Chapter 1533: Steady and Steady
Even with the warmth and fragrance of a group of big and small goblins entangled, Simon still left Southampton early and rushed to Manhattan to start a day's work.
The first thing to pay attention to today is the launch data of Tianlong Babu last night.
Since the official launch of dho, there has been a late-night theater from 11:00 in the middle of the night to 1:00 in the morning of the next day. The time is from Sunday to Thursday, five days a week, and it mainly broadcasts non-English TV dramas imported from overseas.
At present, this paid cable station has been on the air for nearly a year, and the ratings of the series that have been released in succession vary. The highest number of viewers has exceeded 1.1 million, and the lowest number is only more than 200,000. If you want to say an average value, it is probably Around 500,000.
As of the end of August this year, the total number of domestic subscribers of dho has reached 9.3 million, with an average viewership of 500,000. According to the time period, it is already quite impressive.
By the way, the viewership statistics of paid cable stations are different from those of public television networks. They only look at the number of viewers. After all, each user costs money.
However, the operation team of dho is not too satisfied, and is planning to postpone the late-night theater for at least another half an hour, adding a late-night talk show during the period.
Talk shows are still quite popular late at night.
Moreover, dho's talk show is obviously, compared with the major public cable TV stations, the scale can be played on a larger scale by then.
Simon didn't object to that either.
The problem is that excellent talk show hosts are actually not so easy to find. Otherwise, the major public television networks will not have only a few late-night talk show hosts for decades.
Can only choose slowly.
Let's go back to the Tianlongbabu that just started broadcasting.
Simon arrived at Daenerys' East Coast headquarters on 66th Street on the Upper West Side, and the data for the episode's premiere last night was delivered to him. The first two episodes aired, with an average viewership of 960,000, and the highest number of viewers reached 1.17 million, which is quite impressive.
It's hard to see by comparison.
For example, a drama before the broadcast of Tianlong Babu, from Brazil, Portuguese, called the dance of the tip of the knife, tells the story of a modern ranger who is both good and evil, shuttling among all kinds of people in the metropolis to hoe the strong and help the weak to maintain justice.
One characteristic of Brazilian TV series is that they are very long.
At the time of purchase, Simon was a little surprised when he saw the 53 episodes of Dance of the Knives. After asking, he learned that it was relatively short. Many other Brazilian TV series often have one to two hundred episodes, and it is not the phenomenon-level longevity dramas such as Friends in North America that are filmed for such a long time. It usually takes two or three years to shoot to this level.
In short, because the ratings of Dance of the Blades in Brazil in the first half of the year were very good, and the number of episodes is not too much, I chose to buy it here.
After all, cheap.
Then, for the complete 53 episodes, the average viewership of this brazilian TV series is 670,000, and the highest viewership data is 1.05 million, which is better than the average level of the past year, but it is only slightly beyond the standard line, after all, the number of users of dho It has been growing rapidly, and now it is close to 10 million. If the ratings of the dance of the knife point are less than 500,000, it may be stopped if it cannot be finished.
Looking at Tianlong Babu again, it can break through the highest number of viewers of 1 million when it starts broadcasting, which is undoubtedly a very brilliant start.
Of course, this is not for no reason.
Compared with the previous Dance of the Blades, Simon's preference for Tianlong Babu must be well known to everyone in dho, so he also paid considerable attention to it.
Just talking about the early publicity, in the official trailer released by dho and youtube at the same time, in addition to the main shots, there are Ang Lee, Zhang Guoshi, Jack Cheng, Jeter Lee, Roland Emmerich, Quentin Tarantino, Sylvie Stallone and other familiar Chinese faces in Hollywood and recommendations from local celebrities.
Not only that, on the youtube platform, during this period of time, dho officially launched a variety of video clips of highlights related to this drama or preview explanations of the whole story for the convenience of western audiences to understand. Among them, the video with the highest clicks has more than 12 million hits.
In short, these treatments are not enjoyed by the Dance of the Blades before Tianlongbabu.
Looking at the results of the first day of the series, it is not surprising.
Therefore, the key is the follow-up trend.
Even if it doesn't go all the way up, as long as it can stabilize at the current average ratings of one million, Tianlong Babu can become the best overseas TV series since the opening of DHO Late Night Theater.
On the contrary, if the results of the broadcast are outstanding, but then go all the way up and down, it must be a bit ugly.
All in all, Simon is very satisfied with the results of the broadcast, but also understands that it still depends on the follow-up.
On the same day, another thing was to finalize the acquisition of Hasbro.
In the afternoon, Simon personally participated in a meeting with Hasbro's high-level executives. Nancy Brill, who was still raising children on the east coast, because of her relationship with Hasbro and the fact that the little guy was approaching the full moon, she They are also gradually planning to start working again, and it just so happens that this is a matter within the purview of the small children's executives, and they attended this meeting together today.
The two sides have actually negotiated a price tag.
Simon made a slight concession on this. Compared with the original upper limit of 5 billion US dollars, the final transaction price was 5.15 billion US dollars, which was 150 million more.
Similarly, as a kind of compromise, Hasbro accepted the cash plus equity payment plan proposed here, in which the share of stock accounts for 70%, and cash can only get 30%. the shortest
Lock-up period of six months up to three years.
This meeting is mainly to discuss the development of Hasbro after joining the Westeros system.
Although the original shareholders of Hasbro got Daenerys shares after the deal was concluded, considering their own interests, they will only pay more attention to the future trend of Daenerys Entertainment as a whole. But this time it is confirmed that the management of Hasbro will basically stay. These people will take charge of this toy company next, and with the backing of Daenerys Entertainment and even the entire Westeros system, they must also hope to make a difference. This requires negotiating conditions in advance.
Simon won Hasbro, the copyright of the Transformers series is very important, but Hasbro itself, he did not underestimate it.
Hasbro has its own set of complete toy production and sales networks. In the past, the cooperation between the two parties inevitably caused conflicts of interest. For example, Daenerys asked for too high a share. Of course, Hasbro will not spend too much on related authorized toys. , and vice versa. Therefore, it is inevitable that it will not be able to maximize the peripheral potential of Daenerys's series of blockbuster films.
This time, Hasbro is completely incorporated into its own system, and there will be no similar troubles in the future.
Of course other problems arise.
After joining Daenerys, it may not be so easy for Hasbro to obtain peripheral authorizations from other Hollywood studios.
Right now, though, that's not a problem.
Because it's just Daenerys Entertainment's family, it will be enough for Hasbro in the future, not to mention the brand new 20th Century Fox or Time Warner, the cooperation that should be there will actually not be interrupted.
What is lost is the cooperation projects of the remaining few studios whose strength will only become weaker and weaker. In fact, it may not necessarily be lost. Project, as long as the conditions here are suitable, it is impossible to resolutely not cooperate with Hasbro just out of anger or other things.
In short, after receiving Simon's promise to increase the support of peripheral businesses, the matter was completely finalized.
The next day, Wednesday, September 8th, the news was officially made public. Compared with the previous merger of 20th Century Fox, MGM and Lucasfilm, Daenerys' acquisition is much smaller this time. However, the response is not weak at all. The most direct feedback is that the stock prices of Mattel and other North American toy companies fell across the board on Wednesday, and the market value of Hasbro, which is still in trading state, almost fell back to 30% from before. The lows in the range of 100 million US dollars skyrocketed all the way, with a single-day increase of 15.6%. In one day, the market value rose from 4.09 billion US dollars before the opening to 4.73 billion US dollars.
Not only that, under normal circumstances, the stock price of the party that initiates the acquisition tends to fall after the news is announced, but Daenerys Entertainment, whose market value has already broken through the high of 700 billion, rose by 0.79% on Wednesday following the announcement of the news , the market value increased from $721.9 billion to $727.6 billion.
Because the volume is large enough, with such a slight jump, the increase in market value exceeds the total value of Hasbro.
Daenerys was originally listed on the New York Stock Exchange. After the Dow Jones broke through a new high of 10,000 points on May 26 in the first half of the year, the upward trend accelerated, and even the growth momentum of Daenerys' stock price, which is the leader, also rose all the way.
On the other hand, on the same day, the market value of Eaglet Corporation on the Nasdaq's market has reached 746.3 billion US dollars.
The two super giants with a market capitalization of 700 billion have led the market in the two cities, and have become a topic of discussion for countless people in and outside the financial circle. Everyone is waiting to see which of the two companies can break through the 1 trillion mark first.
Although, it seems that no matter which one breaks through first, it is actually an industry under the name of Simon Westeros. However, the first listed company in the history of the human economy to break through a trillion-dollar market value, which to some extent shows an important symbol of the prosperous economy of the global village in the new era, still makes most people look forward to it.
Inside a mansion in Oyster Bay on northern Long Island.
This is the residence of two sisters, Melania and Inas Knaves.
After pregnancy, the two women were arranged here to continue to manage their well-developed fashion business. At the same time, the mother and child are expensive, and they also received a family fund from the Westeros family. task.
Compared with a certain German girl who was crossed by Simon very early, the performance of the Knaves sisters satisfied Simon.
So I came to visit last night and stayed overnight.
The two sisters have been pregnant for 7 months, but they are obviously trying to please a man who rarely appears, and they still try their best to please. For Simon, it is also unique.
The morning of a new day.
It's Friday, September 10th.
When Simon came to the restaurant, the housekeeper Angourie Davis personally delivered breakfast, as well as today's newspaper.
While eating, Simon opened the international edition of the New York Times, and it was easy to find news from Chechnya.
According to this draft, after the Russian troops began to fight, their advance in Chechnya can be described as slow, and I am afraid that they will encounter another setback like the last Chechen war.
Simon just smiled at that.
In the end, the ass decides the head, or the reporter who wrote this manuscript is too amateur.
Compared with the disastrous defeat of the first Chechen war, this time the Kremlin authorities’ actions not only have the righteous name of anti-terrorism, but also received unanimous support from all walks of life in politics, business and military under the good coordination of someone.
Even though it has been 10 years since the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, not to mention that the opponent is not a horse, it can only be regarded as a mouse.
If you want a quick victory, it is not a problem for the Russian army to directly hit Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, this week.
The problem is, the matter is resolved neatly, just like the Gulf War in 1991, it was settled in two or three months, and then?
There is the most typical lesson learned from the United States.
Then, Bush Sr. was full of spirits, thinking that he could easily achieve re-election by virtue of the prestige gained in the Gulf War. Unfortunately, the public is the most forgetful group of people.
When the war ended, everyone discussed livelyly for a few days, and immediately returned to reality. The reality is that the US economy was in a downturn at that time, everyone's wages did not rise, inflation, and unemployment rate rose. This is simply too bad. As a result, the glory gained by someone through a war quickly turned into a stain.
What's the use of winning battles, the problem is economics, idiot.
Then you lose.
The same goes for Russia.
Russia's general election will be in March next year. If the authorities settle the war quickly, the people will definitely cheer and be encouraged in the short term. The Red Empire, which has been silent for ten years, will stand up again.
It's just that standing consumes more energy than sitting, and makes you hungry more easily.
The result may be that until next year's general election, the war achievements at this time will also become a stain once again.
What's the use of winning battles, the problem is economics, idiot.
Therefore, the success or failure of this war is very critical, but at the same time that it must not lose, the rhythm of the war must also be well controlled, at least until next year, so as to ensure that the reputation of the war will not be transformed into negative public opinion assets.
That's why the Russian army is fighting steadily in Chechnya.
Inside the restaurant.
Simon was eating slowly while reading the newspaper, when he heard footsteps, it was Inas.
Inas Knaves, with a bulging belly but a different kind of blush on his face, said good morning to Simon, approached him affectionately, rubbed his belly lightly on Simon's arm, and leaned over Come forward.
Simon kissed the woman and motioned her to sit down beside him. While continuing to read the newspaper in front of him, he casually said, "Have you had a conflict with Meier?"
Inas was softly telling the waitress what to eat for breakfast, she paused when she heard the words, and waited for the waitress to leave before whispering: "No, Simon, no."
Said obviously guilty.
In fact, of course, it was caused by this little guy in the stomach.
Back then, when there were two sisters, Inas could only be regarded as a free ride, and she didn't have any ambitions at first. After all, the younger sister could rely on such a man and pull her over to live such a good life, so she had nothing else to ask for.
And then, that night.
The man said that as long as you get pregnant, you will be rewarded with 100 million US dollars.
That's $100 million.
In short, at the beginning, the sisters were also concentric and played some tricks. But, unexpectedly, the two of them would be pregnant together. When Melania learned of this, her first reaction was to ask Inas to kill the child quietly. But, how could Inas agree?
So here we are.
Although the two sisters still maintain a superficial harmony and worked hard together to satisfy the man last night, the rift caused by the pregnancy incident has always existed.
Simon actually noticed last night that the two sisters were clearly separated in this villa, and even made small movements on the bed.
However, since Inas didn't say anything, Simon didn't ask too much. He just said, "If you think it's inconvenient to live with Meier, you can tell Ange to change the place. The key is not to affect the child."
After Simon said that, Inas, who was also a little guilty in front of the man because she was a ride-hail at the beginning, nodded quickly.
While chatting, Melania also walked in with her stomach in her arms. Seeing that her sister was already sitting next to Simon, she stared at her with a slightly serious look. She wondered if Inas had said something to the man that she shouldn't have said. However, when Simon glanced over, Melania quickly changed into a smiling face, said good morning, and walked to the other side of the man to sit down.