When the knock on the door rang, Jiang Shanwu had already been up and busy for more than an hour. It was around six o'clock in the morning.
This is also a hacienda in San Lucas, Mexico.
Chen Qing is pregnant and is not suitable for travel for the time being, so she sent Jiang Shanwu here this time. On the one hand, she is sending gifts to her boss, and on the other hand, she will go to New York later to handle some work matters on behalf of Chen Qing.
After agreeing, Jiang Shanwu cut off the page on his laptop and closed the internal information on several major smuggling cases that China was investigating recently. The door had been pushed open, and in came a mother and her daughter, one old and one young. The two are so similar that you can recognize them at a glance.
Jiang Shanwu lit up the swivel chair and turned around from the small desk against the wall. She frowned slightly and looked at the woman holding her little girl: "What's going on so early?"
The woman's name is Lu Chunxia, she is in her thirties, nearly 1.7 meters tall, wearing a white shirt and black slacks, with a diamond-shaped face that naturally looks arrogant and indifferent, and even looks a bit like a supermodel.
However, in front of Jiang Shanwu, the woman did not have the aloofness given to her by her face and figure. Instead, she was a little humble. She noticed the small details of Jiang Shanwu's frown and became obviously more uneasy. She said softly: "Miss Jiang, I heard Xiao Yu say , said he was going back to China today?"
Xiao Yu is Yu Tingyu.
Because he liked his boss very much and was very satisfied with Chen Qing, he got permission and rushed over together. He was mainly responsible for the group of women this time.
Jiang Shanwu understood the woman's intention after hearing only one sentence, and said directly: "If the boss likes anyone, he will stay, and the others will go back. That's it, let's go out."
Lu Chunxia did not go out, but subconsciously took a step forward: "Miss Jiang, Mr. Westeros, obviously likes me, and Wei Rui," the woman said and pulled her daughter towards her: "Can you please help us stay in the United States?"
Jiang Shanwu frowned again and raised his hand to signal the woman to come forward further. When she came closer, he bowed down in cooperation and raised his hand to move forward: "Don't you understand what I just said? Get out."
The woman was stunned by the sudden blow. She covered one side of her face and looked at Jiang Shanwu who was leaning on the swivel chair. Her eyes didn't dare to hold any grudge, only a few more tears. She was still begging. After a moment's hesitation, she saw Jiang Shanwu raised his hand again before he had to take a step back, dragging his girl out of the door slowly.
After sending away the woman who didn't understand the rules, Jiang Shanwu turned to his desk again. After a while of busy work, he saw that it was almost time, left the room with a stack of documents, and went to the main building restaurant.
Simon had just sat down in the restaurant, along with Li Fuzhen, who had been staying here for the weekend.
After saying hello, Jiang Shanwu put the stack of information in the hands of his boss and introduced it in Chinese: "Boss, this is the information on several smuggling cases that have been investigated recently in the country, as well as the inside story that we have compiled through our own channels. file."
Simon didn't open it immediately and said, "I'll take it to the plane to read it later. Let's sit together."
Jiang Shanwu agreed, walked around to the other side of the dining table, sat down, ordered breakfast, and ignored Li Fuzhen's dissatisfied look next to her, and continued: "Boss, where will you put the women this time, or will the boss pick some to keep and send the rest back home? "
Jiang Shanwu still spoke Chinese, but Li Fuzhen seemed to understand something and glanced over suspiciously.
Jiang Shanwu still ignored it.
"Go back, there is nothing for them to do if they are crowded here," Simon said, then thought about it and said, "Don't you want to go to New York? You can take them to play for a few days."
The thought in Jiang Shanwu's mind was that she didn't want to take them to play. She was going to work, but she agreed without hesitation: "Okay, boss."
Simon remembered something and asked: "I recently saw that the plan for the college campus in Changping, Beijing, has been finalized. Are you planning to acquire land again?"
"Yes," Jiang Shanwu nodded: "Our affiliated company plans to acquire at least 2,000 acres of land in Changping. Currently, not counting the rose garden project and the film and television city project, the land acquired in advance last year has reached 1,200 acres. "
Simon thought for a while and said: "Tell Xiaoqing later, no more. The core of China's real estate development will still be the central areas of major cities for a long time in the future. If you want to develop a suburban economy like the West, it will not be possible in the short term." possible."
"I will tell Sister Chen," Jiang Shanwu agreed, but added: "Actually, we also have a similar judgment from the boss. Therefore, the relevant land is mainly for the development of high-end villa properties, and will not involve mid- to low-income families. On the other side, for the rich, the location is a bit remote and the impact is not big, and we will also provide sufficient supporting facilities, such as international schools, etc. In addition, when the film and television city project is completed, new campuses of various universities will be completed. It will bring us enough high-end consumer groups.”
Simon smiled and nodded: "It's good that you have this consideration."
After breakfast, Simon took Li Fuzhen and flew back to Los Angeles. The woman would then return to South Korea and asked Simon's Boeing 767 to take her back.
Jiang Shanwu took Yu Tingyu, Shen Lin and more than a dozen other women to New York.
Time is quickly entering late April.
Last year's midterm elections were a turning point. The Clinton sex scandal that had been going on for several years had come to an end. The 2000 election campaign had not yet begun. There have been no major events in the United States recently. What can be called a "social incident" here will probably happen. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace will be released on May 19th.
The key is overseas.
The first is still the war in Kosovo.
While NATO air forces continue to carry out large-scale bombings in Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands is building momentum for the prosecution of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The purpose was simple, to force Yugoslavia to surrender and recognize Kosovo's independence. At the same time, it would be best for Milosevic to be wiser, step down on his own initiative, and allow the entire country to accept Western liberal democratic transformation so that everyone can live a better life.
In addition, on the Russian side, someone who has officially become the Prime Minister has also begun his own layout, frequently expressing his stance on the situation in Yugoslavia, and at the same time beginning to make some proactive military deployments.
People with keen intuition have discovered that a certain person seems to have made more public appearances than Yeltsin, but Yeltsin seems to have acquiesced in this and has not taken any major measures. Obviously, this should be the successor, so the intelligence agencies of various countries have begun to collect information on each other.
Then there’s China.
While most international media are turning their attention to Yugoslavia, China's new phase of economic reform is in full swing.
After several months of deliberation, China has begun to crack down on smuggling vigorously.
It's really a big move.
Moreover, the amounts of money involved in the major smuggling cases that were discovered were all shocking.
For example, a certain company in Xiamen was once again cited as a model. The amount involved exceeded 50 billion yuan. In just five years, the amount of tax evasion exceeded 10 billion yuan.
What is the concept
Let’s just say that in China, pure tax revenue is only about 80 billion yuan per month. And the amount of tax evasion by just one company actually reached one-eighth of the country's monthly tax revenue!
Some people may think that it’s only one-eighth of a month, not much
The problem is that the cumulative tax evasion amount of a company can be compared to a certain extent with the tax volume of a country. Isn't this shocking enough? After all, in normal cognition, there should never be any comparison between the two.
Having already had an impact on the national economy and people's livelihood, China's crackdown on the smuggling industry can be called a cure.
The Westeros system also likes this.
After all, most of them are serious businesses, like Excellence, which has been approved to merge with Lenovo.
Previously, it has been difficult for excellent PC products to obtain obvious price advantages in coastal areas. The key reason is that smuggling is too rampant. Others don't have to pay taxes, and the price is definitely much lower than a superior PC that needs to pay taxes. Now that smuggling has been curbed, it's definitely a huge plus for Excellence.
time flies.
May 1999 came quickly.
Simon, who has been paying close attention to the war situation in Yugoslavia, has not been able to receive some possible relevant information, whether it is Washington or the Weiji private army in the theater, so it is inevitable to relax a little and start to welcome the arrival of the summer vacation.
Before that, we still have to pay attention to the Easter schedule that has passed.
The three major films related to the Westeros system in the Easter schedule, "American Pie 2" which opened on March 26, will be in the last box office week of April, the week of April 23 to April 29, and then It collected US$7.66 million, and the cumulative box office reached US$110.99 million, becoming the second film directly produced by Daenerys in 1999 with a box office of over 100 million US dollars.
A little earlier, the US version of "Love Call Transfer" has entered the final stage with a single-week box office of less than one million U.S. dollars. After the box office week ended on April 29, the cumulative box office was 141.36 million U.S. dollars, and it is expected to continue to do so. It collected two to three million U.S. dollars, and the domestic box office hit around 143 million U.S. dollars.
In addition, the overseas box office of the US version of "Aihu" is also very impressive. Following recent feedback, the cumulative box office in various overseas markets is expected to hit the 200 million threshold.
Overall a huge profit.
Then there is "Resident Evil" directed by Zack Snyder. As of its fourth week of release on April 29, it has collected another US$6.37 million, bringing the cumulative box office to US$71.3 million. Next, it will definitely have no problem with the domestic box office exceeding 80 million.
Although it has no hope of breaking over 100 million in China, the overseas performance of this new concept zombie film is quite impressive.
The film recently opened in Japan, with a box office equivalent to US$17 million in its first week. It is expected that just one box office in Japan will contribute US$40 million to US$50 million in box office revenue. The overseas box office of the film has also exceeded 100 million US dollars. In the last week of April, the cumulative total has exceeded 120 million US dollars, and the total overseas box office is expected to be between 180 million and 200 million US dollars.
The cost is 35 million yuan, and the global box office is estimated to be 260 million to 280 million yuan. It is also a rare success.
Stimulated by the blockbuster success of "Resident Evil", various Hollywood studios have recently begun to prepare their own zombie film projects.
Furthermore, the "Resident Evil" stand-alone game was also officially launched at the end of April. Stimulated by the success of the movie version, it was only the first batch of launches in some markets such as the United States, Britain, and Japan. The cumulative sales in the first week exceeded 460,000 units. Such a start means that it is certain that the total sales of this first-generation game will exceed 5 million, and it is not impossible to hit 10 million sales.
For a relatively niche horror game, such sales figures are already phenomenal.
Moreover, the success of "Resident Evil" also announced one thing to the industry. Daenerys has not completely turned to online games, and the stand-alone genre is still valued by the game department.
Finally, the three companies collaborated on "Public Enemy", which was released by MGM.
Also in the four weeks ending April 29, "Public Enemy" earned US$9.73 million in the latest week, pushing the total box office to US$111.02 million. The film is expected to have a box office potential of about 20 million in the follow-up. The domestic box office is about 130 million US dollars, temporarily ranking third in the year, behind the US version of "Aihu", and will definitely surpass "American Pie 2" in the future.
Of course, if you consider the blockbuster-level cost of US$70 million, "Public Enemy" is expected to have a global box office of just over 300 million. Although it is expected to enter a profit cycle in just the theater stage, it will not be compared with the US version of "Hoo" and "American Pie" 2" is still far behind, and the profit scale is not even as good as "Resident Evil".
Overall, it was a perfect end to the Easter season for Daenerys Entertainment.
Next comes summer.
In the excessive month of May, as the release date of "Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace" gets closer and closer, the atmosphere surrounding the movie market is becoming more and more lively.
Amid this excitement, May 8, a very special day in Simon’s memory, passed quietly.
Simon specially asked someone to compile some information.
On that day, NATO forces dispatched approximately 600 combat aircraft of various types to attack more than 40 targets in Yugoslavia, but everything was normal.
Including the days before and after.
Simon never believed in anything unprovoked. What's more, in the past, many signs showed that the bombing was not an accident, and it had nothing to do with a mistake. An ultra-long-range bomber bypassed the NATO system. How could it be a mistake to take off from the United States and directly attack the target across tens of thousands of kilometers
Regardless, whatever the hell was going on with the whole thing, it clearly didn't happen this time.
fine.
In mid-May, as the Yugoslavia finally couldn't hold on anymore, it took the initiative to sue for peace. The two fighting parties began negotiations, and the intensive bombing that lasted for more than a month gradually slowed down.
In short, Daenerys can safely produce the "Everest" documentary project jointly produced by both parties, and there will be no interference in the distribution of Hollywood movies in China in the second half of the year.