Chapter 1492

Name:Hollywood Hunter Author:Just Do
When NATO's large-scale bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia occupied the headlines of major mainstream media in the world, in distant Hong Kong, CNOOC quietly cancelled the Hong Kong stock listing ceremony planned to be held on March 26, announcing the complete failure of CNOOC's listing plan.

The current sense of Chinese existence is not too strong.

Therefore, even from Chen Qing, after CNOOC team confirmed that there was no hope of complete listing, several senior executives cried bitterly in the four seasons hotel suite in New York, and some even had the idea of jumping down from the hotel building. However, at the level of international public opinion, there were few reports on this matter on other platforms except some professional financial and economic media.

Maybe that's a good thing.

After all, the news of failure is too big. It will be more difficult to start again next time.

When James Leibold received president Wei of CNOOC, Simon was actually in New York. As for the total financing of US $2.5 billion, Simon was just a word here.

I didn't do anything.

As an old Chinese saying goes, getting on the pole is not a business.

Simon has always been a kind of person who has no expectations for the so-called "gratitude" of mankind, because it is contrary to human nature and genetic instinct. Therefore, he never felt that as long as he gave enough, he could get enough return.

Although this is Simon's personal creed, there is always some idealism.

In short, friends, that must be friends, business, and business.

If others do business with you because of the word friend, you are lucky. If you think you are close friends but don't do business with you, it's normal. If you feel resentment, you should reflect on yourself.

In addition, according to Chinese news, although the IPO ended in failure, CNOOC's team did not receive much blame.

After all, the international situation is there.

The outbreak of war, the sharp drop in international oil prices and the volatility of stock markets in various countries... These are force majeure events with minimal probability in commercial activities.

In the continuous bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia by the NATO air force, the time came to April 1999.

Easter in 1999 is April 4.

The Easter schedule in North America has been opened a week earlier.

Danilis's first film this year is American Pie 2, which opens on March 26.

In fact, if other studios, with the excellent results of the first film of American pie, the sequel will certainly be put in a more popular summer file.

Danilis didn't do that for that reason. It's too crowded.

Moreover, it happens to be the spring break for American College and middle school students recently. These people are also the main viewers of the "American School" series. It is just right to put this sequel on the node on March 26.

Although the word-of-mouth declined compared with the first film, American Pie 2 easily scored $47.93 million at the box office in the first week from March 26 to April 1.

There is no suspense about entering the 100 million yuan box office club.

Then, on April 2, the Easter week, danilis' new world pictures produced "biochemical crisis" and danilis and MGM cooperated with Westinghouse Electric, which has now bought Colombia. MGM is responsible for the release of "public enemy of the whole people".

In addition, the American version of love call transfer on Valentine's day continued to earn $5.16 million in the box office week from March 26 to April 1 before Easter, with a cumulative box office of $129.77 million, a difference of $130 million.

With the advent of Easter, the market heat of the American version of Aihu is bound to rebound. In the future, there should be no less than US $10 million box office potential, pushing the local total box office to more than US $140 million.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that the American version of Aihu was officially registered in mainland Chinese cinemas on March 25.

After all, it is a remake project of "winning glory for the country", and the mainland has a very high degree of attention. Taking into account the additional Thursday on March 25, the box office of the first box office week scored more than 67 million yuan in eight days, which is higher than the box office of the previous Spring Festival New Year file "Party A and Party B" in the first week. It is expected that the total box office in mainland China is likely to exceed 200 million, which is different from the Chinese version last year "Aihu" echoes each other from afar.

Simon doesn't pay much attention to the Chinese box office of the American version of Aihu, which is equivalent to just over $20 million and has a lower share. He can see from it that in history, the years at the end of the 1990s should have been the darkest period of Chinese films. Few films, whether domestic or imported, can exceed $100 million a year.

Now, under the influence of Simon, a big butterfly, things have obviously changed a lot.

From 1999 to now, China's domestic films, Party A and Party B and flash girl during the lunar new year, as well as the American version of Aihu, which has been quickly released at the green light, are three films that have achieved box office of more than 100 million yuan.

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Simon can only hope again that it won't happen in May.

In fact, after the war broke out, although he could not clarify some intentions, Simon told his private military adviser Celia Miller to pay more attention to various trends in Washington about the war. Not only that, the Pentagon and NATO officials also expanded their cooperation with the private forces in zauklan again.

Although air raids are mainly used, ground support is still necessary. For some tasks with high risk factors, in order to reduce casualties of official forces and possible public opinion pressure, it is undoubtedly most cost-effective to hire private forces that will not be included in injuries.

Therefore, before and after the outbreak of the war, in addition to the cooperation that had been maintained before, nearly 1000 private Uygur troops sneaked into Yugoslavia in batches. While carrying out tasks for NATO forces, Simon is, after all, his own armed forces. Therefore, Simon can also have first-hand information on the front line of the war.

Speaking of Ukraine, Simon went to Livni again after Easter.

Ukraine has also been restless recently.

The day after NATO launched air strikes on the fry, a group of hardliners in the Ukrainian parliament suddenly launched a motion in the hope of canceling their commitment to non nuclear countries and rebuilding Ukraine's nuclear arsenal. The subsequent vote was approved by more than half of the 231 votes of Ukraine's 450 members of the national assembly.

When the news came out, both the United States, the European Union and Russia immediately expressed their position and unanimously opposed it.

NATO Secretary General Solana also publicly threatened at a press conference that once the Kiev authorities have a substantive nuclear action again, Ukraine will become the next Yugoslav Federation.

As for the result, Simon, as a latecomer, certainly knows.

Nuclear weapons are not built or dismantled as they wish. For Ukraine, since the abolition of martial arts, it is even more unrealistic at the moment.

First of all, no neighbors are allowed.

NATO Secretary General Solana's threat is definitely not just verbal. Once Ukraine restarts its nuclear weapons manufacturing, it is tantamount to voluntarily giving up its current neutral and harmless status. If the Kiev authorities want to protect themselves, they must completely fall back to one of the United States and Russia. However, this is a dead knot, because if you completely fall to one side, you will inevitably encounter a fierce reaction from the other side.

Second, a more realistic reason is that there is no money.

In the past 1998, affected by the global financial crisis spreading from Asia, Ukraine's domestic economy was full of sadness. Compared with 1997, the annual GDP not only did not rise, but also plummeted by 16%, falling from more than $50 billion to less than $42 billion.

It's hard to make bricks without straw. What's more, it's hard to say how many "clever women" Ukraine has left behind after being dug at the foot of various surrounding walls. It's hard to say whether they can support the new nuclear weapons program.

In any case, Simon's trip to Ukraine after Easter is still to calm the uneasiness of the Kiev authorities. By the way, take a look at his own industry here and a group of beautiful women and shallots.

Speaking of, Ukraine suddenly jumped out of the idea of having nuclear weapons again. The reason is very simple. After so many years, especially after NATO launched air strikes in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Eastern European countries finally woke up completely.

Cheated.

One of the important reasons why many large and small former Soviet Union countries, including the largest Russia, scrambled to leave the red camp was that western countries promised to help Eastern Europe develop its economy after the disintegration, so as to live a good life with meat, cars and wine.

However, over the years, the once imagined garden of Eden has not been seen at all, but it is getting more and more in dire straits.

NATO's war against Yugoslavia has completely abandoned the last glimmer of fantasy for the Eastern European camp waiting for a better life.

Cheat paper!

You're all cheating on paper!

However, whether you are complaining or jumping, the old ticket is doomed to be an old ticket, and the broken ship has been broken so that it is impossible to repair it.

I can't go back.

Therefore, the so-called consciousness is doomed to be futile.

In Ukraine, even if the Kiev authorities obviously began to have some voices to repair and strengthen the alliance with Russia, after operating for so many years, the power of Western spokesmen in the Ukrainian government has been deeply rooted, and it is impossible for the pro Russian faction to succeed.

After leaving Livni, Simon went north quietly to St. Petersburg, Russia.

Compared with Yeltsin's fierce struggle to push his old partner back to the top last year, someone's appointment as prime minister was very smooth. With the joint support of external capital such as the Kremlin, Russian oligarchs and Westeros, the Russian State Duma passed the appointment by a high vote through only one meeting.

The main reason is that many people, especially the local chaebols in Russia with closely related interests, probably feel that this is a guy who is easy to control after knowing someone's information in detail.

After all, it used to be too meaningless.

Moreover, there are some overseas capital, such as Westeros system, which can be guaranteed together, which can be more secure.

Simon's trip to St. Petersburg didn't meet anyone. It's unnecessary. Moreover, in case of disclosure, many previous arrangements may be in vain. This time, he mainly met with Yeltsin's second daughter Tatyana.

Tatyana conveyed someone's greetings. In addition, she also asked for more investment from the Westeros system in Russia. She also mentioned again the idea of developing St. Petersburg into a special economic zone in Russia.

Simon refused for the time being.

Not yet.

Then Simon asked someone what they were going to do next, and Tatyana didn't hide it.

It is really difficult for Russia to make any domestic achievements that can accumulate enough fame in the short term. Therefore, it can only be external.

This is actually Simon's suggestion long ago.

Obviously, the Kremlin and someone decided to adopt it.

Moreover, while quietly preparing for the second Chechen War, Russia also plans to exert more influence in Yugoslavia, which is being bombed. Before that, in the years after the disintegration, it can be said that in order to win the favor of the west, Russia completely retreated again and again, and took the initiative to give up its influence in many regions.

Tatyana complained when she talked about it.

Simon just laughed it off.

Still that sentence, I'm sure I can't go back anyway.

After leaving St. Petersburg, Simon turned to Finland for a day, then went south again and flew to Italy.

Simon, the long time Universal Studios, was officially opened on the eve of Easter. Because of the absence of the schedule, Simon would like to come over and see it this time.

Although it is only across a bay and there is war on the other side, the Italian side is still running and dancing.

In advance, the marketing and stepping on Easter holiday nodes opened two weeks. The number of visitors to Rome Universal Studios broke through 1 million points, of which two days of Easter weekend, and the daily traffic volume reached 150 thousand. The reason is integer, or because the number of tickets on the day is limited to 150000, so as to ensure the tourist experience.

An easy job to do is to break the 10 million visitors' goal in the first year of the opening of Universal Studios in Rome.

With Universal Studios leaving, Rome's Universal Studios will focus on the details and solve all the small BUG that may affect visitors' experience in Rome Universal Studios before the hot summer season.

And Universal Studios in Rome have decided that the entertainment of the film is obviously something that can be considered in the next Universal Studios.

Simon's goal is clear, China.

And it must be the mainland, Beijing or Shanghai, even Hong Kong.

It's not difficult to say, it's easy to say, it's not easy.

Anyway, no hurry.

Now, if the contact can be completed and opened in ten or eight years, Simon will be satisfied. At that time, China's economy will also develop.

As for other places, Simon no longer considered.

The failure case of Paris Disney is still there. There is no need to be greedy for more, and it is not suitable for the area of the theme park, let alone strong, otherwise it will only become a chicken rib or even a drag.

Simon returned to North America and the first week of the Easter schedule ended.

On April 2, the two main works related to danilis, biochemical crisis of new world film and public enemy of the whole people, which were released by MGM, have achieved very good results.

The first is "public enemy". As a blockbuster with an investment of US $70 million, Paul Greengrass, the two directors of "espionage 2 / 3" on the original timeline, partnered with Harrison Ford and Jessica chastan, which have achieved Simon's expectations for the project very well.

After the film premiered in advance, the comprehensive media score reached 8.9, which was almost to enter the classic level. Many of the film critics have highlighted Paul Greengrass's shooting techniques and excellent control over the rhythm. Jessica chastan's performance in this orthodox blockbuster has also been unanimously praised by the media.

Finally, in the first seven days from April 2 to April 8, the box office receipts of "public enemy of the whole people" reached US $51.67 million. Considering the market capacity of Easter schedule and the competition in the same period, it is a very excellent achievement. In the first week, $51.67 million, there must be no suspense about breaking the billion. How high it can go in the future depends on the next curve.

In short, the three partners are quite satisfied.

Followed by "biochemical crisis", this sci-fi horror film also won high praise from the media and the public by virtue of the old bottled new wine on the theme of zombies. The comprehensive media score reached 8.1. The box office in the first week was second only to "public enemy of the whole people", with a revenue of US $31.78 million in seven days.

With a start of more than 30 million, it is certainly no problem for the local distribution to recover the production budget of 35 million US dollars.

Moreover, although it is difficult to break the local billion, according to the feedback, the market performance of "biochemical crisis" and "public enemy of the whole people" in some overseas markets opened in the same period is not equal. Considering that countries such as Japan that prefer zombie themes have not been released, the new world film team expects the overseas box office to be more than twice that of the local market.

The excellent performance of the film version has laid a very good popularity foundation for the upcoming release of biochemical crisis.

And then the second week of American Pie 2.

In the face of the impact of two strong new films, "American Pie 2" fell by 45% in the second week and closed at $26.76 million. In two weeks, the cumulative box office of the campus vulgar comedy with an investment of only $30 million in the sequel quickly reached a high of $74.69 million. Compared with the outstanding results of the first song, the new world film team directly included "American Pie 3" in the development plan.