Chapter 282: Ring the bell at NASDAQ!

Little Liu came with interest and returned with disappointment, leaving Shanghai by plane in the afternoon.

She had to go back to Beiping to shoot an advertisement, and then continue the filming of the second season of "Zhu Xian." The schedule of the working girl was very tight.

However, the employer, Boss Lu, already felt that something was wrong.

His romantic gossip in Cannes had already spread. Why didn't this little girl cry, make trouble, or hang herself like before?

Shouldn't she have swung a big machete and rushed up?

They had met several times, and she didn't mention it at all, and she was still honestly working for him to make money...

There is a saying that if a child is quiet, they must be making trouble.

Seeing Lu Kuan had an ominous premonition, and she was going to have a birthday in two months...

Boss Lu thought about it and took out his mobile phone. It was better to fool her for a while.

"Hello? Lu?"

"Leo, when you chase Victoria's Secret angels, do you give them sports cars or bags?"

Leonardo seemed to have heard a joke: "I only need a dinner or a kiss, that's all."

"Fuck!"

"What?"

"Nothing, I said it's very good. Then help me find your car dealer friend and order a supercar. Any recommendations?"

Leonardo sneered: "Suitable for ladies to drive? When do you need it?"

"Hey! Sending it to Crystal, it needs to arrive before August 25th."

"Bro, haven't your talent and face moved her yet? This isn't your level, is it?"

Little Li had an arrogant and superior attitude, which made Boss Lu feel helpless.

Although the process was a bit different from what he said, the result was no different.

Even if she reached eighteen, before solving the "fundamental contradiction" Liu Yifei had raised several times, he couldn't even think about touching her.

Boss Lu was both greedy and helpless.

"You don't understand, Crystal is a rose with thorns; it needs a little patience."

Need a little patience to deceive, to sneak attack, to CPU.

"Alright, I can recommend some of the latest models, all in stock."

"Bugatti Veyron 16.4, a model just released this year, 8.0L W16 quad-turbocharged engine, maximum power 736kW, zero-to-hundred acceleration 2.5s."

"Ferrari Enzo, 6.0L V12 naturally aspirated engine, maximum power 660 hp, zero-to-hundred acceleration 3.6s."

"Lamborghini Murcielago, tubular steel structure and carbon fiber material, 6.2-liter engine, zero-to-hundred acceleration 3.9s."

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Although Seeing Lu Kuan didn't know the ropes, he wasn't a fool: "Why are the ones you recommend all over 1 million US dollars?"

"What about the Porsche Carrera GT for hundreds of thousands of dollars? Koenigsegg CCR? Mercedes SLR McLaren?"

Leonardo despised: "Are you so stingy with your own woman? I thought you were only stingy with the crew!"

"Fuck!"

Boss Lu cursed again and said helplessly: "Just those three expensive ones. With your eye, which one do you think Crystal will like?"

"Ferrari Enzo."

"Why are you so sure?"

Leonardo's tone was full of anger at his failure to live up to expectations: "She often chatted with the stunt driver about this when filming the racing scenes in 'The Foreign Land'. Lu, you are truly dull."

No wonder Little Li's girl-chasing skills were full level; there were still ways to do it.

Boss Lu ignored his teasing: "How much?"

"I have to ask, about 1 million pounds, but I suggest you go to Europe to buy it."

1 million pounds is about 13 million RMB at this time. Boss Lu calculated for a few seconds and regretted refusing the endorsement contracts from several advertisers for Liu Yifei last month.

Washing Machine didn't think that Little Liu was already overwhelmed, so where would she have the time to shoot that stuff.

"Good, I'll find Luc Besson."

Involving import tariffs, transportation costs, and the environmental regulations and related tax rates in the US that were far higher than in Europe, the price of Ferrari in North America was much more expensive than in Europe.

Seeing Lu Kuan made a few phone calls to settle this matter and began to speculate whether he could use this car to trick the adult Little Liu into his hands. Obviously, the difficulty was a bit high.

But fooling her for a while, maintaining stability should be possible.

At four in the afternoon, Afei drove the boss and Bingbing to 51 Jiangning Road, JA District, Shanghai, carrying gifts and walking into a lane. This was the residence of film master Xie Jin.

Bingbing led him inside familiarly and turned back to smile: "I often came here when I was in school; the teacher's wife cooks very well."

The memories of old directors like Xie Jin for actors of the generation of Yanzi and Bingbing were relatively profound.

In 1996, 15-year-old Bingbing applied for the Xie Jin Hengtong Star School. Xie Jin felt she had a good image and directly exempted her from the second and third rounds of interviews, finally successfully enrolling her.

During her school days, Xie Jin recommended her to guest star in the TV series "Women Strong."

Bingbing, who was good at seizing opportunities, became friends with the heroine Liu Xuehua, which led to the latter recommending her to the "My Fair Princess" crew of her own company, Qiong Yao.

At first, Bingbing's role was Ziwei, but due to the withdrawal of the original Taiwan actress Li Tingyi, there was a vacancy for Hong Kong and Taiwan actors in the co-production.

Under the premise that Yanzi firmly occupied the role of Little Swallow, Qiong Yao had to use Lin Xinru to replace Bingbing, and the latter could only settle for the role of Golden Lock.

By mistake, it cast her heart demon of being disparaged as a maid.

In 2008 of later generations, Xie Dao Jin passed away. Bingbing, feeling the care of the old man in the past, went to Shanghai to cherish his memory and had some unpleasantness with reporters.

The residence of the legendary director was simply plain and low-key to the point of being unbelievable.

A common residential building on the 5th floor of a small lane. The two climbed the stairs, and the dim floor light shone on the rust spots on the iron door.

Bingbing knocked lightly on the iron door, and it creaked, making people's teeth sour. Xie's old nanny poked her head out with joy: "Oh, the big star is here, come in quickly."

Bingbing entered the door with gifts: "Hello Auntie Zhang, this is Director Seeing Lu Kuan, who came specially to visit Teacher Xie today."

"Understood, understood, Xie Dao specially instructed, saying that there is a distinguished guest today, and I went to the small vegetable market early in the morning to buy fish!"

Auntie Zhang looked to be in her fifties, having followed Xie Jin and his wife for nearly thirty years. Both old people were now in their eighties.

Xie Jin's wife, Xu Dawen, had more nimble legs and feet. She walked out wearing reading glasses, still holding a book in her hand: "Is it Bingbing and Director Lu?"

"It's me, teacher's wife!"

Bingbing put the gifts on the ground with joy, drawing repeated blame from Xu Dawen.

"You'll be scolded by the old man again later, bringing so many things."

Boss Lu smiled: "Taking his purple clay teapot from Xie Dao yesterday, these don't even count as return gifts. I'll let Bingbing send them over when I dig up good items."

Actually, that purple clay teapot was a gift from Xie Jin's nephew, and Bingbing had already paid for it.

But with Seeing Lu Kuan saying so, it became a gathering and exchange between literary people, and it wouldn't appear vulgar with reciprocity.

Xie Jin then walked out of the room with a cane.

"Haha, no need, good things are precious only in the hands of those who know the ropes."

Boss Lu took the initiative to step forward and shake hands: "Xie Dao, hello."

"Seeing Lu Kuan, I've seen your movies, very exciting!"

Xie Jin had dealt with movies all his life. Facing this young man who was younger than his grandson, his eyes were full of appreciation.

"I came this time to ask for your advice, wanting to hear your criticism and corrections."

"Hahaha, you are a young man in your twenties, why do you speak like an old cadre in his forties? Not good!"

Xie Jin invited him to sit on the sofa with a smile. Bingbing's eyes lingered between the two, enjoying such a moment very much.

Xu Dawen took out Xie Jin's notebook from the room and signaled to the young director.

"Look, Old Xie is old and afraid of forgetting things, so he takes notes after watching your movies!"

Boss Lu said in surprise: "Really? Can I take a look?"

"Of course."

Seeing Lu Kuan flipped through the several sheets of paper with vigorous brushwork. From "Drummer" to "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," there were short reviews and expectations, like an old teacher correcting homework for a junior.

"Xie Dao, thank you for your love."

The young director turned to Bingbing: "Help me take a picture with your phone; I want to take it back and study it carefully."

"Eh, why is it so troublesome? It's just my old man writing and drawing boringly; it can't be taken seriously."

Xie Jin looked at his meddlesome wife helplessly: "To tell you the truth, today is just knowing from Bingbing that you came to Shanghai to participate in the event, wanting to meet a young talent like you."

"In the past three years, Zhang Yimou, Jiang Wen, Bingbing, and the others have come to see me and mentioned you. Just take it as satisfying the curiosity of an old man like me!"

Before Boss Lu could habitually return the polite and humble words like an old cadre, Xie Jin went straight to the theme:

"Seeing Lu Kuan, don't listen to the croaking of Zhu Dake, Huang Shixian, and that Gu Shan from your Beidian, just go and do your own movies."

Seeing Lu Kuan was stunned, thinking to himself where this stiff turn came from.

Xie Jin's wife, old lady Xu Dawen, sighed: "If it weren't for the people in the commentary circle like Zhu Dake who blindly put labels on people back then, Old Xie wouldn't have left the film industry so early."

"Child, I don't understand movies much, but Old Xie likes your works very much. He is afraid that you will repeat his mistakes!"

Xie Jin laughed: "Originally I had this worry, but since knowing you are going to engage in that Pan-Asian Film Academy, I knew that this bunch of people couldn't influence you."

Since his debut in 2002, every movie of Seeing Lu Kuan, who carried the banner of commercial films, could almost attract the questioning and attacks of old-generation literary commentary figures like Zhu Dake, Huang Shixian, and Gu Shan.

Especially after the battle of the Seven Gentlemen of Beidian, Boss Lu almost became the target and electronic pickles for these old stubborn people.

And because Seeing Lu Kuan's own status and position were getting higher and higher, the team eating pickles was also growing.

"In the 80s they criticized me, in the 90s they criticized Zhang Yimou. I see, it will be your turn to endure their croaking next."

These words were said lightly, but Seeing Lu Kuan knew that the names that popped out of his mouth almost destroyed his career back then.

There are no masters in Chinese cinema (including Hong Kong and Taiwan), but there are several figures close to masters, and Xie Jin is one of them.

If the whole twentieth century is divided into two parts, and one wants to list the most influential figures in the cultural and artistic circles in the last fifty years, even if the list is reduced to the minimum, Xie Jin will definitely be on the list.

Xie Jin was born in a scholarly family in Shangyu, Zhejiang Province, and moved to Shanghai in the 1930s, from which he became fascinated by movies and embarked on the road of legendary filmmakers.

In the usual sense, the literary and artistic circles believe that Zheng Zhengqiu ended one chapter of film history, and the rise of Cai Chusheng was the beginning of another chapter. This is the first generation and the second generation.

And Xie Jin is the well-deserved third-generation successor.

Starting from "Woman Basketball Player No. 5" to the peak of "Hibiscus Town," Xie Jin gradually stood at the forefront of the spotlight in that era of "ice river beginning to thaw," just like Boss Lu, who is shining in the country now.

It all attracted the covetous eyes and "porcelain-touching" tactics of people in the cultural and serious criticism circles, because that is how they make a living.

Among them, Zhu Dake is the banner bearer.

Xie Jin and his wife were old, and they almost didn't move their chopsticks for dinner. Seeing Lu Kuan and Bingbing also left after tasting a little, not disturbing their rest.

Xie Jin had the elegance and indifference of the old generation of literati. It seemed that he just wanted to see this rising star and say a word from his heart to be satisfied.

Bingbing sat in the car and raised the doubt in her heart: "That Zhu Dake is quite annoying, but it seems that he only talks nonsense about you every time. Why did the teacher's wife just say that he almost destroyed Xie Dao's career?"

"In this era, he is just talking nonsense. In that era, that was a real cannon."

"In 1985, the anti-bourgeois liberalization movement began. Xie Dao Jin's exploration of commercial films gave him a great handle for attack, and he had to temporarily stop his efforts in this direction."

Just like Seeing Lu Kuan in 2005, carrying the banner of "Chinese learning as the body, Western learning as the use," advocating and practicing the Hollywood film industrialization production model.

In the Shanghai Film Studio in the 1980s, this exploration had actually begun long ago.

Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Shanghai was the domestic city with the highest degree of internationalization. After that batch of filmmakers who had been influenced by advanced thoughts entered the film studio, they also continued Hollywood's classic narrative style.

In 1980, the Shanghai Film Studio produced the first domestic science fiction film, "Death Ray on Coral Island," which caused heated discussion and sensation as soon as it was released, opening the precedent for domestic science fiction films.

At the same time, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Tian Zhuangzhuang, and others who began to direct by stepping on the youth wave also relied on the Xi'an Film Studio and Guangxi Film Studio to begin the exploration of avant-garde films.

Boss Lu sighed, "If the historical process hadn't been affected by anti-capitalist sentiment, and without this bunch of literary ruffians and 'porcelain-touching' opportunists labeling and scapegoating everyone."

"The mainland film industry might have walked out of two film centers, commercial and literary, like Hollywood and New York, everyone developing separately and undertaking different missions."

"Those who win awards win awards, those who make money make money, which is of great benefit to cultural going-out and the prosperity of film art."

Bingbing said hatefully: "Then isn't Zhu Dake the cultural macro-position soldier of that era?"

Boss Lu laughed: "Almost."

"In 86, he published an article 'Defects of Xie Jin's Film Model' in Shanghai's 'Wen Hui Bao,' criticizing Xie Jin's films for adhering to outdated narrative rules, possessing an 'outdated aesthetic consciousness with emotionality as the highest goal.'"

"This is not the most critical point."

"The most critical point is that Zhu Dake put two hats on his head: affecting the transformation of Chinese film art and accepting Hollywood cultural colonialism, which is too fatal."

Just like what Seeing Lu Kuan just described, the nonsense of serious commentary circles represented by Zhu Dake and Li Jie might be the croaking of flies in the current era.

But in that era, it almost destroyed Xie Jin's exploration on the Hollywood model and commercial film road, and destroyed the Shanghai Film Studio that produced many excellent films.

No one dared to continue to sing and advance at the risk of such great political risks, and the mainstream of Chinese cinema gradually turned to the "talking metaphysics" mode like the Wei and Jin scholars——

Blindly pursuing philosophical concepts, ignoring the plot, opposing sharp contradictions, and deliberately digging into human nature.

Bingbing leaned her head on the shoulder of the man beside her, listening to him tell the history of the "sinking of the Divine Land film."

"Why have our audiences rarely walked into cinemas since the 90s?"

"It's because 【telling stories】, this simplest and most basic film criterion, was criticized and stigmatized by commentary figures like Zhu Dake."

"Although Chinese films have frequently won awards in the West since then, the mainland film industry has also collapsed rapidly. Until 1994, the country had to open up Hollywood films to enter the mainland to boost the market and attract audiences."

Bingbing was filled with mixed feelings; this is simply too ironic!

How repulsive were filmmakers of that era to commercial films and telling stories?

Li Shaohong once mentioned in an interview that in 87, the Beijing Film Studio was preparing to test the waters for commercial films, and famous directors and big directors avoided them, only this group of young directors came out to carry the burden.

As a result, you pushed it to me, I pushed it to you, and the task fell on Li Shaohong.

If it were this era, wouldn't a young director be happy to have a chance to film?

As a result, Li Shaohong found the director of the Beijing Film Studio, Hu Qiming, overnight, sat in front of his door and wailed: "It's too bullying! You are forcing me to die! Why let me film entertainment films?"

In that era, commercial films were called entertainment films. Compared with the high-ranking art films, one can see the depth of their vulgarity and stigmatization.

Fan Bingbing thought of the way Li Shaohong had thrown a tantrum in front of the Beiying Factory family quarters, and she burst out laughing.

She turned her head to look at the man's angular side face, couldn't help but scrape his dense stubble with her slender jade fingers: "Chinese cinema is lucky to have you!"

"Ah? That's bragging. I just happened to meet the opportunity."

Boss Lu bragged in front of outsiders, but he really didn't dare to take credit for this: "Starting from Zhang Yimou's 'Hero' in 2002 to Chen Kaige's 'The Promise' this year, these directors who were once avant-garde film creators have all turned back to the exploration of commercial films."

"This is not a question of me or anyone shouting slogans; this is the result of the audience and the market forcing it."

"As long as there is no hat on the head, our Chinese directors' ability to tell stories is no worse than anyone else, just need to pick up the wealth accumulated by the previous generations of directors again."

He didn't say one thing: some directors can pick it up, but some directors can't pick it up.

And the "rebellion" of these fifth-generation directors fully proves how fatal the bad reviews of Zhu Dake and others were back then.

From the 80s to the beginning of the new millennium, it delayed the exploration process of Chinese commercial films for twenty years.

The two walked into the hotel suite. Bingbing sat on the young director's lap, wrapped her arms around his neck, her eyes full of admiration.

Perhaps wealthy businessmen who started with dirty means will make actresses fearful and try to cling to them;

But a man like Seeing Lu Kuan, who has means and ideals, crosses a city and a place and a line and a trade, and opens up a career and leads the trend with a very high vision and mind, undoubtedly makes the big star have a heartfelt worship, which is the gene of admiring the strong engraved in the bones.

"I didn't want to bother with them before, because this bunch of people just wants to rub heat, and the more you bother, the more energetic they get."

"However, Xie Dao's concern today moved me very much. When Zhu Dake goes to the internet to release stinky farts again, I will definitely scold him bloody!"

Bingbing smiled charmingly: "Next time Zhu Dake scolds you again, I will scold him! Vent your anger!"

Boss Lu's big hand had already begun to gently pull and twist and wipe and pick.

"How can a beauty's mouth be used to scold people?"

Bingbing patted him lightly, blaming the vulgarity in the man's words, and glanced at him soul-stirringly: "Then what is it used for?"

Boss Lu laughed: "Mm!"

The charming warbler sang, and there was a sound, and the fish and dragon danced all night.

After lingering in Shanghai for two days, Seeing Lu Kuan returned to Tangshan to continue the filming of the movie and the bidding work for the Olympic opening ceremony.

The filming progress of the film was steadily advancing, but the Olympic opening ceremony plan had reached the time when it needed to be gradually set.

Due to the complexity of the bidding document, the problem in front of everyone now was not that there was no creativity, but that there was too much creativity!

For more than two months, day and night discussions, verification, overturning, and then circulation, Lin Ying complained about the sharp decrease in her hair volume.

Seeing Lu Kuan specially let Zhao Fei take a day of secondary lens shooting, focusing on the temporary office of the Olympic team next to the crew to discuss the problem of plan determination.

Determine the route and basic plan, and then innovate and improve in the established plan, otherwise there is no first in literature, and the final draft will not be decided until next year.

Based on the aesthetic examination ability required by the director, this decision naturally had to be made by Seeing Lu Kuan himself.

Assistant Little Li used a large rear projection to roughly demonstrate all the program overviews, with more than 50 types of creativity.

Traditional "Tai Chi," "Ink Painting," "Spring River Flower Moon Night," "Si Nan," "Bronze Ware," "Nishang," etc.;

Modern "High-altitude Cableway," "Great Navigation," "Internet," "Five Continents Dream," etc.

Everyone looked at the thoughtful Seeing Lu Kuan, waiting for his decision.

The young director spoke slowly: "Everyone, the focus of our discussion today, which is the cultural performance part that is only 50 minutes at most, must make a choice on the route policy."

"These 50-plus programs are content discussed by such an international team, but they can be roughly divided into two types."

Seeing Lu Kuan held up two fingers:

"Traditional route, that is, cultural route, elegant and unique in connotation, but the actual effect is doubtful."

"Visual route, that is, special effects route, atmospheric route, high-tech means are used more, the scene is grand but there is no particularly profound cultural connotation."

All programs have achieved the ultimate in the integration of culture and technology, but inevitably they will still have a tendency.

If you want the whole set of performance programs to have a core clue, not belonging to the scattered shape and scattered spirit, you must establish a center.

On this issue, Jin Wei, Shen Wei, Guo Qiyong, Yang Liping, and others are inclined to the traditional cultural route. This route's programs can best express our national spirit and style.

But foreign nationals like Lin Ying, Michelle, and Galliano, out of their past experience and international perspective, strongly suggest choosing the romantic and atmospheric technical route.

The young director expressed his opinion: "Chinese culture is broad and profound, even if it is ourselves, we dare not say that we are proficient in every branch."

"In the 50-minute cultural performance, my opinion tends to use the strongest visual impact to cause shock to the people of the world."

"Of course, in this process, we must also make a trade-off. We cannot blindly engage in eyeball economy, but we cannot blindly pursue elegance and make the audience sleepy."

Guo Qiyong shook his head repeatedly as he listened, and couldn't help but advise: "Director Lu, we are different from them."

He smiled bitterly and signaled to several foreign friends.

"Our plan must consider the leadership's opinion and the feedback from the literary and artistic commentary circle."

"Just like your movies, even if you have won awards and sold well, there is still noise."

"If the Olympic opening ceremony program blindly pursues visual effects and audiovisual shock, I am afraid that you will have to bear too much pressure, pressure from the temple and the rivers and lakes."

The artists present were silent. It had to be said that this cultural scholar's analysis was reasonable, but his angle started from Seeing Lu Kuan himself.

"We must consider the leadership's opinion, but that is after the bidding."

"As for the commentary circle, let them bark, no need to bother."

Seeing Lu Kuan stood up and tapped the table: "From now until the end of the month, we must come up with a complete set of creative plans, budget plans, and technical plans."

"These 50-plus programs, prioritize technical and special effects routes. If there is a possibility of targeted modification of cultural route programs, then test water and discuss."

With a person who sets the tone, the team has a backbone.

The creative group quickly began to use heaven, earth, people, and harmony as the main ideological path and logical structure, and adapted and implanted programs that tended to big culture, big vision, and big romance.

Starting from July, Boss Lu lived a work rhythm that was more tired than a dog.

Filming during the day, discussing Olympic plans at noon, and handling official business at night.

Among them, "Cowherd and Weaver Girl," produced by Inquiry Realm and jointly distributed by Shanghai Film and Bona, was taken down. With a film cost of 7 million, it was a loss based on the box office data of 20 million.

But considering the upgrade of the film's style after the Venice Horizon unit and the Golden Horse Awards, as well as the sale of DVD copyrights, making a small profit is not a problem.

The performance that exploded the eyeballs was Xu Zheng's "Crazy Supermarket." With a cost of less than 3 million, the total box office was 15.4 million. The word-of-mouth in second and third-tier cities was explosive, and then it was transmitted and radiated to Beiping, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen.

This was mainly the effect brought by the correct distribution and promotion strategy.

Xu Zheng, Su Chang, and Zhang Songwen were all small and famous, and the supporting actors like Yang Qing and Zhang Jiayi were not unknown people.

The main creative team started running roadshows from second and third-tier cities, avoiding big movies like "Initial D" that were strong in the same period.

Especially the finely cut funny behind-the-scenes shots played on the homepage of Inquiry Realm Video. Just like the six major Hollywood studios looking at Mytube overseas, industry insiders recognized the role of professional video websites in promoting movies.

At the same time, "Bad Genius" and Yanda Huayi's main investment "Seven Swords" were also officially scheduled for the summer file on August 1st, preparing to welcome a head-on collision.

The promotional channels of Blog Network, Douban, Inquiry Realm Video, and Focus Media were fully fired, forming a sniping trend against "Seven Swords."

Although Zhang Nara had returned to Korea to hibernate, this movie still had Yanda Huayi's investment, so it should be stepped on.

On July 10, 2005, urged by Jiang Beichun's seven or eight phone calls a day, Seeing Lu Kuan finally explained the work of the crew and the Olympic team and flew to the United States.

Focus Media was going to ring the bell.

Since investing in Focus in 2003, relying on the film and television promotion business of the parent company Inquiry Realm Media, Focus began its second large-scale expansion in the country.

At the end of 2004, in view of future listing arrangements, and also to allow Focus, which could barely make ends meet, to develop advertising business in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.

Jiang Beichun represented Seeing Lu Kuan and accepted the second round of financing.

American Goldman Sachs, British 3i Company, and other institutions invested 20 million US dollars. Since then, Seeing Lu Kuan's shareholding ratio dropped to 52%, but the actual holding valuation rose sharply.

This 20 million US dollars, Focus Media used part of it to expand the scale of the commercial building broadcasting network from 10,000 to 20,000;

The other part was used to establish a hypermarket broadcasting network, striving to occupy 50% to 70% of the market share within half a year.

That is, in addition to traditional building advertisements, emerging airport broadcasting networks, golf broadcasting networks, hospital broadcasting networks, etc. would also be included in the business scope, striving to create new growth points.

And the long-term goal was to develop and operate China's Focus-type outdoor television network.

If this step is truly achieved, in the future, in the territory of the mainland and Hong Kong and Macao, as long as there is an electronic screen, there will be the figure of Focus.

Of course, Yu Feng's Juyuan had also been eyeing it, and had completed three rounds of financing, just waiting to see the performance of the big brother on NASDAQ this time.

Starting from mid-April, Jiang Beichun, as CEO, started a roadshow, passing through important cities such as Hong Kong, Singapore, and London, and the last stop was New York.

These three months, including Jiang Beichun and Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse First Boston as underwriters, kept urging this young director who was already slightly famous internationally to go together, but they were all politely declined by him.

One is that the main business is busy, and the other is that professional things are handed over to professional people.

However, the roadshow entered the final stage. When the team headed to the last stop, New York, Seeing Lu Kuan couldn't hide anyway.

For Focus and underwriters like Goldman Sachs, such a young director who already had considerable awareness in North America, and the international color he possessed, were beneficial to the issuance of new shares.

Boss Lu, who often teased himself for having "poverty disease," had to take Afei to New York to offer his last bit of effort for this bucket of gold of Focus.

On July 12, photos of the roadshow cocktail party held by Focus Media at a hotel in New York were leaked. Once published by domestic financial media, it immediately broke the circle.

Broke from the financial circle to the entertainment circle...

"Isn't this Washing Machine?"

"Is he filming a movie? Dressed like a dog."

"Focus Media big boss? Washing Machine? Holy shit!"

There is a dimensional wall between different fields, and Focus doesn't look like Inquiry Realm Video or Inquiry Realm Mall, which are Inquiry Realm enterprises at a glance. It is normal that many netizens don't know.

However, with the frequent reports of financial magazine media, the reason why Washing Machine is envied and hated seems to have one more reason.

"China Financial News": Focus Media, founded only two and a half years ago, has now built a commercial building broadcasting network covering 15 million high-income people a day, and has newly opened hypermarket broadcasting networks, airport broadcasting networks, golf broadcasting networks, hospital broadcasting networks, etc., with monthly advertising revenue of nearly 40 million yuan.

"Finance Weekly": Even conservatively estimated, the market value of Focus will reach more than 800 million US dollars, and because Focus Media's major shareholder Seeing Lu Kuan holds 52% of Focus, his net worth will therefore reach at least 400 million US dollars.

"Finance Network": According to public information, the market value of White Horse Outdoor Media, which was listed on the Hong Kong main board market in 2002, is currently about 3 billion Hong Kong dollars. As a Focus Media that has grown for no more than two years, considering the help provided by major shareholder Seeing Lu Kuan in film and television resources, the valuation of about 800 million US dollars is reasonable.

"First Financial Channel": According to public information, the well-known domestic director Seeing Lu Kuan has a Hong Kong-listed company Inquiry Realm Golden Harvest, currently holding shares with a market value of about 800 million Hong Kong dollars, and Focus will ring the bell the day after tomorrow. His listed company assets are expected to enter 400 million US dollars.

The next day, the well-known pig-killing list owner Hu Run released a blog post on his official blog account, saying that he had paid attention to this low-key wealthy man in the mainland and would reflect it on the rich list released in October.

Netizens looked at their eyes red while secretly calculating the net worth of Washing Machine with a pen.

Just taking out the two listed company assets and adding them together, it has already reached as high as 4.068 billion RMB.

Everyone turned over the 2004 Hu Run pig-killing list and looked at it:

Huang Guangyu 10.5 billion, Chen Tianqiao 8.8 billion, Rong Zhijian 8.5 billion,

Washing Machine's 4.068 billion net worth can be ranked around 14th!

This doesn't count his other industries!

In the past, it was mostly entertainment netizens who teased Washing Machine, especially Liu Yifei's fans. Given that their goddess was closely related to him, the mouth was particularly spicy.

Now it's good. Such a young man who is not even 25 years old has "usurped" the top twenty of the rich list...

All spray me!

Why do you occupy beauty, money, and talent alone?

However, there are teasing, jealousy, and sour words, but no one says he is not benevolent for being rich.

After all, he has been filming movies and opening companies to make money since he started his career, and has not grabbed huge wealth from the financial market and energy markets such as coal, iron, and oil.

Coupled with the charity of the Inquiry Realm teaching building donation a few months ago, and the past cultural output, humor, and confidence under Western media, Seeing Lu Kuan still won a lot of favor among the people.

July 13, 2005, 9:30 am.

A blonde beauty in a suit walked to the Focus team: "Gentlemen, please prepare to send a representative to ring the market bell."

Jiang Beichun was dazed on the side. Once upon a time, did this advertising media practitioner who started from scratch dare to imagine that he could reach this step?

"Old Jiang, let's go together."

Boss Lu patted the Focus CEO.

Jiang Beichun showed joy, and then hurriedly declined: "President Lu, you go, I am so happy that my legs are shaking!"

"Focus is your creativity, and it is also made by you. I just provided the funds for expansion and some business."

"Old Jiang, you are more qualified than me to ring this market bell."

Jiang Beichun couldn't say a word looking at the sincere young director. His throat rolled, and it was a lie to say he wasn't moved.

At the beginning, he took all his net worth of 20 million and threw it into the bottomless pit of expanded reproduction. He also found the distribution business of "The Thief" out of helplessness. He could take one job and count as one.

Didn't expect to be accurately hit by the person in front of him, taking advantage of the situation, and losing the controlling stake was a matter of helplessness.

But since then, besides providing great help in advertising business, the young director did not interfere with his company operations, which could be considered a very good boss.

"Together! President Lu!"

"Good."

Amidst the cheers of NASDAQ, Seeing Lu Kuan and Jiang Beichun rang the market bell together.

Routine listing speech, Boss Lu did not decline again. This is the time when he needs to use his international reputation and confidence to give a shot in the arm to the new stock issuance.

"Today, Focus Media stands on the stage of NASDAQ. This is a new starting point for a journey full of challenges and hard work."

"What we see is a future of infinite possibilities. In this era of information explosion, Focus Media is committed to accurately reaching every audience, maximizing the value of advertising, and weaving a unique communication network between buildings and where people gather."

"We come with innovative ideas and fearless courage, and are willing to work with global investors and partners to write a brilliant chapter for Focus Media in this capital market full of opportunities!"

The applause under the stage was thunderous, and Boss Lu's free and easy photos also murdered the film of the reporters on the scene, becoming the headlines of major domestic websites!

After one night, the market value predicted by all financial media and bloggers in advance came true.

CCTV Finance Channel column program:

News on July 13, 17:00 Eastern Time (July 14, 5:00 Beiping Time).

Focus Media (NASDAQ: FMCN) stock price rose strongly on the first day of listing on NASDAQ in the United States. When the stock market closed, it closed at 20.20 US dollars, 3.2 US dollars higher than the 17 US dollar issue price, and the daily increase was close to 19 percentage points.

Netizens:??? Just tell me how much Washing Machine's shares are worth?

Popular science posts are naturally indispensable, and it is about the same as predicted by financial media. According to the closing price on the first day, the 52% shares held by Seeing Lu Kuan are worth as high as 410 million US dollars!

No amount of prediction, no amount of flattery, no amount of description is as intuitive and shocking as this number.

Boss Lu's phone kept ringing, and the mobile phone memory was almost stuffed with congratulatory text messages.

Whether friend or foe, it was impossible not to pay attention to the young director in these two days, but everyone's thoughts were different.

Bingbing was naturally full of joy, excited to find an excuse to fly to the United States to offer herself to celebrate for him.

But looking at Little Liu of the "Zhu Xian" crew, and the Shangxinqiao teapot in her hand, the big star couldn't help but raise that desire again...

What can I do?

Little Liu was somewhat indifferent, because she knew almost all the unknown things about Washing Machine, including the ownership of the blog network.

She knew that if all his assets were taken to the sun to dehydrate, dry, and carefully calculate, that would be called staggering.

Inquiry Realm employees and artists were all honored. Even if they had long known the boss's ability, this large-scale breaking of the circle still made everyone have light on their faces.

As the boss of Inquiry Realm Holdings, Seeing Lu Kuan himself is the biggest IP and resource. This reputation of a business giant is beneficial to the business operations of other branches and subsidiaries.

Of course, there are also two forces that look complicated.

One side is naturally Zhou Jun and Yanda Huayi, the other side...

It is Wendi Deng who has learned the identity of the boss behind Mytube!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 283 =====