Hollywood Hunter

As of the weekend just past, the cumulative box office of "007 Golden Eye" opened for four and a half weeks was $71.86 million.

Considering that the end of the next anniversary period will end, and the film’s box office last weekend has fallen to a low of 5.06 million US dollars, the total North American box office of this classic sequel is expected to hardly exceed 90 million US dollars.

This result is more than enough compared to the previous "License for Killing in 007". However, comparing the production budget of 50 million US dollars and the announcement cost of 20 million US dollars, the North American box office of 90 million US dollars or less is counted as expected. Overseas, according to the global 200 million US dollars calculation, the entire project has only just paid back.

For a classic IP with greater potential to be tapped, such a result is definitely not what Simon wants.

The 007 series reset was a plan that Simon had determined before this "007 Golden Eye".

It's just that Simon hadn't fully controlled MGM's control at the time, so he didn't force this matter.

After Johnston became MGM’s largest shareholder, it actually meant that Simon took control of the company. After all, Johnston’s family didn’t have the energy to take care of Hollywood’s business, so they agreed to buy MGM. May's shares are mainly at Simon's request.

If it were not for antitrust factors, Simon would be very happy to buy this batch of shares.

After the purchase of the equity, the old man also made a speech, and the affairs here are left to Simon, and the Australian side does not intend to intervene too much.

On the other hand, with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the 007 series, which used the Soviet Union as an imaginary enemy for 30 years, must also change the plot.

During the Cold War years, the US-Soviet confrontation has always been a very popular theme in Hollywood. Apart from the 007 series, last year's hit "Hunting Red October" was like this.

However, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States has become the only superpower in the world, and then confronting the Soviet Union on the big screen, it will be difficult for the audience to resonate too much.

In Simon's memory, the well-known supermodel Cindy Crawford tried to enter Hollywood's big screen work "Fair Play", which tells a story about KGB agents. However, it was already 1995, and the Soviet Union had long ceased to exist, so the untimely film ended in a disastrous box office.

The new version of "007 Golden Eye", which is still in theaters, has changed a lot because of four years ahead of schedule, but the core is still not free from the battle against the evil Soviet Union.

The 007 series can be described as one of the earliest long-term blockbuster series. It is precisely because each part involves many scenes of beautiful women in the car, this has always attracted the audience.

However, with the emergence of more and more blockbuster films, the 007 series continues to follow the original route, and it is destined to appear less and less pleasing, and may even be abandoned by the audience in the end.

All in all, change is necessary.

Since the copyright of the Ghost Party was still secured before the "Golden Eye of 007", Simon plans to create a coherent restart series around the Ghost Party in accordance with the Daniel Craig version in his memory.

To do this, the first thing is to fight for more control of the 007 series.

After the birth of the 007 series, the copyright has undergone several changes. Now it is basically shared by MGM’s United American and the British Brockley family. Unless both parties agree, no one can start the production of the film alone.

In the original time and space, due to the decline of MGM, the 007 series are basically Tim MGM's hanging works. Even if each film cannot make a lot of money, the cash flow it brings is enough to barely sustain MGM. For this reason, MGM had to give up the initiative of too many projects and let the Brookly family completely manage the series.

Now, now that he has mastered MGM, Simon certainly will not let this situation continue.

The big deal is just shelving it.

Simon has enough IP resources in his hands, even without 007, MGM's recovery can be expected.

In comparison, the Brockery family only has the 007 gold mine. If this gold mine cannot be mined, the Brockery family will be unsustainable.

C girl Claire Gein came to Los Angeles to attend the Westeros system New Year's Eve party that will be held at Daenerys Studios tonight. Of course, because of the scattered east and west coasts, it is mainly on the west coast. Company executives will attend tonight.

Unlike other executives, Claire was able to visit Simon in advance because of her past status.

After Shirley Lansing left, Claire also took out the first iCam that Tincobair was developing from her bag to Simon.

Let the little guy take care of Deborah. Simon played with the second-generation prototype, which was significantly smaller than the first-generation. Compared with the first-generation 3.5-inch floppy disk, this prototype can only be used with a smaller size of 2.5. Inch floppy disk.

Claire watched Simon playing around and said, "This is only an alternative to the second-generation machine. Neither Neal nor I have decided whether to replace the 3.5-inch floppy disk with a 2.5-inch disk."

"I suggest you do this. Pocketization is an inevitable trend. The smaller the size of this card camera, the easier it is to carry, and the easier it is to promote." Simon asked Deborah to pick up the little guy and raise the camera at will. A picture, continue to play with, said: "Actually, if you can really make a digital camera into a'card', it can be considered the ultimate.

The current card camera does not mean that the camera itself is like a card, but just a concept relative to the more professional SLR camera.

The actual size of the first generation iCam is like a small dictionary.

Even the second-generation prototype in Simon's hand, it seems to be about 15CM*10CM*5CM in size, which is still larger and bloated than the card camera in Simon's memory.

Claire has accumulated enough professional knowledge. Hearing what Simon said, thinking about it, and saying: "If you want to make a real card, floppy disk storage will definitely not work. You may need to use the latest flash media. In addition, sensors, The battery is a big problem, and the operation, if it really becomes a card, the existing physical buttons also need to be replaced."

Simon listened to Girl C's thoughts diverging at will, and smiled: "According to Moore's Law, electronic components will become more integrated and more powerful in the future. Therefore, it is feasible for electronic products to be extremely miniaturized. I am not asking you to Have you applied for a lot of'i' series trademarks? These will be needed in the future."

Claire remembered the iPlayer, iPhone and other trademarks held by Tincobair in addition to iCam. The boss had thought of it a long way from the beginning.

However, her current mind is to do a good job of iCam first. In the past few months since the official launch of the product, iCam has determined that it has sufficient market capacity, and the explosive growth of the Internet industry continues to improve iCam's business prospects. In the short term, she will be satisfied as long as she does this product well and gains a foothold in the fiercely competitive market where more and more established manufacturers join.

Although he did have a big plan, Simon didn't mean to encourage it.

Continuing to chat with Claire some details, before I knew it, it was already lunch time.

Although Simon was invited to have a meal together, and watching the sisters in the past go to and fro between the kitchen and the dining room, Claire was still embarrassed to sit with Simon and his wife.

She also understands that doing so is too hateful.

After graciously helping to arrange the lunch, Claire found an excuse to ran to the small restaurant where the maids had dinner.

The New Year's Eve party in the evening starts at 7 o'clock, and the location is still in the event center on the second floor of Daenerys Studios.

In addition to a group of executives from the Westeros system, politicians and celebrities from all walks of life in Los Angeles were invited to attend. Just after six o'clock in the afternoon, the two entrances to and from the studio seemed to be trafficked.

Unconsciously, many people have discovered that now in Hollywood, only Daenerys Entertainment has enough strength and appeal to hold such a grand New Year's Eve event.

In 1991, Hollywood seemed to be thriving, but Daenerys Entertainment created most of its glory.

This can be seen only by referring to the 1991 North American movie box office charts.

Temporarily ranked among the top ten films of the annual box office list, "Batman: The Dark Knight", "Terminator 2", "Death of the Dead", "Robin Hood", "Toy Story", "The Flash", "The Silent" Lamb, "Urban Hillbilly", "Most Stars", "A Few Good People", etc., except for Warner Bros. Pictures' "Robin Hood" and Columbia Pictures' "Urban Hillbilly", the other eight are Dani Liz Entertainment cooperated with other studios, three of which were produced by Daenerys Entertainment itself. In the last one, "The Flash", Simon Westero also controls the project, and This enjoys 10% of the North American box office share of the project.

Because Simon’s participation in "The Flash" was not too high, before the film was released, other factions within Time Warner also raised objections, thinking that Simon did too little and took too much, and hoped to abandon this in the next project. An unfair contract.

When "The Flash" opened and was expected to break through the US$250 million box office in North America, it meant that Simon could easily take away US$25 million. However, no one raised any objections.

After all, no one in Hollywood can secure a $250 million box office for a project channel.

Moreover, judging from the box office feedback of the overseas open market, the overseas box office of "The Flash" is expected to reach 400 million U.S. dollars, which at least ensures the film's global box office of 600 million U.S. dollars.

Even if it cannot be compared with the "Batman" series, even with a huge investment of 1.2 US dollars, the global box office of 600 million US dollars, including the peripheral sales revenue during the same period and the later various channels, is enough for Time Warner to earn a pot. Full.

In Hollywood as a whole, who can have this ability to turn stones into gold?

Even if it is predicted that the continuous expansion of Daenerys Entertainment will threaten the traditional power ecology of the entire Hollywood, however, in the face of such interest temptation, there is really no one who can really stop Daenerys Entertainment from expanding.

Most of the expectations are to be able to cooperate with Daenerys Entertainment and Simon Westeros.

It just so happened that Daenerys Entertainment also showed a sufficient cooperative attitude and did not greedily eat all the benefits into her stomach.

The Simons and his wife rushed to the event center of the studio at seven o'clock, and the hall was already full of people.

At seven o'clock, the party just started.

When Simon took the stage to deliver a New Year speech, he couldn't help but look back at the year that was about to pass.

In 1991, at the beginning of the last decade of the twentieth century, too much happened in both the Westeros system and the world.

This year, beginning with a devastating Gulf War, and ending with a thrilling empire collapse, the world structure has undergone a complete change.

This year, the Westeros System successively merged with MCA and Bell Atlantic, while becoming one of Hollywood's largest media giants, while successfully entering the traditional telecommunications industry.

This year, the first heir of the Westeros family was born.

This year, due to the influence and promotion of Simon this big butterfly, the Internet industry began to explode ahead of schedule.

This year, the other two projects of the DC Cinematic Universe, "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "The Flash" were once again successful, completely confirming the birth of a new film business model.

This year, Simon Westero's personal wealth reached 35 billion U.S. dollars, far surpassing any one in the wealth list.

This year, Simon Westero was 23 years old.

Inside the event hall of Daenerys Studios.

Looking at the handsome, steady but sharp-edged young man who delivered the New Year's speech, all the guests in the hall also had various emotions.

Too many people do not believe in miracles because they have not encountered them.

However, at this moment, everyone has to admit that a miracle happened to him, to the treacherous young man who began to rise rapidly at the age of 18.

"Finally, I hope you all have a good night, and I wish everyone a smooth, happy and healthy work in the coming year. Thank you."

In the warm applause, Simon walked off the stage.

Tonight’s celebration has officially begun.

The carnival lasted until late at night, at twelve o'clock, everyone began to count down, the New Year bell rang, and 1992 officially arrived.

After New Year's Day, when many people were still immersed in the holidays, Simon, who had rested for a whole month, started to work again.

At the beginning of the new year, the entire Westeros system has many things that need to be handled by Simon himself.

In addition to Daenerys Entertainment’s series of film projects, the long-prepared Westeros Building in New York will be launched in the next year. The first thing to do is to demolish six buildings in the entire block. Simon needs to personally Hurry to the east coast.

During Simon's vacation last month, Daenerys Entertainment successfully won EA.

Although Nancy Brill is responsible for most things, Simon is also involved in many things.

There is also the Universal Studios Osaka project in Japan.

After a year of negotiation and planning with the Japanese government, the location of Universal Studios Osaka is basically determined. Simon also needs to fly to Japan in person to finalize many series.