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Whether it is a video recorder, a dvd that is currently being promoted, or even a high-definition blu-ray later, Hollywood studios are an important part. to the world.

Of course, except in some areas where copyright is not important.

And Daenerys Entertainment, which currently controls most of Hollywood, has played a decisive role in the popularization of DVDs.

If Simon is a conservative, like Disney and other manufacturers who sued Sony video recorders, they are unwilling to support DVD, and this product will never be popularized in the short term.

Simon certainly wasn't.

However, Daenerys Entertainment's support certainly has its own conditions, one of which is to ensure that Skooper continues to enjoy the benefits of video decoding chips in the DVD era.In addition, there is also Simon’s consideration of the online rental industry. With the promotion of DVDs, the Blockbuster video chain controlled by the Westeros system will further carry out online transformation, blocking online rentals such as Netflix. Manufacturer development.

Compared with expensive video recorders, the birth of dvd will undoubtedly bring about another industrial revolution.

Unlike the stubborn record industry, Simon is very active in embracing this change. After all, just like the record industry, if you don’t embrace change, you will often lose the initiative completely after the industry is severely impacted and can only be reduced to vassals of other industries.

Still the same sentence: If you can't eliminate yourself, you can only be eliminated by others.

Simon didn't say much about this, but continued: "Also, do you know the interview with the "Fashion" magazine that Jian Xin and the others went back to accept last time?"

Chen Qing nodded.

Simon said: "Try to contact, we can connect Condé Nast or Time Warner to jointly establish a large-scale fashion print media company. This is not a big deal, but if it can be done, we can do it in China. There is no large-scale fashion media in China. The field has gained the right to speak in advance, and at that time, whether it is Elite or Melisandre, even Daenerys, will have a very high-quality marketing platform."

In the past, it was born out of a fashion media group affiliated to the China Tourism Administration, which was affiliated with a magazine, and almost included China's most influential fashion magazines such as "Harper's Bazaar", "Men's Wear" and "Fashion Home". Created a famous fashion dinner.

The "Bazaar" brand among them actually comes from the magazine "Bazaar" originally owned by the Hearst Group, and fashion media has therefore become a Sino-foreign joint venture brand in which the Hearst Group has invested.

After the turmoil two years ago, the Hearst Group had already packaged and sold its magazine series and was taken over by Time Warner. It is naturally impossible to make such an investment in China this time.Simon was inspired by Jian Xin's private email about taking over the "Fashion" interview, and of course he will not miss this opportunity for layout.

When Chen Qing heard Simon mention this matter, her eyes lit up in a flash: "Boss, this is a very good idea, but I don't think we need to bring Condé Nast or Time Warner in, we can do it ourselves, Daenerys Doesn’t Entertainment have fashiontv, and what’s most lacking in the country right now is capital, as for the operating concept, just imitate it.”

Simon smiled and asked: "What do you think is the most important factor for 'fashion'?"

Chen Qing thought for a while, but she could only shake her head: "Boss, what is it?"

"Style," Simon said, "bring in Condé Nast or Time Warner, and use their existing old magazines to make a joint venture brand. ", and make "Harper's Bazaar" immediately have an international style, which can quickly open up the situation in China."

Chen Qing was stunned, and then said: "In this case, it will be difficult for us to gain control?"

"You only need to ensure 20 to 30 shares. The important thing is that other shareholders cannot have absolute control. If you want this investment, you must carry out a clear shareholding reform. Management, original shareholders, and investors Wait, the equity is controlled within [-]-[-]%."

"But if it's Condé Nast or Time Warner, are they willing to accept such a small stake?"

“It’s not about asking you to talk to the entire Condé Nast or Time Warner. You can only contact one magazine, such as the “Bazaar” I just mentioned, so that both the scale of cooperation and the difficulty of joint ventures will be greatly reduced. In this way, determine “Bazaar” , you take the time to contact China, if there is any clue, I will say hello to Semel."

"Ah."

After talking about this matter, Simon thought about it for a while, and said: "The last one, take the time to investigate what good investments South Korea has in China."

Chen Qing was suddenly puzzled, and even Lin Su raised her head curiously.

Simon didn't reveal too much, but said: "You will understand next year that Cersei Capital's China Research Institute team will also determine the same research project, but it will target Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and the return is relatively large, which can be regarded as a smoke bomb .”

Lin Su thought of one thing, and tentatively said: "A few months ago, I saw an article analyzing the Asian economy. It was believed that the general economic imbalance in Southeast Asia, the debt and deficit are obviously too high, and a crisis may erupt in the next few years?"

"Don't meddle in these things, just keep an eye on China." Simon nodded slightly, then turned to Chen Qing: "Don't forget to keep learning, or you will hit the ceiling soon."

Chen Qing pouted immediately: "Boss, I am wronged, I am much more capable than A Su."

After breakfast, Simon is ready to leave for the west coast.

After tidying up briefly, I put on the trench coats given by the two women at the entrance, combed through to make sure there was nothing missing, and finally hugged Chen Qing, then turned to Lin Su, hugged the woman's waist, remembered something, and laughed He asked: "Did the adults tell you one thing after the hour?"

Lin Su was held in the arms of the man, and she raised her head slightly: "Huh?"

"Don't kiss a boy, you will get pregnant." Simon said, seeing the woman's face quickly covered with a layer of rouge, he smiled and lowered his head: "Come on, let's increase the success rate."

Back in Los Angeles, it was still the morning of December 12th, Saturday.

The main reason is to deal with some accumulated affairs on the west coast before Christmas. Jenny and the others are still staying in Greenwich, looking forward to the snow for Christmas, and Simon will return to the east coast before Christmas.

This is already the second day of the opening of the Christmas schedule.

What Simon is most concerned about is the recent box office data of Christmas movies.

In the past box office week from December 12th to December 6th, "Wonder Woman 12" experienced a relatively large box office drop, with a drop of 12 in the third week of its release, and a box office revenue of 2 million US dollars.However, the film was only released for three weeks, and the cumulative box office quickly reached a high of 41 million U.S. dollars, successfully surpassing the previous annual box office champion "5971: Spectre"'s 3 billion U.S. dollars, and advanced to the No.1430 position on the annual list.

Under the glare of "Wonder Woman 2", all other movies released at the same time in the Thanksgiving file were all swept out and lackluster.

In addition to "Wonder Woman 2", it is "Good Will Hunting", which was screened last week, and the nominations for the 12th Golden Globe Awards announced on December 11.

With an attractive lineup of main creatives, "Good Will Hunting", which cost only US$1000 million, just started showing on 106 screens last week, and attracted a lot of media attention. It received almost one-sided praise, and the comprehensive media score reached a classic high of 94 points. The famous film critic Roger Ebert even raised the film to the level of "another "Rain Man"".

All-round acclaim, coupled with the attractive lineup of Gus Van Sant, Robert De Niro, Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, etc., immediately attracted a large number of curious audiences into the film. Watching the movie.

At the same time, the nomination for the Golden Globe Awards on December 12 has once again added popularity to the film. Relying on its own excellent quality, "Good Will Hunting" won the Best Drama Award at this year's Golden Globe Awards. A total of 11 nominations for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay for Film and Drama.

Because of the super high reputation and popularity, the average box office of the film in the first week of screening finally reached 513 US dollars. After 106 days of screening, the cumulative box office has reached 543 million US dollars on only [-] screens.

With such popularity and reputation, if Daenerys Entertainment wants to pursue the next Oscar victory, it will not be difficult.

However, Simon did not intend to do so.

Last year's "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", Simon has already used the film's high box office and popularity to send this film to the throne of the best film through strong public relations.

According to Simon's strategy, this year must take a step back.

Otherwise, next year's "Titanic" will definitely have misfortunes. In any case, the Oscar Organizing Committee will not allow Daenerys Entertainment to reach the top for three consecutive years, even if the quality of the related films is beyond doubt, but if Oscar becomes Dan Nellis' private plot for entertainment is not good for anyone.

Even so, this time it is still not a waste of money for outsiders.

Because another nomination hit announced on December 12, "The English Patient" produced by MGM is still Simon's deliberate arrangement.

This movie was proposed by Saul Zaentz, a veteran Hollywood independent producer who once held the copyright of the "Lord of the Rings" series. Since the production cost was obviously too high compared to the subject matter, Zaentz made many twists and turns for the production of the film. He even ceded the copyright of the "Lord of the Rings" series to the Weinstein brothers for the establishment of this movie.

This time, Simon started silently adapting a literary film very early on, and, frankly, unlike "Good Will Hunting", the content of "The English Patient" is much darker and darker, but this is also just right for the film. human taste.

Therefore, compared with the 5 nominations of "Good Will Hunting", "The English Patient" won the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor in a Drama, Best Actress in a Drama, Best Supporting Actress, A total of 7 nominations for best screenplay and best film soundtrack can be described as the biggest hit of this year's Golden Globe Awards, and will obviously also become the Oscar focus of next year's awards season.

The 1997 awards season, which was announced by the announcement of the Golden Globe nominations, included "Good Will Hunting" and "The English Patient", as well as the Coen brothers' new film "Fargo" and Madonna's "Fargo" released at the end of the summer file of Gaomen Films. The first "Mrs. Peron" is quite eye-catching. As for Spielberg's slave-themed movie "Broken Lock and Rage", it is entirely based on qualifications to join in the fun.

For Hollywood, where business is king, awards and honors are just embellishments after all. Therefore, everyone's attention will soon turn to the Christmas schedule that starts on December 12.

Compared with the golden box office week exclusive to "Wonder Woman 11" on November 22, the Christmas schedule that starts on Black Friday on December 2 will be much more crowded. In addition to the most important "Game of the Brave", there are also There are Disney's "Angel's Bodyguard", Arnold Schwarzenegger's another comedy "Jingle Bells", the large-scale "Good Will Hunting" and "The English Patient" which will be screened this week. painting.

As a special effects blockbuster co-produced by Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group, Simon used the 2017 version of Johnson’s plot in his memory, plus veteran actor Sylvester Stallone and supermodel Quss. Gauff's flagship joined in, and the film eventually cost a production budget of 8200 million US dollars, slightly over budget.

Fortunately, the filming effect is quite satisfactory.

Also after the premiere ceremony was held on December 12, the word-of-mouth ban on the film was lifted the next day, and the comprehensive media score reached 11 points, which is quite a good level.

The first is the special effects of the film.

With the special effects of Daenerys and some grand scenes deliberately added by Simon on the basis of the original version, the special effects of the film are very shocking.

As for the actor, Sylvester Stallone has won the unanimous approval of film critics with his middle-aged body and acting youth mentality.Even for Quss Gauff, who is known to be highly praised by a young tycoon across the border, not only the stunning and sexy appearance aroused strong reactions from the audience, but also her acting skills exceeded expectations.

If there is a shortcoming, it is inevitably the plot.

The "Hollywood Reporter" evaluated this film as "a young popcorn movie that doesn't use any brains at all", which is also the main reason why the film's comprehensive score failed to reach 8 points or above.

However, the parties have not been harsh on this.

Because "Game of the Brave" is a light-hearted, funny and visually stunning popcorn blockbuster, Simon never thought of adding even a little bit of connotation to it.

In the first week of its release, the number of screens opened for "Game of the Brave" finally reached 3539, which is second only to "Wonder Woman 2" at the end of the year.

Compared with "7500 Dalmatians" which cost $101 million in Thanksgiving, Disney's "Angel's Bodyguard" in Christmas has a budget of only $4000 million. The film tells the story of Henry, a black man in a small town, and his wife, Juliet, who is the lead singer of the church. Indifference, the story of an angel descending to earth after confiding to God and getting an unexpected response.

Directed by Penny Marshall, the film stars Denzel Washington and Whitney Houston, an all-black cast.

Moreover, it is obvious that the film also followed the trend of the bodyguard starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston to a certain extent. Only barely passing 1783 points, not satisfactory.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Jingle Bells All the Way" once again continued the comedy style of the action star from "Dragon Brothers" and "Kindergarten SWAT". live.

This time it was really just a small job.

Due to the failure of several films in a row and Hollywood's downfall of traditional action stars, compared with "Little Guy" which cost 6000 million US dollars but failed at the box office, the production cost of "Jingle Bells All the Way" is only 3000 million US dollars, which is different. Based on the previous high salary of 1500 million US dollars, Arnold signed a model of 800 million US dollars of basic salary plus profit sharing with the producer Fox this time, which is almost equivalent to reducing his salary by half.

Moreover, Arnold still failed to reverse his bad luck after opening the film with a screen size of 2401 yuan. The comprehensive media score of the film was only a pitiful 38 points. Facing the pressure of many strong films, this kind of word-of-mouth has a predictable box office prospect. And know.

After the three major new films, there was "Good Will Hunting", which opened on a large scale within one week of screening, with 1746 screens.And a small-scale screening of "The English Patient" on a scale of 10 screens.

Chapter 1080

Los Angeles, Daenerys Studios.

Girl A held a folder in her arms, raised her wrist to look at her watch, and greeted her boss who had just finished a meeting with Pixar's management.

"You still have a year to go, John, sort out a revised plan as soon as possible, and I will see it after the New Year."

John Lasseter, who had just been trained, followed Simon slightly sideways, and said, "I promise, Simon, I will do it as soon as possible."

Simon finished talking to John Lasseter with his face still indifferent, then went straight to Girl A and asked, "Next?"

"Everyone has arrived at the screening of "Scary Ghost"."

Simon nodded and walked out quickly, and girl A quickly followed.

Returning from the east coast, Simon has been sorting out Daenerys Entertainment’s film projects for the next two years in the past few days. What he just discussed with the Pixar team is another 3D animated film "A Bug's Agent" that will be released at the end of next year. Team".

Compared with films such as "Toy Story" and "Finding Nemo", "A Bug's Life" is one of the lower ones in the Pixar animation series in terms of word-of-mouth and box office.

As for why, there are actually many questions.

The most important one, in Simon's opinion, is that the main line of the story tends to be the love of two ants. The "hero" Felix rises up against the grasshopper army out of love for Princess Yating, and finally the lovers get married. The theme seems too adult, not suitable for all ages.In addition, this is not a real-life fairy tale of a prince and a princess, so it is difficult for people to feel a sense of substitution. Therefore, a seemingly inconspicuous problem has largely caused the trough of "A Bug's Life" in the Pixar animation series.

Look at others, "Toy Story", the core is friendship, suitable for all ages."Finding Nemo", which set a box office record, focuses on family affection, which makes it more suitable for all ages.There is also "The Lion King", which changed from 2D to 3D under the interference of Simon, a big butterfly, and still created a box office miracle. Although the story is taken from "The Prince's Revenge", the core is growth, and it is still suitable for all ages.

The reason is very simple: under the premise of ensuring quality, the wider the audience's age group, the higher the box office will be.

Simon raised this issue when the project began to be produced, but the Pixar team obviously did not strictly enforce it. After all, with continuous success, anyone will inevitably be impetuous. Therefore, in the meeting just now, Simon rarely got angry and forced the Pixar team to respond to this question. Make revisions, dilute the love line between Felix and Princess Yating, and focus on friendship, while adding more lovable and easier to sell surrounding insect circus scenes.

Leaving the Pixar headquarters and returning to a screening room in the administrative area on the third floor, director Peter Jackson, leading actor Ben Stiller and leading actress Mia Sara of "Spooky" have all arrived, as well as Dan Ni Morris and several other New World Pictures executives who are in charge of project distribution.

Greet everyone briefly and be seated quickly.

Simon walked to the position with the best view in the middle of the second row, and took a memo from the female assistant sitting on the left. Just after a few glances, he felt the faint scent of a strange woman coming from the right, and turned his head to look, " The heroine of Horror Ghost, Mia Sara, sat down beside him. Seeing Simon looking over, this beautiful woman who has the temperament of a Hong Kong actress in the golden age is very in line with the aesthetics of oriental people, with a slightly disturbed expression: "Mr. Westeros , can I sit here?"

Simon just nodded slightly, his eyes fell back on the memo introducing the general situation of "Scary Specter" in front of him, and he quickly read the information.

The lights in the screening room quickly dimmed and the screen came on.

Peter Jackson's first draft of "Scary Ghost" tells the story of Frank, who accidentally obtained psychic abilities, colluded with ghost friends to cheat money, and was murdered by evil spirits, and finally justice defeated evil.

The original script, in Simon's opinion, was terrible.

Speaking of it, Western ghost films usually have a big flaw, which is the lack of a mature model for humans to fight against ghosts, which also leads to many horror film protagonists often relying on chance to defeat ghosts, or many completely incomprehensible Routine, and even influence with love, are very far-fetched.

Just like the original "Scary Ghost" script, the protagonist's first victory over the evil spirit turned out to be two machine guns transformed from the dead sheriff.

Nonsense.

In comparison, Eastern ghost films, especially Hong Kong films, have quite convincing and complete routines, such as glutinous rice, ink bucket, magic charm, dog blood, donkey hoof and so on.

In Daenerys Entertainment's The Conjuring movie universe created in recent years, Simon has personally intervened to perfect a set of westernized ghost exorcism models, and the effect is very good.As for this "Ghost of Horror", Simon deliberately threw Jackson a Hong Kong film "Mr. Zombie" at the beginning, and asked the other party to watch it several times to find inspiration and re-edit the script, making the original "Horror" which was neither horror nor comedy. "Ghost" has been perfected into a qualified commercial film.

Compared with other directors with strong personalities, Peter Jackson's biggest advantage is that he is pragmatic, he is willing to listen to other people's opinions and is willing to cooperate with investors' requirements for improvement. A lot of inspiration was taken from Mr. Zombie provided by Simon, which is basically another story.

on the big screen.

The film begins with a farce, a castle is haunted, and the owner invites the psychic Frank to catch the ghost.

The hero, who is enough to make anyone with a little IQ feel like a liar, put on a show in the castle, and finally expressed to the suspicious host that he was done, got paid and left.

As soon as Ben Stiller, the actor who played the leading role, made his appearance, he felt completely different from the original Michael Fox. This comedy star from "Saturday Night Live" had a very bad temperament when he appeared on the stage. People can't help laughing.In comparison, Michael Fox, as the leading actor in the "Back to the Future" series, gives people the impression that he is more of a youth film niche than a comedian.

The perfect casting and a fitting story are just the beginning, which makes Simon more certain about the quality of the movie.

The movie continues.

After bidding farewell to the master, Frank drove away from the castle area. In the car, two ghosts suddenly appeared from the back seat and the bottom of the car. First, let the audience confirm that there are really ghosts in the film.

However, at first sight, people thought that the two ghosts were trying to attack the protagonist's evil spirit, but it soon proved that they were just joking with the protagonist. They are friends of the protagonist with psychic abilities. scam.

The wedge is here, and the background is basically explained.

The hero is a psychic with two ghost friends who makes a living cheating on ghosts.At the same time, from their conversation, the audience also learned that the so-called haunting of the castle just now was not their own initiative to be "haunted", but they didn't know what the problem was.

In the process of driving and chatting, the plot suddenly changed.

On the winding and gloomy road at night, one person and two ghosts were discussing how to spend the sum of money they had just obtained. Suddenly another car rushed straight at the head. It flew up and disappeared in the direction of the castle manor they had just come over.

Immediately afterwards, Frank's car also hit a tree trunk on the side of the road.

The screen went dark with a bang, and the title of "Scary Specter" and the subsequent credits appeared.