Vol 3 Chapter 346: Effort pays back

On Friday, May 30th, "Finding Nemo" was officially released simultaneously in the United States and Canada. Sunday happened to be Children’s Day. For a cartoon, it couldn’t be better—for a company such as Disney, grab it. It's not a problem to reach this schedule.

As a major shareholder of Pixar, Jobs paid close attention to the box office on the first day. As Disney’s chairman, Eisner also paid close attention to it because this was the company’s first group-buying business, and Buchanan was also concerned.

Relevant people from other film companies are also watching. On the 18th and 19th, the movie was so hot that it hit the headlines before it was released. They also want to know how much the box office can get on the first day. , How much can the box office reach?

Feng Yiping is also waiting for news over there. If this time it can drive the first day of "Finding Nemo" and the opening of the box office to a higher level, then the company's group buying business will have one more fixed target-Hollywood. Major production companies.

Hey, "Finding Nemo" is free, but the others require money!

Like Bezos a few days ago, Eisner in the office is also a bit 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 has released an animated feature film during the extremely competitive summer vacation. More importantly, if the box office is outstanding, then he will have another bargaining chip in the process of negotiating with Pixar and Jobs. .

In fact, he still feels more optimistic. In addition to driving and promoting the group purchase on nextdoor, the 10 million tickets were originally a good guarantee.

According to the company’s statistics, many of the 10 million tickets were in non-prime time, that is, before two in the morning and before two in the afternoon. The box office at this time was not very good. Going up a step, then his estimate of the box office on the first day can also go up a step.

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

It can be felt from the knock on the door, the results should be good, "Please come in!"

The secretary walked in with a folder with a smile, "Yes?" Eisner asked.

The secretary laughed but didn't answer—though that expression had indicated everything, Eisner opened it and read it out loud, "35.97 million!"

After dealing with so many films and working in this industry for so many years, Eisner has the ability to accurately estimate the box office of a film on the first day. This time, he expects "Finding Nemo" to be no less than 2000 today. Wan, I didn't expect it to exceed so much now, nearly 1.8 times what I expected!

"Haha, the premiere is definitely over 100 million, definitely over 100 million!" He drank the wine in one glass happily, "Such a good result, presumably those movie theaters will arrange more shows tomorrow,"

One of the key reasons for the movie box office is that theaters are arranging films, and theaters have to make money. It must be because he thinks the easier it is to get a good box office movie, the more films are lined up, the more shows are shown.

One of the influences on the first day's box office is here. The first day of the show has a very good attendance and box office performance. The cinema feels that it is profitable and will naturally arrange more shows.

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

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

All the businessmen want to do this, and if it is better, it should be added. There are many rows of movie theaters. He also wants to attract more people to watch this movie through reports.

"Okay, I will do it right away,"

Eisner is really not bragging to say that. Friday is close to 36 million. As we all know, the box office on Saturday and Sunday is definitely higher than that on Friday. Then, the box office for three days on weekends is more than 100 million, that is really appropriate!

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

So, Finding Nemo this first week of box office, very, very good, from the 30th to 6.1, the premiere box office totaled $125,713,290! Properly set a record for many premieres.

The result just came out, a bunch of Hollywood bigwigs are very uncomfortable, this is not scientific!

Although all the cartoons produced by Pixar have excellent grades, this is a summer file. No matter how you are also a cartoon, you must know that in the middle of last month, with many people looking forward to it, it was released strongly. "The Matrix 2", the premiere box office is less than 92 million!

And how much does "The Matrix" spend on production and promotion, and how much do you have for a cartoon?

They calmed down, the first time they found the contact information of nextdoor.

Feng Yiping also received a call from Jobs at the first time. Comrade Qiao was in a good mood, "Thank you Feng. We had estimated that it should be around 70 million yuan. This time it can exceed so much. You and your company can play Has a great effect,"

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

However, it feels so cool to be thanked by such a big cow!

Buchanan's call came in, "So busy? I have called several times, and you have been talking."

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

"Then you know?"

"Yeah. I know,"

"But there are some things you don't know," Buchanan said cheerfully. "For example, who did I get a call today?"

"Is it from Hollywood?" Feng Yiping praised him very well.

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

Oh? When Feng Yiping heard it, he had an impression 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 would definitely be the icing on the cake and not be dragged down.

That is to make one, and sell one at the box office. When all of this is done, nextdoor's reputation in Hollywood film companies must be top-notch. Then, this kind of business in Hollywood can definitely be fixed. It is a very good 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,"

The free for "Finding Nemo" is now finally in exchange for business.

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On the first working day of June, ICBC and Jiasheng reached a preliminary agreement to cooperate. It is very rare that ICBC could make such a decision a few days after the former general manager of Bank of China Hong Kong was arrested.

However, for such a large amount of loans, the review process is naturally not a simple matter, not to mention in such a big environment. After that, ICBC quickly organized several working groups and went to several locations to conduct in-depth investigations of Jiasheng’s assets. .

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

These are all very boring tasks. The most important thing is to check the accounts of Jiasheng’s assets and liabilities, income statement, cash flow statement, etc., and conduct the analysis of Jiasheng’s assets, liabilities, owner’s equity, income, costs, and profits. Analyze and verify "accounts, accounts, and accounts".

Moreover, these accounts to be consulted are not only the most recent, but the most recent one to three years.

In addition, it is necessary to investigate whether the various production and operation activities of Jiasheng are legal, 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 does not allow mistakes.

In the provincial capital, downstairs in the Jiasheng Building, Mei Yiliang and a group of people were waiting there. President Huang of the Provincial Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China personally accompanied and introduced both parties, “Mr. Mei, this is Director Wang of 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 begun an investigation. 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 Hotel, all the other companies in our group have offices here. When it was built, they felt that there was a large margin, but now they feel a little insufficient," Mei Yiliang led everyone Introduce them to the floor map.

"Hehe, so concentrated, it saves trouble, in the future, we don't have to run around, just stay in this building,"

Feng Yiping greeted her uncle in advance, the bank asked us to cooperate, and we actively cooperated, but there is no need to think about it, and there is no need to get close to these people in the bank. They do what they do. Will bow to some unspoken rules of the bank.

The big deal will drag on for another year. Next year, Google will be listed. As agreed, the 5% of the investment in the name of leading capital must be contributed by then. It seems that the market value of Google at the time of listing was more than 25 billion US dollars, but less than 30 billion. With its own participation, Google has developed a number of products ahead of time, and it may exceed 30 billion next year.

In short, the 5% that I am about to sell will definitely be able to cash out more than US$1 billion by then. Together with the original funds and the profits of the companies this year, I can complete the acquisition independently without asking for a bank.

Besides, there are no banks abroad? If the domestic banks are not strong enough and do not want to make such a business, then there is no way to cheap American banks.

Fortunately, Director Wang Tiancheng, who led the team, on the first day, he was in the posture of business affairs. After meeting with the heads of various companies in the conference room, he discussed with Mei Yiliang, "General Manager Mei~www .wuxiaspot.com~So shall we start?"

"Okay Director Wang, if you need to cooperate, please don't hesitate to give orders,"

"I didn't dare to be ordered, I thought, should I start with Youjia?"

Youjia is the most important source of cash for the Jiasheng Group and a strong guarantee for the repayment of the Jiasheng Group. It is naturally the first priority for ICBC to review.

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

However, the next moment they discovered that there was no need at all, and Mei Yiliang took them to a place more like the office area of ​​the it company, "This is where we have a good financial department."

"Here?" The people at ICBC and the accounting firm were somewhat skeptical at first, but after a short while, they completely dispelled their doubts. In the eyes of their veterans and the staff of the accounting firm, whether they looked like a fake, They will soon be able to discern the authenticity.

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

Even the people in the accounting firm lamented, "Even the vast majority of listed companies in China have not reached this level."

"Hehe, because the Zhitong company that you are also going to review is specialized in the research and development of management systems. We have always been in a leading position in the domestic erp software field."

Mei Yiliang is still quite happy if he can admire these people in these banks.

"For all our companies, the erp system is always in place before the formal operation,"

He also said this unintentionally, and he would never expect that these words would be able to attract a business later.