In the original time and space, Mel Gibson was boycotted by the entire Hollywood after the anti-Semitic remarks incident. In fact, he was not completely suppressed to death. His accumulation of resources and contacts was no less than that of Dustin Hoffman, who was Mel Gibson at his peak.

Simon cannot completely block it.

Terry Semel and Peter Cooper came forward in person, and Simon relaxed.

In Madonna's mansion, seeing Simon walking to the dance floor with Janet on his arm, Terry Semel and Peter Cooper achieved their goals and walked out together without any intention of staying at the party any longer.

Coming to the front yard, Peter Cooper said in a relaxed tone: "I thought this matter would be a bit troublesome. It seems that Westeros still knows that enough is enough."

Terry Semel noticed the smile on Peter Cooper's face, but he didn't think so.

If that young man was really so easy to talk to, Meg Ryan wouldn't be where she is now.

After "The Rocketeer" at the end of last year, Meg Ryan has not been able to get another film contract in Hollywood. Recently, she heard that she has gone to the UK and wants to re-open her career there. Terry Semel a little bit

None of them were optimistic about the actress's move. The relatively large film companies in the UK were all trying their best to break into Hollywood. How could they easily offend Daenerys Entertainment, which was in the limelight because of Meg Ryan?

As for the current matter, everyone knows that it is simply impossible to block a Hollywood movie king with two Oscars. Westeros just went along with the flow. However, if Westeros has to let it go like this

Dustin Hoffman and Semel, who had many contacts with the young man, did not think so.

You know, after Meg Ryan was promoted to the front line with "When Harry Met Sally", Meg Ryan was unwilling to be constrained by Daenerys Entertainment's original contract and wanted to terminate the contract. Westeros was also very happy to "let it go" at first.

He only asked the other party to pay a liquidated damages.

What happened next was witnessed by all of Hollywood.

Terry Semel even thought about Sony's plan to produce "Captain Hawke". This project has been circulating in Hollywood for several years. It was not until Sony recently offered a high price that Spielberg and Robin Williams agreed.

Join.

Daenerys Entertainment has been continuously searching for various copyrights since it became famous in Westeros. If the "Captain Hawke" project has enough box office potential, Daenerys Entertainment has no reason to let it go.

The fact is that Daenerys Entertainment has never expressed any interest in "Captain Hawke".

Although the magic of "The Last Days", which opened last week, seems to have given many people in Hollywood a glimmer of hope that Daenerys Entertainment will also fail, however, it is only a "Wind Moon" scheduled for Valentine's Day in February.

"Pretty Woman" is enough to prove that Westeros's vision for movies has not faded at all.

As of last week, the total North American box office of "Pretty Woman" has reached US$161 million, and it is expected that the film's total North American box office will be close to US$180 million before it is released.

Not only that, the box office performance of "Pretty Woman" in overseas markets was even better than in North America.

Although many overseas box office countries have not yet allowed the release of "Pretty Woman" to protect their own summer releases, only countries and regions such as the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Australia where it has been released have accumulated box office sales in recent months.

Easily exceeded US$130 million.

When the film opens in major box office locations such as Japan, France, and Spain, the global box office of "Pretty Woman" is expected to hit US$500 million.

With a production cost of US$10 million and a global box office of US$500 million, any major Hollywood film company, even if it only has one successful film in a year, is basically enough to support the entire year's performance.

Those who are gloating over the fact that the box office and word-of-mouth reviews of "The Last Days" are only average can probably only console themselves.

Since Westeros still maintains its excellent vision in movies, young people are indifferent to "Captain Hawke", and Terry Semel does not think this project is a good choice for Sony.

What's more, Sony is too generous this time.

It’s just that in addition to the fixed salary for Spielberg and Robin Williams, Sony also promised them an additional 20% and 10% of the project’s net profit share respectively. Dustin Hoffman joined, and at least he will get another

Go 10%.

The film has not yet started shooting, but 40% of the profit has been promised. Considering that the production cost of this film cannot be less than 50 million US dollars, Terry Semel feels that even if Sony does not lose money this time, it will not even think about it.

What's the point of earning a "cry"? It's more likely to be a disgraced and taken advantage of.

This person who was taken advantage of happened to be the one who got him here through the help of Peter Cooper.

Terry Semel and Peter Cooper each got into their own cars. Before leaving, Semel couldn't help but take a look at the luxurious Rolls-Royce that Peter Cooper had just replaced.

During the more than half a year at the helm of Columbia, the extravagance and squandering of the two directors, Peter Cooper and Jon Peters, have simply made other Hollywood studio heads envious.

The two not only arranged for a large number of crony cronies to come to the company, but they also spent Sony's money without any scruples. It is said that in recent weeks, Jon Peters has been flying between Europe and Los Angeles on a Columbia-owned plane every week, just to be with his new girlfriend

During the date, not only the cost of the special flight, but also the hotel and restaurant expenses and even the purchase of luxury goods for the girlfriend will be reimbursed by Colombia.

If it were any other studio, this would definitely not work.

However, the person in charge of Columbia Pictures' finances is actually Peter Cooper's ex-wife.

Many locals in Hollywood are watching Sony's excitement, wondering how much "tuition" the Japanese electronics giant will eventually pay and how long it can last before voluntarily leaving Hollywood in despair.

Simon knows this number.

$2.1 billion!

In the original time and space, this was the asset write-down loss figure announced by Sony that year after Peter Cooper and Jon Peters left Columbia. Because of this shocking and huge loss, Sony founder Akio Morita had to step down sadly and withdraw completely.

management of Sony.

On the dance floor, Simon was recalling these 'pasts'. Janet, who was holding his neck, came over and whispered: "Are you really going to let those guys go?"

Because Janet was too close to his ear, Simon subconsciously turned his head slightly.

Janet had 'sequelae' from Simon's first handshake, and Simon now also has a psychological shadow over Janet biting his ear.

Noticing Simon's dodge, Janet deliberately moved closer and bit her teeth in the man's ear a few times, making a slight tinkling sound.

Simon turned his head and kissed Janet on the face, keeping the woman's teeth away from his ears, hugging her waist and saying: "I have never been a person who is good at forgiving, but some things cannot be solved overnight, so I can only keep them in my heart temporarily.

"

Janet nodded her head and joked softly: "I really hold a grudge."

Simon just smiled.

After a dance, the two spent some time at the party before leaving Madonna's mansion.

It was ten o'clock in the evening when we returned to the villa on the west side of Cape Dume.

Janet had never been a person who liked to stay up late, so she took Simon to take a shower and fell asleep quickly.

The next day is Sunday.

It's already summer, and the bright golden light has already entered the bedroom near the sea.

Simon got up at six o'clock, gently got out of the woman's arms, washed up, changed into a set of sportswear, and went to the gym.

At seven o'clock, I went to the bedroom again, changed my clothes, and called Janet to get up.

After sending the dazed woman into the bathtub filled with warm water, Simon came to the restaurant.

With the four ABCD girls, Simon no longer needs to busy himself with breakfast.

Claire, the C girl who was wearing a white shirt and black trousers and looked very OL, saw Simon appear and took the initiative to hand over today's newspaper.

Simon said good morning and unabashedly glanced at the slim girl next to him.

White shirts and black trousers are the work attire of the four girls.

Simon was not so evil that he asked the four girls to wear maid outfits. He felt that it would make him look like an old British landowner. In this way, the OL-style dress was just right. The four girls were all about 175cm tall, with slender and slim figures.

Coupled with the uniform attire, it is completely in line with Simon's neat and obsessive-compulsive aesthetic.

With Simon's current wealth and status, it is difficult for him to have a strong desire for women because they are too easy to obtain.

Placing four exquisite vases like this around them, most people would have various ambiguous associations, but for Simon, apart from letting them take care of some daily tasks, it was just for the sake of pleasing the eyes.

Claire Gein, whom Simon called 'C', noticed his gaze, moved slightly towards the man, and said softly: "Boss, maybe you should read the entertainment section of today's Los Angeles Times."

Simon was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly and said with a smile, "Okay."

As he spoke, he opened the newspaper in front of him and found the entertainment section of the Los Angeles Times.

A white and slender finger reached over and tapped somewhere. Simon looked over and couldn't help but frown slightly.

"Another big deal, Michael Ovitz may be leading Panasonic's acquisition of MCA".

In my memory, the news of Panasonic's acquisition of MCA was only officially made public after August, and they had been in a state of secret contact before.

What's going on now? Is Panasonic going to launch it ahead of schedule?

Thinking this way, Simon started to read the text, and then he felt a little dumbfounded.

It turns out that this news was purely an accident.

In order to avoid some of the media turmoil caused by Connie's acquisition of Colombia last time, the acquisition led by Michael Ovitz was indeed very confidential.

It's just that God's calculations are not as good as those of man.

Just the previous Friday, Michael Ovitz led his team back to Los Angeles from Tokyo and unexpectedly met Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen and his party. Charlie Sheen is not a star under CAA, so he naturally has no obligation to keep it secret.

, then this matter was leaked out, becoming evidence that Ovitz was running Panasonic's acquisition of MCA, which the media had been speculating about.

Although Daenerys Entertainment has not yet started contact with MCA, private preparations for the acquisition have not stopped.

Simon plans to make a move after the war breaks out in the second half of the year and Panasonic officially publicizes the acquisition of MCA. Now, if the leak of this news causes Panasonic to launch an acquisition offer in advance, things may be a little tricky.

After the minor collapse of the North American stock market last year, MCA's share price in the first half of the year slowly recovered to above US$45, with its market value fluctuating between US$4.5 billion and US$5 billion.

Take action now. With the two competing, it will be difficult to grab MCA without US$8 billion.

In my memory, Panasonic acquired MCA for US$6.6 billion. In the following years, Universal Pictures also produced super hit works such as "Jurassic Park". However, Panasonic later had to cut the price and sell it, which shows that MCA is not worth it.

High price.
To be continued...