1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 375 Acquires Jiahe and encourages artists to subscribe for original shares!

In addition to discussing with mainland capitalists such as Ma Huateng, Zhang Lei, and Ding Shizhong, Jiang Xiaofeng also made a special trip to Xiangjiang to meet with Zou Wenhuai of Xiangjiang Jiahe.

Jiang Xiaofeng had no other motive for interviewing Zou Wenhuai this time. He just wanted to discuss the acquisition with Zou Wenhuai.

Because in the current mainland stock market, it is very difficult for a private film and television company to be listed. Not only are there many procedures, the review is complicated, but there are also long queues. God knows when it will be listed.

Moreover, the film and television industry, unlike factories, can provide a lot of jobs but can create very few jobs. The country will not treat it differently, let alone give a green light.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaofeng wants to achieve the purpose of listing himself by acquiring Jiahe in Xiangjiang this time, which is the so-called backdoor listing.

Golden Harvest was co-founded in 1970 by Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang and Liang Feng. It integrates film financing, distribution, theater operation and film printing business. It is one of the most influential Chinese film entertainment companies, and is known as the "Shaw Brothers Company". Two legends of the Hong Kong film industry.

Golden Harvest has financed and produced more than 600 films so far, creating two world-renowned superstars, Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, as well as other well-known acting stars. Golden Harvest not only made Chinese kung fu movies famous around the world, but also created Hong Kong comedy films and action comedies. genre movie.

In recent years, Golden Harvest has focused on developing film financing and film distribution in order to cater to market development. In recent years, it has financed 40 films, including "Initial D" in cooperation with Century Group, as well as "New Police Story" and "Baby Project".

Film distribution is one of Golden Harvest's core businesses, and its film library has approximately 140 films for global distribution.

Golden Harvest is also a leading cinema distributor in Asia. As of June this year, its cinema network in Asia includes 6 cinemas with a total of 33 cinemas.

After several days of negotiations, Jiang Xiaofeng's Century Group successfully reached an agreement with Jiahe Chairman Zou Wenhuai. Century Group purchased 24.78% of all Jiahe stocks and convertible bonds held by Zou Wenhuai and his daughter at a price of approximately HK$1.8 million. Century Group became the largest single shareholder of Jiahe, with Li Ka-shing as the second largest shareholder.

Soon, sensitive people in the financial industry started to scream, saying that Century Group was about to go public through a backdoor merger.

In this regard, Century Group has kept a low profile and hidden itself behind the scenes. It has only stepped up its efforts to promote the development of the movies "Painted Skin", "Myth" and other projects it has invested in.

Because it is currently in the negotiation stage and has not yet fully acquired Jiahe, Jiang Xiaofeng still wants to keep a low profile and declined all media interviews.

However, several other representative mainland entertainment companies that are on the road to listing at the same time, such as Enlight, China Film, Huayi Brothers, Poly Bona and other film and television companies, have been picked up by the media for speculation and analysis.

May 5st, morning.

Zhou Jiulun, who had just finished filming the movie "The Untold Secret" in Taiwan Province, returned to Yanjing and immediately went to the courtyard in Houzhai Hutong to catch up with Jiang Xiaofeng and report on work.

After talking about the movie, Zhou Jilun asked curiously: "Brother Feng, I heard that our company is going to be listed?"

Naturally, Jiang Xiaofeng would not hide such a big thing from going public from Zhou Jilun. He smiled and nodded: "Yes, we are still talking about it. If everything goes well, it may be possible to go public this year."

Without waiting for Zhou Jielun to answer, Jiang Xiaofeng continued: "Originally, I wanted to talk to you about this matter, but because you were filming in Taiwan Province, I never had the chance to explain it clearly to you face to face."

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Xiaofeng explained in detail to Zhou Jilun the matter of subscribing for the company's original shares. "Jie Lun, you have been with me for a few years and have made great contributions to the development of our company. If the company goes public smoothly this time, as the first brother of our company, he will definitely be the first to contribute!"

Jiang Xiaofeng's words are really not a compliment. Looking at the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, Zhou Jiulun is indeed one of the stars with the strongest ability to attract money in the current entertainment industry. He alone has created as much as 4000 million in revenue for the company, which is more than many stars combined. many.

Just like the Huayi Brothers, although they have many artists and should show greater advantages in talent cultivation and aggregation effects, the 66 stars of the Huayi Brothers only generated 6000 million yuan in revenue last year. Obviously, a large part of them are Li Bingbing, Contributed by several core artists such as Zhou Xun and Huang Xiaomin.

In comparison, Hairun Qianyi only has 42 contracted artists, but with its three core players, Jiang Wenli, Sun Li, and Liu Ye, its annual income is also 6000 million yuan. The value created by just advertising is greater than the entire Huayi Brothers Agency.

Therefore, after celebrities are bound by equity, how to further increase the value of artists is a question that Jiang Xiaofeng has been thinking about.

Everyone knows that the biggest impact on stock prices is, first of all, the general economic and social environment, but the entertainment industry also has its particularities. Some situations do not occur at all in other industries, but here they are likely to cause stock prices to rise or fall.

For example, the departure of its artists, especially the departure of leading artists, will be an earthquake for the entertainment company and the company's stock price.

Hearing Jiang Xiaofeng call himself "First Brother", Zhou Jilun quickly waved his hand and said humbly: "I don't dare to take it, I don't dare to take it. With you, Brother Feng, how can I dare to call myself the First Brother? You are the First Brother of our company!" "

Jiang Xiaofeng smiled and replied: "Okay, Jie Lun, don't pretend to be humble in front of your brother Feng. I still know your status and influence very well."

"This time our company goes public, I plan to let our company's producers, directors, and artists subscribe for our company's original shares."

"The total share capital of our company is 15000 million shares. You are the number one contributor to our company. Therefore, among so many artists, I plan to give you the largest number of original shares, 300 million original shares, accounting for 2% of our total share capital. Each share 3 yuan, if you subscribe now, you only need 900 million."

"Don't underestimate this 900 million. After the company is listed, it may directly become 1 million, 2 million, or even 3 million. It is very possible..."

After Zhou Jilun became famous, he not only speculated in stocks, but also opened antique stores and restaurants, but basically lost money. He also knew what the original stock was like. Only the original stocks of a few junk companies will lose money.

And if the prosperous Century Group can become the number one entertainment stock in mainland China, there is a high probability that it will make a lot of money.

But similarly, Zhou Jielun cannot be [-]% sure that Century Group's stocks will definitely make a lot of money.

Because Zhou Jialun's contract with Century Group would expire in five years, Jiang Xiaofeng gave Zhou Jialun so many original shares mainly to give benefits back to him, but not as a bargaining chip to let him renew his contract with Century Group in advance.

In addition, the subscription of nearly [-] million original shares was not a small amount. Zhou Jielun did not dare to make a decision on his own for a while, so he said to Jiang Xiaofeng: "Brother Feng, I want to go back and discuss this matter with my mother."

Jiang Xiaofeng knew that Zhou Jielun listened to his mother's words, so he did not continue to persuade him. Instead, he smiled and said with emotion: "Jielun, you are really a good and filial boy."

Zhou Jilun smiled and replied: "This is what it should be. I will definitely discuss it with my mother."

(End of this chapter)