Veronica rushed to Los Angeles on the same day on March 1 and picked up Melbourne.

When Janet was halfway through her pregnancy, she completely lost her initial expectations and sent off the often-written "little annoying" she said, finally liberated, and flew to New York the next day.

Neither Simon nor Janet were worried that Veronica would take good care of Melbourne.

Because in February, Veronica suddenly decided to step down as the chief financial officer of Johnston Holdings.

The Johnston family did not stop this too much. Raymond Johnston even hoped that Veronica could give up her work and return to life a long time ago.

Veronica controls family finances, on the one hand, because of her ability, and on the other hand, it was also the arrangements made by Grandpa Janet when she was alive. The chief financial officers of many companies are often key candidates for CEOs, which shows the importance of this position.

The Johnston family did not have any family infighting among other wealthy families. However, Veronica voluntarily gave up the power in her hands, which was ultimately what Anthony Johnston, the head of the next generation of family, hoped to see.

As for Veronica giving up her job to help the Simons take care of her children, this incident made the entire Johnston family very puzzled.

The reason I finally found was probably that Veronica has always favored Janet very much.

Although this reason seems difficult to argue, Raymond Johnston, there is no intention to go into it.

Of course, the old man called and irresponsibly threw the little guy to Veronica and scolded him.

Simon is very interested in Victoria's Secret's parent company Limited Brands. Janet, who has always been very blind in judgment, identified the company as the key acquisition project of Apollo Management, a subsidiary of Cersei Capital, this year, so he rushed to New York to take charge.

He personally sent Janet to New York, and Simon came to Daenerys Cinema to start a new week of work.

Today is Monday, March 2.

As soon as I arrived at the office, the female assistant followed in.

Reporting today's schedule and important things Simon needs to know, the female assistant handed over several documents.

The first thing Simon saw was a box office report of the three label movie discovery work of Daenerys Entertainment in the first two months of 1992. In the morning, there was also a summary meeting of the heads of the three labels on the release of movies in January and February.

Without rushing to open the report, Simon looked at the female assistant and whispered: "Jenny is not at home tonight, should she go to my place?"

The female assistant listened to Simon's obviously intentional affair tone, looked at him with a slightly red look, pointed to the stack of documents Simon pressed in his hand and said, "There are also wisteria street renderings planned according to your draft."

Simon just nodded and winked at the female assistant with a "relative pursuit".

Jennifer's fair face became more rosy. He hesitated for a while before saying, "Let's go to San Francisco."

"Then you arrange it," Simon said with a smile on his lips, "However, 767 has sent the little guy to Australia, so we can only take other planes. In addition, since we are going to Seattle, we will arrange a regular meeting for the senior executives of Igret tomorrow morning. I want to know more about the recent operating conditions of Amazon Online Mall."

The female assistant nodded, took out the memo and wrote a few simple strokes, looked at the small notebook in his hand, and asked casually: "Why should I send Mel to Australia? He is still so young?"

Simon didn't feel too strange about the female assistant's problem, and of course he wouldn't tell the truth. He came up with a reason he had already made up and said: "This involves some privacy of the Johnston family, and it's not convenient to tell you."

The female assistant nodded a little, looked up, glanced at Simon with bright eyes, and suddenly said confidently: "My Seattle will not be sent away casually."

Simon did not hesitate: "Of course, you are the mother, you have the final say."

When Jennifer heard Simon's words, 'You are mom', his face turned slightly rosy again. He put away the memo in his hand and said, "The meeting starts at 9:10, I'll come and call you later."

After saying that, he left the office.

Simon smiled and watched the female assistant go out before opening the box office report.

In two months, three brands launched 7 movies in a row, which is equivalent to the annual circulation of some second- and third-tier film companies. In fact, MGM has only released 8 movies in the past year.

Therefore, although Simon will not show anything to the outside world, he is still a little nervous about this obviously radical distribution rhythm.

Even within Daenerys Entertainment, there is no objection to the release of 40 movies made by Simon throughout the year.

Amy Pascal has expressed concerns about this.

The reason why Simon insisted on this is, on the one hand, for the further expansion of Daenerys Entertainment and occupy more markets, and on the other hand, it is also for the accumulation of more copyrights in a short period of time, and at the same time, the potential of Daenerys Entertainment in the theater market and videotape market, and has sufficient copyrights, which can also lay a content foundation for Daenerys Entertainment to enter the cable TV and even a longer-term streaming market.

Whether it is the cable TV era in the next twenty years, the streaming era in the future, or even the video tape market that has flourished at this stage, there is a strong demand for content resources.

With the merger of MCA and controlling MGM, Simon can use thousands of film and television copyright resources in name, but one thing we have to admit is that a large number of film and television works are too old. Unless it is a classic such as "Gone with the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz", most people will not be too interested in watching an old film decades ago.

Of course, if the facts really prove that this rhythm is not feasible, Simon would not be stubborn.

If a company wants to prosper for a longer period of time, the most important thing is to face up to its own mistakes and change it in time, rather than being self-consistent.

Opening the report in my hand, the data from 7 videos appeared in front of me in the previous two months.

In the first two months of 1992, Daenerys Pictures, New World Pictures and Gaomen Pictures, seven movies released by Daenerys Entertainment, are "Scream", "Dance Heroes", "New Bridge Lovers", "Drunks", "The Ghosts Chasing Souls 4", "Double Dragons Club" and "Love in Love".

Among them, "Scream" and "Dance Heroes" were published by Daenerys Pictures, "Shinqiao Lovers", "Drunks Falling in Water" and "Love in Love" were published by Gaomen Pictures, and "Ghost Chasing Souls 4" and "Double Dragon Club" were published by New World Pictures.

"Scream" is a musical and dance film starring John Travolta and Heather Graham. It is also a project inherited from Universal Pictures. The musical and dance film is obviously the type that Travolta relied on to become famous in the past. After participating in "Pulp Novel", Travolta's popularity has also rebounded in recent years, so the budget for this film reached 15 million US dollars.

However, on January 17, after the 1,107 screens were launched, this obviously obsolete old-fashioned musical and dance film had a box office of only $1.98 million in the first week.

The sluggish opening results made "Scream" basically painted in just two weeks, with a total box office of 3.51 million US dollars.

All money is lost.

Fortunately, the budget cost of $15 million is not too tragic after all.

Due to the failure of this film, Travolta will probably have to completely ‘transform’ next.

Simon also circled the name of Heather Graham, the heroine of "Scream".

This sexy actress who is only in her early twenties with a Barbie-like appearance, has been showing her face in films of all levels such as "The Psychedelic Cowherd" and "The Dragon Brother and the Rat Brother". "Scream" is the first heroine movie, and her partner is John Travolta. But it turns out that this beautiful vase that Simon has always been very active in Hollywood in memory and has no commercial potential.

He casually drew a fork on this name, and Simon looked at the data of the next movie.

"Heroes of Dance" is also a musical and dance film. The director is a newcomer from Australia named Baz Ruman.

That's right, it's Baz Ruman, who directed the famous "Mold Rouge" in the original time and space.

Unlike the old-school disco style "Scream", "The Dance Hero" prefers a dance film. Moreover, this feature debut of Baz Ruman has the director's strong personal style, enthusiasm, gorgeousness and brightness. At the same time, the film does not have any pretentiousness. Whether it is a pleasing dance or a concise and clear plot, it has a clear commercial atmosphere.

Compared with the failed film review score of "Scream" with 4.6 points, "The Dance Hero" released on February 7, the comprehensive media score reached an excellent 9.5 points.

Because of uncertainty about the box office prospects of the film, Daenerys Film team adopted a small-scale distribution model, with 38 screens in the first week, and the final museums reached 28,000 US dollars. In such an unpopular period, such a thing was once outstanding. After the second week of 76 screens, "Heroes of the Dance" expanded the screening scale to 681 screens on February 21.

As of the past weekend, the cumulative box office of "The Dance Hero", which has been painting for three and a half weeks, has reached US$9.31 million.

The audience of dance-oriented song and dance films are limited after all. The main creators of "Heroes of Dance" are all Australians, and they lack sufficient popularity in North America. Therefore, the Daenerys Pictures distribution team did not intend to further increase the distribution scale.

However, in three and a half weeks, the box office of $9.31 million can already ensure that the musical and dance film has a box office of at least $20 million in North America.

On the other hand, although "Heroes of the Dance" is an Australian movie, it is actually a project chosen by Simon himself, so it was invested by Daenerys Entertainment's Australian branch. As a new work, there are no big stars. The budget cost of "Heroes of the Dance" is only about 3 million US dollars. However, in this way, it also enjoys a part of the tax refund from the Australian government.

Compared with the box office defeat of "Scream", "Heroes of the Dance" is undoubtedly a surprise.

Simon invested in Baz Ruman based on his prophet's advantage, mainly for his two other blockbuster films, the modern version of "Romeo and Juliet", Little Little Little's famous work, and later "The Moulin Rouge". Simon didn't have much memory of "The Dance Hero", so he didn't expect it.

The result was a surprise.

Just North America can earn $20 million in box office, and it is no problem to double it around the world.

After omnichannel operation, this video, with a budget cost of only $3 million, may bring no less than $30 million in net income to Daenerys Entertainment.

Also marked with a few strokes on Baz Ruman's name, Simon continued to look at the next video.

"The Lover of Shinbridge" is a romantic film starring Juliet Binoche. The film gave Simon the impression that the male and female protagonists were standing on the bow of the boat and shouting. Later, this scene was used by Cameron on "Titanic".

This romance film with a budget of 160 million francs is the highest-produced romance film in France ever, equivalent to USD 28 million.

The production process of the film has gone through ups and downs, and after its release in Europe, it has proved to be a disaster.

Gaomen Pictures obtained the distribution rights of this film, and originally had not had high expectations. It only hoped to take advantage of the gimmick of "the highest budget cost" and signed a pure agency distribution contract with French film dealers.

Facts have also proved that this film is a tragedy.

Gaomen Pictures arranged 103 screens to be released on January 10, with a box office of only $130,000 in the first seven days of the week, and a box office of only $130,000 in two weeks, and a box office of only $190,000 in North America.

After calculation, Gaomen Pictures will lose about $600,000 in publicity and distribution expenses on this project, and can only expect the later videotape release to make up for it.

The release date of "Dog in the Water" is January 31, the second week after the Sundance Film Festival ends, and it can be said that it is a hot iron.

This time, due to the appropriate promotion and promotion strategy, the market performance of "Dog Falling" is very good.

The scale of 336 screens opened, earning 4.37 million US dollars in seven days in the first week, and the museums reached 13,000 US dollars.

The screening scale subsequently increased to about 500 yuan, and in four and a half weeks, the cumulative box office of this low-cost drama has reached US$11.73 million, and is expected to reach US$15 million before the downturn.

Compared with the budget cost of $2.5 million, the project can be said to be a huge profit.

Gaomen Pictures has therefore signed an intention contract with Quentin for the next film, and Simon is also somewhat looking forward to what Quentin's next work will be after "Pulp Novels".

Next.

"Love-loving High Heels", a drama film by Spanish director Pedro Almodova, tells a tortuous story involving two generations of unfamiliar love and murder.

Almodova's "Tie Me, Tie Me" last year caused quite a lot of controversy. Daenerys Entertainment had the opportunity to get the movie, but in the end he gave up. However, the film did not fall into the hands of Miramax, but was won by Orion, and the box office was not as hot as it was.

For the current film "Lovely High Heels", Gaomen Pictures signed a $300,000 advance payment plus a 50% profit share issuance contract, including omni-channel copyright in North America.

After the screen was opened on February 7 at a small scale of 166 pieces, in three and a half weeks, the cumulative box office of "Lovely High Heels" also reached 1.37 million US dollars, and the total box office is expected to reach 2 million US dollars.

Overall, it's a small profit.

The five movies released by Daenerys Pictures and Gaomen Pictures are generally half the profit and half the loss.

The last New World Pictures films, "The Soul Chasing 4" and "The Double Dragons", have performed very well in the market.
Chapter completed!