HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 270 [270] Millions in Profits! Grand Lottery Begins
[Pop king Qi Yuan has once again put his talents to use, creating "Encounter" and "Happy Breakup" for his junior, Sun Yanzi, which quickly became radio hits.]

Despite not releasing any albums or EPs this year, Qi Yuan's influence continues to spread in the music scene.

Warner Music welcomes another strong new talent, with producer Qi Yuan playing a crucial role!

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As Sun Yanzi released her album, Qi Yuan's name appeared on the front page of Taiwanese entertainment news along with her.

People both inside and outside the Taiwanese entertainment circle have once again come to a profound understanding of Qi Yuan's talent.

Previously, the singers were the ones who were suppressed by Qi Yuan.

This time, the female singers also felt the pressure.

In just one or two years, Warner Music's Dai Pei-ni, Zhang Shao-han, and Sun Yan-zi rose to fame one after another, all thanks to Qi Yuan's behind-the-scenes efforts.

Some Taiwanese media outlets have dubbed Qi Yuan a "star-making master".

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On June 15, after attending the celebration banquet and spending a few days sightseeing in Hong Kong, Qi Yuan returned to Beijing.

Currently, "Infernal Affairs" is maintaining a daily box office of around several hundred thousand, and its popularity has decreased significantly.

This film has already brought Qi Yuan many benefits. Even before it has been released in Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, and other places, it has already brought Qi Yuan a huge amount of revenue.

The box office of "Infernal Affairs" in mainland China and Hong Kong exceeded 1.2 million yuan, with profits between 4200 million and 4800 million yuan. After deducting marketing and distribution costs, the profit was around 4000 million yuan.

Qi Yuan owns a 35% share, and once the revenue is split between the theaters and the production company, Qi Yuan can earn more than 15 million in profit at once.

By the way, the audio-visual rights for "Infernal Affairs" in mainland China are also being negotiated, and the price is said to be seven or eight million, which is a very high figure.

Warner Bros., one of the eight major Hollywood film studios, has also taken notice of "Infernal Affairs." According to Alan Mak, they are interested in purchasing the remake rights and have offered a million dollars. The two sides are currently in contact.

Conservative estimates suggest that "Infernal Affairs" could bring Qi Yuan and Xingkong 2000 to 3000 million yuan in revenue, demonstrating the power of a market-saving film.

In his previous life, Andy Lau made a fortune by converting his film fees into shares, but in this life, his luck has been stolen by Qi Yuan.

It's a bit of a pity; such a fantastic project is so rare. For many years to come, Hong Kong won't have a project this profitable.

"Infernal Affairs 2" is also a masterpiece, giving the Chinese film industry its own godfather, but the success of the second one cannot match that of the first.

As for the third installment, Qi Yuan has no plans to film it. The quality of the third installment is not low, but the two previous works are too excellent. The third installment would be a poor sequel, so there is no need to film it.

Liu Jianming's role in part 2 wasn't particularly large, totaling about 30 minutes.

If they were to film again, Qi would let Liu Weiqiang and Mai Zhaohui film together for about ten days, and they could earn another ten or twenty million, which wouldn't be bad.

Now, many media outlets in mainland China and Hong Kong are digging into how much profit "Infernal Affairs" made.

As the most popular movie of the year, it's inevitable that it will attract intense media attention.

Upon further investigation, the media discovered that Qi Yuan had actually participated in the investment, and his share exceeded one-third.

Exaggerated news stories about digging deep into Qi Yuan's wealth have emerged, from both mainland China and Hong Kong.

[The God of Wealth has arrived! Even Han Chen couldn't have predicted that Lau Kin-ming (Kee Yuen) would be counting money until his hands were sore, making tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars in one go.]

[The biggest winner is indeed Lau Kin-ming, who survived to the end in the film and profited tens of millions off-screen.]

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Qi Yuan didn't care too much about what others thought. He paid his taxes legally every year, and every penny he earned was clean. He wasn't afraid of people digging into his income.

Of course, Qi Yuan is not a saint; he would also do things that legally and compliantly reduce the amount of money he pays.

So he opened his own studio and Starry Sky Company. Qi Yuanren had just gotten off the plane in Beijing when he received a series of text messages from Gao Yuanyuan and Zhang Tong.

Gao Yuanyuan said she bought a neon sailor outfit and paired it with black stockings, and she wanted to wear it for Qi Yuan to see.

Zhang Tong said she has been practicing dance recently and has made considerable progress. She wants to show Qi Yuan her flexibility.

Qi Yuan sighed. "See? Men who earn a lot of money are quite tired. They have to work hard day and night, sweating profusely."

Fan Xiaopang, that little girl, also sent a text message to Qi Yuan, saying that there were some parts of the script for "Bouquet" that she didn't quite understand and wanted to ask Qi Yuan, the screenwriter, for advice in person, because she really wanted to improve.

Qi Yuan didn't reply to the message and chose to go back to her house; the lottery was the important thing.

Indeed, Qi Yuan received a new round of system notifications, this time with a record high number of people making progress.

[Successfully progressing together with Liu Weiqiang, Mai Zhaohui, Liang Jiahui, Huang Xiaoming, Li Bingbing, Zeng Zhiwei, Wang Lihong, Sun Yanzi, and Zhang Shaohan grants +9 draw chances]

The first six are all related to "Infernal Affairs", while Wang Lihong is related to the song "Breakpoint", which is the second and third most popular song on Wang Lihong's album.

Qi Yuan immediately started the lottery draw.

"Successfully extracted. You have obtained half of Liu Weiqiang's storyboard attribute, Master level, 25000 points."

"Successfully drawn. You have obtained half of Alan Mak's director attributes, Master level, 25000 points."

"Successfully extracted. Characteristic: Thousand-Faced Actor, from Liang Jiahui. From emperors and generals to commoners, you can adjust your aura and temperament to suit the role."

"Draw successful. You have obtained half of Huang Xiaoming and Li Bingbing's acting attributes, at the Proficient level, for 5000 points."

"Draw successful. You have obtained half of Zeng Zhiwei's acting attribute, Master level, 25000 points."

"Successfully extracted. Features: Eighteen martial arts skills, from Wang Lihong. Most musical instruments, you only need to practice a little to reach the level of playing a song."

"Successfully drawn. You have obtained half of Sun Yanzi and Zhang Shaohan's singing ability attributes, at the Proficiency level, for 5000 points."

The ability to create scenes is a great asset, and the ability to be a versatile actor with eighteen kinds of skills is even more remarkable.

Having acquired Wang Lihong's eighteen martial arts skills, Qi Yuan immediately had an idea.

Before his next concert, he plans to find the best teacher and go into seclusion to master several different musical instruments in a short period of time.

For singer-songwriters, mastering one or two skills is enough; they don't need to be proficient in everything.

Having the ability to play a piece of music on different instruments is enough for Qi Yuan to market the title of "top-of-the-line all-in-one Chinese music player".

The versatile actor is also very important, as he can broaden Qi Yuan's acting range and, when used in conjunction with traits like Wu Wukai, will be even more powerful.

If Qi Yuan were to reprise his roles as Linghu Chong and Liu Jianming, he is confident he would perform even better.

Qi Yuan received more good news than just these.

Mr. Lin, the boss of Media Asia, heard that Starry Sky, China Film Group, and Chen Kaige were collaborating on a romance film.

Mr. Lin generously stated that Media Asia would contribute 10 million, bringing the actual investment in the film to 25 million, while the company publicly announced an investment of 50 million.

This news caused an uproar among the media in Hong Kong and mainland China.

Are you kidding me?! A romance movie is going this far.

Generally speaking, modern romance films have relatively low budgets. Even if Media Asia cuts the budget of 50 million in half, it would still be the ceiling for domestic modern romance films.

Amidst the shock, people remarked that it was fortunate the director was Chen Kaige and the lead actor was Qi Yuan; had it been any other director or lead actor, it would have been highly likely they wouldn't have recouped their costs, and it wouldn't have been surprising if they had lost everything.

(End of this chapter)