After the release of "Charlie's Angels", Simon continued to spend a busy weekend in Los Angeles and returned to the East Coast the day before Christmas Eve on December 23. On the same day, Daenerys Entertainment Group quietly and quickly completed the issuance of the last $5 billion long-term bond in the Westeros system in 1996.

Since this time it is still mainly targeted overseas capital, and it is deliberately low-key, it has not caused much trouble.

The 10-year and 20-year long-term bonds of $5 billion were subscribed by investors around the world on the day of its launch. After all, Daenerys Entertainment's current corporate credit rating is completely comparable to that of US Treasury bonds, and the interest rates of corporate bonds are higher than those of US Treasury bonds, which naturally attracts all kinds of investors who pursue stable returns.

Of course, as the leading company with the largest market value on the New York Stock Exchange, media attention is inevitable.

Daenerys Entertainment's annual net profit for the past fiscal year has exceeded $5 billion, and it is impossible to lack money. Therefore, in the eyes of many people, there is no need for this Hollywood giant to issue bonds. Simon Westero does this naturally have other purposes.

As for why, it has been repeatedly discussed by countless media since the beginning of this year.

The Westeros system is hoarding funds for the economic downturn after the stock market bubble burst, so as to survive the economic winter and even further buy and expand.

However, from the beginning of the year to now, I have been talking about it for a whole year. The Nasdaq index, which has the highest bubble component, has not only not broken, but has risen more and more. This inevitably makes many people feel numb. Therefore, more related discussions are limited to professional financial media, and most of the general public is focusing on the upcoming Christmas.

on the other hand.

A box office week spanning Christmas quickly passed in a lively and warm festive atmosphere.

A box office week from December 20 to December 26, even for Christmas Eve, the total box office in North America this week still exceeded the $200 million mark with the stimulation of a number of hot films.

First of all, "Charlie's Angels" was painted last week.

In the first week of release, with a higher popularity and reputation than "The Brave Game", "Charlie's Angels" successfully took over and earned as much as $72.01 million in seven days of painting, which is close to the production cost of $75 million in the film. The first week of the museum reached $22,900, which is a full $5,000 higher than the $17,900 in the same period of "The Brave Game" for the first week.

It can be imagined that if the screen size of "Charlie's Angels" is comparable to "The Brave's Game", it is not impossible to hit $80 million in the first week.

Affected by the huge sales of "Charlie's Angels", "The Brave Game" fell by 34% the next week, and its revenue fell to US$41.79 million, with a total of US$105.14 million in two weeks.

To be honest, the box office of over 100 million in two weeks is a success for most movies of this era, and "The Brave's Game" is no exception. Unfortunately, it should have been the hottest week of the year, and the hottest CG special-effect blockbuster type, with a drop of more than 30%, which is obviously a bit unsatisfactory.

However, "The Brave Game" is actually quite lucky, because this week, "Wonder Woman 2", an absolutely phenomenal blockbuster at the end of the year, was unexpectedly overtaken by a literary drama film.

This movie is of course "The Mind Catcher".

The third week of release is also the second week of large-scale paintings. The number of screens of "The Spirit Catcher" has increased from 1,746 yuan last week to 2,125 yuan. Compared with other large-scale films released during the same period, this literary drama film with an investment of only US$10 million has become the only film to achieve a counter-down decline this week. It closed at another US$25.31 million with a 6% counter-down decline. The cumulative box office reached US$54.66 million in three weeks, completely recovering US$20 million in total production and promotion investment, and began to make profits.

The former "The Mind Catcher" still won more than $130 million in local box office under the same period of "Titanic". This time, the three blockbusters, "Wonder Woman 2", "The Brave Game" and "Charlie's Angels", were jointly failed to suppress the edge of this movie, which is rare.

Affected by "Charlie's Angels", "Wonder Woman 2", which ranked fourth on the weekly box office list, fell by 46% last week, and closed another $20.95 million, with a cumulative box office of $374.06 million.

This result is exactly the industry analysis after the first week of the release of "Wonder Woman 2".

"Wonder Woman 2" in the Thanksgiving period won a box office of more than $150 million in the first week, second only to "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" which created a box office miracle last year, ranking second in Hollywood film history. However, the industry media determined that "Wonder Woman 2"'s local box office of 400 million is not a big problem. Whether it can hit 500 million or even higher depends on the market reaction of the two blockbusters during the Christmas season.

Now, "The Brave Game" and "Charlie's Angels" have both been successful, even exceeding the studio's expectations. This inevitably has an impact on the box office of "Wonder Woman 2". This super blockbuster that was expected to hit 500 million yuan in the local area. Judging from the current situation, 400 million yuan is still safe, but it is obviously stopping at the top of 400 million yuan, and it is difficult to get higher.

In the final analysis, the film market is so big, one goes up and down.

Of course, this "regret" seems to make people want to scratch the wall in the eyes of other Hollywood studios. The top four movies, "Charlie Angel", "The Brave Game", "The Spirit Catcher" and "Wonder Woman 2", even though "Charlie Angel" and "The Brave Game" respectively have MGM and Warner Bros. labels, but who doesn't know that these are all projects led by Daenerys Entertainment.

The most popular weekly period is that these four movies have a total box office of nearly 160 million, while the total box office this week is only 220 million US dollars, which is equivalent to the four movies occupying 72% of the market share. In addition, among the 17 movies this week that have entered the theater box office statistics, the other 13 films such as "Jinging the Road", "Angel Bodyguard" and other 13 films have received less than 30% of the remaining $40 million.

Crazy.

If we look at the whole year, Daenerys Entertainment is even more dominant, and there are no longer as many as in previous years, as in previous years, and there are still several top ten annual lists that are completely part of other studios.

The layman just watches the fun.

In the Hollywood circle, the more people understand the strong gambling nature of movies, the more they can understand how terrible it is for Daenerys Entertainment to do this.

Due to the strong uncertainty in the film industry, even if a studio can produce blockbuster films, it will be difficult to stop other film companies from launching popular films that sell the market share. This is also the main reason why there have been oligopoly in other industrial fields for nearly a century, but Hollywood has always been the main reason why the coexistence of the six, seven, and eight.

Now, Daenerys Entertainment miraculously reverses this recognized industrial law.

"So, how did you do it?"

The manor in the northern suburb of Greenwich was already on the afternoon of December 31. The villa was preparing for an evening New Year's Eve party. Katherine Bigelow, who had not seen him for a while, leaned against the couch in a living room, and asked with a smile while drinking the red wine in his hand.

What the two of them are discussing is Daenerys Entertainment's current situation that is almost dominant in Hollywood.

In fact, the reason is not complicated.

First of all, of course, Simon's golden fingers played the most direct guiding role in preventing Daenerys from entering many minefields. This is the most critical point and a unique advantage of Simon.

Secondly, Simon completed the promotion of the Hollywood film industry model ahead of schedule.

People who are not aware of it always talk about Hollywood's powerful film industry. In fact, if you want to put it carefully, Hollywood before the 1990s was unquestionably powerful, and industry was actually not perfect. This change actually started with the rise of bombshells in the 1990s, and truly formed the film industry that made Hollywood dominate the world.

Simon not only pushed Hollywood into the era of bombshells in advance, but also mastered the most important core CG special effects technology in this new era. In addition, through series of movie modes such as DC Cinema Universe and Soul Conjuring Movie Universe, Simon has changed the gambling nature of the film industry to the greatest extent, allowing Daenerys Entertainment to continuously produce blockbuster movies.

In short, Disney could easily occupy six or seven movies every year at its peak. With Simon's advantages in all aspects, it is even more natural for Daenerys Entertainment to do this.

Simon leaned against the sofa and sat opposite Catherine, holding a glass of red wine in his hand, but did not answer the woman's question.

Staying with a woman in private and discussing too many work matters is actually a very disgusting thing.

The empty hand touched and explored over, grabbed the long strand of the woman in front of her and played with it, but Simon's expression was very hurt: "If anyone else asked, Katherine, I thought you had already seen my talent for the first time we met."

Catherine gave someone a light glance, but her expression showed some memories.

Suddenly I remembered that it seemed that it was one evening many years ago, a boy with a harmless smile on his face, and seriously said that he was from the Watsonville Mental Hospital.

Later.

It took only 10 years to reach a level where everyone can only look up to it forever.

"Do you admire me the more you think about it?"

A voice came from his ears to interrupt Catherine's thoughts. After reacting, the woman rolled her eyes again, and then she couldn't help but wonder: "Will you feel like you have lost your goal until now?"

Simon thought for a while and said, "My original goal was to win an Oscar, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenwriter, Best Soundtrack, etc. You know, except for the heroine's difficulty, I can try everything else. However, when I have a trillion dollars, similar goals seem irrelevant. Just like a person with a doctorate degree, how can he care about a little red flower in kindergarten? Where a person stands, of course, has a vision of where he stands, and different life goals. At least, I know what he is doing and what he wants to do."

Catherine let the little man in front of her play with her hair. After listening carefully, she saw that he had not revealed some of his real goals, but did not go into it. She just couldn't help but say, "Jenny said that she could feel that you would be confused occasionally."

"This is inevitable, and this will happen to anyone." Simon said, bending his lips again: "So you should care for me."

Katherine resisted the urge to roll her eyes: "Jenny also said, when you are confused, you often like to do whatever you want."

"This is slander," Simon looked righteous: "You know, Jenny snatched me from you. In order to avoid the idea of ​​snatching me back, of course, I have to slander me in private."

Catherine finally couldn't help but roll her eyes again.

Simon pretended not to see it, let go of Catherine's hair and continued to look forward, trying to reach out to the woman's fair neck that was still well maintained over the years.

This time I was beaten back.

Knocking the little man's claws, Catherine plucked her hair and covered a piece of neck outside the black turtleneck sweater, and said angrily without lethality: "You will be seen."

Simon didn't force himself, but just approached a little without making any trace, enjoying the different smells of every woman, and asked, "Speaking of it, do you have any plans for your next movie?"

Katherine shook her head: "I have read many scripts, but I always feel dissatisfied."

"Then just take pictures, take whatever you want, and try all kinds of things."

Catherine didn't agree.

In fact, it was because of the failure of "Detroit".

If other investors raised this matter, she would definitely not have too many concerns. She would just work hard to do it, even if she failed, at least she would be worthy of her heart.

Which Hollywood director has never experienced failure?

Now, I can take pictures whatever I want, but I dare not do it easily.

Seeing that Catherine did not respond, Simon did not force her. Catherine was definitely not the kind of person who could not live without the movie. On the contrary, although she was always alone, a woman's life was very exciting and he didn't have to bother with anything.

The two chatted without a word until they knew it.

The New Year's Eve party in the evening was very lively, with hundreds of guests gathering together, not only with various performances, but also a grand fireworks show was arranged at midnight New Year's Eve, which was very lively.

In 1996, I also spent the bustle and bustle officially.

This year seems to be longer than the turbulent 1994. Overall, it can be said to be a major turning point in the Westeros system.

Simon's personal net worth exceeded $1 trillion this year.

unprecedented.

Daenerys Entertainment has become increasingly evident in this year. Egrit, Daenerys Entertainment Group, and Cisco have successively entered the $500 billion club, and continue to rise, leading the two major U.S. stock markets, dazzling.

The Westeros system's influence in North America has become increasingly ingrained, and it has begun a comprehensive layout around the world, with no exception.

Ultimately, these changes all mean one thing.
Chapter completed!