Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 365 Liu Yifei, who was too immersed in her role, decided to take Enlight Media public.
"Does Director Gu look down on him?"

Han Sanpin heard Gu Bei's sneer.
He turned to look at Gu Bei and saw Gu Bei staring at Huayi's stock price with a slightly disdainful look on his lips.

"As the only entertainment company among the first batch of companies listed on the ChiNext board, Huayi's stock price increase is quite high compared to other companies."

Gu Bei said calmly, "It's just that Huayi's fundraising situation is not as good as it is now, and the issue price is only set at 22.5 yuan per share."

Compared to institutional investors, individual investors are much more frenzied.

Huayi, as a leading enterprise in the entertainment industry, is a name they hear most often. In its previous life, its 222% increase was the highest among the first batch of companies, making Huayi incredibly popular for a time.

However, the movie "If You Are the One," which was originally supposed to appear in last year's Lunar New Year film season, was replaced by "West Wind".
In addition, Feng Xiaogang's "1942" recently failed at the box office during the National Day holiday.
As a result, Huayi's stock was not as popular as it was in its previous life when it raised funds; the number of institutions participating in the fundraising was significantly less than before the National Day holiday.

"Huayi's fundraising situation is already quite good!"

Han Sanpin looked at Gu Bei with some surprise, "Huayi issued 42 million shares, which is 9.45 million yuan in financing. Even after deducting the issuance expenses, they still have more than 900 million yuan in funds!"

"It's not that much!"

Gu Bei thought for a moment and said calmly, "It shouldn't earn as much as Twilight 2 or The Fault in Our Stars!"

No, my world should have earned over a hundred million dollars this year.
Forget it, I'll stick with League of Legends.

League of Legends earns more than Minecraft, but my share is relatively small. Things should improve after it's introduced to China next year.

Han Sanpin: "..."

He suddenly didn't feel like talking anymore.

Although he didn't quite understand the two games Gu Bei mentioned later.

But he knew how profitable Twilight was.
Even though China Film Group only shared the box office revenue of Twilight 1, it still brought them $1.3 million in box office revenue sharing, which has already exceeded the $9.45 million that Huayi Brothers raised in this IPO!
Going public? What's the point of going public?
Han Sanpin couldn't bring himself to persuade Gu Bei to list Linlang Entertainment on the stock exchange.

Gu Bei, with his connections in Hollywood and the gaming industry, is completely outmatched!
"There aren't many indeed!"

Liu Yifei nodded, expressing her agreement with a serious expression.

The money Huayi raised this time, converted to US dollars, is only a little over one hundred million US dollars.
With this amount of funding, Rose Pictures is currently investing in three projects: Gravity, Twilight 2 and 3, and Frozen.

There's not even a need to calculate the revenue that Rose Pictures brought her.
She had nowhere else to spend her money, so she could only invest the $1.2 million in Facebook.
That's roughly equivalent to all the money Huayi raised this time!
Therefore,
Liu Yifei's words were sincere.

Without any pretense or pretense, I felt it wasn't much.

Han Sanpin: "..."

If Gu Bei had only surprised him a little before, Liu Yifei's reaction made him feel a little vulnerable!
"Chairman Han, you're not trying to persuade me to go public, are you?"

Gu Bei raised his head, his tone slightly mocking, but he was jokingly pointing out Han Sanpin's previous thoughts.

Actually, the moment Han Sanpin specifically mentioned Huayi,
Gu Bei had some vague guesses.
This time, Han Sanpin might be trying to persuade himself to go public.

But as the saying goes, if you're not in Myanmar to sell your company, then what are you going to list on the stock exchange?
not to mention,
Even if it's going public,

The best time hasn't come yet.

Gu Bei placed three major departments under Linlang Entertainment.
Production, distribution, and streaming departments.

Linlang Entertainment's production department may not be the most core department in the future, but it is currently the most profitable department.

Moreover, even if the production department gradually becomes marginalized in the future, it is still the best toy that Gu Bei and Liu Yifei agreed on after retiring at the age of thirty-eight, so it is impossible to send it to the market now.

As for the distribution department, it's still in its infancy, learning step by step from Enlight Media.

Gu Bei knew that internet-based distribution was the future of top-tier distribution companies, and that they would at least wait until online ticketing systems were available and matured before going public.

As for streaming media, it goes without saying that they will only consider going public to raise money once domestic copyright laws are perfected.

Gu Bei didn't want to go public, so he deliberately used a boastful approach to lower Han Sanpin's expectations, so Han Sanpin wouldn't dwell too much on his answer.

"I have indeed thought about it."

You may want to take note of the "Cultural Industry Revitalization Plan" that was just released in the last couple of days. The government is encouraging qualified cultural enterprises to go public in order to grow rapidly and become stronger.

This is the latest plan following the ten major industry revitalization plans released at the beginning of this year.

Han Sanpin nodded, acknowledging his earlier thought, "Actually, China Film Group has always had the idea of ​​going public, and they've been waiting for this document."

So starting next year, I will begin preparing the listing plan for China Film Group.

If you're interested in going public, you could consider it; the country's determination to develop the cultural industry is very firm.

Gu Bei hadn't expected this twist. No wonder Han Sanpin had come to persuade him to go public for no reason; it turned out he wanted to leverage China Film Group's guiding role in the film industry.

After thinking for a moment, he still gave the rejection that Han Sanpin had expected: "Linlang Entertainment has been established for too short a time and is still developing rapidly. It is far from the time when it needs to go public and raise funds."

After a pause,

Gu Bei then changed the subject: "However, Enlight Media does intend to go public. In the next three years, Enlight Media may become the number one private distribution company. I'll help Chairman Han persuade President Wang to go public?"

"You, you!"

Han Sanpin looked at Gu Bei with a mixture of amusement and exasperation, "You're quite confident!"

How could he possibly forget that Gu Bei invested in Enlight Media last year?

Gu Bei's statement that "Enlight Media may become the number one private distribution company in the next three years" is clearly a sign of his confidence that his Linlang Entertainment can keep Enlight Media at the top of the list of private distribution companies.

It sounds like bragging.
But this year, The Message has grossed 500 million plus Perfect World grossed 100 million, and the target has now been achieved.

Next year, Gu Bei will have another film, Gravity, plus the box office of Siege in October and Chen Kaige's Earthquake project, so there is a high probability that he can win the box office again.

Excluding Enlight Media's own films,
Just by publishing for Linlang Entertainment, they can secure the top spot.

Even excluding imported films, China Film Group might not be able to beat Enlight Media.

Pushing Enlight Media to go public can be seen as proof of China Film Group's guiding role in the film industry, which is much better than his expected return empty-handed.

The main reason was his old subordinate Yu Dong, who was determined to list on NASDAQ in North America. Otherwise, pushing Bona to go public would have been a good idea.

He said to Gu Bei, "Enlight Media is a well-established company. Although it has only been in film distribution for a short time, it has achieved remarkable results. Tell Enlight Media to prepare well!"

While chatting and laughing, the two basically finalized the plan for their second listed film company.

As for Wang Changtian's opinion, it's not that it's unimportant, but rather that Wang Changtian naturally wants the company to go public.

Previously, Enlight Media did not accept financing.
It's not that we have too much money, nor that we lack investors.

Wang Changtian simply felt that the valuation offered by the investors was too low.

Now that Huayi Brothers' market value is approaching 10 billion yuan on its first day of listing, the valuation system of the entire entertainment industry will be restructured along with Huayi Brothers' listing.

For the entertainment industry,
Within just 24 hours, everyone was greatly encouraged.

First, yesterday's news broke that the film had grossed over 500 million yuan, signaling that the Chinese film market had entered the 500 million yuan era, and that this era specifically applies to Chinese-language films!

And then today, Huayi went public.
Its market capitalization exceeded 75 billion at the opening.
Its market value once exceeded 10 billion.
The final closing price was 90 billion in market capitalization.

Gu Bei knew that this market value was a heavily discounted value.
The staff at Huayi were also very dissatisfied with the stock price performance; it was definitely going to be much better.
But for everyone in the entertainment industry, both of these things signify that the industry's lucrative prospects are getting bigger and bigger! After entering November,
As an insurmountable peak in the disaster film genre,
Released globally in 2012, it grossed over 100 million yuan in China in just five days, once again revitalizing the Chinese film market.

Some media outlets have already proclaimed: "The Chinese film market is on the verge of explosive growth!"

The Lunar New Year film season at the beginning of this year was very sluggish.

But starting with Transformers 2 breaking 400 million in June...
By September, the national project had exceeded 400 million.

The October news reportedly exceeded 500 million.
Now, November brings another 400 million seeds for 2012.

No one doubts the potential of the Chinese film market!
The outside world was already buzzing with excitement.
But on the set of Gravity, it grew increasingly quiet.

A large part of the plot of Gravity is accomplished by a single person.
The contrast between a lonely soul and the vast universe is precisely the source of the immense emotional tension in the story of Gravity.

As the filming of Gravity goes deeper,

The frequency with which Liu Yifei communicated with the crew members also decreased dramatically.

Gu Bei saw this and couldn't help but feel anxious.

If we only consider the director of Gravity...
At this point, he should actually be happy.
This means that Liu Yifei has already gotten into character.
Life imitates art, and art imitates life.
The two have become closely integrated.

In the audition for Gravity

What he valued most was the intense sense of loneliness in Liu Yifei.

But Gu Bei wasn't happy at all right now.

The work itself is important, but there's no need to get so caught up in it!

Especially since Liu Yifei had a criminal record in her previous life.

After being stalked by paparazzi for a year, I realized that all I did every day was take out the trash and stay home alone.

This is exactly the same situation as the female protagonist in Gravity, who is isolated from the whole society!

"Good morning, Aunt Liu!"

Gu Bei greeted Liu Xiaoli, who hadn't been on set for a few days.

"Gu Bei, didn't you guys start filming this morning?"

Liu Xiaoli responded with a smile.

"There's been a small problem, the lighting crew is busy right now, so we probably won't be able to film this morning!"

Gu Bei took the things Liu Xiaoli was carrying from her hands. When he took them, he felt they were a little heavy: "What is this? It's so heavy?"

"Sisi's father asked someone to bring back a few books from Paris."

"Oh, it's a book!"

Gu Bei understood; no wonder it was so heavy.

After a pause,

Gu Bei asked Liu Xiaoli, "Aunt Liu, have you noticed that Qianqian has been unusually quiet lately?"

"Sisi has been exceptionally well-behaved since she was little."
Although many children like her and enjoy playing with her, she has always preferred to be alone since she was little, and that's when she developed her reading habit.

I remember back then, Jiangcheng was prone to flooding every year, and she could still stay home reading to pass the time, without needing the adults to worry about her at all.

Liu Xiaoli smiled as she walked down the corridor with Gu Bei, telling him stories about Liu Yifei's childhood.

Finally, she turned back and gave Gu Bei a special look: "Actually, after she got together with you, she became much more cheerful, and she started doing many things that she wouldn't have done before."

Is that so?
Gu Bei was somewhat surprised to hear this.

However, upon closer examination, before the Three Gorges Dam was built, Jiangcheng was called Jiangcheng because in the summer, Jiangcheng itself turned into a large river.

He also pictured Liu Yifei, like a little princess, holding a book and half-lying on the sofa reading in the dim light.

If Liu Xiaoli hadn't brought it up, he really wouldn't have been able to imagine such a scene.

at this time,

The two had already reached the door of the lounge.
Liu Xiaoli turned to look at Gu Bei: "Do you think Qianqian's been acting strange lately?"

"A little bit."

Gu Bei nodded. "I just think she might be getting too caught up in her role lately."

If you get caught up in it, that wouldn't be good!

"Hmm, that makes sense."

Liu Xiaoli nodded after hearing this.

"right!"

Gu Bei also breathed a sigh of relief.

It's good that Liu Xiaoli noticed this.

The reason he didn't discuss this issue with Liu Yifei himself was...
It's because even though the two of them have many similarities...

But at least when it comes to art, the two men have completely opposite attitudes.

Gu Bei doesn't pursue perfection like other directors when it comes to movies. Instead, he focuses on the cost-effectiveness of input and output, carrying some of his previous project management habits.

Doing it quickly and well is far more in line with Gu Bei's wishes than adding a touch of perfection.

Liu Yifei, on the other hand, is the complete opposite of Gu Bei.
She might be a bit pretentious normally, but when she does something, she chooses to do it to the extreme.

To achieve even one more degree of perfection, one can put in ten times the effort.

Gu Bei hadn't even considered trying to persuade Liu Yifei about these ideological matters.

With Liu Xiaoli keeping an eye on things, there shouldn't be any problems... right?

"Da da da!"

After listening to Gu Bei's words, Liu Xiaoli

She smiled and knocked on the lounge door a few times, then waved to Gu Bei and left gracefully, leaving only the words: "Take this book to Qianqian for me, you two have a good chat!"

"what?"

Gu Bei was bewildered by a gust of wind.

Is this still his dignified mother-in-law?

(End of this chapter)