Amy said: "Yes, but it will definitely not work this year and next year. If everything goes well, the company will probably be able to IPO in 1992 at the earliest."

As his business horizons continue to broaden, Simon gradually no longer resists the issue of the company's IPO. He also understands that if Daenerys Entertainment wants to continue to grow and develop in the future, a public listing is necessary regardless of all aspects.

The reason why Simon discussed this topic with Amy was because of her salary contract.

The contract Amy signed with Simon when she joined the company included corresponding cash dividends and an equal number of equity awards. Although the outside world has various valuations of Daenerys Entertainment, the company has not been listed after all. Amy

Equity awards are also difficult to quantify.

Amy's contract will expire at the beginning of next year, and Simon hopes to delay cashing out her equity awards until the company goes public, and Amy agrees.

When Nancy heard what Amy said, she keenly grasped another meaning in her words, and tentatively repeated: "If everything goes well?"

"Don't make blind guesses," Amy interrupted with a smile and said, "Speaking of which, the main building of Malibu Daenerys Studios has been completed. Would you like to go take a look tomorrow and choose an office building?

Design and decorate yourself?”

"Of course, I won't save money for our boss."

Nancy said, still couldn't help but think about what just happened.

Cersei Capital has accumulated a large amount of funds overseas. Anyone who is not too stupid should know that the value of this money can only be realized by spending it as soon as possible. Hoarding it will only depreciate in the continued inflation.

Among the companies in the Westeros system, the one most suitable and most in need of using this capital for large-scale expansion is Daenerys Entertainment, and its expansion targets will obviously only be the Seven Hollywood Companies.

Nancy even locked in on the merger target in the blink of an eye.

The current seven major Hollywood companies, Columbia and MGM, have just changed hands and are unlikely to be sold again in the short term. Simon should also have a disdain for these two companies.

Rupert Murdoch is ambitiously building his own global media empire and will not sell Fox.

Although Paramount has just experienced the failure of "The Rocketeer", the company's film business has been very good in the past two years, and its stock price is relatively high. Paramount Chairman Martin Davis has rejected several mergers in recent years.

Invitation is not a good acquisition target.

Time Warner is too big for Daenerys Entertainment to handle.

Disney has been in a state of rapid recovery in recent years, and its stock price has grown rapidly. The Bass family and the Disney family, which hold a large number of shares in the company, will not sell it easily.

In the end, only MCA, the parent company of Universal Pictures, was left.

If it were Nancy herself, she would choose MCA without hesitation.

In addition to movies, MCA’s businesses in television, music and theme parks can be highly complementary to Daenerys Entertainment. Moreover, the aging MCA chairman Lou Vassalman is not as popular as

Martin Davis resisted outside takeovers.

The next afternoon.

Because it was Saturday, there was a celebration party for "Batman Begins" in the evening. Daenerys Entertainment's executives, big and small, came to Malibu to check out the movie theater they would be staying in in the middle of this year.

City Park.

This mountainside plot located five kilometers from California Highway 1 into the Malibu area is now a different place than it was when it was originally a barren slope.

After a year-long construction, the main buildings in the three areas from top to bottom in the cinema have been completed.

There are a total of five three- to five-story office buildings of different sizes in the uppermost administrative area. Different from the old-school small buildings and bungalow buildings in traditional movie theaters, these five well-proportioned office buildings are designed with high-ceiling glass curtain walls.

The styles are different, and the simplicity reveals a fashionable and modern design aesthetic.

In addition to offices, the five buildings also include restaurants, cafes, gyms and other employee activity and leisure areas.

The most conspicuous thing on the second floor are three two-story factory-style office LOFT buildings with a length of 150 meters and a width of 30 meters. The appearance of the LOFT is a combination of red brick walls, tempered glass and black steel beams. The ceiling also adopts a loft-style roof design.

, it looks full of literary and artistic style.

The LOFT model office buildings of this era have not yet emerged.

Therefore, Simon amazed many people when he drew the draft drawings himself, and the effect after the completion of the building was also very outstanding.

The three office lofts will house creative departments such as Pixar Animation, Daenerys Special Effects, Blizzard Studios and Marvel Entertainment’s West Coast team.

The current Pixar teams are not large in size. However, even taking into account future expansion factors, the theoretical double-layer 9,000 square meters of internal space in each office loft is enough to accommodate an office size of 500 to 1,000 people.

In addition to the three office lofts, a large circular fiberglass-style activity center was built on the second floor, covering an area of ​​2,500 square meters. The interior includes a hall that can accommodate 1,200 people and several small halls with hundreds of people, which can be used for

It can be used for movie screenings, parties and meetings, etc.

On the bottom floor of the studio are six studios of different specifications and a large post-production center.

Of course, these are only the main buildings in the cinema.

In addition to the five office buildings on the top floor, there are other restaurants, shops, warehouses and dormitories on the second and third floors.

However, in a movie theater park with a total area of ​​50 hectares, the area occupied by all these buildings is actually not very large.

Due to the popularity of automobiles in the United States and the lack of public transportation in Los Angeles, not counting the land used for greening and backup, the largest area in the studio is actually the parking lot. There are a total of six large and small areas in the three-story park from top to bottom.

The parking lot is large enough to accommodate 3,000 cars when fully loaded.

After walking around the movie theater, while others were still visiting various places, Amy, Nancy and Jennifer arrived at the parking lot guardrail near the cliff on the second floor.

Leaning on the railing, with a cliff of more than ten meters at her feet, and the blue scene of the sea and sky in the distance, Nancy took a deep breath with enjoyment, and pointed curiously at the shell that had gradually taken shape in the Dume Point Manor in the distance.

The architect asked Jennifer: "When will it be built there? It looks so beautiful?"

When Simon is not in Los Angeles, the female assistant has to take on the multiple roles of assistant and housekeeper.

Following Nancy's gaze, Jennifer said: "It won't be until next year at the earliest. The interior decoration will be very troublesome, and many things need to be customized."

Nancy leaned forward enviously and said bitterly: "If you build such a conspicuous villa, someone will definitely say that BOSS is extravagant. Hearst has been criticized for many years."

William Randolph Hearst, the founder of the Hearst Corporation, spent most of his life building the Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California. Even now many years later, it has been criticized by many people as extravagant.

Jennifer argued: "Simon just built a house that he liked. It is not as luxurious as Hearst."

Nancy nodded seriously, but with a hint of ridicule in her tone, she said, "Yes, yes, everything Simon does is right."

Jennifer's face turned slightly red and she planned to ignore Nancy.

Nancy withdrew her gaze, turned around and looked at several office lofts in the park on the second floor, and said to Amy: "I would rather work in these loft-like buildings, which are much better than those office buildings above. I

I think this can stimulate employees’ creativity more.”

"So these three buildings are used by Pixar," Amy said, "However, if you really want to bring your own department to work here, you can. There is a lot of free space in these LOFT buildings. You can use 3

The second floor of LOFT."

"Then it's settled. I will take the time to discuss the decoration plan with the designer."

Nancy nodded immediately. She didn't care about the potential status difference between the administrative area on the first floor and the office area on the second floor. Her own comfort was the most important thing, not to mention that no one dared to despise the move of the consumer goods department to the second floor.

With that said, Nancy looked around at the empty surroundings, remembered what happened yesterday, and asked Amy tentatively: "We rented those office buildings in Santa Monica and Burbank. We will return them after we move here."

That’s fine. But, Amy, this place is already empty enough, what if we have a second movie theater park?”

The three people beside the railing were all extremely smart. After hearing what Nancy said, Jennifer immediately looked over suspiciously.

Nancy noticed Jennifer's eyes and couldn't help but joked: "Really, even Jenny knows about it, and I still have to be kept in the dark."

As the person closest to Simon in the company and having a relationship with James, Jennifer naturally knows about Daenerys Entertainment’s plan to acquire MCA. Although Simon is in Australia recently, he has been discussing this matter with James and Amy.

Sometimes I need a female assistant to help me pass the message.

Amy smiled and said: "Then just pretend you don't know. You are just the president of the consumer products department, and you really want to take my position."

"Maybe," Nancy bared her white teeth in a threatening gesture and asked, "So, what should we do about the two major parks?"

Amy said: "We have a lot of high-quality copyrights now. Employees from another park have moved here, and this area is full. The space freed up there can be expanded to some superhero attractions, and a horror film community can be added.

Ah, so on and so forth, which can enhance the attraction of the theme park to tourists."

Speaking of which, Simon and Amy discussed this matter after they proposed the plan to acquire MCA.

Universal Studios in Burbank covers an area of ​​212 hectares, and Daenerys Studios in Malibu also covers 50 hectares. If MCA is purchased, Daenerys Entertainment will have a larger studio than other Hollywood studios.

The total area of ​​the cinema is much larger.

However, this problem did not trouble Simon.

A large part of the reason why Simon bought MCA was for the company's theme park business.

Movie theme parks will have great potential in the next 20 to 30 years.

As long as the acquisition of MCA can be successfully completed, Simon will increase investment in theme parks and build more attractions in Universal Studios to attract tourists. The film and television production business there can just be transferred to Malibu.

What's more, at its peak, MGM had as many as six filming bases in Los Angeles. Even if it did not reach the heights of MGM in the blockbuster era, Simon was confident that the future development of Daenerys Entertainment would be enough to absorb these two.

Located in the movie theater park.

When Nancy heard what Amy said, she immediately understood, thought for a moment and said, "It is indeed a very good idea."

Amy warned: "Remember to keep it a secret. If the news gets out, don't talk about taking my position. Simon will have to fire you."

"Of course I understand."

While the three women were chatting, Robert Rem, Ella Deutschman, and Robert Egger, who had flown in from the East Coast in the morning, walked over together.

It's already evening.

The celebration party for "Batman Begins" was held at seven o'clock in the evening at Simon's mansion halfway up the Palisade. Everyone said hello, and Amy and Jennifer rushed to the Palisade to check on the party preparations. Others

People leave for the time being.
To be continued...