Hollywood Hunter

"Hunting Hollywood ()"

"Mr. Qin, please introduce to you. This is Mr. David Rubinstein, the founder of Carlyle Investment Group. Carlyle plans to invest at least US$2 billion in China in the next few years, mainly in the field of machinery and heavy industry. "

Inside a hotel ballroom in Midtown Manhattan.

The time is the evening of December 19th, and a celebration reception for China Telecom's successful listing on NASDAQ is being held here.

Chen Qing introduced David Rubinstein to a high-level telecommunications company. While helping with translation, he patiently greeted Rubinstein and President Qin. Chen Qing remembered one thing and asked: "David, something about Ukraine Is there any progress on Carlyle's side?"

David Rubinstein nodded and said: "I just passed a piece of information to Simon this afternoon about this matter."

Chen Qing paused, did not ask any more, but planned to ask for documents from her boss.

After chatting a few more words, Chen Qing waited for Rubinstein to leave, and explained to Mr. Qin next to him: "I just asked Carlyle about helping import technology from Ukraine to China, Mr. Qin, I hope you don’t mind," said Then he lowered his voice slightly: "You know, President Qin, the Ukrainian Black Sea Shipyard has an aircraft carrier. The country intends to buy it, but there is great resistance. Carlyle has a deep network in Washington. If they help, we will succeed. The rate will be much higher."

Mr. Qin, who was really dissatisfied with Chen Qing's conversation with the American just now when she left him in English, suddenly shook his head and lowered his voice subconsciously: "Of course I don't mind. This is a big deal."

Chen Qing smiled slightly, and motioned to a short distance: "Mr. Qin, over there is Mr. Helton, the president of Nokia's US branch. I'll help you recommend it."

"Of course, I happened to learn something recently. Regarding some of the past between Mr. Westeros and Motorola, China Telecom is about to start a large-scale expansion. In order to thank Mr. Westeros for supporting this telecom listing, We will definitely increase our cooperation with Nokia in the future and reduce the purchase of Motorola."

"This is really good news. I will inform Simon as soon as possible. He will be very happy to know."

In this way, socializing until more than 11 o'clock in the evening, when the reception was over, Chen Qing and Lin Su returned to their residence in the Upper West District together.

After a busy day, Chen Qing's mood is still high.

After taking a shower, it was considered jet lag, and the West Coast was less than nine o’clock, so I tried to call my boss. I didn’t expect it, but I didn’t expect to connect by accident. After a few conversations, I learned that my boss was playing "The Charlie" At the premiere party.

Chen Qing also has some concerns about Hollywood. Her boss mentioned it, and then she remembered.

Of course, it's just knowing.

Chen Qing doesn't have the energy to pay too much attention now, confirming that her boss did not mean to hang up too quickly, and she talked about the general situation of China Telecom's listing today.

Although China Telecom (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., the predecessor of China Mobile, plans to be listed in Hong Kong and New York at the same time, the listing time in New York is one day earlier, and it will be Hong Kong the next day.Of course, when calculating the time difference, it is actually only 12 hours apart. The stall where the two talked is about to open in Hong Kong.

Overall, this IPO was very successful.

With the full support of the Westeros system and due to good feedback from previous global roadshows, the final issue price of China Telecom’s new shares issued on Nasdaq was determined to be US$5.35. Based on the 500 million new shares launched in North America, the amount of funds raised reached At US$2.675 billion, the scale of financing in Hong Kong is comparable to that in North America.

After conversion, China Telecom’s total financing amount exceeded US$5.3 billion in this listing.

Although several major consortia and Westeros companies in Hong Kong, such as cornerstone investors who have subscribed for a large number of stocks at a discount in advance, actually received less funds, the successful completion of the US$5 billion financing is definitely a big deal. Win.

On the first day of listing in North America, due to the label of Westeros concept stocks,

At the beginning, Westeros and a group of Hong Kong capital as the cornerstone investors for China Power Trust, invested 500 million US dollars in advance to buy a large number of stocks. According to the discount of this batch of stocks and today’s single-day increase, it was only one day. Profit is already close to 50%.

Of course, profitability is only secondary.

A single day of 50% appreciation of US$500 million is just a small amount for Simon. The key is that the success of this IPO paved the way for further cooperation between the two parties.

In any case, this time China Telecom’s listing is much better than the situation in the history where the IPO almost failed due to catching up with the financial turmoil and even the first-day break tragedy occurred afterwards. The same proportion of stocks has also increased the amount of financing. 1 billion dollars.

Quite a happy ending.

After chatting for a while, Chen Qing brought up Carlyle and Ukraine again. Simon had not had time to read the document sent by David Rubinstein, but he also promised Chen Qing to let Girl A take the time to transfer it to her.

A party scene at a hotel near the Hollywood Chinese Theater.

Simon stood in the corner of the hall and talked with Chen Qing on the phone. The girl finally said that the team of "Vogue" magazine in China has given a positive reply, saying: "Then I will say hello to Semel tomorrow. The rest is yours. Just do it...go to China? You know I'm definitely not free this time...just so...well, goodbye."

After hanging up the phone, Simon sorted out a bit, and didn't continue to pay attention.

After all, it is only one link in many of his layouts in China. When China Telecom stepped into the road show, Simon has not worried about the follow-up at all.

Handed the phone to girl A next to him, and just received a glass of champagne that the female assistant handed over. Not far away, several girls headed by Elizabeth Jagger hugged around, provoking Kate who happened to be coming forward. · Beckinsale is obviously depressed.

Reaching out and rubbing the head of the increasingly slim girl, Simon pretended to be in pain and said, "Every time you have to run over to watch the premiere, there will be a group at a time, which is a bit expensive. What should I do?"

Elizabeth was very dissatisfied with Simon messing up her hair. She shook his head and shook his arm, and said confidently: "I call your father, isn't it enough?"

"..."

Elizabeth rolled her eyes and reached out to Nikki Hilton next to her: "Nikki, you come too, hurry up and call Dad."

Nikki Hilton originally looked at the man in front of him with bright eyes, and shook his head subconsciously after hearing this: "I don't."

Elizabeth is very carefree: "I know you like my dad, but, do you know, men actually like being called dad, it will be very exciting."

Nikki wasn't a little chick who didn't understand anything. Hearing that, two blushes flew on her face, and she gave Simon a shy look.

Simon raised his hand and gave Elizabeth a chestnut, watching the girl painfully covering her forehead, and said: "Okay, if you make trouble, I will have someone drive you out."

Elizabeth immediately curbed her small expression, looking insincere, and asked: "Dad, do you have any plans for the weekend?"

"Yes, work, and there is no arrangement for you," Simon said, waving his hand: "Go and play, you can only stay here for half an hour, and you must go back to your residence before ten o'clock."

"Well, it's ruthless and wordy."

Simon turned to the female assistant next to him: "A, help them arrange the car."

Elizabeth immediately covered her ears and pretended not to hear, and left with a group of girls playfully.

When these girls entered the crowd, Barbara Brockley, the female producer of the 007 series, was the first to come over and toast: "Simon, I have to admit, this movie is really good."

Simon smiled and said, "It seems that you think "Charlie Girl" is qualified to link with 007, right?"

Barbara Broccoli immediately resented again: "Can I say no?"

"Unfortunately, no. Moreover, just talking about "007 Ghost Party", the facts have proved that the plan I gave is a wise choice."

Although Barbara Broccoli did not agree, she already approved a man's statement in her heart.

The summer "007 Ghost Party" has been released for half a year, and the global box office has now exceeded 750 million US dollars.Even if the inflation factor is calculated, this film surpasses any other film in the 007 series. You must know that after calculating inflation, the most successful film "007 Thunderbolt", calculated according to the 1996 standard, is only equivalent to the global box office. 680 million US dollars.

Not only that, today I have watched "Girls in the Thunderbolt", coupled with the success of the DC Cinematic Universe series and the Conspiracy Cinematic Universe series, Barbara Broccoli is also full of expectations for planning the equally ambitious Special Agent Cinematic Universe series.

Mainly, "Charlie Girl" is really excellent.

The first is the three female protagonists, Kate Beckinsale, Maychen Amick and Catherine Zeta Jones. Not only do they have their own unique characteristics, but the roles they play are also distinctive, which completely surpasses the previous TV series version with only three. The shackles of the vase, whether it is the powerful fighting ability played by Kate Beckinsale, or the top female gunner played by Maychen Amick, or even Catherine Zeta Jones’ wisdom and thief role, all make people shine. .

Secondly, although the beginning of this series is still a high-concept story routine, it roughly tells the story of three angels accidentally involved in a huge human trafficking network and destroyed it through a hostage rescue incident, but many of the links, such as Kate Beckinsale’s restaurant fight scenes, Maychen Amick’s simultaneous hitting an impact point to pierce the wall, Catherine Zeta Jones’s crossing infrared alarm network, etc., are all full of innovation.

In the end, this opening also paved the way for the fusion of the agent movie universe.

The human trafficking network that the three angels worked together to destroy is one of the huge industries of the Ghost Party. Therefore, in the ending egg, the Ghost Party not only comes to the door, but also, many details in the story are not difficult for people to discover, even if three Charlie, behind an angel, may be inextricably linked to the Ghost Party.

As for the positive or negative connection, we can only wait for the follow-up to be announced.

Thinking about this, Barbara Broccoli couldn't help but ask: "Simon, after "007" and "Charlie Leak", which project MGM plans to develop next, "The Bourne"?

"It's still a bit early for "The Bourne". At least there is another sequel to "007" and "Charlie Girl" before I will consider other series."

Barbara Brockley didn't know for a moment whether it was fortunate or regrettable: "It seems that I will speed up the development of the next 007."

Because of some schedules, MGM chose the Thursday before the large-scale opening of the painting for the premiere.However, the following day, the word-of-mouth and popularity of "Girls in the Thunderbolt" was quickly fermented, and there was another special agent movie universe project that was confirmed again through the film. For a while, the fans of the agent film cheered, and other Hollywood studios came again. The enemy.

The two major movie universe series have occupied a large and fairly fixed market share. Now, there is another one. How can we not let everyone's pressure increase.

What's more, the final comprehensive media rating of 8.2 in the "Charlie Girl" series is higher than the "Game of the Brave" which was drawn last week.

Along with the opening of "Girls in the Thunderbolt" on December 20 with 3136 screens in North America, it is the first week of the Christmas period that has just ended the high-profile box office data.

In the first week of Christmas from December 13 to December 19, "Game of the Brave" reached the top without any suspense. The box office in the first week was 63.35 million U.S. dollars, the opening scale of 3539 screens, and the museum average of 17,900 U.S. dollars, Even if it can't be compared with "Wonder Woman 2," it still perfectly meets the expectations of the two producers.

In the first week, it exceeded 60 million U.S. dollars. Not surprisingly, "Game of the Brave" basically locked the local box office of 200 million U.S. dollars.

The production cost of "Game of the Brave" was US$82 million, and US$35 million was announced and released, totaling 117 million.Therefore, this project is expected to recover all costs and enter a profit cycle if it is only local.

The second place on the list is "Wonder Woman 2."

Due to the re-entry of the Christmas hot cycle, despite the impact of "Game of the Brave", "Wonder Woman 2" still has a box office drop of only 35% this week.Of course, speaking carefully, this is actually still a very high decline, because in previous years, many year-end films even went down when they entered the Christmas file.

In any case, in the fourth week of its release, "Wonder Woman 2" continued to earn $38.81 million, with a cumulative box office of $353.11 million.

The third place is "Mind Catcher".

This literary and artistic drama, which once won a dazzling box office under the crush of "Titanic", still shows a dark horse posture this time.

In the first week of its large-scale release, "Mind Catcher" only relied on 1746 screens, and the revenue was as high as 23.92 million U.S. dollars, and the museum reached 13,700 U.S. dollars, which is almost a small miracle compared to the theme and size of the film.Counting last week’s screening, and two weeks after the opening of the painting, the box office of "Mind Catcher" reached 29.35 million US dollars.

The total investment in the production and distribution of this movie is only 20 million U.S. dollars. Not surprisingly, all costs will be recovered and profitable next week.After a large-scale opening in the first week, Gaomen Pictures also responded quickly, increasing the number of film screens to 2,125 in the new week.

The most direct consequence of the three strong films that came out of Daenerys Entertainment’s dominance was the bleak opening of the other two large-scale opening films last week.

The fourth place on the list is "Jingle Bells", this family comedy starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The box office in the first week was only 12.17 million U.S. dollars. The production cost of 30 million U.S. dollars was equivalent to three times that of "Mind Catcher". The box office is only half of "Mind Catcher".Under such a start, the local box office of the film is estimated to be only 30 million to 40 million U.S. dollars, and the producer Fox can only expect to recover the cost overseas and around.The share contract that Schwarzenegger voluntarily cuts half of his salary is basically a piece of waste paper.

The fifth-placed Disney produced the black comedy "Angel Bodyguard", which cost 40 million US dollars higher than the production cost of "Jing Dong". The box office in the first week did not even break 10 million, and the seven-day revenue was only 9.69 million US dollars, which is even more bleak.

Finally, I would like to mention the "British Patient", which was launched last week in the Los Angeles area with 10 screens. Not only did it receive praise from film critics in terms of word of mouth, the small-scale single-week exhibition also reached 49,000. The dollar basically follows the redemption route set by Simon.

December 20.

In a new box office week, in addition to the menacing "Girls of the Thunder", this week there will also be an animated film "The Vagrant and the Big Head" from Paramount and Madonna's "Mrs. Belon".

Needless to say "Charlie's Girl".

"The Vagrant Four and Big Head Egg" is a movie version of a popular serialized animation adapted by Paramount. It has a 2D style and a style similar to "The Simpsons", which is simply a piece of cannon fodder.

"Mrs. Belon", which Queen Mai gave away, is a highlight.

Although she has already won a series of nominations for the Golden Globe Awards, the Queen has also received an endorsement from Simon. Paramount still adopted this rather conservative release strategy to avoid the crushing of many strong films at the end of the year, and even planned The screenings will continue on New Year's Day of the week until the end of the year.

In addition, this week's "British Patient" is still being screened, but the scale of the screening has increased from 10 screens last week to 27, and it is planned to open on a large scale next week..