Hong Kong: Starting with 10 billion

Chapter 70 Profit Summary (I have something to do today, only one chapter, will make up for it tomorrow)
Since no new shares have been issued, DreamWorks Entertainment's total share capital has remained at 8500 million shares.

Fang Hexuan cashed out more than 5 million Hong Kong dollars by releasing 1200% of his shares.

It is also the largest income in the past six months.

All the rent from the Golden Gate Building was used to repay the interest on HSBC's loan.

Therefore, the only company that Fang Hexuan can make money from at present is DreamWorks Entertainment, a listed company.

After this spectacular operation in gold futures, I only knew that I had made a lot of money, but I couldn’t use it immediately.

But his credit rating at HSBC must have gone up several notches.
Therefore, when you are really at your wit's end, you can seek help from HSBC and still get some benefits.

Liu Juncheng was full of energy after returning from his inspection in Neon.

The registration of "Starlight International" was completed at the end of May, and all preparations including the printing factory, office, recruitment, etc. were completed at the end of June.

In mid-July, Star Media's first pornographic magazine "Dragon Tiger Leopard" was officially launched and distributed throughout Hong Kong.

This is a weekly magazine with 52 pages and a price of HK$5. The cover is a large-scale photo of a Japanese bikini actress.

Big breasts, thin waist, perky butt, thong, coupled with a lustful expression and seductive eyes, it feels like first love.

5 nude models with different styles, interspersed with various passionate stories and XXOO techniques.
It opened the eyes of many LSPs and perverts.

The first issue, with 10 copies printed, sold out on the same day.

Xingmei also received many calls from newspapers for replenishment, and had to print an additional 10 copies.

Only then can this hunger be relieved.

At that time, Fang Hexuan was dealing with the matter of "backdoor listing".
This guy personally came to deliver the magazine to him, and when he talked to him about the popularity of the first issue,
Fang Hexuan could feel that every pore of this rich second-generation's body was showing off.

Liu Juncheng is now really convinced by him.
So, I heard that Fang Hexuan was buying a penny stock.
He was also moved and followed suit, asking about the possibility of Star Media's "backdoor listing".

Fang Hexuan thought about it and thought it was feasible.

After getting a positive answer, he excitedly wanted to hug him and kiss him.

In short, Fang Hexuan really doesn't want to have anything to do with pornographic magazines.

Investing is fine, giving advice is fine, but if I'm said to be the founder of a pornographic magazine,
He would never want that; it wasn't a good reputation.

Therefore, he repeatedly stressed to Liu Juncheng that he should not disclose the information to the outside world, especially the media.

"Dragon, Tiger and Leopard" was Fang Hexuan's idea and creativity.

It’s better not to use this flower name.

Liu Juncheng, however, disagrees. He enjoys the fame and praise brought by the title of "Father of Hong Kong's Pornographic Magazines".

Although Xingmei's pornographic magazines are selling well, they are still far from recovering all the investment costs.
What's more, Liu Juncheng also wants to "go public through a backdoor listing", which will cost money.

Therefore, Fang Hexuan did not expect to get dividends from this company.

Drunken Master was shown for one month at Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers, and was extended to 45 days at the Left-wing Cinemas.

However, the film's staying power was basically gone, and the final box office revenue was fixed at HK$973 million.

This is 676 million Hong Kong dollars more than the original historical amount of 297 million.

This nearly 300 million increase in box office revenue is entirely due to the intense and comprehensive promotional activities in the early stages.

Hong Kong citizens have begun to feel aesthetic fatigue with costume films over the years and lack the motivation to go to the cinema to watch them.

The reason why the films of the Hui brothers are so popular is not only because of their own "comedian" performance style,

It is also because these movies are modern films, closer to people's lives, and the sense of immersion when watching the movies is stronger.

However, modern Republican films such as "Drunken Master" do not have an advantage in terms of subject matter.

If it weren't for Yuan Heping's excellent action design and Jackie Chan's comedic talent in action performance,
Coupled with DreamWorks' overwhelming publicity and unique joint marketing activities.

There is absolutely no way this movie could possibly gross anywhere near 10 million.

The employees of DreamWorks Movies were very disappointed that the box office failed to break 10 million.

But other film companies were so jealous that they launched imitation works one after another.

For example, "Monkey Fist", "Mantis Fist", "Once Upon a Time in China: Drunken Master" and so on. The success of DreamWorks' opening work also stimulated some big players who had money but nowhere to invest.

For example, Lei Juekun and Pan Disheng.

Even social groups are ready to take action.

After all, this movie has told everyone that a movie box office of tens of millions is no longer a dream.

Fang Hexuan is not the only smart person. Some people also want to create a movie concept stock to attract "leeks" in the stock market.

Neon, Taiwan, Southeast Asia and other regions also felt the sensation brought by DreamWorks.

Drunken Master has already been confirmed to enter these regions.

Fang Hexuan rejected their request to buy out the movie, just the one or two million buyout fee.

What about sending beggars away?

Either don't introduce it, or implement profit sharing so that the benefits are shared equally.

When Drunken Master was released, DreamWorks Entertainment's stock price had risen to HK$8.27.

The shares that were originally acquired for HK$3315 million have now appreciated to HK$4.78 million.

So, if Fang Hexuan really wanted to make money from the movie box office, he would starve to death.

The actual cost of DreamWorks' first film was $770 million.
It is impossible to recover the cost through movie box office.

Those movie companies thought that spending huge amounts of money on marketing was the ultimate weapon.
Little did they know that if they really did that, they would lose money on every movie released.

In addition to the employees being happy about receiving their bonuses,
When the boss or the general manager of the company sees the final financial statements, he will probably vomit blood.

That's why Fang Hexuan was not afraid of his employees being poached.

You can learn it, but it will be useless once you learn it.

This is a combined management chain.

We only see that the movie sold well in the beginning, but we fail to see that the latter part is the real way to make money.

In later generations, many mainland investors played like this.
Do whatever it takes to boost the movie's box office.

Whether it is stealing box office or subsidizing the audience with huge sums of money,

The purpose is nothing more than to create a false selling situation.

The various subsidies in the early stage were undoubtedly losses.
But other investors are making money by cutting leeks in A-shares.
I earned back several times or even dozens of times the money I had invested.

There are many movies with terrible scripts, but they have all kinds of big-name actors and stars in them.

And their pay is frighteningly high.

Finally, the movie was released and was criticized by the audience, which made it a hit, and the box office continued to grow.

No matter what the reputation is, as long as the stocks of related listed companies rise sharply, that's enough.

It's been the same routine for many years.

While "Drunken Master" was still in theaters, DreamWorks' second film "The Young Master" had already begun post-production.

According to the progress, it will be released in November.

But Fang Hexuan decided to release the film on Christmas Day in December.

DreamWorks will be the first to introduce the "Lunar New Year" marketing concept to the Chinese world.

It can also be regarded as another movie promotion activity.

The company's employees have tasted the sweetness and are much more enthusiastic about this release than the first time.

Because this is also linked to their bonuses.

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