Chapter 460: The Richest Man in the Entertainment Industry
[I am not Pan Jinlian] was released on the 18th, a week has passed.
Because of Director Feng’s long post on Weibo [A letter from Pan Jinlian to Mr. Wang Jianlin], the popularity of the movie has remained high since its release.
A total of 205 million box office results were achieved in the first three days. As a feature film in the name of comedy, this result is quite good. At least the profit of the film is certain.
However, after three days of release, the market's response to this film was relatively average.
Audiences who love to watch Feng's comedies think this film is not funny at all. Those who are more picky about the plot think that the film is not as profound as Feng's previous films [1942] and [Tangshan Earthquake].
Especially the film’s heroine Fan Bingbing, whose acting skills are really limited, was easily killed by supporting actors such as Fan Wei, Liu Ye, Zhang Yi, and Zhang Jiayi who only had two minutes of scenes.
Starting from the second week, the box office of "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" dropped sharply. The single-day box office on Monday was 24.17 million, and within two days it dropped to less than 20 million. It is completely impossible to watch trending movies. .
“Haha, it’s the film’s fault. I can’t make a good movie, so no matter how much I hype it, it’s useless.”
Wang Sicong was sitting on the sofa, with his legs crossed and a bottle in his hand. Yan, looking at the box office data of "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" on his phone, said with gloating.
Opposite him were five gaming computers in a row, with the [League of Legends] game victory interface displayed on the screen. It was obvious that he had just finished playing the game and returned to the sofa to rest.
"Actually, it doesn't matter. Director Feng's film already signed a 500 million guaranteed contract with the distributor [Yolai Films] when it was released, so he will make money no matter what the box office is."
Gu Wei sat not far from Wang Sicong. He leisurely picked out his favorite fruit from the fruit plate on the coffee table, pierced it with a toothpick and put it in his mouth.
There was nothing to do today, but Wang Sicong asked him to come out to play again, so Gu Wei simply accepted his invitation and came over for entertainment.
In addition to the two of them, they were also accompanied by Lin Gengxin and two rich second-generation people whom Gu Wei didn't know. They all brought their female companions, and there were a total of 10 people in the room making a noise.
Wang Shicong's female companion is still an Internet celebrity, but she is not the same person as Gu Wei last time she met.
The two rich second-generation female companions are just ordinary girls with good looks. They were excited for a while after Gu Wei arrived. If their boyfriends weren't around, they would have rushed to ask for autographs and photos.
Coming with Lin Gengxin was his new girlfriend, who was also a female star in the circle. Gu Wei looked familiar at first, and after being introduced, he learned that her name was Wang Likun, and then he remembered that this woman seemed to have a The title of the goddess without makeup.
Gu Wei brought Meng Ziyi with him.
Nazha went to France two days ago, and other female friends who were close to him were either not in the capital, or it was inconvenient to take them out on such an occasion.
Just like Liu Yifei, she has nothing to do and stays at home now, but it is impossible for Gu Wei to ask her to join Wang Shicong's game.
Thinking about it, the elementary school girl Meng Ziyi seems to have nothing to do now. She usually attends school when she is not filming, so Gu Wei called her and asked her out.
“The more I think about this, the more unlucky it becomes. A toad crawls on the feet, does not bite, but has a diarrhoea.”
Wang Sicong is still worried about Feng Xiaogang’s use of Wanda and his hype. .
Gu Wei smiled.
"Director Feng's [Dongyang Mira] has signed a gambling agreement with Huayi. It is inevitable that there will be some rush for quick success and quick profit when releasing movies in the past few years. You, Wanda, just happened to do it."
[I am not Pan Jinlian] Is the film scheduling rate really low after the release?
Not really.
Even due to personnel conflicts with Huayi, Wanda’s theater chain also gave 10% of the film scheduling. Together with other domestic theater chains, the national film scheduling rate of "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" is as high as 36% , more than ten percentage points higher than the second place.
In the domestic film market, many movies that have achieved great box office success, such as "Mermaid", only accounted for more than 30% of the film schedule when they were first released.
Feng Xiaogang has always been good at using topics to market his movies. The series of farce after the release of "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" is just a way for him to hype up his movies.
Wanda, who had had conflicts with Huayi, was chosen as the target of the hype, and Young Master Wang, who was impatient, recklessly helped.
"It's also my fault. I impulsively opposed him when the movie was released, but instead helped Huayi."
I feel a little annoyed when I think of this Wang Sicong.
“Let’s not talk about this anymore, Gu Wei, I saw you entered that [Douyin] short video some time ago, and you brought Yang Mi with you?”
Gu Wei took two small slices of watermelon from the coffee table and handed one to Meng Ziyi who was sitting next to him.
"Yes, I am now the spokesperson of [Douyin]. The artists in my company have opened their own accounts, and Ziyi also has one."
Meng Ziyi took a small bite of the watermelon and listened. When Gu Wei mentioned him, he kept nodding.
“If you have time, you can also go up and get your own account. With your current popularity, you probably have more fans than some celebrities
Xiaoxin can also open an account and have fun.”
Lin Gengxin, who was sitting on the other side and talking quietly to his girlfriend, heard Gu Wei's words and smiled and nodded to him.
“I have an account, but I haven’t verified my identity.
What I mean is, you can endorse [Douyin], do you want to consider endorsing my [Panda TV], short Videos and live broadcasts are actually very similar.
Don’t worry, you can set the terms, and I will definitely offer you a sky-high contract."
Wang Sicong looked at Gu Wei eagerly. He has been coveting the other party's traffic for more than a day or two.
Gu Wei shook his head.
“The endorsement of [Douyin] is because I have shares in [ByteDance], mainly for the company’s financing a while ago.
And [Douyin] may not be considered in the future The live broadcast function is online, so.”
“Are you still a shareholder of [ByteDance]?”
Wang Sicong didn’t feel too much after being rejected by Gu Wei again. He had failed to invite the other party several times, but he was surprised to learn the new news.
"I joined [Byte] in the second year after its establishment. Zhang Yiming is very capable. I am very optimistic about him and the development of the company."
Gu Wei shrugged and said indifferently.
“Tsk, tsk. That’s amazing
Gu Wei, even if you are not a star and become a pure businessman, you are definitely a new star in the business world now.
You The vision is amazing! ”
Wang Shicong looked at Gu Wei and sighed.
Everyone knows that he is the boss of [Panda TV], but in fact [Beijing Pus Capital], an investment company, is the core of Wang Shicong's career.
He can be regarded as a member of the investment circle. From 2015 to now, [S&P Capital] has made a total of 48 investments, so Wang Sicong is quite concerned about some big and small things in the investment circle.
“Why, is there anything different about the [ByteDance] you mentioned?”
Listening to the chat between the two, Lin Gengxin looked at the admiring Wang Sicong, confused. asked.
Wang Sicong glanced at him and found that several people in the room were attracted by the topic of his chat with Gu Wei, and said lightly.
“[ByteDance] is now a hot topic in the domestic financial investment circle. It just completed the D round of financing some time ago. I remember it was led by Sequoia, with a valuation of US$12 billion!”
< br>When he said these words, everyone present took a breath.
The figure of 12 billion US dollars is really astonishing. The two rich second generations who were playing with Wang Sicong today are both businessmen in the capital. Their parents are billionaires, but their total wealth may only be in the billions. Even if 12 billion US dollars is not enough for them, It’s also out of reach for parents.
"Oh my god, 12 billion U.S. dollars. Even if there is only one share, it is worth nearly 800 million yuan."
"Is an Internet company so valuable?"
"[Byte Beating】? Never heard of it!
【Douyin】I know, I downloaded it two days ago."
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Everyone marveled at how valuable [Byte] was, and also speculated how many shares Gu Wei had, but no one asked about it. The second generation of rich people does not mean that they have low emotional intelligence. Knowing that this is personal privacy, no one would be so presumptuous.
Only Wang Sicong knew that Gu Wei’s shares would not be too small, because the other party had just said that [Byte] bought shares in the second year after its establishment.
Generally, when a company is first established, its valuation is not too high, and the share of financing provided is relatively large. After it truly develops and becomes bigger and stronger, it will become more and more stingy with shares.
"Brother Wei, I didn't expect you to be the hidden rich man in the entertainment industry!"
Lin Gengxin praised with a smile.
He didn't notice that the eyes of his girlfriend next to him looked at Gu Wei with increasing intensity.
Wang Likun went out to play with her boyfriend, but she never expected to meet the big star Gu Wei.
Today, she saw him for the first time in real life, and she realized that he was widely recognized as the most handsome male star in the entertainment industry. His appearance was simply too good.
She thinks her boyfriend is already very handsome. Lin Gengxin considers himself "the dream of 900 million girls". Although it is a joke, he is still very good in terms of appearance.
However, after sitting together with Gu Wei, it was very clear that the difference in appearance between the two of them, whether it was face shape, facial features, skin or temperament, was incomparable. Overall, they were much worse. .
It's a pity that she already has a boyfriend, otherwise she really wants to try to win over Gu Wei, a male god in the entertainment industry.
Wang Likun licked her lips and looked at Meng Ziyi next to Gu Wei, with envy in her eyes.
Although Gu Wei introduced this to everyone as his junior sister, bringing her to this occasion means that the two have a close relationship.
"Don't brag about me, the real rich man is the one who tears the green onion."
Gu Wei waved his hand indifferently.
"No, not counting my old man, I am 100% less rich than you now."
As he spoke, he raised his head and motioned to his two friends.
"The total assets of their families combined are probably not as much as the assets in your name!"
The two rich second generation Zhao Mingyuan and Li Zheng looked at Gu Wei with a smile. There was no refutation of Wang Shicong's words.
Everyone chatted for a while, and Gu Wei raised his hand to look at the time.
"Everyone, I have some other things here, I have to take a step first~"
"I have arranged the dinner. If it is inconvenient for you to go to the bar at night, let's have a meal together before leaving." "
Wang Shicong frowned slightly.
"It's because of the situation that I'm leaving now. I'm going to Bona's banquet later."
Gu Wei explained.
"That's it~
Since I have business, I won't force you to stay. Let's meet together next time!"
Gu Wei stood up and greeted Lin Gengxin and the others, leading Mencius to say something. The villa of Wang Shicong's family.
In the nanny car, Gu Wei turned to look at Meng Ziyi beside him.
"Ziyi, I have a dinner party later. Do I want to take you back to school first?"
"Brother, don't you want me to accompany you?"
Meng Ziyi sat next to Gu Wei and turned to look at him with a pair of big innocent eyes.
Gu Wei smiled and explained to her.
“It’s different from playing with Lin Gengxin and Wang Sicong just now. The person who came to me was Yu Dong, the boss of [Bona Film and Television]. He should have some work-related matters that he wanted to talk to me about. I'm afraid you won't be able to adapt to being so casual like during the day."
"It's okay, as long as I'm with you, it doesn't matter where I go."
Meng Ziyi didn't want to go back so early. He finally had the opportunity to be alone with his male god senior brother, so of course he wanted to stay as long as possible.
Gu Wei nodded. Since Meng Ziyi agreed, he didn't mind taking her to the banquet.
Not long after, the nanny car drove to the booked hotel.
Under the guidance of the staff, the two entered the box.
In the room, Yu Dong was wearing a gray suit, and sitting next to him was a gorgeous woman who looked very familiar to Gu Wei.
Seeing Gu Wei come in, the two of them stood up to greet him.
After introducing each other, we found out that the woman was Yu Dong’s wife, the once-famous actress Jin Qiaoqiao.
Gu Wei also introduced Meng Ziyi to them.
After the four people sat down, within a few minutes, a table of delicious dishes was served one after another. Yu Dong poured wine for Gu Wei, and the two chatted while drinking. Jin Qiaoqiao also found a topic to chat with Meng Ziyi. Get up and never let her feel left out.
"Mr. Gu, are you interested in my proposal?"
At the dinner, the chat between Yu Dong and Gu Wei gradually got to the point, and Gu Wei also knew the real reason why the other party was looking for him today.
[Bona Pictures], owned by Yu Dong, was listed on [Nasdaq] as early as September 2010, but its stock price has been in a weak state when it was listed on the US stock market, with a market value of about 6 billion yuan at its highest. .
At the same time, [Huayi Brothers], which is similar in size to Bona, has a market value of tens of billions in A-shares.
Yu Dong publicly stated on many occasions that the stock price of [Bona Pictures] was undervalued, and announced its privatization in June 2015.
After the privatization was successful, Yu Dong began to plan to list [Bona] in Big A.
So it began to issue additional shares and introduce some capital and star shareholders. In terms of capital, XZ Hehe, Dongyang Ali, Xinshi Yuanying, Ningbo Saifu, Linzhi Tencent have all become one of Bona's shareholders.
As for celebrities, Zhang Hanyu and Huang Xiaoming subscribed for 3.4363 million shares respectively, holding 0.31% of the shares; Zhang Ziyi subscribed for 2.0618 million shares, holding 0.19% of the shares; Chen Baoguo subscribed for 1.3745 million shares, holding 0.13% of the shares; Huang Jianxin and Han Han subscribed for 687,300 shares, holding 0.06% of the shares.
Gu Wei, a partner who has just had good cooperation with Bona and can bring resource benefits to Bona in the future, is naturally valued by Yu Dong. He hopes that he can invest in Bona and become a real My own people.
(End of this chapter)