Chapter 587 I can have **** in the house now


    Chen Qi continued to be busy and used the last 20 days to achieve the highest level of Spring Festival Gala.


    The early Spring Festival Gala looked rough. The main reason was that there was no funding. CCTV would not approve the money, so the actors brought their own dry food. For example, this year''s Spring Festival Gala has historically been open to sponsors. The Kangbas Watch Factory in Shandong directly brought a cart of clocks to Beijing and won the first advertisement for the Spring Festival Gala. It didn''t spend a penny, and the sponsorship fee was just that cart of clocks.


    Ever since, Combas appeared on the countdown screen, and it has become a tradition since then.


    Now that Chen Qi has taken over, the Ministry of Culture needs funds, and there is no such thing as advertising and sponsorship. He has limited energy and does not want to take the initiative to find work.


    Le Chun Fang.


    In the office in the front yard, Chen Qi met Zhang Qiang and her mother.


    Zhang Qiang is 17 years old this year. She is a little more cheerful than when she first met her, and her temperament is still lively.


    Her mother smiled apologetically and said: "I have wanted to see you for a long time. This child has been desperate to join your company since she attended the Spring Festival Gala. I have no choice but to beg you with an old face. How are her qualifications? "


    "She doesn''t go to school?"


    "If you don''t get good grades, just finish high school."


    "Oh, yes, welcome to join Dongfang Company!"


    "Huh? Is this enough?"


    Her mother was stunned, and Chen Qi said with a smile: "Your daughter is already qualified, otherwise I wouldn''t let her go on stage. It''s better to choose a different day. Let''s sign the contract today. Let me think about it..."


    The disco songs sung by Zhang Qiang were popular throughout the 1980s and were a bit outdated in the 1990s. In 2024, she became popular again due to the retro style and nostalgia.


    "The contract is for 8 years, not based on the number of albums. We will create the best music for her. She must fulfill her contractual obligations and comply with all activities arranged by the company. In terms of income..."


    "I heard that people abroad charge royalties? Can I share the royalties?" Zhang Qiang said suddenly.


    “We don’t even have copyrights in China, so where do we get the royalties?”


    "But I heard that Hou Dejian is making an album for Cheng Lin, and I''m giving him one dollar for each album!"


    “My fellow Taiwanese compatriots!”


    Chen Qi shrugged and said: "Other people charge 10 yuan for a song, I will give you 50 yuan, and I will give you 50 yuan. This is the highest price in the country. But I have made a promise to my singers, as long as the environment is relaxed , I will definitely give you a share of the royalties.”


    "Yeah, you have a good reputation. I trust you and I''m willing to sign!" Zhang Qiang said with a smile.


    "Then just sign it like this!" her mother also said.


    "Okay, you guys come back in the afternoon and we''re going to prepare the contract."


    Mother and daughter went out.


    Chen Qi continued to work. One year has passed, and Dongfang Company has to settle accounts, pay bonuses, distribute new year''s goods, and write reports to the leaders as usual. And this reckoning shocked myself!


    Last year, four movies were released, "Life is Beautiful", "Tai Chi 3", "Happy Ghost" and "The Frog Prince". The total box office share in Hong Kong was 29 million Hong Kong dollars, and 10.85 million U.S. dollars earned overseas. After turning it over to the country, I kept 2.8 million, and also There is US$2.2 million left over from before.


    In Mainland China, the sales amount to China Film was 6.34 million, and the income from selling tapes was 12 million - "Spring Festival Gala Golden Songs" is two boxes of tapes, with a profit of 2.5 yuan per box.


    Dongchang''s current total assets: 18.34 million yuan, 29 million Hong Kong dollars, and 5 million US dollars!


    Since he started earning foreign exchange through exports, he has turned over about 20 million U.S. dollars to the country—he didn’t keep any profits from “Tai Chi 1,” he paid all of it. In fact, it’s not much, and it’s not as good as the exports of other industries, but the key is to make movies, and a movie maker has to pay 20 million US dollars.


    What else does the country have to say? Not to mention getting honors.


    "Damn, that''s a lot of money!"


    "It''s a pity that you can only look at it, but you can''t take it!"


    Chen Qi suddenly felt a bit corrupt, but was repelled by 404 with great righteousness. However, he evaluated it and found that selling tapes was the fastest, the most, and the easiest way to make money. The profit from one tape was 2.5 yuan. Where could he reason?


    Currently, those who can release Mandarin albums include Li Lingyu, Fei Xiang, Zhang Mingmin, and the newly signed Zhang Qiang, who still need to expand.


    He called the administrative and financial staff at Beijing Film Studio, prepared the money, summoned everyone to Lechunfang, distributed bonuses one by one, and then went to Beijing Film Studio to look at the properties. …


    "Didi!"


    Two vans drove into the Beijing Film Studio compound, turned onto a straight cement road, and stopped under two residential buildings.


    As soon as the car door opened, more than 20 people came out, including those stationed here, a total of 33 people.


    Everyone was extremely excited. Li Lianjie and Ji Chunhua also came back from Hong Kong. Li Lianjie was not a formal employee of Dongchang. Chen Qi used special talent terms to allow him to live in a separate apartment, but the nature was different from that of a formal employee.


    Officially, he can live there for a few lifetimes. He is a temporary resident, but he can also bring his mother to live with him and no one will care about him.


    Li Lianjie''s thoughts are very confused now. He loves and hates it, but is more afraid of it.


    The houses here have been divided, the keys are in hand, the married ones will get one, and the singles will live in one as a dormitory.


    Most of them are singles, that is, Liang Xiaosheng, Zhang Yimou, Zhang Junzhao, He Qun, Li Mingfu and others have families, a few other administrative staff have families, and there are a few apartments that Chen Qi took the initiative to give away...


    The entire building was only divided into half, so it’s no wonder the people at Beijing Film Studio went crazy.


    "Teacher Li! Teacher Li!"


    Li Lingyu ran into a room and looked around: "Yeah, your apartment is the same as mine. I''m downstairs."


    "It''s different. I have my own apartment, and you live with others." Li Jianqun corrected.


    "Okay, okay, I know you are a special talent, but Teacher Chen promised me that as long as I sell 2 million tapes, I will live alone."


    "Then work hard!"


    Li Jianqun didn''t want to pay attention to her, but just observed the indoor space, seeming to be thinking about how to design it.


    Li Lingyu came here just for this, all kinds of sticky: "Oh, Teacher Li, you are so awesome, you also help me with the design! Oh, we are roommates after all, you are so ruthless!"


    “…”


    Li Jianqun looked at her with his hands on his hips. He was very beautiful, but his mouth was as cold as ice: "Teacher Chen, Teacher Liang, and Zhang Yimou all asked me for help, and I have to do it myself. You are late!"


    And what is the design of the dormitory you live in? Just shave it off, put some putty on it and go to sleep. "


    "How could you say such a thing?!"


    Li Lingyu was wailing, and the others were all happy.


    Gong Xue walked around the house ten times and was extremely satisfied. The 70-square-meter cadre room, without a common room and two large balconies, could easily outshine those later generations of large houses that were said to be more than 100 square meters.


    "This balcony is reserved for me to grow flowers!"


    "I think we can also set up a small study room, where you can write and I can draw."


    "I asked Jianqun to help with the design. I made sure to buy the best furniture and make our home beautiful."


    "Yeah, yeah, buy, buy, buy! Buy whatever you like."


    Chen Qi smiled and nodded.


    In fact, his requirements for furnishings are not high. What he likes is modern life, such as clean running water, no frequent power outages, a water heater, iced drinks and watermelon in the summer, and heating in the winter. This is enough.


    And he recalled the ambition he had set when he first came here: not to empty the urinal, but to live in a house where he could **** in the room!


    After five years of struggle, it finally came true.


    (No more...)


    (End of chapter)