Jennifer listened to Simon's emotion and said: "According to the results of Dad's recent negotiations with Nokia, we only need about 200 million US dollars to take over Nokia's mobile communication equipment division, and the total expenditure will not exceed 250 million in a year, because there are no other large-scale investment projects overseas for the time being, and we can only withdraw the funds to China." ”

Simon originally planned to acquire a majority stake in Nokia through capital injection, but due to the political turmoil in Eastern Europe and Nokia's own eagerness to streamline its business, the other party took the initiative to ask Westeros to take over Nokia's mobile communications equipment division.

Although Nokia's mobile communications equipment division is not yet on par with Motorola, Simon's inventory of its assets has uncovered a large number of GSM-related second-generation digital communications technology patents, and the company's other technologies in mobile communications are deep enough.

Therefore, since the other party took the initiative to propose it, and Simon has a large amount of money in his hands, he naturally will not object to the plan to take over the whole thing.

With the exception of Nokia, Simon has not found any other large investment projects that would satisfy Westeros' appetite for the time being.

In comparison, the funds are withdrawn to the United States, because Simon's prophetic advantage, not only MCA, but now investing in many other goals is enough to bring him a tenfold and hundredfold return in the future, billions of dollars, and the domestic market in the United States can completely eat.

It's just that the capital gains tax of up to 28% is really painful.

According to the current size of Cersei Capital, all the funds attributable to Simon will be transferred back to China after settlement, and the taxes that need to be paid alone will exceed $1 billion.

Simon even had the idea of changing his nationality, but this idea was only a reflection on the fact that the tax system in the United States, although complex, is not that high compared to other Western countries. What's more, if Simon changes his nationality, his business expansion in the United States will definitely be subject to all kinds of strict restrictions.

Jennifer waited for Simon to think for a moment, and then spoke again: "One more thing, the news from Los Angeles, Australia's Qintex Group and MGM issued a statement at two o'clock in the afternoon, the two sides have finalized the general merger and acquisition plan, and Christopher Skars, chairman of Qintex Group, said that as long as the funds are in place, the two sides can complete the transaction." ”

The female assistant said, pulling out a page from the folder and handing it over.

Simon was a little surprised.

Remember that the Qintex Group did not succeed in acquiring MGM, what is going on now?

Reading the statement document handed over by Jennifer, it turned out that Qintex Group had recently successfully sold a resort in Brisbane for $430 million, and that Qintex Group's $500 million corporate bond issued for the purpose of acquiring MGM had also received support from many Australian investment institutions.

Putting down the statement, Simon said: "Qintex is obviously insolvent, and there are still so many people who are stupid enough to join in the fun." ”

Jennifer looked at Simon's side face and said: "After the release of the Forbes rich list last month, Hollywood's attraction to capital has obviously increased a lot, and Orion has recently discussed financing with a Canadian company, if it gets the money, this company may be able to survive the crisis." ”

Simon tapped his fingers on the file on his knee and said, "I can't let Orion survive the crisis, I'm still waiting to buy this company's film library." ”

Nancy Brill's proposal to Simon has actually been in his heart all along. Orion does have a very high-quality film copyright.

Jennifer smiled and said, "You didn't give Orion a place for the 10 projects this time, is that because of this?"

Simon nodded, "yes, there's still something Orion owes to Vulgar to share." The company's situation is getting worse and worse, and if you work with them again, you will definitely be in arrears, or even not able to recover the funds at all. ”

5 of Daenerys Entertainment's 10 foreign cooperation film projects have been confirmed, in addition to the projects themselves are very high-quality, Simon also has various pertinence in the selection of cooperative companies.

Fox is because of the Murdoch family, Disney and Warner Bros. are because they have worked together very happily before, Columbia is because of Matthew Broderick, and as for Universal, the "Ten Days of Danger" with each other is likely to be their own in the end.

The rest of Paramount, MGM, and Orion on the second line, Simon doesn't plan to work with them again unless necessary.

Perhaps, after Qintex completes the acquisition of MGM, the company will also be lifted.

After all, it's still an Australian company.

Speaking of which, compared to Orion, MGM actually has a richer film library, and this company was very powerful in the golden age of Hollywood.

Simon also made a point to inquire about the capital game that Ted Turner and Kirk Cockrian played a few years ago, and Turner Broadcasting Company only left the TV rights of MGM's pre-1986 film library, and it is not a permanent license, which will expire in 2003.

As a result, despite its disappointment, MGM is still the largest film company in Hollywood's portfolio.

Based on the information provided by Janet earlier, Simon determined that even if Qintex was able to buy MGM this time, the company would not be able to hold on for long.

If MGM can be taken over by the time and the plan to acquire Universal can be successfully implemented, Daenerys Entertainment will definitely be able to become the media company with the richest content resources in Hollywood, and at the same time, it will be able to maximize the commercial potential of Blockbuster's retail chain channels.

Gulfstream IV landed at Santa Monica Airport just over forty minutes later.

It was only six o'clock in the afternoon.

Simon sent his female assistant back to rest, and he went to Daenerys Entertainment headquarters again.

Before Amy got off work, the two discussed some company matters.

"Scream 2" will be released this Friday.

On October 13, Daenerys Entertainment's comic fantasy comedy "Angel Mission" starring Daryl Hannah officially landed in North American theaters, with an opening screen size of 1,638 yuan, because of the audience's garbage bond market, Simon didn't pay much attention to this movie.

From October 13 to the first week of October 19, "Angel God" earned $7.16 million, and according to the forecast of the decline curve the following weekend, the total box office of the film in North America is about $20 million. Compared to the production cost of $15 million, it was not a success, but it was not too much of a failure, and it was enough to easily recoup the cost through post-production.

Compared with "Angel God", "Scream 2" and other films in the upcoming year-end file, "Batman" is naturally the top priority.

"Batman" has a promotional budget of up to $25 million, and although Warner Bros. Pictures is responsible for the distribution, Daenerys Entertainment's publicity and distribution team is also involved, and the two companies are working at the same time, which shows the importance of this film. The official release date of "Batman" is December 22, and the first 15-second trailer has been launched on major North American TV stations at the beginning of this month, and starting next month, the film will launch several other trailers with a duration of 30 seconds and a length of 1 minute and 30 seconds.

While keeping a close eye on all aspects of the announcement of "Batman," Simon doesn't plan to get too involved in the film's promotional activities, only planning to show his face on some TV talk shows closer to the film's release in December.

Simon has become more and more aware of a clear inadequacy in his busy schedule, so he is very eager to take a break and carefully plan the future of his personal business landscape.

In the following days, Simon was still busy with the company's year-end film announcements and the preparation of a series of projects, and Stanford University's campus network upgrade project based on Eagleret's technology was also quickly launched after the donation from Westeros was received, and the public relations department naturally did not forget to carry out appropriate media publicity for this donation.

This was until October 26, when Simon was auditioning for the role of "Shaking the Hand of the Rocking Basket", when Jennifer suddenly sent Janet a handwritten text message from Melbourne, the content was very simple, and the hedge capital that followed Cersei Capital began to flee.

Many people are monitoring the operations of Cersei Capital, and similarly, Cersei Capital is closely monitoring the dynamics of its peers.

Now that someone had begun to react, Simon let go of the matter completely, and whispered to the female assistant to destroy the letter, and his attention turned to the audition in front of him again.

Because it is an audition for the heroine in "The Hand That Shakes the Basket", the casting range is not large, but less than ten candidates have been circled according to the recommendations of major talent agencies, and Simon is also inclined to continue to play the female number one in front of the original Rebecca DeMoni, so he directly named the other party to come over today to audition.

Rebecca DeMony was one of the famous sexy actresses of the 80s, who once starred in Tom Cruise's famous film "Guaranteed Admission", and the two were also announced to be engaged on the eve of the release of that movie. Of course, everyone in the circle probably knows what this is all about, and the so-called engagement naturally ends later.

At the party at the end of the previous time, Simon also met Rebecca DeMony, and the woman left him a very interesting business card.

Rebecca DeMony is an artist under CAA, and if the time goes back a little further, Simon will definitely not use the other party. With the termination of Michael Ovitz and Barry Levinson and others, Daenerys Entertainment has also lifted the ban on CAA, and this matter is naturally no longer an obstacle.

After discussing the role performance clip for more than half an hour, Simon temporarily asked Rebecca DeMony to leave the audition room for a while.

Jeffrey Katzenberg, who is in charge of Disney's production business, waited for Rebecca DeMony to come out of the room, and couldn't help but say: "Simon, DeMony is not too beautiful, and her acting skills are still a little worse." ”

Simon looked at the audition record in front of him and said, "Jeffrey, an actress in Hollywood who is about thirty years old, has enough fame and a suitable image, and the choice is not too big." Demoni has starred in Coppola's "Sweetheart" and Cruise's "Guaranteed Admission", and she is famous enough, as for acting, I would like to choose an Oscar-level actress, but Holly Hunter is not suitable for them, Jessica Lange is quite suitable for playing a bad woman, but unfortunately she can't be 10 years younger. ”()

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