Jennifer listened to Simon's emotion and said: "According to the results of dad's recent negotiations with Nokia, we only need about 200 million US dollars to fully take over Nokia's mobile communication equipment department. Counting the subsequent operating expenses, the total expenditure within a year is about It will not exceed 250 million, because there are currently no other large-scale investment projects overseas, so we can only withdraw funds domestically."
Simon originally planned to acquire a majority stake in Nokia through capital injection, but due to the turmoil in the political situation in Eastern Europe and Nokia's own eagerness to streamline its business, the other party took the initiative to ask Westeros to take over all of Nokia's mobile communications equipment department if it wanted it.
Although the current Nokia mobile communication equipment department is still completely unable to compare with Motorola, Simon found a large number of GSM-related second-generation digital communication technology patents during the process of checking its asset list. This company has other technologies in mobile communication. The accumulation is also deep enough.
Therefore, since the other party took the initiative and Simon had a large amount of funds in his hands, he would naturally not object to the plan to take over the whole business.
Except for Nokia, Simon has not found any other large-scale investment projects that are enough to satisfy the appetite of Westeros companies.
In comparison, withdrawing funds to the United States, because of Simon's prophetic advantage, not only MCA, but now investing in many other goals will be enough to bring him a return of ten times and a hundred times in the future, billions of dollars of funds, and the US domestic market will also be completely eaten up. Gotta go down.
However, the capital gains tax of up to 28% is really painful.
According to the current size of Cersei Capital, all the funds belonging to Simon will be transferred back to the country after settlement, but the taxes that need to be paid will exceed US$1 billion.
Simon even had the idea of changing his nationality. However, this idea was just a thought. Compared with other Western countries, although the tax system in the United States is complicated, it is actually not high. What's more, if Simon changes his nationality, his business expansion in the United States will definitely be subject to various strict restrictions.
Jennifer waited for Simon to think for a moment, then spoke again: "One more thing, there is news from Los Angeles. Australia's Qintex Group and MGM issued a statement at two o'clock in the afternoon. They have finalized a rough agreement. Qintex Group Chairman Christopher Scars said that as long as the funds are in place, both parties will be able to complete the transaction."
The female assistant said, taking out a page of information from the folder and handing it over.
Simon was a little surprised.
In my memory, Qintex Group did not successfully acquire MGM. What is going on now
After reading the statement document handed over by Jennifer, it turns out that Qintex Group recently successfully sold one of its resorts in Brisbane for US$430 million, and Qintex Group issued a US$500 million company for the purpose of acquiring MGM. The bonds have also received support from many Australian investment institutions.
Putting down the statement, Simon said: "Qintex is obviously insolvent, and there are still so many people stupid enough to join in the fun."
Jennifer looked at Simon's side face and said: "After the release of the Forbes rich list last month, Hollywood's attraction to capital has obviously increased a lot. Orion has also recently been discussing financing issues with a company in Canada. If it gets the money , this company may be able to survive the crisis.”
Simon tapped his fingers on the documents on his knees and said, "We can't let Orion survive the crisis. I'm still waiting to buy this company's film library."
He has always kept in mind Nancy Brill's proposal to Simon, and Orion does own a number of very high-quality film rights.
Jennifer smiled and said: "Is it because you didn't give Orion a place in the 10 projects this time?"
Simon nodded and said: "Yes, of course there is also the matter of Orion's default on the share of "Pulp Fiction". The situation of this company is getting worse and worse. If we continue to cooperate with them, we will definitely be owed money, or even not be able to recover the funds at all."
Five of the 10 external cooperation film projects of Daenerys Entertainment have been confirmed. In addition to the high quality of the projects themselves, Simon also has various specificities in the selection of cooperative companies.
Fox is because of the Murdoch family, Disney and Warner Bros. are because they had a very happy cooperation before, Columbia is because of Matthew Broderick's matter, and as for Universal, the cooperation with each other on "Dangerous Days" has arrived. In the end it will probably be your own.
The remaining Paramount, MGM and second-tier Orion, Simon has no intention of working with them again unless necessary.
Perhaps, after Qintex completes its acquisition of MGM, the company will also be lifted.
After all, it is still an Australian company.
Speaking of which, compared to Orion, MGM's film library is actually richer. This company was very powerful in the golden age of Hollywood.
Simon also specifically inquired about the capital game played by Ted Turner and Kirk Kerkorian a few years ago. In the end, Turner Broadcasting Company only retained the TV broadcast of MGM's pre-1986 film library. The authorization is not permanent and will expire in 2003.
Therefore, despite its decline, MGM is still the film company with the largest film library in Hollywood.
Based on the information previously provided by Janet, Simon determined that even if Qintex could buy MGM this time, the company would not be able to sustain it for long.
If it can take over MGM and the plan to merge with Universal can be successfully implemented, Daenerys Entertainment will definitely become the media company with the richest content resources in Hollywood, and it will also be able to maximize the business of Blockbuster retail chain channels. potential.
The Gulfstream IV landed at Santa Monica Airport more than 40 minutes later.
It was still only six o'clock in the afternoon.
Simon sent his female assistant back to rest, and came to Daenerys Entertainment headquarters again.
Before Amy got off work, the two discussed some company matters.
"Scream 2" will be released this Friday.
Going back to October 13th, Daenerys Entertainment's comic-book fantasy comedy "Angel" starring Daryl Hannah was officially launched in North American theaters, with an opening screen size of 1,638. Because of the attention Simon didn't pay much attention to the movie about the junk bond market thing.
In the first week from October 13th to October 19th, "Angel" earned US$7.16 million. According to the second weekend decline curve prediction, the total North American box office of the film is about US$20 million. Compared with the production cost of US$15 million, it is not a success, but it is not a failure either. The cost can be easily recovered through post-production operations.
Compared with other films at the end of the year such as "Angel" and "Scream 2", "Batman" is naturally still the top priority.
The promotional budget for "Batman" is as high as US$25 million. Although Warner Bros. Pictures is responsible for distribution, Daenerys Entertainment's promotional team is also involved. The two companies are working at the same time, which shows the importance they attach to the film. .
The official release date of "Batman" is December 22. The first 15-second trailer has been released on major TV stations in North America at the beginning of this month. Starting next month, the film will be released in 30-second and 1-minute-and-30-second trailers. Several other trailers for the duration.
Adam Baldwin, Valerie Golino and other main creatives have recently invested in the promotion of the film.
Although he pays close attention to all aspects of the release details of "Batman", Simon does not plan to participate too much in the film's promotional activities. He only plans to appear on some TV talk shows in December when the film is approaching release.
Simon has been busy continuously, and he has increasingly felt an obvious inability to do what he wants, so he is very eager to take a pause and carefully plan the future of his personal business territory.
In the following days, Simon was still busy with the promotion of the company's end-of-year films and the preparation of a series of projects. Stanford University's campus network upgrade project based on Igret's 'WWW' technology was also quickly completed after the Westeros Company's donation was received. start up.
Naturally, the public relations department of Westeros Company will not forget to conduct appropriate media publicity for this donation.
This continued until October 26, when Simon was hosting the audition for the role of "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle". Jennifer suddenly sent a handwritten text message from Janet from Melbourne. The content was very simple, following up on Cersei Capital's hedging. Funds began to flee.
Many people are monitoring the operations of Cersei Capital, and similarly, Cersei Capital is also paying close attention to the developments of its peers.
Now that someone had begun to react, Simon completely let go of the matter, whispered to the female assistant to destroy the letter, and turned his attention to the audition in front of him again.
Because it was an audition for the female lead in "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle", the casting range was not large. Less than ten candidates were shortlisted based on the recommendations of major talent agencies. Simon also preferred the original version in front of him. Rebecca De Mornay will continue to play the female lead, so she directly named her to come to audition today.
Rebecca De Mornay is one of the famous sexy actresses in the 1980s. She once starred in Tom Cruise's famous film "Admission". The two also reported engagement news on the eve of the release of that film. Of course, everyone in the circle probably knew what was going on, and the so-called engagement naturally fell into disuse later on.
At a party a few days ago, Simon also met Rebecca Demony, and the woman left him an interesting 'business card'.
Rebecca Demony is an artist under CAA. If we push the time forward a little further, Simon will definitely not use her. With the termination of Michael Ovitz's contract with Barry Levinson and others, Daenerys Entertainment has also relaxed its ban on CAA, so this matter is naturally no longer an obstacle.
After discussing the performance of the character for the better part of an hour, Simon temporarily asked Rebecca DeMornay to leave the audition room later.
Jeffrey Katzenberg, who is in charge of Disney's production business, waited for Rebecca De Mornay to walk out of the room, and couldn't help but said: "Simon, is De Mornay too beautiful, and her acting skills are still a little bit worse after all. "
Simon looked through the audition records in front of him and said, "Jeffrey is a Hollywood actress in her thirties. She is famous enough and has a suitable image. She doesn't have too many choices. De Morne has starred in Coppola's "Sweetheart" and Cruise's "Admission" are famous enough. As for acting, I would like to choose an Oscar-level actress, but Holly Hunter and Melanie Griffith are not suitable. Jessica Lange is quite suitable to play a bad girl, but she can't be 10 years younger."