Hollywood Hunter

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The public opinion situation is about to come, but within the Westeros system there is no trembling as the outside world imagined.

At the beginning of March, Daenerys Entertainment Group officially launched the internal employee stock subscription plan. Depending on the position level and the length of employment, Daenerys Entertainment employees will be able to subscribe at a price of 30%, 50% or 30% off the expected IPO price The amount of stock.

Amy Pascal and other management’s equity rewards have also begun to be honored.

After the stock subscription and rewards are redeemed, Daenerys Entertainment’s employees will hold a total of about 8% of the group’s stock, and the planned IPO will issue new shares of about 12%. At that time, Simon will still hold Daenerys About 80% of the stock in the entertainment group.

Not only that, Daenerys Entertainment will also adopt a dual equity structure this time.

Whether it is this employee subscription or the next IPO, what the outside world can obtain is the A-shares with voting rights only one-tenth of ordinary shares. Correspondingly, Westeros under the name of Simon will hold ten times Class B shares with voting rights.

Calculated, Simon, who has reduced its shareholding ratio to 80% after the IPO, will still retain more than 97% of the voting rights. Even after several expansions in the future, the Westeros family’s shareholding in Daenerys Entertainment Group will drop to less than 50%, the absolute control will remain unchanged.

Daenerys Entertainment Group’s 1993 financial report was also officially released in mid-March. Ignoring the ups and downs of the outside world, in order to build momentum for the upcoming IPO, the company continued to announce the details on the Eaglet portal on March 15. data.

Throughout 1993, Daenerys Entertainment Group’s total revenue increased by 35% to US$17.1 billion compared to US$12.7 billion in 1992, and its annual net profit was US$2.27 billion, a year-on-year increase of 219%.

Among them, the film business is still the core of Daenerys Entertainment Group, contributing more than half of the profits.

Driven by the strong movie business, Daenerys Entertainment's movie theaters, theme parks, consumer peripherals and other businesses have achieved outstanding growth.

Robert Iger’s television business also performed well. Public television networks’ reality shows and television dramas combined, and programs such as "Survivor" and "Sein Fei's Biography" have long been among the best in television network ratings. FashionTV, a professional fashion TV station that started broadcasting last year, has been launched in many countries around the world. At the same time, it has also successfully won all the shares of the USA Basic Cable Network, further completing Daenerys Entertainment's layout in the field of cable TV business.

In addition, Daenerys Entertainment Group’s total liabilities increased slightly from last year’s 7.1 billion U.S. dollars to 7.9 billion U.S. dollars. However, even according to the IPO valuation of 40 billion US dollars, the debt of 7.9 billion US dollars is only equivalent to a debt ratio of 19%, which is much lower than the industry average.

Even if it had been predicted, Daenerys Entertainment Group's 1993 financial report exceeded many people's expectations.

Especially profit.

The annual net profit scale of 2.27 billion US dollars is almost equivalent to the sum of the profits of the other six Hollywood studios.

Of course there are also doubts.

Many professional media and Wall Street analysts believe that Daenerys Entertainment’s financial report is specifically tailored for this year’s IPO, and it may not be possible to achieve such excellent profits after the listing.

It's just that there is not much market for similar questions.

Net profit of US$2.27 billion, compared to Daenerys Entertainment’s revenue of US$17.1 billion, the net profit margin is actually only 13.2%, which is not high in the 10% to 15% net profit range of the Hollywood entertainment industry. . As long as Daenerys Entertainment's future revenue scale does not shrink significantly, it will not be difficult to maintain the 1993 profit level.

Will Daenerys Entertainment Group's revenue performance shrink?

Just look at the DC Cinematic Universe series, Pixar Animation Studios, "Jurassic Park" series and other popular projects in the hands of this company. This will not happen at least in the next three to five years.

However, another argument also began to emerge immediately. Some Wall Street analysts believe that Daenerys Entertainment’s performance has peaked. Although it will not decline in the short term, it will not be easy to improve it too much, so it is not easy. Optimistic about the long-term development prospects of this entertainment industry giant after its listing.

After similar views are released, it is inevitable to get a lot of approval.

Immediately, the spearhead also pointed to Daenerys Entertainment's estimated IPO price-earnings ratio of about 20 times, which is considered to be significantly higher. Considering that Daenerys Entertainment Group's future performance growth may slow down significantly, the real appropriate IPO price-earnings ratio is probably between 10 and 15 times.

Simon's stock underwriting bottom line for Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs is the lowest IPO price-to-earnings ratio of not less than 20 times.

After the official financial report is released, based on the net profit scale of US$2.27 billion, the revised bottom line of the accurate IPO valuation should be US$45.4 billion.

For this high valuation that has exceeded the total scale of most corporate giants in the world, and can enter the $50 billion market capitalization club with a slight increase after listing, Simon has no intention of making a concession, which will inevitably make it possible for all interested parties to subscribe for capital. Feeling unhappy, after all, subscribers must hope that Daenerys Entertainment’s stock issue price is as low as possible, so as to maximize profits.

Corresponding bad-mouthing arguments are also born from this.

Simon is not worried about this.

Most companies conduct IPOs to raise funds for the company's next development, so they are generally worried about failure, but Daenerys Entertainment has no such concerns. If it were not for the next expansion, Simon would not need to let Daenerys Entertainment go public.

Therefore, even if the worst happens, the IPO failure will actually not cause much harm to Daenerys Entertainment, at most it will only lose an investment bank service fee.

What's more, it is said that the valuation is too high, but the discerning person knows that in recent years, there are not many companies that have better quality than Daenerys Entertainment's stock. If there are, they are basically West. New technology companies such as Cisco and AOL in the Los Angeles system.

Moreover, even Cisco and AOL are still in the growth stage of companies with variable development prospects. Daenerys Entertainment has been very solid in terms of revenue and profit.

Malibu, Daenerys Studios.

The time is Friday, March 18.

For the more sensitive employees in the Westeros system, the outside world has been harassed, and there is not nothing around them.

Daenerys Studios has recently upgraded its security again, and the security personnel and monitoring facilities in the park have increased significantly. Similar to a three-story studio with a terraced layout, the lowest level is also the busiest studio area on weekdays. There is little change. Further up, the office area on the second floor and the administrative area on the third floor have all the access control procedures enhanced without appointment. All visitors to are not allowed to enter.

As for the reason, most people who felt this thought it was the instinctive reaction of their boss under the weight of external public opinion.

Only a few people know the real situation.

A week ago, a white young man in his twenties suddenly drove into the area of ​​Cape Du Mui Manor. However, he was found and stopped by security when he entered the outer building area of ​​the manor. Security shooting.

Fortunately, the security team of Cape Dumei Manor is not an ordinary security guard. Basically, they all have a background of special forces or special police. After entering the job, they must conduct at least two intensive security training every year to ensure that they will not slack off.

Therefore, when the two security guards were caught off guard, one of them swiftly took out his gun to counterattack. Two bursts of shots accurately hit the young man’s head and heart across the car door. The other security guards who found the situation arrived within 1 minute. , Two rifles, a large number of magazines and five grenades were found in the dead youth compartment.

And a suicide note.

The young man stated in his suicide note that he would kill all Westeros so that all the wealth of the sinister Westeros family would return to society.

The gunfire drew the police from surrounding residents and subsequent questioning by the police.

The matter was completely covered up by the Dome Point Manor, only claiming that the family bodyguard was practicing marksmanship, and the two injured security guards were secretly sent to the private hospital of the Westeros family for treatment.

The identity of the youth was ascertained within an hour.

Simon personally led the family's intelligence team to search the other's apartment, and for the time being there was no gain, but he did not give up.

Although not a conspiracy theorist, Simon never believed that certain things would happen for no reason, so two teams were specifically arranged to investigate this matter carefully.

As for the assassin's youth, including the Chevrolet car that the other party broke into the Manor of Cape Dumei, all disappeared.

All insiders have been issued the most stringent password.

The experiences of top rich politicians being kidnapped and assassinated are far more numerous than the public thinks, but very few cases have been exposed. This is not without reason. Because once this kind of thing is exposed, it is easy to attract imitators, and the world has never lacked people who act extreme.

After the incident, the security level of the Westeros family has been upgraded across the board, including public areas where everyone in the family may appear.

Jennifer, who was lingering in fear, also helped Simon prepare several sets of special bullet-proof vests and asked him to wear them in public. Simon joked that it would be useless to wear a body armor if it hit the head. The female assistant cried on the spot.

Two lives, Simon has never feared death.

Now, I only worry that people around me will be hurt because of myself. Therefore, if a choice is required, he will preemptively without hesitation.

The first building of the movie city administrative district.

Larry Ellison and Simon walked out of the office together, and finally vowed a few words. Ellison did not forget to nod to the girl A outside, and Ellison turned around and left.

During this period of time, among a series of lawsuits against multiple companies in the Westeros system, the dispute between Oracle and two other competing database software companies, Informix and Sybase, was quite noticeable.

The Westeros system’s response on the Igreat portal is quite firm, but in fact, if Oracle is really useless or unlikely at all, Larry Ellison has never been a Businessmen who follow the rules will not be able to send someone to look through the Microsoft trash can.

Cruel business competition, especially between giants, actually cannot tolerate compliance.

Simon has no objection to this, the key is that you must be able to deal with the trouble. Today’s meeting is for Ellison to explain to himself the internal situation and follow-up plan of the whole matter.

When Ellison left, Girl A entered the office with her boss holding a few documents.

Simon turned to his desk and sat down, and put aside a script that had been spread out.

Just a glance, Girl A recognized that this is a new project that MGM is brewing, "Broken Arrow." It's just that the script was delivered three days ago. According to her understanding of her boss's work habits, under normal circumstances, Simon should have read it in her spare time, and she doesn't know why she is still reading it.

"Broken Arrow" is the latest work of "Life and Death" screenwriter Graham Yost.

"Life and Death" is about to be released this summer. The film is now finished. The MGM team and Simon himself are very satisfied with the film. Shirley Lansing directly signed Jost's new script.

The name "Broken Arrow" is actually a military term for the accidental abandonment of nuclear weapons in the US military. The story of the script revolves around a nuclear weapon loss incident. There are actually many similar stories in Hollywood movies. In the upcoming "True Lies" that will be released this summer, Schwarzenegger also needs to deal with a nuclear crisis in the film.

Soon after taking away the little doubts in her mind, Girl A handed the documents in her arms to Simon and said: "Boss, this is the recent U.S. state congressman against the Westeros system from Greenwich. In the candidate file, Mr. Schrapp singled out a total of 23 people, including 7 Democrats and 16 Republicans. Among them, there are 3 senator candidates, 2 in office, 20 congress candidates, and 16 in office."

Simon listened to Alison's brief description and opened the first folder. First of all, it was a list of 23 candidates for Congress.

Democratic Congressman David Merros, who is backed by the Hearst family in Connecticut, has always been antagonistic to the Westeros system, is in a very prominent position. The Democratic Senator Craig Ames from Wisconsin, who proposed a ‘asset tax’, ranked high.

David Melos, Craig Ames, these are the two most active politicians against the Westeros system recently.

It is slightly ironic that both of them are members of the Democratic Party supported by the Westeros system.

In contrast, most Republicans who target the Westeros system have less heated opinions.

The only thing that makes Simon a little relieved is that in this list, Republicans are more than twice as many as Democrats. Finally, the huge political capital investment of the Westeros system in recent years has not been fed to the white-eyed wolf in vain.

At the end of the list are detailed information of 23 parliamentarians, including political resumes and recent integration of opinions and opinions on the Westeros system.

Simon looked through and gestured to Girl A, Alison continued: "There is also a file below, which is the information of the 23 congressmen’s main competitors, followed by Wisconsin recommended by Mr. Schrapp. The head of the state sniper team, named Paul Spatz, 37 years old, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, graduated from the University of Wisconsin, originally served as the head of the Verizon Telecom political lobby and corporate affiliated political action committee. He was in Milwaukee in his early years. He has been engaged in various work related to political lobbying for ten years and is very familiar with the local political and economic environment."

In the face of recent attacks by the media and politicians, the Westeros system will certainly not remain indifferent.

Simon personally led the formulation of a ‘sniper plan’, intending to select a part of the Congressional candidates for the Westeros system to conduct ‘precision strikes’ in order to achieve the effect of killing chickens and monkeys.