Hollywood Hunter

Simon and Janet left the house together early and rushed from Malibu to Santa Monica to meet Catherine.

Everyone had breakfast together, and Simon sent two women to Los Angeles International Airport.

The time is Monday, August 27.

Janet is going to fly to New York to busy Cersei Capital.

Catherine has already completed the shooting of "Thrill Point" during this time, and she still stays on the west coast to do the post.This time the ride is for the New York Film Festival in September, and women were invited to serve as judges for this festival.

Saying goodbye, Boeing 767 blasted off the airport runway.

When the plane was stable, Catherine untied her seat belt and subconsciously looked through the porthole to the ground. Los Angeles International Airport was not in view, and it was naturally impossible to see a figure beside the runway.

It must have left.

All day so busy.

Janet also unfastened her seat belt, noticed Catherine's gaze, and glanced out the porthole with a smile, and said, "I'm missing it so soon?"

Catherine glared at Janet gently: "Don't make such a joke, you are all married."

Janet fangs smiled, ringing the bell to call C girl Claire Gein, asked for a glass of water, and asked Catherine what to drink.

Also just asking for a glass of water, Catherine watched Janet get up and walk to the large couch on the other side to sit down. She turned on the TV and did not follow up.

This is the living room on the upper level of the Boeing 767 front cabin.

Although it is still a little small by Simon, it is already very luxurious in Catherine's eyes. Until now, I can occasionally see some people in the newspaper criticizing him for taking this plane for being too extravagant.

However, considering the recent media discussion about his latest article, such an aircraft does not seem to be a big deal.

The Los Angeles Times reported two days ago that because of the sudden outbreak of the Kuwait War, Cersei Capital relied on the operation of the crude oil futures market to make billions of dollars in profits. The Forbes 400 rich list was originally launched this month. In order to mine Simon's more detailed asset figures, he also deliberately postponed the release of this year's list.

Claire sent two glasses of water, and Catherine whispered a thank you. When Girl C left, she also withdrew her thoughts and asked Janet next to her: "Jenny, you fly between New York and Los Angeles every week. Is it really okay to fly away?"

Janet was lying on the couch without looking at a document, listening to Catherine, knowing the subtext in her words, shaking her head: "No."

Catherine thought Janet didn't understand what she was doing, she had to be clear, saying: "You and Simon have been married for less than half a year?"

Janet supported her upper body. Two bare feet lifted up and laid down behind her. After a moment, she said, "Kate, the bastard is only 22 years old."

"Ok?"

"If I were 22 years old, I would definitely wait for him one day to really want to get married, and then marry him. But...you know, I can’t wait any longer, first tie him to say. But, He is actually not ready yet."

Catherine understood.

Cersei Capital wanted to set up a branch in Los Angeles, and even set up its headquarters here, so that Janet didn’t need to run around completely.However, Janet did this, just want to leave some personal space for Simon who is not actually ready to accept the marriage life.

Can't help thinking of myself.

as well as.

The initial initial.

Although he knew that he and the little man were unlikely, it was completely deceiving that Janet stepped in and snatched him away.

However, Janet did love him more than herself.

At least, if she really married him, she would never allow him and other women to be unclear.

Ok.

Perhaps it is not so sure.

Thinking of what Janet once said, how could he be such a good man, there could be only one woman.

Turning the subject around and chatting with Janet at random, Catherine also took out the materials of this year's New York Film Festival nominated film from her shoulder bag to pass the time.

A moment later, Janet called Claire again and handed her the information she had just read, saying: "Let Hawker Beech go to hell and change to a company. In addition, we have to return our down payment, a penny. No less."

Claire hesitated and asked carefully: "Ms. Westeros, why?"

Janet waved his hand and hurried, saying, "Let them find it themselves."

Claire had to hold the document and leave.

Catherine waited for Girl C to leave before asking: "What's wrong?"

Janet picked up the cup on the coffee table and returned to Catherine to sit down and drank a few sips of water. She said: "Simon and I plan to build two private hangars at Los Angeles Airport to take charge of the storage and maintenance of several private jets in our hands. Hawker Beech made a $35 million budget, more than double my expectations. They want to kill fat sheep, so I can only make them a penny."

Catherine smiled and roughly understood what kind of company Hawker Beech was talking about.

Just curious again, said: "Can a private hangar be built in Los Angeles International Airport?"

Jenny is characteristic, using a very female tyrant's tone: "Of course it can, as long as the money is enough."

Catherine couldn't help but lose her eyes.

Speaking of this, Simon actually wants to build a private airport that is unique to him.

It's just that it's so conspicuous in the short term, so I simply chose to cooperate with Los Angeles International Airport.

The entire Westeros system, including Simon’s Boeing 767 and the Gulfstream IV that was bought for Westeros, as well as the rental of private jets under Daenerys Entertainment and Gucci, has a total of 4 private cars. There will be more planes in the future, so it is necessary to build a private hangar and set up a dedicated service team in Los Angeles.

Although it is a bit troublesome to cooperate with Los Angeles International Airport, as Janet said, as long as the money is enough, there are no uncertainties.

Sending the two women away, Simon rushed to Daenerys Studios.

In the morning, a high-level meeting will be held to discuss the company's development plans in the second half of the year.

Come to the big conference room of the Studio One in the Studio District, Amy Pascal, Robert Egger, Nancy Brill, Ella Doichman, Danny Morris, Robert Rem, Mark Belford and other Daenerys entertainment executives have arrived early, and even Stan Lee, who is in charge of Marvel, has appeared here today.

When Simon entered the door, everyone was chatting together and chatting.

Seeing Simon appear, everyone came forward to say hello. Simon and everyone greeted each other and asked Amy casually, "What are you talking about?"

Amy handed over the latest "Forbes" magazine, and still remembered to add: "I have to declare first, Simon, I didn't reveal the news."

"Forbes" magazine is a weekly issue, every week.

However, although this magazine is well-known, it is not on Simon's reading list. There are articles that need Simon's attention, and it is often the female assistant who has sorted it out and let him look at it.

Recently, Forbes has contacted Simon again, hoping that he can cooperate with the statistics of the rich list in the new year, and Simon also refused as usual.

Taking over the magazine from Amy, Simon motioned for everyone to sit down and sit down at the conference table.

Looking at the magazine page in hand, there is a line of eye-catching black headlines:'Billions of executive clubs'.

Quickly glanced at the content.

Forbes has obviously done a lot of'work' during this time. In the article, Daenerys Entertainment's financial data for the first half of the year and Cersei Capital's profit in the crude oil futures market were quite accurate.

However, the focus of the hype about the content of this article is the 1990 expected salary of several partners of Cersei Fund Management and Amy Pascal of Daenerys Entertainment.

According to known data, Forbes magazine made a judgment that in 1990, the entire Westeros system, excluding Simon and his wife, would have seven other people who could receive income of 100 million US dollars. Six partners of 5% shares of Xi Fund Management Company and Amy Pascal who can receive 5% of Daenerys Entertainment's full-year profit plus the same amount of equity awards.

"Forbes" magazine previously announced with great fanfare that due to Simon's personal reasons to postpone this year's US 400 rich list and the global rich list, many media began to tap the financial figures of the entire Westeros system.

The more statistics, the more people rush to the tongue.

The calculations in Forbes magazine are basically the same as the facts, but compared with many recent eye-catching exposure data, it is actually not too dazzling.

of course.

For a large group of executives in the conference room at the same level as Amy, it is obviously another feeling.

With an annual income of over 100 million, this is definitely a miracle for professional managers.

As long as you are a bit ambitious, you probably won’t be indifferent to it.

Pressing the magazine in front, Simon swept to the people in the meeting room and said, "You should know that the content of this report is true. You are not familiar with Cersei Fund Management Company, Amy and everyone are very Get familiar with it."

Simon personally determined that even if it had been partially confirmed from Amy, there was still some commotion in the office.

Raised his hand and pressed, Simon continued: "I can only say that the current annual salary of 100 million US dollars is just the beginning. The entire Westero system is very large, very large, enough for you to display your talents, and it will not There are only a few positions with an annual income of more than 100 million yuan. Now everyone in the circle feels that I am very harsh on celebrities and they are not willing to provide them with the same high salary as other studios. In fact, it is not because I am not willing to pay, I only Will give me a price that I think is reasonable. You are the same, as long as you pay enough for this company, I will be happy to pay you any one of the annual salary of more than 100 million treatment."

Such a promise, if it is in other companies, everyone is likely to be regarded as a short check.However, sitting in the conference room at this time, no one felt that Simon was just making a promise.

Therefore, until the end of the noon meeting, many people were still immersed in a certain mood of ambition.

After lunch, Simon and Stan Lee, who still did not leave, came to the LOFT area on the second floor of the studio. The team on the west coast of Marvel has moved to this.

With the success of "Batman: Moment of War" and the expansion of the DC movie universe, the Marvel Entertainment team has proposed to Simon more than once to develop a Marvel superhero movie, and Simon has never been relieved.

Under the current conditions, it may be no problem to develop one or two Marvel superhero single movies after selection, but if you want to create a Marvel movie universe, the special effects technology at this time cannot be supported at all.

However, after several discussions, Simon agreed to a compromise.

In the next few years, Marvel will invest in the development of a series of Marvel superhero 2D animation movies, the specifications are roughly the same as the original DC superhero animation movies in time and space, PG-13 level, each time is 70 minutes to 90 minutes , Does not enter the theater line, but directly distributed through video tapes and television channels.

Marvel was originally an animation production team in the San Fernando Valley on the west coast, and has been producing TV cartoons for children.

Since the decision was made, Simon approved a budget of US$15 million for the first animated film this time, of which US$12 million was used for production and US$3 million was used for publicity.

Because it is directly oriented to video and television channels, it is technically not as cumbersome as a big screen animation movie, and it can be completed in about a year.

After all, it is the first part, Simon patiently gave the Marvel animation team a one and a half year production cycle.

However, the $15 million budget is equivalent to the three-year net profit figure of Marvel Entertainment at this time.Simon's attitude is very clear and messed up. In the future, Marvel will make comics with peace of mind and don't think about anything else.

Finally, Simon’s team cherished this opportunity. Not only did they choose the most popular "Spider-Man", Stan Lee, who was originally based in New York, also came to Los Angeles specifically, intending to personally be on the West Coast side. Follow up the preparation of the project.

The first "Spider-Man" animated movie will usually tell the origin. Simon listened to Stan Lee's personal explanation of the plot concept, but once again told him not to make a young children's film, and at the same time plan well in the animation character image. The image of each superhero in the project is different. This is a place where Simon is very dissatisfied with the DC animation movies in his memory. Even the animated images of popular characters such as Superman and Batman have changed.

Simon also knows that this situation occurs because different teams are responsible for the results of different projects, but these are not the things he needs to pay attention to, he only asks.

The few LOFTs on the second floor can really give people a very creative and relaxing environment. They are spacious, open, and easy to communicate. There is no fast pace like the administrative area. Whether it is graffiti on the wall or the film is placed everywhere, People feel that this should be the place where art is born.

The LOFT building that was first transformed by an abandoned factory in Soho, New York is indeed a gathering place for artists.

No wonder Nancy Brier will move the entire consumer products department, as well as the Daenerys analysis company, Blockbuster Los Angeles branch and Blizzard studio she is in charge of, and it is very unique that the Daenerys system is king. a feeling of.

Marvel's team only occupied a small corner on the first floor of No. 3 LOFT, and the rest became the territory of a small woman.

After leaving Marvel's office area, I was going to Pixar to see the development progress of "Toy Story". It happened that Nancy came out from the office area of ​​the BesTV branch and found a place to sit down in the nearby rest area to chat. It's a matter of Blockbuster.

During this time, Blockbuster has completed the acquisition of the Errol company, and the number of its own chain stores has continued to increase. It is expected that the number of chain stores will exceed 2,000 by the end of the year, making it the veritable largest video chain company in North America.

Moreover, after splitting the position of chairman and CEO that originally belonged to Blockbuster founder Wayne Huezanga, Nancy dug a senior executive from Wal-Mart to serve as Blockbuster CEO, and the small woman was in full control. This company.Of course, Daenerys Entertainment is completely in control of this company.

According to the results of many discussions between Simon and Nancy, what Nancy personally followed up now is to continuously provide Blockbuster's operation efficiency throughout the day, to avoid the problem of decline in execution power and redundant staff of the video chain giant due to excessive expansion.

This is also the reason why Nancy dug the executive named James Frey from Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is undoubtedly the best in solving the above problems, and the retail chain can only improve its efficiency and reduce its own costs. You can maintain your own advantages and competitiveness among competitors in the same industry through various preferential policies for customers.

If the scale of the enterprise is larger, the price is more expensive, and it can't fully reflect its scale advantage. This company is not far from decline.