On the way home, Zhang Ran received a call from Cao Wenbin, the head of the company's public relations department.

"Zhang Dong, we have a relatively limited understanding of the company Shishang Culture!" Cao Wenbin explained on the phone, "as far as we currently have information, Shishang Culture is a subsidiary of Jinding Holdings, which was established in June 2011 and is owned by Fan Yongzhong, the company's boss is Fan Yongzhong, which is mainly engaged in Internet finance, financing guarantees, and microfinance. According to the data, from 2011 to July 2014, the total operating income of Jinding Holdings was 750 million yuan, 23.2 billion yuan and 56.9 billion yuan respectively. In just three years, Jinding Holdings has acquired more than 10 companies, including four listed companies. ”

Zhang Ran asked: "I heard that Sequoia Capital is behind this company, and there are some other fund companies?"

Cao Wenbin said: "At first, Sequoia and Goldman Sachs both took shares, but they soon withdrew. In the past three years, the company has gone through several rounds of equity changes, and the current main shareholders are two natural persons, namely Fan Yongzhong and Fan Yonghong brothers, as well as two investment companies. ”

Zhang Ran felt that it was obviously abnormal for Jinding Holdings to absorb funds like this, so he said: "Jinding Holdings has absorbed so many funds in a short period of time, is there a suspicion of illegal fundraising?"

Cao Wenbin said: "This is not clear, the situation of this company is very complicated, and they have only entered the film and television industry for a short time, so we have not made great efforts to investigate." ”

Zhang Ran understood this very well, if it weren't for hearing that Huang Shengyi and the others had signed a VAM agreement with Shishang Culture today, he wouldn't even know about this company, and asked: "Which artists did Jinding Control sign a VAM agreement with?"

"Wait a minute, I'll check!" Soon Cao Wenbin gave an answer, "The other companies under Jinding are not bound to artists, and Shishang Culture has bound Tianren Film and Television, Haohai Film and Television, and Guardian Film and Television through gambling. ”

Zhang Ran immediately said, "Nothing else?"

Cao Wenbin gave an affirmative answer: "As far as we know, no!"

Zhang Ran couldn't help frowning, a huge uneasiness came to his heart, the bets are all my students, there is no one else, this is a bit strange, he groaned for a while, and said: "When did Jinding Holdings enter the film industry, and what are the movies it invests in?"

Cao Wenbin said: "I invested in three movies this year, "Three Lives and Three Worlds", "The Legend of Wukong", and "Shura Field", all of which are big productions, each of which claims to have invested more than 500 million, but these films are still in preparation. The distribution rights of the movie "Breakup Master" released in June are in the hands of Bafang Holdings, a listed company under Jinding Equity, and they won the distribution rights from the light at a guaranteed price of 400 million yuan, and finally the box office of the film reached 700 million yuan, not only the box office earned, but also the stock market value rose by 2.3 billion in one go. As a result, Jinding Holdings, as well as a group of executives, sold their shares and then announced their negative results. Affected by these factors, the company's stock price plummeted, and the market value of the stock fell by nearly 2 billion. As soon as it rises and falls, they have harvested more than 1 billion yuan! This year, they still have a movie to be released, that is, Jiang Wen's "One Step Away", which they won at a guaranteed price of 1.5 billion. If "One Step Away" can be a box office hit, then they will be able to harvest a wave of leeks! In addition, they also won "Macau Fengyun 2" with 1.5 billion, ready to bet on the Spring Festival!"

Zhang Ran shook his head gently, these people really treat the stockholders as leeks and want to harvest them over and over again! China's stock market should really learn from the United States, practice the presumption of guilt, and crack down on the manipulation of stock prices, lest these people cheat the people's money. If you dare to do this in the United States, you will not be able to get away, it will be all insider trading, and you will not only go to jail, but also be heavily fined.

Zhang Ran was very disgusted with these people, but he couldn't manage these things, and he didn't have the heart to care, he said quite puzzled: "This company's main business is finance, but they spent billions of dollars in 2011 to acquire Jia Niliang, Huang Shengyi, and Yang Mi's company, which is illogical! If it is to raise the stock price in order to harvest leeks, then they should inject three companies into listed companies, but they don't, this is really a bit strange!"

Cao Wenbin thought for a while and said, "I think it might be like this." New companies like Jinding Holdings have very low credit, and others will not trust them, and it is impossible to buy their financial products. If a large group of celebrities come to the platform, the public will be very relieved to see that so many celebrities have become shareholders, and they will hand over the money to Jinding Holdings. It is precisely because of a large number of star platforms that Jinding Holdings has been able to grow rapidly in just 3 years. At present, Jinding Holdings has formed a money-making model, increasing credit for the company through celebrity effect; obtaining the right to box office income through film and television investment, and then driving the stock price of listed companies by purchasing film distribution rights by listed companies to achieve wealth appreciation; and repackaging these film and television projects into financial products to absorb investors' money. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Ran understood a little, but the doubts in his heart were not completely resolved. Just a few months after the establishment of Jinding Holdings, it was able to spend billions of dollars to acquire Jia Niliang, Huang Shengyi, and Yang Mi and their three companies, where did they get so much money? Moreover, with so many of his own students involved, he did not dare to take it lightly: "You should check this company and their background! Check their capital operation, check their initial source of funds!"

Cao Wenbin immediately said: "Okay, we will investigate as soon as possible, and we will report to you as soon as there are results!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Ran exhaled heavily, but he couldn't exhale the uneasiness in his heart. The intense uneasiness was like a stone in his chest, and he was a little breathless.

This uneasiness is not only because Zhang Ran's students are involved, but more importantly, he faintly feels that something big is going to happen in the film and television industry.

Now the film and television industry is becoming more and more chaotic, listed film and television companies buy artist brokerage companies at high valuations, and celebrities are capitalized; institutions and artists raid into film and television companies, waiting for the listing to get rich and cash out; film and television companies falsify financial data with their left hand and right hand, and their performance changes face after listing; film and television giants make large-scale overseas acquisitions and are questioned about transferring assets; speculators launder money through joint financing platforms, and box office fraud and stock price increases......

Like Jinding Holdings, which uses film and television to harvest shareholders as leeks, it may be effective once or twice, or even three or four times, but shareholders are not fools, and if they harvest more, no matter what the performance and profits of film and television companies will be far away from film and television stocks in the future. In this way, it will bring a serious consequence, no longer shareholders trust film and television stocks, and it will become very difficult for film and television companies to raise funds. If the company can't raise enough money, then there won't be enough money to produce film and television works.

At present, there is still a particularly serious problem in the film and television industry, that is, the remuneration of actors, and this problem has already threatened the survival of the film and television industry! As long as people who really care about the film and television industry are very worried about this problem, the entire market may collapse if it continues to rise like this. Just like real estate, if the house rises to 300,000 yuan, the whole market will definitely collapse!

In the history of Xiangjiang films, in the two years from 92 to 93, the value of Xiangjiang stars also rolled up, at that time, many celebrities met and asked, how much have you risen? However, because the value of celebrities is too high, coupled with the loss of the most important Taiwan market, investors can't make money, so they flee the film and television industry, so Xiangjiang movies collapsed.

Now the chaos in the mainland market is very much like Xiangjiang in 92 and 93, and all kinds of signs indicate that the crisis of Chinese films is coming!

Of course, the mainland market has not yet hit the ceiling, with the average number of moviegoers per capita in China last year being only 0.92, far lower than the 4.5 in the United States. The Chinese film market still has a lot of potential to be tapped, and it will definitely not collapse completely like Xiangjiang Films, but once this crisis breaks out, the period of high growth of Chinese films may come to an end!

When Zhang Ran walked into the house, Jing Tian was sitting on the sofa watching "Peppa Pig" with a smile. When Jing Tian saw Zhang Ran coming back, he called Master, and then smiled and said, "Senior sister, Dad is back!"

The little girl was happy when she saw Zhang Ran coming back, she opened her hands and threw herself at Zhang Ran, shouting, "Dad!"

Zhang Ran stretched out his hand to take his daughter, kissed her twice on the face, and said with a smile: "Good daughter, I miss my father! Father misses you too! Let my father kiss her well!"

Zhang Ran kissed him twice, and was about to ask Bai Ling why they hadn't arrived yet, when he suddenly heard the sound of chirping and laughter from the kitchen, and knew that they were helping in the kitchen. He glanced at Jing Tian and said, "It's all girls, look at Bai Ling, everyone else can cook, but you don't know anything, what will you do in the future?"

Jing Tian smiled and said, "What's this, it's a big deal for me to marry a chef!"

Zhang Ran was amused by these words: "It's worthy of being my apprentice, this idea is very personal!"

It didn't take long for the meals to be ready, and a table full of them were all Zhang Jingchu's specialty dishes, with all the color, flavor, and flavor, which made people have the urge to drool at a glance.

The four girls are not outsiders, and it is not the first time to go to Zhang Ran's house for dinner, so they are all welcome, and they can't wait to eat.

After dinner, Yang Mi actively cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, but Zhang Ran stopped her and asked Bai Ling to clean up the dishes and chopsticks and let Jing Tian wash the dishes;

For Yang Mi and Huang Shengyi, Zhang Ran didn't have any reason to beat around the bush, and directly told the news he had heard, and then asked Huang Shengyi and Yang how much they knew about Shishang Culture and Jinding Holdings. Huang Shengyi and Yang Fan told everything they knew, but what they knew was very limited. In the eyes of Jinding Holdings, they are just flags that can be used, how can they know too much.

After listening to Yang Mi and Huang Shengyi's statements, Zhang Ran exhaled heavily and said, "I'm afraid that there are problems with the operation of this company, and there is a risk of illegal fundraising. If they are really illegally fundraising, then they have a high possibility of gambling and investing in film and television, and money laundering. If you get involved, it's going to be a problem. Speaking of this, he looked at the two girls and said with a solemn expression: "You should reduce your contacts with Jinding Holdings, and it is best not to accept the film and television works of Jinding Holdings!"

Huang Shengyi rarely saw Zhang Ran speak so seriously, and realized that the problem might be serious: "I have signed a contract with them to play "Three Lives and Three Worlds", and it will start shooting early next year." ”

Yang Fan was also a little frightened: "I also signed a contract with them to play the female number one in "The Legend of Wukong"!"

Zhang Ran said speechlessly: "You guys are really!" He really wanted to scold people, but he still held back, illegal fundraising and money laundering are his own speculations, and there is no tangible evidence yet, he sighed and said: "Forget it, you have all taken it, and it is impossible to let you quit." Pay attention, and if you find anything wrong with this company or the crew, tell me. ”

The two girls both understood that if something really went wrong, they would probably be able to rely on Zhang Ran, so they nodded again and again: "Okay, Mr. Zhang, if there is anything wrong, we will tell you as soon as possible!"

After the two girls left the study, Zhang Ran dialed Jia Niliang's phone: "Jia Niliang, you have come to Lin'an in the past two days, I have something to ask you!"