{"id":3669,"date":"2019-11-11T18:53:54","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T18:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-reading\/huayi-bros-media-group-the-chinese-gem-stock-market\/"},"modified":"2019-11-11T18:53:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T18:53:54","slug":"huayi-bros-media-group-the-chinese-gem-stock-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/huayi-bros-media-group-the-chinese-gem-stock-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Huayi Bros. Media Group & the Chinese GEM Stock Market"},"content":{"rendered":"
On October 30, 2009, among the first batch of listed companies on the GEM–Growth Enterprises Market (see Newsletter issue 24) in China, the star-studded Huayi Brothers Media Group was the most \u5f15\u4eba\u6ce8\u76ee(y\u012dnrénzhùmù) eye-catching one. Huayi Brothers Media Group is one of the most famous \u5a31\u4e50(yúlè) entertainment groups in Mainland China. It gained a widespread reputation because of it’s annual investment of Feng Xiaogang’s \u8d3a\u5c81\u7247(hèsuìpiàn) New Year films. Feng Xiaogang is one of the most famous movie directors in China. Huayi Brothers Media Group’s listing on the GEM has also \u5f00\u95e8\u7ea2(k\u0101iménhóng) got off to a good start. In o<\/em>nly one day, it produced 14 millionaires–the market value of each one was beyond \u4ebf\u5143\u4eba\u6c11\u5e01(yìyuán rénmínbì) 100 million yuan RMB. In Chinese language, 100 million is called "(\u4e00)\u4ebf."
There are some well-known films which were produced and distributed by Huayi Brothers Media Group. The Forbidden Kingdom (starred Jackie Chan and Jet Li), If You Are The One (see Newsletter issue 2), The Banquet (starred Zhang Ziyi), A World Without Thieves (starred Andy Lau), Rob-B-Hood (starred Jackie Chan).<\/p>\n

\u5f15\u4eba\u6ce8\u76ee(y\u012dnrén zhùmù) Eye-catching.   
The character \u5f15(y\u012dn) means to attract; \u4eba(rén) means people; \u6ce8(zhù) means attention and \u76ee(mù) means eye, \u6ce8\u76ee(zhùmù) means to watch attentively.<\/p>\n

For example:
\u5979\u603b\u662f\u7a7f\u7740\u5165\u65f6\uff0c\u5f15\u4eba\u6ce8\u76ee\u3002 
T\u0101 z\u014fngshì chu\u0101nzhuó rùshí, y\u012dnrén zhùmù.
She’s always eye-catching because of her fashio<\/em>nable clothes.<\/p>\n

\u5f00\u95e8\u7ea2(k\u0101iménhóng) Getting off to a good start   
The character \u5f00(k\u0101i) means to open; \u95e8(mén) means door or gate; \u7ea2(hóng) means red, but in Chinese language it means such good ex<\/em>pression like eminent, influential, very popular, etc.<\/p>\n

For example:
\u5382\u91cc\u4eca\u5e74\u4e00\u5f00\u59cb\u5c31\u53d6\u5f97\u4e86\u5f00\u95e8\u7ea2\uff0c\u7b2c\u4e00\u4e2a\u5b63\u5ea6\u5c31\u8d85\u989d\u5b8c\u6210\u4e86\u4efb\u52a1\u3002   
Ch\u0103ngl\u012d j\u012bnnián y\u012b k\u0101ish\u012d jiù q\u016ddé le k\u0101iménhóng dì yígè jìdù jiù ch\u0101oé wánchéng le rènwù.
Our factory got off to a good start this year, achieving the production quota for the very first quarter.<\/p>\n

\u751f\u8bcd(sh\u0113ngcí) Vocabulary:   
\u5a31\u4e50(yúlè): n.\/v. entertainment\/entertain   
\u8d3a\u5c81\u7247(hèsuìpiàn): n. New Year films   
\u4ebf(yì): num. a hundred million    
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