The director starts by learning from the abilities of renowned directors.

Chapter 32 Celebrating Victory

Fan Bingbing looked at Shen Qing, who was chatting and laughing with Han Sanping, Yu Dong and other producers, and her mind wandered for a moment.

Today is the celebration banquet for "Taken" to have grossed over 100 million yuan. Shen Qing is still the same Shen Qing, but something seems to have changed.

Previously, Fan Bingbing thought Shen Qing was very capable, but she herself was also a Hundred Flowers Award-winning actress! She should have plenty of pride in front of Shen Qing.

but now……

There are only three directors in mainland China whose films have grossed over 100 million yuan at the box office: Yu Benzheng, Zhang Yimou, and Feng Xiaogang. If we include directors from Hong Kong and Taiwan, we would add Stephen Chow as well.

Among them, the film "Life and Death Choice" was issued by a higher-level department, calling on organized viewing. 98% of the audience for "Life and Death Choice" were group tickets. The film's box office of over 100 million yuan was not market-driven enough.

In the truly market-driven 100 million yuan box office club, Shen Qing ranks third, after Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang, and only fourth if Hong Kong and Taiwan are included.

Even the famous Chen Kaige hasn't entered the 100 million yuan box office club yet, but Shen Qing has. Can he be any more amazing?

What about Chen Hong? She was once recognized as the most beautiful woman in mainland China, but didn't she still rush to marry Chen Kaige? The two are 16 years apart in age!

and……

Fan Bingbing stared intently at Shen Qing not far away, and thinking of Chen Kaige's appearance, she felt even more that Shen Qing was outstanding. Her gaze then turned to Wan Qian beside her, but she looked away after just one glance, thinking that it would be such a pity if Shen Qing really married Wan Qian in the future, given how excellent he was.

She couldn't just watch such a talented director suffer!

The celebration banquet lasted until the early hours of the morning. When it ended, everyone left the hotel and took taxis. Shen Qing saw the others off first.

Wan Qian didn't leave either, silently standing to the side. When the people had finally left, she was about to go find Shen Qing to leave together when she saw a figure cut in from the side, walking towards Shen Qing a step ahead of her. Wan Qian couldn't help but feel annoyed when she saw who it was, but she still involuntarily stopped in her tracks.

It wasn't that she was afraid of Fan Bingbing, but rather that she didn't want Shen Qing to have a bad impression of her.

Fan Bingbing approached Shen Qing and said jokingly, "The box office has exceeded 100 million! That's amazing! Someone's probably too excited to sleep tonight, right?"

Shen Qing countered, "And you, will you be able to sleep tonight?"

Fan Bingbing bit her lip and said, "I can't sleep either. How about we two insomniacs find a place to have some tea and chat?"

Shen Qing asked, "It's too late, isn't this inappropriate?"

Fan Bingbing smirked and said, "What, is my presence a dragon's den or a tiger's lair?! Look how scared Director Shen is."

Shen Qing looked her up and down. She was dressed very ordinarily, but on her, she had the power to stir his heart.

"Even if it's a den of dragons and tigers, I'm not afraid, because what I'm best at is sweeping away the enemy's den."

"Plowing the courtyard and sweeping the cave...can you even manage to plow it?"

"Why don't you try it and you'll see?"

Shen Qing walked over to Wan Qian, who hadn't yet hailed a taxi, and said, "I'll flag down a car for you. You should go back to your hotel and rest."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

Wan Qian was extremely unwilling, but in the end she still said what Shen Qing probably wanted to hear most.

After Wan Qian left, Shen Qing and Fan Bingbing put on hats, masks and sunglasses and got into a taxi.

The taxi stopped in front of a hotel, and the two of them went inside together without hesitation.

Upon entering the room, Fan Bingbing went to take a shower first. Shen Qing listened to the sound of the rushing water outside, and images began to appear in his mind. He took out his phone and checked the time twice. Only a few minutes had passed, so he decided not to wait any longer, took off his clothes, and headed to the bathroom.

A moment later, Fan Bingbing's teasing voice came from inside: "A big director, huh? You don't even have this much patience."

Then Shen Qing's muffled voice came through: "It's not that I'm impatient, it's just that I suddenly realized I feel better in the bathroom."

……

The next morning, Fan Bingbing left first. After Shen Qing got up and had breakfast, she arrived at Dingxin Film and Television Company at around 10 a.m.

The final box office of "Nightclub" was 2890 million yuan, with Shen Qing's Magical Films accounting for 6% of the share. It will take some time to receive the payment, but that doesn't stop the two companies from reconciling their accounts first.

"In the future, the percentage retained by China Film Digital will only increase, and the share that ends up in the hands of producers and distributors will probably drop to 40%!"

Zhao Hongwei placed the bill on the coffee table and said.

Shen Qing nodded upon hearing this.

After the efforts of the producers of "Hero", the production company's share of the profits was finally increased to 43%. However, with the advent of the digital age, China Film Group will collect 1%-3% of the profits from each film shown in digital cinemas.

Digital cinemas are a major trend. When film movies are basically phased out of the market in the future, won't it be equivalent to paying 1%-3% of the total box office revenue to this digital retention?

Digital cinema is still in its infancy this year, with China Film Group having fewer than 200 digital cinemas. The box office revenue from digital cinemas is very small, which is why the producers and distributors of "Nightclub" were able to get close to 43%.

That is approximately 1200 million.

Of this, 15% goes to the distributor, leaving approximately 1020 million yuan that truly belongs to Dingxin and Shenqi. Shenqi Films, owned by Shen Qing, holds 600% of the shares, which is over 6 million yuan. Dingxin holds 400%, which is over 4 million yuan.

Previously, Dingxin would only earn 100,000 to 200,000 yuan for producing a TV movie for the movie channel. Now, in collaboration with Shen Qing, who simply had too much free time, they produced this movie in just over ten days with an investment of only 1 million yuan, and they have already made so much money. This was something Zhao Hongwei could never have imagined before.

However, this is clearly not the upper limit of Shen Qing's abilities.

The currently showing film "Taken" has already grossed 110 million yuan at the box office, and its overseas rights were sold for 18 million US dollars, which translates to 1.45 million yuan. Together, it has grossed more than 200 million yuan, and Dingxin Films has a 24% share of the revenue!

That's a huge sum of money!

Previously, Zhao Hongwei had even considered bringing Shen Qing into Dingxin as a partner. Looking back now, he was even researching the art of managing subordinates, thinking about how to make Shen Qing loyal to him and how to firmly bind this talented person to Dingxin.

It's true that Shen Qing is a talented person, but who would have thought he could be this talented?

This has gone far beyond the category of talent; this is genius!

Anyway, Zhao Hongwei has no intention of making Shen Qing his partner anymore. They are not on the same level anymore. Now he just wants to maintain his relationship with Shen Qing as much as possible.

If the relationship between the two families were any better, he could eat more meat with Shen Qing!

"Shen Qing, come home with me for dinner tonight. Your sister-in-law has prepared a huge feast. She insists on properly thanking you, the great contributor who led us to make money."

"Great! It's been so long since I've had my sister-in-law's cooking."

Zhao Hongwei's wife is also a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy, but Shen Qing didn't meet her when she was studying there; they only became acquainted after she started hanging out with Zhao Hongwei. To be fair, her cooking skills are truly excellent.

I went to my senior's house for dinner that evening. My phone vibrated halfway through the meal, and when I looked at it, I saw that it was a message from Wan Qian.

Are you free tonight?

Shen Qing took a moment to reply: "Are you still in the capital?"

The reply came quickly: "Yeah, I didn't want to leave."

"What are you reluctant to part with?"

"I'm reluctant to leave before I've even witnessed the plowing and sweeping of the land."

Shen Qing took a few minutes to reply: "You heard everything that night?"

The reply came quickly: "She let me hear on purpose."

Shen Qing didn't bother to pry further and simply replied, "I'm eating out. Come to my place in two hours."

"Okay." This time, the reply came instantly.