Heading into April, Simon began to turn more of his energy to Daenerys Entertainment's film business.

Among the most important DC Cinematic Universe projects, "Batman: The Dark Knight" completed the final cut at the end of March and successfully received a PG-13 rating, with a schedule of June 7. In the first week of April, the film began a massive sprint promotion for the last two months before its release.

In the past January, Warner Bros. Wholly Owned and Produced by Simon, "The Flash" has quietly started filming in Melbourne, Australia, with a filming cycle of 3 to 4 months, and the planned release date is December 20, Christmas schedule.

Daenerys Entertainment is scheduled for next summer's "Wonder Woman", which is expected to start shooting in June.

In addition to the DC Cinematic Universe plan, because Simon postponed the production plan of "Superman", Martin Campbell, the director of the original project, was loaned by MGM to shoot "007: GoldenEye".

At the insistence of the Brockley family, the British copyright owner of 007, the actor of "007: GoldenEye" is still Timothy Dalton. However, Martin Campbell is the original director of Brosnan's version of "007: GoldenEye".

Of course, Famick Jensen, who has been confirmed to play Wonder Woman, is unlikely to play the Russian female agent who uses her long legs to kill people this time.

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Shirley Lansing put a certain 'old man killer' on the final shortlist of Russian female agents, and specifically asked Simon's opinion.

Simon didn't think that Catherine Zeta-Jones, who was biased towards the sweet sister type, could play the crazy bloodthirsty temperament of Farmik Jensen in the original "007: GoldenEye". Considering that MGM would soon become the Johnston's business, he did not accept Lansing's suggestion that he might have some 'good intentions'.

Regarding the role of the film project in his hand, Simon's attitude has always been that if the role is suitable, he is very happy to give away a few favors, but if it is not suitable, he will never joke with the investment of tens of millions of dollars.

Speaking of which, there are actually many projects in Hollywood that fail because of casting failures full of factors such as favor deals, and this proportion accounts for a very high proportion of failed Hollywood films.

The Hollywood film industry system has a very strong side, and many times, it can also seem very unprofessional. It's just because of the strong gambling nature of movie investment that there seems to be a lot of luck in winning or losing, which hides a lot of unprofessional factors.

At the end of the day, Hollywood filmmakers are used to spending other people's money and just earning a labor fee themselves.

Daenerys entertains, but Simon spends his own money.

Self-financing, each project means a few million to tens of millions of dollars, of course, you need to be cautious and cautious.

Not only "Batman: The Dark Knight", but also other films that Daenerys Entertainment is about to start in the summer, whether it is "Terminator 2", "Outlaw" and "Few Good People" with foreign cooperation, or "Backfire", "Jungle Fever", "Problem Boy 2" and "Family from the World" and other films that took over from Universal Pictures, all of which have started the final stage of publicity work to impact the summer file after entering April.

After the Oscars, it was confirmed that Pixar had accumulated enough technology, and the original 3D version of "The Lion King" was officially launched.

At the same time, another of the most important projects in 1992, "Jurassic Park", was successfully completed with Simon's personal intervention. In April, the project officially started the early casting, and it is expected to start at the end of the year, and the schedule is the end of next year.

To sum up, Daenerys Entertainment independently released a total of four key projects in 1992, namely "Wonder Woman" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2" in the summer and "Home Alone 2" and "Jurassic Park" in the year-end file.

Simon has previously reextended the development cycle of the DC Cinematic Universe project, which is not without benefits.

If the rhythm of two films a year is maintained, a project such as "Jurassic Park" is obviously likely to be in direct competition with DC Cinematic Universe blockbusters, which often results in a lose-lose situation.

As for Simon's other project that Spielberg promised, Schindler's List, because this time there was more time, Spielberg was not in a hurry to shoot back-to-back with "Jurassic Park", and the film is expected to start filming in the second half of next year and be released in 1993.

In addition, Daenerys Entertainment's external cooperation projects are also within Simon's recent key work schedule.

Of the original 10 film plans, 6 have been released so far, and there is also a "Few Good People" with MGM that will be released this summer.

The remaining 3 films, one belonging to MGM and the other two to Warner Bros.

Last year, in order to get Paramount to give up blocking Daenerys Entertainment's acquisition of MCA, Simon promised the other party 3 more movies.

If you count the directorial contract that Simon owes Disney, Daenerys Entertainment needs to cooperate with a total of 7 projects.

Finally, combing through the script rights that Daenerys Entertainment has been buying in the past year, in addition to several projects such as "Mission Impossible" and "Jurassic Park", it also includes two other works published in 1990, both of which are comics, namely the science fiction comic "Men in Black" written by Lowell Cunningham, and a children's comic "Shrek".

All statistics are counted, Daenerys Entertainment's current copyright library, the entire Marvel superhero system, DC's Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman triumvirate, the entire Thorking Middle-earth series, "Mission Impossible" and "Spy Shadow" The two spy series, the "Breaking Bad" series that bought the copyright from Columbia Pictures, "Fast and Furious" originally bought from Roger Koman, the king of B-grade films, "Forrest Gump", the enduring "Jurassic Park" series, and then "Men in Black", " Shrek", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", which has been put into development, the "Mummy" series of old films from the 30s with great adaptation value in the Universal copyright library, etc., etc., all the hoarded copyrights in these original planes and planes are big hits, which is enough for Daenerys Entertainment to develop for more than 30 years.

In terms of animated films, Daenerys Entertainment also bagged Pixar, which developed blockbuster 3D animations such as "Toy Story", "Finding Nemo" and "Monster Power Company" in the original time and space.

It's fair to say that even if Simon were to start being the owner of the business now, and even if only half of all those rights were as successful as they were in the original plane, Daenerys Entertainment's film business would be strong enough to remain strong for a long time.

What's more, of course, Simon will not let go, and Daenerys Entertainment's team that has been carefully built for several years is enough to support the development of these precious copyrights.

I have been tossing and turning for a month on various film sets, production meetings, post-production meetings, actor auditions, publicity meetings and other film affairs, and the time is already May before I know it.

This year's Cannes Film Festival will open on May 9, and Daenerys Entertainment still has two films in the main competition this time, namely the new Coen Brothers film "Barton Fink" invested by Gordon Pictures and Spike Lee's new film "Jungle Fever", which will be released this summer from Universal Pictures.

Ella Deutschman led the team to Cannes a week early.

Simon wanted to take this opportunity to go to Europe with Janet to take a break. However, the woman is less than three months pregnant, and the doctor's advice is that it is best not to fly, and the woman intends not to fly again during the entire pregnancy, which is actually one of the reasons why she let go of Cersei Capital Management.

Although she no longer takes care of Cersei's capital, Janet is not idle all day, and women just try to think as little as possible.

Cape Dume Estate.

It's Sunday, May 5th.

James Raybould was followed by his daughter from Los Angeles International Airport, and Simons were already waiting outside the villa.

Although it is a day off, there are some very important issues that need to be discussed today.

In short, it's the asset, cash and liability issues of the entire Westeros system.

Everyone greeted each other and came to a small conference room in the villa.

Seeing the ABCD four girls in the villa taking the initiative to serve tea and pour water like their daughter Little Woman, James Raybould once again felt a little tired.

Still, James quickly turned his attention to business.

Since the stock market crash in 1987, Simon's personal assets have grown rapidly, but at the same time, the Westeros system has been spending money like water.

In particular, although the final loan ratio of the two successive MCA and Bell Atlantic acquisitions was not as high as originally expected, the debt scale of the entire Westeros system also reached the level of 10 billion US dollars.

In the past few years, the expansion of Daenerys Entertainment, in addition to Simon's gains in several major financial markets, is mainly due to the lucrative Daenerys Entertainment transfusing blood for other companies in the Westeros system.

Now, according to Simon's predictions, the Gulf War that has just passed can be said to be the last big market in recent years to favor hedge fund operations. Even if there is an opportunity in the future, in order to avoid conflicts with other governments, Cersei Capital will easily not carry out similar operations in previous years.

Therefore, it is unlikely that they will be able to obtain another billion dollars of money from the financial markets.

Daenerys Entertainment's side, although the company's net profit in 1990 reached an astonishing $1.12 billion, but this year, because of the acquisition of MCA, Daenerys Entertainment's liabilities increased by $7 billion at one time, counting the previous accumulation, only Daenerys Entertainment itself has more than $8 billion in debt, and the amount of principal and interest that needs to be repaid every year will reach more than $1 billion.

In 1990, Daenerys Entertainment's revenue figure ended up at $3.96 billion, and MCA's revenue size was $3.37 billion.

With the merger of the two companies, the new Daenerys Entertainment will have annual revenues of $7 billion.

However, as the company grows, corporate profit margins will no longer be as high as they were in the past, not to mention the huge debts that need to be repaid in recent years.

Therefore, it is not feasible to obtain funds from Daenerys Entertainment to transfuse blood from other companies in the Westeros system.

In addition, Bell Atlantic, although it is also a cash source with annual revenues of billions of dollars that can fund the Westeros system, however, Simon does not intend to draw blood from Bell Atlantic, but instructs Raymond Smith to invest all of Bell Atlantic's surplus funds in mobile communications and the Internet.

Cersei Capital, Daenerys Entertainment, and Bell Atlantic have not been able to send much capital to the entire system, but many companies in the Westeros system have maintained a continuous demand for funds.

Just Igret, which will need to invest about $500 million this year.

AOL, Nokia and several other companies are also big spenders.

In addition, in terms of investment in the technology sector, even if Westeros does not invest in other new technology companies, Simon will need to continue to inject capital if it wants to maintain its shareholding in the new technology companies it has already invested.

Next, Daenerys Entertainment also plans to launch the Universal Studios Osaka project with a total budget of about $2 billion, and even if Panasonic shares half of the investment, Daenerys Entertainment itself needs to come up with another $1 billion.

Finally, Simon's own daily expenses are actually very large.

If you look at it carefully, the whole Westeros system is not a big problem with money, because the whole system is in a thriving state, and the major banks are very happy to lend Simon.

James came to discuss with Simon and his wife this time, and it was still the issue of careful budgeting.

The Westeros system is already very wealthy, and it is very easy to get investment from the bank.

However, if you spend money too casually and without planning, you will unknowingly accumulate large amounts of expenses that are completely unnecessary. If it continues to add up, it may one day erupt into a tangled debt problem or even form a domino effect.

Simon's personal belongings have always been taken care of by Janet, and a woman's brain has turned to seven points, which is about equivalent to twenty or thirty points for ordinary people, Simon has always been very relieved, and the woman has indeed done this thing in an orderly manner.

Privately, James has also been conscientious in recent years, and Simon has always attached great importance to the financial oversight of the entire Westeros system.

Therefore, it is unlikely that the Westeros system will have a financial crisis in the short term.

However, Simon, of course, also knows the truth of preventing the slightest problem, so he treats this matter very seriously.

"For the construction of Universal Studios Osaka, several banks in Japan were more than happy to fund us. In the next few years, the yen, which has been appreciating for many years, may enter a depreciation cycle, and I think it is very cost-effective to get a loan from the Bank of Japan. On Igret's side, Cersei Fund Management's profit this year will probably be able to sustain the company's expenses. Nokia's next development, Melisandre's purchase of Van Cleef & Arpels, Bell Atlantic's layout in areas such as mobile communications, etc., plus your own expenses, we will need to get another $1 billion in loans this year. In addition to Microsoft, Intel and other companies that I plan to hold for a long time, I have recently reduced my holdings to less than 5% of the original batch of technology stocks. ”

The small meeting of only four people lasted for a day, and James Raybould summed it up like this, looked up at Simon and Janet, and asked, "One last thing, the Westeros Mansion in New York, do you two really plan to start it right now?"