Next was the Daqian Printing Factory. What was unbelievable was that the Daqian Printing Factory, which was losing money last year, actually made a profit of 30 million yuan.
Although this was the least among all the companies, the Daqian Printing Factory made a solid profit. After all, the Daqian Printing Factory had a lot of historical baggage.
This was because the Daqian Printing Factory was not like the other Daqian companies, which did not have any retired employees to be responsible for. The Daqian Printing Factory had more than 2000 retired employees to be responsible for the pensions of the Daqian Printing Factory.
Therefore, it was originally very difficult for the Daqian Printing Factory to make a profit. Unexpectedly, the Daqian Printing Factory made a profit.
Of course, all the Daqian businesses were handed over to the Daqian Printing Factory. More importantly, the Daqian Printing Factory carried out a scientific research transformation under the leadership of Director He.
Coincidentally, a new type of powder material was developed in the laboratory. This powder material could be used not only on electronic equipment but also on printers. This powder material could make the color patterns printed by printers more vivid, reaching the leading level in the country.
Therefore, Director He led a group of researchers to research and develop it for three months. They successfully created a color printer with independent intellectual property rights. The color of the posters printed by this printer was far better than other color printers in the country. It could even be compared with the top color printers abroad.
Therefore, the business of the printing factory in Yuzhang City naturally exploded. Orders came in from all over the country. Director He even dared to hit the table with Dong Mingzhu. He told Dong Mingzhu that the printing factory in Yuzhang City had to increase the price for other Daqian companies by 10%. This was because other companies in the country were willing to pay twice the price for printing.
At the same time, Director He not only wanted the Daqian Printing Factory to become a printing factory, but also a Daqian Printing Factory to become a printing machine manufacturer. After Boss Jia approved, the Daqian Printing Machine Manufacturing Factory was listed in the Economic Development Zone.
And this also became the universal theme and argument that Boss Jia used to promote the victory of science and technology in the company. He encouraged the companies under him to spontaneously carry out scientific research and development, instead of waiting for the head office to do everything. After all, the head office was not a god.
It was already very shocking that the Daqian Printing Factory made 30 million in profit, but what was even more shocking was still to come.
The wrinkles on Elder Dai's face were all squeezed together. He smiled and announced to everyone that Dynasty Animation had made a profit in 1993.
Moreover, it was not a normal profit. It was a profit of 200 million yuan.
One must know that Dynasty had always been a money-losing business. Naturally, they did not make any profits, but it was enough that they could help their brothers to make profits.
However, Dynasty actually made a profit this time.
And these profits were completely dependent on the Pokemon anime. In the United States, because of the popularity of the first 30 episodes of Pokemon, the last 250 episodes received competition from the three major TV stations in the United States. In the end, NBS bought the exclusive rights to the last 250 episodes for an astonishing 250 thousand USD per episode. (PS: I think I said 180 episodes before, but that was a mistake. It should be 280 episodes, sorry.)
That was a profit of 62.5 million USD, which was equivalent to 340 million yuan.
Of course, this sum of money was not paid in one go. Only 50% of the initial payment was paid, which was 170 million yuan.
However, not only did Pokemon make a huge profit in the United States market, it also started to make a profit in the Fusang market.
Because of the outstanding animations such as Yu-Gi-Oh, Heroes of the Three Kingdoms, and Water Margin, the Fusang market had fully witnessed Dynasty's capabilities and the huge viewership ratings it brought.
The peak viewership ratings of the previous three animations had exceeded 30%, which could bring in huge advertising revenue. Therefore, when Pokemon was broadcast in Fusang, there were also many TV stations competing. In the end, Boss Jia signed the contract to broadcast the first 30 episodes at a price of 3 million yen per episode.
Boss Jia learned a lesson from the United States.
As expected, the first 30 episodes of Pokemon caused an unimaginable amount of damage, causing all the children in Fusang to enter a state of madness. They chased after Pokemon every day, and the viewership ratings exceeded 40%. At its peak, it was close to 42%. It almost became the most watched animation in Fusang.
As a result, the price of the subsequent 250 episodes increased. In the end, they were sold at a price of 8 million yen per episode, earning 80 million yuan.
In total, they earned 250 million yuan. After deducting the various costs for a year, Dynasty was left with a profit of 200 million yuan. It became the most profitable animation company in Hua Xia's history.
Then, it was Babili's turn. Babili's CEO, Wang Xuan, went on stage.
Last year, Wang Xuan was the pride of the Daqian. Because of Little Brainiac, he earned 400 million yuan in one go and became the most profitable company in Hua Xia, Daqian.
However, in 1993, Babili was a little miserable. Due to the malicious attacks on Little Brainiac and the subsequent attacks on the typewriting learning machine by parents, Little Brainiac's sales figures plummeted. In the last year, they only earned 200 million yuan in profit, which was less than half of the previous year's.
More than half of the profits were generated in February and March. It was simply terrible. What was worse was that after Little Brainiac, Babili could not come up with any other outstanding products.
Zhong Yu and Wang Xuan actually spent 30 million yuan to invest in the second generation of Little Brainiac at the end of the year. However, the sales figures were disastrous. It was not even as good as the first generation that was being sold. Basically, they were in a state of losing money. This caused Babili's morale to waver.
Therefore, although Babili was still profitable, Wang Xuan did not smile when he went on stage.
Last year, after Bili Bili, they directly jumped to an overseas branch. However, this year was different. A brand-new company appeared on stage.
The person who went on stage was Zhu Qiushui, whose belly was slightly bulging. After leaving the chairman's secretary, Zhu Qiushui, who enjoyed a leisurely life for a while, felt that life was a little boring.
Therefore, the person in charge of Daqian Entertainment could not bear to do nothing for a year. All he did was buy various copyrights and decisively resigned.
Daqian Entertainment could not be run without someone to be in charge of it. Therefore, Zhu Qiushui took over.
It just so happened that the business of Daqian Entertainment was relatively simple. Basically, it was buying copyrights all over the world. At the same time, it was preparing some new songs and signing some promising newcomers. Especially the newcomers that Boss Jia wanted to sign. Zhu Qiushui did not need to show up personally. She only needed to make a phone call to give orders. It was quite easy for her to do it.
At first, Zhu Qiushui thought that this job was just to kill time. But soon, Zhu Qiushui found that this job was really important.
After all, it was an entertainment company. She was in contact with all kinds of top beauties all day long. If Daqian Entertainment was in the hands of other people, these damn guys might send all kinds of beauties to Boss Jia in order to curry favor with Boss Jia.
Now that Daqian Entertainment was in Zhu Qiushui's hands, Zhu Qiushui naturally did not have to worry so much. She could keep a close eye on Boss Jia. She was very relieved.
Moreover, because of the business trip, she could go to Hong Kong from time to time to do some maintenance and so on. Her life was very happy. Therefore, Zhu Qiushui changed her identity and became the general manager of Daqian Entertainment.
Daqian Entertainment also turned in a very beautiful result this year.
Although they spent about 200 million USD to buy the copyright all over the world, this money was not included in the cost in China.
Boss Jia also gave the VCD business to Daqian Entertainment. After all, all the copyrights and newcomers were in the hands of Daqian Entertainment. It was better for Daqian Entertainment to be in charge of all the Daqian Entertainment.
Therefore, Daqian Entertainment had a total of 100,000 VCD sales in a year. The profit of one VCD was 2000 RMB. 100,000 VCD sales were a total of 200 million USD. This did not include the 50,000 VCD sales in January. Otherwise, the figures would be even more explosive.
On the other hand, the VCD and cassette tapes of Everywhere Kiss were also selling like hotcakes. However, this year's performance was not included.
In the end, Boss Jia stood on the stage and announced to all the employees that Daqian Entertainment's total profit for this year was 1.03 billion USD. When the result was announced, the audience was in an uproar.
Many of the people in the audience started to whistle. Some of them even started to curse to express their dissatisfaction.
That's right. These employees were dissatisfied because last year's profit was 1.6 billion USD. This year's profit was only 1.03 billion USD. Doesn't this mean that everyone's year-end bonus for 1993 will be much lower than 1992? This instantly made many employees angry. Some of them even started to curse.
This feeling was like Boss Jia had robbed them of their money.
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