Any branch series of the DC Cinema Universe, even if it only reaches half the box office level of "Batman: The Moment of War", is enough to support the performance of a large studio. Therefore, senior executives of Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group will personally come forward to finalize the role candidates for the project.

Similarly, because these roles mean a chance to reach the top for many actors, the entire Hollywood, whether it is the actors who are looking forward to it or the agency where the actors are located, is closely following any related news from Daenerys Cinema.

When the news of the finalization of the male and female protagonists of "The Flash" came out, not to mention the joy of the parties involved, countless eyes inside and outside Hollywood were instantly focused on Jason Jederick and Robin White. Both young men, who were only 24 or 25 years old, became the focus of Hollywood's attention in just a few hours.

Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group allow actors who signed the long-term contract of DC Cinema Universe to appear in other film projects. Although there are very strict restrictions, when the DC Cinema Universe team has not officially contacted the parties to sign the contract, many studios have handed a series of invitations to the agency of the two actors.

The candidates for the male and female protagonists of "The Flash" were determined in the morning. Until the afternoon, the core supporting roles of the project were also finalized one after another. Although they could not compare with the male and female protagonists, these people also received a lot of attention.

Speaking of which, the casting process of the DC movie universe is very different from the Hollywood tradition.

Most projects in traditional Hollywood are constantly in contact with actors and slowly piece together the entire project team. However, the producers have completely taken the initiative in the DC Film Universe project. In the final analysis, it is because the DC Film Universe series does not pursue first-line stars.

Usually, after casting begins, if an actor wants to play certain roles, as long as he passes the initial selection, he must first sign an intent agreement, including acceptance of the long-term contract for the DC movie universe, salary rules, image authorization, etc. If you do not accept it, you will no longer need to waste both parties' time.

This casting process also means that once an actor is chosen, both parties can sign a formal contract soon, and there is no need to argue with each other on the details. If an actor changes his mind and wants to raise the price after he is selected, he will not only be abandoned immediately, but will also face huge claims.

Confirm the main cast of "The Flash", and the subsequent signing of the contract and the arrangement of actors for related physical fitness, performance training, etc., I will take over.

After seeing off Terry Semer and others, Simon had just returned to his own office in the administrative district. The female assistant followed him in and told him that James Rebeld had called before and said that something was very important.

Simon did not turn to the leather chair behind the desk, but sat down directly on the edge of the table opposite, picked up the microphone and signaled the female assistant to dial.

Jennifer skillfully dialed a string of numbers, and just after dialing, he hugged him with one hand.

After a few times of anger and beating, Simon began to talk to his father opposite him, so he had to give up struggling, but the hand let go of her again.

Simon smiled and looked at the female assistant's ears red-red and pretended to help her desk. After chatting with her, her expression gradually closed.

The thing is about the 20% stake in espn mentioned by Robert Egg at the party last Saturday.

Robert Eiger returned to Los Angeles and quickly sorted out a rough document to Simon.

Espn has been established for 11 years and now has more than 57 million subscribers, annual revenue exceeds $500 million, and net profit last year was $51 million.

Simon was a little curious at the beginning why the Metropolitan/abc Group did not buy back the 20% shares by itself, because of the veto power of the major shareholder. The Metropolitan/abc Group's advantage in buying these 20% shares is greater than any other buyer. Because of the success of "Who Will Be a Millionaire", the Metropolitan/abc Group's financial situation in recent years has also been relatively outstanding.

The information collected by Robert Eiger gives the reason.

The conservative chairman of Metropolitan/abc Group, Tom Murphy and major shareholder Warren Buffett, are unwilling to pay too high prices for this batch of shares. The valuation of 20% of the shares is equivalent to a price-to-earnings ratio of nearly 20 times. In the eyes of both old men, they are only willing to give a price-to-earnings ratio of 10 times.

In addition, ESPN recently signed a four-year, $400 million event broadcast agreement with Major League Baseball. ESPN's annual revenue is only $500 million. Because this agreement, the sudden increase in content costs of $100 million each year also put ESPN on a very large risk. If this very risky huge agreement ultimately fails, ESPN, which was originally developing, is likely to turn to decline.

Since Metropolitan/abc Group itself is unwilling to buy shares, Simon thought he would definitely win, so he directly handed the matter over to James to deal with it.

Unexpectedly, something happened suddenly.

James told Simon on the phone that the acquisition of these shares was progressing smoothly. He communicated with Tom Murphy, chairman of Metropolitan/abc Group. The other party was happy that Westeros could buy the shares and then contacted Reynolds Nabeske, and the other party's feedback was also very positive.

However, just this morning, Tom Murphy suddenly called him again, saying that the Metropolitan/abc Group is likely to be unable to accept Westeros’ investment in ESPN, and the reason given was that other Metropolitan/abc Group partners were interested in this group of shares.

After James asked, Murphy revealed that it was the Hurst family who wanted to buy the 20% stake in espn.

The Hurst family is a super media family that is deeply rooted in the United States, just like the Newhouse family.

Although there is no name for the Hurst family member on the Forbes US 400 Rich List this year, only the Newhouse brothers account for two of them. But in fact, the wealth of the Hurst family is comparable to that of the Newhouse family, because William Hurst, the first-generation founder of the Hurst family, had a total of six children, which caused the family's equity to be dispersed.

The Hurst family has been prosperous for a hundred years. At that time, William Hurst directly incited a "Spanish-American War" between the United States and Spain with the media network that spread across the country. Although it is still criticized, the impact of the Hurst family on American news and public opinion can be seen from this.

The Hurst family has gradually begun to be dominated by the third generation. However, this media family still deeply influences American news and public opinion with hundreds of newspapers, weekly, magazines and other media platforms in major cities in North America. The San Francisco Chronicle, which has a huge influence on the West Coast, is an industry under the name of the Hurst Group.

Although Simon's personal wealth is several times that of the Hurst family, James thinks it is better not to provoke such a media family that is deeply rooted in the United States to incite a war.

James originally wanted to find out more specific details and talk about this matter with Simon. This afternoon, William Hurst III, the third heir of the Hurst family, contacted him again, but invited Simon, hoping that he would attend a party of the Hurst family tomorrow night.

As for the purpose, it is obviously self-evident.

After talking to James on the phone for more than twenty minutes, put down the microphone. The female assistant had just left, and Simon continued to lean against the desk and thought about this.

During those days in New York at the beginning of the month, Janet told Simon that if possible, media families such as Newhouse and Hurst in the United States would be better off getting along with them. If these media families that manipulate American news and public opinion can establish connections, it will definitely help the development of the Westeros system.

However, it is not so easy for Simon, a newly rising wealthy newcomer, to enter the circle of those old aristocratic families. Moreover, Simon has his own pride, and if others don’t welcome him, he will not try his best to get into those circles.

An unexpected opportunity has emerged.

Hurst, Newhouse, or Graham, who controls the Washington Post Group, may still control the news and public opinion in the United States, but Simon knows that with the advent of the Internet era, these old media families will gradually decline, and many well-known newspapers and magazines that have been passed down for a hundred years are still completely unattainable at present, such as the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Times, etc., more than 20 years later, many will be sold to a series of new rich people at the same price as clearance, so that the newspapers can continue.

Simon carefully looked back at the memories in his mind and soon discovered a message.

After the decline of the paper media industry in the United States, the 20% stake in espn TV network held by the Hurst family almost accounted for 50% of the annual profit of the entire Hurst Group.

After completing the MCA acquisition, Simon's next goal is to own the Metropolitan/abc Group, which owns ABC TV and ESPN TV stations.

Now I will give up 20% of the shares of espn TV to the Hurst family. In a few years, with the rise of espn and the decline of print media, the Hurst family, which is heavily dependent on espn's 20% shares, will likely become a vassal of the entire Westeros system.

Jennifer knocked in again, holding a few documents in her hand, noticed the smile on the corner of Simon's mouth, and asked, "What did Dad say to you?"

Simon roughly talked about the content of the phone call just now. Of course, he did not disclose what had happened yet.

After hearing this, the female assistant frowned slightly: "Since that's the case, we shouldn't want this equity. It would be very troublesome to have a conflict with the Hurst family."

Simon nodded and said, "However, the Hurst family can't let me get out of the competition with just one party. They always have to give some exchange chips."

The female assistant thought about it and said, "The San Francisco Chronicle happens to be from the Hurst family. This time, we may be able to exchange a content cooperation agreement between the Egret Portal and the San Francisco Chronicle."

The Igrit Portal has previously established a partnership with the Murdoch family News Corp. However, Murdoch is only willing to provide European and Australian media consultations for the Igrit Portal.

In North America, on the one hand, News Corp.'s media strength is not that strong. On the other hand, it may also be the instinctive defense of the old fox of Murdoch. The Igrit Portal has not been able to obtain content support from media platforms such as the News Corp. At present, the North American news of the Igrit Portal mainly comes from the cooperation of a small local newspaper in San Francisco, and the content quality is difficult to satisfy.

It would be better if we could get news from the San Francisco Chronicle, which is headquartered in San Francisco.

"A great idea," Simon nodded, reached out to pull the female assistant in front of him, and smiled, "But now, let's consider where to spend the night tonight."

The female assistant was held in Simon's arms, and posted a post on Simon's slightly thorny chin on his side, saying, "Jenny has been very dissatisfied with the phone call recently, saying that she wanted to bring a bottle of red wine mixed with chili water."

Simon smiled and said, "You just don't drink it."

The female assistant lit her head seriously, but added with a little dark belly: "She said she wanted to give it to you."

Janet went to Europe last week and successfully won Latu Winery for $120 million. Then he participated in this year's fashion week in Milan and planned to return to North America tomorrow. The Boeing 767 will fly to Europe to pick up people today.

At night, he could only take the Falcon business jet of Daenerys Entertainment and Jennifer to San Francisco for a night. Simon sent his female assistant back to Los Angeles the next morning and continued to fly to the East Coast in the falcon.

Time has been arranged.

At around four o'clock on the evening of the East Coast time, Simon arrived in New York and waited directly at Kennedy Airport for less than half an hour. The Boeing 767 that Janet and his party also landed on the runway.

This time, not only Janet came back alone, Sofia Fessi also came, but also brought his family, including the senior executive's parents and a pair of children.

In the previous call, Sofia said that she hoped that her two children would go to school in the United States in the future and would stay with her parents.

Simon had not seen Sofia's children yet, but knew that the woman had been arranged to study at a private school in Geneva, Switzerland.

Switzerland's excellence in private schools is well known, and studying there will not be too much language barriers. Sophia suddenly sent her children to North America. Simon guessed that there should be other inside stories, perhaps because her ex-husband wanted to take the children back.

However, Sophia didn't say it clearly, and Simon couldn't ask too much.

At the Kennedy Airport runway, Janet walked out of the cabin and saw Simon, and immediately rushed down. He rushed into the man's arms like a bird returning to his nest. Until the sound of high heels behind him sounded, the woman finally bit Simon's lips gently before she was willing to let him go.

Simon also saw Sophia and his group.

The female senior executive was wearing a white professional ol suit, still intellectual and beautiful, holding a child with one hand on one hand. The boy was older and looked a little shy when he was about ten years old. On the other side, the girl seven or eight years old looked at Simon without any fear.

Behind the senior executive, this was a couple with gray hair. When they noticed Simon looking at them, they nodded in a restrained manner.

Because Sophia's parents were present, Simon originally planned to shake hands with the female senior executive as a greeting, but Sophia let go of the two children, stepped forward generously and hugged Simon, before saying, "Long time no see, Simon."

Then he began to introduce his child. The boy was named Daniel Fessi, who was 10 years old and the girl was named Gemma Fessi, who was 7 years old.

When introducing her parents, the female senior executive was obviously not so enthusiastic. Simon felt that although the elderly couple was very accommodating with their daughters and Sophia brought them to see the children, it was obvious that Simon found that there was a very obvious gap between the female executive and his parents.

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