After a false alarm, Daenerys Entertainment's operations quickly returned to normal.

However, after this incident, Amy and other Westeros system leaders also realized how fragile the business empire Simon had created was in some ways.

When all kinds of rumors suddenly spread from Melbourne, Amy even heard that the Los Angeles county government was planning to set up a special task force to prepare to take over Daenerys Entertainment. Because legally, Simon is actually alone, and he does not have any legal heirs.

Janet is undoubtedly the closest person to Simon, but legally, the two have nothing to do with each other.

Moreover, no one thought that Simon, a young man in his early twenties, would think of making a will or anything like that.

While traveling to Melbourne to make sure that their boss is safe and sound, Amy and James work together to advise Simon to re-establish his will and in some cases as an asset agent. They had learned that Simon had left a testamentary document with George Norman, but with billions of dollars in assets involved, it could not be too cautious.

Howard Hughes, who died in 1976, is still sustaining a huge estate lawsuit that continues more than a decade later.

A large amount of information confirms that Hughes left a will back then, but due to the lack of a clear legal heir, under the trend of huge interests, all true and false testamentary documents have been declared invalid, and Hughes's huge estate has completely become a gluttonous feast that many people are vying for.

Simon naturally didn't want to end up like Hughes, so he followed the advice of Amy and redrafted the relevant wills and agency documents under multiple safeguards.

Entering March, following "Rain Man", Daenerys Entertainment's other two films "Steel Magnolia" and "Dead Poets Society" scheduled at the end of last year also achieved a North American box office of more than 100 million.

As a result, in 1988, a total of 11 North American box office club films appeared, of which 7 were produced by Daenerys Entertainment, and the other 4 were Disney's "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", Paramount's "Journey to America", Fox's "Flying Over the Future" and Paramount's "Gator Dundee 2".

At the end of 1988, the two films "Bald Detective" and "Dragon Brother and Mouse", which were also box office hits, were unable to reach the threshold of 100 million yuan under the attack of many blockbuster films of Daenerys Entertainment.

The two films are still in theaters, but according to the current box office data, the North American box office volume of "Bald Detective" is only about 73 million US dollars, and the domestic box office volume of "Dragon Brother and Mouse" is only expected to be about 95 million US dollars.

Of Daenerys Entertainment's 7 films that have achieved a box office break of 100 million in North America, 6 have entered the top 10 of the 1988 box office list, leaving only the last "Dead Poets Society" still catching up with their previous "Crocodile Dundee 2".

However, although "Dead Poets Society" cannot be regarded as an awards season hit like "Rain Man", the recent topic is also not low, and it is not difficult to catch up with "Crocodile Dundee 2", which was released last summer.

On the other hand, "The Bodyguard" and "The Sixth Sense" have both been successfully completed recently, and John Hughes's "Uncle Buck" is also halfway through the filming process. Daenerys Entertainment also officially announced the schedules of the three films, which are June 2, June 30 and August 11.

In addition, on February 24, following "Thunderbolt Blue Angels", Daenerys Entertainment's Gaomen Film label released its first film, "Metropolitan", and the kid literary film directed by Whitt Stillman did not win an award at the Sundance Film Festival in January, but it had a good reputation.

"Metropolitan" cost $3 million to make, far more than Whitt Stillman had planned to rally his friends and family to help shoot it.

Because of the use of some well-known actors, coupled with the film's reputation, "Metropolitan" opened with 127 screens, and the box office reached $1.39 million in the first week of release, and the box office of a single theater exceeded 10,000 hits.

Ellado Ichman invested $2 million in the film's promotional budget.

With $1.39 million in the first week, and with an appropriate increase in the scale of screenings, it is expected that the total North American box office will reach about $8 million to $10 million by relying on long-term releases, which is enough for Daenerys Entertainment to recoup its costs at the North American box office alone.

While "Metropolitan" may not be as good as some of Daenerys Entertainment's big-hit films in its first week, Tall Pictures is positioned for that. Simon is already very satisfied with this operation of Elado Ichman.

This year's Easter falls on March 26, which is earlier than usual.

After "Metropolitan", another film from Goron Pictures "Sisters" will be released on March 17, and New World Pictures' "Hellraiser 2" will also be released on March 24 during the Easter schedule.

Overseas.

Because he was building an overseas distribution channel from scratch, Robert Rehm's work progress was relatively slow. However, relying on the rights of the four best-selling movies "Scream", "Steel Magnolia", "Dead Poets Society" and "Rain Man", everything is still going well.

It is expected that in the first half of this year, Daenerys Entertainment will be able to achieve the company's four best-selling films at the end of last year in major overseas box office countries. Moreover, as long as this channel expansion is completed, Daenerys Entertainment's overseas distribution of films in the future will be much faster.

Finally, counting a large number of films such as "Pretty Woman", "Ghost Love", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "Drive for Miss Daisy" and so on, Daenerys Entertainment's film business can be said to have truly entered a sustainable and benign state of development.

Los Angeles.

Sofia Fessie arrived here yesterday after leaving Melbourne.

Because the fashion week in the second half of the year was crucial to Gucci's recovery, despite receiving Simon's funding and commitments, she flew to Los Angeles in person to communicate with Amy in person.

In addition, Gucci also has a boutique on Beverly Avenue, and Sophia also plans to carry out some financial audits and personnel adjustments to the boutique here, which also requires the assistance of Daenerys Entertainment, and she cannot find a suitable accounting team in the short term, and the same is true for the store in New York.

After the signing of the share transfer agreement, Sophia appointed herself as president of Gucci, because Mélisandre already has an absolute controlling stake, Gucci no longer has a board of directors, and some core members of the original Gucci family have only received some titles such as consultants.

Today is Saturday.

Sophia spent two days in a specialty store on Beverly Avenue and arrived in Malibu early in the evening.

There's a PR party organized by Daenerys Entertainment here.

Because of Daenerys Entertainment's ongoing public relations campaign for the Oscars at the end of the month, the mansion in Palisade has become the target of many gossip tabloids, and the company has to change locations to host various parties.

Today's party is taking place in a mansion that Amy has just bought in Malibu, in Paradise Cove, not far from Point Dume.

After the '87 crash, home prices throughout North America continued to fall, and Malibu did not escape, and the real estate development in Malibu in the early eighties has almost stagnated in the last two years, and home prices are at the lowest point in these years.

However, Amy is acutely aware that with the construction of Daenerys Entertainment Studios and Dume's Point Estate, Malibu will definitely be influenced by this to become a gathering place for all kinds of celebrities and superstars.

There's never been a better time to buy property in Malibu.

Although it wasn't until late March to get her hands on last year's home, Amy started looking for a nice beachfront home in Malibu early.

It was getting late, and seeing that the guests were almost there, Amy, who had been welcoming customers with her restaurant owner boyfriend, was a little more relaxed.

After officially announcing the start of the party, Amy went to the living room next door.

As Simon inadvertently predicted, Sophia Fercy and Nancy Brill really hit it off at first sight, because they both arrived early, and the two women had been talking for more than an hour unconsciously.

Amy sat down on the couch next to Sophia and Nancy with a glass of red wine in her hand and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Nancy said: "Sophie was going to ask the little boss to help shoot the Gucci commercial, and I didn't think it was a good idea at all. While I don't doubt that Simon certainly has the strength to shoot a stunning set of commercials, such a gimmick doesn't have as much of a brand boost as it thinks. ”

Amy looked at Sophia a little inexplicably when she heard this, and Nancy's thoughts were always a little difficult to keep up with at times.

Sophia smiled and explained: "Regarding the Gucci promotion, I wanted Simon to shoot a set of commercials for Gucci himself, but Nancy made a better suggestion, which was to shoot a documentary about the Gucci brand in the second half of the year. ”

"Fashion documentary, that's a very novel idea, and if you're going to do it, I can help. ”

Sophia said, "I wouldn't have been able to do this without the help of Daenerys Entertainment." ”

Amy realized that Sophia was not joking, and she became serious and thought for a while: "If you really want to do it, you can put it under the umbrella of Ella's Gaomen Pictures and operate it as an art film." But, Sophie, I think luxury brands should be as reserved and low-key as possible?

Before Sophia could answer, Nancy shook her head and said, "Those low-key luxury brands have probably disappeared." I have privately researched Dior and LVMH, run by Bernard Arnault in France, which was on the verge of bankruptcy when Bernard Arnault bought Dior's parent company, Bosak Group, and Dior could barely continue to operate. Arnault sold most of the Bosakki group and reintegrated Dior to reinvigorate the brand. Arnault's way of operating is a massive advertising campaign and a variety of eye-catching PR campaigns, and we clearly have an advantage in this regard. ”

Amy nodded, looked at Sophia again, and said, "In that case, you can talk to Ella later." ”

Sophia had already begun to think about how to make this documentary, and said yes, and asked Amy, "What about you, Amy, what have you been busy with lately?"

Amy smiled, "A lot of things, it feels like it's going to fly." ”

Nancy suddenly said quietly beside her at this time: "I can help you share it." ”

Amy raised her hand and poked Nancy's waist and said, "Don't worry, I will never give you a chance to replace me." ”

Nancy opened Amy's hand and said, "Speaking of which, why did the little boss faint last time, I don't think he was overworked, and I always feel a little weird." ”

"Well, the doctor didn't check out any problems, and no one could tell. But you also know what he did. Amy couldn't tell why, so she looked at Sophia and asked, "Sophie, you just came back from Melbourne, what do you think is going on?"

"I don't know. ”

Sophia shook her head, but her expression was a little strange.

She didn't tell the two daughters, although they didn't get along much, she could clearly feel that Simon had obviously changed something different than before. It's just that he can't explain this change too specifically.

I'm too embarrassed to say it too clearly.

The three women chatted for a moment, then got up again to go to the party.

Sophia was also introduced by Nancy to Elado Ichman, who was chatting with the guests in the crowd, to talk about the Gucci documentary.

Elado Ichman's main focus during this time was on the public relations of several films such as "Rain Man", but he still showed interest after hearing the introduction of the two daughters.

There haven't been too successful fashion documentaries in the industry yet, but this happens to be an opportunity.

And Gucci is a brand that's a buzz of the word.

If done right, it can even bring this documentary to the big screen. What's more, the documentary doesn't require too much production cost.

Based on Elado Ichman's experience, it would only take about three to five million dollars to complete. He has a budget of $30 million, and in addition to the distribution of several films such as "Metropolitan" and "Sisters", Goron Pictures has only identified two films at the moment, "My Left Foot" and "Drive for Miss Daisy", both of which are low-cost, and he still has a large budget in his hands.

Moreover, the money for the production of the documentary does not need to be paid by Daenerys Entertainment.

The fundamental purpose of the documentary is to promote the Gucci brand, and Gucci will definitely need to contribute some funds, which is roughly equivalent to the sponsorship fee. Daenerys Entertainment only needs to pay about half of the production cost to be able to obtain all the rights to a documentary.

After a detailed discussion, the trio quickly decided on a plan to make a Gucci documentary.

After the party, Elado Ichman and Sophia agreed to continue the discussion tomorrow, and the energetic Nancy Brill also joined in with great interest.