Simon concluded his meeting with Secretary of State Warren Christopher and flew directly to New York after breakfast.
By last week's ruthless revenge against the man behind the March assassination, Simon sent a warning to some not to try to use unconventional means against the House of Westeros, or he would retaliate tenfold. .
This Rwanda operation is also a demonstration of the capital strength of the Westeros system.
There are always people who think that money is just a string of numbers to a certain extent. Simon asked them to vividly feel what it means to have enough money.
Arriving in New York, the morning's agenda was to meet with the heads of several media groups with whom I had good relations.
The reason why the Vietnam War created increasingly violent anti-war waves in the United States was that, in addition to the failure of the US military's military operations in Vietnam, another important reason was the federal government's complete failure in controlling public opinion.
During the Gulf War three years ago, the Bush administration learned the lessons of the Vietnam War very well. Relying on its excellent control and guidance of public opinion, the U.S. government gained great prestige through that war.
The failure of last year's operation in Somalia was met with overwhelming domestic criticism, resulting in the United States having to withdraw all its troops stationed in Somalia. It was also a major failure of the Clinton administration in terms of public opinion.
Learning from the past, even though he had taken the moral high ground, Simon still did not dare to take it lightly when the world's media turned their attention to Rwanda and thousands of journalists flew to Africa.
Facts have proven too many times that the unscrupulous media, in order to win eyeballs for newspaper sales or ratings, will never mind confusing right and wrong, and even end up rendering a just war into an evil invasion.
In order to avoid this situation as much as possible, the Westeros System team in Rwanda has been collecting information since the Rwandan genocide broke out. The Rwanda massacre special topic on the Igret portal has only released a very small part of it. The large amount of evidence now in the hands of the Westeros system is enough to establish 100% the ironclad evidence of the racist massacre that broke out in Rwanda in the past ten days or so.
Even if he is fully prepared, Simon will still have to be wary of someone trying to confuse right and wrong in the coming period. This requires the Westeros system to cooperate with other news media that also have broad social influence to jointly control and guide public opinion.
Not only that, Simon also equipped the Westeros system's mercenary forces in Rwanda with a special public relations team and formulated strict media regulations. All members of the mercenary forces are not allowed to accept media interviews without authorization, and reporters are not allowed to enter the station without authorization. , all actions of the army will prevent follow-up reports from non-Westeros designated media, and all news will only be released regularly through the official media and public relations team, and so on.
The real war will be carried out by thousands of professional soldiers in Rwanda. For Simon, the control and guidance of media public opinion is also a war, which he will personally lead.
Simon does not expect anything in return from this military operation to prevent a racist massacre, but he will never allow anyone to try to distort the justice of this operation.
I accepted Rupert Murdoch's invitation to have dinner together at noon, and it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon when lunch ended.
In the afternoon, I rushed to Manhattan’s Greenwich Village to handle some affairs related to Daenerys’ entertainment.
After the prospectus is submitted, the next matters related to the IPO will be taken care of by Amy Pascal and other senior management and the Cersei Capital team. Janet will also help keep an eye on it. Simon does not need to worry too much, but many matters of the group still require Simon. Handle it yourself.
He was so busy until five o'clock in the afternoon, it was already time to get off work. Girl A knocked on the door and came in and began to report some things that Simon needed to know before getting off work: "Boss, Jim Carrey's agent just made a request to us, hoping to The original contract for 5 films was changed to 3 films.”
Simon was writing his own comments on the project budget document for "Broken Arrow" when he heard the words and threw out one word without looking up: "No."
Although "Planet", which was released on April 8, failed to receive recognition from media reviews, Jim Carrey's exaggerated and unique comedy performance mode still won the favor of the audience as in the original time and space. Coupled with Danielle Silk Entertainment's promotion efforts for "Phantom" are far greater than ever before, and the schedule is much better than the original February graveyard schedule. In just the first seven days, the revenue of "Planet" reached 23.91 million U.S. dollars. The weekly average is as high as US$13,000, even surpassing the opening of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3" during Easter week.
Not only that, after the number of screening screens was quickly increased from 1,837 to 2,315 in the first week from April 15 to April 17, even though the two-week Easter spring break for American students has generally ended, the film market has returned to desertion. The three-day decline of "Phantom" in the second weekend was still only 23%, and it continued to earn 12.88 million U.S. dollars. It is expected that the seven-day box office in the next week will be between 18 million and 19 million U.S. dollars.
In the ten days since its release, the cumulative box office of "Phantom Detective" has reached US$36.79 million.
According to the tiered sharing contract signed by Daenerys Entertainment and the theater chain, Daenerys Entertainment can take away 90% of the box office share excluding the basic operating costs of the theater chain in the two weeks before the opening. The actual amount obtained is about 70% of the total box office. about. Subsequently, the amount will be reduced by 20% every two weeks until the lower limit of the account sharing ratio is 30%.
Therefore, the box office revenue of "Phantom" was only US$36.79 million in 10 days, which was enough for Daenerys Entertainment to recover the entire US$15 million production cost and US$10 million investment in publicity and distribution, and enter the box office profit period.
Based on the next week's decline and audience feedback, New World Pictures' publicity team predicts that "Phantom" is likely to be Daenerys Entertainment's second domestic box office hit after the Valentine's Day "Four Weddings and a Funeral" this year. Billions of works.
The success of "Planet" even affected "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3".
Due to the shift in audience attention, the second and third weeks of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3" dropped more than expected. Daenerys Entertainment had to lower its North American box office expectations for this sequel project with a total investment of 60 million US dollars from 80 million. The US dollar was lowered to US$60 million. Fortunately, the overseas box office performance of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3" is not bad, and the company is still expected to recover the cost and achieve profitability just through global theatrical distribution.
Jim Carrey made his debut in the early 1980s. In the past, he could only play various minor roles in some films.
Now, with the potential of the 100 million yuan box office club of "The Detective", he has jumped into the ranks of A-list stars. This comedy star who was once known for his money-hungry suddenly became restless and couldn't wait to try to change his original life. The five-film contract signed with Daenerys Entertainment has a salary cap of only $5 million.
Other Hollywood studios usually agree to modify some contracts after an actor suddenly becomes famous in order to establish a good relationship with the other party and maintain subsequent cooperation. Daenerys Entertainment has never been accustomed to this bad habit of stars.
Simon has always been a person who takes contracts very seriously.
Moreover, if Jim Carrey's request is agreed to and all the core actors in the DC movie universe who have signed long-term, low-paying contracts start to make trouble, many projects will not be able to continue smoothly.
When Girl A heard Simon's decision, she also didn't explain too much. She just wrote down her boss's decision in a memo, then took out an invitation letter from the folder and handed it over: "Also, boss, this is Elite President John. Someone sent an invitation to a party in Casablanca in the afternoon, and he said that Ms. Gralf would also be invited to attend tonight."
George Gralf, who participated in planning the assassination of Simon, was headshot last week. Things are not going well for his wife and daughter these days.
Laura Gralf was divorcing her husband. After George Gralf was shot and killed, she probably felt the crisis instinctively. She hurriedly took out her hidden jewelry from a bank safe in Manhattan and planned to sell it. Later, he took his two daughters and hid abroad.
Unfortunately, just as Laura Gralgh took out her jewelry and returned to the temporarily rented apartment in downtown, she was robbed.
Not only the jewelry worth millions of dollars, but also the slightly more valuable clothes and bags in Laura Gralf's home were swept away by the robbers. The mother and daughter were immediately destitute and had no time to suspect the fierce robbers. Why did they just tie the mother and daughter up in the living room and not rob them for sex? After Laura Gralf reported the crime to the police, she had to face a very urgent livelihood problem.
Laura Gralf clearly understands what her greatest asset is.
Although she is 36 years old, with her outstanding appearance and careful maintenance, almost all the members of the opposite sex who have come into contact with her over the years are unmoved. Even though her possessive husband is very strict with her, Laura Gralff still maintains an ambiguous relationship with some elite men in Manhattan who are as good as her husband.
This was the escape route she instinctively left for herself.
Now it finally comes in handy.
Last Friday, Laura Gralf took the initiative to invite a famous unmarried diamond man on Wall Street who had been thinking about her for so many years. She originally thought that it would be easy to get him, but the man ran a company with a larger scale than Gralf Capital. Wall Street fund managers who wanted larger funds in their portfolios also happily attended the appointment.
However, the dinner date between the two only lasted half way. The Wall Street elite received a phone call that made him turn pale instantly. His investors would redeem half of the US$800 million fund under his management. The person on the phone He also warned the Wall Street elite very bluntly that if the other party continued to have any involvement with Laura Gralf, his fund would be closed down next week, and he would no longer have a foothold on Wall Street.
In just one dinner time, half of his fund collapsed. How could the Wall Street fund manager still not understand what happened? As if he felt that some eyes around him were staring at him, without even paying for the meal, the Wall Street elite found an excuse to get up and run away.
Stunned Laura Gralf had to use the last bit of cash she raised from selling her furniture to pay for the expensive meal.
The news spread quickly throughout Manhattan.
The weekend hasn't even ended yet, and the three of them have become plague-like beings that the entire upper class of Manhattan is afraid of avoiding. Even the social circle of Laura Gralf's two daughters has been completely closed to them. door. For the upper class in Manhattan, beauty is not a scarce resource, so no one would be stupid enough to bankrupt themselves for three beautiful women who have been blacklisted by some big shot.
Gralf, mother and daughter are not smart, but they are not stupid either. Judging from the reactions of the people around them, they still don't understand what their family is encountering.
The first thing Laura Gralf felt was fear.
She was worried that one day she would suddenly be shot in the head like her husband.
However, even if they want to hide out now, it is impossible, because the last possessions of the mother and daughter were wiped out in the last home invasion, and the police have no clues at all. Now, the three people will be killed next month. The rent has not yet been paid, let alone buying a plane ticket to fly to Europe for refuge.
As for other relatives who can take refuge, George Gralf’s parents have passed away. The other party does have a sister living in Michigan, but they have not had much contact in these years. Laura Gralf’s relationship with her husband’s sister Not good either.
On her natal side, Laura Gralf, who was born in an ordinary farm family in Georgia, has three brothers.
In the early years, Laura Gralf's relationship with her natal family was relatively harmonious. When she was a child, her three brothers worked together to protect her, a unique girl in the family.
That was until Laura Grral married George Gralf.
George Gralf is not a generous person, and Laura Gralf is more worried that a large family will demand too much from her, so she and her family have been involved in several money-related disputes since ten years ago. The relationship cooled down. After Laura Gralf's parents died one after another in these years, she voluntarily gave up her share of inheritance rights on her parents' farm to draw a clear line with her three brothers.
Three years ago, the eldest brother's younger son was admitted to Brown University, an Ivy League school, and he hoped that she could help fund the tuition. At that time, her husband rarely relented and said yes, but Laura Gralf chose to refuse out of the dark intention of not wanting her brother's children to be too promising. The nephew finally chose to leave because he could not bear the loan of hundreds of thousands of dollars. After choosing another ordinary university that could provide scholarships, Laura Gral's relationship with her natal family was completely broken.
With neither capital to escape nor any relatives to seek refuge with, Laura Gralf could only stay in Manhattan with her two daughters.
Moreover, you always have to consider your livelihood.
Once a model, Laura Gralgh knew that even if she remained beautiful, she would never be able to return to her old career in the fashion industry, so she paid attention to her two tall and beautiful daughters. During her lifetime, her husband was firmly opposed to her and her two daughters being exposed to the chaotic fashion world. She also hoped that her two daughters should marry noble sons from old money families and completely enter the upper class society.
But now I can't care too much.
Unexpectedly this time, as soon as I tried it, Elite Model Agency, the top model agency in the United States, gave a positive response, and the other party also wanted to sign the three of them at once.
Even though there were some doubts in her heart, and even though the contract given by Elite was obviously very harsh, Laura Gralf, who had no other way out, still chose to agree. So the mother and daughter officially signed a contract with Elite yesterday and became the model company. Three models under the agency.
The situation of Gralf, mother and daughter was naturally the result of Simon's secret arrangement.
There are other things tonight, and Simon doesn't plan to see the mother and daughter in the short term. The wild cat he just caught will take a while to become tame.
What's more, Janet is also on the East Coast. The woman went to Boston during the day to discuss a merger project that Cersei Capital has been promoting in recent months. She was probably on her way back to New York at this time.
Shaking his head, Simon said to Alison: "Tell John Casablanca that there is no need to arrange any activities for the three of them in recent months, including tonight's party. I think the agency should be the most familiar with how to hide its artists. "
Girl A nodded and reported some more things. After briefly handling it, Simon left the East Coast headquarters of Daenerys Entertainment in Greenwich Village, took a helicopter on the nearby Hudson River and rushed to the manor in Greenwich, Connecticut. , there is already a military affairs team specifically in contact with Rwanda waiting for Simon.
Simon told Warren Christopher during breakfast that he was not in the habit of playing a supporting role. Therefore, during the day today, local time, the mercenary troops of the Westeros system had carried out their first successful military operation according to their own plan.