1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 379 Sister Nan's Ten Thousand Yuan
"The stock market has been rising so fast recently!"

"Yes! The capital I invested previously has been recovered recently. At this rate, it might double next month."

"I was in a terrible situation. I had to sell my money when it was half gone. I don't know if I'll have a chance to get back in now."

"If you are stupid, you will lose money if you sell at a loss. It is common sense to cover your position at a low point!"

"I think there's still money to be made if we enter the market now. Several blue-chip stocks have been rising rapidly recently. I heard that Li Ka-shing has raised tens of billions of dollars to make a big move. We can still fill our stomachs by just following behind and enjoying the benefits..."

Near the end of the month.

Another gust of siren wind blew across the Hong Kong River.

Zhai Yuan travels back and forth between 91 Entertainment and 91 Culture.

During this period, you can often hear employees gathering at their workstations, excitedly sharing how much they have earned, and then urging their hesitant friends to hurry in and make money.

It is not easy to remain calm in a bull market.

Even the usually calm Shi Nansheng was a little tempted. When he entered the office to report on his work, he took the initiative to mention the stock market.

"Mr. Zhai, 'Hiroshima Monster' has officially concluded in Japan. Here is the detailed report."

Handing a market document to Zhai Yuan, Shi Nansheng asked excitedly, "Have you been paying attention to the recent stock index?"

Zhai Yuan looked through the materials in his hand and replied with a smile: "From the look on Sister Nan's face, I know you've made money. Remember to treat us when we're done."

Shi Nansheng smiled and said no problem, and stopped disturbing Zhai Yuan from looking at the data.

"Hiroshima Monster" was released simultaneously in more than 200 theaters in Japan, with a larger number of screenings than the previous film "Lost in Translation".

When people in later generations mention Chinese-language films, they always claim that they were released worldwide, but in reality they only booked a dozen screens in each country for future publicity and promotion.

However, even with more than a dozen screens, tickets cannot be fully sold out, so it is common for Chinese films to be critically and commercially successful in their home countries, but to perform poorly at the box office when they are exported.

But "Hiroshima Monster" was successfully released overseas in more than 200 theaters, with an average of more than 600 screens.

"The production cost was nearly HK$60 million, and the publicity and promotion were top-notch in East Asia, but it doesn't seem like they made that much money."

After picking out the key points and reading the box office data, Zhai Yuan flicked the report in his hand, raised his face and smiled at Shi Nansheng.

"Hiroshima Monster" was indeed a box office hit in Japan. The sensitive subject matter, coupled with the combination of on-location shooting and special effects, has the potential to become a phenomenal film in recent years.

It earned 9000 million yen on the premiere day, and then it kept increasing instead of decreasing. It took about 40 days for the film to be completely taken offline.

The final box office totaled nearly 41 billion yen.

In the film market where release date is king, this movie had the worst release date, but it was better than the Western film "Top Gun" which was released during the Japanese New Year holiday last year.

The box office revenue was 2 million yen higher than the other party.

Compared with "Hachiko: A Dog's Tale" which was released in Japan during the summer, its box office revenue doubled.

At the current exchange rate, 41 billion yen is equivalent to about 2 million Hong Kong dollars.

Thanks to the reputation accumulated by movies such as "A Better Tomorrow" and "Lost in Translation".

The brand of the company Jiuyi Entertainment has gained some fame among Japanese cinema chains, and this time the share has been increased to 30%.

So all in all for the entire movie, the company's account booked a total of HK$6800 million.

"6800 million is not enough? Boss, you are in the movie business, not real estate!"

Shi Nansheng was frustrated by his boss's nonchalant attitude. Making a special effects blockbuster at this time was a high-risk, low-return affair, and he had to thank the gods if he could recover his costs.

Zhai Yuan smiled and said, "I've seen a lot of money with your boss~"

Shi Nansheng's breath caught in his throat when he heard this.

If you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with it. Boss Zhai had previously made the news for sniping the Japanese yen in the stock market and making 2 billion, and was even on the Forbes list.

Thinking of this, Shi Nansheng raised his lips and changed to a courteous attitude: "Mr. Zhai, although we are superiors and subordinates, we are also good friends. The stock market is so crazy this time. Can you give me some advice?"

Zhai Yuan asked: "Did you invest a lot of money in it?"

"Just for fun. Last month a friend advised me to give it a try. I don't even know how to open an account."

Shi Nansheng felt he was behind the times and smiled, shaking his head. "But I still bought 10,000 yuan later. How could I have known that my stockbroker told me today that 10,000 yuan has become 20,000 yuan? Wow, it's really like a money-printing machine. If I had invested everything back then, wouldn't it have doubled by now?"

Zhai Yuan glanced at her and thought to himself, your mentality is very dangerous!
To be honest, Zhai Yuan didn't have a deep understanding of the stock market. After all, it was very tiring to keep an eye on the market and listen to all kinds of news every day.

But he has seen "Comrades: Almost a Love Story", "Big Times", and even the American TV series "Black Monday".

All of these reflect a very famous global stock market crash in history.

Black Monday 1987.

Zhai Yuan couldn't remember the exact Monday of that month.

However, there is a sign of the direction, which is when Li Ka-shing suddenly announced that his group will carry out the largest fundraising plan in history.

Not long after Li Ka-shing raised 10 billion Hong Kong dollars, the stock market crash came.

Therefore, after the stock market crash, Li Chaoren was not only unscathed, but his personal wealth even increased to a higher level, becoming an enduring and extraordinary case in financial analysis.

"Sister Nan, I think mahjong is more suitable for you."

Zhai Yuan collected his thoughts and offered sincere advice, "Those ordinary people out there who take the bus to work at nine o'clock every day, earn a few thousand yuan a month, save their money and play the stock market, hoping to get rich overnight, but they are also the ones who jump off buildings the most. They have no idea who the real winners are. Even so, these stock investors who jumped off buildings were already experienced enough in their lifetime. You don't even know how to open an account, and you foolishly barge in hoping to pick up money? Buy the Mark Six lottery, at least you won't lose too much money."

"That's right. If everyone can really make money, where does the money come from?"

Shi Nansheng nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Zhai Yuan and smiled, "But I heard the price is still rising strongly. I'll sell it when I have more of this 20,000 yuan." "Whatever. A few tens of thousands of yuan has you so worried about gains and losses. I guess I shouldn't have reminded you. I should have waited until you lost everything before signing a new, lower-priced indenture with the company."

Zhai Yuan said, pointing to the employees outside and grinning: "Just like those gamblers outside."

"Wow, you are so vicious!" Shi Nansheng rolled his eyes at him: "Maybe I can become a female stock god in a minute, turn around and acquire the company to be your boss."

Zhai Yuan curled his lips and said, "Then you have to work harder, female stock god. If you are short of capital, I don't mind buying back the shares of the new visual effects company held by you and Lao Xu, and offering you a high price to enter the stock market."

Shi Nansheng snorted and walked out. "Let's go! I have a few movies waiting for me to schedule. 'Hiroshima Monster' is doing so well this time, it's sure to beat all those flops at the New Treasure Cinema line during the Lunar New Year holiday!"

Out of the office.

Shi Nansheng glanced at the employees around him who were still discussing stocks.

The employees who were caught in her gaze all smiled awkwardly and returned to their workstations, posing as if they were working seriously.

Shi Nansheng would not scold his employees for such a small matter. After all, in a film and television company, they have plenty of free time when they are not working.

Just thinking about what Zhai Yuan said about her being "worried about gains and losses", Shi Nansheng felt that it made sense.

Ever since I invested 10,000 yuan, I have been unconsciously distracted by thinking about this matter. I don’t care about losing money, but I often regret buying too little.

"This kind of capital game is not suitable for me. Why not call Qingxia and the others to play a few rounds of mahjong to satisfy my craving?"

Shi Nansheng walked back to his office, took out his phone and called his stock broker: "Hello, Mr. Zhang, please help me sell the stocks I have. I don't want to play anymore..."

…………

On October 10, the Hang Seng Index of the Hong Kong stock market soared to an all-time high.

3950 points.

Bullish.

It is a great time to sell shares and raise funds.

The new shares issued by Li Chaoren's Cheung Kong Group were announced to be underwritten by five securities brokerage companies and sold to the public.

Driven by the confidence of raising tens of billions of funds, new shares have been rising since they were issued.

Zhai Yuan was really jealous.

But there is no way!

"Mr. Zhai, you want to merge 91 Entertainment and 91 Culture to form a listed company of 91 Entertainment. We have submitted the application, but the various assessment and approval procedures are so messy that we won't receive any news until at least the new year."

Shen Wei's legal department has also been busy recently.

After the case against Hong Xinbao for infringement of "Mr. Zombie", the two parties finally reached an out-of-court settlement.

Then came the murder of Li Zhiying and the lawsuit over newspaper shares.

Now Zhai Yuan has instructed him to try to submit an application for listing.

Jiuyi Entertainment Group.

It integrated the two companies, Jiuyi Entertainment and Jiuyi Culture, and also established a record company, a comics company, and a publishing company with the names starting with Jiuyi...

The record, comics, and publishing businesses were mostly empty shells, but they were all crammed in at once in order to provide detailed listing documents to the exchange and boost the confidence of future shareholders.

Therefore, the company's relatively stable profitability and market share still come from its film and newspaper businesses.

Taken together, the scale already meets the equity requirements for listing.

The balance sheet is zero.

Among all the companies applying for listing, Zhai Yuan is a rare boss with zero debt, but this is also because his scale has not yet been expanded. Even a strong group like Li Jiacheng has always believed that cash is king, and its debt ratio is still around 10% at this time.

Finally, there is the company’s equity structure.

Xu Qi and Shi Nansheng each diluted their equity through their new visual effects company, and their combined shareholding was only 3%.

Zou Wenhuai is also a shareholder of New Vision. He initially invested 20 million yuan to acquire a % stake. Now that he knows that Zhai Yuan plans to merge the business and go public, Boss Zou has sensibly withdrawn his shares and left with the money. His only request is to continue cooperating with the special effects company in the future.

Lei Juekun held a 1024% stake in 15 Cinemas. Zhai Yuan promised him that peace was the most important thing and he chose to stay between leaving and staying. His shareholding was diluted to only 7%.

He Shizhu, another major shareholder of the "September 20st Daily", held 7% of the shares, but now only has %, which is the same as Boss Lei.

Zhai Yuan holds 83%.

If the company wants to go public, it will inevitably have to find an underwriter to assist it in issuing stocks, setting the issue price and a series of tedious tasks.

But now is clearly not the time.

Zhai Yuan asked Shen Wei: "Do we have to wait until after the new year to go public?"

Shen Wei thought for a moment and said, "If the formalities are reviewed and approved without any problems, it will be November or December at the earliest."

Zhai Yuan immediately shook his head and said, "Let's wait and see after the New Year."

Unless it goes public in the next few days, some people can take advantage of Li Ka-shing's stock sales to raise funds and make a short-term profit.

Otherwise, if it was delayed for a month or two, the company would encounter a historic global stock market crash right after it went public. Zhai Yuan didn’t dare to imagine how disastrous the outcome would be.

However, although I can't take advantage of Brother Jiacheng's momentum, I can still do some operations during this period of the stock market crash.

Zhai Yuan stroked the stubble on his lips and thought: The stock market crash is coming and hot money is entering the market, which stock should I target?

(End of this chapter)