On January 7, just after New Year's Day, Tang An took a plane to Shenzhen in the early morning.
The plane took off at 11:15 from Binhai International Airport to the Baoan Airport on the seaside of Shenzhen.
It took a 6-hour flight and arrived on time at around 5 am.
There was already someone waiting at the airport pick-up port, and Huayi sent a Sprinter to pick him up.
"Mr. Tang, you haven't eaten yet. This is the breakfast you just bought. It's still hot. Why don't you eat some first?"
Tang An nodded and took off his coat. It was much warmer in Shenzhen than in Tianjing.
"When does the ceremony start?"
"This is the first GEM listing, and there are 28 listed companies. The ceremony is a bit long, starting at 7:40."
"Okay, if you have anything to say, read it to me and I'll take a moment."
After a 6-hour flight, although you can sleep flat in business class, it is not as comfortable as sleeping on a bed.
Tang An put down his chair and listened to the entire ceremony while lying down.
It is similar to the general listing process, but this is the first time it is listed on the GEM, and the China Securities Regulatory Commission still attaches great importance to it.
GEM, also known as the second board market, is also called the second stock trading market.
Compared with the main board market, the threshold is lower and it is generally prepared for entrepreneurial companies, small and medium-sized enterprises and high-tech companies with potential to need financing.
Huayi is relatively big in the film and television industry, but in the entire business world, it actually doesn't count.
However, it is similar to the previous Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu, and Xinlang. At that time, they were just Xiaoxiami, but they got the first piece of cake in the Internet industry, and it was also the largest piece.
Now let’s see how big the cake is in the film and television industry.
It is definitely not qualified to be listed on the main board and can only be listed on the secondary market. However, if you are qualified in the future, you can still be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange or even the New York Stock Exchange.
There are many securities trading markets around the world, and domestic companies generally have only five choices.
Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Shanghai Stock Exchange, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, and New York Stock Exchange.
The Shanghai Stock Exchange is generally the choice of large and medium-sized enterprises, state-owned enterprises, and industries, while the Shenzhen Stock Exchange is the first choice for small and medium-sized enterprises to list.
Film and television cultural companies are generally listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. After Huayi, Guangxian, Huati, Layshi, and Tangde were also listed on the GEM of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
Further down is the New Third Board. Small and medium-sized enterprises such as Mahua Team and Hairun Film and Television are listed on the New Third Board. Strictly speaking, they are not listed companies.
One is listed, and the other is listed. The former circulates stocks, while the latter circulates securities.
As the leader of domestic private companies, Bernard was so awesome that it was directly listed on Nasdaq and became the only U.S. stock in the film and television culture industry in China.
What companies are listed on the US stock market?
They are either Xinlang, Baidu, Jingdong, Alibaba and other promising emerging Internet companies, or they are large groups such as technology, energy, biology, communications and petroleum.
However, Yu Dong's ambition hurt him. Bernard was not favored in the US stock market, and it fell below the issue price at the opening.
In 6 years, only more than 90 million US dollars were raised, and the market value increased from 660 million US dollars to 880 million US dollars.
What is more than 90 million US dollars enough for? Not to mention that Bernard also wants to build a movie theater.
The company needs funds to develop, and Huayi raised 1.2 billion yuan on the day it went public.
You can win back anything you lose, except time, which you can never get back.
In 6 years, Huayi and Guangxian have raised enough billions to make movies, stabilize and expand publicity and distribution channels.
When Yu Dong delisted from Nasdaq and prepared to be listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, it was already too late and he missed the golden age of the development of Chinese film and television companies.
Hua Yi, Guang Xian, and Hua Chi finished eating the first piece of cake, leaving only a pile of residue from the rest.
Will other companies of the same scale develop after Alibaba, Baidu, JD.com, and Tengxun?
Huayi went public this year, and next year Wang Changtian and Yu Dong will be unable to sit still.
The next five years will be a period of rapid development for the film and television culture industry. It depends on who can catch up and who falls behind.
I don't know if I can catch up.
Set a small goal first: after winning Poly Culture, it will be listed in three years and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in five years.
If you don’t even like NASDAQ, go to the New York Stock Exchange!
Although it is difficult, people must have some goals.
The road conditions were good early in the morning, and we arrived at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel near the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in about 40 minutes. All Huayi executives and available actors were here.
"Director Wang, everyone, I'm not too late."
"Thank you, Mr. Tang, for your hard work. Yesterday, we filmed all day and took a flight all night." Wang Zhongjun held Tang An's hand cordially.
"It's nothing. I slept on the plane all night."
Not only people from Huayi came, but Yu Dong and Wang Changtian also came, and even Han Sanping, who was filming "The Founding of the People's Republic of China", also arrived.
There were also several major shareholders of Huayi, Jack Ma was present in person, the director of the Optoelectronic Film Bureau, and a deputy district chief in charge of Chaoyang District in Beijing.
For this to be the first listed film and television company in China, this is quite a battle.
Tang An greeted the two leaders one by one, showed his face, and turned to look for Yu Dong.
"Under the Red Cliff" is officially released today, and "If You Are the One" took advantage of the New Year's Day holiday to break through the 300 million mark yesterday, which took 19 days, faster than "Now You See Me".
I don't know how much box office "Under the Red Cliff" will get compared to "If You Are the One", which still has some leftover power.
In half a month's time, "People on the Road" will be released, and Tang An went to Yu Dong to confirm the publicity matters.
"Don't worry, Mr. Tang, every penny of your 5 million publicity fee will be paid for, and you won't waste a penny." Yu Dong laughed.
"Then it's troublesome for Dong. During the Spring Festival, there are two movies, "Family Happy Events 2009" and "The Dragon and the Phoenix", both of which are strong competitors."
At this time, Wang Changtian on the side came over and said with a smile, "Mr. Tang, if you don't mind, I will be happy to help promote it. At the same price, the effect of our Guangxian is definitely better than that of Bernard."
Yu Dong is not happy now. Although Wang Changtian is telling the truth, Guangxian has cooperated with more than 300 TV stations across the country. The four major portals and some media in the industry have deep friendships. In terms of publicity ability, they are among the three major companies.
Definitely the strongest.
But you can’t give in no matter what.
"Let's just forget what Director Wang said. The total box office of the movies released by Guangxian last year seemed to be less than 100 million."
Wang Changtian didn't take it seriously and said with a smile, "That's because I haven't come across any good movies. Next time Mr. Tang has any good projects, you might as well count me in."
The huge hit of "Painted Skin" proved Tang An's vision. No one wants to work with him, and Wang Changtian is no exception.
After chatting for a while, the time was almost up, and everyone followed Han Sanping, the three leaders of Optoelectronics and the government by car to the listing ceremony hall on the third floor of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
There are no more than 30 guests from each company. Except for Huayi's executives and Yu Dong, the others can only wait below.
Listing is a relatively serious occasion, there will be no chaos and everything will be in order.
Everyone wore formal attire, a corsage, and a big red scarf.
First, government leaders from all 28 companies spoke one by one.
Then each listed company sends a senior executive to speak on stage, and a representative from the sponsoring agency speaks.
Finally, the leaders of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and a deputy mayor of Shenzhen Town delivered speeches.
At 9:25, with 5 minutes left before the market opened, local government leaders and company chairmen of 28 listed companies gathered on the stage to ring the opening bell.
The market opened on time at 9:30, and a large screen in front began to display the stock price trends of these 28 companies.
Everyone was staring at those lines nervously, and every fluctuation affected the hearts of dozens of people.
Tang An glanced at Wang Zhongjun, Wang Zhonglei, Han Sanping, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian and others beside him. They were all similar.
It's heartbreaking.
Although only Huayi is listed, this is related to the prospects of the domestic film and television industry and whether people have confidence in the film and television industry.
Tang An looked at all this indifferently, with only the bell in his eyes.
When can I become the bell ringer?
Not just the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, go to New York, go to Wall Street, go to the New York Stock Exchange, and announce to the world that Tang An is here.