Hollywood Hunter

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In recent years, from The Sixth Sense to Cape Fear, Robert De Niro has been at the peak of his career. Al Pacino's sluggish popularity quickly recovered through "Scent and Knowing a Woman" at the end of last year. In addition, the two are the four veteran Hollywood male stars, it is not easy to get together.

Daenerys Entertainment had already had contact with De Niro, but the other party did not immediately agree.

So Simon had to come forward in person.

The two chatted for a while at the party, and Simon made a detailed analysis of "The Wire", guaranteeing that it would become a classic of police and gangster films in the 1990s, and De Niro finally let go.

After the cooperation of "Smell the Scent and Know a Woman", Al Pacino has already agreed to "The Robbery" in advance.

This time I got De Niro, and there are basically no obstacles to the project.

Many people at the party have been paying close attention to Simon's movements. Seeing that he finally finished talking with De Niro, they all came forward to say hello.

For most of the filmmakers who are only second-tier and third-tier, or even have no coffee seats, it is a very rare opportunity to meet Simon Westero. If you can leave some special impressions, you can at least be less in Hollywood. Ten to twenty years.

Over the years, Daenerys Entertainment has not only dazzled Westeros alone, but has spared no effort in cultivating up-and-coming filmmakers.

Simon is not cold to the greetings of the people around him, and he socializes patiently. If he is interested, he will chat for a while, but he will not make any promises immediately.

In this way, it was not until ten o'clock that the Simon couple left the party and returned to their residence in the mountains southeast of the small town.

The next day I slept until eight o'clock.

After waking up, I did not leave the bed. January is the coldest season in Park City. There has been no snow recently, but the weather has become more and more dry and cold, and the outdoor temperature is below minus ten degrees.

The wooden house on a hill is naturally warm like spring.

There is no schedule for today. After waking up, Janet is still wrapped around the man like an octopus, rubbing, rubbing, rubbing, and then naturally falling in love again.

At ten o'clock, I took the lazy and soft woman to the bathroom, took a hot bath, and went downstairs after washing. It was past eleven o'clock in the morning.

This time, four girls from abd and Alia followed.

After going downstairs, lunch is ready, and go straight to the restaurant.

Although it is a wooden house, the architectural design is full of fashion. The restaurant is facing the south, and a whole-face sealed floor-to-ceiling glass is installed, mainly for keeping warm. , but it gives a very comfortable feeling.

Sitting next to Simon at the dining table, Janet still had a faint blush on her face. She ate the food in front of her for a while, then touched the man sideways and asked, "What shall we do in the afternoon?"

Simon smiled: "Do nothing, bask in the sun."

Janet's beautiful eyes flickered a few times, she nodded, the corners of her mouth curved, and said, "Yeah."

Since we are here to participate in the film festival, the best activity is of course watching movies.

However, Simon will probably cause some riots no matter which movie screenings he appears at now. In addition, there are no videos of special interest, so I just stay at home.

Not to mention skiing.

Mainly Janet can't ski.

It was noon, and the temperature outside Park City was still below zero. Of course, it was impossible to bask in the sun outside.

After lunch, I moved to another bright living room with floor-to-ceiling windows, made coffee, prepared some fruits, and hugged on the sofa together. A black-and-white movie, "Casablanca" was playing on the TV.

It was delivered from the Blockbuster chain in Park City.

There is actually a private screening room in the cabin, but the couple prefers watching TV in the warm and bright living room at this time.

Simon had originally drawn up a plan to distribute old classic films through Blockbuster channels imitating Disney's re-release of animated films.

Blockbuster has been doing this all the time, and quite successfully.

The most recent recommendation is the "Casablanca".

The film is actually produced by Warner Bros. However, since the plan is successful, Blockbuster will naturally not just put the pattern in the MGM family.

I remember that it was a long, long time ago. When talking on the phone one night, Simon joked about the two male protagonists of "Casablanca" and Janet. The woman still remembered this clearly, so she couldn't help thinking during the viewing process. Get off track and then complain again about a guy for ruining your mood for a classic.

Simon was just joking at first, but he still enjoys the movie.

Compared to now, the black-and-white film of decades ago has no complicated techniques, no rich colors, and no complicated plot, but it does not prevent it from becoming a classic that is still talked about half a century later.

That's probably the whole charm of the movie.

When Rick and Sheriff Raynor planned to travel the world with Rick and Reynolds "again" on the big screen, Janet blinked a few times, couldn't help giggle a few times, and then turned her head and hammered Simon's shoulder again.

Simon picked up a strawberry from the fruit bowl that Janet was holding, and said with a smile, "I was joking, they are actually a very pure male-male relationship."

Janet was not big, but she opened her mouth to the man.

Simon had to put the strawberry he just picked up into the woman's mouth, but was bitten by his fingers a few times.

After playing for a while, Janet also sent a piece of strawberry to Simon's mouth and said, "Speaking of spies, we have a team of about 100 people now, do you want to do something bad?"

Things have to start from the fall of the previous year.

Finding that there were many forces following him all the time, Simon began to gradually become exclusive to the intelligence team of the Westeros family.

It happened that the merger of East and West Germany and the subsequent drastic changes in Eastern Europe and the disintegration of the Soviet Union happened again. The changes in the world structure led to many changes. In particular, the huge intelligence network built by the Eastern forces became fragmented in this turmoil, which happened to be convenient. The Westeros system searches for relevant talent.

However, because Simon is too busy, Janet has always been in charge of this matter. The woman only occasionally talks to Simon, what has developed a team of people, what interesting things have been dug up, and what have been discovered. Guys who are 'interested' in the Westeros or something.

After a long time, Simon stopped paying too much attention to this matter unconsciously.

Unexpectedly, a team of more than 100 people appeared all at once.

Turning to look at the woman beside him, Simon asked, "Specifically, how many?"

Janet said: "136 people."

When Simon heard this number, he couldn't help but said, "You don't want all the messy people, do you?"

Janet blinked a few times, shook her head, and said, "Of course not, it's all the best. For example, the KGB team we discovered first was actually because they deliberately revealed flaws before we found out. There is also a very powerful couple, who had a premonition of the end of the Soviet Union and were looking for a way out from the beginning."

Simon vaguely remembered the family Janet had mentioned before.

The couple are teachers at a lesser-known university in London, England, and have a daughter studying at USC.

At the time, Simon was struggling with the acquisition of mca and Bell Atlantic, and did not have much energy to pay attention to it, and Janet rarely mentioned it afterwards.

However, more than 100 people.

Although the family can afford it, and there is no shortage of useful places, but raising so many spies, if you are not careful, you may have trouble.

Janet looked at Simon's expression, suddenly smiled, and said: "Don't worry, only I know the specific information of these people, they are all scattered teams, and the largest group has only eight people. Even if some people If it is discovered, it is impossible to pull out the entire network.”

Simon did not relax, and asked, "Will it involve us?"

Janet thought for a while and said: "Some people will, such as some we recruited from Australia, but they will not do things that cross the line, even if they are discovered, it is fine, and there will be no evidence that directly points to us. . The other people, whose identities are more sensitive, will not. I have always only kept in touch with them indirectly. "

Simon thought of another question: "What about loyalty, how to guarantee it?"

Janet shrugged: "I tried my best to make sure of this, but it's impossible to be 100% sure. You know, the human heart is the most complicated thing in the world, and no one dares to be 100% except oneself. Make sure."

Simon nodded slightly, remembering another thing, and said: "I remember that the treatment for the two groups of Martin Dinham was very generous, just a one-time retirement reward of 5 million US dollars, more than 100 people, no Is it all like this?"

At the beginning, the old man helped to find 11 people, and the Simons offered a generous remuneration that almost bought out their lives. 20 years of work, $200,000 in annual salary, a one-time settling payment of $1 million, and a future retirement bonus of $5 million, followed by equally generous retirement benefits.

Both sides know that this is almost a life-sale.

In the past two years, there has been no such thing as eavesdropping around Simon, and many small actions aimed at Simon and his wife have been detected in advance, which also proves that the two teams of Martin Dinham, who are directly under him, seem to have good qualities. value for money.

Janet shook her head and said, "Martin and the others are direct descendants. Of course, most of the others have to work to get money. We are not taking advantage of them."

Even if these 100 people are fully paid according to Martin Dinham's treatment, with Simon's current and future net worth, they can fully afford it, but this involves the question of whether it is worth it.

Simon has now reached the point where he can't spend enough money, and he will be even more so in the future, but he never likes to be treated as a fat sheep.

Hearing Janet say this, Simon said with confidence: "As for a net, on the premise of ensuring that it has the ability to catch fish, of course it can be used as little as possible, and it is best not to use useless work."

Janet understood what Simon meant, nodded her head, but came over and said with a smile: "However, I just want to do something bad."

Simon pinched the woman's tender face and said, "If you really want to do something bad, then you have to do it."

Feeling the undisguised connivance in the man's tone, Janet chuckled a few times, rubbing her face against the man's palm and leaning closer, saying, "I want to do other bad things."

The time flies by spending the weekend like a nerd in a Park City mountain cabin.

The new week, Simon returned to Los Angeles, Janet flew to New York as usual.

Not just Cersei Capital, a lot of work at Westeros right now, but also Verizon

The company is largely in charge of Janet, plus the inside and outside of the Westeros family, the things that women need to take care of on weekdays do not need Simon less at all.

However, compared to the many micro-management that Simon had to participate in in Hollywood and Silicon Valley, Janet has always been a macro-manager who is good at 'doing the best', so there are actually a lot less things to do than Simon. .

Malibu, Daenerys Studios.

The time is Tuesday, January 19th.

At lunchtime, Simon dined with Nancy Brill in the restaurant in the office loft area on the second floor of the studio.

The two had just discussed a new development plan for Blockbuster, headed by Nancy Brill, about Blockbuster's direct foray into film production and distribution.

Blockbuster's 1992 financial data is still under review, however, preliminary data has been released.

In the four quarters of 1992, Blockbuster's total revenue was about $3.36 billion.

The core video tape business has a revenue of $2.51 billion, including $130 million in online platform revenue. Although the proportion is still low, the development in this area has far exceeded the industry's expectations.

In addition, the sales scale of movie peripheral products of the chain store was 730 million US dollars. Of this part of the income, the share of peripheral sales directly from Daenerys Entertainment accounted for 69%, reaching 510 million US dollars. The largest portion of sales among all retail channels such as Walmart, Toys R Us, etc.

Finally, there are about $120 million in store advertising and other revenue.

In the past few years in control of Blockbuster, Nancy Brill has been making various adjustments to Blockbuster in order to keep the growing video chain store in a healthy 'distance runner' state. Instead of blindly pursuing size and eventually becoming a sluggish 'obese'.

Only last year, while canceling the late payment fee that has been criticized by users, Blockbuster decisively cut off corner businesses such as game cassette rental, and further streamlined non-video tape retail business, thoroughly established video tape rental and peripheral products. Two core sales.

In terms of store expansion, Blockbuster has also maintained restraint.

This business strategy ensures Blockbuster's overall high-efficiency operation, but it also limits Blockbuster's rapid revenue growth to a large extent.

However, Blockbuster's profit margin has also risen sharply due to the simplification of bloated business and the improvement of efficiency. Even if the expansion of online platforms is still maintained, Blockbuster's expected net profit margin for the whole year will be around 15%. Net profit in 1992 was about $500 million.

That's more than the net profit of some of Hollywood's biggest studios.

With the news, although the annual financial report will not be officially announced until next month, during this time, Blockbuster's share price has continued to climb.

With big cash in hand, expansion is a must.

Hence the plan to dive directly into film production and distribution, which is actually a complement to Daenerys Entertainment's overall expansion in Hollywood.

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