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Of course, Simon would not really do such an abrupt thing, saying: "As long as you think it is appropriate to make a decision, you can make it. However, Nancy, you need to bear the consequences of things. Also, don't forget, You are more like the group president of Daenerys Entertainment in charge of the consumer product business."

Nancy paused for a moment, completely dispelling some of the small thoughts just now, and said solemnly: "I will seriously consider this matter."

The little executive also suddenly understood.

Peripheral product sales, for Blockbuster, the ratio of investment to return may not be too high, and it will increase the manpower, procurement and logistics costs of the chain store. However, this can greatly increase Daenerys Entertainment's peripheral product revenue.

Blockbuster's profit margins on peripheral product sales may be very low, but Daenerys Entertainment's profits are very high.

Nancy has been too focused on Blockbuster in recent months, and she inevitably neglects her own job.In fact, she just mentioned this matter, and it was just an immature idea after analyzing Blockbuster's financial reports in recent quarters.

If she thinks about it carefully, she will definitely not raise it rashly.

Women are always easy to get angry, under a touch of embarrassment, Nancy felt that it must be this guy in front of her that made her feel confrontational.

Yes, definitely so.

I was obviously right.

Chapter 492 Withdrawal (Revision)

The Internet industry has just emerged, and the same type of online rental platform has not yet appeared.

Therefore, Blockbuster does not have an urgent need for transformation.

The launch of Blockbuster Online is more of a pre-emptive layout. In the early stage, it will only conduct business in a few major cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, which are relatively prosperous on the east and west coasts. This can save costs and accumulate online operation experience in advance.

However, thanks to Eaglet’s early opening in the e-commerce field, Blockbuster Online opened during the Independence Day holiday in the United States, and achieved very good results in the following weekend. In just three days, Blockbuster The number of members whose online services have been activated has reached 16, and more than 20 purchase and rental orders have been placed through the online platform.

After the Independence Day holiday, Nancy Brill, backed by Simon, also began pushing Blockbuster to phase out the late fee system.

Because of the existence of independent franchisees, even if the matter is approved by the board of directors, it is difficult to accomplish it overnight.

Fortunately, Nancy Brill originally planned to take advantage of this opportunity of canceling late fees to further strengthen Blockbuster's membership system and increase user stickiness, so she is not in a hurry.

Here in Hollywood, during the week from July 7rd to July 3th, three new films will be released in North American theaters, "The Last of the Mohicans", "Honey, I Grow the Child" and "Patriot Games" "Although it has the blessing of the Independence Day holiday, the box office performance of the final opening was not satisfactory.

As the sequel of Paramount's previous "The Hunt for Red October", and with the participation of Harrison Ford, "Patriot Games" performed the best at the box office, earning 2529 million US dollars in the first seven days, ranking the weekly box office list No.2.

It is also a sequel, but Disney's "Honey, I Made the Child Bigger" did not have the good luck of "Honey, I Made the Child Smaller" three years ago, with a production cost of 4000 million US dollars and an opening of 2311 screens Despite the scale, the box office of this sci-fi family comedy in its first week was only US$1839 million, far below Disney's expectations.

Moreover, the reputation of "Honey, I Made the Child Bigger" by the media and the audience is not satisfactory. The starting point of the first week is too low, and the box office may suffer a sharp drop in the next week. It is difficult to predict the box office prospect.

Daenerys and Warner Bros. collaborated on "The Last of the Mohicans", an adaptation of the "Knight Saving the Princess" novel that has been remade repeatedly. After its release, it received unanimous praise from the critics, with a comprehensive media score of 9.5 .

However, probably due to the theme of ancient costumes, the box office of the first week of the film was not satisfactory. With a scale of 2173 screens, the box office of "The Last of the Mohicans" in the first week was only 2319 million US dollars, and the average box office achieved more than [-] US dollars. , has reached the big-selling level, but it cannot be regarded as a hit.

Of course, because of its excellent word of mouth, "The Last of the Mohicans" should be able to walk a very good long line compared to Disney's "Honey, I Grow the Kids".

The box office of the three new films was mediocre, making this week's box office champion still won by "Wonder Woman".

In the fifth week of its release, because of the Independence Day holiday, the box office of "Wonder Woman" fell by only 17% this week, continuing to earn 2615 million US dollars.In five weeks, the cumulative North American box office of this female superhero movie reached 2 million US dollars.

This figure has surpassed the total North American box office of "The Flash" released last year, second only to "Batman: Beginning of War" and "Batman: The Dark Knight".

Considering that "Wonder Woman" still has a single-week box office base of more than 2500 million US dollars and maintains a good weekly box office decline curve, the film's total North American box office is very hopeful to exceed 3.5 million US dollars, and even catch up with "Batman: Darkness". Even Knight's $3.73 million is not out of the question.

With the release of The Last of the Mohicans, four major films related to Daenerys Entertainment in the summer of 1992 have been released.

Taken together, it is natural that "Wonder Woman" has the strongest performance.

Immediately afterwards, the opening box office of "Pleasure Deal" surpassed the other two, reaching 3227 million US dollars in the first week. However, in the second and third weeks, "Pride Deal" achieved a relatively large box office of 40% and 32% respectively fell, taking in $1910 million and $1299 million, respectively.

In three weeks, the total North American box office of "Peachy Deal" reached 6437 million US dollars. After subsequent releases, the film's total North American box office is expected to be between 8000 million and 1 million US dollars, which is enough for the producer to recover all production and publicity. Invest and possibly realize a small amount of profit.

Only the local box office will be able to make up for it, which means that "Purple Deal" will get very rich profits through overseas releases, video tape sales and TV broadcasts.

It's clearly a very successful project, if not a dark horse.

After "Killing Hour" made $2373 million in the first week, with its excellent reputation, the box office fell by only 13% in the second week, and it received another $2064 million. The cumulative box office in two weeks was $4437 million.This court crime movie involving racial discrimination and judicial justice has obviously successfully replicated the box office trajectory of Harrison Ford's "Presumed Innocence".

The word-of-mouth of "The Last of the Mohicans" is even better than "The Time to Kill". The opening price of 2319 US dollars also reached the level of "The Time to Kill". Although it is the first week, it is not yet possible to see the follow-up box office trend. The box office curves of the two films are likely to be very similar.

All in all, the total North American box office of the three foreign cooperation films is expected to be around US$1 million.

Such a box office result is naturally not comparable to "Wonder Woman", but it is also enough to squeeze into the forefront of the annual box office list.

After "Pleasant Deal", "Time to Kill" and "The Last of the Mohicans", Daenerys Entertainment has only four external cooperation projects left, and the ones that have been confirmed are Disney's "Sleepless in Seattle" ", the "Gannet Assassination Order" finalized with Warner Bros. and the two "Mission: Impossible" with Paramount Pictures.

After the Independence Day holiday, the summer vacation is halfway through.

On July 7, North American theaters continued to open two new films, namely MGM's "Half Wife" and Fox Films' "The Third Dangerous Love".

"House and Half Wife" was originally an incubation project of Universal Pictures, starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn. It tells a series of stories that happened after a hotel waiter moved into the villa of the protagonist by himself and falsely claimed that he was the wife of the other party.

Daenerys Entertainment's project schedule is too full, and "Half Wife" was originally going to be cut.

However, considering that the film's box office was not bad in memory, Simon was directly transferred to MGM.

Fox's "Dangerous Third Love" is another extramarital affair film that followed the trend of "Fatal Attraction" starring Michael Douglas.

Going forward, counting the follow-up film list in July and August, apart from Clint Eastwood's new film "Unforgivable", which will be released on August 8, Simon has found no other films with great selling potential.This tepid state of lack of strong box office competitors is just right for the long-term trend of four films including "Wonder Woman" and "Time to Kill".

For Daenerys Entertainment, this summer vacation is still a bumper harvest.

Entering July, Daenerys Entertainment's other two key projects, "Sleepless in Seattle" starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, and the TV series "Desperate Housewives" to be aired in the fall have started filming one after another .In addition, the publicity and distribution of projects such as "Midnight Ring", "Home Alone 7" and "Jurassic Park" scheduled for the end of the year have also officially started.

However, during this period, the 1992 US presidential election that has entered the second half has received the most attention.

After the game in the first half of the year, the incumbent President George Bush has further confirmed the identity of the Republican candidate for this year's general election. On the Democratic side, as a series of competitors gradually withdraw, Bill Clinton's advantage is becoming more and more obvious.

However, this time, none of the traditional two-party candidates could overshadow the independent party candidate Ross Perot.

Because of the many criticisms of George Bush's governance and the lack of popular candidates on the Democratic side, and perhaps the fact that the economic downturn has caused Americans to be dissatisfied with the current state, Ross Perot, a billionaire with a strong personality and loves the limelight, has gradually attracted attention. received more and more attention.

Since officially announcing his participation in the election, Ross Perot's support rate once reached 36%.

Gradually, both parties felt more and more threatened by Ross Perot.

Out of this fear, some people attacked Ross Perot more and more frequently.

So until July 7th, the new week, Simon and Janet had just woken up, and James Raybould called. At nine o'clock in the morning Eastern Time, Ross Perot suddenly held a press conference and announced the launch of this year's President election.

Except for his secret bet on Bill Clinton, Simon is almost indifferent to this presidential election on the surface.

Even though he remembered the news that Ross Perot had withdrawn from the election, Simon was still a little surprised when he heard the news. He personally told someone to tell Clinton that in this presidential election, if the other party wants to enter the White House, they must Securing Ross Perot's candidacy to spread the conservative vote.

However, something happened 'again'.

Janet was supposed to be flying to New York alone today, but this happened suddenly. After breakfast, the couple boarded the plane to the east coast together.

Arriving in Manhattan, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon on the east coast.

In the evening, the Leibold couple and Joseph Schlapp, the head of the Schlapp Consulting Company, were invited to have dinner at the manor outside Greenwich. Joseph Schlapp also relayed some information he had just obtained to Simon.

Ross Perot's withdrawal is actually just a delay.

In private, Perot knew very well that he could not win the presidential election this term, so he was gradually wooed by the Democratic Party.

It's just that Ross Perot's support rate of more than 30% will not only seriously impact George Bush's votes, but in fact, the candidates of the two major parties will be seriously affected. If this continues, the conservatives may lose effect of votes.

After several communications, Ross Perot finally decided to temporarily announce his withdrawal from the election, which would cool down his originally high approval rating, and at the same time, give the Democratic Party enough opportunities to perform at critical moments in the next few months.

After hearing Joseph Schlapp's explanation and reorganizing some information in his memory, Simon immediately understood.

In my memory, Ross Perot did announce the launch of the election in July. However, some people still didn’t seem to let him go, and even tried to disrupt Perot’s daughter’s wedding in August through some malicious gossip in the media.

If Ross Perot is sincerely withdrawing from the election, as long as he is smart enough, he knows that this time should not be the time to tease this powerful billionaire.

The reason why some people are still making small moves in private is probably because they are aware of something.

It's just that this behavior just gave Perot an excuse to re-announce his candidacy in October.

And, in memory, Ross Perot even named names, accusing the Bush administration of using dishonorable means to try to ruin his daughter's wedding.

In fact, this disgraceful method is actually not that serious. It just released some photos of Perot's daughter suspected of being gay on the gossip media.Perot insisted the photos were artificial.

As for the truth, Simon didn't care.

In recent months, the Ygret Portal has been quietly promoting news that is biased towards Bill Clinton. Although Simon did not appear in person, some high-level officials in the Westeros system have quietly helped Clinton organize several fundraising receptions .

Moreover, whether it is Hollywood or Silicon Valley, a large number of people are on the side of the Democratic Party, largely because of the promotion of the Westeros system.

Everything that should be done has already been done. After knowing the inside story of Perot's withdrawal from the election, Simon made a few arrangements and retreated back behind the scenes to wait and see what happened.

After completing the acquisition of LTD, the team of Apollo Management Company will not make much action in the short term.

The performance of the hedge fund team of Cersei Fund Management Company in the first half of the year was also officially released. Stimulated by the increasing popularity of technology stocks in the market, in the first half of 1992, the hedge fund team realized 21% of the net fund by doing more technology stocks. income.

After the routine settlement at the beginning of the year, the principal of about US$30 billion has increased to US$36 billion through the operation in the first half of the year.

According to conservative estimates, it is estimated that by the end of 1992, this hedge fund will also be able to achieve a net profit of US$10 billion after tax.

Even if the rate of return is not as high as in the previous two years of the big market, the net profit rate of more than 30% will definitely exceed most competitors in the same industry.

Of course, it is definitely not as good as the Quantum Fund, which is about to launch a sniper attack on European currencies.

However, Simon still didn't have any chance to be this early bird.

If you make a fortune in European currency, other businesses of the Westeros system in Europe will definitely lose more.

In addition, among the three subsidiaries of Cersei Capital, Black Rock Asset Management, which has been relatively low-key, actually has the fastest development speed.

Whether it is Cersei Fund Management Company or Apollo Management Company, the scale of funds is controlled at around several billion US dollars.

Black Rock Asset Management, which mainly operates low-risk fixed income, treasury bonds and large-cap stock investments, has rapidly expanded its scale under the influence of the recovery of the North American stock market after the Gulf War last year. Now the total size of funds under management has exceeded 700 billion US dollars.

Of course, there is still a big gap between this figure and the $6 trillion asset scale of Black Rock Asset Management Company during the peak period in Simon's memory.

However, compared with other asset management companies of the same type, the current Black Rock Asset Management Company has successfully been promoted to the giant level.This growth rate is all the more impressive when you consider that the company has been around for less than 10 years, even as a subsidiary of the Blackstone Group.

Moreover, the asset scale of 700 billion US dollars is enough to have an impact on many industries that cannot be underestimated.

Chapter 493 Candidates for the Director of the Victoria's Secret Show (Repair)

Burbank, Universal Studios.

Two cars stopped outside the dedicated studio for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

The driver of a luxury Cadillac SUV in front got out of the car and opened the door. Madonna stepped out of the car, and a 30-year-old white man who got out of a BMW convertible behind him also came over.

Madonna and the man greeted and went to the studio together, saying: "David, no matter if you succeed or not, you must remember to owe me a favor. If I hadn't called Simon, he might not have agreed to see you. Many people stared at you. We are working on this project. Although "Alien 3" failed, as long as you can do a good job in this fashion show and impress Simon, it will be easy to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood."

The man next to Madonna is named David Fincher.

Like many famous Hollywood directors, David Fincher has been interested in movies since he was a child. Coupled with some family connections, Fincher found a job in Lucasfilm at the age of 19 and participated in the 1983 " Behind the scenes of Star Wars: Strikes Back.

However, Hollywood is not so easy to enter after all.

Throughout the 80s, Finch spent most of his time in the field of music MV and commercial production, but soon made his mark in the industry. He not only produced commercials for Nike running shoes, but also shot music MVs for top musicians such as Aerosmith and Madonna. .

Just last year, Fincher finally got his first chance to direct a movie, and it was also the sequel "Alien 3" of Fox's heavyweight "Alien" series.

However, this directing experience was a complete nightmare for Fincher.

During the filming process, the script was completely overthrown and rebuilt, Fox rushed the construction period, creative disagreements with the producer, film budget overruns, etc., etc., almost all of the situations that often occur in the Hollywood film production process were encountered by David Fincher .

Although the film was finally completed, things did not turn out well.

"Alien 6", which was released on June 19, relied on the popularity of the "Alien" series and Fox Films' spare no effort to promote it. The film's first week of the film's first week won a box office of 3 million US dollars, which seems to be not bad.

However, due to the poor reputation, the box office of "Alien 3" fell by an astonishing 58% in the second week, which can be said to be the movie with the biggest drop in the box office this summer.

In the fourth week of its release that just passed, the single-week box office of "Alien 3" has only 409 million US dollars left, and the cumulative box office is only 4796 million US dollars.Considering the production budget of "Alien 3" as high as 5000 million US dollars, Fox will definitely not be able to recover the cost through the box office in the short term.

After this encounter, David Fincher originally thought that he should continue to remain silent in the circle of commercials and music MVs for a few more years. However, Hollywood has recently presented an excellent opportunity.

A fashion lingerie show planned by Simon Westero, currently looking for a director.

Moreover, what is needed is a director who is good at commercials and music videos.

For practitioners in Fincher's circle who intend to enter Hollywood, this is simply a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Even though he has half a foot in Hollywood, David Fincher contacted the Victoria's Secret project team as soon as possible, and tried to help talk about the project through the contacts he had accumulated over the years.

Hollywood is a circle of favors, and someone can often get twice the result with half the effort.

David Fincher was able to work in Lucasfilm at the age of 19 because a neighbor of their family happened to be a producer under Lucasfilm.

Speaking of it, if David Giller, the producer of the "Alien" series, can come forward, he will definitely be more confident.