Simon's pessimism about the future of the world did not affect the expansion of the Westeros system at all. In the following days, many plans for Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and even Africa were continuously and intensively advanced.
Time quickly entered May of 2000.
Here in North America, May has arrived, the summer movie season is approaching, and the Easter season in April has also come to an end successfully.
As of May 4, Daenerys Entertainment's "Blair Witch 2", which is the main Easter release, has made another $18.61 million in its third week of release, pushing the film's total box office to $96.49 million. It successfully broke through the box office in the following weekend. 100 million, becoming Daenerys Entertainment's third film in 2000 to break into the 100 million dollar box office club in North America.
Except for Blair Witch 2, some of the other six films in the Easter schedule are expected to have a domestic box office of more than 80 million, second only to The Witch 2, and some have a cost of 30 million, but the local box office is less than 10 million, which is disappointing.
It’s basically the normal state of a big studio.
Of course, this is the normal state of Daenerys Entertainment, which currently has a legacy far beyond that of other Hollywood studios.
Also worth mentioning is the lost martial arts world.
After the box office average of US$5.33 million exceeded 10,000 US dollars in the first week, the number of screens increased in the second week. Although the film's box office did not reverse the decline, it only saw a slight decrease of 7%. It collected another US$4.96 million, and the cumulative box office successfully exceeded the 10 million mark. Reaching $10.29 million.
It unexpectedly exceeded 10 million in two weeks, and the original best box office expectation of 15 million US dollars for "The Lost Martial Arts" has been raised again. Looking at the current situation, it is not impossible to hit 20 million US dollars.
Although this figure is nothing to Daenerys, Jinshu, even if it can only get 30% of the gross profit share, based on the 20 million theater box office in North America, it can already get a share of 2.4 million US dollars. , equivalent to nearly 20 million yuan, which is already the income level of a 100-million-yuan blockbuster in China.
What's more, this is only part of the North American theater chain.
If this documentary can achieve such success in North American theaters, we can look forward to its follow-up channels and overseas distribution.
Due to the success of the project, after communicating with the Chinese side, the two parties temporarily decided to send the documentary to the upcoming Cannes Film Festival in France. Of course, it is impossible to participate in the competition. It will only be screened in a marketing style to promote the project in Europe. issued.
In addition to movies, in Silicon Valley, the continued popularity of ibox-10 has driven the stocks of related companies such as Tinker Bayer to rise steadily, and has also allowed the Nasdaq index to continue to break new highs. After the bubble burst for the first time in March 1997, the technology stock market once again rushed to an unknown peak.
Everyone knows that after the peak comes the trough, but countless investors just hope that they can escape before the trough.
Simon doesn't know how high the Nasdaq can go this time, but he gradually has some expectations for the coming trough. The main thing is that Simon has received news from the Federal Reserve that starting from the second half of the year, July to be precise, another round of U.S. dollar interest rate hikes will begin again.
It is true that raising interest rates will trigger a return of U.S. dollars, but at the same time, it also means a tightening of market liquidity, leading to a sharp decline in stock market funds.
In the original time and space, the U.S. dollar's interest rate hikes around the millennium were from the second half of 1999 to the first half of 2000, lasting about a year, and eventually caused the Nasdaq index to break in early 2000 after breaking through 5,000 points. This time, Simon's big butterfly has had a great impact on the US economy. One of them is that this round of US dollar interest rate hike cycle has been delayed by a full year.
The Westeros system's early deployment of new technology fields has allowed the entire Internet industry to develop three to five years ahead of schedule. The current industry fundamentals are far better than Internet 1.0, which was only a concept stage.
However, no matter how good the fundamentals are, there are limits after all.
Weijia's think tank team determines that the current Nasdaq market is in a relatively healthy state around 3,000 points, and cannot exceed 4,000 points at most. The market value of leading Internet companies such as Igret, Tinker Bayer, and Cisco also maintains At around US$300 billion, it may be on the high side, but considering the growth potential, it is considered reasonable.
Now, the market index has more than doubled, and the market value of leading stocks has skyrocketed, and it continues to rise. Faced with the upcoming interest rate hike, it is only a matter of time before it collapses again.
For Simon, apart from occasionally listening to people around him talk about his latest net worth, he doesn't pay much attention to other things.
The most important thing is the present.
Right now, in May, the first thing that caught Simon's attention was the official inauguration of Russia's new president on May 7.
Simon had the opportunity to completely change the political landscape of the world for the next two decades to some extent, but ultimately did not do so. As for the future, only time will verify whether it is right or wrong.
Another thing happened as planned.
On May 11, when the summer vacation in North America began to warm up, a piece of news suddenly appeared in many mainstream media in the West because it involved Simon Weiss. Tello.
A large coffee plantation invested by the Westeros Company in Angola, Africa, was attacked. Large parts of the plantation were burned, and more than 20 people were killed and injured.
The perpetrators were quickly identified as members of the Angolan opposition group belonging to Savimbi.
No one cared about the tens of millions of casualties surrounding the civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A plantation attack case made headlines. Even if it was related to Simon Westeros, keen people still noticed something fishy.
A Portuguese media even contacted Savimbi, the leader of the opposition armed forces who once had good relations with the United States. The other party's submission was simply decisive. In front of reporters, he shot more than a dozen so-called so-called rebels at his residence in front of reporters. The 'perpetrator' apologized to Simon and expressed his willingness to make compensation.
However, the Westeros family seemed extremely tough this time and also issued a very widespread statement that appeared in the world's mainstream media.
First of all, of course, we must win over moral public opinion and revive the Westeros system’s political, economic and military support and assistance to Africa over the years. Secondly, there is also the legal aspect. The Westeros system will not be able to support Africa this time. will act without authorization and will join forces with the Angolan government.
Finally, there is the disposal plan. The Westeros family did not accept Savimbi's apology and even gave an outrageous reason. Even if the incident had nothing to do with Savimbi, the attacker was also the other party's subordinate and was jointly and severally responsible. Therefore, the Westeros family will provide multi-faceted support to assist the Angolan government to completely eradicate the Savimbi armed forces entrenched in southeastern Angola and ensure that the life and property safety of the Angolan people will no longer be threatened.
In addition to the statement, many people also noticed some statements made by several spokespersons from various aspects of the Westeros family with almost the same tone: Any force that dares to harm the Westeros family, whether it is those standing in front of the stage or hiding behind Behind the scenes, the Westeros family will pursue it to the end and retaliate in kind.
An insider knows the way.
This sudden strong argument inexplicably reminded some people of the rather turbulent 1994. Is it possible that another big event is going to happen in this world