Chapter 1522

In the front cabin study of Boeing 767, Simon said goodbye to the women after breakfast, and just after 8 o'clock, he embarked on the journey to the east coast.

This is August 9th.

Monday.

Simon's first concern is the fight club, which was released last Friday.

Under the popularity of strong controversy, the box office of "fight club" in the first three days of the first weekend was $15.46 million, which directly exceeded $10000, reaching the level of big selling films.

According to the weekend listing, the box office of the film in the first week will fall between $23 million and $24 million.

Compared with the total box office of the original fight club in North America of only $30 million, it is only the first week, which is undoubtedly a very bright start.

However, the next box office trend is actually somewhat unpredictable.

The key depends on the next week.

According to the report given by the new world film team, since a small number of screens triggered the audience's discussion that danilis gave up the film, there will still be no screens immediately in the next week, and the level of 1263 will be maintained.

On the one hand, this is to maintain the popularity of the topic. On the other hand, it can undoubtedly achieve the effect of hunger marketing. After all, the topic is so hot, but there are few films. The more the audience can't see it, the more they want to see it.

However, although the painting has only been opened for three days, the specific local box office volume can only be roughly determined according to the trend of the next week, but it is not easy for the new world film team to judge that the total box office of the film wants to exceed 100 million.

After all, the plot of this film will really limit the audience to a great extent.

The premise of word-of-mouth is that people who have seen it say it is good, and then it will be passed on to people around them. If people who have seen it say they can't understand it, or it's not as good as expected, the results can be imagined.

Therefore, the team predicts that the local box office of the film will be about $60 million to $80 million. Of course, since the local topic in North America is so hot, the overseas market may be higher, and the world may reach US $150 million.

As long as this level can be reached, the film can basically return to the original in the cinema distribution stage.

Moreover, because of the type, the follow-up surrounding channels of this film will be very considerable.

First of all, people who like it will definitely rent video tapes or buy DVDs to watch it again and again in the future. Second, people who are unwilling to enter the cinema to watch the film at present, after all, their fame has been fried, and they are likely to consume the film in the relatively cheap surrounding markets in the future.

Therefore, the majority of profits will follow.

Simon also basically agrees with this idea, so he has no idea of interfering with the follow-up publicity operation of the new world film team.

Browsing the box office data and related reports of other projects, girl a knocked on the door and came in.

Looking at girl a, who was wearing a black ol suit as usual and put down a stack of documents opposite, Simon motioned, and Alison obediently turned to the desk.

Simon waited for girl a to approach, put his hand around her slender waist, leaned his head on the girl, felt the refreshing fragrance of women, and immediately relaxed.

Be The Absolute King？

It's not easy.

Otherwise, why were there so few Ming kings and so many confused kings in ancient times.

Too tired.

Girl a gently raised her hand and stroked her boss's hair. After a moment, she said, "boss, why don't you change your course and go to Florida for a few days, or Europe?"

Simon shook his head. "Florida is too hot. I want to go to a cool place."

"Ukraine?"

"No, there is no place for women."

Girl a bent her mouth and understood that her boss didn't change her plan, so she didn't say more.

Simon just leaned for a while, let go of girl a and said, "OK, go."

Girl a said well and left quietly.

Simon continued to read the report in his hand, and then turned to several documents sent by girl a.

The first came from Latin America.

Just last week, the Brazilian currency real suddenly experienced a sharp decline, with the overall suffering of the Brazilian stock market and bond market.

On the surface, this is a continuation of the 97 financial crisis.

After all, it's not completely over.

But in fact, Simon knew this would happen last month.

The cause of the matter is also simple.

Just last month, Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, held a summit, led by the EU and actively responded by Latin American countries, called the EU Latin America summit, to discuss the strengthening of bilateral cooperation in the economic field.

Then recently, as the largest economy in Latin America, Brazil's currency plummeted, affecting the stock and bond markets and even other surrounding countries.

It's too fast to hide your ears.

you 're right.

It is still regarded as another move in the United States of America's sniping at the euro.

If the EU wants to promote the euro, it cannot only operate on its own one-third of an acre. It must need a lot of partners. Then, I don't know what the EU countries think, and they put their thoughts on Latin America.

This is America's backyard.

They are all my flowers and plants. Can I let you grow vegetables here?

Think too much.

Anyway, Simon once knew the G8, the G20, or the Davos forum, but he didn't have any impression of the EU Latin America summit. He didn't know whether it was quietly cancelled or just reduced to a form. Everyone would get together to talk and drink occasionally.

Speaking of the combination of sniping at the euro, in fact, China also benefited from it.

Although the Clinton administration has been actively promoting China's accession to the WTO, the conservative US Congress has always opposed it.

This year, however, there was suddenly less opposition.

Why?

Quite simply, I am worried that a market with a population of 1.2 billion such as China will completely turn to the EU.

This is also why the recent WTO accession negotiations between China and the United States have suddenly accelerated.

However, while taking advantage of the market entry process, Simon also knows that China finally adopted the monetary policy of anchoring the US dollar to a certain extent in order to enter the WTO, which actually paid a considerable hidden price.

I won't say much about this.

Back to the collapse of Brazil's currency, Simon understood that in order to make Latin American countries honest and don't make any mistakes, the federal measures there will not stop there. It must give some unforgettable lessons. Therefore, this is only the beginning.

Therefore, after reading the information, Simon typed a simple prompt on the keyboard next to him, asking girl a to send a copy of the information to Australia, reminding Anthony to pay attention to the economic situation in Latin America at any time and continue to buy all kinds of core mining assets in Latin America at an appropriate time.

Having done this, Simon put aside the document in front of him and took another one.

From China.

In addition to the daily of major investment projects, Simon paid special attention to two things, both related to the film and television industry.

Simon always wanted to let go, but it was obviously impossible.

Just like Ren Jingxi sent an email to ask for advice some time ago, Simon couldn't help but knock thousands of words in the past.

Simply follow the trend.

One is that the authorities have officially issued documents in response to the petitions of Hong Kong Film and television circles and agreed to open the mainland film market to Hong Kong. One of the main conditions is that Hong Kong films can enjoy a similar status in the mainland with mainland film and television companies and will no longer be treated as imported films.

However, compared with the mainland's complete liberalization of Hong Kong films after the petition, this time is not too big.

First, it is still limited to the field of film.

In terms of television, the ban on performing artists from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan was not cancelled this time.

Secondly, although they enjoy the treatment of domestic films, in terms of distribution, Hong Kong companies still need to cooperate with film companies with distribution qualification in the mainland, and they are not allowed to directly carry out distribution business in the mainland.

Obviously, it is the result of the game.

Game between high-level and industrial level.

After all, Simon believes that the mainland executives do not lack the courage to fully liberalize Hong Kong. After all, for Hong Kong, the mainland is really out of its heart and lungs. Not only do they not want a penny of tax, but they all keep it for their own use, but also all kinds of supplies and transportation. According to the current situation, a poor mother who is not fully fed should let her rich son eat more when she scrapes the bottom of the pot.

Although, if you don't know how to raise it, you don't know how to raise it.

Not much.

As for this matter, a poor mother has more than one son. Of course, she can't tolerate her mother's blind partiality.

That's why we have this relatively eclectic plan.

Even so, it is obvious that in the next few years, as in the past, the Hong Kong Film and television industry will collectively enter the mainland. Things have not been done very well, but there have been a lot of shit.

I won't say much about this.

The second thing is that the film distribution qualification is officially opened to the private sector.

Unlike in 1999, only one Bona obtained the private issuance qualification. This time, there are three in the first batch. Jinshu successfully occupied one and the other two, one in Beijing and one in Shanghai. According to the data, it is still stained with some state-owned assets.

Bona was once lost by a butterfly.

In fact, Simon also knew from the beginning that in mainland China, issuing has been no longer a problem since a very early time, and there are no more than countermeasures.

It's on the table this time.

Of course, there must be many benefits, at least removing the uncertainty of buying factory logo from state-owned studios in the past. After all, it is not compliant. When it comes to money, it is still a lot of money. It is inevitable that it is in a mess.

Now, the qualification is officially released, and it is no longer easy to hide one's ears and steal a bell. It is not so easy to return it.

Time flies when you deal with a job email like this.

When Boeing 767 landed at Kennedy International Airport in New York, it was more than 3 p.m. on the east coast because of time difference.

Simon didn't start his work schedule immediately and went back to his home in Westeros building.

In fact, in August, the recent summer vacation is coming to an end. Two Jenny and a group of children will return to Los Angeles again. Although there is no lack of private schools that can be entered at any time, both mothers and a group of children are more accustomed to the environment there.

After a night's rest, Simon continued to spin the next day.

There is one main thing here this week: opening a second animation film studio.

This starts with Pixar.

Simon has absolutely no opinion on the quality of Pixar's animated films, but the problem is that Pixar's production progress is really a little low.

Simon initially tried to increase production by increasing team size.

Not a success.

Just like the last two animated films, the last one, bug story, was at the end of 1997, and this one, racing story, was at the end of 1999, two years apart.

Although the next project will be faster, for example, Nemo will be completed next year, and monster power, which has been approved, will be released smoothly in 2002.

In fact, it's about one and a half a year.

Simon himself is absolutely unwilling to see Pixar affect the quality in order to pursue output. In that case, the best way is to open up another battlefield.

I have had a goal for a long time: the once blue sky studio.

The original blue sky studio in time and space didn't launch its first animated film "ice age" until 2002, but in fact, the company was established very early. It was established in the 1980s. In the early stage, it mainly did CG advertising, and later set foot in special effects.

Because it was established early, it avoided the interference of Simon, a big butterfly. Although the development in recent years inevitably deviated from the track, it still exists and develops well.

Simon asked people to investigate and found that Chris wedge, once the core of the creation of ice age, was also here this time.

That's not a problem.

As for the change of time and space may affect inspiration, this is not a problem. Simon is the most lack of inspiration. After all, Pixar has always been dominated by Simon's' inspiration '.

Because it has been concerned for a long time, under the quiet guidance of here, blue sky studio has completed its first animation short film in the first half of the year.

Yes, it's the squirrel.

Simon quietly sent people to the blue sky studio and personally gave the initial shape of the squirrel. The director also chose Chris wedge.

This is a further step forward.

First, complete the acquisition.

However, it is not the acquisition of danilis, but the acquisition of three new 20th Century Fox companies that have basically completed the merger.

Simon's goal is to increase the production of animated films in Hollywood, but it is not necessary to significantly increase the production of animated films of the danilis family. The main reason is that Pixar alone is not enough to fully meet the market demand for animated films. If Simon does not open up a new animation studio, the corresponding market vacancy will undoubtedly fall in the hands of other irrelevant studios in the future.

As for the new 20th century fox, although the Murdoch family still maintains a certain voice, the dominance basically falls to Simon.

Since they are all their own, of course, we don't need to divide each other too much.

In any case, the blue sky studio will be handed over to the new 20th century fox, and some future cooperation, such as the surrounding areas, will certainly only be fat and water without flowing into the fields of outsiders. The first choice must be their own Hasbro and so on.

Moreover, Simon doesn't want to affect the style of animated films produced by danilis and even trouble the audience because of the joining of blue sky studio.

Whether it is blue sky studio or some classic animation film ideas in the plan, at least in terms of scale, it certainly does not have Pixar's all-age g-level. For example, the anti fairy tale Shrek, which was copyrighted by Simon a long time ago, is definitely not suitable for Pixar. Next, it is undoubtedly very suitable to hand it over to blue sky studio.

Moreover, with competition, the Pixar team will have some pressure, and there will be motivation only when there is pressure.