Rebirth of England.

Chapter 594 Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

On May 5, the London Municipal Electoral Commission announced on the 3rd that Boris Johnson, a member of the British Conservative Party in the House of Commons, defeated the Labor Party's current mayor Livingstone in the local municipal elections in England held on the 3st and was elected as the next mayor of Greater London. mayor.

Statistics show that Johnson received 168.7 million votes, with a vote rate of 53.2%, and Livingstone received 102.8 million votes, with a vote rate of 46.8%.

It is worth mentioning that Johnson is the first Conservative mayor elected in London in 30 years.

After being elected, he said he would try his best to win the trust of London residents.

On the 1st of this month, local municipal council elections were held in England and Wales, producing approximately 159 municipal councilors in 8000 local municipal councils and the new Mayor of London.

However, the ruling Labor Party suffered its worst defeat in 40 years in this local election, winning only 18 local municipal council elections and losing control of nine municipal councils.

The Labor Party won a total of 2368 local municipal council seats this time, 331 fewer than the previous term.

The Conservative Party gained control of 65 local municipal councils, 12 more than the previous term, and won a total of 3154 local municipal council seats, an increase of 256 seats than the previous term.

In terms of support rate, the Labor Party is only 24%, lower than the Liberal Democratic Party's 25%, while the Conservative Party is as high as 44%.

Prime Minister Brown was very "disappointed" with the results of the local elections on the 1st. He believed that the economic pressure currently facing Britain has become the weakness of the Labor Party.

Conservative leader Cameron believes that voters' vote is a manifestation of confidence in the Conservative Party and is also an "important moment" in the history of the Conservative Party.

At the same time, in this election, Joe Harriman was also elected as a member of the Greater London City Council, becoming a rising star within the Conservative Party.

"I need to congratulate you, Boris. I believe that in the next four years, oh no, in the next eight years, the city of London will usher in new development under your leadership..."

Barron also congratulated Johnson on his election.

At this time, he had already arrived in the Magic City and moved into Devonhill Garden, which was the Yan Family Garden he had bought before.

Living here with him are Fan Bingbing and their two children.

After returning to China, Fan Bingbing basically never participated in the filming of film and television dramas.

At present, in addition to participating in some affairs of Tianhe Television Investment Company, the most important thing now is "going to school"...

Yes, she signed up for the EMBA course at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business this year and goes to class from time to time.

Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business was founded in 2002 by the Li Chaoren Foundation. Of course, not everyone can apply for the EMBA course at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business.

Generally speaking, the EMBA course of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business requires a tuition fee of nearly 70 yuan, more than 8 years of work experience, and more than 5 years of management experience, which are just the basic requirements.

It will only recruit 550 students each year, of which there are only 60 places for full-time courses...

If Fan Bingbing had only been a star before, it would have been difficult for Fan Bingbing to get admitted if he wanted to take this course.

But for her now, it is just a matter of words... After all, not to mention Barron behind her, her background in Tianhe Capital alone is already beyond the reach of ordinary students.

Of course, the greater purpose of many entrepreneurs, executives and officials taking this course is to make connections - in many courses at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, they are divided into groups, and the students will pass each other's " They call each other by "nicknames", which creates a different "brotherly" friendship with each other. This kind of friendship often extends to subsequent careers, thus forming a relatively tight network of connections.

But if you really study hard, you can still learn something.

As the "representative" of Tianhe Capital, although Fan Bingbing is beautiful, she is really not afraid of any "evil thoughts" now. As for her connections, she has great emotional intelligence and is straightforward and generous. She has also gained a lot. The favor of classmates.

More importantly, she still really wants to study to enrich herself, so even after graduating from this EMBA class, she will continue to look for opportunities for further study.

Of course, as a full-time course, the students in the class are all bosses, executives and officials of various companies. It is impossible to really go to class every day like students. They just study regularly for a period of time.

Now that Barron has come to China, Fan Bingbing will be by his side most of the rest of the time - she still cherishes this rare opportunity to be with her man.

"Dear, you asked me to pay more attention to these domestic film and television companies before. I found that Enlight Media has performed well in the past two years, and the movies it released have good box office, so I am in contact with them and preparing to invest in this company. "

Barron didn't expect that Fan Bingbing had a good vision. Of course, Enlight Media had indeed excelled in the past two years.

They began to get involved in film distribution in 2006. Since all the major mainland directors have been "carved up" by various film and television companies, Wang Changtian, the boss of Enlight Media, set his sights on directors from Hong Kong and Taiwan. The first film "Hurt City" 》 was successful.

This year they will also release a series of movies including "Painted Skin", which have done very well at the box office.

If Tianhe Television Investment can invest in Enlight Media, it will not only be able to obtain good returns, but also expand the influence of Tianhe Television Investment.

Of course, for this kind of investment, Fan Bingbing mainly makes suggestions and decisions. Specific personnel will be responsible for the specific negotiation and implementation, and her own abilities and strengths are not in this.

"In addition to film and television investment, you can also pay more attention to theaters..."

Hearing Barron's words, Fan Bingbing's eyes lit up and he asked:

“Will cinema chains be a good business?”

"Yes, I believe that with the development of China's economy, the number of young people willing to go to cinemas to watch movies will explode. In the future, the box office of movies will be higher and higher, and the profitability of cinema chains will also be greatly improved. "

At the end of October last year, Orange Sky Entertainment reached an agreement with Jiahe Chairman Zou Wenhuai to purchase 10% of all Jiahe shares and convertible bonds held by Zou Wenhuai and his daughter. The price was approximately more than HK$24.78 million. Since then, Orange Sky Entertainment Became the largest single shareholder of Jiahe, and Li Chaoren was the second largest shareholder.

And by July this year, Orange Sky Entertainment will increase the proportion of Golden Harvest shares it holds to more than 7% in one fell swoop, thereby acquiring Golden Harvest, completing a backdoor listing, and becoming Orange Sky Golden Harvest—its theater chain will also quickly begin to develop in the mainland.

It can be said that the opponent's move is quite good. Next, Tianhe Television Investment can also use acquisitions and other methods to enter the theater industry and continue to expand its scale.

By mastering a certain number of theaters, one can cut a rich piece of cake in the future explosion of China's film and television industry.

(End of this chapter)