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Simon is no longer pursuing to make more money, but is more interested in the transfer of capital held by the Westeros system to the control of various industrial fields. It is what Simon wants to gain more voice with the least amount of capital. .

In addition to the financial turmoil, it is also the summer vacation in North America.

After unexpectedly earning $2913 million in the first week of its large-scale release, the number of screens of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" increased significantly again in the third week of its release, from 1863 yuan to 2315 yuan. Coupled with the continued popularity of this movie, the film In the box office week from August 8 to August 8, the decline was only 8%, and another $14 million was collected.

In the three weeks since its release, the cumulative box office of this Chinese-language martial arts movie with an investment of US$1500 million has reached US$6083 million in the North American market.

Even though the kung fu craze in recent years has made Hollywood attach great importance to related themes, a pure Chinese martial arts movie that completely discards Western elements costs a mere 1500 million US dollars and earns more than 6000 million in three weeks. The potential of the [-] million box office club still caught a lot of attention.

Not only that, when "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" became a big hit in North America, the influence of "Six Heroes of Light Pig" also expanded in the UK.

Relying on the aura of the Palme d'Or in Cannes, after "Six Heroes of Light Pig" opened in the UK with 8 screens on August 8, coupled with its own theme, it accidentally ignited public opinion in the British media. In the first week of filming, this low-cost film with an investment of only 503 million pounds won a box office of 8 million pounds in one fell swoop, equivalent to 8 million U.S. dollars.

Although the British film market plays an important role in Europe, it cannot be compared with North America after all.

Coupled with the volume of "Six Heroes of Light Pig", it was 816 million pounds in the first week, which is also almost a miracle. Even "Independence Day", which was released simultaneously in the UK in July, had a screen size of more than 7 yuan at that time. It was only 800 million pounds.

Now, for a small film with an investment of 200 million pounds, the box office in the first week is almost equal to that of a blockbuster film like "Independence Day". How can it not be surprising?

Ever since, at the end of the summer season in August when there were obviously not many films that could attract attention, the media started to encounter the joint information of the two films "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Six Heroes of Light Pig". bombing.

Although these two films are small in scale, they are far from being able to compare with blockbusters such as "Tornado" and "Independence Day" in terms of single-week box office volume and estimated total box office. However, inexplicably, they have formed There was a trend, and many people began to pay attention to various information about the two films every day.

After a little research, this mentality is actually easy to understand.

The West is a society that advocates individual heroism, and the public is happy to see small people realize big dreams.

Whether it is "Tornado" or "Independence Day", with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, success is inevitable, and failure will be embarrassing.However, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Six Heroes of Light Pig", one with 1500 million US dollars and the other with 200 million pounds, are now creating box office far exceeding their own size. Most ordinary people bring a sense of resonance.

Chapter 1154 The Lord of the Rings Casting

Daenerys Entertainment's west coast headquarters on the Upper West Side, New York.

The time is July 8th.

Thursday.

In the second half of August, the film summer season is coming to an end, and the 8 TV autumn season is coming soon. Simon flew to New York from Los Angeles again on Tuesday. In recent days, he has been participating in the programming of major TV networks under Daenerys Entertainment. .

For the ABC television network, this year's blockbuster is still "American Idol".

This is already the third season of this singing reality show. According to the feedback on the results of the second season of the summer tour concert and the recent promotion of the third season, unless there are other super dark horses appearing this fall, it is expected that the average "American Idol", which still has around 3500 million viewers, can basically continue to lock in the ratings champion for the new year.

In addition to "American Idol", ABC's other trump card "Seinfeld" is about to usher in its eighth season.

Perhaps in the impression of some people later, the most popular sitcom in the United States in the 90s was "Friends", especially for foreign audiences of American dramas.

It's not right.

The hottest sitcom in the 90s in the United States was "Seinfeld".

In the seventh season of last year, the average viewership of "Seinfeld" reached 3300 million, second only to the 3700 million in the second season of "American Idol", and the third season of "Friends", which started broadcasting in 1994 last year, had an average viewership of The number is only 2400 million.

Of course, "Friends" still has a long way to go, and "Seinfeld" is expected to wrap up with its ninth season next year.

Daenerys Entertainment has worked hard for this before. I hope that Jerry Seinfeld, the main creator of "Seinfeld", can achieve the tenth season, which can be regarded as a completion. A stock option from Daenerys Entertainment as a condition, but unfortunately the comedian did not agree, but only signed two contracts for the eighth and ninth seasons when the contract was renewed this year.

It's not about money.

Anything that has been repeated for many years will inevitably be tiring, and because of the popularity of "Seinfeld", this TV personality is not short of money, and finally voluntarily gave up the high salary offered by Daenerys Entertainment, just hoping to rest a bit.

In addition to the two main titles, "Who Will Be a Millionaire", which started broadcasting in 1988 until now, continues this year.

Compared with "American Idol", which is in full swing, the ratings data of "Who Will Be a Millionaire" has dropped to an average of 1100 million ratings last year.However, because the production cost of this program is very low, and the ratings of tens of millions, there is still a lot of room for profit, so it can continue for many years.

On the other hand, after all, it is no longer popular, and the schedule of "Who Will Be a Millionaire" has been moved to Saturday nights, which are relatively unpopular for TV dramas, and has been reduced to one episode per week.

In addition to Daenerys Entertainment's own ABC platform, there are several other public television network ratings popular programs, NBC's "Friends" and CBS's "Emergency Room Stories", both of which are in the fourth season this year, and are still in the top ratings period.

"Survivor", which was born at the same time as "Who Will Be a Millionaire", will also continue. The average viewership of the latest season of "Survivor" is 1300 million, which is higher than "Who Will Be a Millionaire".However, after all, it is someone else's program, and NBC has also reduced its subscription from two seasons per year in the early days to one season per year at present.

In addition to the public television network, there are cable networks such as Daenerys Entertainment's USA, ESPN and Fashion TV.

Relying on the precise positioning of the women's TV network and a series of popular flagship programs, USA, as a basic cable network, has developed very rapidly in recent years. The current number of subscribers has grown from the initial 2100 million to 9300 million. The main reality show The Wife Series And the two TV series aces "Desperate Housewives" and "Sex and the City" have been the focus of heated discussions among North American women in recent years.

USA's film list has not changed much this year.

In terms of reality shows, "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" and "The Real Housewives of New York" are the two long-running mainlines. The earlier "The Housewives of Atlanta" and "The Housewives of Miami" have been cut due to average ratings, because last year's overseas branch "The Beautiful Wife of Melbourne" is very popular, and this year, "The Beautiful Wife of London" has been added.

Coupled with several other female star reality shows involving cooking or fashion, USA can be described as a big reality show.

In fact, Simon has been preparing two other ace reality shows for USA, "Project Runway" and "America's Next Top Model".However, since the Wife series can still support the ratings, there is no need to show it too early.

In terms of TV series, "Desperate Housewives" has come to its sixth season this year. According to the story line planned by Simon based on his memory, the eighth season is expected to end. In the previous fifth season, the average viewership of this TV series was as high as 1500 million. TV networks are not considered popular, but for basic cable networks, they are already phenomenal.

In addition, "Sex and the City" has slightly lower ratings, but it also reached an average of 970 million viewers in the second season of last year, and it is expected to break through [-] million this year.Moreover, because of the subject matter and audience, the topic of "Sex and the City" is not lower than that of "Desperate Housewives". The audience of urban elite female groups makes this TV series more popular with advertisers.

In terms of ESPN, after reaching an eight-year, $90 billion buyout contract with the NFL last year, the agreement was officially implemented this year.If nothing goes wrong, ESPN will also officially start its own road to take-off, and finally realize the ultimate goal of 'ESPN tax' in Simon's memory.

The development of Fashion TV in recent years has also been quite smooth, and there are no major changes this year. The main goal is to continue to expand overseas and increase global coverage.

In the end, there are actually some basic cable stations such as AE TV network. This was a joint venture media between ABC and Hearst Group. After the accident three years ago, Daenerys Entertainment got all the shares.

However, compared to USA, ESPN or Fashion, these TV stations can only be regarded as icing on the cake, and some of them have suffered losses. All other industries in the Luo system will use these media platforms to a greater or lesser extent.

At the end of today's work, Simon just walked out of the meeting room with Robert Iger, when Miss A came up to him and whispered to Simon: "The Delevingne couple just happened to be here today to discuss some cooperation details. They learned that the boss you Here, hope to say hello."

The Delevingne, the Delevingne of Cara Delevingne.

A few years ago, Simon ran into the Delevingne couple at a Christie’s auction in London, and chatted a little more because of the names in his memory, and then learned that the man in this family, Charles Delevingne, was a real estate developer and real estate agent He hired the other party to help him buy a property in London. These years, he didn't have many chances to meet each other.

The reason why the Delevingne couple appeared here this time is precisely because of the "London Wife" that was just finalized this year.

Pandora Delevingne, wife of Charles Delevingne, was selected.

The Delevingne family can also be regarded as a member of the celebrity circle in London, and they also have aristocratic blood. Although it is very watery, the relationship between this family and various celebrities is also full of gimmicks for the program "London Wife" , enough to attract a large general audience.

Just on the way, Simon nodded and agreed, and after parting with Iger, he went to a lounge on the other floor of the building.

Seeing Simon appearing, the Delevingne couple got up quickly.

After saying hello to everyone, and knowing that the Delevingne family has rushed over, after discussing business, they will stay in New York for a few days, which is regarded as a vacation, so Simon casually invited the other party to join the family party at Jerry Hall in the evening, By the way, it's a relationship with the circle here, and the couple agreed with joy.

Temporarily separate.

Simon rushed to Greenwich first. It was after six o'clock in the evening. He came to Jerry Hall's large flat apartment. As soon as he entered the door, Elizabeth Jagger, Hall's eldest daughter, greeted him, and there were also guests from the Hilton family. Nikki Hilton and their sidekick, Kim Kardashian.

Seeing the enthusiasm of the girl pounced on him, Simon held her head before the girl got entangled with him, and said with a smile, "No!"