Hollywood Hunter

Jennifer listened to Simon’s emotion, and said: “According to the results of the recent negotiations between my father and Nokia, we only need about 200 million US dollars to take over Nokia’s mobile communications equipment department. The total expenditure within a year is also It will not exceed 250 million, because there are no other large-scale investment projects overseas for the time being, and we can only withdraw the funds domestically."

Simon originally planned to acquire most of Nokia's equity through capital injection, but because of the political turmoil in Eastern Europe and Nokia's eagerness to streamline its business, the other party voluntarily asked Westeros to take over Nokia's mobile communications equipment department.

Although the current Nokia mobile communications equipment department is still completely incomparable with Motorola, Simon discovered a large number of GSM-related second-generation digital communications technology patents during the process of checking its asset list, and other technologies of this company in mobile communications. The accumulation is deep enough.

Therefore, since the other party took the initiative and Simon has a large amount of money in his hands, he will naturally not oppose the plan to take over.

Except for Nokia, Simon has not found other large investment projects that are enough to satisfy the appetite of Westeros.

In contrast, withdrawing funds to the United States, because Simon’s prophetic advantage is not only MCA, and investing in many other goals now is enough to bring him ten times a hundred times the return in the future, billions of dollars in funds, the US domestic market is also completely eaten. Got to go.

However, the 28% capital gains tax is really painful.

According to the current size of Cersei Capital, all funds attributable to Simon after settlement are transferred back to the country, but the taxes that need to be paid exceed $1 billion.

Simon has even had the idea of ​​changing his nationality. However, this idea is just to think about it. Compared with other Western countries, the US tax system is complicated, but it is actually not high. What's more, if Simon changes his nationality, his commercial expansion in the United States will definitely be subject to various strict restrictions.

Jennifer waited for Simon to ponder for a moment, and then spoke again: "One more thing, from the news from Los Angeles, Australia's Qintex Group and MGM Corporation issued a statement at two o'clock in the afternoon. They have finalized According to the chairman of the Qintex Group, Christopher Skas said that as long as the funds are in place, the two parties can complete the transaction."

The female assistant said, pulling out a page from the folder and handing it over.

Simon was surprised.

In my memory, Qintex Group did not successfully acquire MGM. What is going on now?

After reading the statement document handed over by Jennifer, it turns out that Qintex Group recently successfully sold a resort in Brisbane for US$430 million, and Qintex Group issued a US$500 million company for the purpose of acquiring MGM. Bonds have also received support from many Australian investment institutions.

Putting down the statement on that page, Simon said: "Qintex is already clearly insolvent. There are so many people who are stupid enough to join in the fun."

Jennifer looked at Simon’s profile and said: “After the Forbes Rich List was released last month, Hollywood’s attraction to capital has increased significantly. Orion is also discussing financing with a Canadian company recently. If you get the money, , This company may be able to survive the crisis."

Simon tapped his finger on the file on his knee and said, "I can't let Orion survive the crisis. I'm still waiting to buy the film library of this company."

Nancy Brill’s proposal to Simon has always been in his heart, and Orion does own a number of very high-quality film rights.

Jennifer smiled and said, "You didn't give Orion quota for the 10 projects this time. Is that because of this?"

Simon nodded and said: "Yes, of course, Orion owes "Pulp Fiction" share. The situation of this company is getting worse and worse. If you cooperate with them, you will definitely be in arrears, or even get no money back at all."

Daenerys Entertainment has identified 5 of the 10 foreign cooperative film projects. In addition to the high quality of the projects themselves, Simon also has various pertinence in the choice of cooperative companies.

Fox is because of the Murdoch family, Disney and Warner Bros. are very happy because the two parties have worked together before, Colombia is because of Matthew Broderick's affairs, as for Universal, the cooperation with each other "Ten Days in Crisis" arrives In the end it is likely to be their own.

For the rest of Paramount, MGM and Orion in the second line, Simon does not intend to cooperate with them unless necessary.

Perhaps, after Qintex completes the acquisition of MGM, the company will also lift the ban.

It's still an Australian company after all.

Speaking of which, compared to Orion, MGM's film library is actually richer. This company was very powerful in the golden age of Hollywood.

Simon also deliberately inquired about the capital game that Ted Turner and Kirk Kirklian played a few years ago. Turner Broadcasting Company only left the TV broadcast of the MGM film library before 1986. Rights, and it is not a perpetual license, it will expire in 2003.

Therefore, despite its shabby, MGM is still the largest film company in the Hollywood film library.

Based on previous information provided by Janet, Simon determined that even if Qintex can buy MGM this time, the company will not last long.

If it can take over MGM and the global merger plan can be implemented smoothly, Daenerys Entertainment will definitely become the media company with the richest content resources in Hollywood, and it will also be able to maximize the business of Blockbuster's retail chain channels. potential.

Gulfstream IV landed at Santa Monica Airport more than 40 minutes later.

It was only six o'clock in the afternoon.

Simon sent the female assistant back to rest, and once again came to Daenerys Entertainment headquarters.

Before Amy got off work, the two discussed some company matters.

"Scream 2" will be released this Friday.

On October 13th, Daenerys Entertainment's comic fantasy comedy "Angels and Gods" starring Daryl Hanna officially entered the North American theaters, and the opening screen was 1,638 yuan, because of the attention. Regarding the junk bond market, Simon did not pay much attention to this movie.

From October 13th to the first week of October 19th, "Angels and Gods" received 7.16 million U.S. dollars. According to the forecast of the next weekend's decline curve, the total box office of the film in North America was about 20 million U.S. dollars. Compared with the production cost of 15 million US dollars, it is not a success, but it is not too failure. It is enough to recover the cost easily through the later operation.

Compared to other films at the end of the year, such as "Angels and Gods" and "Scream 2", "Batman" is naturally the top priority.

The publicity budget of "Batman" is as high as 25 million US dollars. Although Warner Bros. Pictures is responsible for the release, the publicity team of Daenerys Entertainment is also involved. The two companies are working at the same time, which shows the importance of this film. .

The official release date of "Batman" is December 22. The first 15-second trailer has been registered on major television stations in North America at the beginning of this month. Starting next month, the film will be launched in 30 seconds and 1 minute and 30 seconds. Several other trailers of the duration.

Adam Baldwin, Valerie Galino and other major creators have recently invested in the promotion of the film.

Although paying close attention to the details of all aspects of the announcement of "Batman", Simon did not plan to participate too much in the film's publicity activities. He only plans to show his face on some TV talk shows when the film is about to be released in December.

Busy around the clock, Simon has increasingly felt a kind of obvious powerlessness, so he is very eager to pause and carefully plan the future of his personal business.

In the next few days, Simon was still busy with the announcement of the company’s various films at the end of the year and the preparation of a series of projects. The Stanford University campus network upgrade project based on Igreat’s “WWW” technology was also quickly after Westeros’ donations were put in place. start up.

The public relations department of Westeros will naturally not forget to conduct appropriate media publicity on this donation.

So until October 26, Simon was hosting a role audition for "Hands Shaking the Cradle". Jennifer suddenly sent a text message from Janet from Melbourne. The content was very simple. Follow Cersei Capital’s hedge The fund began to flee.

Many people are monitoring the operation of Cersei Capital, and similarly, Cersei Capital is also closely monitoring the dynamics of its peers.

Now that someone had begun to react, Simon completely let go of the incident and whispered to the female assistant to destroy the letter, and his attention was again shifted to the audition before him.

Because it is the female protagonist in "Shaking Cradle Hand" is also the anti-number one audition, the casting range is not very large, but based on the recommendation of major talent agencies, less than ten candidates have been delineated, and Simon is also inclined to the original version. Rebecca Demonie continued to play the female No.1, so she directly named the other party to try it out today.

Rebecca Demonie is one of the famous **** actresses in the 1980s. She once starred in Tom Cruise's famous film "Admission to School". The two also reported their engagement on the eve of the movie. Of course, everyone in the circle probably knew what was going on, and the so-called engagement would naturally cease afterwards.

At the party a few days ago, Simon also met Rebecca Demonie, and the woman left him a very interesting "business card".

Rebecca Demoni is an artist under the CAA banner. If time goes further, Simon will definitely not use the other party. With the termination of the contract between Michael Ovitz and Barry Levinson and others, Daenerys Entertainment also lifted the ban on CAA, which is naturally no longer an obstacle.

After discussing character performance clips for more than half an hour, Simon temporarily asked Rebecca Demonie to leave the audition room later.

Jeffrey Katzenberg, who is in charge of Disney's production business, waited for Rebecca Demonie to walk out of the room and couldn't help but say: "Simon, is Demonie too beautiful, and the acting skills are still a little worse. "

Simon looked at the audition record in front of him, and said: "Jeffrey, a Hollywood actress in her thirties, is well-known and has the right image. There is not much room for choice. Demoni has played Coppola's "Sweetheart" and Cruise's "Admission to School" are well-known. As for acting, I would like to choose an Oscar-level actress, but Holly Hunter and Melanie Griffith are not suitable. Jessica Lange is quite suitable for acting as a bad woman, but she can't be 10 years younger."