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Cisco's IPO roadshow began on August 8, and Simon himself naturally didn't need to follow up in person.

After the trip to Europe in early July, Simon basically stayed in Los Angeles for more than a month, working while accompanying Janet, who was five months pregnant.

After several pregnancy tests, the sex of the little guy has been confirmed and it is a boy.

This made Janet very happy.

Because women feel that they can't imagine a girl named 'Melbourne', and even have a plan to snatch the alternate name of 'Seattle' from the female assistant once they are girls. Everyone thinks that 'Seattle' seems more suitable as a girl. name.

Of course, being able to give birth to the eldest son of the Westeros family is actually one of the reasons why Janet is happy.

After careful genetic testing, it was confirmed that the little guy was very healthy, and the last trace of worry in Simon's heart completely dissipated.

Some marriage relationships have lasted for thousands of years and still exist in most countries in modern society, so there is a reason for their existence.Simon's worries come more from the influence of his previous life and education environment.

Daenerys Studios.

The time is already May 8.

In the screening hall of the No. [-] office building in the administrative district, the internal trial screening of "Toy Story" ended at four o'clock in the afternoon.

The 3D animated film, which the Pixar team has been busy for more than two years, ended up costing $3500 million, $500 million more than the original Spacetime version.

Moreover, this is not counting some technology research and development and infrastructure investment.

In order to support the production of "Toy Story" and the development of CG technology for special effects of Daenerys, Simon specially built a rendering farm with 1000 top-level graphics workstations in Daenerys Studios.

In fact, there is no concept of "rendering farm" in this era. Many studios that produce computer animation-related businesses often just pile up a large number of workstations of different brands and types in one room for graphics rendering processing. Therefore, this is obviously the The world's first render farm, which alone cost $2000 million.

With the success of blockbuster films such as "Batman: Beginning", "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "Terminator 2", which used a lot of CG special effects, the rendering farm invested by Daenerys Entertainment has gradually attracted the attention of the industry.

However, not many are willing to spend such a sum of money to build a rendering farm.

2000 million US dollars, for a small animation special effects company, is a huge sum of money that is completely out of reach. The seven major Hollywood studios that are able to invest this money, but they have not invested in Daenerys Entertainment after several years. A series of professional software developed.

Fortunately, Daenerys Entertainment's special effects studio and rendering farm do not refuse external orders.

Of course, this is also a strategy of Simon. In the short term, he does not hope that there will be a second studio with top special effects technology in Hollywood.

Disney in the most prosperous period in the original time and space, because of the continuous annexation of Pixar Studios and Lucasfilm, which owns Industrial Light and Magic, is actually clearly ahead of its peers in terms of special effects technology. The most obvious comparison is the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Differences between DC Cinematic Universe entries.

"The Avengers" can make daytime special effects as long as 10 minutes, and the superheroes smashed all the way to make people excited.

"Justice League", or most of the DC superhero series, gives people the feeling of 'black'.Many special effects scenes take place at night, and some shots even give people a sense of déjà vu from a five-cent online game.This is not accidental, and one of the big reasons is that night special effects have lower requirements for CG technology and are more cost-effective.

Now, Daenerys Entertainment has led the industry in terms of special effects for at least three years. Pixar's 3D animation software, Randerman rendering software, and Maya software for Daenerys' special effects are all existences that the industry cannot catch up with in the short term. Moreover, corresponding software patent barriers have been established in advance.

With Simon's continuous investment in research and development of film special effects technology, this advantage is destined to continue.

Although the new version of "Toy Story" was born four years earlier, due to Daenerys Entertainment's unremitting support and investment, the film is more mature in terms of technical details than the version that was finally completed after five years of ups and downs in Simon's memory. Whether it is a 3D picture or a character movement, it is smoother.

Although the people who participated in the test screening were not sure whether such a 3D animation film would be recognized by the market, they all said that they tried their best to have a very interesting 90 minutes.

After the trial screening and discussing the promotion strategy of the film, Simon called John Lasseter to stop after the meeting, and praised the other party's work without hesitation.

"One more thing, John, didn't the production team of "The Lion King" want to go to Africa to collect music?"

The two walked together on the corridor of the studio park.

John Lasseter nodded when he heard the words: "Everyone hopes to see the scenery of the African savannah for themselves, and then invest in the production of some scenes in this film."

"Coincidentally, Gaomen Films is preparing to produce a documentary about the African savannah. You can contact Ella tomorrow and choose some people to follow."

The documentary about the African savannah was naturally created because of the very successful Antarctic documentary "The World of Ice and Snow" in the summer file.

With a production budget of 300 million US dollars, it has been more than three months since it was released. "Frozen World" is approaching its release. As of last week, the cumulative box office of this documentary in North America reached 5169 million US dollars. This box office performance exceeded the summer file There are many big productions with an investment of more than 3000 million US dollars.

Therefore, during this period of time, various Hollywood studios are looking for various documentary projects.

Now that she has tasted the sweetness, Daenerys Entertainment herself will certainly not only make this documentary.

After "The World of Ice and Snow", the original team has already begun preparations for an Antarctic penguin documentary project similar to "The Diary of the Emperor Penguin" in Simon's memory.

In addition, Simon has approved a documentary about the African savannah, and the production team will rush to Africa next month, just in time to bring Pixar's "Lion King" team together.

The two chatted for a few words before parting in the parking lot.

Back at Cape Dume Manor, Janet had already started preparing dinner.

After pregnancy, although the woman put down her work at Cersei Capital, she still lived a fulfilling life every day.

Taking care of the Simon; Janet Westeros Foundation, preparing for the Westeros Medical Center, regularly attending pregnancy training classes, paying attention to the progress of the Westeros Building project, etc., are very busy, so there is no problem at all Any pregnant woman who takes a break may develop a tendency toward loneliness, depression, insecurity, and the like.

Simon was originally worried that his busy work and occasional need to leave Los Angeles would disturb Janet. After a long time, he found that this worry was completely unnecessary.

After having dinner with the woman, Simon had to leave Los Angeles overnight.

This time is to go to New York, because Time Warner's long-planned stock increase will officially start tomorrow.

Steve Ross had personally called Simon many times before, hoping that Simon would come forward, and Terry Semel also sent an invitation to Simon in person, so he couldn't shirk it at all, and had to rush to New York to help out for this additional issue.

Chapter 430 Additional Issuance (Revised)

It is impossible for a stock issuance to be as exciting as an IPO. However, Time Warner has gone through ups and downs for this $30 billion stock issuance plan, so the additional issuance ceremony is very grand.

The three blockbuster films of "Batman: The Dark Knight", "The Fugitive" and "Robin Hood" in the summer file gave Time Warner a very powerful shot in the arm, which made the last step of the additional issue appear to be So logical.

In addition to the platform for this additional issuance, Simon also bought 100 million shares of Time Warner in his own name under the request of Steve Ross, officially becoming a shareholder of Time Warner.

Although there are only 100 million shares, and they are preferred shares without voting rights, which can only be sold after a 12-month lock-up period, but at the price of $80 new shares issued by Time Warner this time, it also cost Simon $8000 million.

Fortunately, this batch of shares is very worthwhile even from a pure investment perspective.

After a rebound in the first half of the year, Time Warner's publicly traded common stock is currently trading at $109 per share.What's more, Simon also knows that Time Warner's stock price will continue to rise throughout the 90s due to the bull market brought about by the wave of new technology.

In addition to the 100 million shares purchased by Simon in his private name, Cersei Capital has recently reached another cooperation with Time Warner.

This is an investment for an amusement park company, Six Flags Amusement Park. Apollo Management, a subsidiary of Cersei Capital, plans to invest US$8000 million to take a stake in Six Flags Amusement Park together with Time Warner.Subsequently, Time Warner plans to revive this sluggish amusement park company by authorizing its own cartoon characters such as Bugs Bunny as a promotional tool.

Speaking of it, this cooperation is actually an exchange.

It not only increases the cooperative relationship between the two parties again, but also boosts the market's confidence in Time Warner's development prospects.Moreover, Cersei Capital took a stake in Six Flags Amusement Park, and Time Warner officially agreed to build a DC superhero attraction at Universal Studios under Daenerys Entertainment.

Six Flags Amusement Park is an amusement park that mainly operates roller coasters, ferris wheels and other entertainment facilities. It has little competition with theme parks like Universal Studios. This cooperation between the two parties is not only an exchange, but also a win-win situation.

The issuance ceremony lasted all morning, and Time Warner held a reception at the Gramercy Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.

Hollywood superstars who are close to Time Warner are basically here today. Steve Ross also invited a large number of politicians and celebrities, and the reception was very lively.

Today's protagonist is not himself, and Simon has no intention of stealing the limelight. He simply greeted some acquaintances and hid in a corner of the hall to chat with Spielberg.

"Steven, Schindler's mentality change is actually easy to solve. There are many similar techniques in Hollywood movie scripts."

The two were discussing "Schindler's List," which Spielberg plans to film after "Jurassic Park."

This project has been entangled by Spielberg for many years, and Simon also knows why the other party is entangled.He didn't understand why a capitalist who was mercenary and lustful would suddenly turn into a savior who would give up all his wealth to save the Jews.

As a latecomer, Simon certainly understood how this matter was resolved.

Originally, I planned to find an opportunity to talk to Spielberg, but I just mentioned it today.

Spielberg shook his head and said: "I don't want to use those simple methods of watching the sunset on the bench or being touched by some accidental scenes. It was a tragic period, tragedies happened at any time, and Schindler should also Going through it every moment.”

Simon continued to be persuasive: "Then make this touch longer."

Spielberg looked at Simon's expression, and asked: "Simon, you must have an idea, tell me, don't keep it up."

Simon didn't make any more detours, and said, "Are you planning to make "Schindler's List" into a black and white film?"

Spielberg nodded.

Simon continued: "In this case, we should intersperse a touch of color in the film, preferably red, for example, a little girl in red, when such a color that appears repeatedly in Schindler's vision suddenly withers, I think , his transformation is a matter of course."

Spielberg thought for a moment when he heard the words, and his expression soon became a little more enlightened.

The two were chatting when New York Mayor David Dinkins walked over with another white man in his 60s.

Just a few simple greetings, Spielberg realized that David Dinkins should have something to talk to Simon, and walked away tactfully.

It doesn't take David Dingkins to introduce too much, Simon knows that the man next to him is Marlowe Gummer, the current governor of New York State, and at the same time, one of the important candidates for the Democratic Party in the new presidential election next year .

The Westeros system has quietly bet on Bill Clinton.

But, of course, this matter is very secretive.

Letting the outside world know too much about Simon's political inclinations, especially things like the presidential election, will not be of much benefit to the candidates betting on the Westeros system.

Simon's afternoon schedule happened to be related to the next U.S. presidential election. Unexpectedly, David Dinkins, funded by the Westeros system, would suddenly bring Marlowe Gumer in front of him.

"Simon, this is Marlowe Gummer, the governor of our state of New York. Marlowe, this is Simon."

Simon smiled and stretched out his hand to Marlo Gummer, saying, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Gummer."

Marlo Gummer was also very enthusiastic, shaking hands with Simon and saying, "I've been looking forward to seeing you, Simon."

No one would be so stupid as to immediately turn the topic in a certain direction. After introducing each other, David Dinkins took the initiative to chat with Simon about the Westeros building under construction.

As a super building expected to exceed 600 meters, this building needs to be approved by the New York City government.

Obviously, with contacts like David Dinkins, the approval of the project did not encounter any trouble.

David Dinkins took the initiative to mention it, and there is also some meaning of asking for credit.

After chatting for just over a minute, David Dinkins walked away with Marlo Gummer, giving others the impression that it was just an inconsequential greeting.

Of course, people with a keen sense of smell in a certain aspect will definitely be able to realize that it is unusual.

Marlo Gummer was definitely not without hints during the chat either.

If Simon intends to support the other party, then he only needs to get someone to contact Marlowe Gummer, and he will definitely get a response.

Simon couldn't help but think about it.

It's not that I want to bet on multiple sides, but that putting Marlo Gummer, a politician who has a stronger advantage than the junior Bill Clinton, on the table may be able to achieve unexpected results.

"Simon, what are you thinking?"

Steve Ross' voice interrupted Simon's thoughts.

Simon withdrew his thoughts and said with a smile: "Cultivate the plank road in the open, and keep the warehouse in the dark."

The Chinese that came out of his mouth made Steve Ross a little dazed.

Simon quickly explained, but deliberately adopted an ambiguous tone, which did not remind Steve Rose of his true thoughts.

Steve Ross didn't delve into it either. He praised Simon's proficiency in Chinese, and then said: "When Reagan ran for the election, the whole Hollywood fully supported him, and we got enough in return. However, although Reagan Vice President, Bush's behavior in recent years is really hard to satisfy everyone."

Simon raised his eyebrows slightly, and immediately understood why Marlowe Gummer appeared in front of him just now.

There should also be a factor of Rose's matchmaking.

Although Warner Bros. Pictures is one of the seven major Hollywood companies, Time Warner's headquarters is in New York. Steve Ross also lives in New York and is very close to the politician circles on the East Coast.

"So, Steve, you're going to support Marlowe Gummer next year."

Steve Ross shook his head and said, "Of course not. Although I am very optimistic about Marlowe, he hasn't even got the party nomination yet. I will only support the one who gets the party nomination."

Simon said: "The Gulf War was fought so beautifully, and Bush should win it very easily next year. If the whole of Hollywood turns to the Democratic Party, once Bush is re-elected, we may be in trouble."

Ross laughed, raised his hand and patted Simon on the shoulder, and said, "Simon, George Bush is a very mature politician. Do you know that such politicians will not easily make enemies for themselves, and they are better at weighing. And Well, the Bush family still has longer-term political ambitions, and they will not blatantly suppress Hollywood just because we switched to the Democratic Party. They see our dissatisfaction, and they are more likely to choose to win over."

Simon actually understood some of this truth, but he still nodded with a teachable face.

After chatting with Ross for a while, Simon offered to leave.

Although Steve Ross was a little disappointed, he didn't hold back too much, and sent Simon out of the reception hall himself.

Arriving from the Gramercy Hotel to the nearby Westeros headquarters, it was almost one o'clock in the afternoon, and James Raybould was already waiting for Simon.

Simon took the initiative to mention the matter of meeting Marlowe Gummer just now, and expressed his thoughts.

James also agreed.

Judging from the current situation, Marlowe Gummer is the most likely to be nominated among the politicians who intend to participate in next year's presidential election. There is no harm in giving the other party some support.Disclosing the news a little bit can also make some people ignore another chip that the Westeros system bets on.

After roughly discussing the specific implementation plan, at 01:30 in the afternoon, the guests waiting for the two arrived on time.

The guest's name is Albert Gore Jr., also known as Al Gore, who is currently a Senator from Tennessee in the U.S. Congress.

Albert Gore Jr. was born in a political family. His father, Albert Gore, once became famous in the 50s for proposing the "American Interstate Highway Plan" that allowed the U.S. economy to take off after the war. He is 43 this year. The [-]-year-old Al Gore inherited the old Albert's political ideas and has been promoting his own "Information Superhighway Act" in recent years.