Chapter 348 Revenue from "The Pretender", Headquarters Park Plan

"Boss, this is the revenue report of the TV station and video platform of "The Pretender". Most of the TV station's payment has been settled. It will take about three months for the video platform to get its money back."

Because the project of Ningyun Cultural Industrial Park Ark Culture Headquarters Park needs to be promoted, the company needs to have sufficient revenue to pass the approval of Ningyun District leaders.

Therefore, Fang Xing asked the finance department yesterday for the revenue report of "The Pretender".

Wang Yichao, the head of the finance department, worked an extra day with his subordinates yesterday to get the reports out, and handed them to Fang Xing this morning.

Fang Xing opened the revenue report of "The Pretender" and browsed it.

This report details every expenditure and income, ranging from the money paid by the crew for promotional lunches to the money paid by the TV station.

There are so many entries that it will take a long time to read them all.

Wang Yichao picked up the key points and explained: "Boss, the main revenue of "The Pretender" has two parts. The first part is the broadcast copyright purchased by the TV station.

"'The Pretender' has aired two rounds, and the third round has been signed, and the payment will be settled within three months.

"The first round of premiere, two satellite TVs, 2.2 million episodes, total price 105.6 million.

"That's for sure. The Ark Cultural Headquarters planned from the beginning was not just a headquarters building, but a campus. Otherwise, one building would not cost 2 billion." Fang Xing answered in a positive tone.

He is really not good at managing a company.

Wang Yichao continued to explain: "The cost of "The Pretender" mainly includes the actors' salary, shooting costs and post-production costs. The total of this part is 106 million.

Although the ratings and online broadcast volume of "Invisible Spy" collapsed in the later period, the show did not have major problems in terms of its main theme.

The 2 billion project is indeed one of the top three major projects among all the projects in Ningyun Cultural Industrial Park.

"Spirited Away" earned Ark Culture 600 million.

Therefore, when the cultural department praised the film and television dramas that won the anti-aggression war, "The Invisible Spy" was also on the list.

However, this kind of behavior of Shengtian Animation is a normal business behavior, and there is no other way except to get angry.

"Alone..." Liang Jing once again showed a surprised expression.

Ark Culture is preparing to build its headquarters in Ningyun Cultural Industrial Park and plans to invest 2 billion.

After reading the accounting part, the next step is the payment part.

For those animation industry personnel who have not signed contracts with Nebula Animation, Shengtian Animation can sign them first.

The first phase of the project is the headquarters building, followed by construction plans for music, film and television dramas, animation, special effects, etc.

Even so, things are troublesome.

"I would like to thank the boss on behalf of the staff of the finance department." Wang Yichao agreed and exited the office.

After all, if something goes wrong in such a big project, it will be a big problem.

“Since the number of views on the video platform continues to grow, the current statistics are for June and July revenue.

At the end of August, Liu Jian'an, the top leader of Ningyun District, and the person in charge of the cultural industrial park planning office came to visit Ark Culture.

After listening to Wang Yichao's report, Fang Xing nodded slowly and closed the report: "Very good, thank you for working overtime. This week you organize your finance department to conduct team building and the company will reimburse you."

There are only a handful of TV series that can earn two to three billion a year.

If you look at the ratings alone, the average ratings are not too bad.

After Liangjing Studio produced "Spirited Away", the entire animation studio became famous overnight.

However, it has encountered great resistance recently.

There is still a long way to go to reach this goal.

After the summer vacation ended, the national cultural department commended a number of film and television dramas by name.

Liu Jian'an came to visit Ark Culture in person, just to see what kind of company Ark Culture is and whether it has the ability to support a 2 billion project.

“This includes VIP membership accounts for the video platform, CPM advertising accounts and interstitial advertising accounts.

only.

But recently, Shengtian Animation began to directly poach animators from Nebula Animation.

He just likes to do animation quietly.

After all, this project is to build the headquarters of Ark Culture, and it really has nothing to do with him.

Before Wu Zhikang's role was taken off the production line, this drama was indeed watchable.

However, when you start a new company and receive new investment, you must each take charge.

"The total price of the three rounds of broadcasting is 177.6 million."

Fang Xing thought about it for a moment and said, "I will send someone over tomorrow to sign a supplementary agreement with all the employees of Nebula Animation. Don't worry too much about this matter. Just be responsible for your work."

After Fang Xing heard this, his brows suddenly wrinkled.

…

Donghai Satellite TV and Xiangjiang Satellite TV spent 2.2 million an episode to purchase the first-round premiere rights of "The Pretender", and the ratings both broke through.

"Mr. Fang, this time is too much. This time Shengtian Animation poached our entire team of colorists, and Shengtian Animation is willing to pay liquidated damages for them. Our "My Neighbor Totoro" project is already in progress.

This group is also involved, and I am worried that our "My Neighbor Totoro" project may be at risk of leakage." Liang Jing sounded very angry.

Therefore, the initial 2 billion project planned to build the group headquarters of Ark Culture.

So far, Nebula Animation is far from being profitable and needs to continue investing money.

All these plans have a premise.

Not only those who were poaching Nebula Animation, but many of the animators contacted by Nebula Animation through headhunting companies were also hired by Shengtian Animation first and signed on with higher salaries.

Prior to this, the strength shown by Ark Culture was not enough to support such a large project.

The purpose of poaching current employees is too strong.

This income is already a very strong level in TV dramas.

Nebula Animation is a subsidiary of Ark Culture, so naturally I have heard about this project.

If employees of Nebula Animation heard that Nebula Animation would have a separate animation building in Ningyun Cultural Industrial Park in the future, they would naturally be filled with endless yearning.

If the "My Neighbor Totoro" project is leaked and Shengtian Animation also produces a similar animated film, it will be more troublesome.

Since Nebula Animation has been expanding the company's scale, it has contacted many people in the animation industry through headhunting companies.

After summarizing the TV station’s broadcast revenue, Wang Yichao paused before continuing:

“Boss, the part on page 7 is the revenue of the video platform.

If Ark Culture just builds a headquarters building, it doesn’t need 2 billion.

Therefore, the leaders of Ningyun District were very cautious in approving this project.

There is another animation company that is also actively poaching people, it is "Shengtian Animation".

Shengtian Animation is an animation company invested by Pengcheng Capital and Dingsheng Capital, and part of its core team is the member of Liangjing Studio in its early days.

One animated movie made 600 million yuan.

Although it was praised, Red Film, Pengcheng Capital and Dingsheng Capital did not make a profit on this drama.

Liang Jing shook his head and replied: "That's not true. The part that the coloring team is responsible for does not involve the script, but mainly the setting of the characters. They have all seen this part."

The core of an animation, the original painting of the character is very important.

That is, the 2 billion project in the Ark Cultural Headquarters Park can pass the approval of Ningyun District.

"The total revenue of "The Pretender" was finally calculated to be around 270 million.

More importantly, this group of colorists participated in the "My Neighbor Totoro" project.

However, Fang Xing is not just painting, the animation building is indeed planned, and he will find the best architect to design the animation building to highlight the concept of "animation".

When Liang Jing heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Although the five members of the entrepreneurial team are still friends, when they had Sanhuo dinner, they still said that San was full of stars.

Liang Jing nodded and replied: "I've heard of it."

"In addition, "The Pretender" also has revenue from the Hong Kong region and some overseas markets, as well as subsequent revenue from the video platform.

Fang Xing plans to build Nebula Animation into a first-tier animation company, but animation is quite expensive.

After "The Pretender" was praised by the cultural department, it also had a great influence on the leadership of Ningyun District.

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In his opinion, Ark Culture's headquarters building must be very majestic. If Nebula Animation could occupy a floor in it, it would be so majestic.

Among them, "The Pretender" is on the list.

"The third round is 300,000 yuan per episode, with a total price of 14.4 million.

"The total revenue of the three items is expected to be around 213 million. This value is only the result of our preliminary calculation. The specific accounting data needs to wait for settlement by the video platform."

The final revenue of "The Pretender" was around 270 million.
To be continued...