China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

“This time it’s related to cultural relics.”

Cheng Long talked about "Twelve Zodiac Signs".

In 2000, Cheng Long saw the news that an auction house was auctioning twelve animal heads from China. That year, the number of tiger heads and animal heads auctioned was worth more than 10 million.

As a public figure and a collector, Cheng Long felt the need to make a film to remind the public to protect and promote the concept of protecting cultural relics.

Therefore, Cheng Long had the idea of ​​filming the movie "Twelve Zodiac Signs".

Now, nine years later, the rough script has taken shape, which is why he approached Lu Pingan and wanted to film it.

Of course Lu Ping'an knows this movie.

The cost is 300 million, and the mainland box office is more than 800 million.

It is one of the few films made by Cheng Long in Mainland China to make a profit on paper.

Of course, if you include various income from overseas copyrights, this film will be a huge profit.

After Cheng Long finished his introduction, he added: "Ping An, if you are interested, let's work together again. I can't trust anyone else."

It was delivered to my door by myself, and of course Lu Pingping would not miss it.

Just don’t wait for Lu Ping’an to talk about not having time to direct.

Cheng Long himself said it first: "But this time I want to direct it myself. The meaning of this film is extraordinary to me. Please understand Ping An."

"Of course, no problem. I will provide you with technical and financial support."

Lu Pingan waved his hand, there was nothing to hesitate.

Things were decided directly, Xingchen would invest and participate in the global distribution.

In terms of global distribution, Lu Ping An also knows Cheng Long’s current net worth.

The two then discussed the specific profit distribution and plot issues. After that, Cheng Long happily took out the red wine and said he wanted to drink a glass of it no matter what.

Lu Pingan did not refuse, and this time he made tens of millions of dollars in profits for Xingchen, which is indeed worthy of celebration.

The next day, the two appeared together at the North American premiere of "Kung Fu Panda 2".

Also arriving were the film’s voice actors.

The voice actors are generally similar to those in "Kung Fu Panda 1", and the new characters are also the same as in the original version.

The voice actor of "Lord Shen" is still played by Gary Oldman, who is the perverted police chief in "The Killer Isn't Too Cold".

Other new characters also join surprise cameos such as Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michelle Yeoh, and Stallone.

This also made the premiere star-studded, which fully satisfied the expectations of North American Kung Fu fans.

Then for the opening performance, this time the Xingchen team also invited monks from the Shaolin Temple.

The appearance of the eighteen warrior monks surprised the fans and the media at the premiere.

After all, Shaolin Temple is the most mysterious place among the mysterious ancient countries in the East in the minds of old and American people. It is the birthplace of kung fu, the place where dreams begin, and a place that all kung fu lovers must make a pilgrimage in this life.

This is not what Lu Pingan said himself, but what others really think.

This is all thanks to the spread of Hong Kong movies in the golden age.

In short, this time Hollywood Kung Fu superstars, Chinese Kung Fu superstars, and real Shaolin Temple monks are present.

It directly made the opening of "Kung Fu Panda 2" very popular.

The overall quality of "Kung Fu Panda 2" should be said to be the best in the series.

In addition, the premiere schedule of "Kung Fu Panda 2" in North America is pretty good.

"Transformers 2" and "Harry Potter 6" and "Up" are all a week to two and a half away.

So there is no need to say much about the subsequent box office.

"The 3D animated film "Kung Fu Panda 2" was released in 4,226 theaters in the United States last Thursday, with a weekend box office of US$50.76 million, and a single theater box office of more than US$12,000, ranking second."

"The North American premiere of "Kung Fu Panda 2" has achieved gratifying results, and Chinese animation is once again on top of the world."

"The Monk has traveled across the ocean, shocked the United States, and behind the madness of movie fans is the hard-core output of Chinese animation and culture."

""Kung Fu Panda 2" box office is gratifying, Xingchen stock price soared"

Soon, the mainland media, which was also paying attention to the box office of "Kung Fu Panda 2", released various reports.

The three-day box office in North America is more than 50 million US dollars, and it will not be a big problem to break 200 million US dollars in North America in the future.

Mainland China's "Kung Fu Panda 2" also premiered, with box office sales exceeding 100 million in two days. It is no longer a problem to exceed 500 million in the future.

The film was a hit at the box office and exceeded the lowest expectations of agencies for the film.

This is still the most basic.

The box office and word-of-mouth success also means that the "Kung Fu Panda" movie series has officially taken shape.

The market value of a series of movies and a single movie is naturally different.

The most intuitive impact is that Xingchen’s stock price has risen sharply.

In the past few days, Xingchen's stock price has been fluctuating after experiencing a surge in stock price after its listing. Overall, it did not exceed the highest price on the first day of listing.

But now, as soon as the good news comes out, the stock price directly breaks through the shock zone and heads towards the highest level in history.

What followed was that Lu Ping'an's net worth skyrocketed again.

From 18.9 billion a few days ago, it is now jumping every hour and quickly rushed to 21 billion.

According to predictions from professional organizations, if the global box office of "Kung Fu Panda 2" is higher than that of "Kung Fu Panda 1".

Then it’s not just a matter of series formation.

It's a question of taking shape as one of the world's top series.

This thing is placed in China, a country that is already weak in exporting film culture.

The meaning will be very different.

So if it really makes it better than the first one.

The market value of this wave of stars may rise to an incredible level.

So various institutions rushed to get involved.

The ultra-high trading volume also drove the stock price to continue to rise.

This is how the stock market gets speculated.

Then wait for a week after "Kung Fu Panda 2" is released.

At this time, the North American box office was 120 million.

The mainland box office was 310 million.

Other regions have also begun to release the film one after another, and news of gratifying results has spread back to China.

Xingchen’s stock price directly broke through the all-time high and reached a high of 127 yuan.

Compared with the closing price of 79 yuan on the first day of listing.

Almost double!

But Xiang Guoqiang also called soon.

He said that he should be mentally prepared for the stock price to fall back next.

Because it is not normal now, the false height is relatively large.

Of course Lu Pingping knows.

So I didn't jump up and down like Hu Qingquan, Ning Hao and others in China.

But think about it, in just one week, Xingchen’s market value has almost doubled, and its value has also skyrocketed.

Like Lu Ping An, whose net worth was 18.9 billion a week ago and now exceeds 30 billion.

This is indeed very scary.

Lu Ping'an couldn't help but sigh.

It’s so easy to make money!

No wonder so many listed companies don't care about doing things, but only focus on hype.

For ordinary people, this is really hard to bear.

"Kung Fu Panda 2" has been in theaters for a week and the box office has been very good.

This has also had an excellent impact on Peak's valuation.

Another week later, Lu Ping An returned to Los Angeles temporarily after completing the road show in London.

Wattsberg smiled and took out the report: "Guess what our valuation is now?"