In the conference room on 66th Street in the Upper West Side, Simon, who had unknowingly begun to pursue efficiency more and more, was glad that he had not made a decision just now.
Everyone spoke freely, and Simon suddenly became enlightened with various suggestions.
Although he is unable to obtain the online broadcast rights for this Olympic Games, Yigrit can take advantage of the popularity of the Olympic Games to obtain event videos from many previous Olympic Games. In this way, he can also purposefully select and produce various events. Collection.
Another ABC executive suggested that it was a misunderstanding that Igret tried to buy the online broadcast rights to the videos of this Olympic Games.
Because this goes against YouTube’s operating philosophy of being a platform only.
This also made Simon reflect.
When the topic was over, Simon glanced at a Chinese idiom on the document in front of him and listened to it to understand.
Then he smeared it off quietly.
The initial interlude allowed Simon to appropriately relax the time for subsequent discussions on related issues. The meeting did not end until after get off work at five o'clock.
After brainstorming, everyone came up with many new ideas on how to use the Olympic Games based on some original plans, causing Jeff Bezos, who originally planned to leave tomorrow morning, to temporarily change his itinerary and stay until tomorrow afternoon.
At the end of the meeting, as Daenerys' East Coast team in Greenwich Village gradually moved here, into the red brick building that was already the East Coast headquarters of Daenerys Entertainment, Simon, Bezos, and Iger walked out of the meeting side by side. room.
Finally discussing a few work-related matters, Iger added: "Simon, our teams on both sides are holding a cocktail party tonight. Do you want to come?"
Simon shook his head: "We made an appointment for dinner, Mickey Kanter."
Jeff Bezos, who was walking on the other side, heard this name and subconsciously asked: "The new Secretary of Commerce?"
"yes."
If I didn't have an appointment, I wouldn't get off work on time today, and I would definitely have to arrange some more work.
The matter is still about Simon's upcoming trip to China.
Everything was ready on the Westeros side, but something went wrong on the Washington side. Just at the beginning of this month, on April 3, Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown, who was leading a U.S. trade and investment delegation to visit the Balkans, suffered a plane crash in Croatia, killing all 35 people on board.
I won’t talk too much about the behind-the-scenes and conspiracy legends about this plane crash. Anyway, Clinton’s eight years in office have been full of strange things. And just last Friday, April 12, the President signed the appointment of the new Secretary of Commerce, Mickey Kanter, with great efficiency.
This is a confidant of the President. He served as the chairman of Clinton's campaign team during the 1992 election. After Clinton came to power, he was appointed as the U.S. Trade Representative, responsible for participating in major federal international economic negotiations such as WTO formation negotiations and U.S.-Japan auto trade negotiations. affairs.
Simon has read the other party's information.
Average reviews.
Mickey Kanter, a lawyer by training, is a good player in politics, but his economics is unsatisfactory. A typical example is the U.S.-Japan auto trade negotiations chaired by Mickey Kanter.
The two major trade negotiations in the United States in the past two decades were both aimed at Japan. The former was the U.S.-Japan semiconductor trade negotiation. Although the United States did not gain much advantage in the end due to the relocation of its domestic semiconductor industry, it severely damaged the Japanese semiconductor industry and indirectly Leading to the rise of South Korea's semiconductor industry.
Then there are the U.S.-Japan auto trade negotiations last year.
This time, although the two sides reached an agreement at the last moment, the United States actually came back defeated. Japan has preserved its automobile industry and is still going strong many years later, while the domestic automobile industry in the United States continues to decline. This negotiation may be because the Japanese have learned lessons from the semiconductor industry and have not given in. The mistake in the negotiation strategy of the US delegation is also an important reason.
It was Mickey Kanter who was in charge of this negotiation.
Simon was delighted to hear this.
When dealing with the government level, Simon prefers mediocre people. Although people who can climb to the core of national power are not too simple-minded, it is better to be relatively mediocre than too shrewd.
The three of them chatted and entered the elevator with several followers.
This is the tenth floor of the building. When the elevator descended to the eighth floor, it opened again. A group of well-dressed women with exquisite makeup appeared in front of everyone. Only Cathy Hilton and Kris Jenner were among them. They were obviously "The Housewives of New York". 》One of the starring roles. The women were chatting with each other until they noticed Simon appearing in the elevator. They all stopped talking and looked over together.
Before she could say hello, Kris Jenner was the first to react. In addition to Simon, Iger, and Bezos, there were five other people in the elevator, including Lady A. It seemed that at most two more people were squeezed in. Kris Jenner grabbed a seat, and Cathy Hilton, who was closest to the elevator door, had a slight flicker in her eyes and still grabbed it.
Kris Jenner walked right next to a man and turned around. She said to the people outside the elevator: "What a pity. Let's wait for the next one."
Then he reached out and pressed the elevator door.
As the elevator started to go down again, no matter what the few who had just been pulled down thought, Kris Jenner turned around, looked at Simon and said hello: "Mr. Westeros, it's so nice to see you again."
Simon also showed a smile: "Yes, what are you doing today?"
Kris Jenner said: "This season of 'Housewives of New York' is coming to an end soon, and we're here to record an interview."
"Oh, I saw the ratings reports, great season."
"Thanks."
Seeing Kris Jenner and Simon chatting enthusiastically, Cathy Hilton, who has been fighting with each other since joining "Wives of New York", quickly got rid of the little hesitation just now and took the initiative to say: "Simon, listen. Said you are going to visit China soon?"
"Ha, even you guys know?"
Regarding this matter, Simon actually wanted to keep a low profile as much as possible, but he failed to do so after all.
Kris Jenner immediately took over the conversation again: "I heard that China is great, and I want to go and see it if I have the chance. Simon, where do you think I should go first if I go to China?"
Simon felt that the perfume of the woman in front of him was obviously mixed with something different. He subconsciously glanced at the other person's chest and said casually: "Actually, I don't know much, but I definitely can't miss the Great Wall."
Kris Jenner noticed the man's gaze and smiled more charmingly. Just as she was about to continue, the elevator door opened.
This is the basement level.
Robert Iger and Jeff Bezos are a few very knowledgeable automatic flashers. In addition to Lady A, Simon also has two other personal bodyguards, as well as Kris Jenner and Cathy Hilton who naturally follow.
Seeing that the two women around him were not sure whether they were real or pretending to be hesitant, Simon took the initiative and asked: "Are you driving?"
Kris Jenner did not hesitate: "No, the parking space here is very tight. We came by taxi. Simon, can you give me a lift?"
"Of course." He walked towards two identical black Mercedes-Benz cars. The bodyguard had already opened the door of one of the cars. Simon gestured to the two women: "You can take that car and the driver will take you home."
Simon, who pays attention to security issues, is now surrounded by at least a team of four bodyguards, so he travels in at least two cars.
But Kris Jenner followed over: "Simon, can I sit in a car with you and chat by the way?"
"We're not necessarily going along the way."
"It's definitely on the way."
Saying this, seeing Simon get into the car without any objection, Kris Jenner glanced at Cathy Hilton and followed the car door opened by the bodyguard on the other side.
Cathy Hilton, who had been on tenterhooks for a long time after that incident, had originally planned to take another car, but was stimulated by Kris Jenner's last glance and simply followed her. Seeing her coming, Kris Jenner in the car patted the middle armrest of the back seat of the luxury car proudly: "If you want to get in, you can only sit in the passenger seat."
Just as he was talking, Girl A had already gotten into the passenger seat.
Kris Jenner was even more proud and raised her eyebrows at her, but soon she heard the man next to her say: "You two are women, it's okay to squeeze."
Cathy Hilton, who can marry into a wealthy family, is just as good as Kris Jenner. She just couldn't make up her mind just because of some scruples. Now when she heard the man say this, she was... Jenna was so angry that she squeezed in directly.
The car started, Simon glanced at the two women huddled together next to him, put up the baffles on the back seat and front seat, and said to them: "I made an appointment to have dinner with someone at six o'clock. It's more important. You guys are not suitable." Together, but we can dine at another place over there later, it’s a club.”
The two women who were close together looked at each other, and it was Kris Jenner who spoke first, flirting with the man without leaving any trace: "Simon, I'm not in a hurry to go back after dinner."
Simon smiled and looked at this mature woman who was in her early forties but still maintained fair skin and did not go astray in tanning: "By the way, you gave birth to a child last year?"
"A girl," Kris Jenner said, "Actually, I... But Bruce wants a child."
Simon's eyes glanced at the woman again subconsciously: "What's your name?"
"Kendall," Kris Jenner said, "This is the name given by Bruce. It means 'Valley of Light'. It's a bit unfamiliar. In fact, I think it would be nice to call her Kylie, but he is a child after all." 's father."
"Actually, it's not bad. I prefer distinctive names."
Simon said this with a somewhat strange expression.
Kendall Jenner.
After I appeared, many things have changed, and, based on the probability of certain things, except for one name, this Kendou is definitely no longer the same Kendou. After the summer of 1986, that was probably the case. But think about it again, unlike Robert Kardashian, the father of the three Kardashian sisters, who has a mediocre to somewhat ugly appearance, Kris Jenner, a former flight attendant, and Bruce Jenner, an Olympic champion, have a child’s appearance. The value is certainly not bad.
It can be seen that Kendall and Kylie were both top beauties when they were young in "Keeping Up with the Kardashians". Kendall later became the only one the Kardashians could watch. As for Kylie, she was a real beauty. I made it into Sister Jin’s style.
Kris Jenner actually noticed something strange in Simon's expression, but she didn't delve into it. Instead, she had another idea after hearing the man's words: "Simon, I heard that Don Johnson and Melanie G. You were the one who named Riffes’ daughter, Dakota Johnson, and you, um, everyone said you were that girl’s godfather?”
When Chris mentioned it, Simon thought of this little gossip widely circulated in Hollywood.
Just like Spielberg once had a lot of goddaughters, because he named a certain little guy and attended his christening ceremony, the theory that Simon is Dakota Johnson's godfather gradually spread. Think about it, the little girl is 7 years old this year, and she has never been seen before and after. However, Simon didn't bother to clarify.
Mainly because...well, someone actually quite likes being a dad.
Seeing Simon, Kris Jenner just smiled and had no objection. She leaned a little this way: "Simon, you must have been on the East Coast recently. Maybe, what about tomorrow? I plan to hold a party at home. You Are you interested? By the way, you can take a look at Ken Dou, a very cute little guy."
Simon shook his head directly this time: "I'll go back to the West Coast tomorrow morning."
Kris Jenner thought it was an excuse: "If I remember correctly, Melisandre will be listed on the 19th, you should be participating, right?"
"Yes, but I'll come over when the time comes."
Simon has been really busy lately. Simon has to fly to San Francisco tomorrow, then transfer back to Los Angeles, and then come back to New York on Friday to attend the premiere of Melisandre. Then, we will depart for China on Saturday and arrive on Sunday local time. We will not be able to rest until Monday and Tuesday next week.
In fact, many people in the elite class are in this trapeze state of running around for most of the year, and Simon is pretty good.
Of course, I have thought about not running around so much, but there are some things that cannot be done just by thinking about it. The Westeros system is too big now. Even if Simon doesn't care about some financial profits and losses, if he can just let go and become a hands-off shopkeeper , it is likely that some unexpected emergencies will cause a domino effect.
The collapse of many large companies is due to the laziness of the leaders.
Of course, the situation will not always be like this. The main reason is that the Westeros system is too conspicuous now and the industrial layout is still relatively concentrated. For example, technology and entertainment account for a large proportion, and the financial business, if you dare to let go, will become a real business at any time. A big bomb that could go off. However, as long as the integration strategy of the Westeros system and the American economy is implemented smoothly, the further this matter advances, the more Simon can be freed from complicated affairs.
At that time, the risk to the Westeros system will be the risk to the United States. The U.S. dollar kidnaps the entire world, thereby posing risks to the entire world. In order to prevent risks from affecting themselves, countless people will actively or passively safeguard the interests of the Westeros system.
Kris Jenner didn’t have high expectations for inviting Simon. After a little persistence, she gave up and said: “By the way, Simon, the iRec-10 recently released by Tinker Bell, and YouTube I also shot some videos for the event and uploaded them, and the number of clicks was pretty good. Can this aspect really be developed further?"
The iRec-10 digital camera went on sale on April 5, which is actually only 10 days ago.
However, within 10 days, taking into account the 2 million units that were sold out on the first day of sales and the overtime supply chain of Tinco Bayer, the global sales have exceeded 2.5 million units.
Because this is an Internet hardware peripheral, coupled with the cooperation between Tinker Bayer and Ygritte, it means that there are millions more video creators at once. Even if there is a capacity limit for ordinary users on the YouTube platform, after all, it can Clearing and deleting, at worst, you can register a few more numbers, so the content increase in these days suddenly ushered in a blowout, including a significant increase in users who did not create videos and just browsed the website.
Many people saw business opportunities.
At Elite, under Simon's guidance, Grace has launched an Internet celebrity training plan through its new media operations department that has been established for more than a year.
Unlike the Instagram platform, which can only be monetized through marketing cooperation, YouTube can directly obtain advertising shares. Of course, marketing cooperation also accounts for the majority. If you enter the market decisively now, you can also seize more resources before many others can react.
In the original time and space, it was not until the mobile Internet era that the Internet celebrity economy began to become popular. Before that, there was no shortage of Internet celebrities, but it was usually difficult to monetize them.
In the final analysis, there is still a lack of mature business models.
Now, Simon directly helped Grace open up her mind on how to cultivate Internet celebrities, how to monetize traffic, how to bring goods, including the operation methods of different channels such as social platforms and video platforms. In the future, Elite may be able to cultivate Internet celebrities just by relying on the YouTube platform. A series of big influencers with annual income of tens of millions.
The current income of the top models is actually at this level.
This can also be regarded as a good direction for Elite to move from a pure model agency to diversification. After all, others have been deeply involved in actors, sports, etc. for too long. The blue ocean market of the Internet is definitely more suitable for horse racing.
Moreover, as long as Elite succeeds, there will definitely be a large number of followers.
These content creators can earn revenue from the Internet and at the same time feed the entire Internet ecosystem.
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When Simon asked Kris Jenner, thinking about the ubiquity of the Kardashian family in the past, this was actually content, so he didn’t mind asking for a few words: “Of course, this is a better opportunity. It’s different. Due to the regional limitations of the television industry, the Internet is global. Currently, the number of Internet users worldwide has reached 500 million, which is almost twice the total population of the United States. They are also the middle and upper class people with the strongest spending power. Look at Yigrit market value, you should understand how vast business opportunities exist in this field.”
Kris Jenner's eyes quickly lit up when she heard what Simon said, and even Cathy Hilton, who was squeezed to the edge, couldn't help but prick up her ears.
"But, Simon, I have absolutely no idea what to do. Can you tell me something?"
"If you go back and carefully study YouTube's channel classification, it is actually very clear. There are different fashion, food, fitness, travel, etc. channels. As long as you stick to one point, patiently study the needs of users, and carefully produce the content they want to see, as long as The accumulated subscriptions will reach millions, and the income will definitely be much more than what you are currently participating in the reality show."
Cathy Hilton finally added: "Simon, what do you think we are suitable for?"
"It's very simple. It's still a reality show. You must be quite familiar with this aspect by now. Of course, this will definitely conflict with the show you are participating in now, but in fact, it just needs to be modified," Simon said, pointing at Kai Qian Hilton: "For example, if you opened a decoration design studio, then create a reality show around this theme. This should belong to the home furnishing channel. You need to figure out the specific production ideas yourself. The key is not to be rigid and professional. , the audience won’t like it.”
Cathy Hilton is enlightened.
Kris Jenner couldn't wait to ask: "Simon, what about me?"
Simon looked at the woman and couldn't help but have some evil thoughts: "You have four daughters now?"
"Uh-huh."
"Then try making a reality show around your daughters. In addition, because it is an online platform, the degree of freedom is very high, and the cost is very low. You can shoot it at home with a handheld camera, and at most you have to spend money to hire a professional video In the later stage, each video does not need to be too long. If it is too long, no one will watch it. Just about ten minutes is enough."
Kris Jenner continued to ask: "Simon, I still don't quite understand, how to do it specifically?"
Simon said immediately: "Get a camera and pull your daughter out: Hi, everyone, I am Kim Kardashian. My puppy has given birth to a baby. I will take everyone to see it."
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“…”
The two women next to them had black question marks on their heads.
What the hell is this
Simon added: "Okay, let's change, get a camera, and pull your daughter out: Hi, everyone, I am Paris Hilton. In this video, I will share with you a delicious dish, charcoal-grilled chicken wings."
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Alas, it is so unteachable.
It's a pity that such a good idea was wasted. Simon stopped paying attention to the two stupid women and took out his mobile phone to dial. After a while, the call was connected. Grace's voice was clearly lowered and filled with joy: "Simon, why did you remember to call me? ?”
"I suddenly had an inspiration. Come on, I'll teach you."
Repeat this.
Grace obviously had more explanations than the two women next to her. She smiled and agreed, saying that she would find someone to try it as soon as possible. She would make a sample and send it to Simon for review first.
Although they didn't know who Simon was talking to on the phone, seeing the seriousness of the man next to him, Kris Jenner and Cathy Hilton both secretly paid attention to it.
After all, this was Simon Westeros's advice.
Even if it sounds a bit unreliable, what if
What's more, as the man said, the cost is very low, and it doesn't matter even if it fails.
It just so happens that this season of "Wives of New York" is coming to an end, and next is the summer break. A few months have been enough time, and both of them are smart enough and ambitious women, as well as having daughters. They can pull out one or two and give it a try without losing a piece of meat.