Simon's pessimism about the future of the world did not affect the expansion of Westeros system. In the following days, many plans for Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and even Africa were continuously and closely promoted.
The time soon entered May 2000.
In North America, with the arrival of May, the film summer season is approaching, and the Easter season in April is also coming to an end.
As of May 4, Blair 2, the main witch in danilis Entertainment's Easter schedule, received another $18.61 million in the third week of release, pushing the total box office of the film to $96.49 million. Then it broke $100 million on the weekend, becoming the third film of danilis entertainment to enter the box office Club of $100 million in North America in 2000.
In addition to the witch Blair 2, some of the other six films in the Easter season are expected to be more than 80 million local, second only to Witch 2, and some cost 30 million, and the local box office is less than 10 million, which is disappointing.
It basically belongs to the normal state of a large studio.
Of course, it is the normal state of danilis entertainment, which is far better than other studios in Hollywood.
Another thing worth mentioning is the lost Wulin.
After the $5.33 million box office in the first week, the number of screens increased in the second week. Although the box office did not decline inversely, it only decreased slightly by 7%, and received another $4.96 million. The cumulative box office successfully exceeded the 10 million mark, reaching $10.29 million.
The box office expectation of the lost Wulin's original best $15 million has increased again. Now, it's not impossible to hit $20 million.
Although this data is nothing for danilis, even if brocade book can only get 30% of the gross profit, it can also get a share of $2.4 million, equivalent to nearly 20 million yuan, according to the box office of 20 million theaters in North America, which is already the income level of a 100 million yuan blockbuster in China.
What's more, it's just a link in the North American cinema.
This documentary can make such achievements in North American cinemas, follow-up channels and overseas distribution can be expected.
Because of the success of the project, after communicating with China, the two sides temporarily decided to send the documentary to the upcoming Cannes Film Festival in France. Of course, it is impossible to participate in the competition. It is just a marketing exhibition to promote the release of the project in Europe.
In addition to the film, the continued popularity of ibox-10 in Silicon Valley not only drives the stocks of related enterprises such as tincobier rising, but also makes the NASDAQ index break new highs. After the first burst of bubble in March 1997, the technology stock market has once again reached an unknown peak.
Everyone knows that after the peak is the trough, but countless investors just expect to escape before the trough.
Simon doesn't know how high the NASDAQ can go this time, but he gradually has some expectations for the coming of the trough. Mainly, Simon has received the news from the Federal Reserve that another round of US dollar interest rate hike will be started again from the second half of the year, to be exact, in July.
The interest rate hike will trigger the return of the US dollar, but at the same time, it means that the market liquidity is tightened, resulting in a sharp decline in stock market funds.
In the original time and space, the interest rate increase of the US dollar before and after the Millennium lasted for about a year from the second half of 1999 to the first half of 2000, which eventually led to the rupture of the NASDAQ index in early 2000 after breaking through 5000 points. This time, Simon, a big butterfly, has had a great impact on the U.S. economy. One of them is that this round of US dollar interest rate hike cycle has been postponed for a whole year.
The advance layout of Westeros system in the field of new technology has led to the development of the whole Internet industry three to five years in advance. The current industrial fundamentals are far better than Internet 1.0, which was only in the concept stage.
However, no matter how good the fundamentals are, there are limits after all.
Weijia's think tank team judges that the current Nasdaq market is in a relatively healthy state around 3000 points, which can not exceed 4000 points at most. The market value of Internet leading enterprises such as igrit, tincobell and Cisco also remains around us $300 billion, which may be high, but it is reasonable to consider growth.
Now, the market index has more than doubled, and the market value of leading stocks has broken through the sky, and continues to rise. In the face of the upcoming interest rate hike, it is only a matter of time before it collapses again.
For Simon, apart from occasionally listening to people around him talk about his latest wealth, he doesn't pay much attention to others.
It's still the most important thing.
At present, in May, the first thing that Simon noticed was that the new president of Russia officially took office on May 7.
Simon had a chance to revolutionize the world's political landscape in the next two decades, but he didn't. As for the future, right and wrong can only be verified by time.
Another thing happened as planned.
On May 11, when the summer vacation in North America began to warm up, a message from Africa, which has still been in chaos in recent years, suddenly logged into many mainstream Western media because it involves Simon westero.
A large coffee plantation invested by Westeros in Angola, Africa, was attacked and burned down, killing and wounding more than 20 people.
The assailant was quickly identified as a team under Savimbi, the Angolan opposition.
No one cares about the tens of millions of casualties in the civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A plantation attack made the headlines. Even if it is related to Simon westero, sharp people were aware of the mystery.
A Portuguese media even contacted Savimbi, the leader of the opposition armed forces who once had a fairly good relationship with the United States. The other party's obedience was decisive. In front of reporters, they shot more than a dozen so-called "perpetrators" in their own camp, shouted an apology to Simon and expressed their willingness to make compensation.
However, the Westeros have been extremely tough this time, and have also issued a very wide statement on the world's mainstream media.
First of all, of course, we should strive for moral public opinion and regenerate the Westeros system's support and assistance to Africa in politics, economy, military and other aspects over the years. Secondly, legally, the Westeros system will not act without authorization this time, but will unite with the Angolan government.
Finally, the disposal plan. The Westeros did not accept Savimbi's apology and even gave an outrageous reason. Even if this matter had nothing to do with Savimbi, the attacker was also the subordinate of the other party and was jointly and severally liable. Therefore, the Westeros family will provide multifaceted support to assist the Angolan government to completely eradicate the Savimbi armed forces entrenched in Southeast Angola and ensure that the safety of the lives and property of the Angolan people will no longer be threatened.
In addition to the statement, many people also noticed some statements of almost the same tone made by several spokespersons of the Westeros family: any forces that dare to hurt the Westeros family, whether those standing in front of the stage or hiding behind the scenes, the Westeros family will resolutely pursue to the end and return a tooth for a tooth.
Experts watch the doorway.
This sudden strong argument, inexplicably, reminds some people of that rather manic 1994. Is it difficult? What big event will happen in this world?