Chapter 1582

Not surprisingly, Chicago won the 72nd Oscar, especially Madonna sicconi, who subconsciously felt a little ridiculous, won the Oscar for best actress, which quickly aroused heated discussion in the media the day after the award ceremony.

The most direct feedback is the strong rebound at the box office of Chicago.

Across the box office week from March 24 to March 30 of the award ceremony, the box office of Chicago jumped from $6.71 million in the previous week to $9.32 million, with a reverse decline of 39%. Therefore, the local box office in North America successfully exceeded 250 million to $251.39 million.

According to the box office data of the Oscar week, it is expected that the subsequent revenue of the film will be at least no less than 20 million, completely determining the total box office volume of Chicago in North America of about US $270 million.

The production cost of US $45 million and the publicity expenditure of US $15 million have a total investment of US $60 million. Not to mention the overseas market that also triggered the film viewing boom again, but the local box office of US $270 million has made danilis a lot of money. According to the box office data feedback from all parties, the total box office volume of the film will reach 500 million worldwide, which is a full $200 million more than Chicago in the original time and space.

And Mount Everest.

This documentary, which has also created a box office miracle in the past year, because the release of the cinema has ended. In North America, the Oscar Award for best record feature film has not aroused much public opinion response. However, in China, whether it is Xiaojin, the best record feature film of the film, or "life like summer flowers", has entered the Oscar stage, It has triggered extensive public opinion reports at the level of the whole society. Zhang Guoshi, who returned with fame, not only accepted the interviews of the largest domestic media after his return, but also received personal visits from the big leaders after returning to the crew of Chu Han. Even the "Chu Han" trilogy project has added a halo, and the subsequent shooting is expected to be more smooth.

Strike while the iron is hot. The video tapes, DVDs, VCDs and other audio-visual products of Mount Everest have also been rapidly released in the new week after the film won the prize. They have been uniformly launched in many markets around the world, including China and the United States, and soon become hot films in various markets.

Just in China, the sales of genuine DVDs and VCDs of Mount Everest quickly exceeded 270000 boxes in just one week. It is still the retail channel of brocade books. From paperback to collection, the daily revenue of different versions is as high as 10.5 million yuan a week. Even if it is inevitable to encounter the impact of piracy, the total revenue of this part is expected to reach at least 50 million yuan, Even if it was not as good as the previous cinema box office of RMB 114 million, the revenue brought by the project exceeded the expectations of China Film and brocade book, which hold the distribution right.

For several consecutive years, the success of Crouching Tiger, hidden dragon, hero, Mount Everest and even the TV series Tianlong eight in the West has not only made the Chinese authorities further determine their determination to support the film and television industry, but also made both inside and outside the Chinese film and television industry as high spirited as chicken blood, opening various projects one after another, hoping to sell to the other side of the ocean and earn US dollars, Or, as long as it can be introduced to Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian markets, it will also reap the same fame and wealth.

Simon doesn't care much about these things.

In April 2000, Simon began to rethink and adjust a series of layouts of Westeros system because of some ideas of Oscar that afternoon.

The result of thinking is still pessimistic.

Simon's most extreme consideration is to truly become the king of the world and use the capital of Westeros system to maximize the all-round control of the planet.

As long as this goal is achieved, Westeros system can lead the development direction of human society and make the world embark on a more correct, rational and sustainable development path.

However, although the whole Westeros system has been expanding for a certain goal, Simon himself has never thought that this basically idealized pursuit can be truly realized.

Even Simon found that if he wanted to be a destroyer, such as Soros, he would certainly go further and become the ultimate king of destruction, but he had a certain feasibility. After all, it's still that sentence. Destruction is easier than construction. However, if you want to be the leader in the direction of the world, unfortunately, the possibility is almost zero.

So we can only retreat to the second place.

Simon's goal after re combing is to expand the Westeros system's control over the world to the greatest extent, but only to the greatest extent of implicit control.

In the future, there will be all kinds of petty disturbances in the world, which need not be ignored. However, once there is a key node that really affects the fate of all mankind, Simon's goal is that the Westeros system should be able to forcibly pull some people to the negotiating table to avoid the worst outcome.

If someone is determined to go his own way, the Westeros system should also be able to make the other party lose the ability to go his own way before the other party goes his own way, including but not limited to direct humanitarian destruction.

Compared with directly leading human society to a more correct and rational distance, the scheme of retreating to the second place undoubtedly has considerable feasibility.

The key point is still people.

Just people.

It is very simple to arrange enough loyal westerosian to break into the top of the world's mainstream countries as much as possible.

In addition, it is to directly establish private connections with senior leaders of various countries. For example, if the Tasmanian club, which has the attribute of "doomsday Ark", is operated properly, the goal can be achieved.

Of course, these things will take a long time to achieve. Moreover, Simon knows that there must be too many unpredictable variables, but it is also the most feasible scheme anyway.

Fortunately, Simon has at least 20 years to elaborate as long as history does not change much.

That's enough.

In addition to this aspect, the other is to try our best to pursue cutting-edge technology and improve the productivity of human society.

This matter is simpler, or 3G plan.

Australia.

The time is Tuesday, April 11.

It's late summer in the southern hemisphere and it's still hot. Simon and Janet came to a small town called wumera in central and southern South Australia. When they got off the SUV, it was about one o'clock in the sunny afternoon. The surrounding air seemed distorted because of the heat. The red Gobi desert could not be seen at a glance.

The wumera launch site is about 1000 kilometers away from Melbourne in the southeast. It is one of the most famous rocket or missile test launch sites in the world, but a "once" should be added.

From the 1840s after the end of World War II to the 1970s before the decline, this large launch site with wumera town as the core, covering an area of 120000 square kilometers, has carried out more than 4000 launch operations.

The original ups and downs are all in the past. It's useless to say more. Just recently, after the operation of Westeros system, the Australian authorities officially signed an agreement with SpaceX Australia branch under Westeros system to transfer the wumera launch site to Westeros system as SpaceX's rocket launch site in the southern hemisphere.

Before Simon arrived in Australia, the mercenary troops under Perth military consultant and security company (PMCs) established by Westeros system in Australia had been stationed in wumera Town, together with the first batch of 1000 person engineering teams. They planned to renovate the launch site, expand the town, and build a rocket factory and research center here, It is expected that all will be completed. Previously, the small town of wumera, which can only accommodate 400 people, will expand to the size of at least 3000 permanent residents.

In short, this will be a higher level Westeros space exploration program base than that in North America.

Similarly, this is Simon's recent adjustment.

Most of the space exploration industry in the 3G plan will be transferred to Australia where Westeros can control it to a greater extent.

Simon's consideration is also very simple. The sky is high and the emperor is far away.

North America, after all, can not avoid all kinds of constraints. Compared with Australia, it can be liberalized a lot.

The surrounding area of wumera town is too big and open. Under the leadership of Bruce Mendelson, the person in charge of the base and President of SpaceX Australia branch, Simon and his wife walked and stopped and occasionally took a bus. It took more than three hours to walk aside wumera and its surrounding areas.

Finally, when I returned to the town, I had a two-hour meeting with the management led by Mendelson to discuss various details of the construction of the base.

When it was over, even in the long summer in the southern hemisphere, dusk had fallen.

Simon didn't plan to spend the night here. At more than seven o'clock, he said goodbye to the management team of the base and took Janet on the bus to return to Augusta, a coastal city more than 100 kilometers away in the south, where he would take a private plane back to Melbourne.

When the car left the wumera launch site, Simon continued to turn over the expansion plan of an underground fortification in his hand and glanced at Janet, who snuggled up to him: "how do you feel?"

Janet had narrowed her eyes to rest. She was still very tired after walking around in such a bad environment all afternoon. After listening to the man talking to herself, she opened her eyes and glanced obliquely: "since the Russian election, I feel you are in a hurry."

Simon didn't deny it, nodded and said, "we didn't have much time."

In fact, the two have talked a lot these days, and Simon also frankly revealed many of his ideas to women. So Janet knows that what men say doesn't have much time. It's probably true.

Up to 20 years.

After a pause, Janet said, "in fact, there is another chance to change. Bush, this year's presidential election."

This is also an open matter between the two.

Simon's goal of supporting George W. Bush is still very clear. Push George W. Bush to power, launch war and consume the inside information of the United States.

However, Simon's initial idea was to push the United States to Latin America, which was more conducive to the survival of oligarchs such as Westeros. However, after careful consideration, Simon felt that it was good for the United States to move smoothly towards Latin America. What if it didn't go well? Moreover, once the world lacks a leading role, it is difficult to say what will happen.

For example, in the process of this series of changes, if things like the October Revolution of Czar Russia make a comeback, isn't he the most unlucky super capitalist?

Considering this, Simon probably understood why McCarthyism appeared in the United States and, to some extent, why all western countries still did not give up their pursuit of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The shadow is too deep.

You know, if the Soviet Camp won that year, the whole west, especially the elite at the top of the pyramid, gee, think about it.

Thinking too much, even Simon himself inevitably wavered.

Or should we put out all the sparks that may make a comeback?

After weighing, give up after all.

Inside the car.

Simon was not surprised to hear Janet say this, but said, "do you think if I give up letting George W. Bush take office and change to the Democratic Party, will the hollow trend of federal entity industry be reversed?"

Janet shook her head. "No."

Obviously, when the Democratic Party comes to power, high-end service industries such as Wall Street and the Internet will only get further support. As for low-end real industries, the tendency of outward migration will only be more serious. In contrast, the Republican Party is more inclined to protect all kinds of traditional industries in the United States.

Of course, these are not the main reasons.

The key is that Simon hopes that a super economy that has driven the whole world forward for 20 years in the original time and space can develop smoothly as before.

This is definitely not just because of some soul from the East in Simon's body, but from the interests of human society itself.

A very simple truth is that China on the other side of the ocean is restrained, the productivity cannot be released, and the huge market cannot be developed. The declining productivity and capitalism in the existing mainstream western countries will inevitably continue to move towards a wealth concentrated society. Under the guidance of the princess, perhaps in 20 years, the world will decline again, and even, as in the early 20th century, Two consecutive world wars that have brought great disasters to human society.

Taking history as a mirror, this is definitely not a groundless worry.

However, no matter how fat a sheep is, it can't always pick it up. The United States can buy cheap goods through its exchange rate advantage, and then take over the wealth accumulated on the other side of the ocean through the issuance of U.S. bonds, so as to achieve a real "win-win", but everything will eventually have a limit.

About 20 years.

Simon clearly can do, that is to ensure that this space-time, this world a 20-year.

Then Simon wasn't sure.

Therefore, such as the wumera launch site we have seen today, it is purely for our own consideration.

Twenty years may enable a country that has been weak for a hundred years to become the second in the world, but for space exploration, just 20 years is a little less.

Simon must hurry up.

At least, up to 20 years, the first 10000 ton space city in the plan must be completely completed. At the same time, the latest generation of space shuttles and other supporting facilities must be complete, so as to achieve the goal of at least giving the Westeros a space for refuge in the most extreme cases.

Others, or that sentence, manpower is poor and can't manage too much.