Chapter 686: Coal Boss’s Happiness

Zhao Jinshan of Dongshan Mining Company held the account book and said cheerfully: This year's coal price is even better than last year. Now it seems that the money invested in the equipment before is really a good deal. With the new equipment, the output has increased a lot. , with 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 go down for a while, and the cycle repeats.

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

The price of coal has also been in the doldrums for ten years, and it has just started to boom. This wave of market prices will have to last for another three or four years!

Li Weidong continued: It's just that even if the market is over, the price of coal will not fall to the bottom like it did in the past few 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 most important energy source in our country, and there is no other alternative energy source in the short term. This is an objective reality. Therefore, even if the price of coal falls, mining coal will at best make less money, not a loss.

Hearing what you said, I feel relieved! Zhao Jinshan let out a long breath, and continued: Recently I heard that Lao Xu and Lao Chen are planning to invest in making movies, and I want to give it a try too. not interested?

The Old Xu and Old Chen mentioned by Zhao Jinshan are also relatively large-scale coal bosses.

Is Coal Boss starting to enter the film industry? Li Weidong thought to himself, and then said with a smile: Brother Zhao, I didn't expect you to know movies! This is like a mountain, you asked me to make movies, 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 famous actors. If you put together anything, the movie will come out!

Zhao Jinshan continued, I used to hang out in the capital anyway, and I knew many well-known directors and producers. When the time comes, I just need to pay the money, and the rest of the directors and producers will take care of it.

Just pay the money? 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 connections, they must know top directors.

Great directors make movies, which one doesn't spend money like water, give them 100 million, they dare to spend 200 million, that is the real bottomless pit!

China's film industry, since Director Zhang's Hero in 2002,

Thus began the era of blockbuster movies.

Before 2002, thousands of people made a movie with 8 million yuan, even if it was a big production, but around 2005, without a production fee of 50 to 60 million yuan, I was ashamed to say that I was a well-known director. After 2008, when coal bosses invested in movies at its peak, it was common for a movie to cost hundreds of millions of dollars in production.

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

If you are like James Cameron, although making movies is burning money, but you can make classics anyway, then you can bear it.

Chinese movies are spent with huge sums of money, special effects but no special effects, plots without plots, stories with no logic, actors with no acting skills, and directors who still don’t admit that their shots are poor, insisting that the audience doesn’t appreciate them.

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

Seeing that Li Weidong just smiled dryly and didn't express his opinion, Zhao Jinshan asked, What's the matter? Brother Li, don't you think about making a movie?

Brother Zhao, do you think making movies makes money in China? Li Weidong asked.

It's sure to make money, haven't you read the news, those blockbuster movies that have been released in the past two years often have a box office of more than 100 million! Zhao Jinshan said.

In the past two years, the domestic film market has indeed experienced a blowout trend, and several films have appeared with a box office of over 100 million. For example, Stephen Chow's Kung Fu, Director Zhang's Ambush from Ten Daggers, Director Feng's A World Without Thieves, Director Chen's The Promise, and the successful Mythology, Tsui Hark's Mythology, are also all It is close to 100 million box office.

Afterwards, Curse of the Golden Flower 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 film could have a box office of over 100 million.

At the same time, imported films have gradually begun to make their mark. Hollywood visual blockbusters can occupy half of the domestic box office charts.

Overall, the film market in China at that time was thriving. At least in the eyes of laymen, making films seemed to be very profitable.

Obviously, Zhao Jinshan is an outsider.

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

Among other things, 5% of the special funds for the film industry in the movie box office are indispensable, and another 3.3% of the business tax must be paid, and the 8.3% share is indispensable.

In addition, the publisher has to collect money, right? The movies in our country are all distributed by China Film, which is an enterprise directly under the government, and this money is equivalent to being handed over to the country, and it can't save a penny.

Then the movie theater also gets a share, right? People show movies to make money, and it is impossible to show your movies for nothing. If calculated in this way, the investor of a movie can get one-third of the movie's box office.

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

Calculated in this way, if you invest 50 million to make a movie, you must get at least 150 million at the box office to get back the cost. In the past two years, how many movies in our country have achieved a box office of 150 million?

So that's the calculation! According to this, not only can't you make money from making movies, but you might even lose money?

Zhao Jinshan suddenly realized and nodded, but then immediately asked: No, if you lose money, why would several coal bosses go to make movies? They have too much spare money?

Brother Zhao, have you ever thought that those rich coal bosses really invest in movies for the purpose of making movies? Li Weidong asked.

It's not making a movie, so what's the purpose? Is it possible to make a few beautiful female stars in unspoken rules? There's no need to spend so much money! Zhao Jinshan suddenly realized the problem as soon as he spoke.

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

Li Weidong nodded: The coal mines of our Dongshan Mining are all legal and compliant large mines, but other coal owners may not operate as legally as us, and there are black coal mines that violate laws and regulations everywhere.

Although black coal mines do not have a business license, the coal they dug out is not the same as selling money! It's just that the money came from illegal sources. If it is really found out, it will be illegal income. Not only will the person be sentenced, but the money will also be confiscated.

Since the money came from an improper source, it is natural to find a way to clean up the dirty money. There are not many ways to make a large sum of money from black to white. Making movies is a good way!

I have increased my knowledge. There are so many ways to make a movie! Zhao Jinshan sighed.

The main reason is that these coal bosses are rich locals. They have no connections, so they can only think of this trick. If everyone has connections like yours, they still need to bother to make movies! Li Weidong said with a smile.

No, didn't you just say that you don't know how to make movies? How do you even know these twists and turns! Zhao Jinshan felt that he was being fooled by Li Weidong 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 urbanization process will inevitably accelerate, and real estate It is definitely a sure-fire investment project.”

Real estate? Although I know that it is very profitable, but as you said just now, every other industry is like a mountain! Zhao Jinshan continued: Do you remember that Kong Zhigang in Jincheng, he went to the capital to invest in real estate, and he lost nothing. Return!

When did it happen? Li Weidong asked casually.

It just happened a few days ago. The coal market has been booming in the past few years, and Kong Zhigang's mines have also made some money. Then he took the money and went to Beijing to invest in real estate. As a result, the project failed halfway through, not only All the money he brought was lost, and he still owed a lot of debts. Thanks to the recent increase in coal prices, otherwise, he would not even be able to repay the debts. Zhao Jinshan explained.

These days, investing in real estate in the capital can lose money? What a talent! Li Weidong said with an incredulous expression.

At that time, China's economy was developing most rapidly, and it was also an era of rapid growth of real estate companies. It was difficult for those engaged in real estate to make money.

What's more, in the capital city, the housing prices in these first-tier cities have always only risen but not fallen. Even if you buy a house and put it there without doing anything, you can make a steady profit of more than ten points a year just by relying on appreciation, which is better than buying a house in a bank. The national debt earns a lot.

But the coal boss was able to lose all his capital, and he owed a whole lot of debts, which is really unimaginable.

I have to say that those coal bosses back then, even though they were richer than each other, really knew nothing but coal digging. There are so many coal bosses who have accumulated so much wealth by mining coal, but how many of them successfully transformed and created a new business in the end?

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

The most successful of them is nothing more than buying a few buildings in first-tier cities, and then taking advantage of the spring breeze of rising housing prices to realize the appreciation of wealth.

Buying a house and land has been done by rich landowners for thousands of years, and it is hard to say that they have any investment vision.

However, at the same time, the industries worthy of investment in China are not limited to 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 have been on the list of various assets because they seized the opportunity.

However, there is no coal boss among them.

From this point of view, the coal bosses are just a relatively lucky group, and they really can't be counted on to really engage in industry and development.

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Li Weidong went on to introduce; Although it is interlaced like a mountain, I am no layman when it comes to real estate. The various wholesale malls in our Qinghe City, as well as supporting warehouses, hotels and other facilities, are all developed by me. For this reason I also set up a construction company specially!

If we are engaged in real estate, I 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, and then fell into deep thought, as if he was considering whether the deal could be done.

Li Weidong went on to say: Brother Zhao, if you think it's appropriate, let's do this deal together. We'll make five out of two. I'll invest as much as you invest.

Hearing that Li Weidong was also willing to invest, Zhao Jinshan's brows instantly relaxed. With Zhao Jinshan's many years of experience, investing with Li Weidong will definitely make a 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's from the mine. Call me directly. It seems that there is something important. Don't cause any accidents!

Then Zhao Jinshan connected 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, but he had never seen Zhao Jinshan like this before.

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

Zhao Jinshan nodded: The mine said that a spy was caught!

Spy? Are you digging coal and playing spy movies? Li Weidong also opened his eyes wide in confusion.

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