Hollywood Hunter

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As night fell, the lights were not on in the bedroom of a penthouse on Lexington Avenue.

The faint city light shone through the window on the large bed scattered in the bedroom. Against the dim light, there seemed to be a faint ambiguity in the air, but there was no one on the bed.

In the corner by the window, a woman wrapped in a bath towel curled up softly on the single sofa, fluffy slightly damp hair covered half of her ruddy face, her head was tilted, and one hand was still on her lips. She didn't dare to look at the man who sat cross-legged on the carpet and helped her stretch her calves.

It was clearly his fault.

At some point, she felt like she was going to be killed.

However, he tried his best to cover up the fact that he had cramps in his calf, but he was discovered by him just before taking a shower, and he had the urge to run away.

After a while, his eyes glanced over carefully again.

The man lowered his head and looked very serious and patient, so he lightly tapped his toes on his knees, indicating that he was all right.

Simon raised his head and asked softly, "Would you like to knead the other side as well?"

No!

I shouted in my heart, still avoiding his eyes, and said softly: "Left leg, it's okay, you, it's time to go back to Greenwich."

Simon nodded and said, "I'll let someone bring some food over first."

The woman was stunned.

and then.

Then go.

Although I didn't want to and didn't dare to argue with Janet, it was the first time I just had a good time with this little man, even if he pushed back a few times and tried to deceive himself.

Immediately there was some self-pity.

He pulled his calf out of his hands and slumped into the sofa.

Simon saw Sophia like this, and reached out, the woman felt his touch, ducked, and turned her back to him.

The hand didn't give up, it reached under her with a little force, Sophia's whole body was dragged down, and she fell on the carpet with a light whimper, and the bath towel couldn't help spreading.

Jade body horizontal Chen.

He twisted his body and wanted to stay away from Simon, but he couldn't resist the big hand that the man caught lightly.

I had to look over in grievance, my eyes were wet, and I couldn't hold back the tears.

Seeing that the woman was no longer trying to escape, Simon stroked her face and said softly, "I can't give you much, and I'll give you what I should."

I know he only said half of what he said.

If you can't give it, it's useless to fight and grab it.

Xiaodi confronted him for a while, knowing that the man was still waiting for his response, and finally gave a submissive hum.

Putting this down, I suddenly felt that my little emotions just now were a little inappropriate, worried that he thought his answer was not sincere, and he took the initiative to put a note on the man's palm and said, "I brought something to eat this afternoon, right in the kitchen, Just warm it up."

Simon picked up the woman and put it on the big bed, lowered his head and kissed her on the lips, and said, "Then wait a minute."

After a simple dinner with the two, Simon returned to Greenwich.

Sophia has been living in Manhattan for the past few days, and it is even more impossible for her to return to Greenwich to see her children together tonight.

The next day is Saturday.

Simon and Janet attended a party at Gucci's Gramercy Hotel in Manhattan that night, and returned to Los Angeles after spending the weekend on the East Coast.

On Daenerys Entertainment's side, in October, the company released a total of three films, namely Jane Campion's "Angel at the Same Table with Me" on October 12, and the film that was bought back from the Cannes Film Festival on October 19. "Judou" and "Ten Days of Dangerous Love" on Halloween on October 26.

Both "Angels and Me at the Table" and "Judou" were released by Gaomen Pictures and did not have much ambition at the box office. However, Ella Deutschman has already declared the Oscar for Best Foreign Language for the latter. Film Award.

The focus is still on "Ten Days of Dangerous Love" in cooperation with Universal Pictures.

In the previous summer, "Sleeping with the Enemy" cooperating with Fox and "The Hand Shaking the Cradle" cooperating with Disney both achieved very good box office results. ” is also full of confidence.

"Ten Days of Dangerous Love" is adapted from the original novel of Stephen King, a famous horror novelist, and it is also more famous than the first two. The two main characters, Don Johnson and Susan Sarandon, are also household names in Hollywood.

Simon has seen the samples of this version of "Ten Days of Dangerous Love" more than once before, and also participated in the production of the trailer.

Simon likes the new version more than the version starring Kathy Bates.

At the same level as a queen, Susan Sarandon's performance is no less than that of Kathy Bates, and, because of her appearance, the obvious sexual tension between the two protagonists adds to the film. Strange contrast and horror.

Simon returned to Los Angeles, and "Ten Days of Dangerous Love" has entered the final intensive trailer release stage in terms of publicity.

As one of the 10 film plans of Daenerys Entertainment, this new film has naturally attracted a lot of media attention due to the high box office and attention of the two films that have been released before, and it is indirectly responsible for the distribution of Universal. The studio saved millions of dollars in marketing expenses.

In addition, the publicity and distribution of a series of films scheduled for the end of the year has already begun.

Daenerys Entertainment will launch four films during Thanksgiving and Christmas at the end of the year.

They are Kevin Costner's "Dances with Wolves" on November 2, "Pink League" with Columbia Pictures on November 23, and Robert Altman's "Intersection of Life" on December 7 and Home Alone on December 21.

Speaking of which, "Dancing With Wolves", which has already gained a good internal reputation after several test screenings, will be the focus of Daenerys Entertainment's Oscar PR this year. It stands to reason that the film schedule is more suitable for December.

However, Simon also has box office ambitions for this film. "Dancing With Wolves" in memory is also a blockbuster film with a box office of more than 180 million US dollars in North America. Therefore, in order to avoid conflicts with "Home Alone", Simon still Put the video in November.

As for December's "Intersection of Life", this film will of course also pursue Oscar nominations. However, as we all know, Robert Altman's work has not been popular with Oscar judges. He has already won the Golden Lion Award in Venice. It is a success, the goal of this film is only to accumulate long-term box office through the popularity of the awards season, and there is no expectation of awards.

Two commercial films, "Pink League" released by Columbia Pictures and "Home Alone" produced by Daenerys Entertainment, occupy two major schedules respectively, and the announcement work is progressing step by step.

Thursday, October 11.

The time has entered mid-October, and the filming of "Batman: The Dark Knight" in Australia has entered the final stage. It will be completed next week. Simon plans to fly to Melbourne next week to study the shooting samples with several main creators to determine whether Need to reshoot.

At around 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Simon, who would not get off work on time as usual, was discussing the post-production plan of the film with the creator of "Silence of the Lambs" in the late-stage center of the studio. The female assistant appeared and whispered a few words in Simon's ear.

After listening to Jennifer, Simon thought for a while, and said, "Forget about the reception. I'll go to Burbank tomorrow morning."

Janet just told Simon that Lou Vasalman finally couldn't stand it anymore, and took the initiative to invite Simon to a cocktail party tonight, and by the way, talk about the mca acquisition that is already well known throughout Hollywood.

Busy for days, Simon only intends to go home after get off work. He doesn't want to become the kind of social creature who attends 200 various parties every year, so he chooses to refuse.

The female assistant listened to Simon and turned to leave.

After Simon and "Silence of the Lambs" director Jonathan Demme finished their discussion, the female assistant reappeared and reiterated the meeting time tomorrow.

The next day, Simon rushed to Daenerys Studios first, changed into an inconspicuous ordinary car, and rushed to Burbank in a low-key manner.

Lou Vasalman awaits him in an office building in the northwest corner of Universal Studios.

The two met and exchanged a few words, and Vasalman went straight to the point: "Simon, it is now clear that you are interested in Universal, a friend of mine at Citibank told me that you have signed a 20-year agreement with them. $100 million loan intent agreement. So, I don't see what you're waiting for?"

The seller takes the initiative to ask the buyer to sell. Under normal circumstances, this is definitely not a sensible behavior, and it is equivalent to handing over the initiative to the other party.

However, Simon was too complacent this time, and dragged Vasalman to the point where he lost his patience.

The 77-year-old man should be a patient who is not short of patience, but looking at the stock price of mca that has not been too high because of Daenerys Entertainment's delay in expressing its position, and the urging of Panasonic, he had to take the initiative. .

What Simon is waiting for, of course, is the preparations for the Bell Atlantic takeover in New York.

Because of the official announcement of Panasonic's acquisition of mca and the news that Daenerys Entertainment intends to participate in the bidding, mca's recent stock price has been close to $60.

Now that the news is public, Simon believes that the company's stock price will definitely go straight to $70. Once the market price of mca's stock exceeds the upper limit of Simon's quotation, it will become a very troublesome problem, and it will be very difficult to lower it.

At that time, mca is also unlikely to accept Daenerys Entertainment's lower than market offer.

In contrast, if two acquisitions can be launched at the same time, and the gesture of possibly abandoning one of them, the performance of the market will not be so frenetic.

In front of Lou Vasalman at this time, Simon certainly wouldn't tell the truth, but he also said frankly: "Lu, I'm not sure whether I should participate in the mca bidding, you know, Danielle Silk Entertainment has developed very well, and I think Daenerys Entertainment will become strong enough even if it does not acquire another Hollywood studio, just need to be patient for a few years."

In fact, mca’s revenue in the last fiscal year was US$3.3 billion and its net profit was US$296 million. This year, due to the poor box office performance of the summer “Back to the Future 3”, the revenue and profit performance will be even worse. In comparison, not to mention the expected net profit of more than 1 billion US dollars, but only in terms of revenue, Daenerys Entertainment can also overtake mca this year.

The gap between the two sides is basically just a background.

Speaking carefully, there is really no problem with Simon's pretext. Daenerys Entertainment has been patiently operating for a few years, and can definitely reach a state of being completely equal to or even surpassing the seven majors.

But, it still takes time.

Even, the Universal Studios and record companies owned by mca are not only accumulated by time.

The history of Universal Studios is almost as long as that of Hollywood. If Daenerys Entertainment invests in the construction of a studio project now, although there is no problem in terms of funding, the company also has enough to support it.

The IP resources of a studio park, however, the newly built studios simply cannot reach the deep-rooted and accumulated influence of Universal Studios and Disneyland.

The same goes for record companies.

Not to mention the other, just the huge music copyright library of Universal Music, can not be achieved by a simple short-term accumulation.

What's more, mca can also form a strong complementarity with Daenerys Entertainment in terms of distribution channels, cinema lines, and film libraries. Simon definitely needs to buy this company.

Lou Wassalman has been in Hollywood for more than half a century, and of course he can see this, saying: "Simon, last week I had a communication with Akio Furui of Panasonic, if you really don't plan to get involved, Next week at the latest, mca will submit Panasonic's offer to the board for review and further shareholder votes. I know that many corporate bidders will be involved on the eve of someone else's shareholder vote, like Paramount last year, This allows you to maximize your opponent's cards and chips, but I don't think it's necessary for you at all."

Simon thought in his mind.

Before the meeting, Simon was also worried that mca and Panasonic would reach a preliminary agreement this week and quickly initiate a shareholder vote.

Now, according to Vasalman, mca will hold board discussions on Panasonic's acquisition proposal next week, and further shareholder votes will take at least another week. Before you know it, it will be the end of October, which just fits with Simon's planned schedule. .

In this case, Simon was completely relieved.

However, after thinking for a moment, Simon said: "Okay, Lu, I am indeed interested in mca, however, I do not intend to have an unrestrained bidding war with Panasonic, if you agree, I hope that Daenerys Entertainment and mca has signed a confidential agreement of intent and Daenerys Entertainment will not pay an exit fee should the acquisition fail."

Under normal circumstances of corporate mergers and acquisitions, considering the impact of the acquisition on the operation and stock price of the target company, the party initiating the acquisition usually promises to pay an exit fee after the acquisition fails, which is often between 1% and 5% of the target company's market value. between.

This means that, according to the original time and space mca's $6.6 billion transaction offer, once it wants to launch, the acquirer needs to pay an exit fee of between $66 million and $330 million.

However, nothing is absolute.

This fee can also be waived as long as the parties communicate properly.

When Warren Buffett and Tom Murphy's Metropolitan Company acquired abc television network, Buffett, who was in charge of the acquisition, proposed that once the acquisition failed, Metropolis would not pay a huge exit fee, the then abc television network executive. Agreed.

Of course, that acquisition ended up being a success.

Lou Vasalman's expression was a little hesitant when he heard Simon's request.

He can understand that Simon made this request mainly to suppress the market's excessive pursuit of mca stocks. Investors will be more cautious in buying mca stock once they know that Daenerys Entertainment can exit at will without paying any price.

However, this is very risky for mca.

In the case of two companies bidding for a business, one party has not competed with the other party on the offer, and there is no need to pay a fee when withdrawing. Furthermore, when the winning party in the bidding process between the two parties fails to complete the acquisition in the later stage of negotiation or is affected by the policy and supervision level, it only needs to pay the exit fee when it abandons the acquisition.

If you agree to Simon's conditions at this time, once Daenerys Entertainment squeezes out Panasonic, but then abandons the acquisition for some reason, without paying any price, then mca will cry without tears.

You must know that once the acquisition fails completely, the first thing that will usher in is that the stock price of mca will plummet and return to the level before the acquisition. At that time, countless shareholders with heavy book losses will definitely put pressure on the management.

On the other hand, after the toss of an acquisition case, the operation of the enterprise itself will also be seriously affected.

Just like MGM, if it hadn't been sold and sold repeatedly in the 1980s, but managed patiently, this old studio wouldn't be half-dead as it is now.

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