Cosma Empire

"Father, I heard that you took all the working capital of the bar, didn't you?" Cullen walked into Juan's study angrily. I can’t even scrape together a thousand dollars!”

Juan blinked and put down the book in his hand, which was a way of self-regulation. Whenever he needs to think quietly, he will open a book, and after reading it for a while, he will be able to calm down. He looks like he's reading, but he's actually thinking, and he thinks it's useful and meaningful.

He took off the glasses on the bridge of his nose and put them in the glasses case. At his age, his eyesight had already begun to decline, and he needed reading glasses to read clearly. His deliberate movements made Cullen want to explode again, and Cullen couldn't stand some of Juan's strange habits. Sometimes the more anxious you are, the slower he will be, but when he is anxious, you can only speed up the rhythm.

"If you can't make up a thousand yuan, it means that you can still make up a few hundred yuan. If I remember correctly, all the wine in the bar is brewed by our own workshop, and you only need to sign your name to get it from Pick up the goods in the warehouse. As for other items such as fruit and food, does it cost a thousand dollars?" Juan was startled when he said this, "I forgot, it's already the end of the month."

As the largest bar operator and provider of alcohol and beverages in Illian, Juan is also a reputable businessman. He never needs to pay cash directly for his bar purchases, and he will settle the bill at the end of each month. In fact, this is not because Juan is deliberately suppressing the money to embarrass those businessmen. Almost all the big businessmen in the world have this habit. Their purpose of doing this is for "stability".

For example, the fruit merchant who provided fruit for Juan's bar suddenly quit, or was bought by someone, or in other situations, suddenly stopped providing fresh fruit to Juan. If there is no effective way to restrain him, then only Juan will lose. But holding down the payment for the goods for a month can avoid this situation to the greatest extent. If anyone wants to stop doing it, or temporarily provide goods because of other things, he has to imagine the month's money that was held down by Juan. How can the money be recovered.

This is a kind of involuntary honesty, and unless the reputation and status of the provider can be equal to that of Juan, this phenomenon will always exist.

One thousand yuan is definitely enough if it is only used to pay for fruits, but the problem is that the bar not only provides fruits and drinks, but also juices, seafood, beef and mutton, and various cooked vegetables, bread and wheat kernels. These things add up to one thousand Blocks are simply not enough. It was only when Cullen was about to pay those guys that he realized that the bar had no money. After he asked where the money went, he came here.

He knew that Juan was working on a big plan recently, and he put all his energy into this matter, as if he was possessed. The money in the family has always been managed by Juan alone, and no one else knows the specific situation, but today Cullen came here not only to ask Juan for money to settle the payment, but also to ask the people in the family Where did all the money go.

It is only now that he realizes the seriousness of what Juan has done recently,

Even the money used to settle the bill at the bar was taken away. Whether the money is gone or used for something, I have to give an explanation.

Cullen felt that what he did was not wrong, and many people even thought that what he did was not wrong, but he never considered that the money belonged to Juan and Juan alone. The money doesn't belong to Cullen, it doesn't belong to anyone else, it doesn't belong to anyone in this family, they don't even have a share! This money belongs to Juan himself. At least before he dies, only he has the right to control how and where the money is used, and no one else has the right to ask.

In fact, many rich people are faced with such a situation. They are very rich, and they will give their families enough pocket money every once in a while. They have never considered distributing the real "money" in their hands to these people. Only after they die, these property rights and powers will be distributed to most people fairly or unfairly according to the will.

Similarly, the family members of these rich people often have an unrealistic illusion. They will feel that the money in the hands of the rich people also belongs to them...

This is very troublesome, and this is also the fuse of all conflicts within the family - the uneven distribution of wealth.

Cullen's face was very ugly from the moment he entered the room, his voice was a little low and changed, "They will come to me tomorrow to ask for their payment, but I can't even get a thousand yuan, what do you think I should do ? Don’t give it to them? Or pay off the debt with wine?”

Juan was also a little impatient. He devoted all his attention to the big matter of becoming a partner with the George family, and he no longer looked down on Illian's small profits. In the past two days, he invited an expert who specializes in movies on Xie Lisi Street to come back and specifically asked about the theater. The expert told him very bluntly that as long as any theater chain can maintain a 30% attendance rate, it will definitely make money, and if it can maintain a 60% attendance rate, it will become rich.

The box office of Shining Star Empire is divided according to the time ladder method. Twenty percent of the total box office revenue in the first three weeks belongs to the theaters, and 55% of the total box office revenue from the fourth week to the twelfth week goes to the theaters. On the other hand, starting from the thirteenth week, all box office revenue from screenings belongs to the theater. With the exception of a very small number of films that have an agreement, the screening rights of most films are permanent, which means that you can play them for as long as you want.

A total of 37 movies were released last year, and the movie with the highest box office grossed more than 4.7 million from its release to the twelfth week, of which more than 2.5 million was the income of the producers. More than 2 million yuan is the income of the theater chain, and part of the income is counted as taxes and various expenses. There are more than 500 theaters registered so far across the country, and the average income of each movie theater in this movie is 4,000 to 5,000 yuan.

When Juan heard this data, he almost gave up the business. Fortunately, he continued to listen patiently to the expert who continued to analyze for him. Last year, a total of 37 movies were released, some of which were popular and some of which were ignored. According to statistics, a total box office of 39.13 million was generated. I roughly calculated the average release period of each movie theater. The income is around 30,000 yuan.

That's not a lot either? That's okay, in fact, the real income of each theater is very different from this average. For example, the income of cinemas in remote areas is lower than this figure, but the income of cinemas in some developed areas is much higher than this figure.

Juan spent a little more money, and got the box office calculation of a movie theater in a developed area. The minimum is more than 40,000 yuan, and the most places have 50,000 to 60,000 yuan.

According to this calculation, he tried his best to build three to five high-end, low-end movie theaters in the center of each city, holding 150 to 200 movie theaters in his hand, and the annual income was only two to three hundred. Thousands of giants.

In addition, part of the theater's income comes from "unauthorized screenings", that is to say, the screening income after the twelfth week. In some places, theaters have deliberately reduced the number of screenings and raised ticket prices, making most people look down on them. After the screening period is over, they will do various so-called promotional activities to attract moviegoers back to the cinema. The attendance rate may be lower than that of normal theaters, but their income is their own.

The experts finally listed a figure for Juan. If he has more than 200 movie theaters in his hand, the annual income will exceed 4 million!

Juan's heart was moved when he heard this result, and he was really moved. He didn't need a data of four million that made him tremble, even if it was only two million. This means that he can pay back his capital within three to five years, and then enter the wealth explosion stage. After ten years, his total assets may reach 50 million or more.

This is not an imaginary number, because he is destined to be a partner of the George family. Even if he can't become a partner, having such theater resources in his hands is enough for him to eat.

So much so that he no longer cares about the current business. He has done enough of this kind of business that has only saved more than 10 million yuan for most of his life!

Facing the eldest son's questioning, Juan frowned, "I believe you have a way to solve this matter, which is why I arranged you to be the manager. If you can't solve even such a small matter, those irrelevant In my opinion, let’s forget about the actual delusion!”

Cullen didn't expect Juan to say such a thing. He laughed out of anger, took out the key hanging on his waist, and slapped it on the table, "Father, I'm not in good health recently. I can't take on the work anymore, you should find someone you think is suitable to do it!" After speaking, he left Juan's study without looking back, he didn't care what would happen to Juan, he just wanted to leave now Here, leave Illian to pursue the life you want.

Juan watched Cullen leave calmly without saying anything to hold him back. He then called the bar and asked the bartender to arrange the next work and deal with those people who came to ask for money. Soon he began to think about how to to accomplish the plans he had set for himself.

It is too slow to simply enclose land to build theaters, so it is better to acquire them faster. Time was getting tighter and tighter. No one knew when the George family would ask them to sit at the negotiating table. If Du Lin's progress surpassed him, he would feel very uncomfortable. Not only is it uncomfortable, but there is also the possibility of being kicked out, so he has to speed up.

After pondering for a while, he called the head of the Irian branch of the Imperial Bank of China, and he wanted to treat him to a meal.