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Chapter 714 Compete for "Mermaid"! (5K begging for subscription!)

"Yu Dong, do you plan to return to the GEM after delisting?"

Tang An chatted with them. Bernard's delisting was already in the process. Two or three years had passed in a flash. At the beginning, Bernard successfully landed in the US stock market and gained a lot of limelight, but now he has withdrawn from the market sadly, which is embarrassing.

"Yes, I still have to go back to the GEM after going around for a while." Yu Dong nodded, the matter has been decided, and now he can see it.

Wang Changtian asked, "Wait for two years, or buy a shell?"

Regarding Berna's delisting, no matter whether it was Tang An, Wang Changtian or Wang Zhonglei, they didn't gloat much.

It was a little bit when I heard the news, but after a while now, I just feel a little emotional.

Yu Dong smiled, "Wait for two years, let's wait for two years, there is no need to backdoor."

Wang Zhonglei said, "But now the film and television industry is on the fast track. No one knows when it will slow down. If you miss this time, you don't know what the future will be in two years."

Tang An shook his head, "It's only been two years. Bernard's business is in good condition, and there are no major problems in the last two years. The explosive period of the film and television industry is not over yet."

Delisting is a very normal thing, and listing on any stock exchange in the world is the same as listing, which is a normal operation.

According to statistics, from 1980 to the present, there are a total of 26000 US listed companies (including those that have been delisted).

Excluding 6700 companies whose existence status is unknown, about 5300 companies are still listed, while 14000 companies have been delisted.

Going public is easy and difficult to manage. It doesn't mean that everything will be fine once you go public, just waiting for the money to be counted.

There are many reasons for delisting, such as forced and passive delisting due to failure to meet the financial standards or marketization standards for continuous listing.

Due to the negligence or illegal behavior of the legal person/company, it was delisted. Later, Red, Blue and Yellow was sued by a class action in the United States because of that accident, and news of delisting was spread every day.

There is also Changsheng Pharmaceutical, which will be delisted immediately after that incident, and many funds value the shares of Changsheng Pharmaceutical held by them at 0 yuan.

But the stock market is a magical place. Some people may want to take a gamble that a motorcycle will become a Land Rover.

On a certain day, when the stock opened at the limit-down price, it was pulled from the limit-down to the limit-up in just 2 minutes, with a turnover of nearly 32 million, and this stock had experienced [-] consecutive limit-downs before.

There has never been a shortage of gamblers in the world, but this time, not many people who eat melons are jealous and buy at low prices, or they will be trapped.

This incident later brought up the joke that "investment is not worth Shanhaiguan".

Because many individuals and companies have delisted illegally, except for these two, they are privatized on their own initiative like Bernard.

But most of it is because the stock price is too low and the market valuation is low.

For example, Ahli delisted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, partly because the stock price kept falling. The issue price was originally 13 Hong Kong dollars, but once rose to 40 Hong Kong dollars, and then fell to 3.6 Hong Kong dollars.

Ah Li later took back 3.6% of the shares at a price of 13 Hong Kong dollars at 27 Hong Kong dollars, and completed the privatization at a cost of 180 billion Hong Kong dollars.

It seems that the issue price and the recovery price are the same, but Ah Li made at least half of it.

At a price of 3.6 Hong Kong dollars, it can be sold for 13 Hong Kong dollars. Shareholders and investors are also freed from the risk of being locked up. It seems that everyone is happy.

Some people make money and some people lose money, anyway, the raccoon does not lose money.

During that time, Ah Li was almost scolded to death by the media, and became a representative of unscrupulous companies.

However, Ahli is mainly for the development of the company. It is necessary to go to Yahu, and a series of operations will be convenient after privatization.

Simply because the market value of Berner is too low, the film and television went public for three reasons: cash out to make money, influence and popularity, and financing.

Yu Dong didn't cash out much money, and his popularity was not as good as Hua Yi's, not to mention the amount of financing, and he didn't raise much money at all in the past two or three years.

Unlike Huayi, the film and television company with the highest market capitalization has such a huge reputation, Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei also cashed out a lot of money.

In the second half of last year, Huayi had three consecutive mergers and acquisitions, resulting in a skyrocketing market value. Wang Zhongjun cashed out 2 million in three months, and Wang Zhonglei also cashed in more than [-] million, making a fortune.

Cashing out when the stock price soared, a reporter asked Wang Zhongjun if he had no confidence in Huayi.

Wang Zhongjun replied: "I also want to live. The salary I receive in the company is only hundreds of thousands. I am also a person who can spend money. I can't survive without selling stocks. I don't have that much energy to continue working for shareholders. live."

It is true that you cannot survive without selling stocks.

Not to mention financing, Huayi’s mergers and acquisitions in the past two or three years have not stopped, and most of them are premium acquisitions. 500% is nothing. Last year’s acquisition of Yinhan Technology was a 1400% premium. Pay the bill.

Although Guangxian didn't make much of a move, he still saved more than 20 billion and won Maoyan in one fell swoop.

Bernard is shabby, and the development of movie theaters is slow, which is filled with the profits of theaters and companies.

Although Tang An can't see too much frustration from Yu Dong's eyes now, this incident still dampened Yu Dong's spirit, and directly made the former boss of the largest private publishing company in China lose his ambition to win the championship.

Later, when Ahli and Tengxun came in menacingly, the former three giants Wang Zhongjun, Wang Changtian, and Yu Dong were asked more than once their views on the Internet's invasion of the film and television industry.

Wang Zhongjun said: "The film industry will not be the biggest BAT in ten years. Ali's film making has nothing to do with me!"

Wang Changtian also emphasized: "The film and television company will not work for BAT!"

Only Yu Dong said in an interview: "What Bernard has to do is to continue to produce good movies during the ten years of our prime of life, and still be able to make a profit. In the future, he will eventually be acquired by BAT."

I can only continue to make movies, and I still have to be acquired by BAT in the end. This is not like what a person who once stood at the top of the industry said, completely heartless.

Among the successful entrepreneurs in Huaguo, which one has not experienced many hardships.

Liu Dongqiang sold CDs in Zhongguancun when he was young. At that time, his milk tea sister was only 6 years old. In 2008, the capital chain broke and her hair turned white overnight.

Ma Huateng started QQ, pretending to be a girl to chat with him.

Wang Jianlin was accused 222 times in the three years since he started his business.

Ma Yun failed to start a business 4 times and applied for a job 2 times, but was rejected because of his appearance.

There are also those who went bankrupt and went to prison and then rose again. There are too many of them.

Yu Dong is also very smooth, the youngest sub-section of Beijing Film Studio, the first film after founding Bernard was a big success, followed by "My Brothers and Sisters", let Yu Dong knock on the door of Xiangjiang Films, Monopolized the distribution of Xiangjiang films in the mainland.

Cooperating with Poly Huayi directly allowed Bernard to occupy the number one position of the private film company for four consecutive years. If it weren't for Tang An, it would have been seven consecutive years.

The Nasdaq listing was also considered smooth, without any major difficulties.

With delisting from Nasdaq this time, the market value is less than one-fifth of Huayi's, and everything starts from scratch.

If the helm of a company loses heart, no matter how capable he is, he will not have much future in the future.

Back then, when Liu Dongqiang built his own logistics system when everyone was not optimistic about it, there was a lot of bad news inside and outside the industry, and Ma Yun, who was half of his peers, disagreed.

Although this almost caused Jingdong to go bankrupt, Liu Dong persisted.

If it were a different person, without the determination of Liu Dongqiang and Jingdong without its own logistics system, it would be impossible to achieve what it is now.

After all, the two most important points of Jingdong are the delivery speed and the return and exchange system. The former is faster than Shunfeng, and the latter cannot reach the current level without its own logistics.

Bernard was not successful, and Huayi later became the chicken who "killed the chicken to scare the monkey". The shrewdest and most ruthless Wang Changtian had the last laugh.

It's just that Wang Changtian's film investment is still small, and he hasn't participated in a single blockbuster film.

Tang An then teased, "Wang Dong, you bought Maoyan with a big deal this time. I don't know when you will be able to make a blockbuster movie. It is not in line with your status as Wang Dong that you have been making small troubles all the time."

Wang Changtian smiled and said, "Tang Dong said that, but I also recently invested in a movie about "Zhong Kui". The investment is close to [-] million yuan, so it can be regarded as a blockbuster movie."

Tang Andao, "That's a project controlled by Dasheng International, and Director Wang is also his own."

"What about "The Mermaid", the production cost is [-] million yuan, and Guangxian is the main controller."

Speaking of "The Mermaid", Wang Changtian couldn't hide the smile in his eyes.

Countless people inside and outside the circle coveted this sweet pastry, but in the end Guang Xian gnawed down a large piece.

Moreover, giants such as Ahli, Wanda, China Film, and Hantang are also competing. At present, all investment and distribution parties have not yet been discussed.

Tang An said with a smile, "I forgot about this film, I really want to congratulate Director Wang."

Tang An is also sending people to discuss this movie that will sell for more than 30 billion in the future.

There are too many people who want to participate. At present, only the four main controlling parties, Guangxian, China Film, and Zhou Xingchi's Xinghui, have been confirmed.

Xinghui became a shareholder with Zhou Xingchi's salary, and the production fee, director fee, and screenwriter fee add up to 6000 million.

Although it is a little less than the nearly 9000 million yuan that Xu Zheng paid for producer + screenwriter + director + actor in "囧Mom", it is still a high figure.

Tang An received a salary of [-] million yuan in "Operation Red Sea", because several second and third generations came to blackmail them, relying on the fact that this film has demands from the military and the government, and they all came to invest, Tang An counted [-] million yuan as a salary , pull up the cost.

Things that can’t be helped are often encountered in the film and television industry. Before, there was no chance, but now they have finally seized the opportunity, and those people will not let it go.

As for the "Mermaid" that Zhou Xingchi is currently preparing, there are a lot of people reaching out, even if this film is not like "Operation Red Sea", it needs the government.

For many popular movies, you don’t need to watch them to know that there is a high probability of making money. There will be a lot of small companies and pocket companies to invest in, and it is generally difficult to refuse.

In comparison, Tang An is pretty good, they are all exchanged at equal value, if you can help, you will give a little bit, otherwise, unless your parents are too much, and it is really just right, then there is no way.

But those at that level don't care about the oil and water, and they can make more money than investing in movies by using their relationships to do real estate or something.

"The Mermaid" is still short of the final investment of 5000 million yuan. Han Tang wanted to invest many times, but Zhou Xingchi rejected them all, and even gave money to others.

Tang An didn't know what Zhou Xingchi was thinking, but Zhang Qiang went to talk with him many times, but there was no result.

If you don’t want to invest, you can only get the distribution rights, which means fighting for money.

No matter how Zhou Xingchi didn't want to cooperate with Tang An, as long as the offer was high enough, he couldn't refuse.

After all, the purpose of making movies is to make money. If one billion is guaranteed, it will be 15 billion, and if it is not agreed, it will be 20 billion. I always have a bottom line in my heart.

Seeing that Tang An suddenly stopped talking, Wang Changtian immediately guessed that Tang An was thinking about "The Mermaid".

Zhou Xingchi was also a little surprised to reject Tang An's investment. It is said that Han Tang's resources are definitely stronger than any other investor, so there is no reason to refuse.

But this is a good thing for Wang Changtian. Without Han and Tang, he would be in charge of this project. He only needs to compete with China Film for the control and distribution rights.

Thinking of the release, Wang Changtian realized that Tang An would not give up so easily, and would probably offer a high price to guarantee the bottom line, just like competing with China Film for "Heart Blossoms on the Road".

Wang Changtian thought for a while and asked Tang An, "Director Tang, how much box office do you think "The Mermaid" can sell this time?"

How much box office?

Tang An understood that this was Wang Changtian testing his estimate for "The Mermaid" and the possible guaranteed price.

"It should be 30 billion." Tang An said with a smile.

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Wang Changtian almost didn't get choked up. I thought Tang An would say 20 billion or 2016 billion, but it would be 20 billion. After all, this film will be released in the Spring Festival of [-]. The market is much bigger than when "Interstellar" broke [-] billion last summer. many.

but!

When Tang An said it was 30 billion, Wang Changtian's first reaction was that he was joking.

This also strengthened Wang Changtian's thinking. Tang An would definitely charge a high price to grab the distribution rights, otherwise he would not have said such an exaggerated figure.

Wang Changtian laughed dryly, "Director Tang is really full of confidence, 30 billion box office, I dare not even think about it."

But Wang Zhonglei said, "Hehe, I don't think 30 billion is impossible. The thresholds of 15 billion, 20 billion, and 25 billion for domestic films were all broken by Tang Dong, and there is a step up every year. This summer's "Mystery Superstar" is estimated to It is going to break 30 billion, and next summer's "Operation Red Sea" is exactly 30 billion, so it is not impossible for "Mermaid" to break [-] billion during the Spring Festival next year."

Seeing that Wang Zhonglei actually echoed Tang An's statement, everyone was a little surprised.

But looking at his expression again, no matter how you look at it, it seems to be perfunctory.

According to this statement, "Mystery Superstar" is 25 billion, and "Operation Red Sea" is 30 billion. No one will believe it if they put it on any director.

However, after 11 years, Tang An's films have broken through the imagination of people inside and outside the industry time and time again, breaking the box office limit time and time again.

It's too much to say superstitious, but as long as it's a film directed by Tang An, basically I absolutely believe it.

But there is only one Tang An, Zhou Xingchi is powerful enough, that is not Tang An, not to mention he was defeated by Xu Zheng during the Spring Festival.

30 billion is definitely impossible. As soon as this idea popped into my head, it was killed immediately.

In terms of 20 billion, there is still some hope for the Spring Festival stalls without any rivals. After all, the box office growth rate is about 30% every year.

Everyone thought Tang An was joking, but no one took it seriously, so he returned to the topic just now.

Speaking of Bernard having to wait two years to return to the GEM, Wang Zhonglei also mentioned that China Film Co., Ltd. will soon be listed in a year or two.

"It is said that China Film Group will be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange this time. Can Mr. Jiang talk about it?"

Everyone looked at Jiang Defu. He was the core of China Film Corporation before, so he should know something about it.

This matter is not a secret, so Jiang Defu did not hide it, nodded and said, "It will definitely be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and this is also the decision of the above."

It is also reasonable to be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange with the country prefix.

Wang Changtian looked at Wang Zhonglei and said with a smile, "Mr. Wang, when China Film goes public, Huayi's first share in film and television will be hard to guarantee."

The listing of China Film Group will have the biggest impact on Huayi, and it is likely to lose its title as the first stock in film and television.

However, China Film Sky has a complete industrial chain, and the interior is too loose. There are now more than a hundred secondary and tertiary subsidiaries.

In addition, because of issues such as licenses, qualifications, and personnel placement, China Film has a large number of independent legal persons, and many subsidiaries are independent kingdoms.

In terms of film and television production, screening, distribution, and services, there are seven or eight companies in each block.

There are seven or eight pieces of change, and sometimes none of the whole money is easy to use, and it is impossible to integrate a certain copyrighted resource.

Even China Film has an acting agency company, backed by the big tree of China Film, and it has suffered losses.

In 11, the capital injection was 1500 million, and the assets lost so far are only 500 million.

In the film and television industry, artist agents are the least likely to lose money. Small companies such as Tangren and Huanrui can't make money in film and television dramas, and they rely on artist agents to make profits.

The brokerage company that is most likely to make a profit, and the big tree of China Film Group, has such a powerful resource, but it has suffered a loss. God knows how it operates. The management is really talented.

There are problems in the system and management. The reform of state-owned enterprises is not so easy, otherwise it would not have been a pain for the country for so many years.

Speaking of China Film's listing, they asked about the listing of Hantang Films.

Hantang Media divested part of its assets to establish Hantang Films for the same purpose as China Film Group established China Film Co., Ltd., all for the purpose of listing. This is no secret, and everyone can see it.

At present, the valuation of Hantang Films and Nuomi Films has risen to 180 billion after the B round of financing.

Nowadays, film and television stocks are hot. Once listed, with the fame of Han Tang and Tang An, the market value will definitely soar.

Tang An didn't hide it either, and it will probably be listed in around 16.

Although the stock market was not calm in 16, and there were some problems in the financial industry. Except for a few film and television stocks, all of them plummeted. However, there is no need to worry about the performance of Hantang Film Industry. It is not a problem to become one of the few stocks that reversed the decline.

After the release of "Operation Red Sea" in the summer of 15, it was a good opportunity, but Hantang Films was established not long ago, and there were requirements for listing.

But not only Hantang Films, Hantang Cinemas, Tudou Films, Hantang Literature and other companies are already preparing to go public, and they will be listed one after another in the next year or two.

These companies all need money, and shareholders also need benefits, otherwise why would others invest.

Even several of its film and television companies are thinking of going public, as if they have money to buy.

Tang An didn't pay attention to the premiere, and just sat down thinking about things throughout the whole process.

The most important thing in the past few days is to win the distribution rights of "Mermaid". The 5000 million investment share has not yet been determined, and it would be best to win it.

But the next day, Tang An received the news that last night, Ma Yun had an appointment with Zhou Xingchi in person!

Tang An listened to his subordinate's report in the office and confirmed the truth of the matter, his brows furrowed uncontrollably.

Ah Li is also the main competitor for this investment. Now that Ma Yun has come forward, it can be said that he is bound to win.

I'm afraid it's not just investment. Ma Yun's personal appearance must also be related to issuance.

"Make an appointment with Zhou Xingchi for me, as soon as possible!"

Tang An acted decisively, and went out in person to snatch "The Mermaid"

Ma Yun's big flicker might have fooled Zhou Xingchi, and he couldn't drag it on.

(End of this chapter)