Hollywood Hunter

Unsurprisingly, Chicago won the 72nd Academy Awards, especially Madonna Ciccone, who subconsciously felt a little outrageous, won the Oscar for Best Actress. sparked a heated discussion in the media.

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

Across the box office week from March 24th to March 30th of the awards ceremony, Chicago’s box office jumped from $6.71 million in the previous week to $9.32 million, a 39% drop, and the North American domestic box office thus successfully exceeded 250 million. , reaching 251.39 million US dollars.

According to the box office data of the Oscars for the week, it is expected that the follow-up film will earn no less than 20 million yuan, completely confirming that the total box office volume of Chicago North America is about 270 million US dollars.

With a production cost of 45 million US dollars, a publicity expenditure of 15 million US dollars, and a total investment of 60 million US dollars, not to mention the overseas markets that have also sparked a movie-watching boom again, but only in China, the box office of 270 million US dollars has already made Daenerys Earn 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 US$200 million more than Chicago in the original time and space.

Let alone Mount Everest.

This documentary, which also created a miracle at the box office in the past year, because the theatrical release has ended, the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film did not cause much public opinion in North America. However, in China, whether it is a film The best documentary feature film, the Golden Man, or Life Like a Summer Flower entered the Oscar stage, which aroused widespread public opinion reports at the whole society level. Zhang Guoshi, who returned with great honor, not only accepted interviews from the largest domestic media after his return, After returning to the Chu-Han crew, he was personally visited by the big leader, and the glory was boundless for a while. Even the Chu-Han trilogy project has added a layer of halo, and the follow-up shooting is expected to be smoother.

Strike while the iron is hot, videotapes, DVDs, and VCDs of Mount Everest were also quickly released in the new week after the film won the award, and were released in a unified manner in many markets around the world, including China and the United States, and soon became a hot-selling film in each market.

It’s just that in China, in just one week, the sales volume of Mount Everest’s genuine DVDs and VCDs quickly exceeded 270,000 boxes. It is still Jinshu’s retail channel. From paperbacks to collections of different editions, the weekly turnover is as high as 10.5 million yuan. Even if it is unavoidable to encounter the impact of piracy, it is expected that this part of the total revenue will reach at least 50 million yuan. Even if it is not as good as the previous 114 million yuan in theater box office, the income brought by the project will also exceed that of China Film and Jinshu, which hold the distribution rights. expected.

For several consecutive years, the success of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Heroes, Mount Everest and even the TV series Tianlong Babu in the West has not only further confirmed the Chinese authorities' determination to increase the support of the film and television industry, but also made the Chinese film and television circles inside and outside feel like a chicken blood. Generally, the fighting spirit is high, and they start various projects one after another, hoping to sell them to the other side of the ocean to earn US dollars, or, as long as they can be promoted to the Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian markets, they will also gain both fame and fortune.

Simon didn't care too much about these things.

Time entered April of 2000, and because of Oscar's thoughts that afternoon, Simon began to rethink and adjust a series of layouts of the Westeros system.

The result of thinking is still pessimistic.

The most extreme consideration Simon has made is to truly become a king of the world, using the capital of the Westeros system to maximize the full control of the planet.

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

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

Even speaking, Simon also found that if he wanted to be a destroyer, such as Soros, of course he would go one step further, the ultimate king of destruction, but had certain feasibility. After all, as the saying goes, it is easier to destroy than to build. However, the chances of being a leader in the direction the world is headed, unfortunately, are next to zero.

So I had to settle for the next best thing.

Simon's reorganized goal, first of all, is to expand the control of the Westeros system over the world to the greatest extent possible, but it only needs to be the greatest degree of implicit control.

In the future world, all kinds of small fights, don't need to pay attention. However, once there is a critical node that truly affects the fate of all mankind, Simon's goal is that the Westeros system can force some people to the negotiating table to avoid the worst outcome.

If someone insists on going his own way, the Westeros system must also have the ability to make the other party lose the ability to go his own way before he goes his own way. The means include but are not limited to direct humane destruction.

Compared with directly leading human society to a more correct and rational distance, the second-best solution is undoubtedly quite feasible.

The key point is people.

Also just people.

It's very simple, arrange enough westerosians who are loyal enough to break into the upper echelons of the world's mainstream countries as much as possible.

In addition, it is to directly establish personal connections with high-level officials in various countries. For example, using the Tasmanian Club, a shell with the attribute of "Doomsday Ark", can achieve the goal if it operates properly.

Of course, it will take a long time for these things to be realized, and Simon also knows that there must be too many unpredictable variables, but, in any case, it is also the most feasible plan.

Fortunately, as long as history does not change too much, Simon has at least 20 years to make a careful layout.

That's enough.

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

This matter is even simpler, and it is still a 3G plan.

Australia.

The date is Tuesday, April 11th.

It’s late summer in the southern hemisphere, and it’s still hot. Simon and Janet came to a small town called Wumera in the south-central part of South Australia together. When they got off the off-road vehicle, it was around one o’clock in the afternoon when the sun was at its peak. The surrounding air seemed to be The crimson Gobi Desert, which is distorted by the scorching heat, can't be seen at a glance.

The Wumera launch site is about 1,000 kilometers away from Melbourne in the southeast in a straight line. It is one of the most famous rocket or missile test launch sites in the world, but it should add a "once".

From the 1840s after the end of World War II to the 1870s before the fall, for more than 20 years, this large-scale launch site covering an area of ​​120,000 square kilometers with the small town of Wumaila as its core has carried out more than 4,000 missions. launch action.

The ups and downs at the beginning are all in the past, and it is useless to say more. Just recently, after the operation of the Westeros system, the Australian authorities formally signed an agreement with SpaceX Australia, a subsidiary of the Westeros system, to launch the Wumera The field was completely transferred to the Westeros system as SpaceX's rocket launch site in the southern hemisphere.

Before Simon arrived in Australia, the mercenary unit under the Perth Military Advisory and Security Company (PMCS) established in Australia by the Westeros system had already stationed in the small town of Wumera, together with the first engineering team of 1,000 people. , it is planned to renovate the launch site and expand the town. At the same time, a rocket factory and a research center will be built here. It is expected to be fully completed. The town of Wumera, which can only accommodate up to 400 people before, will expand to at least 3000 The size of the resident population.

To put it simply, this place will be the base of the Westeros system space exploration program with a higher level than that in North America in the future.

Similarly, this is also an adjustment Simon has made recently.

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

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

In North America, after all, all kinds of restraints are unavoidable. Compared with Australia, you can let go a lot.

The surrounding area of ​​Wumela town is too big and wide. Under the leadership of Bruce Mendelson, the person in charge of the base and the president of Spacex Australia branch, Simon and his wife walked and stopped, and occasionally took a car, which took more than three It took only an hour to walk away from Wumera and its surroundings.

Finally, when they returned to the small town, they had another two-hour meeting with the management headed by Mendelson to discuss various details of the base construction.

When it's all over, even though the southern hemisphere has long summer days, twilight has fallen.

Simon has no plans to stay here overnight. After 7 o'clock, he bid farewell to the management team of the base, and took Janet to the car to return to Augusta City, which is more than 100 kilometers away from the sea, and will take a private plane to return there. Melbourne.

When the car left the Wumera launch site, Simon continued to flip through the expansion plan information of the underground fortification in his hand, and glanced at Janet who was softly snuggled up to him: "How do you feel?"

Janet squinted her eyes to take a rest. She was still very tired after going around in such a bad environment all afternoon. After listening to the man talking to herself, she opened her eyes and glanced sideways: "Since the Russian election, I feel that you It's urgent."

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

In fact, the two have talked about many things these days, and Simon also bluntly revealed many of his thoughts to the woman. So Janet was well aware that what the man said about not having a lot of time was presumably true.

Up to 20 years.

After a pause, Janet said, "Actually, there is still one more chance to change, Bush's side, this year's presidential election."

It's also something the two are open and honest about.

Regarding the matter of supporting Bush Jr., Simon's goal is still very clear, to push Bush to power, start a war, and consume the foundation of the United States.

However, Simon's original idea was to push the United States into Latin America, which would be more conducive to the survival of oligarchic capital like the Westeros system. However, after careful consideration, Simon felt that it was okay for the United States to move toward Latin Americanization smoothly, but what if it did not go smoothly? Moreover, once the world lacks a leader, it is difficult to say what will happen.

For example, in the process of this series of transformations, if something similar to the October Revolution in Tsarist Russia came back, wouldn't it be a super capitalist like him who was most unlucky?

After thinking about it in this way, Simon probably understood why McCarthyism appeared in the United States back then, and, to a certain extent, why all Western countries did not give up their pursuit of Russia after the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

The shadows are too dark.

You know, if the Soviet camp won back then, the entire West, especially the elite class at the top of the pyramid, tsk, it would be a bit sour to think about it.

After thinking too much, even Simon himself was unavoidably shaken.

Or, is it time to snuff out all sparks for a possible comeback?

After weighing, in the end or give up.

Inside the compartment.

Simon was not surprised to hear Janet say this, but said: "Do you think that if I give up letting Bush Jr. come to power, instead

Democrats, will the hollowing out of federal real estate be reversed? "

Janet shook her head: "No."

It is obvious that when the Democratic Party comes to power, high-end service industries such as Wall Street and the Internet will only receive further support, and as for low-end real industries, the tendency to migrate abroad will only become more serious. In comparison, the Republican Party is more inclined to protect various traditional industries in the United States.

Of course, these are not the main reasons.

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

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

The reason is very simple. China on the other side of the ocean is suppressed, its productivity cannot be released, and its huge market cannot be developed. Under the leadership of social injustice, the declining productivity and capitalism of the existing Western mainstream countries will inevitably continue to concentrate wealth. Perhaps it will not take 20 years. In 2000, the world will go into recession again, and even, like the beginning of the 20th century, two consecutive world wars will bring huge disasters to human society.

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

However, no matter how fat a sheep is, it is impossible to keep it up all the time. The United States can use the exchange rate advantage to buy cheap goods, and then use the wealth accumulated on the other side of the ocean by issuing U.S. debt. A win-win situation, but everything will eventually have a limit.

Probably only 20 years.

What Simon can clearly do is to ensure that this time and space, this world, will be given 20 years.

And then, Simon wasn't sure either.

Therefore, such as the Wumaila launch site I have seen today, it is purely for my own consideration.

In twenty years, a country that has been weak for a hundred years may be able to become the second in the world, but for space exploration, the short period of 20 years is really not enough.

Simon must hurry up.

At least, twenty years at the most, the planned first 10,000-ton space city 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 most extreme conditions. The goal of giving the House of Westeros an extraterrestrial sanctuary.

Others, as the same sentence, manpower is limited, can not control too much.