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After Simon and Semel's lunch, Daenerys Pictures and Warner Bros. soon began negotiating a specific "Batman" partnership.

While money can't guarantee a movie's success, it's obviously easier to make a great movie on a big budget. Now that Simon has thrown out $50 million with an ignorant and fearless upstart temperament, Warner has also made up his mind to let Daenerys Pictures test the water first.

After finishing "Batman", Simon happily accepted the eyes of some people looking at the fat sheep, and continued to accelerate other things in the plan as a fat sheep.

On the other hand, on Saturday after Simon and Semel negotiated "Batman", the 45th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards ceremony was held at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Bertolucci's "The Last Emperor" Undoubtedly, it became the biggest winner of this Golden Globe Awards, and all five nominations for "Lola Run" were lost.

Regarding the encounter of "Lola Run" at the Golden Globe Awards, the media responded with doubts, ridicules, regrets, and gloating, but Simon brought it over quickly. The Writers Guild of America nomination was ignored, and he no longer had much expectations for the Golden Globes, and he would not have much regret in the face of such a result.

Although "Lola Run" has the joint efforts of Warner and Orion, in terms of public relations strength of human resources, "Lola Run" certainly cannot be compared with Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun". , Spielberg also returned empty-handed this time.

However, the nominations for the 60th Academy Awards announced immediately after the Golden Globe Awards gave Simon another insight into the conservative side of Hollywood.

Many people originally thought that even if "Lola Run" could not win the award, it would definitely get a few heavyweight nominations, but it turned out that "Lola Run" only got one innocuous Best Editing nomination, and nothing else.

After analysis, everyone believes that this is mainly because of Simon's current complex identity.

If Simon is just a young director who has just risen in Hollywood, and "Lola Run" has achieved such dazzling results, the Oscars will definitely not mind supporting them.

But now, in addition to the director, Simon is a billion-dollar super-rich. The judges may feel that since Simon Westeros has made a huge amount of money in just over a year, it is not appropriate to give him the honor immediately.

In any case, regardless of the state of mind, "Lola Run" ended up with only one technical nomination for best editing.

Of course, the nominee for this award is still Simon.

At the beginning of February, cooperation negotiations for "Batman" continued, but Westeros quietly signed another $20 million contract with the British Tolkien Heritage Foundation.

Although the price paid was double the price of the "Lord of the Rings" copyright, Simon actually got more.

In addition to successfully winning "The Silmarillion", the Westeros Company also re-signed a licensing contract for several Tolkien works with the Tolkien Legacy Foundation at a cost of $20 million.

In the 1969 contract, the producer holding the copyright was required to pay 7.5% of the Tol King Heritage Foundation's net profit.

Now, Westeros is paying $20 million at a time, and the original sharing clauses of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit have been cancelled. The Silmarillion contract also does not contain a sharing clause. Simon will own the three films. Works are copyrighted until the end of the statutory copyright protection period.

In addition, the new contract expands the range of products Westeros can develop to avoid future disputes.

In Simon's memory, because the 1969 contract did not explicitly cover digital game development rights, the Tol King Legacy Foundation sought $80 million for Time Warner's illegal production of the "Lord of the Rings" series of online games. Although the lawsuits of the two parties were settled privately, the amount of compensation involved was definitely not something that could be settled by $20 million.

The administrators of the Tol King Heritage Foundation may not lack long-term vision, but after Simon increased the price of copyright transactions around $1 million by dozens of times, money has played its due power.

Perhaps both parties felt that they took a lot of advantage, and the deal was reached. Neither the Tolkien Legacy Foundation nor the Westeros Company disclosed this publicly. As for the future, no matter what the outcome is, each of them has already decided to leave.

In all fairness, Simon himself is not 100% sure that the Tol King Middle-earth series can achieve the same success in the original time and space, but his chances of winning must be much greater.

From mid-January to mid-February, negotiations between Daenerys Pictures and Warner Bros. lasted for a month, and the detailed cooperation plan for "Batman" was finally finalized.

The five-year licensing plan remains unchanged, and Daenerys Pictures paid $2 million for the copyright of "Batman", compared to $200,000 for "Spider-Man", making a fat sheep again. The two parties agreed that the first film will be invested by Daenerys Pictures, and Warner Bros. Pictures will obtain the worldwide distribution rights of the film. If the first one is successful, Warner Bros. owns up to 50% of the investment in the sequel. However, after the sequel project is established, Warner must decide whether to participate in the investment within one month, and it will be regarded as giving up automatically if it exceeds the time limit.

In terms of film distribution, Warner's stance was very firm. Daenerys Pictures finally only won the opportunity to renegotiate the distribution commission for the sequel, and did not get the right to self-publish.

In terms of peripheral products, because of the success of the "Star Wars" series of the year, this part of the income has become the focus of the two parties' key tug-of-war.

In the final contract, it took more than ten pages to confirm that the peripheral products came from real people and comics, as well as the first and sequel. 10% of the net profit of movie-related peripheral products is divided, and the rest of the income is determined by the investment share of both parties.

All in all, this is another cooperation plan that is very unfavorable to Daenerys Pictures like "Rain Man" some time ago.

but.

Winning the copyright of "Batman" is an absolute victory for Simon. Now that he has eaten the copyright in his stomach, he has no plans to let it go. As long as you hold on to the copyright of "Batman", the initiative in many things in the future is destined to be on your side.

In order to be more "active", a week after Daenerys Pictures and Warner Bros. officially signed a contract, Simon once again bought the copyright of "Superman" from British producer Alexander Salkind by throwing money.

After obtaining "Superman" and "Batman", and collecting Tol King's Middle-earth series, Simon's operation of collecting copyright has initially come to an end.

Unconsciously busy, the time came to the end of February, and a very special day also came.

February 22.

Simon's 20th birthday.

Inside a mansion halfway up the hill in Beverly Hills, this is Sandra Bullock's new home.

After impulsively kissing a guy one night, she had to change her residence in the face of the subsequent frenzied pursuit by the paparazzi. So many things have happened in the past six months. After Simon and Janet got back together, plus some guilty conscience, Sandra found that she was inevitably estranged from Simon a lot.

but.

Today is his 20th birthday party, and for such a legitimate reason, he must go.

But, it always feels a little weird.

Thinking about my 20th birthday, when I was still in college, I had no idea what my future would be like.

his 20 years old.

Ugh.

Standing so high, people can't touch it, and they are not afraid of falling.

hum.

The time is already five o'clock in the afternoon.

Put on a well-prepared aqua blue evening dress, just came out of the cloakroom, the doorbell rang, and the makeup artist came to the door, and just arrived now.

Assistant Gina ran to open the door, and Sandra carefully sat down on the living room sofa with her skirt up. The TV in the living room had just been on, when I noticed that the host of the cnn and two other guests happened to be talking about Simon, and the screen behind them even showed the live broadcast of the guy outside the Palisades mansion.

This is too exaggerated, right?

It's just a birthday party, and even CNN was recruited and broadcast live.

but.

Thinking about what he has done from the summer two years ago to the present, cnn's current reaction doesn't seem to be too much.

Picking up the remote control and turning up the volume of the TV, Gina brought the makeup artist in. She motioned for him to help her with makeup in the living room, but her eyes were fixed on the TV screen, listening to the host and the host with great interest. Discussion between two guests.

"Yes, Jim, Simon Westeros also reminds me of Howard Hughes, but he's more legendary than Hughes. The first film Westeros made was the No. 1 North American box office and 4 worldwide. Compared with his age, this is a total miracle. What is even more amazing is his operation in the stock index futures market last year. For five months, Westeros was completely close to the S\u0026P 500. The rise and fall of the index is buying and selling, as if he can fully predict the rise and fall of the index.”

Another female guest with glasses said: "However, Daniel, however, I think Simon Westeros has been completely out of control after last year's stock market crash. Especially recently, his various capital operations are almost useless. Zhang Law, got angry with Motorola, and sold all the other's stock. After trying to buy New World Entertainment, after being frustrated, he gave up quickly. And Daenerys Pictures, Westeros is just spending money randomly, we The young tycoon is said to have set up eight films now. If you count the recent "Batman" and "Superman", this is ten. I purposely collected a list of films. According to public information, these films are basically all It doesn't sell much, but the budget is generally above the Hollywood average. Like that Rain Man, did you hear that?"

The male guest named Daniel just nodded and said, "I heard that a movie starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise was said to have been rejected by all major Hollywood studios before, and Dany Liz Pictures also seems to have signed a very unequal contract with MGM-United Artists. However, I always feel that Westeros should think otherwise, if anyone thinks that a 20-year-old can make more than ten The billion-dollar young man is a fool. Well, don't doubt, he's the fool himself."

"Hey, Daniel, are you talking about me?" The female guest retorted with a smile, and said, "But I do think Simon Westeros' behavior during this period is completely reckless. If this goes on, maybe In a few years, his net worth will shrink dramatically."

"It's just your speculation, Katie. When Howard Hughes made Hell's Angels, everyone thought he might be bankrupt, but it turned out that Hell's Angels made $8 million at the box office, $800 in 1930. $10,000, definitely more than the box office of "Star Wars" or "et Aliens." Also, I think Simon Westeros' personal assets should be concentrated in those tech stocks. Reduce Motorola of stocks

Afterwards, Simon Westeros is just this part of the asset, worth more than $1.3 billion, based on recent stock prices. "

"There should be more," the host sitting next to him said at this time: "According to the information we got, after the acquisition of New World Entertainment failed, Westeros has recently been absorbing the stocks of some technology companies. For example, Silicon Graphics, it is said that Simon Westeros paid a special visit to this San Francisco-based graphics workstation manufacturer last month. According to the latest filing data, Westeros' stake in Silicon Graphics has reached 11%. There is also Oracle, which holds a stake. The ratio is 9%. Next, the shareholding ratio of several companies such as Microsoft and Intel has increased from the original 5% to more than 7%. Calculated, Simon Westero has at least half of the Motorola shares obtained after cashing out. Funds have been invested in the stocks of these companies. Many investment institutions on Wall Street have recently begun to follow suit again, which has once again pulled up the technology stocks sector. Now, Simon Westero's stock assets should be worth nearly 1.6 billion US dollars. "

After the male guest and the host finished speaking, they spread their hands to the female guest and said, "Look, it's still $1.6 billion. Simon Westero's profit from the stock market crash last year was about $1.6 billion. Now, Katie, according to your It is said that Westeros has been reckless for a period of time, and his net worth has not decreased, but has increased again."

The female guest said: "But I still don't think that as long as Simon Westeros is a normal person, he won't work miracles forever."

The host suddenly said: "Katie, then, do you think Simon Westeros is normal?"

The male guest laughed immediately.

The female guest also smiled and said: "Well, Westeros is indeed abnormal. But I mean, as long as he is not an alien, I don't think there should be such a possibility, then he will definitely face Failure. Like those Daenerys films, Westeros may be able to guarantee one, two, or three at the box office, but he can't guarantee all of them. The big Hollywood studios have no shortage of them every year. Box office hits, but their financial reports are often losses, I know the Hollywood ledger, but I'm not referring to these, but the real losses. Why, because they are in those high-profile, big-selling movies On top of that, there's a whole bunch of failed films."

After the host waited for the female guests to finish speaking, they clapped their hands lightly and said, "No matter what the future holds, today is Simon Westero's 20th birthday, and this young man who has only been on the rise for more than a year has already created too much. Miracle, I believe everyone must be very curious about him, so let's hand the camera over to the reporters in front again."

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