Lam Pictures was about to go public, and an unexpectedly large number of media and reporters were present.

Many of them were entertainment reporters. Since there were so many celebrities present, it was not surprising that these reporters appeared at the scene.

Apart from these entertainment reporters, the number of other media and reporters coming today is also exaggerated.

Scenes like today's listing of companies happen dozens of times every year in the Stock Exchange, and the staff of the Stock Exchange also see them dozens of times every year, but no company has ever had such a spectacle.

Not only the staff of the Stock Exchange were curious, but also the insiders and guests of Lam Pictures were puzzled.

"Brother Jing, are there too many reporters here today?" Stephen Chow asked Wang Jing,

Both of them are considered to be the mainstays of Lin's Film Industry. They have followed Tao Yushu to conquer the world since the company was founded. It is not surprising that they attended the bell-ringing ceremony today.

"Maybe it's about announcing a movie," Wang Jing said.

Stephen Chow nodded clearly, "That makes sense."

Yesterday, he received a call from Mrs. Lin, saying that the company was going to raise funds for a movie produced by SZ in the Mainland, and Mrs. Lin also said that the movie would use an all-star cast.

In today's Hong Kong film industry, Lam Films is already recognized as the dominant player. It is not a problem for Mrs. Lin to make a charity movie with an all-star cast. The only thing Stephen Chow is curious about is what the movie is going to be about.

As far as he knew, the company's screenwriters received a task from Mrs. Lin yesterday, requiring them to come up with the outline of the script within three days. The script was being written while filming.

Flying paper is a tradition on the Xiangjiang set, so the screenwriters in Xiangjiang also nicknamed it "Flying Paper Boy".

But at Lam Films, there has never been a situation of paper flying on set.

It is impossible for a script to be put into production without going through many layers of review. Script modification is a compulsory course for every screenwriter in Lam Pictures, no matter how famous the script you have written.

Some books take several months to revise, and may not be ready for auction in the end.

But even though it was so strict, the company's screenwriters were still willing to make changes.

Why?

Because Mrs. Lin gave me money!

The screenwriters all receive salaries from the company, which is their basic income and falls within the normal white-collar standards in Hong Kong.

Official screenwriters have to submit two scripts to the company every year. After submitting the script, regardless of whether it is filmed or not, there is also a copyright fee, which is the fee for the script to enter the company's copyright library.

The combination of these two incomes can make the company's screenwriters surpass ordinary white-collar workers, but the bulk of the screenwriters' income comes from the dividends after the scripts are filmed and released.

Starting from the year before last, Lam Films was the first in the Hong Kong film industry to clarify the profit sharing mechanism for screenwriters.

In the case of box office profits, the screenwriter can get 2% of the movie's profit. This ratio is lower than that of the director and starring actors, but it is still considerable.

For a normally profitable movie, the dividends are enough to equal the annual income of ordinary people in Hong Kong.

If it sells well, it will be a windfall.

For example, the company's "The Swordsman 2" released two months ago was a box office hit, not only surpassing the first film, but also allowing Brigitte Lin, who played the undefeated Dongfang in the movie, to regain a second career.

Including income from other places, this movie has a conservative profit of 30 million Hong Kong dollars, and a 2% dividend is 600,000, which can buy a property worth 400 to 500 yuan.

Another example is that among the screenwriters who worked with him, which one did not make a lot of money? One movie bought a car,

Buying a property is almost standard in both movies.

When it comes to himself, it's even more exaggerated.

In the past few years, all the movies he starred in have been box office hits, and his salary plus dividends can basically earn him more than 3 million Hong Kong dollars.

The most important thing is the investment income. Last year, Mrs. Lin supported him in establishing his own Xinghui Film Company, which is currently filming a movie called "Manga Dragon".

This movie was not a big hit at the local box office, so his salary plus dividends was not much, only 1.9 million.

However, the film sold well in other places. Lin's Film Company made a large profit from its partial investment and distribution, and Xinghui Film Company also made more than 5 million.

He holds 60% of the shares of Xinghui Film Company, which is much higher than his salary plus dividends.

A few years ago, Stephen Chow would not have dared to think about earning millions of Hong Kong dollars from a movie.

His eyes fell on the words "Lin's Pictures" on the electronic display screen, and he was filled with emotion.

This time when Lin's Pictures went public, Mrs. Lin made another big move. Employees within the company could subscribe for shares at a low price. He subscribed for 500,000 shares.

I don’t know how much these stocks will be worth when the market opens.

Stephen Chow was looking forward to it, and the staff of the Stock Exchange began to organize the guests to take photos.

"Chaoyang, are there too many reporters here?" Li Hanxiang secretly asked Lin Chaoyang after the group photo was taken.

He has been in the film industry for a long time and has attended many press conferences and premieres. The number of reporters here today has exceeded the scale of ordinary events.

"Isn't this Mainland SZ? Yushu wanted to take this opportunity to appeal to everyone to donate money. Many reporters called,

That way more people will see it." Lin Chaoyang explained with a smile.

Li Hanxiang nodded, "I see, then I will donate some too."

He asked again: "How much can the opening stock price rise?"

He is now the art consultant of Lam Pictures, and he used all of the 300,000 shares available for internal subscription before the listing.

"I don't know. Don't care too much about this. The stock price fluctuates too much, so it's not accurate. You don't lack the money."

"I asked for Lao Wu."

Lin Chaoyang glanced at Wu Siyuan, who was not far away. He was talking and laughing with Jet Li, and he didn't notice at all that a black pot was thrown firmly and hard on his head.

Wu Siyuan and Li Hanxiang are both art consultants of Lin's Pictures and both subscribed for shares.

"Director Wu, how much do you think the company's stock can rise?" Jet Li asked Wu Siyuan.

This issue is also one that everyone has been discussing early in the morning.

"Two to three percent is the minimum, anything more depends on the market reaction," Wu Siyuan said.

In the past two years, Wu Siyuan has worked as an art consultant for Lam Films and has supervised the production of many films.

"The Swordsman 1", "The Swordsman 2", "Young Hero Fang Shiyu", and "Once Upon a Time in China" to be released in the second half of the year·——·

Most of these films starred Jet Li, so the relationship between the two has always been good.

Seeing that Jet Li's attention has always been on the stock price, Wu Siyuan said: "No matter how much the stock price rises, it is just a small amount of money to you. Act in good movies and earn more."

In the past two years, Jet Li has made several well-received and well-received action movies, and his rise has been rapid, making him a Kung Fu star again.

The remuneration has also been rising all the time, from the earliest 100,000 yuan per movie, to 500,000 yuan, 1 million yuan-"·

In the latest movie "Once Upon a Time in the Grandmaster", he still received a salary of 1 million, but he also got the right to share dividends.

Wu Siyuan was involved in the whole process of the movie. He is very confident in the quality and has a high chance of being a hit. Jet Li's salary will go up in some time.

In the future, it will not be difficult for a film to earn two to three million. This figure has already stood at the top of the Hong Kong film industry.

"That's what you said." Jet Li replied with a smile.

But I don’t quite agree with Wu Siyuan’s words. When Lin’s Pictures goes public, employees can subscribe to stocks internally at low prices. The more the stocks rise, the more everyone earns. It’s like picking up money. Who doesn’t like picking up money?

He practiced martial arts since he was a child, and by his teenage years he had won multiple national championships with his outstanding martial arts skills. He was received by leaders and performed abroad many times. He was introduced to the world earlier than most mainlanders of that era.

He became famous after starring in "Shaolin Temple" in 1982, and he became famous in one fell swoop. At that time, this movie was a solid hit in the three places across the Taiwan Strait, Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea.

After that, he made films such as "Shaolin Boy" and "North and South Shaolin", which were quite good at the box office.

At that time, because of his Mainland status, he could not get as high a salary as the stars in Hong Kong, and he has always been worried about this.

Later, several "Shaolin" dramas restricted his acting career, so he switched to filming "Heroes of China", which was a hit without any success.

Frustrated, he originally planned to open a martial arts gym in the United States to make money, but unexpectedly, Lin's Pictures suddenly asked someone to find him.

At that time, he thought it would be great to have someone looking for him to film, but he never expected that he would embark on a completely different path.

Now some media have begun to compare him with Cheng Long. Although he knows that there is a huge gap between him and Cheng Long, he still feels complacent in his heart.

Today, Lin's Pictures went public. He had no other ideas. He just hoped that the stock price would rise more. It was really expensive to raise a girlfriend.

"Gentlemen and ladies, distinguished guests: Good morning, everyone. I am Zhou Wenyao, CEO of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange——"

There were still 10 minutes left before the bell-ringing ceremony. Zhou Wenyao, President of the Stock Exchange, took the stage to deliver a speech and introduced the business situation of Lam Pictures. This was one of the procedures before the bell-ringing went public.

Tsui Hark stood in the crowd, looking at Zhou Wenyao not far away with a somewhat grim look. He was not unhappy.

I'm just born with a bad face.

The voice coming from the microphone was very real, but it was not heard by Tsui Hark. At this moment, he was thinking a lot.

Once upon a time, the New Art City where he participated as an entrepreneurial veteran was also so prosperous. At that time, Lin's Pictures was just a small company that had just been established and even needed to rely on others.

But now, it is Lin's Pictures that has reached the stage of listing. The then-famous New Art City has long been in decline. Tsui Hark sometimes also sums up the failure of New Art City and the success of Lin's. Summarizing, summing up, he

It was discovered that Xinyi City's failure seemed to be doomed.

There are thousands of people in a family, but there is only one person in charge, but Xinyi City has been doing its own thing from beginning to end.

In addition to being inconsistent, the more important thing is short-sightedness.

In the first few years since the company was founded, it had a lot of elite soldiers and good generals, produced numerous good films, made money easily, and made one star after another famous.

However, several bosses only focused on making money, fighting among themselves for petty profits, and never set any goals or plans for the company. As a result, in just a few years, the company became disorganized and talented people left one after another.

Compared with Tao Yushu, who spent a lot of money to recruit people at the same time, had clear goals and had a strategic vision, how could he be invincible?
To be continued...