Hollywood New Century

Simon, who stayed in New York for a few days, also received a call from Tong Liya from China, because the movie "The Expendables" earned 240 million yuan at the box office in mainland China.

All of a sudden, the batch of films seems to have become a fragrant pastry, which has attracted the attention of various entertainment capitals, and media reports have continued.

Simon, however, went to Miami after a few days in New York to watch a Miami Dolphins football game at the Wells Fargo Center over the weekend.

The Miami Dolphins will definitely have no problem entering the playoffs this year. After all, the transfer market has invested a lot.

"The investment institutions are very confident in European football now. It's a good idea for you to buy the Premier League club West Ham," Miami Dolphins president Tom Garfunkel told Simon.

Tom Garfunkel has a strong business operation ability, not only the head of the Miami Dolphins, but also the business consultant of Nine Birds Sports and Entertainment.

"Yeah, the New England Sports Ventures Group just announced the acquisition of Liverpool, a traditional giant of the Premier League. It seems that John Henry is also very confident in the Premier League club." New England Sports Ventures Group owns New England Sports TV and Fenway. Group, the most famous is the Boston Red Sox baseball team.

"Not only that, the Qatari royal consortium in the Middle East has not only acquired the La Liga club Malaga, but is also negotiating an acquisition with Paris Saint-Germain in the French Liga," Tom Garfunkel is well aware of such major events in Europe, after all Now Nine Birds Sports and Entertainment also owns a Premier League club.

"Qatar seems to have won the right to host the 2022 World Cup. The oil capital in the Middle East is now investing all over the world, hehe, it's all used to save lives," Simon smiled, not only Qatar, but also the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. so.

"However, George Gillett and Tom Hick have messed up Liverpool and don't know what John Henry will do next?" Tom Garfunkel laughed.

"Hehe, except for me now, the American consortium has a bad reputation in the UK," Simon smiled casually. Manchester United's Greg, Arsenal's Kroenke, etc., are not welcome.

"John Henry is still capable, just look at the Boston Red Sox, at least the future business operations will be completely different," Simon is not too worried, after all, John Henry's net worth is more than one billion US dollars.

New England Sports Ventures has other shareholders, the New York Times Group holds 15%, and so on.

"By the way, our American Warriors Sports and Under Armour are both interested in the equipment sponsorship of West Ham United. Together with Nike, all three have confidence in the future of West Ham United." Tom Garfunkel continued.

Now the equipment sponsor of West Ham United is the Italian sports brand Macron, and the sponsorship fee is only less than 5 million euros per year.

However, next season is due, and West Ham United spent 200 million euros on signings this year, which has detonated Europe. After two months of running in, the results are getting better and better now.

"More than that, Adidas and Umbro have all been in contact with us, but I'm not satisfied with their asking price," Simon frowned. It was still because West Ham's brand awareness was too poor before, but now it has become a powerhouse, and it has Exposure, we can not talk about the general team.

"So, wait, we will continue to sign in the winter break next year. At that time, the equipment sponsors and the chest advertisement will have to be renegotiated!" Simon is not in a hurry now, there is still more than half a year to operate. West Ham United's chest advertisement is a European bond company, and the sponsorship fee of 4 million euros per year is simply shameful.

Well, the advertising costs for the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League are only a few million, unless it is the strong teams that enter the Champions League.

"Simon, what do you think about Major League Soccer?" Tom Garfunkel asked again about Simon's MLS league.

Simon shook his head and said with a smile: "Beckham has indeed increased the popularity of the MLS, but the market is too small. Football, baseball, and basketball occupy too much of the market, and the MLS is also competing with ice hockey for fifth place. ;"

"However, now football seems to have more and more audiences in the United States. In the future, it is also suitable for some veteran European stars to enter. If there is a chance, Miami FC may be rebuilt."

Tom Garfunkel also nodded. He was also the chairman of the MLS league before to discuss it with himself.

Of course, the five major European leagues hope to develop the US market. After all, it is the world's largest economy with a population of 300 to 400 million.

The Premier League has natural advantages, and it is of course the most popular football league in the United States. It is also very beneficial for the Premier League to develop the American market.

In the evening, after Simon returned to his Palm Beach beach house, he suddenly found that the entertainment newspaper had a photo of Tom Cruise at the top of the Burj Khalifa.

It seems that "Mission Impossible 4" has already started filming in Dubai, Tom Cruise climbed the world's tallest building!

"By the way, Laura, is Relativity Media now looking for other companies to develop the project that Universal Pictures has shut down?" Simon asked.

"For the "Super Battleship" project, Theory of Relativity found Sony to cooperate, and the "Red Flame Battlefield" adapted from DC Comics found Paramount. As for "Snow White and the Hunter" and "Les Miserables", it seems that they are still seeking capital cooperation. The media are releasing their own film, God of War, next year, and they don't have enough money to run so many projects at once," Laura Collins responded,

"Moreover, the two projects, "Snow White and the Huntsman" and "Les Miserables", have a bit of a big investment, and they are all waiting to see!"

"Oh, so that's the case, what about the "47 Ronin" about RB's Warring States culture?" Simon wondered who would take over?

"The 47 Ronin? Director Carl Rising, who participated in the script adaptation, is still seeking support from the producers. At present, Warner Bros. and Sony seem to have ideas, but they are only willing to invest part of the funds to support it," Laura Collins explained. ,

"Karl Rising has been active in the advertising circle before, and has no experience and experience in directing feature films, and he hopes to make this film a huge and magnificent fantasy action war film, a perfect exchange of Eastern and Western cultures!"

"Now it's up to him to find investors to back him."

Sony definitely supports this kind of RB cultural output. As for Warner Bros., it also developed the US-Japan co-production blockbuster "The Last Samurai" in the early days.

But a costly project to an advertising director? Although both Michael Bay and Zack Snyder were born advertising directors, they both started blockbuster films after the success of small-budget films.

Plus a fat, extremely poor Keanu Reeves, Simon can only say, kill you.