"Batman" has begun the final stage of editing work, Simon is still busy in the late morning of the film, the afternoon is a half day release meeting.
Today is Monday, August 7th.
After the release of Uncle buck, the last new film on Friday, Denise Entertainment's summer release this year will officially end.
Up to now, Denise entertainment has released a total of 7 films this year, namely "Thunderbolt Blue Angel", "metropolitan", "sisters", "ghost 2", "Sid sisters", "bodyguard" and "the sixth sense". Among them, only the two films "bodyguard" and "the sixth sense" are enough to support Denise Entertainment's annual performance There are also highlights in the films that have been shown.
Next, including uncle buck, there are still 10 films related to Denise entertainment waiting to be released in the second half of the year.
Among them, "flying over innocence" and "Batman" are released by Warner Bros., and the schedule is set for November 17 and December 22 respectively.
The other eight films, uncle buck, sweet sister, woman on the roof, angel miracle, scream 2, my left foot, gucci documentary and driving for Miss Daisy, are run by three brands of danielis entertainment, covering all five months in the second half of the year.
At the same time, because Denise entertainment has set up branches in major overseas ticket warehouse countries such as Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan and Australia, the overseas distribution of Denise entertainment has been continuously going on since the end of last year's four films "scream".
Overseas distribution in the second half of the year will focus on three summer films.
Burbank.
Denise entertainment division, 5 p.m., the end of a four hour meeting.
Most of the people started to leave from work. Simon and Ella doichman made an appointment to watch the sample of "driving for Miss Daisy" and stayed for another two hours.
In the conference room.
Amy felt that Simon had been in a good mood since breakfast today. When the crowd dispersed, she called for Simon and motioned to Ella to leave first. She pulled the chair and sat down at the conference table.
Simon knew that Amy had something to talk about, so he sat down again and asked with a smile, "what's the matter?"
"Well," said Amy, after a little deliberation, "Simon, REM came to see me this morning."
Simon is generally aware of something and just signals Amy to continue.
Amy then said: "I've heard that Sony intended to invite Bob to take charge of Samsung pictures after the acquisition, because Sony should have given up the idea about the recent 10 films. According to Bob, he doesn't ask for a raise any more. But he wants the company to help pay for a property he's interested in on the upper east side of Manhattan for $3 million
Robert REM's contract was just one year old at the end of July, and he received the full bonus of $3 million from the original contract last week.
Simon is also concerned about REM's actions.
If it wasn't for Sony's bid for 10 Movie spots for danelis entertainment, maybe REM would have resigned from Simon now.
Seeing Simon's fingers tapping on the table without giving an immediate response, Amy had to continue: "Simon, compared with the $15 million bonus scheme for the creators of sixth sense, REM's demands are not excessive. His achievements in this year's work are obvious to all."
The sixth sense is in its sixth week.
Last Friday, according to the company's step-by-step share plan with the cinema, danelis entertainment has recovered its first $106.13 million share of the $150.02 million box office from the previous four weeks. According to the global box office forecast of $600 million for sixth sense, the movie will only take part in the box office next, at least it will bring more than $150 million in share revenue for daenerys entertainment.
In addition to all costs, danielis entertainment will make a net profit of no less than US $220 million in the next year only through the release of "sixth sense", and the later video and TV broadcasting revenue will also be huge.
Based on the comprehensive calculation, the net profit contributed by sixth sense to Denise entertainment will not be less than $500 million in the whole profit cycle.
On the other hand, many recent events are changing Simon's ideas.
With billions of dollars of money hoarded overseas and a series of continuously increasing assets in the name of Westeros, Simon realized that although some things can't be implemented for the time being, the wealth he has now probably won't be spent all his life.
Then, Denise Entertainment's plan of 10 foreign films attracted Hollywood's enthusiastic pursuit, which made Simon understand that sometimes sharing benefits can not only protect himself, but also obtain unexpected power and more benefits.
The announcement of the 10 Movie plans instantly resolved WGA's investigation and prompted Orion to settle the delinquent share of "vulgar novel". MGM stopped mentioning the lawsuit of "Rain Man". Sony, which is about to complete its acquisition of Columbia, voluntarily gave up the plan to poach people from Denise entertainment. Last night at the party, Simon met with more eager stars than ever before It's about Danielle Reese entertainment and Simon's growing influence on Hollywood.Obviously, these are a kind of recessive power.
At the same time, although only half of the 10 films were invested by danielis entertainment, it also voluntarily gave up the income from distribution. But because of Simon's advantage of foresight, the project he selected should have been very successful. Now danielis entertainment has taken away nearly half of the income from other Hollywood studios.
In addition, yesterday's news that Steve Roth rewarded the "lethal weapon" crew with sports cars also made Simon realize another truth: spending money is not just about buying physical objects, but also about spending money on people. It's also a kind of "consumption", and it can often get unexpected returns.
So Simon and Amy discussed an extra incentive plan for sixth sense at breakfast today, totaling $15 million.
Among them, De Niro is US $5 million. This award can make his total salary from the project reach the top US $10 million level in Hollywood. The other producers, directors and actors who play Cole are US $2 million, US $1 million, and the other supporting actors and film creators share the last US $5 million.
Such a bonus is not much compared with the expected huge revenue of the sixth sense, but it is rare for the production companies to actively distribute extra bonus after the box office sales. In Simon's memory, there are many cases in which the film companies try to swallow the main creator's share after the box office sales.
Hollywood's current first-line stars have begun to earn tens of millions of dollars.
In order to control the budget cost and prevent the film company from becoming a supporting role for the stars, Simon will still try his best to suppress the stars' remuneration, but at the same time, he plans to set more reasonable share schemes so that the creators can get more revenue after the box office sales.
As for the matter at hand.
Although some of Simon's ideas began to change, one of them did not. He still did not like people who broke the contract.
The most fundamental reason for danielis Entertainment's smooth expansion in the distribution network this year is the support of a series of blockbuster films. Without these chips, daenerys entertainment is not likely to make the major courtyard lines in North America flock to it, let alone quickly open up overseas.
Simon, in fact, has a positive attitude towards Robert REM's work achievements. Moreover, he is a very nostalgic person and advocates the idea that clothes are not as good as new people. If REM can work hard to finish his three-year contract, Simon will give him a satisfactory salary plan.
Now.
After stopping tapping his fingers on the table, Simon nodded and said, "since he wants it, give it to him. In addition, I plan to integrate all the overseas branches into a unified subsidiary, which is responsible for the operation of overseas distribution network and the investment of overseas film projects. As for the name, it's danilisi international. You'd better look for a management candidate recently. In addition, the empty window period of last year's "scream" and other films has ended, and there will be an explosion in the company's next video business, and Denise family entertainment also needs a special person in charge. "
Amy heard Simon say that, and knew that he was really a little annoyed. After thinking about it, she said, "can we separate these two things?"
"If Sony hadn't given up, I would have received my resignation letter by now." Simon shook his head, looked at Amy and said seriously, "I'm actually a person who is afraid of being in debt to others. It makes me feel very uncomfortable. So, as long as I can, I will give you more. But I also don't like a person overestimating his importance and taking what he shouldn't get. "
With that, without waiting for Amy to respond, Simon got up and walked out.
It was already seven o'clock when he came to the projection room of the division and watched the sample of "driving for Miss Daisy" with doechmann. After having dinner together, Simon didn't go back to the residence of traudesdale manor in Beverly Hills, but returned to the villa on the west side of point malibudume.
On Monday night in Los Angeles and on Tuesday afternoon in Melbourne, several major stock exchanges in Asia basically closed.
On the phone, Janet told Simon that the Nikkei 225 index officially broke through 38000 at the close on Tuesday afternoon local time.
For the sake of caution, the two are just touching on this topic.
Simon's goal is too obvious. Americans have a long history of eavesdropping. It's hard to say whether his home phone will be eavesdropped. During this period of time, some important information is transmitted through the most primitive manual way, and there are staff going back and forth between Melbourne, Los Angeles and New York every day.
Simon and Janet talked on the phone for more than two hours to discuss their vacation schedule starting next month.
He hung up at eleven o'clock and Simon went through the script for another hour before he had a rest.
The next morning we saw more detailed information.
Japan's stock market closed at 38076 on August 8, local time. During this period, cersei capital No. 1-5, which is still operated by Janet and Antony on the surface, did not clear out according to Simon's plan. On the contrary, cersei capital continued to maintain a net long position. At present, its net asset value has reached $3.29 billion.Because of the strict confidentiality measures of all parties, the information that No. 1 to No. 5 funds have changed owners has not been leaked at all.
With the current growth momentum of Japan's stock market, Simon thinks it's OK for the Nikkei 225 index to hit the 40000 mark this time. Of course, all this has nothing to do with him.
According to the established plan, cersei capital 6-10 has recently started to establish short contracts for junk bond related companies in North American stock and bond markets.
Different from stock index futures, the operation of shorting stocks and bonds is much more complicated, and it is also easy to be detected by the target company and be countered. However, North America's $200 billion junk bond market, as well as hundreds of billions of dollars in related company stocks, is enough for cersei capital, which has only $5 billion in capital, to complete its layout without arousing too many people's vigilance.
This is also the reason why Simon limited cersei's capital scale.
With Simon's current appeal, cersei capital can easily gather a huge sum of tens of billions of dollars if it liberalizes and absorbs investment. But if it does, cersei capital, whose scale is large enough to stir up the market, will not be able to do much more.
Last time I went to Melbourne, cersei capital confirmed the operation plan in North America based on her own memory and the information collected by Janet. Now Simon only pays attention to it in general and does not interfere in the specific operation.
The American writers union is investigating.
After two weeks of several negotiations, danielis entertainment finally reached an agreement with the American Writers Union. Danielis entertainment admitted that it violated WGA regulations on scream and sixth sense, and paid a total fine of $200000 at the cost of $100000 for each play, so as to obtain WGA's understanding.
Everyone knows that it's just Denise entertainment giving WGA a a step forward.
As for the compensation Bruce Joey Robin tried to fight for, because both parties were completely voluntary during the signing of the agreement, WGA ruled that Bruce Joey Robin also had active violations, so it did not support Bruce Joey Robin's claim.
The original agreement signed by the two sides did not violate the relevant federal regulations. The key to this dispute is the attitude of the trade union.
Now, without union support, Bruce Joey Robin can't get any compensation even if both sides go to court. What's more, it's well-known that it costs money to sue in the United States. Bruce Joey Robin obviously doesn't have enough capital to file a lawsuit against Denise entertainment. He can only stop after WGA makes a ruling.
Many people understand the origin of Denise Entertainment's 10 foreign film cooperation plan. The dispute with the trade union is over. The whole Hollywood's attention has turned to this matter, and the media has also paid more attention to it. Because Simon has not announced the selected screenplay project for a long time, some people have even begun to worry about whether he will go back.