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The more people in the game, the more they can deeply understand the real power and energy of those people at the top of the pyramid in a circle, so it is easier to feel awe and surrender.

Now, a TV drama project created by Simon himself, even if it will only be broadcast on a cable network like USA, after knowing some details of the project, it is enough to attract many Hollywood actresses who are already on the tail of their personal careers.

In the circle of Hollywood, especially actresses, if they cannot become famous before the age of 30, after the age of 30, they will either get married and have children and become housewives, or they can only hang out on the fringes of the circle. Only a handful of people can really break through after the age of 30 countable.

It is now February of 1992, and the spring file has already started. The schedule of "Desperate Housewives" will definitely only be the golden file of this autumn, so there is still enough preparation and production time.

Simon took out a brief story and script, and handed over the preliminary preparations of the project to Robert Iger. He still has many more important things to deal with.

On February 2, after more than a month of financial audit, Daenerys Entertainment Group's 18 financial report was finally released.

Throughout 1991, Daenerys Entertainment, which completed the merger of MCA, achieved a total revenue of US$93 billion for the year.Due to the need to mobilize a large amount of cash flow to repay the debts of the MCA acquisition, as well as the company's layoffs, asset write-downs, and other expenses, the company's annual net profit was finally 2.7 million US dollars.

However, due to the continuous large-scale debt settlement, even after completing the acquisition of EA at a cost of more than 8 million US dollars, the overall debt of Daenerys Entertainment Group is only 78 billion US dollars.

Because of the success of "Toy Story", the industry's valuation of Daenerys Entertainment Group has generally reached 200 billion US dollars.

According to this valuation level, the debt amount of 78 billion US dollars is roughly equivalent to a debt ratio of 39%.

Daenerys Entertainment's debt ratio can be controlled within 40% after completing a multi-billion dollar merger and acquisition, which is already a pioneering work.

After Time Warner Group has adopted a series of debt reduction measures in the past two years, coupled with the continuous rebound of the US stock market for more than a year, the company's debt ratio at this stage is still over 70%.

The reason why the assets of media tycoons like Redstone and Murdoch have shrunk rapidly in recent years is mainly because they were dragged down by the high debt of their companies after the outbreak of the US bond crisis.

Such a comparison further reflects the excellent management of Daenerys Entertainment.

In addition, Daenerys Entertainment's annual revenue of US$93 billion also means that this media company, which has only been established for six years, has already squeezed into the top 500 of the Fortune 50 list. The volume is comparable to the famous Lockheed Martin, Coca-Cola and other old industry giants.

In the entire media industry, Daenerys Entertainment's revenue is second only to Time Warner Group.

However, due to the completely out-of-control merger two years ago and the long-term fierce internal struggle of the management, although Time Warner has a revenue of more than [-] billion US dollars, the actual operating conditions are far worse than that of Danielle, who is still thriving. wire entertainment.

Now that it has planned to go public, Daenerys Entertainment did not continue to keep a low profile on the company's financial data this time, and took the initiative to contact some financial media to release the data.

Most corporate giants often suffer huge losses in the first few years after completing mergers and acquisitions. Although the net profit margin of Daenerys Entertainment in the past year was only 3%, anyone can see that such financial data clearly proves that It made Daenerys Entertainment more comfortable financially.

After the initial turbulence after the merger and acquisition is over and the business is stable, as long as it is willing to rely on its own abundant cash flow, Daenerys Entertainment's debt ratio will continue to decrease rapidly.

With the media's discussion of Daenerys Entertainment's new annual financial report, Simon's 24th birthday is also coming unknowingly.

February 2 this year happens to be a Saturday.

Although I don't plan to make a big fanfare like my 20th birthday, it is not easy for Simon now to spend a birthday in a low-key manner.

Since January, many people have been inquiring about Simon's 1th birthday party. Janet wished everyone would forget her birthday, but she also attached great importance to Simon's birthday, and started preparations a month in advance.

The party location is still in the mansion on the hillside of Palisades.

After getting along for so long, most of the people around him can feel the primitive sense of territory in Simon. He doesn't like his personal space to be touched by others.

Therefore, many people don't have much expectations for holding a birthday party at Cape Dume Manor, and perhaps in the future, few people will be able to enter the top floor of the Westeros Building.

Of course, not everyone can participate in even the birthday party in the Palisades mansion.

Although the threshold is high, compared to the boring business parties in the past, under the arrangement of Janet, Simon's birthday party was a lot of fun, full of singing, dancing, wine and beauties.

The party lasted from seven o'clock on Saturday night to two o'clock in the morning. If it wasn't for the fear that some unpredictable things would happen to the guests staying in the Palisades mansion, all night would be inevitable.

Leaving the party, however absurd it may be, is none of Westeros' business.

Simon and his wife didn't leave Palisades until twelve o'clock that night, but they flew to Panama during the night. A certain little guy was temporarily handed over to Catherine to take care of her. Catherine obviously had no experience in childcare, but the woman All that needs to be done is actually to watch. The three ABD girls are all staying at Cape Dumey Manor. They are nannies trained by Janet herself.

After three days in Panama, the couple didn't return to Los Angeles until Wednesday of the new week.

Simon dropped off Janet at the airport, but flew straight to San Francisco.

After investing in the graphics card chip company ATI last year, just recently, ATI finally completed the research and development of the first consumer-grade graphics chip for the PC market.

Westeros bought a 5000% stake in ATI for US$25 million, and Simon then suggested that Intel acquire ATI wholly and devote all its efforts to the promotion of graphics cards.

However, although Intel accepted Simon's proposal, ATI did not agree to Intel's acquisition offer.

This is the obvious thing.

Holding the thigh of Westeros, ATI already has a strong enough backing, and there is no need to sell itself to Intel, at least for the time being.

Anyone who is not a fool should understand the truth of waiting for a price.

However, ATI is also aware of Intel's strong influence in the semiconductor industry. Although it rejected the offer for a wholly-owned acquisition, it also accepted Intel's investment and transferred 10% of the shares.

The semiconductor industry is very money-burning, so it is doomed that ATI, which has been financing continuously since its establishment, cannot have a large proportion of shareholders.

Westeros and Intel jointly hold a total of 35% of ATI's shares, and basically have control of the company.

ATI's graphics card chip is completed, and the next step is promotion.

Many years later, it is difficult for most PC users to truly appreciate the effectiveness of graphics cards, because at that time, ordinary users have become accustomed to the convenience brought by graphics cards, unless they are professional image processing personnel and game enthusiasts, otherwise, only integrated graphics cards, It is enough to meet the daily needs of most users.

Of course, in the subsequent era of smartphones, the role of the GPU is obvious.

Smartphones of different price ranges can support different mobile games, and the differences are largely due to the differences in the GPUs of smartphones.

At this stage, graphics cards dedicated to image processing have been introduced to replace the corresponding calculations supported by the CPU, and the display effect is immediate.

Simon had already experienced the effect of a discrete graphics card before he came to San Francisco. With the same configuration, a personal computer with a graphics card installed is smoother than a computer of the same type without a graphics card installed, whether it is browsing the web or playing video games.

After comprehensive evaluation, everyone also found one thing.

Once the graphics card is popularized, not only will it not increase the burden on consumers, but it can reduce the overall cost of PCs.

Because before this, users had to choose very expensive models to get a better Internet surfing and gaming experience.Now, it only needs to increase the graphics card expenditure by a few hundred dollars, and it may be possible to save one or two thousand dollars in the overall budget.

Moreover, this transformation will undoubtedly further accelerate the popularization of personal computers.

Traditional PC manufacturers are definitely inclined to maintain higher prices for personal computers. However, once this trend is formed, no one can stop it, either follow the trend or be eliminated.

On the other hand, the further popularization of personal computers will naturally promote the explosion of the Internet industry.

In this era, assembly machines had not yet emerged, and users basically purchased a complete set of personal computers, including the monitor.

Therefore, the promotion of graphics cards requires the cooperation of OEM manufacturers such as IBM and Compaq.

ATI was originally one of IBM's suppliers of professional graphics chips for graphics workstations. This time, after seeing the effects of consumer-grade graphics cards developed by ATI with their own eyes, IBM, which has always been the most difficult bone in the industry, did not hold back its opinions and quickly decided Launch corresponding models.

Of course, in terms of pricing, IBM has the final say.

IBM took the lead, and companies such as Compaq and Hewlett-Packard joined in.

As for Microsoft, under the impetus of Westeros Corporation, it has already invested in the research and development of graphics card support programs last year. The Windows 3 system to be released in March will support graphics card chips. The previous 3.1 system also Corresponding function upgrades will be carried out.

The changes promoted by the Wintel alliance naturally do not think of Apple.

Silicon Valley has always been difficult to keep any secrets, but Apple has also shown enough slowness in this matter.After hitting a new high with a market capitalization of $70 billion last year, Apple feels clearly too good about itself.

After Simon rushed to Intel's headquarters to attend a meeting related to the promotion of graphics cards, he stayed here until Friday, mainly for the arrangement of EA.

The promotion of graphics cards is undoubtedly the game industry that promotes the most.

Today's computer games are generally still 2D, but with the promotion of graphics cards, 3D games will not be far away.

The technical accumulation of Daenerys special effects in 3D animation can also provide a lot of support for the development of 3D games.At the same time, EA has been positioned as a PC game manufacturer from the very beginning, and it also has enough experience in game development.

With so many advantages, it would be a huge mistake for management if EA fails to seize this opportunity.

Simon would definitely not allow this to happen.

After personally finalizing some layouts of EA in 3D games, Simon returned to Los Angeles on February 2th.

In the past two months of 1992, Daenerys Entertainment's series of film projects have been running rapidly in various stages of production, and the same is true for film distribution.

In two months, the three labels under Daenerys Entertainment released a total of 7 films in this off-season. According to this release frequency, the annual release is enough to reach 40 films.

It is expected that the annual release scale of 40 films will exceed that of any major studio in Hollywood. However, with the current strength of Daenerys Entertainment, it is not too much.

In the original time and space, Disney, which acquired Miramax, and Time Warner, which acquired New Line, had a total of 40 major and sub-labels in their heyday.

It's just that Miramax now has nothing special like many small third-tier production companies in Hollywood. The "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" series was taken away by Simon, the popularity of the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series fell, and New Line fell into a trap. In the 80s, many second-tier companies were in a similar downturn.

Daenerys Entertainment's two major labels, Gaomen Pictures and New World Pictures, have replaced New Line and Miramax's original positions in Hollywood.

If calculated in this way, the three labels have a total of 40 film releases, which is even a little small.

Gaomen Pictures and New World Pictures have proven their strengths in their respective fields, and other Hollywood studios will naturally not let go of these two markets.

However, in recent years, under the strong expansion of Daenerys Pictures, the main label management of other studios has been lacklustre. They want to cooperate with Gaomen Pictures and New World Pictures in the fields of literary films and horror films Competition is unlikely in the short term.

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Veronica came to Los Angeles to pick up Melbourne on March 3.

When Janet was halfway through her pregnancy, she completely lost her initial expectations. She sent away the "little annoyance" she often talked about, and was finally liberated, and flew to New York the next day.

Neither Simon nor Janet are worried that Veronica will take good care of Melbourne.

Because in February, Veronica suddenly decided to step down from her job as chief financial officer of Johnston Holdings.

The Johnston family didn't hold back too much.

In fact, Raymond Johnston hoped that this little girl would get rid of the long-term workaholic state and return to normal life a long time ago.

Veronica's control of the family's finances is due to her ability on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also the arrangement of Grandpa Janet when she was alive.

The chief financial officer of many companies is often a key candidate for the CEO, so the importance of this position can be seen.

The Johnston family does not have the complicated family infighting of other wealthy families. However, Veronica voluntarily gave up her power, which is what Anthony Johnston, the head of the next generation of the family, wants to see after all.

As for the fact that Veronica gave up her job to help the Simons take care of their children, this matter puzzled the entire Johnston family.

The reason finally found is probably that Veronica has always been very partial to Janet.

Although this reason is difficult to justify, none of them, including Raymond Johnston, have any meaning to delve into it.

Of course, the old man still called himself and reprimanded Simon and his wife for their irresponsible behavior of throwing the little guy to Veronica.

Simon is very interested in Limited Brands, the parent company of Victoria's Secret. Janet, who has always been blindly following Simon's judgment, identified this company as the key acquisition project of Cersei Capital this year, so she rushed to New York to sit in charge.

After sending Janet to the airport, Simon came to Daenerys Studios to start a new week of work.

Today is Monday, June 3th.

As soon as he arrived at the office, the female assistant followed him in.

Reporting today's schedule and various things Simon needs to know, the female assistant handed over several documents.

The first thing Simon saw was a box office report of all the films released by the three labels of Daenerys Entertainment in the first two months of 1992. In the morning, there was a summary meeting of the heads of the three labels on the film release work in January and February.

Without rushing to open the report, Simon deliberately lowered his voice and whispered to the female assistant: "Jenny is not at home tonight, do you want to go to my place?"

Hearing Simon's obviously deliberate cheating tone, Jennifer glanced at him with a reddish face, pointed to a stack of documents in Simon's hand and said: "There is also the effect of Wisteria Street planned according to your draft picture."

Simon just nodded, and winked at the female assistant in a 'chasing way'.

The rosiness on Jennifer's fair face became more apparent, she hesitated for a moment, and said, "Let's go to San Francisco."

"Then you arrange it," Simon said with a smile on his lips, "However, the 767 has sent the little guy to Australia, so we can only take other planes. Also, since we are going to San Francisco, arrange a regular high-level meeting of Eaglet tomorrow morning." , I would like to know more specifically about the recent operating data of the Amazon online store and the application status of cloud computing."

The female assistant nodded, took out the memo and jotted down a few notes, looked at the small notebook in her hand, and asked casually, "Why did you send Moore to Australia? He's still so young?"

Simon didn't feel too strange about the female assistant's question, and of course he wouldn't tell the truth. He took out the reason he had made up long ago and said, "This involves some privacy of Johnston's family, so it's not convenient to tell you."

The female assistant hummed a little, looked up, glanced at Simon with bright eyes, and suddenly said firmly: "My Seattle, I won't let you send it away casually."

Simon did not hesitate: "Of course, you are the mother, you have the final say."

Jennifer's face turned slightly rosy again when she heard Simon's words, "You are mother", she put away the memo in her hand and said, "The meeting starts at a quarter past nine. I'll call you later."

After speaking, he left the office.

Simon smiled and watched the female assistant go out before opening the box office report in his hand.

In the first two months of 1992, the three labels under Daenerys Entertainment released seven films in a row, which is already equivalent to the annual release of some second- and third-tier film companies.

In fact, even MGM only released 8 movies in the past year.

Therefore, even if he doesn't say anything on the surface, Simon is still a little apprehensive about this obviously aggressive release rhythm.

Daenerys Entertainment has objections to the annual release of 40 films set by Simon for the three labels, and Amy has expressed concern in front of Simon more than once.

The reason why Simon insists on this is that on the one hand, it is for the further expansion of Daenerys Entertainment and occupying more markets; The development potential of Silk Entertainment in the cinema market and video tape market.

Possessing sufficient content copyright can also lay a content foundation for Daenerys Entertainment to continue to enter the TV industry and even the longer-term streaming media market.

Whether it is the era of cable TV in the next 20 years, or the era of streaming media in the future, or even the video tape market that has flourished at this stage, the demand for content resources is very strong.