Hollywood Hunter

France, the European Disneyland on the eastern outskirts of Paris.

After riding the Indiana Jones roller coaster, the couple wearing T-shirts of Mickey and Minnie left the attraction, went round and round to find a lawn, and walked together.

Pressing Simon down on the lawn, Janet took off the sunglasses on his face and lay comfortably on the man's chest.

Wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses, and wearing a pair of ordinary couples everywhere, playing crazy all day in Disneyland, it is inevitable that some hesitant eyes, but it has never been identified.

It was already evening.

In the early summer season, the soft and warm sunlight shines on the body, which makes people inevitably lazy.

As a kitten rubbed against Simon, Janet suddenly said: "We will not go to Cannes tonight, shall we?"

Simon stretched his arms around the woman's waist and nodded, "Well."

Today is Monday, May 18.

The 45th Cannes Film Festival in France opened on May 7, and the closing ceremony was officially held tonight.

I haven't been to Europe for a long time, and it is inevitable that there are a lot of things that need to be accumulated.

Taking advantage of this film festival opportunity, Simon flew here with Janet last Friday.

I spent a day in Florence, Italy, Saturday, and flew to Helsinki, Finland, yesterday. I have a free day today, and on Monday, when there are relatively few tourists, Simon took Janet to the European Disneyland, which has just opened.

In fact, it can be regarded as a personal experience of the operation of Disneyland.

After six years, it cost US$5 billion and covers an area of ​​nearly 20 square kilometers of European Disneyland. After its official opening on April 12, the official passenger flow in the last month or so was less than half of Disney’s original estimate. The heavy debt burden of the theme park made the disappointed Disney high-level embarrassed.

The failure of Disney in Europe has made the preparations for Universal Studios Osaka in Japan very obvious.

The most direct point is that the Osaka municipal government has finally slowed down this time and no longer insists on exchanging all the land for shares, but for cash and shares.According to a plan that has basically been negotiated in Japan, the Osaka City Government’s shareholding in Universal Studios Osaka could eventually be reduced to about 5%.

For Simon, the failure of European Disney also brought him many warnings.

This Disneyland outside of Paris was largely influenced by the success of Tokyo Disneyland.At the beginning, Disney was full of confidence in this project. European countries also struggled to compete for this theme park project that can have many positive effects on the economy and employment.

The original blindness also had very serious consequences.

In memory, Disney in Europe, which was later renamed Disney in Paris, has basically not been profitable for decades.Such a huge project, considering that the consequences of bankruptcy and liquidation are too serious, Disney rides a tiger, and it is impossible to even disengage. It has to subsidize funds for a long time to maintain its operations.

The lack of detailed market research in the early stage, excessive optimism caused the project budget to be out of control, and the localization operation of the fitting market was not carried out...These huge mistakes at the European Disneyland are the next things that Universal Studios Osaka needs to pay great attention to.

Simon pondered, and suddenly thought of another thing.

Disney, which was originally on the timeline, has been a Hollywood giant media group even in the relatively gloomy years of the new century.

However, in Hollywood now, because of the rise of Daenerys Entertainment, Disney has been significantly suppressed.

For example, Pixar, the animation studio that has maintained Disney’s long-term dominance in the field of animated films, has been held by Daenerys Entertainment.

Some of Disney's selling projects in the 1990s, such as "Wind Moon Beauty" and "The Lion King", have also been cut off by Simon.

Miramax, which was originally an important Disney brand, is now dying.

Even if it is Disney's vital 2D animation film business, because Simon's early acquisition of Pixar caused the animation production technology not to shift from manual to digital, the production scale of Disney's 2D animation film was also limited.

The wave of integration in the US media industry has begun.

Because of the series of cut-offs by Daenerys Entertainment, the current Disney, although operating fairly well in major Hollywood studios, can no longer have enough strength to annex the Metropolitan-ABC Group.

Unable to achieve the transformation from a simple studio to a comprehensive media group. In the megatrend of the US media industry that tends to concentrate resources, this veteran film company that has operated alone for many years is likely to be dismissed by other large media in the future. Group annexation.

Twenty or thirty years later, Hollywood's most powerful big studio, whether it's Disney, Warner Bros. or Universal Pictures, is actually dependent on a huge media group.Up-and-coming stars such as Lionsgate have never been able to really stand side by side with traditional big studios because of their independence. After a short period of one or two popular series, they quickly fell silent.

Now at Disney, there are already signs of instability inside.

Simon couldn't help but think about it, maybe one day, this old-fashioned studio can also be included.Or, let it be completely silent like the former United States, Thunderbolt and later MGM.

Such a heavy burden on Disney in Europe can undoubtedly play a good'help' to promote the decline of Disney.

Suddenly a pair of small hands stretched out, holding Simon's face and rubbing for a while, interrupting his thoughts.

Biting at one of the hands, the two small paws flew together without fear, and shut up quickly.

He squeezed again on the man's face with dissatisfaction, before Janet let go of Simon, with his arms on his chest, still staring at a pair of beautiful eyes, saying: "Don't think about things, think about where we are going to play tomorrow."

Simon's arms wrapped around the woman's small waist lying on her body and said, "Go to Chateau Latu tomorrow."

Jenny looked at her head and remembered another thing, saying: "Dad told me last time, at the end of David's wedding, let me help prepare some red wine."

Although the old man was dissatisfied with David Johnston's fiancee, his face-loving temperament was as usual.

With a smile, he scratched the woman's waist with her fingers. Simon pretended to hurt the meat and said: "It's enough to pick the same. I'm so distressed."

Janet hummed twice threateningly, and looked like a young daughter-in-law who was about to swing her elbow out.

However, after looking at Simon for a moment, Janet was puzzled again: "Do you seem to really care?"

Simon pretended to be displeased: "Is it a very stingy person in your heart?"

"of course not."

Janet said, his head slightly sideways, as if he was seriously thinking.

Simon wanted to learn how the woman had just rubbed her face, but was suddenly attacked by Janet and took a bite in his hand.

After a while of playing, Janet calmed down again and suddenly said, "I understand."

"Ok?"

"You seem to really treat the Johnstons as their loved ones."

Simon's heart jumped a little, but there was nothing abnormal on the surface, so he took it for granted: "You are my loved ones."

"No! No!"

Janet shook her head, as if entangled in some key issue.

Simon stood up, pulled her up and took a kiss on the woman's face, leaning in her ear and said: "Let's go back, today's chest does not rise, I will help you deal with it."

Janet's face suddenly turned red.

The little guy under her body in December last year, only half a year ago. After sending Melbourne to Australia, she often faced some minor distress problems without having to breastfeed herself.

Pulling the man out, he gave him a sly glance.

It's too clumsy to change the subject so obviously.

However, the problem just now is really unthinkable.

After six years of getting along, she knew nothing about him.

He was like a person from another world in his bones, full of near-cold alienation from the society he lives in.

For so many years, there are only a few people who can really break into his heart.

However, she felt more than once that he regarded all her family members as her own family in many things.

The nuances in it are definitely undetectable by the average person, but she feels it keenly.

For example, when she was with Patrick Johnston, she could feel several times that his attitude towards Pat was exactly the same as that of the oldest member of his own family. Just pass it away.

There was no politeness from the eldest brother across the floor, but it was almost the same as her sister.

and also.

Ok.

Little annoying thing.

In addition to the experience of more than a dozen people in the two worlds, Janet is definitely smarter than Simon, but she rarely reveals this.

Combing through the many details accumulated in my mind, I feel vague, I always feel that I am about to catch something, but I am always so little.

What the hell is going on?

Unconsciously, he got in the car and the couple returned to the manor on the western outskirts of Paris.

Back home, Simon also seemed to have forgotten the evil thoughts of Disney World not long ago, and Janet once again cast aside some hidden issues that had her entangled for a long time.

The couple entered the villa together. Girl A greeted her and gave Simon an invitation, but it was sent by the Brooklyn family. Hope that Simon will participate in a party hosted by the Brooklyn family in London tomorrow night.

Obviously, the Brooklyn family wanted to talk to Simon about 007.

After the last trouble, Simon has decided to put the 007 series on hold for a few years. The Brooklyn family now chooses to give in. It is already too late. Simon does not intend to change his decision.

Leaving the invitations aside, Janet began to instruct people to prepare dinner, Simon himself turned to the study, emailed some ideas generated at Disneyland today to the Los Angeles side and the Japanese team preparing for the Universal Studios Osaka .

About the layout of Disney may be a long line of five to ten years, Universal Studios Osaka is an important layout of Daenerys Entertainment in the theme park.

Tokyo Disney’s successful experience and European Disney’s failed lessons are enough to provide enough reference for this planned theme park.

After sending the e-mail, Simon clicked on the box office data report in the mailbox just over the weekend in North America.

Mel Gibson's "Fatal Weapon 3" was released on Friday, and the first weekend of painting for three days was worth 33.24 million US dollars with 2510 screens. It is expected that the box office will reach about 45 million US dollars in the first week.

Just a few years ago, the first-week box office of about 45 million US dollars was enough to break some box office records. After the rise of a comprehensive saturation issue, this number is very ordinary for the first-line blockbuster.

Even, if the "Wonder Woman" released on June 5 can only get $45 million at the box office in the first week, this movie should be regarded as a failure.

Originally planned to fly to Cannes tonight to participate in some activities after the closing ceremony of the film festival, Janet temporarily did not want to go, and Simon canceled the itinerary.

However, Simon received the award result information of the film festival for the first time.

The winner of the Palme d’Or at the 45th Cannes Film Festival was picked by filmmaker Ingmar Bergman based on the experience of his parents.

Ingenma Bergman's film talent is beyond doubt.

However, such a Golden Palm result, in Simon's view, is more of an affirmation that the film master has contributed to the film industry.

Daenerys Entertainment’s entry this year is an English novelist E.M. Foster’s novel adaptation of Howard Manor, featuring Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham The three Hollywood stars starring Carter won the praise of the media during the screening in Cannes.

However, despite entering the main competition unit, the film ended up with nothing.

Ingmar Bergman's screenplay works won awards, something that had been expected in advance.Daenerys Entertainment's performance in the major film festivals in the past few years has been quite'eye-catching'. At this time, it is still in the same period of obscurity as the Oscars in March.

Although the film produced by him did not win the award, as usual, the head of the high-end film industry who came to Cannes in person, Ira Doichman, also began to contact several award-winning works this year, "Betrayal of Goodwill", "Spring of the Little Thief", etc. The copyright of the movie.

After Miramax's silence, Simon had planned to replace Miramax's former position in Hollywood with high-end film industry in the past few years, and even use greater efforts to promote overseas movies in North America.

The rise of Hollywood in recent years has brought the film industry in overseas countries to threats in every way.

Daenerys Entertainment's vigorous copying of overseas movies into North America is not only in its own interest, but it can also greatly ease the resistance of the overseas movie market to Hollywood, at least, the resistance of Daenerys Entertainment's produced films.