Simon doesn't plan to take any of the girls away tonight. He has to go back to Dume Point Manor later, and he still has to spend time with his family on the weekends.
After watching the kittens fighting for a while, Simon smiled and changed the subject, and said to Yasmin and Nadja beside him: "I will think about the establishment of a charity fund recently. Remember, don't touch politics, you can't afford it; environmental protection It’s easy to be thankless, so don’t bother with it; medical care is difficult to produce concrete results, so you have to skip it. Therefore, it’s best to focus on education, support poor children, and donate some teaching buildings. These are all visible Tangible results. Also, treat this matter seriously as a long-term undertaking, and don’t think about speculation or deliberate publicity. Over time, you will be able to discover the benefits.”
Yasmine Gary came over and acted coquettishly: "You are so overbearing, Simon. You said you wanted us to consider it, but everything has already been decided."
Simon caressed the admirable slender waist, and took the initiative to talk about an issue that the two women were more concerned about: "As for the funds, I will give you 1 million US dollars first, and then add more when it is done. If you mess up, there will be no more." ”
Nadja Orman on the other side pointed out something: "Simon, will it always be there after it's done?"
Of course Simon understands what leg cum means.
The original agreement only lasted for one year. Due to the turmoil some time ago, the two women who were exposed by the media have been labeled as Westeros lovers, and it is impossible to get rid of them in a short time. However, both Simon and Waist and Legs knew that this relationship could not last long.
Once they leave Simon in the future, there seems to be no reason for men to continue to support their charitable foundations.
However, in the face of Nadja's question, Simon nodded without hesitation and said: "Of course, as long as you do this well seriously, no matter what happens in the future, you will be able to obtain financial support from the Westeros system. "
The general public's first impression of charity is often tax avoidance, but in fact, the highest state of charity should be to exert a subtle influence on the entire society through its own capital strength.
This is actually a kind of power in disguise.
The reason why the Rockefeller family has been able to maintain its glory for six generations lies largely in the potential influence of the Rockefeller Foundation on all aspects of the world.
Due to various considerations, the Westeros system will continue to increase its investment in charity. However, if you want to achieve a subtle effect, the best charity model should also be to break it into parts and unknowingly penetrate all aspects of the world through countless types of foundations.
Simon plans to let waist, leg and waist jointly set up a charity fund mainly for the field of education, which is a chess piece laid out according to this plan.
As long as it is run properly, the two women can gain corresponding social fame from this charity fund. However, in the final analysis, such a charity fund is still part of the Westeros system's layout in the charity field.
Simon has even identified the first charity project for the foundation of the two girls, which will fund the renovation of primary and secondary school buildings in some poor communities in Wisconsin. This charity project planned to be launched in the second half of the year will place the merits in as many places as possible. Robert Hotwell, the Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate supported by the Westeros System, is used to win more votes from the base of Hotwell's opponent, Craig Ames, at the bottom of society.
Therefore, even if Simon's waist, legs, and waist are no longer Simon's lover in the future, as long as the operation direction of the charity fund in charge of the two women is still in line with the interests of the Westeros system, it will continue to receive financial support.
Simon did not respond to her teasing. Cindy was a little disappointed, but she insisted on not walking away. She also resentfully guessed what bad things Nadja Orman had just said about her in the man's ears. At this time, listening to the conversation between Simon and the two women about the charity fund, I couldn't help but feel a little jealous in my heart.
A certain guy is supporting his two big vases in all aspects.
Think about it some time ago, when the scandal was exposed, Westeros not only did not publicly deny it, but directly used private planes to help the two women stay away from the whirlpool of right and wrong. During this period, under the media and public relations operations of the Westeros system, the two girls, regardless of Neither his reputation nor his career have been negatively affected.
Such a powerful, wealthy and courageous man, even if he can only be his lover, will definitely make too many women flock to him.
Cindy thought so sourly, and inexplicably insisted on sitting on the sofa next to her, turning a blind eye to the provocation of the two big goblins beside Simon.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for Simon to get up and leave the party without taking the two girls with him, which somewhat allowed Cindy, who also failed to succeed, to find some comfort.
The weekend is over and it’s June 13th.
on Monday.
On this day, Daenerys Entertainment officially announced the listing date of the company's shares, which was finalized on July 1. At the same time, Daenerys Entertainment and two major underwriters, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, also launched a global roadshow before the stock listing.
It stands to reason that since the prospectus is officially submitted, the company applying for IPO must enter a silent period, and the company is not allowed to release any information that intentionally or unintentionally stimulates the stock price.
Daenerys Entertainment has strictly adhered to the terms of silence related to the quiet period in recent months.
However, whether it is the online social game "Farm" that continues to be popular during this period, or the Backstreet Boys group that is rapidly becoming popular under Daenerys Records, or even "Four Weddings and Four Weddings" under Daenerys Entertainment since the beginning of the year. Blockbuster movies such as "A Funeral", "Heroes", "Stargate", etc. all show the prosperity of Daenerys Entertainment at all times.
Therefore, many industry media and investment bank analysts have commented during this period, believing that Daenerys Entertainment Group's first day of listing is likely to directly create the peak market value of a US listed company.
On the other hand, the new week has just begun, and news has spread in traditional media circles that Simon Westeros has personally set a price limit for some of the assets owned by Hearst Group that he intends to sell. The Westeros system does not prevent other companies from acquiring Hearst Group assets, but they cannot exceed the maximum transaction price set by Simon, otherwise they will be enemies of the Westeros system.
A rough price list then circulated.
The Hearst family intends to sell a total of 13 newspaper and magazine assets. Before all the turmoil, the total value would not have been less than US$500 million. However, given the recent sharp depreciation of the assets themselves, Westeros Once again, the price was lowered by a large margin. The limit price given was only 30% of the actual value. The total transaction price reached US$150 million. It was like a direct bargain on the ankle.
The assets that the Hearst family planned to cash out were among the ones most severely affected by the crisis. They had already expected to sell them at a low price, even at a half discount from the original value, because of the extreme demand for funds. It's barely acceptable.
Simon's statement directly caused the Hearst family to give up their plan to sell and cash out.
Selling it at a discount of 30%, turning the assets of 500 million US dollars into 150 million US dollars, it is too painful anyway.
Simon's sniping action this time also made the Hearst family completely realize that the fundamental crux of getting out of this predicament still lies with a certain young man, so they had to take the initiative to contact them again. But after the last quotation, Simon had no intention of letting go.
Amid the hustle and bustle, another summer box office week has passed.
Previously, on June 10, a total of two new films were released in North American theaters, namely Disney's military camp comedy "The Troopers" and Paramount's children's comedy "The Kid".
The former is directed by Penny Marshall, the director of "Future". It tells the story of an advertising planner who becomes unemployed and enters a military camp to teach English to soldiers. The style of the film is similar to Disney's "Good Morning Vietnam" which was a box office hit in previous years. Paramount's "Almost Alone" is another comedy that diligently follows the trend of "Home Alone."
June 10th to June 16th.
Unsurprisingly, "The Dark Knight Rises" topped the single-week box office list. In the week following its release, the film dropped an expected 49% and continued to earn $65.09 million.
Within two weeks of its opening, the total North American box office of this DC superhero blockbuster has quickly reached 192.72 million U.S. dollars, leaving only 7.28 million U.S. dollars behind the box office mark of 200 million U.S. dollars. It is expected to open on the first day of the third week. can break through the 200 million threshold.
Feedback on the film’s overseas box office has also begun to come out.
Under the premise that some important overseas box office locations such as Japan, France, and Germany have not yet been released, "The Dark Knight Rises" has roughly estimated the cumulative box office revenue in the 27 overseas countries and regions where it has been released in two weeks to reach 2.7 One hundred million U.S. dollars.
Half a month after its release, the global box office of "The Dark Knight Rises" has reached a cumulative US$470 million.
Moreover, as the DC movie universe series becomes more and more successful, Warner Bros. has signed an increasing proportion of accounts with domestic and foreign theaters during the distribution stage. Only in the United States, the estimated share ratio of "The Dark Knight Rises" will reach about 65%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the average theater share of Hollywood movies. Although the situation in each overseas country and region is different, the approximate share ratio has also increased by 1%. Big cut.
Therefore, although the total investment in the production and promotion of "The Dark Knight Rises" reached an astonishing US$215 million, the box office revenue of US$470 million in two weeks has allowed the two producers to recover all the investment in production and promotion. And start generating profits.
With the film markets in Eastern Europe and Asia generally opening up in recent years, based on the current box office momentum, both the producers Daenerys and Time Warner, as well as the media that are always paying attention to the film's box office, are generally optimistic about the predictions of "Batman: Batman: The Dark Knight Rises is expected to break the important threshold of $1 billion at the global box office.
Prior to this, the box office champion in North American film history was "Jurassic Park" with a global box office of US$980 million. The runner-up was "Batman Begins" with a global box office of US$960 million, both of which are only one step away from the global box office threshold of US$1 billion. , but never succeeded in crossing.
Although it is also a film under Daenerys Entertainment, when "Jurassic Park" surpassed "Batman Begins" to become the box office champion in North American film history, it still made fans of the huge DC movie universe quite dissatisfied, but this reason It can invisibly boost the box office of "The Dark Knight Rises".
Taking into account the expansion of overseas markets and the natural growth of the film industry, it is indeed only a matter of time before "The Dark Knight Rises", which has already broken a series of box office records at the beginning, hits a global box office of US$1 billion.
Daenerys Entertainment’s saturated full-release strategy for super blockbusters has, to a large extent, left enough space for other Hollywood films to play in the second week of release. This is also the reason why Disney and Paramount dare to launch on June 10 The confidence to release two important new films on the same day.
However, "The Dark Knight Rises" quickly gave up the market with a drop of nearly half the next week, while "The Dark Knight" and "The Dark Knight" both performed very poorly at the box office.
Therefore, in the week from June 10th to June 16th, the box office runner-up was unexpectedly won by "Speed", which was in its fourth week of release. This action blockbuster starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock was originally The weekly box office dropped 25%, taking in US$9.69 million.
After four weeks of release, the cumulative box office of "Speed" exceeded the US$80 million threshold, reaching US$80.18 million.
Obviously, the runner-up's box office is only 9.69 million US dollars. Except for "The Dark Knight Rises" this week, there is no other movie that has a single-week box office of more than 10 million US dollars.
However, for "Speed", it has successfully overcome the big hurdle of being crushed by "The Dark Knight Rises", and its cumulative box office has exceeded 80 million US dollars. It will not only be able to successfully advance to the billion-dollar club, but also It is expected to go further.
Disney's "Army" finally held on to its third place position, following "Speed", with a box office of US$8.2 million in its first week. However, with the film’s first-week average of only $4,654, it is difficult to escape the fate of being hastily released all around.
The fourth place was also taken by the new film "Little Devil". The film's box office in its first week was 7.12 million US dollars, with a screen size of 1955. The average after the first week was 3641 US dollars, which was even bleaker than "The Last Soldier". Some.
"Stargate" directed by Michael Bay ranked fifth on the list. This week's box office dropped by 35%, collecting another US$6.02 million, with a cumulative box office of US$96.56 million, and is about to break 100 million US dollars.
Outside the top five, the most bleak one is "Marvel" starring Mel Gibson.
Compared with the same period, "Speed" relied on excellent box office to maintain a scale of 2,869 screening screens for four weeks. Because the opening performance was not as good as expected, the number of screens for "Mahuali" began to shrink in the third week of its release. Starting from June 10 In the fourth week of "The Dark Knight Rises", the number of screening screens shrank from 1,969 in the third week to 1,326. This also resulted in the film's box office plummeting after being crushed by "The Dark Knight Rises" last week. This week's decline is still as high as 53%, leaving only a pitiful US$3.19 million at the box office in a single week.
As a result, in the new box office week that started on June 17, most mainstream theaters in North America have withdrawn the film schedule of "Marvel". The film has basically been postponed, and the North American box office has also been set at a low of 46.99 million US dollars.
It may be able to earn one to two million US dollars at the box office in subsequent second and third rounds of screenings in remote areas, but overall it will not help the overall situation. This super blockbuster, with a total investment of US$105 million, completely made Time Warner lose money to the point of crying.
With the huge profits brought by "The Dark Knight Rises", Time Warner can easily fill the huge deficit caused by "The Dark Knight Rises", but the failure of such a blockbuster project directly triggered the management of Time Warner turmoil.