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At the beginning of the year, the project was selected to prepare for the pilot episode. The promotion season in May was promoted to the TV network, and the fall began. This is the operation process of most TV programs in the United States.

Simon used his spare time to just complete the story outline and general script of the first season of "Desperate Housewives", and many details still need to be revised, which just happened to transfer the authorship.

For such a project, Simon himself is a screenwriter, which is actually very strange. He doesn't need to rely on a TV series to accumulate anything now.

Of course, this did not prevent Hollywood from quickly spreading news of a new project created by Simon Westeros himself.

Although it is a TV series, the reality show that is still popular in recent years has long confirmed that Simon can also create miracles in the TV field.

You know, popular reality shows such as "Survivor", "Who Will Be a Millionaire", and "The Beverly Wife" have not only created billions of industrial value, but also made a large number of TV popular Reality TV star.

Take "Who Will Be a Millionaire" as an example, although the popularity of this puzzle reality show has been in decline after the initial prosperity, the annual salary of the show host Regis Phil has reached tens of millions. Dollar.

The first four reality shows launched in 1988, "The Beverly Wife" had the lowest ratings, but several housewives became household TV stars, even though the income of participating in the reality show itself is not high, but relying on Taking on other TV shows, advertising endorsements, and personal careers developed outside of TV have also earned fame and fortune. That's why Kris Jenner is so submissive to Simon.

The more people in the game, the more you can appreciate the real power and energy of some people at the top of the pyramid in a circle, and therefore the easier it is to give birth to awe and surrender.

Now, a TV drama project created by Simon himself, even if it will only be broadcast on a cable network such as USA, after learning some details of the project, it is enough to attract many actresses who have stepped on the tail of their personal careers.

In the Hollywood circle, especially actresses, if they can't make a name for themselves before the age of 30, after the age of 30, they will either get married and have children and become a housewife, or they will only be able to get along in the second line.

It's only February 1992, the spring season has already opened, and the schedule of "Desperate Housewives" will definitely only be this fall, so there is still enough preparation time.

Simon took out a brief story and script, and handed over the preliminary preparation of the project to Robert Iger. He still has many more important things to deal with.

On February 18, after more than a month of auditing, Daenerys Entertainment Group's 1991 financial report was finally released.

In 1991, Daenerys Entertainment, which completed the merger of mca, achieved total revenue of $9.3 billion for the year. Because of the need to draw a large amount of cash flow to repay the debt borne by the mca acquisition, as well as the company's layoffs, asset write-downs and other expenses, the company's full-year net profit ended up being 270 million US dollars.

However, because of the massive debt repayment, even after completing the complete acquisition of ea costing more than 800 million US dollars, Daenerys Entertainment Group's overall debt amount is only 7.8 billion US dollars.

Because of the success of "Toy Story" late last year, the industry's valuation of Daenerys Entertainment Group has generally reached 20 billion US dollars.

According to this valuation level, the debt of 7.8 billion US dollars is actually only equivalent to a debt ratio of 39%.

In the case of completing a large-scale merger, Daenerys Entertainment's debt ratio can be controlled within 40%, which is already a pioneering achievement.

After Time Warner Group took a series of measures to reduce debt, coupled with the continuous rebound of the US stock market for more than a year, the company's debt ratio at this stage is still more than 70%.

The reason why the assets of media tycoons such as Redstone and Murdoch have shrunk rapidly in recent years is mainly due to the fact that they were dragged down by the high debt of their companies after the US bond crisis broke out.

In addition, Daenerys Entertainment's $9.3 billion in annual revenue is equivalent to the company's ranking basically entering the top 50 ranks of the US "Fortune" 500.

In the entire media industry, such revenue is second only to Time Warner Group.

However, because of the completely out-of-control merger and the fierce internal struggle of the management, although Time Warner has more than 10 billion US dollars in revenue, the actual operating conditions are far worse than the still thriving Daenerys Entertainment.

Now that it has planned to go public, Daenerys Entertainment did not continue to keep a low profile on the company's financial data this time, and took the initiative to contact some financial media to publish the data.

Most corporate giants often suffer huge losses in the first few years of mergers and acquisitions. Although Daenerys Entertainment’s net profit margin in the past year was only 3%, anyone can see that such financial data has exceeded expected.

Moreover, after the initial turmoil after the merger and acquisition, and the company's operation is stable, as long as it is willing to rely on its own abundant cash flow, the debt ratio of Daenerys Entertainment will also drop rapidly.

With the media discussion of Daenerys Entertainment's new annual financial report, Simon's 24th birthday is also unknowingly approaching.

February 22 this year happens to be a Saturday.

Although he doesn't plan to make such a big fanfare as his 20th birthday, it is not easy for Simon to have a low-key birthday now.

Since January, many people have been inquiring about Simon's 24th birthday party, and Janet can't wait for everyone to

Forgetting his own birthday, he also attached great importance to Simon's birthday, and started preparations a month in advance.

The party location is still in the mansion halfway up the hill in Palisades.

After getting along for so long, most of the people around Simon can appreciate the primitive sense of territory in him, and he doesn't like his personal space being touched by others. Therefore, there is not much expectation for a birthday party at the Dumay Point Manor, and perhaps in the future, few people will be able to enter the top floor of the Westeros Building.

Of course, not everyone can participate in a birthday party at the Palisades mansion.

Although the threshold is high, compared to the slightly boring business parties in the past, under Janet's arrangement, Simon's birthday party was very entertaining, and there was no shortage of singing, dancing, alcohol, wine and beauties.

The party lasted from seven o'clock in the evening to two in the morning on Saturday, and if it weren't for the fear that something unforeseen would happen to the guests staying at the Palisades mansion, the overnight stay was inevitable.

After leaving the party, no matter how absurd it is, it has nothing to do with the Westeros family.

Simon and his wife did not leave Palisade until twelve o'clock that night, but flew to Panama at night, and a little guy was handed over to Catherine. Catherine obviously had no experience in childcare, but women needed it. In fact, all they did was just watch. The three girls from abd stayed at the Dumay Cape Manor. They were nannys trained by Janet herself.

After three days in Panama, the couple did not return to Los Angeles until Wednesday.

Simon put down Janet, but flew directly to San Francisco.

After investing in the graphics card chip company ati last year, just recently, ati finally completed the first consumer-grade graphics chip for the PC market.

When Westeros bought a 25% stake in ati for $50 million, Simon then suggested that Intel acquire ati wholly and fully invest in the promotion of graphics cards.

However, although Intel accepted Simon's suggestion, ati did not agree to Intel's acquisition offer.

This is the obvious thing.

Holding the thigh of Westeros, ati already has a strong enough backing, and there is no need to sell himself to Intel, at least not for the time being.

Everyone knows the reason for the price to be sold.

However, ati is also aware of Intel's strong influence in the semiconductor industry. Although it rejected the offer of a wholly-owned acquisition, it also accepted an investment from Intel and gave up 10% of the shares, making Intel its own shareholder.

The semiconductor industry is very expensive, so it is doomed that ati, which has been continuously raising funds since its establishment, cannot have shareholders with a large shareholding ratio.

Westeros and Intel jointly hold a total of 35% of ati, which basically means most of the control of the company.

ati's graphics chip is completed, and the next step is to promote it.

After many years, it is difficult for most PC users to truly appreciate the utility of graphics cards, because at that time, ordinary users have become accustomed to the convenience brought by graphics cards, unless they are professional image processing personnel and game enthusiasts, otherwise, only integrated graphics cards. , it is enough to meet the needs of most users.

Of course, in the smartphone era that followed, the role of the gpu was obvious.

Smartphones of various price levels can support different mobile games, and the difference is largely due to the difference in the gpu function of the smartphone.

At this stage, graphics cards specially used for image processing have been launched, replacing the corresponding operations supported by cpu, and the display effect is almost immediate.

Simon had already experienced the utility of a discrete graphics card before he came to San Francisco. Under the same configuration, a PC with a graphics card installed, whether browsing the web or video games, was more fluent than a computer without a graphics card.

After the evaluation of all parties, one thing was also found.

Once the graphics card is popularized, not only will it not increase the burden on consumers, but it can actually reduce the overall cost of PCs.

Because before that, users had to choose very expensive models to get a better Internet surfing and gaming experience. Now, just add a few hundred dollars or so to spend on graphics cards and maybe save a thousand or two dollars in your budget.

Moreover, this transformation will undoubtedly further accelerate the popularization of personal computers.

The traditional PC manufacturers are definitely inclined to keep the price of personal computers higher, but once this trend is formed, no one can stop it, either follow the trend or be eliminated.

On the other hand, the further popularization of PC will naturally promote the outbreak of the Internet industry.

In this era, assembly machines have not yet emerged, and users buy PCs, basically a complete set, including monitors.

Therefore, the promotion of graphics cards requires the cooperation of OEMs.

ati was originally one of IBM's professional graphics card chip suppliers for graphics workstations. This time, after seeing the effect of consumer-grade graphics cards developed by ati, IBM, which has always been the hardest part of the industry, no longer stubbornly decided. Launch the corresponding model.

Of course, in terms of pricing, ibm has the final say.

IBM took the lead, and companies such as Compaq and Hewlett-Packard joined in.

As for Microsoft, under the impetus of Westeros Corporation, it has already begun to invest in the research and development of graphics card support programs last year. The windows 3.1 system to be released in March will support graphics cards, and the previous 3.0 system will also support the graphics card. Update accordingly.

The changes promoted by the wintel alliance naturally do not think of Apple.

Silicon Valley has always been hard-pressed to keep secrets, but Apple has been slow enough on this one. After hitting a new high of $7 billion in market value last year, Apple is clearly feeling too good about itself.

After Simon personally rushed to Intel's headquarters to attend a meeting related to the promotion of graphics cards, he stayed here until Friday, mainly for the arrangement of ea.

The promotion of graphics cards, the biggest promotion for the industry, is undoubtedly the game.

Nowadays, computer games are generally still 2D, but with the promotion of graphics cards, 3D games will not be far away.

The technical accumulation of Daenerys special effects in 3D special effects can also provide a lot of support for the development of 3D games. At the same time, ea has been positioned as a PC game manufacturer from the very beginning, and it has sufficient experience in game development.

With many advantages, if ea can't seize this opportunity, it will be a huge mistake by the management.

Simon would not allow this to happen.

After personally finalizing some layouts of ea in 3D games, Simon returned to Los Angeles, and the time was already February 28.

In the two months leading up to 1992, Daenerys Entertainment's series of film projects have been churning through various stages of production, and the same is true of film distribution.

In two months, the three labels of Daenerys Entertainment have released a total of 7 movies in a single season of this movie. According to this frequency, it is enough to reach a distribution of 40 movies throughout the year.

The scale of such a release exceeds that of any in Hollywood, but with the current strength of Daenerys Entertainment, it is not too much.

In the original time and space, Disney, which acquired Miramax, and Time Warner, which acquired New Line, added up to more than 40 copies of the main and subsidiary labels in their heydays.

It's just that Miramax, like many third-tier small production companies in Hollywood, has nothing special. The "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" series was taken away by Simon, the popularity of the "Monster Street" series declined, and the new line fell into the 80s. In the 1990s, many second-tier companies experienced a similar downturn.

Daenerys Entertainment's two major labels, Gaomen Pictures and New World Pictures, are now equivalent to replacing New Line and Miramax's original status in Hollywood.

Highgate Pictures and New World Pictures have made achievements in various fields. Naturally, other Hollywood studios will not let this market go. However, under the strength of Daenerys Pictures, the main labels of other studios The management is still lackluster, and it is naturally impossible to compete with Gaomen Pictures and New World Pictures in the fields of literary films and horror films in the short term.

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