Fooling Huayu for Thirty Years

Chapter 649 Backdoor Listing Completed! Ma Xun Embarks on a Trip to Northeast China, Dilraba Doesn't Call for Help!
"...As more evidence emerges, the facts of the case have become clear..."

"A business bet that ended up turning into a murder-for-hire situation—is this a distortion of human nature or a decline in morality?"

"It is rumored that the case is also related to Leshi Company."

"Is Jia Yueting also deeply involved?"

"Someone revealed that Jia Yueting was seen having a banquet with Bai Daqing and others in Hong Kong..."

The case in Hong Kong can be said to have been settled.

However, its impact is unlikely to subside quickly.

And here comes another whistleblower.

It's related to Jia Yueting!
Media professionals love this kind of news; keep digging deeper!

As a result, Le Shi and Jia Yueting have been under a lot of pressure lately.

Leshi Company.

"Damn it! That Bai Daqing, and that Sun Donghai... even in death they're trying to drag me down with them! Damn it!"

Jia Yueting is usually very gentle and refined in public, and even at the company, she doesn't act too irritably.

But now, he's swearing and getting emotional, clearly showing signs of being somewhat overwhelmed.

Of course, he wouldn't express these emotions to outsiders.

This is his own office right now, and Zhang Zhao is his only confidant here.

"Boss, there's no need to pay any attention to these rumors."

Zhang Zhao was actually referring to a 'method': just ignore them and that's it.

But in reality, Jia Yueting has something to hide!

Of course, this matter cannot be spoken aloud.

After all, in Jia Yueting's view, the gunman wasn't hired by him, but by that deadbeat Sun Donghai! And those fake gangsters weren't hired by him either, but by that bastard Bai Daqing!

Even though Jia Yueting kept trying to mentally prepare herself, she was still uneasy.

It's simple, this guy did something shady too.

He was genuinely afraid of leaking!
"Old Zhang, I'm actually getting more and more annoyed with Ma Xun... Hmph! We have to teach him a lesson!"

The meaning was quite obvious, but Zhang Zhao frowned deeply.

"Boss, my suggestion is that we should slow down a bit recently. Ma Xun, that guy, he's really... how should I put it, anyway, he's quite popular."

Zhang Zhao's words were rather strange, but in reality, he genuinely didn't want to use any nice words.

Let me put it this way.

When news of Ma Xun's battle at the funeral home reached the mainland, it truly gave the impression of intimidating even the most wicked.

When this case was first reported, many business owners in the industry felt that Ma Xun had lost a valuable asset.

The lighting situation is definitely going to suffer a major blow.

Who could have imagined that, less than three days later, Ma Xun would pull off such a stunning comeback?

Not only did they stand firm, but they also found the murderer and uncovered the truth of the case.

Looking at the business aspect, the bet was successful, allowing them to directly acquire the listed company Shengxiang and complete the backdoor listing plan.

Not only did the bet succeed, but looking at the stock market, he exceeded the 75% threshold, requiring a mandatory reduction in his shareholding.

Perfect, let's ship it!
He sold nearly 20% of Shengxiang's shares at a price of over 60 yuan.

In other words, Ma Xun still holds more than 55% of the shares and has made a profit of more than 5 million yuan.

5 million is a conservative estimate. As for how many other transactions are involved, we don't know yet.

That's what we predicted.

This wave can simply be described as... a legendary victory.

Zhang Zhao meant that Ma Xun was at his peak, and if we wanted to fight him, we shouldn't have chosen this time.

Jia Yueting nodded in agreement. He had something to hide, but he wasn't stupid. Zhang Zhao's words made sense, so he naturally had to listen.

"Old Zhang, I trust you the most. Just tell me what we should do now."

Zhang Zhao felt very relieved after hearing this and immediately said, "Boss, let's just not respond to those rumors. As for the other thing... haven't you noticed the film market this year?"

"Huh?" Jia Yueting's mind was currently filled with thoughts of finance, IPOs, and buying artworks from auction houses, which of course involved transferring them out.

Naturally, they hadn't noticed what was happening in this year's film market.

Zhang Zhao continued, "The landscape of this summer's box office is very clear: Transformers 2 is destined to dominate."

Right!

Jia Yueting nodded, "But if that's the case..."

It means, "Go on, keep talking."

Zhang Zhaodong smiled and said, "We'll join forces with Star Media to secure the publicity and distribution for this movie, and then use that to damage Ma Xun's movies. I know they have several more movies coming out soon."

This is the same old trick, but old tricks might work.

Because this is Transformers 2!

This film can be said to have been a box office champion for this summer season long ago.

If we can secure the distribution and promotion rights for this film, it's a deal worth at least tens of millions.

This movie is bound to be a huge hit, crushing all of Ma Xun's other films!
Jia Yueting had a wonderful idea, and a smile finally appeared on his face.

"Just do it!"

……

In fact, this year's summer movie season...

Enlight Media hasn't made any major moves.

The earliest film that Ma Xun arranged was probably "The Message".

In order not to compete with Han Sanping's epic film "The Great Cause", our film was rescheduled for the end of August.

It's considered the tail end of the summer movie season and the beginning of the National Day movie season.

In this way, Ma Xun completed this high-stakes betting battle and successfully went public through a backdoor listing.

He didn't have much to do this summer.

Originally, I planned to focus my work on finance.

After all, there's a major event like the IPO launch this year, but right now... his feelings are very complicated.

Xiao Shuang is right, he is indeed injured.

Moreover, this injury cannot be shown to the outside.

Give yourself a break.

The IPO could actually be handled by someone else, because Ma Xun isn't in a rush right now.

According to the original timeline, he vaguely remembered that it should officially start in July, but it wouldn't be until September to actually go public.

That's right, it doesn't mean that once it's launched, a whole bunch of listed companies will immediately appear.

It's not that we won't promote it, it's that we'll promote it slowly and steadily, in a rhythmic manner.

Right.

Meanwhile, Ma Xun has already successfully completed a backdoor listing, so let's proceed with the process slowly.

If you don't squeeze in with them, then it's simple.

So, Ma Xun simply went on vacation to rest and relax.

The idea was originally very good, but after Ma Xun returned to the capital and made many arrangements and deployments at the company,

May arrived.

At this point, a document was issued regarding the resumption of IPOs.

Good heavens, for a time, all the bigwigs in the domestic business world were eager to get started.

Ma Xun didn't pay much attention to it, since things had already been arranged beforehand.

For him, this time marks the beginning of the summer movie season.

I should mention that, in China, the summer movie season hasn't started yet.

The US starts its summer vacation in May, but the summer movie season follows the US schedule, so we can only follow suit; there's nothing we can do about it.

Normally, some Hollywood blockbusters would be showing at this time.

This year is no exception.

Domestic companies generally don't accept such offers. But this year is different; a movie called "The Adventures of Li Xianji" is scheduled for release in the early part of the summer season.

Of course, there were no problems with the overall publicity and distribution, after all, this movie features the Dragon Prince.

In addition, the original animation has won numerous awards in the industry.

This film is absolutely amazing no matter how you look at it.

But after its release...

Ma Xun could have guessed the ending long ago.

I must say, this is truly a film with an incredibly imaginative plot.

Many of their ideas are just too avant-garde.

It's truly an imaginative and boundless display of creativity.

However, domestic moviegoers still find it somewhat difficult to accept such films.

Ma Xun remembers a famous scene from this film that later became a hit.

It's Teacher You Benchang, watching the male protagonist from outside the car... In fact, Teacher You is the male protagonist himself.

This short clip later went viral online, but many people didn't actually know its origin.

However, even so, it's difficult to salvage the fact that the film is not accepted by the market.

It's okay, the bet is already over, and since the movie lost money, Ma Xun is the winner.

That's how we made the bet back then.

Therefore, there's no need to worry about it too much.

Although this film's novel attempt failed, it was a blow to Chinese science fiction films.

But Ma Xun firmly believes that he will become more courageous in the face of setbacks.

That's pretty much how this project is going; Ma Xun's vacation plans are about to begin.

But at this time, several leaders approached our company, Guangxian.

"Mr. Ma, we are from Changchun Film Studio. We are here today to talk to you about the Golden Deer Award."

"You're too kind, leaders. The Golden Deer Award is a well-known film award in China. If there's anything I can do to help, I will certainly do my best."

The Golden Deer Award is an award from the Changchun Film Festival.

However, in terms of influence, although the award still exists, it really doesn't make much of a splash.

The key point is that the timing of this award is quite special.

August and September.

It's quite similar to the Golden Goblet Award.

It's considered an awards ceremony during the year.

Because the award criteria are based on July, the deadline is June 30th.

The awards ceremony has to be held in August or September, right?

However, this award is also given only once every two years.

Several leaders came to our Enlight Media for a very simple reason: Ma Xun had previously successfully organized the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival.

The Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival used to be a makeshift operation, traveling all over the country, going wherever the opportunity presented itself.

The Golden Deer Awards still have to stay at their own base, which is Changchun Film Studio, so they don't go anywhere else.

The Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival seems to be doing better and better these days. Well... we're all from Northeast China, let's lend a hand.

Ma Xun also thought it was good.

This wasn't a difficult task for him.

Moreover, Ma Xun knew that the Golden Deer Awards later became quite successful, as more and more well-known filmmakers attended.

It is important to make one thing clear: film festivals are events like this.

It depends on whether more or fewer celebrities go.

It's the same all over the world.

It's like why Cannes doesn't feel as good as the Oscars anymore?

Because there are more big stars at the Oscars.

Cannes is clearly inferior, despite the fact that this film festival has always been known as the world's premier film festival.

Right? We all know what's going on.

Looking at the later development of the Golden Deer Awards, more than a decade later, the number of celebrities attending has really increased.

Of course, there was also the support of fellow townsmen. The celebrities from Northeast China treated it as a vacation at home. There were also quite a few from Changchun, such as Sha Yi and his group.

So, this matter was easy to handle, and Ma Xun also gained another 'recognition' through an award, which meant he had even more power in the industry.

Win-win!

However, he immediately made a request.

"In terms of operation, we at Lighting have no problem, but I think we should make a change, which is... an annual event."

As soon as this request was made, the expressions of several leaders from Changchun Film Studio changed.

It sounds simple to hold an event once a year, but in reality... it requires money.

Ma Xun certainly wouldn't pay that money; you should ask your superiors for it.

Anyway, let's stop here for now.

After the leaders left, good heavens, the two of them arrived.

"Boss, you absolutely have to help me!"

"Boss, I'm begging you, please?"

It was Liu Ye and Sha Yi.

They were both actually children of the Changchun Film Studio, especially Liu Ye, who was able to get into the Central Academy of Drama because of this connection.

Changchun Film Studio was originally the largest film company in Asia. Many leaders in Beijing Film Academy came from Changchun Film Studio, not to mention the Central Academy of Drama and Beijing Film Academy.

"They're both like this," Ma Xun laughed.

"Don't worry, we're from the same hometown, it's a must."

Alright, with that said, they left happily.

Suddenly, Ma Xun thought... "Why don't I go home?"

Go on a trip to Northeast China, relax, wouldn't that be a great vacation?

So Ma Xun bought a train ticket back to Northeast China.

That's right, take the train, because you can see the scenery along the way.

He hasn't bought a high-speed rail ticket yet; he specifically chose a slower train.

This was a slow-moving, old-fashioned long-distance bus, so we saw a lot.

This turned out to be quite interesting.

After getting on the bus, I found the most popular spot and discovered a little girl lying on the small table.

Ma Xun didn't bother them. He figured they must be tired from sitting all the way, so he let them rest.

He put his luggage away, and if he sat down... his seat was on the inside, so he would have to reach past the young woman.

We have to wake them up.

"Hey Hey hey."

Go in and we'll feed them.

As it turns out, the young girl was a bit grumpy when she woke up.

"I don't call hello!"

The little girl had rather big eyes, messy hair, and a somewhat sharp tone.

But Ma Xun saw...

Reba?

But what he said was:
"You're not going to tell me your name is Chu Yuxun, are you?"

A currently popular joke.

He left the girl speechless...

(End of this chapter)