The media hot discussion about Eagleite's huge US$25 billion equity incentive plan has directly led to the surge in both personal computer sales and Internet user access data globally these days. The Wall Street Journal also reported on February 20 In an article, the concept of a 'new gold rush era' was proposed.
Because not only many employees of Yigrit will become rich with the IPO of this new technology company, but more and more entrepreneurs in the Internet field will start to get rich overnight.
During the 'Information Age' marketing plan at the end of last year, the Westeros System had highlighted many cases of people making huge fortunes relying on the Internet industry. The recent discussion on the Ygrit Equity Award Plan once again led to many Internet An inspirational story about starting from scratch in the field.
Among them, an ordinary restaurant chef in Iowa, in the central United States, only knew some basic computer knowledge. After more than a year of self-study, he used a full set of basic tool software and easy-to-use data launched by Eagle Reiter. Center Service, a food sharing website created in his spare time has unexpectedly won the popularity of a large number of users. Recently, he received a huge financing of US$15 million from a Silicon Valley venture capital with 20% of the shares. The website is valued at US$75 million.
This middle-aged man in his forties, who once had an annual salary of only US$50,000, thought he would remain unknown in this life. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, his personal net worth jumped to US$60 million.
This is definitely not the only similar case.
Therefore, while proposing the concept of the 'New Gold Rush Era' in the Wall Street Journal article, it also further commented that this is a new round of wealth redistribution that begins without violence or plunder. Not only that, this wealth redistribution The threshold is also very friendly to ordinary people. Just like the gold rush in San Francisco, anyone could flock to San Francisco. As long as you have a computer connected to the Internet, you have the opportunity to create a miracle of wealth.
News like this is good for stimulating the development of the Internet industry or diverting attention from the outside world's large-scale employee stock ownership plan, and the Westeros system soon began to add fuel to the fire.
Simon and the two Jennys returned to the West Coast from Florida on February 20th.
Then came Simon's 27th birthday.
A very low-key party was held. Only a few close people were invited. However, I received a lot of gifts, many of which came from the women around me. Janet did not let these gifts disappear because of jealousy this time, but spared them. I am interested in taking it apart and inspecting it myself and commenting on each one.
Work on that "Young and Beautiful" song continues.
Under Janet's instigation, I plan to release it publicly this time, and will also bring another song "The Last Day of Bach" that is also being produced, and the song that the female assistant has secretly treasured for a long time and was changed by Simon from "Overture of the Dead" to "Blizzard" A piece of pure music.
I never thought about making money.
So I planned to make a MV and put it directly on the online platform to increase traffic for Ygritte.
Among them, "Bach's Last Day" for Yulia Shulshkina features a woman's solo dance as the MV, but for the other two songs, it is impossible for two Jennys to appear.
Simon quickly came up with a great idea.
Video mixing and editing.
This is a common splicing and editing mode on many video websites in my memory. According to the tone of a song, various shots from many movies and TV shows are selected to form a MV. It is very popular.
At this stage, because the Internet has just become popular, movie piracy is not so widespread, and video websites are out of the question, so few people can see wonderful video remixes.
However, all these problems are not problems for Simon.
Not only does Simon own the rights to thousands of film and television dramas that Daenerys Entertainment Group has accumulated through acquisitions and produced in recent years, but if necessary, it is obvious that no one will refuse to borrow footage from other studios.
Of course, Simon doesn’t intend for the money to flow into outsiders’ fields.
Not to mention the longer-term copyright reserves, just the films produced by Daenerys Entertainment in recent years are enough for Simon to make two wonderful mixed-edited videos.
The plan was quickly finalized.
The first song "Young and Beautiful" will feature beautiful shots of famous Hollywood actresses.
However, in order to avoid editing all the actresses related to him, Simon planned to start with actresses from the Golden Age of Hollywood, such as Vivien Leigh, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, etc. , until recent years, and all the shots planned to be captured are the most classic shots, and as much as possible, they will be mainly based on movies from Daenerys Entertainment Film Library.
After all, after the mixed-cut video MV is released, it is likely to drive a wave of sales of movies related to the MV footage.
Even if you don’t plan to make money directly from this song, you will still not let go of the peripheral benefits.
For another song, "Blizzard", Simon plans to make a mash-up of highlights from the DC movie universe, from the original "Batman Begins" to "Suicide Squad" at the end of last year. The tune of "Blizzard" itself is closely related to the DC movie universe series. The epic nature of the movie couldn't be more perfect, and it happens to be a warm-up for "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" at the end of this year.
Immediately after Simon's 27th birthday, on February 24, the long-awaited "The Man from Earth" was released.
Because it is an unpopular period at the end of February and there are no other high-quality films, major theater chains are willing to use more screen resources to release this movie. Gaomen Pictures raised 3,107 opening screens at one time.
Prior to this, the action movie "Broken Arrow" starring John Travolta, which opened on Valentine's Day, has been released for two weeks.
Simon was a little disappointed with the film's reputation, with an overall score of only 5.3, not even a passing grade.
Fortunately, with Daenerys Entertainment's strong promotion to make up for it, watching the movie during the Valentine's Day schedule is also a necessity. As the only blockbuster movie on the Valentine's Day schedule, Baige Wu's unique violent aesthetic style can be regarded as making North America famous. The audience's eyes lit up. The film opened on 2,638 screens. In the first box office week from February 10 to February 16, it earned 24.53 million US dollars in seven days. The average box office in a single week exceeded 9,300 US dollars, although it failed to break 10,000 US dollars. , but it also met expectations.
Subsequently, in the second box office week from February 17th to February 23rd, Valentine's Day passed, and there was still no strong competitor. The film's decline maintained a relatively good 27% in the second week, with revenue of US$17.86 million. The cumulative box office in two weeks was 42.39 million U.S. dollars, which is still about 8 million U.S. dollars away from the production cost line of 50 million U.S. dollars.
Considering that the film will be impacted by "The Man from Earth" during the box office week that starts on February 24, Daenerys Pictures' promotion team predicts that the film's total North American box office will be around US$70 million. According to overseas openings in the same period, the total overseas box office is roughly the same as that in North America, and the global total box office is about US$150 million.
The production cost of 50 million US dollars, and the global box office three times, can be regarded as recouping the cost.
If it were other second- and third-tier film companies, it would definitely be more difficult to face such a situation, because the capital chain of small studios is usually tight and they are highly dependent on box office revenue. Once the box office fails, even if it is just no loss or profit, it is often It could be in trouble if it doesn't wait until later video and TV broadcast revenue.
A behemoth like Daenerys Entertainment Group has no such problem.
Because it is large enough, the perfect omni-channel operation has become sustainable. This can not only keep as much profit as possible within the omni-channel scope of a movie in the studio system itself, but also maximize the potential of its films. Get rid of dependence on box office.
All in all, the cost has been recovered by relying on the box office, and it will directly enter the profit stage in the later period. This project is a success for Daenerys Entertainment.
With the advent of the blockbuster era in Hollywood, more and more film companies are finding it difficult to make back their money directly from the box office, and most of them have to rely on peripheral channels. This is also the reason why it is increasingly difficult for second- and third-tier Hollywood film companies to survive. Even if there are one or two successes occasionally, such as the Lions Gate Summit in Simon's memory, etc., they will quickly become silent due to the lack of support from omni-channel operations and the inability to form a cycle.
In addition to "Broken Arrow," also released at the same time on February 10 was "The Brothers McMullen" from Gomen Pictures, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
Relying on the fame of the Sundance Awards and the good reputation of the film itself after its release, it opened on 513 screens. After taking in US$3.96 million in the first week, it only dropped 19% in the second week and collected another US$3.21 million. The good curve means that this film The small film, which cost only US$500,000 to produce, was a box office success, with an estimated local box office total of between 10 million and 15 million.
Simon has always admired Barry Diller's 'tent theory' when he was running Paramount. Blockbusters are the backbone of the 'tent', and other mid- to low-cost films are the poles and curtains of the 'tent'.
For a tent, only the main trunk and pole curtains can protect it from wind and rain. Both are indispensable.
The same goes for movie companies.
The key to the greater ability of large studios to resist risks lies in the fact that their own 'tent' is large enough to form a complete system. When the large studios are further integrated to form a comprehensive media group, the 'tent' is 'Evolve into a 'castle', completely fearless against wind and rain.
Therefore, although the box office volume of "Broken Arrow" and "The Brothers McMullen" are very different between the two, Simon does not underestimate the latter at all.
Then came "This Man Is From Earth."
After its official release on February 24, just like during the Park City screening, "The Man from Earth" is still full of controversy. People who like it like it very much, and people who hate it are disappointed.
However, compared to "Broken Arrow" which did not even reach a passing score two weeks ago, "The Man from Earth" still received more recognition, with a comprehensive media score of 8.2, which is already an excellent level, just because the film was written by Simon himself. It is not an adaptation like the DC movie universe project. It is very personal, so it will attract a lot of different opinions.
After all, criticism of Simon is sure to attract more attention than praise.
All in all, not only in the United States, but also in all movie markets that opened at the same time, countless media are talking about "This Man is from Earth".
Because of the content of the film, this discussion inevitably extends to Simon personally again.
The immortal who has lived for 14,000 years, is this what Simon Westeros is hinting at
Just like "The Sixth Sense" in previous years.
Because of this suspicion, some people even began to become interested in Simon's 'biological samples' in private.
A maid in the family soon quietly reported that someone was offering $100,000 for a piece of Simon's hair.
After the death of Doris Fitch, the Westeros family has stricter requirements on the loyalty of the female maids and male bodyguards around them. During the training stage, Doris Fitch was directly used as a counterexample, or, to put it bluntly, , as a warning. At the same time, they promised that if someone attempts to infiltrate the Westeros family through them, as long as they report it in time, they will be rewarded accordingly.
Simon was not stingy about it at all.
Because of these measures, from the Doris Fetcher incident to the present, at least within the close monitoring scope of the Westeros family intelligence team, no more betrayal incidents have been discovered. Once any situation arises, everything has been reported in time, Simon Several 'fishing' tests were also arranged, and all the test subjects involved passed the test.
Of course, he did not tell these people the truth of the matter, but directly and generously distributed a reward.
This time, it can only be said that Simon was dumbfounded.
100,000 US dollars is too small to underestimate the loyalty of the Wei family's maid team. Moreover, if some people contact Simon directly, he himself is quite willing to sell it. A normal person has about 100,000 hairs. For a normal haircut, one haircut costs US$100,000, which is a huge sum of money even for Simon himself.
After so many years, Simon believed that his 'biological samples' must have been carefully studied by many secret laboratories, and even he himself had done so. The conclusion is that Simon's personal physique is indeed superior to ordinary people, but it is far from reaching the level of 'superman' and is completely within the physiological range of human beings.
Such an episode was just treated as a joke by Simon in private, and he didn't even bother to track down the perpetrator.
In any case, due to the strong buzz, during this unpopular period at the end of February, the North American film market unexpectedly ushered in a movie-watching boom.
In the first week from February 24 to March 2, the seven-day opening of "The Man from Earth" finally reached US$76.19 million, with an average of US$24,000 per museum. It was a blockbuster-level opening.
All of Hollywood can only envy this.
Everyone understands that this kind of success is difficult to replicate.
Because the fundamental reason for the success of this movie is the strong popularity of Simon himself. Other studios may be able to concoct a similar story. However, without the popularity brought by Simon Westeros, they can only make a small profit at most. Pen.
The publicity team of Gomen Pictures had previously expected that the opening results of "The Man from Earth" would be very good, but they still did not expect that it would exceed US$70 million in the first week.
You know, the production cost of "The Man from Earth" was only US$1.5 million.
Because the film is a topical topic, Gaomen Pictures invested only 10 million US dollars in its publicity budget, a large part of which was the cost of copying the 3,107 opening screens. The main publicity channel was to let the main creators log in to various late-night movies one after another. Graphic posters for shows and theaters.
And as Ella Deutschman said to Simon at the beginning, it is used in various public relations to avoid spoilers.
The most expensive TV ads are useless.
Mainly because it would be difficult to cut a trailer for this movie that would not spoil anything but still attract viewers, so let’s just not do it.
In this case, it was still an unpopular schedule at the end of February. The opening result of US$76.19 million in the first week directly set the highest record for a movie opening in Hollywood in February, and it was far behind the previous data. It can only be used To describe it as a miracle.
Impacted by "The Man from Earth", "Broken Arrow" in its third week of release expanded its single-week decline to 43%, earning US$10.17 million, with a cumulative box office of US$52.56 million.
The box office fell into the 10 million range in a single week. Whether it can continue to earn 20 million and reach the expected US$70 million in the future depends on whether the decline of "Broken Arrow" narrows again in the fourth week.
In addition, "The Brothers McMullen" was not greatly affected. It dropped 25% in its third week of release and collected another US$2.39 million. The cumulative box office is US$9.56 million, which is about to exceed 10 million.
Then, another box office week started on March 3. Because of the box office hit of "The Man from Earth" in its first week, many viewers who had not entered the theater because of the controversy of this movie inevitably became very curious and started to watch it. Start buying tickets to enter.
The result is that from March 3 to March 9, the week after its release, the single-week decline of "The Man from Earth" did not halve as many media expected. The decline was only 26%, and the revenue in the next week was still as high as 56.37 million US dollars. , with a total box office of US$132.56 million in two weeks, even surpassing the trends of many blockbuster movies.
According to this box office trend, it will not be a problem for the total North American box office of "The Man from Earth" to exceed US$200 million. In fact, it is not completely impossible to even hit the US$300 million threshold.