China Entertainment: Starting from 07 Kuainan

Chapter 344 The Sea-Dinging Needle!

5 month 30 number.

Lu Yuan boarded a flight to America. As early as half a month ago, the crew of "The Thieves" moved to North America and began filming overseas scenes.

Lu Yuan has been staying in China because of preparations for the concert.

If he doesn't join the group, Lu Yang will call the police!

same day.

"Before Dawn" landed on Shanghai TV. In the eyes of the audience, this drama has no big gimmicks.

At least when it comes to casting.

Starring Xu Guanjun (Liu Xinjie), Lin Yongjian (Tan Zhongshu), Lu Jianming (Duan Haiping) and others, none of them are too famous.

Although the heroine Zhang Tong is one of the Eight Golden Flowers of the 96th Class of Chinese Opera, she is not a big name in the outside world.

Incomparable to Zhang Ziyi, Zeng Li, Hu Jing, Qin Hailu, Yuan Quan, Mei Ting and others.

But Modu TV did spend a lot of money to win the first-round exclusive broadcast rights of this drama.

95/episode.

Spending 30 million to buy a TV series without big names would have been unimaginable in the past.

However, if you add the words [Produced by Star Media], everything becomes reasonable again.

Up to now, Star Media has produced film and television dramas such as "Star You", "The Best of Us", "Twinkle Twinkle Star", "I Am a Special Forces Soldier", and "Snow Leopard".

One by one, they are all hits.

The 08 and 09 annual satellite TV ratings lists and CCTV annual ratings lists all have the shadow of one company.

Star Media!

Whether in the TV station circle or the film and television production company circle, everyone has a consensus.

The new hot-selling manufacturing machine is here!

As luck would have it, Zhouyi Films, the previous hit maker, announced after filming "Seven Weapons" that the company had insufficient cash flow and was about to go bankrupt.

The new king enthroned!

Just the day before Lu Yuan left, Star Media officially signed financing agreements with China Film, Chinese Culture, Tengxun, and Wangda.

Star Media is valued at 26 billion.

Yes.

Compared with the beginning of the year, Star Media’s valuation has increased by another 6 million.

All four investors agree with this valuation. After all, even Huace Film and Television is valued at 38 billion.

Star Media’s valuation is 26 billion, which seems to be a reasonable price.

Thanks to some mysterious power, Huace Film and Television's IPO journey went smoothly, even though Huace Film and Television did not have a few hit dramas.

However, the listing application was still approved.

Huace Film and Television issued a total of 1412 million A shares this time, with the total share capital after the issuance being 5648 million shares. Based on comprehensive research by all parties, the final issuance price was 68 yuan per share.

5648 million shares * 68 yuan = 38.4 billion.

A film and television company that produced six TV series per year in 2009 (including co-productions), its works that can barely be regarded as masterpieces are "The Celestial Master Zhongkui" (Ouyang Zhenhua) and "Meteor and Butterfly Sword" (Wang Yan, Chen Chuhe).

The remaining dramas such as "The Negotiator", "The Negotiator", and "Snowy Mountain Flying Fox" are all imported copyrights.

However, even so, Huace still went public.

Valuation: 3.8 billion!

Steamed buns?

It’s true that men will be silent and women will cry.

The founder of an Internet startup company cried in the toilet!

All I can say is that the money in the stock market is really easy to make.

As for Star Media, without the blessing of something, its valuation is naturally more rational. Even if there is a premium, it is not much.

After nearly half a year of negotiations, five parties including Star Media and China Film Group reached a consensus.

Star Media is valued at 26 billion, led by China Film and Chinese Culture, each investing 1.3 million and acquiring 5% of the shares of Star Media.

Wangda and Tencent each invested 1.17 million, occupying 4.5% of the shares.

In this financing, Lu Yuan gave away 19% of the shares and only received 5 million in funds. From a pure profit perspective, it was definitely a loss. But China Film, Chinese Culture, Tengxun, and Wangda paid more than just money.

There are some things that money can't buy.

To give the simplest example, Lu Yuan has a good relationship with Tengxun, but Tengxun can at best give him some preferential treatment.

Artists under Star Media do not enjoy additional exposure benefits.

Wanda's situation is similar. At this time, Wanda is on the eve of its vigorous entry into the film and television field.

In the next crazy investment, if circumstances permit, artists under Star Media will definitely be given priority.

As for China Film and Chinese Culture, what they bring is really something that money can’t buy.

Therefore, whether this financing is a loss or a profit is a confusing matter.

Even if the gods come, they still don’t understand.

Schrödinger's ledger!

What's more.

This financing also provides a big piece of pie for the executives of Star Media, and a piece of pie that stabilizes their pie.

The moment the investment agreement was signed, Star Media’s option pool was also established simultaneously.

The option pool has a total of 10 million shares, accounting for % of the total share capital.

The shareholders transferred part of their equity into the option pool in turn according to their respective shareholding ratios. Lu Yuan transferred 8.1%, and the remaining 1.9% was settled by the remaining four shareholders.

Nowadays, Star Media has indeed reached the point of establishing an option pool.

Although options do not have dividend rights or voting rights, after the company is listed and the lock-in period has passed, the options held by executives can be liquidated.

How much can a one-dollar option become after the company goes public?

At least it can be doubled several times or dozens of times.

Calculated twenty times, an investment of one million becomes twenty million.

If it’s fifty times, that’s fifty million!

With the option pool, at least the minds of those executives can be stabilized.

Xingchen Media has withdrawn from one hit drama after another, and other peers are eager to pry away all the people from Xingchen Media.

However, it is not that easy for those who want to pry Star Media.

Looking through the film and television industry, which company has the benefits and benefits of Star Media?

When it comes to job-hopping, the more you jump, the better. Why would ordinary employees want to go to a company with worse treatment?

As for core employees, it is equally difficult to pry corners, especially the screenwriting department.

Which company is willing to give signing rights and dividend rights to new screenwriters?

No!

It is no exaggeration to say that the new screenwriters trained by Star Media themselves are very loyal.

Except for a few individuals, most people simply refuse when faced with poaching.

As for the management, with the option pool, they were ready to move to the center of the earth, but they suddenly fell back.

Huayi went public last year, and Huace went public this year. They were able to go public, but why can’t Star Media be able to go public?

How many billionaires and multi-millionaires have been created by the listing of Huayi Brothers?

Comparing the potential of the two companies, after Star Media goes public, its ability to create wealth will only be stronger!

After all, they have the golden signature of their boss!

The boss is their backbone and the anchor of Star Media!

As long as there is a boss, Star Media will not fail!

It will only get better.

Human beings are prone to blind obedience in a group. They will become more and more admired by someone who has always been successful.

Believing more and more.

In the end, it will even reach the point of blind belief.

Therefore, overall, the employees of Xingchen Media have a relatively strong sense of belonging.

Unless a sky-high price is offered, it will be difficult to hollow out Star Media through poaching.

(End of this chapter)