Chapter 734 Fiasco (3) (Repair)
After the midterm elections, the second week of the North American Academy of Halloween schedule quietly ended.
One box office week from November 4 to November 10, the second movie of the Soul Conjuring Movie Universe series, "The Mortuary Haunted Incident", closed at $45.71 million in the first week, and the box office fell by 49% the next week, earning $23.35 million, which was obviously not as good as the trend of the Soul Conjuring Movie.
However, in two weeks, the cumulative box office of "The Mortuary Haunted Incident" has reached $69.06 million.
Even if the New World Pictures team added $5 million in publicity and promotion investment after the first week of box office sales, the total budget cost of production and promotion of "Mortal Haunted Incident" was only $35 million. It earned $69.06 million in two weeks. According to the ladder sharing rules, Daenerys Entertainment has recovered all its investment and started to make profits.
Not only that, through the management of two consecutive movies, the brand of the Soul Cinema Universe has been completely deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Friday, November 11th.
On the third day after the midterm elections, the Thanksgiving schedule in North America begins.
The first movie released by Daenerys Entertainment during Thanksgiving is "The Disguised Strange", Jim Carrey's second work after "Detective's Aircraft Head" sold during the Easter period, with 2,360 yuan on the screen.
Meanwhile, there are two other heavyweight new films this week, namely MGM's "Horror Zone" and Warner Bros.'s "Night Visit to Vampire".
"Horror Zone" produced by MGM tells the story of a deadly virus crisis caused by poaching. This is a project Simon arranged for MGM based on memory. The original version starring Dustin Hoffman and Renee Russell, and the box office is pretty good.
Influenced by Simon's big butterfly, the new version of "Horror Zone" is starring Sam Neil, who has gained wide popularity in "Jurassic Park". Because Renee Russell became the heroine of the new version of "Jurassic Park", both sides are not suitable for continuing to partner. Simon's favorite Shera Wod was also unable to participate because of the schedule of "Desperate Housewives", and finally finalized the Oscar-winning actress Jessica Lange.
The film ultimately cost $30 million, exceeding Simon's initial $25 million expectation. However, the effect of the film was pretty good, and MGM arranged 2,215 yuan to open the screen.
The final "Night Visit to the Vampire" is even more interesting.
The two male protagonists of the original film were Tom Cruise who was at the peak of his time and the newly-resurrected Brad Pitt. The producer was David Geffen, who wanted to try the film production after selling Geffen Records.
Now, because of the entanglement with Daenerys Entertainment, Tom Cruise has been completely photographed on the beach.
Brad Pitt is in popularity after he starred in the role of Superman in DC's Cinema Universe.
As an important test project before setting up DreamWorks with Steven Spielberg, even if David Geffen, who opens his personality frankly, is known as the most powerful gay man in Hollywood, and a large project with a $60 million investment, it is impossible to cast a role according to his own preferences.
What's more, the director Neil Jordan, who signed the project, and several intended male actors, and even the publisher Warner Brothers, are closely related to Daenerys Entertainment.
There is no need for Simon to speak, these people will take the initiative to avoid working with Tom Cruise.
So, in the new version of "Night Visit to Vampire", the two male protagonists eventually fell on Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt.
As the core actor of DC's Cinema Universe, Peter naturally needs permission from both Warner and Daenerys to be able to perform. Logically speaking, in order to avoid consuming actor popularity, Simon usually does not agree to the core actor of DC's Cinema Universe to play other blockbuster bombs. However, the theme of "Night Visit to the Vampire" has no conflict with "Superman". In addition to Warner's lobbying, Simon agreed with the flow.
In addition, a very outstanding luoli in the original version still chose Kirsten Dunst, whose shelf life is only 13 years old.
On the day of the painting, Warner Bros. gave 2,604 screens of this best-selling novel adaptation of the movie.
Compared with the uneven quality of the new films during Halloween, this time, the three movies that opened the paintings have gained a very good reputation. Simon deliberately postponed "Toy Story 2" by one week to the Easter week, in order to give other new films a chance to play. He hopes that "Night Visit to Vampire" can enter the box office club for 100 million yuan as before, and share the pressure of Daenerys Entertainment.
As for "The Disguised Marvel", although Simon let Jim Carre go with the mediation of Jonathan, he still hopes that the movie will be sold as well as the trend of "Detective's Aircraft Head". It doesn't matter whether it breaks through billions or not. The cost of the three new films, "The Disguised Marvel" is the lowest, only $25 million. Even if it includes $10 million in promotion, it only takes $70 million to recover the entire cost.
On the other hand, plans to continuously create news hotspots to divert the public's attention to the midterm elections are still ongoing.
On Tuesday, the midterm election vote was voted, and on Wednesday, the news of Victoria's Secret rehearsal and Stephen King signed a Broadcast contract was released. Thursday, and on Thursday it was a 10-day record-breaking performance for the 'Information Age' marketing plan. Friday was naturally the beginning of the Thanksgiving schedule. On Saturday, the third Victoria's Secret Fashion Show will open in the evening.
In addition, in order to retaliate against a series of sniper plans by members of the National Rifle Association for voting to agree to the gun control bill, the National Rifle Association also was exposed by a left-wing media in New York. Through some secret operations, relevant public opinion quickly spread across the country, constantly instilling into the public the impression that this midterm election was manipulated by the National Rifle Association.
In order to further promote public opinion, many media have suddenly begun to focus on reporting on some recent shootings in various parts of the federal government.
Mississippi has killed six students;
A desperate middle-aged man in Minnesota who had been unemployed for three years shot and killed the former boss’ family of four;
The six-year-old boy in Oregon accidentally killed his sister while playing with the gun;
All these.
The death toll from various types of shootings in the United States is more than 10,000 every year, and there are countless similar cases.
In the past, due to the lack of a nationwide open information platform such as the Internet, many shooting news were limited to the local area, and large newspapers often did not follow up on this kind of "trivial matter", so it was difficult to have too strong social impact.
This time, a series of incidents were suddenly concentrated for reporting, and there were large-scale media platforms such as the New York Times and the Igrit Portal to build momentum. The shooting, which seemed to be less prominent, immediately became shocking.
Although the National Rifle Association is powerful, the United States has never lacked organizations that support gun control.
Under the quiet promotion of the Westeros system, for a time, many groups and individuals who hold gun control stances began to speak out, and at the same time they did not forget to direct the finger at the just-passed midterm elections, accusing the National Rifle Association of causing a large number of fair parliamentarians with social conscience to be eliminated due to their own selfishness. Therefore, they called on the federal government to initiate an investigation into the National Rifle Association's possible illegal interference in the midterm elections.
There is no airtight wall in the world.
Simon could not block everyone's mouth.
Among the chaotic public opinion, there is naturally no shortage of news that exposes the secret interference of the Westeros system in this midterm election.
In any case, the operation of Westeros system in this midterm election is actually more dynamic than that of the National Rifle Association. Moreover, because of its background, the techniques are far less flexible than the National Rifle Association. Many operations are filled with a rough and rich spirit.
However, similar revelations have basically been covered up by a series of more eye-catching news hotspots. Even if someone notices it, he instinctively thinks that the National Rifle Association is more hateful.
The general public's vision can be diverted and guided, but the Washington authorities, who are in the situation, are not fascinated by Simon's dazzling public opinion operations.
What the Westeros system has done in the past midterm elections, both in the White House and Congress know very well.
In addition to a few real extreme left politicians, many members of the Senate and House of Representatives, and even the President, actually have various financial powers behind the scenes. However, this does not mean that Washington will be willing to become a matchmaker for various chaebol giants, otherwise, in two hundred years, the United States will have long become South Korea.
Therefore, the Westeros system interfered with nearly one-tenth of the politicians' elections in the House of Representatives at one time, which made the entire Washington feel strongly afraid and vigilant. With Simon Westeros' financial resources, if they continue to act so recklessly, the entire Washington will be shrouded in the shadow of a young man in the future.
This is absolutely intolerable.
Therefore, although Simon successfully diverted the public's attention through a series of public opinion operations, after the midterm elections, both parties in the United States licked their wounds or examined the fruits of victory, while contacting each other to discuss how to deal with the interference of a young tycoon in this midterm election.
Initiate an investigation.
This is the first thought that arises in the minds of many politicians.
However, it is easy to investigate, but it is not difficult to find a handle.
But, then what?
Any investigation will inevitably involve an already elected member of parliament. Although the Democrats account for the majority, the Republican Party also has some beneficiaries.
Moreover, even if serious election fraud is found in the end, Simon Westeros can easily find a scapegoat, and a person who is blinded can easily escape without knowing it. Even if the evidence is conclusive, who would dare to send an unprecedented federal super rich man of $300 billion to prison?
Looking at what Simon Westero has done in Rwanda and Italy over the past year, it is not a good deal at all.
What's more, this young super rich man is not that stupid. Although many operations are obviously straits, Washington has not obtained much substantial evidence of fraud.
The other party's operations are just to spend money crazy with its own wealth and wealth.
Spend money to conduct large-scale social surveys to formulate precise campaign strategies for supportive politicians that meticulously cover every county, county and every voter group. Spend money to organize a huge "free" volunteer team to serve to support politicians' campaigns, and spend money to organize a large number of people to dig the ground and find possible black materials for competitors in every detail from childhood to adulthood, and even spend money to do charity to accumulate social reputation for supporters.
Many people can think of these methods.
Moreover, as long as you don’t take it seriously, it’s not too illegal.
The key is that it is too expensive. Only Simon Westeros can be smashed by the entire Federation.
Just like this time, someone in Washington has conducted a rough statistics. Simon Westeros has spent at least $200 million in this midterm election. Such cash can not be easily obtained except for Simon Westeros, who has a net worth of $300 billion, even Bill Gates, who has a net worth of $28 billion due to the continued surge in Microsoft's stock price.
More than 90% of Bill Gates' $28 billion net worth is Microsoft's stock assets. Even though he has cashed out some funds in recent years, this new super rich man does not have the kind of foundation and strength to mix with such large-scale political campaigns.
Microsoft is just a company after all.
The Westeros system has been entangled in all aspects of the US economy like a huge octopus.
Simon's operation in this midterm election may not be as mature as the historical National Rifle Association, but the gap lies in experience, not strength.
This is even more true for other rich people after Bill Gates.
If you rashly use more than 200 million US dollars in cash to participate in the election, those rich people with a net worth of only a few billion US dollars will likely be severely damaged.
All in all, this is just a game that Simon Westeros can afford.
Now, if we continue to pursue it vigorously, we may not be able to compare Simon Westeros. In comparison, once things get bigger, many members of the parliamentary involved may have the only way to voluntarily resign.
The Democratic Party, which was already very strongly damaged in this midterm election, would not allow such turmoil to happen again.
The same is true for the Republican Party.
Ultimately, the whole of Washington is one.
Just like why the Kennedy assassination was always covered up, there were actually not so many mysterious conspiracy theories. One of the important reasons is that neither the Democratic Party nor the Republican Party hopes that the truth will be disclosed and seriously damaged Washington's image in the hearts of the American people.
The same is true for the 911 in Simon's memory.
As long as the politicians in Washington are a little rational, it is impossible that 911 was manipulated by the Bush administration as in the conspiracy theory. However, many signs also indicate that before 911, the US intelligence system had captured a large amount of information, but it did not successfully intercept the attack. However, no one can bear the responsibility of such a major dereliction of duty that caused the national disaster, and the White House and Congress could not bear it.
So, at the end of the incident, all the blame was attributed to Ben** alone.
The same is true for this midterm election.
The Republican Party, which has already won a great victory, cannot launch a large-scale investigation into Simon, which has turned the original victory into a huge political farce.
So, what should I do now?
It is impossible to investigate the operation of the Westeros system, and many people also think that they can teach this young rich man who has obviously crossed the line.
This is also a convention.
Because of the 1992 presidential election, Ross Perot has been frequently in trouble by the authorities manipulated by the Republican Party in the past two years. The Perot family still seems to be glorious on the surface, but this super rich man, who once ranked in the top three of Forbes' list, is rapidly declining at a visible speed due to the suppression of the authorities.
However, Ross Perro can only be regarded as the loser of a political game.
Simon Westeros is a standard winner.
In order to promote some bills, both houses of Congress often need to fight for one or two key votes. Now, Simon Westeros can almost affect one-tenth of the more than 500 members of the Senate and House of Representatives. This strength is really terrifying.
Because of suppressing the Westeros system, who knows what this young man will do in the future and what will he do in the next election?
No one wants to follow in the footsteps of Craig Ames and David Meroth.
But, there is something to do anyway.
After hesitating for a few days, Washington finally made some moves on Saturday morning.
Simon, who was preparing to participate in the evening Victoria's Secret show in New York, suddenly received an invitation from the White House. It was a very high-sounding reason. The President hoped to talk to him about some matters about the development of the new technology industry.
Chapter completed!