Stars may not be able to rely on a role to eat for a lifetime, but Chen Kaige has relied on a movie "Farewell My Concubine" and has been in the entertainment industry for nearly 40 years.
However, sooner or later, the dividend will be eaten one day, and in recent years, Chen Kaige's family has been ridiculed more and more frequently.
Recently, at the Beijing Film Festival, Chen Kaige once again aroused heated discussions. It turned out that when Chen Kaige shook hands with Zhang Songwen on the red carpet, although his face was full of smiles, his left hand was always in his pocket, and his eyes were still a little sharp, and netizens felt that he did not respect Zhang Songwen and looked at each other a little.
After this move was exposed, Chen Kaige caused a lot of controversy, including many abuses. To be honest, with Chen Kaige's status in the film industry, his actions are not so out of place.
In the final analysis, it is also due to the decline of his reputation. But the status of the big director is unshakable, especially after digging deep into his family's assets, he is really shocked by his wealth.
If we say: some people are born cows and horses, but some people are born in Rome. Then, Chen Kaige should have been born in the Roman Palace.
Born in a film family, Chen Kaige's father Chen Huaiyao was an early film director in New China, and his mother Liu Yanchi was a film script editor.
Chen Kaige has lived in a courtyard house in Beijing since he was a child, and there is a nanny at home to serve him and his sister. In those days, when food and clothing were a problem, the standard of living of their family was very high.
This courtyard house is strategically located, facing the Summer Palace, and it is rare to be in a quiet alley, which is definitely a place where every inch of land is infinite.
This courtyard is very large, not only the front yard, the backyard, but also a side yard next to it, with towering trees planted in the yard, as well as outdoor stairs and basements, covering an area of nearly 1,000 square meters.
Although it is old, it can still be seen that the courtyard courtyard is luxuriously decorated and very similar to the style of old Beijing. According to reports, Chen Kaige's courtyard house is valued at about 170 million yuan, making it one of the most expensive private mansions in China.
Of course, Chen Kaige's family must have more than this one house.
It is said that in order to facilitate their children's schooling, he and Chen Hong bought a duplex flat near Xiangshan in Beijing, with an area of 320 square meters and a price of up to 45 million yuan.
The decoration of this mansion belongs to the European classical style, and the home is full of various precious art decorations, each of which can reach the collectible level, and one may be the price of a suite for ordinary people.
In particular, the eight jun pictures placed in the living room are worth a lot, and it is said that the market price is as high as 20 million, and you can buy a mansion in Beijing.
Chen Kaige's family is so rich, not only because he is a well-known director, but also because he is very good at commercial investment.
Since becoming famous after filming "Farewell My Concubine", Chen Kaige has jumped into the ranks of domestic first-line directors. Even if many movies shot later had a very average reputation and box office, they never affected Chen Kaige's money.
For a long time, high-paid stars have long been accustomed to it, in fact, the income of first-line directors is not less than that of stars. However, because they have been working behind the scenes, they are more like "invisible rich".
In 2001, some media reported that Chen Kaige's high salary was comparable only to Zhang Yimou in the industry.
In 2002, when Zhang Yimou filmed "Heroes", he received a salary of as much as 10 million, which was more than Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung and others who played the protagonists in the film. In this way, Chen Kaige will definitely not be less than 10 million.
Chen Kaige shoots an average of one movie a year, and in the ten years at the beginning of the new century, Chen Kaige can earn at least a small goal.
After that, Chen Kaige cooperated with Sunli Media to make more money.
Xinli Media and Chen Kaige signed the "Director's Cooperation Agreement", and the signing fee alone paid 21 million yuan, and only needed the other party to cooperate on 7 films in 7 years.
And this money is completely a sincerity money, as long as Chen Kaige makes 7 movies, he can take it, and the director fee, production fee, etc. will also pay another salary. It means that for every movie shot, Chen Kaige can get an additional 3 million yuan.
For example, in the movie "The Legend of the Cat Demon", Chen Kaige was paid 13.28 million yuan as a director, while Chen Kaige's wife Chen Hong was the chief producer and could get 4.28 million yuan. Together with the sincerity money that has been paid, Chen Kaige's family made a net profit of more than 20 million yuan in this movie.
In addition, after the release of the film, Chen Kaige's company also enjoyed the film and derivative income.
In addition, in addition to deducting the right to overseas distribution, if the film is profitable, Chen Kaige can also share the profits equally with Sunli, and if it loses money or does not make money, it will be borne by Sunli itself.
In other words, as long as Chen Kaige makes a movie, he is a book of ten thousand profits and earns a lot of money.
In addition, Chen Kaige is also one of the shareholders of Sunli Media and can enjoy dividends. In 2018, according to the public prospectus of Sunray Media, Chen Kaige's Haixishi Investment Management Enterprise was its third largest shareholder. According to media reports, Chen Kai's shares on the singer are worth more than 180 million yuan.
In addition to pulling his wife to earn money, Chen Kaige also relied on his own resources to constantly promote his son Arthur.
Since his debut, Chen Feiyu has played roles in movies shot by Chen Kaige many times, and has become increasingly famous. Although it is forever a breath away from the top of the sky, Chen Feiyu's resources are also against the sky.
Although he failed to be promoted to the top, his income was also a figure that ordinary people could not expect.
At the same time, Chen Feiyu's business endorsements are also many. Since his debut, he has held 9 endorsements, one endorsement price is 1.5 million yuan, and after calculation, there are also tens of millions.
However, for Chen Kaige, he does not care very much about the money his son earns.
You know, Chen Kaige has 8 companies under his name, two of which have been cancelled; And the wife has a greater number of companies, a full 18. Together, the two have 24 companies, covering various fields such as culture and art, entertainment, business services, wholesale, science and technology promotion and application services.
But what really shows Chen Kaige's financial strength is the infrastructure industry he invested in when he made films.
In 1997, filming the movie "Jing Ke's Assassination of the King of Qin", Chen Kaige spent one billion yuan in Hengdian to build a scenic spot of the Qin King Palace.
Later, the place became a tourist attraction, with a ticket price of more than 100 yuan, and there was no shortage of tourists. At the same time, it was also rented by many crews for filming, and film and television dramas such as "Langya List" and "The Legend of Lu Zhen" were filmed in the Qin Palace. Chen Kaige not only successfully returned to his capital, but also earned a lot of money.
"The Legend of the Cat Demon" was pulled across because of the script in the second half, and the wind was generally reviewed. However, at that time, in order to show the grandeur of the Tang Dynasty, Chen Kaige invested up to 1.7 billion yuan to build the first phase of the Tang Palace.
This palace has now become a Xiangyang film and television base and scenic spot, Chen Kaige did not earn much money in the movie, and he made a lot of money by relying on this building.
Over the years, Chen Kaige has also been a regular on the Forbes Celebrity List, and in 2006, he ranked eighth with 15 million yuan. In 2010, Chen Kaige and his wife were successfully selected into the Jiangxi Province Rich List.
It can be said that in the entertainment industry with so many trails, Chen Kaige's family has mastered the way to make money and has accumulated wealth that cannot be spent in several lifetimes.
However, over the years, there have been few good film and television works brought by Chen Kaige's family.
Chen Kaige has shot many films with polar evaluations; Chen Feiyu has frequent negative news, and his acting skills have been criticized by the public.
It is undeniable that a "Farewell My Concubine" is enough to make Chen Kaige famous in film history, but he seems to have gained too much more than he paid, perhaps this is the reason why their family's reputation is getting worse and worse.