As of the past weekend, the cumulative box office of "007: Golden Eye" has been launched for four and a half weeks and a week to achieve a total of US$71.86 million.

Considering that the end of next year's schedule will end, the film's box office has also fallen to a low of $5.06 million last weekend, and the total box office of this classic Agent series sequel is expected to be difficult to exceed $90 million in North America.

Such results are more than enough compared to the previous film "007: Murder License". However, comparing the film's production budget of $50 million and the promotion and promotion costs of $20 million, the North American box office of less than $90 million, including the expected overseas, based on the global calculation of about $200 million, the entire project has just recovered.

For a classic IP with greater potential to tap, this result is definitely not what Simon wants.

The reset of the 007 series is a plan that Simon decided before this "007: Golden Eye".

However, Simon did not forcefully promote this matter before he had completely controlled MGM.

After Johnston became MGM's largest shareholder, it was actually equivalent to Simon controlling the company. After all, Johnston's family did not have the energy to manage Hollywood business, and the reason why they agreed to buy MGM's shares was mainly Simon's request.

If it weren't for antitrust factors, Simon would be very happy to buy this batch of equity.

After buying the equity, the old man also spoke, leaving Simon to operate the matter here, and Australia does not intend to interfere too much.

On the other hand, with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the 007 series, which has been using the Soviet Union as an imaginary enemy for thirty years, must also make changes in the plot.

During the Cold War years, the US-Soviet confrontation has always been a very popular theme in Hollywood. In addition to the 007 series, this is the case with the top-notch "Hunting Red October" that was sold last year.

However, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States became the only superpower in the world. It would be difficult to resonate too much with the audience again when confronting the Soviet Union on the big screen.

In Simon's memory, the famous supermodel Cindy Crawford attempted to enter Hollywood's big screen work "Fair Game", tells a story about KGB agents. However, it was 1995 and the Soviet Union was no longer there, so the inappropriate film ended with a box office defeat.

The new version of "007: Golden Eye" that is still being released has undergone great changes in the plot because it was four years ahead of schedule, but the core is still not out of the rut of fighting against the evil Soviet Union.

The 007 series is one of the earliest long-term bombshell series. It is precisely because each of them involves many scenes of beautiful women in the puff car that it has always attracted the audience.

However, as more and more blockbuster movies appear, the 007 series continues to follow its original route, and is destined to appear less and less pleasing enough, and may even be abandoned by the audience in the end.

In short, change is necessary.

Since the copyright of the Ghost Party was still settled before "007: Golden Eye", Simon plans to create a coherent restart series based on the Daniel Craig version in memory.

What I want to do is to strive for more control of the 007 series.

After the birth of the 007 series, the copyright has changed several times. Now it is basically shared by MGM's United States Company and the Brockley family in the UK. Unless both parties agree unanimously, no one can start the production of the video alone.

In the original time and space, due to the decline of MGM, the 007 series is basically a work of Tim GM's life-threatening work. Even if each film cannot make a lot of money, the cash flow brought is enough to barely maintain MGM. Because of this, MGM had to give up the initiative of too many projects and let the Brockley family completely manage this series.

Now, since I have mastered MGM, Simon will certainly not let this situation continue.

At worst, it's just a shelve.

Simon has sufficient IP resources in his hands, and even without 007, MGM's recovery can be expected.

In comparison, the Brockery family only has the 'gold mine' of 007. If this gold mine cannot be mined, the Brockery family will not be able to continue.

C girl Claire Gain came to Los Angeles to attend the Westeros New Year's Eve party that will be held at Daenerys Cinema tonight. Of course, because it is scattered on the east and west coasts, the company executives on the west coast will attend tonight.

Unlike other executives, because of his past identities, Claire was able to come to visit Simon in advance.

After Shirley Lansing left, Claire also took out the first iCam that Tinkobaier was developing for Simon from his bag.

Giving the little guy to Deborah for care, Simon played with the second-generation prototype that was significantly smaller than the first generation. Compared with the first generation, using 3.5-inch floppy disks, this prototype can only use smaller 2.5-inch floppy disks.

Claire watched Simon play with her and said, "This is just an alternative to the second-generation machine. Neil and I haven't decided whether to replace the 3.5-inch floppy disk with 2.5-inch."

"I suggest you do this. Pocketing is an inevitable trend. The smaller the size of this card camera, the easier it is to carry, and the easier it is to promote it," Simon asked Deborah to pick up the little guy, lift the camera and take a photo, and continued to play with it. "In fact, if you can really make a digital camera into a 'card', it will be considered as the ultimate."

The current card camera does not mean that the camera itself is like a card, but is just a concept compared to a more professional SLR camera.

The first generation iCam is actually like a small dictionary.

Even the second-generation prototype in Simon's hand looks about 15CM*10CM*5CM, which still looks huge and bloated than the card camera in Simon's memory.

Claire has accumulated enough professional knowledge. After hearing Simon say this, he thought about it and said: "If you want to make a real card, floppy disk storage will definitely not work. You may need to use the latest flash memory medium. In addition, sensors and batteries are all big problems, and there are also operations. If it really becomes a card, the existing physical buttons also need to be replaced."

Simon listened to the C girl's thinking divergently and smiled: "According to Moore's Law, electronic components will become more integrated and more powerful in the future. Therefore, it is feasible to achieve extreme miniaturization of electronic products. Haven't I asked you to apply for many 'i' series trademarks? These will be useful in the future."

Claire remembered the iPlayer, iPhone and other trademarks that Tinkobaier also holds in addition to iCam. It seems that the boss from home thought of it from the beginning.

However, she is still thinking about making iCam first. In the past few months, iCam has confirmed to have sufficient market capacity, and the continuous explosive growth of the Internet industry is still increasing iCam's business prospects. In the short term, as long as this product is done well and gain a foothold in the fiercely competitive market where more and more established manufacturers join, she will be satisfied.

Although there is indeed a big plan, Simon has no intention of forcing the seedlings to grow.

I continued to talk to Claire about some details, and it was already lunch time before I knew it.

Although Simon invited her to have a meal together and watching the sisters traveling between the kitchen and the restaurant, Claire was still embarrassed to sit with Simon and his wife.

She also understood that doing so would be too hateful.

After diligently helping to prepare lunch, Claire found an excuse to run to the small restaurant where the maids had eaten.

The evening New Year's Eve party starts at 7 o'clock, and the venue is still at the event center on the second floor of Daenerys Cinema.

In addition to a group of executives in the Westeros system, politicians and celebrities from all walks of life in Los Angeles were invited to attend. Just after 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the traffic flowed around the north and south entrances of the cinema that entered and left the cinema.

Before we knew it, many people discovered that in Hollywood, only Daenerys Entertainment has enough strength and appeal to hold such a grand New Year's Eve event.

In the coming 1991, Hollywood seemed to be thriving, but most of its glory was created by Daenerys Entertainment.

This can be seen by referring to the 1991 North American movie box office list.

The films that temporarily rank in the top ten of the annual box office list, "Batman: The Dark Knight", "Terminator 2", "The World of Destiny", "The Robbery Robin Hood", "Toy Story", "The Flash", "The Silence of the Lambs", "The City Countryside", "Anti-witness Stars", "The Good Man", etc. In addition to "The Robbery Robin Hood" by Warner Bros. Pictures and "The City Countryside" produced by Columbia Pictures, the other eight and four are films jointly performed by Daenerys Entertainment and other studios, three are films produced by Daenerys Entertainment itself, and the last one is "The Flash", Simon Westeros also controls the dominance of this project, and thus enjoys 10% of the North American box office share income of the project.

Because Simon's participation in "The Flash" was not too high, before the film was released, other factions within Time Warner raised objections, believing that Simon did too little and got too much, and hoped to give up this unfair contract in the next project.

When "The Flash" started and was expected to break through the $250 million box office in North America, it meant that Simon could easily take $25 million, but the result was that no one raised any objections.

After all, no one in Hollywood can secure a $250 million box office channel for a project.

Moreover, judging from the box office feedback that the painting market has opened overseas, the overseas box office of "The Flash" is expected to reach US$400 million, which ensures at least US$600 million in the global box office of the film.

Even if it cannot be compared with the Batman series, even if it invests a huge amount of US$1.2, the global box office of US$600 million, including the related peripheral sales revenue and later channels, is enough for Time Warner to make a fortune.

Who can still have this ability to turn stones into gold in the whole Hollywood?

Even though I had a premonition that the continued expansion of Daenerys Entertainment would threaten the traditional power ecology of Hollywood, in the face of such temptation of interests, there is really no one who can really come forward to stop Daenerys Entertainment from expanding.

Most of the things I look forward to are being able to work with Daenerys Entertainment and Simon Westeros.

Just so happened that Daenerys Entertainment also showed enough cooperation attitude and did not greedily eat all the benefits into its own stomach.

Simon and his wife rushed to the event center of the cinema at nearly seven o'clock. The hall was already filled with people and bustling.

At seven o'clock, the party is about to begin.

When Simon came on stage to deliver his New Year's speech, he couldn't help but look back on the year that was about to pass.

In 1991, the beginning of the last decade of the twentieth century, too many things happened in both the Westeros system and the world.

This year began with a devastating Gulf War and ended with a thrilling empire collapse, and the world pattern was completely changed.

This year, Westeros system has successively merged with MCA and Bell Atlantic, becoming one of the largest media giants in Hollywood, while successfully entering the traditional telecom industry.

This year, the first heir of the Westeros was born.

This year, due to the influence and promotion of Simon, the big butterfly, the Internet industry began to explode early.

This year, two other projects in the DC Cinema Universe, "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "The Flash" were successful again, completely confirming the birth of a new film business model.

This year, Simon Westeros' personal wealth reached US$35 billion, far exceeding any of the wealth list, and it is a big hit.

This year, Simon Westeros, 23 years old.

Inside the event hall of Daenerys Cinema.

Looking at the handsome, calm but sharp young man who delivered his New Year's speech, all the guests in the hall also lingered in various emotions.

Too many people always don’t believe in miracles because they have never encountered them.

However, at this moment, everyone has to admit that the miracle happened to them, and that treacherous young man who began to rise rapidly at the age of 18.

"Finally, I hope everyone has a wonderful night, and I wish everyone a smooth work, happiness and well-being in the coming year. Thank you."

Amid warm applause, Simon walked off the stage.

Tonight's celebration officially begins.

The carnival lasted until late at night, at twelve o'clock, everyone started counting down, the New Year bell rang, and 1992 officially arrived.

After New Year's Day, when many people were still immersed in the holidays, Simon, who had been on a full month off, started working again.

At the beginning of the new year, there are many things in the entire Westeros system that need Simon to deal with personally.

In addition to a series of film projects in Daenerys Entertainment, in New York, the long-prepared Westeros Building will be launched after the New Year. The first thing to do is to demolish six buildings in the entire block, and Simon needs to rush to the East Coast in person.

During Simon's vacation last month, Daenerys Entertainment successfully won the EA company.

Although most of the matters are in charge of Nancy Brill, many things also require Simon to participate.

In addition, there is also the Universal Studios Osaka in Japan.

After a year of negotiations and planning with the Japanese government, the address of Universal Studios Osaka was basically confirmed, and Simon also needed to fly to Japan in person to finalize many series.
Chapter completed!