Simon could roughly understand the feelings of the people around him when he mentioned "Home Imperial".

Daenerys Entertainment has released several blockbuster films independently this year. The box office of "The Pretty Beauty" in North America was $178 million, and the box office of "The Love of Man and Ghost" in North America was $217 million, both of which are basically close to the $200 million level.

Now, the same is true for "Home Imperial".

On the other hand, among the 10 film projects that Daenerys Entertainment has collaborated with foreign countries, only "Sleeping with the Enemy" and "Red and Pink League" have been released, which can reach the local box office level of US$100 million. The other two movies "The Hand Shaking the Cradle" and "Ten Days of Danger" have been sold, but the box office potential is only around US$80 million.

It was obvious that Simon was clearly leaving the best project to Daenerys entertain herself.

Moreover, Colombia's Peter Cooper, Fox President Joe Ross and others may be even more puzzled why Simon was able to accurately select these top-notch videos.

Take "Home Imperial" for example. John Hughes is indeed one of the top-notch filmmakers who rose in the 1980s, but he has never had a work in North America with a box office of over 100 million yuan, and the best local box office results are only about 70 million US dollars.

However, suddenly, "Home Imperial" not only broke the embarrassing situation where John Hughes's film work could not exceed 100 million, but also seemed to have to go directly to $200 million in the North American box office.

For traditional Hollywood filmmakers, film investment is like gambling. No one can accurately predict whether a movie can be sold. This is also the reason why Hollywood filmmakers insist on not participating in film investment in person as much as possible and only paying labor fees.

Simon Westeros has been breaking the cognition of traditional Hollywood filmmakers in recent years.

Of course, Simon would not answer questions and answer questions for these people, but just casually talked about the various trivial things that have happened in Hollywood recently. In this circle, if he is unwilling, no one can let him reveal certain information on his own initiative.

After chatting and socializing, he noticed that his personal lawyer, George Norman, walked towards this side with a few people. Simon nodded to everyone and smiled and greeted him with Janet.

Janet just reminded George in his ear that he wanted to introduce some people to him tonight, roughly some friends in his circle.

Simon and Norman greeted each other and looked over casually, unexpectedly attracted the attention of another couple.

The man in this couple looks like he is in his forties or fifties, with a dark complexion and obviously has Latino ancestry. The woman looks much younger, in her thirties, with short black hair and fair skin, and has the exquisite charm unique to the rich ladies in Los Angeles.

The most important thing is that Simon recognizes the identity of the couple at a glance, especially the identity of the woman, Robert Kardashian and Chris Kardashian. If history does not change, the latter will then change its name to Chris Jenner, who is a powerful woman who later created the "Kennedy family in the entertainment industry."

Simon has seen too many people who could only appear in the news newspapers in his previous life in recent years. Although he once again sighed that the world was too small, he did not show a special expression on his face.

However, when Simon glanced inadvertently, it was probably the keen sixth sense of women. Kris Kardashian, who held her husband, obviously felt that the young man with a prominent position in this city and even the entire country at this time seemed to have a special look at him.

It must be an illusion?

However, the couple recently introduced OJ Simpson, the godfather of several children, to George Norman's law firm as a client, to George Norman's law firm, and then they entered the private circle of the barrister who is becoming more and more popular in Los Angeles. However, in doing so, they actually hope to get to the pyramids of Los Angeles through George Norman.

The top level of this city's pyramid is undoubtedly the big names in Hollywood, especially the young man in front of him.

If they can get a relationship with Simon Westeros, even if they don’t get any substantial benefits, it will be enough to make their reputation in their social circles soar.

After introducing several close friends, George Norman finally signaled to the Kardashians and his wife: "Simon, this is Bob Kardashian and his wife Chris. Bob was also a lawyer before, and we have worked with him, but he is now a very good businessman."

"I'm glad to meet you, Mr. Kardashian."

Simon and Robert Kardashian shook hands, greeted each other, looked at Chris Kardashian, and reached out and said, "Hello, Mrs. Kardashian."

Chris Kardashian has been brewing compliments when greeting Simon in her heart, but she couldn't find the right words until she shook hands with him. There were so many dazzling things on the young man in front of her, so she could only smile and say, "Hello, Simon."

Feeling the slightly rough big hand in her hand, and thinking of the young man's previous look, Chris Kardashian couldn't help but sway.

Simon noticed the woman's floating gaze and suddenly rose. His fingers gently tweaked the other person's palm twice before letting go. Kris Kardashian felt Simon's small movements, and the surprise flashed in his expression, and he quickly calmed down, but his mood was hard to calm down.

What does Westeros mean?

Could it be...

Chris Kardashian couldn't help but think of Simon Westeros' preference for women in the rumor.

Simon didn't care how Chris Kardashian was feeling. After teasing her, she quickly turned to other social events.

In the whole party that followed, the beautiful woman holding her husband's eyes was sometimes expectant and sometimes lost her mind and sometimes resentful. She was just a little overwhelmed, but she didn't get any further hints from a young man, and even found that the other party simply left early.

The next day is Friday.

Early in the morning, two very attractive news appeared in the media.

Simon Westeros finally responded to the whereabouts of the $500,000 I got from Matthew Broderick. Many people felt unbelievable when they saw related articles from the Los Angeles Times.

Four years ago, the young man had just arrived in Los Angeles, stayed in a motel, and worked a odd job that barely made a living. He was completely poor. How could he donate a huge sum of $500,000?

However, the facts are unquestionable.

On the day the Los Angeles Times exposed the news, a senior UNICEF executive personally confirmed the news in an interview with CNN.

A series of information exposed by other media further confirmed the accuracy of the news.

Simon Westeros did donate that $500,000 at the beginning.

It's incredible.

Although Simon did not publicly respond to the winter when he donated the $500,000, the facts were there. Simon, who had already gained the upper hand in public opinion in the storm caused by Matthew Broderick, began to gain more favors from people without realizing it.

Another news is also eye-catching, it was the first week of "Home Imperial".

From December 21 to December 27, "Home Imperial" stood out in other films in the same period. In the first seven days of the week, the box office won 41.93 million US dollars.

Affected by the strong box office data of "Home Imperial", only the other eight new films produced by Universal Pictures barely broke the $10 million mark in the first week. Others, such as Blair de Palma's "Vanity Bonfire" and Sean Connery's "Russian House", opened on a large scale, with only $5 and $6 million in the first week.

However, this is just the beginning.

On December 28, a new week, North American theaters once again logged into a series of new films.

However, the only major paintings this week are the drama "Havana" co-starring Sidney Pollack and Robert Redford and "The Godfather 3" directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

"The Godfather 3" can be said to be a long-awaited movie fans.

However, the reputation of the early preview of this film was unsatisfactory, and Coppola's daughter Sofia Coppola's performance in the film attracted one-sided negative reviews.

Robert Redford starred in the film "Havana", which tells the story of a gambler's ups and downs in Cuba's changing environment in the late 1950s, and did not splash many waves.

The production cost of "Havana" is as high as US$40 million. Universal obviously has no confidence in this film. Although it gave the New Year schedule, it only arranged 813 screens in the first week. Facts have proved that this film is a complete failure.

It was just one day on Friday, December 28, and the box office trend of the new week was basically confirmed.

"Home Imperial" earned as much as US$9.91 million in just one day, compared with the same period last week, the reverse decline reached 15%.

Many people had already expected that "Home Imperial" would have a big box office hit, but it could still achieve a counter-slump based on the box office of $41.93 million in the first week, which was beyond the expectations of most people.

Immediately afterwards, from December 28 to December 30, the box office of "Home Imperial" ended up being 30.16 million US dollars on the weekend, although the counter-decline was not as good as on Friday, it also reached 13%.

Compared to last week's Christmas, this week, the statutory New Year's Day holiday on January 1 happens to be Tuesday, which means not only three days on weekends, but also Mondays and Tuesdays can be counted as a holiday with a generous box office revenue.

The last weekend of 1990 quietly passed, and 1991 is coming.

Finally, from December 28 to January 3, due to the continuous New Year's Day holiday, the box office decline of "Home Imperial" finally reached 15% compared to last week's last week, earning $47.99 million again. Just two weeks after the painting, the unexpected phenomenal children's comedy's cumulative box office has quickly reached $89.92 million, directly breaking all box office records of John Hughes' previous films.

After the box office was released the next week, Daenerys Entertainment officially announced the launch plan for the sequel to "Home Imperials".

Because he signed three contracts with young actor Macaulay Calkin in advance, supporting roles such as Joe Pessey are not box office celebrities who can start at the price, so the main creators of the film will basically return in the sequel. John Hughes will still lead this project, and the salary plan is consistent with the first one.

In addition to "Home Imperial", although "The Godfather 3" released this week earned $22.43 million in seven days in the first week, exceeding the box office results of all other new films except "Home Imperial", it cannot cover up the sharpness of "Home Imperial".

"Havana", created by Sidney Pollack and Robert Redford, can only be described as a crushing defeat.

The seven-day painting starts, and it is still a popular schedule that spans the New Year's Day holiday. The box office revenue of "Havana" was only a pitiful $3.12 million in the first week, which is less than a fraction of "Home Imp".

Universal Pictures invested a $40 million production budget for "Havana", and with the film's box office debut in the first week, the project is basically sure to lose all its money.

Including "The Bonfire of Vanity", which was also not successful last week, some media couldn't help but joke that Daenerys Entertainment's "Home Imperials" completely crushed the two big names Brian De Palma and Robert Redford who helped Simon a lot.

The only thing that is thankful that Brian de Palma was reminded by Simon that Tom Hanks was no longer used as the leading actor of "The Bonfire of Vaing" and compressed the production budget of more than $40 million in the original time and space of the film to $20 million.

Therefore, compared to the loss of "Havana", "Bonfire of Vanity" with a box office of $5.69 million in the first week, it is expected to eventually get a North American box office of about $15 million. Although the producer Warner Bros. cannot make much money from this project, it is not as thorough as Universal.

Affected by the box office failure of "Havana" and the continued delay in the MCA acquisition case, the stock market opened after the festival, and MCA's stock price fluctuated again, with a trend of falling below the $60 mark.

As hundreds of thousands of troops in the Gulf region began to gather in the final assembly, MCA shareholders became increasingly anxious, and the management controlled by Lou Vasalman was facing increasing pressure.

After several consecutive months of operation, Bell Atlantic successfully won, which may hinder MCA's acquisition obstacles were also removed one by one by Simon. In order to give MCA a feeling that Daenerys Entertainment is looking forward to the continued delay in this acquisition. In the days around the New Year, Simon has never attended the negotiations on this acquisition again.

Lou Vasalman and Sid Himberg knew the situation was hopeless. After Daenerys Entertainment promised two relatively generous consultant titles, they finally officially accepted Daenerys Entertainment's $7 billion acquisition offer for MCA on January 7.

At this point, this acquisition, which had been going on for several months, was finalized.

The day after the two parties reached an agreement, MCA shares were temporarily suspended from the New York Stock Exchange, and Daenerys Entertainment also submitted an audit of the acquisition case transaction to the US Department of Justice.

Compared with Bell Atlantic, this review of MCA seems to be basically only a symbolic process in the eyes of many people. No one thinks that after the US Department of Justice approved Westeros to acquire Bell Atlantic, it will suddenly reject Daenerys Entertainment's acquisition of MCA.

Therefore, this transaction is a foregone conclusion.

With the transaction under Hollywood, Daenerys Entertainment’s management has already begun to slowly take over MCA’s operations.

After completing this acquisition, Daenerys Entertainment will acquire a large number of assets including Universal Pictures, MCA Records, Universal Studios in Los Angeles, Universal Studios in Orlando, USA TV Network, Putman Publishing Company, 40% of the equity of Cineplex Odeon Cinema, and a large Universal Pictures library.

Although the debt ratio of MCA is very low, it also has about $500 million in debt accounts. Therefore, the total value of this acquisition is ultimately $7.5 billion.

Including the total transaction amount of Bell Atlantic total of US$8.7 billion, in just a few months, the total acquisition amount paid by the Westeros system reached US$16.2 billion, of which US$14 billion were cash.

Simon's funds transferred from overseas at the end of last year, excluding the huge capital gains tax that needs to be paid, and taking into account part of the tax-free principal, it happened to get back $6 billion of funds.

Once the two acquisitions are completed, the total debt scale of the entire Westeros system will reach US$12 billion.

Simon is not only the richest person in the world, but also the one with the highest personal debt.

Many experts and media have predicted that if Simon cannot handle the huge debt problems faced by the Westeros system in the next few years, or if the US economic environment continues to deteriorate after the outbreak of the Gulf War, his personal net worth is likely to shrink as quickly as the two richest men, Redstone and Murdoch, who are also media industries on the Forbes list last year.
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