Chapter 1106

For BlackBerry, Simon first considered handing it over to Nokia, and then scupper, who plans to enter the field of wireless communication, is not considered.

The main reason is that it doesn't work for the time being.

However, after some exchanges in dinkbail laboratory and during the subsequent dinner, this project was snatched by C girl and intended to enter the mobile phone field ahead of time. After all, just like PC, in recent years, with the development of mobile communication industry, the annual global mobile phone shipment also shows explosive growth.

In any case, this mobile phone is just an overuse.

Although the market value of BlackBerry used to be as high as 80 billion US dollars, it was mostly due to concept operation. This mobile phone lacked a Super Sticky user base like apple. When the new era came, it was almost eliminated in a flash.

In a word, since tincobail has to make a mobile phone sooner or later, it's also a good choice to practice.

Success is better of course, but if it fails, it also fails.

Then there is the question of names.

With Simon's warning, tincobail has applied for a large number of trademarks at the beginning of the "I" series all over the world, including "iPhone".

Since it is a mobile phone that uses Internet mail transmission technology in a breakthrough way, it seems that there is no problem to use the trademark of iPhone. Simon firmly opposes it. This phone is far from Simon's iPhone in memory. It's a waste to use this brand in advance.

However, Simon's BlackBerry, which is based on the button design similar to the layout of blackberry fruit, is incompatible with the naming rules of tincobail products.

Since we have decided to do it, we can't treat it differently from the beginning.

What's more, it would be a nightmare of obsessive-compulsive disorder if a product named uneasy and conventional was suddenly launched outside dinkbail's "I" series. Simon, who also has obsessive-compulsive disorder, would find it hard to accept it.

After a little discussion, we finally made a compromise and decided that the name is ibery. Berry is the general name of berry and berry. In the future marketing process, we can still promote the inspiration generated by the button like berry. Moreover, it is no longer BlackBerry. This time, it is no longer limited to black.

The plan was finalized, followed by the acquisition of Canadian rim.

Last year, the company also took advantage of the new technology wave to conduct an IPO, but the volume is very small. At present, the market value is less than 300 million US dollars. If it is delayed to the turn of the Nasdaq, it may only need half of the capital to win. Moreover, even if we don't get this company, it's not difficult to launch iBerry mobile phone with the huge technology accumulation of westero system.

These are the things that the dinkball team needs to be responsible for.

The next day was March 7.

Friday.

Simon came to San Francisco on Wednesday? Stayed here for two days? Left for the east coast as usual in the morning.

In the cabin Office of the Boeing 767.

After the launch of the private plane, Simon first paid attention to the Hollywood box office situation in the past week.

During the box office week from February 28 to March 6, BJ's single diary, which was released in the third week, received another $19.46 million with a big box office drop of 33%. It still easily won the box office title in a single week, and the cumulative box office of the film has reached $86.11 million. According to the law of a movie's decline, it fell deeply last week and will narrow down this week. Therefore, this love movie is likely to break through 100 million yuan in the next week and become the first 100 million yuan box office Club movie of danielis entertainment in 1997.

The second and third places on the list are occupied by two remakes of Star Wars.

Then there is the fourth place "two big smokes"? It earned $5.37 million again in the fourth week of release? The cumulative box office reached $24.96 million.

Nolan's follow, which ranked fifth, also made $4.26 million in the fourth week, with a cumulative box office of $20.64 million.

These days, "two big smokes" and "follow" have attracted more and more attention. The main reason is that, according to the current box office trend, the two films, which are only in the stage of global cinema distribution, are expected to bring a net income of no less than US $30 million for Denise entertainment.

Two are 60 million.

That doesn't count for the follow-up videos and TV shows.

With such a profit scale, most of Hollywood blockbuster movies may not be available in the cinema stage, so it really makes other studio executives feel like they want to go crazy.

In the top five of the list, when danielis entertainment occupies the top three, it's worth mentioning "mind catcher".

Just after the 13th week of screening, "the catcher of the soul" earned $3.35 million a week, pushing the total domestic box office of the film to a high of $150 million, reaching $152.51 million. Compared with "two big smokes" and "follow", the production budget of "mind catcher" is only 10 million US dollars, and the profit margin is obviously more maddening.This is something that many people in Hollywood don't understand.

It is clear that the era of blockbusters has come, and Denise entertainment has also produced the largest number of blockbusters in this era. However, this company, in addition to a series of blockbuster blockbusters, has always been able to launch various box office black horses one by one.

It's like hanging.

However, the fact is that someone who has the advantage of being a prophet does belong to the open hanging type.

On the other hand, a series of blockbuster films have also made the behind the scenes creators of these projects popular. Recently, Guy Ritchie and Christopher Nolan have become close contacts with Hollywood studios. Simon didn't respond much to the email that Emmett wrote to him about it.

New Hollywood filmmakers often have a "second grade effect", that is, after a hit, usually the next film will fail, or even be a flash in the pan.

Besides, Guy Ritchie and Nolan are both the first feature films. With the success of "two big smokes" and "follow", their second film does not have a budget of US $20 million or US $30 million, which is difficult to win. In addition, the studio will habitually indulge or even indulge the newly famous filmmakers. It is difficult to say what their second film will be like.

Simon won't stop cooperating with the two he likes, but he will never blindly fight for them at any cost.

Of course, it's still because dannilis has enough entertainment resources and projects, so she doesn't need to be as accommodating as other studios.

Otherwise, it's just like the former paramount, for the sake of the transformers series, he almost gave up the explosion shell, shooting whatever he wanted, resulting in the complete rot of the transformers series. Then Nolan and Warner gave up, made and played at will. As a result, creed was released. Even how to release it depends on the director's attitude. The result can be imagined.

Danielis entertainment is as strong as Disney at the peak of the original time and space. Even if two Avengers are filmed, as long as the concept is different, Jos waden says that it is better to leave. Then Warner immediately arched up the "taillights" of the students, how to build the "justice alliance" with a $300 million investment.

It turned out to be another tragedy.

In addition to accompanying pregnant women in New York, there is another thing this time.

After a period of negotiation, Carlyle Group successfully won the British platinum engine company in the bidding with caterpillar. The final price was US $1.425 billion, mainly because caterpillar, the largest construction machinery giant in the United States, participated in the bidding. Compared with the initial budget of US $1.3 billion, the transaction price was US $100 million higher.

On the other hand, Carlyle and China's XCMG group have also negotiated an acquisition agreement. The initial three targets, XCMG, Sany and Liugong, are only the last one, because Simon is still in the negotiation stage.

Now, with the acquisition of platinum engine company, the layout of westero system in China's construction machinery field can also be accelerated.

It is preliminarily determined that platinum engine company will take over XCMG's own diesel engine subsidiary, and then realize the transfer of production line to China in the shortest time.

In addition, the operation of Carlyle team in Ukraine has also gained a lot.

In addition to the technology and team on port machinery and mining machinery excavated from Ukraine, Carlyle has also acquired a number of shipbuilding technologies. At the same time, it has selected a long-term shipyard in China, located in Jingjiang, Jiangsu Province, named Jingjiang shipyard. Just last year, this shipyard achieved the pioneering work of independently developing and building 10000 DWT freighters, realizing a breakthrough of non-state local shipyards.

The rise of China in the next few decades will inevitably lead to another prosperity of maritime transportation. Simon had already focused on the shipbuilding industry of South Korea and planned to make Condor investment after the financial crisis in Southeast Asia. On the Chinese side, since there are appropriate goals, of course, we will not miss them.

After the initial contact, Jingjiang shipyard also gave a quite positive response.

Long island, East Hampton.

Busy between the blink of an eye is already Sunday.

This afternoon, I quietly brought grace here for a pregnancy test. By the way, another kid's gender was determined.

It's still a boy.

This added some pressure to Simon again.

Six little guys, if they are all boys, I don't know if they will break their heads in the future in order to fight for family property.

In a manor near the sea in the north of East Hampton, we talked about this problem. Grace, who had just come back from her pregnancy check-up and was sitting on the sofa in the living room with Simon, was very decisive: "that's why I want you as a father to be tough, or they will fight."

"I remember a theory," Simon said, putting one hand around the woman beside him. "If the father is too strong, the children will become weak, and I don't want that to happen."

"Oh, it's all your business anyway."

"You're responsible, too."

"Well, I'll do whatever responsibility you put on me."Bryce Levison came in with a fruit tray. She just heard Grace's words and rolled her eyes. "It feels like you're not just king of him, you're master of him."

Grace was silent with a smile.

Simon saw the woman put the fruit tray on the tea table, deliberately put up the shelf: "bring it here, how can I eat there?"

As soon as Bryce turned her lips, she picked up the fruit tray and sent it to Simon. "Master, please use it."

Simon twirled an apple and gave it to grace. He said, "it's better to change into a maid's dress and be more obedient."

Bryce snorted, shoved the fruit tray directly into Simon's hand, sat down on the other side of the man and said, "you'd better let grey do it. She'll do anything."

Simon held the fruit tray and looked at the woman sitting beside him: "don't you plan to leave? It's very emotional to stay here all the time."

"I'm not going. I'm going to watch it here so you don't bully grey."

"Grey can't bully now. I'll have to bully you later."

"I'll shout."

"Well, well, it's going to be something in some movies."

When Bryce saw someone give up, she grunted twice and began to eat fruit from the man's hand.

Grace quietly listened to their quarrel for a while, then said: "April's new elite model competition is about to start, Simon, do you have any idea?"

"What he can think of, of course, is to choose a bunch of beautiful girls Ah, it hurts

Simon gently pinched one of the women nearby, and then said, "there's just one. I almost forgot to say that the final of this model contest should be held in Atlantic City."

Bryce Levinson interrupted again: "Atlantic City, what are you doing there?"

Simon turned his head again and saw the woman shrink her neck subconsciously. Then he said, "don't you care about your industry at all?"

"I only care about how to spend money."

Grace, on the other side, helped explain: "several of Levison's casinos are now in Atlantic City, and I seem to hear that the performance is not very good."

Simon nodded: "Atlantic City's casino industry has not been very good. However, since we have got it, we always have to try it. Shooting a movie about Atlantic City is a problem. There are already projects to do. There are also some entertainment events to be held in Atlantic City, which can improve the popularity."

"In this case, I will communicate with Levison group as soon as possible. Not only the final, but also other processes can be carried out in Atlantic City."

As she said this, Bryce looked at herself and shook her head. "I don't care. You talk to Frank."

Grace nodded and looked at Simon again: "it's Milan fashion week recently. Aren't you going to Europe?"

The four spring fashion weeks of 1997 started in mid February. The first New York Fashion Week and the following London Fashion week have ended. Now it's Milan's turn and finally Paris's.

Simon just shook his head.

I really don't have this kind of interest recently.

Bryce is not so sensitive to capture Simon's emotions, once again said with a teasing: "this guy must feel that New York is very empty recently, those goblins have gone to Europe, tut, or maybe they won't think of us."

Simon slowly put the fruit tray back on the coffee table, turned around and caught Bryce, who finally felt bad and wanted to run away: "I don't know if New York is empty. I think you are a little free, otherwise your mouth won't be so poisonous. Nah, I'll take you to treatment."

With that, Simon, in Bryce's half true struggle and scream, picked up the woman and left the living room.

Grace smiles to see the man carrying Bryce away and eating the fruit again. Although she can't hear any sound soon, grace feels her breath is getting more and more urgent. After a moment, she can't help but put down the fruit again and gets up to go out.