Animation Studio, in recognition of their work day and night. The hard work and hard work of everyone's panda eyes.

"With a box office of 2.573 billion yuan, how much revenue can we get?"

Ding Yue raised his head, chewing on the fragrant buns, and asked.

Ding Yue did a rough calculation before, and there must be at least one billion.

"Last time I did a simple calculation, it seems that there is a revenue of 1.3 billion yuan, right?" Ding Yue said before Wen Ruohan reported the data.

"President Ding, for this 2.573 billion yuan box office, first 5% of the film special fund must be deducted, and then 3.3% of taxes."

Wen Ruohan replied.

Hearing this, Ding Yue couldn't help but feel distressed.

Five percent of the film special fund, and 3.3 percent of taxes, add up to 8.3 percent.

For the box office of 2.573 billion yuan, this is a lot of money.

"2.573 billion yuan multiplied by 9.17%, there is about 2.359 billion yuan left."

Wen Ruohan continued: "Of the 2.359 billion yuan, according to our contracts with theaters and theaters, their share will account for 43%!"

"so tall!"

After Ding Yue heard the words, he couldn't help taking a breath.

It seems that the income I calculated before is equal to about 60% of the total box office, which is a bit too much.

These various film special funds, taxes, and the division of theaters and theaters have been divided a lot.

"President Ding, the proportion of the cinema chain and the cinema share, because we have no long-term cooperative relationship with the cinema chain and major cinema companies, and the issuer is also us. In this way, it is the first time to share accounts and cooperate, so the cinema The line and cinema share reached a high proportion of 43%."

Wen Ruohan explained to President Ding why the proportion of theaters and theaters is so high.

Under normal circumstances, the box office of a movie, the proportion of theaters and theaters is about 38%-43%.

The exact amount depends on the content of the agreement between the distributor and the theater chain and theaters.

Generally, if there is a relationship in the circle or the publisher, the ratio of the theater chain and the theater will be less than 40%.

Like this "Big Hero 6" of Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences, because the publisher is Ding Yue’s Feiyue Group, and Ding Yue’s Feiyue Group has not been involved in the film and television industry before, nor has it interacted with any cinema or movie theaters. The theater has something to do with it.

Therefore, the box office and theaters of "Big Hero 6" will share 43% of the total.

Ding Yue did a simple calculation, this has to be one billion, right?

“If the theater party divides 43%, that’s about 1.014 billion yuan.” Wen Ruohan continued: “2.359 billion minus the 1.014 billion yuan, the rest is ours, because the issuer is our Feiyue Media, so the issue About 5%-15% of the issuance commission of the party is not deductible. We only need to subtract the cost of issuance and production, and the rest is the net profit."

"What is the final net profit?"

Ding Yue wondered, after all these subtractions were subtracted, would there be 1.3 billion left in the end?

"In the end, our revenue minus costs and distribution costs, we still have a revenue of 1.263 billion yuan." Wen Ruohan said excitedly: "President Ding, we made more than 1.2 billion in one movie. Unbelievable!"

The income of more than 1.2 billion is an astronomical figure for Wen Ruohan. I am afraid that only a courageous person like Principal Ding can make this big money!

"1.263 billion..."

Although this number is roughly lower than Ding Yue's last time, it is already very good.

Just imagine.

In this parallel world, which company can make a movie with a net profit of more than 1.2 billion?

If the investors and directors of those movies in the same period knew that Ding Yue made more than 1.2 billion yuan with a "Big Hero Heroine", they would probably be envious.

The most important thing is that this 1.2 billion yuan of film revenue will not need to be divided into Ding Yue's Feiyue Group, because the investment is all invested by Ding Yue.

Unlike other movies, the film party earns hundreds of millions of dollars, and eventually has to divide the money with various investors. After this round of distribution, investors get even less.

Take, for example, the movie "The Legend of the Demon" in the same period of "Big Hero 6", this fantasy movie also exceeded 2 billion yuan at the box office.

After excluding the commissions for the issuance of taxes from various sharing funds, it is about 700 million in the hands of the film party.

The seven billion yuan will be divided proportionally between the film party and the investors. After the division is made, it is very good that an investor can earn one hundred million yuan.

Usually, for a movie with an investment of hundreds of millions, there is definitely not only one investor, but even many investors.

And "Big Hero 6" has only one investor, and that is Ding Yue.

All the cost investment was made by Ding Yue alone. At that time, it was tens of millions, but for Ding Yue, the tens of millions was really not too much. Ding Yue was also very sure that he could at least make the cost back. That's why I spent tens of millions to make this "Big Hero 6".

It now appears that the rewards are super lucrative!

The production cost plus the publicity cost totaled more than 80 million, and eventually earned more than 1.2 billion. "Big Hero 6" has become a legend in Xia Guo's film industry, and countless directors are suffering from toothache.

"Principal Ding, you originally agreed to Feiyue Animation Studio's 3% income dividend as a bonus, which is 37.89 million. I have prepared the financial side for this money."

Wen Ruohan said proudly.

Wen Ruohan has been busy doing this since Principal Dading ordered it down yesterday.

Now that the finance has prepared the money, President Ding can give bonuses to the employees of Feiyue Animation Studio at any time.

"Okay, after we finished our breakfast, we went to Feiyue Animation Studio. In addition, did you inform Jiuge of them? All the official members of our Feiyue Animation Studio must be here today."

Ding Yue asked with a smile.

"Yeah, I have already notified last night. I have breakfast later. I will notify you again. Then, if you have a celebration party, it will be arranged tonight. It will be in the campus-themed hot pot restaurant on the third floor of our second cafeteria. , Book the venue after eight o'clock in the evening!"

Wen Ruohan nodded.

"well!"

Ding Yue has always been very satisfied with the efficiency of secretary Wen Ruohan.

After eating breakfast, Ding Yue took out a tissue and wiped his mouth, then stood up: "Let's go, go to Feiyue Animation Studio!"

Ding Yue is going to give a bonus of 37.89 million yuan to the employees of Feiyue Animation Studio under his hand. But in the faraway city of Yancheng, a producer was very sad.

It is the so-called flood death due to waterlogging and drought death due to drought.

Ding Yue belonged to the party who was killed by the flood of box office revenue, and Ma Wenhai was the party who was killed by the drought!

Because, the science fiction movie "Battlestar" directed by Ma Wenhai has a box office of only 547 million yuan in one month.

For the movie "Battlestar", this box office has two words-blood loss!

Because the production cost of "Battlestar" is more than 100 million, the production cost of more than 100 million, plus the promotion and distribution, the cost is even higher.

You must know that the promotion of "Battlestar" was very crazy before it was released, all kinds of large-scale, hot search to buy every day, and don't know how much money it burned.

But what can be known is that the total box office of 547 million yuan is far from recovering the cost!

The first few days of "Battlestar" was pretty good for Ma Wenhai and investors, but every subsequent day, "Battlestar"'s daily box office is simply pitiful, which is comparable to "Big Hero 6" and "Vol. "The Demon War" is completely incomparable.

Therefore, "Battlestar" was released a month after the expiration date, because the results were a bit poor, and there was no application for a key extension.

Even if you apply for the key extension, it is impossible to earn the follow-up box office. There is no need for that.

"Old Ma, how much did you lose in Battlestar this time?"

In Ma Wenhai’s villa, Ma Wenhai’s friend Chen Dachun was talking to him about the loss.

"I lost more than one billion, and my personal investment of 35 million was lost. Alas!"

Ma Wenhai sighed, and the cigar in his hand didn't smell at all.

Since Ma Wenhai is the director and producer of the movie "Battlestar", he is also one of the investors, and all other investments are made by Ma Wenhai.

Therefore, in accordance with the contract signed by Ma Wenhai and the investors, after the box office of more than 500 million has been accounted for, all the money will be given priority to those investors.

In spite of this, after the box office of more than 500 million was divided, there were only less than 200 million. Even if it was fully distributed to the investors, it was not enough.

In other words, all investors in "Battlestar" have lost money.

And the 35 million that Ma Wenhai invested in by himself was completely wiped out, and he didn't get a penny back!

"Thirty-five million is not a small amount. The most important thing is, Ma, after this break, the next time you want to make a movie, it won't be so easy to raise investment."

Chen Dachun said regretfully.

"Don't mention it!"

Ma Wenhai is now in a very complicated mood: "Why can the cartoon of Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences have such a high box office?"

Until now, Ma Wenhai can't figure it out, why! Why!

A sci-fi movie with such a large investment that he actually encountered Waterloo in the National Day stalls, Ma Wenhai was indignant.

"I know, this is the first loss for you, Ma as a director for so many years, but we have to analyze the reasons and strive to avoid Waterloo next time. Otherwise, Ma, your directorial career may be... ."

As a producer, Chen Dachun had to persuade his friends.

"Then tell me, where did I fail this time!" Ma Wenhai took a deep breath and looked at Old Chen and asked.

"As you just said, the box office of the National Day file is so big, a large part of it was snatched away by "Big Hero 6" and "The Legend of the Demon". This is indeed a reason, but it is just "Battlestar". "For this film, there is also a reason."

Chen Dachun rationally analyzed the reasons for the failure to Ma Wenhai.

"I was still robbed of my share!" Ma Wenhai fell into a strange circle. He believed that his "Battlestar" box office lost because "Big Hero 6" and "The Legend of the Demon" both surpassed The 2 billion box office film robbed the base plate.

Every year the National Day file has such a big base plate, and as a result, two big hit movies have been released. Then, isn't your own "Battlestar" squeezed out of the box office space?

In this parallel world of Xia Guo, it is now 2021, and the country's highest-grossing film has only a record of more than 3 billion.

Movies that can exceed two billion at the box office are all hot hits, and those that can exceed one billion at the box office are all annual hots!

Ma Wenhai has made several movies with a box office of more than one billion in the past, and the box office of the last science fiction movie can be regarded as a big explosion.

As a result, the "Battlestar" released this year actually encountered Waterloo!

"Let’s not talk about being squeezed out of the box office space, but the quality of the film itself. In fact, I analyzed it later. Compared with your last film with the same science fiction theme, there is not much improvement." Chen Dachun pointed out. problem lies in.

I have to say that Chen Dachun's vision is still very unique.

After all, he is one of the well-known directors and producers in China. For the "Battlestar" by his old friend Ma Wenhai, he can see the problem.

"How can I improve? The special effects have been used very well. The actors, we are also looking for the current hot traffic stars. I use a mature system for props, dubbing, and sound effects!"

Ma Wenhai frowned and said to Old Chen.

"To be honest, Lao Ma, you have to change the problem of using traffic stars." Chen Dachun shook his head and suggested.

"I don't need a traffic star, how can I guarantee a basic set?" Marvin Hai's eyes suddenly widened.

Since entering the new era of the Internet, Ma Wenhai believes that traffic stars are a key existence, and acting skills can be weakened, but popular celebrity actors are indispensable.

Therefore, Ma Wenhai's several movie works are basically popular stars.

The first few movies are still popular celebrities, and the latter are basically pure traffic stars. This year's "Battlestar" is a super popular traffic star. As for acting, is it important?

For Ma Wenhai's cognition, it is not important at all!

However, in Chen Dachun's view at this time, this is a misunderstanding of Lao Ma's thinking.

"Lao Ma, in recent years, the reputation of traffic stars is basically not good except in the rice circle, and passers-by have no good feelings about traffic stars."

Chen Dachun had to seriously analyze the current situation for an old friend: "Yes, a few years ago, many directors did use traffic stars to make movies, and they made a lot of money, but the times are changing. Just me in the past few years. From the observation point of view, the proportion of traffic stars in movie actors is becoming more and more out of balance, that is, less and less important. What are the audiences watching? Stories, special effects, acting. What is the use of traffic stars? The traffic star may not even be able to shoot the story!"

These words of Chen Dachun couldn't help but plunge Ma Wenhai into contemplation in an instant.

"Old Chen, what you said..."

Ma Wenhai originally wanted to refute what an old friend said.

But when I think about it carefully, it seems that what Old Chen said makes sense.

Nowadays, many directors are using traffic stars to make movies and TV shows, but the income has gradually become lower and lower.

Ma Wenhai's own "Battlestar" suddenly planted a huge somersault, it seems that it does mean that using traffic stars to make movies is starting to go downhill.

Unless it's the kind of low-cost movie, streaming stars may still make a profit.

If you want to make a high-cost movie with big scenes and special effects and you still use traffic stars, it may indeed be incompatible with the movie itself due to the unexpected acting skills of the traffic stars and the requirements during the filming process.

"What did you taste like this?" Old Chen asked, taking a sip of the cigar in his hand.

"Tsk...how do I put it, I just thought what you said makes sense." Ma Wenhai frowned and said: "Let’s talk about the starring role of "Battlestar". There are a lot of demands when filming. Because it is a top traffic star, it is still difficult to serve, and it has also increased our production costs invisibly!"

After seeing his old friend Ma Wenhai had such an idea, Chen Dachun showed a smile: "Of course, this is only one of the reasons. For the control of the entire film, I think you may be because of the actor's problem. And it’s lowered. I remember that you used to control the rhythm of the movie, but it was very strong!"

"Yes, this one does."

Ma Wenhai nodded and said softly.

"Lao Ma, when we made a movie, we encountered Waterloo once. This is really nothing. As long as we find the cause and solve the problem, we will take the next movie seriously. Your reputation will be restored. Come in the public eye!"

Chen Dachun encouraged an old friend.

A loss of 35 million yuan for Ma Wenhai, although it is a lot of money, but it is not enough to make Ma Wenhai such a well-known domestic director doomed.

The failure of "Battlestar" this time mainly caused a huge challenge to the reputation and status of Ma Wenhai, the first-line director.

The decline is certain.

But because Ma Wenhai had such a good foundation before, this time the defeat of "Battlestar" would not be enough to knock him underground all at once.

Chen Dachun believes that if Lao Ma's next film is stable, he can still stabilize his position as a well-known domestic director.

"Lao Chen, Lao Chen, I knew that you came here specifically from Haicheng to find me this time. It will definitely rekindle my confidence."

Ma Wenhai looked at Chen Dachun who was sitting on the opposite sofa. He was fortunate that he knew him. His eyes seemed to be deeper than his own.

Old Chen can always analyze and summarize many problems that he can't see.

"Hahaha, who is your old horse? Xia Guo's chief director, I still believe in you, so old horse, I will be the first to vote for your next movie!"

Chen Dachun raised his head and said with a big smile.

Last year, Chen Dachun made a lot of money for him. No film will be released this year. There will be one next year, but it was shot by Chen Dachun and another director. Due to official themes, the basic disc must be stable.

Therefore, Chen Dachun has money in his hands and can support his old friend Ma Wenhai to fight again!

"I'm not afraid I will lose you? I lost my pants this time." Ma Wenhai smiled and joked.

"I'm afraid I won't vote anymore, am I?" Chen Dachun smoked a cigar and said, "For various reasons, you didn't have money to invest in your "Battlestar" at the time, which made me avoid a money-losing investment. The next one that makes money, will never stop me from voting."

"It's the same sentence back then, Old Chen, if you want to vote, I promise to reserve a place for you!" Ma Wenhai's eyes revealed a look of friendship and sentiment, looking at Chen Dachun and said.

"Okay, my old friend cheers up again. I'm afraid you will be overwhelmed by all kinds of comments on the Internet this time."

Chen Dachun came to Yancheng this time and specifically talked to his old friend Ma Wenhai about the failure of this time because he was worried about his old friend~www.wuxiaspot.com~ After all, after losing the box office of "Battlestar", the internet gave Ma Wenhai's opinion Questions can be said to be wave after wave.

A person who has never experienced such a fiasco would be miserable if he can't adjust his state in such a situation.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Domestic science fiction movies still seem to be difficult to make. I opened up a little market for the last one, but this year it was Waterloo."

Ma Wenhai's state was stabilized because of the care of his old friends.

But he still regrets that he failed to make a good domestic science fiction movie.

"I know, you want to make a good domestic science fiction movie, but this needs to be done bit by bit, let's not worry."

Chen Dachun understands his old friend very well.

He is different from the types of movies he loves to shoot. He is good at shooting suspenseful police and robbers, costume detectives and the like.

The old friend Ma Wenhai is bent on making a sci-fi movie that can be made in China.

His last film was also a science fiction movie, and it was good at the box office, but the word-of-mouth and rating were still far from the ideal goal.

Ma Wenhai never thought that at this moment in the Wucheng University of Arts and Sciences in Wucheng, Ding Yue, who was once a competitor, was also talking about him.

"So, Director Ma Wenhai and Director Chen Dachun have a very good relationship?"

On the way to the Feiyue Animation Studio, Ding Yue chatted with his secretary Wen Ruohan, and then talked about Ma Wenhai, the "destined" opponent in the National Day file.

"Well, Director Chen and Director Ma have a very good relationship. Director Chen Dachun is the master director of our country's police suspense films, and Director Ma Wenhai is a pioneer in our country's science fiction movies."

"Pioneer of science fiction movies?"

When Ding Yue heard Wen Ruohan say this, he couldn't help frowning and muttering: "On this level?"