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After a long 16-hour flight, Simon returned to Los Angeles. It was still Sunday night on June 25th in the US Eastern Time. Due to the time difference, major exchanges in Asia have already started a new week of trading.

The various measures taken in the past two days have obviously had an effect. The Tokyo stock market opened, and the Nikkei 225 index began to slowly rise.

New week in North America.

Simon got up in the morning, and the Nikkei 225 finally closed at 36617 the day before. Although this data has not yet reached the highest point of last week, the unexpected crisis in the Japanese financial market has been smoothly passed.

Many newspapers in North America have been talking about the news that Simon's trip to Australia to visit his girlfriend caused the Japanese stock market to plummet in recent days.

The story was still on the front page of the Los Angeles Times on Monday, with a photo of Simon and Janet cuddling together at Melbourne Airport. The article re-introduced what happened in the last few days, not forgetting to ridicule that Simon is definitely the most unpopular guy in Japan now, and predicts that he wants to travel to Japan for a long time in the future, and he will be refused entry. Chances are up to 100%.

On the Australian side, the agreement between Cersei Capital and the Japanese is going very well. In less than a week, the two sides completed the secret delivery in all aspects.

In the final agreement, the ownership of sub-funds No. 1 to 5 under the name of Cersei Capital was fully handed over to the Japanese, and Janet and Anthony were still in charge on the surface.

Janet really wanted to fly to Los Angeles immediately after the transaction was completed. However, in order to avoid speculation caused by sudden personnel changes, the Japanese side asked her to be in charge of operating Cersei Capital for at least two more months. Of course, it was completely remote control from the Japanese side. Under the premise, Janet herself does not actually have any decision-making power.

For the benefit of everyone, Janet had to agree.

Two months is actually just right.

The late stage of "Batman" will not end until September. Simon plans to take a long vacation after finishing the film. The first stop in the plan is Milan Fashion Week in September. At that time, Janet just happened to be able to use this very reasonable excuse to leave.

Since she can't get out for the time being, Janet has not been idle, and began to prepare the operation team of Cersei Capital No. 6 to 10 sub-funds in order to short the North American junk bond market in the second half of the year. The source of funds is naturally the Japanese recently transferred to Cersei Capital overseas. $5 billion in cash in the account.

In order to keep their own layout secret, the Japanese also require that the funds from Cersei Capital cannot be transferred back to China for at least one year, which no one has any objection to.

Due to tax avoidance considerations, Simon did not intend to transfer the money back to China in the short term, and various investors in Australia also hope to continue to rely on Cersei Capital to obtain more income.

Although the settlement has not yet been carried out, according to the original step-by-step agreement, Simon's personal profit from this transaction can be roughly predicted.

$5 billion in capital, excluding the $1.57 billion in principal, the profit figure was $3.43 billion.

In the original agreement, Simon only asked for a profit cut on the income generated by the $970 million in external investment, not the $600 million for himself and the Johnston family. The step-by-step tax plan is to take 20% of the part within 30% of the profit scale, 30% of the part from 30% to 100%, and 50% of the part exceeding 100%.

Calculated from all aspects, Simon can get a principal income of 1.093 billion US dollars and a commission income of 836 million US dollars. Counting the original $500 million principal, Simon's book share of the $5 billion capital has reached $2.429 billion.

In addition, the Johnston family's principal of $100 million has a book profit of $218 million. The US$970 million principal of other Australian capital has a book profit of US$1.283 billion.

Although Simon wants to take more than half of the income share, however, at the end of the transaction, no Australian investor has made a request for redemption or even partial redemption. Not only because of the original agreement, it took less than half a year to convert 1.57 billion US dollars into 5 billion US dollars, and the income of all parties exceeded 100%. As long as other investors in Australia are thinking normally, they all know that Simon is completely worthy of such a high amount. Split accounts.

Faced with such a huge amount of money held by Cersei Capital, Simon also gradually came up with some other ideas.

Of course, this is something.

I left Los Angeles suddenly for several days without warning, and when I came back, I naturally had to work overtime to make up for some work progress.

On the other hand, the competition for summer vacation slots in North America is becoming more and more intense.

Simon left Los Angeles last Wednesday night. Immediately afterwards, the box office of "The Bodyguard" was released in the third week of its release. Compared with the second week, the box office fell by only a slight 11%, with a gross of 17.86 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office reached 61.55 million US dollars.

On the following Friday, the North American summer program released three new films at once, namely, the Disney sci-fi-style family comedy "Honey, I've Made My Children Smaller", Columbia Pictures' "Longwei Kid 3" and Orion Pictures The music biopic "Big Fireball".

Although none of the three new films had the same first-week box office hits as "Indiana Jones 3" and "Ghostbusters 2", they also had a significant impact on the box office of many old films.

From June 23 to June 29, the week after Simon returned from Australia, the box office decline of "Bodyguard" widened to 21% compared with the previous week, collecting an additional $14.11 million.

Although "Bodyguard" trailed "Honey, I Made My Kids Small", "Dragon Power 3" and "Ghostbusters 2" in the weekly box office chart, it was only fourth. However, this film that was not favored by everyone has been released for four weeks, and the cumulative box office has reached 75.66 million US dollars.

In addition, the box office of "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3" shrank to $12.07 million in the new week, ranking fifth, with a cumulative box office of $140.23 million.

Among the three new films, Orion Pictures' "Big Fireball" failed to meet expectations. This musical biopic, which tells the life story of the famous American rock singer Jerry Lee Lewis, has a production budget of $12 million and a screen size of 1417. block, the box office in the first week was only 6.28 million US dollars, and the word of mouth was also very general.

In the new year, Orion's other films have failed to release, except for a surprise blockbuster "The Adventures of Abbie Di" in February, which took in $40 million at the box office. Due to the continuous deterioration of the financial situation, in February this year, the three-month window for "Pulp Fiction" to be released has just passed, and Orion can't wait to release the video tape.

Orion is still stalling on not paying Daenerys Entertainment's share of Pulp Fiction's box office after Simon personally collected debts from Mike Medova at the last party. Tolerating Orion Pictures will be divided into six months of delay, Daenerys Entertainment has done its best. In order to avoid the sudden bankruptcy of Orion Pictures and the complete unrecoverable share, Amy has been considering legal measures recently.

On June 30, a new week, Simon's secretly high hopes for "The Sixth Sense" was finally released.

Compared with the opening scale of "Bodyguard" with more than 2,000 screens, the number of screens in the first week of "The Sixth Sense" is only 1,673. This relatively conservative screening strategy is actually intentional by Simon. He hopes to reserve enough space for the film's reputation through a smaller screening scale.

Until it was released, the plot of "The Sixth Sense" was still strictly confidential. The early marketing strategy adopted by Daenerys Entertainment only focused on Simon and De Niro, and it was very traditional to simply increase the popularity of the film. .

Simon has always believed that the "Sixth Sense" has achieved a huge global box office success of more than 600 million US dollars in the original time and space. The fundamental reason is definitely not just a simple plot reversal, but also the emotional connotation that the film wants to express. Many factors are very important. .

However, the plot reversal between human and ghost at the end is undoubtedly an important catalyst for the success of the film.

Therefore, in the publicity stage of the film, no matter it is various drafts or interviews with the main creator, there is no mention or hint of the final reversal element of the film. Simon's fundamental strategy is to let the audience discover this reversal, not Suggested by pre-publicity.

If you know in advance that the film will have a "surprise", it may even have the opposite effect in the end, making some people feel "that's all".

After all, in the long history of movies, similar plots are not unheard of.

As for the theme type of "The Sixth Sense", most fans who pay attention to this film can only get a general impression of a "horror movie" before the film is released. Even in the final stage of the TV trailer, the only information the audience can get is basically a story between a psychologist and a psychic boy, with some misleading horror movie-specific scenes attached.

Because "The Sixth Sense" should basically be regarded as a pseudo-horror film with the core of family warmth, in terms of marketing audience, Daenerys Entertainment did not target teenagers as precisely as "Scream", but For audiences of all ages, this has also led to a substantial increase in the cost of publicity.

Because of the conservative strategy of "The Sixth Sense" in the film's publicity stage, some fans have hesitated whether to choose to watch the movie for the first time, because Daenerys Entertainment's strict confidentiality of the film's plot and various unusual circumstances in the publicity stage. At the same time, entertainment media with a keen sense of smell are becoming more and more curious.

Of course, there are also many experienced media and audiences who believe that whether it is the film's low opening scale or low-key publicity and marketing, it is only Daenerys Entertainment's lack of confidence in "The Sixth Sense". In fact, executives within Daenerys Entertainment who have seen the finished film of "The Sixth Sense" generally lack confidence in the film with a flat plot.

Los Angeles.

Daenerys Entertainment headquarters in Santa Monica.

The time is the afternoon of June 30.

In the large conference room in the office building, the meeting on arranging the company's mid-year financial audit started at two o'clock in the afternoon and has continued until now.

All the core executives of Daenerys Entertainment were present.

The mid-year financial audit, which will begin next month, will not be as detailed as the one at the beginning of the year, but it will also involve Westeros' accounting team for oversight. As the head of the Westeros Company, James Raybould came from Los Angeles with Robert Iger in the morning.

In the past two quarters, although the series of films released by Daenerys Entertainment is only the "Bodyguard" which has been a big hit at the box office, the company's revenue from the two core businesses of film and television is still very rich.

In terms of movies, in addition to the new films in the first half of the year, the local release of big-selling films such as "Scream" and "Steel Magnolia" at the end of last year have ended one after another, and overseas distribution has also been basically completed. In the first half of the year, the videotape of "Sally on Sally" also achieved very bright sales performance, and funds in all aspects were continuously returned.

In the TV field, the spring seasons of reality shows and TV series such as "Who Will Be a Millionaire" and "Survivor" have also come to an end, and TV network settlement proceeds and prepayments have also brought a lot of revenue to Daenerys Entertainment.

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All the companies in the Strow system have a total of $900 million in debt, which means that this year alone, the amount of principal and interest that Simon needs to repay will reach $200 million, but he does not feel the slightest pressure.

Don't talk about the huge amount of money that Cersei Capital has just obtained from the Japanese, it's just that Daenerys Entertainment's "Who Will Be a Millionaire" program, the new season contract has made a big profit, this real person The continued revenue from the show is enough to cover Simon's personal debt.

But while Daenerys Entertainment's profitability has reached a level that makes her Hollywood peers jealous, Simon has no intention of being a muddled boss. Too many memories of the two lives made him deeply understand that a strict financial system is essential for any company to continue to grow and develop.

At five o'clock, the meeting ended.

The others dispersed, with Simon and James Raybold remaining in the conference room to discuss Cersei Capital.

James already knew about the transaction between Cersei Capital and the Japanese, and the operation of the local junk bond market will require more cooperation from Westeros.

The two communicated alone for half an hour before walking out of the conference room together.

Before Amy left, she walked over from her office when she heard Simon's concluding remarks from James' communication.

"Burbank has counted the daytime attendance data of "The Sixth Sense", and some mainstream evening newspapers have also published film reviews. Overall, the feedback is very good."

A few days ago, "Bodyguard" was a big hit at the box office, and Amy inadvertently said that it is enough for a big film company to have a movie with a box office of over 100 million yuan a year. At the end of the year, the distribution rights of the two key commercial films "Flying Innocent" and "Batman" belong to Warner. Amy's remarks undoubtedly show that she is also the one who lacks confidence in "The Sixth Sense".

Looking at Amy's relaxed appearance at this time, the performance of "The Sixth Sense" should have exceeded her expectations after its release today.

Simon didn't comment too much, just smiled and said, "If there is no other arrangement, let's have dinner together and talk later."

Amy nodded, went downstairs with Simon, James, and Jennifer, took out his Motorola micro-tac mobile phone from his satchel while walking, and said, "I think I should remind Rem to communicate with the media to avoid tomorrow. Too many movie reviews with open spoilers in the newspapers."

Simon watched Amy down the dial and glanced at the Motorola micro-tac.

After returning from Australia, Simon noticed that Amy, Nancy and others had started to use this mobile phone, which was only the size of a palm and could be called a mobile phone. However, looking at it again at this time, a thought suddenly flashed in my mind.

Um.

correct.

Nokia!

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