Hollywood Hunter

Suddenly, the first quarter of 1993 came to the end.

In the coming March, the hottest media topic will undoubtedly be the "Information Superhighway Plan" bill officially passed at the beginning of the month, and the ensuing social-wide bill involving a huge investment of US$400 billion in the next two decades. New technology companies such as Eaglet, Cisco, AOL, Microsoft, and Intel have become the darlings of the capital market for a while.

The most powerful youth in Hollywood is undoubtedly the one that has attracted the most attention in this trend.

It's just that Cisco and AOL, both of the new technology companies with a market value of over 30 billion U.S. dollars, have brought each other nearly $50 billion in wealth, and even some Hollywood superstars who have a lot of surplus in their hands have begun to look for new technologies. Investment in the field.

However, for most Hollywood natives, new technology, the Internet, the information age, tens of billions of dollars... These are still a little far away from them.

When the time comes to the end of March, what everyone is most concerned about is still the most important ceremony of the awards season that has lasted for a few months, the 65th Oscars.

Simon finished his schedule in New York and returned to Los Angeles, immediately surrounded by various jobs.

This year’s Easter is April 11th. Daenerys Entertainment’s Easter scheduled film "Anti-Wild Stars 2" will be released on April 9. Simon needs to pay attention to the film’s publicity work.

The summer films "Superman", "Sleepless in Seattle", "Sugar Coated Trap", "Gannet Assassination Order" and other films have been basically completed, and Simon must personally check it.

There are also a large number of projects in the production stage such as "Mission: Impossible", "Seven Deadly Sins", and "Schindler's List", all of which require a certain amount of energy from Simon.

The copyright of the "Call of Souls" universe, which has been entangled for a period of time, has finally been resolved recently. In the morning, Simon discussed the development plan of related projects with Danny Morris, the head of New World Pictures. "Stargate" production conference directed by Roland Emmerich and directed by Michael Bay.

At two o'clock, the "Stargate" production meeting ended, Amy Pascal and Universal Records President Richard Palmes were already waiting for Simon.

After completing the acquisition of MCA, Daenerys Entertainment has basically completed the adjustment and integration of the film, TV, theme park and other businesses. However, in terms of recording, because it has not been able to draw energy before, it is also because it is not the record industry. Too much understanding, Simon has not made much adjustment to the record company.

In the past two years, Universal Music has been in charge of Richard Palmes. Although this 50-year-old former MCA executive failed to make too good results, he also managed the record company in an orderly manner. Relying on Daenerys Entertainment’s sales of soundtracks for some excellent films, the record business has also provided good profits for the group.

There is no need to rely on the distribution channels of other record companies as in the "Bodyguard" period. This is also the point that Simon originally valued most.

However, this is clearly not enough.

The last time he saw a prototype of a digital music player developed by Tinkobair in San Francisco, Simon realized that it was time to re-plan the record business.

Missing the last boom period of physical recording, it will be difficult to make much progress in the music field in the future.

Over the years, Universal Music has always been more inclined to the field of rock and roll. The famous Rose of Guns is a combination of Universal Music, and there are also heavy metal bands such as Dream Theater Band and Perak Tango. In addition to rock and roll, some other types of contracted singers, the more famous is Cher, the actress who co-starred with Cage in "Moonlight Sultry" and won the Oscar for Best Actress Award.

Gunsling Rose is famous enough, and its record sales are also very good. The last two records sold globally reached 35 million, but the rock band eventually deviated from the mainstream.

Cher's peak period was in the 1960s and 1970s. Since the 1980s, she has focused more on performance.

Therefore, compared to Sony’s Columbia Records which owns Michael Jackson and Warner Records which owns Madonna, Universal Music’s biggest shortcoming is the lack of a phenomenal mainstream superstar.

Simon has a very good understanding of the development trend of the record industry in the 1990s.

In the 90s, the rising young pop singers, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, etc., overwhelmed almost all traditional singers. Moreover, compared with the past, it takes a lot of luck to build the status of a top singer in the industry, but a young pop singer can be ‘mass manufactured’.

Speaking of youth pop, I have to mention the popular Jive Records in the 1990s. From the earliest Backstreet Boys to the later Britney Spears, they were all made by Jive Records.

Simon has already investigated the information of Jive Records in advance.

Jive Records is now one of the subsidiaries of General Electric's RCA Group Records Subsidiary. RCA Group is also the parent company of NBC. The relationship between RCA and RCA Records is the same as MCA and Universal Music.

As a subsidiary of a subsidiary of a subsidiary of Big Mac General Electric, and it is only part of the affiliated nature of holdings, if other record companies want to dig a foothold, it will not be too difficult. Large record groups usually have Many subsidiaries, and these subsidiaries change their parent companies quite frequently.

However, if it is Hollywood's most popular Daenerys Entertainment who is digging the wall, things will not be so easy.

After an afternoon’s discussion, Simon made two decisions. Daenerys Entertainment’s record business officially changed its name to Daenerys Music Group (Daenerys Music Group), announcing that Daenerys Entertainment has begun to work in the field of recording. One decision was to start contact with Barry Weiss, the president of Jive Records.

After thinking about it, Simon gave up the decision to swallow the entire Jive record. Instead, he dug up Barry Weiss, the president of Jive Records who created the youth pop scene in the 1990s. It is easier to do so than to buy the entire Jive record. Many, it can also save time and avoid all kinds of unnecessary pulling.

So until five o'clock in the afternoon, when the meeting was over, after Richard Palmes left, Amy Pascal asked Simon: "How to arrange for the evening?"

The red carpet ceremony for the Oscars in the city center should have already begun. Simon didn't plan to join in the fun, and smiled: "Go home and have dinner with Jenny. After the awards ceremony, he will probably go to the party for a while."

Amy already knew the news that Janet was pregnant again, and even from Simon’s re-arrangement of the female assistant’s job, she faintly guessed something else, but she didn’t mean to delve into it. Instead, she turned the topic to Universal Studios Osaka in Japan. As for the construction of the city, she will fly to Japan tomorrow to check the construction progress of the studio.

The two chatted for a while, and Amy left. Simon continued to flip through some documents in the office until six o'clock, then left the studio and hurried back to Malibu.

Tonight is actually three people having dinner together.

The two women were pregnant together. In fact, Simon really hopes that the female assistants will also live in the Dumei Point Manor, which is more convenient to take care of. There are a lot of beautiful girls in the manor, and there will not be too many female assistants. It's just that Jennifer did not agree, but continued to live in her uncle George Norman's house.

As Simon’s former personal lawyer, George Norman still holds the board of directors of some Westeros system companies. Like the Rebold family, he has a very close relationship with the Westeros system, plus personal relationships. , The female assistant’s pregnancy was not hidden from George Norman.

The female assistant insisted on living in her uncle's house, and Simon did not object, but she accompanied Jennifer with a female bodyguard and assistant to take care of her daily life 24 hours a day.

The Normans also knew that this matter was of great importance, and in order to avoid leaks, they sent their youngest son to a boarding school.

Moreover, in the plan, after the female assistant showed her interest, she planned to move to Simon's mountain villa in Woodside, San Francisco, so that it would not be too far from Los Angeles and avoid many concerns here. It is also very convenient to travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco.

Although she could not live together, Janet often took the initiative to invite Jennifer to have a meal at home during this period. The relationship between the two women was very good. After getting pregnant together, the relationship seemed to be closer.

When Simon hurried back to Dome Point Manor, the 65th Oscars ceremony officially opened in the Dorothy Chandler Theater at the Los Angeles Music Center. The host of this session was still Billy Christo.

Compared to previous years, this year is a typical Oscar year.

Daenerys Entertainment’s original three movies, "Scent of a Woman", "Crying Game" and "Howard Manor" are enough to squeeze into the best film ranks, but in order to avoid distracting the judges, Daenerys Entertainment will only The main feature of "Scent of a Woman", and the other two films, only declared some nominations for best screenwriter or best actress.

"Cry Game" and "Howard Manor" voluntarily withdrew from the competition for the best picture awards. The five best picture nominated films of this year suddenly seemed a lot of sadness.

In addition to "Scent of a Woman", the other four best film nominees include Clint Eastwood's "Unforgivable", Mike Neville's "April Day", Spike Lee "Malcolm X" and "Chaplin" starring Robert Downey Jr.

When the nomination was just announced, many media in North America bluntly criticized some of the works in the best picture nomination for this year's best picture nomination for appearing to be untrue. It was the Oscar committee that was making up the numbers. Daenerys Entertainment's "Crying Game" and "Howard Manor" were also specifically mentioned.

Oscar is also helpless.

Daenerys Entertainment did not apply for the relevant nomination, so she can't force it on the other party.

It's just that most of the public obviously don't know the rules of the Oscars.

Under the influence of the media, everyone only saw Oscar's prejudice against Daenerys Entertainment.

Even last year's mediocre "Times and Storms" defeated Daenerys Entertainment's "Farewell Piano" and "The End of the Wild Flower" was mentioned again, which triggered the Oscar to Daenerys Entertainment, a new player Not a friendly guess.

In fact, this situation of public opinion also has factors that Daenerys Entertainment is leading behind the scenes.

The degree to which the Oscar was influenced by media public opinion is actually very large.

The entire Oscar judge team has reached 6,000. These judges will never really pay attention to the quality of the film itself, and most of them are easily influenced by public relations and public opinion.

Last year, "Splendid Waves" won the first Oscar for Best Female Director and the most important best film. This has caused strong controversy. If Daenerys Entertainment is ignored this year, Oscar’s credibility may be affected. influences. Even if you don’t care about whether a truly outstanding film wins or not, since you have become a member of the Oscar jury, because of the group nature of human instinct, this group of people will inevitably tend to maintain the credibility of the Oscar.

At the evening awards ceremony, last year’s voluntary abandonment of the Oscars and the public opinion guidance strategy earlier played an obvious role.

In the Dorothy Chandler Hall, Irene Lauder, who participated in this movie festival for the first time, obviously didn’t know the various inside stories behind the Oscars. Someone sitting in the seventh row in the middle of the hall arranged for her to be pretty good. In her position, she was surrounded by all kinds of stars that could only be seen on the big screen in the past. The girl instinctively was only excited, and didn't feel that someone said yesterday that three hours at the awards ceremony would be very boring.

As the award ceremony officially began, Irene Lauder, who had done some homework in advance, couldn't help but start paying attention to Daenerys Entertainment's films.

Best sound, "Wonder Woman".

Best visual effect, "Wonder Woman".

Best photography, "Love in the River".

Best Actress, Emma Thompson, "Howard Manor."

Best original screenplay, "The Crying Game".

Best adapted screenplay, "Scent of a Woman".

Best film editing, "Wonder Woman".

Best Actor, Al Pacino, "Scent of a Woman".

Best Director, Martin Brest, "Scent of a Woman".

Best film, "Scent of a Woman".

Unknowingly, when the awards ceremony was over, Irene Lauder discovered that out of all the 22 awards of this year’s Oscars, only the related films of Daenerys Entertainment’s family had won 10 statuettes. Moreover, these All are the most important awards for Oscars.

Among the remaining awards, only the best supporting actor and actress is more important. The others are corner technical awards such as the best animated short film, the best documentary, and the best soundtrack.

Although I only met Simon for less than three days, at the Oscars ceremony, Irene Lauder could also clearly feel how strong Daenerys Entertainment is in Hollywood, and could not help but generate some inexplicable pride. sense.

Unfortunately, some guy is not here.

Fortunately, the company has won so many awards, it is impossible for you not to attend the next Melisandre party at all, right?