In today's Hollywood, the mainstream seven major film companies are no longer the era of big studios that are still controlled by their founders and fiercely compete for market share.

The seven major studios are basically already listed companies or part of listed companies. The heads of the seven major studios may have different powers, but they are all professional managers who manage the enterprises for the shareholders.

In such a situation, if Simon is just a young director who has just made a name for himself in Hollywood and has made a few blockbuster films, he may be ruthlessly suppressed when he seriously threatens the interests of other studios.

However, the current situation is that Simon's identity has long been limited to directors.

Before the whole of Hollywood could react, he had already established Daenerys Entertainment, an entertainment company that was close to the size of traditional big studios. Moreover, Simon himself quickly amassed billions of dollars of wealth through various means.

In a society like the United States, where capital is king, Simon's billions of dollars of personal wealth represent a powerful strength, even if this strength is not as deep-rooted as those old money families that have accumulated for decades, and it is definitely not something that the 'professional managers' of major Hollywood studios can easily provoke.

It is highly unlikely that those people will make small moves in private to make them gamble their professional prospects against Daenerys Entertainment.

As for uniting to suppress Daenerys Entertainment, a latecomer, it is difficult for people to gather, and the three monks have no water to drink, not to mention the seven, seven 'monks' who are also competing with each other for a well.

Inside the office of Santa Monica's headquarters.

Simon was aware of all this, but he did not take lightly the ongoing GA investigation.

It's like the vigorous Hollywood anti-sexual assault movement many years later.

Many people originally just watched a fat man who had been rampant in Hollywood for decades as a sideline watcher, but they didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, a devastating hurricane swept everyone away.

The world is unpredictable.

While it's clear that the threat of a ban on union members from working with Daenerys Entertainment in the GA statement is highly unlikely, if Simon takes it lightly and allows Hollywood rivals to take the chance, the worst possible outcome could come true.

At that time, Daenerys Entertainment, which is not too stable in Hollywood after all, will definitely suffer a heavy blow, and even trigger a more serious chain reaction.

Therefore, Simon did not hesitate to decide to nip this potential crisis in the bud as soon as possible.

Having made up his mind, Simon put down the pencil in his hand and said to Amy: "I suddenly remembered that after last year's "Flying Over Innocence" and "Batman", the company has not signed a partnership with other film companies, and now it's time to continue this matter." ”

Amy remembered that Simon had said last year that he planned to work with other Hollywood studios to dispel rivals' fears about Daenerys' rise in entertainment. It's just that since the end of last year, everyone has been busy until now, and they don't have the energy to take care of this matter at all.

Simon thought about it for a moment and continued: "Amy, you release the news as soon as possible, Daenerys Entertainment will cooperate with 10 films in the next two years. ”

Amy showed surprise in her expression and asked, "The co-op mode of Flying Over Innocence?"

"Of course, and this time there is no need for copyright tie-in like "Wonder Woman", as long as the project is finalized, both parties will invest 50% each, and share the copyright and revenue. Daenerys Entertainment leads the production, and the other party is responsible for the distribution of various channels. Well, this time, the issuance commission ratio is a bit stuck, and it is limited to 10%. ”

Amy said: "8% is actually okay. ”

Simon shook his head with a smile and said, "There's no need to be so harsh, the key is that Daenerys Entertainment's accounting team has to follow up the project from production to distribution throughout the process." ”

Amy thought for a moment and said, "We can set up a separate financial account for each project that is jointly supervised by both partners to avoid the phenomenon of the company's due earnings being concealed and delinquented." ”

"You can discuss these details yourself, I will only look at the results. ”

Amy agreed, but still asked, "What about the script, Simon, do we want to use the copyright we have hoarded ourselves?"

"Of course not, the studios that want to work with us offer the scripts, and I will pick them myself. Also, remember to sign the relevant copyright agreement in advance to avoid them from reversing it. ”

"I don't think that's likely to happen," Amy smiled, and was about to get up to get busy with it, when she noticed Simon leaning back in her leather chair a little tiredly, and couldn't help but say, "Simon, after the news is released, you're probably going to be the most powerful person in Hollywood." ”

The successive successes of "The Bodyguard" and "The Sixth Sense" prove that the magic of Daenerys Entertainment is still there.

Now, the company has suddenly released the news that it is going to cooperate with the outside world in 10 films, which will definitely make the whole of Hollywood boil. After all, Daenerys Entertainment's previous series of films with Orion, Fox and MGM have all been box office hits, which is enough to prove that Simon Westeros doesn't just keep the best projects for himself.

The 10 films, perhaps because of the increase in numbers, may not be able to perform as well commercially, but as long as half of them can reach the top 10 of the annual box office list, they also have a huge attraction for studios. If there is a big hit project like "The Sixth Sense", a studio will only rely on 50% of the revenue to be enough to eat for a year.

Simon smiled, but remembered the Hollywood power list of "Premiere" magazine in the original time and space.

The memory of "Premiere" magazine's Hollywood power list will not be announced until next year.

To the surprise of many people, the first list in the original time and space was ranked first by Michael Ovitz, the president of CAA.

In fact, this point can once again prove Simon's concept just now, the current helm of Hollywood studios, the power and influence are not as great as ordinary people think. If it were the golden age of Hollywood a few decades ago, the first place on such a list, either Jack Warner of Warner Bros., or Louis Mayer of MGM, or Darryl Zanouk of Fox, would not have fallen on a talent agent at all.

After a few more words, Simon leaned back in his leather chair when Amy left.

It's another busy week that is coming to an end, and I will discuss the fine editing plan of the film with the main creative team of "Flying Over Innocence" soon, so I can only take a short break.

Inexplicably, I wanted to fly to Australia suddenly, let go of everything, and get tired of being with Janet for two days.

But.

Think about it or stop tossing the Japanese stock market.

A moment later, Jennifer pushed the door in, signaling that the main creative team of "Flying Over Innocence" had arrived, and Simon stood up.

At the same time, the news that Daenerys Entertainment will collaborate with other Hollywood studios on 10 films in the next two years has spread throughout Hollywood in just one morning.

All of a sudden, Simon, Amy, Robert Rehm, Ella Deutchman, and even Robert Iger on the East Coast were all flooded with phone calls, and appointments for parties, dinners, and cocktail parties flocked to everyone.

As the final decision-maker on this plan, Simon is naturally the center of everyone's attention.

However, Simon just asked Jennifer to push all the offers, and although he did not fly to Australia for the weekend, he quietly rushed to San Francisco. The main thing is to take a break and check the progress of the development of various projects of the company by the way.

By the time the media in the same seething heat as Hollywood found Simon's tracks, the weekend was over.

August is also quietly approaching before you know it.

Although realizing that it was likely that GA's sudden attack triggered Daenerys Entertainment's plan to cooperate with 10 films abroad, there were many people in the circle who felt that Westeros' reaction was a bit of a fuss, but in the new week, the originally aggressive GA seemed to have suddenly lost some kind of support, and its attitude softened significantly.

George Corgo, president of the Writers Guild of America West, also said in a statement last week that GA would set up a special commission to investigate Daenerys Entertainment's protocol violations. Over the weekend, this so-called committee seems to have been forgotten by everyone, and only the legal department of GA is still tepidly following up.

Obviously, compared to GA's Daenerys Entertainment survey, everyone thinks those 10 film projects are the most important.

The seven major Hollywood studios, calculated carefully, have no completely irresolvable contradictions with Daenerys Entertainment. Well, maybe you have grabbed one or two projects, maybe you have robbed one or two talents, or you may be preparing to file a lawsuit, but these are just normal business practices, not personal grievances.

As long as everyone has a positive attitude and takes the initiative, it is still very possible to get a piece of the pie from these 10 movies.

As a result, when GA's upcoming investigation was almost over, major studios began to show favor to Daenerys Entertainment.

Orion Pictures, whose performance has been sluggish for more than half a year, contacted Amy Pascal as soon as possible, claiming that the company recently recovered a sum of money that could pay Daenerys Entertainment's share of "Vulgar". It's just that I hope the two sides can sign another film contract.

Amy was also unequivocal, insisting that Orion pay the share first and then talk about anything else.

MGM just said last week that he would insist on filing a lawsuit, but on Monday he directly changed his tone and took the initiative to send a batch of scripts with a shy face.

The head of Columbia's Samsung Pictures also transferred to Simon through Jonathan Friedman, and Samsung Pictures decided to terminate the contract with Matthew Broderick for a film called "The Godfather of Lizards".

Simon and Matthew Broderick's entanglement is no secret in Hollywood.

A few months before Norman Brocca left, Matthew Broderick moved from MA to CAA. "The Godfather of the Lizard" was originally a film favored by Samsung Pictures, the story is set as two male leads, in addition to Matthew Broderick, the other male protagonist is the famous Hollywood veteran actor Marlon Brando.

After signing the contract and then terminating the contract, Samsung Pictures has to pay liquidated damages.

This is indeed very sincere.

The circle also realized that after this incident, Matthew Broderick's career in Hollywood was completely over.

Originally, I felt that I had no interest in Daenerys Entertainment, and other studios did not have many scruples about using Matthew Broderick. Now, everyone is fighting for Daenerys Entertainment's 10-film contract, and Samsung Pictures does not hesitate to pay liquidated damages to draw a line directly, and the attitude has become so obvious that if other studios cooperate with Matthew Broderick again, it will be a provocation to Simon Westeros.

After all, there is only one Hollywood student in Westeros who can replace Matthew Broderick.

It is conceivable that Matthew Broderick will not be able to get any roles from mainstream Hollywood first- and second-tier studios in the next few years, even if he wants to turn to the TV industry. A few years later, the actor will only be completely forgotten by Hollywood.

Daenerys Entertainment released the details of the two scripts of "Scream" and "The Sixth Sense", because the announcement of the plan of 10 foreign cooperation films attracted the attention of Hollywood, and no other forces came forward to stir up the media trend, and public opinion almost overwhelmingly expressed support for Simon.

For the sake of its own face, the Writers Guild of America did not end its investigation of Daenerys Entertainment as soon as possible, but just delayed it without hesitation.

However, because of good public opinion control, the script incident of "The Sixth Sense" basically did not have much impact on the box office of the film, and the three new films "Lucky Star and Lucky General", "Friday 8 on the 13th" and "Cinema Paradiso" released on July 28 also did not pose a threat to "The Sixth Sense".

From July 28 to August 3, another week passed, and the box office decline of "The Sixth Sense" continued to be controlled at a very good 23%, collecting another $23.96 million.

At the same time, the total box office of "The Sixth Sense" in five weeks totaled $173.98 million, which also surpassed "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3", which originally ranked first in the year.

In its ninth week of release, "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3" grossed $172.16 million, nearly $2 million behind "The Sixth Sense." Moreover, the single-week box office of "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3" has slipped to less than $5 million, and whether it can break through $200 million in the next few weeks depends on the luck component.

In comparison, the single-week box office of "The Sixth Sense" still remains above $20 million, and with the box office trend shown by the film, another $100 million in North America is definitely not a problem. Whether it can break through $300 million may also depend on luck, but this kind of luck is only envious and hateful compared to "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3".

Disney's "Lucky Stars and Lucky Generals" starring Tom Hanks and Michael Foxx grossed $19.12 million in its first week, ranking second.

Warner Bros.'s "Lethal Weapon 2" collected another $15.68 million, ranking third, with a cumulative box office of $94.12 million in four weeks, full of momentum.

Paramount Pictures' eighth installment in the classic horror film "Friday the Thirteenth" series, "Friday the Thirteenth 8", grossed $8.48 million in its first week, ranking fourth.

Disney's "Honey, I Made My Child Smaller" slipped to fifth place this week, collecting another $7.61 million and a cumulative box office of $98.47 million.

Outside of the top five on the list, Cinema Paradiso, released by Universal Pictures, did not have the luck of recreating the "Sex, Lies, and Tapes" film in early July.

"Sex, Lies, and Videotapes" ended up grossing $6.31 million in its first week of release at the beginning of the month, and for four consecutive weeks, with excellent media reputation and continued slight declines, it continued to earn $3.76 million this week, accumulating $22.19 million in four weeks.

At this rate, "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" could almost safely break the $30 million box office mark before it dropped.

In contrast, with so much eagerness to bring "Cinema Paradiso" to theaters, Universal Pictures struggled to improve its re-editing and English dubbing.

"Cinema Paradiso" won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, but the reputation of the re-cut dubbed version in North America was a mess, and even director Giuseppe Tornatore publicly stated that this was another film.

Failing in word-of-mouth and lacking commercial attributes, "Cinema Paradiso" earned only $1.86 million at the box office in its first week of 553 screens similar to "Sex, Lies, and Videotapes," and only $3,000 per museum. If you lose at the beginning, you can't talk about it in the long run. It is expected that at the end of the two-week contract period, the theater will take the film down, and the total box office of the film in North America is only about $3 million.

"Cinema Paradiso" failed in both media and box office, and Universal Pictures was destined to no longer win the best foreign language film award for the film like Miramax did in the original time and space.

In order to get "Cinema Paradiso", Universal just paid $5 million in advance to the film company, and also promised a sharing clause, and the recent investment in publicity and distribution costs is not less than $2 million.

Of course, Universal can afford to lose millions of dollars, but for many people who are looking forward to "Cinema Paradiso" because of Daenerys Entertainment's bullishness, it is extremely disappointing.

Not only Universal, but Giuseppe Tornatore, who also intended to hit the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film after the Cannes Palme d'Or and tried to break into Hollywood, was like being beaten in the face. The producers who bought the production rights of Tornatore's new film at a high price because of Daenerys Entertainment's sale are no longer so confident.

After the North American box office of "Cinema Paradiso" was released, TF1 Film Productions, a French producer that had grabbed the investment rights of Tornatore's new film, recontacted Daenerys Entertainment to test whether there was any possibility of cooperation between the two parties.

Simon had already read the script for "Family Journey" before, and although he didn't have much of an impression of the original Italian film, he remembered that the film was remade into an American version in the original time and space, starring stars such as Robert De Niro, Kate Beckinsale and Drew Barrymore. The French film company took the initiative to show goodwill, and Simon did not let Ella Deutschman refuse, and asked the other party to participate in the capital injection to win the North American distribution rights of "Family Journey".

"Sex, Lies, and Videotapes" and "Cinema Paradiso", one is a big hit, the other is a hit, and the two films have completely different endings, which also made Hollywood studio executives gradually realize a certain fact: Daenerys Entertainment's projects are not necessarily 100% successful, and it is obvious that the key to the matter is Simon Westeros himself.