Chapter 1261 No Rush

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Thanksgiving in 1997 was November 27.

In the early years, in order to meet the schedule and save the publicity budget, many films often choose to open on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, so that they can span the four-day Thanksgiving from Thursday to Sunday when the demand for movie viewing is greatly increased. long weekend.

This kind of schedule selection has become less and less with the gradual rise of saturated full-scale distribution that is more and more optimistic about publicity.

Because a large publicity budget has been invested in advance for publicity, the audience who should know already knows it, so there is no need to use similar tricks.

Of course, things are not absolute.

This year is an exception.

After the first week of the Thanksgiving file from November 14th to November 20th, this Friday, November 21st, which spans the week of Thanksgiving, is just Disney's super heavy "Terminator 3" and Pixar's latest 3D animated film "Bugs". "Bug Story" has doubled the pressure of many films, so I chose to play tricks again.

It still only counts films with more than 2,000 screens.

On November 21st, in addition to the blockbuster "Terminator 3" and "A Bug's Story", there will also be "Assassination of Gannets", "Sugar-coated Trap" and "Killing Time" by John Grimson, the original novelist Another new film adaptation of "The Rainmaker" was released. The film was directed by Coppola, and the old Hollywood actor Danny DeVito partnered with the little fresh meat Matt Damon, costing 40 million US dollars.

Subsequently, on November 26, the day before Thanksgiving, Warner Bros.' "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" and another sci-fi comedy "Flying Magic" from Paramount started painting together.

"Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" is a thriller and suspense film that Clint Eastwood once again cooperated with Warner and directed and acted by himself.

"Flying Baby" is a blockbuster collaboration between John Hughes and Paramount, which has been silent for several years, at a cost of 80 million US dollars. The film starring Robin Williams tells the story of a scientist who is obsessed with research and invented All kinds of ridiculous things happened after discovering a magical paint that can get rid of gravity.

Calculated, the box office week from November 21st to November 27th, there were as many as five mainstream commercial films. Among them, "Terminator 3", "A Bug's Story" and "Flying Magic" are all blockbusters. Even "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" with the lowest budget has a production cost of 35 million US dollars.

Considering that the opening of three new films in the past week was generally sluggish due to strong competition, five new films were added this week of Thanksgiving, and the executives of each studio are under great pressure.

Simon belongs to the kind with a more relaxed mentality. For the current situation, I even like to hear and see.

Because it is a well-determined strategy.

Even if the company will inevitably suffer some losses in the short term due to the grouping of movies, Daenerys Entertainment, which has a strong family, can completely afford this kind of grouping competition. Therefore, it is actually only squeezing the living space of other studios. When it is found that the film market is getting more and more crowded, other companies will naturally take the initiative to reduce the number of productions, and when others take a step back, Daenerys Entertainment can go further.

In the end, a brand-new pattern of reducing the seven big Hollywood players to the Big Three and even one superpower with multiple powerhouses was achieved.

Moreover, speaking of it, when other Hollywood studios are anxious because of the subtle changes in the film market structure, Simon's recent thoughts are not even on the film.

In terms of major events, Simon's recent focus is on South Korea.

In terms of small things, returning from London to New York, Simon values ​​other things in the next few days more than movies.

First of all, on the same Friday, November 21st, Daenerys Entertainment's game department "Counter-Strike 3.0" was released. After final planning, the official name of this game was determined to be "Counter-Strike ol". 'ol' naturally means on line.

Second, it's Saturday.

There are two things happening at the same time. On Saturday morning, the long-prepared Tinkerbell store will officially open. The first batch will only be three, located in prime locations in the three metropolises of Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. And on Saturday night, after the closure of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, the fundamental purpose of supplementing it was the Victoria's Secret annual charity party for brand promotion.

long island.

In a seaside manor at the east end of East Hampton.

It's already Friday night.

Chen Qing, who was connected to Simon's video communication, saw a little girl with a flushed face like a doll in her boss's arms at first sight, but she didn't ignore it, and greeted her with a smile: "Hello, Miu Miao. "

Of course, the little girl also remembered the same polite greeting from Miss Chen who brought their mother and daughter together.

After complimenting the little girl for being more beautiful, Chen Qing turned to her boss, and as usual, she was not in a hurry to talk about the business, but said: "Boss, in the email yesterday, you have the idea of ​​buying the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul and the surrounding land. how do you feel?"

Simon is fine.

The main reason is that the location of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul is indeed too golden, and it can also take advantage of a large piece of land that he had been looking at before, or the latter is the key point. In short, it is not expensive anyway.

Nodding his head, Simon said: "You can figure it out, and don't worry, the most difficult time for South Korea has not yet come, remember to pick the best time to loot."

Chen Qing smiled and nodded.

A certain little girl who was listening silently in Simon's arms raised her head and bent her mouth: "Dad, is it a derogatory term to take advantage of the fire?"

Simon tapped his chin on the girl's forehead and said with a smile, "Of course it's a derogatory term."

Miao Miao shrank her neck: "Father is good or bad."

Chen Qing on the other side waited for a big and a small interaction before continuing: "I don't think there is any need to wait, boss, now is a very good time. After this period of time, the exchange rate between the Korean won and the US dollar should appreciate from below 2000." When it reaches more than 1500, we may have to pay at least 25% more of the cost, and Kim Yong-sam also said in his speech two days ago that the authorities should increase revenue and reduce expenditure, which happens to be a good time to sell assets to the public.”

Simon didn't object either: "Just do it if you think you can."

Then it got down to business.

Because of the presence of a certain girl, Chen Qing also switched to English, and Simon followed suit. The little girl in her arms has been in the United States for more than two years. Daily conversations in English are no problem, but when it comes to various technical terms discussed by the two of them, even if they continue to use Chinese It is impossible to understand, especially in English.

It's Saturday in Asia.

In the past few days, although there were sporadic commotions in South Korea due to the harsh agreement signed between the authorities and the IMF, it has nothing to do with the overall situation, and things are basically settled. In view of South Korea's precarious financial situation, imf will allocate 10 billion US dollars in advance this weekend to help the South Korean government respond.

Chen Qing also talked about the latest news.

South Korea will reopen its stock and bond markets next Monday, as well as a brief period of foreign exchange controls.

Under the matchmaking of Washington, the creditors in Europe, North America and Asia have promised not to carry out a run on South Korea. Today, several major financial giants in the United States issued a joint statement because of this, as long as there are no unpredictable events In the black swan event, the financial market will reopen next week, and the economic situation in South Korea will gradually stabilize.

As for the Westeros system.

Negotiations with the current major Hyundai, Samsung and SK are also very smooth. However, after all, it is a big business of tens of billions of dollars. Even if the intention has been finalized, it will not be completed in a day or two. , The transactions with the three chaebols can basically be done.

After listening to Chen Qing's general introduction, Simon had no objection, but asked her to bring along the British consortium that had promised Blair when she was in London.

On the call screen, Chen Qing agreed, and then continued: "Boss, Daewoo, LG, Ssangyong and other consortiums probably understood their situation recently, and tried to contact me, but according to the boss's intention, I refused Now, what should we do next?"

Simon has read the information, and LG must not let it go. He hopes that LG will focus on LCD screens in the future, and the timing is right, and Samsung's related businesses will also be divested. Even if Samsung can be completely controlled in the future, Simon still does not intend to make Samsung too powerful. This is also a strategy that was set very early.

Daewoo also has a large-scale semiconductor business, which can be integrated with SK at that time. In addition, there are other projects, such as the Hanjin consortium that operates shipping, etc., which have projects that Simon is interested in.

However, these are not urgent.

After thinking about it for a while, Simon shook his head and said, "Leave them alone, let's settle the three goals of Hyundai, SK and Samsung."

It's still a matter of time.

After dragging on for a year or two, the chaebols in South Korea who are still able to handle it now will not be impossible to kneel down and beg for mercy.

Hanging it out for a while can let Samsung and other companies understand the value of their early compromise. When the time is right, you can get what the Westeros system needs at a lower cost.

Chen Qing agreed, looked at the memo in front of her, and talked about the layout of the Korean entertainment industry.

Other aspects have been discussed a lot in private through emails and phone calls, this time mainly about movies.

In the past few days, Simon has been flipping through various scripts transferred by Chen Qing, and said: "As for the selection of scripts, the team over there focuses on low-cost comedies, horror films and other types, which can be said to be correct. Incorrect again, do you know where the problem is?"

Chen Qing tilted her head and thought for a while, then said: "The risk of this kind of project is very small. Similarly, the influence will be very small when it is produced, and it cannot compete with Hollywood blockbusters. Just like in China, the boss supports the production of "Hero". Investing in projects is to create influence.”

Simon nodded: "That's right. However, it's not just about influence, it's basically to re-attract the audience's attention to local films, and then activate the market. Therefore, if Korean films want to get out of the downturn, they need to produce blockbusters in South Korea. A blockbuster, as long as it lives successfully, will have greater influence than a bunch of low-cost small films, even if dark horses will appear in these small films.”