Chapter 594 Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business

On May 3, the London Municipal Election Committee announced that Boris Johnson, a member of the British Conservative House of Commons, defeated the current mayor of the Labour Party, Livingstone, in the local municipal elections held on the 1st in England and was elected as the next mayor of Greater London.

Statistics show that Johnson received 1.687 million votes, with a vote share of 53.2%, and Livingstone received 1.028 million votes, with a vote share of 46.8%.

It is worth mentioning that Johnson is the first Conservative mayor elected in London in 30 years.

After his election, he said that he would try his best to win the trust of Londoners.

On the 1st of this month, local municipal council elections were held in England and Wales, England, and about 8,000 municipal councilors of 159 local municipal councils and the new mayor of London were elected.

However, the ruling Labour Party suffered the worst defeat in 40 years in this local election, winning only 18 local municipal council elections and losing control of 9 municipal councils.

The Labour Party won a total of 2,368 local municipal council seats this time, 331 fewer than the previous election.

The Conservative Party gained control of 65 local municipal councils, 12 more than the previous term, and a total of 3,154 local municipal council seats, 256 more than the previous term.

In terms of support rate, the Labour Party only has 24%, lower than the Liberal Democrats' 25%, while the Conservative Party has as high as 44%.

Prime Minister Brown was very "disappointed" with the results of the local elections on the 1st. He believed that the economic pressure currently facing Britain has become the weak point of the Labour Party.

Conservative leader Cameron believed that the voters' vote was a reflection of their confidence in the Conservative Party and an "important moment" in the history of the Conservative Party.

At the same time, in this election, Joe Harriman was also elected as a member of the Greater London City Council, becoming a rising star within the Conservative Party.

"I need to congratulate you, Boris. I believe that in the next four years, oh no, in the next eight years, the city of London will usher in new developments under your leadership..."

Barron also congratulated Johnson on his election on the phone.

At this time, he had already arrived in the Magic City and moved into Devonshire Garden, which was the Yan Family Garden he had bought before.

Living here with him are Fan Bingbing and their two children.

After returning to China, Fan Bingbing has basically not participated in the filming of TV dramas.

At present, in addition to participating in some affairs of Tianhe Film and Television Investment Company, the most important thing for her now is "school"...

Yes, she has signed up for the EMBA course of the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business this year and will go to class from time to time.

The Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business was founded in 2002 by the Li Chaoren Foundation. Of course, not everyone can sign up for the EMBA course of the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business.

Generally speaking, the EMBA course of the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business has a tuition fee of nearly 700,000 yuan, more than 8 years of work experience, and more than 5 years of management experience, which are just basic conditions.

It only recruits 550 students each year, and there are only 60 places for full-time courses...

If Fan Bingbing wanted to study this course just as a star before, it would be difficult to be admitted.

But for her now, it's just a matter of words...

After all, not to mention Barron behind her now, just the background of Tianhe Capital is not something that ordinary students can achieve.

Of course, many entrepreneurs, executives and officials participate in this course for the greater purpose of making connections. In many courses of the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, students are divided into groups, and students will call each other by their own nicknames, which forms a "brotherly" friendship that is different from usual. This friendship often continues in the future career, thus forming a relatively tight network of connections.

But if you really study hard, you can still learn something.

As the "representative" of Tianhe Capital, although Fan Bingbing is beautiful, she is no longer afraid of any "evil thoughts". As for connections, she has a high emotional intelligence and is straightforward and generous, which has won the favor of many classmates.

More importantly, she really wants to learn and enrich herself, so even after graduating from this EMBA class, she will continue to look for some opportunities for further study.

Of course, as a full-time course, the classmates in the class are all bosses, executives and officials of various companies. It is impossible for them to go to class every day like students. They just organize learning for a period of time on a regular basis.

Now that Barron has come to China, Fan Bingbing will be with him most of the rest of the time - she still cherishes this rare opportunity to be with her man.

"Dear, you asked me to pay more attention to these domestic film and television companies before. I found that this Light Media has performed well in the past two years, and the box office of the movies it released is good, so I am contacting them and preparing to invest in this company."

Barron did not expect that Fan Bingbing's vision is not bad. Of course, Light Media has indeed been quite outstanding in the past two years.

They began to get involved in film distribution in 2006. Because the big directors in the mainland have been "divided" by various film and television companies, Wang Changtian, the boss of Light Media, set his sights on Hong Kong and Taiwan directors, and the first movie "The City of Pain" was a success.

This year they will also launch a series of movies including "Painted Skin", and the box office is very good.

If Tianhe Film and Television Investment can acquire shares in Guangguang Media, it will not only be able to obtain good returns, but also expand the influence of Tianhe Film and Television Investment.

Of course, for this kind of investment, Fan Bingbing mainly makes suggestions and decisions. There will be special personnel responsible for the specific negotiation and execution, and her own strengths are not here.

"In addition to film and television investment, you can also pay more attention to the cinema chain..."

Hearing Barron's words, Fan Bingbing's eyes lit up and asked:

"Will the cinema chain be a good business?"

"Yes, I believe that with the development of China's economy, the number of young people willing to go to the cinema to watch movies will explode. The box office of movies will be higher and higher in the future, and the profitability of the cinema chain will also increase significantly."

At the end of October last year, Orange Sky Entertainment reached an agreement with Golden Harvest Chairman Zou Wenhuai to purchase all of Golden Harvest's 24.78% shares and convertible bonds held by Zou Wenhuai and his daughter for about more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars. Since then, Orange Sky Entertainment has become the largest single shareholder of Golden Harvest, and Li Chaoren is the second largest shareholder.

By July this year, Chengtian Entertainment will increase its share of Golden Harvest to more than 89% in one fell swoop, thereby acquiring Golden Harvest and completing a backdoor listing to become Chengtian Golden Harvest - its cinema chain will also quickly begin to enter the mainland for development.

It can be said that this move by the other party is still very good. Next, Tianhe Film and Television Investment can also use acquisitions and other methods to enter the cinema industry and continue to expand its scale.

Mastering a certain cinema chain means cutting a rich piece of cake in the future explosion of China's film and television industry.