"Mr. Qin, please tell me that this is the founder of Carlyle Investment Group, Mr. David Rubinstein, chairman of Carlyle Investment Group. Carlyle plans to invest at least US$2 billion in China in the next few years, mainly involving the field of machinery and heavy industry."

Inside a hotel banquet hall in Midtown Manhattan.

It was the evening of December 19th, and a celebration of China Telecom's successful listing on Nasdaq is being held here.

Chen Qing introduced David Rubinstein to a senior executive in telecommunications. While helping with the translation, she patiently greeted Rubinstein and President Qin. Chen Qing remembered something and asked: "David, is there any progress in Carlyle's affairs in Ukraine?"

David Rubinstein nodded and said, "I just sent a document to Simon this afternoon, about this matter."

Chen Qing paused, and did not ask any more questions, but planned to ask for documents from her boss.

After chatting a few more words, Chen Qing waited for Rubenstein to leave and explained to President Qin next to him: "I just asked Carlyle about helping to import technology from Ukraine to China. President Qin, I hope you don't mind," and said, "You know, President Qin, Ukraine's Black Sea Shipyard has an aircraft carrier. The country intends to buy it, but it has great resistance. Carlyle has deep connections in Washington. If they help, our success rate will be much greater."

Mr. Qin, who was indeed dissatisfied with Chen Qing's conversation with the American in English, was a little dissatisfied with hearing this, and shook his head quickly, and his voice subconsciously lowered: "Of course I don't mind, this is a big deal."

Chen Qing smiled slightly and signaled to the distance: "Mr. Qin, there is Mr. Helton, the president of Nokia's American branch, and I'll recommend it to you."

"Of course, I happened to learn something recently, about some past events between Mr. Westeros and Motorola. China Telecom is about to start a major expansion. In order to thank Mr. Westeros for his support for this telecom listing, we will definitely increase our cooperation with Nokia in the future and reduce our procurement of Motorola."

"This is great news, I will tell Simon as soon as possible, and he will definitely be happy if he knows."

This was the event until after 11 o'clock in the evening. After the cocktail party, Chen Qing and Lin Su returned to their residence in the Upper West District together.

After a busy day, Chen Qing was still in high spirits.

After taking a shower and calculating the time difference, it was less than nine o'clock on the West Coast, so I tried to call my boss. I didn't expect that I accidentally connected. After chatting for a few words, I learned that my boss was at the premiere party of "Charlie's Angels".

Chen Qing also paid attention to Hollywood, and her boss mentioned it, and then she remembered it.

Of course, it's just knowing.

Chen Qing doesn’t have the energy to pay too much attention now. She confirmed that her boss didn’t mean to hang up the phone in a hurry, so she talked about the general situation of China Telecom’s listing today.

Although China Telecom (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., the predecessor of China Mobile, plans to be listed in Hong Kong and New York at the same time, the listing time in New York is one day ahead of schedule and the next day is Hong Kong. Of course, if the time difference is calculated, it is actually only 12 hours apart. The distance between the two people is about to open in Hong Kong.

Overall, this IPO was very successful.

With the full support of the Westeros system, due to good feedback from previous global roadshows, the final issue price of the new shares issued by China Telecom on Nasdaq was determined to be US$5.35. According to the 500 million new shares launched in North America, the amount of funds raised reached US$2.675 billion, and the financing scale in Hong Kong is comparable to that in North America.

In summary, the total financing amount of China Telecom's listing exceeded US$5.3 billion.

Although the cornerstone investors who have subscribed to a large number of stocks with discounts in advance have actually obtained less funds, the successful completion of the US$5 billion financing is definitely a complete victory.

On the first day of listing in North America, due to being labeled as a Westeros concept stock, and the Instagram listing some time ago, it had just re-stimulated the technology stock market. Even as a Chinese stock listed in the United States, it was inevitable that there would be many negative reports that were not favored, China Telecom's stock rose 27% on the first day, with a market value of up to US$26.9 billion on the same day.

Westeros and a group of capital in Hong Kong were the cornerstone investors who invested $500 million in advance to buy a large number of stocks. According to the discounts of these stocks and the daily increase today, the book profit was nearly 50% in just one day.

Of course, profit is only secondary.

The 500 million USD increased by 50% in a single day, which is just a small amount of money for Simon. The key is that the success of this IPO paved the way for further cooperation between the two sides.

In any case, China Telecom's listing this time is much better than the situation in history where the IPO was almost failed due to the financial crisis and even barely succeeded, and the first day's issue break was tragic. The same proportion of stocks increased by nearly US$1 billion.

A pretty happy ending.

After chatting for a while, Chen Qing mentioned the matter between Carlyle and Ukraine again. Simon had not had time to read the documents sent by David Rubenstein, but he also agreed to Chen Qing let Girl A take the time to transfer one to her.

Party scene at a hotel near the Hollywood Chinese Theatre.

Simon stood in a corner of the hall on the phone with Chen Qing. He heard the girl finally talk about the Chinese team of Fashion magazine that had given a positive reply, saying: "Then I'll say hello to Semer tomorrow, you can do the rest yourself... Go to China? You know I must not have time for this period... Just like that... Well, goodbye."

After hanging up the phone, Simon sorted out a little, and then he didn't continue to care.

After all, it was just one of his many layouts in China. When China Telecom reached the roadshow, Simon was not worried about the follow-up.

He handed the phone to the A girl next to him, and just took a glass of champagne handed by her female assistant. A few girls led by Elizabeth Jagger came around not far away, causing Kate Beckinsale, who happened to be about to come forward, obviously depressed.

He reached out and rubbed the increasingly graceful girl's head. Simon pretended to be heartbroken and said, "Every time you have to come here to see the premiere, and there are a bunch at a time. The expense is a bit too high. What should I do?"

Elizabeth was very dissatisfied with Simon messing with her hair, shook her head and shook his arm, and said with confidence: "I've called you dad, isn't it enough?"

“…”

Elizabeth's eyes turned and reached out to catch Nikki Hilton next to him: "Niki, come too, call him dad."

Nikki Hilton's eyes were originally bright and he shook his head subconsciously when he heard this: "I'm not."

Elizabeth was careless: "I know you like my dad, but do you know that men actually like being called dad, which will be very exciting."

Niki was not a little boy who knew nothing. Hearing this, two blushings suddenly flew on his face, and he glanced at Simon shyly.

Simon raised his hand and gave Elizabeth a chestnut, looked at the girl covering her forehead with pain, and said, "Okay, if I make trouble again, I will let someone drive you out."

Elizabeth immediately restrained her expression, looked insincere, and asked, "Dad, do you have any arrangements for the weekend?"

"Yes, work, and it's not your turn to do it," Simon said, waving his hand: "Go and have fun, you can only stay here for half an hour, you must go back to your residence before ten o'clock."

"Well, it's so ruthless and verbose."

Simon turned to the female assistant next to him: "A, help them arrange the car."

Elizabeth immediately covered her ears and pretended not to hear them, and took a group of girls away in a playful manner.

When these girls gathered in the crowd, Barbara Brockley, the female producer of the 007 series, was the first to come over and raised her glass and said, "Simon, I have to admit, this movie is really great."

Simon smiled and said, "It seems you think "Charlie's Angel" is qualified to be linked with 007, right?"

Barbara Brockley immediately became a little resentful: "Can I say no?"

"I'm sorry, I can't. Moreover, just talking about "007's Ghost Party", the facts have proved that the solution I gave is a wise choice."

Although Barbara Brocky did not agree, she already agreed with a man's statement in her heart.

The summer season "The Ghost Party of 007" has been released for half a year and has a cumulative global box office of more than US$750 million. Even if the inflation factor is calculated, this movie has exceeded any other film in the 007 series. You should know that after calculating inflation, the most successful film "The Thunderbolt Bomb" was calculated according to the 1996 standard, and the global box office was only US$680 million.

Not only that, after watching "Charlie's Angels" today, coupled with the success of the DC Cinema Universe series and the Conjuring Cinema Universe series, Barbara Brocky is also full of expectations for the same grand planning of the Agent Cinema Universe series.

Mainly, "Charlie's Angels" is really excellent.

First of all, there are three heroines, Kate Beckinsale, Meichen Amik and Catherine Zeta Jones. Not only do they have their own characteristics, but their respective roles are also vivid, completely surpassing the shackles of the TV series version that was just three vases. Whether it is Kate Beckinsale's powerful fighting ability, or the top female gunman played by Meichen Amik, or even the wisdom and thief responsibility of Catherine Zeta Jones, they are all eye-catching.

Secondly, although the beginning of this series is still a high-concept story routine, roughly telling the story of three angels accidentally involved in a huge human trafficking network through a kidnapping hostage incident, many of the scenes, such as Kate Beckinsale's restaurant fighting scene, Meichen Amik hit a bounce point and pierced the wall at the same time, Katherine Zeta Jones's crossing infrared alarm network, etc., are all full of innovation.

Finally, this opening also lays the foundation for the fusion of the Agent Cinema Universe.

The human trafficking network that the three angels work together to destroy is one of the huge industries under the Ghost Party. Therefore, in the ending egg, the Ghost Party not only comes to the door, but also, many details in the story are not difficult to find that even Charlie behind the three angels may have a close connection with the Ghost Party.

As for whether it is a positive or negative relationship, we can only wait for the subsequent announcement.

Thinking of this, Barbara Brockley couldn't help asking: "After Simon, "007" and "Charlie's Angels", which project will MGM plan to develop? "Spy Shadows"?"

"It's still a bit early for "The Spy", at least "007" and "Charlie's Angels" to release another sequel, so I'll consider other series."

Barbara Brocky didn't know whether it was a blessing or a regret: "It seems that I'm going to speed up the development of the next 007."

Due to some schedules, MGM chose to premiere on Thursday the day before the large-scale painting. However, the next day, the reputation and popularity of "Charlie's Angels" continued to ferment quickly, and there was also the Agent Film Universe plan that was confirmed again through the film. For a time, the Agent Film fans cheered, and other Hollywood studios were once again facing a great enemy.

The two major movie universe series have occupied a large and quite fixed market share. Now, there is another one, how can we not double the pressure on everyone?

What's more, the final 8.2-point comprehensive media rating of "Charlie's Angels" series is higher than the "Brave Game" which started last week.

Accompanied by the December 20 "Charlie's Angels" in North America with a screen size of 3,136, the box office data of the first week of the Christmas period that just ended.

In the first week of Christmas from December 13 to December 19, "The Brave Game" reached the top without any suspense, with a box office of US$63.35 million in the first week, a screen opening scale of 3,539 yuan, and a $17,900 library. Even if it cannot be compared with "Wonder Woman 2", it still perfectly met the expectations of the two producers.

It exceeded 60 million US dollars in the first week. If nothing unexpected happens, "The Brave Game" basically locked in the local box office of $200 million.

The production cost of "The Brave Game" is US$82 million, and the promotion and promotion investment is US$35 million, totaling 117 million. Therefore, only local, this project is expected to recover all costs and enter the profit cycle.

The second place on the list is "Wonder Woman 2".

As it re-enters the popular Christmas cycle, despite the impact of "The Brave Game", the box office drop of "Wonder Woman 2" this week is still only 35%. Of course, if you put it carefully, this is still a very high drop, because in previous years, many films even experienced counter-falls when they entered the Christmas cycle at the end of the year.

In any case, in the fourth week of its release, "Wonder Woman 2" continued to earn $38.81 million, with a cumulative box office of $353.11 million.

The third place is "The Mind Catcher".

This literary and artistic drama film that once achieved dazzling box office under the crushing of "Titanic", still showed a dark horse posture this time.

In the first week of large-scale release, "The Mind Catcher" earned as much as US$23.92 million with just 1,746 screens, and the museums reached US$13,700. Compared with the theme and size of the film, this is almost a small miracle. Including last week's preview, the cumulative box office of "The Mind Catcher" reached US$29.35 million in two weeks of painting.

The total investment in the production and promotion of this film is only US$20 million. If nothing unexpected happens, all costs will be recovered next week and profitable. After a large-scale first week, Gaomen Pictures also responded quickly and increased the number of screens on the film to 2,125 in the new week.

The most direct consequence of the three powerful films that appeared in Daenerys Entertainment dominated the list, and the most direct consequence was the bleak opening of the other two large-scale movies last week.

The fourth-placed "Jinging Bell" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, the first week's box office was only 12.17 million US dollars, and the production cost of 30 million US dollars is three times that of "Spirit Catcher", but the box office is only half of "Spirit Catcher". With such a start, the local box office of the film is expected to be only 30 million to 40 million US dollars, and the producer Fox can only expect to recover the costs overseas and surrounding areas. The share contract that Schwarzenegger took the initiative to cut his salary by half is basically a piece of waste paper.

The fifth Disney produced the black comedy "Angel Bodyguard", which is more than "Jinging Bell", and the production cost is $40 million higher than "Jinging Bell". The box office in the first week did not even exceed 10 million, and the seven-day income was only $9.69 million, which is even more dismal.

Finally, we have to mention that "The Patient in the UK" previewed in Los Angeles last week at 10 screens. Not only did it win praise from film critics in terms of reputation, but the single-week museums in small-scale previews also reached US$49,000, basically following the award-winning route set by Simon, it has made steady progress.

December 20.

In the new box office week, in addition to the aggressive "Charlie's Angels", this week also started painting with Paramount's animated film "The Four and Big Headed Egg" and Madonna's "Madam Veron".

Needless to say, "Charlie's Angels".

"The Simpsons and Big Head Egg" is a movie version of a popular series of animations adapted by Paramount. It has a 2D style and a style similar to "The Simpsons". In short, it is a cannon fodder.

"Madame Perron" by Queen Maddy is a preview.

Although he has obtained a series of Golden Globe nominations and has received an endorsement from Simon, Paramount still adopts this quite conservative distribution strategy in order to avoid the crushing of a number of strong films at the end of the year, and even plans to continue previews next week's New Year's Day week until the end of the year.
Chapter completed!