Chapter 462 He Makes All Women Happy
No wonder he is so brave to fight against a hundred, no wonder he is not afraid of urban management, let alone the police, no wonder he is such a local tyrant who charges such high prices for actors....
Changmao and Yang Qi understood everything.
Well, when he came to Los Angeles, Zhang Dongcheng returned to his status as a super director. Even if he was fully armed on the street, he would be recognized by crazy movie fans. Pay attention to Zhang Xiaobao.
Zhang Dongcheng likes that feeling very much. The low-key life is very simple, and it is much more comfortable than living under the spotlight for a long time, but there is no way. Being a celebrity is naturally different from ordinary people. Just like ordinary people, they fall in love easily, simply split their legs, and then dream about what their dreams are every day.
Becoming a celebrity, becoming the center of the world's attention, and every move is under the sniper of the media. The feeling of being admired is also invincible and wonderful. Stars have the happiness of being a star, but also the troubles of being a star.
Back to the United States, back to Hollywood, back to the side of his comrades in arms, Zhang Dongcheng returned to the position of president of Dongcheng Entertainment Group.
For more than half a year, Zhang Dongcheng has been busy with the post-production of the first Lord of the Rings and The Fellowship of the Ring, working hard for the growth of his own entertainment group, and working hard for the growth of his kingdom.
Of course, the stability and harmony of the harem is also necessary. Zhang Dongcheng can spend a lot of money for Tang Yan, and he will not be stingy for these women who accompanied him earlier.
Let's take a look at this year, how Zhang Dongcheng has changed the world.
The new millennium is coming, and the box office of American movies in 1999 should also be finalized. According to a report from the American "Hollywood Reporter" magazine, 145 movies were put on the market in the United States in 1999, 6 more than in 1998. . The number of domestic theater audiences reached 1.54 billion, an increase of 4% over the previous year, and the box office revenue increased by about 8%, reaching 7.3 billion to 7.5 billion US dollars.
Last year, the rise in U.S. box office receipts was largely driven by higher ticket prices, an increase in the number of titles and a record 17 films that grossed more than $100 million domestically, led by "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" at $430 million. topped the list.
But except for this super masterpiece of Lucas, starting from the second place, they are all films produced by a film company called Dongcheng Pictures...
The second place is the highlight of Dongcheng Films, the first part of the Harry Potter series. Once this masterpiece was launched after several years of preparation, it swept the entire North America with 4,000 movie theaters. The box office in the first week It broke $100 million, and the overall revenue was only a few million dollars less than Star Wars, ranking second with $428 million.
Still, with well over a billion dollars in worldwide revenue, the first installment, the navigator in the franchise, has been well-received, no matter what the critics say about Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone , it will all be a box office bomb and a money machine.
In view of its 1 billion book fans around the world and its simultaneous premiere in 4,000 theaters across the United States (this number is also a record), the premiere day box office and global box office of "Ha" will surely create new records, at least for children. box office record. Coupled with the toy production license it sold to Lego earlier and the exclusive sponsorship provided by Coca-Cola, no one knows how much profit the "Ha" movie will make.
Only Zhang Dongcheng knew.
Then, the last part of the Matrix trilogy, Keanu Reeves shines in this enhanced version of the movie, the futuristic movie world makes all moviegoers hooked, with four The Wachowski Brothers’ directorship was unanimously recognized, and the third part of The Matrix brought Dongcheng Films a super data of more than 850 million US dollars worldwide, with a total of 150 million US dollars. The investment of US dollars brings a huge return of 5.6 times!
What did Das Kapital say? With a 300% risk, can you risk being hanged? Haha, this is 5.6 times, a stat that makes anyone jealous.
And it's not just a movie, Dongcheng Films is fully attacking!
Wu Yusen's The Spy Shadow II, which was released in two and a half months, earned 350 million US dollars, and began to cultivate a fan base belonging to Matt Damon and the Spy Shadow loyalists. , Matt Damon began to stardom, on a par with Tom Cruise and Pierce Brosnan, and this movie also won the third place in the US domestic box office in 1999, with a total global income of 600 million US dollars.
In addition, Underworld starring Jang Dong-seong's new love, Kate Beckinsale, was also a big success, earning 150 million US dollars worldwide, and Beckinsale has also become a quasi-first-line actress envied by Hollywood. And the second part of Underworld is also in preparation, and according to Zhang Dongcheng's idea, one will be released in two years.
Well, if the list goes on like this, it is very suspected of cheating numbers, so let’s summarize it.
In 1999, Dongcheng Pictures invested a total of 580 million U.S. dollars to shoot eight films, and as many as four films had a box office of over 100 million. Although the others did not exceed 100 million, compared to the cost of about 10 million, they still earned double. up...
As far as movies are concerned, Zhang Dongcheng earned nearly two billion US dollars in North America, and the global box office exceeded four billion US dollars, and the profit was ten times the cost!
Zhang Dongcheng's Dongcheng Entertainment Group accounted for nearly half of the entire Hollywood in the United States, and only used eight movies... .
Zhang Dongcheng's strategy of concentrating investment and maximizing output has been fully proved. The eight major Hollywood film companies that cast a wide net to catch a few big fish are no longer able to compete with Zhang Dongcheng at the box office. All I have is the uneasy heart under the huge signboard.
Let's look at another thigh, except the thickest one after the movie, ZDC TV.
The current ZDC TV station already has programs with super ratings such as "Monday Football League", "A Thousand Ways to Die", "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", "The Ellen Show", "American Idol", "Grey's Anatomy" and so on. The TV station covers the entire United States and serves 300 million American people. At the same time, the coverage rate in Canada and some European countries has reached more than 50%!
From Monday to Sunday, the ratings curve of ZDC TV station is frighteningly stable, even frighteningly high, and has always maintained a ratings of about 40 million people. With such ratings, switching to other programs has long been unthinkable. A number that dares to be imagined, but in Zhang Dongcheng's eyes, it is just an extremely ordinary number.
Finally, ZDC TV’s advertising costs don’t need to be adjusted once a week. It’s not because of Zhang Dongcheng’s outpouring of kindness, but because the companies that have robbed their heads finally see the numbers that make their glasses fall to the ground.
A 30-second commercial costs $500,000, and when it comes to super shows like the Super Bowl, Oscars, and American Idol finals, a 30-second commercial costs $3 million!
Coupled with the fees charged to the 300 million Americans who watch ZDC cable television, the income brought by the TV station is simply terrifying. Anyway, Zhang Dongcheng, who is used to seeing big numbers, was shocked, and his tough nerves could hardly bear it. The living figure is: three billion US dollars!
I'm sorry, I didn't expect the income of the TV station to be so high, and the cost is not high, but the expansion period, the expenditure is also large, and the gross profit has reached 1 billion US dollars. This is simply to catch up with the rhythm of the movie!
This news made the entire executives of Dongcheng Films ecstatic. Not to mention Zhang Dongcheng’s joy, Adaman also burst into laughter. With his 5% of the shares, this guy’s dividend this year is just Fifteen million dollars, this underachiever who went to college just for fun, became a billionaire just because he met Zhang Dongcheng...
No one was unhappy, especially Zhang Dongcheng's women. Although they didn't develop very fast in their respective fields, they were all very happy, because Zhang Dongcheng's gift was worth tens of millions of dollars!
The supermodel that night, because Adriana dedicated her first time to Zhang Dongcheng, maybe she just had a playful attitude, or it was just luck, she inexplicably added five million dollars to her account, and she There are also more nobles to help her career, and it is extremely smooth. She has long been one of the top supermodels in Victoria's Secret.
Zhang Dongcheng is always extra nice to such a lucky girl.
And Patricia and Rachel are very happy, one is becoming more and more famous in hosting, and the other is starting to get on the right track in Hollywood, starring in her favorite literary films, and being nominated for an Oscar, the seal is just around the corner .
And the Spice Girls were even happier. In 1999, they released two albums in a row and toured for 32 shows.
The employees under him are satisfied, the women are even more flattering, and the collaborators are all smiling from ear to ear. Zhang Dongcheng is like a good boy who makes everyone extremely happy.
After talking about the two thick thighs, let's not talk about special effects studios, Hollywood movie newspapers and other calf hairs, let's talk about the most critical third leg.
From Zhang Dongcheng's point of view, neither of the two legs is as important as the third leg, which is related to his ultimate future.
That is the Dongcheng Group that started to invest wildly in China.
For all provincial capital cities, Zhang Dongcheng has arranged for the construction of a city center, and super cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou have arranged for more than three city centers.
The investment in Huaxia exceeded five billion US dollars. It can be said that Zhang Dongcheng invested all the money he earned in the past few years, and everyone had no objection to his arrangement.
What, you said Zhang Dongcheng would be wrong? He will fail?
Well, maybe he might fail, but that's just because of some beautiful woman who was rejected by others. It is impossible for his investment to fail, and it is impossible for his vision to fail, even if he said that there is something wrong on the road. A pile of **** can be sold for 10,000 US dollars tomorrow, and there are a lot of people lining up to buy this pile of ****...