Chapter 686 The happiness of the coal boss

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Dongshan Mining Company, Zhao Jinshan held the ledger and said cheerfully: This year's coal price is even better than last year. Now it seems that the money invested in equipment before is quite cost-effective. With the new equipment, the output has increased a lot. , in the current coal market, the money for the equipment can be earned back in minutes.

Li Weidong replied: The price of energy is generally cyclical. After a period of downturn, the price will naturally rise for a while, and then it will be down for a while, and the cycle begins again and again.

Then how long do you think this wave of coal price hikes will last? Zhao Jinshan asked.

The price of coal has also been low for ten years, and it has just started to boom. How can this wave of market prices be maintained for another three or four years!

Li Weidong continued: It's just that even if the market is over, the price of coal cannot fall to the bottom like in previous years. As long as the country's economy continues to develop, it will not be able to get rid of the demand for coal.

Coal is the main energy source in our country, and other alternative energy sources cannot be found in the short term. This is an objective reality. So even if the price of coal falls, digging coal will at most make less money, and not lose money.

I'm relieved to hear you say this! Zhao Jinshan let out a long sigh of relief and continued, I heard recently that Lao Xu and Lao Chen are planning to invest in filmmaking, and I also want to try it out. Do you have any? not interested?

Lao Xu and Lao Chen in Zhao Jinshankou are also relatively large-scale coal bosses.

Is the coal boss starting to enter the film industry now? Li Weidong thought to himself, and then said with a smile: Brother Zhao, I didn't expect you to understand movies! It's like a mountain. You asked me to make movies, but I don't understand!

It's not for you to shoot, it's for investment, find a well-known director, and then find a few well-known actors, just get together, and the movie will come out!

Zhao Jinshan continued; I used to be in Beijing anyway, and I know many well-known directors and producers. I just need to pay, and the rest of the directors and producers will take care of it.

Just pay? This is really the way the coal boss invests in movies! Li Weidong thought to himself.

However, ordinary coal bosses know ordinary directors and producers. With Zhao Jinshan's personal connections, they must know those top directors.

If a big director makes a movie, who doesn't spend money like flowing water, give them 100 million yuan, and they dare to spend 200 million yuan, that's the real bottomless pit!

China's film industry has ushered in the era of blockbusters since Director Zhang's Hero in 2002.

Before 2002, Qian'er made a movie with 8 million yuan, even if it was a big production. By 2005, without a production fee of 50 million to 60 million yuan, I would be embarrassed to say that I am a well-known director. After 2008, when coal bosses were at their peak of investing in movies, it was common for a movie to cost hundreds of millions of dollars in production.

The key is that the production fee is so high, and some bad movies are often made.

If it is like James Cameron, although making a movie is burning money, but at least it can make a classic, then it will be tolerated.

A lot of money is poured into Chinese movies, with no special effects, no plot, no logic in the story, no acting skills from the actors, and the director still doesn’t admit that his filming is poor, insisting that the audience doesn’t appreciate it.

Such a comparison, the coal boss's money is really injustice!

Seeing Li Weidong just laughing and not expressing his position, Zhao Jinshan asked, What? Brother Li, are you not optimistic about making movies?

Brother Zhao, do you think we can make money by making movies in China? Li Weidong asked.

It's sure to make money. Haven't you watched the news? The blockbusters released in the past two years have always grossed more than 100 million at the box office! Zhao Jinshan said.

In the past two years, the domestic film market has indeed experienced a blowout trend, with several films with box office worth over 100 million yuan. For example, Stephen Chow's Kung Fu, Director Zhang's House of Flying Daggers, Director Feng's A World Without Thieves, Director Chen's The Promise\

,"In addition, there is the successful Myth and Tsui Hark's Myth, which are also close to 100 million at the box office.

And then the Golden Armor in the City broke through the 200 million mark at the box office. In that era, with top-notch directors and top-notch movie stars, even a bad movie could have a box office of over 100 million.

At the same time, imported movies have gradually begun to emerge, and Hollywood's visual blockbusters can occupy half of the domestic box office charts.

Overall, China's film market was booming at that time. At least for laymen, making movies seemed like a lot of money.

Obviously, Zhao Jinshan is a layman.

So Li Weidong said: Brother Zhao, you just watched the media report hundreds of millions of box office, have you calculated the profit? 100 million box office, not all investors took away.

If nothing else, 5% of the movie box office special funds for the film industry are indispensable, and the other 3.3% of the business tax must also be paid, and the 8.3% share is indispensable.

Also, does the publisher have to pay for it? All the movies in our country are distributed by China Film, which is a company directly under the CCP, so this money is equivalent to handing over to the state, and not a single cent can be saved.

Then the movie theater also gets a share, right? People show movies to make money, it's impossible to show your movies for nothing. If this calculation goes on, the investors of a movie can get one-third of the box office of the movie.

And some big directors and well-known actors, in addition to the remuneration, also need to share the box office. If you invite well-known directors and actors to film, you may not even get a third of the box office.

In this way, if you invest 50 million to make a movie, you will have to get at least 150 million at the box office to make a return. How many movies have reached the box office of 150 million in our country in the past two years?

So that's how it is calculated! According to this, not only will you not be able to make money making movies, but you will probably lose money?

Zhao Jinshan nodded suddenly, but then immediately asked: No, if you lose money, how come several coal bosses go to make movies? How much spare money do they have?

Brother Zhao, have you ever thought about whether those rich coal bosses invest in movies for the sake of making movies? Li Weidong asked.

It's not making a movie, so what is it for? Is it possible to achieve a few beautiful female stars for the unspoken rules? It's not worth spending so much money! Zhao Jinshan just said the words, and suddenly realized the problem.

You mean, someone is engaged in illegal financial activities by making movies! Zhao Jinshan immediately asked, he still has this ideological awareness.

Li Weidong nodded: Our Dongshan Mining coal mines are all legal and compliant large mines, but other coal bosses may not all operate legally like us, such illegal black coal mines can be found everywhere.

Although black coal mines do not have operating licenses, the coal they dig out is not the same price! It's just that the money came from an improper source. If it were found out, it would be illegal income. Not only would the person have to be sentenced, but the money would have to be confiscated.

Since the money came from an improper source, naturally, we had to find a way to clean up the dirty money. There are not many ways to make a lot of money from black to white, making a movie is a good way!

I've gained knowledge, there are so many ways to make a movie! Zhao Jinshan sighed.

The main reason is that these coal bosses are local rich people and have no way to go. They can only think of this trick. If everyone has connections like you, they would still use the trouble to make movies! Li Weidong said with a smile.

That's not right, didn't you just say that you don't know how to make movies? How can you even know all these twists and turns! Zhao Jinshan felt that Li Weidong had shaken him again.

Li Weidong smiled awkwardly, and then changed the topic: When it comes to investment, I think real estate is a good investment direction. In the next few years, with the development of the economy, the process of urbanization will inevitably accelerate, real estate It is definitely an investment project that will make a profit without losing money.”

Real estate? Although I know it's very profitable, but like you said just now, it's like a mountain! Zhao Jinshan continued: Do you remember Kong Zhigang in Jincheng? He went to the capital to invest in real estate, and he lost everything. Return!

When did it happen? Li Weidong asked casually.

It just happened a few days ago. The coal market has been very good in recent years, and Kong Zhigang's mines have also made some money, and then he took the money and went to Beijing to invest in real estate. All the money I brought in has been lost, and I still owe a lot of debt. It’s because the price of coal has risen again recently, otherwise, he would not even be able to pay the debt.” Zhao Jinshan explained.

These days, you can lose money when you invest in real estate in the capital? What a talent! Li Weidong said with an incredible look.

At that time, it was the era of the fastest development of China's economy, and it was also an era of rapid growth of real estate companies. It was difficult to engage in real estate without making money.

What's more, in Beijing, the housing prices in this first-tier city have always only risen but not fallen. Even if you buy a house and put it there without doing anything, you can earn more than ten points by just revaluing it for a year. Treasuries make more money.

But this coal boss can lose all his capital and owe a lot of debt, which is really incredible.

I have to say that the coal bosses back then, although they were more local tyrants, really knew nothing but digging coal. So many coal bosses have accumulated so much wealth by digging coal, but how many have successfully transformed and created a new business?

Not to mention that it is their own business, even in terms of investment, coal bosses lack vision.

Among them, the most successful ones are simply buying a few buildings in first-tier cities, and then realizing the appreciation of wealth through the spring breeze of rising house prices.

The matter of buying a house and buying land has been done by local rich people for thousands of years, and there is no investment vision.

However, at the same time, the industries worthy of investment in China are not only real estate in first-tier cities. In the past ten years, there have been countless emerging industries, and the value created by many emerging industries is no less than that of a developed economy.

Every emerging industry is a major opportunity for investors. Many wise investors, because they seized the opportunity, climbed to various asset rankings.

However, there is no coal boss among them.

From this point of view, the coal bosses are just a lucky group. If they are really engaged in industry and development, they really cannot be counted on.

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Li Weidong went on to introduce: Although it is like a mountain, but when it comes to real estate, I am not a layman. Our wholesale malls in Qinghe City, as well as supporting warehouses, hotels and other facilities, are all developed by me. I also set up a special construction company!

If we were to do real estate, I would have ready-made manpower there. As long as the funds are in place, there is no need to worry about the project. The key is to have the money to get the land.

Zhao Jinshan nodded silently, then fell into contemplation, as if considering whether the deal could be done.

Li Weidong went on to say: Brother Zhao, if you think it's suitable, we will do this deal together, we will add five by two, and I will invest as much as you invest.

Hearing that Li Weidong was also willing to invest money, Zhao Jinshan's brows instantly stretched out. With Zhao Jinshan's many years of experience and Li Weidong's investment, it must be a sure profit without losing money. Zhao Jinshan has no reason not to participate.

Okay, since you think real estate is worth investing in, then I will listen to you and let's do it together! Zhao Jinshan nodded and said.

At this moment, Zhao Jinshan's cell phone rang suddenly.

Zhao Jinshan looked at the mobile phone number and said, It was from the mine, call me directly, it seems that there is something important, but don't have an accident!

Then Zhao Jinshan answered the phone: Hey, it's me, what's the matter? What? Say it again?

A strange expression appeared on Zhao Jinshan's face.

Li Weidong looked at Zhao Jinshan curiously, he had never seen Zhao Jinshan look like this.

When Zhao Jinshan hung up the phone, Li Weidong immediately asked, Is something wrong at the mine?

Zhao Jinshan nodded: The mine said they caught a spy!

Spy? Did you start playing spy movies when you dig coal? Li Weidong's eyes widened in confusion.

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