Chapter 1242

The news that the South Korean government was in secret contact with the Westeros system to seek relief was first exposed in some Asian newspapers, and the news quickly spread around the world. In just a few hours, countless stakeholders and a large number of media tried their best to contact relevant people to find out the truth.

There is no answer.

Neither admit nor deny.

To be more precise, let alone Simon himself, James Raybould, president of Westeros Corporation, Alison Norris, Simon’s first assistant, Chen Qing, head of Asian affairs for the Westeros system, Westeros The family's media spokesperson, Pat Kingsley, etc., all avoided related inquiries, and only asked their secretary to give an uninformed answer.

Although it has not been confirmed, the incident in Hong Kong is still vivid, and the capital market gave feedback immediately.

On Thursday's trading day, the won-dollar exchange rate, which has fallen for three consecutive days and is close to the 2,000 threshold, rebounded strongly by 7.9%, from 1,969 won to 1 dollar to 1,813 won to 1 dollar. The South Korean stock market also rose by 5.7% throughout the day, and the kospi index returned to above 300 points from a trough of 286 points, reaching 302 points at the close of the day.

Even in the bond market, foreign capital eager to flee is on the sidelines. On this day, many companies that continue to face a run on feel relieved.

Immediately there is anticipation, if this matter is true, it would be great.

As a result, countless corporate shareholders and executives in South Korea have sought information from the Blue House and their contacts.

The succession of Hong Kong and South Korea has made many people believe that the Asian financial turmoil is about to pass, and not only South Korea, but also the currencies and stock markets of Asian countries or regions such as Japan, Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia are all rising.

Therefore, also in order to confirm the news, the heads of state of Asian countries called the United States one after another.

We all hope this is true.

Because once Hong Kong is just an example, if South Korea is confirmed again, it means that international speculators will never dare to launch a large-scale financial attack on Asia, otherwise they may become Simon Westeros The prey of the Asian financial turmoil, which lasted for nearly half a year, will also really come to an end.

In this way, on Thursday night, after countless people contacted to no avail, the White House also made a direct call to Cape Dume Manor.

Regarding Mr. President's inquiries, Simon will not give any information. After all, Clinton knows that Simon has plans for South Korea, but he can't give too much. The contacts in South Korea have basically been confirmed. The news is that the opposition party in the South Korean presidential election, Kim Dae-jung, has quietly released it.

The reason is also easy to understand.

Kim Dae-jung certainly does not want Cheong Wa Dae to make a comeback before December 19, the polling day for the South Korean presidential election.

Compared with the re-election of the long-term Grand National Party, Simon hopes that Kim Dae-jung can win the election.

The White House didn't know, so it looked forward to seeking stability and allowing the civilian government, which was not bad for the United States, to continue in power. However, Simon clearly remembered that Kim Dae-jung was later hailed by the West as the "Mandela of Asia" and won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Tsk.

Just looking at these two honors, you can see how likable Kim Dae-jung is in the West.

As for the domestic media in South Korea, Kim Dae-jung was later scolded as "the running dog of the United States". Anyway, the presidents of South Korea were often imprisoned and killed, not to mention being scolded. It has nothing to do with the overall situation. Yes, that's the thing.

Simon likes people with skills.

However, the subsequent changes in the matter were somewhat beyond Simon's expectations.

Friday, November 7.

Los Angeles.

When Simon arrived at Daenerys Studios in Malibu in the morning, the first thing he paid attention to was the movie box office data of the past box office week.

"The Conjuring 3" surpassed the first week's data of "The Conjuring 2" in three days on the weekend. In a complete box office week, the box office revenue finally reached 63.97 million US dollars. Following "The Ghost Story", it once again set a new Hollywood horror film debut. Weekly box office record.

Although the production cost of this horror movie reached 50 million U.S. dollars, and 25 million was invested in publicity and distribution, but 63.97 million in the first week, it is basically confirmed that only the local market is enough to recover the cost and achieve profitability. . Not only that, "The Conjuring 3" successfully launched many new supernatural settings that will inevitably be used in subsequent projects, and it has also completed a transformation of the somewhat tired Conjuring movie universe.

Simon originally planned to suspend this series after the end of "The Conjuring 3" and start more branches. Because the feedback of the film is so good, whether it is Daenerys or the fans of the Conjuring movie universe series, they all hope that Daenerys Entertainment can take advantage of the trend to launch "The Conjuring 4".

Since it was what everyone expected, Simon didn't object, and asked the New World Pictures team to start planning the fourth part.

Affected by "The Conjuring 3", "Ghost Records", which was released for the sixth week, in the Halloween week from October 31 to November 6, finally earned $11.02 million, which was higher than the full week data expected after the weekend box office was released. A little better, the cumulative box office reached 196.98 million US dollars, which is 3.02 million short of the 200 million threshold, which is still a pity.

Afterwards, all other projects have become a foil, needless to say.

However, on November 7th, a new box office week began. As usual, it should have been a continuation of the Halloween schedule and the transition to the Thanksgiving file, but this time it was different.

Sony Pictures will cost itself 1

The billion-dollar blockbuster "Starship Troopers" was released today.

Landing on the beach.

Although the time and space of the film's director, Paul Verhoeven, was taken away by Simon in "Instinct", he has become a Hollywood first-line director with films such as "RoboCop" and "Total Recall" in previous years. Therefore, although the last project "Showgirls" ended in dismal, and there was a lot of criticism, this time he got Sony's investment of 100 million US dollars to produce this sci-fi masterpiece, which can be regarded as a return to the genre he is good at.

As for the effect of the film, according to the news that Simon obtained in advance, it is polarized. Basically, the special effects are top-notch, but the plot is obviously unsatisfactory.

Today, with 2,971 screens, the filming started on a large scale, the word-of-mouth ban was lifted, and the comprehensive media score reached 6.5 points, which is considered a pass. However, with the release of the film, controversy arose. Some film critics believed that the film was advocating communism.

This hat is a bit big.

Fortunately, those film critics finally left some leeway and didn't say anything. Otherwise, if you are advocating corruption in Hollywood, you are courting death!

Even so, Sony still carried out emergency public relations.

Besides the movie schedule, grabbing the beach on November 7 is really not a good choice. However, Sony is also helpless. Not to mention the continued financial turmoil in Asia, but the competition is too fierce in the next two major schedules at the end of the year.

It's just the same type of sci-fi film, the Thanksgiving file, Fox's "Alien 4", the popularity of this ip must be unmatched by "Starship Troopers".

Furthermore, Robert Zemeckis's new work "Contact", although both are non-sequel original scripts, but Zemeckis, who directed the "Back to the Future" series and "Forrest Gump" and other hits, The box office appeal is much stronger than "Starship Troopers".

It's not over yet.

Plus a Disney Terminator 3.

Well, it won't work if you don't grab the beach.

And the Christmas file, among other things, is just "The Flash 2", which makes "Starship Troopers" daunting.

Now it is rumored in the circle that Simon Westero put the 200 million-dollar "Titanic" in the release a week before "The Flash 2", and he probably gave up on himself.

This is off topic.

What's more, there are other non-sci-fi major productions, such as the Pixar animation "A Bug's Story" under Daenerys Entertainment in the Thanksgiving file, or "As Good as It Gets" starring Jack Nicholson in the Christmas file, and Julia, the sweet sister of Hollywood. The long-running hit play "Shakespeare in Love" starring Roberts.

In short, if the news of "Starship Troopers" hadn't been announced earlier, it is estimated that other films could not help but be uploaded.

The immediate problem appears to be more serious.

Japan on November 7 is an unpopular transition between the two major schedules. Under normal circumstances, the box office volume will not be too high.

However, the previous week, "The Conjuring 3" had a blockbuster first-week box office. So, even if the box office data is cut in half in the next week, it will still be 30 million US dollars.

Where is room for a second blockbuster?

Therefore, if there is no "The Conjuring 3" and "Starship Troopers" is scheduled for November 7th, there may indeed be unexpected gains. Now, instead, it has to face strong competition from "The Conjuring 3", which is still gaining momentum. It can be said that the future is unpredictable.