Hollywood Hunter

The meeting between Simon and Zheng Shoudong lasted only 15 minutes, and he sent a director of the Bank of New York Mellon as a sweet date, and immediately began to assign the other party's work to investigate the debt status of the top Korean chaebols. Therefore, Zheng Shoudong can only stay in North America for three days to carry out some job transfers, and then he needs to return to Asia again, temporarily using Hong Kong as a base to form his own team.

There will be people in Asia who will cooperate with each other.

After Zheng Shoudong left, Simon met with three other people at other times of the day, named Cui Yanxu, Zheng Xiangyuan, and Zong Zhenghao.

Cui Yanxu, like Zheng Shoudong, is 37 years old, Korean-American, first-generation immigrant, graduated from Columbia University Business School, and previously worked at Lehman Brothers.

Chung Sang-won and Jong Jung-ho are from South Korea. The similarity lies in that both of them are from the newly disintegrated Han Bao Financial Group.

Among them, Zheng Xiangyuan is 41 years old this year and still has a background in studying abroad. He graduated from New York University and was a senior executive of the personnel department of this consortium before losing his job because of the collapse of Han Bao. Zong Zhenghao is the only Korean native who has no background in studying abroad. He only went to Seoul National University. He is 37 years old this year. He previously worked in the financial department of Han Bao Steel. The Westeros system has spent some time picking each other out these days.

The four can be described as a very targeted selection by Simon.

First of all, the previous work of the four involved four aspects of legal affairs, administration, personnel, and finance. While complementing each other, they have excellent foundations and years of work experience, and they do not lack the potential to be independent.

Secondly, they are all over the age of 35, with a family and a family, and they were not successful before. They were basically smoothed by the society. Coupled with their nationality or background of studying abroad, even the last Zong Zhenghao is not clean. Very easy to maneuver. Moreover, compared to young people who have some ethnic spirit and suddenly get a chance to develop, these people will not have much resistance to helping the Westeros system harvest their own country.

Again, the four South Korean faces will be active among some South Korean corporate giants in the future. As long as they pay a little attention, they will not arouse the resentment and vigilance of the Korean people.

The last job of the afternoon was Titanic.

After more than a year of tossing, this movie is basically determined to burn 200 million US dollars, and it has not been completely completed until now.

This time it's about the soundtrack.

After Simon intervened a little, the soundtrack of the film chose the original version of James Horner. However, because of Simon, a big butterfly, even if it was the original version, it was impossible for Horner to write this song to add the finishing touch to "Titanic". Handed down a classic.

Simon still can only end in person.

From three o'clock in the afternoon until nearly seven o'clock, four hours, accompanied by a side sample, put forward some revision suggestions based on memory, as well as Scottish bagpipes, and "my heart will go on" "brainstormed" on site .

Frankly speaking, although Cameron failed to change the history of burning 200 million U.S. dollars, the heroine was changed from Fat Wen to Rachel Weisz, which was really pleasing to the eye.

During the period, I also discussed the release with Amy who came to watch the film at the same time.

This time, the plan to premiere at the Venice Film Festival has been finalized.

The former "Titanic" premiered at the Tokyo Film Festival, mainly because the Tokyo Film Festival in October is closer to the end of the year. However, Japanese audiences don't seem to buy it. Of course, I skipped it this time, even if the Venice Film Festival in September A little earlier, if the adaptation feedback is still not good enough, it can give Daenerys entertainment time to make up.

Returning to Cape Dumei Manor in the twilight, as soon as I stepped into the lobby of the Shell Villa, I saw several people sitting and chatting on the other side of the curtain wall.

Walking over, Janet got up first, followed by Veronica and Melbourne who just stayed by her side.

"Honey, how is it today?" Janet stepped forward to hug Simon, said hello, and took the man's arm and turned around, explaining: "Auntie came back in the afternoon, and I have some questions about America Online."

Simon nodded slightly, and glanced at his own son who was still being held by Veronica.

Melbourne was glanced at by his father, reacted, and quickly greeted obediently: "Dad, good evening."

"Um."

The little guy immediately reacted: "Aunt Jenny and the others are preparing dinner, and I will help."

After speaking, he reluctantly let go of Veronica and ran away.

Janet watched the 'interaction' between the father and son and almost laughed out loud. When Simon and Veronica greeted him again and pulled him to sit down, she still couldn't help laughing and said: "It's always about Moore. So fierce, don't you find that he is getting less and less close to you?"

"What do father and son want to be so close to?"

"..."

Janet almost rolled her eyes, but it seemed...it made sense.

She also knows about intergenerational relatives.

Just like her own father, he has always been strict with her brothers, but he cherishes Moore's grandson very much.

Um.

And Auntie and Mel.

This is probably... a family tradition.

Simon was dragged to sit down by Janet, and he was still in a bad mood. He glanced at the smiling Janet next to him: "You two rest here and let Jenny prepare dinner alone?"

Counting from the beginning of October last year, Jennifer has been pregnant for more than 7 months.

Janet curled her lips and said, "That's not true, Sophie came here this morning, and she's in the kitchen."

There are also some small belly slanders.

Even if Sophia Fish didn't come, there is no need for Jennifer to prepare dinner by herself in this villa.

Some guy is just trying to find fault out of thin air.

snort.

Seeing Janet say this, Simon didn't continue. He looked at Veronica who was holding a cup of coffee and sipping her head: "What's wrong with America Online?"

The three core giants of the Westeros system in the Internet industry, the review of Igret, who is most valued by Simon, has ended, and America Online was ranked second by Simon.

Seeing Simon asking, Veronica raised her head slightly and said, "I found that AOL's line laying budget in many areas inside and outside the United States has been abnormally overrun in the past two years. Steve Case believes that with the current stock market situation, it is not These should be studied in depth so as not to trigger a continuous decline in stock prices."

Although Simon spent most of the time overseas in the past month, he has not relaxed his attention on the Nasdaq.

As of the close of the story on the East Coast today, the Nasdaq index, which has been plummeting for more than a month, has fallen back to 4353 points. Compared with the highest point of 7045 points on the day of the Nasdaq crash on March 24, the cumulative decline has reached 38%.

The Nasdaq’s crash after 2000 was still a relatively slow process, and there were several rebounds during the period. This time, it was in line with Simon’s prediction that the higher the rise, the harder the fall. The 38% decline, no doubt Even if it is cut in half, it has also reached the chest and abdomen. The Nasdaq sector, which once had a market value of 9.3 trillion US dollars, is now only 5.6 trillion US dollars.

In just over a month, $3.7 trillion in stock wealth evaporated.

The Big Three of the Westeros system, Igret, Cisco, and AOL, once the leading stocks in Nasdaq, also bear the brunt of this decline, and their vitality has been severely damaged.

If it is for stock price considerations, Simon really shouldn't go to war now.

However, what Simon values ​​more has always been the long-term development of the Westeros system.

After thinking about it for a while, Simon said to Veronica: "I'll talk to Steve after dinner." After saying this, Simon turned to Janet again: "Next, arrange two more female guards for her to ensure that she is always around. At least one group."

Before Janet could speak, Veronica said, "I don't want so many people to follow."

Just when Sophia Feixi came over, Simon stood up and said, "That's it."

After speaking, I greeted Sophia.

Janet looked at the back of the man after he got up, stuck out her tongue at Veronica, got up and went to her aunt again: "Okay, that's it, aunt, you must have encountered more things than us, so you know Some people are pushed into a hurry and can do anything."

Veronica said: "Actually, the problem is not that serious. With the enthusiasm of the new technology bubble in the past few years, the budget overrun of AOL's pipeline laying is completely expected."

"I know, I know," Janet still smiled, "just in case."

Next to Simon and Sophia hugged and greeted, and came to the sofa to sit down again. In fact, the problem on the AOL side was also expected by Simon. Even in the past few years, he has been aware of this problem. After the network laying in each region has been completed with quality and quantity guaranteed, some overruns have not been investigated.

This time, Simon is going to "make use of the problem" to tighten up finances and clean up a group of people at the same time, and carry out a purge of various companies in the Westeros system.

After continuing to chat for a while, Jennifer came over with her stomach in her arms and informed everyone that dinner was ready, and everyone got up and walked to the restaurant together.

After dinner, Simon connected to Steve Case's video connection, and unceremoniously reprimanded the executive. Seeing that the big boss was angry, Steve Case made a little rebuttal, but it didn't work , had to be subdued.

Of course, Simon was not completely relieved because of this, and it would depend on the other party's next performance.

Simon doesn't mind taking the other party down if Steve Case continues to do his best, but he doesn't care about the internal turmoil in the company and the drop in the stock price. If a company in the Westeros system cannot continue to operate because of the loss of a certain executive, such a company is worthless.

As for the stock price, it is even more false.

The completion of this purge will only make AOL's future development better, and the long-term stock price trend will also be the same.

The next day is Tuesday, May 20th.

Simon still rushed to the company early, leaving the time before nine o'clock today to Danny Morris, the head of New World Pictures, to discuss the announcement of upcoming films such as "American Pie" and "Rush Hour 2" and other projects.

Danny Morris also highlighted the increasingly obvious craze for Hong Kong movies.

Hong Kong movies have experienced a big crash in the past two years. Unexpectedly, it will turn around so soon. At least, for Hong Kong filmmakers, it is really a turnaround.

In addition to the projects that Baige Wu, Fa Ge and others are really looking for recently, Simon has also heard that some other familiar names will enter Hollywood, such as Old Monster Xu. The other party contacted, including New World Pictures and MGM.

Simon happened to remember that in the previous timeline, Mr. Xu did test the waters of Hollywood during this time, and collaborated with the Hollywood action star Jean-Claude Van Damme in "Thunderclap".

Then there is no more.

In Simon's view, the talent of Mr. Xu must surpass Baige Wu, so it can only be said that he was unlucky and did not meet a suitable project.

think

Thinking of Old Monster Xu, Simon immediately thought of the idea of ​​filming the trilogy "Legend of Shu Mountain" that came up when he was in China a few days ago.

Speaking of which, "Legend of Shushan" can be said to be an obsession of Mr. Xu, but it is a pity that this filmmaker tried the water twice in a row in the 1980s and the beginning of the new century, but all ended in failure. As for the Shushan series, it has also become a project that others dare not touch.

As for the reasons for the failure, it is quite complicated.

In Simon's view, one of the most important items, although both are big-budget, is still not big enough. After all, the production specifications of such a swordsman series in the 1980s should be compared with the "Alien" series of the same period. Renet", the 2001 edition should have the investment level of "Heroes", so it will be more decent. It's a pity that Mr. Xu only had 80 million Hong Kong dollars at that time.

Therefore, both projects can only be regarded as semi-finished products.

On the other hand, there is no doubt about Mr. Xu's talent, but sometimes he is too unconstrained. While giving enough budget, he must have some restrictions to avoid going astray.

Like a script.

Simon believes that both projects will have a good story at the beginning of production, but in the actual implementation process, because there are too many ideas to realize, most of the money has been spent early, and the result can be imagined.

After such considerations, Simon is basically sure.

This project can be handed over to Old Freak Xu again, but he must also keep his eyes on him and not get too excited.

Inside the office of Daenerys Studios.

After making up his mind, Simon said to Danny Morris: "Since everyone is robbing, you can pay more attention here. However, we don't want to rob, we still need to have a suitable project."

Danny Morris nodded, and said again: "Actually, there happened to be one, from Golden Harvest, called "Phantom Agent". I have read the script, and the idea is based on cultivating top agents through subconscious training. It is a very good idea. The story The plot is similar to last year's "Black Man", by the way, Golden Harvest also sent an invitation to Ms. Jiang in China, and she has agreed to act."

Simon had no impression of this movie, including the Miss Jiang mentioned by Danny Morris. He was a little stunned before he remembered that it was Jiang Anqi.