Hollywood Hunter

Any branch of the dc movie universe, even if it only reaches half the box office level of "Batman: Hour of War", is enough to support the performance of a major studio. Therefore, the executives of Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group will personally come forward to finalize the role candidates for the project.

Similarly, because these roles mean a chance for many actors to make it to the sky, the entire Hollywood, whether it is the long-awaited actors, or the agency where the actors are located, are paying close attention to any reports from Daenerys Studios. A related message.

When the news of the finalization of the hero and heroine of the "Flash" came out, not to mention the joy of the parties, countless lights inside and outside Hollywood were instantly concentrated on Jason Jedric and Robin White, both of whom were only twenty-four or five years old. Of young people have become the focus of Hollywood's attention in just a few hours.

Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group allow actors who have signed the dc film universe long-term contract to appear in other film projects. Although there are very strict restrictions, when the dc film universe team has not formally contacted the parties to sign the contract, many systems The studio has already handed over a series of invitations to the agency of the two actors.

In the morning, the candidates for the protagonists of "The Flash" were determined, and in the afternoon, the core supporting roles of the project were also finalized. Although not comparable to the heroes and heroines, these people have also received a lot of attention.

Speaking of, the casting process of the dc movie universe is very different from the Hollywood tradition.

Most of the traditional Hollywood projects are constantly in contact with the actors to negotiate, slowly piece together the entire project team. In the dc film universe project, the producer has completely mastered the initiative. In the final analysis, it is because the dc film universe series does not pursue first-line stars.

Normally, after the start of the casting, actors who want to play certain roles must first sign an agreement of intent as long as they pass the initial selection. The terms include acceptance of the long-term contract of dc film universe, salary rules, image authorization, etc., if If you do not accept it, there is no need to waste time on both sides.

This kind of casting process also means that once an actor is selected, the two parties can quickly sign a formal contract, and no more wrangling on the details. If an actor temporarily changes his mind and wants to raise the price after he is selected, he will not only be immediately abandoned, but also face huge claims.

Confirm the main cast of "The Flash", the next signing and arrangements for the actors to perform related physical and performance training and other matters are taken over by someone.

Sending away Terry Semel and others, Simon had just returned to his office in the administrative district, and the female assistant followed in and told him that James Rebald had called before and said that there was something very important.

Simon did not turn to the leather chair behind the desk. He sat down on the edge of the opposite table and picked up the microphone to signal the female assistant to dial.

Jennifer dialed a series of numbers expertly, and just after dialing, a hand came from the side.

After struggling for a few times, seeing Simon start talking to his father opposite, he had to give up struggling, but the hand released her again.

Simon smiled and watched the female assistant pretending to help her desk with red ears. After chatting with them, her expression gradually disappeared.

It was about the 20% stake in espn mentioned by Robert Iger at the party last Saturday.

Robert Iger returned to Los Angeles and quickly compiled a rough information for Simon.

espn has been established for 11 years and now has more than 57 million subscribers, annual revenue of more than 500 million US dollars, and last year's net profit of 51 million US dollars.

Simon was still a little curious at the beginning why Metropolis/abc Group didn’t buy back the 20% of the shares. Because of the veto power of the majority shareholder, Metropolis/abc Group would have a greater advantage than any other buyer to buy these 20% shares. . Because of the success of "Who Will Be a Millionaire", Metropolis/abc Group has also had a relatively good financial status in recent years.

The information collected by Robert Iger gives the reason.

The conservative chairman Tom Murphy of Metropolis/abc Group and the major shareholder Warren Buffett are unwilling to pay too high a price for these shares. The valuation of 20% of the shares is US$200 million, which is equivalent to close to 20 times. The price-earnings ratio, in the eyes of the two old men, seems too high, they are only willing to give a price of 10 times the price-earnings ratio.

In addition, espn has just recently signed a four-year US$400 million huge tournament broadcast agreement with Major League Baseball. The annual revenue of espn is only US$500 million. Because of this agreement, the content cost of US$100 million has been increased abruptly each year. , Also let espn take a very big risk. If this very risky and huge agreement eventually fails, the espn that was originally developing is likely to decline.

Since the Met/abc Group himself was unwilling to buy the shares, Simon thought he would be sure of the deal, so he directly handed the matter to James to deal with.

Unexpectedly, this incident suddenly changed.

James told Simon on the phone that the acquisition of these shares had proceeded smoothly. He and the chairman of the Met/abc Group, Tom Murphy, passed the agreement. The other party is very happy that Westeros can buy the shares. Subsequently, he contacted Reynolds Nabesque and the feedback from the other party was also very positive.

However, just this morning, Tom Murphy called him again, stating that Metropolis/abc group might not be able to accept Westeros’s shareholding in espn, and the reason given was another Metropolis/abc group partner Interested in this batch of shares.

After James asked, Murphy revealed that it was the Hearst family who wanted to buy the 20% shares of espn.

The Hearst family is a super-media family that is as deeply rooted in the United States as the Newhouse family.

Although this year's "Forbes" 400 richest Americans did not have the names of members of the Hearst family, only the Newhouse brothers accounted for two of them. But in fact, the wealth of the Hearst family is comparable to that of the Newhouse family. It is only because the first-generation founder of the Hearst family William Hearst has six children in total, which caused the dispersion of family equity. .

The Hearst family has been prosperous for a century. In those days, William Hirst directly instigated an American-Spanish war against Spain by relying on the Hearst Group’s media network throughout the country. Although it is still criticized today, The influence of the Hearst family on American news and public opinion can be seen from this.

The current Hearst family has gradually begun to be in charge of the third generation. However, this media family still has a profound influence on American news and public opinion with hundreds of newspapers, weekly magazines, magazines and other media platforms in major cities in North America. , The influential San Francisco Chronicle on the West Coast is an industry under the name of Hearst Group.

Although Simon's personal wealth is several times that of the Hearst family, James feels that it is better not to provoke such a family of media that is deeply rooted in the United States enough to incite a war.

James originally wanted to find out more specific details before discussing this matter with Simon. This afternoon, William Hirst III, the third-generation heir of the Hearst family, contacted here again, but he sent an invitation to Simon, hoping He can attend a party of the Hearst family tomorrow night.

As for the purpose, it is obviously self-explanatory.

Talked with James on the phone for more than 20 minutes, put down the microphone, the female assistant had just left, Simon continued to lean on the desk and consider this matter.

In those days in New York at the beginning of the month, Janet said to Simon that if possible, media families such as Newhouse and Hearst in the United States had better befriend with them. These media families who manipulated American news and public opinion, if they could Establishing contacts will definitely help the development of the Westeros system.

However, it is not so easy for Simon, a newly rising wealthy upstart, to enter the circle of those established families. Moreover, Simon has his own pride, if others are not welcome, he will not try to get in those circles.

There was an unexpected opportunity right now.

Hearst, Newhouse, or the Graham family that controls the "Washington Post" group may still control American news and public opinion, but Simon knows that with the advent of the Internet age, these established media Aristocratic families will gradually decline. Many well-known newspapers and magazines, such as the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Time magazines that have inherited a century of history, are still completely unattainable. After more than 20 years, many of them will be sold out. The price is sold to a series of newly rich people, so that the newspaper can continue.

Simon carefully reviewed the memory in his mind and soon found a message.

After the decline of the American paper media industry, the Hearst family held 20% of the espn television network, which accounted for almost 50% of the entire Hearst Group’s annual profits.

After completing the mca acquisition, as long as the time is right, Simon's next goal is the Metropolis/abc Group, which owns abc television network and espn television station.

Now let the 20% shares of espn TV station be transferred to the Hearst family. In a few years, with the rise of espn and the decline of paper media, the Hearst family, which relies heavily on the 20% shares of espn, is likely to become the whole A vassal of the Westeros system.

Jennifer knocked on the door again and came in, holding some papers in her hand, noticing the smile at the corner of Simon's mouth, and asked: "What did Dad tell you?"

Simon probably talked about the content of the phone call just now, of course, he did not disclose what has not happened yet.

After listening, the female assistant frowned slightly: "In this case, we still don't want the equity. It will be very troublesome to conflict with the Hearst family."

Simon nodded and said, "However, the Hearst family can't just use a party to get me out of the competition. They must always give some bargaining chips."

The female assistant thought about it, and said: "The San Francisco Chronicle happens to belong to the Hearst family. This time it may be possible to exchange a content cooperation agreement between the Igreat Portal and the San Francisco Chronicle."

The Eaglet Portal has previously established a cooperative relationship with the Murdoch family's News Corporation, but Murdoch is only willing to provide European and Australian media consulting for the Eaglet Portal.

In North America, on the one hand, News Corporation’s media strength is not so strong, on the other hand, it may also be the instinctive defense of the old Murdoch Fox. Get content support. Right now, the North American news on the Eaglet portal mainly comes from the cooperation of a small local newspaper in San Francisco, and the content quality is difficult to satisfy.

It would be better if you could get news content from the San Francisco Chronicle, which is headquartered in San Francisco.

"Very good idea," Simon nodded, stretched out his hand to pull the female assistant in front of him, and smiled: "But now, let's first consider where to spend the night tonight."

The female assistant was held in Simon’s arms, and she posted a post on Simon’s somewhat thorny chin, saying: "Jenny has been very dissatisfied on the phone recently, saying that she is going to bring a bottle of red wine mixed with chili water. ."

Simon smiled and said, "You just don't drink it."

The female assistant nodded solemnly, but added with a dark belly: "She said she would give you a drink."

Janet went to Europe last week and successfully got the Latour winery for 120 million US dollars. Then he participated in this year's fashion week in Milan and plans to return to North America tomorrow. The Boeing 767 has flown to Europe today. Pick up.

In the evening, I could only take the Falcon business jet owned by Daenerys Entertainment and Jennifer to spend the night in San Francisco. Simon sent the female assistant back to Los Angeles the next morning and continued to fly the Falcon to the East Coast.

Time has been arranged.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon East Coast time, Simon arrived in New York and waited directly at JFK Airport for less than half an hour. The Boeing 767 with Janet and his party also landed on the runway.

This time not only Janet came back, but Sophia Fessy would also come, and she also brought her family, including the parents of the senior woman and a pair of children.

In the previous phone call, Sophia said that he hoped that the two children could go to school in the United States in the future and would stay with their parents.

Simon has not seen Sofia's children yet, but knows that the woman had arranged a pair of children to study in a private school in Geneva, Switzerland.

Switzerland’s excellence in private schools is well known, and there will be no language barriers when studying there. Sophia suddenly sent her children to North America. Simon guessed that there should be other internal information, perhaps her ex-husband thought about it. To take the child back.

However, Sophia did not explicitly say that Simon was not easy to ask too much detail.

By the side of the runway at JFK Airport, Janet walked out of the cabin and saw Simon, and immediately rushed down. The bird swooped into the man’s arms as if he were returning home, until the sound of high heels behind him sounded, and the woman finally bit on Simon’s lips. After that, he was willing to let go.

Simon also saw Sophia and his party.

The senior woman is dressed in a white professional ol suit. She is still intellectual and beautiful. She is holding a child with her left and right hands. The boy is older and looks a bit shy when she is about ten years old. It was a pair of shiny blue eyes who looked at Simon without shyness.

Behind the senior woman is a couple with gray hair. He noticed that Simon looked at them and nodded in greeting.

Because Sophia’s parents were present, Simon had only intended to shake hands with the senior woman as a greeting, but Sophia let go of the two children, approached and hugged Simon generously, and said: "Long time no see, Simon."

Then I began to introduce my children. The boy's name is Daniel Faisy, who is 10 years old this year, and the girl is Gemma Fayci, who is 7 years old.

When introducing her parents, the senior woman was obviously not so enthusiastic. Simon felt that although the elderly couple was very accommodating to their daughters, Sophia also brought them to look after the children, but it was obvious that Simon found the senior woman and his parents There is a very obvious barrier between them.

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