Hollywood Hunter

When the knock on the door sounded, Jiang Shanwu had already been up and busy for more than an hour, and it was around six o'clock in the morning.

This is also the estate of San Lucas, Mexico.

Chen Qing is pregnant and not suitable for traveling for the time being, so she sent Jiang Shanwu over this time, on the one hand, to give gifts to her boss, and on the other hand, she will go to New York later to handle some work matters on behalf of Chen Qing.

With a promise, Jiang Shanwu cut off the page of the laptop, and by the way, closed a nearby copy of the internal information about several major smuggling cases that China is currently investigating. The door of the room has been pushed open. The two women, because they are very similar, can recognize the kind at a glance.

Jiang Shanwu turned around from the small desk against the wall, frowned slightly and looked at the woman holding her little girl: "It's so early, what's the matter?"

The woman's name was Lu Chunxia, ​​she was in her thirties, tall and close to 1.7 meters tall, wearing a white shirt and black slacks, with a naturally arrogant and indifferent diamond-shaped face, she even looked a bit like a supermodel. It's just that, in front of Jiang Shanwu, the woman didn't have the aloofness that her face and figure endowed her. Instead, she was a little humble. Noticing the small details of Jiang Shanwu's frown, she was obviously more disturbed, and said softly: "Miss Jiang, I heard Xiaoyu say , Said to go back today, back to China?"

Xiao Yu is Yu Tingyu.

Because her boss liked her very much and Chen Qing was very satisfied, she got permission to rush over together, mainly responsible for a group of women this time.

Jiang Shanwu understood the woman's intention after hearing only one sentence, and said directly: "If the boss likes one, he will keep it, and the others will go back. That's it, let's go out."

Lu Chunxia didn't go out, but took a step forward subconsciously: "Miss Jiang, that, Mr. Westeros, obviously likes me, and Wei Rui," the woman said, pulling her daughter towards her side: "Could you please tell us to keep us in the United States."

Jiang Shanwu raised her eyebrows again, and raised her hand to signal the woman to move forward. When she got closer, she bowed down cooperatively, raised her hand and raised her hand, "Did you not understand what I just said? Get out."

The woman was a little dazed by the sudden beating. She covered one side of her face and looked at Jiang Shanwu leaning on the swivel chair. She didn't dare to bear any grudges in her eyes. There were only tears, still begging, and hesitated for a moment. Jiang Shanwu raised her hand again, and had no choice but to take another step back, dragging her girl out of the door slowly.

After dismissing the woman who didn't understand the rules, Jiang Shanwu turned back to the desk, busy for a while, and checked the time, left the room with a stack of documents, and came to the restaurant of the main building.

Simon just sat down in the restaurant, and Li Fuzhen who stayed here for a weekend.

After saying hello, Jiang Shanwu put the stack of documents at her boss's hand, and introduced in Chinese: "Boss, these are the documents of several smuggling cases that have been investigated recently in China, as well as the inside information we have sorted out through our own channels. context file."

Simon didn't open it immediately, and said, "I'll take it on the plane to see later, let's sit together."

Jiang Shanwu agreed, walked around to the other side of the dining table and sat down, ordered breakfast, ignored Li Fuzhen's dissatisfied eyes, and continued: "Boss, where are the women this time? "

Jiang Shanwu still spoke Chinese, but Li Fuzhen seemed to understand something, and looked over suspiciously again.

Jiang Shanwu still ignored it.

"Go back, there's nothing for them to do here," Simon said, thinking again, and said, "Aren't you going to New York? You can take them to play for a few days."

The idea in Jiang Shanwu's mind was that she didn't want to take them to play, she was going to work, but she agreed without hesitation: "Okay, boss."

Simon remembered one thing and asked, "I recently saw that the university park plan in Changping, Beijing has been finalized. Are you planning to acquire land?"

"Yes," Jiang Shanwu nodded, "Our affiliated company plans to acquire at least 2,000 acres of land in Changping, not counting the Rose Garden project and the Film and Television City project, but the land that was acquired in advance last year has already reached 1,200 acres. "

Simon thought for a while and said, "Tell Xiaoqing later that there is no need for more. For a long time to come, the core of China's real estate development will still be the central areas of major cities. If it wants to develop a suburban economy like the West, it will not be easy in the short term." possible."

"I will tell Sister Chen," Jiang Shanwu agreed, but added: "Actually, we also have a similar judgment from the boss. Therefore, the relevant plots are mainly for the development of high-end villa real estate, and will not involve low-end and low-end villas. At the end, for the rich, the location is a bit biased, which has little impact, and we will provide enough supporting facilities, such as international schools, etc. In addition, when the film and television city project is completed, and the new campuses of various universities will be completed, It will bring us enough high-end consumers.”

Simon nodded with a smile: "It's good that you have this kind of consideration."

After breakfast, Simon took Li Fuzhen to fly back to Los Angeles, and the woman was going back to South Korea, and by the way, she asked Simon's Boeing 767 to take her back.

Jiang Shanwu took Yu Tingyu, Shen Lin and more than a dozen other women to New York.

The time is quickly entering late April.

Last year's mid-term election was a turning point. The Clinton sex scandal, which had been tossing for several years, came to an end. The 2000 election campaign has not yet started. There have been no major events in the United States recently. What can be called a "social incident" in the local area is probably about to come to an end. Count "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace," which hits theaters May 19.

The key is overseas.

The first is still the Kosovo war.

NATO air forces continue to attack Yugoslavia

Alongside the massive bombing, the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands is campaigning to indict Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The purpose is simple, to force Yugoslavia to surrender and recognize Kosovo as independent. At the same time, it is best for Milosevic to be more sensible and step down voluntarily, so that the whole country can accept the liberal and democratic transformation of the West, so that everyone can live a better life.

In addition, on the Russian side, someone who officially became the prime minister has also started his own layout, frequently expressing his position on the situation in Yugoslavia, and at the same time began to carry out some active military deployments.

People with keen intuition have discovered that someone seems to have made more public appearances than Yeltsin, and Yeltsin seems to have acquiesced to this, and did not take much action. Obviously, this should be the successor, so the intelligence agencies of various countries have begun Gather information about someone.

Then there is China.

When most of the international media turned their attention to Yugoslavia, China's new phase of economic reform was in full swing.

After determining the pillar industries of real estate, eliminating backward industries, rectifying finance, and restoring the insurance industry to build a modern social welfare system and other measures, after several months of deliberation, China has begun to vigorously crack down on smuggling.

Really big moves.

Moreover, the amount of money involved in the major smuggling cases found out is shocking.

Let’s say that a certain company in Xiamen, which was once again pulled out as a model, involved more than 50 billion yuan. It took less than five years, so the amount of tax evasion exceeded 10 billion yuan.

What is the concept?

Let’s just say that in China at the moment, pure taxation is only about 80 billion yuan per month. And the amount of tax evasion of just one company has reached one-eighth of the country's monthly tax revenue! Some people may think that it is only one-eighth of a month, not much?

The problem is that the accumulated tax evasion amount of a company can be compared with the tax volume of a country to a certain extent. Isn’t this shocking enough? After all, in normal cognition, there should be absolutely no comparison between the two.

In the case of already affecting the national economy and the people's production, China's crackdown on the smuggling industry this time can be called a cure for poison.

The Westeros system also welcomes this.

After all, most of them are serious businesses, like Joyo, which has been approved to merge with Lenovo. Previously, Joyo’s PC products had been difficult to obtain an obvious price advantage in coastal areas. The key reason was that smuggling was too rampant. Others don't have to pay taxes, and the price is definitely much lower than excellent PCs that need to pay taxes. Now that smuggling is curbed, it is definitely super good for Excellence.

time flies.

May 1999 is fast approaching.

Simon, who has been paying close attention to the war situation in Yugoslavia, has not been able to receive some possible relevant information, whether it is Washington or the Weijia private army in the theater. It is inevitable to relax and start to welcome the arrival of the summer vacation.

Before that, we still have to pay attention to the Easter schedule.

The three main films related to the Westeros system in the Easter schedule, "American Pie 2", which opened on March 26, will be in the last box office week of April, from April 23 to April 29. It received 7.66 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office reached 110.99 million US dollars.

It became the second film directly produced by Daenerys in 1999 with a box office of over 100 million.

Some time ago, the first American version of "Love Call Transfer" has entered the final stage of a single week with a box office of less than one million US dollars. As of the end of the box office week on April 29, the cumulative box office is 141.36 million US dollars. Follow-up estimates It can collect another two or three million US dollars, and the local box office will land at about 143 million US dollars.

In addition, the overseas box office of the American version of "Love Hull" is also very impressive. Following up on recent feedback, the cumulative box office in various overseas markets is expected to hit the 200 million threshold.

Big hit overall.

Then there is "Resident Evil" directed by Zack Snyder. As of the fourth week of its release on April 29, it received another US$6.37 million, and the cumulative box office reached US$71.3 million.

Although there is no hope of breaking 100 million locally, the overseas performance of this new concept zombie film is quite impressive.

It’s just that the recent opening in Japan has earned a box office equivalent to 17 million U.S. dollars in the first week. It is estimated that just one box office in Japan will contribute 40 million to 50 million U.S. dollars in box office revenue, and the film’s overseas box office has also exceeded 100 million. In the last week of April, the cumulative total has exceeded 120 million U.S. dollars, and the total overseas box office is expected to be between 180 million and 200 million U.S. dollars.

With a cost of 35 million, the global box office is expected to be 260 million to 280 million, which is also a rare success.

Stimulated by the popularity of "Resident Evil", various Hollywood studios have recently begun to brew their own zombie film projects.

In addition, the stand-alone game "Resident Evil" was also officially launched at the end of April. Stimulated by the success of the movie version, it was only the first batch of markets such as the United States, Britain, and Japan to go online. The cumulative sales in the first week exceeded 460,000 sets. The start of the game means that the total sales of this first-generation game will exceed 5 million is a certainty, and it is not impossible to hit 10 million sets of sales.

For a relatively niche horror game, such sales figures are already phenomenal.

Moreover, the success of "Resident Evil" also announced one thing to the industry. Daenerys has not completely turned to online games, and the stand-alone genre is still valued by the game department.

Finally, there is "Public Enemy" released by MGM in collaboration with the three companies.

Also in the four weeks ending April 29, "Public Enemy" earned $9.73 million in the most recent week, pushing the total box office to $111.02 million. The follow-up of the film is expected to have a box office potential of about 20 million. The domestic box office is about 130 million US dollars, lagging behind the American version of "Love Hurting" and ahead of "American Pie 2". It is one of the three billion-dollar club films so far in 1999 .

Of course, if you consider the blockbuster cost of US$70 million, "Public Enemy" is expected to have a global box office of over 300 million. Although it is only in the theater stage, it is expected to enter the profit cycle. 2" is still a lot worse, and the profit scale is not even as good as "Resident Evil".

For Daenerys Entertainment, the Easter schedule was the perfect end.

Next is summer.

In May, as the release date of "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" draws closer, the atmosphere around the movie market is getting more and more lively.

In this excitement, May 8th, a very special day in Simon's memory, passed quietly.

Simon asked someone to sort out some information.

On that day, NATO forces dispatched about 600 sorties of fighter jets of various types to attack more than 40 targets in the Yugoslavia, but everything was normal.

Including days before and after.

Simon has never believed in nothing for no reason. What's more, in the past, many signs have shown that the bombing was not an accident, and it had nothing to do with mistakes. An ultra-long-range bomber failed to pass the NATO system, but It took off from the mainland of the United States and traveled tens of thousands of kilometers to directly attack the target. How could it be a mistake?

In any case, whatever the hell was going on with the whole thing, it clearly didn't happen this time.

fine.

In mid-May, as the Yugoslav Federation, which finally couldn't hold on, began to seek peace, the two fighting sides started negotiations, and the intensive bombing that lasted for more than a month gradually slowed down.

In short, for Daenerys, she can safely produce the "Mount Everest" documentary project that the two parties cooperated with, and what's more, the release of Hollywood movies in China in the second half of the year will not be disturbed in any way.