Chapter 615: Accident (I)
There is a very bad tradition in China that innovation often does not end well, far away there is business, near there is so-and-so, don't say this, you know. It's much the same in the corporate world, where many of the first innovative companies don't necessarily succeed. For example, LG launched the world's first touchscreen mobile phone, and then Apple's iPhone achieved the greatest success ever.
The yelptaxi (lyft) project was frozen, and Zhou Shi asked Shen Haoyu to contact Kalanick to invest in Uber through the company, and he could be diverted through yelp. He also agreed to quit Uber after three years, and wanted the yelptaxi project team to pack it up and give it to Kalanick, at which time John Zimmer of the project team called Zhou Shi.
"I know the company wants to abandon the project for legal reasons, but if Kalanick can, why can't I?" said John Zimmer
"If you can find investors, offer the right conditions, and give us hope for success, there's nothing that can't be. "Zhou Shi
"Thank you very much......" John Zimmer
Soon an independent ride-hailing company, Lyft, was formed, and it was no surprise that yelp became its majority shareholder. As the mastermind behind the scenes, he guided the development of both companies.
"Our focus now is to expand group buying, reviews, homestays and hotel services, and travel services can be put aside for the time being. Zhou Shi emphasized to Shen Haoyu on the phone that he was going to go to the United States, but Starlight Film and Television is finally going to be listed, Zhou Shi will go to see it by the way, and he will probably fly from Xiangjiang to the United States.
At this time, Starlight Film and Television, although it did not occupy much of a share in the domestic film market, was beyond the reach of all domestic private film and television companies in terms of huge profits. Coupled with the obvious profits of the "Despicable Me" series, Starlight Culture's variety shows have almost monopolized the top few in Huaxia's variety show ratings rankings, which all represent the bright future of Starlight Film and Television. Huayi Brothers now also has a market value of 10 billion soft sister coins, and the overall market value of Starlight Film and Television is even higher. As a company with an annual profit of more than 1 billion soft girl coins, Starlight's final IPO market value is 35 billion soft girl coins. Compared with the price-earnings ratio of Huayi and other GEM listed companies dozens of times, the price-earnings ratio of Starlight Film and Television is obviously much lower.
On the day of the listing, the star-studded, including Hu Ge, Huang Bai and Liu Feifei, who have basically gained a foothold in Hollywood, Ge You also joined its independent agency, and I don't know why, after the company operated independently, more celebrities and big names joined. There are also star shareholders, but they are not mainstream. On the contrary, it is the radio and television companies in Hunan and Zhejiang provinces, and the Chinese Cultural Fund occupies the majority and becomes the company's basic investor. I'm afraid it's also to maintain the follow-up cooperation of several variety shows. The financing was $5.25 billion, with the transfer of 15 percent of the public's shares. The funds are mainly used for film and television production, distribution and theater construction, as well as overseas acquisitions, the British animation company that produced Peppa Pig is very good, although the fire of Peppa Pig in the previous life was more because of the distribution ability of eOne, but who said that only they can succeed, and the successful operation of "Despicable Me" Starlight Film and Television is enough to make those arrogant Anglo-Saxons bow their heads.
Starlight Animation now has Pleasant Goat, bear infested, the construction is not a few years to complete, just look at Transformers, from toys to animation to live-action movies, how long it will take, from now on to hoard some anime IP, who knows if there will be a gold mine in the future. Anyway, the Pleasant Goat and the bear infestation can be operated for a long time with a high-quality strategy, and with Peppa Pig, which is almost in the bag, the future of Starlight Film and Television is still quite impressive. After this financing and listing, Zhou Shi's indirect control of the shares is still maintained at more than 65 percent, sometimes the capital is so hateful, obviously only a few ideas, the specific operation and management are not involved at all, you can get so many shares, management, directors, stars and other investors hold a total of about 20 percent of the shares after the listing, and the issue price is set at 18 yuan per share.
As the listing bell rang and A-shares opened, the share price of Starlight Film and Television instantly rose by more than 40, with a market value of more than $10 billion. Once again, a miracle was created. Of course, such a valuation will only appear in Huaxia, as a film company with global distribution capabilities, Miramax will not have such a market value. Just look at the Big Six in Hollywood, big companies are not so easy to do.
In this listing, Li Ying is not around, Liu Feifei is celebrating with a group of star directors of Starlight, the filming of the Avengers will start this year, and she will also participate in it as a Black Widow. This time, Starlight Film and Television is ready to participate in this project with some institutions in the United Nations, after all, the production cost of this film is as high as 200 million US dollars, and with Liu Feifei, a Chinese female star, it is still very promising to make a co-production. However, Zhou Shi looked at it and always felt that something was wrong, so he called Zhang Zhao over.
"By the way, what about Master Liu?" Zhou Shi asked Zhang Zhao
"This~~" Zhang Zhao hesitated
"Come on, did she leave Starlight or what's wrong?" Zhou Shi
"She said last time you let her rest......" Zhang Zhao seemed a little nervous
"I told her to rest, no, why do you say that?" Zhou Shi
"Ah~~ Mr. Zhou, you really didn't let her ......" Zhang Zhao
"Do I need to deceive people?" Zhou Shi, he has always disliked telling lies.
"Then this matter may be a little complicated......" Zhang Zhao hesitated
"Are you hiding something from me!" Zhou Shi looked directly at Zhang Zhao.
"Maybe, maybe Master Liu is pregnant......" Zhang Zhao
“.…..” Zhou Shi was blindsided for a while, and he didn't think about anything.
"I thought you knew ......," Zhang Zhao
"Oh, did you just do it, or do you think it's a trivial matter?" Zhou Shi, MD, what's going on? He deliberately made a man with Wang Xirui and Li Ying without success, and how could he have a person who still had precautions. He would rather Master Liu have someone else than have his children.
"I~~" Zhang Zhao was stared at by Zhou Shi very unnaturally, thinking that you are a billionaire with tens of billions of dollars and hundreds of billions of soft sister coins, and you even want me to remind you of this? Of course, he wouldn't say it so stupidly, and he knew that this matter was not done well.
"Can you find her...... Zhou Shi couldn't think much at this time, if Zhang Zhao's guess was true, the child might have been born at this time.
"No problem, I'll do it!" Zhang Zhao made a decisive promise...... Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "The Rebirth of the Post-80s Legend Claw Book House" for free for the first time.