Hollywood Hunter

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In late October, before you know it, the end of the year is approaching again.

This Halloween isn't just about Daenerys Entertainment's upcoming finale, Scream 3, the finale of the Scream franchise. After the merger of mca, the two Universal Studios in Los Angeles and Orlando will also hold a grander Halloween-themed event.

Through the coordination of the theme park management team, this time, Simon has participated in films such as "Scream", "Death Is Coming", "Butterfly Effect", "Death Is Coming", and "The Sixth Sense" since his debut. Appeared at two Universal Studios Halloween-themed events.

Friday, October 25th.

"Scream 3" officially opened in North America with a scale of 2,672 screens.

At the same time, the ten-day Universal Studios Halloween-themed event also kicked off.

Simon had been at Universal Studios in Burbank in recent days following up on the final preparations for the Halloween-themed event in person, and was only able to return to Daenerys Studios in Malibu on Friday afternoon to take care of a few other things on hand.

"Judging from the recent negotiation results, we want to win the ea all, and the final offer should be around $1.2 billion. Because we already hold 35% of the company's shares, the additional cash that needs to be paid is about $800 million. "

"800 million US dollars, the company's debt reduction this year is also about 800 million US dollars. This time it is equivalent to raising the debt ratio to the level when it just acquired mca at the beginning of the year."

Nancy smiled and said: "But it's totally worth it, and if we continue to hesitate, the price will only be higher. The concept stocks related to the Internet have been rising recently, and ea just released an online battle game. Dune-Citadel, so, you know."

In the office loft on the second floor of the studio.

Nancy Brill and Simon are discussing the progress of negotiations to acquire EA in its entirety.

ystore is off to a very good start though.

However, Simon also knows that traditional game publishers are unlikely to be replaced by online publishers like ystore for a long time to come.

ea has accumulated ten years, and has been mainly engaged in PC games since its establishment. Over the years, it has accumulated a large number of classic PC game copyrights, among which sports games are beyond the reach of other game manufacturers. Moreover, ea also has a complete pc game publishing team and experience in pc game production and publishing accumulated for many years, these are the foundation of this company.

Of course, because it is attached to the vibrant Westeros system, it has developed very rapidly, and the share price of ea is no longer the same as when Daenerys Entertainment became a shareholder two years ago.

When it first invested in ea, Daenerys Entertainment acquired a 35% stake in the company for only $50 million, when ea's market value was only $170 million.

In the past two years, affected by factors such as its successful entry into the console game market, the rise of online game concepts and the success of the "Dune" series of real-time strategy games, as well as the continuous and rapid expansion of the company itself, ea's market value has doubled by five times.

The recent market value of ea is 910 million US dollars. If you want to acquire this company in its entirety, 1.2 billion US dollars is also a necessary premium. Moreover, only the 1.2 billion US dollars is mainly because ea has maintained a relatively high price-earnings ratio and there is a certain bubble in the stock price.

Otherwise, it is very difficult to win the company with a premium of less than 50%.

Although the cost of acquisition has skyrocketed, considering that ea's future market value potential is expected to reach $50 billion, Simon has no regrets.

800 million US dollars, for the current Daenerys Entertainment, is not too big a burden.

Taking ea all over, Daenerys Entertainment can also integrate it with its own Blizzard studio.

In the past two years, while continuing to develop the main series "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", Blizzard Studio has also produced some other very good selling games. Coupled with Nintendo's special quota, this studio has become the leading console game in North America. company.

The integration of ea, which focuses on PC games, and Blizzard, which focuses on console games, can also complement each other to a certain extent.

Nancy Brill and Simon discussed other details about the ea acquisition, and the little kid executive finally closed his memo and asked another thing: "So, Simon, what about Blockbuster? What are you going to do?"

Simon shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "The current market value of Blockbuster, we should not be able to afford it."

Compared with ea, which is only 1 billion, Blockbuster's recent market value has reached 5.3 billion US dollars.

Moreover, Simon can clearly feel that under the careful management of the small executives, the current Blockbuster is very different from the Blockbuster that blindly pursued expansion in his memory.

Now, it is no exaggeration to say that Blockbuster is the “Walmart” of the video cassette chain industry.

The reason why the Walton family has been able to occupy five positions in the top 10 rich list this year is mainly because Wal-Mart has maintained strong growth despite the economic downturn in the United States.

Just how fierce the competition in the retail industry is, can be seen from the large and small supermarkets that can be seen everywhere.

Wal-Mart's ability to stand out in such a Red Sea market is definitely not something ordinary people can do.

Similarly, for video tape rental and sales chains, the threshold is even lower than that of supermarkets.

Today's Blockbuster has also become this

The one that stands out in an industry.

The data analysis system and warehousing and logistics system owned by Blockbuster are unmatched by other companies of the same type. Blockbuster employees also have a set of operating rules that are different from other chain stores of the same type.

Even in terms of the types of video tapes, placement rules, and number of store employees in each Blockbuster chain store, the Blockbuster team has made a set of optimal solutions through a series of tests and demonstrations.

All of these have finally created Blockbuster's lowest cost and highest efficiency, and the company's customer satisfaction and other data, far exceeding other companies in the same industry.

At present, Blockbuster has more than 3,000 chain stores in North America and overseas markets such as the United Kingdom and Australia, but the company does not show any tendency to suffer from large company diseases such as low efficiency and bloated personnel.

Because Blockbuster has far exceeded market expectations, the company's market value has recently reached $5.3 billion.

In 1991, Blockbuster's revenue will reach about 2.3 billion US dollars, and its market share will increase from 5% to 31% now. 50% market share.

Even if Blockbuster devotes most of its revenue to the expansion of the business, the company is expected to have a net profit margin of around 11% this year, which translates to a net profit of $250 million.

Daenerys Entertainment’s shareholding in Blockbuster is only 35%. By convention, the company’s revenue is not included in Daenerys Entertainment’s data. Otherwise, Daenerys Entertainment will also become the A giant with a revenue scale of tens of billions of dollars.

Because of the market value of more than 5 billion US dollars and the high vitality shown by this company, most investors cannot easily sell the company's stock, and Daenerys Entertainment can no longer spend enough funds to acquire this company. .

In memory, Viacom, controlled by Sam Redstone, bought Blockbuster for $8 billion in 1993.

Now, although Blockbuster's market value has just exceeded 5 billion US dollars, Simon believes that even if Redstone sells now, 8 billion US dollars will not be able to swallow this company at all, and Daenerys Entertainment will not sell it at all.

Therefore, maintaining control of Blockbuster and the existing 35% stake is the best choice for Daenerys Entertainment.

After talking with Nancy about things, Simon rushed to the post-production center on the first floor. "Wonder Woman" has been successfully completed recently and returned to North America to start post-production.

So busy until five o'clock, get off work on time.

Back at the Dumay Point Manor, Janet had just returned home.

As the months of pregnancy increased, Janet's mood became more and more fickle, and she also showed obvious anxiety, but the woman did not give up what she should do.

The last time Sandra reminded about the baby shower, Simon and Janet mentioned it.

Although she showed resistance to a little guy who was about to be born, the woman began to prepare for it seriously, and the party was scheduled for noon tomorrow.

There is no work arrangement this weekend. Simon prepares the dinner himself, and Janet also walks around the kitchen with a big belly, occasionally helping a little bit, and by the way, Barabara talks about all kinds of trivial things.

"Speaking of which, there is a surprise tomorrow, guess what?"

Simon cut carrots and followed the woman's tone: "Will your parents come over?"

Janet picked up a slice of Simon's cut carrot and chewed it, "Of course not, but it's not too far away, guess."

Simon paused and said, "Will your aunt come over?"

Then got hit.

Simon didn't hide, and smiled: "You let me guess."

"Well, Auntie will indeed be here tomorrow, but Pat and Sarah."

Patrick Johnston and Sarah Keyston.

Simon remembered the girl with the Latin word "Demon in the World" tattooed on her shoulders, and asked with a smile, "What are they doing in Los Angeles?"

"Of course I've finished watching my sister," Janet said as a matter of course, then changed her tone and gloated: "Actually, the old man started urging marriage."

"Then, do they think they can escape by running here?"

"Should go to England."

The conversation between the two unknowingly ignored the other person.

After saying a few words, Janet sat down on the stool next to the kitchen counter, and continued to watch Simon prepare dinner with her arms on her face. She froze for a moment and said, "Simon, I don't want to have another baby in the future."

Simon knew that Janet didn't like the feeling of having a big belly all day, which was an obvious restraint for a woman who liked to be free.

In this society, the more people at the top of the pyramid, the lower their willingness to have children. To a large extent, there should be this reason.

Simon nodded with a smile and said, "Then only have this one."

Janet frowned again in distress, and said, "However, how can the Westeros family have only one child, and what if Moore is like Pat in the future?"

Now that it was determined that the baby would be called Melbourne in the future, Janet also began to call the little guy directly by his nickname.

Simon thought about Patrick Johnston's personality, and was also a little worried. When he pulled himself to the Pike family's boxing ring to fight, Simon still wanted to beat this brother-in-law.

However, now everything has to follow Janet's tone first, Simon said calmly: "Then you will teach him well in the future."

"I don't want to care, I really want to leave him to my parents."

Simon continued to nod: "Well, it might be better for them to teach."

Janet looked at Simon and snorted suddenly.

Simon glanced at the rice porridge next to him, put the carrot he just cut into it, and said with a smile, "Is this the case again?"

"Do you want to have children with other women?"

"yes."

"Come on, let me fight first."

Simon smiled and reached out, Janet patted the man's palm: "Bastard."

It's actually a female assistant.

After all, even the name has been reserved, Seattle.

Melbourne, Seattle.

The female assistant also expressed her expectations when she occasionally talked to Simon, and it was best to have a girl.

It is nonsense to say that Westerners do not value sons over daughters.

Western women have only just gotten rid of men's vassal status and not many years.

It is because of 'light' that the female assistant hopes to get a girl, which will save a lot of trouble.

As for Simon himself, he actually hopes to have more children, which is probably influenced by traditional concepts. Since he has created a huge family business, of course he hopes to pass it on well. This is an instinct based on the depths of human genes. .

Even if there are occasionally a few thoughts of "I don't care about the flood after I die", there are a few who can really do it.

However, if Janet is determined not to have any more children in the future, Simon will not force it.

Heirs, indeed one is enough.

And, there will be at least two more.

As for having children with other women, Simon didn't think about it. He occasionally went to bed with other women on weekdays, and he was very careful about contraceptive measures.

Simon is very clear that for his opponent now, once an illegitimate child appears, it will definitely be a very troublesome thing.

After all, there are few women who can purely want a child like a female assistant.

What’s more, it is still the common Nuggets girl in the NBA circle, who has a child, and then has a carefree life, constantly asking for the child’s biological father, and even NBA stars apparently went bankrupt because they couldn’t bear the burden of illegitimate children.

Now Simon certainly won't go bankrupt.

However, if this kind of thing happens, the result is likely to be a chicken feather.

Janet still held her chin, seemed to think for a moment, and said, "Actually, I consulted with the doctor recently."

"what?"

"The thing about surrogacy."

Simon suddenly gave birth to some resistance, just as he resisted IVF at the beginning.

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