Hollywood Hunter

At the beginning of the year, we were looking for a project to prepare a trial broadcast set. The promotion season in May was promoted to the TV network and the fall season was broadcast. This is the operation process of most TV programs in the United States.

Simon used his free time to complete the summary and rough script of the first season of "Desperate Housewives". Many details still need to be revised, which just happens to transfer the right of attribution.

Such a project, Simon personally named screenwriter, is actually very strange.He doesn't need to rely on a TV series to accumulate anything at all now.

Of course, this does not prevent Hollywood from quickly spreading the news of the new project that Simon Westero personally built.

Although it is a TV series, the reality show that has been popular in recent years has already confirmed that Simon can also create miracles in the TV field.

You know, the popular reality shows such as "Survivor", "Who Will Be a Millionaire", "Beverly Wife", not only created billions of industrial value, but also won a large number of TVs Reality star.

Take "Who Will Be a Millionaire". Although the popularity of this puzzle reality show has been in decline since the initial prosperity, the annual salary of show host Regis Phil has also reached 10 million. US dollars.

Although the first four reality shows launched in 1988, "Beverly Wife" has the lowest ratings, several housewives have become household names in television. Even if the income from participating in this reality show is not high, it depends on Taking over other TV programs, advertising endorsements, and personal careers developed outside of TV have also achieved fame and fortune.That's why Chris Jenna would be so obedient in front of Simon.

The more players in the game, the more likely they are to appreciate the real power of some people at the top of the pyramid in a circle, so the more easily they are born with awe and surrender.

Now, a TV series project created by Simon himself, even if it will only be broadcast on a cable TV network like the USA, after learning some details of the project, it is enough to make many actresses who have stepped on the tail of their personal careers rush.

The Hollywood circle, especially actresses, if they can't make a name before the age of 30, after the age of 30, they will either get married and have children as housewives, or they will only be in the second line.

Right now it's only February 1992, the spring season has already been opened, and "Desperate Housewives" will definitely only be available this fall, so there is still enough preparation time.

Simon took out brief stories and scripts and handed over the preparatory work of the project to Robert Iger. He still had many more important things to deal with.

On February 18, after more than a month of auditing, the Daenerys Entertainment Group's 1991 financial report was finally released.

In 1991, Daenerys Entertainment, which completed the merger with MCA, achieved a total revenue of US$9.3 billion for the whole year.Because of the need to adjust a large amount of cash flow to repay the debts borne by the MCA acquisition and the company's layoffs, asset write-downs and other expenses, the company's full-year net profit will eventually be 270 million US dollars.

However, because of the large debt repayment, even after the completion of the overall purchase of more than 800 million US dollars for EA, the total debt amount of Daenerys Entertainment Group is only 7.8 billion US dollars.

Because of the great success of "Toy Story" at the end of last year, the industry's valuation of Daenerys Entertainment Group generally reached US$20 billion.

According to this valuation level, the debt of 7.8 billion US dollars is actually only equivalent to a debt ratio of 39%.

After completing a large-scale merger and acquisition, the debt ratio of Daenerys Entertainment can be controlled within 40%, which is already a pioneering initiative.

After Time Warner Group adopted a series of measures to reduce debt, coupled with the continued rebound of the US stock market for more than a year, the company's debt ratio at this stage is still more than 70%.

The media tycoons such as Redstone and Murdoch have been shrinking rapidly in recent years, mainly because of the high debts of their companies after the outbreak of the US debt crisis.

In addition,

In the entire media industry, such revenue volume is second only to Time Warner Group.

However, because of the out-of-control merger and fierce internal struggles of the management, Time Warner has more than 10 billion US dollars in revenue, but the actual operating status is far inferior to the still-growing Daenerys Entertainment.

Since it has been planned to go public, Daenerys Entertainment has not continued to keep a low profile on the company's financial data this time, and actively contacted some financial media to release the data.

Most of the corporate giants have suffered huge losses in the first few years of completion of M&A. Although the net profit margin of Daenerys Entertainment in the past year was only 3%, anyone can see that such financial data has exceeded expected.

Moreover, after the initial turmoil after the end of the merger and acquisition, and the stable operation of the enterprise, as long as it is willing, relying on its own abundant cash flow, the debt ratio of Daenerys Entertainment will also drop rapidly.

With the media's discussion of Daenerys' new annual financial report, Simon's 24th birthday also came unconsciously.

February 22 of this year happened to be a Saturday.

Although I don't plan to be as fanciful as my 20th birthday, it is not easy for Simon now, even if I want to keep a low profile birthday.

Since January, many people have been constantly inquiring about Simon’s 24th birthday party. Janet wished everyone to forget his birthday, but he also paid much attention to Simon’s birthday and began preparations one month in advance.

The party is still in the mansion in Palisades halfway up the mountain.

For so long, most people around Simon can feel the primitive sense of territory in him. He doesn't like his private space being touched by others.Therefore, there is not much expectation for such a thing as holding a birthday party at Dumei Point Estate. Perhaps in the future, few people will be able to enter the top floor of the Westero Building.

Of course, not even the birthday party in the Palisades mansion is for everyone.

Although the threshold is high, compared with the slightly boring business party in the past, under Janet's arrangement, Simon's birthday party is very open, and there are no shortage of beautiful women in the song and dance.

The party lasts from seven o'clock on Saturday evening to two o'clock in the morning. If you are not worried that some unexpected things will happen to guests staying in the Palisades mansion, overnight will be inevitable.

After leaving the party, no matter how ridiculous, there is nothing to do with the Westeros.

Simon and his wife did not leave Palisades until twelve o'clock that night, but flew to Panama at night, and a little guy was handed over to Catherine. Catherine obviously had no experience of watching children, but women needed All I did was just watch. The three girls in ABD stayed at Dumei Point Manor. They were the nannies that Janet personally cultivated.

After playing in Panama for three days, the couple did not return to Los Angeles until Wednesday.

Simon dropped Janet, but flew directly to San Francisco.

After investing in graphics chip company ATI last year, just recently, ATI finally completed the first consumer-level graphics chip for the PC market.

At the time, Westeros bought 25% of ATI's shares for $50 million. Simon then suggested that Intel buy ATI wholly and invest fully in the promotion of graphics cards.

However, although Intel accepted Simon’s suggestion, ATI did not respond to Intel’s offer for acquisition.

This is the obvious thing.

With the thighs of Westeros, ATI already has a strong enough backing, there is no need to sell itself to Intel, at least for the time being.

Everyone knows the truth about selling at a price.

However, ATI is also aware of Intel’s strong influence in the semiconductor industry. Although it rejected the offer for a wholly-owned acquisition, it also accepted an investment from Intel and gave out 10% of its shares, making Intel its own shareholder.

The semiconductor industry is very expensive, so it is destined that ATI, which has been financing continuously since its inception, cannot have too many shareholders.

Westero and Intel jointly hold 35% of the total shares of ATI, and basically already have most of the control of this company.

ATI's graphics card chip is completed, and then it is naturally promoted.

It is difficult for most PC users to realize the usefulness of the graphics card after many years, because at that time, ordinary users have been accustomed to the convenience brought by the graphics card, unless they are professional image processing personnel and game enthusiasts, otherwise, only integrated graphics , Is enough to meet the needs of most users.

Of course, in the following era of smart phones, the role of the GPU is obvious.

Smartphones of various price grades can support different mobile games, and the differences are largely due to the differences in smartphone GPU functions.

At this stage, a graphics card dedicated to image processing has been introduced to replace the corresponding operations supported by the CPU, and the display effect is almost immediate.

Simon had already experienced the utility of a discrete graphics card before he arrived in San Francisco. With the same configuration, PCs with graphics cards installed, whether browsing the web or video games, are more fluent than computers without graphics cards.

After evaluation by all parties, one thing was also discovered.

Once the graphics card is promoted, it will not only increase the burden on consumers, but it can actually reduce the overall cost of the PC.

Because before that, to get a better Internet surfing and gaming experience, users had to choose very expensive models.Now, only need to increase the spending of several hundred dollars on the graphics card, perhaps it may save a budget of two thousand dollars.

Moreover, this change will undoubtedly further accelerate the popularity of personal computers.

Traditional PC manufacturers must be inclined to keep PCs at a higher price, but once this trend is formed, no one can stop it, either follow the trend or be eliminated.

On the other hand, the further popularization of PC will naturally promote the outbreak of the Internet industry.

In this era, assembling machines have not yet emerged. Users purchase PCs, which are basically a complete set, including the display.

Therefore, the promotion of graphics cards must be coordinated with OEM manufacturers.

ATI was originally one of IBM's professional graphics chip suppliers for graphics workstations. This time, after seeing the effects of consumer-level graphics cards developed by ATI, IBM, which has always been the most difficult to bite the bones in the industry, no longer stubborn, decided soon. Launch the corresponding model.

Of course, in terms of pricing, it is IBM's responsibility.

IBM took the lead, and companies such as Compaq and HP also joined in.

As for Microsoft, under the promotion of Westeros, it has already started to develop graphics card support programs last year. The Windows 3.1 system, which will be released in March, will support graphics cards. The previous 3.0 systems will also Update accordingly.

The changes promoted by the Wintel Alliance will naturally not think of Apple.

Silicon Valley has always had a hard time keeping secrets, but Apple has also been slow enough in this matter.After the market value broke through 7 billion US dollars last year to create a new high, Apple's self-feel is obviously too good.

Simon personally rushed to Intel's headquarters to participate in conferences related to graphics card promotion, and stayed here until Friday, mainly for EA's arrangements.

The promotion of the graphics card is undoubtedly the game's biggest promotion for the industry.

Computer games are still generally 2D, but with the promotion of graphics cards, 3D games will not be far away.

The technology accumulation of Daenerys special effects in 3D special effects can also provide a lot of support for the development of 3D games.At the same time, EA has been positioned as a PC game manufacturer from the beginning, and it has sufficient experience in game development.

With many advantages, if EA can not seize this opportunity, it is a huge mistake of the management.

Simon does not allow this to happen.

Having personally finalized some of EA's layouts in 3D games, Simon returned to Los Angeles on February 28th.

In the two months that will pass in 1992, Daenerys Entertainment's series of film projects have been operating at all stages of production, and the same is true of film distribution.

In two months, three brands under Daenerys Entertainment have launched a total of 7 movies in a single season of this movie. According to this frequency, it is enough to reach 40 circulations throughout the year.

The scale of this distribution exceeds that of any Hollywood company. However, with the current strength of Daenerys Entertainment, it is not too much.

In the original time and space, the acquisition of Disney of Miramax and Time Warner of the new line, the total number of major and auxiliary labels issued during the heyday, in fact, reached more than 40.

It's just that Miramax now has nothing special like many third-line production companies in Hollywood. The "Ninja Turtles" series was taken by Simon, the "Menggui Street" series fell in popularity, and the new line also fell into eighty. Many second-tier companies had similar downturns in the era.

Damenlisi Entertainment's two major brands, Gaomen Pictures and New World Pictures, are now equivalent to replacing New Line and Miramax's original status in Hollywood.

Gaomen Pictures and New World Pictures have made achievements in various fields, and other Hollywood studios will naturally not miss this market, but, under the strength of Daenerys Pictures, the main brands of other studios The business is still lacking, and if you want to compete with Gaomen Pictures and New World Pictures in areas such as literary and horror films, it is naturally impossible in the short term.