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Claire watched Simon playing with the prototype, and said, "This is just an alternative for the second-generation machine. Neither Neil nor I have decided whether to replace the 3.5-inch floppy disk with a 2.5-inch one."

"I suggest you do this. Pocketization is an inevitable trend. The smaller the size of this card camera, the easier it is to carry, and the easier it is to promote." Simon asked Deborah to pick up the little guy, and casually raised the camera to take pictures A photo, and continued: "Actually, if you can really make a digital camera into a 'card', it will be considered the ultimate."

The current card camera does not mean that the camera itself is like a card, but just a concept relative to the more professional SLR camera.

The actual size of the first generation iCam is like a small dictionary.

Even the second-generation prototype in Simon's hands is about 15CM10CM5CM in size, which is still larger and bloated than the card camera in Simon's memory.

Claire has accumulated enough professional knowledge. Hearing what Simon said, he thought about it and said, "If you want to make a real card, floppy disk storage will definitely not work. You may need to use the latest flash media. In addition, sensors, The battery is a big problem, as well as the operation, if it really becomes a card, the existing physical buttons also need to be replaced.”

Simon listened to Miss C's thoughts diverging freely, and said with a smile: "According to Moore's Law, electronic components will become more and more integrated in the future, components will become smaller and smaller, but their functions will be more powerful. Therefore, electronic products should be extremely miniaturized It's feasible, didn't I ask you to apply for many 'i' series trademarks, these will definitely be used in the future."

Claire remembered the iPlayer, iPhone and other trademarks held by Tinkobel Company besides iCam. It seems that my boss had thought of it far from the beginning.

However, her current focus is to do a good job with iCam first. In the past few months since the official launch of the product, iCam has confirmed that it has sufficient market capacity, and the continuous explosive growth of the Internet industry is still improving the business prospects of iCam.In the short term, she will be satisfied as long as she can make this product well and gain a firm foothold in this fiercely competitive market where more and more established manufacturers are joining.

Simon does have a big plan, but he doesn't mean to spoil it.

I continued to chat with Claire about some details, and before I knew it, it was already lunch time.

Even though she was invited by Simon to have a meal together, and seeing the sisters going to and from the kitchen and dining room in the past, Claire was still embarrassed to sit with Simon and his wife after all.

It's really disgusting to do so.

Clare graciously helped arrange the lunch, and Claire found an excuse and ran to the small restaurant where the maids ate.

The evening New Year's Eve party started at seven o'clock, and the venue was still at the activity center on the second floor of Daenerys Studios.

In addition to the executives of the Westeros system, many politicians and celebrities in Los Angeles were invited to attend. Just after six o'clock in the afternoon, the two entrances to the north and south of Daenerys Studios seemed to be full of traffic.

Many people have unknowingly discovered that in current Hollywood, only Daenerys Entertainment has enough strength and appeal to hold such a grand New Year's Eve event.

In 1991, which was about to pass, Hollywood seemed to be thriving. The annual box office hit a new high, and peripheral industries such as video tapes flourished.

However, if you sort it out carefully, most of the glory is created by Daenerys Entertainment.

This can be seen just by referring to the 1991 North American movie box office list.

According to the latest box office data last weekend, the top ten films on the North American box office list in 1991 are temporarily in order:

No.1: "Batman: The Dark Knight", $3.73 million;

No.2: "Terminator 2", $2.04 million;

No.3: "The End of the World", $1.83 million;

No.4: "Toy Story", $1.54 million (in theaters, expected to be $2 million);

No.5: "Robin Hood", $1.51 million;

No.6: "The Silence of the Lambs", $1.31 million;

No.7: "Urban Hillbilly" 1.23 million US dollars;

No.8: "Fighting Wisdom and Stars", 1.21;

No.9: "A Few Good Men" $1.17 million;

No.10: "The Flash", $1.08 million (in theaters, expected to be $2.5 million).

Obviously, in the top ten list, only Warner Bros. Pictures' "Robin Hood" and Columbia Pictures' "Urban Hillbillies" have nothing to do with Daenerys Entertainment.

The other eight films, four are films that Daenerys Entertainment cooperated with other studios, three are films produced by Daenerys Entertainment alone, and the last one "The Flash", Simon also controls the lead of this project rights, and enjoy 10% of the North American box office share of the project as the first producer.

Because Simon's participation in "The Flash" was not too high, before the film was released, other factions within Time Warner also raised objections, thinking that Simon did too little and took too much, and hoped that in the next "Flash" Change this unfair sharing contract in projects such as sequels and "cyborg".

When "The Flash" opened with the second highest score of the year and was expected to break through the box office of 2.5 million US dollars in North America, it meant that Simon could easily take 2500 million US dollars, but it turned out that no one raised too many objections.

After all, no one in Hollywood can secure a $2.5 million domestic box office for a project.

Moreover, judging from the box office feedback in overseas markets that have already opened, the overseas box office of "The Flash" is expected to reach 4 million U.S. dollars, which at least ensures the film's global box office of 6 million U.S. dollars.

Even if it cannot be compared with the "Batman" series, even if a huge investment of 1.2 US dollars has been invested, the global box office of 6 million US dollars, including the related peripheral sales revenue during the same period and the subsequent channel revenue, is enough for Time Warner to earn a lot of money. Bowl full.

In Hollywood, who else has the ability to turn stones into gold?

Even if it is foreseen that the continuous expansion of Daenerys Entertainment will threaten the entire traditional power ecology of Hollywood, however, in the face of such temptations of interests, there is really no one that can really stop the expansion of Daenerys Entertainment.

What most people look forward to is to be able to cooperate with Daenerys Entertainment.

On the other hand, Daenerys Entertainment also showed enough cooperative attitude, and did not greedily eat all the benefits into its own stomach.

When the Simon couple arrived at the activity center of the studio, the hall was already full of people and very lively.

At seven o'clock, the party begins.

Under the gaze of hundreds of pairs of eyes, when Simon took the stage to deliver a New Year speech, he couldn't help but look back on the year that was about to pass.

In 1991, the beginning of the last decade of the twentieth century, too many things happened in both the Westeros system and the world.

This year began with a destructive Gulf War and ended with a thrilling empire collapse, and the world pattern has undergone fundamental changes.

In this year, the Westeros system has successively merged MCA and Bell Atlantic. While becoming one of the largest media giants in Hollywood, it has successfully entered the traditional telecommunications industry.

This year, the first heir to the Westeros family was born.

This year, because of the influence and promotion of Simon, the big butterfly, the Internet industry began to explode ahead of schedule.

This year, the other two projects of the DC film universe, "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "The Flash", achieved success again, completely confirming the formation of a new film business model.

This year, Simon Westero's personal wealth reached 350 billion US dollars, far exceeding any one on the wealth list, and he was the best.

This year, Simon Westeros was 23 years old.

In the event hall.

Looking at the handsome, steady but sharp-edged young man who delivered the New Year's speech, all the guests in the hall lingered with various emotions.

Too many people don't believe in miracles because they have never encountered them.

However, at this moment, everyone has to admit that a miracle happened to them, and it happened to that treacherous young man who started to rise rapidly at the age of 18.

In this atmosphere filled with various emotions, Simon concluded his speech smoothly: "Finally, I hope you all have a good night, and I also wish everyone smooth work, happiness and health in the coming year, thank you all. "

Amid the warm applause, Simon stepped off the podium.

Tonight's festivities officially begin.

The carnival lasted until late at night, at twelve o'clock, everyone began to count down.

When the New Year's bell rings, 1992 officially arrives.

After New Year's Day, when many people were still immersed in the holidays, Simon, who had been off for a whole month because of Janet's delivery, started to work again.

At the beginning of the new year, there are too many things in the entire Westeros system that need to be handled by Simon himself.

In addition to a series of film projects under Daenerys Entertainment that need to be sorted out by Simon himself, in New York, the long-prepared Westeros Building will start after the year. The first thing to do is to demolish the entire block of six buildings. buildings.Before the start of construction, many details need to be finalized by Simon himself.

This is one of them.

During Simon's vacation in December, Daenerys Entertainment successfully completed the acquisition of EA at a total transaction price of US$12 billion.

The video game industry will be a very important business branch of Daenerys Entertainment, even if Nancy Brill is in charge of most of the work, it is impossible for Simon to completely ignore it.

This is the second.

After a year of sorting out, according to the original plan, Daenerys Entertainment will also carry out a second layoff in order to reduce the bloated phenomenon of some departments after the merger of MCA.

This is the third.

Finally, there is Japan's plans for Universal Studios Osaka.

After long negotiations with the Japanese government, the location of Universal Studios in Osaka has been basically determined, and Simon also needs to fly to Japan in the near future.

Chapter 458 Visiting (Revising)

Friday, January 1992, 1.

In the new box office week, when people began to work after the festival, the box office of a series of films in the year-end schedule that just passed has seen a very obvious drop.

1月3日到1月9日，《闪电侠》的票房跌幅达到49%，相比上一周的5318万美元票房，本周进账缩水至2712万美元。

However, in three weeks, the cumulative box office of "The Flash" quickly reached 1 million US dollars.

With the box office base of US$2712 million in the third week, it is not a problem for "The Flash" to continue to earn US$1 million in the future. The total box office in North America can easily exceed US$2.5 million, becoming the runner-up in the North American box office in 1991.

The box office trend of "Toy Story" has been very stable. The box office fell by 43% in the week after the new year.

Immediately afterwards, films such as "Captain Hawke", "Assassination of Kennedy", and "007: Goldeneye" all saw box office declines of around 40.00% to 50.00% this week.

Of course, according to past box office rules, after this week's deep drop, based on factors such as media reputation and audience popularity of these films, next week's box office drop will be readjusted to a level similar to that of the popular schedule at the end of the year.

On the whole, this is just a reduction in the box office scale of unpopular schedules.

After dealing with some work accumulated by Daenerys Entertainment at the end of last year, Simon flew to New York on January 1, and has been busy in the following days with the final preparations before the groundbreaking of Westeros Tower.

The specific design work of the Westeros Building is in charge of the well-known North American SOM architectural design firm, and the design firm of David Johnston's girlfriend Leslie Wickett's home has also thought about it.However, it is impossible for Simon to entrust the design of such an important building to a company that is only medium-sized and does not have much experience in super high-rise building design because of personal factors.

The design of super high-rise buildings is definitely not just as simple as ordinary people see the shape, but also involves a series of complex professional issues such as structure, load bearing, earthquake resistance, ventilation, etc.

In comparison, the SOM Architectural Design Office, established in 1936, has very deep experience in high-rise building design.

At the same time, the construction project of Westeros Building is also contracted by the long-established Tishman Speyer Real Estate Construction Company.

For ordinary people, Tishman Speyer's reputation is not so loud.However, the series of projects undertaken by this engineering and construction company are familiar to all. The twin towers of the World Trade Center were constructed by Tishman Speyer.

In addition, Tishman Speyer has built Disney World in Florida and numerous Hilton hotel projects around the world.

The choice of SOM Architecture Design Office is entirely Simon's personal wish, but there are other factors in the choice of Tishman Speyer.

Simply put, Tishman Speyer is equivalent to a local snake in the real estate industry in New York.

Under the management of the Speyer family behind the scenes, this engineering and construction company established at the end of the last century has established an intricate network of relationships in New York's political and business circles. Tishman Speyer even has the Rockefeller family behind the scenes.Tishman Speyer's current and former bosses have also served as presidents of the New York real estate union.

The final design of the Westeros Tower, 622 meters high and 139 floors.

These include 135 floors above ground and 4 floors underground.

Simon and Janet's residence will occupy the entire ten-storey space at the top 50 meters of the building.The apron platform of the original Avengers Tower is also preserved in this building, which is also the most difficult part of Westeros Tower construction.

The height of 622 meters is 443 meters higher than the 417 meters of the Empire State Building and the 200 meters of the Petronas Towers [-]. Once completed, the Westeros Tower will become the world's tallest building.

Such a skyscraper, destined to become a landmark building, can make any architectural design firm famous, and it can also make any engineering construction company take over.As a veteran engineering and construction leader in New York, Tishman Speyer will naturally not allow such an important project to fall into the hands of other contractors.

As soon as news of the Westeros Building project got out, Tishman Speyer took the initiative to get in touch with Simon.

Simon had no intention of fighting against such a local snake, not to mention that Tishman Speyer also had enough qualifications to undertake the construction of this building. After several negotiations between the two parties, the contract was formally signed last year.

In return, Tishman Speyer also provided a lot of help with building approvals for Westeros Towers.

However, although the main construction tasks were handed over to Tishman Speyer, Simon would not completely trust the engineering and construction company because of its veteran qualifications.

Similar to buildings like the Empire State Building, Simon hopes that the Westeros Building can also stand for a hundred years.

Therefore, all the details of the project can not be lost.

For this purpose, Westeros has organized a dedicated financial monitoring team to monitor all expenditures of the Westeros Building project in real time during the construction cycle of the next five years.

At the same time, through the connections of the Johnston family, Simon organized a team of technical experts in everything from building materials to structural engineering in Australia.For the next five years, this group of people will be based in New York, keeping an eye on all the construction details of the Westeros Building.

The two teams worked together to ensure that the construction party would not have any chance to exploit loopholes.

After a busy week, I re-examined the details of the planned building, signed a series of contracts from building materials procurement to accident insurance, etc., and the preliminary preparations for the project were finally finalized. Demolition of six buildings between 59th and 60th Streets will begin in earnest next week.

It is estimated that it will take two months to demolish the original six buildings and complete the follow-up cleanup.

Counting the expenses of purchasing the land in the early stage, the design cost of SOM, the construction deposit of Tishman Speyer and the purchase contract of building materials, etc., in order to complete this building, Simon has invested more than 4 million US dollars.

Because Simon put forward the highest requirements for all the details of the Westeros Building, the five-year construction cycle and subsequent annual expenditures will not be less than 2 million US dollars.

After the building is completed, interior water and electricity decoration, etc., are also a considerable expense.

Overall, the entire budget of the Westeros Building is likely to reach more than 16 billion US dollars, which is undoubtedly the single building with the highest budget cost in history.

In the original time and space, the overall cost of rebuilding the new World Trade Center with the highest specifications was only US$31 billion.

That building started construction in 2006, exactly 14 years later.

Now it is 1992, the US dollar is very valuable, and most of the richest people in the United States are worth less than 50 billion US dollars.

Saturday, April 1.

After a busy working day, Simon came to East Hampton, Long Island from Manhattan in the morning to visit Steve Ross.