"Boss, the box office statistics model in South Korea is different from Hollywood. We currently only count the Seoul area, and it is not the box office, but the number of viewers. "Rose Red Lotus" Seoul area has 375,000 viewers in the first seven days of the first week, which is roughly three times that of the Seoul area. It should be about 1 million, which is a good result."

Daenerys Cinema, Los Angeles.

Simon is having a video call with Sung Tae-hee who is far away in South Korea. The discussion is about "Rose Red Lotus" which was painted in South Korea last week. After hearing Sung Tae-hee's speech, Simon, who has known the Korean film and television industry quite well, said: "There should be about 3 million viewers in the first week, right?"

Sung Tae-hee nodded.

"According to the current average ticket price of 3,500 won in South Korea, it is about 10 billion yuan. The theater share can get 50%, minus 10% of the tax and 3% of the special funds. Well, only 37% belongs to us, which is 3.7 billion."

When Cheng Tae-hee heard his boss say this, she roughly understood what he meant and said: "Boss, the production cost of "Rose Red Lotus" is 3 billion, and we also invested 1 billion in promotion and distribution. The box office of 3.7 billion is indeed not very profitable. However, the channels around videotapes and TV in South Korea are also very mature. In addition, I have been in contact with overseas film manufacturers such as Japan and Thailand, so there is definitely no problem in making profits."

"The number of viewers of "Jurassic Park 3" in South Korea is expected to be 4 million, and "Rose Red Lotus" 3 million should be considered the highest in the annual box office of your domestic production. It is really discouraging to not even recover the cost of such a movie in the local theaters."

Sung Tae-hee didn't know what to say for a moment.

Simon thought a little and said, "Don't expect too much in the overseas market for the time being. Isn't Kim Dae-jung currently promoting culture to boost the country? For Korean movies, I think at least 10% of the consumption tax should be refunded. Well, you don't have to worry about this matter, I will ask someone to arrange it."

Movie tax refunds are a means adopted by many countries to support the local film industry. It is not only a tax refund during the production stage, but also a very common thing.

Sung Tae-hee, opposite the video, shrank her neck slightly and nodded immediately.

I feel that I'm useless.

Simon noticed the slightly aggrieved look of the woman opposite, smiled, and said, "I found that you are beautiful again. After finishing "The Strange Talk of the High Girls", come to North America next month."

Cheng Tae-hee was very happy and nodded quickly.

After chatting for a while, after hanging up the video, Simon leaned on the leather chair and flipped through the information of "Rose Red Lotus" in his hand again, and couldn't help but sigh.

Not fun.

At the same time, it is probably also clear that the reason why Korean movies have been completely sluggish in the past 20 or 30 years is that the market is too small and shoddy films cannot compete with Hollywood movies at all. For those who spend a lot of money to make movies, even the "Rose Red Lotus", which is likely to rank first in the year, can only rely on peripheral and overseas channels to make money. Others can be imagined.

If Simon was not very clear about the development trend of Korean movies, he would not have spent this effort at all. It would be justified to continue to export to South Korea based on Hollywood.

After thinking for a while, Simon sat up again, opened the email address of the computer next to him, and was about to send Chen Qing a letter to promote tax refunds for Korean movies and possible other national support, he found that there happened to be a letter from Chen Qing in the email address, which was sent half an hour ago.

Open.

There are still various gossips about the fact that her brother made a girl's belly bigger, so she thought that she suddenly wanted a child.

Simon didn't know where the logic was, he just ignored it.

Then I mentioned the matters of several technology companies after the split. Simon has seen the distribution status of the two games in China. This time it was just a little bit trivial. He also emphasized that he was very worried about the paradise online in Hangzhou and went to see the operation status of AO instant messaging software in person.

Simon smiled slightly when he saw this.

Of course, Simon understood the thoughts of a certain girl. She was not optimistic about instant messaging, so she sent her to Lin Su. She just didn't know if AO developed, just like a penguin in the past, would Chen Qing go crazy?

After trivialities, things are serious.

The main thing is Clinton's visit to China. Some of the upcoming cooperation in science and technology, economic and trade between China and the United States will have a considerable impact on the future investment plan of the Westeros system in China. This place is not only close to the waters, but also affects some of the terms.

After reading the email, Simon opened the draft and started replying, including what just happened and some of the matters mentioned in the email.

After finishing this matter, I started to review a bunch of documents at hand.

So until after get off work, he returned to Dumei Point Manor for dinner, and Simon rushed to a private mansion in Beverly Hills.

Michael Jordan, the head of Westinghouse Electric, held a party here, or preheated the connections in advance to warm up for the upcoming Sony movie business.

On the other hand, just like when Sony just won Colombia, Akio Morita often came to hold various parties, it was still the vanity of successfully entering the world of fame and fortune. Whether in the East and West, past, present and future, many wealthy people have come and gone in Hollywood, pursuing this debauchery.

Unfortunately, most of them were short-lived and they burned a lot of money and returned home in a desperate situation.

As soon as he arrived at the party, Michael Jordan came out with a group of people. In addition to Lina Kane, who naturally came over to hold Simon's arm, there were also Westinghouse Electric's entertainment department executives, as well as John Kelly and Chris Lee, two leaders of Sony's film business.

Seeing this situation, Simon understood that the overall situation was decided.

As for why Chris Lee, who just screwed up Sony Pictures' last blockbuster "2013 Ultimate Postman", appeared here, it was also a reward for Simon. In private, people revealed that they hope to cooperate with the Air Force One project in Chris Lee.

When we found out that Chris Lee was holding a project that could make Daenerys take the initiative to ask for cooperation, Westinghouse obviously would not fire the other party because of the "2013 Ultimate Postman". After all, it was not the one who lost it. Even Westinghouse could see that it was precisely because of the failure of "2013 Ultimate Postman" that Sony was determined to withdraw from Hollywood, giving Westinghouse the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

As for whether Air Force One should cooperate with Daenerys, let’s talk about it.

Everyone came to a quiet terrace on the second floor of the main villa and sat down. Simon asked about the progress of the negotiations between Michael Jordan and Sony. Jordan did not hide it, saying that only some of the last details were left.

As he talked, the topic couldn't help but turn to the ongoing summer season.

Michael Jordan expressed his concern half-truely. Since the start of the summer season, other Hollywood studios have basically no chance to play. All the films of Daenerys Entertainment have rarely been exposed until now, which is really stressful.

Simon just laughed at this.

Speaking of which, Daenerys Entertainment's dominance is not a special thing for Simon herself.

Let’s talk about the timeline, since the 1970s, Hollywood has had a core, Steven Spielberg. He is a good person to play with Old S’s top-notch films, such as “Jaws”, “ET Alien”, “Jurassic Park”, etc.

In fact, it's far more than that.

After thirty years of Hollywood, until the rise of superheroes, most of the super-selling films, such as the "Back to the Future" series in the 1980s, the "Man in Black" series in the 1990s, the "Transformers" series after the new century, and other non-series blockbuster movies. If you pay a little attention, you will find that the name Steven Spielberg is hanging on it.

Why did Old S get accumulating $5 billion in Hollywood's net worth second only to George Lucas, far exceeding any professional manager in the circle? The key is the rich share that this large number of videos brings to him.

As long as the name Spielberg is hung up, you have to pay.

Of course, Lao Si did not do nothing, but would give enough suggestions, but compared to the reward, he really paid very little to talk.

The problem is that in the face of huge investments of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, in order to add a layer of insurance to the project, it is even a bit superstitious to put Spielberg's name on it, and pay some remuneration and share of it, which is completely acceptable for the studio.

Let’s talk about the present.

In recent years, relying on the two-life prophet advantage, Simon has gathered the luck of most famous Hollywood filmmakers alone. Spielberg can only be counted as one, as well as a large number of filmmakers such as Roland Emmerich, Michael Bay, and James Cameron who have shined in history.

This time, most of them were still shining, but most of the interests behind this glory were taken away by Simon.

This has led to the current situation in Hollywood.

And all of this, Simon obviously could not explain it to anyone.

After attending the party here, Simon took Lena Kane and several other girls to San Lucas, Mexico during the night.

Last time I came back from Europe, Janet, who was like a crazy little female leopard, finally pulled Simon back from the "evil road". I have been energetic recently, so I naturally have to enjoy it.

However, I only stayed in San Lucas for one night, and the next day I flew to the West Coast to visit the women and children here.

In the busy time, July soon came.

A box office week from June 26 to July 2, the most noticeable thing was a low-cost youth song and dance film, which was naturally "Singing and Dance Youth" starring Christina Aguilera.

With an excellent media score of 8.3 points and the popularity accumulated by Christina's several popular singles over the past six months, this small film, which was at least $15 million among the four new films of the same period, opened the screen with a scale of 2,537 yuan, and won a box office of $41.09 million in the first week.

In just one week, the production cost of US$15 million was recovered, and it was the largest dark horse in the summer season.

In comparison, last week's three other films, Warner Bros., spent 80 million yuan, opened the screen with a total of 3,314 yuan. The box office in the first seven days was only 35.71 million US dollars, barely reaching the threshold of selling over 10,000 yuan per gallery. Moreover, because of the 6.1-point comprehensive media rating that barely passed, the subsequent trend of "Hidden Storm" cannot be too good, and the hope of breaking over 10,000 yuan is somewhat slim.

Of course, "Hidden Storm" is pretty good, and the other two new films cost more than "Singing and Dance Youth", but the box office opening can only be described as dismal.

If previous films such as "Jurassic Park 3", "Mortal Haunted Incident 3", "Russian Hour 2" were still reflected in Daenerys' entertainment strength, the big sale of "Singing and Dance" can only be described as fantasy again. A commentary article in "The Hollywood Reporter" was half ridiculous and half serious, and Simon Westeros seemed to have mastered a magic wand that could make all its movies sell well.

Of course Simon doesn’t have magic wands, so it’s certain to cheat.

After the two new films were ranked first and second on the list, it is worth mentioning that "Mortal Haunted Incident 3" which was launched last week, with a drop of 41% in the next week, earning $30.29 million, ranking third on the list, with a cumulative box office of $81.63 million.

Later, "Jurassic Park 3" fell in the fourth week with a 37% release, earning $27.19 million, ranking fourth, with a cumulative box office of $320.15 million, officially exceeding the $300 million threshold.

In addition, other films such as "Los Angeles City Secret" and "Rush Hour 2" are all at the end of the single-week box office falling to less than tens of millions of dollars, so no comments are allowed.

Turn your eyes out of Hollywood.

In South Korea, after 375,000 viewers in Seoul in the first week, "Rose Red Lotus" fell by 37% in the second week, and once again received 236,000 viewers. The cumulative number of viewers in two weeks was steadily heading towards one million. Based on the proportion of the number of viewers in the national Korean movies that is about three times that of the Seoul region, "Rose Red Lotus" basically locked in the annual championship of Korean local movies this year.

On the other hand, it is inconvenient to only count the box office in Seoul. Simon also explained to South Korea to promote the nationwide network of Korean movie ticket sales as soon as possible.

Friday, July 3.

The new box office week is also another popular solo day weekend in the summer. The most noteworthy new film is undoubtedly Steven Spielberg's latest masterpiece "Save the Private Ryan".

This is also the last film contract that Mr. S owes Daenerys Entertainment since the Global Times. After completion, the two parties will have no relationship.

The former Spielberg gradually became less popular, and began with the rise of the two cinematic universes of Marvel and DC. This time, the two cinematic universes were basically controlled by Simon, not to mention the unparalleled powerful resources that Daenerys Entertainment currently has in Hollywood.

In short, it would be easy for Simon to suppress anyone.
Chapter completed!