When the video call screen was connected, Amy Pascal, who was far away in Los Angeles, was slightly stunned, because the first thing he saw was a girl who was as delicate as a doll, blinking her light-colored eyes and looking at her curiously.

The screen shaking.

Simon then appeared, hugged the little guy in his arms, and signaled, "Nina, where is your politeness?"

The little girl then reacted and said hello to the camera obediently: "Good afternoon, ma'am, my name is Nina, where are you?"

Amy was sure that this was not a guy's illegitimate daughter, because if there was, her boss would not hide such a thing at all. I think it was the daughter of a lover. Seeing that the little guy is so beautiful, his mother must be good. Moreover, being able to sit in Simon's arms at this time was obviously the kind that was very favored, so he said patiently: "Hello, you can call me Amy."

"Amy, I'm glad to know you. Are you far away from us?"

"Of course, this is Los Angeles. Nina, where are you?"

"Mom said, this is called St. Petersburg."

"Oh, I know, a beautiful city."

"Yes, and there are many people here who speak Russian. Mom said, because this is my hometown, Russian is my native language, Amy, what is your native language?"

Amy soon discovered that the girl on the screen was a little chattering, and was still patient and smiled and said, "English is the language we are speaking now."

"Then, Amy, do you speak Russian?"

"Won't."

"Why? Nina can speak Russian, dad, mom, Ivana, Yulia, and Vera, but Vera is only two years old and just learned to speak."

The little girl was constantly balabara, with a pair of white and slender arms next to her that were obviously a woman, and picked up the little guy. Amy just appeared in a panic as she swayed dissatisfiedly, recognizing the identity of the woman who took the child away, Yulia Shulhikina.

During the London Girls live broadcast two years ago, this woman with an elf-like delicate face and a perfect figure was once noticed by many people. Last year's stunning solo ballet MV "The Last Day of Bach" once again made Yulia Shulhikina make a splash.

Then he fell silent again.

Everyone knows that this woman is hidden in the golden house of Simon Westeros. No matter how angry many fans who have watched "Bach's Last Day" are, the other party has never appeared in public.

The outside world only knows that she lives in London.

At first, he was followed by the media for a while, but later, the London gossip tabloid was warned and things cooled down again.

I didn't expect to see it in the video today.

And the other party has such a cute daughter, although she is a bit chattering.

However, when the little guy was carried away by Shulhkina, Amy did not talk about his boss's private life and directly talked to Simon about the serious matter: "Boss, have you read the news about the film industry in China yesterday?"

Simon nodded.

Today is May 31, and it is 9 am in the morning in Los Angeles and just started working. In St. Petersburg, the local time is 7 pm and in the evening, the time difference between the two places is exactly 10 hours.

And just yesterday.

On May 30, local time in China, the Chinese government officially issued two documents on the film industry.

The first one is the long-simmering "Movie Management Regulations".

This document released by the Ministry of Radio and Television mainly stipulates all aspects of the production, review, distribution of Chinese films.

Simon had already viewed the general content before the document was published.

In his opinion, what has a slight impact on Hollywood is that it is clear that the duration of domestic films in Chinese theaters should not be less than two-thirds of the total time. It is a clear domestic protection after the Chinese film market was dominated by imported films in the past two years. As for the others, it is fundamentally not much different from the past.

At most, some of the past unspoken rules are just clarified on paper.

Another one that Simon is more interested in is the "Interim Provisions on Foreign Investment in Cinemas".

This is an achievement that Simon won during his last trip to China.

The detailed terms need not be mentioned, the core is that China opens up foreign capital to enter mainland cinemas to invest in.

Of course, the main restrictions were also expected by Simon.

The Mainland does not accept wholly foreign-owned enterprises for the time being, and can only cooperate. Moreover, the shareholding ratio of joint venture theaters shall not exceed 49%, and the controlling rights must be controlled by China.

In front of the call screen.

Seeing his boss nodding, Amy said: "Boss, since that's the case, are we still sticking to the established plan? I have recently gained some deeper understanding of the film industry in mainland China. Due to the impact of television and piracy, most theaters in mainland China are in losses, not to mention that we don't even have control."

Simon leaned relaxed on the leather chair, put his hands in front of him, and shook his head: "Amy, the impact of TV and piracy is actually the same in the United States and even around the world. When TV and videos first appeared, Hollywood was also facing a great enemy. What was the result? These channels only increased our income."

“China is different.”

"Yes, but it's only temporary. Moreover, as long as there are sufficient interests, the Chinese government will definitely take measures to promote the progress of the industry. The three basically determined items are theater reform, theater networking and this opening-up investment in theaters are a kind of progress. Amy, don't forget that China has a population of 1.2 billion."

"So that's the case, what about control? Boss, if we invest but have no say, the result may be very bad."

"You made one mistake, Amy, the absolute majority equity does not mean that our partners in China will definitely insist on controlling the theater. Moreover, you know, I have a lot of investments in China, and so many affiliated companies. As long as you just add some investments, 49% can become 51%. So, you can organize the team of Oden Cinemas to visit China, and you can go there with the inspection team of the China Radio and Television Department, which is our return visit. Don't worry, I have other arrangements there as well."

Since Simon has thought it through, Amy nodded and nodded, "Then I'll do it as soon as possible."

After the two talked about this, they discussed some other work before the call ended.

Los Angeles.

Inside the office of Malibu Daenerys Cinema.

Amy first notified her assistant to arrange an evening meal with Black McKirnan, president of Oden Cinemas under Daenerys Entertainment, to discuss the layout of China in detail, and then picked up a box office report.

In addition to just the past week, this report also involves the box office overview of Daenerys Entertainment's videos released in the first half of the year.

Because as of yesterday's May 30, the film screening in the first half of 1996 was basically completed.

First is "Rush Hour" released in February.

Because it was released earlier, the global release of this action movie starring Jack Cheng, which costs $30 million, was basically over. The film's local box office in North America was US$141 million, with a weak overseas performance, but it also reached US$126 million.

The global cumulative amount is US$267 million.

Absolutely big profit.

"Rush Hour 2" is currently underway. Of course, Hollywood will not be as rushing as Hong Kong, and the sequel is expected to be released in two years.

Then there are two movies during the Easter schedule.

In order to give up screen resources for "Mission: Impossible 2", which was launched on a large scale today, two movies during the Easter period, "Mortal Haunted Incident 2" and "Detective's Aircraft Head 2" were drawn together yesterday.

Mortuary Haunted 2 ended up having a local box office of $137 million.

The same production cost of $30 million is only profitable locally.

Overseas, the release of this soul-summoning movie Universe horror film has not yet ended, but the current overseas box office has reached US$116 million, and it is expected that the final overseas box office will be around US$150 million, which is stronger than North America. The world is expected to be close to US$300 million.

The production cost of 30 million yuan is 300 million yuan worldwide, and the further success of the Soul-Summoning Cinema Universe is undoubtedly revealed.

The third movie "Detective's Head 2" collaborated with Daenerys Entertainment, the final local box office of $108 million.

It is also a production cost of $30 million.

Also locally profitable...

In addition, the overseas release of this movie is still continuing, with the cumulative overseas box office of about 76 million, which is expected to exceed 100 million.

It is estimated that the world's 200 million is significantly less than the order of magnitude.

In fact, if it weren't for the original conflict, Jim Carrey could have achieved higher achievements. Both sides had eased on the surface, and Daenerys Entertainment would never have given the other party enough support.

In any case, before the summer season in 1996 started, all three 100 million yuan box office club movies in the North American film market were produced by Daenerys Entertainment.

Moreover, since the summer season has started, two independent films released by Daenerys Entertainment, "Romeo and Juliet" and "The Black Man", are just small films in the eyes of many people, but they all show the potential of a box office dark horse.

Coupled with the same strong collaboration film "Mummy" and "Mission: Impossible 2" which just released today. In a strong contrast, other Hollywood studios are all overshadowed.

Amy Pascal couldn't help but sigh again.

It seemed like it was a long time ago, and at the instigation of a guy who was just a young boy, she gave up her position as vice president of Fox and joined a small start-up film company. At that time, she had never thought that she could reach the level she is today.

Another place in Los Angeles.

Jeter Lee, who has been tired of social engagements in recent days, feels the same.

For "Black Man", of course I initially thought of impacting the North American market.

In fact, no Hong Kong film company has never had such thoughts, but there are only a few successful people. "Black Man" did not have too many expectations at first, otherwise he would definitely learn from Jack and take the initiative to add some Hollywood elements.

No one expected it to succeed.

Although it was only US$10.38 million in the first week, and although the total box office in North America is expected to be only US$25 million, it is estimated that this is nearly HK$200 million, and the highest box office record in Hong Kong is far from this level.

What's more, even in North America, such a box office is not trivial.

After all, the cost is there.

Jet Lee also recently saw discussions in the newspaper that the expected revenue of "Black Man" will exceed the $100 million "Evaporation Secret Order", but this is so proud.

And, at this moment.

In the internal cafe of Sunset Tower Hotel in Beverly Hills, the producer of Sony Pictures, James Kendrick, in front of Jet Lee, saw it at a party some time ago, but it was far less enthusiastic than it was at this time.

If the other party hadn't obviously overestimated his English strength and ran over without introducing a translator, Jet Lee was actually happy to talk to the other party.

"Lee, I know what you're thinking, keep working with Daenerys Entertainment, they might take you to the height of Jack, right?"

This sentence was roughly understood, but Jet Lee didn't agree and even looked at the entrance of the cafe.

James Kendrick didn't care about Jet Lee's absentmindedness. The other party did not answer, and he was not angry. He continued: "Jet, you must think so. But have you ever thought that the living space of Chinese actors in Hollywood is very small. Since Daenerys has already produced a famous Chinese actor, and Jack now has the "Rush Hour" series, how many resources can Daenerys Entertainment provide you?"
To be continued...