Hollywood Hunter

Chapter 392 Unexpected Box Office

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"This is the Latin American child who drew the special thank-you letter. She is from Brazil, her name is Karina Rosa, and she is 11 years old this year. It's a pity that the girl dropped out of school last year, and her family is still struggling, news reports. of little value.”

"UNICEF said that if needed, they could arrange for the person in charge of the donation to be interviewed by the media."

"I don't think these information should be released all at once. It's better to leave most of the information to other media to actively dig out, otherwise it will be easy to be questioned by the public and deliberately arranged."

"There is also the matter that Davis Candy among those six people wants to reconcile. According to the evidence that the Santa Monica police have now, even if the parties do not admit it, it is enough to prove their guilt. However, accept the reconciliation and let the other party Take the initiative to confess the truth of the incident, and things will be more stable."

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Malibu, in a conference room at the Shell Villas at Dumay Point Manor.

The team of lawyers and PR teams responsible for the attack four years ago sat around a large conference table and discussed each and every word.

Janet sat in the center of one side of the conference table, with George Norman, the head of the legal team, and Pat Kingsley, the head of the public relations team, on the left and right.

After patiently listening to the discussions of the others in the conference room, Janet directly instructed: "Tomorrow, arrange for the Los Angeles Times to report the cause and effect of the $500,000. However, don't let it go completely, and continue to guide other media to dig more detailed information. Insider, can provide them with materials when necessary."

Today is Thursday, December 27th.

These days, the investigation and public opinion about the attack four years ago are completely in favor of Simon, but Janet, who was completely annoyed, did not relax at all.

In order not to connect everything Simon has now with the 'dirty money' that Matthew Broderick used to reconcile, in the face of the media's discussion, Janet patiently did not announce the truth immediately, but let people After carefully collecting all the information about the money that was donated to UNICEF until an irrefutable chain of evidence was sorted out, this time it was decided to make it public.

The reason why she is so cautious is because Janet understands that if she only relies on a "special thank you letter" that is still kept in the Shell Villa of Dumeijia Manor, if no concrete evidence can be found afterwards, the advance announcement will only be counterproductive.

At the end of the day, it's hard to believe that a poor kid with no money would give away $500,000 without hesitation.

Continuing to discuss the $500,000 matter with everyone, Janet finally swept everyone's faces in the conference room and said, "As for reconciliation, don't let me hear such advice again, I don't accept reconciliation, I Let those bastards go bankrupt and go to jail."

Feeling the unmistakable coldness in Janet's tone, everyone else was a little stunned, and the lawyer who just proposed to accept the settlement couldn't help shrinking his neck.

After Janet finished speaking, seeing that no one made a sound, she lowered her head and glanced at the memorandum in front of her to confirm that she had not forgotten anything else. She closed the notebook and said, "Then, this is the end of today's meeting."

Everyone in the conference room got up and left, George Norman and Pat Kingsley stayed until the end, and discussed some trivial matters with Janet, George Norman finally smiled and asked: "Jenny, tonight you and Simon should Won't miss the party at Daenerys Studios?"

Because it is the end of the year, although it is a working day, there are various parties in Hollywood almost every day these days. Daenerys Entertainment also arranged a thank you in Daenerys Studios tonight to thank you and Dan for the past year. A gathering of Nelith Entertainment's co-filmmakers.

They were very familiar in private, and Janet was not as serious as she was at the meeting just now. She looked at her watch and said, "Simon said that he will be back at seven o'clock, so he must be there."

After returning from the East Coast after Christmas, Simon went to San Francisco in recent days to discuss development plans for 1991 with several senior executives such as Igret.

As Jennifer's uncle, George Norman naturally knew about this, and his niece, who had been staying at his house, also rushed to San Francisco with Simon these days.

For the relationship between Jennifer and Simon, both George Norman and the female assistant's parents are well aware of it.

Before Simon and Janet got married, the Raybolds also expected their daughter to snatch Simon. After the wedding at the beginning of the year, because of Simon’s continued increase in personal wealth and power, for various reasons, the Rayburds almost acquiesced. The unclear relationship between Simon and his daughter.

George Norman thought about this, and naturally he would not mention it in front of Janet, and said, "I will also be there tonight, and I plan to introduce some friends to Simon."

"Of course no problem," Janet nodded and said, "If you need additional invitations, you can call Amy directly."

George Norman shook his head and smiled: "You don't need to trouble Pascal for such a trivial matter."

After sending George Norman and Pat Kingsley away, Janet went back to the villa and called Simon, who said that she would not get on the plane in an hour. After a few chats, Janet called to stay. The two girls at home accompany them to the cloakroom on the third floor to prepare for the party tonight.

San Francisco, staying at Igret headquarters until six o'clock in the afternoon, Simon finally rushed to the airport to return to Los Angeles.

In addition to female assistants, there are also female

Butler Alice Ferguson and Peter Butler, a Los Angeles Times reporter who Simon had known for a long time.

Peter Butler will officially resign from the "Los Angeles Times" newspaper after the new year and join the Igret company, mainly responsible for the news and finance of the Igret portal.

After AOL signed an exclusive agreement with the three major operators, the growth rate of the number of World Wide Web users increased again in the last quarter of 1990. Including the growth of World Wide Web access users in other regions, up to now, the number of Internet users relying on the World Wide Web has officially increased. Breaking the million mark, this growth rate is even better than Simon's best prediction.

Therefore, Simon has readjusted his plans and intends to officially launch his efforts in the Internet field early next year.

Igret, America Online and Cisco, the three core companies of Simon's layout in the Internet field, have been discussing various plans for next year since last month. Moreover, also last month, Igreit again began to build two other 2 million user-level data centers on the east and west coasts, which are expected to be opened in mid-January next year.

In mid-January 1991, it happened to be the point in time when the Gulf War broke out.

The cloud computing plan has been advancing in secret, but because there are many technical problems to be solved, this matter needs enough time, and many other plans of Igreit can't wait.

Once the two data centers under construction are completed, the total user capacity of the Igreat data center will reach 5 million, which will definitely not be used up in the short term. Therefore, Igreat will start Carol Ba in advance. Ci's one-stop website solution plan proposed last year provides server space and website solutions to commercial users who intend to develop Internet site business.

The early implementation of this business plan will not only increase Ygrit's revenue, but also further enrich Internet content resources.

However, this is actually only one of the development plans finalized in recent days.

In addition to Carol Butz's plan, starting early next year, Igret will also make efforts in the two fields of media and social networking, and Peter Butler's joining this time is part of it. In addition, Jeff Bezos has been digging for excellent media people in various fields to join Igret in recent months.

After Simon's attempt to partner with the Hearst Group failed a few months ago, Igreit completely abandoned the plan to rely on other media platforms for information and began to build his own news media team.

In January next year, in fact, just a few days later, the new version of the Igreit portal, Wanzhang, will be officially launched.

At that time, the Igreat portal will not only launch the first-generation simple search engine function that has been secretly developed for a year, but also expand the media layout to 11 channels including news, finance, sports, entertainment, fashion, and technology at one time. , such as news channels, will also be divided into domestic news, international news, picture news and other types of sub-channels.

In the field of social networking, after a year of technical accumulation, Ygrit's personal homepage will be split into two columns, blogs and micro-blogs, to start subdividing user groups.

At the same time, in order to guide users to actively use the blog, Ygritte will hold various online activities with cash or gift rewards every month for the next year.

In addition, the mailboxes, forums and online games of the Igreit portal will be revised one after another. Simon's e-commerce business, which is handed over to the housekeeper, will also test the waters in the next year.

The number of users has reached one million. Although it is difficult to obtain comparable benefits as newspapers of the same magnitude, it is also a media platform that cannot be underestimated. Moreover, Simon also hopes to achieve the goal of breaking the 5 million mark of the number of World Wide Web users in 1991 through the efforts of the next year.

As long as the number of users reaches 5 million, along with the subsequent user growth, the Ygrit Portal can start to build a complete Internet business ecosystem with profit potential.

To make that happen, Simon simply didn't make any budget constraints for Igret this year.

As long as he can produce the corresponding results, even if Jeff Bezos and Carol Bartz pour in $500 million or even $1 billion in the next year, Simon is willing to pay.

Many unicorn companies in the Internet era in the original time and space have lost tens of billions of dollars for several consecutive years, and may eventually achieve nothing. In comparison, Simon's seemingly money-burning investments at this time are worth the money. After the outbreak of the Internet industry, the accumulation of these technologies and content can be quickly transformed into a real market value through IPOs.

As long as Simon is willing to cash out through equity, he can easily recover all the investment in the early stage of the investment.

Outside of Igret, the same is true for AOL.

The reason why Simon promised not to lay off staff after the completion of the Bell Atlantic acquisition was not only to start a layout in the new telecom field of mobile communications, but also to support AOL.

Winning Bell Atlantic, the company will further deepen its cooperation with AOL although it will not be involved in Internet access services in the short term. Several East Coast states, where Bell Atlantic is located, will be AOL's key expansion targets next year.

Also starting next month, AOL will launch a large-scale free trial business.

Users only need to make an appointment to access the Internet, without paying a penny, AOL will come to the door to install, and can experience up to 3 hours of free Internet surfing time per day for a month. The first phase of the campaign will last at least three months.

Speaking of which, the timing of AOL's launch of this activity is just right.

That's why, next month, the Gulf War

will explode.

In the cabin back in Los Angeles, Simon has been discussing the matter with Peter Butler.

"Although the Internet media platform has just been born, its advantages compared to newspapers and TV are actually very obvious.

For a major event like the upcoming war in the Gulf region, the daily issue of a newspaper cannot achieve the immediacy of information. Although a 24-hour news channel such as cnn can report in real time, it cannot retain information. Stay in front of the TV.

Relatively speaking, the portal can largely solve these two problems.

We can achieve real-time and long-term preservation of news information. Users can log on to the network at any time, and can not only see the news that is currently happening, but also browse other events that have passed. Moreover, portals can provide more content than newspapers and television. As long as you can seize this opportunity next month, the media business of Igreit Portal will definitely be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. "

In the history of media, many news platforms have emerged as the times require.

Just as the Hearst family relied on its own media network to instigate the Spanish-American War, the sales of its own newspapers also increased significantly during that period. In the original time and space, Fox News also broke the strong position of CNN in the US news channel through its comprehensive and timely coverage of the 9/11 incident.

The upcoming Gulf War is a good opportunity for the development of the Igret Gateway.

Peter Butler is still being ridiculed for over-praising Westeros for his report on Simon a few years ago, and his promotion within the Los Angeles Times newspaper in recent years is obvious to all.

However, for the 100-year-old "Los Angeles Times", wanting to climb to the top of the company is not just about its own ability.

Therefore, after receiving the invitation from Simon to contact him personally to join the Igret portal, Peter Butler quickly decided to give up his promoted position as deputy editor of the department and join this new media platform to be responsible for the two core information sectors of news and finance. .

As a media person, Peter Butler is very aware of the importance of the two major sectors of news and finance. Although he has not been able to gain control over more channels, he also knows that Simon's invitation is sincere. Moreover, Peter Butler did not believe that his original report on Simon got him the job.

The young man in front of him who has created a series of miracles is completely worthy of that report, and, if he can achieve his current achievements, he will definitely not hire someone just because of a report that praises him.

After Simon finished speaking, Peter Butler said: "Simon, I have considered that around the middle of next month, I plan to rush to Saudi Arabia to follow up on this incident in person."

Simon heard Butler say this, with an expression of admiration in his eyes, and said, "No problem, but you need to arrange things on the North American side."

The two continued to discuss, and the plane quickly landed on the runway of Los Angeles International Airport.

Outside the porthole, the sky was already dark.

After parting with Peter Butler and hurriedly returning to the Dumay Cape Manor, Simon and Janet rushed to the party scene at Daenerys Studios after changing their clothes. It was past 7:30.

The couple appeared in the lobby of the studio's event center and naturally became the focus of everyone's attention.

After some socializing and chatting, I finally came to the small circle where the heads of various studios gathered. Just after saying hello, Columbia Pictures CEO Peter Cooper couldn't help but said: "Simon, the box office of "Home Alone" is really unexpected. "

When everyone heard Peter Cooper mention this topic, they all looked at Simon with different expressions.

This past week, Hollywood's biggest box office dark horse is undoubtedly "Home Alone", which will be released on December 21.

This children's comedy, which fits perfectly with the festive atmosphere, has a box office of $26.15 million in three days from December 21st to December 23rd. Box office momentum continues to climb.

After the short ebb on the night of Christmas Eve on Monday, the single-day box office figures of "Home Alone" far exceeded expectations on Tuesday and Wednesday. Although today's box office data will be released after 12 o'clock, the industry generally predicts that "Little Ghosts" The first-week box office of "The Home" has already reached a high of more than 40 million US dollars.

After careful calculation, this will be the second film in 1990 to break the 40 million mark at the box office in a single week after "Die Hard 2".

However, the box office curve of "Die Hard 2" plummeted by more than 50% in the next week, which is obviously not comparable to "Home Alone", which is still rising in popularity.

Before that, referring to John Hughes' previous box office performance, many people thought that the total North American box office of "Home Alone" may only be 40 million US dollars. Therefore, more than 40 million in the first week, such data, even within Daenerys Entertainment, no one could have expected.

Originally, Hollywood has generally believed that the filming of the summer and the successful release of "Ghost Love", which was successfully released in the North American box office of 217 million US dollars, will lock the box office champion in 1990 and is also the only domestic box office in 1990 to exceed 200 million US dollars. Film.

Now, "Home Alone", which was born out of nowhere, is likely to break the box office figures of "Ghost Story" and grab the top spot in the 1990 box office, judging from the current public popularity.

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