Hollywood Hunter

In April, Simon began to shift more energy to the film business of Daenerys Entertainment.

Among the most important DC movie universe projects, "Batman: The Dark Knight" was finalized at the end of March and successfully received the PG-13 rating. The schedule is June 7. In the first week of April, the film began a large-scale sprint promotion in the last two months before it was released.

In January, Warner Bros.’s wholly-owned and still produced by Simon, "The Flash" has quietly launched in Melbourne, Australia. The filming cycle is 3 to 4 months. It is scheduled to be released on December 20, Christmas time.

Daenerys Entertainment has set a schedule for next summer's "Wonder Woman", which is expected to be launched in June.

Outside of the DC Cinematic Universe plan, because Simon postponed the production plan of "Superman", the original project director Martin Campbell was loaned by MGM to film "007 Golden Eye".

With the insistence of the Brookly family, the copyright owner of 007, the actor of "007 Golden Eye" is still Timothy Dalton. However, Martin Campbell is the original director of Brosnan's "007 Golden Eye".

Of course, Famike Jensen, who has been identified as the actor of Wonder Woman, can no longer play the Russian female agent who used a pair of long legs to kill.

Not knowing whether it was intentional or unintentional, Shirley Lansing placed an ‘old man killer’ on the final candidate list of Russian female agents, and asked Simon specifically for his opinion.

Simon doesn't feel that Catherine Zeta Jones, who is biased towards the sweet girl type, can perform the crazy bloodthirsty temperament of Famick Jensen in the original "007 Golden Eye". Considering that MGM would soon become the business of the Johnston family, he did not accept Lansing's suggestion that he might have some ‘good intentions’.

Regarding the role of the movie project in his hand, Simon has always had an attitude that if the role is suitable, he is very happy to give a few favors, but if it is not appropriate, he will never make jokes about the investment of tens of millions of dollars.

Speaking of it, Hollywood actually has many project failures because of the failure of casting that is full of factors such as favoring deals. This proportion accounts for a very high proportion of Hollywood failed films.

The Hollywood film industry system has its very strong side, and in many cases it also appears very unprofessional. Only because of the strong gambling nature of movie investment, success or failure seems to have a lot of luck, which conceals many unprofessional factors.

In the final analysis, Hollywood filmmakers are used to spending other people's money, and they only earn a labor fee.

Daenerys entertains, but Simon spends his own money.

Be responsible for your own profits and losses. Every project means from several million to tens of millions of dollars. Of course, you need to be cautious.

Not only "Batman: The Dark Knight", Daenerys Entertainment will soon start painting other films in the summer, whether it is the external cooperation of "Terminator 2", "Destiny" and "A Few Good People", or from Universal Pictures Films such as "Backfire", "Jungle Fever", "Problem Boy 2" and "One Family in the Four Seas" that Ye took over all started the final stage of publicity work that impacted the summer vacation after entering April.

After the Oscar, it was confirmed that Pixar had accumulated enough technology, and the original 3D version of "The Lion King" was officially launched.

At the same time, another top priority project in 1992, "Jurassic Park", was successfully completed with Simon's intervention. Entering April, the project officially started the preliminary casting, and it is expected to start at the end of the year, and the schedule is the end of next year.

Taken together, Daenerys Entertainment released a total of four key projects independently in 1992, namely "Wonder Woman", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2" in the summer and "Home Alone 2" and "Jurassic" at the end of the year. park".

Simon had previously re-extended the development cycle of the DC Cinematic Universe project, which was not without benefits.

If the rhythm of two movies per year has been maintained, projects such as "Jurassic Park" are obviously likely to be in direct competition with the DC movie universe blockbusters, which often results in both losses.

As for Simon agreed to Spielberg’s other project, "Schindler’s List", because this time there is ample time, Spielberg is no longer in a hurry to shoot back to back with "Jurassic Park". The film is expected next year. Filming started in the second half of the year and was released in 1993.

In addition, Daenerys Entertainment's external cooperation projects are also within Simon's recent key work schedule.

Of the original 10 film plans, 6 have been released so far, and a "few good guys" cooperating with MGM will be released this summer.

Of the remaining three, one belongs to MGM and the other two belong to Warner Bros.

Last year, in order for Paramount to give up blocking Daenerys Entertainment's acquisition of MCA, Simon promised three more movies.

If you count the director contract that Simon owes Disney, Daenerys Entertainment needs external cooperation projects, totaling seven.

Finally, to sort out the copyrights of scripts and novels that Daenerys Entertainment has continuously bought in the past year. In addition to several projects such as "Mission Impossible" and "Jurassic Park", it also includes two other works published in 1990. Both are comics, one is the science fiction comic "Man in Black" written by Lowell Cunningham, and there is also a children's comic "Shrek".

With all statistics, Daenerys Entertainment’s current copyright library, the entire Marvel superhero system, DC’s Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, the entire Tor King’s Middle-earth series, "Mission: Impossible" and The two major spy series of "The Bournemouth", the "Charlie Angels" series which bought the copyright from Columbia Pictures, and the "Fast and the Furious" which was originally bought from the king of B-films, Roger Coman, were collected silently. "Forrest Gump", the enduring "Jurassic Park" series, including "Men in Black", "Shrek", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" that has been in development, and the global copyright library The great adaptation value of the old film "The Mummy" series in the 1930s, etc., all of these original time and space stocks are the copyright of the big sale, which has been enough for Daenerys Entertainment to develop for more than 30 years.

In terms of animated films, Daenerys Entertainment also included Pixar, which developed popular 3D animations such as "Toy Story", "Finding Nemo" and "Monsters Electric Company" in the original space in advance.

It can be said that even if Simon has completely started to be the shopkeeper now, even if only half of all these copyrights have achieved the same success as the original time and space, Daenerys Entertainment's film business will be strong enough to maintain a long period of time.

What's more, Simon certainly won't let go. Daenerys Entertainment's team that has been carefully built for several years is enough to support the development of these precious copyrights.

I have been in various film studios, production conferences, post-production conferences, cast auditions, publicity conferences and other film affairs for a month, and it was already May before I knew it.

This year’s Cannes Film Festival will open on May 9. Daenerys Entertainment still has two films shortlisted for the main competition this time. They are the Coen Brothers’ new film "Barton Fink" invested by Gaomen Pictures and from Universal The film industry takes over the new Spike Lee film "Jungle Fever" which will be released this summer.

Ella Deutschman led the team to Cannes a week in advance.

Simon wanted to take this opportunity to go to Europe with Janet for a rest. However, the woman is less than three months pregnant, and the doctor’s advice is that it is best not to fly. The woman plans to stop flying during her pregnancy. This is actually one of the reasons why she let go of Cersei's capital management.

Although she no longer takes care of Cersei Capital, Janet is not doing nothing all day, women just try to be as little as possible.

Du Mui Point Manor.

It is already Sunday, May 5th.

James Rebold was brought here by his daughter from Los Angeles International Airport. The Simons were already waiting outside the villa.

Although it is a rest day, some very important issues need to be discussed today.

In short, it is the assets, cash and liabilities of the entire Westeros system.

Everyone exchanged greetings and came to a small meeting room in the villa.

Seeing the four ABCD girls in the villa, like his daughter, took the initiative to serve tea and pour water, James Rebald felt tired again.

However, James quickly turned his attention to business.

Since the stock market crash in 1987, Simon's personal assets have grown rapidly, but at the same time, the entire Westeros system can also be described as spending money.

Especially in the two consecutive MCA and Bell Atlantic acquisitions, although the final loan ratio was not as high as originally expected, the debt scale of the entire Westeros system has also reached the level of tens of billions of dollars.

In the previous few years, the expansion of Daenerys Entertainment was mainly due to the profitable Daenerys Entertainment providing blood transfusions to other companies in the Westeros system, in addition to Simon's gains in several major financial markets.

Now, according to Simon's prediction, the Gulf War that has just passed can be said to be the last big market favorable to the operation of hedge funds in recent years. Even if there is a chance, Cersei Capital will easily not conduct similar operations in previous years in order to avoid conflicts with other governments.

Therefore, it is unlikely that one wants to obtain billions of dollars in funds from the financial market.

For Daenerys Entertainment, although the company’s net profit in 1990 reached a staggering US$1.12 billion, this year, due to the acquisition of MCA, Daenerys Entertainment’s debt has increased by US$7 billion at one time. The previous accumulation is only Daenerys Entertainment's own debt of more than 8 billion US dollars, and the amount of principal and interest that needs to be repaid every year will reach more than 1 billion US dollars.

In 1990, Daenerys Entertainment's revenue figure was finally 3.96 billion US dollars, and MCA's revenue was 3.37 billion US dollars.

With the merger of the two companies, the brand-new Daenerys Entertainment, annual revenue will reach $7 billion.

However, in the future, as the company expands, the profit margin of the company will no longer be as high as when it was ‘lightly packed’. What’s more, there are still huge debts to be repaid in recent years.

Therefore, it is not feasible to obtain funds from Daenerys Entertainment for blood transfusions to other companies in the Westeros system.

In addition, Bell Atlantic, although it is also a cash source with billions of dollars in annual revenue that can fund the Westeros system, Simon does not plan to draw blood from Bell Atlantic, but instructs Raymond Smith. All surplus funds from Bell Atlantic are invested in mobile communications and the Internet.

Cersei Capital, Daenerys Entertainment, and Bell Atlantic are unable to send too much capital to the entire system. Many companies in the Westeros system maintain a continuous demand for capital.

Only Eaglet needs to invest about US$500 million this year.

Several companies such as AOL and Nokia are also big spenders.

In addition, in terms of investment in the technology sector, even if Westeros no longer invests in other new technology companies, Simon wants to maintain its shareholding in the new technology companies that it has invested in, and it needs to continue to inject funds.

Next, Daenerys Entertainment also plans to launch the Osaka Universal Studios project with a total budget of about 2 billion US dollars. Even if Panasonic shares half of the investment, Daenerys Entertainment itself needs to spend another 1 billion US dollars.

Finally, Simon's own daily expenses are actually very large.

Speaking carefully, the funding problem of the entire Westeros system is actually not big, because the entire system is in a prosperous state, and major banks are very willing to provide loans to Simon.

James came here to discuss with Simon and his wife this time, and it was a matter of careful calculation.

The wealth of the Westeros system is already very rich, and it is very easy to get investment from banks.

However, if you spend too much money without planning, you will unknowingly accumulate large amounts of unnecessary expenses. If you continue to accumulate less and more, maybe one day entangled debt problems will erupt, and even a domino effect will occur.

Simon’s personal belongings have always been taken care of by Janet. A woman’s head is turned to seven points, which is roughly equivalent to twenty to thirty points of an ordinary person. Simon has always been very relieved, and women have indeed done this. Well organized.

In addition to private individuals, James has also been conscientious in recent years, and Simon has always attached great importance to the financial supervision of the entire Westeros system.

Therefore, it is unlikely that the Westeros system will have a financial crisis in the short term.

However, Simon of course also knows the principle of preventing micro-faults, so he takes this matter very seriously.

"Several banks in Japan are very happy to provide us with funds for the construction of Universal Studios Osaka. In the next few years, the yen, which has appreciated for many years, may enter a depreciation cycle. I think it is very cost-effective to obtain a loan from the Bank of Japan. On Igreat’s side, Cersei Fund Management’s profit this year will probably be able to sustain the company’s expenses. Nokia’s next step of development, Melisandre’s purchase of Van Cleef & Arpels, Bell Atlantic’s support for mobile communications, etc. The field layout, etc., plus your own expenses, we probably need to get another 1 billion US dollars in loans this year. The original batch of technology stocks, except for companies such as Microsoft and Intel, which plan to hold for a long time, other companies, I have recently reduced my holdings to less than 5% of my shareholding ratio. If I encounter economic conditions, I can cash in for emergencies at any time."

A small meeting of only four people lasted for a day. James Rebold concluded this, then looked up at Simon and Janet and asked: "The last thing, the Westeros Building in New York, you two really Do you plan to start it now?"