Chapter 180 Sales of million copies
"So what are your plans for this year?"
Liu Hongmin asked, he was very satisfied with the company's performance throughout the year, so he paid more attention to the company's development this year.
Wang Yaowei took out the plan and handed it to Liu Hongmin, "We will shoot three TV series and four movies this year."
“Here’s the plan!”
Liu Hongmin picked up the plans, and the top plan was for a TV series called "Ma Yongzhen".
"Ma Yongzhen was written by the company's screenwriters for He Jiajin. In the Chinatown Detective series, Zhou Xingxing performed better than He Jiajin, so in order to maintain He Jiajin's popularity, the company decided to let He Jiajin shoot a TV series every year to gather his popularity."
Liu Hongmin nodded, "Okay, but the script must be good."
He Jiajin was the first person to follow him, and he would never treat He Jiajin unfairly.
"Don't worry, Brother Liu. I'll check the script. There will be absolutely no problems."
Xu Xiaoming assured.
Wang Yaowei continued, "The second TV series is Lao Zou's new novel "Shenjian Wushuang". The company held two meetings to discuss it and found that there was no suitable male lead."
Liu Hongmin opened the plan and found out that he was the one who provided Zou Shifang with the idea of "Unparalleled Divine Arrow". It tells the story of Wang Shunchen, a general of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty. At that time, Zhong Pu of the Zhong Family Army was fighting against the rebellion of the Qiang people in Qinghai. Because his superior Hu Zong repeatedly asked Zhong Pu to fight, Zhong Pu was killed in the battle.
Wang Shunchen led his troops to break through the encirclement. The Qiang pursued them to a pass, which made it difficult for the army to pass. At this time, Wang Shunchen shot and killed seven Qiang scouts with seven arrows. The Song army regained their morale and fought with the Qiang pursuers for four hours. During these four hours, Wang Shunchen shot more than a thousand arrows, and killed more than a thousand Qiang soldiers.
This is the record of the most enemies shot dead in a single battle in history. Although Liu Hongmin is skeptical about this period, he thinks it is quite suitable for writing a novel.
"Let the Beijing office hold an audition. There are many good actors in the mainland, and we will definitely be able to find someone to play Wang Shunchen."
"It can only be like this!" Zou Shifang was a little depressed. After the novel was written, many people questioned it for being too fake. Although Liu Hongmin had warned him of this result, he was still very unhappy. He wrote it according to the history books, how could it be fake?
Liu Hongmin signaled Wang Yaowei to continue.
Wang Yaowei nodded, "The third TV series is "Happy Little Monk 3", but this is the final episode. We need to start a new series for the Kung Fu Twins next year."
"Four movies. The first one is Detective Chinatown 5. The second one is Fong Sai-yuk, which is prepared for Jet Li. The third one is Swordsman, directed by Xu Ke. The fourth one is The Romance of the Condor Heroes, which is directed by Wang Jing."
Xu Xiaoming said: "The company is now growing in size and has signed contracts with many famous directors."
"According to this development model, Hong Kong's market is too small and too dependent on foreign countries. Therefore, we cannot sign everyone to the company. We must strictly control the size of the company in order to cope with future crises."
After the meeting, Liu Hongmin went to the toy factory again. The business of the toy factory was on the right track, and it was enough to just follow the routine. What Liu Hongmin needed to do was to prevent someone from embezzling money. In the next few days, Liu Hongmin went to Sanlian Publishing House again. He discussed the book business with Yang Guiren. Except for "The Curse of the Black Pearl", the books previously published were still on sale.
The Young Justice Bao series has sold more than 20,000 copies in Hong Kong in recent years. Other books have also sold some copies, adding up to about 100,000 copies.
Sanlian Publishing House deposited all the royalties from the reprints into Liu Hongmin's account, as stipulated in the contract.
Of course, Liu Hongmin is more concerned about the sales of "The Curse of the Black Pearl".
Yang Guiren: "The sales of The Curse of the Black Pearl are very good. Because of the popularity of The Ship, many foreigners in Hong Kong have bought The Curse of the Black Pearl. Together with your fans, The Curse of the Black Pearl has sold more than 150,000 copies."
"Outside of Hong Kong, The Curse of the Black Pearl is still doing well. As of last weekend, the traditional Chinese version of the book has sold more than 500,000 copies in Southeast Asia."
Liu Hongmin nodded. Although he could not enter the Green Island market, it was already a very good result to sell 650,000 copies. After all, The Curse of the Black Pearl was a fantasy novel, and the market demand was not that great. Many people bought it because of Liu Hongmin's reputation, otherwise the sales volume would have to be discounted.
While in Hong Kong, Liu Hongmin finished writing the script for "Detective Chinatown 5".
"Detective Chinatown 4" was released with a total box office of HK$5520 million, once again breaking the Hong Kong movie box office record.
The copyright fee for the copyright was sold again for million Hong Kong dollars. This price has reached the ceiling. Unless the Green Island market is opened, it can only be increased significantly again.
This is something Liu Hongmin cannot decide, but judging from the easing of cross-strait relations, this day will come sooner or later.
Richard flew to Hong Kong to meet Liu Hongmin.
"Mr. Liu, congratulations. As of this morning, the sales of The Curse of the Black Pearl has exceeded 30 million."
Liu Hongmin was surprised. "Over 3 million? It's only March 26th."
"It is absolutely true. I have checked it many times before I dare to report it to you."
Richard said firmly.
Liu Hongmin nodded and said excitedly: "Congratulations, you have made a lot of money this time, otherwise you wouldn't have given me such an expensive gift."
Richard smiled and said, "Those diamond jewelry are just a drop in the bucket for Random House. We bought them from a jewelry company and got the internal price, so they are not as expensive as they are on the market."
"You are honest."
"When dealing with an honest man like Mr. Liu, we must be honest. After all, these things can be found out as long as we investigate, and we can't hide them at all."
(End of this chapter)
