Hollywood Hunter

Although it is the weekend, Simon's schedule is still very full.

Arrived in Manhattan, nine o'clock was a seminar in the field of molecular biology at Columbia University on the Upper West Side, hosted by the Simon \u0026 Janet Westeros Foundation.

In fact, it is a small extension of the Simon 3G planned tour.

The theme of this symposium is to establish a sub-fund of the Simon \u0026 Janet Westeros Foundation that focuses on biological gene research. Although it is a sub-fund, it is only the first special budget, and the scale will reach 10 billion US dollars. Injected in five years, the main sponsorship target is the Human Genome Project (HGP).

Just as basic materials are the key to a fundamental understanding of a building, genes are the key to unlocking the mysteries of life.

The Human Genome Project, which plans to sequence billions of human gene sequences, was conceived in 1985 and launched in 1990. The United States, Britain, France, Japan and other countries joined forces with a total budget of only 3 billion US dollars.

Simon announced at the seminar that he will spend 10 billion US dollars. No matter what his intentions are, the sensation in the small circle at the scene can be imagined.

Anyone with a little knowledge understands that research in the field of basic science is the key to promoting the progress of civilization.

However, the reality is that because all kinds of basic science fields have the characteristics of huge investment but little output, whether it is at the national level or private capital, the resources invested are very limited.

Everyone is short of money!

If Simon Westeros can really fulfill the promise of 10 billion U.S. dollars, and even continue to add it later, this is no longer a big money maker, but a savior-level existence.

at the seminar.

Faced with the expectations of a large number of experts in related fields, Simon also gave a rare speech. The general theme was that after the end of the Cold War, mankind has entered a rare period of peace, but we cannot fall into ease because of this, and must continue to move forward. The other is the elaboration of the 3G plan and the specific operation goals of this sub-fund.

Unravel the mysteries of life.

The seminar starts at nine o'clock and lasts for two hours.

Although the news spread quickly in the circle, at the public media level, at least the specific information of this seminar will not be made public. After the meeting is over, the subsequent operation of public opinion will be carried out by the huge media PR of the Westeros family. The team takes over.

The main thing is to create a 'talisman' for Simon.

At the same time as the Columbia University seminar, at ten o'clock in the morning, Tinkerbell's store on Fifth Avenue and East 59th Street officially opened.

This is the plan that Simon transferred to Tinkber at the beginning of the year.

After more than half a year of preparation, there are only three in the first batch. Considering the time difference, the other two in Los Angeles and San Francisco will open three hours later. Therefore, New York is the world's first flagship store of the Tinkerbell brand.

As one of the fastest-rising new technology companies in recent years, the opening of the Tinkber store has attracted the attention of a large number of media and brand fans. This morning, the area at the junction of Fifth Avenue and East 59th Street was once congested because too many people gathered.

Media reviews of Tinkerbell's store have also been mixed.

Many media with traditional ideas think that it is very unwise for Tinkber to choose to open brand stores in prime locations such as Manhattan in New York, Beverly Hills in Los Angeles and Pacific Heights in San Francisco, mainly because the cost is too high. High, you may fall into a loss if you don't pay attention.

In addition, some media believe that Tinkber's product range is thin after all, and there is no need to open a flagship store at all.

What's more, although the Internet bubble has burst, there are still a large number of media in the industry who are optimistic about the development prospects of e-commerce, and believe that online consumption will be a mainstream trend in the future. It is also well known that Tinkber Company has focused on e-commerce in recent years, and now it suddenly opens a physical store, which seems to be a step backward.

Even though there were huge crowds of people at the opening day, the mainstream view still thinks that this is only temporary.

Simon just watched quietly.

After all, energy is limited, and for many companies in the Westeros system, Simon is currently acting more as a guide. After finalizing the direction, the specific way to go is still for the enterprise team to operate by itself. In addition, after discovering that the attempt is unsuccessful, Simon will push for the direction that needs to be continued, just like the "Counter-Strike" series of Daenerys' game department.

No matter how much, it depends on whether Simon has extra time, or even whether he is interested.

With Simon's current background accumulation, even if some once-hot projects really fail, it will not damage the foundation of the Westeros system.

If you are not doing well, there is nothing wrong with giving up.

Speaking of Tinkber, online sales are indeed a big trend, but based on the experience from Apple, opening a brand flagship store has a lot of benefits, whether it is sales performance or implicit promotion of the brand. What's more, at this stage, especially overseas, e-commerce in some countries is not even considered a budding, and physical stores are even more important.

Although not at the opening, at noon, Simon showed his face at a celebratory reception thrown by the Tinkerbell East Coast team for the opening of the Fifth Avenue flagship.

Didn't stay long.

After all, C girl and other high-level executives of Tinkbel are all on the west coast, and here is only a vice president of marketing to host. Even if the other party is already a high-level executive in Tinkbel, it is still far from Simon, and the guests at the reception are mainly ordinary media people. Can't say much. A ten-minute appearance is already a lot of support, and it can also show Simon's attitude towards Tinkerbell's store.

One o'clock in the afternoon.

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Daenerys Entertainment East Coast Headquarters on 66th Street in the West End had another hour-long video conference.

Mainly about "Counter-Strike ol".

After 15 hours of sales breaking through 100,000 sets, as of 9:00 am East Coast time today, 24 hours after its release, the cumulative sales of this video game, which is basically locked in the phenomenon level, have exceeded 140,000 sets. If this hot sales trend continues, it is not impossible for the sales to exceed 1 million in the first week.

Therefore, in the video conference, everyone unanimously agreed to add an additional 20 million US dollars in publicity expenses for the follow-up marketing of "Counter-Strike ol".

Simon once again reminded the management to pay special attention to the problem of plug-ins on the spot.

Too many classic games in my memory have been ruined by cheats, and counter-strike ol, a confrontational action shooting game, if cheats are rampant, it will be a fatal damage to the player's gaming experience.

In addition, regarding overseas distribution, Simon focused on South Korea.

There are other purposes besides business here.

Still have to start from the beginning.

The year 1998 was a very unsatisfactory year for Koreans. The Asian financial turmoil in 1997 began to ravage the real economy. The Korean economy was in turmoil. Thousands of large and small businesses closed down, and countless people lost their lives. Work, let alone other things, is just about games. South Korea’s downturn in 1998 accidentally created an industry that is South Korea’s e-sports.

The key is called "StarCraft".

In the original time and space, there is no need to repeat how popular Blizzard's "StarCraft" is. It is only the first generation of the game, and the cumulative sales of more than 10 million levels proves everything. Among them, the overseas sales of "StarCraft", a small South Korea, unexpectedly occupied 50% of the market share.

As for the reason, under the economic downturn, a large number of young Koreans began to paralyze themselves with games, and "StarCraft" can be said to have emerged as the times require.

Too many people are addicted to games, and it is a joy to see the Korean upper class who implement the variant 3s plan or another kind of pacifier plan.

If the citizens are obsessed with a game, the chances of trouble will be much smaller.

As a result, major chaebols including Samsung took the initiative to promote various e-sports activities, invested heavily in organizing competitions, and even developed an entire e-sports industry chain, just like the chaebols in the 1980s. Active support of sports does.

This time, after the former Blizzard team completed "Magic God 2", under the personal promotion of Simon, the development of "StarCraft" was also launched, and it is expected to be released in the first half of next year.

The quality of the new "StarCraft" is temporarily unknown, but Simon also plans to focus on promoting it in South Korea next year.

This is something.

Now, since "Counter-Strike ol" has shown some kind of potential, it is really unreasonable not to use this game as a "pacifier" in South Korea. After all, the next few years will be hard times in South Korea, and some spiritual comfort is needed.

Simon is always happy to help.

Even, in the longer term, referring to past memories, Simon has certain plans for South Korea.

After the Second World War, after several twists and turns, the Koreans first lost their military sovereignty and then lost their economic sovereignty. So, as a balance, it is best to make the cultural sovereignty of the Koreans stronger.

I have taken away a lot of material from you, so I will give you a very, very rich spirit.

as ever.

Oscar, here it is!

Cannes, Berlin, Venice, come again!

Korean wave output, strongly supported!

All kinds of intangible cultural heritage preemptive registration, grab it!

As long as he is willing, spiritually, Simon intends to give the whole universe to South Korea.

Then, when the spirit is satisfied enough, do you Koreans still have the nerve to care about the gains and losses on the material level? After all, the whole universe belongs to Korea, why should it be so vulgar? !