Time flies quickly, and the Spring Festival passes without paying attention.

On March 1, 2003, Star Entertainment Group was officially listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Star Entertainment's stock appreciated 20% at the opening of the day, and 50% a month later, and finally the total market capitalization of Star Entertainment reached $9 billion.

Affected by this, the share price of its parent company, Jade Emperor Entertainment, also soared 20%, reaching a market value of 10.5 billion, becoming the first entertainment stock in China with a market value of more than $10 billion.

On March 4, 2003, Forbes Fortune interviewed Chen Lin and Yu Yu. The next day, the photos of the two couples appeared on the cover of Forbes magazine, and at the same time, this issue of Forbes magazine and the famous investment bank Morgan Stanley listed the wealth controlled by Chen Lin and his wife, which is worth noting including the detailed asset valuation statements of three unlisted companies: Huangting Industrial Group, Pentium Technology Group, and Pentium-Google Internet Technology Group.

According to Morgan Stanley's calculations, the market value of Huangting Industrial Group is about 8 billion US dollars, the market value of Pentium Technology is about 26 billion US dollars, and the market value of Pentium-Google Internet Technology Group is about 25 billion US dollars.

With the addition of two listed companies, the wealth controlled by Chen Lin and Yu Yu is conservatively estimated at 78.5 billion US dollars, reaching 628 billion yuan. They have become the richest young couple in the world, second only to the 700 billion total market value of Hutchison Whampoa and Cheung Kong Industrial, which are controlled by Hong Kong's Li Chaoren family.

The total wealth of the two couples is slightly lower than that of the Li family, but Chen Lin's personal wealth has reached 62 billion yuan, which is more than the value of Li Chaoren's 600 people. Yu Yu's personal wealth also ranked third with 59.5 billion.

In fact, the personal wealth of the three billionaires far exceeded the published figures, and Chen Lin and his wife carried out a redistribution of their shares at the beginning of the year. For example, the two transferred 20% of their wealth to their daughter, who was only a few months old, distributed 10% of their wealth to relatives of both families, and set up a Chen family development fund with 10% of their wealth.

At a time when there is a heated discussion in China about the birth of the youngest richest man. On March 10, a message issued by the official website of Jade Emperor Entertainment attracted the attention of countless Chinese people.

This is a picture composed of a picture and a short text, the background of the picture is a British-style manor, the Jade Emperor Entertainment boss, the new richest man Chen Lin and an Englishman sitting together drinking wine and chatting.

That Englishman is a household name in the whole of China, no, in the whole world. He is the famous British comedy master - Rowan. Atkinson, also known as "Mr. Bean".

There is a short text at the bottom of the picture, which reads: "2003 Jade Emperor Golden Harvest Film and Television Group" The latest blockbuster "Agent Bean" is about to open this April. Stay tuned. ”

The news is simple, but the content revealed is enough to make people excited, and it is obvious that Jade Emperor Golden Harvest has invited Mr. Bean to join the latest movie called "Agent Bean" this time.

Rowan . Atkinson is one of the world-renowned comedy superstars. He was born with a face that made people laugh. And has deep stage drama skills and rich body language. In the 90s, he created a hilarious image in the world-famous TV series "Mr. Bean", which is still talked about today.

In China, when it comes to Mr. Bean, I am afraid that only a very small number of netizens who do not have access to the Internet do not know what to say, and the news of Jade Emperor Entertainment quickly spread throughout the Internet, and major portals and forums reprinted the news for the first time.

In the afternoon of the same day, the latest news came out, Sina. Pentium, NetEase and other major portals have hung a headline news in a prominent position on the front page - "Mr. Bean is Coming".

Click on the news headline to link to a new web section of Jade Emperor Entertainment, "Agent Bean". First up is a video of an interview with a senior executive of Jade Emperor Golden Harvest. In the video, the supervisor revealed that Chen Lin, chairman of the board of directors of the company, went to the UK and successfully invited Mr. Atkinson to join the new film "Agent Bean".

"Agent Bean" is a spoof of 007's spy movie, the film brings together actors from Hollywood, the United Kingdom, and China, and the film will be filmed in both China and the United Kingdom.

The most important piece of information revealed in the video is that of Rowan. Atkinson will be invited to China in early April to attend the film's opening ceremony. This is also the comedy giant's first trip to China.

In the web section, Jade Emperor Entertainment bought Rowan. The copyright of the classic TV series "Mr. Bean" starring Atkinson is available for download, and netizens can download or watch it online as long as they pay 1 yuan or 1Q coins.

According to website statistics, from March 10 to April 10, "Mr. Bean" was downloaded more than 12 million times in a month, and 6 million online clicks and plays.

Netizens are most excited that Mr. Bean is coming to China, and they are all looking forward to the arrival of April soon

On April 1, 2003, the Huangting Film and Television Plaza on Wuyi Road, Chang*Sha, was lit up, and a long red carpet was laid out on the square.

Today's red carpet is different from the past, with metal bars installed on both sides, and 50 black-clad bodyguards on each side waiting solemnly.

A 10-meter-long, 20-meter-wide spray-painted poster of Mr. Bean stood in the middle of the square, with red letters written on a rhubarb background: "At 10 o'clock on April 1, 2003, "Agent Bean" held a grand launch conference in Huangting Cinema. ”

At 7 o'clock in the morning, three hours before the press conference, both sides of the red carpet were already crowded with fans who wanted to catch a glimpse of Mr. Bean.

In addition, the specially opened media interview area also erected long guns and short cannons early, and more than 100 domestic media organizations have sent reporters, and if you look closely, you can see several British media reporters who have come from afar.

This press conference was able to attract so many media attendees, except for Rowan. Lockinson, a superstar, came to China for the first time, and Jade Emperor Entertainment also invited several heavyweight stars to join the show.

At 9:20, a luxurious silver Mercedes took refuge at the entrance of the red carpet, and the first star arrived.

"Wow~~ It's Li * Bingbing." Fans on both sides erupted in cheers, and the first person to walk on the red carpet was Li Bingbing, who became popular with Pirates of the Caribbean.

Pirates of the Caribbean, which was released last year, has set off a wave of piracy around the world, and now Jade Emperor Entertainment is the most valuable and famous, and the number one movie star is not Liu Dehua, nor Chen Long, but Captain Jack Johnny. Depp.

Johnny. Depp was worth $8 million before filming Pirates of the Caribbean 1, and his worth soared to $20 million after joining Jade Emperor Entertainment. Depp's salary in Pirates of the Caribbean 2 is $25 million.

Li Bingbing, who also sat on the Black Pearl, also became popular like riding the wind and waves, and his value increased by 20 times. In Pirates of the Caribbean 1 she was paid $100,000, and in Pirates of the Caribbean 2 her salary soared to $2 million.

Following Feng Shaofeng, Li Bingbing also surpassed Lin Zhiling, Fan Bingbing, and Liu Xiaowen overnight to become female artists with high salaries.

It can be said that Li Bingbing is the fifth Chinese actress well-known to Westerners after Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Zhang Manyu, and Yang Ziqiong.

Li Bingbing walked into the studio amid the cheers of fans, and the second stars to reach the red carpet after her were Zhou Xingchi and Liu Xiaowen.

Zhou Xingchi received Chen Lin's invitation and readily agreed to come. Atkinson is very interested and looks forward to talking to him.

Chen Lin not only invited Zhou Xingchi, but also invited another comedian, the famous mainland comedian Ge Wei.

Unexpectedly, Ge Wei also came, Chang * Sha fans were pleasantly surprised, Uncle Ge is very famous but also a very low-key master, rarely attends public events, let alone appeared in Chang * Sha.

What is even more rare is that Uncle Ge and Xing Ye, two representatives of the North and South comedy circles, appeared on the same occasion together, which is really rare in a century.

This time the fans were hooked.

The cheers on both sides of the red carpet came and went, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, Mr. Bean's last one arrived, surrounded by the two leading ladies of Jade Emperor Entertainment, Lin Zhiling and Fan Bingbing.

In an instant, the atmosphere in the square reached its highest point, and the applause, shouts, and cheers rose higher and higher.

"Bean!!"

"Bean!!"

"Bean!!"

I don't know who took the lead in shouting, and soon all the fans in the square shouted "Bean" together rhythmically, and the sound was so loud that it resounded in the sky.

Rowan . Atkinson was amazed by the enthusiasm of the Chinese fans, and he couldn't help but wave frequently, and even playfully played Mr. Bean's classic expression with a funny eyebrow to return the welcome to him. (To be continued......)