The news that the Korean government had secretly contacted the Westeros system to seek help was first exposed in some newspapers in Asia, and the news quickly spread around the world. In just a few hours, countless stakeholders and a large number of media tried their best to contact relevant people to find out whether it was true or false.
There is no answer.
Neither admit it nor deny it.
To be more precise, let alone Simon himself, James Raybould, the president of the Westeros Company, Alison Norris, Simon's first assistant, Chen Qing, head of Asia affairs of the Westeros system, Westeros The family's media spokesman, Pat Kingsley, and others all evaded relevant inquiries and only asked their secretary to give an uninformed answer.
Although it has not been confirmed, the events in Hong Kong are still fresh in our minds, and the capital market reacted immediately.
On Thursday's trading day, the Korean won's exchange rate against the U.S. dollar, which had fallen for three consecutive days and was close to the 2,000 threshold, rebounded strongly by 7.9%, rising from 1,969 won to 1 U.S. dollar to 1,813 won to 1 U.S. dollar. The Korean stock market also rose 5.7% throughout the day, with the KOSPI index returning to over 300 points from a low of 286 points, closing at 302 points that day.
Even in the bond market, foreign capital eager to flee was on the sidelines. On this day, many Korean financial institutions and corporate giants who continued to face runs felt relieved.
Then came the anticipation, how great it would be if this thing were true.
As a result, countless corporate shareholders and executives in South Korea have sought information from the Blue House and the contacts they can contact.
The successive events in Hong Kong and South Korea have led many people to believe that the Asian financial crisis is really about to pass. With this, the currencies and stock markets of not only South Korea, but also Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and other Asian countries or regions are rising.
Therefore, in order to confirm the news, heads of state from various Asian countries also made calls to the United States.
Everyone hopes this is true.
Because once in Hong Kong, if it is just an example, and secondly in South Korea, if it is confirmed again, it means that international speculators will never dare to launch large-scale financial attacks on Asia again, otherwise they may become like Simon Westeros. The Asian financial crisis, which has lasted for nearly half a year, will truly come to an end.
By Thursday evening, after countless people had contacted to no avail, the White House also called directly to Point Dume Manor.
Simon will not give any information to Mr. President's inquiry. After all, Clinton knows that Simon has intentions towards South Korea, but it is impossible to give too much. He only tells the other party's judgment on the leak of this information. According to his own The contacts in South Korea have basically been confirmed. The news was quietly released by Kim Dae-jung and his family, the opposition party in the South Korean presidential election.
The reason is easy to understand.
Kim Dae-jung certainly does not want the Blue House to overturn before the voting day for the South Korean presidential election on December 19.
Simon hopes that Kim Dae-jung will win the election rather than the long-ruling Grand National Party being re-elected.
The White House did not know, so it sought stability and allowed the civilian government, which was relatively good to the United States, to continue to be in power. However, Simon clearly remembered that Kim Dae-jung was later hailed by the West as the 'Mandela of Asia' and won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Tsk.
Just looking at these two honors, you can see how popular Kim Dae-jung is in the West.
As for the media in South Korea that later criticized Kim Dae-jung as a 'stooge of the United States', many South Korean presidents were imprisoned and killed, not to mention being scolded. It has nothing to do with the overall situation. Compared with a series of extremely unlucky presidents in modern times in South Korea, Kim Dae-jung died a good death. Okay, that's the point.
Simon likes capable people.
However, the subsequent changes in things were somewhat beyond Simon's expectation.
Friday, November 7th.
Los Angeles.
When Simon arrived at Daenerys Studios in Malibu in the morning, the first thing he paid attention to was the movie box office data of the past box office week.
"The Conjuring 3" surpassed the first-week figures of "The Conjuring 2" in three days over the weekend. In a complete box office week, "The Conjuring 3" finally made $63.97 million. Following "The Conjuring", it once again set a new first week for a Hollywood horror film. box office record.
Although the production cost of this horror movie reached 50 million US dollars, and 25 million was invested in promotion and distribution, the first week's 63.97 million is basically enough to recover the cost and achieve profitability. It can be said to be another great victory for the Conjuring movie universe. . Not only that, "The Conjuring 3" successfully launched many new supernatural settings that will definitely be used in subsequent projects, and it also completed a transformation of the previously somewhat tired The Conjuring movie universe.
Simon originally planned to suspend the series after "The Conjuring 3" and start more branches. Because the feedback of the film was so good, both Daenerys internally and the majority of fans of the Conjuring movie universe series hope that Daenerys Entertainment We can launch "The Conjuring 4" accordingly.
Since it was widely expected, Simon did not object and let the New World Pictures team try to plan a fourth part.
Impacted by "The Conjuring 3", "The Conjuring 3" was released in its sixth week. During the Halloween week from October 31st to November 6th, the final revenue was US$11.02 million, which was slightly better than expected after the weekend box office was released. , the cumulative box office reached 196.98 million US dollars, 3.02 million short of the 200 million threshold, which is still a pity.
From then on, all other projects became foils and need not be mentioned.
However, on November 7th, a new box office week begins. As usual, it should be the continuation of the Halloween period and the transition to the Thanksgiving period, but this time it is different.
Sony Pictures has released its $100 million blockbuster "Starship Troopers" in theaters today.
Landing on the beach.
Although the film's director Paul Verhoeven was taken away from "Basic Instinct" by Simon, he still became a first-line director in Hollywood with the success of films such as "RoboCop" and "Total Recall" in previous years. Therefore, although the last project "Showgirls" ended dismally and was criticized a lot, this time he still received a US$100 million investment from Sony to produce this science fiction masterpiece, which can be regarded as a return to the genre he is good at.
As for the effect of the film, according to the information Simon received in advance, it was polarizing. Basically, the special effects are top-notch, but the plot is unsatisfactory.
Today, it opened on a large scale with 2,971 screens. The word-of-mouth ban was lifted, and the comprehensive media score reached 6.5 points, which is considered a passing grade. However, with the release of the film, controversy also arose, with some critics believing that the film promoted ***ism.
This hat is a bit big.
Fortunately, those film critics finally left some leeway and didn't say ***. Otherwise, if you promote ** in Hollywood, you are seeking death!
Even so, Sony still conducted emergency public relations.
Let’s talk about the movie schedule. It’s really not a good choice to rush to November 7th. However, Sony has no choice but to do so. Not to mention the ongoing financial crisis in Asia, the competition in the next two major periods at the end of the year is really too fierce.
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It’s just the same type of sci-fi movies. The Thanksgiving movie, first of all, is Fox’s “Alien 4”. The popularity of this IP is definitely incomparable to “Starship Troopers”.
Furthermore, Robert Zemeckis's new work "Contact", although both are non-sequel original scripts, but Zemeckis, who directed such hit movies as "Back to the Future" series and "Forrest Gump", The box office appeal is much stronger than that of "Starship Troopers".
This is not over yet.
Plus a Disney "Terminator 3".
Well, not without grabbing the beach.
As for the Christmas season, if nothing else, it is just "The Flash 2", which makes "Starship Troopers" flinch.
Now there are rumors inside and outside the circle that Simon Westeros has probably given up on himself by placing the $200 million "Titanic" in theaters a week before "The Flash 2".
This is beside the point.
What's more, there are other major non-sci-fi productions, such as the Pixar animation "A Bug's Life" under Daenerys Entertainment in the Thanksgiving season, or the Christmas season of "As Good As It Gets" starring Jack Nicholson and Hollywood sweet sister Julia ·Roberts stars in Hollywood's popular script "Shakespeare in Love" that has been circulating for a long time.
In short, if the news of "Starship Troopers" hadn't been announced earlier, there would probably be other films that couldn't help but push the release date.
The problem seems to be more serious now.
November 7th is an unpopular week between the two major schedules. Under normal circumstances, the box office volume will not be too high.
However, the previous week, "The Conjuring 3" had a blockbuster first-week box office. So, even if the box office figure was cut in half the next week, it would still be at the level of 30 million US dollars.
Where is the room for a second bombshell
Therefore, if there is no "The Conjuring 3" and "Starship Troopers" is scheduled to be released on November 7, there may indeed be unexpected gains. Now, instead, it has to face strong competition from "The Conjuring 3" which is still gaining momentum. It can be said that the future is unpredictable.