The story of "Flowers" ushered in the finale: count the passwords of A-share listed companies behind them
Finance Associated Press, January 9 (edited by Lichen) The TV series "Flowers" has become the first hit drama at the beginning of 2024, and it also ushered in the finale tonight. "Go to the attic alone, preferably at night. This is the first sentence of Jin Yucheng's novel "Flowers", and it is also the beginning of the TV series "Flowers" directed by Wong Kar-wai and produced by Shanghai Film. Recently, this drama has almost "lived on the hot search", and at present, the Douban score of "Flowers" is as high as 8.2. What's even more rare is that this is still a drama closely related to A-shares. The story development of the play starts from the stock market, the protagonist Bao's first pot of gold comes from a stock called electric vacuum, relying on the first pot of gold, Bao has become a financial predator "Mr. Bao" on the beach step by step.
In addition to Hu Ge playing the role of the male protagonist in the play, Mr. Bao, some investors found that one of the top ten circulating shareholders of A-share listed companies Hongli Zhihui and Zhongzhi Technology is named "Hu Ge". Hongli Zhihui replied on Interactive Easy on Monday that Hongli Zhihui could not verify whether Hu Ge, one of the top ten circulating shareholders, was the actor in the recent hit TV series "Flowers". SmartGen was also asked the same question, and the company responded that it did not know the specific identity information of the shareholder of the tradable shares. At the same time, it is inconvenient to disclose the above-mentioned information because it involves the personal privacy of shareholders and does not fall within the scope of the company's information disclosure obligations. It is also worth mentioning that the first quarter report of Zongyi Co., Ltd. in 2023 shows that Hu Ge appears among its top ten shareholders, and there is no Hu Ge among the top ten shareholders disclosed in the 2023 semi-annual report of Zongyi Co., Ltd.
Hongli Zhihui 2023 third quarter report top 10 circulating shareholders Data source: choice data
The top 10 circulating shareholders of SmartGen Technology in the third quarter of 2023
In addition, analysts said that "Flowers" was partially completed using virtual shooting technology, marking the further recognition of cutting-edge virtual shooting technology in the film and television industry, which has also been closely watched by listed companies. The beautiful lens language can be seen everywhere in "Flowers", which reflects the ultimate visual pursuit of the combination of virtual and real by current film and television creators, and also arouses the market's attention to virtual shooting technology. Unilumin Technology said on the interactive platform on January 2 that part of the recent hit TV series "Flowers" was filmed in the VP studio of Shanghai Burning Sugar Culture jointly built by the company, Xuanzhi Culture and Burning Sugar Culture. It is worth noting that listed companies such as Alto Electronics and Colorlight have layouts in virtual production.
After the hit of "Flowers", it drove the tourism popularity of a series of filming locations in "Old Shanghai" to rise. As one of the important places where the story in the play takes place, Shanghai's old five-star hotel, Peace Hotel, has become popular again. People familiar with the matter said that after the broadcast of "Flowers", reservations and consultation calls were blown up almost every day, and several suites have been robbed like crazy recently, especially Hu Ge's 'Flowers Suite' in the TV series, which is the largest number of consultations. The assets of Jin Jiang Hotel's parent company are also "crazy". The reporter of the Financial Associated Press saw that many tourists stopped to check in at the Peace Hotel on Nanjing East Road, the Garden Hotel and Jinjiang Hotel on Maoming South Road. The new Jin Jiang Hotel on Changle Road has also launched products such as afternoon tea with the theme of "Jinse Fanghua" and hot rice with flowers. "On the day of the launch of the afternoon tea, there was a surge in orders. The relevant person in charge of the new Jinjiang Hotel said.
The "leader of the national department store retail industry" mentioned in the play has also attracted much attention, among which "Zhongbai Yidian" is the first department store commercial center of Bailian. People familiar with the matter said that the play probably involves several stores of the company on Nanjing Road, including Zhongbaiyi Store, clothing company (the façade is being renovated, and the store is open normally), and Hualian Commercial Building (Yongan Department Store). Lu Hong, director of the Party Office of the First Department Store Commercial Center under Bailian Co., Ltd., revealed to relevant media reporters that in the era of "Flowers", many domestic brands, such as Shanshan suits, Yu Zhaolin thermal underwear, Yusai cosmetics, Xiaobawang Xi machine, Haoyitong and Kuaiyitong translation machine, and a large number of domestic products were sold in the First Department Store.
▌What is the current situation of the former Shanghai "old eight shares" behind the first pot of gold in Xinhua Media, which was once a five-day three-board "Baozong Concept Stock"?
Compared with the original work, the plot of the TV series "Flowers" is richer, and the description of the early stage of the development of the mainland securities market is more vivid and detailed. Ying Jianzhong, a stock commentator, said that "Flowers" depicts a magnificent scene of the participation of all the people in the initial stage of the mainland securities market from 1992 to 1993. The listed companies that appear in the play have a realistic basis. For example, in the last few episodes, the clothing company that made the male protagonist Mr. Bao experience a crazy resistance war, the prototype is Shanghai Fashion Co., Ltd. located on Nanjing East Road in Shanghai, with the stock code 600825. With the changes of the years, the assets of listed companies have been restructured, from fashion shares to Hualian supermarket, and now the stock name has been changed to Xinhua Media, which is the only large-scale media enterprise in China across the publishing and distribution and newspaper business industries, and is also the first share of China's publishing and distribution.
Just today, Xinhua Media opened sharply and quickly pulled up the daily limit, once achieving three boards in five days, up 1.36% as of the close. Guo Tao, a financial commentator on Beijing Satellite TV, told the Blue Whale reporter that the "flower concept stocks" boom reflects investors' blind pursuit of hot topics and events, as well as their desire for potential investment opportunities. However, there is a certain short-term and speculative nature in the popularity of "flower concept stocks", and investors should remain rational and avoid the risks caused by blind investment.
Of course, there are many stocks that Mr. Bao has bought in "Flowers", for example, Mr. Bao's first pot of gold comes from a stock called Electric Vacuum, which is actually the vacuum electronics in the "Old Eight Shares". It is reported that as soon as the "electric vacuum" paper stocks were listed, they became "large-cap stocks", and in the old eight stocks of the Shanghai Stock Exchange at that time, the combined capital amount and trading volume of the other seven stocks were less than half. Back then, the Shanghai Stock Exchange opened on December 19, 1990. Feilo Audio, Electric Vacuum, Yanzhong Industrial, Aixiang Shares, Shenhua Electrician, Feilo Shares, Yuyuan Mall, these 7 local stocks in Shanghai, plus Phoenix Chemical, a non-local listed company represented by Zhejiang Securities, are collectively known as the "old eight shares" of China's securities market.
Analysts said that many of the "old eight shares" of the year also kept pace with the times or were eliminated by the times. Even the current Xinhua Media is facing the embarrassment of sluggish main business, which can be regarded as the epitome of Shanghai's "old eight shares". For example, Yanzhong Industry has become Founder Technology, and Vacuum Electronics has become Yunsai Zhilian, but even if the main business changes, the operating performance of these companies does not seem to have been reborn. Among the listed companies that can only leave memories, those that have not changed their names include Feile Audio and Yuyuan Shares. Among them, the main business has almost never changed only Yuyuan shares, but now the most profitable business of Yuyuan shares is gold, not general commercial circulation.
(Finance Associated Press, Lichen)