After resting one night in the hotel, Tang An went to the Shanghai Stock Exchange next door early the next morning.
The ceremony was ready at 8:30, and officially started at 8:40, with all guests seated.
As the first company in the theater chain, backed by Wanda, it may become the first film and television company with a market value of 100 billion, and the ceremony was also lively, with song performances.
At 9:05, the host came on stage and introduced the guests present, and then Jiang Defu came on stage to deliver a speech.
Then Deputy Secretary of the Shanghai Stock Exchange Dang Wei gave a speech, Lao Wang and the Shanghai Stock Exchange signed a listing agreement, and both parties exchanged gifts.
A series of procedures are carried out in sequence, and it is only a few minutes away from the gong going on the market.
Tang An and the CEOs of several major giants were sitting in the audience, waiting for the smooth listing of the first shares of the theater chain.
Tang An glanced at the neatly organized tycoons next to him, tilted his head slightly, and smiled at the two brothers Wang Zhongjun and said, "How come you two have free time to come here this time? Is there nothing going on in the company?"
"I happened to have time, so I came over."
Wang Zhongjun chuckled, "And Wanda Film's market value may exceed that of Huayi. I'm also nervous."
Tang An smiled and said, "Don't worry too much, Director Wang. Judging from the issue price, even if it rises to the limit, it will not reach a market value of 80 billion. It depends on what happens next."
The most valuable thing about Wanda Movies is the theater chain. They are all directly operated theaters with first-class facilities and equipment. They are extremely popular, have high ticket prices and low venue rents. They are unicorns that Wanda has fed with trillions of real estate.
Wanda Film and Television has only been established for a short period of time, and it has only been able to produce successful films in the past one or two years, thanks to the Wanda brand.
But even so, unless investors go crazy, there is basically no hope of a market value of 100 billion.
Wang Zhonglei, who was one seat away, interjected, "It's a pity that the theater chain owned by Tang Director was not listed until the end of the year. If it had been a year earlier, the first name of this theater chain would have been Han and Tang Cinemas."
Tang An shook his head, "There are so many what-ifs. What ifs, Jinyi Pearl River would have been the number one stock in the theater chain two months ago."
"Yes, no one can predict what will happen in the future." Wang Zhonglei nodded and smiled inexplicably.
Jinyi Zhujiang was supposed to be listed on the market in June, but at the last moment of review, it was blocked by a certain department of a certain city.
In the previous prospectus of Jinyi Zhujiang, it was shown that in 2011, a certain department in Jiang City was the fifth largest group ticket purchasing customer of Jinyi Zhujiang Cinema, with an annual consumption of 960,000.
Nothing happened when the prospectus came out, but at the end of last year, three years later and a few days before the listing was to be approved, the matter was reported by the media.
At that time, a local department had 75 employees, which meant that each person spent more than 10,000 yuan a year to watch movies.
Netizens like to watch this kind of thing the most. For a while, the local section became the "xxx who loves to watch movies" among netizens.
Then, of course, they claimed that the amount was wrong and sent a lawyer's letter to Jinyi Zhujiang, asking for clarification and an apology.
Jinyi Zhujiang also issued a statement, saying that all units including their department and related department systems will consume throughout the year.
Of course the other party doesn't admit it. They watch nearly a million movies a year. So what do the public think and what do the higher authorities think?
So the film consumption situation in the past 11 years was disclosed, and a total of four educational and popular science films were organized, with a total cost of 13,000 yuan.
Jinyi Zhujiang could not provide relevant contracts or receipts to prove it.
So on the same day, the listing of Jinyi Zhujiang was canceled, but Wanda Film was officially approved.
Jinyi Zhujiang wanted to fight for time and get listed before Wanda, but it didn't expect such an unexpected event.
The box office data of more than 900,000 yuan is a drop in the bucket for the top ten theater chains in China. A small amount will have no impact at all. Once it has no meaning, there is no need to spend money.
As for whether a certain department and Jinyi Zhujiang settled the account through other means without following the procedures, then only they both know.
It would be reasonable to say that this amount of money went through other channels. After all, with nearly one million movie-going expenses a year, rumors are bound to spread.
In 2014, the anti-corruption campaign was at its strongest, and everyone was at risk.
Only the two parties may know what happened, but it is a fact that Jinyi Zhujiang's listing has been stranded.
You still have to be careful when dealing with the government, make it as formal as possible, and do as little tricks in private, otherwise you won't be able to reason with him if you are sold.
At 9:05, the gong was sounded on time, announcing that Wanda Movies was officially launched.
There are some differences between the previous domestic stock exchanges. The Shenzhen Stock Exchange rings the bell, while the Shanghai Stock Exchange actually sounds the gong.
Just like when Huayi went public, countless stockholders and investors stayed in front of their computers, and stocks were robbed as soon as the market opened.
With Wanda’s brand name, success in listing is inevitable.
Just like ordinary people buying houses, they will grab houses from big developers even if they are slightly more expensive, while houses from unknown small developers will be sold slowly.
No, the stock price rose steadily as soon as it was listed, and it wasn't long before it was locked on the daily limit board with an increase of 498. The market value was as high as 71 billion, second only to Huayi, which was in its early 80 billion.
It will hit the daily limit as soon as it is listed. If it hits the daily limit four times in a row in the next four days, it will break the 100 billion mark.
How crazy!
Originally, Tang An thought he would have to wait for at least another half hour, but he didn't expect that the price would hit the daily limit as soon as it was listed. According to this trend, maybe four daily limits would break the 100 billion mark.
But think about what the stock market is like. Someone named the top ten domestic stocks last year, distributed in ten industries, and each stock can scare people.
Huayi is one of the sacred stocks, with a market value of tens of billions to now, which is higher than that of Lions and DreamWorks combined.
There is also Boss Jia’s Lay’s. At present, the market value of Youku and Tudou is only close to 4 billion US dollars. However, Lay’s has exceeded the 10 billion US dollars mark early by relying on businesses such as smartphones, super TVs, and super cars.
Lay's mobile phones are not selling well, TVs are selling very well, and cars haven't been developed yet.
Can you achieve a market value of tens of billions of dollars by selling TVs?
It’s not just that Boss Jia has a mouth, you can only brag and deceive, and the money is just a bunch of numbers.
Wanda is also bragging. It has repeatedly released rumors that it is negotiating acquisitions with Lions, intends to take a stake in MGM, and has also threatened to control the global 20-theater market.
It wants to acquire Hollywood giants and a leading second-tier studio, and also controls 20 theater chains around the world.
What is the concept of 20 theater chains in the world?
Go to heaven!
Anyway, there is no tax on bragging, and investors do not need to believe it.
After attending the listing ceremony, there was another banquet. This time many large local companies from the Magic City came.
At the banquet, Tang An casually chatted with Yu Dong and Wang Changtian. This time, several of their giants, China Film, and Lay's, the boss of a second-tier film and television company, all gathered together. Even the second-in-command came. It was definitely not a coincidence.
"It seems like there's something going on."
After the banquet, on the way to Zhangjiang Science and Technology Park for Han and Tang Literature, Tang An sighed slightly.
Yang Mi, who was staring at the stock market on his tablet next to him, was a little confused and said, "Ah, Brother An, what's wrong? What happened?"
Tang An smiled and shook his head, "Nothing, you bought Wanda's shares?"
"Yeah, I'll let someone grab some of it and pay attention to Wanda's situation."
Yang Mi said with some excitement, "Brother An, the stock market is much more profitable than making movies and TV. It hit the daily limit on the first day, with an increase of close to 44, which is tens of billions in one day."
It’s hard to start a small company and work hard for several years to achieve a valuation of 2 to 3 billion. It’s really incomparable to someone else’s valuation that skyrockets to tens of billions when it goes public.
Tang An said, "This kind of barbaric growth will not last long. When the market gets bigger and bigger, the higher authorities will definitely start to introduce a series of policies to guide the development of the industry."
The country has been doing this for many years.
In the beginning, in order to allow an industry to develop as much as possible, no restrictions were imposed. When the industry initially matured, regulations began to be implemented.
In the next year, the capital securitization of film and television companies will begin to get bumpy. Tang De's acquisition of Aimeishen, Baofeng Technology's acquisition of Straw Bear Pictures all ended in failure, and Zhao Wei's leveraged acquisition of Wanjia Culture was stopped.
The way to make hot money through capital operations in film and television projects was completely blocked, and capital began to flee.
Although you can still make money by completing a film and television project, for many capitals, the income from the project itself is far from enough, not to mention the risks.
What they need is a project, or even a star, to gain greater benefits through capital operations.
It can be said that today's Internet capital has a greater appetite than the coal bosses back then.
Although it allowed people in the industry to make a lot of money, it was detrimental to the entire industry in the long run, and the state began to intervene.
After controlling capital, it is time to control content. Policies are getting tighter, strictly controlling idol development, parent-child variety shows, and regulating and planning the total amount, subject matter and origin of overseas audio-visual programs.
It also limits artists’ salaries, investigates those responsible for tax evasion, tightens the management of online audio-visual programs, unifies standards for video websites and TV stations, and establishes a single ruler online and offline.
Various factors also caused the subsequent industry winter.
Generally speaking, it was good and did not have much impact on the Han and Tang Dynasties.
Tang An came to Hantang Literature and met with the management. The main thing was to go public next year, not the company itself.
While Tang An was having a meeting at Han and Tang Literature, Jiang Defu, Wang Zhongjun, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, Fan Luyuan, Ren Yuse, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Ping were also meeting in the large conference room of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
After half a month of communication, the eight major companies, China Film, Huayi, Bernard, Guangxian, Wanda, Ahli, Tengxun, and Lay's, have reached an agreement, and the general cooperation has been discussed.
As the initiator himself, Fan Luyuan should lead this cooperation, but in the film and television industry, Li Pictures does not have the qualifications.
Due to China Film's status, Huayi was originally suitable to take the lead.
However, Wanda Movies is now on the market, and it is certain that its market value will exceed that of Huayi in a day or two. In addition, Wanda Movies is backed by the entire Wanda Group, so it has sufficient weight.
The cooperation plan has been determined through many consultations before, and this time the contract was signed directly.
Involving eight major companies, there will be more than ten heavyweight film projects in the next two years.
Every major project involves cross-collaboration between four or five companies to maximize the sharing of resources between them.
The eight major companies control more than half of the domestic theater chains, nearly 60% of the online ticket purchase share, the strongest publicity and marketing resources, and the best production team. If there were no Han and Tang Dynasties, these eight major companies could completely represent the entire film industry.
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As investment, transfer, issuance, and marketing contracts were signed one by one, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and their eyes were filled with uncontrollable excitement.
The Han and Tang Dynasties were powerful enough that their seven major companies joined forces and temporarily put aside their past grudges.
Even Wang Changtian and Zhang Zhao sat together and talked and laughed, and Han Sanping's old subordinates Jiang Defu and Kang Pei were able to join forces, even though Kang Pei was behind his departure from China Film Marketing Company.
No one is excited. Tang An rejected Zhang Zhao's cooperation. Zhang Zhao is now eager to see Tang An defeated and the Han and Tang Dynasties weakened in the face of their encirclement and suppression...
Wang Zhongjun has been waiting for six years. In 2009, Tang An took away a top producer, a big agent, and a popular first-line movie star from Huayi.
Two of the three most important people in the entire Huayi film and television production business left, leaving only Feng Xiaogang. Since then, except for Feng Xiaogang and Tsui Hark's movies, none of them has achieved any decent results, so he has changed his focus
Put it on live entertainment.
It can be said that Tang An succeeded step by step by stepping on Hua Yi, but he couldn't do anything about him. Every time they met, he would act as if nothing had happened and talk happily.
This time the eight major companies cooperated, Wang Zhongjun had absolute confidence that they could bite a big piece of meat from the Han and Tang Dynasties.
He has even begun to think about how he, as a successful person, should face Tang An when the time comes.
Fan Luyuan and Wang Zhongjun are similar, but Yu Dong and Wang Changtian don't have so many ideas. They have no grudges and even have friendship with Tang An.
It's just that friendship is friendship, business is business, and they don't want to see the emergence of a film and television company that is completely superior to several major companies.
They have been engaged in the film and television industry since the last century, and they are all veterans of this industry. It can be said that the film and television industry is their entire career, and they are not willing to succumb to it.
After signing the contract, their respective interests are tied together, which can basically ensure the solidity of this cooperation.
Otherwise, if you just say it with empty teeth, it will be of no use, and someone may lose the chain by then.
Fan Luyuan put down his pen, looked at his results with great satisfaction, and said to everyone, "Everyone, let's follow our plan. From now on, everyone will work together in the second half of the year and next year. National Day will be in one month.
It’s over, this is the first battle, "Charlotte Troubles", which Hantang Media participated in the investment and distribution, is released, our focus is "Unbelievable","
"Unbelievable" stars Da Peng, who just won a billion in box office, and also co-stars Wang Baoqiang and Xiao Chenyang. Riding on the success of "Pancake Man", success is inevitable.
Although "Charlotte Troubles" is a well-known drama, and the lead actor Shen Teng became famous because of the Spring Festival Gala, everyone is very confident.
A drama is a drama, and the Spring Festival Gala is a Spring Festival Gala. Can it be the same as a movie? Otherwise, we can just ask Zhao Benshan, Liu Qian, and Feng Hu to make a movie.
What's more, if you combine the resources of several of them, you will definitely be stronger than the Han and Tang Dynasties!
A company is no match for the Han and Tang Dynasties, but the eight major companies have enough high-quality projects and enough resources!
There are only four popular periods, and blockbusters can only maximize their box office during popular periods.
However, Han and Tang occupies two or three popular schedules all year round, or even dominates the entire year, compressing the living space of other companies, and they can only fight head-on.
Otherwise, it will be released on Qingming Festival and May Day, and we will drink soup afterward.
In the final analysis, the market is not divided enough. It will either form a monopoly like Ahli and Tengxun, or it will be a free-for-all like takeout or shared bicycles. In the end, the winner takes all, and it is still a monopoly.