Hollywood New Century

Night, West Hollywood, Bar.

Simon took Son Ye-jin to a quiet corner of the bar to experience the nightlife of young people in Los Angeles.

"In recent years, there have been many suicide incidents of female artists in Korea, and scandals broke out one by one. It's really hard for you artists," Simon sighed.

Sun Yizhen shook her head and said, "It's all the credit of some big people. There are too many aspects, and the artists don't have much say."

"How many Korean movies have GBZ produced this year?"

"There are four films in total, three of which were made by ourselves, and one was mainly funded by external investors. NEW Productions plans to take full charge of the film distribution this year. The parent company, Galaxy Entertainment, is very supportive." Sun Yizhen smiled and knew it after all. Last year, Galaxy Entertainment's profits in the Chinese market were staggering, and the cost of Korean films was very small.

Simon nodded. Of course Simon didn't understand the specific things, and he was too lazy to take the time to understand.

"What are you investing in now? Or are you mainly investing in real estate?"

Son Ye-jin nodded, the artist's investment is basically real estate.

"If you have extra funds, you can buy some shares of Samsung Electronics or Naver. The future will be good," Simon casually reminded. The smartphone market is getting bigger and bigger, and the stocks of these two companies will become more and more valuable.

"It seems that the stocks of these two companies are not low on the Korean exchange, and I should not be able to buy much," Son Ye-jin laughed.

"It's good for asset diversification, real estate is also good, you stars are different from ordinary people," Simon is quite impressed by the appreciation of real estate in Seoul.

"Go back, have an early rest tonight, you will be returning to China tomorrow!" Simon said and stood up.

Anyway, with Sun Yezhen these few days, Simon is still quite comfortable, has a good personality, is a bit Buddhist, and is quite good at taking care of people.

"Twilight Saga 3: Eclipse" opened with $65 million in North America, and within ten days of its release, the North American box office reached $180 million.

Although it is still lacking compared to "Pirates of the Caribbean: Stranger Tides" and "Transformers 3", for Universal, it is absolutely satisfied.

"The ending of The Hunt for Ben ** is over?" Simon asked in Universal's offices.

Laura Collins nodded, still surprised, and said with a smile: "This is very lucky for us, just finished filming, I didn't expect Ben ** to really die, which is very important for our release next year. There are advantages."

"Recently I heard that Larry Ellison's rich second-generation children brought a lot of money to Hollywood to show off their powers. It should attract a lot of filmmakers and directors, right?"

Laura Collins responded: "Brother David Ellison is still more interested in commercial blockbusters, but sister Megan Ellison founded Annapur Films, which is surrounded by a lot of independent literary film directors. , has a lot of money to support her interests,” Laura Collins certainly knows this kind of big news in Hollywood, and this hot money is very welcome in Hollywood.

"This year's best picture Oscar, "The King's Speech," seems to have been produced by Weinstein Films, and let them grab another Oscar for best picture." The current state of the film industry doesn't help much, but it's also not temperamental for the Oscars to award this type of film.

The United States has no history, basically all literary works are British, and the culture is also inherited from the United Kingdom. Most people's yearning for the British aristocracy is very obvious.

"Weinstein Pictures has suffered a lot of losses and debt over the past few years, and although this movie was a success, it couldn't save Weinstein Pictures," Laura Collins explained.

"By the way, Netflix will officially broadcast the first season of "Game of Thrones" next month, and the number of subscribers is increasing rapidly. Everyone is very much looking forward to this epic fantasy drama. Universal Home Entertainment's DVD sales channels and Netflix's DVD rental channel has also merged. However, the DVD market is shrinking too much now, and the main revenue in home entertainment is shifting to VOD on demand and online streaming."

Simon nodded. After Netflix tasted the sweetness of home-made dramas, it will definitely need to increase the intensity of home-made dramas in the future; but Americans have the habit of watching TV, and cable TV stations also need to compete.

"SyFy Channel, how is the negotiation between NBC Group and Lionsgate? It is completely possible to make the other party as much cash as possible, and it is completely possible to sell part of the equity. Lionsgate Pictures already has huge resources of B-grade films. It is also very helpful. "Simon knew about Lionsgate. They bought Artisan Entertainment. Artisan Entertainment has a library of tens of thousands of B-level films, but some of them are low-cost and not available. Movies released in theaters.

However, if it is broadcast on TV, it is still possible.

"Got it, I'll let me know!" Laura Collins said before leaving the office.

Then, Simon's eyes glanced at the newspaper on the table: a shooting occurred in Grand Rapids, Michigan's second largest city, killing seven people, including one child.

Grand Rapids, Michigan is second only to Detroit. Michigan is indeed a sad reminder. Not to mention Detroit, the city has high debt, a large influx of black ghosts, and the worst city in the United States.

Bankruptcy is not far away.

With the never-ending shooting case, Simon was really worried that he would meet him one day, although there were many bodyguards around him. However, sometimes Simon will go out alone.

Afterwards, Simon informed Eva Green and Maria Waward that he was going to take the two to Helena Ranch in Montana for a vacation. For the next July, Simon would spend the rest of the month on vacation. .

Not to mention some rich people, now all kinds of stars in the sports and entertainment circles are also living their own summer vacation life.

Maria Vaward came to the United States last month to promote the broadcast of "Game of Thrones"; Eva Green lived in Los Angeles for a long time to work on the film.

Simon's Gulfstream G550 is also basically parked at the airports in Burbank or Santa Monica. It is very convenient for private business jets to take off and land. After all, it is different from a large civil airport like Los Angeles International Airport.

Moreover, Helena Ranch, Simon's newly built lakeside villa has also been constructed and renovated.

After the summer, you can also feel the natural scenery of the rural pastures, stay away from the noisy city, and think about the future road.