September 24th, a new week.

Two weeks have passed since the 911 incident, and as expected, the federal government has introduced a variety of policies to deal with the crisis.

The stock market also saw an abnormal rally, as Donn predicted.

Even Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway stock price has skyrocketed.

You know, this is a company that focuses on insurance!

It can be seen that the jackals of Wall Street are manipulating the stock market, trying to take advantage of this wave of terrorist attacks to play with retail investors in the stock market and cut leeks.

Donn finally returned to Los Angeles after a busy weekend in New York.

The second episode of "Band of Brothers" finally finished broadcasting last night, and the ratings ...... It's not as sensational as in the first episode, but overall, it's satisfying.

The average rating of 10.79 million is definitely a satisfactory data when the cloud of "911" has not yet resolved.

It's just that the growth of subscribers has slowed down, and so far, the total number of subscribers is less than 11 million, which is a certain gap from the peak of more than 15 million subscriptions in HBO in the previous life.

"Donn, Director Cameron is here. ”

"Please!"

When he was in New York, Donn had already made an appointment to return to Los Angeles to meet two or three people one after another: James Cameron and George Paxton.

Cameron was proactive.

In the past week, "Unsinkable" once again won the weekly box office list in North America after three months!

North American box office, as high as $32.16 million!

The root cause, of course, is that Towne Pictures donated $50 million to the box office for free.

So far, "Unsinkable" is on the verge of surpassing the $500 million mark at the North American box office, reaching $970 million worldwide.

It can be said that James Cameron will become the second director to make a $1 billion box office after Donn, there is no doubt about it!

"Donne!"

As soon as they met, Cameron was a little moved and came up to give Don a big hug.

Don En pushed him and said with a smile: "I heard that you bought a submarine?

Cameron waved his hand, didn't pick up the topic, and sighed in his voice, "Don, thank you." ”

"It's not necessary, it's good to enhance the brand image of Down Pictures. Don replied casually, looking nonchalant.

Cameron said, "Anyway, you helped me this time." ”

Tang En quickly wrote a note, and then called the secretary, "Give it to the finance department, and handle it immediately." ”

Then he turned back to Cameron and said: "Compared with the profit income brought by "Unsinkable" to Tang Pictures, the money I spent is only a drop in the bucket. ”

According to preliminary estimates, the box office share of "Unsinkable" will total $450 million, deducting 10% of Universal's publicity and distribution of $100 million, deducting Cameron's 10% box office dividend of $100 million, and Don Pictures will have $250 million in the account.

After deducting the cost of "Unsinkable" of $200 million, the surplus of just $50 million was donated to buy the box office.

The film failed to make a profit at the box office, which was unprecedented for Down Pictures.

But if you look at Hollywood, it's so normal!

There are more than 300 films released in the United States a year, and no more than 10 films can make a profit through the box office market!

Peripherals are the key to the profitability of the movie!

In particular, the sale of TV rights and video tapes and DVDs.

For example, in "Spider-Man", Don Pictures got back $420 million in revenue through these two markets!

Among them, video tapes and CD-ROMs earned $250 million, North American TV earned $68 million, and overseas TV earned $82.6 million.

Even if the influence of "Unsinkable" is not as good as that of "Spider-Man", but there can always be $300 million in peripherals, right?

The peripheral income in the next two years is the real profit margin of "Unsinkable".

For example, last year's action blockbuster "Mission Impossible 2", the box office market was not enough for Paramount to return to its original cost, and Tom Cruise's remuneration was too high!

However, the film's return on profit still surpassed the comedy "100% Man," which was already profitable at the box office, and was Paramount's most profitable film last year.

The main reason is that the peripheral market of action blockbusters is better than that of comedies.

In this golden age of DVD discs, a blockbuster Hollywood blockbuster with a global disc revenue of $100 million or 200 million is not too simple.

Soon, Ella Fisher returned to the office with a check, her hands shaking because of the huge numbers on it.

Don glared at her with a smile, then took the check and handed it to Cameron, "James, this is the second dividend for you, $50 million." ”

"This ......"

Cameron reached out and took it back.

Of course he wants to take it, and who doesn't like money? It's the remuneration stipulated in the contract.

But he hesitated, he knew that Donn's $50 million box office donation was not just to soothe the hearts of the victims of the terrorist attack.

Don smiled: "Take it, you should know that I am not short of this money." In the summer, I shorted the stock market, have you forgotten?"

"That'...... All right. ”

Cameron took the check with a bold, unnatural look.

Tang En couldn't help but sigh a little.

The whole world knows that Hollywood makes easy money, and movies are a high-return industry.

However, compared to Wall Street, Hollywood makes money...... It's really hard pressing!

Cameron took the $50 million, and he felt guilty.

But what about Wall Street?

The current New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ have completely become the masters of Wall Street jackals, and the flow of funds there is more than 100 billion?

They are making a fortune in a grand manner!

……

"How's the investigation going?"

In the afternoon, Donn's office welcomed a new guest, George Paxton.

George Paxton was instructed by Donn to lead a team to secretly investigate a sexual assault scandal in American sports.

"Very bad!"

Hearing Donn's inquiry, George Paxton's face was gloomy.

"Blocked?" Don raised his eyebrows, "If the other party's power is too great, then stop, safety is important." ”

George Paxton shook his head, gritted his teeth, and said, "I mean the contents of the investigation...... It's not optimistic. As for the threat of the other side...... Hmph, even if I lose this life, I will definitely carry out the investigation, that group of brutes, if they are not brought to justice, I will not be able to sleep!"

Hearing this, Don En knew it in his heart.

It seems that the investigation has progressed, and ...... Shocking!

Listen to George Paxton's deep voice: "There is a girl named Alice who is learning gymnastics, and her parents are farmers in Pennsylvania. During training, she was abused by the team doctor and went home to tell her parents. As a result, after her parents communicated with the team doctor, they actually believed the team doctor's words and thought that the girl was lying......"

Don waved his hand, not wanting to listen any further.

People's hearts are long, and he is worried that if he hears too many stories like this, he will not be able to bear it, so he will become angry and roll up his sleeves and dry up.

A huge scandal in the sports world, too much influence, to be treated with caution.

And Donn also has a key role in this, which is related to his layout in Hollywood.

It must not be exposed in advance.

"It's not this thing that I asked you to come back, I'm going to build a house, aren't you looking for a good location?"

Don has too much money right now.

Towne Capital has $9 billion in available funds, $500 million for the "Swift Venture Capital Fund", and $7.5 billion for Towne Pictures to make large mergers and acquisitions in the future.

There's also $1 billion to cover Donn's personal life and daily expenses.

He has placed an order with Boeing to spend $250 million to order and modify a Boeing 747 luxury private jet.

His current Gulfstream V, too small, doesn't have a bedroom. The domestic short-distance flight is good, convenient and fast, but the flight of the international flight, the time is too long, or the large plane is more suitable.

Bill Gates has two private jets, the Bombardier Global Express and the Boeing 757.

Now that there are big yachts and big planes, it's time to spend a lot of money to build a truly top-notch luxury estate!

Looking at the whole United States, the top private estates built by individuals are Bill Gates's futuristic technology estate, and Larry Ellison's Japanese palace estate under construction.

The former, in the early 90s, cost $120 million. The latter cost $210 million.

Don is not welcome, he plans to spend $250 million to build the most luxurious top estate in the United States!

The location certainly couldn't be Beverly Hills, it's too small.

Fortunately, Los Angeles' top affluent district is far more than Beverly Hills.

From north to south, they are basically built along the vicinity of the coastline, with super unbeatable ocean views, similar to New York's Long Island, which are: Malibu, Bel Air, Beverly Hills, Manhattan Beach, Billosford, Stretch Hills, Santa Monica, Newport, and Laguna Beach.

"It was set last year for $12 million and covers more than 500 acres, which is 20 times the size of the Larison estate," said George Paxton. This is California, and even if you have the money, it's hard to buy as much land as Mr. Gates. ”

Don pouted.

The land alone is 12 million US dollars, and the land in the affluent district of California is on the same level as New York.

"Where?"

"Pyrosford. George Paxton paused and added, "There are three areas in Pylossford, the Peninsula District, the Manor District, and the Ranch District, and this land is right in the Manor District, with two directions to the west and south by the sea, with a wide enough view, and a port large enough to park oil tankers. ”

Don nodded, "Okay, let's go over and have a look later." Did the designer get in touch?"

George Paxton said: "Yes, it is the team of the famous designer Mr. Richard Meyer, and many Hollywood bigwigs have worked with him, such as the Smith mansion, the Hoffman mansion, and the Douglas mansion. Last year, he designed the U.S. Federal Courthouse building, which was officially completed. ”

"It's not a small name, and I also designed a mansion for Kirk Douglas, which is interesting. The corners of Donne's mouth curled, "Okay, I have time to make an appointment with him, I'll see you." ”

One designer may not be enough.

This time, he's going to spend a lot of money to turn his mansion into a landmark in Pylosford and even the whole of Los Angeles!