"Batman" has begun the final stage of editing work. Simon is still busy with the post-production of the film in the morning, and has a half-day distribution meeting in the afternoon.
Today is Monday, August 7th.
After the release of the last new film "Uncle Buck" this Friday, Daenerys Entertainment's summer release work this year will officially come to an end.
As of now, Daenerys Entertainment has released a total of 7 films this year, namely "Blue Angel", "Metropolis", "Sisters", "The Evil Dead 2", "Sid Sisters", "Sisters" "The Bodyguard" and "The Sixth Sense", among which only two movies, "The Bodyguard" and "The Sixth Sense" are enough to support Daenerys Entertainment's performance throughout the year, and other released films are also full of highlights.
Next, counting "Uncle Buck", there are still 10 films related to Daenerys Entertainment waiting to be released in the second half of the year.
Among them, "One Flew Over the Child" and "Batman" will be released by Warner Bros. Pictures, and their schedules are determined to be November 17 and December 22 respectively.
The other 8 films include "Uncle Buck," "Sweet Sister," "The Woman on the Roof," "Angels," "Scream 2," "My Left Foot," "The Gucci Documentary" and "For "Driving Miss Daisy" is operated by three labels under Daenerys Entertainment, and its schedule covers all five months of the second half of the year.
At the same time, because Daenerys Entertainment has set up branches in major overseas box office countries such as Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, and Australia, starting from the four "Scream" films at the end of last year, Dany Nelis Entertainment's overseas distribution work has been ongoing without interruption.
The focus of overseas distribution in the second half of the year will be three summer movies.
Burbank.
Daenerys Entertainment Branch, at five o'clock in the afternoon, the four-hour meeting ended.
While most people were starting to leave after get off work, Simon and Ella Deutschman made an appointment to see a sample of "Driving Miss Daisy" and would stay for another two hours.
In the conference room.
Amy noticed that Simon had been in a very good mood since breakfast today. After everyone dispersed, she called out to Simon, then motioned for Ella to leave first, pulled up a chair and sat down at the conference table.
Knowing that Amy had something to talk about, Simon sat down again and asked with a smile: "What's wrong?"
"That's right," Amy carefully considered her words and said, "Simon, Rem came to see me this morning."
Simon roughly realized what he was talking about and just motioned for Amy to continue.
Amy continued: "The news I heard during this time is that Sony originally intended to invite Bob to take charge of Samsung Pictures after the acquisition was completed. Because of the recent events of the 10 movies, Sony should have given up this idea. Bao Bo means that he no longer asks for a salary increase. However, he wants the company to help pay for a property he is looking at on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, priced at $3 million."
Robert Rehm's contract just expired at the end of July, and he received the full $3 million bonus on the original contract last week.
Simon was actually also concerned about Rem's actions.
If it weren't for Sony's fight for Daenerys Entertainment's 10 movie quota, perhaps Rem would have resigned from Simon by now.
Seeing Simon tapping his fingers lightly on the table and not responding immediately, Amy could only continue: "Simon, compared to the additional reward package of US$15 million for the creators of "The Sixth Sense", Rem's request is not It’s not too much, and the results of his work over the past year are obvious to all.”
The release of "The Sixth Sense" has entered its sixth week.
Last Friday, according to the tiered sharing plan between the company and theaters, Daenerys Entertainment has recovered its first box office share of US$106.13 million from a total box office of US$150.02 million in the first four weeks. According to the global box office expectations of "The Sixth Sense" of US$600 million, this movie will only be a box office success, and at least it will bring Daenerys Entertainment a share of no less than US$150 million in revenue.
Excluding all costs, Daenerys Entertainment's net profit will not be less than US$220 million in the next year just through the theatrical release of "The Sixth Sense", and the subsequent video tape and TV broadcast revenue will be equally generous.
Comprehensive calculations show that during the entire profit cycle, the net profit contributed by "The Sixth Sense" to Daenerys Entertainment will not be less than US$500 million.
On the other hand, many things that have happened recently are changing some of Simon's ideas.
The billions of dollars of funds hoarded overseas and a series of huge assets under the name of Westeros Corporation that continued to increase in value made Simon realize that although some things were not feasible for the time being, the wealth he now owned probably would not be spent in a lifetime. .
Immediately afterwards, Daenerys Entertainment's 10 foreign cooperation film plans triggered a fanatical pursuit in Hollywood, making Simon understand that sometimes sharing the benefits can not only protect oneself, but also obtain unexpected power and more benefits.
The announcement of the 10-movie plan instantly resolved the WGA investigation, prompting Orion to settle the arrears for "Pulp Fiction". MGM no longer mentioned the "Rain Man" lawsuit, and Sony, which was about to complete its acquisition of Columbia, voluntarily gave up on the project. Daenerys Entertainment's plan to poach people, as well as the fact that Simon was more enthusiastic than ever at last night's party, all mean that Daenerys Entertainment and Simon's personal influence on Hollywood has suddenly increased.
Obviously, these are undoubtedly implicit powers.
At the same time, although Daenerys Entertainment only accounted for half of the investment in the 10 movies and voluntarily gave up the income from distribution, due to Simon's prophetic advantage, the projects he selected should have been very successful. Now it is equivalent to Daenerys Entertainment takes away nearly half of the revenue that should go entirely to other Hollywood studios.
In addition, yesterday I heard that Steve Ross rewarded the crew of "Lethal Weapon" with a sports car, which also made Simon realize another truth. Spending money is not just about buying physical objects. Spending money on people is also a kind of consumption. ’, and often get unexpected rewards.
Therefore, Simon and Amy discussed an additional reward plan for the creator of "The Sixth Sense" at breakfast today, totaling $15 million.
Among them, De Niro is US$5 million. This award can bring his total salary from the project to the current top level in Hollywood of US$10 million. The other producers are US$2 million, and the director is US$2 million. For playing Cole, The minor actors received US$1 million, and the remaining supporting actors and the film's creators shared the final US$5 million.
Such a bonus is not much compared to the expected huge revenue of "The Sixth Sense", but it is rare for a production company to actively distribute additional bonuses after a box office hit. In the memory of Simon II, On the other hand, there are many cases where movie companies find ways to devour the creators’ due share after a box office hit.
The current salary of Hollywood's A-list stars has begun to reach the level of tens of millions of dollars.
In order to control budget costs and prevent film companies from being reduced to supporting actors who 'work' for stars, Simon will still try his best to suppress the stars' salaries, but at the same time, he also plans to set up more reasonable sharing plans so that the creators can get more after the box office hits. income.
As for the matter at hand.
Although some of Simon's ideas began to change, one thing remained the same. He still disliked people who broke the contract.
The most fundamental reason for Daenerys Entertainment's smooth expansion of its distribution network this year is the support of a series of blockbuster films. Without these bargaining chips, it is impossible for Daenerys Entertainment to attract major theater chains in North America, let alone quickly expand overseas.
Simon actually has a positive attitude towards Robert Rem's work results, and he is also a person who is very nostalgic for the past, advocating the concept that the clothes are not as good as the new ones, and the old people are not as good as the old ones. If Rem can work conscientiously to complete his three-year contract period, Simon will definitely give him a contract extension salary package that is satisfactory to him.
Now.
Simon stopped tapping his fingers on the table and nodded: "Since he wants it, then give it to him. In addition, I plan to integrate various overseas branches into a unified subsidiary to be responsible for the operation of the overseas distribution network. As well as investment in overseas film projects, as for the name, it is called Daenerys International. You have been looking for management candidates recently. Also, the window period for several films such as last year's "Scream" has ended, and the company has taken over The video business will explode, and Daenerys Home Entertainment will need a dedicated person in charge."
When Amy heard what Simon said, she knew that he was really annoyed. She thought about it and said, "Can there be a gap between these two things?"
"If Sony hadn't given up on its own initiative, I should have received my resignation letter by now." Simon shook his head, looked at Amy and said seriously: "I am actually a person who is very afraid of owing others, which makes me feel very uncomfortable. So. , I will give you more as long as I can. However, I also really don’t like a person to overestimate his own importance and use it to ask for something he doesn’t deserve.”
After saying this, without waiting for Amy to respond, Simon stood up and walked out.
It was already seven o'clock when we arrived at the branch's screening room and watched the demos of "Driving Miss Daisy" with Deutschman. We had dinner together by the way. Simon did not go back to Trousdale, Beverly Hills. Manor residence, but returned to a villa on the west side of Malibu's Dume Point.
It’s Monday night here in Los Angeles, and it’s already Tuesday afternoon in Melbourne, and several major stock exchanges in Asia have basically closed.
After calling, Janet told Simon that the Nikkei 225 index officially exceeded 38,000 points at the close of Tuesday afternoon local time.
Out of caution, the two men only touched on the topic.
Simon's goal is too obvious, and Americans have a long history of eavesdropping. It is difficult to say whether his home phone will be eavesdropped. During this period, some important information was delivered through the most primitive manual methods, with staff traveling between Melbourne, Los Angeles and New York every day.
Simon and Janet talked on the phone for more than two hours, mainly discussing their vacation schedule starting next month.
After hanging up the phone at eleven o'clock, Simon read the script for another hour before taking a break.
The next morning I saw more detailed information.
The Japanese stock market closed at 38076 on August 8, local time. During this period, Cersei Capital Funds 1 to 5, which were still ostensibly operated by Janet and Anthony on behalf of others, did not clear out their positions according to Simon’s plan. Instead, it continues to remain net long, with its current net asset value reaching US$3.29 billion.
Due to the strict confidentiality measures taken by all parties, the news that funds No. 1 to 5 have changed owners has not been leaked at all.
With the current growth momentum of the Japanese stock market, Simon feels that there is absolutely no problem with the Nikkei 225 index hitting the 40,000-point mark this time. Of course, all this has nothing to do with him.
According to the established plan, Cersei Capital funds No. 6 to 10 have recently begun to establish short contracts in the North American stock market and bond market targeting junk bond-related companies.
Unlike stock index futures, the operation of short selling stocks and bonds is much more complicated and can easily be detected and counterattacked by the target company. However, the junk bond market in North America totaling 200 billion US dollars, as well as the stocks of related companies with a total scale of hundreds of billions of dollars, are enough for Cersei Capital, which has only 5 billion US dollars in capital, to complete its layout without arousing too many people's alarm.
This is actually the reason why Simon limited Cersei's capital size in the first place.
With Simon's current appeal, Cersei Capital can easily raise a huge amount of tens of billions of dollars if it is open to attracting investments. But if it really does this, Cersei Capital, which is large enough to disturb the market, will not be able to attract investment. Don't think about doing anything big again.
When he went to Melbourne last time, based on his own memory and the information collected by Janet, Cersei Capital had confirmed the operation plan for North America. Simon was only paying attention to it in general and was not involved in the specific operations.
Something to be investigated by the Writers Guild of America.
After two weeks of negotiations, Daenerys Entertainment finally reached an agreement with the Writers Guild of America. Daenerys Entertainment admitted to violating WGA regulations on two scripts for "Scream" and "The Sixth Sense" , at a cost of US$100,000 per script, and paid a total fine of US$200,000 to obtain forgiveness from the WGA.
Everyone knows that this is just Daenerys Entertainment giving WGA a step up.
As for the compensation that Bruce Joey Robin tried to fight for, because both parties were completely voluntary during the signing of the agreement, the WGA ruled that Bruce Joey Robin also committed active violations and therefore did not support Bruce Joey Robin's appeal. .
The agreement signed by both parties did not violate relevant federal regulations. The key to this dispute lies in the attitude of the union.
Now, without union support, even if the two sides go to court, it is completely impossible for Bruce Joy Robin to receive any compensation. What's more, it is well known that litigation in the United States is expensive. Bruce Joy Robin obviously did not have enough capital to file a lawsuit against Daenerys Entertainment. He could only stop after the WGA made a ruling.
Many people understand the origin of Daenerys Entertainment's 10 foreign cooperation film plan. The dispute with the union has been completed. The attention of the entire Hollywood has turned to this matter, and the media has also paid more attention to it, because Simon has been delaying No selected screenplay projects have been announced, and some have even begun to worry about whether he will go back on his word.