Hollywood Hunter

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Nancy Brill rolled her eyes at Simon when Ahrendts couldn't help but chuckle again, and the three came to a conference room next door.

Sitting down, Nancy turned the document just now to the end and showed it to Simon: "According to the analysis team's statistical results, among the rental and sales revenue of Blockbuster's video tapes, the North American box office list in the last year was on the shelves. The sales of the top 100 films only account for 37% of the total revenue, because the film makers have to take a higher share from the popular new films, and this part of the content brings a lower share of gross profit, only 29%."

Simon looked at the document in front of him, noticed that Angela Ahrendts also came over, moved the folder towards her, and asked Nancy, "What do you want to express?"

Nancy stretched out a slender index finger and scribbled on the key data, saying: "These data show that the 208 rule of 20% of the popular movies in the cinema market accounting for 80% of the box office share is invalid in the video tape market. With the further expansion of Blockbuster and the continuous enrichment of content, the corresponding data will be reversed, and the 20% of the films that can provide 80% of the box office revenue for the theater chain will still bring 20% ​​of the revenue to the videotape industry."

Simon recalled it carefully, and there were indeed some similar vague memories in his mind, so he looked up at Nancy and waited for her to continue.

Nancy continued: "The proportion of North American households owning a VCR was only 2% in 1980, and now it is close to 70%. The industry predicts that more than 80% of North American households will own a VCR in the next few years. In addition, the output value of the North American video tape industry also In rapid growth, which only surpassed the domestic box office three years ago, its revenue scale has reached 8.3 billion US dollars last year, which is almost double the box office revenue. Although the North American video tape market will reach saturation in the next few years, its total revenue The scale will be at least about 2.5 times that of the domestic box office, and the global video tape market potential should be comparable to that of North America."

After listening to Nancy, Simon nodded and asked, "So what?"

"So, I suggest that the company enrich Daenerys Entertainment's film library resources through acquisitions. Because the rise of the videotape industry is too rapid, the home entertainment distribution of many classic films is still full of commercial potential. Just like Universal's "Alien" "People et", which was released in 1982 and was released on video tape in October last year, has sold more than 11 million boxes worldwide in just six months. I think Orion Pictures is a very suitable acquisition target. It We own the copyrights of hundreds of film and television works, and the quality of the content is very high. By accumulating a batch of excellent film and television resources, combined with Blockbuster's retail channels, we can regularly and actively plan these contents through planning marketing activities just like Disney constantly re-screening classic animations. push."

Although the big sales of "Lola Run" and "Pulp Fiction" still failed to stop the decline of Orion Pictures, as Nancy said, the quality of film and television rights held by this company is indeed very high.

For more than ten years since its establishment, Orion has not only released a large number of box-office awards such as "Mozart Biography" and "Field Platoon", but also has "Terminator", "Robocop" and "First Blood". Commercial film rights, Woody Allen has also been working with Orion on several recent films.

The supposedly thriving studio is in trouble for complex reasons.

Too eager to pursue side by side with the traditional big Hollywood studios and blindly expand the scale, the increase in the number of films released by the company leads to unstable box office performance, the senior management is proficient in film production but not good at corporate management, and the company's financial system is chaotic. Follow, and even the overall deterioration of the entertainment industry environment and so on.

Orion's lessons are just around the corner. If it weren't for the steady income from last year's blockbuster movies and reality TV shows, Simon would definitely limit the pace of Daenerys Entertainment's expansion.

Moreover, Simon's strict control of Daenerys Entertainment's financial aspects, emphasis on marketing, and management of company culture are all to avoid repeating the mistakes of companies such as Orion as much as possible.

conference room.

Simon also strongly agrees with Nancy's suggestion to expand Daenerys Entertainment's film library.

In the early 1980s, Hollywood studios didn't pay much attention to the resources of the film library. When Michael Eisner first joined the company in 1984, the valuation of the Disney film library was only 200 million US dollars.

However, with the rapid rise of the videotape industry, the 1950 classic animation "Cinderella" released just a few years ago, the sales of more than 7 million boxes brought Disney more than 200 million US dollars in revenue, and the value of Disney's film library has also increased. So it skyrocketed tenfold.

In the original time and space, because of the success of "Sleepless in Seattle", a 1950s romance film "Jinyumeng" repeatedly mentioned in the film also benefited unexpectedly, and sold 2 million cassettes of videotapes beyond everyone's expectations. It's a windfall for filmmakers.

And, not just videotapes, the movies in these libraries can continue to be lucratively rewarded through re-releases, remakes, cable broadcasts, and more.

It can be said that the film library resources held by major Hollywood studios are actually precious gold mines.

After closing the document in front of him, Simon said, "I will seriously consider this matter, Nancy. In the future, some important data reports from the analysis company can be sent to my office. Now, take me to see the movie you prepared. data database."

Nancy did not chase Simon to carry out this matter this time, and she also knew the current financial situation of Daenerys Entertainment.

Although the company's cash flow is very abundant, it is not enough to acquire Orion. The reason for this proposal is that she is convinced that West

Mongolia continues to make large profits in the Japanese financial market, and that money should be enough at that time.

After discussing this matter, the three of them came to the third floor together.

This is where the team behind the Movie Data Database is located.

Of course, the film data database planned by Nancy is not a traditional paper database, but a computer electronic file.

"I assigned some efficient students in Los Angeles to do the statistical work of film materials part-time, which can save a lot of costs," Nancy led the two of them through the office area and visited the sun workstation in the computer room on the third floor. When Nancy came out, she couldn't help complaining to Simon: "According to your request, we adopted Oracle's database software, and the result is really bad. That Larry Ellison is a big liar, not only does the software always When there is a bug, every time the technician calls to ask for a solution, he will quibble that the problem has been found there and is being improved. I think if it hadn't been for our opinions, he would have no idea how bad the quality of his software is. That guy I also want to get some orders for Blockbuster database software, and I have been constantly calling and harassing me recently.”

Simon didn't expect that his female executive could see through Larry Ellison's 'essence' so easily, and nodded in relief, saying, "However, sometimes liars are always more successful than ordinary people."

Nancy walked side by side with Simon, and when she heard the words, she raised her face slightly and gave him a disdainful look, as if she was classifying her boss.

Angela Ahrendts walked on the other side, and it was very interesting to notice this subtle little interaction between the two.

Although he only had lunch with Simon, Angela Ahrendts could still feel the indifference and alienation of his young boss to others, but he showed an obvious connivance to Nancy.

Just like the Blockbuster thing.

Angela felt that if she didn't get acquiescence or authorization, she would not dare to arbitrarily interfere in the management of a subsidiary company anyway. She believed that Simon was definitely not the kind of person who liked his executives to do this. But Nancy silently 'appointed' herself as Blockbuster's senior operations consultant, but Simon just laughed it off.

The three entered an office, and Nancy called an employee who was on duty on weekends to demonstrate the details of the database to everyone.

Simon had previously provided Nancy with a memo based on imdb's website model, but the movie data database in front of her was very different from the imdb in her memory.

The creation of this database has only one purpose - practicality.

Therefore, Simon mentioned in the memo that there are no tidbits, comments, message boards and other functions. The film information only lists the story outline, film type, core creators, box office data, media comments, etc., which can be provided for Daenerys Analysis Company. Help related data.

In addition, although the database interaction window makes a graphical interface similar to the web browser in memory, the movie data is in full text mode, without a single picture.

In addition to the basic movie data, the technical team responsible for the creation of the database also plans to develop a comprehensive analysis software based on the feedback information regularly submitted by Blockbuster's terminal data management system.

All in all, Nancy Brill has no idea of ​​replicating an imdb that can serve the masses. Her purpose is very clear, which is to combine these series of resources to achieve the ultimate goal of improving Blockbuster's operating efficiency, reducing operating costs, and strengthening corporate competitiveness in her original report.

Compared with the convenience that websites can directly access data through the background to analyze user behavior in the era of big data, the method currently used by Daenerys Analytics is still very primitive in Simon's view. However, this concept has outstripped its contemporaries too much.

Simon listened to Nancy's explanation about the increase in sales of Stephen King's horror films driven by the release of "Pet Cemetery" last month and the small case of Blockbuster's timely response based on the terminal feedback data, and he couldn't help thinking of that "Golden Jade Alliance" again.

One of the biggest roles of Daenerys Analytics is to facilitate more refined film and television resource allocation, and to achieve this at a much faster reaction speed than its peers.

It is conceivable that if "Sleepless in Seattle" is released as scheduled in the next few years, it will drive the sales of "Jinyumeng" videotapes.

When competitors in the same industry haven't reacted, Blockbuster can quickly complete the purchase and distribution of the "Golden Jade League" video tapes through the feedback from users given by Daenerys Analysis Company.

At that time, among the 2 million boxes of potential demand stimulated by "Sleepless in Seattle", Blockbuster will definitely be able to grab the largest part of the cake by virtue of its first-mover advantage.

Not only that, when consumers gradually find that Blockbuster can always provide the content resources they want at the first time, this company will definitely gradually become the first choice for users when they want to buy rental video tapes. Blockbuster's competitiveness will also be improved in this subtle way.

In the final analysis, the adage that details determine success or failure also applies to business operations.

Simon spent an afternoon at the headquarters of Daenerys Analytics. In addition to analyzing the results of the company's work to confirm that the money he invested would be worth the money, Simon also realized that, now, inspired by the movie data database It is time to plan the layout of the Internet in advance.

Speaking of which, Simon's layout in this regard should have already begun.

Most of the tech companies in which The Westeros Corporation holds shares have ties to the coming internet age.

Moreover, in addition to listed companies such as Microsoft, James Leibold has previously completed an investment in Cisco, holding a 15% stake. Recently, it has also successfully promoted the shareholding ratio to 25

% of America Online's predecessor quantum-link officially changed its name to american-online.

Cisco and America Online are a network equipment provider and a network service provider, which can provide the technical foundation for the rise of the Internet.

What is missing now is the Internet content provider and the global Internet concept that unifies the three.

If I remember correctly, the founder of the Internet concept, Tim Berners-Lee, will officially propose the world-wide-web (www) concept this year.

Then, the electronic computer network, which has been brewing since the 1960s, will officially take off.

After the weekend, on Simon's first day at work, he asked Jennifer to help him collect all kinds of information related to computer networks.

Now that network equipment providers and network service providers have emerged, what Simon will do next is to take the lead in network content.

...

Burbank.

Renee Russo drove away from Universal Studios, thinking of the suggestion from the nearly 70-year-old director who had just auditioned, and couldn't help feeling sick.

He obviously doesn't have the right to decide, and he wants to eat free food.

Being an old lady sucks.

Don't even look at yourself as stupid.

Today is May 12th, another Friday.

Before she knew it, a week had passed, and many details of that night became clearer in her mind.

and.

I touched the Gucci floral silk scarf that was still tied around my neck, and inexplicably felt a strong resentment.

I originally thought that the experience of that night would improve my situation in Hollywood, but I didn't expect everything to be the same.

Hateful little man.

Scum!

jerk!

douchebag!

The heroine of "The Unfinished Love" pursued by Demi Moore is still undecided. Obviously, she should not expect anything.

It's really just a dream.

After driving at the speed for a while, the more I thought about it, the more angry I became, so I took off the silk scarf around my neck, stopped the car when passing a trash can, rolled down the window and wanted to throw it out. After hesitating for a while, he noticed that the owner of the newsstand on the road was staring at him, and reluctantly found a reasonable reason to put the silk scarf back again.

Pointing to a copy of the Los Angeles Times, he took out the change and handed it over.

It seems that I have seen the words Daenerys Entertainment in the newspaper, and I am curious.

Lately, I can't help but pay attention to this company's affairs.

After taking the newspaper, I drove to a nearby open-air cafe and stopped.

I got out of the car and found a place, shouted for a cup of coffee, and opened it.

It turned out to be news of Daenerys Entertainment and abc TV network about the new contract for the second season of "Who Will Be a Millionaire". Does a TV show need headlines?

but.

After reading the subtitle, I found that Daenerys Entertainment lost a full $80 million in profit on this new contract signing.

Gee.

Feeling better immediately.

So he beckoned to the waiter and asked for another dessert.

Body aside.

Let's celebrate this time.

While drinking coffee, I carefully read the article in the newspaper.

Then I couldn't help but be speechless.

Omg.

A simple quiz show can make $250 million, stealing money?

The new season's contract has given up 80 million, and that guy still seems to earn more than abc.

Um.

$170 million.

Can't help but start fantasizing.

If you have 170 million how to spend it?

After thinking about it, I gave up rationally, and there is probably no hope in this life.

She has always been a sane person.

Raised by her mother alone since childhood, she seldom had any unrealistic fantasies. Dropped out of school at the age of 16 and started working to support the family. Later, he became a model unexpectedly and gained a good reputation, but he was always haunted by the kind of life pressure accumulated from childhood to adulthood. At the age of 30, I found that my modeling career was completely unsustainable, and I hurriedly tried to transform into an actor.

Starting from a small community theater, I also signed up for an acting class, but it wasn't until two years ago that I got a small role in a TV series.

Finally got some improvement.

I still understand that age is my biggest weakness.

Last month, her first film, about baseball, finally came out, called "Major League." She plays a woman who has been abandoned by a playboy several times and still comes back to her side. She feels stupid. When she encounters such a guy in reality, she will never give him a second chance. If she dares to pester herself, beat her first. Stop, call the police again.

Um.

Seems to have come across one.

This doesn't count.

"Major League" has done well at the box office, having already grossed more than $30 million in one month of its release.

He also successfully got a new audition opportunity.

But was disgusted.

After going through the world, it is clear that the various dark sides in these circles would not have reacted in this way. Probably because of my experience last Friday night.

Ugh.

Hateful little man.

All kinds of nonsense, drinking coffee, reading the entire newspaper, and enduring only a few bites of the dessert.

As dusk fell, and as she was about to leave after checking out, the pager in her bag rang.

After taking a look, the agent asked her to call her back. She was in a hurry, so she walked to a coin-operated phone booth.

Inexplicably a certain expectation arises.

The call was connected, and it was relayed that Simon Westeros had sent her to an address in Beverly Hills at 8 p.m.

The agent's tone was excited.

She herself may be a little excited, but also a little resistant.

I'm not the kind of woman who comes on call.

However, for the sake of him still remembering himself, just go and take a look. It's just that he must not be allowed to succeed tonight. Men always don't cherish things that are too easy to get.

Hang up the phone and check the time, it's already 6:50.

He hurried to his car.

I still have to go back to my residence and dress up. This, um, is just for courtesy, after all, I am wearing clothes prepared for the role of audition in the afternoon, which is not good-looking.

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