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Chapter 526 You are a superstar, I am a fan

On November 11th, the whole city of Beijing was heated, and another year of cold winter came.

此前的11月12日，沪指一度跌到5000点一线，11月15日这一天，虽然收于5300多点，已经连续6个交易日未能重新站上60日均线。

Since November, the subprime mortgage crisis has continued to worsen, and European and American stock markets have begun to plummet. Many people have realized that the A-share market has broken technically, and the turnover has shrunk sharply.

In just one month, some stocks with huge gains in the early stage have fallen by about 30%.

Wu Ruohan's farewell real offer post on the first ID [I'm really not a stock god] at 51 shares was once again dug out by fans for heated discussions.

As high-end stocks go bearish in the trend, many people finally believe that the big A-shares above 5000 points have really become an obvious bubble area.

On November 11, Wu Ruohan was 17 months pregnant, and there were two weeks left before the due date, so it was time for another check-up.

The experience of specialist doctors is that the probability of twins being born at 40 weeks is extremely low, more than 32% of babies are born at 34 to 95 weeks, and less than 1% of mothers are pregnant at 38 weeks.

Since the 28th week, Wu Ruohan has had a weekly check-up, and now the daily walking time has increased to 1.5 to 2 hours, and she also goes to the hospital for professional massage twice a week.

On the afternoon of the 17th, Gao Yang, Wu Xiaoyue, and mother-in-law Wen Yuqin accompanied Wu Ruohan for a prenatal checkup. As soon as she got home, Liu Yifei called her:

"Brother-in-law, Uncle Jie has come to the capital. I asked him to have dinner with him at night, and Mingming is going too. You can accompany us, okay?"

Gao Yang was surprised: "Yifei, who is your Uncle Jie?"

Liu Yifei chuckled: "It's Kung Fu superstar Li Lianjie. When we were filming, we called him that. He and Uncle Long took good care of me."

Gao Yang shook his head and said, "You call him Uncle Jie, so what should I call him?"

Liu Yifei laughed and said, "We each have our own names. Uncle Jie is 44 years old this year. On the day we finished filming "The King of Kung Fu", I made an appointment with him and Uncle Long. If they come to the capital, I must Please eat."

Gao Yang asked: "Aside from Li Lianjie, who else is there for tonight's dinner?"

Liu Yifei said: "There is Mr. Wang from Huayi, and maybe Director Feng."

Gao Yang asked again: "Has the restaurant been booked?"

Liu Yifei said: "Not yet, my appointment is at 6:[-] in the evening, and I will wait for you, brother-in-law, to make an appointment."

Gao Yang thought about it: "How about this, let Yun Jiao book the capital club, besides you, Aunt Liu and Ming Ming, and then inform Fang Jian, Chen Sen and Jin Yang to go together."

Wu Xiaoyue said: "Brother-in-law, I want to go too."

Gao Yang said: "If you want to go, just go."

As soon as Wu Ruohan heard Gao Yang's arrangement, she lightly pinched Gao Yang's hand: "Husband, please drink less."

Gao Yang said with a smile: "Don't worry, if I want to drink more, I won't let Fang Jian and the others accompany me."

At 6:[-] in the evening, at the Capital Club, Gao Yang met Huaxia's international action superstar Li Lianjie, Huayi's big boss Wang Zongjun and his wife, and the big director Feng Xiaogang and his wife.

Liu Yifei introduced Gao Yang, Fang Jian and others to Li Lianjie and others, and then everyone greeted each other politely, saying that they have long admired their names.

Gao Yang is indeed famous now, firstly because of the 51 Group, and secondly because of the rumored scandal with Liu Yifei.

In the previous life and the present life, Gao Yang never chased stars, only two of them have watched almost all the movies, one is Star Master, the other is Li Lianjie.

Gao Yang and his party, plus Lin Yunjiao, Wang Xiaolong, and Mo Li, two security guards, a total of 11 people came.

16 people sat around a king-sized dining table.

Liu Yifei specially arranged for Gao Yang to sit next to Li Lianjie, and introduced with a smile: "Uncle Jie, my brother-in-law is your fan, die-hard fan!"

When Li Lianjie heard this, he clasped his fists with Gao Yang and smiled.

Gao Yang said: "Brother Lianjie, I have watched almost all of your movies. At first, I listened to the recording and editing of "Shaolin Temple" on the neighbor's radio.

It seems to be the summer of 83. I just finished my summer vacation in the second grade of elementary school. What I listened to was blood surging, and I felt very energetic.

Later, when I actually saw the movie, it was the film team from the village who went to the village to show the movie. I was probably in the fourth grade of elementary school.

The impression was so deep that I couldn't sleep at night, imagining that one day I would be able to practice martial arts. "

Li Lianjie kept a smile on his face, with a pair of dimples on the corners of his mouth, and he kept nodding.

Fang Jiandao: "I also listened to the recordings and clips on the radio first. At that time, there was a production team in our rural hometown, with 14 or [-] households, and only two of them bought a [-]-inch black and white TV."

Jin Yang smiled and said, "I'm better than you guys. I watched the movie at the cinema. I remember that the movie ticket is 1 cents."

Li Lianjie said with a smile: "At that time, I was still in the martial arts team of the Sports Committee, and some of our mainland actors were filming, and their salary was 1 yuan per day.

The Hong Kong Islanders who play tricks in the crew have 50 yuan a day.The remuneration of stars on Hong Kong Island is hundreds of thousands or even millions.

In the first few years, I was filming in Hong Kong Island, all of which were assigned by my unit. I made a few films, and the box office was not bad, and my salary was only raised to 3 yuan a day. "

Wang Zongjun said with a smile: ""Shaolin Temple" is an eternal miracle in the mainland film market and cannot be copied.

A movie ticket of 1 cents also sold 1.6 million at the box office, and more than 5 million people bought tickets to watch this movie.

Although it has a special background, if it is placed in the current market, even if it is converted into 3% of the box office, it will be tens of billions. "

Feng Xiaogang said: "That's true. The times are completely different. In the early 80s, it was rare for the mainland market to see a commercial film that everyone liked."

Gao Yang said: "Director Feng's New Year's Eve films created a precedent for commercial films. I remember Lao Fang recommended me to watch "Party A and Party B".

However, this movie is on DVD.

I am ashamed to say that before I came to work in Beijing, I was too poor, and I watched movies including Brother Lian Jie's movies in the 90s and before. "

Chen Sen smiled and said, "Many people owe a lot of movie tickets just like us."

Wang Zongjun said: "This is also a helpless reality, pirated DVDs are sold openly all over the street, no one cares, and they can't.

On the other hand, there were not many private theaters in the 90s, and there were too few movie theaters.

Even now, the theaters in big cities are far from being saturated, and there is still a lot of room for development. "

Gao Yang asked: "Mr. Wang, does Huayi have its own theater chain?"

Wang Zongjun said: "We have our own theater chain, not many, a total of 7 theaters, Huayi's theater chain development strategy is to follow the boutique route."

Gao Yang said: "Mr. Wang, with Huayi's status in the film and television industry, don't you want to expand in theater business?"

Wang Zongjun shook his head and smiled: "Mr. Gao, the theater chain is an asset-heavy model. A high-end movie theater has an investment of about 2000 million. The cost recovery cycle is too long and takes up too much money.

Huayi's performance must be considered, and the goal is to go public for financing. "

Gao Yang smiled slightly: "51 Group plans to invest heavily in the film and television entertainment industry. In addition to the current 51 Entertainment, it will also establish a film company and theater company.

We think that although the theater chain is an asset-heavy model, it is a good business. In the long run, the Chinese movie market still has a lot of room. It is also an inevitable trend of consumption upgrading for ordinary people to enter the movie theater.

The cinema company, we intend to name it 51 Cinemas, plans to build 100 high-end cinemas in provincial capital cities across the country within three to five years. "

Wang Zongjun was stunned for a moment: "Mr. Gao, to build 100 movie theaters within three to five years, the investment scale must start at 20 billion."

Gao Yang said: "Mr. Wang, the registered capital of 51 Studios will be 20 billion. There is no problem with the funds. What we lack are talents in operation and management.

If Huayi is interested, we can have a strategic cooperation or a direct joint venture. For example, 51 Cinemas will acquire Huayi’s existing theater chain, and then Huayi Cinemas’ operating team will be responsible for the development of 51 Cinemas. The task of building 100 movie theaters. "

Feng Xiaogang asked curiously: "What is the reason for Mr. Gao's heavy investment in theaters?"

Gao Yang said: "Director Feng, you are a great director, and you should have a deep understanding of the unpredictability of movie box office.

The advantage of film and television companies doing theater chain business is that if the operation and management are proper, the theater chain will have stable cash flow and scale advantages.

This is a good business with sustainable development and stable profitability. In my opinion, this is actually similar to Wal-Mart's business model of opening supermarkets around the world. The focus is on management and scale.

The advantage of 51 Group's investment in the film and television industry lies in the support of an Internet platform with more than 8 million user traffic.

Whether it is investing in film and television dramas or theater companies, the cost of publicity is extremely low, which is a condition that no company in the film and television industry currently has.

Our goal is to be the largest theater company in the country, and the films invested by 51 Films will be screened in our own theater company, with guaranteed marketing and film scheduling, without depending on the opinions of other theater companies.

If theater companies operate properly, they can go public for financing and continue to expand.

If the market share exceeds 20%, the value of such a theater chain company will not be less than 1000 billion, just like a theater chain aircraft carrier, its status in the industry is unshakable. "

Gao Yang's words made Wang Zongjun and Feng Xiaogang, even Li Lianjie, secretly surprised.

This bullshit is too much, can the 51 Group have such a strong strength?

Only Fang Jian and the others just smiled.

51 Group invested 20 billion to become a cinema company, which is really trivial...

(End of this chapter)