Hollywood Hunter

After washing and making up, she walked out of the bathroom. Chris Jenner saw that Simon had returned to the round table on the terrace. There was a little belly in her heart. You don’t have to worry about anything.

Of course, the face is afraid to show it.

In the courtyard, the music of the party and the chatter and laughter are still there.

What happened in the past half an hour, no one seems to notice.

After sorting out the skirt of the red low-cut dress again, the woman walked over carefully and only sat down next to him after getting permission from the man's eyes.

Having just observed the angle, she is sitting farthest from the fence and will not be seen by people downstairs.

Although I don’t mind, I even want to be seen, but smart women obviously know what can be done and can’t be done.

"The project team arranged an interactive cross episode of "Beverly Wife" and "New York Wife", which was filmed here in recent days. When talking about things during the day, he met Mr. Friedman. He said that there was tonight Party, I'm here."

Explaining it this way, seeing the man just leaning on the back of the chair and looking quietly downstairs, there was no intention of chatting with her, and Kris Jenner shut her mouth consciously.

Anyway, it is enough to have this'tiger skin'.

The man didn't give it, but she didn't dare to ask for anything.

At least Jonathan Friedman must know that she came up.

After a moment, Kris Jenner heard the man tell her to send a glass of wine and knew that it was a rush, so she got up and left the terrace.

Because of meeting this woman, Simon had just thought of the USA TV network.

After the merger last year, through the two series of "Beverly Wife" and "New York Wife" launched by USA, USA successfully transformed itself into a female TV network.

But this is obviously not enough.

However, in the past year, two large acquisitions and various other things have consumed most of Simon’s energy. He did not have much time to take care of the development of the USA, even including the very fancy MCA record, these are only Can be handed over to a group of senior executives under the company.

The new year has just begun, it is still a lot of things.

Until now.

After several years of close attention, Daenerys Entertainment’s movie business has been very stable, and it is probably also the time to turn its energy to other businesses.

Cable TV can still flourish for at least 30 years. In terms of music, although the physical recording industry will decline rapidly with the rise of the Internet, in the West where the copyright protection system is very perfect, the recording industry will never disappear. It's just about transformation.

Moreover, the major recording giants that survived the merger and reorganization in their memory, although they have always claimed to the outside world how they are not living well, are actually making money all the time.

In addition, the record industry is still on the eve of the last boom of the 1990s.

Michael Jackson and Madonna still dominate the music scene. However, in the 1990s, it was a period of youth pop music.

During this time, a large number of young pop singers, such as Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears and even the British Spice Girls Group, supported most of the Western music industry’s attention and spread this trend throughout the world until Many years later, the Korean entertainment industry continues the combination model that emerged in the 1990s in Europe and America.

In Simon's opinion, the most popular feature of teenagers is the ability to make stars in batches.

The rise of traditional superstars such as Michael Jackson and Madonna, strength and luck play a large part. However, for young pop singers, as long as they have a good skin, the performance quality is not too bad, almost enough, the next step is to follow Packing with fixed routines.

Not only that, there are some more direct and quick ways to draft.

None of this can be done overnight.

After careful consideration, Simon decided to start with USA.

Too much experience of the two worlds made it easy for Simon to sort out some rules: The rise of a television network or media platform often requires a phenomenal TV program.

At this stage, there hasn't been a trend of falling out of classic American dramas.

The cable network has invested far less in TV dramas than movies.

This must start from the seventies.

During Barry Diller’s tenure on the ABC television network, he found that television networks often bought movie rights from Hollywood too expensive, so he pioneered the television movie model. Compared to Hollywood movies, television movies often have very high costs, even dozens of dollars. One can be produced for ten thousand dollars, and the cycle is shorter, one can be released every month, and it can also have the feature of exclusive premiere.

Again, Hollywood is very conservative.

When a business model emerged and proved effective, everyone swarmed.

Especially with the rise of cable TV in recent years, in order to compete for audience resources, TV movies with many advantages have become more prosperous. Many Hollywood stars who are unsustainable on the big screen can switch to filming TV movies, even if the pay is not high. Not too popular, but there are enough opportunities to win.

However, in Simon's view, TV movies also have its disadvantages that cannot be ignored.

Unsustainable popularity.

When a TV movie is played several times, the audience almost recognizes the interest, and then transfers to the syndicate platform and video channel. After digging up the remaining value, it will gradually be forgotten.Relatively speaking, the popularity cycle is very short.

However, phenomenal TV dramas are different.

For example, "Black Dao Family", such as "House of Cards".

The "Black Road Family" in memory has been filmed for six full seasons. Over the past six years, HBO has been developing rapidly.Similarly, "House of Cards" also brought similar effects.

According to the information in his mind, Simon roughly judged that it was in the late 1990s that the appearance of American dramas such as "Black Road Family" squeezed the living space of TV movies and further led to the decline of this TV business model.

As for now.

Hollywood, or the U.S. media industry, apparently have not realized this.

Simply put, Hollywood has always been developing. Now, more than ten years ago, not many people saw it more than ten or twenty years later.Even, in Simon's view, before the rise of blockbuster and CG special effects in the 1990s, the Hollywood film industry was not stable, and everyone was just trying their luck.

The same is true of the television industry.

Before the 1990s, already had a TV movie business model, plus the TV network has a strong platform monopoly, does not need to invest too much in TV programs to win the audience, so it seems unimpressive.

After the 1990s, cable TV emerged completely, and competition in the TV industry began to be fierce. At the same time, the prosperity of the Internet also threatened the TV industry, which made major TV manufacturers pay more attention to the development of content.Even television production can reach the movie level.

Now, the best way to make the USA TV network more prosperous is to subvert the traditional business model in advance.

In fact, Simon has already subverted the traditional American television industry through reality TV shows.This is only the second time.

Female TV stations naturally need matching female programs.

Simon's first TV series related to women was the phenomenal "Desperate Housewives".

The ABC television network in memory has even become a trend of being called a female television network because of the American drama "Desperate Housewives". How influential is this American drama.

In Simon's view, the reason why "Desperate Housewives" can be a fire is on the one hand, it is close to life, on the one hand, it is beyond life.

The plot of this TV series is full of twists and turns. A TV series may cover most of the twists and turns that traditional housewives may not encounter in their lifetime.At the same time, the images of several housewives are also typical enough to cover most types of traditional American housewives. Finally, there are bits and pieces of true feelings shown in this American drama.

Because there are more than ten people's memories in his mind, and "Desperate Housewives" is really classic, Simon basically remembers most of the plot of this American drama.

As for the details, Hollywood is never short of screenwriters.

It is now 1992, and the core screenwriter of Desperate Housewives, Mark Celli, is still an obscure little man, and Simon has no mood to find each other.

So he simply caught the knife himself.

I had dinner every night, accompanied Janet and the little guy while chatting, holding the notebook and tapping.

After a week of this, Janet occasionally added some details with interest, and the script of the first season was basically completed.

"It's a very interesting story, but it still doesn't feel exciting enough."

In the villa at Dumei Point Estate, after finishing the first season's script, Janet commented as he rocked Melbourne's cradle.

Simon sent an electronic copy of the script to Robert Egger of New York, and put down the notebook: "I have a more exciting story, but I'm just worried that the housewives can't accept it now."

Janet came immediately and said, "Tell me, I am also a housewife now."

Simon briefly sorted out and said, "This is also a woman's story, but compared to the housewives of Zitong Street who are still normal, this woman is a mess. First of all, she is a drug dealer."

Janet put a small hand on the cradle: "I like it, I must shoot it."

Simon saw his son's eyes widened suddenly because of his mother's sudden beating, a look of tears, and he quickly reached out to hug the little guy.

Janet also noticed this detail, of course, not admitting it wrong, and said with a lip: "I will send this little annoying to Australia in a few days."

Simon gently appeased the son in his arms, just smiling.

It's his decision to let Veronica take care of Melbourne. Now he can't refute himself.

Janet clearly noticed Simon’s thoughts, humming, but did not ask much, walked to the side of the coffee table tray, took out a document from the shelf under the coffee table, and said: "The New York side has just sent it again In one case, Leon Black planned to play a big deal."

Feeling that the little guy's head was resting on his shoulder, he almost fell asleep. Simon continued to hug his son and walked gently beside the cradle. He asked casually, "What?"

"A comprehensive apparel company called Limited Brands.inc (limited brand company), which focuses on sportswear and underwear for teenagers and women. This is a public company with a current market value of $1.31 billion. Because 80 The continued expansion of the era and the economic downturn of the past two years have also put the company in trouble. However, Leon is very optimistic about the Victoria’s secret underwear brand owned by this company and therefore intends to initiate a privatized wholly-owned acquisition."

Simon hadn't responded yet, only to remember Victoria's secret.

Victoria's secret.

Many years later, every year Victoria's Secret Show is equivalent to a Super Bowl in the fashion industry.It is also Wei Mi, who has won the top supermodel in the first ten years of the new century.

After a brief surprise, Simon did not feel too surprised that the Apollo management company under the leadership of Cersei Capital's Leon Black chose Wei Mi's parent company.

Wall Street private equity firms all have their own areas of expertise.

Probably because of the relationship with Melissa Sandra and Daenerys Entertainment, Apollo Management, which focuses on private equity investment, a large part of the acquisition targets are concentrated in the apparel and cosmetics industries. The previously acquired Simmons company acquired shares last year. The same is true of Estee Lauder.

Now, Leon Black led the team to target the Victoria's parent company, it is naturally reasonable.

The company has high-quality brand assets, and the tight cash flow has led to temporary poor operating conditions. The stock price is in a status position, which is also the main condition for a company to be targeted by private equity.

Thinking of this, Simon asked: "For a wholly-owned acquisition of $1.31 billion, how much premium would it take?"

Janet rolled on the sofa like a kitten, flipping through the documents in her hand, saying: "Leon they are in contact with the management of LTD. If they can achieve a goodwill acquisition, the premium will be within 30%. The apparel industry is very competitive Fierce, unlike the new technology companies that are emerging now, so even if the invitation is open, the premium will not be too high. If it is too high, Leon will actively give up."

LTD is obviously an abbreviation for Limited Brands.inc.

Simon made a mental calculation. At a premium of 30%, a complete acquisition would cost about 1.7 billion US dollars. Apollo Management Company was able to make such a large sum of money. However, this would undoubtedly mean a lot of risk: "After the acquisition , Lyon, what are they going to do?"

Janet said: "Like Simmons, after a few years of operation, after the company recovers, it will re-list or conduct a second private equity operation and sell it directly to other private equity companies."

Simon nodded: "The federal economy is now at the bottom. If Leon confirms that this company has enough high-quality assets, it will only appreciate for a few years and it will indeed appreciate."

Janet heard the other meanings in her husband's words, and her delicate body bounced from the sofa, lying on the sofa arm and looking over, "You don't have any other ideas?"

Simon smiled and said: "You buy this company first and then talk."

Wei Mi's current catwalk is basically still in the stage of fashion week. According to the original timeline, it was not until the late 1990s that Wei Mi began to gradually build the Wei Mi catwalk into an ornamental business event.

Perhaps, this very eye-catching big show can be produced in advance.