Hollywood Hunter

When 0 movies were planned to make Hollywood whole, Daenerys Entertainment’s mid-year financial audit quietly ended.

Simon took care of other work and spent three days studying the dozens of pages of financial reports counted by the company's financial department.

Overall, Daenerys Entertainment's revenue focus in the first half of the year was still four movies at the end of last year, "Scream", "Steel Magnolia", "Death Poetry Club" and "Rain Man".

From six months to 30 days, in the six months, the domestic box office portion of the four films continued to accumulate US$230 million, and the score received by Danellis Entertainment from this box office became US$200 million.The reason why it is lower than the average box office share of 55% is mainly due to the step-by-step scheme of theater screening. After a movie is released, the box office share is gradually decreasing.

Overseas, the total revenue from the four films was US$350 million, of which US$9.55 million for "Scream", US$2.37 million for "Magnolia Flower", US$8.32 million for "Death Poetry Club", and "The Rainman" "It is USD 350,000.

This box office data will increase in the second half of the year, but the potential is very small.

Compared with the original time and space data, the overseas box office of the four films has obviously shrunk. In addition to the "Gang Magnolia" with a huge gap between overseas and local box offices, the box office of several other films is due to the small overseas audience of the subject. The contraction is mainly due to the lack of overseas distribution capabilities of Daenerys Entertainment and the fact that many overseas ticket warehouse countries have not yet opened the film market.

Moreover, even in most of the overseas box office countries in this era, even though the film market was opened, various restrictions on low-account high tax and delayed schedules for the Hollywood film industry were still imposed on Hollywood movies. Da Ni Lisi Entertainment’s average share from overseas box office The ratio is only 33%,

In addition, for some overseas ticket warehouses that are too small or have stricter policy restrictions, Daenerys Entertainment can only handle one-off sell-out processing. Although the box office is still included in the total overseas box office data, it does not participate in the share.

In Simon's memory, this situation will improve rapidly after the 1990s.

Calculated, the total overseas box office revenue contributed by these four films to Daenerys Entertainment is US$100 million.

As for the new films released this year, as of the 30th of the month, the six films such as "Thunderbolt Blue Sky Envoy" and "Metropolis" have accumulated a total of $2.33 billion, and the "Sixth Sense of Sense" released on the 30th is excluded here. In addition to the secondary statistics, the cumulative share of the six new films is $73 million.

In the home entertainment business, "When Harry Meets Sally", which was released late last year, sold 2.93 million video cassettes in the first half of the year. According to the video unit price of $29.9, sales reached $8.7 million.

In the basic agreement with the labor unions, the film companies accounted for 80% of the videotape revenue as cost, and only the remaining 20% ​​was divided, but in fact, the gross profit of the studios from the sale of each videotape was generally able to reach the sales At 40% to 50% of the unit price, the gross profit margin of the popular new film "When Harry Meets Sally" will be even higher.

Therefore, only the video release of the movie "When Harry Meets Sally" brought Daenerys Entertainment a gross profit of more than $4 million.

Counting some other piecemeal project revenues, comprehensive statistics show that Daenerys Entertainment's movie business generated nearly US$900 million in gross industry output value at the box office and video tapes in the first half of the year. The operating income attributed to Daenerys Entertainment itself was 3.95. One hundred million U.S. dollars.

Behind the huge revenue, it also means huge expenditures.

In the first half of the year, Daenerys Entertainment had more than ten films in various official production stages, of which only the budget cost of "Batman" reached US$50 million. In addition, "Bodyguard", "Sixth Sense of Sixth", and "Buck" Uncle", "Scream 2" and other projects also require large expenditures.

At the same time, Daenerys Entertainment has also invested heavily in the distribution of local and overseas movie theaters.

Finally, consider a series of large expenditures such as the construction of Malibu Daenerys Studios, the establishment of many overseas branches, the repayment of some due loans, and the same important tax factors that need to be undertaken by the company as a whole. The net profit scale of Lisi Entertainment's movie business in the first half of the year was only US$590,000, and the net interest rate was less than 3%.

TV business.

Compared to movies, the TV business in the first half of the year was somewhat lackluster, and the revenue focus of Daenerys TV was still four reality shows.Since the beginning of this year, the television department has successively signed three new drama production contracts with the television network, but last year's two episodes were also cut after the spring season ended because the ratings were too low.

According to such statistics, Daenerys Television currently operates exactly 0 TV projects, of which six are TV series and four are reality shows.

Because the revenue and profit figures of reality TV shows are basically determined, in the first half of the year, the total revenue of Daenerys’ entertainment TV business was US$232 million.Similarly, after sharing large expenditures, the net profit of the TV department was 3.82 million US dollars, and the net interest rate was also only a small percentage.

Manga business.

Although the start of the "Batman" project has made the industry pay attention to Marvel Entertainment, in the first half of this year, this comic company still maintained a low-key operating state, with a revenue of 3.97 million US dollars and a profit of 220,000 US dollars for Daenerys Entertainment. The overall impact is not great.

However, in the financial report for the first half of the year, there were not bright spots, that is, the consumer products department led by Nancy Brill.

After several adjustments, the Daenerys Entertainment Consumer Products Division is currently mainly responsible for the company's series of film and television project peripheral product development, the distribution of original sound recordings, and a part of the advertising business...

Of course, the sponsorship of several reality shows such as "Who Will Be a Millionaire" is still under the sole responsibility of Daenerys TV. It belongs to the advertising department of Daenerys TV, and the consumer goods department only undertakes a few reality shows. Peripheral product development, the so-called advertising business is mainly the placement of advertising cooperation for movies and TV series produced by Daenerys Entertainment.

The energetic little woman led the investment in Blockbuster, established Daenerys analysis company, and started Blizzard Studios in the first half of the year.

Through the operation of the peripheral products of the two key projects of "Scream" and "Beverly Wife", the peripheral products business of the consumer goods department opened up in one fell swoop. Two projects for different consumer groups successfully established for the consumer goods department Two targeted retail channels, one for teenagers and one for housewives, these two groups of people happen to be the two people with the greatest consumption potential.

After the success of the surrounding operations of "Scream" and "Beverly Wife", the development of peripheral products of the company's other films has also been carried out more smoothly.

In terms of sound recordings, although the sound recordings such as "Death Poetry Club" and "Rainman" launched by the record department are far from reaching the height of the "Bouncer" soundtrack album, they have also achieved fairly good sales.The sales data of "Rainman" soundtrack record has exceeded 5 million copies on the 30th of the month, which is very rare for pure music records.

In the final advertising business, Simon was very cautious in this regard in order to avoid the blind placement of advertising in the company's film and television dramas.

Nancy Brill did not blindly pursue inappropriate advertising placement. However, because Daenerys Entertainment’s series of videos last year was too successful, there are too many companies that want to cooperate with the company, and the prices are very generous. , Under the premise of implementing Simon’s premise to avoid the proliferation of advertisements, Nancy Brill still cooperates with the brands such as "Batman", "Angel God Mission", "Wind Moon Beauty", "The Ghost Story" and so on. The company brought generous income.

As a result, last year's consumer goods sector, which didn't have many inputs, reached a revenue of more than US$200 million in one month, reaching 207 million.

However, because Nancy Brill pursues the long-term development of the business rather than the short-term profit business ideas, a large amount of money has been invested in product production, channel construction, publicity and marketing, etc., the company has even been unknowingly China has a toy factory on the east coast of Rhode Island, and the consumer goods sector also needs to share the company's other expenses, so the profit margin is lower, only 9.5%, and the net profit is 970,000 US dollars.

In the end, overall, Daenerys Entertainment's total revenue for the first two quarters of this year was $873 million, and net profit income was $0.078 million.

Relative to the huge gains that Cersei Capital has just received from the Japanese financial market, Daenerys Entertainment's net profit of $100 million seems to be somewhat insignificant.However, Simon has always been clear that this company is his foundation. The opportunities in the financial market cannot be every year. As he becomes more compelling, it is more and more difficult to make money in the financial market. Big.The investment in the science and technology field will generally not see the final results until ten or twenty years later.

The lower profit scale of Daenerys Entertainment is mainly due to the rapid expansion of Daenerys Entertainment.

Moreover, in half a year, the net profit of 100 million US dollars is actually not low.This kind of profit level can easily be squeezed into the top 100 of the Forbes North American 500 list in this era.

More than fifty kilometers from the Los Angeles city coastline, a luxury yacht over 0 meters in length is quietly moored at sea level.

The time is August, Sunday.

This weekend, Simon did not work continuously, but chose to rest again.

However, this time is not just a rest.

James Rebled came from New York in recent days to discuss matters about the company, but also to help Simon introduce some people, to be precise, some politicians.

The location is arranged on this yacht.

Simon did not intend to use illegal means in the process of expanding his political connections. Everything was done in accordance with public rules such as the Federal Campaign Act.However, he also hopes that this matter can be carried out as low-key as possible, at least, he did not intend to openly appear with a politician on the newspaper media page.

Two days, including David Dingkins, who is preparing for the New York City mayoral election at the end of the year, Simon met with a total of six politicians. These are the people Westeros has confirmed will provide financial support.In addition to David Dingkins, the other five people, one is the California Senate Senator, two California House of Representatives, one Congressman from New York State, and one Congressman from California.

These people are also Democrats. Since he decided to stand in the team, Simon does not intend to bet on both sides in the short term.

Moreover, Simon did not select the star politicians who are highly concerned. The selected few are basically potential stocks with good capabilities and no backstage after careful investigation.The election of US parliamentarians every two years seems to be very frequent, but in fact, the chances of re-election of parliamentarians are very high, and some'evergreen tree' politicians can even be re-elected for more than ten terms.

Simon also does not seek these people to be able to bring themselves back immediately.

The first'investments' in the early days were mainly to establish contacts and avoid any incidents that Daenerys Entertainment had discredited at the top of the Federation.

In the long-term vision, these people will be good if they can support the expansion of Westeros after three or five years. After ten or eight years, if someone can enter the core of federal power and still stand on the side of Westeros , That's a lot of money.

In the evening, Simon finally ended the last meeting this weekend.

After personally taking the New York State senator from Congress to leave by helicopter, Simon and James approached the table and chairs on the top deck of the yacht beside the apron.

As the sun goes down, the sky is covered with burning clouds, rendering a magnificent view of the sea and sky.

Jennifer personally delivered a pot of coffee to the two, but walked to another set of tables and chairs to sit down and quietly looked down at a magazine.

James glanced at his daughter, sighing slightly in his heart, and continued to Simon: "For some other shortlists, I will take the time to send you the information, and there is also a consulting company that provides party investigations and election plans. Shortly after its establishment, it was called Schlapp Consulting, and its headquarters was located in Greenwich, Connecticut near New York. Although it was just established, the founder of this company, Joseph Schlapp and his family have very deep political qualifications and connections, I think This is a good opportunity, Simon, we can set up a special fund to provide long-term funding for this company."

Political investment cannot seek direct monetary returns, and the establishment of non-profit funds can maximize the conversion of capital investment into tax-avoidable capital.

"I'll take the time to look at the information first," Simon didn't nod immediately, and said: "In addition, this time, I can probably transfer $50 million from Daenerys Entertainment to you. We will be sure of the overseas funds within a year. Not needed."

"50 million US dollars is already very good. I also recently conducted a review of the company's finances. The technology companies we invested in the first half of the year contributed about 37 million US dollars in dividends, which is somewhat lower than last year. The main reason is our heavy-duty Microsoft. Several companies have not implemented dividends. However, taking into account the original accumulation, the money is enough to maintain the company's operations." James said, remembering another thing, said: "In addition, the remaining three companies can reduce their holdings at any time. In the company, AD's stock price has been declining recently, and the market value is now 50% lower than when we bought it two years ago. I feel that there is no need to stay."

AD is naturally Intel's "little friend".

I still can't help it.

I remember that when I bought AD two years ago, the market value of this company was about 900 million US dollars, with a total investment of about 45 million US dollars.Simon has not paid attention to this matter recently. At this time, according to James, the market value of AD may have fallen to 100 million US dollars, compared with Intel's market value of 0 billion US dollars...

Well, it’s simply not comparable.

However, think about how AD can continue to breathe for more than two decades, and now there is no need to cut the meat and leave the field. Maybe when you look back to the light, the loss will be recovered.

Simon smiled and shook his head, said: "Our current funds are not too tight, continue to hold it."

James nodded in agreement.

After talking about the business, I casually talked about Daenerys Entertainment's recent big movements.

The two sat on the terrace for half an hour. The helicopter flew back. Simon, James and Jennifer boarded the helicopter and returned to Malibu.

Back on the shore, Rayblad's father and daughter rejected Simon's invitation to join the Warner Brothers party at night and rushed to dinner with Jennifer's uncle George Norman's family.

Simon rested for a while at his home on the west side of Dumei Point and set off for downtown Los Angeles.