After a statistical review in October, Daenerys Entertainment's full-year financial report for fiscal year 1995 before the merger with Metropolis ABC Group was officially released on November 6, and the new Daenerys Entertainment Group stocks were also re-listed on the same day. opening.
The purpose is self-evident.
From October 1994 to September 1995, in the four quarters, Daenerys Entertainment Group's total annual revenue was US$27.617 billion, the company's net profit was US$3.723 billion, and the net profit margin reached 13.5%.
Since Daenerys Entertainment adjusted its fiscal year plan after its IPO last year and adjusted the original natural year statistical cycle to October of each year as the starting point, if you want to make a year-on-year comparison, you can only push forward four quarters. From October 1993 to September 1994, in the same four quarters, total revenue was US$20.561 billion and net profit was US$2.319 billion.
For reference, Daenerys Entertainment Group's revenue in fiscal year 1995 increased by 34.3% year-on-year, and its net profit increased by as high as 60.5%.
Even though many people understand that Daenerys Entertainment's financial report is 'tailor-made' for expansion operations such as the merger with Metropolis ABC Group in the year after the IPO, one thing is undeniable, Daenerys Entertainment Group itself does have Very strong profitability, with a full-year net profit of US$3.723 billion, there may be some financial tricks such as delaying the payment of accounts payable, but the actual water content is not too much.
After all, Daenerys Entertainment’s popularity in movies, TV shows, and games is obvious to all.
Therefore, it is not that Daenerys Entertainment's net profit this year is too high, but that the company has deliberately suppressed the company's own profits in the past and invested more funds in expansion.
This time it can be described as a demonstration of profitability.
3.723 billion U.S. dollars. Simply put, this profit does not seem so eye-catching. By comparison, you can see how powerful Daenerys Entertainment’s earning power is.
According to the financial reports of various U.S. companies as of September this year, it can be roughly speculated that in 1995, only six U.S. companies had annual net profits that exceeded Daenerys Entertainment, namely General Motors, Ford Motor, and Exxon Mobil, General Electric, Philip Morris and AT&T.
These six companies are all old corporate oligarchs that have been passed down for decades or hundreds of years. Among them, Ford Motor, which is expected to be the most profitable, has a net profit of only US$5.3 billion for the year, which is not a huge gap with Daenerys Entertainment.
Daenerys Entertainment Group was not only the seventh-largest corporate giant in the United States in terms of profitability in 1995, but also ranked among the top 30 with revenue of US$27.617 billion.
All this only took 9 years.
Not only that, old giants such as General Motors and Ford Motor have basically lost their long-term growth potential.
Especially the automobile industry, under the impact of Japanese automobiles, the downward trend is very obvious. Otherwise, the U.S. government would not have launched automobile trade negotiations with Japan in the first half of the year. Unfortunately, this time it did not succeed like the semiconductor war in the 1980s. Therefore, the rapid decline of the U.S. auto industry is inevitable.
In comparison, Daenerys Entertainment, which has already dominated the media and entertainment industry, is still full of vitality, with movies, TV, games, music and other businesses advancing hand in hand. Its revenue growth has not slowed down after entering the tens of billions of dollars club. Maintain a continuous and strong annual growth rate of more than 30%.
Moreover, after far surpassing all competitors in the same industry, Daenerys Entertainment not only did not stand still, but continued to move frequently. It had just completed the merger and acquisition of Metropolis ABC Group and announced an investment scale of 20 in the blink of an eye. Billion dollar Universal Studios Rome project.
Due to the continued momentum of Daenerys Entertainment and the fact that Universal Studios Osaka quickly got on track after its opening, most media have gradually changed their pessimistic attitude towards Universal Studios Rome due to the failure of Disneyland Paris.
Therefore, on November 6, even though the opening market value had reached US$216.6 billion, the new Daenerys Entertainment stock price was still strongly sought after by the capital market.
On the first day of reopening, Daenerys Entertainment's share price soared from US$83.375 before the suspension last month to US$93.25, a single-day increase of 11.8%.
This is not the 11.8% of some small companies with a market value of only tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars, but the 11.8% of a giant enterprise with a market value of more than 200 billion US dollars. At the close of the day, the market value of Daenerys Entertainment jumped to US$242.1 billion. In one day, the overall book income of Daenerys Entertainment shareholders reached US$25.5 billion.
The New York Times on Tuesday used only one word to describe the single-day increase in Daenerys Entertainment's reopening as a front-page headline: Crazy!
It really can only be described as crazy.
Ford, which is expected to rank first in the United States in net profit for the full year, had a market capitalization of only US$38.1 billion at the close of trading on November 6. This automobile giant with annual revenue of US$120 billion and net profit of more than US$5 billion has a market value equivalent to only one-sixth of Daenerys Entertainment Group, and its price-to-earnings ratio is only a pitiful 7 times.
However, even Warren Buffett, who focuses on value investing and likes bargain hunting, will no longer buy Ford Motor shares at this time, because the U.S. auto industry is destined to decline like the semiconductor industry after the Washington government failed to put pressure on Japan. to be replaced.
A mere 7 times price-to-earnings ratio shows that the U.S. auto industry has basically lost the value of long-term investment.
In comparison, even though the price-to-earnings ratio has reached 65 times, Daenerys Entertainment is still highly sought after by the market. Even though the operation tendency of many capitals has changed from investment to speculation, it can be confirmed that Daenerys Entertainment definitely has long-term sustainability. Some value.
Simon returned to Los Angeles on November 5.
I have resumed a stable work rhythm, going to work in the morning, going home in the evening, and occasionally attending some unavoidable drinking parties.
In fact, work has been continuously decentralized.
If it weren't for the unanimous opposition of Daenerys Entertainment's board of directors and the group's top management, Simon would have wanted to step down as chairman of Daenerys Entertainment after the acquisition of Metropolis ABC Group, relying on more than 90% of the voting rights, even if he stepped down Behind the scenes, he is still the absolute controller of Daenerys' entertainment.
Unfortunately, everyone disagrees.
Simon's symbolic significance to Daenerys Entertainment is too important. Even if he is always absent from Daenerys Entertainment's board of directors due to other matters in the Westeros system, as long as he still holds this title, no matter whether it is within Daenerys Entertainment The majority of investors will have full confidence in this company.
On the contrary, once Simon steps down unexpectedly, it is likely to bring unnecessary risks to the company.
No matter how hard you explain it, you won’t run away after the stock price drops sharply.
If Cersei Capital wants to short its own company, it can use this trick.
authorities, the result is more likely to benefit the SEC.
What a huge fine.
Back in Los Angeles, Simon has been refocusing much of his time on a string of film projects under Daenerys Entertainment.
After Halloween's "The Conjuring 2", the 3D animated film "Beauty and the Beast" will be released soon on November 17th during the Thanksgiving holiday, followed by the much-anticipated "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" on December 22nd. , in addition to these blockbusters, a number of awards season contenders such as Kathryn Bigelow's "Detroit" will also be released at the end of the year.
These are already done.
There are many more films in the production stage.
The annual production volume of Daenerys Entertainment's three labels exceeds 40. Although each project must be personally approved by Simon, due to limited energy, Simon can focus on only a few.
As 1995 comes to an end, according to the production progress of a series of films, Daenerys Entertainment's major films for 1996 have basically been finalized.
Starting from the beginning of next year, the earliest key project is Jack Cheng's "Rush Hour", which is scheduled to be released on February 9, Valentine's Day.
The successful kung fu comedy Simon Remembers actually deserves a spot on the summer calendar.
However, it was impossible for Simon to tell the New World Pictures team how successful "Rush Hour" would be, and the summer schedule of 1996 was already too crowded, with some key projects and even blockbusters being transferred to various unpopular schedules one after another. The basic strategy that Liz Entertainment has started to promote in recent years, last year's "Broken Arrow" has proven the feasibility of this strategy.
In the next Easter period, there will be two key films, both sequels, namely the comedy "Planet 2" starring Jim Carrey and "The Haunting of Morgue 2," the fourth film in the Conjuring cinematic universe.
After Easter, entering the summer season, there are three blockbusters related to Daenerys Entertainment, "Mission: Impossible 2", "The Mummy" and "Sleepy Hollow".
Among them, "Mission: Impossible 2" and "The Mummy" are external cooperation films, distributed by Paramount and Fox respectively. "Sleepy Hollow" directed by Tim Burton is a project completely independently distributed by Daenerys Entertainment.
Also on the summer schedule is "Spectre," the latest installment in MGM's 007 series.
This is the 18th installment in the 007 series.
The project does not have investment from Daenerys Entertainment, but is part of the MGM Agents movie universe planned by Simon. Although the name is "007: Specter" and the story also adopts some frameworks in Simon's memory, Simon still made considerable modifications in order to fit in with the MGM Agents movie universe.
The reason why "007: Specter" was not released until 2015 was mainly due to the long-term dispute over the copyright of the Specter series. Under Simon's leadership, MGM has completely resolved this issue.
As for the leading actor, after Timothy Dalton stepped down, the new 007 still chose Pierce Brosnan.
After becoming famous in "Pretty Woman" a few years ago as a replacement for Richard Gere, due to the failure of subsequent film selections and Simon's behind-the-scenes push, Pierce Brosnan had just entered the front line and had not yet established himself, and his status began to decline again. , when the 007 project once again extended an olive branch to Brosnan, the actor finally agreed to join.
Under Simon's instruction, MGM provided Brosnan with a salary of US$5 million for his first major 007 film, which was higher than Brosnan's net worth after his popularity dropped. However, in exchange, the actor signed a five-year contract at one time. For the first 007 contract, the salary increase for a single film contract cannot exceed 35%, and the maximum salary is US$15 million.
In fact, if the Agents movie universe is very successful, MGM will give an extra portion of the box office share as usual in the future.
It's just that these terms are not clearly written in the contract.
Like the DC Cinematic Universe, this is a leeway left by MGM for both parties.
After the summer season, Halloween in 1996 will be a new spin-off series of the Conjuring movie universe, with "Annabelle" being foreshadowed in the recently released "The Conjuring 2".
In the last two major releases at the end of the year, there are still three blockbusters, namely "Wonder Woman 2", "Charlie's Angels" and "Jumanji". According to the original agreement, "Wonder Woman 2" was independently distributed by Daenerys Entertainment, while "Charlie's Angels" and "Jumanji" were cooperative projects with MGM and Warner.
As for projects such as "Tornado", "Day Alone", and "Titanic" that Daenerys Entertainment is still focusing on preparing, their schedules will be postponed one after another.
Moreover, most of the films scheduled for release are blockbusters with large investments and large productions. Daenerys Entertainment’s three labels have more non-core or mid-to-low-cost projects, and there are some dark horses among them, or Some additional films selected by Simon may also be temporarily added, such as "This Man from Earth", which created a box office miracle at an ultra-low cost with its creativity earlier this year.
After returning to Los Angeles for a week, Simon basically focused on these film projects, or participated in the post-production of "The Mummy", or rushed to the set of "Charlie's Angels" in person, or spent a morning with the upcoming Victoria's Secret film in Australia. The crew of "Jumanji", which started filming immediately after the big show, held a conference call.
Moreover, there are a lot of things in the entire Westeros system that require Simon to be distracted.
Last month's shutdown of the Wisconsin distribution center of Amazon's online mall owned by Igret was delayed for more than half a month and was finally resolved.
Eaglet completely abandoned the three contractors and re-selected other freight companies to undertake the logistics and distribution tasks of the Wisconsin distribution center.
At this stage in the United States, although truck freight still accounts for more than 80% of land distribution, it is far from reaching the state of severe shortage of truck drivers due to the rise of e-commerce twenty years later. Truck drivers who cannot find jobs are now being caught. A lot of industry labor is redundant.
Therefore, Ygritte has considerable initiative.
Igret refused to give in to the backlash and even compromise that were clearly manipulated by the three companies and the Teamsters Union behind the scenes.
Moreover, since the Teamsters Union did not expose it, Ygritte did not provoke certain things and spared no effort to build momentum in the media, insisting that the reason for abandoning the three contractors was not a strike by workers seeking better treatment, but a strike by workers seeking better treatment. It was the contractor's failure to properly handle the relationship with its employees that caused Yigret to suffer huge losses, and at the same time seriously damaged the interests of Amazon's online mall customers.
The fault lies with the contractor.
Not only that, Yigret’s claims against the contractors in accordance with the contract were not interrupted after the matter was resolved. Faced with huge claims and lawsuits, three small contractors who could not even afford to litigate directly declared bankruptcy, and all those who participated in the strike All truck drivers lost their jobs.
After reaching this point, Ygritte stopped pursuing him.
As for the other lawsuits surrounding the Wisconsin distribution center, they are not painful. Since some people want to fight, let's just stick with them.
With Yigrit's size, he can now handle any type of lawsuit.
On the other hand, inspired by the truck drivers' strike, Simon specifically reminded Alice Ferguson, the head of Amazon, to pay attention to the introduction of other transportation modes into the distribution network, hoping that after the large-scale rise of e-commerce, truck drivers would still be protected. The union is stuck, and this is something that must be done.
As for the further intelligence and mechanization of many logistics and distribution centers, Simon does not need to remind you repeatedly. Continuously eliminating labor through machinery is also an inevitable choice for Amazon if it wants to grow and develop.