Hollywood Hunter - Chapter 1683

Of course, the veteran political elite that Simon plans to win over is not just Kissinger. However, Kissinger is one of the few people he attaches great importance to. The reason is very simple. For example, Kissinger’s balance of power theory, the biggest feature, two Word: pragmatic.

For later generations, subconsciously, they probably always felt that the US-Soviet Cold War had always been the US leading the West to press the Soviet Union to pursue and fight hard until the Soviet Union collapsed.

Actually not.

The Cold War was provoked by the West. It started with the former British Prime Minister Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech. In the following years, the Western world led by the United Kingdom and the United States maintained its dominant position for a period of time. However, with the United States in the Korean War and Vietnam After the continuous defeat of the war, the form gradually reversed, and the Soviet Union became the stronger party and began to expand abroad, and the Western world was on the defensive.

In this context, no matter how Western society smears the Soviet Union in public opinion, for the elites at the top, especially for those Western political elites who have experienced some firm beliefs at the peak of the Soviet Union, they have no extravagant hope of destroying the Soviet Union. Soviet Union.

Therefore, Kissinger’s “balance of power theory” came into being.

The core of this theory is roughly to win over all the forces that can be drawn as much as possible, form an alliance to fight the Soviet Union together, and finally achieve a relatively balanced two-level world structure.

It can be seen from this that the West has made a plan to coexist with the Soviet Union for a long time.

When will the world change.

This is something.

It is still the balance of power theory. This is actually a microcosm of the pragmatic diplomacy of the United States during the Cold War. No matter what is right or wrong, we are friends as long as you are willing to stand on my side. In the end, everything is for the benefit of the West.

One of the most classic cases, in 1971, Kissinger secretly visited China.

Then there is another stark contrast. A few years later in the original time and space, the world pattern has changed. Winning Russia is the most beneficial strategy for the United States. As a result, the bald eagle not only did not win the other party, but passed a series of extreme tricks. , completely pushed the bear to an almost irreversible opposite.

why?

Because at that time in the American political arena, there were no real politicians who dared to take responsibility, only a group of second-rate politicians who fell with the wind.

Now that he has become the most important passenger on this big ship, there is no place to jump if he wants to jump off the ship, Simon can no longer allow this kind of thing to happen. Cultivating truly outstanding political elites, continuously spreading them into the federal political arena in the next few years, and gradually completing replacement and control is an important strategy for Simon to implement.

The two chatted for a whole morning without knowing it. The guests and the host enjoyed lunch together. Simon sent Kissinger away, and then rushed to Manhattan by helicopter.

It’s September 24th.

Sunday.

New York Fashion Week is in full swing, and the Manhattan area is also quite lively.

After a day of fun yesterday, I still have to calm down. I spent the afternoon working at the East Coast headquarters of Daenerys Entertainment in the Upper West Side. It was not until the evening that I joined Grace Crapp again to participate in an Elite hosting event. fashion cocktail party.

So I stayed on the east coast for one night, then set off early the next morning and flew back to the west coast.

Time unknowingly came to the end of September 2000.

The first is that the summer vacation of 2000 has come to an end.

Daenerys Entertainment is led by Finding Nemo. The North American box office of this 3D animated film has recently exceeded 360 million US dollars, and the weekly box office has fallen to only 200,000 to 300,000. It is expected that the total domestic box office will fall. The point is about 365 million US dollars. In addition, the film’s overseas box office has also exceeded 500 million US dollars. Because the release date of many box offices is lagging behind, it is expected that there will be about 100 million US dollars in the box office in the future. Therefore, the film’s total global box office is about It will be around $950 million.

Even if the possibility of breaking 1 billion is almost impossible, this 3D animated film is still the highest-grossing film of 2000 so far.

Of course, it’s a pity that it’s the surrounding area.

But can only regret.

Can’t sell live fish!

Immediately followed by “Charlie’s Angels 2”, “The Hangover 2” and “Spartacus”, these three blockbusters are considered second-tier blockbusters. Among them, “Charlie’s Angels 2” is still a cooperative project. In short, the domestic box office volume of these films. They are all around US$200 million, and they can achieve huge profits just by relying on theatrical distribution.

Then there is the third gear, from “Hurricane Rescue 2” that started in the summer season, to “High School Musical 2” and “Black Dahlia”, and then to the finale, which unexpectedly became another North American box office breaking 100 million pure Chinese movie “” “Kung Fu”, all belong to the North American box office of about 100 million US dollars.

It is also a hit, but when it comes to dark horses, it is similar to the last “Kung Fu”.

The last is “Magic Mike 2” and other ordinary films that do not deserve too much attention, or the box office is not as expected, or the size is too small, or it is simply a failure.

In any case, in a summer season, 8 films related to Daenerys Entertainment reached the level of 100 million yuan, while other studios, only Warner and Disney each had a film that entered the 100 million yuan club. The gap can be said to be huge.

It can be said that Daenerys Entertainment’s dominance over Hollywood is still significantly strengthened only by the performance of this summer season.

Because of this dominance, coupled with Daenerys Entertainment’s extensive layout in games, cable TV, and even the Internet and other businesses that are full of normal potential, just recently, Igret has become the world’s first company with a breakthrough in market value. At about the same time as the trillion-dollar super giant, the market value of Daenerys Entertainment once broke through 870 billion US dollars.

The estimated scale of Daenerys Entertainment’s fiscal year 2000 is about 10 billion US dollars, which means that the company’s price-earnings ratio has exceeded 80 times.

For an industry giant that, in the eyes of many professionals, has touched the ceiling in various business fields, such market performance is a miracle. Countless people are wondering whether Daenerys Entertainment will become the second trillion-dollar market value giant like Igret, who is still climbing after breaking the trillion.

Simon personally felt that there was little hope.

Because it is true that as many professional analysts have said, many of Daenerys Entertainment’s businesses are in the top ceiling state of the industry, such as movies, such as music. It is impossible to maintain sustained high growth in the future.

The reasons for this are very complex.

The first is the environment.

Century bull market, not to mention pigs and cows, elephants can fly.

Then there is the blessing of Westeros concept stocks.

Even though they clearly saw the ceiling of Daenerys’ entertainment, after so many years, seeing Simon create a miracle of super wealth step by step, everyone is almost blindly full of confidence in Westeros-related businesses.

Finally, when it comes to the actual business field, of course, it is not without highlights.

such as games.

Especially the online games that have emerged rapidly in recent years, whether it is within enterprises or various media, it is generally believed that the future will be the world of online games, and, compared with the previous stand-alone games, the market size of online games should be far greater than .

In fact, it was only 20 years ahead of schedule to come up with a metaverse concept.

Then there’s the internet.

In recent years, Daenerys Entertainment has spared no effort in the operation of the IT concept, whether it is the full-service network membership system that has been continuously opened up, the Blockbuster rental chain that continues to increase its online business, or its own game software mall, or even The online ticket sales that its cinemas have begun to try, etc., have real results.

Just this part of the business, the market value gain brought to Daenerys Entertainment, at least one or two hundred billion US dollars.

In short, the times make heroes.

And General Electric, which was supposed to be ahead of the New York Stock Exchange, is actually stronger than ever after annexing Time Warner, but now it is firmly suppressed by Daenerys Entertainment, who is also on the New York Stock Exchange. Even if the current market is so frenetic, Or because of this change, the market value of General Electric is only just over 400 billion US dollars. Before this bull market turns, whether it will eventually reach the peak of 600 billion US dollars, there is little chance.

Simon is back in Los Angeles, and October is coming soon in the end of the summer.

The first thing is CNOOC’s IPO again.

The time is Friday, October 6th.

Or both China and the United States listed at the same time.

This time, under the big sale, coupled with the strong **** of the Westeros system, the subscription volume during the roadshow stage reached 4.3 times the total amount of new shares issued.

In the end, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on the other side of the ocean was listed first. The issue price of HK$6.15 increased by 12% at the opening. At the close of the day, the stock price fell at a high of HK$7.56, a single-day increase of 23%. Subsequent listing on the New York Stock Exchange, the stock price rose by 22% on the first day.

All are happy.

At least, on the surface it sure is.

Because the purpose of this IPO, there is only one, and that is IPO. As long as it can be successfully listed and don’t repeat the same mistakes, it is victory. Others, don’t care so much.

On the day of the listing, Chen Qing personally went to New York to help out, and after that, she flew to Los Angeles.

Simon has been on the West Coast lately.

Because September passed, which happened to be the end of Daenerys Entertainment’s fiscal year, there were a lot of things to deal with before and after.

such as financial statements.

The annual financial report scheduled to be released in the middle of this month is also the key to whether Daenerys Entertainment will become the second trillion-dollar company in the eyes of many people.

Simon personally doesn’t really matter.

Moreover, in Simon’s view, before this major reversal of US stocks, there is more hope that the second one to break through trillion should be Tinkerbell. This company’s recent market value has also exceeded the 800 billion mark, followed by Danny After Liz, it ranks third in US stock market value.

However, Daenerys is quite enthusiastic up and down.

After all, even rushing to a trillion a day is a super record that can be shown off for many years. Therefore, Amy Pascal even discussed with Simon whether to make the financial report… well, make it more beautiful.

Simon doesn’t care.

Just to explain the specific revenue and profit, don’t deliberately mix water, after all, the net profit of around 10 billion is already quite outstanding. The big studios in the bottom of Hollywood, not to mention profits, are still a lot worse than 10 billion in revenue. No matter how high it is deliberately, it cannot be as high as more than 20 billion. Only a dozen or 2 billion is added, which has nothing to do with the overall situation. On the contrary, it will be very embarrassing to be dismantled.

Others, such as the layout in the conceptual field of the Internet, are drawn casually.

Anyway, compared to many people who are still speculating on concepts, their real performance in all aspects is still quite able to withstand the description.

As for whether it can break through the 1 trillion mark in the end, it depends on fate.

Saturday.

Nothing special at home, Simon still went to Malibu’s Daenerys Studios to deal with some work.

When Chen Qing arrived in Los Angeles, she first visited the Du Meijia Manor.

Bring a lot of gifts, big and small, and even some Wei family maids who are familiar with each other, will not miss it. It is also for this reason that the entire Dumeijia Manor actually has a very good impression of her.

until noon.

Simon returned from the studio and had lunch together before taking a walk on the manor beach with his boss, talking about some recent events by the way.

The IPO just now is definitely the point.

However, realizing that her boss didn’t seem to be very interested in this, Chen Qing took the initiative to change the topic: “The “Yalung Zangbo Grand Canyon”, boss, it was also released last week, guess how much the box office was. ?”

Simon didn’t guess, just said: “It should be able to reach the level of “Mount Everest” last year, right?”

“It’s expected to be even higher,” Chen Qing said. “The painting started on the 29th of last month, because it was the National Day holiday, and it took 67 million yuan in seven days in the first week. Everyone was shocked. However, the domestic market is standardized. After getting up, it’s actually quite normal. After all, there are 1.2 billion people. Last year’s “Mount Everest” domestic box office was 114 million yuan. From the first week, it can be at least 150 million yuan. Anyway, everyone makes money. flipped.”

Simon smiled and nodded, thought for a while, and said, “Yu Xiaomin, right, it’s not bad.”

“Yeah,” Chen Qing said, “It’s just a documentary, and now it’s a big name. Even if I want to see it, I have to watch the time.”

Simon glanced at her: “That girl dares to treat you like this?”

“Hehe, I don’t dare, I’ll exaggerate,” Chen Qing said, turned her head to look around, then approached, grabbed her boss’s arm, stepped on the delicate beach and continued to move forward, while saying: “Also, because For these films in recent years, the number of overseas tourists in China has been growing rapidly. A data was released some time ago. In the first six months of this year, the foreign exchange earned by overseas tourists in mainland China reached 9.6 billion US dollars. About 20 billion US dollars, an annual increase of 27%, tsk, we have so much credit, but unfortunately we don’t get much benefit.”

The annual foreign exchange earnings of 20 billion US dollars, equivalent to more than 160 billion yuan, Simon was somewhat surprised to hear this figure.

After all, it is still very concerned about the other side of the ocean.

Simon happened to know that China’s national fiscal revenue in the first half of 2000 was only 630 billion yuan, and it is expected to be 1.3 trillion yuan for the whole year, which is equivalent to about 150 billion US dollars.

Now, the foreign exchange earned by just one overseas tourist can reach 20 billion US dollars, which is definitely a figure that cannot be ignored for China, which has been in short supply of foreign exchange in recent years.

Think about it again, the extensive promotion of my family from movies to online self-media over the years…

If you don’t give some benefits, you can’t justify it.

Thinking like this, Simon said to the girl next to him: “If you don’t give it, take the initiative to ask for it. We have done so much, and then choose some places with beautiful mountains and rivers. I will build some manors, isn’t it too much?”

Chen Qing was just asking for credit. When her boss said this, she immediately pecked at the rice: “That’s right, that’s right, boss, don’t worry, I’ll do it when I go back.”