Hollywood New Century

Manhattan, in Greenwich Village, a famous New York residential area west of Washington Square, in an inconspicuous two-storey villa.

Charlize Theron and Simon Pike have been here since they left the party.

This is one of Charlize Theron's properties in New York, and Simon took a look at the interior and it's not bad.

"There are really a lot of stars who like to live here," Simon said, taking a cup of coffee from Charlize Theron.

"It's very quiet, here, my mother mainly lives in Brooklyn, and I will live here when I go back to New York," Charlize Theron said with a smile, and continued,

"However, I mostly live in Los Angeles."

Simon sat on the sofa, stretched out his hand to loosen the tie around his neck, and leaned on the sofa.

Charlize Theron walked over to the sofa and sat next to Simon, smiling: "Is this just for rest with me tonight?"

"Rest, hehe," Simon looked at the beautiful Charlize Theron beside him, and stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around the girl's waist.

The other hand gently stroked the girl's face and rubbed it, and said, "It really is a South African diamond. Whether it is face or body, it is indeed impeccable!"

Afterwards, the two of them were thunderous, picked up the girl and entered the room.

Xingchen Records, the music business division of Xinghai, has tapped Taylor Swift, Adele, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry and other fast-rising singers because of Simon's cheating development. The share is getting higher and higher.

Even Justin Bieber released his first single last month, which attracted a lot of attention.

At this moment, Simon is standing in the office of the nine-headed bird headquarters, watching the flow of people on the streets of Manhattan outside the window.

Laura Collins stood behind and reported on some important work.

"You said that Dick Cook has already contacted the Vivendi Group, so what is their attitude towards our acquisition of the 20% stake in NBC Universal?" Simon asked back.

“The attitude is ambiguous, after all they have a deal with GE,” Laura Collins explained with a smile.

"In the final analysis, it's still the price. They think that the current valuation of NBC Universal is $30 billion, 20% is $6 billion, both cash and shares can be exchanged, and they seem to be very interested in our Star Records. After all, Universal The record is still Vivendi!" Laura Collins continued.

"$30 billion!" Simon himself felt the same. After all, NBC Universal is also an established entertainment group with a long history.

If you buy the entire NBCUniversal, plus its debt, it will involve more than $50 billion in acquisitions.

"Isn't Vivendi going to withdraw from the film business? Don't give them the shares of Xinghai Pictures, but Xingchen Records can discuss the exchange of shares." Simon frowned again, Xinghai's shares are very important, can't Too fast is always in the form of a stock exchange.

Use cash if you can. After all, the real war is the 80% stake in NBC Universal held by GE.

"Let's inform you, the company will send a team to make formal contacts, acquire 20% of NBC Universal's shares in Vivendi's hands, and at the same time let Nancy operate on Wall Street through the Nine-headed Bird Fund, and prepare for a large-scale corporate bond issuance through banks," Simon can't wait any longer. What if GE really sold NBC Universal to Doncaster?

Xinghai Entertainment does have a lot of funds at present, but there are also many follow-up movie plans, and the development of the distribution market also needs funds.

"$6 billion? Are we really going to buy that 20% stake?" Laura Collins is still a little unsure, after all, it took a lot of money to buy Netflix!

"6 billion, that's the valuation! If Vivendi wants cash, it's up to 5 billion!" Simon said and smiled, the focus was on the 80% held by GE. Simon was just worried that he couldn't compete with Doncaster group.

"Got it, looks like I'm busy," Laura Collins said with a smile, before exiting the office.

What is the confidence? It's not the box office explosion of Xinghai Pictures this year, the action film "Hurricane Rescue", the fantasy romance "Twilight" and Marvel's adaptation of "Thor", the R-rated comedy "Hangover", plus The wasteland sci-fi "District 9" was released soon.

And, in September, Xinghai Pictures has another comedy movie, Sandra Bullock's "Fake Marriage."

Although it is only September, the reputation of Xinghai Pictures is currently at its peak, catching up with Warner Bros. and Paramount. One of them released "Transformers 2" this year, and the other released "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince".

Netflix, Simon must not let it go after he takes Netflix in his hands, and he must embark on the road of self-made dramas.

Simon immediately took out his mobile phone and called Sonia Roman.

"Sonia, how about the rights to the film and television adaptation of George Martin's novel A Song of Ice and Fire?" Simon asked.

"Hey, I heard that the old guy has a weird temper. I sent the producer to talk about it, but it seems that the talks have not been successful. The old guy values ​​his work very much," Sonia Roman on the phone was also helpless.

"Based on a novel, the cost would be astronomical."

"Don't worry, find a few famous producers to have a good talk, it doesn't matter if the script is expensive, I plan to broadcast this "A Song of Ice and Fire" as Netflix's first self-made drama. ' Simon responded.

"As a Netflix self-made drama?" Sonia Roman on the other end of the phone thought for a while, and then responded,

"Okay, then I'll increase the production cost of the show. When do you want this show to air?"

"By the end of the next year, it will take nearly two and a half years to develop for you. I want to see that this is a grand and far-reaching epic masterpiece," Simon replied after thinking for a while.

"Okay, then I'm going to have a good chat with Reed Hastings!"

Afterwards, Simon hung up the phone, and of course Reed Hastings is now in charge of Netflix.

However, of course he doesn't know much about film and television content, and is mainly responsible for the overall operation and expansion of Netflix.

With the backing of Xinghai Pictures, Netflix basically does not need him to spend high prices to find people to shoot film and television series.

Although Netflix is ​​still the first streamer to make homemade dramas, Simon will not let the market be disrupted. "A Song of Ice and Fire", as the self-made pioneering work of Netflix's streaming media, will definitely have a greater and wider influence than "House of Cards".

When I think about it, I am excited. Then I will buy NBC Universal again and split it up. There is NBC in the TV broadcasting network, Netflix in the streaming media, and Xinghai Pictures behind it, which has no shortage of IP.

Still can't play Disney, Warner Bros. or Twentieth Century Fox?