Chapter 241: Olympic Bid Ambassador
On March 1, 2000, Ms. Yu Yu, Vice Chairman of Entertainment Group, President of Angel Foundation China Branch, and Director of Hunan Satellite TV, was elected as a member of the 9th CPPCC of Hunan Province.
At this time, Chen Lin's accumulated status was surpassed by his wife, and his wife is now not only the head of the family at home, but also his leader outside.
Originally, Chen Lin was also nominated as a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, but after thinking about it, he himself refused. This is because CPPCC members are official statuses, and if they have this status, it will not be easy to carry out their careers in the United States, and Americans are still very taboo about this, and it is enough to have a lover receive this honor for unnecessary trouble.
On March 5th, Jade Emperor Entertainment Group successfully integrated Pony Galloping Company and announced that it would shoot 12 commercial and 3 literary and artistic TV series this year.
On April 1, Jade Emperor Entertainment Group officially submitted a listing application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
On April 5th, the fourth season of "One Song in Two Days" entered the treasure island of Taiwan * Bay, and the first broadcast of other variety shows in Taiwan * Bay was completed, and in the next 3 months, the Taiwan * Bay variety show ratings list staged Brother Xian's two programs "Two Days and One Day" and "I Guess", an interesting scene of his family and his family fighting for the ratings championship.
On May 1, the second season of "The Voice of America" was launched, and the first season of "The Voice of America" made a fortune of $1.2 billion for Star Entertainment. As soon as the second season began, advertising sponsorships exceeded $150 million, an increase of 40% from the first season.
In the following months, "The Voice of the UK", "The Voice of Korea", "The Voice of China", and "The Voice of Japan" were broadcast one after another, and The Voice was a success in all four countries. Star Entertainment's internal documents show that the company has shared $1.5 billion in benefits from the Voice of the Five Nations this year
Winter goes to spring, and the seasons change.
On December 1, 2000, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, after 8 months of long financial audit, Jade Emperor Entertainment Group was finally listed on this day.
In the morning, the hall of the stock exchange was crowded and lively.
Chen Lin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Jade Emperor Entertainment, and Yu Yu, Vice Chairman of Jade Emperor Entertainment. Zhang Ming, Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong, Li Xiaojia, Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and other big figures gathered under the huge electronic display screen of the exchange, waiting for the opening time.
Jade Emperor Entertainment Group has a total share capital of 2 billion shares, and 1 billion shares are issued at an issue price of HK$3 per share.
The hour hand finally came to 10 o'clock, Chen Lin looked at the hour hand, and as soon as he saw the point, he picked up the sledgehammer wrapped in red cloth in his hand and slammed the gong and drum next to him - "Knock!" β
The gongs and drums sounded, and the stock market officially opened.
I saw that the data on the electronic display screen above my head was constantly changing, and at this time, Chen Lin and his wife were both in their hearts. Keep an eye on the display with the words "Jade Emperor Entertainment: 3.00".
Whether it goes up or down will be known right away.
Finally the number on it jumped from "3.00" to "3.12" and then soared all the way to 3.20, 3.45, 3.8510 minutes later the number doubled to 6.00.
"Oh yesβ" It was successful, and the trading floor was jubilant in an instant, and many shareholders who bought Jade Emperor Entertainment shares applauded and celebrated.
"Mr. Chen, Mr. Yu, congratulations, congratulations."
"Xie Lu Xie, Xie Lu Xie."
Director Zhang of the Hong Kong Liaison Office and President Li of the Exchange congratulated Chen Lin and his wife. In just 10 minutes, the stock price doubled. This represents the market's optimism about Jade Emperor Entertainment.
The stock market opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 12:30 p.m. One morning, Jade Emperor Entertainment stock kept rising, all the way to the limit.
The information of the stock market spread very quickly, and the news of the price limit of Jade Emperor Entertainment quickly spread all over Hong Kong. The shareholders who bought the stock were happy, and those who did not buy it beat their chests.
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when the stock was suspended, Jade Emperor Entertainment's share rose sharply from the issue price of 3 Hong Kong dollars to 10 Hong Kong dollars, and the total market value of Jade Emperor Entertainment rose to 20 billion yuan. The 1 billion shares issued on the same day were snatched up by the shareholders and investment institutions who flocked to it.
Jade Emperor Entertainment's Hong Kong listing raised 10 billion Hong Kong dollars in cash, which was a great success, and since the afternoon of the same day, the financial media has been named the first share of Jade Emperor Entertainment in China.
And that's not all. With the soaring of China's first entertainment stock, the Hong Kong stock market, which has not recovered due to the economic crisis, has brought a ray of life, and the stocks of many large companies in Hong Kong have risen one after another. All financial institutions, investors, and stockholders in Hong Kong cheered, and the stock market ushered in a rare wave of small bull market.
On the morning of the next day, Jade Emperor Entertainment Group invested tens of millions of dollars to charter the Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong, and feasted the guests.
Hong Kong celebrities in the film and television, political and business circles have all received invitations, such as Li Ka-shing, Fok Ying-tung, Bao Yugang, Run Run Shaw and other Hong Kong bigwigs from all walks of life are invited.
Many bigwigs gave face to the richest man in the mainland, and only a few people abroad failed to participate, such as the richest Chinese in the UK, but he sent his son Li Zekai to come to be considered very face-saving.
Chen Lin used to hand over celebrities, and he had no dealings with people in the Hong Kong business community, which would be regarded as making up for this omission.
The banquet was held for 3 hours, and at two o'clock in the afternoon, Yu Yu helped Chen Lin, who was a little vain, back to the hotel. Yu Yu waited for her husband to wash his face, then let him sit on the sofa to rest, and instructed the hotel waiter to make a bowl of ginger soup.
"Lin Lin, let's drink ginger soup and then go to sleep for a while."
Chen Lin took the ginger soup and drank it in one sip, he felt a little better, and said bitterly: "Fortunately, today, my wife, you are clever and arranged for several actresses of the company to block the wine, otherwise I would be miserable, I am afraid that so many guests will toast, we will not have such a banquet in the future." β
Drinking alcohol has always been a chore for Chen Lin, and only a few sips with friends can taste good.
"You-" Yu Yu was about to say a few words angrily, when Chen Lin's mobile phone rang.
Chen Lin took it out and saw that it was a strange call from Bei*Jing. The other party on the phone was a middle-aged man's voice.
"Hello, is it Mr. Chen Lin?"
"Yes, may I ask who you are?"
"Mr. Chen, take the liberty to disturb you, I am Wang Peng, director of the General Administration of Sports of China."
"It turned out to be Director Wang, disrespectful and disrespectful, may I ask what the Wang Bureau is looking for me?"
"To be exact, I'm looking for your wife, Ms. Yu Yu, but her phone is turned off."
"Oh, yes, you wait, my lover is right next to me, if you have anything to talk to her about, just talk to her."
Chen Lin said and gave his mobile phone to Yu Yu: "Wife, do you know Director Wang Peng of the State General Administration of Sports?" β
"There was a meeting." Yu Yu took the phone: "Are you the king?" β
"Hehe, Xiaoyu, we met once at the Hilton Hotel in Wangfujing, Beijing on the 18th of last month, do you remember?"
"Remember, hehe, I heard your voice, Wang Ju, are you looking for something?"
"That's the case, do you know that our country is going to apply for the '08 Olympics?"
"I know it, I've seen it on the news."
"I am now the Executive Chairman of the Organizing Committee, and on behalf of the Organizing Committee, I invite you to be the ambassador of the Olympic bid."
"Ah~~ Olympic Bid Ambassador?"
Director Wang of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China actually invited her to serve as the ambassador for the Olympic bid, which surprised Yu Yu, and even Chen Lin, who was lying listless on the sofa, suddenly came to his senses when he heard the words "Olympic bid ambassador".
He sat up and listened carefully.
"Wang Ju, the ambassador of the Olympic bid is not trivial, I am completely unprepared!" Yu Yu let out a long breath and said.
"I know it's a little sudden, so I'll give you a call first, and I'd like to meet with you tomorrow to talk about it. Are you still in Hong Kong tomorrow? I'm coming to you for an interview. β
"Oh, no, Wang Ju, I'll come to Beijing tomorrow, how can I let the leader find me in person."
"Okay, I'll pick you up at the airport tomorrow, that's it, bye."
"Good one, please worship."
As soon as Yu Yu hung up the phone, Chen Lin pulled his wife to sit down beside him, and said excitedly: "Wife, you are too good." I didn't expect the Organizing Committee to ask you to be the ambassador of the Olympic bid. β
Olympic bid ambassador, dear, this is not something that ordinary people can do, no wonder Chen Lin is very happy.
"Lin Lin, don't make fun of me, this ambassador for the Olympic bid is not a child's play, it represents the image of the country, and I am worried that I am not capable enough." Yu Yu frowned.
"Wife, I found that you have changed." Chen Lin suddenly came up with such a sentence.
"What's wrong with me?" Yu Yuqi said.
"You see you've always been confident in yourself before, at the TV station, who didn't know that you were the queen, I found that since you married me, I really want to become less confident, and the last time you were the director, it was the same. Is it that your husband is too capable and has hit your self-confidence? If you decide that you can't do it yourself, you suggest to Director Wang that I come. After saying the most, Chen Lin joked.
"Flutter!" Yu Yujiao snorted: "Hmph, you still want to hit my self-confidence." You have the ability, why didn't you see people looking for you. β
"I've decided, I'm going to suppress your arrogance, and I, the ambassador of the Olympic bid, should be decided. lest your tail at home later. β
"It doesn't make sense, I'm so handsome, so famous, and so rich, why don't you ask me to be an ambassador for the Olympic bid?"
"Hmph, with your suburban London accent, you don't qualify for this language."
Yu Yu hit her husband mercilessly, not to mention that his wife is more qualified than him, first of all, the language is absolutely the standard, and then look at the words and conversations, the image and temperament are not to say, and secondly, Yu Yu's reputation as the chairman of the Angel Foundation in the past two years is also very high.
"Hehe, I'm not qualified, but-" Chen Lin suddenly coaxed, proud: "But my wife is an ambassador for the Olympic bid, so I'm proud, I'm proud." β
"Giggle~~ Flim tongue. Okay, go to sleep first, and I'll wake you up at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. In the evening, let's fly to Beijing at 9 o'clock. β
"Yes, my distinguished ambassador." Chen Lin stood up and saluted, and then went to sleep in the bedroom very obediently.
Yu Yu pursed her lips and smiled, and then got up and went into the bedroom with her husband. (To be continued......)