Spy Shadow.

Chapter 1103: Stop Recruiting New Members
If the product is not available in stock, the customer will make a pre-order.

The film company was overwhelmed with orders, considering that they had previously produced two million peripheral products of various types, including dolls and props. On average, each doll sold for five dollars, which means sales of ten million dollars.

As a result, they were all sold out in just two days.

They underestimated the impact of this film, especially its novel sci-fi approach, which made the interstellar struggle so realistic.

Even Katemen and the others were shocked, not to mention ordinary people.

Things that are seen for the first time always leave the most profound impression on people. Many people have watched the movie several times and never get tired of it.

Especially for those who like movies, and especially like this one, many people bought more than one of the peripheral products that came out. Even if they didn’t eat, they would buy one. Many people bought one of each peripheral product.

Including weapons, starships and more.

How can two million items like this be sold?

In less than a week, the pre-order volume exceeded 10 million pieces. The film company was excited and invited more toy manufacturers to work overtime for them.

They need to deliver these products to customers as quickly as possible.

Ten million pieces, most of them are large pieces. The sales of these pre-orders alone can reach 60 million.

Adding the previous more than 10 million, that is to say, the sales volume of product peripherals has reached more than 70 million.

It was simply terrifying.

As time goes by, the total box office in the United States of this shocking and epoch-making science fiction film has finally been released.

One hundred and fifty-six million.

It topped the box office charts.

The North American box office was soon released, and as expected, it exceeded 200 million. Although Canada has a small population, its contribution to the box office is not small. They also like this movie very much and are shocked by it.

The film is still being shown in Europe, and the response is very good. The box office is increasing every day. It hasn't started in South America yet, and the pre-promotion is very good. In order to promote it, Niu Qiu went there in person, and the audience has high expectations.

In Asia, several places with good box office performance are preparing, and the total box office is expected to exceed 10 million US dollars.

By this calculation, there will be no problem for the global total box office to break 300 million US dollars, it just depends on whether it can break 400 million.

No matter what the final number is, the movie will set a record at the box office.

Chu Lingyun's film company made a lot of money from this.

The movie did well at the box office and made money. Chu Lingyun was not stingy and the company directly rewarded him with three million. The director, screenwriter and leading actor were all rewarded, but the rewards were not particularly much, adding up to one million.

The biggest contributor to the success of this film is the hard work of the film company and Chu Lingyun's wild creativity.

After deducting the rewards and the cinema's dividends, Chu Lingyun's final share was just over 70 million.

Chu Lingyun directly distributed dividends to Niu Qiu and Shen Hanwen according to this amount.

The two of them held a 30% share and took away 20 million US dollars, a little over 10 million each. Loach was lucky as his assets had long exceeded 10 million. But Shen Hanwen just foolishly became a multi-millionaire.

He didn't even know how he became rich.

Combined with his shares in the Loach TV Factory, his small TV station, previous dividends, etc., Shen Hanwen's current net worth is almost reaching 20 million US dollars.

Loach and Chu Yuan asked him to treat them, but Shen Hanwen didn't care at all. He just chose a place and ate whatever he wanted.

"Team leader, I'd like to offer you a toast. Thank you."

Shen Hanwen treated everyone to a meal and Chu Lingyun was present. The place chosen by Niu Qiu was not a particularly good restaurant, but Liu Chengzhu's, and the wine was also top-grade domestic liquor.

Shen Hanwen took the initiative to stand up and toast. He was not stupid and understood that it was the team leader who deliberately promoted him, otherwise he would not have made so much money.

Ten million dollars, he didn't know how to spend it.

At first he didn't have much idea about 10 million US dollars, he just knew it was a lot of money. Loach understood his situation and converted the 10 million US dollars into dollars for him.

That’s almost 30 million dollars, 5,000 dollars per box, a total of 6,000 boxes.

Not to mention one room, even ten rooms wouldn’t be able to accommodate it.

Thinking of this, Shen Hanwen was indeed shocked. These were all his, just one person’s?
And this is only the first dividend from the movie box office.

There is more to follow.

This time, the share is for the U.S. box office, and next will be for other countries' box office shares. Except for Canada, other countries will get a little less, but no matter how little, the minimum is still 20%.

If we calculate it based on 100 million US dollars, the share would be more than 20 million US dollars.

Besides, their overseas box office is more than 100 million, at least 150 million.

Of the 30 million US dollars in share, Shen Hanwen can get a dividend of 4.5 million.

Taking the brand factor into consideration, Chu Lingyun only gave them box office dividends and no peripheral products. If he had given them peripheral products, Shen Hanwen would have become a millionaire just by relying on this movie series.

"Brothers, there is no need to be so polite. Now there is no war. You have worked hard to survive the war. It is time to enjoy your life."

Chu Lingyun smiled and shook his head. Shen Hanwen was like a loach. He had been by his side since the beginning, loyal to him and willing to go through thick and thin with him.

Chu Lingyun never treats his own people unfairly.

Chu Yuan is his brother-in-law and owns shares in the pharmaceutical factory. According to the current market value of the pharmaceutical factory, Chu Yuan already has assets of over 100 million yuan, and he will not treat Niu Qiu and Shen Hanwen unfairly.

Especially Shen Hanwen, a reckless man, without the support of himself and Niu Qiu, he would lose all his capital on his own.

"Team Leader, thank you too."

After Shen Hanwen toasted, Niu Qiu hurriedly stood up. Although he already had assets worth over 10 million, he was still very happy to earn tens of millions at a time.

He and Lily love these little gadgets.

Now that they have bought a big villa, they are ambitiously trying to start a business. Earning this extra 10 million will be of great help to their future development.

Loach is confident that he can make his company bigger and stronger.

"You deserve it, you did a good job this time."

Chu Lingyun raised his glass and said, "Loach was in charge of the promotion and he did a really good job. The box office was so high, and he had contributed a lot to it."

However, the one who made the most money this time was Chu Lingyun.

It's not just about box office revenue.

Tens of millions are nothing to Chu Lingyun, but this movie can be made into a series and form a separate brand in the future, which will be of great value. It can at least bring Chu Lingyun tens of billions of dollars in profits in the future.

And this is just Star Wars, what about a few other brands?
Chu Lingyun doesn't need to do too much, just intercept a few, such as Marvel.

Marvel is having a hard time right now. There are many voices against comics in the United States, who believe that comics are harmful. Marvel is now on the brink of collapse. Chu Lingyun has arranged for Liu Shukui to contact Marvel people, especially Mr. Stan.

Chu Lingyun will not directly occupy Marvel. Marvel is not important. The key is the content inside.

He just needs to occupy the shares first, wait for all these heroes to emerge, and then acquire them all in one fell swoop.

Now it is equivalent to nurturing them, and raising them slowly first. To Chu Lingyun, the money to support them is simply insignificant.

The Spring Festival is coming. Ever since Chu Lingyun went to the United States to celebrate the Spring Festival, he has never returned to Taipei in these years.

However, the welfare benefits of the Inspection Office have not changed. Even though Chu Lingyun is not here, there is still Zheng Guangtao, so the people in the Inspection Office have another good year.

The factory of the Inspection Office has good profitability, and Yu Huaqiang has done a great job. He plans to open a branch factory after the New Year to earn more extra money for the Inspection Office.

He received the largest dividend this year.

Chu Lingyun once promised him a 5% dividend every year. The total profit of the Inspection Office this year reached 800,000 US dollars, and his dividend was 10,000 US dollars. Together with internal rewards, etc., he received almost 50,000 US dollars this year.

Not to mention in Taipei, even in the United States, fifty thousand dollars is not a small amount.

The average annual income per capita in the United States last year was only over 2,000 U.S. dollars, which is twenty times that of Americans.

Even in later times, fifty thousand dollars is still a lot.

According to this ratio, future Americans will probably earn a little over 40,000 dollars per year, and 20 times that is 800,000 dollars, which is indeed a considerable number.

The Inspection Office was happy, but Qi Limin was not.

After the two groups of agents failed, he activated two more groups of agents. Later, when he learned that an important figure was going to Southeast Asia for a meeting, he plotted an assassination. Needless to say, he failed again.

This failure made the old man very disappointed in him, and it is not easy for him to see the old man now.

This was absolutely unimaginable in the past. When would he fail to see the old man?

Even if the old man is really busy, he will meet him immediately after he is done.

Now, no matter whether there is something or not, I rarely agree to see him.

Qi Limin already has a huge sense of crisis. He has offended too many people. Once he loses power completely, his death will be the next step.

Apart from anything else, the eldest son and Chu Lingyun will definitely take his life.

Especially Chu Lingyun.

Although he has not returned from the United States, his influence is still there. Qi Liming heard that when the old man was in a meeting before the New Year, he specifically mentioned Chu Lingyun and even publicly praised Chu Lingyun.

It is said that Chu Lingyun helped build Taipei, contributed a lot, and even brought an investment group directly from the United States.

Chu Lingyun did attract a lot of investment in the United States. It was a matter of love and affection. If someone was willing to invest, Chu Lingyun would introduce them to the eldest son.

Taiwan is also a country of Chinese origin, and if development is good, it will benefit our own people.

As for the military, even if the development is not good, will they reduce military spending?

When you look at the domestic situation, you will know that it is simply not possible.

Time passed slowly, and after the Chinese New Year, sales of Star Wars-related products remained hot until April, when they gradually slowed down.

In the past few months, the film company has made a huge profit from the sales of peripheral products.

The final sales volume was over 100 million, which really dropped many people's jaws.

Relying solely on the sales of peripheral products, they actually made as much money as the share of the box office. This was simply unimaginable in the past. Many film companies followed their example and began to vigorously develop peripheral products in an attempt to find a new way to make money, but their sales were obviously not comparable to Chu Lingyun's.

The main reason is that the Star Wars movies are too influential.

Coupled with the strong ideological and science fiction elements, it has sold so many copies.

The global box office of Star Wars has also come to an end, with a total box office of more than 396 million, failing to break 400 million, which is indeed a bit regrettable.

But this is only the first one. According to Chu Lingyun’s plan, this is a series of movies.

There are not many movies in this movie series in later generations. This time, Chu Lingyun plans to develop a few more and strike while the iron is hot. The second Star Wars movie will be filmed this year.

This time more sci-fi elements are added.

And this time the investment is even bigger. Chu Lingyun directly allocated 20 million US dollars for investment. The last investment was 12 million, and an additional 2 million was added. This time it directly increased by 6 million US dollars.

And it is an initial investment.

Of the 20 million, the cost of publicity reached 5 million.

Fifteen million is the production cost. The film will be more well-made and have a better story, especially in terms of special effects. Chu Lingyun told the entire crew not to be afraid of spending money and to make a masterpiece. The fifteen million must be spent. It’s okay to spend more and get additional investment later, but there must be no leftovers.

The special effects in later generations cost a lot of money, and the same is true for the special effects now.

For example, if you want to achieve good results when shooting a starship, you have to make extremely sophisticated models, create suitable scenes, use multiple cameras to shoot these models, and assemble them into a realistic appearance in the movie.

The interior of the battleship and so on also need sophisticated production to achieve the effect they want.

The investment is huge and a lot of new props have been added this time. After the movie is broadcast, I am afraid that these costs can be recovered just by selling movie peripherals.

The people in the film company were even happier, and everyone in the company worked on this movie again.

Now no one says they can only produce small productions.

They can also do big productions, and do them better. So far, no one can compare with Star Wars in the field of science fiction films. This is their confidence.

Japan, Tokyo.

Carl was at the airport, sitting in a jeep. His military uniform was very conspicuous, with a shining star on it.

Chu Lingyun is coming today.

When Chu Lingyun came to Japan, whenever Mike came to pick him up at the airport, he would personally drive Chu Lingyun away. Carl wanted to learn from Mike, but he was a little nervous.

His influence and status cannot be compared with Mike.

Chu Lingyun is his boss behind the scenes, not just a supporter or friend like Mike.

"Mr. Chu."

Seeing Chu Lingyun getting off the plane, Carl immediately went to greet him. The difference between him and Mike could be seen just from his greeting.

If it were Mike, he wouldn't be so polite. He would just go up and hug Chu Lingyun regardless of whether he agreed or not.

Then just pull him away and enjoy the thrill of racing a Mack.

"Go back and talk."

Chu Lingyun smiled and nodded. Karl happily took Chu Lingyun into the car, but unfortunately, unlike Mike, there were only two of them in the car.

Chu Yuan followed and sat next to Chu Lingyun.

Carl didn't dare to drive fast like Mike. He just drove the car honestly. He looked more like a driver. He failed to learn from Mike and ended up imitating him.

In Japan, the number of members of the Genjin Shrine has exceeded 500.

Yuanshen Shrine has become very large, and Chu Lingyun plans to pause for a while to absorb the existing members, and then recruit new members after they grow up.

Pausing for a moment and providing more improvements to members can enhance the sense of identity and loyalty of all members.

Simply recruiting new members is not necessarily a good thing.

(End of this chapter)