Chapter 844

On May 30th, Friday, "Finding Nemo" was officially released simultaneously in the United States and Canada, and Sunday coincided with Children's Day. For an animated film, it couldn't be better - for a company as awesome as Disney, grabbing With such a schedule, it's not a problem.

As the majority shareholder of Pixar, Jobs paid close attention to the box office on the first day. As the chairman of Disney, Eisner also paid close attention because this was the company's first group buying business. Buchanan also paid close attention.

Relevant personnel from other film companies are also waiting and watching. During the two days on the 18th and 19th, the movie was so hot that it made headlines before it was released. They also want to know how much the box office will be on the first day. , How much can the box office reach.

Feng Yiping is also waiting for the news from there. If this time can drive the box office of "Finding Nemo" on its first day and opening to a higher level, then the company's group buying business will have an additional fixed target—Hollywood. major production companies.

Hey, "Finding Nemo" is free, but you have to pay for the others!

Like Bezos a few days ago, Eisner in the office is also a little out of shape today. Although he has experienced too many movie premieres, today's one is different.

This is the first time that the company released an animated feature film during the extremely competitive summer vacation. More importantly, if the box office results are good this time, then he will have another bargaining chip in the process of negotiating with Pixar and Jobs. .

In fact, he feels quite optimistic about himself. The group buying on NEXTDOOR, in addition to promoting and promoting, the 10 million tickets are a good guarantee.

According to the statistics of the company, many of the 10 million tickets are in the non-prime time, that is, the morning show and before 2:00 pm. The box office during this time before was not very good. If he went up to a higher level, then his estimate of the box office on the first day could also be raised to a higher level.

That night, Michael Eisner rarely stayed in the company to work overtime. He looked at his watch and listened to the movement outside. Why hasn't he come yet? He just went to the wine cabinet and poured himself a glass of wine, "Dong dong dong," the secretary knocked on the door.

You can tell from the knock on the door that the grades should be good, "Please come in!"

The secretary walked in with a folder smiling, "Good?" Eisner asked.

The secretary smiled but didn't answer—although that expression already showed everything, Eisner opened it and read it aloud, "35.97 million!"

After handling so many films and working in this industry for so many years, Eisner has the ability to accurately estimate the first-day box office of a film. This time, he predicts that "Finding Nemo" should not be lower than 2000 today. Wan, I didn't expect that it has exceeded so much now, which is nearly 1.8 times what I expected!

"Haha, the premiere is definitely over 100 million, definitely over 100 million!" He gulped down the wine in his glass happily, "With such a good result, those movie theaters must arrange more screenings tomorrow."

One of the key reasons for the movie box office is that theaters schedule films, and theaters also have to make money. It must be that he thinks that the easier it is for a movie to get a good box office, the more movies are scheduled, that is, the more screenings.

One of the impacts of the box office on the first day is here. The attendance and box office performance on the first day of the show was very good. The cinema felt that it was profitable, so it would naturally arrange more screenings.

If the box office and attendance on the first day are too low, there may be no theaters willing to show the movie after a few days.

But this is not enough, "Notify the public relations department and ask them to contact the relevant media immediately. The title should be simpler. The box office of the premiere of "Finding Nemo" will definitely exceed 100 million!"

All businessmen think this way, and it would be better if it is better. There are many rows in the cinema, and he also wants to attract more people to watch this movie through reports.

"Okay, I'll do it right away,"

Eisner is really not bragging when he said this. On Friday, it was close to 36 million. As we all know, the box office on Saturday and Sunday must be higher than that on Friday. So, it is really appropriate to have a box office of over 100 million in the three days of the weekend!

People follow the crowd. This is actually the same in the United States, which flaunts individuality. On the morning of the 31st, people who hadn’t planned to watch this movie in the past two days after reading the endless reports in the entertainment section of the newspaper also became interested. So many people like it, it must have a good reputation!

Therefore, Finding Nemo's box office in the first week is very, very good. From the 30th to 6.1, the premiere box office totaled 125,713,290 US dollars! Properly set a lot of premiere records.

As soon as the results came out, a bunch of bigwigs in Hollywood were very uneasy, this is unscientific!

Although all the cartoons produced by Pixar have excellent results, but this is the summer file, you are still a cartoon, you must know that in the middle of last month, many people are looking forward to it, and it was released strongly. Matrix 2, the premiere box office is less than 92 million!

And how much did Hua spend on the production and promotion of "The Matrix", how much is your cartoon?

After they calmed down, the first thing they did was to find NEXTDOOR's contact information.

Feng Yiping also received a call from Jobs at the first time. Old Comrade Qiao was in a good mood, "Thank you, Feng, we had estimated it before, it should be around 70 million, this time it can exceed this much, you and your company, play played a big role,"

"Steve, you are too kind, "Finding Nemo" also helped us with our group buying business, which attracted a lot of attention, and the iPod3 you support,"

However, being thanked by such a big cow, this feeling is very cool!

Buchanan's phone call came in, "So busy? I called a few times, and you kept talking,"

"It was Jobs just now," Feng Yiping said with a smile.

"Then you know?"

"Yeah. I know,"

"However, there are some things you definitely don't know," Buchanan said cheerfully, "For example, who did I receive calls from today?"

"Could it be from Hollywood?" Feng Yiping praised very well.

"That is, early this morning, we received calls from several companies in Hollywood. The upcoming releases of "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Terminator 3", "Bad Boys 2", and "The Matrix" released at the end of the year 3", "Lord of the Rings 3", all want to cooperate with our website,"

Oh? Feng Yiping was very pleased when he heard these movies. He had impressions of these movies. It seemed that the results were good, and there should be no box office poison. That is to say, NEXTDOOR's group buying will definitely be the icing on the cake, and will not be dragged down.

That is to make one, and one will sell well at the box office. After all these are finished, NEXTDOOR's reputation in those Hollywood film companies will definitely be first-rate, and this kind of business in Hollywood will definitely be stabilized. That is a very important thing. beautiful thing!

You know, in terms of organizing group buying products, NEXTDOOR is fundamentally difficult to compete with Amazon, which sells so many products.

"Then you call everyone to discuss and set a reasonable point as our reward,"

Free of charge for "Finding Nemo", now finally in exchange for business.

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On the first working day in June, ICBC and GAIN Capital reached a preliminary intention of cooperation. It is very rare for ICBC to make such a decision just a few days after the former general manager of Bank of China Hong Kong was arrested.

However, for such a large amount of loan, the review process is naturally not an easy task, let alone in such a big environment, after that, ICBC quickly organized several working groups and went to several places to conduct an in-depth investigation of Jiaqiang's asset status .

In order to be more objective and fair, ICBC also hired an accounting firm to work together.

These are some very boring tasks. The first thing is to check Jiaqiang's assets and liabilities, profit and loss statement, cash flow statement, etc. Analyze and conduct verifications such as "accounts, account forms, and account facts".

Moreover, the accounts to be checked are not only the latest ones, but may also need to be checked for the last one to three years.

In addition, it is necessary to investigate whether Jiaqiang's various production and operation activities are legal and normal, and whether they exceed the prescribed business scope...

Also investigate and analyze the source of future repayment....

In short, this is definitely a very large amount of work that cannot be missed.

In the provincial capital, downstairs of the Jiasheng Building, Mei Yiliang waited there with a group of people, and President Huang of ICBC Provincial Branch personally accompanied them and introduced the two parties, "President Mei, this is Director Wang from our head office, Director Wang, this is Vice President Mei of Jiasheng Group, "

"Hello Director Wang, warm welcome, please, everyone, please!"

"This building is the main office of your group in the provincial capital?" Director Wang Tiancheng seems to have started to investigate. This building with a construction area of ​​nearly 30,000 square meters is also an important asset of Jiasheng in the provincial capital.

"Yes, except Holiday Inn, all other companies in our group work here. When it was under construction, I felt that there was a lot of room left, but now it feels a little insufficient," Mei Yiliang led everyone Before going to the floor plan, introduce them.

"Hehe, it's easy to concentrate in this way. For a period of time in the future, we don't have to run around here and there, just stay in this building,"

Feng Yiping had greeted his uncle in advance, the bank agreed to cooperate, and we actively cooperated, but there was no need to think about it, and there was no need to get close to these people in the bank. Will bow to some unspoken rules of the bank.

At worst, it will be delayed for another year. Google will be listed next year. According to the agreement, the 5% invested in the name of leading capital must be contributed at that time. It seems that the market value of Google was higher than 25 billion US dollars when it was listed, but less than 30 billion US dollars. , With its own participation, Google has developed a variety of products in advance, and it may exceed 30 billion next year.

In short, the 5% that I will sell will definitely be able to cash out more than 1 billion US dollars by then. Adding the original funds and the profits of each company this year, I will be able to complete the acquisition independently without asking the bank.

Besides, aren't there banks abroad? If the domestic banks are not strong and do not want to do such a business, then there is nothing they can do to make it cheaper for the American banks.

Fortunately, Director Wang Tiancheng, who led the team, was also doing business on this first day. After meeting with the heads of various companies in the conference room, he discussed with Mei Yiliang, "Mr. Mei, how about that?" let's begin?"

"Okay Director Wang, if you need to cooperate, please just ask,"

"I don't dare to obey orders, I thought, why not start with Youjia?"

Youjia is the most important source of cash for Jiaqiang Group and a strong guarantee for Jiaqiang's repayment. Naturally, it is the top priority for ICBC to review.

Mei Yiliang and Director Wang walked in front, and there were a few older bank staff behind them, who began to take sleeves out of their briefcases. The most important thing to do these audit work was to look through various ledgers. At this time, the original Sleeves can come in handy.

However, the next moment they realized that there was no need for this at all. Mei Yiliang took them to a place more like an IT company office, "This is our Youjia Finance Department,"

"Here?" The people from ICBC and the accounting firm were a little skeptical at first, but after a while, they completely dispelled their doubts. In the eyes of veterans like them and the staff of the accounting firm, is it a good-looking thing? They can quickly tell the truth from the fake.

"Youjia's property management system is definitely first-class in China, no, it is also higher than the level of most companies in the world." Director Wang Tiancheng said.

Even the people in the accounting firm lamented, "Even the vast majority of domestic listed companies have not reached such a level,"

"Hehe, because the Zhitong company you are also going to review is specialized in the research and development of management systems. In the field of ERP software in China, we have always been in a leading position,"

Mei Yiliang is quite happy to be able to admire these people in these banks.

"For all our companies, the ERP system is always in place first before the official operation,"

He also said this unintentionally, and he would never have imagined that these words would bring in a business later.