Hollywood Hunter

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As night fell, the bedroom of a penthouse on Lexington Avenue did not turn on the lights.

The faint city lights sprinkled through the windows on the large bed in the bedroom. Under the dim light, there seemed to be a faint blur in the air, but there was no one on the bed.

In the corner by the window, the woman who was just wrapped in a bath towel curled up softly on the single sofa, her fluffy and wet hair covered half of her ruddy face, her head slanted, her hand still on her lips, Dare to look at the man sitting cross-legged on the carpet to help her rub her calf.

Obviously his fault.

At some point, she felt like she was going to be killed.

However, trying to secretly cover up the fact that the calf cramps were unbearable, he was discovered by him just before taking a bath, and he had a urge to run away.

After a moment, his eyes glanced carefully again.

The man lowered his head and looked very seriously and patiently, so his toes lightly tapped on his knee, suggesting that he was fine.

Simon raised his head and asked softly, "Do you want to rub the other side too?"

No!

I shouted in my heart, still hiding his eyes and whispering in my mouth: "Left leg, it's okay, you, it's time to return to Greenwich."

Simon nodded and said, "I'll let someone bring some food over."

The woman froze.

and then.

Then it's leaving.

Although he didn’t want to dare to argue with Janet, it was the first time he had a good time with this little man. Even if he refused a few times, he would cheat himself.

Suddenly gave birth to some self-pity.

Withdrew the calf from his hand and shrunk the entire sofa.

Seeing Sophia look like this, Simon reached over and the woman felt his touch, hid, and turned his back to his side.

The hand didn't give up, reaching into her and exerting a little force, Sofia's entire body was dragged down, whispered on the carpet, and the bath towels could not help falling apart.

Jade body horizontally.

He twisted his body and wanted to stay away from Simon, but he couldn't resist the big hand that the man took lightly.

I had to look at the past grievously, feeling the wet eyes, and could not bear to cry.

Seeing that the woman no longer tried to escape, Simon caressed her face and said softly: "Not much I can give you, I will give it to you."

Only half of what he said.

If you can’t give it, it’s useless to fight and grab.

Xiaodi confronted him for another moment, knowing that the man was still waiting for his response, and finally he obeyed obediently.

Putting it all down, I suddenly felt that my little emotion just now should be a bit inappropriate, worrying that he thought his answer was not sincere, and his cheek took the initiative to post to the palm of the man, saying: "I, I brought it in the afternoon, it was in the kitchen, Just heat it up."

Simon picked up the woman and put it on the big bed, lowered her head and kissed her lips, said: "Then wait a minute."

The two had a simple dinner together, and Simon returned to Greenwich.

Sofia has lived in Manhattan in recent days, and tonight's state, it is even less likely to return to Greenwich to see children.

The next day is Saturday.

Simon and Janet attended Gucci's party at the Gramercy Hotel in Manhattan together at night. After spending the weekend on the East Coast, they returned to Los Angeles again.

Daenerys Entertainment, in October, the company released a total of three films, which were Jane Campion's "Angel and Me at the Same Table" on October 12th and bought from the Cannes Film Festival on October 19th. "Chrysanthemum Bean" and "The Ten Days of Danger" on the October 26 Halloween schedule.

Both "Angel and Me at the Table" and "Ju Dou" were issued by Gaomen Pictures, and did not have much ambition at the box office. However, Ella Doichman has already declared the Oscar for the latter's best foreign language. Film awards.

The focus is still on "Dangerous Ten Days" in cooperation with Universal Pictures.

Prior to the previous summer, "Sleeping with the Enemy" in cooperation with Fox and "Hands to Shake the Cradle" in cooperation with Disney have achieved excellent box office results.

"The Ten Days of Danger" is an adaptation of the original novel by Stephen King, a famous horror novelist. It is also more famous than the first two.The two protagonists, Don Johnson and Susan Sarandon, are also well-known Hollywood stars.

Simon has seen the sample of "Dangerous Ten Days" more than once before, and also participated in the production of the trailer.

Compared to the version starring Kathy Bates, Simon prefers the new version.

Also at the post-film level, Susan Sarandon’s performance is no less than that of Casey Bates, and, because of the value of the face, the obvious sexual tension between the two protagonists adds a bit to the movie. Strange contrast and horror.

Simon returned to Los Angeles, and "The Ten Days of Danger" has entered the final stage of the intensive trailer.

As one of Daenerys Entertainment’s 10 film plans, since the two films that have been launched have achieved high box office and attention, this new film has naturally attracted a lot of media attention, indirectly responsible for the distribution of the global The film industry saved millions of dollars in marketing expenses.

In addition, the publication of a series of videos at the end of the year has already begun.

Daenerys Entertainment will launch four movies on Thanksgiving and Christmas at the end of the year.

These are Kevin Costner's "Dancing with Wolves" on November 2, "The Pink Powder Alliance" with Columbia Pictures on November 23, and Robert Altman's "Intersection of Life" on December 7. And "Home Alone" on December 21.

Speaking of which, "Dancing with Wolves", which has won a good internal reputation after several screenings, will be the focus of Oscar’s public relations this year for Daenerys Entertainment. It stands to reason that the film schedule is more appropriate in December.

However, Simon also has box office ambitions for this movie. The "Dance with Wolves" in memory is also a blockbuster film with a box office of more than US$180 million in North America. Therefore, in order to avoid conflict with "Home Alone", Simon still Put the film in November.

As for December's "Intersection of Life", this movie will of course also pursue Oscar nominations. However, it is well known that Robert Altman's work has never been pleased by the Oscar judges. Previously, he has won the Golden Lion Award in Venice. Believed to be successful, the goal of this film is only to accumulate long-term box office through the heat of the award season, and have little expectation for the award.

Two commercial films, "Red Pink Alliance" released by Columbia Pictures and "Devil Alone" produced by Daenerys Entertainment, respectively occupy two major periods, and the promotion work is carried out step by step. It is needless to say in this regard.

Thursday, October 11.

The time is in mid-October. The shooting of Batman: The Dark Knight in Australia has entered the final stage. The next week is about to be completed. Simon plans to fly to Melbourne next week to study the shooting samples with several creatives to determine whether Need to make up.

At more than five o'clock in the afternoon, Simon, who would not normally get off work on time, was discussing the film's later plan with the "Lamb of Silence" in the studio's late center. The female assistant appeared, whispering in Simon's ear.

After listening to Jennifer, Simon thought about it and said, "It's all just a cocktail party. Tomorrow morning, I will go to Burbank."

Janet just told Simon that Lu Vasalman finally couldn't bear it, and he took the initiative to invite Simon to a cocktail party tonight. By the way, talk about the MCA acquisition that is well known throughout Hollywood.

Busy day after day, Simon only intends to go home after get off work. He doesn't want to become the kind of social creature who wants to attend 200 various parties every year, so he chooses to refuse.

The female assistant listened to Simon's words and turned to leave.

After Simon and Jonathan Demi, director of The Silent Lamb, ended the discussion, the female assistant appeared again and re-told the meeting time tomorrow.

The next day, Simon rushed to Daenerys Studios, replaced an unobtrusive ordinary car, and hurried to Burbank.

Lu Wasalman is waiting for him in an office building in the northwest corner of Universal Studios.

The two met and briefly said a few words. Vasalman entered the topic: "Simon, everyone now knows that you are interested in Universal. A friend of mine at Citibank told me that you have signed with them 20 A loan intention agreement of 100 million dollars. So, I don’t understand what are you waiting for?”

The seller took the initiative to ask the buyer for a sale. Under normal circumstances, this is definitely not a wise behavior, which means that the initiative is given to the other party.

However, Simon was so suffocated this time that he dragged Vassarman out of patience.

The 77-year-old man should logically be the one who does not lack patience, but looking at MCA’s stock price, which has not been too high because of the delay of Daenerys’ entertainment, and the urging of Panasonic, he had to take the initiative .

What Simon is waiting for is, of course, preparations for the acquisition of Bell Atlantic from New York.

Because of the official announcement of Panasonic's MCA acquisition and the news that Daenerys Entertainment intends to participate in the bidding, the recent share price of MCA has been close to $60.

Now in public information, Simon believes that the company's stock price will definitely go straight to $70. Once the market price of MCA stock exceeds Simon's quotation limit, it will become a very troublesome problem, and it is very difficult to lower it.

At that time, MCA is also unlikely to accept the acquisition price of Daenerys Entertainment is lower than the market price.

In comparison, if you can initiate two acquisitions at the same time and make a gesture that you might abandon one of them, the market will not be so fanatical.

At this time in front of Lu Vasalman, Simon certainly wouldn’t tell the truth, but he also said frankly: "Lu, I’m not quite sure whether I should participate in the MCA bid, you know, Danieli The development of Silk Entertainment is very good. I think that even if you don’t annex another Hollywood studio, you only need to be patient for a few years, and Daenerys Entertainment will become strong enough."

In fact, MCA's revenue in the last fiscal year was $3.3 billion and net profit was $296 million. This year, due to the poor box office performance of "Back to the Future 3" during the summer season, revenue and profit performance will be worse.In comparison, don't say that the estimated net profit of more than 1 billion US dollars, but in terms of revenue, Daenerys Entertainment can also surpass MCA this year.

The gap between the two parties is basically just a story.

Speaking carefully, Simon’s pretense really does not have any problems. Daenerys Entertainment has been patiently operating for several years, and can definitely achieve a state of being completely equal to or even overtaking the Seventh Congress.

However, it still takes time after all.

Even the Universal Studios and record companies owned by MCA have accumulated more than just time.

The history of Universal Studios is almost as long as that of Hollywood. If Daenerys Entertainment now invests in the construction of the Studios project, although there is no problem in terms of funds, the company also has enough IP resources to support a Studios Paradise. The city simply cannot reach the deep-rooted influence of Universal Studios and Disneyland.

The same is true of record companies.

Not to mention others, just Universal Music’s huge music copyright library is not a simple short-term accumulation.

What's more, MCA can also form a strong complement to Daenerys Entertainment in terms of distribution channels, cinema lines, movie libraries, etc. Simon definitely needs to buy this company.

Lu Wasalman has been in Hollywood for more than half a century, and of course I can see these, saying: "Simon, I had a communication with Matsushita's Furui Akoi last week, if you really don’t plan to participate, At the latest next week, MCA will submit Panasonic’s quotation to the board of directors for review and further shareholder voting. I know that many corporate bidders will participate on the eve of others’ shareholder voting, just like Paramount last year. This will maximize the control of the competitor's cards and chips, but I think this is completely unnecessary for you."

Simon calculated.

Before this meeting, Simon also worried that MCA and Panasonic would reach a preliminary agreement this week and quickly initiate a shareholder vote.

Now, according to Vasalman's remarks, MCA will conduct board discussions on Panasonic's acquisition next week, and further shareholder voting will take at least another week, and it will be the end of October unconsciously, which coincides with Simon's plan schedule. .

In this case, Simon was completely relieved.

However, for a moment, Simon said: "Well, Lu, I am really interested in MCA. However, I am not going to engage in unrestrained bidding war with Panasonic. If you agree, I hope that Daenerys Entertainment and MCA signed a secret agreement of intent. Once the acquisition fails, Daenerys Entertainment does not pay the exit fee."

Under normal circumstances, in view of the impact of the acquisition on the target company's operations and stock price, the party that initiated the acquisition usually promises to pay an exit fee after the acquisition fails, often ranging from 1% to 5% of the target company's market value. between.

This means that, according to the original time-space MCA's $6.6 billion transaction quote, once the launch is intended, the acquirer needs to pay an exit fee of between $66 million and $330 million.

However, nothing is absolute.

As long as both parties communicate properly, this fee can also be waived.

When Warren Buffett and Tom Murphy’s Metropolitan Company acquired ABC Television, Buffett, who was in charge of that acquisition, proposed that once the acquisition failed, Metropolis would not pay a huge exit fee. The then ABC Television Network executives I agreed.

Of course, the acquisition was successful in the end.

Lou Vasalman was hesitant when he heard Simon's request.

He can understand that Simon made this request mainly to suppress the market's excessive pursuit of MCA stocks.Once it is learned that Daenerys Entertainment can withdraw at will without paying any price, investors will be more cautious in buying MCA stock.

However, this is very risky for MCA.

When two companies bid for an enterprise, one party has not competed with the other party in the quotation, and there is no need to pay for the withdrawal.Furthermore, when the party that wins in the bidding process of the two parties fails to complete the acquisition at a later stage of negotiation or is affected by policy supervision, it is necessary to pay the exit fee only after giving up the acquisition.

If you agree to Simon’s conditions at this time, once Daenerys Entertainment squeezes out Panasonic, but then for some reason gives up the acquisition, and does not need to pay any price, then MCA will cry.

It should be known that once the situation of a complete failure of the acquisition occurs, the first thing that will be ushered in is the MCA stock price plunge and return to the level before the acquisition. By then, countless shareholders with heavy book losses will definitely put pressure on the management.

On the other hand, after going through a tossing case, the operation of the company itself will also be severely affected.

Just like MGM, if it was not sold repeatedly in the 1980s, but operated patiently, this old-fashioned studio would not be as dead as it is now.