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Overtime was arranged on the weekend, and I planned to finish the later stage of "Batman" in one go.However, the chaotic early morning is destined to be difficult to work peacefully this weekend.

After breakfast, as soon as Simon left the house in the car, some media reporters who had been squatting outside followed him up, and followed Simon's car until he entered Warner Bros. Studios.As soon as he arrived at the post-production center of Warner Bros., Terry Semel appeared in front of Simon. He also congratulated Simon and asked Simon if he was free for lunch.

There is no serious business, Simon is too lazy to have lunch with a big man, so he naturally refuses.

After a few small talk, Terry Semel left and Simon's driver handed him a copy of Forbes before he entered the Post Center's Batman studio.

Simon instructed the staff who looked at him with more strange eyes to prepare for today's work, while sitting down on the office chair in the studio, flipping through the magazine in his hand.He wasn't interested in the long rankings, he just looked at the magazine's top ten that took up an entire page.

No.1: Simon Westeros, $60 billion, 21 years old.

No.2: John Kruger, $52 billion, 76 years old.

No.3: Warren Buffett, $42 billion, 59 years old.

No.4: Summer Redstone, $28.8 billion, 66 years old.

No.5: Ted Arison, $28 billion, 65 years old.

No.6: Donald Newhouse, $27 billion, 61 years old.

No.7: Samuel Newhouse, $27 billion, 60 years old.

No.8: Annie Cox Chambers, $25.5 billion, 69 years old.

No. 9: Barbara Cox Anthony, $25.5, 66 years old.

No.10: Ross Perot, $24 billion, 59 years old.

A 60-year-old kid suddenly appeared in front of a group of top rich men with an average age of over 21, which looked really eye-catching.

It would be hypocritical to say that such a pioneering work has been achieved in just three years.

However, Simon did not continue to read more materials, but quickly devoted himself to the day's work.

60 billion US dollars is indeed not far from Simon's current net worth, but it is still far from Simon's expected goal.At least, on the list of the world's richest people, it is estimated that it will still be difficult for him to enter the top ten this year.Simon's goal is not just to enter the top ten of the global list, or even to get the No.1 position.

He never forgot the teenage talk he had with Janet on the outskirts of Phoenix on his 19th birthday.

Since reliving, just doing the best does not meet Simon's expectations, he hopes to achieve a height that everyone can look up to.

Simon started his day's work calmly, but the media in North America and even the world were full of enthusiasm because of the news that he had topped the 400 richest people in the United States.

No.1 is always the most concerned.

Just like the Forbes rich list for many years later, the whole world knows Bill Gates who has occupied No.1 for a long time, but if asked who No.2 or No.3 is, most people can't blurt out accurately.

With Simon's ascent to the top, the first reaction of the major media was almost one-sided doubts.

Simon Westeros is very rich, this is a concept that most people have already established in their minds.However, how is it possible for a 21-year-old young man to become the richest man in the United States in just three years without inheritance, with a personal net worth of US$60 billion?

However, compared to last year, the data given by Forbes this year are more detailed. Even some assets that Simon thought were well hidden were picked up by Forbes.

Among the personal assets under Simon's name, the most obvious ones are still those technology stocks.

After the large-scale shareholding reduction in the first half of the year, although there are stocks such as AMD that have brought losses to Simon among the remaining 19 technology stocks, the stock prices of Microsoft and Intel, which are heavily held by Westeros, have been rising in the past six months. are continuing to rise.

Compared with the statistical data after the shareholding reduction was completed at the beginning of the year, the overall value increase of the technology stocks held by Westeros reached 13% in half a year, with a total value of 17.7 billion US dollars.

The second asset is Cersei Capital.

In recent months, the Japanese have released more news intentionally or unintentionally, and the operating status of Cersei Capital has gradually become known to more people.

According to Cersei Capital's net worth of more than US$30 billion, Forbes judges that Simon has at least one-third of it, which is another US$10 billion.

The third asset is a large number of properties under Simon's name.

This is also what surprised Simon.

"Forbes" magazine discovered the information about the buildings and the corresponding land that Simon bought east of Madison Avenue in Manhattan. At the same time, the real estate investment in Europe was also counted, and Simon's investments in cities such as Los Angeles and New York were counted. "Forbes" estimates that the total value of Simon's real estate holdings has reached a staggering $4 million.

The fourth asset is a series of unlisted companies in which the Westeros Corporation holds shares.

Cisco, America Online and even Eaglet, which was established only a few months ago, are all included, and Gucci, a luxury company, is also included in the statistics.

Cisco has recently begun to emerge, and Gucci's recovery in the past six months is obvious to all.

"Forbes" estimated the value of these unlisted companies at $3 million.

The total value of the above four assets alone is close to 35 billion US dollars.

Next, the fifth asset, and naturally the most important one: Daenerys Entertainment.

"Forbes" magazine specifically listed Daenerys Entertainment's current list of assets:

Daenerys, New World and High Gate have a large number of blockbuster films;

Daenerys Television, which owns several blockbuster reality shows;

750% stake in Blockbuster, which owns more than 30 videotape rental and sales chain stores;

Marvel Entertainment;

Pixar Animation Studios;

Daenerys Special Effects;

Blizzard studio;

Malibu Daenerys Studios under construction and Daenerys Entertainment Headquarters in New York;

Rhode Island Toy Factory;

Then, there is the comparison with the list of assets of Columbia Pictures, which Sony has just completed acquisition.

Sony paid a total price of 50 billion US dollars, and obtained only two major labels of Columbia Pictures, Columbia and Samsung, a film and television library including more than 4000 film and television copyrights, a Loews theater chain with 820 screens, and 5 local TV stations.

The two major labels of Columbia and Samsung are obviously far inferior to the three labels of Daenerys, New World and High Gate under the dynamic Daenerys Entertainment.

The copyright of more than 4000 film and television works may be the biggest advantage of Columbia Pictures, but the income brought by these more than 4000 film and television works to Columbia Pictures through annual video tapes and TV broadcasts and other home entertainment operations may not be as good as that of Danielle. One or two blockbuster films under Silk Entertainment.

This asset is more of a potential secondary development copyright value and a long-term background.

Although the Loews theater chain is wholly owned by Columbia, the scale of 820 screens is not worth mentioning compared to the total of more than 23000 screens in North America as a whole.In comparison, Blockbuster has rapidly expanded its market share to nearly 10% in the past six months.

As for local TV stations, in an industry merger and acquisition in March this year, Ron Perelman, who was ambitious to enter the media field, bought 3 local TV stations for only 1 million U.S. dollars. , and the total value of the transaction does not exceed US$12 million.

In fact, the national TV networks of North American mainstream TV networks mainly rely on these TV stations. The three old TV networks of ABC, NBC and CBS each have more than 200 affiliated TV stations.

It is not difficult to imagine that the value of the TV station in Columbia's hands will definitely not be too high.

In addition, Daenerys Entertainment has started to build Daenerys Studios, but Columbia Pictures does not even have its own studio. Sony wants to revive the operation of this old film company, but it must continue to spend money to buy studios.

In contrast, Sonya Ken paid 50 billion US dollars for such a film company, and the value of Daenerys Entertainment, which is still in a state of rapid expansion and vigorous, will naturally not be too low, even surpassing Columbia Pictures.

Considering that Sony paid almost double the premium to acquire Columbia Pictures, Forbes magazine valued Daenerys Entertainment at no less than $30 billion.

Finally, after repaying some of the due debts in the first half of the year, the total amount of liabilities under Simon's name has dropped to less than $8 million.

Based on the above data, "Forbes" magazine rounded up and gave a figure of Simon Westeros' personal net worth of US$60 billion.

The statistics made by "Forbes" magazine are well-founded, but the controversy in the media has not diminished in the slightest.

In addition to a group of easy-to-count technology stocks publicly held by Westeros, Forbes magazine's evaluation of the value of Simon's other assets has become the focus of controversy in the media.

In the following days, various media discussions and newspaper articles about the "Forbes" magazine's wealth list poured in, filling countless TV screens and newspaper pages of various categories.

"Is Daenerys Entertainment Really Worth $30 Billion?"

"What is Simon Westero planning to do with the Manhattan lot?"

"Is Daenerys Entertainment only worth $30 billion?"

"Media mogul John Kruger accuses Forbes of inflating Westerosi net worth figures to gain attention."

"Cersei's Capital Benefit Distribution Revealed."

"Ex-Motorola chairman Robert Galvin: Selling Motorola stock was Simon Westero's biggest mistake."

"Analysis of the technology stock investment landscape of Westeros Corporation."

"Australia's Qintex Group issued an acquisition offer to MGM with an asking price of US$10 billion."

"Best Time to Buy the Dip: Westeros Bullish on Global Housing Markets."

"Chicago police bust 'psychic class' scam, tuition fee is $1 per week, suspect illegally made more than $200 million."

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Simon's attention is already very high. With the hype surrounding the "Forbes" rich list by a large number of media, he has become a man of the hour in North America in just a few days. Some media have begun to predict Simon Westeros Will he be on this year's "Time" magazine's Person of the Year?

The world has never lacked followers who blindly follow the crowd.

No matter how many media platforms discuss and dispute, it is already an established fact that Simon Westero has taken the top spot on the US rich list with a personal net worth of US$60 billion.

As a result, as the discussion about Simon's personal wealth continued to spread, a large number of investors poured into the technology stock sector of the North American stock market and the Japanese stock market, which continued to rise, in a short period of time.

As the foundation of Simon's fortune, Hollywood has once again become the object of capital's close attention.

After the 87 stock market crash, Hollywood has indeed experienced a period of difficulty. De Laurentiis Entertainment, Canon Pictures and other mainstream second-tier film companies have gone bankrupt.However, with the exposure of the "Forbes" rich list in the new year, because of Simon's series of achievements, a large number of capital forces who have illusions about the film and television industry are starting to move again.

Chapter 290 Can't Let Go (Repair)

Burbank.

A screening room at Warner Bros.

Until the end of the credits, everyone in the screening room was still immersed in the shocking visual journey of just over two hours.

This is the first internal preview of the first part of the Batman series officially named "Batman: Beginning of War". All high-level executives from Warner Bros. Pictures and Daenerys Entertainment attended. Steve Ross also found time to fly over from the East Coast.

After the unexpected end credits, the lights came on, and Steve Ross, who was sitting next to Simon, was the first to applaud.

Under the bright light, the people who still had expressions of admiration, aftertaste, surprise, and shock on their faces came to their senses and responded one after another.None of these people are pretending to please Simon.The more people who know movies deeply, the more they can understand how much breakthrough the superhero movie they just watched has created. Many amazing details in the movie have never appeared in previous Hollywood movies.

It can be said that George Lucas' "Star Wars" was probably the only one that gave everyone such a shock last time.

Everyone couldn't help but have an idea at this time, Simon Westero's "Batman" will definitely become the object of reference and imitation of Hollywood action movies for many years to come.

In addition to a series of amazing technical details, the plot of the film is also completed in one go.

Simon's final cut was 138 minutes long.

Before watching the movie, some people thought that such a length of time needed to be shortened, but now, no one has such an idea anymore.

From the beginning of the film, the compact plot of the whole film has always firmly controlled the audience's attention. When the subtitles rise, most people's first feeling is that there is still more to say.The easter egg at the end of the subtitles also just rightly aroused the audience's desire for a sequel.

After the applause stopped, Steve Ross said to Simon: "I think the sequel can start now."

Simon said: "In fact, since the first project was approved, the sequel has already been planned."

Steve Ross remembered the last easter egg in the film and smiled: "I can't wait to see the second one."

After chatting like this, the staff showed everyone a few theme posters of the movie. After a brief discussion, everyone left the screening room.

It was almost noon.

In the afternoon, the distribution teams of the two companies held a publicity meeting for "Batman". Simon had other things to do, so he didn't plan to attend in person.After explaining to Robert Rem, who was in charge of this matter, he walked side by side with Steve Ross to the parking lot of the studio.

Because it was a working day, passers-by on both sides of the road nodded to the two big guys from time to time.

He casually responded to the greetings of the people around him and chatted a few gossips. Steve Ross said again: "Speaking of which, Simon, I want to congratulate you again on becoming the richest man in the Federation."

Steve Ross called last Saturday, the day of the Forbes magazine issue.

Simon just nodded and said, "Thank you."

Steve Ross asked, "So, what are you going to do next?"

"Next, I want to take a year off, let go of company affairs, try to be a bystander as much as possible, sort out some things, and learn something."

Steve Ross was stunned for a moment, he actually wanted to divert the topic to another point, but he quickly agreed after hearing what Simon said: "This is very good, Simon, you have achieved what most people want in their lifetime. Goals that cannot be achieved really should stop and think carefully.”

Simon smiled bitterly: "However, this matter is easy to say, but it is not so easy if you really want to stop."

Not to mention anything else, but the 10-film project launched some time ago requires Simon to spend a lot of time at the helm.What's more, there are many other things in the plan that need to be implemented in the next year.

When Janet first heard Simon say that he was going to take a long vacation, he said that he might not let go even if he wanted to, and it turned out to be the case.

Steve Ross laughed when he heard the words, nodded sympathetically, and said: "You are still young, and you still have the opportunity to let go. Moreover, if you want to continue to expand your business territory, you must also learn to let go. It’s impossible to take care of everything after all.”

Simon nodded seriously, and asked again: "What about your side?"