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Soros didn't hesitate when he heard the words. He nodded and asked tentatively, "Simon, is this a second favor?" "

"Of course not, it's just a suggestion, if you don't want to, just pretend I didn't say it."

Of course, Soros couldn't pretend that he didn't hear Simon's words.

On the contrary, it is quite important.

What I thought of again was the time in 87, and at this time, since Simon Westeros talked about South Korea, it must be promising to bet on this aspect.

The matter was settled, but Simon was not in a hurry to inform China and continued to socialize at the party.

After all, this kind of thing is like picking a lock.

In the previous life, I often saw similar news. Some people forgot their keys, so they called the master locksmith and negotiated the price. As a result, the master came to open the lock in a few seconds, and the employer immediately felt that the price was high. One dollar, is it too dark? !

So Simon didn't respond for days, until the weekend passed and a new week arrived.

On Tuesday, July 7st, there was a bustling Hong Kong handover ceremony, and on the same day, there was also the premiere of "Independence Day" in Hollywood.

On the other hand, Thailand, which bought itself a weekend buffer at the start of the new week, did not reach any agreement with the IMF, which is negotiating a relief.

So, in the new week, the storm continued.

The Thai baht has continued to fall sharply for several consecutive days, and the entire Southeast Asia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and other countries have been affected. While the currencies have depreciated, the stock and bond markets have both plummeted.

The Hong Kong stock market was not spared either, continuing to fall for a week in a row.

During this period, Chen Qing apparently contacted Simon several times under the urging of some people. It was not until Saturday, July 7 that Simon gave a positive answer. Not only that, but also simply set up a line to let him go to Asia in the near future. Soros stopped by Hong Kong to arrange a high-level secret meeting.

Simon has always acted like a good friend in this matter, and has not made any demands.

After all, free is the most expensive.

Such a great favor, if you don't ask for any benefits, you will only get more unconsciously.

When Southeast Asia was hit by a storm, although North America was affected but not yet at its worst moment, one of the hot spots of public attention recently was undoubtedly Roland Emmerich's latest sci-fi masterpiece "Independence Day", which was released on July 7th.

Because Daenerys Entertainment's latest "American Pie" was also released two weeks ago, even though Simon knew the power of "Independence Day" very well, he did not deliberately suppress it.

With a production budget of 9000 million US dollars, MGM's publicity expenses have also reached 5000 million US dollars. Of course, compared with the 5000 million US dollars that Daenerys Entertainment previously offered for "Face Changing" and "Tornado", it is slightly watery. It's a cooperative film, if you don't mix up the various expenses and make more money, then it's not Hollywood.

However, even if the water is squeezed out, the actual publicity expenditure will exceed 4000 million US dollars.

The number of opening screens of the film also reached 3382.

Relying on excellent word-of-mouth and explosive special effects, "Independence Day" earned a box office of 1936 million US dollars on the first day of painting, which is even better than the previous "Tornado".

The filming started for three days. Even though there were three other important commercial films released during the same period due to the Independence Day holiday, the box office of "Independence Day" still reached 6173 million US dollars in the first weekend. The box office finally reached 9107 million U.S. dollars, becoming the last film to open in 1997.

With such an opening, coupled with the film's comprehensive media score of 8.7 points, there is basically no suspense for the local $3 million.

The original cooperation project, the first "Alien" was a big hit during Easter, which has already made many people jealous. Now, "Independence Day" can be called a phenomenal explosion, making many capitals start to inquire about Daenerys. Does the entertainment side intend to develop the second batch of cooperation projects?

On the other hand, even if because of the success of "Independence Day", the total North American box office of the week of Independence Day reached a high of 2.3 million U.S. dollars, the strength of this super blockbuster will inevitably have a negative impact on the previous films released by Daenerys Entertainment. affected.

There is not much dissent within Daenerys Entertainment. On the contrary, some media who are afraid of chaos in the world are constantly making jokes, expressly implying that Simon is giving away a super blockbuster with a global conservative 6 million other people.

Prodigal son.

Simon just ignored it.

Still the same.

Over the years, if it weren't for Daenerys Entertainment's very positive attitude towards external cooperation, it would be hard to say whether this company would be able to break through the monopoly of traditional Hollywood studios and succeed.

In many cases, it is necessary to sacrifice some local interests for the sake of the overall situation.

Just like this time, after the explosion of "Independence Day", Simon does have plans to launch the second phase of the cooperation plan.

Compared with the first phase of the attempt, the goal this time will be clearer, mainly for those capitals that are interested or have the potential to enter Hollywood. In addition, the scale of financing this time will be larger to further absorb funds and cut off potential competitors The possibility of rising in Hollywood.

Eyes turn to China.

In terms of brocade books.

One month into the broadcast, through Simon's personal participation in the programming and the spare no efforts in publicity in the early stage, Jiangsu Satellite TV's "Super Girl" has a provincial rating of over 70%, and its nationwide popularity is also getting higher and higher.

For the ratings of "Super Girl", Simon was a little confused at first.

The once phenomenal "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" seemed to have the highest ratings in mainland China at 1998% in 63, and "Super Girl" reached more than 70%, wouldn't it be even more ruthless?

Afterwards, I searched for the information in my memory, and combined with the current situation of the TV industry in China, I also understood.

The ratings statistics in China at this time are still very irregular. The ratings statistics for "Super Girl" are only done by local agencies in Jiangsu.In any case, according to Jinshu's own market research, the ratings of "Super Girl" in Jiangsu Province are indeed very high. Even if there is moisture in more than 70%, it will not be too much.

Secondly, compared with the previous "Han Zhu Ge Ge", there is another thing, that is, at this stage, not all provincial TV stations in China have logged into the satellite, and this matter will be fully rolled out in this year and next two years.

As for "Han Zhu Ge Ge", it is actually after all the provincial TV stations in China are on the star, and under the simulcast of multiple provincial TV stations, there is a single TV station that has created a super high rating of 63%.

It is indeed a phenomenon.

As for the exaggerated ratings records in some press releases, it doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

If we talk about the miracle of ratings, let’s not talk about "Journey to the West", which is too far away, but only talk about "Desire" in 1990. The public promotion has created more than 90% of the ratings. If we only compare these public data, "Desire" is a miracle .

In the final analysis, the structure of the Chinese TV market is still changing rapidly. The success of "My Fair Princess" was beyond doubt, and the success of "Super Girl" is also beyond doubt.

As for Simon, he was inspired to ask Chen Qing to help make the connection and facilitate the establishment of a professional joint venture ratings survey agency in China in advance.

The most important thing is that this time the Westeros system will take a small share.

After all, China's ratings survey agency was also a miracle.

Simon deliberately inquired that the market research giant Sofrey Group, which has expanded rapidly in recent years, only had a revenue equivalent to 1.2 million US dollars in the past year, which was earned by diligently conducting various data analysis market research in more than ten countries around the world.As for some of the ratings survey giants in China later, they were able to sell the business of ratings to several billion yuan a year.

This is a business genius.

The data of other people's homes are sold to business owners, TV stations, and advertisers, and it takes a lot of hard work to make some hard money.Let's do it in one step, skip those messy links, and sell directly to TV drama producers.

How good.

As for Enlight Media, a poor player in the industry, no matter how old it is, if it can't afford the ratings, then get out of the TV market honestly.

Simon is still looking for a shareholding, and he is still the first move, and he does not expect to make money from it.

The water is too deep.