Tang An spent the afternoon lying down, basking in the sun on the deck, or lying on the drifting boat and letting it float on the sea.
There are helicopters following you in the sky, so you don't have to worry about drifting far away and getting lost or in danger even if you fall asleep.
It is also unlikely that sharks will appear, and there will be a human-shark battle like in the movie.
They are all busy people all day long, and most of them don't have much energy to play wildly, bask in the sun, or enjoy the wind.
There was a chef, a banquet hall, and a restaurant on the yacht. They had dinner on it. Tang An took a helicopter back to the hotel to prepare for a dinner hosted by the former Prime Minister of Qatar.
He and Ma Yun took a bus to the dock. Although the cooperation talks collapsed, it had no impact on both parties.
It is impossible to start a fight just because we are rivals.
Ah, Tengxun is such a big company, with its business in various industries, and it can be said that its opponents are all over the country. If you treat it coldly just because you are your opponent, then it will be okay.
In the car, while chatting for a while, Tang An mentioned something.
"Director Ma, I heard that you have officially applied to the China Banking Regulatory Commission to establish an online merchant bank?"
"Yes, I have officially applied."
Ma Yun nodded, there was nothing to hide.
Tang An smiled and said, "Added to these four private banks initiated by Tengxun, Junyao, Zhengming, and the four major enterprises in North China, there will be a total of five private banks waiting for approval this year. If they are all successful, what will happen to the financial industry?"
It’s really a huge change.”
"It's not certain whether it can be approved. The higher authorities do not support private banks."
Ma Yun shook his head. In the decades since China was founded, there has been no precedent for private banks. Even if it is an Internet bank, who knows whether it will be approved.
However, Ma Yun was surprised to see Tang An asking about this matter.
"Director Tang, why are you also interested in banks?"
Tang An smiled and said, "This is my first time opening a bank. If possible, of course I would like to learn from Chairman Ma."
Hearing that Tang An also wanted to open a private bank, Ma Yun also laughed secretly.
Even the trillion-dollar entertainment empire is talking about it. With this ambition, it is not surprising that he wants to open a bank.
However, Ma Yun is not afraid that someone will come to seize the market. After all, the future is uncertain and there is no domestic precedent. Unlike foreign countries, the national conditions are different, and everyone is crossing the river by feeling the stones.
Tang An didn't do it on a whim, it was already part of his plan to become a private bank.
Moreover, the Han and Tang dynasties have advantages. The five private banks currently under review are located in Tianjing, Magic City, Ninghang, Wenzhou, and Shenzhen, that is, in order along the eastern coast.
As the capital, Beijing just doesn’t have that.
In the next two years, private banks were established in major provinces and cities such as northern Hunan, southern Hunan, Chongqing, western Sichuan, Anwei, and southern Fujian.
Beijing was slower to move and established a Zhongguancun Bank.
However, there was no giant taking the lead. The major shareholder at the time was UFIDA Network with a market value of less than 50 billion, the second largest shareholder Bishuiyuan Technology had a market value of less than 60 billion, and Guangxian was the third largest shareholder.
In contrast, Tang An is qualified enough to take the lead in establishing a private bank and gain leadership.
Anyway, no one is paying attention at this time, otherwise Zhongguancun Bank would not take the lead on two companies with a market value of 50 to 60 billion.
After all, Meibang, with a market value of more than 8 billion, can become the founder and second largest shareholder of Shanghai Huarui Bank.
The possibility of approval is also very high. All five companies in the first batch have approved it. As the capital, Beijing is probably close to ten.
Banking, finance, film and television, the three can completely achieve business connections.
To build an Internet bank, the most important thing is to have a customer base. Although it is not as good as Tengxun and Ahli, after Nuomi.com defeated Meituan, it has a huge customer base.
What's more, in the film and television industry, the advertising effect of variety shows is stronger than any other industry. Tang An has a natural advantage in this regard.
As for quickly absorbing savings, Tang An also had an idea, and he learned from Fuminbao, which was later launched by the sixth private bank, Fumin Bank, on Jingdong Financial.
However, this Fumin Bank is far from being comparable to the current five. The largest shareholder is a company specializing in small loans. When Fumin Bank was established, its market capitalization was only just over 20 billion yuan, which was not even as high as Guangxian.
Of course, we mainly focus on Internet banking, and our offline business cannot compete with those big banks.
These five Internet banks all suffered losses at the beginning, including Tengxun's Weizhong and Ahli's online merchants. Only the other three banks, which mainly focus on offline business, achieved profits at the beginning of their establishment.
However, Internet banking takes time, and you may be able to make a small profit as a traditional bank, but compared with the investment of 3 to 4 billion, the profit of 10 to 20 million a year is no different, and there is no prospect, and it cannot compete with the big ones.
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Tang An took Ma Yun to learn some scriptures again, but Ma Yun just said a few random words without mentioning any important aspects.
Soon we arrived at the pier, where a four-story ultra-luxury yacht of more than 430 feet was moored here, with the lights on the boat brightly lit.
It is more than 133 meters long, almost three times as long as the boat Tang An rented this afternoon.
At US$250 million, it is still a top-notch yacht in the world.
Russian tycoon Abramovich also owns a luxury yacht worth US$1.1 billion. Together with the US$1 billion private jet, these two travel tools alone cost more than 13 billion yuan.
It is said that Abu's yacht was built to watch the World Cup in South Africa and to prevent encountering pirates on the sea route from Europe to Africa.
It has a series of security measures such as missile defense systems, intruder detectors, and anti-paparazzi systems. His own suite is also specially built to be bulletproof.
However, Abu became an Israeli in the future and changed his nationality.
He made money by plundering Russian oil, non-ferrous metals and other resources. When the Soviet chain collapsed, he took over a lot of state-owned industries and oil companies at less than one-tenth the price. After making a fortune, he no longer considered himself a Russian.
For some time, Wang Jianlin was called China's Abu by the domestic media. However, Wang was very unhappy and expressed his disdain for Abu without hesitation. He felt it was an insult. He and Abu were not on the same level at all.
There were people from all over the world at the dinner party, people we knew and people we didn’t know, just met and said hello.
Yang Sicheng, chairman of the board of directors of Yinghuang, also came and took the initiative to find Tang An.
"Hello, Mr. Tang. I said goodbye to you last time in Xiangjiang. It's been a long time since I last saw you."
"Hello, Director Yang." Tang An nodded slightly.
Nowadays, neither the Emperor nor Yang Shou Cheng is on the same level as Tang An.
The combined market value of several listed companies under Emperor is about 13 billion yuan, which is less than half of Huayi.
Yang Shou Cheng's personal net worth is more than 7 billion yuan, which is less than half of Wang Zhongjun's.
Among the Xiangjiang film and television companies, the one with the highest market value is Orange Sky Golden Harvest, which has exceeded 1 billion, followed by Beigao Group with 900 million, and UniAsia with 600 million. Yinghuang Entertainment Hotel is much higher, but excluding the hotel business, it is about the same as UniAsia.
After all, Xiangjiang is a city, and it is far from comparable to the market in the entire country of China.
The gap is too big, and they are not on the same level. As for his dark forces in Xiangjiang, they cannot be brought to the forefront.
And Tang An didn't want to talk to him, he had nothing to say.
However, Yang Shou Cheng did not show any dissatisfaction with Tang An's indifference and still took the initiative to talk to him.
"Director Tang, I heard that your new movie will be released in the summer. I wish you a great success at the box office."
After Yang Shou Cheng finished speaking, he took the initiative to have a drink.
Without reaching out to hit the smiling man, Tang An also took a sip and waited for him to continue.
After lowering his stance, Yang Shou Cheng explained his intention.
"Dr. Tang, your company has produced more and more film and television dramas and variety shows in the past two years. I wonder if you can give our Yinghuang artists a chance."
Tang An knew what was going on and smiled and said, "Of course I will consider it if there is a suitable role."
Except for those from the older generation of actors in Xiangjiang, basically everyone who comes up is not as good as Baodao actors in the mainland.
However, the development of Xiangjiang artists in the mainland is purely a commercial activity. There are large consortiums in Baodao, and the cultural department is behind the promotion. It is not just a commercial activity.
This kind of scene is not what Yang Shou Cheng wants. Originally, the entertainment industry was not very important to Ying Huang, at least it was not ranked in the top three.
But now it is difficult to succeed in any industry. Zhou Xingchi's previous "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" actually caused the market value of Bigao Group to increase by 60% in two months. Even if it slowly declines, the market value is still nearly one billion.
Let’s look at other mainland film and television companies, which one is dozens of times larger than Yinghuang Entertainment and Asia Media.
However, Yang Shou-cheng did not expect to cooperate with Tang An in just a few words. Today is not ten years ago. Xiangjiang Film and Television Company can no longer look down on mainland film and television companies, but instead demands big mainland companies.
Of course, if you give money to others, someone will definitely reach out to receive it.
Not only Yang Shou-cheng is becoming more and more interested in the film industry, but so is Xiang Huaqiang.
The last time Xiang Huaqiang invested in a movie was "Dragon and Phoenix Store" released in 2010. This time he made a movie again after four years, so he was jealous.
As a former entertainment giant, I would be jealous if I saw the market value of mainland film and television companies ranging from 2 to 3 to 30 to 40 billion.
However, now the mainland entertainment industry has no demand for Xiangjiang. Cheng Long is running companies in the mainland instead of in Xiangjiang.
Even if Xiang Huaqiang wanted to invest, he couldn't find a big company willing to cooperate, so he spent 400 million "money" to make a blockbuster movie, killing two birds with one stone.
Yang Shou Cheng was not like Xiang Huaqiang, but brought up another matter.
"Dr. Tang, I wonder if you are interested in investing in a cinema in Xiangjiang?"
"Oh, what does Mr. Yang mean?"
Tang An glanced at him in surprise. Is this old guy not sick? Going to Xiangjiang to work in a theater chain is no different from throwing money into the sea.
Yang Shou Cheng said, "Director Tang, now the film market in Hong Kong is getting bigger and bigger. Last year, the box office reached 1 billion Hong Kong dollars, and there are currently only 44 cinemas in Hong Kong, most of which are small cinemas. If Director Tang If you are willing to come to Hong Kong to invest in cinemas, such a large market is right in front of you."
Tang An couldn't help but sneer in his heart. Xiangjiang's box office last year was indeed 1 billion Hong Kong dollars. Even in the Mainland, it ranked seventh or eighth among all provinces and cities in the country.
The annual box office of 44 cinemas is HK$1 billion, which is indeed much higher than that in the Mainland. Even excluding the ticket price, the box office of a single theater is still higher than that in the Mainland.
But the cost of the two is hugely different. In the 1970s, the Xiangjiang Land Law stipulated that movie theaters were included as cultural entertainment facilities. Every time there was demolition or land sales, developers were required to allocate land for the construction of movie theaters.
Furthermore, it is stated that there must be 38 cinema seats per 1,000 population, and it cannot be used for other purposes later. If it is converted to other uses, an astonishing land premium will be paid.
However, in the 1980s, changes were made, and cinemas were excluded from entertainment facilities and included in commercial retail facilities.
However, at that time, Hong Kong movies were at their peak. The highest annual box office in the 1990s was HK$1.6 billion, which was half of what it is now.
Nowadays, there are no luxury cinemas like the domestic Wanda Cinema in Xiangjiang. The "mainstream" cinemas no longer have big screens, but are multi-theater and multi-line mini cinemas.
This leads to a strange phenomenon: there are 44 cinemas in Hong Kong, but there are seven or eight cinema lines.
Moreover, the rents in commercial centers with high traffic volume are becoming more and more expensive. An incident occurred in 2012. There was a cinema in Times Square in Hong Kong. The monthly rent at that time was HK$1.1 million and the annual box office was HK$40 million. It was a very prosperous commercial center.
The annual rent is HK$13.2 million, and the box office of HK$40 million is half of it, which is 20 million. Plus the income from drinks and snacks, minus labor, water, electricity, and maintenance costs, there is actually still money to be made.
However, that year, the famous luxury brand LV took over this shop with a sky-high rent of 20 million Hong Kong dollars a month, and the cinema closed down.
20 million a month, a yearly rent of 240 million Hong Kong dollars, and the box office of this cinema is only 40 million Hong Kong dollars a year. Even if the drinks and snacks are sold well, if the box office doubles, it will still lose money.
Given this situation, there is no room for movie theaters to survive in some commercial districts in Hong Kong.
Moreover, many districts do not have cinemas. Sham Shui Po District, Tai Po District and North District do not have a single cinema. Nearly one million residents need to travel across districts to watch movies.
In such a current situation, if you open a movie theater, you are throwing money into the sea.
The rent in the commercial center is too expensive, and the location in the suburbs is not good.
This Yang Shou Cheng really deceives himself as a fool, and Xiangjiang is a place he is unfamiliar with. Even if more than a dozen movie theaters are opened, there will be gangsters who make trouble every day. What will he do? There will be no business.
Many Xiangjiang movie people are not happy to see Tang An. Tang An knows that he would not even dare to let loose a fart in the mainland. If Tang An opens the cinema to Xiangjiang, someone will definitely cause trouble.
By then, even if each cinema has a team of security guards, it won't solve the problem. After all, if you don't beat people every day, it will also affect customers.
Besides, after beating someone, the police came and arrested both parties. The security guard was also arrested. If another group of gangsters comes, who will deal with it?
Tang Anzhi said, "Director Yang, I think you also know the current situation of Xiangjiang Cinemas. The rent of the shops in Xiangjiang is too high. It is impossible to make a profit by opening a cinema. Orange Sky Golden Harvest's six cinemas in Xiangjiang are almost not profitable."
Yang Shou Cheng felt a little embarrassed now. He didn't expect Tang An to know the Xiangjiang market so well.
Originally, I wanted to fool him first and at least let Tang An open a few movie theaters in the suburbs.
As long as Tang An has property in Xiangjiang, he will inevitably need the help of a local snake.
Moreover, his help will be needed to build the cinema, so naturally he can further cooperate with Tang An on film and television projects.
But Tang An immediately pointed out the most critical problem, and Yang Shou Cheng couldn't solve it.
Tang An smiled and said, "If Director Yang can solve the rent and safety issues, it is not impossible to invest in building a cinema in Xiangjiang. I am waiting for good news from Director Yang and will take my leave now."
After saying that, Tang An walked away.
Although it can't be done at the moment, Yang Shou Cheng gave Tang An a warning.
If we build a cinema in Xiangjiang and seize the downturn in the cinema chain market in Xiangjiang and occupy the market in one fell swoop, we can control most of the film industry in Xiangjiang.
Controlling offline terminals, even if the people in Xiangjiang still don’t like mainland movies and are not used to mainland movies.
But it can slowly and subtly change the perceptions of Hong Kong audiences over time.
There is nothing that time cannot change. Enough time can change a person's living habits, let alone movies.
But there are still those two problems. It would be great if cinemas could be classified as entertainment facilities again, and the cost could be reduced a lot.
The government still needs to come forward in this regard. Tang An plans to go find Hua Run, CITIC, and the leaders of the Propaganda Department.
It is still feasible. Similar to Tang An's approach, Li Ruigang's Chinese Culture will invest in Young Lions Company in the next two years. This company has previously acquired 26% of TVB's shares from Shaw Fund. Shaw Fund only holds tvb 3.9% of the shares, the Shao Yifu era ended.
After Li Ruigang's Chinese Culture took over the company, other shareholders of the company immediately sold part of their shares to Chinese Culture, which indirectly holds 26% of the voting shares of TVB and is also the largest shareholder.
Li Ruigang successfully served as deputy chairman of the board of directors of TVB. Zhuxi is still the chairman of Young Lion Company, and Li Ruigang is also a shareholder of Young Lion Group.
And not long after, the chairman of the board of directors of Shaw Brothers Holdings suddenly resigned from the position of chairman of the board of directors due to illness, and Li Ruigang took over.
Later, after the news was announced, the media in Hong Kong shouted that TVB was "dyed red"!
Li Ruigang is China's "godfather of media" and is known as China's Rupert Murdoch.
After completing the integration of Shanghai's cultural and entertainment industries, he withdrew from China Media Group in less than half a year and joined TVB a year later. Only one would believe that this was a normal business move.
It’s just a TVB. It’s nothing to Li Ruigang. It’s not half as good as the Media Group!
Tang An put this matter down for the time being and returned to the capital to talk to the leaders. As long as the cinema can be included in the entertainment industry and the costs can be controlled to an acceptable level, other problems will not be a problem.
As for those who are causing trouble, if Tang An pulls Hua Run, CITIC, and China Merchants into a stake, there will still be people in Xiangjiang who dare to make small moves!
Then why use Yinghuang? In front of these three families, even in Xiangjiang, Yinghuang is the younger brother.
Think about it, if in a few years the Hong Kong audience slowly and subtly accepts mainland movies, then there will be another box office for mainland movies.
Although it is only one city, Xiangjiang's current capacity has reached the top ten of domestic provinces and cities, which is not small.
And this can also be regarded as a cultural influence. In addition, Li Ruigang was able to successfully control TVB and achieve cultural invasion!