In the original time and space, Mel Gibson was boycotted by the entire Hollywood after the anti-Semitic remarks incident. In fact, he was not completely suppressed to death. His accumulation of resources and contacts was no less than that of Dustin Hoffman, who was Mel Gibson at his peak. It is impossible for Simon to completely block it.
Terry Semel and Peter Cooper came forward in person, and Simon relaxed.
In Madonna's mansion, seeing Simon walking towards the dance floor with Janet on his arm, Terry Semel and Peter Cooper achieved their goal and walked out together without any intention of staying at the party any longer.
Coming to the front yard, Peter Cooper said in a relaxed tone: "I thought this matter would be a bit troublesome. It seems that Westeros still knows that enough is enough."
Terry Semel noticed the smile on Peter Cooper's face, but he didn't think so.
If that young man was really so easy to talk to, Meg Ryan wouldn't be where she is now.
After "The Rocketeer" at the end of last year, Meg Ryan has not been able to get another film contract in Hollywood. Recently, I heard that she has gone to the UK and wants to re-open her career there. Terry Semel was not optimistic about the actress's move at all. The relatively large film companies in the UK were all trying their best to break into Hollywood. How could they easily offend Dan, who was in the limelight, just because of Meg Ryan? Nelise Entertainment.
As for the current matter, everyone knows that it is simply impossible to block a Hollywood actor who has two Oscars. Westeros just went along with the flow. However, if Westeros is going to let Dustin Hoffman and others go, Semel, who has had many contacts with the young man, doesn't think so.
You know, after being promoted to the front line with "When Harry Met Sally", Meg Ryan was unwilling to be constrained by Daenerys Entertainment's original contract and wanted to terminate the contract. Westeros was also very happy to "let it go" at first. He only asked the other party to pay a liquidated damages.
What happened next was witnessed by all of Hollywood.
Terry Semel even thought about Sony's plan to produce "Captain Hawke". This project has been circulating in Hollywood for several years. It was not until Sony recently offered a high price that Spielberg and Robin Williams agreed. Join.
Daenerys Entertainment has been continuously searching for various copyrights since it became famous in Westeros. If the "Captain Hawk" project has enough box office potential, Daenerys Entertainment has no reason to let it go.
The fact is that Daenerys Entertainment has never expressed any interest in "Captain Hawke".
Although the magic of "The Last Days", which opened last week, seems to have given many people in Hollywood a glimmer of hope that Daenerys Entertainment will also fail, however, it is only a "Female Moon" scheduled for Valentine's Day in February. "Pretty Woman" is enough to prove that Westeros's vision for movies has not faded at all.
As of last week, the total North American box office of "Pretty Woman" has reached 161 million U.S. dollars, and it is expected that the film's total North American box office will be close to 180 million U.S. dollars before it is released.
Not only that, the box office performance of "Pretty Woman" in overseas markets was even better than that in North America.
Although many overseas box office countries have not yet allowed the release of "Pretty Woman" out of the protection of their own summer schedules, only countries and regions such as the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Australia that have released it, the cumulative box office in recent months has been Easily exceeded US$130 million.
When the film opens in major box office locations such as Japan, France, and Spain, the global box office of "Pretty Woman" is expected to hit US$500 million.
With a production cost of US$10 million and a global box office of US$500 million, any major Hollywood film company, even if it only has one successful film in a year, is basically enough to support the entire year's performance.
Those who are gloating over the fact that the box office and word-of-mouth reviews of "The Last Days" are only average can probably only comfort themselves.
Since Westeros still maintains its own excellent vision in movies, young people are indifferent to "Captain Hawke", and Terry Semel does not think this project is a good choice for Sony.
What's more, Sony is a little too generous this time.
In addition to the fixed salary, Sony also promised Spielberg and Robin Williams an additional 20% and 10% share of the project's net profits respectively. If Dustin Hoffman joins, he will get at least another Go 10%.
The film has not yet started shooting, and 40% of the profits have been promised. Considering that the production cost of this film cannot be less than 50 million US dollars, Terry Semel feels that even if Sony does not lose money this time, it will not even think about it. What's the point of earning a "cry"? It's more likely to be a disgraced victim.
This person who was taken advantage of happened to be brought in by Peter Cooper next to him.
Terry Semel and Peter Cooper each got into their own cars. Before leaving, Semel couldn't help but take a look at the luxurious Rolls-Royce that Peter Cooper had just replaced.
During the more than half a year at the helm of Columbia, the extravagance and squandering of the two heads, Peter Cooper and Jon Peters, have simply made other Hollywood studio heads envious.
The two not only arranged for a large number of crony cronies to come to the company, but also spent Sony's money without any scruples. It is said that in recent weeks, Jon Peters has been flying between Europe and Los Angeles on a Columbia-owned plane every week, just to date his new girlfriend. Not only does the plane cost, but he also spends money on hotels and restaurants during the period and even buys luxury goods for his girlfriend. All reimbursed by Colombia.
If it were any other studio, this would definitely not work.
However, it was Peter Cooper's ex-wife who was in charge of Columbia Pictures' finances.
Many Hollywood locals are watching Sony's excitement, wondering how much 'tuition' the Japanese electronics giant will eventually pay and how long it can last before voluntarily leaving Hollywood in despair.
Simon knew this number.
$2.1 billion!
In the original time and space, this was the number of asset write-down losses announced by Sony that year after Peter Cooper and Jon Peters left Columbia. Because of this shocking huge loss, Sony founder Akio Morita had to step down sadly and completely withdraw from Sony's management.
On the dance floor, Simon was recalling these 'pasts'. Janet, who was holding his neck, came over and whispered: "Are you really going to let those guys go?"
Because Janet was too close to his ear, Simon subconsciously turned his head slightly.
Janet had "sequelae" from Simon's first handshake, and Simon now also has a psychological shadow over Janet biting his ear.
Noticing Simon's dodge, Janet deliberately moved closer and bit her teeth in the man's ear a few times, making a slight tinkling sound.
Simon turned his head and kissed Janet on the face, keeping the woman's teeth away from his ears, hugging her waist and saying: "I have never been a person who is good at forgiving, but some things cannot be solved overnight and can only be kept in mind temporarily. "
Janet nodded her head and joked softly: "I really hold a grudge."
Simon just smiled.
After a dance, the two spent some time at the party before leaving Madonna's mansion.
It was ten o'clock in the evening when we returned to the villa on the west side of Cape Dume.
Janet was never a person who liked to stay up late, so she took Simon to take a shower and fell asleep quickly.
The next day is Sunday.
It's already summer, and the bright golden light has already entered the bedroom near the sea.
Simon got up at six o'clock, gently took off the woman's arms, washed up, changed into a set of sportswear, and went to the gym.
At seven o'clock, I went to the bedroom again, changed my clothes, and called Janet to get up.
After sending the dazed woman into the bathtub filled with warm water, Simon came to the restaurant.
With the four ABCD girls, Simon no longer needs to busy himself with breakfast.
Claire, the C girl who was wearing a white shirt and black trousers and looked very OL, saw Simon appear and took the initiative to hand over today's newspaper.
Simon said good morning and unabashedly looked at the slim girl next to him.
White shirts and black trousers are the work attire of the four girls.
Simon was not so evil that he asked the four girls to wear maid outfits. He felt that it would make him look like an old British landowner. In this way, the OL-style dress is just right. The four girls are all about 175cm tall, with slender and graceful figures, and the uniform dress is completely in line with Simon's uniform obsessive-compulsive aesthetic.
With Simon's current wealth and status, it is difficult to have a strong desire for women because they are too easy to get.
Most people would have various ambiguous associations with these four exquisite vases next to them, but for Simon, apart from letting them take care of some daily tasks, it was just for the sake of pleasing the eyes.
Claire Gein, who was called 'C' by Simon, noticed his gaze, moved slightly towards the man, and said softly: "Boss, maybe you should read the entertainment section of today's Los Angeles Times."
Simon was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly and said with a smile, "Okay."
As he spoke, he opened the newspaper in front of him and found the entertainment section of the Los Angeles Times.
A white and slender finger reached over and tapped somewhere. Simon looked over and couldn't help but frown slightly.
"Another big deal, Michael Ovitz may be leading Panasonic's acquisition of MCA".
In my memory, the news of Panasonic's acquisition of MCA was only officially made public after August, and it had been in a state of secret contact before.
What's going on now? Is Panasonic going to launch ahead of schedule
With this in mind, Simon began to read the text, and then he felt a little dumbfounded.
It turns out that this news was purely an accident.
In order to avoid some of the media turmoil caused by Connie's acquisition of Colombia last time, the acquisition led by Michael Ovitz was indeed very secretive.
It’s just that God’s calculation is not as good as man’s calculation.
Just the previous Friday, Michael Ovitz led his team back to Los Angeles from Tokyo and unexpectedly met Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen and his group. Charlie Sheen is not a star under CAA, so he has no obligation to keep it secret. Then, this matter was leaked, which became the evidence that Ovitz was running Panasonic's acquisition of MCA, which the media had been speculating about.
Although Daenerys Entertainment has not yet begun contact with MCA, private preparations for the acquisition have not stopped.
Simon plans to make a move after the war breaks out in the second half of the year and Panasonic officially announces its acquisition of MCA. Now, if this news leaks and Panasonic has to launch an early takeover bid, things may be a little tricky.
After the minor collapse of the North American stock market last year, MCA's share price in the first half of the year slowly recovered to above US$45, with its market value fluctuating between US$4.5 billion and US$5 billion.
Take action now. With the two competing, it will be difficult to grab MCA without US$8 billion.
In my memory, Panasonic acquired MCA for US$6.6 billion. In the following years, Universal Pictures also produced super hit works such as "Jurassic Park". However, Panasonic later had to cut the price and sell it, which shows that MCA is not worth it. High price.
Therefore, let alone US$8 billion, as long as the price exceeds US$7 billion, Simon would rather withdraw than be taken advantage of.
US$7 billion is exactly the price limit Simon set for the planned acquisition.
Simon was just thinking about how to deal with the change in front of him. Janet, wearing a long aqua dress, walked into the restaurant in high spirits, came over and hugged Simon's neck and kissed him. She sat down next to him and glanced at him casually before standing still. Claire, who was next to Simon, asked Simon, "What's wrong?"
Claire noticed Janet's seemingly unintentional look, and ducked her eyes guiltily, then quietly walked toward the kitchen.
Simon didn't notice the little look in the eyes of the woman next to him. He showed her the newspaper in his hand and said, "Panasonic may announce the acquisition of MCA in advance."
Janet scanned the press release at a glance, with some gloating on her face, and said: "Panasonic is probably not ready. It will not do them any good to initiate an acquisition invitation in advance. It will only push MCA's stock price to skyrocket. I guess no matter what Both CAA and Panasonic will publicly deny this report."
Simon nodded, this possibility is also very high.
Thinking of another thing, Simon said to Janet again: "Cersei Capital, don't touch MCA's stock this time."
As this news breaks out, Wall Street arbitrage capital will definitely start to enter the market to absorb MCA stocks. Cersei Capital is also involved in short-term arbitrage trading. If it starts buying now, it is likely to be investigated by the SEC for insider trading.
"I know."
Janet agreed, and Claire and Deborah served breakfast.
I originally planned to rest at home for a day, but something like this happened suddenly. Amy and James both called. Simon rushed to the movie theater after breakfast.
After sending the man out of the house, Janet returned to the villa.
Alison and Betsy, who were nearby the residence, then arrived, and the four ABCD girls gathered together.
Janet directed the four girls to clean the villa, inspected the kitchen and each bedroom and bathroom, personally made a list of some daily necessities that needed to be purchased in the new week, and sent the two girls AB out for shopping.
After arranging these, we made several phone calls in succession to discuss some trivial matters about various properties in Westeros. The mansion on Mercer Island in Seattle needs a speedboat. Is the newly purchased manor in Rome, Italy, fully installed? The latest alarm systems and the like.
Janet had already started doing these things when she was Janet Johnston, and now that she is Janet Westeros, it is even more justified.
I really enjoy this feeling of being a hostess.
Moreover, because she can always leave most of the things to others, Janet can always handle seemingly complicated and trivial housework with ease, and her little brain habitually keeps running at 70%, lazily and calmly, Take your time and never let yourself get tired.
Being so busy until noon, I could still curl up on the sofa in the living room and read some information on Cersei Capital before Simon went home for lunch.
Apollo Management's Leon Black team will participate in the bidding next week for a bond asset worth US$1.5 billion under the name of Columbia Savings and Credit Bank. This business will cooperate with Citibank and United Australia Bank, each investing 5 One hundred million U.S. dollars.
US$500 million, which is already half of the US$1 billion fund previously raised by Apollo Management, naturally requires great caution.
The US$1.5 billion in bond assets is actually the valuation after the US bond market has continued to collapse and shrink for more than half a year. The book value of these bonds is close to US$3.5 billion.
If this business is successful, the US$500 million invested by Apollo Management will be able to more than double the income when the bonds are paid off as scheduled in the next three years, with an average annual return rate of more than 30%. This is for any private equity fund. These are very impressive returns.
In addition, there are some other investment projects that are being explored.
For example, Simon seemed to be very interested in the acquisition of a mattress manufacturing company called Simmons, and Janet became even more interested.