Chen Qing and Mo Yiling took advantage of lunch to discuss some rough ideas, and then the Jinshu team and the district government officials discussed in detail for a whole afternoon.

The topic is that the next Jinshu Film and Television City will follow the two major projects launched at the same time as the Qin Palace project, 'Ming and Qing Dynasty Palace' and 'Jiangnan Fenghua'.

The palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties refers to the Hengdian project in Simon's memory, and the theme is very simple, a full-scale replica of the Forbidden City. Even, compared with the Forbidden City, which covers an area of 1,080 acres in Beijing, the Ming and Qing Dynasty palace projects are expected to reach a scale of 1,500 acres, mainly in addition to the main body of about 1,000 acres of palace communities, as well as surrounding parking lots and other supporting facilities.

Compared with the estimated cost of 200 million yuan of the simple version of the Qin Palace, due to this will be excellence, and the number of palace complexes is larger, although the project area is only 50% more, but the investment in the Ming and Qing palaces will more than triple.

Jiangnan Fenghua is based on thousands of years of historical celebrities, literary stories, folklore, gods and monsters from the Jiangnan region in China, and designs all kinds of antique attractions, such as the 'Peach Blossom Dock' stripped out by Simon, which should have been a very well-known first, but the planned Peach Blossom Dock will still be built near Jiangnan Fenghua.

In the end, the core planning idea agreed on by Jiangnan Fenghua Park is 'a dream for a thousand years', the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, etc., each take materials, and finally complete, the area may reach 2,000 acres to 3,000 acres, and the investment will exceed 1 billion.

In order to ensure that these projects can be quickly launched after completion, in addition to their own various operational means, the Jinshu Department will also personally invest in a large number of TV dramas that are in demand in China at this time, of course, the main must be the type of ancient costumes. In addition, as a peripheral support, in addition to the registered Jinshu Artist Intermediary Company, Jinshu Catering and Hotel Group, etc., the Jinshu Department will also establish Jinshu Performing Arts School, Jinshu Special Effects Company and other related enterprises.

After doing this, Chen Qing only stayed in Suzhou for one day, and then went to Shanghai and Hong Kong again, first to follow up on several major investment projects of the Westeros system in China recently, and then to meet with the upcoming China Telecom roadshow team in Hong Kong, and officially set off on December 2, the first stop is London, starting the China Telecom IPO roadshow itinerary that will be listed in Hong Kong and New York at the same time with a valuation of 20 billion US dollars.

Meanwhile.

North America.

This year's Thanksgiving Day falls late on November 28.

This festival, the Westeros family spent at the East Coast Greenwich North Suburbs Estate, Connecticut, in addition to the East Coast because of the four distinct seasons and more atmosphere of the festival, there is also the Westeros Building topping out ceremony on December 5, both Simon and Janet, both hope to be the first time to climb the long-awaited world's tallest building.

On the other hand, the most recent North American media has paid the most attention to the Thanksgiving schedule in 1996.

In the high-profile week of Thanksgiving from November 22nd to November 28th, "Wonder Woman 2", which is unrivaled in popularity and word-of-mouth, dominates without suspense, whether it is the previous old films such as "Amazing Slam Dunk" or the live-action film "101 Dalmatians" adapted from Disney's old animation released on November 27, the day before Thanksgiving, they have all been reduced to complete supporting roles in front of "Wonder Woman 2".

In the first week of the opening, after once again breaking 100 million at the box office in the first three days with $100 million7.15 million, the full first-week box office of "Wonder Woman 2" finally reached $153.37 million, and among all 10 movies released in the DC Cinematic Universe, it is second only to the $177 million in the first week of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", which created a super box office miracle last Christmas.

In the face of the impact of "Wonder Woman 2", the second-ranked "Star Trek 8" on the list, the single-week box office plummeted from $34.67 million to $15.94 million last week, a drop of 54%, and the film's two-week box office exceeded the 50 million mark, reaching $50.61 million.

followed by "Slam Dunk in the Air", which ranked third, also fell by 41% in the second week of its release, because the box office base at the beginning was not high, and the box office in the second week was only $14.79 million. The two-week cumulative box office performance of $39.93 million made Warner Bros., which had invested an $80 million production budget, cry without tears.

Fourth place went to Disney's 101 Dalmatians.

As Disney's main blockbuster at the end of this year, this live-action adaptation of classic animation cost $75 million, a complete blockbuster, and invited John Hughes, the creator of the "Home Alone" series that has obviously declined over the years but is still quite popular, as a screenwriter and producer.

Because of the huge cost and the fact that it is a family movie limited to the holiday atmosphere, Disney struggled between the two major schedules at the end of the year, and finally chose the release date of November 27. After all, although the Christmas file is more in line with the theme, there are really many films filmed in "Wonder Woman 2" that choose to avoid Thanksgiving and gather for Christmas, and the competition is not much worse than Thanksgiving. What's more, "101 Dalmatians" is also very suitable for the long-term at the end of the year, once it is placed after Christmas, the word-of-mouth is not good enough, and the result will only be out in two weeks.

Beware of a repeat of Sony's Vivendi, who is almost staring at the Disney team all the time, and if the pot is smashed, many people may lose their jobs.

As a result, when the painting was officially opened, "101 Dalmatians" fell directly to a failing score of only about 4 points, both in terms of media reputation and audience evaluation. Relying on Disney's publicity and the film's holiday theme, "101 Dalmatians" barely managed to make $10.17 million at the box office in two days, far below the Disney team's expectation of $15 million to $20 million in two days.

Moreover, the follow-up of the film is even more unpredictable.

is still the same sentence, if there is no strong film competition, "101 Dalmatians" can still achieve a good long-term box office with the theme of festivals, and now, there is "Wonder Woman 2" in the front, and "Brave Man's Game" and "Thunderbolt Baby", the quality of the film is not good, in this highly competitive environment, I want to get out of the long-term line, wishful thinking.

The fifth place is still "Annabelle".

This horror film, which seems to be out of place with the holiday atmosphere, has seen a large decline at the box office for two consecutive weeks, following last week's 43% decline, and this week's "Wonder Woman 2" also fell by 39% under the strong pressure. However, compared to other films, this Spiritualist Cinematic Universe horror film still quietly grossed $9.45 million at the box office.

In five weeks after its release, the film has grossed $134.21 million, and it is only a matter of time before it becomes the first film in the Spiritist Cinematic Universe to break $150 million in its own country.

On November 29, a new week, except for "101 Dalmatians", which opened two days in advance, no new films were released by major studios, so it also became the last opportunity for a number of films in the Thanksgiving schedule to achieve box office advancement or reversal.

Of course, there is only one "Wonder Woman 2" that tries to advance, and how high the local box office of the film can ultimately go is the trend of the next week.

For "Space Slam Dunk" and "Star Trek 8", the defeat has been decided, so only "101 Dalmatians" is expected to be reversed, even if it does not break out, across the week of the end of the year, as long as the weekly box office of Dalmatian can rush to 30 million, it is no longer extravagant to hope for higher, then the follow-up curve will look much better.

Unfortunately, some people's expectations came to naught after three days of the weekend from November 29 to December 1.

The first is "Wonder Woman 2", which fell by only 35% year-on-year for three days the next weekend, and collected another $69.65 million, and in 10 days of release, the cumulative box office has quickly exceeded 200 million, reaching $223.02 million.

This achievement also means that there will not be much suspense for "Wonder Woman 2" to surpass the $371 million of the first series, or even to surpass the domestic $416 million of "Batman: Rise of the Dark Knight" before the Super Bat War.

The question now is whether it can break through the $500 million in the country.

If there is no "Jumanji" and "Breaking Bad" in the next Christmas schedule, with the start of "Wonder Woman 2", the chance of breaking the $500 million threshold is very high, and now, only suspense remains.

Then came "101 Dalmatians".

As the first weekend after its release, the film received only $18.67 million in the three days from November 29 to December 1 under the heavy pressure of "Wonder Woman 2" and the loss of word-of-mouth.

Even according to the more ideal weekend and weekday four-day box office accounted for 7/3, the complete first-week box office of "101 Dalmatians" was only about $26 million, which obviously did not meet the threshold of 30 million expected by Disney. What's more, the data after the weekend proves that Dalmatian's weekday box office curve is even worse.

Manhattan, New York.

Westeros Building on the east side of Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side between 59th and 60th Streets.

It's Thursday, December 5th.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the 135th floor, the highest floor of the building, with Simon and Janet together to remove the curtain symbolically covering the surrounding glass windows, from the beginning of 1992 to start the demolition, before and after five years to build, the naked height of 622 meters ranked first in the world Westeros Building, officially announced the topping.

Even if you don't count the subsequent infrastructure installations, the cost of the building, which is built with all the most advanced materials and technologies of the current stage, has already exceeded the original budget of $1 billion.

Up to now, the investment figure has been 1.7 billion US dollars, and it is expected that the next infrastructure will be installed and laid, and the total cost will reach 2.5 billion US dollars, which is definitely the highest cost of construction at this stage, if you take into account the inflation factor, even if it is twenty or thirty years later, it is absolutely the case, after all, the Burj Khalifa completed in 2010, the cost is only 1.5 billion US dollars, and the new World Trade Center in New York, which was rumored to be built with the highest safety standards in 2013, cost only 3.2 billion US dollars.

Therefore, this skyscraper, if Simon wants to talk about returns and the like, it is basically impossible.

In fact, with Simon's net worth at this time, he didn't think about these things at all.

This means that the entire building is not only built to the highest standards, but will also be operated to the highest standards in the future.

One of the most important of these is, of course, safety standards.

In addition to the construction standards of the building itself, which can easily withstand the largest earthquakes, hurricanes and other natural disasters recorded in the history of the New York area, the security standards of the entire building in the future will also be designed according to the standards of the Westeros family's private home for a long time, such as the 1993 explosion of the Twin Towers underground parking plant that was stuffed with half a ton of explosives, there will never be a chance to happen in the Westeros Building.

Because of the strict investment standards in the building, Simon also plans to set a relatively low rent, and the goal is that the revenue of the building will mainly cover the annual maintenance and tax costs, so that the world's tallest and most advanced skyscraper will be renting less than many old buildings in New York in the future.

Of course, the premise is that you can pass the audit and be eligible to enter.

That's all for later.

After the unveiling, Simon gave another brief speech and soon announced that the party was going to begin.

Outside the window, against the background of the clearer and clearer blue sky in New York on a clear winter day, even if the surrounding steel beams are still exposed, the champagne is opened, and the atmosphere is quickly warm.

Simon picked up a glass of champagne and first went to the Raybould couple, who were together at the topping out ceremony, and explained softly.

The main thing is that Jennifer is on the East Coast but did not attend this topping ceremony.

Although the female assistant must have talked to her parents, Simon explained it again as a courtesy, mainly because of some safety rules that the Westeros family had unknowingly formed, unless necessary, not to take the same plane or the same yacht, etc., although Janet was always reluctant to abide by this, the female assistant and the children never made an exception.

This time, the topping out ceremony of the building, because it was not completely completed, everyone came to the roof to take the lift, even if you are cautious, it is difficult to say that it is absolutely safe.

So Jennifer and the children didn't show up.

The James couple certainly understood this, even more than Simon. After all, Simon did this, in fact, it was equivalent to fully recognizing the identity of the female assistant's family. Otherwise, if it's just a random lover by your side, where will you think about so much.

So, after a few simple sentences, James took the initiative to change the topic: "I saw an article in the recent issue of "Barron's", speaking of Hollywood, "Wonder Woman 2" is another global 1 billion movie, and the situation of other Hollywood studios is generally unsatisfactory, Simon, are you sure this will not cause a backlash?"

"Backlash is inevitable, and the last time I was at the Annabelle celebration party in Los Angeles, Bob White came to me and asked me to let go of the constraints on DC superhero film development, and although Jack later called me to explain it, I could still see the attitude over there, and the other ones, basically. ”

James asked, "So what are you going to do?"

"Daenerys Entertainment does whatever it needs to do, and then waits for the other studios to make a move. Heh, in fact, it has always been done this way, Daenerys Entertainment, and even the entire Westeros system, will not stop because of external factors, we just need to leave the opponent far away, and it will be difficult for them to cause us trouble. Simon said this, thought about it, and said: "Actually, the eye-catching effect of "Wonder Woman 2" is too obvious, giving people the illusion that Daenerys Entertainment has been making $1 billion box office movies, in fact, well, although Hollywood's $1 billion box office movies in recent years are related to the Westeros system, but there are definitely not many, except for the two unexpected films last year, the others are only one a year at most, and no matter how many markets can't fit it." ”

After listening to this, James said: "This should be a public opinion point that can be operated." ”

Simon was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "I'll arrange it after the party." ”

It wasn't James who reminded me, but I didn't expect it.

Regarding the fact that Hollywood can only carry one or two global $1 billion films a year at most, it can indeed be hyped in the media, giving the public a sense that Daenerys entertainment is not so strong, even if it is an obvious Ah Q illusion, at least it can make some of the media less popular, so as not to add fuel to the fire.

Simon also thought of a further extension.

For example, Daenerys Entertainment's interest in the DC Cinematic Universe is actually not as high as Warner's, so the more successful the series, the more Daenerys Entertainment suffers as the dominant player in this cinematic universe.

It's good to suffer.

Suffering is a blessing.

In doing so, let some people balance psychologically, and reduce the promotion of some media, then, Daenerys Entertainment can also boil frogs in warm water more securely.

As for how it actually is.

Next, the flames beneath the warm water will only grow stronger.