Simon returned to Los Angeles on November 6, which was already Friday.
Tomorrow is the official day of the Victoria's Secret show.
In the past few days, Yigret's main development plans for next year have been finalized, mainly focusing on the further deepening of core products.
In order to increase the recognition of its products, Yigrit will officially launch the two major sub-brands of "Google" and "Facebook" after Amazon.
Google is naturally involved in the search engine business.
As Internet sites began to grow exponentially, the content of cyberspace increased significantly, and the role of search engines became more and more obvious. Coupled with Simon's special attention, this network tool was specially divided.
The latest IE browser to be launched will also add a Google-specific search box next to the address bar.
Facebook, on the other hand, is also a social network business.
Of course, the new version of Facebook is definitely different from the one in Simon’s memory. Considering the current network environment, the Facebook business that will be launched separately is more inclined to the Weibo in Simon’s memory, mainly using celebrities and superstars as traffic guides.
Simon also proposed an auxiliary plan for Yigret Portal to personally create a group of 'Internet celebrities'.
Relying on the resources of the entire Westeros system, it is easy to do this.
In addition, the personal homepage and microblog, which have already been separated, will be further divided into two products with the establishment of the Facebook sub-brand.
The personal homepage will gradually develop into a personal column, mainly providing information content for the Yigrit portal.
As for Facebook, the core is naturally social.
In addition to Google and Facebook, Amazon's e-commerce business will also begin to further expand, and it is expected to add video tape sales and movie peripheral sales early next year.
Video tapes and movie peripherals obviously competed with Blockbuster, but Simon did not stop this competition from happening.
Amazon's business expansion is inevitable.
At this stage, in addition to books, video tapes, which have relatively fixed types and formats, are also very suitable products for sale through online platforms.
The movie peripherals rely on the resources of the Westeros system in Hollywood.
If Amazon gives up these two businesses because of concerns about competition with Blockbuster, it is inevitable that there will be no other competitors in the future.
Simon very much recognized one of Steve Jobs’ business philosophy in his memory: It is better to eliminate yourself than to be eliminated by others.
Many established corporate giants simply couldn’t eliminate themselves, and so they disappeared into ashes.
The most typical example is Blockbuster's original timeline. In order to avoid the erosion of its offline rental business, Blockbuster even voluntarily gave up the opportunity to develop its online business and eventually went bankrupt.
Netflix is exactly the opposite of Blockbuster. After securing the top spot in online rentals, Netflix has not rested on its laurels like Blockbuster. Aware of the industry trend of streaming media, Netflix's top executives made a decisive transformation despite the fact that the streaming media business may severely impact physical online rentals, and eventually became a media giant alongside Disney.
Therefore, as for the competition between Amazon and Blockbuster, as long as the two sides do not engage in a price war that will hurt both parties or use other unsavory methods, Simon has no intention of intervening. In fact, he has an encouraging attitude.
The Internet industry is exploding rapidly, because if you slow down if you are ahead for a while, you will only be surpassed.
The competitive landscape between Amazon and Blockbuster can also promote the rapid development of both parties in operations and technology, and avoid slacking off.
The Internet basic service-related business that Carol Bartz is responsible for next year will still focus on cloud computing.
Although it has been successfully used to support various products of Igret Portal, there is still a lot of room for improvement in cloud computing technology.
The next goal of the Yigret cloud computing technology team is to further get rid of server equipment suppliers such as IBM in terms of hardware, directly purchase chips, hard disks and other equipment from the lowest hardware manufacturers such as Intel and Seagate, and design and assemble proprietary data center, which can significantly reduce the construction cost of the data center, and Igret can also obtain more permissions at the server level to facilitate the design of software systems that best meet its own needs.
The presidential election clearly had an impact on the North American box office in the week from October 30 to November 5.
However, in the first week of its opening, Daenerys Entertainment's "The Ring", released during the Halloween period, still achieved very impressive box office results, earning US$28.79 million in seven days, with an average of US$12,000 per theater, reaching a blockbuster level. .
In comparison, the horror film "Sugarman" released by Columbia's Tristar Company, which opened at the same time, only had a box office of 5.19 million US dollars in its first week. Although this evil spirit killing human film trying to follow the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" series is not a box office failure, , but it did not meet the studio's expectations. The total box office in North America is expected to be around US$10 million.
On November 6, only one new film opened in North American theaters, the hijacking crime action film "Passenger 57" produced by Warner Bros., starring Wesley Snipes, who also starred in "Passenger 57" in the original timeline. The black movie star in the "Blade" series. Basically, although the scene is moved to an airplane, the film is obviously based on the pattern of Bruce Willis' "Die Hard" series.
Simon didn't have much information about "Passenger 57" in his memory. He was still focused on "The Ring".
The Japanese version of "The Ring" in the original timeline was a phenomenon-level movie in Japan. This time, the Japanese version was skipped and the American version was developed directly. Although Simon adopted the plot structure of the American version in his memory, there were still some differences in the camera, soundtrack, etc. In terms of aspects, it is still more inclined to refer to the Japanese version. Therefore, the shot of the evil spirit emerging from the TV has also become a classic horror scene in the hearts of many viewers.
28.79 million US dollars in the first week. In line with the film's reputation, the new version of "The Ring" will easily exceed 100 million. As for how high it can go, it still depends on the subsequent box office curve.
The Japanese have always had dreams of entering North America in all aspects. "The Ring" adapted from a Japanese novel was a box office hit and caused a wave of public opinion in Japan. Daenerys Entertainment originally had the opportunity to have "The Ring" released at the same time in Japan. After all, it is a movie adapted from a Japanese novel.
However, what is important is the 'pride' of the Japanese people after the success of the film. Therefore, the distribution team decided to wait until "The Ring" is released before releasing it in Japan.
The North American market has always been closed, and there are only a handful of Japanese films that can sell well in North America. In the original plan, as long as the North American box office of "The Ring" could exceed US$50 million, it would be enough to attract strong attention from the Japanese market. Now, the film's North American box office is expected to exceed 100 million, and even enter the top ten in North America's annual box office rankings. Therefore, we can even look forward to its subsequent success in Japan.
The theme park team that is designing Universal Studios Osaka quickly decided to add 'Sadako' to the haunted house attractions at Universal Studios Osaka after the first weekend box office results of "The Ring" were released.
Simon had already learned the box office information of "The Ring" in advance. When he returned to Los Angeles, he rushed directly to the Dorothy Chandler Theater in the city center.
The Victoria's Secret show will be held tomorrow night, and today happens to be the last rehearsal.
Not only Simon, but also senior executives such as LTD Chairman Leslie Wexner and Victoria's Secret CEO Grace Nichols also came to watch the rehearsal.
The interior of the Chandler Theater has been transformed into a show venue with a 20-meter-long T stage, which is mainly distributed on both sides of the T stage. The lighting, camera positions and even some scenery matching each subject in the theater hall have also been set up.
Of course, what attracted everyone's attention the most was the group of 'big goblins' who were ready to go.
Anyone who has seen the finalized look of a Victoria’s Secret Angel under Simon’s personal guidance will almost always have one thought in their mind: stunning.
In the original time and space, Victoria's Secret's first few catwalk shows in the 1990s can only be described as filthy. The models wore very conservative underwear and substandard lipstick and blush, as if they had just escaped from the ravine. come out.
This time, Simon directly raised the Victoria's Secret show to the level of the mature period after 2000.
Beautiful underwear, stunning shapes, colorful wings, and a group of top models in the fashion industry.
Of course, in the final analysis, it is still the effect of spending 10 million US dollars.
Backstage at the theater, this big show is related to his future in Hollywood. In front of him is a large group of people who can only watch but not eat. Michael Bay, who has been working hard for this big show for several months, has already shown some of his later " With a tyrant's breath, he shouted into the headset and ordered all units to start waiting. When the assistant director personally said that it could start, Michael Bay, who was standing behind a row of real-time monitors in the background, shouted to start.
Music starts.
Until the last moment, in order to keep it secret, the music was still only in the form of a soundtrack.
However, everyone also knows that the first very popular song is called "Angels", and the theme name is: Psychedelic Angels.
Simon put "Angels" by the Vicetone group in his memory at the beginning instead of "Paradise", mainly to rely on this dance song with a very fast rhythm to ignite the atmosphere of the scene immediately.
For this big show, the outside world's expectations have reached the highest level.
If the opening does not arouse the long-awaited emotions of the audience, the final effect of the show will be difficult to achieve perfection.
In the hall, there were only a few people in the stands, including Simon, Wexner and Grace Nichols. When the music started playing, the people who were talking stopped their conversation and looked towards the T stage together.
In the dynamic opening music, the lighting is also dominated by warm red.
The theme of Psychedelic Angel is not the white that people have in mind, but luxurious gold.
Cindy Crawford was the first to step onto the stage as the opening angel.
White underwear, gold accessories, and a white feather-like wing attached to both arms.
Regarding the angel wings, Simon also did not simply adopt the stereotyped wing shape that people have in mind. Cindy Crawford’s opening dress was actually the look of Gisele Bundchen at the opening of the 2006 Victoria’s Secret show in Simon’s memory. The whole thing is like a proud and wild golden angel.
Different from the elegant steps common among models of this era, Cindy followed the rhythm of the music and also walked with a very powerful and rhythmic scissor step.
For the first theme, the only design draft for the angel outfit originally finalized by Simon was Cindy’s, and the rest were all developed by Victoria’s Secret designers. However, when Nadja Allman joined, Simon was inspired by the memory of Nadja Allman’s golden style design that resembled a Nordic goddess in a catwalk, and he personally designed a second set.
Different from the look in memory, Nadja Allman's angel outfit this time adopts a hollow design, which can reveal the Victoria's Secret brand underwear. This is a must, but for the audience, the most impressive thing is definitely the girl's Two crazy long legs.
When Nadja Allman appeared in the second half of the theme, even Leslie Wexner next to Simon couldn't help but his eyes lit up. Thinking of this young man's "legs", Wexner Nai immediately gave up some of his thoughts, but said to Simon with envy: "This girl was the last one to join. I think she is outstanding?"
Simon explained: "It's just that this angel outfit is stunning and fits the theme very well. Nadya's own style is still biased toward high-end fashion and lacks the feminine feeling needed for the Victoria's Secret show."
Leslie Wexner disagreed somewhat and said with a smile: "I think this angel costume will definitely become the most memorable one for the audience in this show."
Simon also nodded to this.
At the same time, next year, it is mainly the perfect combination of the model herself and the angel costume that produces such a stunning effect. If a different model wears this suit, or Nadja Orman has another angel suit, it will probably be different. It's not easy to reach this level.
The emergence of classics is often an accident caused by a combination of multiple factors.
The first theme ended quickly, everything went smoothly and perfectly.
After a short break, the second theme soon began.
Heavenly love.
The theme song is naturally the ethereal and haunted "Paradise".
The first song is explosive, the second song is soothing and relaxing.
Moreover, although it does not have the strong rhythm of "Angels", the overall tune of "Paradise" still matches the atmosphere of the show very well and is suitable for models to follow.
Five themes, five openings, and one opportunity for each of the five Victoria’s Secret Angel spokespersons.
Opening this time is Stephanie Seymour.
Speaking of which, the opening and closing are actually a reflection of the reputation and status of models in the fashion industry.
This time there are five themes, five openings and closings, especially the opening of the first theme and the closing of the fifth theme, but they have experienced a lot of open and covert fighting. In order to prevent a group of goblins from tearing up too much, Simon finally came forward personally and arranged 10 opening and closing quotas.
The biggest feature of the second theme is crystals and sequins, which, along with the lighting, give the audience a sense of heavenly dream.
In the audience, just after watching these two themes, Leslie Wexner has already confirmed that the show to be held tomorrow night will be a watershed success for Victoria's Secret.