For an entire week, Slam Dunk's popularity had kept climbing, and fan activity had surged. Even fans who'd been waiting to binge the anime once it had more episodes couldn't hold back anymore and had started watching.
By now, the first round of global revenue from Spirited Away had also begun rolling in. It had made 8.4 billion yuan at the domestic box office and 3 billion overseas. The theaters' share came to a little over 3.9 billion, while its online streaming revenue had also arrived: more than 900 million yuan from across the Dragon Kingdom. So, based on the figures so far, Spirited Away had already earned a staggering 4.9 billion yuan. When the money started pouring into GT Animation Studio's accounts, the company's finance staff were completely dumbfounded!
Zhao Qinyin and Su Ruo were in much the same state. After all, each of them owned more than a percent of the company. If the money were distributed as dividends, each would make more than 50 million yuan, while Chu Yu's personal earnings would top 4 billion before taxes.
But the company still had to grow, and Chu Yu couldn't be bothered to shuffle the money back and forth between the company's accounts and his own pocket. The taxes involved were no joke. Besides, the entire company belonged to him, so he could distribute dividends whenever he wanted. Other than having the finance department transfer 10 million yuan each to Su Ruo and Zhao Qinyin for their daily expenses, he left the rest untouched.
Next up was the purchase of the company's new headquarters. The people he'd hired had been negotiating for nearly a month, and had managed to knock another 5 million off the price. The asking price had fallen from 1.4 billion to 1.315 billion yuan. Taxes,