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Chapter 430 Box Office Revenue (Second Update)

The things Liu Hai makes are really great. Just like an inventor, he can make money from everything he does, from cars to cars, yachts and airplanes. Not to mention small appliances, the spherical rice cooker occupies 80% of the rice cooker market. , of course, the cheap price is also part of the reason.

Sun Aiguo couldn't understand why a car advertising cartoon and toys cost tens of millions of pounds, but using airplanes to transport toys from Hong Kong Island shows how good the sales are.

Moreover, orders have suddenly surged from 2 million to 50 million. Well, plastic factories are going to have a big year this year.

The superior department received a request from the dealers on Hong Kong Island in the middle of the night and held a meeting overnight. Each department immediately organized people to coordinate and asked the dealers to purchase raw materials from all over the world.

Don’t worry about this, dealers are already purchasing, and will prioritize shipping toy materials from various ports, and then set off as soon as possible.

"Does this mean I have to share a large amount of money again?" Liu Hai asked first when he heard this.

Sun Aiguo nodded: "That's for sure, but it's hard to say how much it will be."

"Hehe." Liu Hai didn't know either. He didn't do much research in this area in his previous life.

The domestic planned economic system is running at a high speed. Starting from raw materials, all other plastic-related products are stopped, and then waiting for materials and molds to come to your door.

The drawings are copied and then sent to the mold factory. For this purpose, each department has set up a special team to do this. It costs 50 million pounds. This is 50 million pounds.

"The ro-ro ship ordered by Daiying has passed the inspection. If Daiying dealers did not send a team, it would have taken us at least more than a year. The European and American standards are completely different from the big brother standards we learned. Even the furniture in the crew rooms on the ship, even Every lighting fixture has detailed requirements.”

"It is completely different from what we have learned before. It has passed the acceptance of the shipping agency. The next step is to prepare 10,000-ton containers and bulk carriers."

"But it is said that there is some kind of bill in the United States that prevents foreign ships from sailing in their inland rivers." Sun Aiguo added.

Liu Hai shook his head: "Is this unclear?"

In fact, Liu Hai knows that this is the Jones Act. The United States stipulates that ships sailing on its own inland rivers and between any two ports must belong to the United States, and there are also regulations on personnel. Anyway, the proportion of foreign personnel is very low.

To give a very simple example, a cargo ship from us to the United States, after docking on the west coast of the United States to unload the cargo, can then go to South America or Australia after loading the cargo there, and then return to China. In theory, it can be done halfway Bringing goods to Hawaii.

But no, illegally, foreign merchant ships cannot sail between any two U.S. ports.

In other words, the only ships that can load goods in this way are ships that comply with the Jones Act. Such special ships must be expensive, but there is no way.

What has this caused? The shipping industry in the United States and Laos has no competitiveness at all, because they are all iron rice bowls.

After this bill was issued, no one found it to be so destructive, because World War II entered shortly after it was issued, and the huge warship manufacturing industry covered up the shortcomings of this bill. By the 1970s, it had become an iron rule to change it, because With interest groups, even if some think tanks from the United States and later generations say this is inappropriate, it will be useless.

There is also a well-known organization, the OECD (Club of Developed Countries), which has a working group to cut the cake for shipbuilding in developed countries.

In another time and space in history, due to the oil crisis, the shipbuilding industry began to shift to small books. This organization intervened and caused the prices of small books to increase. In the end, the prices had to be increased by 5%. Then in the s, the European and American shipbuilding industries entered the cold winter again and moved to the South. peninsula.

As for the first domestic export in another time and space in history, it was a 2.5-ton cargo ship customized by the charter king. That time was 78.

The shipbuilding industry is actually a labor-intensive, technology-intensive, and capital-intensive enterprise. It is an industry with the largest upstream and downstream connections. It also involves national security. No country is willing to give up this kind of enterprise.

Why our shipbuilding industry can rise in future generations has to do with huge steel production, skilled workers, and capital.

How many people are needed in the upstream and downstream industrial chains? Once the shipyards are under operation, how many factories in the upstream will stop production. Once an enterprise like a steel plant stops production, the losses will be huge.

Let's put it this way, some of the manufacturers of artillery shells in later generations have to order our steel and explosive raw materials. This is why some developed countries often say in government reports that there is insufficient ammunition, and then it takes several months to recover. Because steel and explosive raw materials need to be reserved in advance, the more support some people have... ahem.

"Fortunately, there are dealers, otherwise there would be too many deceptive things." Sun Aiguo nodded when he heard Liu Hai said he didn't know. After all, he didn't know what the bill was.

Liu Hai said: "Dealers also value profits, but it would be better if they could teach us."

"Yes." Sun Aiguo nodded.

When Liu Hai heard the news in the morning, the theater chain in the United States was hurriedly sending people to negotiate with the Transformers movie company. The distributors did not release it in the United States immediately, but first in the influence The larger ones are played here in Europe.

The theater chains in the United States are also capitalists and make money. Faced with overwhelming media reports, they are afraid that they will act too late and not get the film source.

At this time, the movie is a film, but you can't just take it away with a USB flash drive. It's more troublesome to rip it and transport it. There are even cases where the film is robbed after the film is finished.

Hollywood is a big trap, but when faced with dealers who are more sophisticated than others, they have to admit defeat because the film is not produced by a Hollywood company. Hollywood is very overbearing and investors are tricked into not wanting to give up. But this is an imported film. Just go directly to the theater channel.

What makes Hollywood companies grit their teeth is that this grandson does not do any publicity at all, but the media reports overwhelmingly.

There is no way, who makes Europe far ahead in fashion and status? Although the rich people in the United States sneer at the down-and-out nobles, they still imitate the lives of others.

The distributors will not charge too high a price. They will arrange the film in the same way as other blockbuster films and just share the revenue. This is because this film comes with its own advertising and peripherals.

Then it was agreed that it would be launched uniformly in North America on December 12, and then the toys began to be sold.

The toys have long been transported to the warehouses of various dealers in the United States, but of course the quantity is too small.

The box office statistics at this time were very slow. In the afternoon, Sun Aiguo received the news that the European movie box office yesterday was 460 million US dollars, mainly due to the first day of trial operation. Although the reputation is good, theater chains are more cautious. The occupancy rate is almost 90%, because some high-end cinemas, such as Notting Hill, with sofas, coffee, tea, and private rooms are not full.

When Liu Hai heard the news, he knew he was safe.

After the European box office came out, the exciting theaters in the United States wanted to buy it. Unfortunately, the film was not in place yet. The dealers hired security personnel to look at each roll of film. There is film here and there. This is a money printing machine. Theater chains have also stepped up their efforts. In addition to the security force, after all, theater chains do not want piracy to occur.

On December 12, the European box office was US$21 million.

On December 12, the European box office was US$22 million.

On December 12, the European box office was 24 million, because the largest theater chain can only have so many lines, and Christmas is approaching, so some space must be made for other movies.

On December 12, the North American box office was 24 million.

On December 12, the box office in Europe and North America combined was 25 million.

On December 12, the box office in Europe and North America combined was 26 million, due to fierce competition.

On Sunday, December 12, the box office in Europe and North America combined exceeded 27 million, because many movie theaters had extra shows, not to mention getting off work on time, as long as the boss gave enough overtime pay.

After seven days of official release, the total box office in North America and Europe was close to 1.3 million US dollars.

Of course, it is accompanied by the toys being out of stock. In fact, it is nothing, but people are like this sometimes. The more they don’t have the more they want them, so the toy merchants have to stipulate that each child should buy one.

Along with the winter holidays, Transformers toys frequently appeared in the hands of children, and then the movie box office continued to rise. In the following week, every day did not fall below 3000 million.

Of course, this has also caused some trouble. Some car companies in North America sued a certain company on the suspicion that the cartoon was an advertisement for the car company. This made the Hollywood film company speechless. You are winning like this. We, these advertisers Don’t all implanted ones have to die?

Some experts criticized this as a whimsical advertisement, not a movie at all, and should not enter cinemas.

Anyway, the box office was high until January 71, 1, because the 4rd was a Sunday, and the total box office reached as much as 3 million US dollars at this time. This is North America and Europe.

Although the box office is lower, it has great stamina. The average attendance rate every day is over 70%, and the box office is over 2000 million.

This makes many film companies envious and jealous, because there is no publicity fee for Transformers, or it is very low, and they just play some samples in their own stores to attract children.

Other things like 007, how much is the publicity fee, road shows everywhere, interviews, buying TV news, and creating hot spots.

At this time, the domestic leaders were confused. In fact, the domestic leaders were not thinking about the box office, but about making five million pounds. After all, this cartoon was quite ridiculous. What kind of car turned into a robot? Could it be that the car became a spirit?

The plot is also relatively mediocre, simple, and cartoons with no educational significance are not good cartoons.

But with a box office of 2.5 million in half a month, if calculated based on one dollar per person, 2.5 million people have watched this cartoon?

And according to the estimates of experts at the dealer, it is no problem to exceed 4 million, and I dare to think about 5 million. After all, there are other places, such as South America in the 70s, and even the southern peninsula was very rich.

The leaders quickly took out the contract and took a look, good guy, this is an income of over 100 million?

经销商也没想到会卖这么多，按照欧美电影制作方大概可以分35％-40％，发行方可以分5—10％，院线5-10％，影院50-60％。

The distributor did not expect such a huge profit, so it was agreed at that time that apart from the 500 million pounds investment, the remaining profit would be divided into 50% by himself, 44% by the mainland, and the remaining 6% by the screenwriter.

Because I also advertise the cars I sell on behalf of myself, as well as toys and other peripherals. In addition, the key is the first season, and there will be a second season and so on. I won’t lose much regardless of whether it is popular or not.

Because the distributor is responsible for both production and distribution, and also has better negotiations with theaters, it can get half of the box office.

2.5% of 44 million, which is 1.1 million?

You didn’t do anything at home, and you’re going to earn 1.1 million?

Of course, some people have noticed that screenwriters and authors get 6%. This is actually 5% in the industry, but many have to pay a sum of money to the author first, and dealers know that they are not ordinary people, so they give 6%. Anyway, only those who make money can get it. of giving.

For a while, the leaders couldn't be punished, and many factories were exhausted. Is this? Of course, the dust has not settled yet, but the superior leadership has received a report.

After the superiors read it, they had a feeling, this is still the Comrade Xiao Liu I know?

Because according to this calculation, Comrade Xiao Liu's income is 1500 million US dollars. How much does the previous -ton cargo ship cost?

"Leader, in the future, there will also be comic publishing, video tapes, stickers, toys and other revenue dealers, all of which have stipulated the proportion of the author's income." Then the person below reported again.

The superior leader looked at his coat next to him. He had to say that the fur coat was warm, and he said, "Let's wait until the dust settles."

"Okay." The people below were also numb. Of course, they knew that very few people would get this share.

Of course Liu Hai didn't know this. After all, the sources of information were limited. He only knew that the mold workshop at the motorcycle factory had been crazy busy recently, and a large number of toy molds were sent to Hong Kong Island.

"Xiao Liu, the dealer asked us to make several more Transformers models in different sizes." On January 1971, 1, Liu Hai came to the factory from his hometown and did not go to the factory for a meeting. After all, everyone else was working somewhere else. As a section chief, I can just draw pictures honestly here.

"Okay, leader." Liu Hai agreed.

"Thank you for your hard work. I'm going to the meeting first." Sun Aiguo left without saying a word.

Liu Hai gathered people from the maintenance department to design the characters, and asked Li Dali and others to draw them, while he thought about the kind of cosplay costumes that people in the amusement park would wear in later generations, the kind that are more than three meters tall.

Prepare to make it out of fiberglass or plastic and then spray paint or something.

As for whether to make it something that children can wear, that is not considered for the time being. I don’t know what Europe and the United States have in mind about this kind of toy.

Coupled with the cool marquee, I believe the sales are pretty good. In addition, this can also be used as a prop for live-action movies.

In the afternoon, Sun Aiguo was free here. Looking at the maintenance department working on drawings, he came to Liu Hai's office and said, "This is delaying your work again. It's really the dealer who's pressing us. In just these days, the plane has almost been delivered." Hundreds of times, all the toys have been shipped, and it’s not enough.”

"After all, the West celebrates the holiday, and it will be fine after it's over." Of course Liu Hai knew what Christmas meant to the West. He put down what he was doing and poured tea for Sun Aiguo, so that the factory director could rest more at his side. .

Other times, I am very busy. After all, in such a big factory, there are so many things to do.

"I heard that you can get 6% of the movie this time. How do you arrange this?" Sun Aiguo also came with a mission today.

"I personally don't accept it in principle." Liu Hai shook his head when he heard this.

Sun Aiguo shook his head: "It's inappropriate. As you know, a lot of people have gathered for this animated movie. If the movie is successful, people over there will also be rewarded. If you don't take it, what will others say?"

Sun Aiguo actually didn't know the specific box office of the movie, but the superior department asked him to ask first. It was probably necessary, otherwise the superior would not be so cautious.

"Don't mention it as a donation, this is for foreigners." Sun Aiguo continued.

When Liu Hai heard this, he was a little speechless, and then asked: "Can this leader show me a clear path?"

"My superiors asked me to ask you. I estimate that you may have to share a lot of money. I also heard that the dealer suggested giving part of the reward project team, because there will be a second part later. How to cooperate in the second part? We will continue to talk after the movie hits the box office this time." Sun Aiguo picked up the tea cup, blew on the foam, took a sip and continued.

In fact, Sun Aiguo didn't need to say anything, Liu Hai also guessed it, and then asked: "What is your foreign name?"

"Jack." Sun Aiguo replied.

"I have nothing to do about this. I'll just listen to the arrangements of my superiors." Liu Hai simply threw the blame. At this time, he didn't know what he wanted at all. His superiors were so cautious. It should be at least a few million. What can a few million buy in China now?

Buy a tank? Buy a plane?

Suddenly Liu Hai felt something in his mind. It seemed like he could buy a plane and come back to study it? It's a pity that the old American Blackhawk hasn't come out yet, and I can't stand the other junk.

Moreover, it seems that this is not possible if we buy an airplane and come back to study it. After all, the factory director will not agree to it.

As for other vaccines for infants and young children, Liu Hai doesn't need to worry about them, because he has already purchased foreign technology and produced them himself. After all, there is a shortage of people everywhere.

Medical care has improved greatly, and we have money after all.

"That's the only way." Sun Aiguo also knew that Liu Hai personally didn't know what to do, and he didn't know what to do either. On the one hand, he didn't know the specific points, and on the other hand, it would involve some other issues.

"Don't be in a hurry, Big Toy. You can take care of it during the holidays." Sun Aiguo said a word, drank the tea, and then left.

Liu Hai nodded. He was not in a hurry even with this big toy. He looked at the drawings and then threw them aside. He simply used the aluminum sheet to tinker with the samples and let others draw them. After all, he had to make samples after drawings. It is better to make the samples and let others do the surveying and mapping, and then make the molds and so on.

Liu Hai was very calm, but the dealers were dumbfounded. Of course, it was not just the dealers, Hollywood was also stunned by this Transformers stick.

The total box office total is basically that much, no matter how much it is, it won't go anywhere. There was no news at all about Transformers at the beginning, and then suddenly appeared at the end of the year.

And you didn't announce it yet, secretly showed it to your children in the store, and made a lot of money.

Many people came to us to cooperate, to invest in the second film, to make a live-action movie, and to produce comics, video stickers, toy licensing, etc.

As for toys, the dealers did not lower the prices and set the prices according to the toy prices in European and American countries. Because they did not expect it to be so popular, they even planned to give away toys when buying cars or electrical appliances.

With an investment of five million pounds, there are also five million pounds of publicity expenses, and it is still earned by our own employees.

It will earn 100 million US dollars in less than a month, and judging from its stamina, it will probably be much more.

"What a genius. There is already a Hollywood company willing to pay 500 million US dollars to purchase the rights to live-action movies." In a manor in London, several family heads of the dealer were sitting together, enjoying afternoon tea and talking about things.

"Let him go away and we can film it ourselves."

"Yes, those guys in Hollywood are all vampires. Let's not get too entangled with these guys."

"He is really a genius. He makes 100 million US dollars a month. Oh my god, the money printing machine is not that fast."

"Let's have a good discussion with them for the second season. We should pay more for the production costs."

"Those guys in Hollywood are going crazy right now."

"What are you afraid of? If they dare to make small moves, let's do the same. We nobles are not the potatoes in the parliament."

"Yes, you are a bunch of cowards. I suggest that we add another aircraft carrier fleet and retire an old one."

"Yes, we nobles need enough force to communicate with the military and shipbuilding companies."

"Our global trade must be protected."

"We pay so much tax every year, so we should be protected."

"I'm looking forward to the next cartoon. A genius is a genius, and he can exude a breathtaking light in any field."

"I'm looking forward to Her Majesty's yacht. I don't know how stunning it is."

"I'm more looking forward to big dog cars and family station wagons," someone else said with a shrug.

"Cheers to our cause. Anyone who blocks our cause is our enemy. We must pick up a gun and blow their heads off like our ancestors did."

"We don't need to do anything. We just need to give money and there will be killers."

"I think an international security company should be established to protect our cause."

"This suggestion is very good. We can buy aircraft, cannons, and warships. Sometimes we must have our own armed forces."

A group of dealers felt that they were making too much money, as if someone was staring at their money bags again, and they began to think about private security service companies.

"Our talented writer may be able to get 20 million US dollars this time."

"I probably won't take it. I didn't take it a few times before."

"It's a pity that we didn't discover this kind of talent earlier. Otherwise, we would have had a chance through his wife's father earlier."

"Actually, this is fine. People may not have so much imagination in another environment. This person's genius design is probably related to the closed news, because many things can only be imagined. What designers want is imagination. He If you really come into contact with our Western art, you might learn to eat, drink, whore, and gamble if you don't learn anything else."

"You're wrong, that's called personality, nature."

　Pray for our friends in Gansu! I hope all readers are safe and well.

　　Thank you for your concern. I am still feeling a little unwell, but it is probably a sequelae. Today’s update is over.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)