Hollywood Hunter

In the original time and space, Mel Gibson was resisted by the entire Hollywood after the anti-Semitic remarks. In fact, he was not completely killed. The accumulation of resources and contacts is no different from Dustin Hoffman of Mel Gibson at the peak. Simon couldn't completely block it.

Terry Semel and Peter Cooper came forward in person, and Simon was relieved.

In the Madonna's mansion, seeing Simon taking Janet to the dance floor, Terry Semel and Peter Cooper had achieved their goals, and had no intention of staying at the party anymore, and walked out together.

When he came to the front yard, Peter Cooper said in a relaxed tone: "I thought it would be a little troublesome. It seems that Westeros still knows that enough is enough."

Terry Semel noticed the smile on Peter Cooper's face, but he didn't think so.

If that young man was really such a good talker, Meg Ryan would not be where he is now.

After "Rocket Expert" at the end of last year, Meg Ryan has not yet been able to get another film contract in Hollywood. Recently, I heard that he went to the UK and wanted to reopen his career there. Terry Semel is not at all optimistic about the actress's actions. The British film companies of a certain size are trying to break into Hollywood. How can they easily attract the thriving Dan because of Meg Ryan. Nellis Entertainment Company.

As for this matter right now, everyone knows that it is impossible to block a Hollywood actor who has two Oscar statuettes. Westeros just went smoothly. However, if Westeros was about to let Dustin Hoffman go, Semel, who had been in contact with the young man many times, did not think so.

You know, after being promoted to the front line with "When Harry Meets Sally", Meg Ryan was unwilling to be constrained by Daenerys Entertainment’s original contract and wanted to terminate the contract. Westeros was also very happy to'let it go' initially. The actress just asked the other party to pay a penalty.

The whole Hollywood saw what happened next.

Terry Semmel even thought of the "Captain Hawk" Sony planned to produce. This project has been circulating in Hollywood for several years. It was not until Sony recently offered a high price that Spielberg and Robin Williams agreed. Join.

Daenerys Entertainment has been collecting various copyrights since its fortune in Westeros. If the "Captain Hawk" project has enough box office potential, Daenerys Entertainment has no reason to let it go.

The fact is that Daenerys Entertainment has never expressed any interest in "Captain Hawk".

Although the magic of "Human and Ghost Love Is Unexpected", which was drawn last week, no longer seems to let many people in Hollywood see a glimmer of the "dawn" that Daenerys Entertainment will miss. However, it is only a "Feng Yue" on Valentine's Day in February. "Pretty Woman" is enough to prove that Westeros' vision for movies has not faded at all.

As of last week, the total North American box office of "Pretty Girl" has reached 161 million US dollars, and it is expected that the total North American box office of the film is expected to be close to 180 million US dollars before the downgrade.

Not only that, the box office performance of "Pretty Girl" in overseas markets is even better than that in North America.

Although many overseas ticket warehouse countries have not allowed the release of "Pretty Girl" due to the protection of their summer vacation files, it is only in countries and regions that have been released in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Australia and other countries and regions. It easily broke through 130 million US dollars.

When important ticket warehouses in Japan, France, and Spain open, the global box office of "Pretty Beautiful Lady" is expected to hit 500 million US dollars.

The production cost of 10 million US dollars, the global box office of 500 million US dollars, any major Hollywood film company, even if there is only such a successful film a year, basically enough to support the annual performance.

Those who are gloating because the box office and word-of-mouth of "Human Ghosts Are Coming" can only be regarded as self-comfort.

Since Westeros still maintains his excellent vision in film, the young man is indifferent to "Captain Hawk", Terry Semel doesn't think this project is a good choice for Sony.

What's more, Sony was too generous this time.

It’s just Spielberg and Robin Williams. In addition to the fixed salary, Sony also promised an additional 20% and 10% of the project’s net profit. Dustin Hoffman joined, at least another Go 10%.

The film hasn't started shooting, and 40% of the profit has been promised. Considering that the film cannot be less than 50 million US dollars in production costs, Terry Semel feels that Sony will not lose money even if it will not lose money this time. What'should you make' for earning is more likely to be a humiliated person.

This gangster happened to be brought by Peter Cooper next to him.

Terry Semel and Peter Cooper got into their own cars. Before leaving, Semel couldn't help but glance at the luxury Rolls Royce that Peter Cooper had just replaced.

For more than half a year in charge of Columbia, the extravagance and profligacy of the two leaders, Peter Cooper and John Peters, has simply made other Hollywood studio directors enviable.

The two not only arranged a large number of crony cronies to the company, but also had no hesitation in spending Sony's money. It is said that in recent weeks, Qiang Peters will take a special plane under Columbia to travel between Europe and Los Angeles every week, just to date his new girlfriend, not just the plane fee, the hotel restaurant during the period and even the purchase of luxury goods for his girlfriend. All are reimbursed by Colombia.

If it's another studio, this will definitely not work.

However, it is Peter Cooper's ex-wife who is in charge of Columbia Pictures' finances.

Many Hollywood natives are watching Sony’s excitement, wondering how much ‘tuition’ the Japanese electronics giant will eventually pay, and how long it will last before leaving Hollywood voluntarily.

Simon knew this number.

$2.1 billion!

In the original time and space, this is the asset write-down loss figure announced by Sony that year after Peter Cooper and John Peters left Colombia. Because of this shocking huge loss, Sony founder Akio Morita had to step down sadly and completely withdrew from Sony's management.

On the dance floor, Simon recalled these ‘pasts’, and Janet, who was holding his neck, leaned in and said in a low voice, “Are you really going to let those guys go?”

Because Janet pressed her ear too close, Simon subconsciously tilted her head slightly.

Janet was squeezed out of the ‘sequelae’ by Simon’s original handshake, and Simon now has a psychological shadow on Janet’s biting her ear.

Noting Simon dodging, Janet deliberately moved closer, bit her teeth in the man's ear, and made a slight ding.

Simon turned his head and kissed Janet's cheek, took the opportunity to keep the woman's teeth away from her ears, and hugged her waist and said: "I have never been a forgiving person, but there are some things that can't be done overnight, I can only remember them temporarily. "

Janet nodded her head, then joked softly: "I really have a grudge."

Simon just smiled.

After a dance, the two stayed at the party for some time before leaving Madonna's mansion.

Back to the villa on the west side of Du Mui Point, it was ten o'clock in the evening.

Janet was never a person who likes to stay up late, took Simon to take a shower and fell asleep quickly.

The next day is Sunday.

It's summer, and the bright golden light has long been cast in the Linhai bedroom.

Simon got up at six o'clock, gently pulled away from the woman's arms, washed up and changed to a set of sportswear and went to the gym.

At seven o'clock, I went to the bedroom again, changed clothes, and called Janet to get up by the way.

Sending the dazed woman to the bathtub with warm water, Simon came to the restaurant.

With the four ABCD girls, Simon now doesn't need to busy breakfast himself.

Claire, who is very OL in a white shirt and black trousers, saw Simon appear and took the initiative to hand over today's newspaper.

Simon said good morning, and did not hide his glance at the slim girl beside him.

White shirts and black trousers, this is the work clothes of the four girls.

Simon didn't have such a bad taste to let the four women wear maid outfits, which seemed to make him look like an old British landlord. In this way, the OL style dress is just right. The four girls are all about 175cm tall, slender and slim, and coupled with a uniform dress, they are in full compliance with Simon's uniform obsessive-compulsive aesthetic.

With Simon's current wealth status, it is difficult to regenerate a strong desire for women because it is too easy to obtain.

With these four delicate vases around, most people will have all kinds of ambiguous associations, but for Simon, in addition to letting them take care of some daily life, it is just for pleasure.

Claire Gein, who Simon called ‘C’, noticed his gaze, moved his body slightly towards the man, and said softly, "Boss, maybe you should read the entertainment version of the Los Angeles Times today."

Simon was stunned. He nodded quickly and smiled: "Okay."

I opened the newspaper in front of me and found the entertainment section of the Los Angeles Times.

A white, slender finger came over and clicked somewhere, and Simon looked over and couldn't help but frowned slightly.

"Another big deal, Michael Ovitz may lead Panasonic to acquire MCA."

In my memory, the news of Panasonic's acquisition of MCA was officially made public only after August, and had been in a state of secret contact before.

What is going on now, is Panasonic going to launch it in advance?

Thinking about this, Simon began to read the text, and then he couldn't laugh or cry.

It turned out that this news was purely an accident.

In order to avoid some media turmoil caused by Sony's acquisition of Colombia last time, the acquisition led by Michael Ovitz is indeed very confidential.

However, people are not as good as heaven.

On the previous Friday, Michael Ovitz led the team back to Los Angeles from Tokyo, and unexpectedly met the Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen and his party. Charlie Sheen is not a star under CAA, and naturally there is no obligation for Tiovitz to keep it secret. Then, this incident was leaked out, and it became clear evidence that Ovitz was operating in the media to acquire MCA.

Although Daenerys Entertainment has not started contact with MCA, private preparations for this acquisition have never stopped.

Simon plans to enter the game after the outbreak of the war in the second half of the year and the news that Panasonic has officially acquired MCA. Now, if Panasonic has to initiate a takeover offer in advance because of the leak of this news, things may be a bit tricky.

After the small North American stock market crash last year, MCA's stock price in the first half of the year slowly recovered to over US$45, and its market value fluctuated between US$4.5 billion and US$5 billion.

Now, when the two are competing, it is difficult to grab MCA without 8 billion US dollars.

In my memory, Panasonic purchased MCA for US$6.6 billion. In the following years, Universal Pictures also produced super-selling works such as "Jurassic Park." However, Panasonic had to cut the price and let it go, which shows that MCA is not worth that. High price.

Therefore, let alone $8 billion, as long as the price exceeds $7 billion, Simon would rather withdraw than be taken advantage of.

US$7 billion is exactly the price cap set by Simon for the planned acquisition.

Simon was considering how to deal with the changes in front of him. Janet, wearing a long aqua blue dress, walked into the restaurant with vigour, leaned in and put his arms around Simon's neck and kissed him, sat down beside him, glanced casually and stood still. Claire, who was next to Simon, asked Simon, "What's the matter?"

Claire noticed Janet's seemingly unintentional look, dodged her guilty eyes, and walked silently towards the kitchen.

Simon did not notice the small eyes of the woman next to him, and showed her the newspaper in his hand, saying: "Panasonic may have to announce the acquisition of MCA in advance."

Janet scanned the press release at a glance, showing some gloat on her face, saying: "Panasonic shouldn't be ready either. It will not do them any good to initiate a takeover invitation in advance. It will only drive MCA's share price to skyrocket. Both CAA and Panasonic will publicly deny this report."

Simon nodded, this possibility is also very high.

Thinking of another thing, Simon said to Janet again: "Cersei Capital, don't touch MCA stock this time."

With this news, Wall Street arbitrage capital will definitely begin to enter the market to absorb MCA stocks, and Cersei Capital is also involved in short-term arbitrage trading. If you start buying now, then it is likely to be subject to the SEC's insider trading investigation.

"I know."

Janet agreed, and Claire and Deborah brought breakfast.

I was planning to take a rest at home for a day, but suddenly something like this happened. Amy and James both called, and Simon rushed to the studio after breakfast.

Sending the man out of the house, Janet returns to the villa.

Alison and Betsy near the house came afterwards, and the four ABCD girls gathered.

Janet directed the four girls to clean the villa, inspected the kitchen and each bedroom bathroom, personally listed some daily necessities to be purchased in the new week, and sent the two girls AB out to purchase.

After arranging these, I made a few consecutive calls to discuss some trivial matters about the properties of the Westeros family. The luxury house on Mercer Island in Seattle needed an additional speedboat. Is the newest manor purchased in Rome, Italy installed? The latest alarm system and the like.

These things Janet started doing when she was Janet Johnston, and now she is Janet Westeros, which is more justified.

I really enjoy the feeling of this hostess.

Moreover, because she can always leave most of the things to others, seemingly tedious and trivial housework, Janet is always able to handle it with ease, and her little brain habitually keeps running seven minutes, lazy, clear and light. Leisurely, never let yourself tired.

So busy until noon, before Simon goes home for lunch, he can shrink on the sofa in the living room and look through the information on Cersei Capital.

The Leon Black team of Apollo Management Company will participate in the bidding for a $1.5 billion bond asset under the name of Colombian Savings and Credit Bank next week. This business will cooperate with Citibank and Union Bank of Australia, each of which will contribute 5 One hundred million U.S. dollars.

US$500 million, which is already half of the US$1 billion fund raised by Apollo Management Company. Naturally, we need to be very cautious.

The US$1.5 billion in bond assets is actually the valuation after the U.S. bond market continued to collapse and shrink for most of the past six months. The book value of this batch of bonds is close to US$3.5 billion.

If this business is successful, Apollo Management’s US$500 million investment will be more than doubled after the bond is paid off as scheduled in the next three years, with an average annual return rate of more than 30%, which is a great option for any private equity fund. All of them are very impressive returns.

In addition, there are a number of other investment projects that are currently being looked for.

For example, Simon seems to be very interested in the acquisition of a mattress manufacturing company called Simmons, and Janet is even more concerned.