On the same day that the two little ones were born, Daenerys's "Mind Game" directed by David Fincher was released in North America with 2,453 opening screens. After the film was released, its reputation was far inferior to that of "Seven Deadly Sins", comprehensive media The rating is only 7.3.
From August 18th to August 24th, the first week of production, "Psycho Game" earned only 19.23 million US dollars in seven days.
neither warm nor hot.
Many directors in Hollywood cannot escape the "sophomore effect" after making famous films. "Seven" was not the first film directed by David Fincher, but it was a famous film. Then, "Psycho Game" became a Waterloo . After a low opening at the box office, "Psycho Game" dropped another 39% in the week after its release from August 25 to August 31, leaving only US$11.56 million at the box office. After two weeks of release, the film's cumulative box office reached US$30.79 million.
With a production cost of 50 million US dollars, a promotion of 30 million US dollars, and an estimated local box office of about 50 million US dollars, it is basically locked in Daenerys Entertainment's most failed film of 1995. Based on the global box office of US$100 million, which is equivalent to doubling the local box office, Daenerys Entertainment cannot even recover the US$50 million production cost and can only look forward to the performance of subsequent channels.
The failure of David Fincher's new film was expected by Simon, and it was a bit intentional.
This summer season, or from the beginning of 1995 to the present, Daenerys Entertainment has overwhelmed the entire Hollywood. Just as the summer season was ending, it suddenly stumbled, which was a shot in the arm for everyone. A cushion that relaxes the heartstrings.
It is always easier for people to see what they want to see.
Daenerys Entertainment will also fail, which makes everyone feel a lot better.
As a filmmaker on Simon's reserved list, the failure of a movie will not affect the cooperation between David Fincher and Daenerys Entertainment. Before the release of "Mind Games", Daenerys had already started working with Fincher Discussions about collaborating on the next film have not been interrupted by the failure of "Mind Games".
With the release of "Mind Game", this summer season has also entered its final stage.
Simon stayed with Sofia and the two little ones in Rome until September 2, and the first stop was Venice.
This year's Venice Film Festival opens on August 30.
Daenerys Entertainment has a total of two films shortlisted for the main competition this year. They are black director Spike Lee's new film "Suspect" and Sean Penn's second directorial work "72 Hours". Two projects They are all invested by Gaomen Pictures.
Simon rushed to Venice mainly to participate in a themed event held by Gaomen Pictures here on Saturday night. The next day was Sunday, and he stayed for another day to keep in touch with a group of filmmakers and discuss some projects by the way. Leave on Monday and rush to Milan.
The Autumn Fashion Week of 1995 is about to open on September 15th. In the order of New York, London, Paris, and Milan, the opening of Milan Fashion Week will have to wait until late October. However, many of Melisandre's brands have announced a few months ago Start preparing for the fashion week show.
Freni district, eastern suburbs of Milan.
An abandoned factory originally purchased here has been upgraded to Melisandre's Milan headquarters.
In addition to Gucci, Versace, which was acquired as Melisandre's brand last year, has also set up an office here.
Simon's ruthless tactics last year frightened the Italian gang, and the shadow behind the Versace brand disappeared. Gianni Versace is no longer so cautious when traveling to Italy. He has been personally preparing for next month's brand show in Milan recently.
Today happens to be a fitting rehearsal for the Versace show.
Originally it was just a fitting, but after Simon arrived, Gianni Versace specially arranged a rehearsal. As the fashion season approaches, the schedules of the models are very busy. When they learned that Westeros was coming, no one resisted, but they were all eager to try it.
In the huge old factory-renovated LOFT, there were only a few people on one side of the catwalk, including Simon and Sophia's right-hand man, Angela Ahrendts.
After a moment of waiting, classical music with a bit of liveliness played, and the models began to file out after changing their clothes.
Opening the show this year is Yasmin Gehry.
Simon appeared here today mainly because he wanted him to come and take a look.
It has been decided to step down as the Victoria's Secret Angel spokesperson early. Yao Jing plans to announce her retirement after completing this year's autumn fashion show. Milan is the last stop of the autumn fashion week. Versace's show happens to be a little behind Gucci, so it has become a closure. work.
Nadja Allman will also participate in the show.
However, Leg Jin has no plans to retire so early, but plans to gradually reduce his work in the future.
Mainly because of the cultural background of the two women.
Yasmin is from Pakistan. When she first chose to pursue a career in modeling, she was strongly opposed by her family. If the girl's family was not relatively open, she might have been captured and beaten to death. Now, not only has he become famous, but with the help of Simon, his lover, he has also accumulated a substantial net worth, so he naturally does not need to show his face anymore.
Relatively speaking, Nadja Orman from Germany has no such concerns.
I am only 24 years old in two years. Even if I completely give up my job now, the assets in my name will be enough to live a healthy life. However, if a person does not work and only enjoys life, it is actually very boring, so Najia plans to continue to work in the industry. Active on the catwalk for several years.
Yasmin chose to retire, not to retire.
The two women have been studying for an MBA program since last year at Simon's suggestion. After Yao Jing retires, they plan to move to San Francisco and continue their MBA program while helping on Instagram. After completing their studies and accumulating enough experience, they will consider doing something else. As a friend, Najia also plans to live in Silicon Valley forever.
The design of the first section of the opening theme is mainly retro-style midriff-baring outfits and miniskirts.
With Yasmin's figure, a white short top paired with a black miniskirt just revealed a slender waist, which complemented each other perfectly. The amorous look when looking back was even more sultry. Even though she was already very familiar, she was caught on the catwalk. The girl's gaze swept across, which still made people feel excited involuntarily.
It is not difficult to imagine how many people will regret the retirement of the girl.
Because it was a spur-of-the-moment rehearsal, not all themes were covered. Otherwise, including suits, swimsuits, casual and other types, it might take about half an hour.
On the catwalk, after about 10 minutes of rehearsal, a group of goblins swarmed directly to Simon on the terrace. Gianni Versace, who originally wanted to come over to say hello to Simon, could only avoid Melisandre with others. Senior executives guard the perimeter together.
The waist and legs semen took up the position next to Simon without hesitation and asked about recent events.
The two women also vaguely heard that Sofia was pregnant, but they didn't know that the woman had given birth recently. Simon would not tell them about it, but only talked about the Venice Film Festival over the weekend.
A model who doesn't want to be an actor is not a good model.
There is no such demand for waist and leg cum. Carla Bruni, who grabbed the position at Simon's feet, took over the conversation without leaving a trace and asked Simon if he could introduce her to participate in the movie. She also said half teasingly and half jokingly that she was now He is considered Simon's person and must be responsible.
Elite changed hands and became a modeling agency under the Westeros system, which was just the beginning.
During this time, the Elite series changed.
After settling matters in North America, Grace began to take over the power of overseas branches and directly fired many executives who were unwilling to hand over power. The Paris branch was once Linda Evangelista's ex-husband Gaillard Mari. He was one of the elite border officials who was purged.
The former John Casablanca confidant has big names like Carla Bruni and Claudia Schiffer under his belt.
Facing Grace's expulsion, Gaillard Mari originally wanted to lead a group of clients to start their own business. Under other circumstances, the other party would have a high chance of success. Unfortunately, the result was that Gaillard Mari almost left the house in the end. Not to mention Carla Bruni and Claudia Schiffer, this former Elite executive even lost some ordinary clients who had not yet made a name for themselves. Couldn't take it away.
Girls in this circle are not too stupid.
The current Elite is backed by the entire Westeros system. Whether it is Melisandre's fashion resources or Daenerys' media resources, other competitors can only look up to them. In this case, everyone would be crazy to follow one Executives who may have been banned from the Westeros system set up their own businesses.
After integration, the contracts of most of Elite's supermodels are now directly transferred to Grace's name, and Carla Bruni and Claudia Schiffer in Europe are no exception.
Behind Grace, directly again, is Simon.
A certain 'sex-eating demon' said that he was Simon's man now, which was not wrong.
Being responsible is definitely not responsible.
It was almost noon, so Simon generously offered to invite everyone to have dinner together.
The two women had work in the afternoon, and Simon also stayed in Milan for a day to learn about the operating conditions of Melisandre's various brands. He set off back to New York the next morning.
Because New York Fashion Week opened first, a group of big fairies came along with it.
During the time Simon left North America, the federal review of the merger between Daenerys and Metropolis ABC was also coming to an end. At present, negotiations are only on some asset disposal methods that violate the current antitrust regulations and media control regulations after the merger. It is expected that It will be approved by the Ministry of Justice, FCC and other departments by the end of September.
Now that the merger is a certainty, Daenerys and ABC have begun to cooperate on a deeper level.
This fall, the focus of the two companies' collaboration is the music reality show "American Idol."
Simon has been personally involved in the planning of this project since the beginning of the year. After Daenerys and Metropolis ABC negotiated a merger and acquisition agreement, the television department officially signed a contract with the ABC TV network for "American Idol" and started production.
The reality show is largely based on Simon's memories of the original version.
The only difference is the selection of judges.
Simon Cowell, who once served as the backbone of "American Idol", has not appeared again. This producer is still just an unknown player in the British music industry. Although he has been in the industry for many years, it was not until 1999 that Westlife, which he created himself, became popular. They were able to stand out, and soared to the sky with the subsequent 'Pop Idol' series.
Music reality shows are just reality shows after all.
The core is still 'performance'.
Simon finalized the four-judge strategy in the planning stage this time, and the roles were clearly set.
A professional music producer, harsh, venomous, but absolutely professional.
A middle-aged female singer who still has charm and acts as a close sister.
A black rapper, politically correct.
A young female singer under 30 years old, preferably Latina, beautiful and wild, acts as a vase to attract the attention of young audiences.
Because the industry itself is very mature, the American record industry is in no shortage of outstanding musicians.
With the success of reality shows such as "Who Will Be a Millionaire" and "Survivor", and realizing the importance Daenerys Entertainment attaches to "American Idol", many big-name musicians have volunteered themselves, relying on the creation of 'After Barrie Weiss, who had established a foothold in Daenerys Records of the Street Boys' group, was interested in the role of music producer, but was rejected by Simon himself.
Barrie Weiss is now cultivating potential teenage singers such as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake, whom Simon poached from Disney's Mickey Mouse Club. Simon doesn't want the former American In the 1990s, the godfather of the Teen-Pop field went to do reality shows.
The final choice was David Krueger, the producer of Daenerys Records who helped the Backstreet Boys create their first best-selling album. This middle-aged man was about 40 years old when Barry Weiss left Jive Records. After several rehearsals and auditions, Simon was very satisfied with his performance on stage.
The black rapper, Simon personally selected the famous Jay-z in his memory. The 36-year-old Jay-z has been in the rap circle for many years, but at the moment he is just a newcomer who has just released his single. However, as a top The potential of hip-hop artists has been revealed.
As a condition of joining "Pop Idol", Jay-z signed a 10-year contract with Daenerys Records.
Next, Daenerys Records will provide the other party with sufficient resources. As for how far Jay-z can go in the music industry besides serving as a judge on "Pop Idol", it depends on luck.
The two female judges, who are about 40-year-old 'intimate sisters', finally signed Cher after repeated negotiations.
This is also the most famous one among the four judges.
Cher was not only one of the most popular pop singers in North America in the 1960s and 1970s, but she was also one of the more successful singer-turned-movie stars. In 1987, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for "Moonlight".
However, in the 1990s, Cher's popularity began to decline severely, especially after the era of blockbuster movies began.
The most important reason why Cher can become a judge is actually because she is a signed singer under Daenerys Records. Cher signed with Geffen Records in the early days. Geffen Records was acquired by Universal Music, and Universal's parent company MCA was acquired by Universal Music. Acquired by Daenerys Entertainment and eventually transferred to the revamped Daenerys Records.
Compared to the popular Guns N’ Roses and Backstreet Boys under Daenerys Records, Cher now only has more of her past glory.
It's a big name after all.
It took the two parties three months to finalize the details from the initial contact. Cher also received a salary of US$8 million for the first season, which was higher than the other three judges combined. The agreement was signed for a total of three seasons. You can also enjoy a salary increase of up to 25% every quarter depending on specific circumstances.
After selecting the last vase, Simon finally handed it to Jennifer Lopez.
Just like Jay-Z now, the Latin queen who Simon once couldn't figure out how to become popular is just a foil. David Kruger and Cher, who have sufficient qualifications, are equivalent to the male and female protagonists of "American Idol". Jay-z and Jennifer Lopez are the supporting actors and actresses.
In any case, since it is a potential stock, Simon will definitely not let it go. The prerequisite for Jennifer Lopez to get the judge's role on "American Idol" was to sign a 10-year contract with Daenerys Records.