Hollywood Hunter

Of course, Kissinger is not the only veteran political elite that Simon plans to win over. However, Kissinger is one of the few people he values ​​most. Word: pragmatic.

For those who came later, subconsciously, they probably always felt that there was a Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was the United States that led the West to suppress the Soviet Union and pursue it fiercely until the Soviet Union collapsed.

Actually not.

The Cold War was provoked by the West. It started with former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech. In the following years, the Western world led by Britain and the United States maintained its dominant position for a period of time. However, as the United States fought in the Korean War and Vietnam The continuous defeat of the war gradually reversed the situation, and the Soviet Union became the strong side and began to expand abroad, while the Western world was on the defensive.

Against this background, no matter how Western society smears the Soviet Union in public opinion, for the upper elite, especially those Western political elites who have personally experienced some of the firm beliefs of the Soviet Union at its peak, 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 draw in all the forces that can be drawn in as much as possible, form an alliance, jointly fight against the Soviet Union, and finally achieve a relatively balanced two-level world structure.

It can be seen from this that the West has made plans to co-exist with the Soviet Union for a long time.

But when the world changes.

This is something.

It is still the balance of power theory, which is actually a microcosm of the pragmatic diplomacy of the United States during the Cold War. Everyone does not talk about right and wrong, as long as you are willing to stand by my side, we are friends. In the end, everything is for the benefit of the West.

One of the most classic cases, Kissinger's secret visit to China in 1971.

Furthermore, there is another most stark contrast. After some years in the original time and space, the world structure has changed. Winning over Russia is the most beneficial strategy for the United States. , pushing Mao Xiong to an almost irreversible opposite.

why?

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

Now that he has become the most important passenger on this big ship and has 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 that Simon will implement.

The two unknowingly chatted all morning, the host and guest had a good time, and had lunch together before 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 Manhattan is also quite lively.

Yesterday, I had a whole day of fun, so I still have to restrain myself. I spent the afternoon at Daenerys Entertainment East Coast Headquarters in the Upper West Side to deal with work. It wasn't until evening that I joined Grace Krepp again to participate in an elite hosting event. fashion reception.

In this way, we stayed on the east coast for another night, and departed early the next morning to fly back to the west coast.

Time unknowingly came to the end of September in 2000.

The first is the complete end of the 2000 summer vacation.

Daenerys Entertainment is leading the way. Recently, the North American box office of this 3D animation film has exceeded 360 million US dollars, and the weekly box office has dropped to only 200,000 to 300,000 yuan. The total local box office is expected to be around 3.65 In addition, the overseas box office of the film has also exceeded 500 million US dollars, because the release date of many ticket warehouses is lagging behind, and it is estimated that there will be about 100 million US dollars in the box office. Therefore, the total global box office of the film will probably be 950 million. Dollar up and down.

Even if it is almost impossible to break through 1 billion, this 3D animation movie is still the best-selling movie in 2000 so far.

Of course, what is regrettable is the surrounding area.

But also can only regret.

Can't sell live fish!

Then came, and these three blockbusters, which are regarded as the second-tier blockbusters, among which are cooperation projects. In short, the domestic box office volume of these films is around 200 million US dollars, and they can achieve very rich profits only by relying on theatrical distribution.

Then there is the third file, starting from the summer file, to the later film, and finally to the ending that accidentally became another pure Chinese movie with a box office of over 100 million in North America.

The same blockbuster, but in terms of dark horses, it is similar to the last one.

The last thing is to wait for general movies that do not deserve too much attention, or the box office is not as good as expected, or the volume itself is too small, or it simply fails.

In any case, in one summer, 8 films related to Daenerys Entertainment reached the 100 million mark, while among other studios, only Warner and Disney each had one film that reached the 100 million mark in the same period. The gap can be described as huge.

It can be said that Daenerys Entertainment's dominance over Hollywood is obviously still greatly strengthened just by looking at the performance of this summer file.

Because of this dominance, coupled with Daenerys Entertainment's extensive deployment in various businesses full of normal potential, such as games, cable TV and even the Internet, just recently, Eaglet 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 also broke through 870 billion US dollars.

Daenerys Entertainment's expected experience in 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 whose various business fields are somewhat under the ceiling in the eyes of many professionals, such a market performance is a miracle. Countless people are wondering whether Daenerys Entertainment will become the second giant with a market value of trillions, following Ygritte, who is still climbing after breaking the trillion mark.

Simon personally felt that there was little hope before.

Because indeed, as many professionals have said, many businesses under Daenerys Entertainment are in the top ceiling of the industry, such as movies and music. It is impossible to maintain sustained high growth in the future.

The reason for this is very complicated.

The first is the environment.

In the bull market of the century, 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 super-wealth miracle step by step, everyone is almost blindly confident in Westeros-related companies.

Finally, when it comes to the actual business field, it is certainly not without bright spots.

Like games.

Especially the rapid rise of online games in recent years, whether it is within the enterprise 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 far exceed .

In fact, it was short of coming up with a metaverse concept 20 years in advance.

Then there is the Internet.

In recent years, Daenerys Entertainment has spared no effort in the management of the IT concept, whether it is the continuous opening of the full-service online membership system, or the Blockbuster rental chain that continues to increase its online business, or its own game software store, and even The online ticket sales that its theaters have begun to try, and so on, have achieved real results.

Just this part of the business, the market value gain brought to Daenerys Entertainment can be at least 100 to 200 billion US dollars.

In short, times create heroes.

And General Electric, which was supposed to lead the New York Stock Exchange, is actually stronger than before after it annexed Time Warner, but it is now firmly suppressed by Daenerys Entertainment, which is also on the New York Stock Exchange. Even if the current market is so frenzied, Or because of the ebb and flow, the market value of General Electric is only a little over 400 billion U.S. dollars. Before this bull market turns, whether it will eventually reach the previous peak of 600 billion U.S. dollars is not very likely.

Simon is back in Los Angeles, and October is fast approaching amidst the end of the summer.

The first thing is CNOOC's IPO again.

The time is October 6th, Friday.

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

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

In the end, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on the other side of the ocean was first listed, with an issue price of 6.15 Hong Kong dollars, and the opening price rose by 12%. At the close of the day, the stock price fell to a high of 7.56 Hong Kong dollars, a single-day increase of 23%. After listing on the New York Stock Exchange, the stock price rose by 22% on the first day.

Everyone is happy.

At least, on the surface it certainly does.

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

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

Simon has been on the West Coast lately.

Because September has passed, it also happens to be the end of Daenerys Entertainment's fiscal year, and there are many things to deal with before and after.

Such as financial reports.

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

Simon personally doesn't really matter.

Moreover, in Simon's opinion, before the U.S. stock market turns around this time, it is more hopeful that the second one to break through trillions should be Tinkber. After Liz, it ranks third in US stock market value.

However, Daenerys was quite enthusiastic up and down.

After all, even if it’s just a trillion dollars a day, it’s a super record that can be flaunted 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 explain the specific revenue and profit. Don’t deliberately mix it up. After all, the net profit of about 10 billion is already quite brilliant. The big studios in Hollywood, not to mention the profit, are still short of 10 billion in revenue. No matter how high it is deliberately, it is impossible to increase it to more than 20 billion. Just adding more than a dozen or two billion has nothing to do with the overall situation, but it will be very embarrassing if it is exposed.

Others, such as the layout in the field of Internet concepts, can be drawn casually.

Anyway, compared to many people who are still speculating on concepts, their real performance in all aspects is still very worthy of description.

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

Saturday.

There is nothing special at home, and Simon still goes to Daenerys Studios in Malibu to handle some work matters.

When Chen Qing arrived in Los Angeles, she first visited Cape Dumei Manor.

He brought a lot of gifts, big and small, and even some familiar maids from the Wei family would not miss them. Because of this, the entire Cape Dumei Manor actually has a very good impression of her.

until noon.

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

The IPO just now must be the key point.

However, realizing that her boss didn't seem to be very interested in it, Chen Qing took the initiative to change the subject: "That movie, boss, was released last week too. Guess how much it got at the box office?"

Simon didn't guess, just said: "Should be able to reach last year's level?"

"It's expected to be higher," Chen Qing said, "The painting started on the 29th of last month, because the National Day holiday followed, and 67 million yuan was collected in the first week and seven days. Everyone was shocked. However, the domestic market is regulated. After getting up, it’s actually quite normal, after all, there are 1.2 billion people, and last year’s domestic box office was 114 million yuan, this one, judging from the first week, can be at least around 150 million yuan, anyway, everyone has made a lot of money.”

Simon nodded with a smile, thought for a while, and said, "Yu Xiaomin, right, very good."

"That's right," Chen Qing said, "It's just a documentary. Now that it's become a big hit, I have to watch the time even if I want to see it."

Simon glanced at her: "The girl dares to treat you like this?"

"Hehe, I don't dare, I'm exaggerating," Chen Qing said, turning her head to look around, then approaching, holding her boss's arm, stepping on the delicate sandy beach and continuing to move forward, "There is more, because For these films in recent years, the number of Chinese overseas tourists has been growing rapidly. A data was released some time ago. In the first six months of this year, the foreign exchange earnings of overseas tourists in mainland China reached 9.6 billion US dollars. About 20 billion U.S. dollars, with an annual growth rate of 27%, tsk, we have contributed so much, but it is a pity that we don’t get much benefit.”

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

After all, I still pay attention to the other side of the ocean.

Simon just knows 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, equivalent to about 150 billion US dollars.

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

Think about it again, my family’s extensive promotion from movies to online self-media over the years...

It's not justified not to give some benefits.

Thinking of this, Simon said to the girl next to him: "If you don't give it, you can ask for it. We have done so much, and we will 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, but 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 get back."