Hollywood Hunter

Nancy Brill rolled her eyes at Simon in Arenz's irrepressible chuckle again, and the three came to a conference room next door.

Sitting down, Nancy turned the document just to the end and showed it to Simon Road: "According to the statistical results of the analysis team, among the video rental and sales income of the BesTV chain store, the North American box office list listed in the last year The top 100 movie sales accounted for only 37% of the total sales, because the filmmakers want to extract a higher share from the popular new films, this part of the content brings a lower share of gross profit, only 29%."

Simon looked at the document in front of him and noticed that Angela Arendz also got together, moved the folder towards her, and asked Nancy, "What do you want to express?"

Nancy stretched out a slender index finger and drew down on the key data, saying: "These data show that the law of twenty-eight that 20% of the popular movies in the theater market occupy 80% of the box office share is invalid in the video tape market. Even, with With the further expansion of BesTV and the continued enrichment of content, the corresponding data will be reversed, and the 20% of the films that can provide 80% of the box office receipts for the cinema, the revenue brought to the video tape industry is still 20%."

Simon carefully recalled that there were indeed some similar fuzzy memories in his mind, so he looked up at Nancy and waited for her to continue.

Nancy continued: "The proportion of North American households owning VCRs was only 2% in 1980 and is now close to 70%. The industry predicts that more than 80% of North American households will own VCRs in the next few years. In addition, the output value of the North American videotape industry is also In the rapid increase, it just surpassed the local box office three years ago, and the revenue scale last year reached 8.3 billion US dollars, almost double the box office revenue. Although the North American video market will reach saturation in the next few years, its total revenue The scale will also be at least about 2.5 times that of the local box office, and the global video tape market potential should be comparable to North America."

Simon heard Nancy finished, nodded and asked, "So?"

"So, I suggest that the company enrich the film library resources of Daenerys Entertainment through acquisitions. Because the rise of the video tape industry is too rapid, many classic movies are still full of commercial potential for home entertainment distribution. Just like Universal, this one The movie was released in 1982, and the video was released in October last year. Now, in just six months, global sales have exceeded 11 million boxes. I think Orion Pictures is a suitable acquisition target. It has hundreds of film and television works Copyright, and the quality of the content is very high. Accumulating a batch of excellent film and television copyrights, combined with Blockbuster’s retail channels, we can actively promote these contents regularly by planning marketing activities like Disney continues to redisplay classic animations."

Although the big sale of Harmony still failed to stop the decline of Orion Pictures, as Nancy said, the quality of film and television copyrights held by this company is indeed very high.

More than ten years after its establishment, Orion has not only released and waited for a large number of box office awards and double harvest films, but also owns and copyrights these hot-selling commercials. Woody Allen has also cooperated with Orion in recent films.

The film company that was supposed to be alive was in trouble for very complicated reasons.

Too eager to pursue blindly expanding side by side with traditional Hollywood studios. The increase in the number of films released by the company has led to very unstable box office performance. Executives are proficient in film production but not good at corporate management. The company's financial system is chaotic. It can be followed that there is even an overall deterioration of the overall environment of the entertainment industry and so on.

Orion’s lesson is just around the corner. If it weren’t for the steady gains from last year’s blockbuster movies and reality TV shows, Simon would definitely restrict the pace of expansion of Daenerys Entertainment.Moreover, Simon's strict control of Daenerys Entertainment's financial aspects, the emphasis on marketing, and the management of company culture are all to avoid repeating the mistakes of Orion and other companies as much as possible.

Conference room.

Simon also very much agrees with Nancy's proposal to expand the resources of Daenerys Entertainment's film library.

In the early 1980s, Hollywood studios did not pay much attention to the library resources. When Michael Eisner first joined the office in 1984, the valuation of the Disney library was only $200 million.However, with the rapid rise of the video tape industry, only 1950 classic animations released a few years ago, the sales of more than 7 million boxes brought Disney more than 200 million dollars in revenue, and the value of Disney's film library has soared by ten. Times.

In the original time and space, because of its success, a 50s love movie repeatedly mentioned in the film also benefited unexpectedly. Unexpectedly, it sold 2 million video cassettes, which was a huge fortune for filmmakers. .

Moreover, it is not just video tapes, but the movies in these libraries can continue to receive huge returns through channels such as rescreening, remakes, and cable TV broadcasts.

It can be said that the library resources held by the Hollywood studios are actually precious gold mines.

Closing the document in front, Simon said: "I will seriously consider this matter, Nancy. In the future, some important data reports from the analysis company can be sent to my office. Now, take me to see the movie you prepared. Information database."

Nancy did not follow Simon this time to carry out this matter, she also knew Daenerys Entertainment's current financial situation.

Although the company's cash flow is very abundant, it is still not enough to acquire Orion. The reason for this proposal is because she is convinced that Simon is continuing to make large profits in the Japanese financial market. That money should be sufficient by then. .

After discussing this matter, the three came to the third floor together.

This is where the team of the movie data database is located.

The movie information database planned by Nancy is of course not a traditional paper database, but a computer electronic file.

"For the detailed statistical work of the film materials, I assigned some efficient students in Los Angeles to complete part-time work, which can save a lot of costs," Nancy took the two through the office area and also visited the SUN workstation in the computer room on the third floor. When the computer room came out, Nancy couldn't help but complain to Simon: "According to your request, we used Oracle's database software, and the result was really bad. That Larry Ellison was a big liar, not only the software It was a bug. Every time the technician called to ask for a solution, he repeatedly quibbled that the problem had been found there and was being improved. I think if it was not for us to make comments, he would not know how bad his software was. That guy also wants to get some orders for the BesTV database software, and has always called me to harass me recently."

Simon didn't expect his senior woman to see through Larry Ellison's "Essence" so easily and nodded comfortably, "However, sometimes scammers are more likely to succeed than ordinary people."

Nancy and Simon walked side by side, and Wen Yan gave him a small face and looked at him disdainfully, as if she was categorizing her boss.

Angela Arendz walked on the other side, noticing this subtle little interaction between the two, it felt very interesting.

Although he only had a lunch with Simon, Angela Arendz could still feel the indifference and alienation of his young boss to others, but for Nancy, he showed a clear indulgence.

It's just like BesTV.

Angela felt that if she did not get the default or authorization, she would not dare to arbitrarily interfere with the management of a subsidiary company anyway. She believed that Simon was definitely not the kind of person who liked the arrogance of her senior executives.But Nancy silently appointed himself as the top operating consultant of BesTV, but Simon only smiled.

The three entered a separate office, and Nancy called a weekend duty employee to give a presentation.

Simon previously provided Nancy with a memo based on the IMDB website model, but the movie database in front of him is very different from the IMDB in memory.

The creation of this database obviously has only one purpose-practical.

Therefore, the features, comments, message boards and other functions mentioned by Simon in the memo are not available. The movie materials only list the outline of the story, the type of the movie, the core creator, the box office data, and the media reviews. Help related data.

In addition, although the database interactive window has a graphical interface similar to the web browser in memory, the movie information is in full text mode, and there is no single picture.

In addition to the basic movie data, the technical team responsible for database creation also plans to develop a comprehensive analysis software based on the feedback information regularly submitted by the Blockbuster terminal data management system.

All in all, Nancy Brill did not copy the idea of ​​an IMDB that can serve the public. Her purpose is very clear, that is, to combine these series of resources to achieve the original report on improving the operating efficiency and reducing the efficiency of the company. The ultimate goal of operating costs and strengthening corporate competitiveness.

Compared to the convenience of websites in the big data era that can directly access the data to analyze user behavior through the background, Daenerys analysis company's approach is still very primitive in Simon's view, however, this concept has exceeded many contemporary competitors.

Simon listened to Nancy to explain the sales promotion of Stephen King's horror movie last month due to the release and the small layout of BesTV's timely response based on terminal feedback data, and couldn't help thinking of that one again.

One of the biggest roles of Daenerys Analysis Company is to promote more elaborate film and television resource deployment and achieve this at a much faster response speed than its peers.

It is conceivable that if it will be released as scheduled in the next few years and it will drive the sales of video tapes.When competitors in the same industry haven't responded yet, through the user demand feedback given by Daenerys Analysis Company, Blockbuster can quickly complete the purchase and distribution of video tapes.

By then, of the 2 million boxes of potential sales generated by the stimulus, Blockbuster will definitely be able to seize the largest part of the cake with its first mover advantage.

Not only that, when consumers gradually realize that Blockbuster is always able to provide the content resources they want in the first time, this company will definitely become the first choice when users want to buy rental video tapes.Blockbuster's competitiveness will also be improved in this subtle way.

In the final analysis, the phrase that details determine success or failure applies equally to business operations.

Simon spent an afternoon at the headquarters of Daenerys Analytical Company. In addition to analyzing the company’s work to make him confirm that the money he invested would be worth the money, inspired by the movie data database, Simon also realized that now It's time to lay out the Internet in advance.

Speaking of which, Simon's layout in this respect should be considered to have already begun.

Most of the technology companies owned by Westeros are fully connected to the upcoming Internet era.

Moreover, in addition to Microsoft and other listed companies, James Rebold has also completed an investment in Cisco with a shareholding ratio of 15%. Recently, he has successfully promoted the name of Quantum-Link, the predecessor of AOL, with a shareholding ratio of 25%. -Online.

One of Cisco and AOL is a network equipment provider and one is a network service provider, which happens to provide a technical foundation for the rise of the Internet.

What is missing now is the network content provider and the global Internet concept that unifies the three.

If you remember correctly, Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the Internet concept, will formally propose the concept of orld-ide-eb this year. Then, the electronic computer network that has been brewing since the 1960s will officially start to take off.

After the weekend, on the first day of work, Simon instructed Jennifer to help him collect various data related to the computer network.

Now that both network equipment providers and network service providers have emerged, Simon's next step is to take advantage of network content.

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Burbank.

Renee Russell drove away from Universal Studios, remembering the hint that the director who had just audited and was almost seventy years old, could not help feeling sick.

Obviously there is no decision-making power, but also want to eat white food.

It's so fooling to be an old lady.

Don't look at yourself stupid.

Today is May 12, another Friday.

A week had passed unconsciously, and many details of that night became clearer in her mind.

and.

Touching the Gucci Floral scarf, which was still tied between the necks, inexplicably produced a strong grudge.

I originally thought that the experience that night could improve my situation in Hollywood, but I didn't expect everything to be the same.

Damn little man.

Scum!

jerk!

douchebag!

The heroine Demi Moore pursues is still undecided. Obviously, she doesn't want to expect anything more.

It's really just a dream.

Driving at a speed for a while, the more I wanted to be, the more angry I was, so I took off the scarf around my neck, stopped the car when passing by a trash can, rolled down the window and wanted to throw it out.After hesitating, he noticed that the boss of the roadside kiosk was staring at himself, barely finding a reasonable reason to put the scarf back again.

Follow your finger to a copy and take out the change and pass it on.

It seemed that I saw Daenerys Entertainment in the newspaper and was curious.

Recently, I have been involuntarily paying attention to this company.

He took the newspaper and drove to a nearby outdoor cafe to stop.

Get out of the car to find a place, shouted a cup of coffee, and opened it easily.

It turns out that Daenerys Entertainment and ABC TV Network about the new contract of the second season, does a TV show need to make headlines?

but.

After reading the subtitle, it was discovered that Daenerys Entertainment had lost a total of 80 million US dollars in the profit of this new contract.

Gee.

Mood suddenly got better.

So he beckoned the waiter and asked for another dessert.

Set aside.

Celebrate this time first.

Drinking coffee while reading the articles in the newspaper carefully.

Then I couldn't help but bluff.

God.

Can a simple question and answer show earn 250 million US dollars?

The new season contract backed 80 million, and the guy seemed to earn more than ABC.

Ok.

USD 170 million.

Can not help starting to fantasize.

What if I have 170 million?

When the thought turned, he gave up rationally, and he probably had little hope in this life.

She has always been a reasonable person.

When she was pulled by her mother since childhood, she rarely had any unrealistic illusions. She dropped out of school at the age of 16 and began working to subsidize her family. Later she accidentally became a model and gained a good reputation, but she has been accumulating from childhood to large. The pressure of life was haunting. At the age of thirty, he found that his modeling career was completely unsustainable and hurriedly tried to transform into an actor.

Starting from the community small theater, I also reported to the acting class, but it was not until two years ago that I got a small role in a TV series.

It finally improved.

Still understand that age is his biggest disadvantage.

Last month, her first movie was finally released, telling the story of baseball, named.Acting as a woman who was abandoned by Playboy several times or returned to the other side feels stupid. In reality, she will never give him a second chance when she encounters such a guy. , And then call the police.

Ok.

Seems to have encountered one.

This does not count.

The box office is not bad, and the box office has exceeded 30 million US dollars a month.

I also successfully got a new audition opportunity.

It was disgusting.

After going through the world, it is clear that the various circles in these circles would not have reacted this way.Probably, it was because of the experience last Friday night.

Ugh.

Damn little man.

Various thoughts, drinking coffee, reading a whole newspaper, the ninja had only a few bites in the end.

Twilight came and was about to leave after checkout, and the pager in her bag rang.

After taking a glance, the agent asked her to call back, anxious, and walked to a coin-operated telephone booth.

Somehow, some kind of expectation has arisen.

The phone was connected, and it was relayed that Simon Westero asked her to rush to an address in Beverly Hills at 8pm.

The agent's tone was very exciting.

She herself may be a little excited and resisted.

I am not the kind of woman who is called.

However, it seems that he still remembers his own for a while.It's just that he must not be allowed to succeed again tonight. Men always don't cherish what they get too easily.

Hang up the phone and check the time, it is already 6:50.

Quickly walked to his car.

I still have to go back to my place to dress up. This is, well, just for politeness. After all, I wore clothes specially prepared for the role of the audition for the afternoon, which is not good-looking.