Hollywood Hunter

In recent years, from "Sixth Sense of Insanity" to "Terror Horn", Robert De Niro has been at the peak of a career.Al Pacino passed the "Smell the Woman" at the end of last year, the original sluggish popularity quickly picked up.Coupled with the two old Hollywood stars, it is not easy to get together.

Daenerys has already had contact with De Niro in the entertainment aspect, and the other party did not immediately agree to come down.

So Simon had to come forward in person.

The two chatted for a while at the party, Simon made a detailed analysis of "Theft", to ensure that this will become a classic gangster film in the 1990s, and De Niro finally let go.

Through the cooperation of "Wen Xiang Zhi Xian", Al Pacino had already agreed to "Theft of Fire" in advance.

This time De Niro was settled, and the project was basically free of obstacles.

Many people at the party site have been closely watching Simon's movements, seeing that he has finally finished talking with De Niro, and they have seen the needles and greeted him.

For most of the filmmakers around the world who are only second- and third-tier even without coffee, it is a very rare opportunity to meet Simon Westeros. If you can leave a special impression, then at least in Hollywood It's been ten years and twenty years.

Over the years, Daenerys Entertainment is not only a glorious person in Westeros, but also spares no effort in training new filmmakers.

Simon is not indifferent to the people around him, and he patiently entertains him. If he is interested, he will chat for a while, but he will not give any promises immediately.

So until more than ten o'clock, Simon and his wife left the party and returned to their residence in the mountains southeast of the town.

The next day I slept until more than eight o'clock.

After waking up, he didn’t leave the bed. January was the coldest season in Park City. There was no snow recently, but the weather was getting dry and cold, and the outdoor temperature was below minus ten degrees.

The wooden house on a hill is naturally warm like spring.

Today, there is no schedule. After waking up, Janet still wraps around the man like an octopus, rubs and rubs, rubs and rubs, and then naturally loves once.

At ten o'clock, the lazy soft woman went to the bathroom, soaked in a hot bath, went downstairs after some washing, and the time had passed eleven o'clock in the morning.

This time four girls from ABD and Aaliyah followed.

After going downstairs, the lunch was ready and I went directly to the restaurant.

Although it is a wooden structure house, the architectural design is full of fashion. The restaurant is facing the south, and a full-length sealed floor-to-ceiling glass is installed. , But it gives a very comfortable feeling.

Sitting next to Simon at the dining table, Janet still had a faint blush on her face, took a bite of the food in front of her, and touched the man sideways, asking, "What are we doing this afternoon?"

Simon smiled: "Do nothing and bask in the sun."

Janet's beautiful eyes flickered a few times, nodded, and the corners of her mouth curved, saying: "Well."

Since it is to attend the film festival, the best activity is of course watching movies.

However, Simon will now cause some turmoil no matter where the movie is shown.In addition, there are no videos of special interest, so I just stayed at home.

Not to mention skiing.

Mainly Janet can’t ski.

It was already noon and the temperature outside Park City was still below minus, and of course it was impossible to get outside in the sun.

After lunch, I moved to another brightly lit living room with floor-to-ceiling windows. I made coffee, prepared some fruits, and huddled together on the sofa. A black and white movie, "Casablanca", was shown on TV.

This was sent by the Park City chain of Park City.

In fact, there is also a private screening room in the wooden house, but the couple prefer to watch TV in the warm and bright living room at this time.

Simon had originally planned a plan to release old classic movies through the model of Blockbuster imitating Disney's re-launch of animated movies.

Blockbuster has been doing this all the time and has been quite successful.

The key recommendation recently is this "Casablanca".

The film is actually produced by Warner Bros. However, since the plan was successful, BesTV will naturally not just put the pattern in the MGM family.

I remember as if it had been a long, long time ago, Simon was joking with Janet and the two main characters of "Casablanca" on a certain evening call. The woman still remembered this clearly, so she couldn't help thinking while watching the movie Deviation, and then again blame a guy for ruining his mood for a classic film.

Simon was just kidding, and still enjoyed the movie at this time.

Compared with the present, the black and white films of decades ago have no complicated techniques, rich colors, and no complicated plots, but they do not prevent it from becoming a classic that still talks about after half a century.

This is probably the full charm of the movie.

When Rick and Sergeant Renault planned on the big screen to accompany the world, Janet blinked a few times and couldn't help but chuckled a few times, then sideways his head and hammered on Simon's shoulder.

Simon twisted a strawberry from the fruit bowl held by Janet and smiled: "I was kidding. They were actually pure male-male relations."

Janet was not big, but she opened her mouth to the man.

Simon had to deliver the strawberry he had just picked up to the woman's mouth, but he was bitten by his fingers with a bite.

For a moment of fun, Janet also sent a piece of strawberry to Simon’s mouth and said, “Speaking of spies, we now have a team of more than a hundred people. Do we want to do something bad?”

Things have to start from the fall of last year.

Seeing that he has been being watched by many forces around him, Simon began to exclusively belong to the Westeros intelligence team.

It happened to encounter the merger of East and West Germany and the subsequent upheaval in Eastern Europe and the disintegration of the Soviet Union. The changes in the world pattern have caused many things to change. In particular, the huge intelligence network constructed by the Eastern forces has become scattered in this turmoil, just convenient The Westeros system collects relevant talents.

However, because Simon is too busy, Janet is always in charge of this matter. The woman only occasionally makes a few words with Simon, what has developed a team of people, what interesting things have been dug, and what have you discovered Guys who are "interested" in the Westeros.

Over time, Simon unknowingly stopped paying too much attention to this matter.

Unexpectedly, a team of more than 100 people emerged at once.

Turning his head to look at the woman beside him, Simon asked, "Specifically, how many people?"

Janet said: "136 people."

Simon heard this number and couldn't help saying: "You don't want any messy people?"

Janet blinked a few times and shook his head: "Of course not, it's the best. For example, the team of KGBs we discovered first was actually revealed by them intentionally, and we were found out by the team behind them. There is also a very powerful couple who foretells the end of the Soviet Union and was looking for a way out from the beginning."

Simon vaguely remembered the family Janet had assumed.

The couple worked as a teacher at a lesser-known university in London, England, and they also had a daughter, studying in the University of South Carolina.

Simon was scorching for MCA and Bell Atlantic at the time, and did not pay much attention to this matter, and Janet rarely mentioned it later.

However, more than one hundred people.

Although they can afford to raise their own, and there is no lack of useful places, but raising so many spies, if you don’t pay attention, you may be in trouble.

Janet looked at Simon’s expression and suddenly smiled, saying: "Relax, the specific information of these people is only known to me, they are all scattered teams, and there are only eight people in the largest group. Even some people Once discovered, it is impossible to pull out the entire network."

Simon didn't relax, and asked, "Will it involve us?"

Janet thought for a while and said, "Some people will, for example, we recruited from Australia, but they will not do things that are too out of bounds, even if they are found, there is nothing, and there will be no evidence that points directly to us. . Others, whose identities are more sensitive, will not. I have only been indirectly in contact with them."

Simon thought of another question: "How about loyalty?"

Janet shrugged: "I'm making sure as much as possible, but it's unlikely that I want 100% confirmation. You know, the human heart is the most complicated thing in this world. No one dares to be 100% except for one person. Make sure what."

Simon nodded slightly and remembered another thing, saying: "I remember the treatment for the two groups of Martin Dinham was very generous, just a one-time retirement reward of 5 million US dollars, more than 100 people, no Will it always be like this?"

When the old man helped find 11 people, the Simons paid out a lucrative reward that almost bought out their lives.A 20-year work period, an annual salary of US$200,000, a one-time settlement fee of US$1 million, a future retirement award of US$5 million, and subsequent equally generous retirement benefits.

Both sides know that this is almost a life.

In the past two years, Simon has not seen any moths such as eavesdropping around him, and there are many small actions that were attempted to target Simon’s couple. They were discovered in advance, which also proves that the direct Martin Martin team seems to have something. Value.

Janet shook his head: "Martin, they are heirs. Most of the others, of course, have to work to get the money, and we are not injustice."

Even if these more than one hundred people are completely treated according to Martin Dinham's treatment, the current and future net worth of Simon is fully affordable, but this involves the issue of worthlessness.

Simon has reached the point where he can spend a lot of money now, and will continue to do so in the future, but he never likes being treated as a fat sheep.

Listening to Janet saying this, Simon assuredly said: "For a net, on the premise of ensuring that it has the fishing ability, of course, it can be used as little as possible. It is best not to do useless work."

Janet understood what Simon meant, and nodded her head, but entangled again, smiling and saying: "However, I just want to do something bad."

Simon squeezed on the woman's smooth face and said, "I really want to do something bad, but I still have to do it."

Feeling the unconcealed indulgence in the man's tone, Janet chuckled a few times, his face pressed against the man's palm, and his body came closer, saying, "I want to do other bad things."

I spent the whole weekend in a mountain cabin in Park City like an otaku, and time passed quickly.

In the new week, Simon returned to Los Angeles, and Janet flew to New York as usual.

Not only Cersei Capital, but many of Westero’s jobs, as well as Verizon Telecommunications, are largely responsible for Janet, plus the Westeros’ family, women Things that need to be taken care of on weekdays don't have to be Simon.

However, compared to many of the micro-managements Simon had to participate in such as Hollywood and Silicon Valley, Janet has always been a macro manager who is good at being a “worker who works”, so in fact, there are much less things to do than Simon .

Malibu, Daenerys Studios.

The time is Tuesday, January 19.

At lunchtime, Simon dine with Nancy Brill in the restaurant in the office LOFT area on the second floor of the Studio.

The two had just discussed the new development plan of Blockbuster, which Nancy Brill was in charge of, regarding Blockbuster's plan to directly get involved in the field of film production and distribution.

Blockbuster’s 1992 financial data is still under review, but preliminary data has been released.

In the four quarters of 1992, the total revenue of Blockbuster was approximately US$3.36 billion.

The core video tape business has a revenue of 2.51 billion US dollars, including 130 million US dollars of online platform revenue. Although the proportion is still very low, this aspect of development has far exceeded industry expectations.

In addition, the sales volume of peripheral products of chain stores is 730 million US dollars. In this part of the revenue, the peripheral sales share directly from Daenerys Entertainment accounts for 69%, reaching 510 million US dollars. This is also the sales of Daenerys Entertainment peripherals in Wal-Mart, Toys R Us and other retail channels have the most sales contribution.

Finally, there are revenues from store advertisements of about US$120 million.

Taking control of Blockbuster in recent years, Nancy Brill has continued to make various adjustments to Blockbuster in order to keep this increasingly large video chain store in a healthy'long-distance runner' state, Instead of blindly pursuing scale and finally becoming a slow-moving'obese patient'.

Only last year, while eliminating the late fees that have been criticized by users, Blockbuster decisively cut off corner business such as game cassette rental, and further streamlined the retail business of non-video tape, thoroughly establishing video tape rental and peripheral products Two core sales.

In terms of store expansion, Blockbuster has also exercised restraint.

This business strategy ensures the overall high-efficiency operation of Blockbuster, but it also largely limits the rapid growth of Blockbuster's revenue.

However, the profit margin of Blockbuster has also risen sharply due to the streamlining of bloated businesses and the improvement of efficiency. Even if it still maintains the expansion of online platforms, Blockbuster’s estimated net profit margin will be around 15% for the whole year. The net profit in 1992 was about 500 million US dollars.

This has exceeded the net profit scale of some major Hollywood studios.

With the news, although the annual financial report will not be officially announced next month, during this period, the stock price of Besida continues to rise.

With a lot of cash in hand, expansion is a must.

Therefore, there was a plan to get directly involved in film production and distribution, which is actually a supplement to the overall expansion of Daenerys Entertainment in Hollywood.