The audition phase of the first season of "American Idol" was completed on November 16, with a total of 16 episodes, which happened to be half of the total planned series of the first season. All 32 shortlisted contestants were finalized and the winter break began. The average number of viewers in the 16 episodes reached 31.7 million, and the average viewership among the core audience aged 18 to 49 was 17.5%, all of which were far ahead of other TV shows during the same period.

According to the schedule, the second half of the first season will return on February 6 next year.

In order to ensure that the popularity of "American Idol" will not dissipate during the winter break that lasts for more than two months, Daenerys TV has formulated a very detailed marketing plan for the winter break.

In addition to the official promotion of ABC, all the 32 shortlisted contestants regularly interacted with the audience on social platforms such as Facebook and Instagram according to the requirements of the production team, and shared behind-the-scenes updates on official singing training during the winter break.

Simon personally provided the theme song "Dream It Possible" for this project, which is also a major highlight of the marketing plan of "American Idol" during the winter break.

Many times, the ‘topic composition’ often does not show too good works.

Therefore, when the producer of "American Idol", Shane Derek, wanted Simon to create a theme song for the program, mainly to use his own boss's reputation. When the production team received the lyrics of Simon's rumor to go to New York, it was a big deal.

A large part of the production team comes from Daenerys Records, who has been involved in this circle for a long time, so they can deeply understand the quality of a song than ordinary people. "Dream It Possible" not only has the name and lyrics that are completely in line with the theme of "American Idol", but the tune also reaches the main level of the top pop singer's record.

Amazing.

It can only be described as stunning.

It was still very uncomfortable to have a pearl in his arms. I endured it for a while and passed the preliminarily recorded single sample to Simon in San Francisco. At the same time, "American Idol" producer Shane Derek also announced the news on his Facebook page at 8 o'clock that night.

The theme song created by Simon Westero himself for "American Idol" will be officially released on January 5, 1996.

As Facebook officially promoted the news as a hot topic, less than an hour after the news was announced on the 8 o'clock East Coast time, Shane Derek's Facebook blog post exceeded 2.1 million, and hundreds of thousands of users also forwarded the message.

Among the hundreds of thousands of comments, most people expressed their expectations for Simon Westeros’ latest works, and a few people were very excited, looking forward to it so much that they couldn’t help but curse people.

It's less than December yet.

The single will be released on January 5th. Well, this is the normal promotional rhythm for other singers.

only.

Can't it be released in advance?

Can't it?!

Because this expectation is too strong and cannot be obtained, all Simon's related singles on the Broadcast website of Tinkobaier's subsidiary Simon increased significantly in the following 24 hours.

Immediately afterwards, someone simply set up a petition website to solicit netizens' support and asked the production team of "American Idol" to release the single created by Simon Westero in advance. As for whether it is to promote "American Idol", who cares, everyone just wants to hear Simon's new song.

Also supported by Igret's motivation, the petition website quickly became popular news, and countless netizens went to vote.

In just three days, the number of supporters on the website exceeded 5 million.

Even if most of them follow the trend and join in the fun, the production team of "American Idol" still has to pay attention to it. People's opinion can often achieve unexpected results when manipulated and utilized, and it is also a force that absolutely needs to be paid attention to.

After the emergency consultation, he greeted the big boss again. The production team finally announced on November 30 that it would advance the date of the release of the theme song "American Idol" to December 15.

This time, we can't compromise anymore.

After all, the song sample has just been completed, and there is still a lot of work to be done, and it is impossible to release a semi-finished song.

In addition, Tinkobaier also announced that this theme song will be simultaneously logged into the Broadcast platform, which once again promoted the sales of iPlayer players.

The North American film market will soon end the second week of Thanksgiving schedule from November 24 to November 30.

The fourth 3D animated film produced by Daenerys, "Beauty and the Beast", ranked first in the weekly box office list without any suspense. Because of the weak performance of the new film last week, the film's box office fell by only 23% in the next week, and continued to earn US$52.91 million. The cumulative box office easily exceeded 100 million in two weeks, reaching US$121.63 million.

Martin Scorsese's new film "Casino Storm" won second place on the list.

The first seven days of the first week of the painting, "The Storm of the Casino" earned $16.91 million in the box office. This result was the best among the new films last week, but the gap with the number one "Beauty and the Beast" is too obvious.

The first week was earned 16.91 million US dollars. Combined with factors such as reputation and box office trends, the final local box office of the film is likely to be between 40 million and 50 million US dollars.

Warner Bros. Pictures provided $52 million in production costs for "Casino Storm". Now, the local box office is comparable to the production costs. Even if the performance overseas will be better, it is already a blessing to be able to recover the cost at the box office. Overall, even if you will not lose money, considering the time cost, you will basically take a busy schedule.

The third place is also a new film that started painting on November 24, starring black movie star Wesley Snipes. This action movie about a major armored car robbery earned $13.18 million in the first week. The production cost of the film was only $30 million, and the harvest was pretty good.

The fourth place is another film "The White House" produced by Sony Pictures, just like "Silver Line", which was produced by Sony Pictures. The box office fell by only 21% in the second week of the opening, earning $10.66 million, which is in line with the box office trend generally predicted by the industry. In two weeks, the film's cumulative box office was $24.15 million.

However, considering the production cost of "The White House" of $62 million, Sony is not happy at all with such a box office figure.

The fifth place is the soul-summoning film universe project "Summoning 2" produced by Daenerys's New World Pictures.

In its fifth week of release, "Soul Conjuring 2" fell 25%, earning $7.79 million, and the cumulative box office of the film reached $112.91 million.

Even if it is far inferior to "Beauty and the Beast", "Soul Conjuring 2" is also the most enviable project for Hollywood studios during this period. The cost of $25 million in medium and low production, steady market trend, and the box office of both local and overseas exceeded 100 million. It is simply the low-investment and high-yield movie that any film company dreams of.

In addition to the top five, it is worth mentioning that MGM's "Good Things in Two" has a box office of 7.43 million US dollars in the first week of the painting, ranking sixth on the list. The production cost of this family comedy starring Olson twins is only 10 million US dollars. Therefore, the box office of 7.43 million US dollars in the first week fully met the producer's expectations.

"Cutting the Throat Island", which Paramount and Carlock collaborated on, had a large-scale painting the next week, and the box office, which was not high, plummeted by 56% again, and the box office in the second week of release was only $2.17 million. In two weeks, the cumulative box office of this super bombshell, which cost 100 million US dollars, reached $7.13 million. With the expiration of the two-week guaranteed screening contract, "Cutting the Throat Island" was basically painted on December 1, and the box office figures were frozen.

With the box office failure of the project, these days, the saliva around the movie is simply flying.

Basically, Paramount, Carloch and the main creators of the movie are shirking responsibility for each other, and various revelations are emerging one after another, making people dazzled.

Simon finally had to take action to suppress some public opinion trends.

Mainly, Martin Campbell is also the director of the Wonder Woman series in addition to "Cutting the Throat Island", and "Wonder Woman 2" has been launched. Neither Daenerys nor Time Warner will allow "Cutting the Throat Island" to affect "Wonder Woman 2". The two giants have made efforts, and the media quarrel quickly shifted the target.

The results are basically confirmed.

Martin Campbell was wandering around and honestly returned to Daenerys to create "Wonder Woman 2" with peace of mind. He didn't dare to ask for this or that outside the original contract. This was the result Simon wanted to see from the beginning.

Paramount is in a mess.

Even though the Sigram Group, which won Paramount, still did not lose confidence in the entertainment industry. After several parties struggled, they probably felt that Hollywood was not so easy to play with.

Carlok Pictures went bankrupt and began liquidation.

The original Rainy Harlem and Gina Davis escaped because they did not participate in the project. However, the new version of the heroes and heroines, William Baldwin and Daryl Hanna, both suffered heavy losses in their careers.

William Baldwin is the handsomest of Baldwin's brothers, and he has a lot of hope to develop towards action stars. Unfortunately, after "Cutting the Throat Island", it will probably be difficult to receive projects of the same size in the next few years.

Daryl Hanna, who became famous by participating in "Blade Runner" in the early 1980s, has been trying to hit the front line over the years, and its resources are quite good. In addition to "Blade Runner", he has also worked with big names such as Robert Redford, Tom Hanks, Michael Douglas, etc. Unfortunately, he has always been in the same state that makes the audience very familiar but not half-red.

Because "Cutting the Throat Island" is a heroine-oriented movie, this time it can be said to be a breakthrough for Daryl Hanna.

Unfortunately, the carp failed to jump into the dragon gate, and the result was even worse than William Baldwin.

Overall, after last year's IPO, some of the Hollywood scenes have been divided again, and Daenerys Entertainment no longer retains its strength this year. As a result, other Hollywood studios have not had a good time for a year in a row.

The current seven major Hollywood companies are truly controlled by American capital, Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group.

The remaining five companies, Sony controls Colombia and gradually cancels the label. Although the boss of 20th Century Fox immigrated to the United States, the core of the parent company News Group is still in Australia. Paramount was bought by the Canadian Seagram Group, MGM was controlled by the Australian consortium headed by the Johnston family, and Disney, once a representative of American culture, was acquired by France's Vivendi.

In this case, even if Daenerys Entertainment is too strong, it is destined to have no results.

Not to mention the Westeros system's gradually deepening political layout in the federal authorities, even without these, overseas capital will basically just help their relatives and ignore them in any country around the world.

As for Time Warner, with Simon's continued operation, the relationship between the two companies has always been very close. Even after being acquired by General Electric, the two parties will be able to get along well with each other.

It is impossible to compete with Daenerys Entertainment in business, and it is even more impossible to suppress it by using other means. After a year of downturn, at the end of this year, especially Sony Pictures, Paramount and Disney, which Daenerys Entertainment focused on suppressing, had to quietly reduce the production scale in 1996.

Although it was a last resort, it was obvious that doing so would only lead to a vicious cycle.

Daenerys Entertainment and its allies have the ability to eat all the market space that these studios have taken the initiative to give up. Then, the living space of Sony and others will become smaller and smaller, and when they finally wake up, they may have completely become second-tier studios in Hollywood.

Malibu, Daenerys Cinema.

Simon's last work schedule on the afternoon of December 1 was to discuss the package financing plan with MGM head Shirley Lansing.

During this period, Shirley Lansing took action to dig two executives in charge of financing under Carlock Pictures, which had filed for bankruptcy to MGM, which initially inherited the financing channels of Carlock Pictures.

Even though they had just fallen into the "Cutting the Throat Island" project, the two leaders who switched to MGM revealed MGM's financing plan to their previous funders, even if they did not agree, the other party gave a very positive response. After all, everyone knows that MGM is the younger brother of Daenerys Entertainment, and behind it is the towering tree of Westeros System.

Moreover, considering that the projects Daenerys Entertainment has produced in the past few years have basically made other Hollywood studios very rewarding, even if MGM takes the lead this time, as long as Simon Westeros leads behind the scenes, it will have considerable investment potential.

Simon also discovered this problem.

In addition to the speculative capital behind the scenes, the more important reason for the rise of many second- and third-tier film companies is that the film company unexpectedly produced several very successful films in the early stage of its establishment, which eventually formed a virtuous cycle for a long time.

This time, if a series of packaged projects are ultimately lukewarm, the result is likely to be no longer possible.

After all, no one is a fool.

Therefore, it is best to give a bigger sweetness at the beginning. The greater the sweetness, the greater the subsequent attractiveness.

As long as it becomes a routine, even if there is only one big-selling film in each issue in the future, it will bring slightly higher returns to speculative capital than other investment channels. The locomotive effect and positive returns will continue to attract capital.

I can't bear to leave my children and can't trap the wolf.

So Simon decided on the latter after some consideration between Tornado and Own Day.

It's the next dose of a strong medicine.

Moreover, Roland Emmerich, the director of "One Day", is from Germany. The Karlock financing channels taken over by MGM are basically all German tax avoidance capital. In addition, Roland Emmerich's reputation accumulated in the DC Cinema Universe series has led to the German capital's results.

Of course, Simon will not only target Germany.

Whether it is Europe, Asia, Australia, or even Latin America, you can participate.

The only thing is to take self-profits and losses.

"One Power Day" in the original time and space achieved a global box office of US$800 million for US$75 million, with an investment return of more than 10 times. Of course, Simon will not let go completely. Therefore, Daenerys Entertainment will provide 15% of the investment in the entire package project, which is considered to be a shared risk. In addition to bearing the issuance and locking in 12.5% ​​of the issuance fee, MGM will also bear 15% of the investment.

Overall, this package agreement will eventually have about 40% of the profits taken by the Westeros system.
Chapter completed!