In October, Xiang Nan began planning for the listing of Kirin Real Estate in Xiangjiang.
Listing is not a simple matter. It requires applying, accepting hearings, recruiting brokers, reviewing accounts, public offering, listing and trading...
Many companies have to work hard for several years in order to go public. Even so, success is not guaranteed.
Therefore, there is another simple method called backdoor listing. First obtain a controlling stake in a listed company with a low market value, and then inject the assets of the parent company into it. In this way, it can use its listing status to achieve the listing of the parent company.
This phenomenon is very common in the Xiangjiang stock market, and some people even specialize in this kind of business. They acquire these listed companies with lower market value, divest their assets, and then sell them to companies that want to go public through backdoor listings.
What Xiang Nan wants to take is the route of backdoor listing. This is also a common method used by Chinese companies to list in Hong Kong.
For example, in 1992, Shougang acquired Xiangjiang Dongrong Steel and achieved a backdoor listing; in 1993, China Aerospace acquired Kangli Company, Everbright acquired Ningfa International...
Xiang Nan then contacted Peregrine Investment Company. This company was co-founded by two former managers of Wanguo Baotong, Liang Botao and Du William. The financial backers behind the scenes are Li Jiacheng, Hu Yingxiang and other 18 richest people in Hong Kong. It can be said that it has abundant funds and powerful strength.
It was founded in 1988. In 1992, its profit reached HK$660 million, which can be said to be quite strong. Moreover, Liang Botao is very good at providing listing services for mainland companies, so he is also known as the godfather of red chips.
Under the operation of Peregrine Investment Company, Kunpeng Real Estate's listing plan was promoted in an orderly manner.
Buying shells, auditing accounts, reorganizing assets, recruiting brokers, filing for approval, issuance of new shares, listing and trading...
The so-called money can make the world go round. Under the influence of money, Peregrine also tried his best to promote the listing of Kunpeng Real Estate.
…
Entering November, Xiang Nan wrote a new script for Feng Xiaogang - "The Happy Life of the Poor-tongued Zhang Damin".
This script was originally written by the well-known writer Liu Heng in 1997. He has also written "Ju Dou", "The Overlord of Western Chu", "Red Rose and White Rose", "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" and "Assembly Number" , "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" and so on. They are top-notch screenwriters in the mainland.
After Feng Xiaogang read this script, he thought it was really well written. The characters are all very vivid. After reading the script, I feel that everyone is vivid and vivid in front of my eyes.
So he knew it was a good script and it would be great if it was filmed, so he took it immediately.
Feng Xiaogang then started casting.
"The Happy Life of Talkative Zhang Damin" only stars three actors: Zhang Damin, Yun Fang, mother, and the others are supporting roles.
Feng Xiaogang considered choosing Feng Gong as the starring role.
On the one hand, he is a well-known comedian in the country and has a certain box office appeal; on the other hand, they have collaborated in "Enemies and Sons" before, so they have a certain tacit understanding.
Yunfang stopped taking advantage of outsiders and settled on Xu Fan directly.
As for the role of mother, he originally wanted to find teacher Zhao Lizhen, but in 1995, Teacher Zhao had already begun to suffer from health problems. In addition, the Spring Festival is coming soon, and I have to attend the Spring Festival Gala, so there is really no schedule.
In the end, it was Xu Fan who recommended teacher Li Mingqi. The two of them had previously collaborated on "Chicken Feathers" and "My Family Story", and they highly praised her acting skills.
Feng Xiaogang had also heard of her name, and when he came to see her, he found that she was indeed well-deserved. As a result, the actor structure was basically formed. For other supporting roles, just look for them, as long as they don't stretch your hips too much.
…
While Feng Xiaogang was busy preparing for "The Happy Life of the Poor-tongued Zhang Damin", Zhang Yimou also found a new script, which was written and reviewed by a well-known writer, and the name was - "Speak Well If You Have Something to Say".
I started writing the review in 1986. In 1994, I published a personal short story collection and won the Changbai Mountain Literary Award. It was one of the short stories in this collection, "An Hong", that attracted Zhang Yimou's attention.
Later, he found the reviewer and cooperated with him to change the short story into a script, and the name was also changed to "Speak Well".
Xiang Nan knows that Shu Comment is one of the top screenwriters in mainland China. His works include "The Devil Is Coming", "The Sun Also Rises", "Let the Bullets Fly", "No Man's Land", "One Step Away" and so on. You can Said it was quite powerful.
The script of "Speak Well" is also really good. It is one of Zhang Yimou's classic masterpieces. That sentence "An Hong'e misses you" is a classic.
"Okay, Director Zhang, you have a good vision. I think this script will work." Xiang Nan nodded.
"Professor Cheng, with your words, I feel relieved." Zhang Yimou said with a smile.
This is his first attempt at directing an urban film. He actually has no idea whether it will work or not, he just wants to give it a try. After all, he can't always make films about the Republic of China and rural areas, and he should step out of his comfort zone to make a career.
Xiang Nan's affirmation immediately gave him great confidence.
Subsequently, Zhang Yimou also began to look for suitable actors.
"Speak Well" has a total of three protagonists: Zhao Xiaoshuai who strives to pursue love, Zhang Qiusheng who is innocent and involved, and the beautiful and charming An Hong.
Zhang Yimou is going to be played by old friends, Zhao Xiaoshuai will be played by Jiang Wenlai, Zhang Qiusheng will be played by Li Baotian, and An Hong will be played by Gong Li.
But unfortunately, Gong Li has already received the "Jurassic Park 2" piece of cake, and there is no schedule for the time being.
"Jurassic Park 2" is also written by Xiang Nan. The story follows "Jurassic Park" and tells the story of a biologist played by Gong Li and an agent played by Bruce Willis after the dinosaurs escaped from Isla Nublar. Together with the captain, they lead the team into Isla Nublar to capture the story of dinosaurs.
The investment in this film exceeded 80 million US dollars, which was more expensive than the previous film. Coupled with the fact that Spielberg directed and Bruce Willis starred, it can be regarded as a big pie for Gong Li.
If this movie is a hit, it will also be beneficial to her career in Hollywood, so she shouldn't miss it.
Zhang Yimou had no choice but to find someone else.
…
Although the role of An Hong is the heroine, in terms of the role, she is just a supporting role. She is only responsible for being beautiful and charming, without any character depth.
Therefore, it is relatively easy to find an actress who can do her job. After all, the most indispensable thing in the entertainment industry is beautiful women.
Especially when I heard that Zhang Yimou was selecting actresses, the resumes were flying in like snowflakes, and Zhang Yimou was dazzled.
In the end, it was Xiang Nan who helped him make the decision and chose model Qu Ying as the protagonist.
Qu Ying was one of the most popular models in Mainland China in the 1990s. Won the runner-up in the second China Top Ten Model Competition of America's Next Top Model Competition.
Not only is she tall and beautiful, but she also has a free and easy temperament, so she is very popular after her debut. Especially since she has studied drama before and has some acting experience. After his debut, he also acted in several movies, and the response was pretty good.
Therefore, Zhang Yimou was very satisfied with her and decided on her.
7017k
