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At the beginning of the new year, while the two acquisitions were finalized, the Westeros system officially began to exert its strength in the Internet field.

After careful preliminary preparations, AOL launched the Internet free trial program on January 1, 1991.

As long as the users of the three telecom operators Bell Pacific, Bell Atlantic and Nynex on the east and west coasts of the United States can make an appointment, they can install and access the World Wide Web platform for free, and get a free trial time of 3 hours per day for a month.

As of December 31, 1990, the number of end users of AOL was fixed at 820,000, and the number of Internet users accessing the World Wide Web platform in North America reached 1.16 million.

The AOL team forecasted the growth rate of the number of World Wide Web users in the previous months, and the free trial plan was launched. In the next three months, AOL will welcome at least 1 million free trial users per month on average.

Based on a combined trial budget of $100 per user in terms of access devices and web browsing, AOL will spend an average of $100 million per month on this. and other investments.

All in all, AOL will burn at least $400 million for the three-month free trial plan.

In comparison, throughout 1990, AOL's annual revenue exceeded 100 million.

Therefore, the most critical issue of this risky and radical business plan is actually funding.

Simon has agreed to AOL and Cisco's IPO plans last year. However, because the US stock market continued to slump due to the outbreak of the war in the Gulf region in the second half of last year, the IPO plans of the two companies continued to be delayed. This free trial can be described as AOL's last attempt before the IPO.

Other minority shareholders who hold 25% of AOL's shares are unwilling to have their shares diluted by Westeros again, and Simon is not reluctant. The funding this time was obtained in the form of a loan from Citibank through a relationship with the Westeros Corporation.

After a three-month free trial program, AOL will officially launch the IPO regardless of the outcome of the program and the macroeconomic environment.

Other AOL shareholders and management are under great pressure because of this, but Simon is full of confidence in the plan and the trend of the U.S. economy.

1 million trial users in a single month, 3 million in three months, these numbers are actually very conservative.

You must know that in the past 1990, the shipments of PCs from mainstream PC manufacturers such as IBM, Apple, and Commoda totaled more than 20 million units, of which only 16.8 million units of IBM compatible machines were shipped. At the same time, the number of PC users in the world exceeded 100 million units in 1990.

As the most developed economy in the world, the U.S. has a domestic share of more than 50% in both PC shipments and ownership.

Although personal computers in this era are mainly used for office work, and office PCs account for a large part, such a huge personal computer user base, coupled with the fact that the user areas operated by AOL are located in the most economically developed states on the east and west coasts of the United States, three The number of 3 million trial users in a month is definitely not much.

3 million expected trial users, if 20% to 30% can be converted into regular users, AOL's free trial plan this time is a success.

After the first quarter, AOL can secure at least $500 million in full-year revenue, as long as user growth meets expectations, and the actual revenue figure will definitely be higher as the number of users grows in the next three quarters. Compared with the performance growth of more than 500% last year, such a development speed is enough for AOL to obtain a very good IPO valuation.

After the IPO, AOL has more flexibility to continuously raise funds from the public market by issuing securities or issuing additional shares.

On the other hand, Igreit has also begun to make efforts in the field of content.

Just one week after Peter Butler officially joined Igret after the new year, he personally went to the Middle East to preside over a comprehensive report on the war in the Gulf region.

At the same time, Igret also launched the "Everyone is a novelist" award-winning creative activity in the column blog section.

Online novels, a well-known literary genre, actually appeared earlier than many people imagined. Just like online games, AOL's predecessor, Quantum Online, operated the "Online Novel Solitaire" service as early as the 1980s.

After all, creativity is never lacking.

However, the 'Everyone is a novelist' campaign carried out by Igreit actually still tends to traditional literary creation, and the deadline is also three months.

Registered users of the Igrete portal can participate in this activity and start creating online after applying to the blog operation team. The subject matter is limited to novels, but the genre is not limited. Science fiction, horror, suspense, etc. are all acceptable. The rule is to submit updates at least once a week, and the final winner will be selected by the users of the Igret website through online voting.

At the end of the event, there will be 1 first prize with a bonus of US$500,000, 10 second prizes with a bonus of US$100,000, and 100 third prizes with a bonus of US$10,000. At the same time, the works created by these users are also expected to be physically published and signed by Daenerys Entertainment to be adapted into film and television dramas.

With a total prize pool of $2.5 million, as well as publishing and film and television adaptation opportunities, the event has attracted intense attention from Igrit users just after its announcement.

After all, most ordinary people actually have some creative dreams, just because of various aspects

It is difficult to enforce the software restrictions.

This online event of Igreit not only provides a platform with a low threshold, but also provides a huge bonus that is enough to stimulate the enthusiasm of users.

For Igreit, such an event can not only achieve the purpose of user-generated content that Simon has always emphasized, but also strengthen the interactivity of Igreat's social network. Moreover, through the title sponsorship of ibm and other companies, Igreit has further developed its own advertising business, which can be said to serve multiple purposes.

For this event, the Igreat team has specially developed a voting system, similar to the like function that is common later on the Internet. Only registered users of the Igreat portal can vote. Moreover, in order to avoid the phenomenon of multiple vests, voting users also need to bind the AOL account, and can only cast one vote per day.

On the Hollywood side, the acquisition agreement was successfully reached with mca, and the first box office week after the new year passed quickly.

From January 4th to January 10th, "Home Alone" opened its third week. Because of the start of the working day, compared to the New Year's Day week, the box office fell by 34% this week, and it collected another 31.28 million US dollars.

The single-week box office slipped from $47.99 million to $31.28 million. Although the drop was deep, it was actually very rare. Many blockbuster films of this era are not necessarily able to exceed 30 million US dollars at the box office in their first week, which is enough to show the phenomenon of "Home Alone".

In three weeks, "Home Alone" grossed $111.9 million at the North American box office, easily making it into the top ten of the 1990 North American box office list.

However, with such an excellent box office momentum, it has to face the shadow of the approaching war.

It is getting closer and closer to the January 15 ultimatum issued by the United Nations for Iraq, but Saddam has shown no sign of withdrawing his troops from Kuwait. It is worth mentioning that the 'tough attitude' of the US government has also played a role. very crucial role.

Several conditional withdrawal proposals put forward by the Iraqi side were all rejected by the US government.

On January 12, the U.S. Senate formally approved the Authorizing the Use of Military Force against Iraq Act.

Dark clouds overwhelm the city.

At the same time, in the month before the war, the U.S. stock market fell by 6% under the shadow of the war, and the Dow Jones index once fell back to less than 300 points, which was worse than before the stock market crash in 1987.

After closing in late 1990, Cersei Capital quickly re-raised the $3 billion hedge fund and will remain the same size going forward.

The total amount of cash that Simon had previously transferred back to China exceeded 8 billion US dollars, but with the continuous accumulation in the second half of last year, the funds belonging to Simon in the account of Cersei Fund Management Company still reached 700 million US dollars, and the Johnston family is also in the hedge fund. $500 million was retained.

Before the outbreak of the war, when most investors were generally optimistic about the prospect of the Gulf War, the team of Cersei Fund Management began to bet again in the crude oil futures market and the North American stock index futures market.

The crude oil futures market has experienced the impact of the Kuwait war last year, and has not recovered yet, and can only reluctantly establish a few positions.

The main bet target this time around is S\u0026P 500 futures.

In Simon's memory, the S\u0026P 500 rose by more than 20% within a month after the outbreak of the war, under the one-sided devastation of the US-led multinational force in the Gulf War.

And, given the bearish outlook for war, most speculators in the actively traded S\u0026P 500 futures market tend to be short, making it very easy for the Cersei Fund Management team to build in just a few weeks. Long positions with a total value of more than $10 billion.

Although I don't expect Cersei Capital's hedge fund to pump too much money into the Westeros system in the next few years. However, this time, because Simon's prediction of the war situation is different from most people's predictions, in the next few months, as long as everything follows the historical trajectory of the past, Cersei Capital can still obtain very rich gains.

Throughout 1991, Cersei Fund Management was definitely able to easily outperform similar hedge funds on Wall Street in terms of profitability.

Not to create miracles, but to surpass peers, this is Simon's performance requirement for Cersei Capital after entering a formal operating state. This is actually not easy for other fund companies on Wall Street, but for Cersei Capital, relying on Simon's prophetic advantages and a sufficiently good operation team, it is not difficult to do this.

Time will not stop for the moment of the oppressive atmosphere of war.

On January 15, the final deadline, Saddam Hussein still did not implement the UN withdrawal agreement. The US-led multinational force began to authorize the army for war, and the Iraqi army of millions was also ready to respond.

On January 17, at two o'clock in the morning local time, countless fighter jets took off from the US aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf and military airports in Saudi Arabia, flocking like a swarm to key military targets in Iraq that had been locked in advance.

Many people thought that the Iraqi Air Force would fight back, however, the multinational force has shown an overwhelming advantage that makes the Iraqi army completely incapable of resisting.

Iraq's air defense system has almost no room to play in front of the high-tech stealth bombers of the United States. The backward Scud missiles are also vulnerable to the latest precision-guided missiles of the US military. The Iraqi Air Force has not yet made much response. The fighter jets of the multinational force were firmly suppressed.

In less than a day of intensive air strikes, the strategic goal of the first phase of the multinational force was quickly achieved. Air bases and air defense facilities in Iraq were poured down by guided missiles and cluster bombs.

bombs and air bombs destroyed.

The devastation of this war shocked the whole world.

International crude oil market.

With the continuous feedback of the war news, the international crude oil prices that continued to skyrocket on the eve of the war began to plummet after only two hours after the outbreak of the war.

On January 16, the day before the war broke out, the international crude oil price was still as high as 26 US dollars a barrel. A few hours after the war broke out, the international crude oil price had fallen to a low of 20 US dollars, basically reaching the level before the Kuwait war broke out last year.

Affected by the haze of war, the North American film market experienced a marked decline in the week before the outbreak of the war.

After the box office of "Home Alone" fell by 34% in the third week of its opening, in the fourth week from January 11 to January 17, the decline reached 29% again, and the single-week box office further fell to 22.21 million US dollars. The four-week total was $142.11 million.

Because the war situation exceeded most people's expectations, although many people were still attracted by the smoke of gunpowder in the Gulf, the North American film market did not turn cold further, but began to rebound in the new week.

Before the war broke out, the organizers of the American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards had been hesitating whether to cancel the new awards ceremony originally scheduled for January 19. With the final clarity on the war situation, the organizers of the Golden Globes soon announced that the ceremony would be held as scheduled at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel.

This year's Golden Globe Awards are only nominated for best film in the drama and comedy categories, and Daenerys Entertainment has three nominations, namely "Dances with Wolves" and "Intersection of Life" nominated for best film in the drama category. , Nominated for Best Picture in the Musical Comedy category.

In fact, in the original time and space, "Pretty Woman" and "Home Alone" were also nominated for Best Picture in the Musical Comedy category.

However, it would be too dazzling if Daenerys Entertainment accounted for half of the 10 Best Picture nominations at the Golden Globes. After weighing, Daenerys Entertainment finally declared best picture nominations for only three films including "Dances with Wolves".

Among them, "Dancing with Wolves" is the top priority and should not be missed. The other two, depending on the attitude of the sponsors of the Golden Globe Awards, give or not give, the impact is not too big.

As a result, all three films were nominated.

Fortunately, the three films are all worthy of their name, so they did not cause too much controversy. However, some media people took issue with Daenerys Entertainment's "Home Alone" and "Pretty Moon" not being nominated for best picture in the musical comedy category.

After being busy for several months, two acquisitions were finalized, but Simon was not able to relax.

After the savage growth of the Westeros system in 1990, too many problems have unknowingly accumulated. In order to avoid the accumulation of hardships, Simon did not dare to slack off.

In addition, while continuously delegating more power to the management of each company, Simon has become more and more strict with the financial supervision of each company. The days of the beginning of the year are, by convention, the time for financial audits of companies.

Despite the heavy workload every day, on January 19, Simon appeared on the red carpet outside the Beverly Hills Hilton in the early evening with Janet in a costume.

After all, it is not only the best picture nominations for three films such as "Dancing With Wolves", Daenerys Entertainment's "Pretty Woman", "Home Alone", "10 Days of Dangerous Love" and other films are nominated for other awards The above has also achieved a lot.

In addition to film awards, Daenerys Entertainment's reality shows and TV series have also received a large number of nominations in various types of TV awards, and all have very strong potential for winning.

Therefore, before the ceremony, Daenerys Entertainment has prepared a grand celebration party in Malibu's Daenerys Studios.

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