Hollywood New Century

RB, Osaka, this flower district, Universal Studios theme park.

Simon spent the day inspecting Universal Studios Osaka in the company of Glenn Gampel, chairman of Universal Studios Osaka.

"Next, I'm going to China to talk about the Universal Studios Shanghai Resort, so I won't stay any longer," Simon Pike told Glenn Gampel before getting in the car.

"Okay!" Glenn Gampel nodded and smiled.

Xinghai Entertainment has negotiated the equity acquisition of Universal Studios Osaka with shareholders such as Goldman Sachs. Of course Glenn Gampel respects the new boss, although the other party is still very young.

"Go back to the hotel!" Simon said directly after getting in the car. There is a reason why the number of tourists at Universal Studios Osaka is decreasing year by year.

Glenn Gampel's western management style is also very problematic. How many RB people like American-style performances? The main attraction of theme parks must be family-style people with children, and family-style play items should be the focus, right?

With so many horror projects, it's true that it attracts young people, but the focus should be on the crowd of couples over 30 with children.

Simon has a problem with Glenn Gampel's performance and management, and his replacement next year will be a must.

To start looking for new operators to manage Universal Studios Osaka, it should be mainly local managers who are familiar with the RB market, and then increase the number of tourists from China and South Korea.

Simon lives in Sennan City, Osaka Prefecture. The upper floors of the hotel can see the Osaka International Airport formed by reclamation on the Osaka Bay.

After returning to the hotel, Simon took off his coat and threw it on the sofa, and sat on the sofa to rest.

Catherine Hills, who came in, picked up the coat, hung it on the hanger, and made Simon a cup of coffee.

"I flew more than half of the world, and this is what I saw in Universal Studios Osaka." Simon was indeed disappointed, but RB, as the second largest entertainment market in the world after the United States, cannot be ignored in any case.

"Boss, I believe that the future will be good. After the economy recovers, the market will be prosperous, and there will be the next project of the Shanghai Universal Studios Resort," Katherine Hills didn't know how to comfort, she could only say this .

"Let's go to Tokyo tomorrow," Simon was also a little tired today, and things at Universal Studios Osaka will take your time.

Whether it is Osaka or Tokyo, winter is very cold. Compared with Osaka, the temperature in Tokyo is lower.

Inside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Roppongi Hills, Minato Ward, Tokyo.

Simon, who was lying on the bed, was chatting with Ayase Haruka in his arms with a comfortable face. Fukada Kyoko was very busy recently, and Simon wanted to let Ayase Haruka be by his side.

"Sir, it's great to hear that Xinghai Entertainment has acquired Universal Pictures, a major Hollywood film company this year," Haruka Ayase, who is an RB person, is more familiar with Columbia Pictures and Universal Pictures, which are the six major Hollywood studios. of.

Because Columbia Pictures is owned by Sony Corporation, and Universal Pictures was also owned by Panasonic Corporation earlier.

"It's been more than half a year. This time I came to see the situation of Universal Studios Osaka Resort." Simon smiled.

"By the way, I heard that RB is not very calm in the entertainment industry this year?"

"There are some artists who broke out about the business of pillows. It's a big deal, but it didn't cause much impact." Ayase Haruka seems to be very casual, anyway, this is too normal.

"Pillow business" is just a unique name for RB, and other countries call it an unspoken rule. RB and South Korea, one is consortium management, the other is chaebol rule, the darkness of the entertainment industry is even worse than that of Hollywood.

"No one in your company dares to think about you, right?" Simon asked with a smile.

Ayase Haruka nodded and said with a smile: "Mr. is very good to me and Kyoko. He has given us a lot more than we earn, and can often travel abroad!" For example, the Philippine Islands, the Indonesian Islands and the Caribbean Islands Private holiday island and other places.

There are also cities such as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Milan, Paris, Zurich and other European cities.

"Well, this year is really busy. After next year, I will spend more time in Asia. RB, China and South Korea will all come." No matter what, Simon's deep sense of identification with Asia is at play.

The next day, Simon met with Sony's president Howard Stringer, Sony's first foreign president, in the Sony headquarters building in Ginza, Tokyo.

"Contribute to you, Simon, now Xinghai Entertainment is developing very fast in Hollywood." Howard Stringer has been in charge of Sony for five years. Since 2008, there has been a big loss, and it seems that it has not improved at all.

"Does Sony have plans to sell Columbia Pictures? It seems that Sony has the idea of ​​selling Columbia Pictures on the news?" Simon asked suddenly.

"Well," Howard Stringer froze for a moment and then looked at Simon, isn't it a joke? Is Xinghai Entertainment also interested in Columbia Pictures?

"No, Columbia Pictures and Samsung Pictures are both important parts of Sony Group. We will not change the principle of driving electronic product consumption with content."

Simon smiled and explained: "It's a pity that you have invested so much money in the Blu-ray DVD format battle!"

Howard Stringer said helplessly: "Streaming media technology is developing too fast." He took a sip of coffee and asked,

"Now that your Universal Studios Resort business has developed a lot, are you ready to fully transfer to the Asian market?"

Simon knocked on his knees and said vaguely: "Disneyland in the United States is also much better than Universal Studios, and there is no Universal Studios Resort in the European market. Although Disneyland Paris continues to lose money, it is not good for Disney's brand promotion. great effect;"

"In the Asian market, RB has Tokyo Disneyland and Osaka Universal Studios competing. At the same time, Singapore Universal Studios and Hong Kong Disneyland are also competing. Although we are currently behind a lot, but now Universal Studios Resort has the full power of Xinghai Entertainment. Support, the Asian market may not be able to compete?"

"Perhaps, we can cooperate in interactive entertainment. Xinghai also has an interactive entertainment business to develop computer games or mobile games."

"Yes, we can sign some licensing contracts, and use your Universal Entertainment Group's film and television rights to carry out comprehensive cooperation. Our Sony Computer Entertainment business is very strong, from design, development, production, and distribution of a series of industrial chains!" Howard · Stringer is of course willing to cooperate with Xinghai Entertainment.

Simon nodded, choosing who to cooperate with is not the point, the point is that Xinghai Entertainment really doesn't have much experience in game development at the moment. And in the future, Simon also intends to focus on mobile games, supplemented by computer games.