Chapter 735: Shareholder change announcement, breaking 10 billion!

Think about it, it's only been half a year, how did Leonardo get so bloated? The unkempt and sloppy look, it's a version with increased quantity but no price increase.

That's right, since the Oscar awards ceremony, Leonardo, who hadn't appeared in the public eye, finally appeared in the headlines of domestic entertainment news early on the 3rd.

Beaches, supermodels, one man with many, the screen full of bikinis, long legs, and perky buttocks... hmm, severe weight gain—super severe!

This is the latest external image of the Oscar-defending Best Actor Leonardo, it's simply eye-searing.

Lin Nan rubbed his eyes, pulled himself together, and confirmed it again and again. Alright, no mistake, this is Jack himself. He finally let himself go and started playing happily.

"Only half a year, and he's bloated like a ball as if he were inflated. It really lives up to that old saying, a relaxed mind leads to a fat body!"

After looking at it for a few more times, Lin Nan forced himself to switch the news page. It was simply too funny, making him unable to help but laugh. He decided that next time they met, he must tease the other party well.

"Lin Dao?"

Hearing the sound, Lin Nan looked up. He saw Jiang Rou knock on the half-open door and walk in.

"Didn't you say the matter over at Hongxingwu would take a few more days?"

"Lin Dao, it will be after the 7th. I came here today because there is another matter." Jiang Rou explained with a smile.

"Alright, it's my habitual thinking. I subconsciously thought it was about the first-round copyright of 'Eternal Love'."

Leaning back in his chair, Lin Nan self-deprecatingly remarked, then signaled Jiang Rou to go ahead with her business; the latter didn't stand on ceremony and immediately spoke:

"Lin Dao, I heard that the script for 'Nirvana in Fire 2' over at Daylight Entertainment is coming out soon. Last time we didn't ask for any roles, if we don't reserve some resources this time, it would truly be a waste."

Looking at Jiang Rou's smiling face, stopping just at the point, the great Lin Dao instantly understood:

"Which role did you take a fancy to? Or rather, which studio are you here to beat around the bush for?"

"Haha, still can't hide anything from Lin Dao, hmm, yes. Zhang Yi and Lei Jiayin's looks can't play the male lead in the 'Nirvana in Fire' series;

Reba has to record 'Keep Running,' and her schedule is always very full, and there's a co-production blockbuster like 'Pacific Rim 2' waiting for her to join in the second half of the year."

Jiang Rou stopped there again. Her intention went without saying, it was already very obvious.

"Zhao Liying!" Lin Nan nodded.

"The 'Noble Aspirations' that her studio took from H&R Century has completely collapsed in reputation. The original fans on the internet and the fans of the lead actors are fighting fiercely right now; especially with Yang Zi's fans..."

"Hmm? It's just a TV series, is it worth fighting like this?" Lin Nan was amused after hearing it.

"The reason why the reputation collapsed and the fans are fighting is because H&R Century changed it too outrageously. In the original work, the character Yang Zi plays is the female lead, but now that it's been adapted into a TV series, the female lead has become the character Zhao Liying plays. Didn't 'The Journey of Flower' explode in popularity before?

Besides, this drama, H&R Century also cut it into two parts; the first part is currently airing, and the second part will air at the end of the year. By then, it will definitely be full of curses again..."

Jiang Rou chattered and explained in detail. Lin Nan naturally didn't know about these things. It was just a Xianxia drama, it wasn't in his line of sight.

"So, you want to help her get the female lead in 'Nirvana in Fire 2'?"

"The producer of Daylight Entertainment inherits the tradition of Shanying, meticulous. Plus, the previous work was already a blockbuster, so the second part is naturally a good resource; why let the fertile water flow into others' fields? She is the most suitable!"

Jiang Rou said bluntly, her attitude quite resolute. Lin Nan nodded and thought for a moment, admitting that what the other party said was correct.

"Is there no problem over at Zhao Liying's side?"

"None. Her studio just got a female lead role in a movie with not many scenes, a vase-type role, which starts filming next month. Before 'Nirvana in Fire 2' starts filming, it can definitely be finished."

"What movie?" Speaking of this, Lin Nan was curious.

"Seems like it's mainly invested by Han Han's company, co-produced by Deng Chao's Orange Image, Wanhe Tianyi, and Bona; hmm, it's Han Han's second directorial work, starring Deng Chao, called what... oh right, called 'Duckweed'!"

"The resources are connected well. At the end of this month or early next month, Producer Hou from Daylight Entertainment will come over, you can just tell him then, it shouldn't be a problem."

Lin Nan agreed with Jiang Rou's intention. After all, Hou Hongliang had said before that if there were any roles she took a fancy to, she could speak directly to him.

Two minutes later, Jiang Rou left the office with a smile and went straight to the floor of Shanhai Media.

Of the four artist studios, only one "boss" was there this morning, and she had come specifically for this.

"Sister Jiang, how is it?" After seeing Jiang Rou's figure from afar, Zhao Liying immediately greeted her.

"This is a drama that the company participated in investing and provided the copyright for. If our own people are interested, it's naturally reserved. You don't need to audition!"

"Thank you, Sister Jiang..."

Across the entire film and television industry, many film and television companies and filmmakers, actors, and stars who have ascended to the ranks of capital are paying attention to the listing of the film companies under the two state-owned giants, China Film Group and Shanghai Film Group.

Because this is closely related to all of them, they have more or less bought tickets. First, they definitely won't lose money; second, tickets, aren't we all on the same boat?

Xie Nan rarely made an appointment with Liu Yifei, the serious business was eating hot pot, and by the way, "reporting" on the matter of "Wolf Warrior 2."

The overseas scenes of this film will roughly finish filming in late September, taking a total of 4 months; then return to the country to film the domestic scenes, and it is expected that it will be completely finished in about 1 month.

Shu Chang and Liu Yan were two people accompanying them to eat, drink, and chat today, mainly "freeloading."

As several people gathered around the steaming hot pot, laughing and chatting, they talked about the upcoming listing of the film companies under China Film Group and Shanghai Film Group.

"You didn't buy? In our cognition, given the relationship between you two and China Film Group and Shanghai Film Group, you would definitely buy original shares! You're telling us now that you two didn't buy?"

Xie Nan looked surprised, looking at Liu Yifei who was picking up beef; Liu Yan was equally surprised, only Shu Chang was very calm, grabbing food with Liu Yifei, because she knew about this before.

"Invited? It's really different people, different fates. Our family only caught the last train a while ago, didn't get much, but we all bought." Xie Nan sighed.

"Hehe, you're sighing? I even wanted to catch the last train, but I didn't even have the qualification."

Liu Yan's words were "sarcastic," but everyone could hear that she was envious. After all, the advantage of having a film director in the family is reflected here, isn't it?

"Did your family buy China Film Group's or Shanghai Film Group's?" Shu Chang asked Xie Nan before Liu Yifei could.

"China Film Group." Xie Nan didn't hide it. Wu said, China Film Group is more "politically correct" than Shanghai Film Group!

"Eh, right. Lin Dao and Yifei didn't buy, what about you?" Xie Nan threw the question back to Shu Chang.

Hearing this, Liu Yifei put down the chopsticks in her hand, and while picking up watermelon juice, she looked at her best friend with a smile; the latter was a bit embarrassed and giggled:

"Oh, I'm waiting to buy Tudou; they promised me before that they would give me the purchase qualification before listing, that won't be cheap. Hehe..."

There, the look of envy instantly appeared on Xie Nan and Liu Yan's faces.

Everyone in the circle knows that Tudou is an internet enterprise rooted in the film and television culture industry, and is one of the highest-quality potential stocks... its market share occupies half of the country!

"Don't look at me, you can buy after the official issuance; when I promised Changchang, that was a long time ago, I can't make random promises now."

Liu Yifei said seriously, "politely refusing" some things in advance. She still had this bit of awareness!

The 3rd ended in a hurry, and the 4th passed in a flash.

The daily box office of "League of Gods" on the 2nd and 3rd were both within the industry's expectations, reporting 6.01 million and 2.47 million; and its comprehensive screening rate on the 5th was officially cut to below 3 points.

When Lin Nan arrived at the company in the morning, the latest Weibo post from that fat lady had once again caused heated discussions across the entire internet.

Clearly, she had already given up on herself and left no way out for herself and China Star:

"I, our family, our company's film 'League of Gods,' is helplessly being smeared from top to bottom! This world has changed. In the past, the film circle hoped that everyone would be good. If you are good and I am good, the film market would naturally be better, and the audience would inevitably feel this 'beauty' and walk into the cinema;

But now, before our film is even released, it is defined as a rotten film by certain large state-owned cinema chains; it is wantonly splashed with dirty water by internet trolls and sprayers as well as those bought writers. They are like terrorists, and they won't have a good end.

Here, I especially want to name those two large state-owned cinema chains. You involved private conflicts in the film screening, taking the lead in belittling the film company's movies. This behavior is extremely vile... completely unworthy of having that status..."

"Alright, I am now very certain that there will definitely be no more China Star movies in the mainland in the future!"

At Tiangong Color, Lin Nan was enjoying reading the comments on the internet mocking the fat lady, when Ning Hao's voice suddenly sounded in his ear.

"You don't need to be certain, it's very obvious that the Xiang family is not planning to mix in the mainland film circle anymore."

Lin Nan stretched and replied to Ning Hao. Today, the post-production of "Marriage Story" and "Hanson and the Beast" could officially begin.

"Let's start working, Director Ning."

"Hmm, let's start." Ning Hao sat down beside Lin Nan.

Tiangong Color has three floors, and the floor where the two were staying belonged to the third floor after the number of employees surged and expanded; this time, the special effects shots for "Hanson and the Beast" were the responsibility of the project team on this floor.

As for the floor downstairs, it was full, but many people had been sent to Warner Bros. to participate in the "Pacific Rim 2" project.

Lin Nan and Ning Hao, who were focused on post-production editing, had no concept of time. A morning seemed to be half an hour, passing in a flash.

And near noon, the sudden drop of a Weibo announcement directly suppressed the public opinion of that fat lady's Weibo being deleted and account being banned, as well as the promotional news of films like "Cock and Bull" and "Soul Mate," all at once.

For the entire film and television industry, internet industry, and financial industry, this was a piece of heavy news. Because Weibo, which had been listed on the US Nasdaq for nearly two and a half years, had its first change in major shareholders!

"Around 11:00 AM, Weibo released a shareholder change announcement to the country, and this announcement was also filed through Nasdaq and synchronized with the US stock market."

"Many large media outlets reprinted the Weibo shareholder change announcement, reporting as follows:

After discussion by all Weibo shareholders, it was decided: to allow four original shareholders including Alibaba to reduce their holdings and withdraw, and to allow 8 shareholders including Cao Guowei and Lin Nan to increase their original shares;

The corresponding shareholder share changes are as follows: Alibaba voluntarily reduced its original shares by 8%, changing from 18% to 10%... The total share of this reduction and withdrawal is 19.8%;

Shareholder and Chairman Cao Guowei increased his holdings by 4%... Shareholder Lin Nan increased his holdings by 4%... Shareholder Sina increased its holdings by 2%..."

"It is reported that in April 2014, the day Weibo landed on Nasdaq, the stock price closed at 20.24 US dollars, and the market value closed at 4.2 billion US dollars, about 26 billion yuan;

As of today, after nearly two and a half years, Weibo's market value on Nasdaq has risen to 9.5 billion US dollars, achieving a 2.3-fold appreciation, about 63.5 billion yuan..."

As a pure internet listed company, Lin Nan's name as a shareholder was exceptionally conspicuous, because he was the only one from the film and television industry;

And his 16% Weibo original shares, which is 1.52 billion US dollars; calculated at today's exchange rate, it had already reached the threshold of 10 billion yuan—10.16 billion!

So, when it was near 12 o'clock, and the great Lin Dao and Director Ning got off work, the circle was already lively beyond description.

The moment they turned on their phones, various missed call text reminders and normal text messages and messages swarmed in, giving Lin Nan a big fright. After seeing the content clearly, he finally reacted.

"F*** your grandfather, the entire Huanxi only just broke 10 billion in market value..."

In the basement parking lot, Ning Hao stared at the phone screen and cursed at Lin Nan. There was undisguised envy in his eyes, envious to the point of red eyes!

"Do you want to calculate Tudou again? Hey, the internet is really profitable!"

Lin Nan couldn't help but stimulate Ning Hao again. Just as the latter was about to explode, he hurriedly laughed and changed the subject:

"Hmm, I'll treat you and Sister Na to a big meal later. I'll go back first, Yifei is probably very annoyed right now, it's all calls, right? Haha..."

Watching Lin Nan climb into that Ferrari with a smile, Ning Hao swallowed the words he wanted to curse, and then cursed and climbed into his Mercedes SUV:

"The internet and finance are profitable, no wonder companies in the circle are thinking about listing...

But even if they are listed, they are still at the bottom of the financial market... The film and television industry's plate is still too small... Can't touch the edge of the internet."

Muttering to here, Ning Hao couldn't help but glance at the red car shadow roaring away through the car window, and he gritted his teeth and cursed enviously:

"Rich dog!"

............ ===== CHAPTER 736 =====

"Rich dog!"

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