Hollywood Hunter

Simon and Janet left the house together early and rushed from Malibu to Santa Monica to meet Catherine.

After everyone had breakfast, Simon sent two women to Los Angeles International Airport.

The time is Monday, August 27.

Janet is going to fly to New York to be busy with Cersei Capital.

Catherine has completed the filming of "Surprising Point" during this time and is still staying on the west coast for post-production. This time I took the fan for the New York Film Festival in September. Women were invited to serve as judges for this festival.

After saying goodbye, the Boeing 767 whizzed into the air on the airport runway.

When the plane stabilized, Catherine unfastened her seat belt and subconsciously looked to the ground through the porthole. Los Angeles International Airport was not in sight, and it was naturally impossible to see a figure beside the runway.

He must have already left.

Looks so busy all day.

Janet also unfastened her seat belt, noticed Catherine's gaze, smiled and glanced out of the porthole, and said, "I started to miss it so soon?"

Catherine gave Janet a light glance: "Don't make such a joke, you are all married."

Janet bared her teeth and smiled, rang the bell to call Lady C Claire Gein, asked for a glass of water, and asked Catherine what she was drinking.

Just asking for a glass of water, Catherine watched Janet get up and walked to the other side of the large couch to sit down, and turned on the TV set without getting up.

This is the upper living room of the Boeing 767 front cabin.

Although he was still a little disgusted by Simon, it was already very luxurious in Catherine's eyes. Until now, I can still occasionally see some people in the newspaper criticizing him for being too luxurious with this plane.

However, considering the recent media discussions about his latest net worth, such a plane does not seem to be a big deal.

Two days ago, the Los Angeles Times also reported that because of the sudden outbreak of the Kuwait War, Cersei Capital relied on the operation of the crude oil futures market to make billions of dollars in profits. The Forbes 400 richest American list was originally to be launched this month. In order to dig out Simon's more detailed asset figures, the release of this year's list was specially postponed.

Claire brought two glasses of water over. Catherine said thank you softly. When Lady C left, she also took back her thoughts and asked Janet next to her: "Jenny, you fly between New York and Los Angeles every week. Fly, is it really okay?"

Janet lay down on the couch looking through a document in an unimaginative manner. Hearing what Catherine said, knowing the subtext in her words, she shook her head and said, "No."

Catherine thought that Janet did not understand what she was doing, so she had to point out and said: "You and Simon have been married for less than half a year?"

Janet propped her upper body, two bare feet raised and lowered behind her, and a moment later said: "Kate, the **** is only 22 years old."

"Ok?"

"If I were 22 years old, I would definitely wait for the day when he really wanted to get married before marrying him. But... you know, I can't wait any longer. I will tie him up first. However, He is actually not ready yet."

Catherine understood.

Cersei Capital wants to set up a branch in Los Angeles, and even set up its headquarters here, so that Janet does not need to run around easily. However, Janet did this just to leave some personal space for Simon who was not ready to accept the married life.

Can not help thinking of myself.

as well as.

The first, the first.

Although knowing that it is impossible for him to be with that little man, if Janet stepped in and snatched him away, it would be a lie if there was really no grudge.

However, Janet does love him more than herself.

At least, if she does marry him, she will never accommodate him and other women who are unclear.

Ok.

Perhaps, it is not so sure.

I remembered what Janet had said, how could he be such an excellent man with only one woman.

Turning to the topic and chatting with Janet casually, Catherine also took out the information of this New York Film Festival nominated film from her bag to pass the time.

After a while, Janet called Claire again, handed her the information she had just reviewed, and said, "Let Hawker Beech, go to hell, change to another company. In addition, we need to return our advance payment, one cent. Can't be less."

Claire hesitated and asked carefully, "Ms. Westeros, what's the reason?"

Janet waved her hand and said, "Let them find it by themselves."

Claire had to leave with the document.

Catherine waited for Girl C to leave before asking, "What's the matter?"

Janet picked up the cup on the coffee table and went back to sit down opposite Catherine. He drank a few sips of water and said, "Simon and I plan to build two private hangars at Los Angeles Airport to be responsible for the storage and maintenance of several private jets in our hands. Hawker Beechcraft actually made a budget of 35 million US dollars, more than double my expectations. They want to slaughter fat sheep, I can only make them not earn a penny."

Catherine smiled, and understood roughly what kind of company Janet was talking about.

Just a little curious, and said: "Can a private hangar be built in Los Angeles International Airport?"

Jane said in a very feminine voice: "Of course, as long as the money is enough."

Catherine couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Speaking of this, Simon actually wanted to build a private airport that was his own.

However, it is too conspicuous to do so in the short term, so I simply chose to cooperate with Los Angeles International Airport.

The entire Westeros system, including Simon’s Boeing 767 and the Gulfstream IV bought and thrown to Westeros, as well as private jets leased by Daenerys Entertainment and Gucci, has 4 private jets. Aircraft, there will be more in the future, so it is necessary to build a private hangar and set up a dedicated service team in Los Angeles.

Although it is troublesome to cooperate with Los Angeles International Airport, as Janet said, as long as the money is enough, there is nothing to be done.

Sending off the two women, Simon hurried to Daenerys Studios.

In the morning, a high-level meeting will be held to discuss the company's development plans for the second half of the year.

Came to the large conference room in the first building of the studios, Amy Pascal, Robert Iger, Nancy Brill, Ella Docman, Danny Morris, Robert Rem, Daenerys Entertainment executives such as Mark Belford have arrived early, and even Stan Lee, who is in charge of Marvel, is here today.

When Simon walked in, everyone was chatting warmly together.

Seeing Simon appearing, everyone came forward to say hello. Simon exchanged greetings with everyone, and asked Amy casually, "What are you talking about?"

Amy handed over a new copy of "Forbes" magazine, not forgetting to add: "I have to declare first, Simon, I did not disclose the news."

"Forbes" magazine is a weekly, one issue every week.

However, although this magazine is well-known, it is not on Simon's reading list. If there are any articles that need Simon's attention, the female assistant will often organize it for him to read.

Recently, Forbes contacted Simon again, hoping that he could cooperate with the new year's rich list statistics, Simon also refused as usual.

Taking the magazine from Amy, Simon motioned everyone to sit down and sat down at the conference table.

Looking at the page of the magazine in his hand, there is a line of bold and blacked-out headline: "Billions of Executives Club"

A quick glance at the content.

Forbes has obviously done a lot of ‘work’ during this period of time. In the article, Daenerys Entertainment’s financial data for the first half of the year and Cersei’s profitability in the crude oil futures market were fairly accurate.

However, the focus of the hype in the content of this article is the expected 1990 salary of several partners of Cersei Fund Management and Amy Pascal of Daenerys Entertainment.

According to known data, "Forbes" magazine judged that in 1990, in the entire Westeros system, excluding Simon and his wife, there will be seven people who can earn 100 million US dollars in income. Six partners with 5% of each of Xi's Fund Management Company and Amy Pascal who can obtain 5% of Daenerys Entertainment's annual profit plus the same amount of equity award.

When "Forbes" magazine announced with much fanfare that Simon had postponed this year's list of the 400 richest people in the United States and the world's richest list this year due to Simon's personal reasons, many media began to dig out the asset and financial figures of the entire Westeros system.

The more statistics, the more astounding people are.

The calculations made by Forbes magazine are basically the same as the facts, but compared with many recent exposure materials that are eye-catching, they are not too dazzling.

of course.

For the large group of executives in the conference room at roughly the same level as Amy at this time, it was obviously another feeling.

With an annual income of more than 100 million yuan, this is definitely a miracle for professional managers.

As long as they are slightly ambitious, they probably won't be indifferent to it.

Pressing the magazine in front of him, Simon glanced at the people in the conference room and said, "You should all know that the content of this report is true. You are not familiar with Cersei Fund Management. Amy and everyone are very I'm familiar."

Simon personally confirmed that even though it had been partially confirmed from Amy, there was still some commotion in the office.

Raising his hand and pressing down, Simon continued: "I can only say that the current annual salary of 100 million US dollars is just the beginning. The entire Westeros system is very large, very large, enough for you to display your talents, and it will not There are only a few positions with an annual income of more than 100 million yuan. Nowadays, everyone in the circle feels that I am very harsh on stars and are unwilling to provide them with the same high salaries as other studios. In fact, it is not because I am unwilling to pay, I only I will give a price that I think is reasonable. The same is true for you. As long as you pay enough for this company, I will be happy to pay any one of you with an annual salary of more than 100 million yuan."

Such a promise, if it is in another company, is likely to be regarded as a bad check. However, sitting in the conference room at this time, no one felt that Simon was just making empty promises.

Therefore, until the end of the noon meeting, many people were still immersed in a certain mood of complacency.

After lunch, Simon and Stan Lee, who still did not leave, came to the LOFT area on the second floor of the studio. The Marvel West Coast team has moved to this one.

With the success of "Batman: Hour of War" and the unfolding of the DC movie universe, the Marvel Entertainment team has proposed to Simon more than once to develop a Marvel superhero movie, and Simon has never let go.

Under current conditions, it may be okay to develop one or two Marvel superhero single-player movies after selection, but if you want to create the Marvel movie universe, the special effects technology at this time cannot be supported at all.

However, after several discussions, Simon agreed to a compromise.

In the next few years, Marvel will invest in the development of a series of 2D animation movies of Marvel superheroes. The specifications are roughly the same as the original DC superhero animation movies of the original time and space. The level of PG-13 is 70 minutes to 90 minutes. , Does not enter the theater, but directly distributed through video tape and television channels.

Marvel originally had an animation production team in San Fernando Valley on the West Coast, and had been producing TV cartoons for children.

Now that the decision is made, Simon has approved a $15 million budget for the first animated film, of which $12 million will be used for production and $3 million will be used for publicity.

Because it is directly oriented to video tape and television channels, it is not technically as cumbersome as a big screen animation film, and it can be completed in about a year.

It was the first one after all, and Simon patiently gave the Marvel animation team a one and a half year production cycle.

However, the budget of 15 million US dollars is equivalent to the three-year net profit figures of Marvel Entertainment at this time. Simon's attitude is very clear. If it messed up, Marvel will do comics with peace of mind and don't think about other things.

After finally letting Simon go, the Marvel team also cherished this opportunity. Not only did they choose the most popular "Spider-Man", Stan Lee, who was originally based in New York, also came to Los Angeles specially, intending to be here on the West Coast. Follow up the preparation of the project.

The first "Spider-Man" animation film will tell the origin as usual. Simon listened to Stan Lee personally explained the plot conception, but once again urged not to make a young children's film, and at the same time make a plan for the animation character image, not later The image of each superhero in the project is different. This is a place where Simon is very dissatisfied with the DC animation movies in his memory. Even the animation images of popular characters such as Superman and Batman have changed.

Simon also knows that this situation occurs because different teams are responsible for different projects, but these are not things he needs to pay attention to now, he only makes requests.

The several LOFT buildings on the second floor can indeed give people a relaxed environment that stimulates creativity. It is spacious, open, and easy to communicate. There is no fast-paced administrative area. Whether it is graffiti on the wall or movie figures placed everywhere. It makes people feel that this is the place where art was born.

The LOFT building, which was the first to be transformed through an abandoned factory building in Soho, New York, is indeed a gathering place for artists.

No wonder Nancy Brill will move the entire consumer goods department and the Daenerys analysis company, Blockbuster Los Angeles branch and Blizzard studios she is responsible for here. There is a kind of independent Daenerys system that takes the mountain as king. a feeling of.

Marvel's team only occupies a small corner on the 3rd floor of LOFT, and the others have become the territory of a small woman.

Leaving Marvel’s office area, I was planning to go to Pixar to see the development progress of "Toy Story". It happened that Nancy came out of the Blockbuster branch office area and found a place to sit and chat in the nearby rest area. Things started with Blockbuster.

During this period of time, Blockbuster has completed the acquisition of the Errol company, and the number of its own chain stores has continued to increase. The chain store scale is expected to exceed 2,000 by the end of the year, becoming the veritable North American video tape chain company.

Moreover, by splitting the position of chairman and CEO of Blockbuster founder Wayne Huizanga, Nancy hired an executive from Wal-Mart to serve as Blockbuster CEO, and the small woman was completely in control. This company. Of course, Daenerys Entertainment completely controls the company.

According to the results of many discussions between Simon and Nancy, what Nancy is personally following up is to continuously provide Blockbuster's operational efficiency throughout the day, so as to avoid the problem of reduced execution and corporate redundancy due to excessive expansion of the videotape chain giant.

This is also the reason why Nancy hired an executive named James Frey from Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is undoubtedly the best in solving the above problems. Retail chains can only continuously improve efficiency and reduce their own costs. It can maintain its own advantages and competitiveness among competitors in the same industry through various preferential policies for customers.

If the size of the company is larger, the price will be more expensive, and it will not reflect its own scale advantage at all, and the company will not be far from decline.