Hollywood New Century - Chapter 425

“What’s the matter?” In Simon’s luxurious manor in Bel Air, Simon, who was taking a bath, received a call from Catherine Hills.

“The beachfront villa on Kauai, Hawaii, has been delivered, I have arrived in Milan, Italy, and the villa near the resort Lake Como can be considered,” Kathryn Hills has been buying villas for Simon in various resorts for several months. .

In the continental United States, Simon should stay less on vacation in the future, and Hawaii is a little further away, and European properties are already under consideration.

“Okay, after finishing the process, I will drive the Polaris to my private holiday island in the Bahamas, where a large yacht marina has been built, and the resort’s business is also very good. Many guests hope to rent Polaris. No.,” Simon reminded. After all, the “Polaris” is always docked in St. Tropez, which is a little far away from him. Most of the time, he still stays in the United States.

Plus, now the “Dream” has come from Miami Palm Beach to the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles.

“OK!”

After putting down the phone, Simon took a sip of the champagne next to him, staring at the candlelight in front of him.

The Marvel movie “Avengers” released by Universal has continued to harvest the box office. After more than 20 days of release, the North American box office has reached 470 million US dollars, and the overseas box office has exceeded 600 million US dollars.

A Marvel craze has swept the world, and its impact is unstoppable.

The good news for Xinghai Entertainment continues, but Simon’s Nine-headed Bird Sports and Entertainment Company is now in a bit of a disadvantage.

The NFL and NBA were suspended at the same time this year because of collective bargaining agreement negotiations, and now there is finally good news.

The NFL’s 32-team leaders held another secret ballot at the NFL headquarters in New York, and it finally passed. NFL league owners and players from the league’s income ratio of 53% and 47%, collective bargaining agreement negotiations finally succeeded.

The NFL season of the new season can also start normally.

Burbank, Xinghai Entertainment headquarters, Universal Pictures, Simon’s office.

“There has been more news about racial discrimination in Hollywood recently, and many stars have been reported in related news and lawsuits,” Nina Jacobson said. is the source of interest.

“The wind from the European continent is blowing,” Simon said indifferently, and put down the racist article about Mel Gibson in his hand. Australia has the highest white supremacism in the world, nothing to say.

“It’s all a small issue. When is this topic still lacking, but the group is reviewing the listing. The company’s internal staff and long-term cooperation stars, I don’t want their nonsense to affect the company’s IPO,” Simon is not worried about those people’s Live or die, as long as it does not affect interests, live or die at will.

Nina Jacobson nodded and responded with a smile: “Don’t worry, the co-actors of the Marvel series, I have already contacted their agency, and their agents understand that they will be optimistic about the artist. .”

Now we all know that Marvel, as the cash cow of Xinghai Entertainment, is incomparable in importance, and the image of the actors is also very important.

“How’s the MPAA meeting?” Simon asked. A few days ago, Alan Horn and Nina went to the MPAA committee meeting.

“As usual, the theater window and DVD, online streaming media piracy debate, but there is progress with China’s film import agreement, maybe there will be good news soon. But there is no tax subsidy for the domestic entertainment industry. Progress, it’s up to the state legislatures,” explained Nina Jacobson.

“It seems that Georgia still has the largest tax deductions and subsidies, and the Universal Studios in Atlanta will be opened as soon as possible. The movie budget after the Marvel series is getting higher and higher. “Universal Pictures is not as good as Disney after all, it is impossible to ignore the cost To invest in it, at least wait until Universal Studios Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood are complete, and the income of Universal Studios Resort has increased significantly before investing more budget.

Nina Jacobson nodded, the film and television industry still accounts for a large proportion of the group’s revenue.

Expanding the film and television entertainment industry chain is an essential step, and film and television themed resorts and the consumer goods market are the top priorities.

“By the way, Tom sent a message from China that the negotiation of Universal Studios Shanghai Resort is over and a joint development agreement will be signed. The Harry Potter Wizarding World Park and Marvel Park projects at Universal Studios Osaka are about to start,” Ni Anna Jacobson smiled,

“I guess, Simon, you have to fly to Asia again.”

Sure enough, Simon smiled, this is definitely good news, and said happily: “Very good, I will set off as soon as possible, just as the group is going to be listed, and the funds are also guaranteed.”

Three days later, Simon, on behalf of Xinghai Entertainment Group, together with the SH municipal government and Shanghai International Tourism Group, held a tripartite signing ceremony under the witness of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and countless others.

Shanghai Universal Studios Resort is located in Chuansha Town, Pudong New Area, Shanghai. The first phase covers an area of ​​1.2 square kilometers and a total of 120 hectares, with 280 hectares of surrounding supporting construction land.

The number of supporting large-scale projects of the SH municipal government has reached 11, such as trams, elevated highways and green parks.

Not to mention the construction cost of the resort budget of more than 40 billion yuan, the supporting construction costs around the SH municipal government are more than 120 billion yuan.

Shanghai Shimao Sheshan Manor, a large manor purchased by Simon before, is the first time to stay after the renovation has been completed.

The tranquil, peaceful and beautiful environment makes people feel very comfortable, and Tong Liya, who came from BJ, also feels very good.

“I heard that the renovation cost more than 50 million yuan?” Tong Liya stood in the hall, looking up at the huge ceiling light, and was amazed.

“Fortunately, after all, the area is large, and there are many rooms in it. In addition to the building area, plus the surrounding garden swimming pool, etc., more than 10 acres, it is close to 7,000 square meters,” Simon explained with a smile, which means that there are 70,000 feet of area.

“The Avengers’ box office in China is very good, with 560 million people, second only to “Transformers 3” with 1.07 billion and “Kung Fu Panda 2” with 620 million, and more than “Pirates of the Caribbean 4″ with 460 million people There are a lot more coins,” Tong Liya also said.

In the past few days, Simon is mainly busy with the signing of the Shanghai Universal Studios Resort, and he does not pay much attention to the box office of movies released in China.

“Transformers 3 has surpassed 1 billion people, and this is the third Chinese film to surpass 1 billion box office!” Simon sighed, the first is of course “Avatar”, and the second is “Tai Chi” , this is the third part.

Tong Liya nodded and said with a smile: “It is also the third highest-grossing movie in mainland China.”