Hollywood Hunter

In a series of blockbuster movies next year, Kevin Costner's new film "Future Water World", which was influenced by Simon this big butterfly, was transferred from Universal to Warner's hands. Filming began at the end of June. The original planned filming cycle was three months. .

However, because it did not consider that the water shooting in Hawaii would be affected by the tides, the costly movie set was repeatedly destroyed by the waves, and after the project started shooting, there was a storm of changing directors and re-editing the script due to creative differences. Now three months have passed. The filming of this apocalyptic action blockbuster is less than halfway ahead.

Warner Bros. set a budget of $70 million for "Future Water World".

The budget was overdrawn because of the constant rebuilding of the water set, and the hundreds of people were eating horses and chewing in Hawaii. The film was filmed for three months, but more than 50 million US dollars have been burned. The initial budget of 70 million US dollars has naturally become a joke. .

A large amount of money has been invested, and Warner Bros. is struggling to continue to inject funds into this project.

There are rumors in the circle that Warner hopes to complete this project within a budget of 100 million US dollars. Only Simon knows that the previous "Future Water World" has burned a total of 175 million US dollars.

It's the simplest reason: it's hard to ride a tiger.

70 million to 100 million, 100 million to 175 million, if you don't want to waste all the previous investment, you can only continue to add more, and eventually create a disaster.

Once Panasonic got rid of this big burden in a few years after getting Universal. To a large extent, it was also affected by the serious loss of control of "Future Water World". He knew that he couldn't play in Hollywood, so he got out and got free early.

In comparison, earlier "Jurassic Park 2", which also started shooting in Hawaii, was successfully completed two weeks ago and entered the post-production stage.

In addition to Daenerys Entertainment’s never letting the film’s creators always maintain a considerable degree of control over various projects, Michael Bay’s excellent film skills in the filming of this blockbuster have also been revealed.

Warner has fallen into the pit of "Future Water World". Another trap set by Simon in the first half of the year, "Cut Throat Island", is also steadily advancing in cooperation with Paramount and Carlock. Because of the large-scale naval battle scenes, the preliminary preparations for the film are more complicated. This blockbuster will not start shooting until the end of the year, and the release schedule can only be placed at the end of next year.

The family discussed various movie topics at the dining table. Until the end of the meal, watching the female assistant put Nick in her arms and began to pack the utensils and walk to the kitchen, Simon looked at Janet who was talking to Seattle.

Janet whispered something with her daughter again, and then handed the little girl to Simon, and said with a smile: "Jenny has also prepared a bunch of scripts for you. This weekend, you can watch the children at home while reading the scripts. ."

Simon heard Janet say this, and quickly understood why the female assistant who had already put aside work and focused on family life suddenly became interested in movies again today.

After all, he was still diverting his attention.

It is indeed better to let your own man put his mind on the movie than thinking about murder and arson all day long.

Simon is very aware of his changes over the past six months.

It is also known that the higher the top of the pyramid, the more wild beasts will run rampant. If you are a sheep, even if you pretend to be a sheep, the result will be very miserable. Now that he has reached the current position, unless he can immediately give up a lot of things he already has, otherwise, the future development of the Westeros system will inevitably not escape many things.

According to the widespread public opinion, both high-level politics and large groups are inherently evil.

This is actually true.

Because the benefits involved at the top of the pyramid are too large and the living space is too narrow, if you want to maintain your own position, you must use various methods that exceed the rules of ordinary people. During this period, it is inevitable that some fish, shrimps, shells and crabs living at the bottom of the pyramid will be harmed by pond fish.

Even if Simon is willing to give up something, it is unlikely that he will get goodwill.

Some people will only see the weakness of the Westeros system, and then covet more, until they divide up everything Simon currently has.

However, now that the female assistant has been arranged, Simon will stay at home and watch the children honestly for two days on weekends, and by the way, read a lot of scripts from various parties to prepare for the next stage of Daenerys Entertainment’s external cooperation plan. ready.

New week.

The first major event is the official release of the financial information software Alia.

After all, Bloomberg’s lawsuit failed to affect the development of Aaliyah. Under the promotion of the Westeros system media platform, the B-girl of the four ABCD girls beside Simon has established Aaliyah. It is widely circulated. Some media The draft also half-truth hinted that Alia software will get exclusive financial insider from the Westeros system. In just a few days, this newly launched software has received widespread attention across the country.

With the recovery of the US stock market and the increasingly hot technology stock market, coupled with software prices that even ordinary people can afford, Alia's software sales easily exceeded 10,000 sets within two and a half days of listing.

This is because Girl B did not put the Alia software in the widely recognized Eaglet software store.

Of course it is not because of the reluctance of the software store.

Girl B hopes that through a more complete service, every software buyer can feel Alia’s value for money. Therefore, Alia did not choose to let people actively download and purchase from the Internet, but every intention to purchase software Customers will get one-to-one explanations by Aaliyah’s customer service staff over the phone or online.

This is not only to let customers understand Alia's functions for the first time, but also to temper Alia's own team, so that everyone in the company is more familiar with this software.

So, when the software was officially released, except for some technical and data department members who had to stick to their posts, everyone else was temporarily pulled to serve as customer service, including Girl B herself.

It is obvious that Aaliyah’s own employees are not enough.

After reaching some cooperation agreements with Cersei Capital and Goldman Sachs on data sharing and customer diversion, Lady B also temporarily seconded 100 employees from these two companies to participate in customer service work. These were originally from the bond and stock sales department. The employees, who have also participated in the trial of Alia software before, just skillfully accepted their position conversion in less than a day.

Moreover, feeling the superior development prospects of Aaliyah, many of the seconded employees still took the initiative to submit an entry application to the top of Aaliyah after more than ten hours of heavy overtime for several days, and wanted to change jobs to become Aaliyah. Of regular employees.

Girl B welcomed this and began to communicate with Cersei Capital and Goldman Sachs.

Obviously, Bloomberg, which does not intend to give up easily, saw that patent litigation and complaints to the SEC failed to have an immediate effect, and began to prosecute again. Two days after the software was officially released, Michael Bloomberg personally went into battle when interviewed by the media and accused Alia of being suspected Disseminate misleading and false information to users, and use Aaliyah’s cooperation with Cersei Capital and Goldman Sachs to speak out and question the existence of insider trading.

The Westeros system certainly does not blindly defend.

After the national debt scandal two years ago, Salomon Brothers, which is now in a state of dying, suddenly initiated a $1 billion lawsuit against Bloomberg, pointing at Bloomberg’s terminal for allegedly embezzling a large number of internal data analysis models of Salomon Brothers. A lot of evidence was published on the Internet for a while.

Before Bloomberg was founded, Michael Bloomberg had worked at Salomon Brothers for 15 years, and he was once a partner. Bloomberg's first batch of employees were all from Bloomberg.

Therefore, it is conceivable that the design idea of ​​Bloomberg Terminal is impossible to get rid of some influence of Salomon Brothers.

In fact, although every financial giant on Wall Street has its own unique analysis model for bond stocks and other aspects, fundamentally, many things are interlinked. Just like mathematical theorems, it is there, even if users make various changes. It is also invariable, so there is no patent at all.

Bloomberg previously sued Aaliyah, only to use infringement of software patents as a weapon.

Michael Bloomberg has left Salomon Brothers for more than ten years. Salomon Brothers, who was very strong in the 1980s, did not care about the establishment of a financial information company. Now Salomon Brothers has fallen, and it would be impossible if it were in other circumstances. Have the strength to find fault with Bloomberg.

However, if there are other factors behind this scene, everything will be logical.

Bloomberg launched a lawsuit against Aaliyah to find faults. Of course, the Westeros system will not allow Bloomberg to look like people in suits and shoes.

In this world, how many people can be spotless and clean?

Not only that, many investment banks and funds on Wall Street that are closely related to the Westeros system have also released words that they may consider strengthening cooperation with Aaliyah and abandon the use of old and expensive Bloomberg terminals.

In the short term, Alia is unlikely to replace the fully functional and powerful Bloomberg terminal.

Therefore, this is naturally only a threat, but it is also a threat that Michael Bloomberg cannot ignore.

Wall Street is paying attention to the circle frame around Aaliyah and Bloomberg. In the wider public media, ordinary people are beginning to see more and more information about the new annual Forbes 400 richest American list.

The new Forbes 400 richest American list will be published in the new issue of Forbes magazine on October 10.

Forbes Group also announced that related lists will appear on Forbes' official website simultaneously.

In recent years, because a certain young tycoon has made great achievements on the wealth list, many people have become numb to the figure that makes people lose room for fantasy. However, it is precisely this kind of great success that makes almost Everyone wants to know that this year a guy's net worth has reached geometrically again.

With the listing of Daenerys Entertainment Group in July, Simon has become a $300 billion rich man in many media. However, most media statistics do not have the authority that Forbes magazine has accumulated over the years.

Malibu, Daenerys Studios.

In a blink of an eye it is already October 7, another Friday.

Simon has been staying in Los Angeles this week, focusing on the production of a series of film projects for Daenerys Entertainment at the end of the year and next year.

The afternoon schedule was to discuss the post-production editing and special effects of the film with the "Jurassic Park 2" team.

Hold meetings, watch samples, and discuss details with the special effects team. From two o'clock in the afternoon to more than five o'clock in the afternoon, Amy Pascal personally brought the photographers over to let Simon, Michael Bay, etc. The creator put up a carefully discussed POSE in front of the console of the special effects studio, including the screens on the console's monitor, which were carefully selected, and then took a series of photos, which was satisfied.

The photos will be published as a press release on Daenerys Entertainment's official website, the group's official Facebook account, the Eaglet portal, and some of the paper media platforms that Daenerys Entertainment has friendship with.

The title is probably "Simon Westero discussing the late stage of "Jurassic Park 2" with the film creator" or something.

During this period of time, there have been media reports that Simon has completely let go of rumors such as Daenerys Entertainment Group's management, and even affected Daenerys Entertainment's stock price, which is probably the main purpose of some people doing this.

The photos taken right now are a kind of clarification and counterattack.

In fact, if Simon himself does not want to, no one can force him. At this stage, Simon's strategy in the media is to hide himself as much as possible. However, as the hard work of his own creation, Simon has a deep feeling for Daenerys Entertainment after all. When Amy asked for a meal together at noon, Simon readily agreed.

It is just a photo of the interior of the studio, which can clarify that Simon has not put down the management of Daenerys Entertainment, but also has the effect of promoting "Jurassic Park 2". At the same time, it does not disclose much private information. get more.

After finishing his work here, Simon returned to the administrative area on the third floor of the studio.

MGM CEO Shirley Lansing has been waiting in Simon's office with a man and a woman.

Seeing Simon entering the door, the three of them got up to say hello.

Shirley Lansing’s men and women are Barbara Brockley and Michael Wilson. These are half-brothers and sisters from the United Kingdom. They are also the Brockley family who control half of the copyright of the 007 series. A new head.

Once MGM, until it was acquired by Sony, has been half-dead, so it is very dependent on the prosperous 007 series for decades. Because of this dependence, the Brockley family, which owns half of the copyright in 007, has always firmly grasped the absolute control of this classic spy series.

Times change.

The current MGM is no longer the one in Simon’s memory. A series of blockbuster films in recent years have allowed MGM to continue to recover. Coupled with Simon’s support, there is no longer any dependence on the 007 series.

Everyone owns half of the copyright, and the actual power is equal.

When MGM no longer relied on the 007 series, the former power structure also changed.

After co-developing "The Golden Eye of 007" in advance, faced with Simon's request to take back control of the 007 series, the Brooklyn family became hardened. It's just that MGM no longer relies on 007. This series is where all the interests and glory of the Brockley family lie. As a result, the initiative of both parties is completely transferred.

As the former head of the Brockley family, Albert Brockley, became too old and completely unable to govern, the two heirs began to soften their stance.

In 1991, "007 The Golden Eye" was released, and the two sides fell out in early 1992.

Until now.

During the period, the Brookly family tried to reconcile many times, but Simon did not agree.

Of course, Simon has no plans to permanently refrigerate the 007 series. After drying the other party for more than two years, MGM has now recovered a certain amount of vitality, enough to support the next stage of recovery and expansion. When the time is right, he will let go.