Any sub-series of the DC Cinematic Universe, even half of the box office of "Batman: Time to War," is enough to support the performance of a major studio. Therefore, the executives of Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group will personally come forward to finalize the roles of the project.

Again, because these roles mean a chance for many actors to reach the sky, the whole of Hollywood, whether it's the long-awaited actors or the agency where the actors work, is paying close attention to any news that comes out of Daenerys Studios.

When the news of the finalization of the heroes and heroines of "The Flash" came out, not to mention the joy of the parties, countless eyes inside and outside Hollywood instantly focused on Jason Jedric and Robin White, both of whom were only twenty-four or five years old, and became the focus of Hollywood's attention in just a few hours.

Daenerys Entertainment and Time Warner Group allow actors who have signed long-term contracts with the DC Cinematic Universe to appear in other film projects, although there are very strict restrictions, but before the DC Cinematic Universe team has officially contacted the parties to sign the contract, many studios have already handed a series of offers to the agencies of the two actors.

In the morning, the candidates for the male and female protagonists of "The Flash" were determined, and in the afternoon, the core supporting roles of the project were also finalized. Although they can't be compared to the hero and heroine, these people also receive a lot of attention.

Speaking of which, the DC Cinematic Universe's casting process is very different from Hollywood tradition.

Most projects in traditional Hollywood are constantly in contact with actors, slowly piecing together the entire project team. In the DC Cinematic Universe project, the producers have completely grasped the initiative, in the final analysis, because the DC Cinematic Universe series does not pursue A-list stars.

Normally, after the casting begins, if the actor wants to play certain roles, as long as he passes the initial selection, he must first sign an agreement of intent, the terms include accepting a long-term contract with the DC Cinematic Universe, salary rules, image release, etc., if you don't accept, then there is no need to waste the time of both parties.

This casting process also means that once an actor is selected, both parties can sign a formal contract quickly, and there is no need to negotiate the details. If an actor temporarily changes his fortune after being selected and wants to sit on the ground and raise the price, he will not only be abandoned immediately, but will also face huge claims.

Confirm the main cast of "The Flash", and the next signing and arranging for the actors to carry out relevant physical fitness and performance training will be taken over by themselves.

Seeing off Terry Semel and the others, Simon had just returned to his office in the borough when a female assistant followed him and told him that James Raybould had called him before, saying that there was something very important.

Simon didn't turn the leather chair behind the desk, sat down directly on the edge of the table opposite, and picked up the microphone to signal the female assistant to dial.

Jennifer skillfully dialed a string of numbers, and as soon as she finished dialing, a hand came from the side.

After a few snorts, seeing Simon start talking to his father opposite, he had to give up struggling, but the hand let go of her again.

Simon smiled and looked at the female assistant's ears blushing and pretending to help him desk, chatting with the other side, but his expression gradually retracted.

The thing was about the 20 percent stake in ESPN that Robert Iger brought up at last Saturday's party.

Robert Iger returned to Los Angeles and quickly compiled a rough list for Simon.

Founded 11 years ago, ESPN now has more than 57 million subscribers, annual revenue of more than $500 million, and a net profit of $51 million last year.

Simon was initially a little curious as to why Met/ABC didn't buy back the 20% of the shares themselves, because of the veto power of the majority shareholder, and the Met/ABC Group had a greater advantage than any other buyer. Because of the success of "Who Will Be a Millionaire", the Met/ABC Group has also been in a better financial position in recent years.

Robert Iger's collection of information gives why.

Tom Murphy, the conservative chairman of the Met/ABC Group, and Warren Buffett, the majority shareholder, were reluctant to pay too much for the shares, and the valuation of $200 million for a 20% stake is equivalent to a price-to-earnings ratio of nearly 20 times, which seemed too high to the two old men, and they were only willing to make an offer of 10 times the price-to-earnings ratio.

In addition, ESPN has just signed a four-year $400 million game broadcast deal with Major League Baseball, and ESPN's annual revenue is only $500 million. If this very risky and huge deal fails, ESPN, which was already gaining momentum, is likely to turn into decline.

Since the Met/ABC Group itself was unwilling to buy the shares, Simon thought that he would be sure to make a move, so he directly handed over the matter to James to deal with.

Unexpectedly, this matter suddenly changed again.

James told Simon on the phone that the acquisition had gone well, and that he had spoken to Tom Murphy, chairman of the Metropolitan/ABC Group, who was happy that Westeros would be able to buy the shares, and then approached Reynolds Nabeske, who had received very positive feedback.

However, just this morning, Tom Murphy called him again out of the blue, saying that the Metropolitan/ABC Group would most likely not be able to accept Westeros' stake in ESPN, citing the fact that other Met/ABC Group partners were interested in the shares.

When James pressed him, Murphy revealed that it was the Hearst family who wanted to buy the 20% stake in ESPN.

The Hearst family is a super media family with the same roots in the United States as the Newhouse family.

Although there are no names of members of the Hearst family on this year's Forbes list of America's 400 richest people, only the Newhouse brothers occupy two of them. But in reality, the wealth of the Hearst family is on par with that of the Newhouse family, and it is only because the first generation of the Hearst family's founder, William Hirst, has a total of six children, which has caused the family equity to be dispersed.

The Hearst family has been prosperous for 100 years, when William Hearst directly instigated a 'Spanish-American War' between the United States and Spain with the Hearst Group's media network throughout the country.

Now the Hearst family has gradually begun to be run by the third generation, but this media family still has a deep influence on American news and public opinion with hundreds of newspapers, weekly magazines, magazines and other media platforms in major cities in North America.

Although Simon's personal wealth is already several times that of the Hearst family, James feels that it is better not to provoke such a media family that is deeply rooted in the United States enough to incite a war.

James had wanted to go into more specific details before talking to Simon about it, but this afternoon, William Hearst III, the third-generation heir of the Hearst family, contacted Simon again, but he sent an invitation to Simon, hoping that he would be able to attend a party for the Hearst family tomorrow night.

As for the purpose, it is clearly self-explanatory.

After talking to James on the phone for more than twenty minutes, he put down the microphone, the female assistant had just left, and Simon continued to lean on the edge of his desk to think about it.

In those days in New York at the beginning of the month, Janet said to Simon that if she could, it would be best for the media families in the United States, such as Newhouse and Hirst, to be friendly with them, and if these media families who manipulate American news and public opinion can establish contacts, it will definitely help the development of the Westeros system.

It's just that Simon, a newly rising wealth upstart, wants to break into the circle of those old families, which is actually not so easy. Moreover, Simon has his own pride, and if others don't welcome it, he won't try to get into those circles.

Now there is an unexpected opportunity.

Hearst, Newhouse, or Graham, who controls the Washington Post Group, may still control the news and public opinion in the United States, but Simon knows that with the advent of the Internet era, these old media families will gradually decline, and many well-known newspapers and magazines that have been inherited for a hundred years are still completely unattainable, such as The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and Time Magazines and so on, more than 20 years later, many will be sold to a series of newly wealthy people at a clearance price, so that the newspapers can continue.

Simon carefully retraced the memories in his mind and soon found a message.

After the decline of the U.S. print media industry, the Hearst family's 20 percent stake in ESPN accounted for almost 50 percent of the entire Hearst Group's annual profits.

With the completion of the MCA acquisition, Simon's next target is the Met/ABC Group, which owns the ABC network and ESPN, if the timing is right.

Now that the 20% stake in ESPN is given to the Hearst family, in a few years, with the rise of ESPN and the decline of print media, the Hearst family, which relies heavily on ESPN's 20% stake, is likely to become a vassal of the entire Westeros system.

Jennifer knocked on the door again, holding a few papers in her hand, noticing the smile on Simon's lips, and asked, "What did Dad tell you?"

Simon roughly said the content of the phone call just now, of course, what has not happened yet, he did not reveal.

After hearing this, the female assistant frowned slightly: "In this case, we still don't want this equity." It would be troublesome to clash with the Hearsts. ”

Simon nodded, and added, "However, the Hearst family can't just use one party to get me out of the competition, and always give some exchange chips." ”

The female assistant thought for a moment and said, "The San Francisco Chronicle happens to be the Hearst family, and this time we may be able to exchange a content cooperation agreement between the Eagle Portal and the San Francisco Chronicle." ”

The Egregette Portal has previously partnered with the Murdoch family's News Corp., but Murdoch is only willing to provide European and Australian media advice to the Egrett Portal.

In North America, on the one hand, News Corp.'s media strength is not so strong, and on the other hand, it may also be the instinctive defense of Murdoch's old fox, and the Igrete portal has not been able to get content support from media platforms such as News Corp.'s "New York Post". At present, the North American news of the Eagle portal mainly comes from the cooperation of a small local newspaper in San Francisco, and the quality of the content is not satisfactory.

It would be nice to get news content from the San Francisco Chronicle, which is based in San Francisco.

"That's a good idea," Simon nodded, reached out and pulled the female assistant in front of him, and smiled, "But for now, let's think about where we should spend the night tonight." ”

The female assistant was hugged by Simon, and posted a post on Simon's prickly chin with a side face, saying: "Jenny has been very dissatisfied on the phone recently, saying that she wants to bring back a bottle of red wine mixed with chili water." ”

Simon smiled, "If you don't drink it, it's fine." ”

The female assistant nodded her head solemnly, but added with a little dark belly: "She said she wanted to give you a drink." ”

Janet went to Europe last week, successfully got Château Latour for $120 million, and then attended this year's fashion week in Milan, planning to return to North America tomorrow, the Boeing 767 has flown to Europe today to pick up people.

In the evening, he could only spend the night in San Francisco on a Falcon business jet owned by Daenerys Entertainment and Jennifer, and Simon sent the female assistant back to Los Angeles the next morning and continued to fly to the East Coast in that Falcon.

The time has already been arranged.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon East Coast time, Simon arrived in New York and waited directly at JFK Airport for less than half an hour, and the Boeing 767 in which Janet and her party were flying also landed on the runway.

This time, not only Janet will return, but Sophia Fesse will also arrive, and she will also bring her family, including the parents of the female executive and a pair of children.

In a previous phone call, Sophia said that she hoped that her two children would be able to go to school in the United States in the future, and she would stay with her parents.

Simon had not yet met Sophia's children, but he knew that the woman had been placing the two children in a private school in Geneva, Switzerland.

Switzerland is known for its excellence in private schools, and there is no language barrier to study there, and when Sophia suddenly sends her children to North America, Simon guesses that there must be something else, perhaps her ex-husband wants to get the child back.

However, Sophia didn't say it explicitly, and Simon didn't want to ask too much.

Next to the runway of Kennedy Airport, Janet walked out of the cabin, saw Simon, and immediately trotted down, and threw herself into the man's arms like a bird returning home, until the sound of clattering high heels behind her sounded, and the woman finally bit Simon lightly on the lips, and then she was willing to let him go.

Simon also saw Sophia's group.

The female executive was wearing a white professional OL suit, still intellectual and beautiful, holding a child in one hand on the left and right, the boy was older, about ten years old, looking a little shy, and the seven or eight-year-old girl on the other side was a pair of bright blue eyes and looked at Simon without timidity.

Behind the female executive was a couple with some gray hair, and when they noticed Simon looking at them, they both nodded a little restrainedly.

Because Sophia's parents were present, Simon originally only planned to shake hands with the female executive as a greeting, but Sophia let go of the two children, stepped forward and hugged Simon generously, and then said, "Long time no see, Simon." ”

Then he began to introduce his own children, the boy's name was Daniel Faisi, who was 10 years old, and the girl's name was Gemma Faisi, who was 7 years old.

When introducing his parents, the female executive was obviously not so enthusiastic, and Simon felt that although the elderly couple was very accommodating to their daughter, and Sophia also brought them to watch the children, it was clear that Simon found that there was a very obvious gap between the female executive and his parents.

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