Hollywood Hunter

Following the release of Charlie's Angels, Simon continued his busy weekend in Los Angeles, returning to the East Coast the day before Christmas Eve, December 23. On the same day, Daenerys Entertainment Group quietly and quickly completed the issuance of the last $5 billion long-term bond of the Westeros system in 1996.

Since it is still mainly for overseas capital this time, coupled with the deliberate low-key, it did not cause much waves.

The $5 billion 10-year and 20-year long-term bonds were subscribed by investors all over the world on the day they were launched. After all, Daenerys Entertainment’s current corporate credit rating is completely comparable to that of U.S. Treasury bonds. The interest rate of corporate bonds It is also higher than U.S. Treasury bonds, which naturally attracts all kinds of investors who are pursuing stable income.

Of course, as the leading company with the largest market value on the New York Stock Exchange, media attention is inevitable.

Daenerys Entertainment's annual net profit in the past fiscal year has exceeded 5 billion US dollars. It is impossible to be short of money. Therefore, in the eyes of many people, this Hollywood giant has no need to issue bonds. Simon Wei Strow did this, of course, with other purposes.

As for why, in fact, since the beginning of this year, it has been repeatedly discussed by countless media.

The Westeros system is hoarding funds for the economic downturn after the stock market bubble burst, so as to survive the economic winter and even further expand.

However, from the beginning of the year to the present, after talking about it for a whole year, the Nasdaq index with the highest bubble component not only did not burst, but instead rose more and more, which inevitably made many people feel numb, so the relevant discussions are more limited to professional finance and economics Much of the attention of the media, the general public, is on the coming Christmas.

on the other hand.

A box office week spanning Christmas passed quickly in a lively and festive atmosphere.

In a box office week from December 20th to December 26th, even with Christmas Eve, the total North American box office this week broke through the $200 million mark under the stimulation of a number of hit films.

The first is "Charlie's Angels" that opened last week.

In the first week of its release, with a higher popularity and reputation than "Jumanji", "Charlie's Angels" successfully took over the top, and it earned as much as 72.01 million US dollars in seven days, which is close to the film's production cost of 75 million US dollars. , the first-week pavilion average reached $22,900, which was a full $5,000 higher than the first-week pavilion average of $17,900 in the same period of "Jumanji".

It is conceivable that if the screen size of "Charlie's Angels" is comparable to that of "Jumanji", it is not impossible to hit $80 million in the first week.

Affected by the big sales of "Charlie's Angels", "Jumanji" fell by 34% in the next week, and its revenue fell to 41.79 million US dollars, with a total of 105.14 million US dollars in two weeks.

Frankly speaking, the bi-weekly box office exceeded 100 million, which is a success for most movies of this era, and "Jumanji" is no exception. It's a pity that it was supposed to be the hottest week of the year, and it was also the hottest blockbuster type of cg special effects, with a drop of more than 30%, which was obviously unsatisfactory.

However, "Jumanji" is actually quite lucky, because this week, "Wonder Woman 2", an absolutely phenomenal blockbuster at the end of the year, was accidentally overtaken by a literary drama.

The movie is, of course, Good Will Hunting.

In the third week of its release, which is also the second week of its large-scale opening, the number of screens for "Good Will Hunting" increased from 1,746 last week to 2,125. Compared with other large-scale films released in the same period, this investment was only 10 million US dollars. The literary drama became the only film to achieve a reverse decline this week. It received another 25.31 million US dollars with a 6% reverse decline. The cumulative box office in three weeks reached 54.66 million US dollars, and the total investment of 20 million US dollars in production and publicity was completely recovered. , to start making a profit.

The former "Good Will Hunting" still won more than 130 million US dollars at the local box office under the same period of "Titanic". This time, "Wonder Woman 2", "Jumanji" and "Charlie's Angels" three films The combination of blockbusters has also failed to suppress the edge of this film, which is rare.

Affected by "Charlie's Angels", "Wonder Woman 2", which ranked fourth in the weekly box office list, dropped as much as 46% last week, and received another 20.95 million US dollars, with a cumulative box office of 374.06 million US dollars.

This result is in line with industry analysis after "Wonder Woman 2" released its first week.

"Wonder Woman 2" in the Thanksgiving schedule garnered more than 150 million US dollars at the box office in its first week, second only to "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", which created a box office miracle last year, ranking second in Hollywood film history. It's just that the industry media decided at the beginning that "Wonder Woman 2"'s domestic box office of 400 million is not a big problem. Whether it can hit 500 million or even higher, it depends on the market reaction of the two blockbusters in Christmas.

Now that both Jumanji and Charlie's Angels are huge successes, even exceeding studio expectations, it has inevitably taken a toll on Wonder Woman 2, which was supposed to hit the box office. The local 500 million super blockbuster, from the current situation, 400 million is still safe, but it is also obvious that it will stop at the early 400 million, and it is difficult to go higher.

In the final analysis, the plate of the film market is still so big, and one is going up and one down.

Of course, in the eyes of other Hollywood studios, this "regret" makes people want to scratch the wall. The top four films of "Charlie's Angels", "Jumanji", "Good Will Hunting" and "Wonder Woman 2", even if "Charlie's Angels" and "Jumanji" hang MGM and Warner Bros., but who doesn't know it's all Daenerys Entertainment-led projects.

the most popular time of the week,

Just these four films, the total box office is close to 160 million, and this week's total box office is only 220 million US dollars, which is equivalent to four films occupying 72% of the market share. Other 13 films such as "Jingle All the Way", "Angel's Bodyguard", etc., did not get 30% of the remaining 40 million US dollars at the box office.

Crazy.

If you look at the whole year, Daenerys Entertainment is even more dominant, and it is no longer the same as in previous years. There are still several top ten shares of the annual list that belong to other studios.

The layman is just watching the fun.

In the Hollywood circle, the more people who understand the strong gambling nature of movies, the more they can understand how terrible it is for Daenerys Entertainment to do this.

Because of the strong uncertainty in the film industry, even if a studio can produce a blockbuster film, it is difficult to prevent other film companies from launching the same blockbuster blockbuster to carve up market share. Monopoly, Hollywood has always been the main reason for the coexistence of the six majors, seven majors and eight majors.

Now, Daenerys Entertainment has miraculously reversed this accepted law of the industry.

"So, how did you do it?"

The manor in the northern suburbs of Greenwich, the time is already the afternoon of December 31st. The villa was preparing for an evening New Year's Eve party. Catherine Bigelow and Simon, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, were leaning against the couch in a living room together, drinking red wine and asking with a smile.

What the two discussed happened to be Daenerys Entertainment's current almost monopoly of Hollywood.

In fact, the reason is not complicated.

First of all, of course, the golden finger of Simon II played the most direct guiding role, preventing Daenerys Entertainment from stepping into many minefields. This is the most critical point, and it is also a unique advantage of Simon.

Secondly, Simon completed the upgrade of the Hollywood film industry model ahead of schedule.

People who don't know the truth always talk about Hollywood's powerful film industry. In fact, to speak carefully, Hollywood before the 1990s was undoubtedly powerful, but the industry was not perfect. This kind of change actually started from the rise of the blockbuster in the 1990s, and really formed the film industry that allowed Hollywood to dominate the world.

Simon not only pushed Hollywood into the blockbuster era in advance, but also mastered the most important core technology of CG special effects in this new era. In addition, through the dc movie universe, the conjuring movie universe and other series of movie modes, Simon has changed the gambling nature of the strong uncertainty of the movie industry to the greatest extent, so that Daenerys Entertainment can continuously produce blockbuster movies.

All in all, at its peak, Disney could easily occupy six or seven of the top ten films every year. With Simon's advantages in all aspects, it is more natural for Daenerys Entertainment to do this.

Simon leaned on the sofa and sat opposite Catherine, also holding a glass of red wine, but did not answer the woman's question.

Being with a woman in private and discussing too much work is actually a very unpleasant thing.

The other free hand groped and went over, grabbed the long strand of hair of the woman in front of him and played with it, but Simon's expression was very hurt: "It's okay if others ask, Catherine, I thought we met for the first time, You have already seen my talent."

Catherine gave someone a light glance, but there was a little memory in her expression.

Suddenly I remembered that it was an evening many years ago, a certain boy with a harmless smile on his face, solemnly said that he came from the 'Watsonville Mental Hospital'.

after that.

It took only 10 years to reach a level that everyone can only look up to forever.

"Do you worship me the more you think about it?"

A voice in her ear interrupted Catherine's thoughts. In response, the woman rolled her eyes again, and then she was inevitably curious: "Do you feel like you have lost your goal now?"

Simon thought for a while and said, "My original goal was to win an Oscar Grand Slam, best picture, best director, best screenwriter, best soundtrack, etc. You know, except for the heroine, which is a bit more difficult, the rest of me Either try. But when I have a trillion dollars, goals like that don't matter. Like a man with a Ph.D., how can he care about a little red flower in kindergarten. Standing alone In what position, of course, there is a vision of what position, and different life goals, at least, I know what I am doing and what I want to do."

Catherine let the little man in front of her play with her hair and listened carefully, seeing that he didn't reveal some of her real goals, but she didn't go into it, she just couldn't help but said, "Jenny said that she can feel that you occasionally very confused."

"It's inevitable, this situation will happen to anyone." Simon said and bent his mouth again: "So you have to love me more."

Catherine resisted the urge to roll her eyes: "Jenny also said that when you are confused, you often like to mess around."

"This is slander," Simon said with a righteous face: "You know, Jenny stole me from you at the beginning. In order to avoid the idea of ​​​​taking me back, of course, you must slander me in private. "

Catherine finally couldn't help but rolled her eyes again.

Simon pretended not to see it, let go of Catherine's hair, and continued to lean forward, wanting to reach out to the woman's white neck that has been well maintained over the years.

This time, he was called back.

Knocked open the little man's claws, Catherine brushed her hair to cover the black high

A section of the neck outside the collar sweater said in a very inhumane way, "It will be seen by others."

Simon didn't force it, he just got closer without making a trace, enjoying the different scents of every woman, and asked, "Speaking of which, do you have plans for your next movie?"

Catherine shook her head: "I've read a lot of scripts, but I'm always dissatisfied."

"Then shoot whatever you want, just shoot whatever you want, and try all kinds of genres."

Catherine was noncommittal.

In fact, it was because of the failure of the last "Detroit".

If other investors put forward this matter, she will definitely not have too many scruples, and she will work hard to do it. Even if she fails, at least she is worthy of her conscience.

Which Hollywood director has not experienced failure?

Now, instead, I can shoot whatever I want, but I don't dare to do it lightly.

Simon saw that Catherine did not respond and did not force it. Catherine is definitely not the kind of person who can't live without movies. On the contrary, although she has always been alone, a woman's life is very exciting, and he doesn't need to worry about it at all.

The two chatted without a word until unknowingly twilight.

The New Year's Eve party in the evening was very lively. Hundreds of guests gathered, not only there were various performances, but also a grand fireworks show was arranged at midnight for the New Year's Eve, which was very lively.

In 1996, it was officially spent in this hustle and bustle.

For Simon, this year seems to be longer than the turbulent 1994. Overall, it can be described as a major turning point in the Westeros system.

Simon's personal fortune topped $1 trillion during the year.

unprecedented.

Daenerys Entertainment's tendency to dominate Hollywood has become more and more obvious this year. Igret Corporation, Daenerys Entertainment Group, and Cisco Corporation have entered the $500 billion club in market value successively, and continue to rise, leading the two major U.S. stock markets, dazzling.

The power of the Westeros system in North America has become more and more entrenched, and it has begun a comprehensive worldwide layout, with no two in the limelight.

Ultimately, these changes all mean one thing.

Compared with the turmoil in 1994, in the past 1996, Simon was really promoted from a participant in this world to a chess player.