"That's it for today. Regarding the duration, three hours is impossible. Don't bargain with me. It's two and a half hours at most."
"Simon, Titanic can be longer than three hours, why can't we?"
"Let's not talk about "Titanic", maybe we can talk about the first "Terminator". For James who likes to spend a lot of money, that movie only cost 6.4 million US dollars and the duration was less than two hours. , what do you think?"
A viewing room in the post-production center on the second floor of Daenerys Studios.
After Simon finished speaking, seeing that the Wachowski brothers had no way to refute, he stood up and said: "If you want more freedom, you need to prove your potential first. Don't think that the studio imposes restrictions on filmmakers. It hinders your creation. Many times, some filmmakers are like toddlers. You don’t know if you can run, so you need someone to look after you to prevent you from falling and hurting yourself if you run rashly.”
Finally, after shaking hands with the two brothers who were reluctant but said nothing, Simon walked out of the movie room first.
It was around five o'clock in the afternoon.
After the morning meeting, Simon spent the afternoon devoted to "The Matrix" and watched samples of the film with the main creators. This project was completed at the end of August. The Wachowski brothers have just returned from Australia recently. Today they discussed the next post-production plan. The two will return to Australia to continue the follow-up special effects production.
Mainly because it’s cheaper to do post-production in Australia.
Simon walked out of the viewing room, and Demi Moore, the heroine of the new version of "The Matrix" who also ran over to join in the fun in the afternoon, also followed. Side by side with Simon, she said: "Simon, what you just said makes so much sense."
Simon smiled and said: "In your position, Demi, your position should be opposite to mine."
"That's Larry's position, I'm different," Demi Moore said, tilting her head with a flattering look in her eyes: "I'm definitely on your side."
"Oh, thank you."
As the woman walked, she touched Simon a few times seemingly unintentionally. As she turned towards the stairs, she said again: "Simon, it's already time to get off work. Do you want to continue working?"
"No, I'll get off work on time today."
Demi Moore's eyes lit up: "So... can I give you a lift?"
"Sorry, I have other plans today."
"How about tomorrow?" Demi Moore said, and immediately added: "Or, when you have time recently, you can call me at any time and have coffee together, or dinner?"
Simon smiled and nodded slightly: "Okay, I will contact you when I have time."
As they talked, the two left the office building of the post-production center. Demi Moore followed him to the parking lot. Until the man got in the car and left, he didn't find a chance, so he had to go back disappointed.
Simon also rarely gets off work on time.
Mainly because Veronica came over from Australia today.
Returning to the Dume Point Manor and entering the Shell Villa, Simon was led by the Indian girl Alia through the villa hall and came to a living room on the east side facing the sea. Janet was here. There was a pile of clothes and hats in the room. Shoes.
Seeing Simon come in, Janet came directly carrying a blue and gray plaid suit: "Sophie just sent me a new autumn outfit from Europe. Come and try it. This one is very good."
The maid next to him also came over and helped the male host take off his coat.
Simon could only cooperate, opened his arms and put on the plaid suit handed over by Janet, while saying: "I still prefer solid colors."
"Yes, try again later," Janet stood in front of Simon, thoughtfully helping to fasten the buttons, and said, "And you can't just wear solid colors, as that will make you gradually become old-fashioned."
Simon felt the feminine fragrance in front of him that he had known for many years and remained unchanged. He reached out and held Janet's waist: "Am I old-fashioned?"
Janet smiled and twisted her body slightly, fastened the last button, raised her hand to draw a circle on Simon's heart, and made a few cuts from it: "You are a schizophrenic, you have all kinds of personalities."
"No one has dared to reveal my scars for a long time. You said that, and it seems that I need to be punished."
Janet also hugged Simon's waist and raised her fair face: "Come on, and then I tell Bing... Auntie, you bullied me."
Simon lowered his head and kissed the woman's face, then asked, "Where's the person?"
Janet blinked her big eyes: "He was here just now. He touched his heels twice and then disappeared. He should go back to Australia."
When Simon saw Janet making fun of him with a reference to "The Wizard of Oz", he bit the woman's nose in a pretentious manner, but was laughed at and dodged.
After a few jokes, Janet stepped forward slightly and bit Simon on the chin before letting go of her arms around him: "Over there in the pond, Moer is raising more and more ducks. We need to catch them and send them away. One batch.”
"oh."
Simon responded, feeling the woman's strange tone, and then said: "Let's continue trying on clothes. You must have some, right? Let me see if they look pretty."
Janet pushed him towards the door: "Go ahead, go ahead, and don't get angry at Moer."
As Simon walked, he couldn't help but argue: "I've always been a good policeman with my son, right?"
“嘁…”
Janet sneered, not even bothering to point out someone.
The pond on the northwest side of Shell Villa was very lively. When Simon came here, a group of female maids and guards were catching ducks with long poles and nets. Fortunately, although they were wild ducks that could fly, because the life in the Dume Cape Manor was too An Yi has lost certain instincts to a large extent, making it easier to catch.
On the east side of the pond, one big and one small were loading wild ducks into cages. Seeing Simon approaching, Veronica, who was wearing a denim overalls and a sunhat, stood up first, and Melbourne followed suit. Obediently, he greeted me first: "Good afternoon, Dad."
Simon nodded slightly, saw Veronica open her arms to him, stepped forward and hugged her gently, then let go and took a wild duck that a waitress had just brought over, and asked: "Where are you going to send it?"
"There is a park in San Francisco. Mom has agreed. I will take leave tomorrow to send the ducks there with Nana. No one will be hunting there." Melbourne squatted next to Veronica and handed over a pair with a little attentiveness. Gauntlet came over, listened to his father's question, and took the initiative to explain. After a little hesitation, he asked: "Dad, do you want to go together?"
Simon stuffed the duck in his hand into the cage, then picked up his gloves and put them on. Hearing this, he shook his head and said, "We still have to work."
Melbourne nodded his head and said 'hmm', then he felt that the sound of 'hmm' was a bit loud, and guiltily glanced at his father from the corner of his eye. Fortunately, everything was fine, so he felt relieved.
Veronica waited for the father and son next to her to finish speaking, and while busy, she also spoke: "Ray said he wants you to go to Australia to spend Christmas together. Did Jenny tell you?"
Simon shook his head and said, "Okay."
After saying that, I remembered that there are still more than two months before the end of the year, but thinking about it again, now that the family has to arrange their schedule, it really needs to be advanced.
After saying this, the atmosphere immediately fell into silence, except for the quacking of caught ducks. After a while, it was Simon who spoke first and asked Veronica: "Is the integration of Bihe going smoothly in Australia?"
"The review of each country has basically passed. I will go to New York and London this time to discuss the detailed merger details with the management of each subsidiary," Veronica finished, and then continued: "The share you transferred to Australia The memo to develop the gaming industry has already been implemented."
Simon nodded and added: "Actually, I have recently considered that in addition to games, Australia can also try to develop semiconductors."
"Lack of basics."
"Australia will not encounter a technology blockade. This is the biggest foundation. In terms of talents, special scholarships can be set up to attract local and overseas college students to invest in this field. Moreover, the fields involved do not need to be too comprehensive, even if they only specialize in one direction, such as If wafer foundry or memory chips are perfected, there will be no problem in becoming a pillar industry in the future. Don’t worry about the most critical market, Tinker Bayer can completely digest it.”
"In this case, I will send an email back tonight and ask them to do some research first."
Just as she was talking, Janet came over and took a look at the harmonious appearance of the three people there. She felt relieved and went to the cage, stretched out a slender finger to poke it, and said to the waitress next to her: " Pick two fat ones and make roast duck tonight," he said, looking at his son who immediately grimaced after hearing this: "Nana, come over, don't you want to entertain me?"
Melbourne felt it made sense and was speechless.
It was Veronica who spoke up: "I don't eat roast duck."
"Or, boiled?" Janet suggested again. When Veronica stared at her, she stuck out her tongue: "Okay, I won't eat it if I don't want to."
After saying that, he walked next to his man: "What were you talking about just now?"
Simon said: "Maybe we can also develop semiconductors in Australia."
Of course, Janet knew the Westeros system's layout for many key technology industries. She thought about it and said, "In Australia, the key is talent and market."
Simon smiled and said: "A small country like Finland can develop a Nokia. Australia's population is five times that of Finland. There is no reason why it can't be done. Moreover, we can also provide sufficient resources."
"Then let's do it," Janet nodded, and then said: "By the way, dad said he would let us stay there for a while during Christmas."
"Already know."
Janet glanced at Veronica, said nothing more, and started to join in the fun of putting the ducks in cages, but it was obviously more of a disservice.
Veronica was not idle. She only stayed here for two days and left Los Angeles the next afternoon.
At the same time, October 1998 was still lively.
First of all, it’s Daenerys’ side. As a box office dark horse released at the end of September, the sequel to “Happy Death Day” was quickly put on the agenda.
Simon didn't agree.
There is a sequel to "Happy Death Day" that I remember, but it's still the same routine. It adds an unexplainable reason for the heroine's death cycle. It's basically a continuation of the story.
Of course, Simon doesn't really mind if it makes money.
The problem is still considered in the general direction of the entire Hollywood film industry. For the same reason, Simon does not want the big screen to be filled with too many sequels, causing Hollywood to lose more and more creativity.
It's a small thing.
In addition, it is quickly spreading that Daenerys will reinvest huge sums of money to expand Blockbuster.
Daenerys's pursuit of a complete merger and acquisition of Blockbuster has been quite controversial during this period, mainly due to the industry's joint efforts to obstruct it, which has allowed the media to see too much to write about. For example, Hollywood finally realized that Daenerys Entertainment is too big. Start to fight back, blah blah blah.
However, many people have overlooked one point. Even without absolute control, Daenerys Entertainment has always had control of Blockbuster.
This time I want to take over Blockbuster completely. Since talking nicely to other parties doesn’t work, I’ll have to use force.
expansion.
Simple and crude.
With Daenerys Entertainment's strong content advantage, once Blockbuster seeks more market share at any cost, other competitors will have no power to resist.
When Blockbuster's market share increases, it is conceivable that other studios' peripheral channels will be even more constrained. With video tape revenue almost equal to that of theaters and often even higher, major studios simply dare not imagine that Blockbuster's market share will increase. The result of Star's monopoly market.
After a short wait and see, it was discovered that Daenerys had no intention of playing tricks. When the news was announced, store location selection began in some core markets. The originally tough parties quickly softened.
It is expected that the matter will be fully negotiated in October.
Furthermore, it is still Daenerys Entertainment. The full-year financial report for fiscal year 1998 from October 1997 to September 1998 will be officially released on Monday, October 19th in the middle of the month.
Daenerys Entertainment has experienced rapid growth and large-scale mergers and acquisitions in the past few years, especially after its revenue reached an astonishing amount of more than 40 billion US dollars. In the eyes of many people, the revenue growth rate of this media and entertainment giant will be substantial. Slowing down, after the last fiscal year, the industry generally predicts that Daenerys' revenue growth in fiscal year 1998 will shrink significantly to between 5% and 10%.
However, the final data exceeded expectations.
This is mainly due to the continued growth of Daenerys' game business, especially the consecutive hit games, which have brought large profits to Daenerys Entertainment.
Finally, in fiscal year 1998, Daenerys Entertainment's annual revenue increased by 12.6% year-on-year to US$47.1 billion. Not surprisingly, it is likely to exceed the US$50 billion mark next year. At the same time, Daenerys Entertainment’s full-year net profit reached a new high, reaching US$7.61 billion.
In my memory, around 2010, Disney’s peak revenue was only around US$50 billion.
Daenerys Entertainment has now reached the peak level of Disney, the former Hollywood overlord, at least 10 years ahead of schedule. In fact, it is obvious that by only occupying nearly half of Hollywood’s film business, Daenerys has already left behind the former Disney. Disney.
In addition, Daenerys Entertainment has also successfully developed a very profitable video game business.
As for the game business alone, Simon knows very well that if it continues to develop and maintain its current strength, it will be enough to support Daenerys's additional $500 billion market value.
Therefore, not surprisingly, it is only a matter of time before Daenerys Entertainment’s market value exceeds the trillion-dollar mark.
It's certainly early days.
However, stimulated by Daenerys's eye-catching financial report on October 19, Daenerys Entertainment's stock price surged 5.3% on that day alone, with a single-day stock appreciation of more than 20 billion U.S. dollars. At the close of Monday, Daenerys Entertainment The market capitalization has reached US$450.1 billion, continuing to lead the New York Stock Exchange. Looking at the entire North American stock market, it is second only to Igret.