Hollywood Hunter

The word Vanity Fair is very interesting.

Therefore, it can be seen that most people subconsciously rank the importance of fame and profit.

However, for some people who have climbed to the top of the social pyramid, they often need to accumulate enough wealth before they can pursue fame.

No matter what the cultural background is, it is basically the same.

For Simon, the desire to show himself, the desire to attract attention, is still a kind of instinct from the depths of human genes.

Just like a peacock.

The entertainment industry is undoubtedly one of the most convenient channels for gaining attention from the outside world.Hollywood is the core of the world's entertainment industry.

So, from a very early age, capitals or tycoons from all over the world went forward and wanted to show their ambitions in Hollywood.

Especially in the last ten years, the British, French, Germans, Italians, Japanese, Australians, Canadians, and Americans themselves... either set up a film company in Hollywood, or aimed at Hollywood veterans The Seventh Congress, or investing in movies as a sole investor, is very lively.

Simon also knew that many years later, it was the Chinese's turn.

As for the results, basically all returned after paying tuition to the Hollywood natives.

Just because of the desire for Vanity Fair, no matter how many people are planted in it, they can't stop the endless stream of newcomers.

The French Vivendi Group, which suddenly expressed interest in Disney, is the latest'latecomer'.

Vivendi Group is a monopoly water company established in the middle of the nineteenth century in France. It is responsible for the urban water supply business in the core cities of France such as Paris and Lyon. Later, it gradually developed into a business integrating water services, energy, construction and transportation. Diversified infrastructure giant.

Then, since the 1980s, Vivendi, which has inherited for centuries, also began its own transformation to Vanity Fair. It first invested in France and established the first toll cable station Canal+, and participated in film investment, probably consciously accumulated a certain amount 'S experience naturally turned his attention to Hollywood.

In the recent years, MGM, Paramount, MCA and other major giants have been involved in the transfer process.

Of course, no success.

This time, Vivendi made sufficient preparations and directly aimed at Disney.

In the original time and space, Disney in this period was in its own in the 1990s because of the success of a series of blockbuster films such as "Wind Moon Beauty", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin" and "The Lion King". In its heyday, the market value was as high as 20 billion US dollars, even surpassing Time Warner, who had not completely shaken off the debts left by the merger in the same period.

Because of the emergence of Simon, the once-unlimited Disney was firmly suppressed by Daenerys Entertainment. Not only did it lose a lot of selling items, its performance has been tepid for several years in a row, but recently a high-level infighting scandal broke out, which further impacted the stock price. Over time, the market value was less than 7 billion US dollars.

Not only that, Disney is also the only and last big Hollywood film company that has not experienced a change of hands since the wave of acquisitions broke out in the 1980s.Even Warner, the original merger was actually Time Corporation’s acquisition of Warner Bros. It was only that the merged company was completely robbed of its power by the senior executives of the Warner family, which gave people an illusion of the Warner acquisition era.

Therefore, Vivendi Group wants to realize its ambitions in Hollywood. In the short term, Disney is the best choice and the only choice.

Just one week after the listing of Daenerys Entertainment, Vivendi Group, which was determined to be stimulated by the stock price of Daenerys, finally decided to formally contact with Disney executives.Somehow, the news appeared in the "Los Angeles Times" for the first time.

Moreover, the "Los Angeles Times" is obviously not very friendly to the deal. News articles ridiculously mocked the French that they were resisting Disneyland’s invasion of French culture two years ago, and in an instant they wanted to invade American culture.

In fact, Vivendi chose to buy Disney because of Disneyland Paris.

This large-scale theme park, which cost about 5 billion US dollars, fell into huge losses directly after it opened in 1992. The performance has not improved much in the past two years, and it has even fallen into bankruptcy. The original ambitious name of "European Disney" has also been changed. It became'Paris Disney'.

Although the French media continued to sneer at Disney in Paris, in fact, the French government did not dare to let such a large theme park go bankrupt.

Because the huge Disneyland Paris provides France with more than 40,000 jobs, either fixed or temporary, and a comprehensive business circle involving more people’s jobs has formed around Disneyland Paris.

The European currency crisis two years ago caused the French economy to fall into recession. At this stage, the unemployment rate has reached as high as 9.1%. If Disneyland Paris goes bankrupt, it will not only leave a shocking mess, but will also directly affect the further deterioration of the Paris area economy.

The failure of Disney in Paris is largely due to the blindness and arrogance of Disney company management.

Now, if Vivendi can disguise Disney, the French can directly control the operation of Disneyland Paris.

As for the Hollywood side, the news of Vivendi’s contact with Disney was exposed by the Los Angeles Times under the direction of Simon.

Since Sony’s acquisition of Colombia five years ago, the American media has begun to call for the federal government to take measures to stop the invasion of foreign capital into the US cultural industry. One of the most generally accepted schemes is to open the media integration ban as soon as possible to make Hollywood big. Film companies and large public television networks in the United States can merge and integrate with each other in order to resist foreign capital acquisitions.

The public opinion turmoil that began in March caused a series of bill lobbying related to the Westeros system to be stranded, including the almost reopening of the media integration ban.

The relationship between the United States and France has not been harmonious.

Simon this time is to use the power of public opinion to force Congress to start voting as soon as possible to lift the ban on media integration.

Otherwise, if another Hollywood giant is acquired by a foreigner, half of Hollywood will become the capital of overseas capital, which is very unacceptable for Americans who also lack national pride, and hinder media integration The Houses of Congress that lifted the ban will definitely become the target of media attacks.

As for Daenerys Entertainment, after the ban on media integration is lifted, it can further enter the traditional TV industry.

Ohio.

The time is Monday, July 11.

In a new box office week that started last Friday, the North American theaters once again launched two new heavyweight films, "The Real Lie" starring Arno Schwarzenegger and the love film "I" starring Julia Roberts. Love trouble".

However, the most watched film these days is "Forrest Gump".

Simon spent the weekend with his family in Los Angeles and flew to Ohio early Monday morning.

The Westeros private military force'Military Advisory and Security Services Company' (MCSA), which reported directly to Simon, has taken initial shape during this period of time. With Snai's help, Simon purchased 12,000 acres of land in Wexnay's hometown of southern Ohio as a training base for MCSA.

Ohio is located in the interior of the United States, and placing the training base here can avoid outside attention as much as possible.

The 50-square-kilometer training base is located in a valley surrounded by mountains on three sides. The surrounding hills and a meandering river are also encircled in this private territory.

Unlike Europe, Simon’s expectation of MCSA is that it is not expensive, so for two months, under the operation of Celia Miller, Dan Rubier and Martin Stillman, MCSA Only 150 regular members were recruited for the time being, of which 50 were former US military officers at all levels and 100 former US Special Forces soldiers.

The first phase of these people's tasks is to complete the construction of the training base and start operation, and to train a group of female bodyguards for the Westeros family.

In addition to the 150 MCSA employees who have already joined, Celia Miller was also responsible for recruiting 100 young girls with various sports specialties from universities in the United States during this time, basically between 18 and 22 years old. Until senior year.

Americans' educational concepts are far less intense than those of Chinese.

The generous treatment of Uighurs’ waitresses is well known. Therefore, most girls are willing to give up their existing studies after receiving an interview invitation.

After a rigorous first-stage screening, Celia selected 100 girls from more than 2,000 candidates. This group of people experienced rigorous training, and eventually only 20 to 30 people will be retained. Most of them will still be eliminated.However, Westeros may promise that the girls who have been eliminated can return to school. Westeros will not only complete relevant communication with their alma mater in advance, but also provide a one-time scholarship of $50,000 for girls.

More than two o'clock in the afternoon, Simon met the batch of girls who were training for the first time at the MCSA training base near Frston, southern Ohio.

The training content of bodyguards and soldiers is very different.

Therefore, some instructors of MCSA will actually only be responsible for the firearms, physical fitness and fighting training of these girls. When they involve the security, communication, monitoring and other professional skills that bodyguards need to master, they will be recruited by Westero. United States Secret Service instructors and professional agents from the CIA are responsible.

At the edge of the shooting range where gunfire bursts, I watched a row of girls in camouflage military uniforms with tall, well-proportioned, well-proportioned faces who shot with guns, and Simon looked around again.

There are at least four obvious cameras around the open shooting range. The entire training field is basically covered by the surveillance of the camera.

Simon also knows that the monitoring center connected to these cameras is not inside the training base, but the monitoring center of Dumei Point Estate in Los Angeles, the capital of Columbus, Ohio, which is 100 kilometers away, can also access the monitoring images here at any time.

The reason for this is that the long-term consideration is to maintain monitoring of this training base.

In the short term, it is to 100% ensure the absolute safety of the 100 trained girls in the shooting range.

These girls with heights ranging from 175CM to 180CM generally have athletic skills such as track and field, basketball, and fighting. Compared with ordinary women, they actually have considerable self-protection capabilities.

Unfortunately, this is a military camp.

The proportion of female soldiers in the federal army who have been sexually assaulted is shocking, and a group of girls, even stronger than ordinary people, can hardly fight back in front of the former US special forces.

Simon doesn't want to suffer similar injuries when the girls who will serve as the closest personal guards of the Westeros.

Therefore, not only the strict monitoring of the training place, but also the trainees did not live inside the base on weekdays, but in the nearby downtown area of ​​Fulston. At the same time, there were also a considerable proportion of women among various instructors. Strict preventive training regulations.

As a precaution, the girls were even directly prohibited from contacting members other than the base instructors.

Celia, still in a black OL suit, noticed the gaze of the man next to her and looked at it. She couldn't help but smiled and said: "Simon, I think you are not training bodyguards, you are raising daughters. ."

Simon withdrew his gaze, looked at the woman beside him, and said with a smile: "Do you like this kind of PLAY? We can try it when we have time."

Celia realized it with a little thought, and turned the man's face blushing slightly: "I mean, your desire to protect the women around you is too strong."

Simon said: "Actually, do you want to say "possession"?"

Celia hesitated slightly, but did not deny it.

Simon did not deny that, "Of course it is possessive, very pure possessiveness from males, and since these girls have entered my domain, I will naturally avoid them becoming the targets of other males."

Celia's eyes flashed a few times and suddenly asked a little sharp question: "What about you?"

Simon glanced sideways at the woman next to him, with a somewhat evil smile on his lips: "Of course I am the exception. In my domain, everything is mine, including you."

"You," Celia's eyes widened slightly, but couldn't help avoiding the man's gaze. "You are like a lion on the grassland."

Simon didn't respond anymore.

Celia did not know that she was not the first woman to feel this way.

After being silent for a while, Celia took the initiative again: "Boss, why didn't you talk?"

Simon said: "What?"

Celia deliberately teased: "Is it embarrassing to expose me in person?"

Simon looked at the girls who began to gather here after the completion of several sets of training, and said: "Celia, you must have known my growth experience."

The woman paused and nodded.

Simon said: "For you, or for most people in this world, you have received a very orthodox education of human social civilization since you were young. You will think that this world is bright and beautiful Yes, even now, you will at least think that the world is full of order. However, I am not."

Celia did not answer, waiting for the man to continue.

Simon didn't pause too much, and quickly said: "For me, living at the bottom of this society from an early age, the world in my eyes is cruel, weak meat and strong food. If you are not strong enough, you will only be eliminated. Later, I stood in my present position. In my eyes, the top of the pyramid of this society is still cruel, still weak and strong. So, I am different from you and have always been different. My outlook on life, from small to large It’s always weak meat and strong food. You just asked me if I felt embarrassed, unfortunately, your moral code does not apply to me. In my eyes, the strong have everything. And the weak, if you can’t become strong, you should have the weak Consciousness."