Hollywood Hunter

During this period of mid-July, Simon traveled frequently between Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The mountain view city government sold 300 hectares of land to Westeros at one time, and the controversy caused by public opinion has not completely dissipated during this period.

The best way to solve this problem is undoubtedly to provide a complete regional development plan as soon as possible.

Simon’s initial thoughts were very ‘innocent’, and when he saw an opportunity, he moved on a large area of ​​land in the Bay Area. Now that the land is taken, other people are responsible for the development plan.

Therefore, after more than a month of discussions, Westeros officially announced the plan for the ‘Westero Science Park’ on July 15.

Not only Eaglet, but also Westeros camp companies such as AOL West Coast Headquarters, Nokia North America Research Center, and Tinkerbair founded by C Girl will settle in, as will other early innovative technology companies invested by Westeros. Will surround Yigrete.

At the same time, Westeros also welcomes the entry of other technology companies.

300 hectares of land is roughly equivalent to a rectangular plot from south to north. The area close to Highway 101 will be set aside 50 hectares to build a park to isolate the hustle and bustle of traffic arteries and provide residents in the area a recreational place.

To the north of the park is an office park with an area of ​​150 hectares and an estimated capacity of more than 50,000 people. The 30 hectare headquarters of Eaglet is included in the park, and further north, the remaining 100 hectares of land will be developed and owned The high-end community of 1,000 villas is mainly rented or sold for employees of the Science Park.

Simon bought the land for 230 million US dollars.

If the science and technology park wants to be fully developed, the investment level will further reach 1 billion US dollars.

Therefore, whether it is a science park, a residential area, or a supporting park, it is a big cake for the construction and real estate industry in the Bay Area.

Eaglet has no plans to go into battle in person, and the construction of the entire park will work closely with local developers in the Bay Area.

As a result, with the announcement of the preliminary plan and the conclusion of some cooperation agreements, the criticism caused by the large number of land plots under the one-time circle of Westeros has obviously been eliminated. People with a discerning eye can also see the reasons for the public opinion disputes some time ago.

Real estate development is a profiteering industry in any country.

Different from the emerging Internet field, the real estate industry has been associated almost since the emergence of cities, and it has long been a red sea. Because of the huge profits, the interest involved and the game will be very cruel. There is no enough capital support and personal connections. No one should want to play easily.

Simon has always been interested in owning more land and properties, but he has no plans to get too involved in the real estate industry that may touch many established capital interests.

With the announcement of the Westeros Science and Technology Park plan, the area north of the 101 highway in Mountain View began to have plans for other commercial districts, residential areas, and office parks. The city government also promised to invest funds to improve the regional infrastructure. It is not difficult to imagine that in the next few years, this barren area originally located on the fringe of the city will prosper rapidly.

On the Hollywood side, the three new films that opened on July 9 performed as expected at the box office. The best-performing Fox "Golden Arm Boy" had a box office of only $18.21 million for the first week and seven days.

On July 16, the number of new films opened in North American theaters was reduced to two, namely "Gannet Assassination Order" by Daenerys and Warner Bros. and "Tombstone Town" by MGM.

As the second film of the original novel author John Grimson this summer, the success of "Sugar Coated Trap" has made "Gannet Assassination Order" also received more attention from the audience. Denzel Washington and Julia · Roberts's main creative lineup has ensured the popularity of the project.

After the opening of the painting, relying on its excellent reputation, the box office of "Gannet Assassination Order" reached $22.19 million in the first three days of the weekend, which revived the box office.

From July 16 to July 22, in seven days, the box office of "Gannet Assassination Order" reached US$31.63 million in the first week, and successfully reached the top single-week box office champion.

MGM starring Kurt Russell and costing $25 million "Tombstone Town" is far less impressive.

In the first week of the opening of the painting, the film relied on 1955 yuan to open the screen and won 18.76 million US dollars in the box office. It was a sigh of relief from the 10,000-dollar hot selling level in the museum. Between 50 million and 60 million US dollars.

Of course, although it is not a big sale, it can also bring considerable profits to MGM.

After all, as of late July, all of the billion-dollar club movies in 1993 were related projects of Daenerys Entertainment. It is good for other studios to have a few projects with a box office of more than $50 million, provided that the project budget does not reach the level of "Phantom Heroes".

At the same time, the seventh week of the release of "Superman" continued to earn $15.38 million in the seven days from July 16 to July 22, and the cumulative box office officially exceeded the $300 million mark, reaching $306.79 million.

Counting the success of "Sleepless in Seattle", "Sugar Coated Trap" and the most recent "Gannet Assassination Order", Daenerys Entertainment has been preparing a celebration party since early July.

With "Superman" officially surpassing US$300 million at the North American box office, the celebration party is also scheduled for Saturday, July 24.

Although it was the weekend, Simon still worked in the morning until lunch time, accompanied Janet to the pregnancy check in the afternoon, returned to Cape Dumei Manor in the evening, had dinner, and did not leave until nearly nine o’clock when Janet, who had rested early, was put to bed. Hurry to Daenerys Studios.

For this celebration party, the staff activity center on the second floor of Daenerys Studios was still selected.

When Simon arrived, the atmosphere of the party that had already started two hours was still warm.

According to the pre-listed list of girl A, he greeted the guests at the party one by one. After socializing for more than half an hour, Simon finally got a little free.

Sandra Bullock dragged it to the dance floor to dance a dance, and then hid on the sofa deck in the corner of the party hall, reluctant to get up.

Bringing a man over with a glass of wine, Sandra sat down next to Simon with a grin, and glanced at him dissatisfiedly: "Hey, it makes me sad that you are so reluctant."

Simon leaned back in his chair, took a sip of champagne, and said, "I'm very busy these days, I'm going to be hollowed out."

Sandra showed contemptuous eyes: "Did you hollow by a woman?"

Simon nodded: "Yes, more than ten a day, almost can't get up."

Sandra gave him a blank look, and said, "I have read the script you gave me."

Simon didn't want to talk about work now, and smiled: "Why don't we talk about more than a dozen things yesterday."

Sandra glared at Simon: "Okay, you say!"

"Well, this, Broadcast, eBbay, 58list, iPets..."

Simon paused for a moment, then proficiently reported a series of nouns.

Sandra listened to Simon with staring eyes, then she wanted to roll her eyes, or subconsciously asked, "What are they all?"

"The venture capital project I saw in San Francisco yesterday."

Sandra blinked, understood, and immediately became interested again, and grabbed Simon's arm and said: "I have some money in my hand now. The concept of the Internet is so popular. Can you help me choose a few investment projects?"

Simon shook his head and said: "Don't, you can't afford to play with the limelight. This is really burning money. If you don't pay attention, you will lose money. If you want advice, just buy AOL or Cisco stocks."

"I don't buy it. Many newspapers now say that the stock price bubble of these companies in your hands is very serious and may fall sharply at any time."

"Now, do you believe me or the media?"

"But... IBM's recent market value is only 29 billion U.S. dollars, and Boeing, 12 billion U.S. dollars, Cisco is 370 U.S. dollars, don't you think it is too exaggerated?"

"IBM lost 5 billion U.S. dollars last year to cause its stock price to plummet. Boeing is dragged down by the global economic downturn. Moreover, the stock price reflects a company's future development potential. IBM and Boeing have already passed the rising period."

Sandra thought for a while and asked: "You mean that the stock prices of IBM and Boeing are at their lowest point now."

"Yes."

"Then can I buy the bottom?"

"..."

"Look," Sandra looked very expert: "IBM and Boeing are at the lowest point. I buy now, and I may make more than double the profit in the next few years. Cisco and AOL are now in market value. More than 30 billion US dollars, I think 50 billion should not be higher, hehe, this is what the newspaper said, and it may collapse at any time."

Simon nodded with approval and beckoned to Alison not far away: "A, next Monday, remember to remind me to buy another $100 million in Boeing stock."

Girl A feels a bit inexplicable. A few days ago, Simon asked her to hand over a memo to Lawrence Fink, the head of Black Rock Asset Management, asking the other party to increase their holdings in some companies such as Boeing. The current absorption ratio is close to what needs to be reported. 5%, and began to contact Boeing plans to obtain a seat on the board of directors.

What do you mean by suddenly buying another 100 million dollars?

Although he didn't understand, Alison didn't ask much, nodded, took out the memo in his handbag and wrote it down carefully, confirming that his boss had no other orders, and then walked away.

Sandra was even more confused and thought that Simon might be teasing her, and waited for Girl A to walk away before asking, "Did I say something wrong?"

Simon shrugged: "Half right?"

"Well, I just want to buy a little bit," he said and became fierce: "However, if you lose, you have to compensate me."

"Can meat be paid?"

"can!"

"Forget it, the price is too high."

"Humph!"

Gagging a few words, Sandra turned the topic to the movie just now: "Stallone also saw that "Life and Death", and he asked me to help."

"Life and Death" is a film recently approved by MGM. It is also a box office hit in the original space. The original version of the film starred Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. Because it is a newcomer script, the project went around among several major studios in Hollywood before being noticed by Simon.

Daenerys Entertainment's schedule for next year was over, and Simon gave the project to MGM.

Counting the "True Lies" being negotiated, the two films will become MGM's flagship next year.

Simon did not intend to change the main creator this time, not to mention that he and Keanu have a good relationship with Sandra. Hearing this, he smiled and asked: "Are you not satisfied with Keanu?"

"Of course not, it's just a help, the Sear is a nice guy."

Simon understands that Stallone is probably testing whether the two sides have other opportunities for cooperation. As for why it is Sandra, because the girl participated in Stallone’s other new film "Super Men" in the first half of the year. Warner Bros. invested and budgeted 57 million US dollars. .

Warner Bros. originally planned to release "Superman" at the end of the year. It was probably because of the mediocre effect after the film was completed. Coupled with the impact of the box office loss of "Breakdown", the file was changed during the unpopular period in early October, which was considered a half-gone. status.

Not only that, Simon also knows that another new film, "The Cannonball Expert" that Stallone is preparing, is also in a stranded state recently. Because the contract has not been confirmed in advance, the encounter is more embarrassing than "True Lies". Warner Bros., who originally intended to take over, proposed Request for a substantial budget cut.

Obviously, we must start by cutting Stallone's pay.

Stallone's remuneration is 15 million US dollars for the two films "Breakdown Heroes" and "Superman". If there are no big-selling works that turn around in the next few years, this is probably the highest point of Stallone's pay.

In Simon’s memory, Stallone also entered the 20 million club at the most prosperous stage of Hollywood around 2000. It’s just that his personal film and television works no longer have a dazzling commercial performance, so that the turnaround work "The Expendables" has not been promoted by many companies. People take over.

In recent years, Simon has been suppressing celebrity pays overtly or secretly.

The arrival of the era of special effects ahead of schedule has also largely suppressed the increase in star pay.

The former 20 million club, at least within the control of Daenerys Entertainment, will not have any celebrities able to get it, at most it can only cross this threshold in disguise through the form of division.

Compared to Schwarzenegger, who has the base of the "Terminator" series, Stallone's luck is really not good.

Simon still admires Stallone's inspirational experience, and will not refuse if there is a suitable opportunity for cooperation, but there is no such project in his hand for the time being.

Sandra also simply mentioned that it was a personal favor. After all, it was an investment of tens of millions of dollars at will. She didn't mean to participate too much.

After chatting for a while, seeing Jonathan Friedman coming and saying hello to her agent, the girl got up wittily, but she gave Simon a white look before she left, because Jonathan brought a woman over. It seemed, very Meet the taste of a guy.

"Simon, this is Fira, you should know it, I remember you bought the copyright to "Charlie's Angel" very early, right?"

"Of course," Simon and Jonathan greeted, and shook hands with the woman who had come with him, and smiled: "Hello, Ms. Forcett."

Fira Fawcett, one of the heroines of the 70s TV series "Charlie's Angels".

WMA was dominated in the 1970s, and the main creators of "Charlie's Angels" were basically WMA artists.

Although she is over 40 years old, as one of the most famous vase actresses in the 1970s, Fira Fawcett also belongs to the family of fairies who have successfully resisted the erosion of time. No matter her figure or appearance, she is not inferior to young girls. A little more mature charm accumulated over the years.

The woman's voice is also very nice, a little baby, but not at all.

After the greeting, Fera Fawcett sat down directly beside Simon without any hesitation, and the body wrapped in the flimsy silk dress touched Simon a few times intentionally or unconsciously.

The three chatted casually for a while, and Fera Fawcett took the initiative to mention the purpose of asking Friedman to help introduce her. She wanted to try the role of the heroine in "True Lies."

Although the project is still under negotiation, many details have not been finalized, but for the outside world, the film is basically under Simon's control. Even if the final cooperation fails, Simon Westeros asks for a heroine, neither Fox nor Schwarzenegger will refuse.