For BlackBerry, Simon first considered handing over to Nokia, and then Scober, who planned to enter the field of wireless communications, but Tinkobar no longer considered the scope.

The main thing is that it doesn't match for the time being.

However, after some exchanges in the laboratory of Tinkobar and during the subsequent dinner, this project was snatched by the C girl, and she planned to use it to enter the field of mobile phones in advance, after all, like PCs, in recent years, with the development of the mobile communication industry, the annual global mobile phone shipments have also shown explosive growth.

Then there was the question of the name.

Under Simon's reminder, Tinkobar applied for a large number of trademarks starting with the 'i' series around the world very early, among which 'iPhone' naturally included.

Since it is a breakthrough mobile phone that uses network mail transmission technology, there seems to be no problem with using the iPhone trademark, but Simon is firmly opposed. This phone is so far from the iPhone that Simon remembers, and it is a waste to use this trademark in advance.

However, Simon's Blackberry design based on the layout of the buttons like blackberry fruit is also somewhat inconsistent with the naming rules of Tinkobar products.

Since you have decided to do it, you can't treat it differently from the beginning.

After some discussion, we finally compromised and decided to name iBerry, 'Berry' is a collective term for 'berries, berries', and in the future marketing process, you can still promote the inspiration generated by the button like a berry, and this time it is no longer limited to black.

The plan was finalized, followed by the acquisition of RIM Canada.

The company also took advantage of the new technology wave to carry out an IPO last year, but it is very small, with a current market value of less than $300 million, and if it can be dragged to the Nasdaq turn, it may only need half of the funds to win. Moreover, even if you don't get this company, with the huge technology accumulation of the Westeros system, it is not difficult to launch the iBerry mobile phone on your own.

The next day was March 7.

Friday.

Simon arrived in San Francisco on Wednesday, stayed here for two days, and left for the East Coast in the morning as usual.

Inside the cabin office of the Boeing 767.

After the private jet took off, Simon first focused on the Hollywood box office situation in the past week.

In a box office week from February 28th to March 6th, "BJ's Single Diary" in the third week of release received another $19.46 million with a large box office drop of 33%, and still easily won the single-week box office champion, with a cumulative box office of $86.11 million.

The second and third places on the list are occupied by two re-releases of Star Wars, and there is nothing to remark.

Then there is the fourth-ranked "Two Big Smoking Guns", which earned $5.37 million again in the fourth week of its release, with a cumulative box office of $24.96 million.

Nolan's "Following", which ranked fifth, also earned $4.26 million in the fourth week, with a cumulative box office of $20.64 million.

These days, the two seemingly inconspicuous small films "Two Smoking Guns" and "Following" are getting more and more attention, because, according to the current box office trend, the two films, just in the global theatrical screening stage, are expected to bring no less than $30 million in net revenue to Daenerys Entertainment.

Two is 60 million.

And that's not even counting the subsequent revenue from videotapes and television broadcasts.

With such a scale of profits, most of Hollywood's blockbuster movies may not be able to get it in the theater stage, so it really makes other studio executives feel like crazy.

With the top five on the list, Daenerys Entertainment occupies the top three, and further on, it is worth mentioning "Soul Catcher".

Just after the 13th week of screenings, "Soul Catcher" earned $3.35 million in a single week, making the film's total domestic box office successfully exceed $150 million to $152.51 million. Compared with the two small films "Two Big Smoking Guns" and "Following", "Soul Catcher", which has a production budget of only $10 million, has obviously more crazy profit margins.

This is also one thing that many people in Hollywood circles don't understand.

Obviously, the era of blockbusters has arrived, and Daenerys Entertainment has also produced the largest batch of blockbusters in this era, but this company, in addition to a series of super-blockbuster bombshells, has always been able to launch various box office dark horses one after another.

It's like hanging up.

However, the truth is that someone who has the advantage of being a prophet does belong to the kind of person who is open-minded.

On the other hand, a series of blockbuster films have also made the main creators behind these projects popular, and recently Guy Ritchie and Christopher Nolan have become close contacts of Hollywood studios. Simon saw an email that Amy had written to himself specifically about it, but he didn't react much.

New Hollywood filmmakers often have a 'second-year effect', that is, after a hit, usually the next film will fail, or even be a complete flash in the pan.

Besides, Guy Ritchie and Nolan are both their first feature films, with the success of "Two Big Smoking Guns" and "Following", the second film of the two does not have a budget of two or three million US dollars, it is difficult to get it, plus the studio will habitually accommodate and even indulge filmmakers who have just become famous, it is difficult to say what the second film of the two will be.

Of course, Simon will not stop cooperating with the two he likes because of this, but he will definitely not blindly compete for them at any cost.

In fact, the main reason is that Daenerys Entertainment is too confident and there is no shortage of projects.

Therefore, there is no need to be like other studios, just like Paramount in the past, for the "Transformers" series, almost put up the explosion shells, and shoot as much as they wanted, which led to the complete rotting of the "Transformers" series. And then there is Nolan, Warner is also available, casually made, casually played, and as a result, "Creed" was released, and even how it was released depends on the director's attitude, and the result can be imagined.

Coming to New York, in addition to accompanying the pregnant women, there is another thing this time.

After a period of negotiations, the Carlyle Group successfully won the British Platinum Engine Company in the bid with Caterpillar, and the final price was $1.425 billion, mainly because Caterpillar, the largest construction machinery giant in the United States, participated in the bidding, which was $100 million higher than the initial estimated transaction price of about $1.3 billion.

On the other hand, Carlyle and China's XCMG Group have also negotiated an acquisition agreement, and only the last of the three initial targets, XCMG, Sany and Liugong, is still in the negotiation stage because Simon has finalized it.

Now, with the acquisition of Platinum Engine Company, the layout of the Westeros system in the field of construction machinery in China can also be accelerated.

It is preliminarily determined that Platinum Engine will take over XCMG's own diesel engine production line, and then realize the transfer of production line to China in the shortest possible time.

In addition, the operations of the Carlyle team in Ukraine have already borne fruit.

In addition to the technology and team in port machinery and mining machinery excavated from Ukraine, Carlyle also acquired a number of shipbuilding technologies, and also selected a shipyard in China, located in Jingjiang, Jiangsu Province, also named Jingjiang Shipyard. Just last year, the shipyard achieved the pioneering feat of independently developing and building 10,000-ton cargo ships, a breakthrough for non-national local shipyards.

The rise of China in the next few decades will inevitably lead to another boom in shipping, and Simon has been eyeing South Korea's shipbuilding industry, and China, since it has a suitable target, will certainly not miss it.

After the initial contact, the Jingjiang shipyard also gave a fairly positive response.

Long Island, East Hampton.

In the blink of an eye, it's Sunday.

In the afternoon, I quietly brought Grace here for a pregnancy test, and by the way, the gender of another little guy was determined.

Still a boy.

This made Simon a little pressure again.

The six little guys, if they are all boys, I don't know if they will break their heads in the future in order to fight for the family property.

In a manor near the sea in the north of East Hampton, talking about this problem, Grace, who had just returned from a pregnancy test and nestled with Simon on the sofa in the living room, was very decisive: "That's why you have to be tough as a father, otherwise of course they will fight." ”

"I remember there is a theory," Simon said, putting his arm around the woman next to him, "If the father is too strong, the children will become weak, and I don't want that to happen." ”

"Heh, it's all your business anyway. ”

"You have a responsibility, too. ”

"Well, whatever responsibility you put me on, I'll do it. ”

Bryce Levison came in with a fruit bowl, and when she heard Grace's words, she rolled her eyes and said, "I feel like you're not just treating him as a king, you're just a master." ”

Grace smiled without saying a word.

Simon saw the woman put the fruit plate on the coffee table, and deliberately put it on the shelf: "Bring it here, how can I eat it there?"

Bryce pursed her lips, but she still obediently picked up the fruit plate and sent it to Simon: "Master, please use it." ”

Simon picked up a piece of apple and gave it to Grace next to him, and said, "It would be better to change into a maid outfit and be more submissive." ”

Bryce snorted, stuffed the fruit bowl directly into Simon's hand, sat down on the other side of the man, and said, "Then you better let Grey do this, she is willing to do anything." ”

Simon held the fruit plate and glanced at the woman sitting down next to him: "So, don't you plan to leave, you have been staying here, it affects people's emotions." ”

"I'm not leaving, I'm going to watch here, lest you bully Grey. ”

"Grey can't bully now, I'll have to bully you later. ”

"I'll shout. ”

"Well, well, it's a bit of a movie in some of the movies. ”

Bryce saw someone admit defeat, snorted twice, and picked up the fruit from the man's hand and began to eat it.

Grace listened quietly to the two of them arguing for a while before she said, "The new Elite Model Contest will start in April, Simon, do you have any ideas?"

"What can he think, of course, is to choose a bunch of beautiful girls...... Ah, it hurts. ”

Simon gently pinched somewhere with the woman next to him, and then said: "There happens to be one, I almost forgot to say it, this model competition, the finals are best held in Atlantic City." ”

Bryce Levison interjected again: "Atlantic City, what are you doing there?"

Simon turned his head again, and saw that the woman subconsciously shrank her neck, and then said, "Don't you care about your own property at all on weekdays?"

"I only care about how I spend my money. ”

Grace on the other side helped explain: "Several casinos under the Levison Group are now in Atlantic City, and, I seem, I heard, the performance is not very good. ”

Simon nodded: "The casino industry in Atlantic City has not been very good, but since you have it, you must always try it, making a movie about Atlantic City is one, there are already projects to do again, and there is also the introduction of some entertainment events held in Atlantic City, which can increase popularity." ”

"In that case, I'm going to talk to the Levison group as soon as possible, not just the finals, but some other processes, all of which can be done in Atlantic City. ”

Bryce saw Grace talking and looked at herself again, shook her head and said, "I don't care about this, you and Frank go and talk." ”

Grace nodded, and looked at Simon again: "It's Milan Fashion Week recently, aren't you going to go to Europe to have a look?"

The four major fashion weeks of 1997 began in mid-February, with the first New York Fashion Week and the subsequent London Fashion Week having ended, and now it is the turn of Milan and finally Paris Fashion Week.

Simon just shook his head.

I really haven't had that interest lately.

Bryce didn't catch Simon's emotions so sensitively, and said again: "This guy must feel that New York is very empty lately, and those goblins have gone to Europe." ”

......

......

Bryce saw someone admit defeat, snorted twice, and picked up the fruit from the man's hand and began to eat it.

Grace listened quietly to the two of them arguing for a while before she said, "The new Elite Model Contest will start in April, Simon, do you have any ideas?"

"What can he think, of course, is to choose a bunch of beautiful girls...... Ah, it hurts. ”

Simon gently pinched somewhere with the woman next to him, and then said: "There happens to be one, I almost forgot to say it, this model competition, the finals are best held in Atlantic City." ”

Bryce Levison interjected again: "Atlantic City, what are you doing there?"

Simon turned his head again, and saw that the woman subconsciously shrank her neck, and then said, "Don't you care about your own property at all on weekdays?"

"I only care about how I spend my money. ”

Grace on the other side helped explain: "Several casinos under the Levison Group are now in Atlantic City, and, I seem, I heard, the performance is not very good. ”

Simon nodded: "The casino industry in Atlantic City has not been very good, but since you have it, you must always try it, making a movie about Atlantic City is one, there are already projects to do again, and there is also the introduction of some entertainment events held in Atlantic City, which can increase popularity." ”

"In that case, I'm going to talk to the Levison group as soon as possible, not just the finals, but some other processes, all of which can be done in Atlantic City. ”

Bryce saw Grace talking and looked at herself again, shook her head and said, "I don't care about this, you and Frank go and talk." ”

Grace nodded, and looked at Simon again: "It's Milan Fashion Week recently, aren't you going to go to Europe to have a look?"

The four major fashion weeks of 1997 began in mid-February, with the first New York Fashion Week and the subsequent London Fashion Week having ended, and now it is the turn of Milan and finally Paris Fashion Week.

Simon just shook his head.

I really haven't had that interest lately.

Bryce didn't catch Simon's emotions so sensitively, and said again: "This guy must feel that New York is very empty lately, and those goblins have gone to Europe." ”