During this period, Simon has specifically paid attention to the release of BBK VCD and the development overview of China's VCD industry.

In the first quarter of 1995, with the emergence of some other VCD brands other than Wanyan and the development of the piracy industry chain in the southeast coastal areas, the total shipment of VCDs in China reached 110,000 units, which was based on the shipment statistics of Scooper video decoding chips. At this stage, this is Scooper's unique business.

In the second quarter, when news of Chen Qing's team taking over the absolute controlling stake in Scooper at the end of April spread, the attention of VCD players increased significantly. In addition to the Bubugao, which was directly supported by the Westeros system, it began to launch the VCD project, many other Chinese manufacturers also began to follow up. Companies that have already launched products have increased their marketing efforts. As a result, China's VCD shipments quickly exceeded 200,000 units in a single quarter, reaching 230,000 units, an increase of more than 100%.

Now, just one month after the third quarter, the shipments of VCDs in China have exceeded 150,000 units, and it is expected that the growth rate of at least 100% month-on-month in the third quarter will be achieved.

Based on this calculation, the total VCD shipment volume is expected to reach about 1.5 million units in 1995, and it shows an explosive exponential growth. Although the explosion of the VCD industry is a little earlier than Simon's memory, this index curve is almost the same as in the past history.

As the only supplier of VCD video decoding chips at this stage, relying on the strong performance support brought by the outbreak of the Chinese market, coupled with the halo of "Westero concept stocks" acquired by Chen Qing's team, in three months, Scooper's stock price has increased by more than 400%. The market value has broken through the $1 billion mark from about $200 million when Chen Qing's team acquired it. As of the close of July 31, Scooper's market value reached US$1.076 billion.

The 53% stake in Scooper Company, which was invested in a total of US$94 million, has reached US$477 million in three months, and the return rate has reached 500%.

In the Chinese side.

The BBK team, which had left the little bully, did not disappoint Simon.

Even with the abundant funds and strong technical support of the Westeros system, the first product was successfully launched to the market in three months, and this super execution ability is still eye-catching.

The Bubugao VCD released on July 15 only relies on the temporary markets of Guangdong, Fujian and two provinces in testing waters. The sales volume reached 6,000 units in the first week, and it is expected that the sales volume in the first month can easily exceed 20,000 units. With the further expansion of the market, the Bubugao team is expected to achieve sales of at least 150,000 units in the second half of this year, directly occupying more than 10% of the market share of China's VCD market.

According to the price of BBK VCD of RMB 3,999, the sales volume of 150,000 units is directly equivalent to sales of RMB 600 million.

The first little bastard took five years to achieve 1 billion sales. Now, it only takes two years for BBK to achieve this goal. This not only proves the correctness of Simon's heavy investment in recruiting BBK's team, but also shows that the VCD industry far exceeds the huge market size of the game console.

During the meal, Simon and Chen Qing and two girls discussed two topics.

First of all, how Scooper balances the relationship between BBK and other VCD manufacturers as the direct line, and prevents these manufacturers from turning to other electronic manufacturers because they are worried that the supply of video decoding chips will be restricted. Another is to use Scooper's influence to control VCD prices and continuously adjust prices to maximize the development of the Chinese VCD market. At the same time, different manufacturers should also avoid price wars between different manufacturers for market share.

At this stage, industries that are interested in the Westeros system will always attract a lot of attention.

After Chen Qing's team acquired Scoop in April, Simon soon heard the news that Sony, Toshiba, Samsung and other manufacturers have begun to invest in the research and development of VCD video decoding chips. Therefore, even if Scoop successfully completes the planned comprehensive technological upgrade next year, the Chinese market will inevitably usher in competition from other manufacturers' similar products.

With a whole generation of technology missing, even old giants like Sony and Toshiba cannot be compared with Scooper.

However, if these backward chips use low-price strategies to invade the Chinese market, it will still cause trouble for Scooper. The gross profit of video decoding chips is very high, which actually means huge price reduction space.

If Scooper wants to achieve the goal discussed by Simon and Chen Qing, he needs to find a suitable balance in pricing, which can not only suppress latecomers and not share too much market share, but also ensure sufficient profit margins. In addition, since the initial strategy was to make a quick money, Chen Qing's team must also choose the right time to sell Scooper's stock in time to cash out and exit.

These all test the personal abilities of professional managers.

The lunch lasted for an hour, and basically everyone was discussing work. It was not until after the end that everyone walked out of the restaurant together and Chen Qing, who was next to Simon, had the opportunity to talk about other things: "Boss, are you free tonight? Maybe we can have dinner together?"

Chen Qing said this, and Emmanuel, who followed the man with Girl A, quietly raised his ears for some reason.

Simon smiled and shook his head: "Next time."

Chen Qing didn't bother her and said that she brought back a lot of gifts when she visited China.

Everyone left the building where the restaurant was located and realized that Simon had no intention of keeping him, Chen Qing had to take Emmanuel away.

Simon and A returned to Building 1 where their office was located. The producer of "The Deadhead Valley" David Giller, director Tim Burton, screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker, male lead Johnny Depp, female lead Mia Coschna and other main creators are waiting in a conference room next to his office.

Since the project was launched at the end of last year, the preliminary preparations for "Dragonhead Valley" have basically been completed.

It is initially scheduled to be next summer, as the main feature of Daenerys who is completely solely owned by him.

The budget for the project is determined to be US$70 million, and the shooting location is still selected in the UK. The early set has been completed and is expected to start filming in September.

Compared with the original version, the main change of the main creative team this time is that the producer chose David Giller, the producer of the "Alien" series that he had been kind to Simon, and the heroine changed from Christina Ritchie to Mia Coschna.

After giving Simon a great help during the production of "Rola Run", David Giller has always been the signed producer of Daenerys Entertainment. After his status was completely changed, Giller did not disappoint Simon's trust. Many of the projects he has been responsible for in recent years have been completed very well. This time, "The Deadhead Valley" is also a topic that the other party is good at.

As for the heroine, compared to the original version, Christina Ritchie, who obviously conforms to Tim Burton's aesthetic, Simon personally chose Mia Coschna, whom he likes more this time.

After earning an Oscar nomination for Best Actress with Little Women last year, Mia Coschna's reputation has been catching up with Winona Ryder.

On July 14, the campus youth film "The Legend of the Contest" directed by Amy Hecklin was released. The heroine played by Mia Coschna also successfully proved that girls have a very broad acting career. The comprehensive media score of "The Legend of the Contest" reached 7.9 points, and many critics specifically mentioned that girls' outstanding performances are very different from "Little Women".

With the support of excellent reputation and popularity, the production cost of $12 million was as high as $23.07 million in the first week of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Although the decline in the next week was a bit deep, reaching 43%, as of the weekend on July 30, the cumulative box office of the film had reached US$41.53 million in two and a half weeks, and the total local box office was expected to be around US$60 million, which may eventually be higher than the US$175 million "Future Water World" released on July 28.

The continuous "Little Women" and "The Leading Couple" are not even considered hits of over 100 million. Compared with the cost, the project is very successful. Coupled with an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, Mia Coschna is definitely more capable than Christina Ritchie to support the heroine of "The Deadhead Valley".

Of course, there is also Simon's personal preference.

Just like the original heroine Christina Ritchie, that's completely Tim Burton's weird aesthetic.

My personal preferences will definitely not make fun of a bombshell.

Simon also felt that Mia Coschna was more suitable for the role of Katerina in "The Blade of the Head". Compared to the weird elves in Christina Ricci's appearance, Mia Coschna has a kind of evil and gloom that comes from her bones, so it is more suitable to play a witch role. Once these temperaments are discovered, even the male protagonist Johnny Depp can't stand it.

Simon always felt that Mia Coschna, who was once considered a second- and third-tier Hollywood line, was seriously underestimated, but she had never encountered any opportunity to perform.

Of course, this kind of thing has been very common since Hollywood appeared.

Nothing fair is there.

Tim Burton was a little dissatisfied with the heroine Simon Naideng. After watching Mia's audition, he suddenly lost resistance. He also felt like he had found a muse and discussed with the screenwriter again to add some of the heroine's roles.

This production conference mainly aims to thoroughly finalize all details of "Dragonhead Valley" to ensure that the project will be fully promoted according to the schedule after the official starts filming.

Girl A sent Simon into the conference room, but she had no intention of participating. She had other work to do.

Amanda Fur, who welcomed Chen Qing and her two women in the morning, held a stack of documents and waited in the office area of ​​A girl outside Simon's office. When her boss entered the next meeting room, Alison returned here and sat down after her desk. While checking the documents handed over by Amanda, he stopped the girl who was about to leave: "Wait a minute."

Amanda stopped in confusion: "A, do you want coffee?"

Alison quickly marked a script document for a new season of "The Wife in New York" with a pen, shook his head and said, "No, tell me what you talked about during the morning reception of Chen and Brandt?"

When Amanda saw that Girl A asked about this, she was a little nervous. She suddenly remembered that Chen Qing, or the redhead, might be the woman of her boss.

My previous slackness may be a very serious mistake.

A's voice was cold, she looked up and glanced at her again, her eyes were also cold, Amanda's spine cooled slightly, and she quickly cheered up and revealed the details of communicating with Chen Qing and her two women along the way from Los Angeles International Airport to Malibu Cinema in the morning.

After listening to Amanda quietly, Alison had already carefully read the documents in front of him, picked up the script of "The Wife of New York" again and began to read them carefully, while saying to Amanda: "Okay, go back to work. Remember to sort out the monthly report of the game department in July before getting off work."

Amanda nodded, but did not dare to leave. He hesitated and said, "A, if you can, maybe, I hope to say sorry to Miss Chen and Miss Brandt in person."

Girl A looked up at her, suddenly smiled, shook her head and said, "No, let's do it well this time, and you will do this to those women in the future. If you stick to it, I can apply for a raise for you next year."

Amanda's eyes widened slightly, and then she suddenly realized.

In front of me, my boss is both the boss's assistant and the boss's woman.

Of course, there is a tit-for-tat relationship between women.

In this way, from the boss's standpoint, you are certainly doing it yourself is correct.

However, although he nodded on the surface, Amanda secretly reflected on himself that he would definitely not be able to do what Girl A thought in the future.

I am just a little shrimp.

The big fairies fought each other, and she would be trampled to death if she was not careful.

Amanda, who comes from an ordinary middle-class family and graduated from Cornell University at the age of 27, is the best among many classmates around her. Simon Westeros’ personal assistant office. She doesn’t want to lose all her generous jobs in this year.

After the two-hour "Blackhead Valley" production meeting, he rushed to the Pixar office area on the second floor of the cinema and discussed the one-hour soundtrack with the 3D version of "Beauty and the Beast" team released at the end of the year. At 4 pm, Simon returned to his own office in the administrative district, and this time it was a meeting.

Simon returned to his office, and the guests were already waiting.

This is a middle-aged man with a square face and black hair with a 40-year-old square face, with fine stubble and wearing a formal dark blue suit, which obviously does not fit the other person's burly figure and wild temperament that is nearly 1.9 meters tall.

The middle-aged man is named Victor Merissis, 39 years old, and is a Portuguese Angolan white man.

This is the head of the coffee plantation found by the Westeros family's headhunting team in Angola for Simon. The 600-square-kilometer coffee planting area. Even if Simon has other ideas, if he can manage it well, he will of course be more popular. It is still the principle that Simon adheres to to support a cause more long-term principle.

Therefore, Simon also carefully selected the person in charge of the plantation.

After the two greeted each other, they came to Simon's office and sat down, waiting for the girl A to deliver coffee to leave. When Simon asked about his plan for the plantation, Victor Meriss' first words did not disappoint Simon: "Mr. Westeros, I believe that the plantation is not the most important thing to you. If you can get your authorization, I can contact Savenbi in person to talk to him."

Jonas Savenbi, the leader of the Angolan rebels.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Savenbi, who was originally the spokesperson of the West in Angola, was abandoned and his strength quickly shrank. Although it is still the case that the Angolan government forces are fighting a civil war, it has actually been compressed to less than 15% of the territory in southeastern Angola, and it is only a matter of time before the demise is over.

The coffee growing area that Simon obtained from the Angolan government happened to be located in the border confrontation between the Savenbi forces and the government forces in the southeast of the country.

Although he took action to stop the tragedy of the Rwandan massacre, Simon, from the standpoint of the Westeros system at this time, did not want Saven to be wiped out by the Angolan government forces too soon.

How did you say that sentence?

Raise the enemy and respect yourself.

Only when the Angolan opposition continues, various transactions between the Westeros system and the Angolan government can continue.

What surprised Simon was that the 'farmer' he found not only discovered this keenly, but also volunteered to come forward and negotiate with Savinbi in person.

You should know that if the two sides have no communication at all, it is difficult to ensure that Savenbi will not send troops to harass or even attack Simon's plantation in Angola. If you want peace, Simon can only take action. By then, both sides will have no room for maneuver. On the contrary, if a certain tacit understanding is formed after quietly communicating, and both sides are at peace, Savenbi will only seek trouble for the Angolan government forces, which is beneficial to both sides.

But Simon didn't plan to do that.

Although Victor Merissis's background was carefully investigated in advance, it was only the first time we met and both sides could not say much trust.

If Merisis had a connection with the Angolan government and Simon agreed to the other party's proposal, it would be a waste of time. Moreover, even if he wanted to raise the bandits, Simon did not have much idea of ​​contacting Savenbi. He wanted to see if the other party was smart enough to take the initiative to make certain choices.

This will leave no hidden dangers.

Many facts in the past proved that African warlords were very smart. However, if they really lost their minds because of the failures over the years, Simon would not mind fighting with the other party's armed forces at all. The Wei Furniture Army, which was invested so much money, was not used as a decoration.
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