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[I am not Pan Jinlian] has been released for a week since it was released on the 18th.

Due to Director Feng’s long post on Weibo [A letter from Pan Jinlian to Mr. Wang Jianlin], the movie’s popularity has remained high since its release.

A total of 205 million was achieved at the box office in the first three days. For a feature film in the name of comedy, this result is quite good. At least the profit of the film is certain.

However, after three days of release, the market's response to this film was relatively average.

Audiences who like to watch Feng's comedies think this film is not funny at all. Those who are more picky about the plot think that the film is not as profound as Feng's previous films [1942] and [Tangshan Earthquake].

Especially the heroine of the movie, Fan Bingbing, is really lacking in acting skills. She was easily killed by supporting actors such as Fan Wei, Liu Ye, Zhang Yi, and Zhang Jiayi who only had two minutes of scenes.

Starting from the second week, the box office of "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" plummeted. The single-day box office on Monday was 24.17 million, and within two days it fell below 20 million. It is completely impossible to watch trending movies that are popular.

"Haha, I blame the movie production. I can't make a movie well, so no matter how much I hype it, it's useless."

Wang Shicong was sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed and a cigarette in her hand. She looked at the box office data of "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" on her phone and said with gloating.

Opposite him were five gaming computers in a row, with the [League of Legends] game victory interface displayed on the screen. It was obvious that he had just finished playing the game and returned to the sofa to rest.

"Actually, it doesn't matter. Director Feng's film has already signed a 500 million guaranteed contract with the distributor [Yolai Films] when it was first released, so no matter what the box office is, he will make money."

Gu Wei sat not far from Wang Sicong. He leisurely picked out his favorite fruit from the fruit plate on the coffee table, pierced it with a toothpick and put it in his mouth.

There was nothing going on today, but Wang Sicong asked him to hang out again, so Gu Wei simply accepted his invitation and came over for fun.

In addition to the two of them, they were also accompanied by Lin Gengxin and two rich second-generation people whom Gu Wei didn't know. They all brought their female companions, and there were a total of 10 people in the room making a scene.

Wang Shicong's female companion is still an Internet celebrity, but she is not the same person as Gu Wei last time she met.

The two rich second-generation female companions were just ordinary girls with good looks. They were excited for a while after Gu Wei arrived. If their boyfriends hadn't been around, they would have rushed to ask for autographs and photos.

Lin Gengxin came with his new girlfriend, who was also a female star in the circle. Gu Wei looked familiar at first. After the introduction, he found out that her name was Wang Likun, and then he remembered that she seemed to have the title of the goddess without makeup.

The person Gu Wei brought with him was Meng Ziyi.

Nazha went to France two days ago, and other female friends who were close to him were either not in the capital, or it was inconvenient to take him out on such an occasion.

Just like Liu Yifei, she has nothing to do and stays at home now, but it is impossible for Gu Wei to ask her to join Wang Shicong's game.

After thinking about it, the elementary school girl Meng Ziyi seemed to have nothing to do now. She was in school when she was not filming, so Gu Wei made a call and asked her out.

"The more I think about this, the more unlucky I become. A toad is lying on my feet, but it doesn't bite, and it's full of irritation."

Wang Sicong is still worried about Feng Xiaogang's use of Wanda to promote things with him.

Gu Wei smiled.

"Director Feng's [Dongyang Mira] has signed a gambling agreement with Huayi. It is inevitable that there will be some rush for quick success and quick profit when releasing movies in the past few years. You, Wanda, just happened to do it right."

Is the film scheduling rate really low after the release of "I'm Not Pan Jinlian"?

Not really.

Even due to personnel conflicts with Huayi, Wanda's theater chain also gave 10% of the film scheduling. Together with other domestic theater chains, the national film scheduling rate of "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" is as high as 36%, surpassing the second place by ten Multiple percentage points.

In the domestic film market, many movies that have hit the box office, such as "Mermaid", only accounted for more than 30% of the film schedule when they were first released.

Feng Xiaogang has always been good at using topics to market his movies. The series of farce after the release of "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" is just a way for him to hype up his movies.

Wanda, who had had conflicts with Huayi, was chosen as the target of the hype, and Young Master Wang, who was impatient, recklessly helped.

"It's also my fault. I impulsively opposed him when the movie was released. Instead, I helped Huayi."

Thinking of this Wang Sicong, he felt a little annoyed.

"Let's not talk about it anymore, Gu Wei, I saw you entered that [Douyin] short video some time ago, and you brought Yang Mi with you?"

Gu Wei took two small slices of watermelon from the coffee table and handed one to Meng Ziyi who was sitting next to him.

"Yes, I am now the spokesperson of [Douyin]. The artists in my company have opened their own accounts, including Ziyi."

Meng Ziyi took a small bite of the watermelon and nodded when she heard Gu Wei mentioning her.

"If you have time, you can go up and get your own account. With your current popularity, you probably have more fans than some celebrities.

Xiaoxin can also open an account and play around.”

Lin Gengxin, who was sitting on the other side and talking quietly to his girlfriend, heard Gu Wei's words and smiled and nodded to him.

“I have a number, but I haven’t verified my identity.

What I mean is that you can endorse [Douyin], but you should consider endorsing my [Panda TV]. Short videos and live broadcasts are actually very similar.

Don’t worry, you can set whatever terms you want, and I will definitely offer you a sky-high price contract.”

Wang Shicong looked at Gu Wei eagerly, and he had been coveting the other person's traffic for more than a day or two.

Gu Wei shook his head.

“The endorsement of [Douyin] is because I have shares in [ByteDance], mainly for the company’s financing a while ago.

And [Douyin] may not consider launching a live broadcast function in the future, so.”

“Are you still a shareholder of [ByteDance]?”

Wang Shicong didn't feel too bad about being rejected by Gu Wei again. After all, he had failed to invite him several times before, but he was surprised to learn this new news.

"I joined [Byte] in the second year after its establishment. Zhang Yiming is very capable. I am very optimistic about him and even more optimistic about the development of the company."

Gu Wei shrugged and said nonchalantly.

"Tsk tsk. That's awesome.

Gu Wei, even if you don't become a star and become a pure businessman, you are definitely a rising star in the business world now.

Your vision is absolutely amazing! "

Wang Shicong looked at Gu Wei and sighed.

Everyone knows that he is the boss of [Panda TV], but in fact [Beijing Pus Capital], an investment company, is the core of Wang Shicong's career.

He can be regarded as a member of the investment circle. From 2015 to now, [S\u0026P Capital] has made a total of 48 investments, so Wang Sicong is quite concerned about some big and small things in the investment circle.

"Why, is there anything different about the [ByteDance] you mentioned?"

Listening to the chat between the two, Lin Gengxin looked at Wang Shicong who was admiring and asked doubtfully.

Wang Sicong glanced at him and found that several people in the room were attracted by the topic of his chat with Gu Wei, and said lightly.

"[ByteDance] is now a hot topic in the domestic financial investment circle. It just completed the D round of financing some time ago. I remember it was led by Sequoia, with a valuation of US$12 billion!"

When he said these words, everyone present took a breath.

The number of US$12 billion is really astonishing.

The two rich second generations who were playing with Wang Sicong today are both businessmen in the capital. Their parents are billionaires, but their total wealth may only be in the billions. Even if 12 billion US dollars is not enough for them, It’s also out of reach for parents.

"Oh my god, 12 billion U.S. dollars, even if there is only one point of shares, it is worth nearly 800 million yuan."

"Is an Internet company so valuable?"

"[ByteDance]? Never heard of it!

[Douyin] I know, I downloaded it two days ago.”

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Everyone marveled at how valuable [Byte] was, and also speculated how many shares Gu Wei had, but no one asked about it. The second generation of rich people does not mean that they have low emotional intelligence. Knowing that this is personal privacy, no one would be so presumptuous.

Only Wang Sicong knew that Gu Wei’s shares would not be too small, because the other party had just said that [Byte] took a stake in the second year after its establishment.

Generally speaking, when a company is first established, its valuation is not too high, and the share of financing provided is relatively large. After it truly develops and becomes bigger and stronger, it will become more and more stingy with shares.

"Brother Wei, I didn't expect you to be the hidden rich man in the entertainment industry!"

Lin Gengxin praised with a smile.

He didn't notice that the eyes of his girlfriend next to him looked at Gu Wei with increasing intensity.

Wang Likun went out to play with her boyfriend, but she didn't expect to meet the big star Gu Wei.

Today, she saw him for the first time in real life, and she realized that he was widely recognized as the most handsome male star in the entertainment industry. His appearance was simply amazing.

She feels that her boyfriend is already very handsome. Lin Gengxin considers himself "the dream of 900 million girls." Although it is a joke, he is still very good in terms of appearance.

However, after sitting together with Gu Wei, it was very clear that the difference in appearance between the two, whether it was face shape, facial features, skin or temperament, was incomparable. Overall, the difference was much worse.

It's a pity that she already has a boyfriend, otherwise she really wants to try to win over Gu Wei, a male god in the entertainment industry.

Wang Likun licked her lips and looked at Meng Ziyi next to Gu Wei, with envy in her eyes.

Although Gu Wei introduced this to everyone as his junior sister, the fact that she was brought to this occasion meant that the two had a close relationship.

"Don't brag about me, you are the real rich man."

Gu Wei waved his hand nonchalantly.

"No, not counting my old man, I am 100% less rich than you now."

As he spoke, he raised his head and motioned to his two friends.

"The total assets of their families combined are probably not as much as the assets in your name!"

The two rich second generation Zhao Mingyuan and Li Zheng looked at Gu Wei with smiles, without any refutation of Wang Shicong's words.

Everyone chatted for a while, and Gu Wei raised his hand to look at the time.

"Everyone, I have some other things to do here, so I have to take a step first~"

"I've already arranged the meal. If it's inconvenient for you to go to a bar or something in the evening, let's have a meal together before leaving."

Wang Shicong frowned slightly.

"It's because of the situation that I'm leaving now. I'm going to Bona's banquet later."

Gu Wei explained.

"That's it~

Since I have something serious to do, I won’t force you to stay. Let’s meet again next time! "

Gu Wei stood up and greeted Lin Gengxin and others, and led Meng Ziyi out of Wang Shicong's villa.

In the nanny's car, Gu Wei turned to look at Meng Ziyi beside him.

"Ziyi, I have a dinner party later. Do you want to take you back to school first?"

"Brother, don't you want me to accompany you?"

Meng Ziyi sat next to Gu Wei and turned to look at him with a pair of big innocent eyes.

Gu Wei smiled and explained to her.

"It's different from playing with Lin Gengxin and Wang Sicong just now. The person who came to see me was Yu Dong, the boss of [Bona Film and Television]. He should have some work-related matters that he wanted to talk to me about. He wouldn't be as casual as during the day. I I’m afraid you won’t adapt.”

"It's okay. As long as I'm with you, senior brother, it doesn't matter where we go."

Meng Ziyi didn't want to go back so early. He finally had the opportunity to be alone with his male god senior brother, so of course he wanted to stay as long as possible.

Gu Wei nodded. Since Meng Ziyi agreed, he didn't mind taking her to the banquet.

Not long after, the nanny car drove to the booked hotel.

Under the guidance of the staff, the two entered the box.

In the room, Yu Dong was wearing a gray suit, and sitting next to him was a gorgeous woman who looked very familiar to Gu Wei.

Seeing Gu Wei come in, the two of them stood up to greet him.

After introducing each other, we found out that the woman was Yu Dong's wife, the once-famous actress Jin Qiaoqiao.

Gu Wei also introduced Meng Ziyi to them.

After the four people sat down, within a few minutes, a table of delicious dishes was served one after another. Yu Dong poured wine for Gu Wei, and the two chatted while drinking. Jin Qiaoqiao also found a topic to chat with Meng Ziyi, and never let it go. She felt left out.

"Mr. Gu, are you interested in my proposal?"

At the dinner, the chat between Yu Dong and Gu Wei gradually got to the point, and Gu Wei also knew the real reason why the other party was looking for him today.

Bona Pictures, owned by Yu Dong, was listed on Nasdaq as early as September 2010, but its stock price had been in a weak state when it was listed on the U.S. stock market, with its market value at its peak of about 6 billion yuan.

At the same time, [Huayi Brothers], which is similar in size to Bona, has a market value of tens of billions in A-shares.

Yu Dong publicly stated on many occasions that [Bona Pictures]’s stock price was undervalued, and announced its privatization in June 2015.

After the privatization was successful, Yu Dong began to plan to list [Bona] in Big A.

So we began to issue additional shares and introduce some capital and star shareholders. In terms of capital, XZ Hehe, Dongyang Ali, Xinshi Yuanying, Ningbo Saifu, Linzhi Tencent have all become one of Bona's shareholders.

As for celebrities, Zhang Hanyu and Huang Xiaoming subscribed for 3.4363 million shares respectively, holding 0.31% of the shares; Zhang Ziyi subscribed for 2.0618 million shares, holding 0.19% of the shares; Chen Baoguo subscribed for 1.3745 million shares, holding 0.13% of the shares; Huang Jianxin and Han Han subscribed for 687,300 shares, Holding 0.06% of shares.

Gu Wei, a partner who has just had a good cooperation with Bona and can bring resource benefits to Bona in the future, is naturally valued by Yu Dong. He hopes that he can invest in Bona and become his true own.