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On February 23, the second day of Simon's low-key 25th birthday, the most important company annual report of the Westeros system was released.

For the whole year of 1992, Daenerys Entertainment achieved a total revenue of US$12.7 billion, a year-on-year increase of 37%, and the net profit for the year was US$710 million, an increase of 260% compared to the net profit of US$270 million in 1991. At the same time, the scale of Daenerys Entertainment Group's debt has also been greatly reduced again, from $7.8 billion last year to $7.1 billion.

The annual revenue of 12.7 billion US dollars has completely established Daenerys Entertainment's position as the largest media group in North America and even the world.

Such dazzling revenue data is mainly due to the overall growth of Daenerys Entertainment's film and television entertainment, theme parks, consumer peripherals and other businesses, of which the film business still plays a very obvious locomotive effect.

The net profit of 710 million US dollars, although the net profit margin is only 5.6% compared with revenue, it also exceeds several other Hollywood studios.

Moreover, the reason why the profit rate is so low is mainly to reduce debt and corporate expansion considerations.

In fact, Daenerys Entertainment's overall debt could be reduced to less than $7 billion if desired. However, Simon did not do this. Maintaining an appropriate debt ratio can help companies offset a large part of their taxes. As a non-listed company, this is also the best channel to maintain connections with capital from all walks of life.

Simon has always been very clear that Daenerys Entertainment's edge has become more and more prosperous, and the foundation of the entire Westeros system is definitely not stable. At this time, many things must be as cautious as possible.

In order to pave the way for next year's listing, after the financial report was released, Daenerys Entertainment quickly released detailed data on the Igreit portal, which triggered many reprints and discussions in traditional media.

The $12.7 billion in revenue not only surpassed Time Warner's $11.9 billion in revenue in the last fiscal year, but also left the seven major Hollywood studios far behind.

Take Columbia Pictures, for example, this big studio controlled by Sony, the total revenue in the past four quarters is only 2.6 billion US dollars, which is only equivalent to one-fifth of Daenerys Entertainment's revenue. one. Other Fox, Paramount, Disney and other companies have also been left far behind by Daenerys Entertainment.

In the outside world, Daenerys Entertainment also took the initiative to release the news of the upcoming IPO again, which quickly attracted more attention.

The planned stock listing date is next summer. However, with the announcement of the new annual financial report, Daenerys Entertainment also started preparatory work for next year's IPO more than a year in advance.

According to the latest Fortune 500 data, the corporate giant with a revenue volume of tens of billions of US dollars has been placed in the top 30 ranks in the United States, and, tied with Daenerys Entertainment, basically They are all old-fashioned giants with decades of history, and their growth momentum is far from being comparable to that of Daenerys Entertainment, which is still thriving.

At the same time, the overall growth rate of the global entertainment industry is also very rapid, which makes Daenerys Entertainment in a very good industrial environment.

When Forbes counted Simon’s net worth last year, Daenerys Entertainment had been valued at $30 billion.

According to the latest 1992 financial report data released by Daenerys Entertainment, the valuation of $30 billion seems to be too high, but it is not an exaggeration.

If it weren't for Daenerys Entertainment's focus on business expansion and debt reduction, Daenerys Entertainment's net profit margin would be enough to reach more than 15%. According to the revenue of 12.7 billion US dollars, a net profit margin of 15% means a full-year net profit of 1.9 billion US dollars.

The net profit scale of US$1.9 billion is only equivalent to a price-earnings ratio of 15 times compared with the valuation of US$30 billion.

For a company with an annual growth rate of 37%, the IPO valuation of 15 times the price-earnings ratio can be said to be very low. After the US stock market recovered in the last two years, the average price-earnings ratio of both the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq has exceeded 15 times.

The listing of a US$30 billion company will undoubtedly become the largest IPO in North America in the past decade.

Daenerys Studios.

In the past two days, the senior management of the group has been holding a summary meeting around the just-released financial report, and has made new planning and adjustments for the development of the company in the new year.

After the integration of the previous two years, Daenerys Entertainment has basically digested the former mca, and the company's expansion and deployment in various fields has basically been completed. Since the IPO will be held in the middle of next year, Simon plans to produce an excellent financial report in 1993 that can truly reflect the profitability of Daenerys Entertainment.

This is actually what many companies do in the IPO process.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the two-day meeting ended, but it was impossible for Simon to leave work immediately.

Back in her office, Ella Deutschman was already waiting for Simon.

The 11-day 43rd Berlin Film Festival has officially ended on February 22. Daenerys Entertainment's "The Wedding Banquet" won the Golden Bear Award of this film festival just like the original time and space. The difference is that in the past, "The Wedding Banquet" was awarded together with another Chinese-language film "The Fragrant Soul Girl", but this time, only "The Wedding Banquet" won the award.

Because "The Wedding Banquet" is a work of Gaomen Pictures, it is easy for the media to link Simon's attendance at the opening ceremony of the film festival with the film's award, accusing the Berlin Film Festival of keeping the awards.

Inside.

It's just that the results of the awards have been released, and the quality of "The Wedding Banquet" is good enough. This kind of controversy is destined to not cause too many waves. After a few years, the outside world will only remember that "The Wedding Banquet" won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival in 1993. , this is the winner and loser.

As for whether there really is an insider?

Of course there is.

Gaomen Pictures has been the best cooperative company for art films in recent years. The organizers of the film festival may not be able to influence the judges who are already small achievements, but Gaomen Pictures can.

Unless they are completely uninterested in Oscars, Cannes, Venice, and Berlin, it is impossible for these judges to be unbiased in the award process.

This is the key to why the films produced by Miramax in the original time and space can rampage at the Oscars and major film festivals.

The current high door film industry is more powerful than the former Miramax.

Therefore, there is no need to even deliberately manipulate anything. As long as the judges are not completely without any desire for fame and fortune, they will definitely give special consideration to the projects under Daenerys Entertainment during the awarding process.

Through some relatively close contacts, Daenerys Entertainment can also get the voting information of the judges, which is usually not disclosed to the public. It is clear at a glance who is in favor and who is against.

Of course, the basis of all this is that the films produced by Gaomen Pictures are good enough. Otherwise, Simon himself would not allow the smashing of the signboard to happen.

Not only that, but after winning this year's Golden Bear Award, Gaomen Pictures will no longer be involved in the highest awards in the next year or two. Turning a film festival into your own "back garden" is definitely not a good choice.

After getting the Golden Bear, the Gaomen Pictures team also started the promotion of "The Wedding Banquet", which is expected to be officially launched in North American theaters on March 6.

It won the award on February 22 and was released on March 6. Although the number of screens planned to open is only about 200, it still shows Daenerys Entertainment's stronger and stronger distribution capabilities.

If it was another second- and third-tier distributor, the film won an award, obtained the copyright, arranged the schedule, started the publicity, and all the tossing, maybe half a year has passed, and by then, the popularity of the Golden Bear Awards will have already cooled down.

Moreover, the release arrangement of "The Wedding Banquet" was made on the day it won the Golden Bear Award on February 22.

Even with full confidence, before the award is announced, no one can guarantee 100% of the award. Once the award fails, another set of distribution strategies must be adopted, and the schedule in early March may be untimely.

Simon already knew about the various arrangements on the closing day of the Berlin Film Festival, and today's discussion with Deutschmann is still about the tentative film industry (s).

Because it has never been able to find a financial master who can be linked to, the tentative film industry has basically existed in the state of a leather bag company over the years, which is not as good as Miramax, who was just killed by Simon.

The two partners tentatively named Films, Tim Bevan and Sarah Radcliffe, do not even have a more formal office space. Over the years, they have basically held a few projects in their hands, everywhere. Raising funds, investing in production, and personally operating the distribution, basically producing a movie a year, naturally, the income is not much, just earn a hard money.

Simon took a fancy to the "Blood Romeo" script recommended to him by Tim Bevan, and asked Ella Deutschman to owe two people, Tim Bevan and Sarah Radcliffe finally Yes found 'organization'.

As for the tentative film industry, Simon has no plans to develop another sub-label. Therefore, the two just signed to become regular producers under the high gate film industry.

Moreover, from the script provided by the two, Simon also successfully found "Four Weddings and a Funeral".

After all, the British film circle is not big. Since the original script, which was not favored at first, fell into the hands of the two, this time it is not surprising. Not only that, but Simon also saw another script from the two, "Death Ramble".

"Death Convict Walk" is an adaptation of a true story, telling the story of nun Helen gradually discovering the truth of the incident in the process of correspondence with death row inmate Matthew.

In the original time and space, "Dead Row Walk" starred Tim Robbins, became the favorite of the Oscar nomination in 1996, and sent Susan Sarandon to the throne, of course, the film's box office performance was also very good.

Simon has no memory of "Blood Romeo", but was able to find "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Death Row" from producers Tim Bevan and Sarah Radcliffe Two excellent scripts can already confirm the vision of the two producers, and the excellent performance of the original time and space tentative film industry in the box office and awards also proves the ability of the two.

It can be said that signing these two under Daenerys Entertainment is even more worthwhile than winning one or two dark horse projects.

Although he discovered the two scripts of "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "Death Ramble", Simon did not start all these things in one brain.

Counting "Blood Romeo" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral", Simon chose a romantic film "Love in My Heart" from the script held by the two, making up three movies, Give it to two people. "Dead Man's Walk" will be delayed production.

Three films, of which "Blood Romeo" is very uncertain, "Love is in my heart" is just an addition, and the key is "Four Weddings and a Funeral".

Of course these are not enough for outsiders.

Ella Deutschman's top priority is obviously Romeo the Blood.

Quentin's Last Reservoir Dogs, $1.5M Production Cost, Different

Due to the strategic mistakes of the original time and space, this time, relying on the release of Gaomen Pictures, it has achieved a worldwide box office of more than 40 million US dollars. Therefore, the next work of this cutting-edge director has always been popular with Gaomen Pictures. Pay attention to.

The reason why the second film has not started is mainly because a suitable script has not been found.

Quentin himself was not too satisfied with "True Romance". After seeing "Blood Romeo", he raised some interest. However, Quentin also asked to revise the "Blood Romeo" script in person to to suit his own style.

The project was personally selected by Simon, and if you want to modify it, you naturally need to get Simon's approval.

Simon himself naturally has no objection. In the process of reading the script of "Blood Romeo", he also felt that if Quentin filmed it, the story obviously lacked some of the other party's nagging style.

Although he values ​​"Blood Romeo", out of his instinctive trust in Simon's vision, Ella Deutschman did not ignore "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "Love in My Heart", and analyzed it personally The advantages of the two scripts.

"Four Weddings and a Funeral" has typical British humor everywhere, and it should be a comedy like "A Fish Named Wanda".

As for "Love in My Heart", the selling point should be polar love. This is a story that takes place in the Arctic Circle.

Therefore, according to the preliminary statistics, if you want to make a good three movies, "Love is in the depths of my heart" has the highest production cost. Because of the shooting in the Arctic, plus the selection of a good main creative team, the production cost may reach 2000. Ten thousand U.S. dollars. As an up-and-coming director of cutting-edge style, "Blood Romeo" also required $15 million to make.

The final "Four Weddings and a Funeral", Simon and Deutschman agreed, only gave a production budget of $5 million.

The discussion about the two producers and three film projects continued for an hour, and at six o'clock Deutschman was sent off, and A-girl Alison walked into the office.

The female assistant is pregnant and has to reduce her workload. After some consideration, Alison is transferred to serve as Simon's second assistant.

Although she is a maid, Alison has assisted Janet in managing various affairs of the Westeros family in recent years. In fact, it is equivalent to Janet's assistant. At this time, she came to serve as Simon's second assistant. In terms of ability Appears to be at ease.

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