During this time in mid-July, Simon travels frequently between Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The Mountain View government sold 300 hectares of land to Westeros at one time, and the controversy caused by it has not completely dissipated during this time.

The best way to solve this problem is undoubtedly to come up with a complete set of regional development plans as soon as possible.

Simon's initial mind was very 'simple', and when he saw an opportunity, he took a big shot to encircle a large area of land in the Bay Area. Now that the land has been won, someone else is responsible for the development plan.

So, after more than a month of discussions, Westeros officially announced the plan for the 'Westeros Tech Park' on July 15.

Not only Igret, but also Westeros companies such as AOL's West Coast Headquarters, Nokia's North American Research Center, and Tinkobar founded by C-Girl will be settled in, and other start-up technology companies invested by Westeros will also surround Igret.

At the same time, Westeros welcomed the presence of other technology companies.

The 300-hectare site, roughly equivalent to a rectangular plot of land from south to north, will be set aside for a park near the 101 highway to isolate the hustle and bustle of the main traffic arteries and provide a place for recreation and recreation for the residents of the area.

To the north of the park is a 150-hectare office park that is expected to accommodate more than 50,000 people, with Egret's 30-hectare headquarters contained in the park, and further north, the remaining 100 hectares of land will be developed into an upscale community of 1,000 villas, mainly for the employees of the science park.

Simon bought the site for $230 million.

If the science and technology park is to be fully developed, the investment level will reach a further $1 billion.

Therefore, whether it is a science and technology park, a residential area, or a supporting park, it is a big cake for the construction and real estate industry in the Bay Area.

Egrett has no plans to do it personally, and the entire campus will be built in close collaboration with local Bay Area developers.

As a result, with the announcement of the preliminary plan and the conclusion of some cooperation agreements, the criticism caused by Westeros because of the one-time circle of a large number of plots has obviously disappeared a lot, and discerning people can also see what the reason for the public opinion controversy some time ago is.

Real estate development is a lucrative industry in any country.

Different from the emerging Internet field, the real estate industry has been associated almost since the beginning of the city, and it has long been a red ocean. Because of the huge profits, the interests involved and the game will be very cruel, there is not enough capital support and connections, no one wants to play easily.

Simon has always been interested in owning more land and properties, but he doesn't plan to get too involved in the real estate sector that could touch the interests of many established capitalists.

With the announcement of the Westeros Science Park plan, additional commercial, residential, and office parks have begun to emerge in the area north of the Mountain View Highway 101, and the city has pledged to invest in infrastructure development in the area. It's not hard to imagine that in the next few years, this barren area, which was once on the edge of the city, will quickly become prosperous.

On the Hollywood side, the three new films that opened on July 9 performed as expected, and the best-performing Fox "The Golden Arm Kid" only grossed $18.21 million in the first seven days of the week.

On July 16, the number of new films opened in North American theaters was reduced to two, namely Daenerys and Warner Bros.'s "Gannet Assassination" and MGM's "Tombstone".

As the second film of the original author John Grimson this summer, the success of "Sugar-Coated Trap" has made "Gannet Assassination" also attract more attention from the audience, and the main creative lineup of Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts has ensured the popularity of the project.

After the opening of the painting, relying on excellent word-of-mouth, the box office of "Gannet Assassination" reached $22.19 million in the first three days of the first weekend, re-provoking the box office market.

From July 16th to July 22nd, in seven days, the box office of "Gannet Assassination" reached $31.63 million in the first week, successfully topping the single-week box office champion.

MGM's $25 million "Tombstone," starring Kurt Russell, is a lot less impressive in comparison.

In its first week, the film relied on 1,955 screens to earn $18.76 million at the box office, which is significantly short of the museum's average of more than 10,000 hits, and the total North American box office is expected to be comparable to Fox's "Golden Arm Kid" last week, roughly between $50 million and $60 million.

Of course, although it is not a big seller, it can also bring MGM a considerable profit.

After all, as of late July, the 1993 100 million yuan club films were all related projects of Daenerys Entertainment. It's good for other studios to have a few projects that grossed more than $50 million, provided the budget cost of the project doesn't reach the level of "Phantom Heroes."

At the same time, "Superman", which was released in the seventh week, continued to earn $15.38 million in seven days from July 16 to July 22, and the cumulative box office officially exceeded the $300 million mark, reaching $306.79 million.

Counting the success of Sleepless in Seattle, Sugarcoat Trap and most recently Gannet Assassination, Daenerys Entertainment has been preparing a celebration party since early July.

With Superman's North American box office officially surpassing $300 million, the celebration party is also set for Saturday, July 24.

Although it was a weekend, Simon still worked until lunchtime in the morning, accompanied Janet to a pregnancy check-up in the afternoon, returned to Dumes Point Manor in the evening, had dinner, and did not leave for Daenerys Studios until it was close to nine o'clock, when Janet had been put to sleep early.

For this celebration party, the staff activity center on the second floor of Daenerys Studios was chosen.

When Simon arrived, the party was still buzzing after two hours.

According to the list that Girl A had made in advance, she greeted the guests at the party one by one, and after more than half an hour, Simon finally had a little free.

She was dragged to the dance floor by Sandra Bullock for a dance, then hid on a couch in the corner of the party hall, reluctant to get up.

Helping the man bring a glass of wine, Sandra sat down next to Simon with a big grin, and glanced at him dissatisfiedly: "Hey, it really saddens me that you look so reluctant." ”

Simon leaned back in his chair, took a sip of champagne, and said, "I've been so busy lately, I'm going to be hollowed out." ”

Sandra showed a look of disdain: "Hollowed out by a woman?"

Simon nodded: "Yes, more than ten a day, I almost can't get out of bed." ”

Sandra gave him a blank look and got down to business, "I've seen the script you gave me." ”

Simon didn't want to talk about work now, so he smiled: "Why don't we talk about the more than ten things yesterday." ”

Sandra glared at Simon, "Okay, you say!"

"Well, this, Boadcast, eBbay, 58list, iPets......"

Simon paused slightly, and then expertly reported a series of nouns.

Sandra listened to Simon with starry eyes, and wanted to roll her eyes again, but subconsciously asked, "What is it?"

"I saw the VC proposal yesterday in San Francisco. ”

Sandra blinked, understood, and immediately became interested again, grabbed Simon's arm and said, "I have some money in my hand now, the Internet concept is so hot, can you help me choose a few investment projects?"

Simon shook his head and said, "Don't, you can't afford to be in the limelight, this is really burning money, and if you don't pay attention to it, you will lose all your money." If you want advice, just buy AOL or Cisco shares. ”

"I didn't buy it, and now many newspapers are saying that the stock price bubble of these companies in your hands is very serious and may fall sharply at any time. ”

"Now, do you believe me or the media?"

"But...... IBM's recent market capitalization is only $29 billion, and Boeing's $12 billion, and Cisco are both $370, don't you think it's too exaggerated?"

"IBM lost $5 billion last year to cause its stock price to plummet, and Boeing was dragged down by the global economic downturn. Moreover, the stock price reflects the future growth potential of a company, and IBM and Boeing have long passed the upswing. ”

Sandra thought for a moment and asked, "You mean, both IBM and Boeing are at their lowest point right now. ”

"yes. ”

"Then can I copy the bottom?"

“......”

"Look," Sandra said with a very expert look, "IBM and Boeing are at the bottom, I buy now, and I may make more than double the profit in the next few years." Cisco and AOL, now the market value is more than 30 billion US dollars, I think 50 billion should not be higher, hehe, this is what the newspaper said, and it may collapse at any time. ”

Simon nodded approvingly and beckoned to Alison not far away: "A, remember to remind me to buy another $100 million in Boeing stock next Monday." ”

Girl A felt a little inexplicable, and a few days ago Simon asked her to hand over a memorandum to Lawrence Fink, the head of Black Rock Asset Management, asking the other party to increase the stock of some companies such as Boeing, and the current absorption ratio is close to 5% that needs to be reported, and began to contact Boeing to plan to fight for a seat on the board of directors.

What does it mean to suddenly buy another $100 million?

Although she didn't understand, Alison didn't ask more, nodded, took out the memo in her handbag and wrote it down carefully, making sure that her boss had no other instructions, and then walked away.

Sandra was even more confused, and thought that Simon might be teasing her, and waited for Girl A to walk away before asking, "Did I say something wrong?"

Simon shrugged: "Halfway there?"

"Okay, I'll just buy a little bit of it," he said and became fierce again: "However, if you lose, you have to compensate me." ”

"Is it okay to pay for meat?"

"Yes!"

"Forget it, it's too expensive. ”

"Humph!"

After a few gags, Sandra turned the topic to the movie just now: "That "Life and Death Hour", Stallone also saw it, and he asked me to help ask. ”

"Life and Death" is a recent MGM film, and it is also a box office hit in the original time and space, starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. Because it was a rookie script, the project went around several major Hollywood studios before it was noticed by Simon.

Daenerys Entertainment's schedule for next year is full, and Simon gives the project to MGM.

Counting "True Lies", which is being negotiated, the two films will be MGM's staples next year.

Simon didn't mean to change the main creator this time, not to mention that he and Keanu and Sandra had a good relationship, and asked with a smile: "Are you dissatisfied with Keanu?"

"Of course not, just helping, Sil is good. ”

Simon understands that Stallone is probably testing whether there are other opportunities for cooperation between the two sides, as for why Sandra, because the girl participated in Stallone's other new film "Super Cop" in the first half of the year, Warner Bros. invested with a budget of $57 million.

Warner Bros. originally planned to release "Super Men" at the end of the year, probably because of the average effect after the film, coupled with the impact of the box office failure of "The Mighty Mountains", so it was changed to an unpopular schedule in early October, which can be regarded as a semi-abandoned state.

Not only that, Simon also knows that Stallone's other new film "Cannonball Expert", which is being prepared, has also been stranded recently, because the contract was not determined in advance, and it was more embarrassing than "True Lies", and Warner Bros., who was originally interested in taking over, asked for a significant budget cut.

Obviously, start with cutting Stallone's salary.

For the two movies "Mighty Mountain" and "Super Cop", Stallone's salary is $15 million. If there are no blockbuster works in the next few years, this is estimated to become the highest point of Stallone's salary.

In Simon's memory, Stallone also stepped into the 20 million club at the peak of Hollywood's prosperity around 2000, but his personal film and television works did not have too bright commercial performance, so that the turnaround work "The Expendables" sold many companies and no one took over.

In recent years, Simon has been suppressing celebrity salaries, either explicitly or implicitly.

The era of special effects has arrived ahead of schedule, which has also suppressed the growth of star salaries to a large extent.

The once 20 million club, at least within the control of Daenerys Entertainment, will not be able to get any stars, and at most it can only cross this threshold in disguise in the form of sharing.

Compared with Schwarzenegger, who has the foundation of the "Terminator" series, Stallone's luck is really not good.

Simon still admires Stallone's inspirational experience very much, and he will not refuse if there is a suitable opportunity for cooperation, but there is no such project in his hand for the time being.

Sandra only briefly mentioned it, it can be regarded as a personal favor, after all, it is an investment of tens of millions of dollars, and she does not mean to participate too much.

After chatting for a while, seeing Jonathan Friedman coming and saying hello to his agent, the girl got up with interest, but when she left, she gave Simon a blank look, because Jonathan brought a woman over, and it seemed that it was very much in line with the taste of a certain guy.

"Simon, this is Fera, you should know it, I remember that you bought the rights to Charlie's Angels a long time ago, right?"

"Of course," Simon greeted Jonathan, shook hands with the woman who had come with him, and smiled, "Hello, Ms. Fawcett." ”

Feira Fawcett, one of the heroines of the 70s TV series version of Charlie's Angels.

WMA was dominant in the 70s, and the main creators of "Charlie's Angel" were basically WMA's artists.

Although she is over forty years old, as one of the most well-known vase actresses of the seventies, Ferra Fawcett also belongs to the fairy family who have successfully resisted the erosion of time.

The woman's voice is also very good, a little babydoll sound, but not at all.

After the greeting, Ferra Fawcett sat down directly beside Simon without squirming, and her body wrapped in a light silk dress touched Simon a few times, intentionally or unintentionally.

The three chatted casually for a while, and Feira Fawcett took the initiative to mention the purpose of asking Friedman to help introduce her, and she wanted to try her hand at the role of the heroine of "True Lies".

Although the project is still under negotiation and many details have not been finalized, for the outside world, the film is basically under Simon's control. Even, even if the final cooperation fails to be reached, Simon Westeros asks for a heroine, whether it is Fox or Schwarzenegger, he will not refuse.