During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 718: Boss Ma's Deification Revisiting the Office

"It is reported that Ali Baba officially landed on the Nasdaq in North America yesterday, with an issue price of US$68, an opening price of US$92.7, and a closing price of US$93.89 on the first day of listing, an increase of 38.07%, with a total market value of more than US$2314 billion."

"Ali raised $250 billion in financing this time, setting a record for the world's largest IPO in the past three years."

"Affected by the parent company, the Hong Kong-listed Ali Pictures stock price surged 7% at opening today."

“Alibaba, the big brother of the Internet industry, the giant of Fortune.com, and the gathering place of billionaires”

"The legendary 'Feng Qingyang' firmly sits on the throne of the richest man in the country!"

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Following the news coming back from New York and reported by multiple official media outlets, the entire film and television industry was no longer able to focus on anything else and was completely captivated.

There's no way, this news is just too dazzling!

Everyone knows that with Ali's revenue and internet attributes, its market value will definitely not be bad once it goes public. This is also an important reason why Boss Ma can be successful in the entertainment industry.

But no one could have imagined that once Ali went public, its market value would be as high as over 2000 billion USD!!!
According to the current exchange rate, Ali's market value converted into RMB has exceeded the trillion mark, approaching 1.3 trillion!

Compared with it, Weibo and Jindong, which went public a few months ago, are just younger brothers!
At this moment, the big brother of the Internet industry has completely vindicated itself and for the first time showed its background and fangs in the film and television industry.
As for the film and television industry, no one can ignore Ali Pictures anymore. Even though it has not produced any successful works so far, it is because Ali Baba is behind it!

Huayi, Bonna, and Guangxian are not good enough in front of Ali.

Even if you add up all the traditional listed companies in the film and television industry, they are not enough for Ali to defeat with just one finger!

And as the helmsman of Ali, Boss Ma has become completely deified today!
Within just one afternoon, a large number of Ma's staunch supporters emerged on the Internet.

The same is true in the film and television industry. Countless people regard the analysis previously done by Boss Ma as a golden rule!

Terms such as "big data", "fan movies", "popular IP", "celebrity directors", "production formula", etc. have become the only way to succeed in the film and television industry!

The reason is simple, simply because these words came from the mouth of the "god" in their minds, the richest man, Boss Ma!

With the rise of Alibaba, many people in the circle also took advantage of it. It can be said that when one person succeeds, everyone else benefits!

For example, Zhao Yanzi, who has always been very close to Boss Ma, became the object of heated discussion and envy of countless people in the circle at this moment.

Because it was only at this time that everyone realized that Zhao Yanzi did not attend Bazaar Night and was not filming "Lost in Hong Kong" at all, but was going to ring the bell with Boss Ma!
"I heard that the couple is raising funds and plans to buy a large amount of Ali Pictures' shares. I estimate that the transaction amount will not be less than this number."

Old Chen stretched out his hand and made the number three. His tone and facial expression showed undisguised envy.

Although as the steward of Shanhe Media, he has a high status in the circle, but in terms of personal wealth, he is really not as good as the couple Huang and Zhao who are very good at scheming and capital operation.

Unfortunately, the boss in front of him has never considered listing the group, otherwise he might also be able to rise to fame!

"Old Chen, now is not the time to envy others."

Wei Jin understood his thoughts and did not continue the topic. Instead, he said seriously, "We have to be careful next time. According to his personality, after returning from abroad, I'm afraid he will aggressively expand his territory and aggressively acquire other companies."

After hearing this, Chen Zhiming also became serious. After all, Ali's boss Ma has never concealed his ambition to become the overlord of the industry!

Therefore, he had no doubt that Wei Jin's words would become a reality in the future.

"Boss Wei, don't worry. The basic structure of the group has been established. If Ali wants to start with us, I'm afraid it will be a waste of effort."

"Of course I know this, but as the old saying goes: There are all kinds of people in the world. Boss Ma can deceive us again, so we still have to take out some insurance."

"Mr. Wei, what do you mean?"

"Let's speed up the negotiation with Shanhe Technology. Once its IPO plan is completed, the studio alliance and director alliance plans should also be put on the agenda to reassure people."

Wei Jin did not play tricks but directly expressed his thoughts.

As the subsidiary with the most abundant cash flow of the company, Shanhe Technology's IPO plan has been underway for a long time.

But the difficulty lies in the fact that the company's revenue growth is so great that it has been unable to reach an agreement with investors on valuation, and the negotiations have been going on for quite some time.

The meaning of Wei Jin's words is very clear. Certain concessions can be made on the original valuation to speed up the listing process and add another firewall for the group!

"Well, Lao Chen, you should put the film and television city project aside for now, or let your subordinates take care of it, and treat this matter as a top priority."

Hearing Wei Jin's formal words, Chen Zhiming nodded solemnly.

"Okay, Mr. Wei, I understand!"

For three consecutive days, Ali was on the headlines of domestic portals. Even the official media praised him and called him a "national role model."

There is no way around it. Companies with a market value of over one trillion yuan are rare among private enterprises. Such a wealth myth is indeed worth promoting.

With such overwhelming coverage, Ahri's popularity among the people has reached its peak, and videos of Boss Ma's speeches are everywhere on the Internet.

His words were regarded as the royal decree by countless industries and countless people, almost to the point of madness!

But if you think about it, you can understand it. After all, money can make you a god. Isn’t Mr. Ma, who created the myth of Ali, the “true god” of entrepreneurship? !
However, Wei Jin did not pay too much attention to this. His eyes fell on the good news email sent by Hunter.

The Maze Runner had already entered the global market on the day when the Bazaar event was held, which was also the day when Ali was released.

Although the original novel is not very popular in North America due to its science fiction theme, and the creative team does not have much appeal.

However, with the help of the distribution system built by Summit Entertainment over the years and AMC Theaters controlled by its staunch ally Wanda, "Maze Runner" still opened in more than 3800 theaters on its first day of release in North America.

The result was that the movie grossed 1360 million U.S. dollars on its first day of release and 4240 million U.S. dollars in the first three days of the weekend, successfully winning the weekly box office championship!
In the global market, the film's performance is also quite impressive.

After three days of the first weekend, the cumulative box office data from more than 8000 countries and regions where the film was released was close to million US dollars.

Although this number is somewhat lower than that of movies with serious fan bases such as "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games", Hunter said in the email that he was not worried at all because the movie's reputation was very good!

Not only did the film receive an 81% positive rating on the Rotten Tomatoes website, but even IMDB, which is always quite harsh on commercial films, gave it a score of over 7.5.

This means that the film’s follow-up potential is definitely not low.

According to the evaluation of Hollywood professional organizations, given the relatively weak competitors during the same period, the final global box office of "Maze Runner" is very likely to exceed 3.5 million US dollars, and even move towards the 4 million threshold!
Compared to the production cost of less than 1 million, even including publicity and promotion, the total investment of "Maze Runner" did not exceed million, and the profit was almost close to million US dollars.

There is no doubt that this series has been declared a success. In view of this, Hunter has suggested in an email that we should strike while the iron is hot and start the second part.

Wei and Jin certainly had no objection to this.

Because he remembered very clearly that in a few years, the North American market would shrink drastically, and he had to make the money as soon as possible.

After replying to Hunter's email, Wei Jin set his sights on the domestic film market.

As expected, after the release of "No Man's Land 2", there was no domestic film that could compete with it. "Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2" and "The Expendables 3" made it through without any suspense.

The former has already broken the 6 million box office mark, and the latter is not far behind, heading for 4 million.

Affected by the reunion with actor Xie, the momentum of "One Life, One World" was suppressed. After three days this weekend, the revenue was less than 10 million, and it is about to be withdrawn from the theaters.

Including the recently released film "The Intouchables", the first film directed by the famous director Zhao Baogang, which also became cannon fodder.

It has been released for four days already and the box office has been less than 20 million. Seeing that "Operation Mekong" is about to be released, there is definitely no hope for this movie to make a profit!
Speaking of which, Wei Jin had watched this movie starring Sun Honglei and Gui Lunmei in his previous life. What impressed him most was that the two of them danced in various ways regardless of the occasion.

Even if bullets come, I will jump, I can't stop at all!
I can only say that this screenwriter is somewhat insulting the audience's IQ.

Look, the score of less than six points on Impression Online is the answer given by the audience.

There are even many netizens questioning Sun Honglei, what the hell is his acting? Has he really ignored his job as an actor just because of the hit variety show?
To be honest, this is unfair to Sun Honglei. Wei Jin heard Huang Bai mention this matter. Originally, Sun planned to refuse after reading the script.

But in the films "Never Forget You" and "Like Fog, Like Rain, Like Wind", Sun Honglei collaborated with Zhao Baogang.

Even though there are rumors that Ding Jiali is involved, it is undeniable that Zhao Baogang has helped Sun Honglei, so how could he say no?
So, it is really hard to escape from the social etiquette of the entertainment industry.
Perhaps it is because he has more experience in filming, or perhaps it is just as Xue Xiaolu said before, familiar actors are easier to use.

Although there are so many filming locations, the time taken to shoot "When Beijing Meets Seattle: The Unbreakable Love Letter" is surprisingly almost the same as the first one.

All in all, it took less than eighty days, which was completely beyond Wei and Jin's expectations.

Although the wrap party had already been held in Vancouver, Wei Jin still asked for everyone's opinions when he met the crew in the company's reception room.

"Wei Jin, let's forget about it this time. I've been on the plane for more than ten hours and I'm so tired."

After Xue Xiaolu said this, no one, including Yang Mi, Yu Hewei and others, had any objection.

After all, the wrap-up banquet is just a formality. Who needs this meal?

As for building a relationship with Boss Wei? There is no rush, there are plenty of opportunities.

"That's fine, then we can have a good reunion at the premiere."

Wei Jin did not force it, and turned to look at Xue Xiaolu and asked: "By the way, Teacher Xue, do you still plan to do it in school later?"

Xue Xiaolu nodded and said, "Well, my classes for this semester have just started. Because of the adjustment, the courses are quite tight. I will find time to do it at school."

Considering the quality of the first play, Wei Jin had no objection.

"Okay, then let's do as Teacher Xue says."

After chatting for a few more words, everyone was eager to go home, so without staying for too long, everyone went home.

However, Yang Mi, the heroine, returned to Wei Jin's office after a circle, and the meaning was quite obvious.

Seeing that Wei Jin was still working, Yang Mi did not disturb him and looked around the office.

"Why? Do you want to relive the good times?"

Listening to Wei Jin's joking words, Yang Mi instantly returned to the scene of his sacrifice, and a blush appeared on his face.

Looking back now, she doesn’t know why she was so bold at that time. Maybe she was really afraid of being poor?
"No, I was just wondering, when will I have an office this big? No, half the size will be enough."

Wei Jin could tell that the words were meant to remind Mixing Entertainment of its listing, so he reached out and pulled her into his arms, holding the familiar big orange body through the thin T-shirt.

"Don't worry, the company has already been looking for a relevant shell company and has made some progress. As for the investors, you don't have to worry. There will be a result in a year at most."

Taking into account Zeng Jia's outrageous actions in his previous life, Wei Jin's control over Mixing Entertainment is much stricter than that over Meitao Entertainment, and the power to make financing decisions has not been delegated.

Wei Jin estimated that Zeng Jia had often gossiped about him behind his back, and perhaps Yang Mi also had some resentment towards him.

But now that a clear timetable has been given, I think Yang Mi should be satisfied, right?

Sure enough, the next moment, a look of surprise appeared on Yang Mi's face, and the sound of the clasps instantly appeared.

"Really, Senior Brother?"

"Of course, when have I ever lied to you?"

Wei Jin nodded in confirmation. Despite his tricks, he really had never fooled anyone.

It’s just that everyone says that career is the best thing for a man, but he thinks it’s no exception for women.

No, Yang Mi, who got a positive answer, even had a hot look in her eyes. She bit her red lips and whispered in his ear: "Brother, I think..."

"Don't worry about it, I still have a job. You...hiss~~~uh~~~"

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More than an hour later, Yang Mi was in the lounge of the compartment, leaning lazily in Wei Jin's arms, with a look of satisfaction on her face.

She had to admit that this man was really good at playing cards. Even though he lost more than he won every time he played cards, he felt happy both physically and mentally.

Wei Jin was in a good mood too. He held the big orange in one hand and the beautiful buttocks with the other, enjoying the soft touch.

After resting for a while, Yang Mi looked up at the handsome profile of the man and remembered something, "Brother, Boss Jia contacted me."

Wei Jin frowned immediately, "Hmm? Boss Jia?"

(End of this chapter)