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In fact, Simon originally hoped to develop a complete online game, but the attempts in recent years, if you don’t count the launch on the Igret platform and the two phenomenal casual games, the others are not too successful, but the online battle platform , are becoming more and more popular among users.

Up to now, not only the series and series of real-time strategy games, but also the sports games that EA was best at before, and some role-playing games have launched an online networking mode.

This is also the most advantageous technology of Daenerys Entertainment's game business.

Of course, Nancy understands the advantages of her own game department, and she heard the words: "Then, boss, can we do this, our online battle platform client can be directly transformed into an EA mall, instead of using the webpage model under the IE browser ecology ?”

The IE browser ecosystem can be said to be the foundation of Eaglet's monopoly on Internet interfaces.

Over the years, in order to ensure the uniqueness of the IE interface and the ecosystem of the IE browser, Eaglet has confronted many technology companies.

When Nancy said this, she basically did not report much hope.

However, to her surprise again, Simon nodded directly: "This is a good idea, but the website still needs to be opened."

Nancy was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but said, "Boss, have you...have you been stimulated in any way recently?"

Simon shook his head calmly: "No, but there are indeed too many women, and the bed is too tired."

"..."

"Okay, what's the problem?"

"There are many problems."

"Then don't ask," Simon resolutely refused, and said, "In short, your goal is to build the EA mall within two years. In addition to Daenerys Entertainment's own games, you also need to attract external customers. Ygritte Over there will provide us with the necessary technology and authorization of Ypay payment interface, etc. My request is also very simple. I definitely want to compete with Igret, but you can't compete viciously. Your goal should be placed on other lines besides ours. Go to the game store."

Nancy nodded earnestly to mark it down.

Simon glanced at the memo beside him, and said again: "Also, next, we will continue to expand the acquisition efforts. As long as there are potential studios, we can initiate acquisitions."

Nancy immediately objected again: "Boss, there's no need to do this. As a film director, you must know that it is very rare for a creator to be able to create one or two classics. It is impossible to last forever. In fact, game studios are more That's right."

"You can change the acquisition model appropriately, but the strategy of expanding the acquisition remains unchanged," Simon insisted: "Nancy, of course I understand the problems you mentioned, but our acquisition targets are not those teams at all, but It's game creativity."

"Boss, I remember you said before that creativity is the cheapest."

"Of course ideas are cheap. The problem is that turning ideas into games is not cheap, and the chances of turning ideas into popular games are even smaller. Nancy, games at this stage are still mainly 2D, but you It must have been discovered that the trend of 3D games is becoming more and more obvious. Compared with 2D, if you think about the cost of Pixar’s animation production, you can know that the production cost of 3D games will increase rapidly in the future. At that time, transforming ideas into games, The cost will be very high. The most guaranteed strategy is to make sequels. Unlike movies, because of factors such as actors, it is often difficult to escape the curse of trilogy. Games can be produced forever, and even a series of tenth or even No.20 is not impossible, just like Japan. So, now is the last time for us to collect hot ideas at a relatively low price, or it shouldn’t be called ideas, but IntellectualProperty, IP, like Daenerys Entertainment’s owns various copyrights, so, do you understand?"

Nancy no longer refuted, nodded and said: "Understood."

"This is the first thing." Simon looked down at his memo again, looked up again, and said: "The second thing, about Blockbuster, no surprises, Sony, Toshiba and other manufacturers will officially launch DVDs by the end of the year. Players, Blockbuster’s online operations have been very successful in recent years, but with the advent of the DVD era, if Blockbuster does not want to be eliminated, the online operation strategy also needs to be changed.”

"Boss, I have also noticed this problem. However, compared to video tapes, the emergence of DVDs will definitely promote the proliferation of piracy."

Simon recalled that the VCD industry in China is actually based on the pirated industry chain. Of course, he had a deeper understanding than Nancy, and said: "It is inevitable. However, just like the video tapes back then, some people questioned the possibility of video tapes in the early days. As a result, videotapes have more than doubled the size of Hollywood's film industry. As for DVDs, the same is true. We cannot make the mistake of the recording industry's resolute resistance to the Internet in recent years, so we must actively embrace and even control this. a trend."

"In this case, boss, what should Blockbuster do?"

"It's very simple. Increase the layout of online business and increase the construction of Blockbuster's logistics system. The ultimate goal is to abandon physical stores and realize complete network operations."

Nancy inexplicably felt a little out of breath: "Boss, are you too radical?"

"You can do some tests now," Simon didn't answer directly, but said: "The DVD mailing test is different from Blockbuster's current half-online mode of ordering online and going to designated stores to collect videotapes. It can be done in one step, delivered directly to the user’s home, and also recycled by mail. You know, compared with video tapes, the mailing cost of DVD discs is enough to support this operation model.”

"But, boss, I think Blockbuster's current business model is already very good, otherwise Blockbuster's current market value would not be as high as 370 billion US dollars."

"If we don't eliminate ourselves, Nancy, we will only be eliminated by others."

The expression of the small senior executive who had always been a strong woman finally showed some entanglement: "This is very painful."

Simon is serious: "It hurts a little in the early stage, and it will be very comfortable later."

Nancy blushed immediately, and glared at Simon: "Boss, you will be sued for harassment sooner or later when you look like this."

"Are you going to sue?"

Nancy paused, then nodded threateningly: "Yes."

"Okay, no kidding," Simon continued: "In fact, DVD and even the high-definition DVD that Sony is developing are still just an excess. The ultimate form of Blockbuster should be streaming media. Completely abandon video tapes, DVDs and other physical models, It is purely for online streaming, so one day in the future, according to what you said, if Blockbuster does not want to be eliminated, it will have to suffer again."

Nancy did not cooperate with driving this time, but said: "In this case, boss, should we buy out Blockbuster entirely?"

"The stock price is a bit high now, which is not appropriate."

"I get it, but what I mean is, prepare now for the next dot-com bust."

The former Blockbuster, with the advent of the Internet era, quickly declined.

And this time, it is precisely because the successful semi-online model fits the new technology concept that is currently most sought after by the capital market, so the market value is as high as 370 billion US dollars.However, Daenerys Entertainment's shareholding in Blockbuster has dropped from the initial 35% to 28% due to some mergers and acquisitions and equity incentives over the years.

Although as the largest shareholder, Daenerys Entertainment still maintains a strong control over Blockbuster, but after all, it does not even have an absolute controlling stake.Since her boss attached so much importance to this company, Nancy felt that it was undoubtedly the best choice to buy the whole thing and fully hold the company in her hands.

Simon thought for a moment and said: "Now we, as the largest shareholder of Blockbuster, have been frequently questioned about our monopoly. Next, if there is an opportunity, we only need to buy more shares to achieve an absolute holding of 51%. The resistance to eating is much smaller."

Nancy thought about it and found that it was the same, she nodded in agreement.

The two chatted about some details, and they didn't finish their morning work until lunch time.

There are actually some musical things as well.

As one of the two presidents of Daenerys Entertainment Group after Amy Pascal, after several adjustments, Nancy is now mainly responsible for the three major sectors of games, music and home entertainment.Speaking of which, if you want to seek a breakthrough for Daenerys Entertainment's continued growth in the future, these three major businesses are all good directions.

Of course, there is actually another president, Robert Iger, who is in charge of the cable TV business.

In general, in addition to the core movies, Daenerys Entertainment's TV, games, music and other aspects still have great potential to be tapped.

Especially games.

This is the top priority that Simon has been paying close attention to. After all, this part is done well. According to what he once said, it is more profitable than drug trafficking. Moreover, the most important point is that the size of the game industry is no less than that of movies. In fact, it was also the reason why Simon suddenly let go and decided that Daenerys Entertainment could build its own online game store to compete with Ygritte.

The plate is big enough to accommodate two top online publishers.

It can also promote competition.

Simon has always attached great importance to maintaining competition. Born in trouble, die in peace, any industry, if there is a lack of competition, not to mention high-sounding reasons such as affecting consumer experience, but the industry itself will definitely stagnate not before.

Let's talk about music.

In recent years, due to the rise of the Internet, the record industry has almost collapsed at a rapid rate, especially after the launch of iPlayer, the decline was even more rapid.

Of course Simon is well aware that the recording industry is the foundation of hardware products.

However, due to the stubborn resistance of the recording industry, Simon's attitude is to allow the industry to decline on its own in a short period of time, even if it severely damages Daenerys Entertainment's own music business, until the major record giants take the initiative to make due actions. Compromise and cooperation.Moreover, when the time comes, through acquisitions, Daenerys Entertainment can further expand its record business.

Chapter 1044 Three Little Guys

After lunch, in the afternoon is the production and publicity meeting of the two films of New World Pictures.

It's Friday, October 10th.

Daenerys Entertainment's Halloween schedule this year will officially start next week, that is, on October 10, the latest series of The Conjuring Movie Universe produced by New World Pictures will be officially released.

As another extension of the Conjuring movie universe series, the prototype of the story took place in 1970. It also comes from the material provided by the ghost investigators Warren and his wife, telling the story of a puppet doll being possessed by an evil spirit.

The production cost of the film is still 1500 million U.S. dollars, far exceeding the 2014 million U.S. dollars of the 650 version of the original space-time, and this is without considering inflation.

Once Warner was derived as a series, because it started production after the success of 2013. At that time, there was no concept of the Conjuring movie universe, so I didn’t have much expectations. Not only the production budget was shabby, but also the director and protagonist of the film All of them were newcomers, but the film was a huge success, with a production cost of US$650 million and a cumulative global box office of more than US$[-] million. After that, Warner began to seriously build the Conjuring movie universe.

This time is of course different.

The brand-new Conjuring movie universe, the first two series, and both have been successful, the new version, Daenerys Entertainment has attached great importance to it from the very beginning, so it has directly locked in a production budget of 1500 million US dollars, whether it is the director or the actors. They all have quite a foundation.

Such as the most important heroine, this time it is Madeleine Stowe.

Although the actress who debuted in the 80s has always seemed a little tepid, she has been quite affirmed both in appearance and acting skills. She has worked with Kevin Costner, Jack Nicholson and Daniel Day Lewis, etc. The big names have cooperated before, so it can be said that what is missing is just an opportunity.

Basically supported by the heroine, this is such an opportunity for Madeleine Stowe.

Although horror films are often unable to provide an actor's status, as long as the project achieves the success of the first two series of The Conjuring Film Universe, this actress who has always been positioned as a vase can get rid of the shadow brought by the big names in the past , And then get more attention and resources from Hollywood.

Because of this attribute, the original heroine also experienced a lot of competition.

The completion of the film was completed two months ago, and the publicity and distribution started at the same time. The meeting in the afternoon was only to discuss the release sprint in the last week and some follow-up publicity arrangements after the film was released.

The other one is.

This teenage comedy has completed casting during this period. Compared with The Conjuring film universe, the starting budget is 1500 million US dollars, and the production budget of the first part is only 1000 US dollars. However, because it is a project under Daenerys Entertainment, it is still It attracted a lot of teenage actors or actors pretending to be teenage actors who came up for it.

Inspired, Simon also realized that in the next few years, a youth film boom could be started again.

Speaking of which, the last upsurge in youth films should have been in the years when Simon first debuted in the 80s. With the rapid rise of a series of super blockbuster films in [-], youth films fell into a low ebb.

Now, just right for a fresh start.

In order to promote this plan, Simon deliberately arranged for Daenerys Entertainment to sign as long-term film contracts as possible with the selected actors this time, starting with three films, and most of them are packaged five film contracts, basically bringing together a group of newcomers or pretending to be newcomers. Cainiao will buy out in the next ten years.

Next, with the same team, you can try horror movies, sex comedies, spoof movies, etc.As long as a certain potential brand effect is formed, the market will definitely favor the same group of people more.

Moreover, although being bound, this is also a good thing for the actors themselves.

After all, one of the biggest characteristics of actors in youth films in the past was the short acting cycle and high elimination rate. After a few movies, they were often forgotten by the audience.Daenerys Entertainment creates a fixed team for youth films, which can control costs and maintain the continuity of the series. For actors, they can also continue their careers as much as possible.

Besides, as the beginning of another upsurge of youth films under Daenerys Entertainment's New World Pictures, the project has directly finalized the popular schedule for next summer vacation, and at the same time, it once again fits the idea of ​​Daenerys Entertainment's three labels starting to work side by side.

Throughout the afternoon, the meeting on the subject went on for an hour, and the rest of the time was reserved for related youth film projects.

What Simon is most interested in is the bunch of fresh meat that Daenerys Entertainment signed during this period.

Because of the involvement of Simon, many names are familiar to people.

Of course, it was mainly the actresses that attracted Simon's interest.

Such as Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Jordana Brewster, who has a short shelf life and is quite stunning when she is young, and Reese Witherspoon , Anna Farrell, Jennifer Esposito, Nossa Elizabeth, Kelly Russell and even Charlize Theron who accidentally jumped into this list, etc.

Of these actresses, there is definitely not enough to run out of one, but for the next plan, everyone can get a good chance.

Moreover, if it weren't for the fact that he was really powerless during this time, Simon would have wanted to hold a special party to gather the girls together for entertainment.

At the end of the meeting, Simon did not forget to mention the matter. This was a plan that came into being in New York some time ago. In order to promote the casinos that are already under the control of the Westeros system, Simon plans to arrange the original scene in Easteros. Atlantic City on the coast, ahead of filming this R-rated comedy that sparked a phenomenal moviegoing frenzy.

However, compared to the beginning of next week, because even next year's film list is already full, this project can only be postponed to the next year.

This also happens to give the project ample time to create.

In addition, this project can also be used to support the Bad Boys, so that they can compete with the current comedy stars.

After a week of work, Simon set off for the East Coast again the next day.

Mainly come to accompany women.

In addition, the four major fashion weeks have officially come to an end, so it is also said that the final rehearsal stage of the first stage and the last stage of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show also needs to be closely watched by Simon himself.

It is also troublesome to say.

After some thoughts last month, the Westeros family has three more children who are pregnant.

One in Grace's stomach.

One in Maria's stomach.

And lastly, the Erin Lauder one.

The first two are fine, but the last girl from Lauder's family is the trouble. The main reason is that Simon didn't have a clear plan at the beginning. , um, there is an element of adventure in it, I didn't expect it to be a hit.

Now I can only bear the consequences honestly.

This time I came here to discuss this issue.

When Irene and Simon are together, they always say half-truth, half-fake, half-resentment, "You can't marry me" and so on, the thoughts are self-evident, but it is impossible to get married, if Simon dares to divorce Janet , according to what the woman said at the beginning, the result is heart and lung, no other meaning, it is completely literal.

Simon never thought about it either.

So, after discussing with the woman and even the elders of her family all day on Sunday, she finally came up with a plan.

The first is the belonging of the child.

In the future, it will be raised by the Lauder family. Even though they don’t care too much about money, they still have to pay child support. It will be 100 million US dollars per month, and Irene will be responsible for it until the child is 18 years old. in the trust fund.If it is other rich people, it is definitely not easy to bear $100 million a month, but for Simon, it is not a problem at all.

Again, the question of money is not a problem.

Secondly, it is a more see-saw topic.

Last name.

Unlike other fathers who did not dare to recognize their children outside, Simon insisted that the child's surname was Westeros, and the Lauder family, just as Irene Lauder mentioned to Simon last time, they were the only ones in the family There are two sisters, no boy, if they have a child, preferably a boy, then they can be surnamed Lauder to inherit the family business.

At the end of the dispute, the Lauder family made a compromise, but the child must add the middle name of 'Lauder'.

Again, there was a topic that Simon hadn't thought much of.

The Lauder family asked their children to accept Judaism in the future.

Many people may not have noticed the Lauder family, but they are indeed Jewish.

Simon has always been insensitive to religion, and he doesn't have some deep-rooted prejudices of Westerners. Therefore, he readily agreed to a request made by the Lauder family that was solemn but obviously apprehensive.