Chapter 1096 Billionaire
Chu Lingyun walked in front. Zheng Guangtao had just reported the general situation. Yu Huaqiang gave a detailed report at this time.
Mainly how many workers there are here, how is the production capacity, etc.
The factory of the inspection room is not big, but the efficiency is good. There are more than 100 workers now, but the number of management is not large, only a dozen.
After visiting the factory of the inspection room, Chu Lingyun went to the one he invested in.
His investment is larger, and the products he produces are more advanced. Yu Huaqiang was a little worried when he led the way.
There are their comrades in this factory who are learning technology and will go back after learning.
He was worried that Chu Lingyun would find something unusual.
"Now the orders in the factory have been scheduled for three months later. The quality of the tractor tracks we produce is very good. If there is enough raw material, we can add another production line."
Yu Huaqiang reported softly that the quality of the tracks they produced is indeed good, but the raw materials have been in short supply.
In the past few years after the war, all places have been developing. There is a great demand for steel all over the world, especially in Southeast Asia, where steel is needed everywhere.
"I will find a way to get the raw materials. The new production line can be prepared now."
Since there is a market and production capacity, there is no need to wait and increase the production line as soon as possible.
As for the raw materials, he has a way to get them, and the quantity they need is not particularly large.
"Yes, I will arrange it immediately."
Yu Huaqiang responded. With the increase of production lines, the two comrades who came to learn can start learning from the installation of the production line, and let them go back to teach more people after they finish their studies.
The country also needs construction. There is no important intelligence to collect now, but Yu Huaqiang is also very happy to help the country in construction.
After the inspection of the factory, Chu Lingyun praised Zheng Guangtao and Yu Huaqiang.
They did a good job.
After receiving the praise, Zheng Guangtao was as happy as a child and went home happily.
This year's Spring Festival, Chu Lingyun also spent it in the United States.
During the eight years of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he did not spend the New Year with his parents. Now he has time to make up for it.
This year is very important for Chu Yuanchen and his wife.
After the New Year, they officially retired.
The principal that Chu Lingyun hired is very capable and has modern management. The couple is really old, and now they have a grandson. As long as the school runs stably and the children can study, they are willing to give up their power.
Chu Yuanchen himself is not a power-hungry person. He only cares about his children.
"Uncle Chu, Happy New Year, do you have red envelopes?"
On the first day of the new year, Niuqiu and Lily brought their children to pay New Year's greetings. The one who spoke was their youngest son. Now he has grown up. Like his parents, he likes money and asks for red envelopes.
"Of course."
Chu Lingyun smiled and nodded, and took out the red envelopes he had prepared in advance. They were in the United States, so the red envelopes naturally contained US dollars.
Chu Lingyun is a billionaire, and his red envelopes are not shabby, one thousand US dollars.
Every child has one.
"Thank you, Uncle Chu."
After receiving the red envelopes, Niuqiu's children were very happy, jumping and jumping to find Chu Yuan's children to play. His sister is the oldest and has already entered elementary school.
"Team leader, the TV factory is developing very well now. More and more people are starting to buy TVs. In the future, every household will have a TV."
Loach chatted with Chu Lingyun alone, mainly talking about business.
His TV factory is now the most popular business and the most profitable industry.
Chu Lingyun is also the same. Now the number of TVs in the United States has reached nearly 30 million, and nearly 50% of households have TVs.
As the number of TVs increases, the number of TV stations has also risen.
Loach also built a small TV station, renting the signal tower of Chu Lingyun TV Station. He does not pursue ratings, as long as he can make money.
His TV is mainly for selling things and advertising.
Many people hate such programs, and the ratings can be imagined.
But poor ratings do not mean no money. On the contrary, Loach's TV station can bring him a profit of nearly 3 million US dollars every year, which is very considerable.
Only slightly worse than his TV factory.
Now Loach earns more than 10 million yuan a year. It won't be long before he can become a real billionaire.
"You are right. The TV industry is a hot spot. Seize this opportunity and make more money."
Chu Lingyun smiled and nodded. It is indeed easier to make money in hot industries, and it is the same in any era.
In the past year, Chu Lingyun's various industries have also been good.
The TV station has increased in viewers and benefits, bringing him $500 million in revenue a year. Now his TV station is valued at $5 billion.
When every household has a TV, the valuation of the TV station will increase, and may even exceed $10 billion.
And Chu Lingyun's personal assets have already exceeded 10 billion this year.
The TV station is worth about 5 billion. The pharmaceutical factory launched several popular drugs with extremely good sales last year. In addition to the various drugs developed before, the value of the pharmaceutical factory has now exceeded 6 billion.
It is higher than the TV station.
In addition, the profit of the pharmaceutical factory is not small, a little less than that of the TV station. It brought Chu Lingyun $450 million in revenue last year.
Including Chu's company, Chu Lingyun made more than $1 billion last year.
The valuation of Chu's company is about 2 billion, and Chu Lingyun's total assets have reached 13 billion.
With more than 10 billion in the 1950s, Chu Lingyun can now be said to be a real tycoon in the United States.
He supports another political party, and with so many people who covertly and openly support him, not to mention walking sideways in the United States, at least there are not many people who dare to provoke him.
And movie companies.
The movie company became very popular because of Roman Holiday, and they made several more movies later, and Ben He became their queen heroine.
With Ben Hyuk starring, the movie's box office wasn't too bad.
Although I didn’t make much, at least I made money and didn’t lose anything.
This year the film company plans to release ten new films on its own and another twenty in collaboration with other films.
The film plan for the whole year is thirty.
Most of them are produced with small investment, but Chu Lingyun has already planned to make a large-scale science fiction film, which will be a hit by then.
As for the popularity and box office, he has no worries. Later generations have verified that the movies in this series are very good and very profitable.
As for the special effects, no matter the current computer technology, we can still produce good special effects that are fake and real.
Moreover, when that series was shot in later generations, there were no computer special effects, and they were still very good at making them.
This series of movies will be Chu Lingyun's main development direction in the future. Once produced, his film company will have a firm foothold and can be compared with other major film companies in the future.
After a year of running in, the film company has accumulated a lot of experience.
Chu Lingyun will also bring Ni Loach and Shen Hanwen to work on this series, giving them another chance to make money.
Chu Lingyun has never been stingy with his own people, especially Shen Hanwen. He made a lot of money with Loach last year by making TV sets.
He has no business acumen, he just invests money and then makes money while lying down.
Among the few people, Shen Hanwen was the most relaxed. Chu Yuan had to help his wife manage the pharmaceutical factory, so he was very busy on weekdays.
"Team leader, I'm going to open another branch and build two more shopping TV stations. Do you think it's okay?"
Ni Loach asked Chu Lingyun that the shopping TV station was what Chu Lingyun suggested to him. Chu Lingyun was working in a regular large TV station and it was not convenient for him to do this, but Ni Loach could do it.
As long as what is sold is not fake, no one cares now.
TV shopping at this time is like the live broadcast of goods in later generations, which has changed the way of shopping. You can see what you want to buy on TV, then transfer money to place an order, and buy it directly at home.
"Yes, if you want to, just do it as soon as possible. I estimate that TV sets will be saturated in a few years, but don't worry. Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other places will all need TVs in the future. Countries in South America will also develop TVs in the 20s. TV manufacturers will not be short of orders this year.”
Twenty years is a conservative estimate. It will be better in twenty years. When newer TVs come out, they will have to replace them.
In this way, there is no problem for the TV factory to survive for forty or fifty years.
In fact, as long as it is done well, it will continue to exist. In the future, there will be Internet TV, and it is no problem for Loach to open a branch factory.
"Okay, I'll do it right away."
The team leader agreed, and Loach's heart suddenly calmed down. Now he really has no interest in things in Taipei.
The era of fighting and killing has passed; now he only thinks about making money.
The team leader is a billionaire, and he must at least become a billionaire without losing face to the team leader.
In fact, Ni Loach still underestimates himself. Once the TV factory is ready to expand, he will also have the opportunity to become a billionaire in the future, or even higher.
By then, there will be a place for loaches in the circle of wealthy Americans.
And Shen Hanwen, if he follows Lying Win, he will also be able to earn hundreds of millions of dollars in the future.
Apart from anything else, as long as he keeps making TV sets with Ni Loach, and if they become bigger and better in the future, maybe the two of them can start a big electrical appliance company.
If they can produce televisions, they can later produce washing machines, air conditioners, video recorders, etc.
Loach left happily, and took Lily to inspect the site to see where the new factory would be built.
This time, Shen Hanwen was also brought along to let Shen Hanwen invest. The new factory has Shen Hanwen's 20% equity.
Chu Lingyun brought Liu Shukui to the film company.
"Call everyone to a meeting."
Chu Lingyun ordered, and Liu Shukui immediately summoned all the management of the film company into the conference room.
"You guys worked well together last year, and the several science fiction films you made were very good. This year we are going to launch a big project, with an initial investment of 10 million US dollars."
Chu Lingyun directly dropped the bomb. Among the movies they had produced before, the most expensive one was Roman Holiday, which was only two million US dollars.
The rest are probably around one million.
Last year, among the several movies produced by the film company, only Roman Holiday had the highest box office, and the rest did not exceed 10 million.
Most are six or seven million.
You don’t lose money, but you don’t make much either.
Some other studios jokingly call them low-budget studios.
"Ten million, so high?"
It's now 1955, and the purchasing power of ten million US dollars is very strong. Chu Lingyun doesn't know how much it will cost to produce a movie in the future, but ten million dollars can produce what he wants.
"That's right, it's ten million. This is a science fiction movie. Now you can start collecting scripts. The story is mainly about the Galactic Empire..."
Chu Lingyun told some things that would be remembered by later generations, and everyone was stunned. No wonder the investment was so large, and it turned out to be such a magnificent movie.
Many people are very excited. When this movie comes out, who will dare to say that they are a small workshop after watching it?
Everyone remembered very carefully that Chu Lingyun was going to shoot Star Wars, which was officially released in the late 1970s, more than 20 years away from now.
It’s a bit early to start now, but it doesn’t matter. They already have the technology that was available in the 1970s. If they really can’t do it, they can find a way to replace it with something else.
As for the director and screenwriter, it will definitely not be the same as before.
In fact, as long as the story content is the same, just find a well-known director to shoot it. The general director is not too bad and can make a good movie.
The meeting ended quickly. When the people in the film company knew that they were going to take on a big project, they were all very excited.
With big-budget movies, they can really compare with those famous Hollywood film companies. In the future, they will shoot a few more big productions. As long as they succeed, they will be among the top film companies.
As for the funds, they have no worries. It’s different to have a big boss behind them.
Their boss is rich and willing to invest, so they don’t have to worry about money at all.
For this movie, Chu Lingyun gave Niuqiu and Shen Hanwen 15% of the investment each, a total of 3 million. When Niuqiu knew that the team leader was going to make a big movie, he transferred the money without saying a word.
They made a lot of money from the last movie, and they believed that they would make money again this time.
There is no possibility of failure for what the team leader does personally.
Niuqiu has blind trust in Chu Lingyun.
The movie needs to collect scripts, and Chu Lingyun will personally review the scripts to see whose stories are the same as his memory, and then choose whose scripts.
Directors are also recruited openly. For big-budget movies, some directors take the initiative to come to the door.
The people in the film company provide various services. They now have rich experience, especially after shooting several science fiction movies before, and know what to prepare.
Chu Lingyun has been in Hollywood these days, and he needs to confirm the script.
He is the only one who can decide the script.
Two months later, among the scripts written by many screenwriters, Chu Lingyun finally selected two and asked them to integrate them together. The stories they wrote best met Chu Lingyun's requirements, and they were basically the same as the plots in later generations.
The script is ready, and then we can officially start filming.
As for the director, he has been doing preliminary preparations even earlier than the script was selected. He will start selecting actors as soon as the script is confirmed. Before the script is confirmed, the director only selected a few unimportant roles.
The real leading actors should be selected according to the script to see who is the most suitable.
Ben He did not appear in this movie. Her image is mainly pure, which does not match this movie. Besides, Chu Lingyun wants to create a series and a brand.
This brand will be worth a lot of money in the future.
The entire Star Wars series will be worth billions of dollars in the future, and there will be box office and money earned from derivatives. In the future, this series can at least help Chu Lingyun earn billions of dollars.