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

The early Spring Festival Gala looked rough. The main reason was that there was no funding. CCTV would not approve the money, and the actors brought their own dry food. For example, this year's Spring Festival Gala has historically openly sought sponsorship. Shandong's Kangbas Watch Factory directly brought a cart of clocks to Beijing and took them.

I placed the first advertisement for the Spring Festival Gala and didn’t spend a penny. The sponsorship fee was just a car of watches.

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. His energy is limited, and he doesn't want to take the initiative to find something to do.

Lechunfang.

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 I first met her, and her temperament is still lively.

Her mother smiled apologetically and said: "I have wanted to meet 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 your grades are not good, just finish high school."

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

"Ah? Is this enough?"

Her mother was stunned, and Chen Qi smiled and said: "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The disco songs sung by Zhang Qiang were popular throughout the 1980s and were a bit outdated in the 1990s.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 eight 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.

"There is no copyright in the country, so where do you get the royalties?"

"But I heard that Hou Dejian is making an album for Cheng Lin and giving him one yuan 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 had passed, and Dongfang Company had to settle accounts, distribute bonuses, distribute new year's goods, and write reports to the leaders as usual. But this settlement shocked him!

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 money sold to China Film Group was 6.34 million, and the income from selling tapes was 7 million.

Dongchang's current total assets: 13.34 million yuan, 29 million Hong Kong dollars, and 5 million US dollars!

Since he earned foreign exchange through exports, he has handed over about 20 million U.S. dollars to the country - he did not keep any profits from "Tai Chi 1", but paid all of them. In fact, it is not much, and it is not as good as exports from other industries, but the key is to make movies, and a movie maker

Handed over 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 go to reason?

Currently, those who can release Mandarin albums include Li Lingyu, Fei Xiang, Zhang Mingmin, and the newly signed Zhang Qiang, but they 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 view 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 let him 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.

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

The houses here have been divided, with the keys 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, but 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, why don't you 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 frost: "Teacher Chen, Teacher Liang, and Zhang Yimou all asked me for help. I also want 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 create 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 very 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 poop in the room!

After five years of hard work, it finally came true.
Chapter completed!