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In the western suburb of Melbourne, the abandoned factory that Denise originally bought has become a comprehensive film and television base covering an area of 50 hectares after continuous construction in recent years. The scale is similar to that of Malibu Denise film city in Los Angeles, but the difference is that the building density is much sparse.
The most important thing in Australia is probably land.
There are nine large-scale studios in Melbourne studios, of which only three are conventional studios, the other six are virtual studios dedicated to special effects shooting, and other post production centers, special effects studios and other supporting facilities are also available.
Through the continuous lobbying of westerlow system and other stakeholders, the preferential policies of the Australian government and domestic states have not been reduced in recent years because more and more Hollywood films have been filmed here, but the support has been increasing.
A large number of film projects have started shooting in Australia, which makes the only large-scale modern film and television base in the southern hemisphere in full operation.
Melbourne Studios has invested more than 300 million US dollars, which was once considered as a drag on Denise entertainment. After all, Denise has owned Malibu and Burbank studios just in Los Angeles. Now, the film and television base not only has no loss to meet its own needs, but also contributes considerable income to danilisi entertainment through venue equipment leasing and other film and television project orders.
After Easter, Simon finally turned his attention to Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of justice, which will be released at the end of April.
As a special effects based super blockbuster, through careful planning in the early stage, the shooting cycle of "Batman vs Superman: Dawn of justice" is only three months. Shooting starts at the end of January, and the shooting is finished at the end of April. However, the post production takes as long as six months, which will be completed in October of the second half of the year.
Having been away from North America for two weeks, it's impossible to stay out for too long. In order to finish the work here as soon as possible, Simon began to spend more than 10 hours a day in Melbourne studios in the western suburbs on April 17, the day after Easter.
Check all the shots taken in the past few months one by one, personally finalize the editing plan and participate in the editing, discuss the later special effects plan with the special effects team, and so on.
The work is trivial and heavy.
People who don't know always think that film director is a role of designer. In fact, this profession is more inclined to engineer, and it's also the kind of work that needs to be done by oneself.
Because movies, especially blockbuster movies, are a huge project.
Simon has not been the director of this series since Batman: the moment of war, but as the leader of the whole DC movie universe series, his work is not easy at all. Just like now, Roland Emmerich only needs to focus on the project Batman vs Superman: Dawn of justice. For Simon, it's just a DC movie universe project, he said We should not only distract ourselves from this project, but also take into account the relevant project planning in the next two years of the Ming Dynasty. This is not something that can be accomplished by using lip service.
From April 17 to April 21, Simon finished the follow-up work of "Batman vs Superman: Dawn of justice" after working for more than 10 hours a day for five days.
Not only that, these days, Simon also combed the layout of private military power in the westero system.
Mainly in Africa.
For Africa, Simon's positioning is a training ground in disguised form of the westero system. Since the outbreak of the Rwanda massacre last year, Simon withdrew the westero mercenaries stationed in Rwanda in this year, and then continuously re infiltrated these forces into the industry of the westero system of African countries, breaking them into parts as security teams or military advisers And other models are back active in Africa.
If any army is separated from the battlefield environment for a long time, it will inevitably lead to continuous decline in combat effectiveness.
Westrow system already has enough core industries with rich profits. Simon's series of industrial layout in Africa is only for the purpose of supporting and training soldiers, and the second is to make money. This is no more appropriate for Africa. Even after ten or twenty years, this continent has never been completely peaceful.
African warlords are actually very smart.
The peacekeeping forces of other countries or mercenaries with government background, such as EO in South Africa, are actually very exclusive, because these people are very clear that the western modern army is easy to destroy their rule.
Simon's smooth withdrawal of westero mercenaries from Rwanda in the second half of last year made many African countries, including the Rwandese authorities, put down a lot of vigilance against westero system.
Not only that, in the past year, the westero system has also used a lot of lobbying power to carry out activities in Africa. Only one message has been conveyed. Simon westero is just a businessman and has no interest in their regime. Entering Africa is just for business. As long as you give enough benefits, westero system can also give you everything you want Yes, weapons and equipment. It's very simple. National development is no problem. It's also easy to be recognized by western society.The key is interest exchange.
In the face of Simon's message, smart warlords certainly know how to choose.
In addition to Rwanda, Angola on the west coast of Africa soon became another case of pleasant cooperation with the westero system.
The Portuguese colony had been fighting for decades of civil war because of the game between the United States and the Soviet Union during the period of hegemony. Unfortunately, the party that gained power now was the one supported by the Soviet Union and had been recognized by the United Nations. On the contrary, the other party that the United States had supported was gradually declining. The short-term reconciliation between the two sides in 1992 was also due to a presidential election Failed to satisfy the opposition and fell back into civil war.
After the vistro system contacted with the Angolan side, the current Angolan President Dos Santos gave a positive response soon. The Angolan leader, who was once supported by the Soviet Union, knew very well that if he wanted to completely eliminate the domestic opposition, he must stop the possible support of the United States behind the scenes.
The two sides hit it off.
In the past year, the vistro system not only provided Angola with a large number of cheap arms from Ukraine, but also promoted dos Santos' visit to the United States. After the Black Hawk fall incident, Washington did not want to participate in African Affairs any more. However, since the other party sent it to the door, it also wanted to accept it, so it was also a hit and go. This visit declared that the internal opposition in Angola was completely abandoned by the United States.
In this process, the vistro system obtained the development rights of various types of resources in Angola.
Moreover, for these industries, Simon not only did not take money in vain, but also quietly took part of the shares to make friends with the Angolan government dignitaries through cash or arms exchange. The relationship between the two sides unconsciously became closer. Even Verizon Telecom easily entered the Angolan market. Although there was not much business for the time being, it was just building an Angolan market The local mobile communication network around Luanda, the capital of China, is absolutely an innovation for the backward and closed Africa.
Most importantly, Simon quietly deployed more than 300 westero mercenaries in Angola through military consultants, corporate security and other reasons.
The small number of people and the distribution of fragmentation have not caused any objection from the Angolan side.
Not only that, when Simon visited Angola a few days ago, President Dos Santos also offered to obtain the support of 200 westero mercenaries on the basis of 100 military advisers to train the army of the authorities. Of course, there is no money. After so many years of civil war, Angola is withering. However, it can be paid with resources.
Together with another arms order and two deals, it finally won the ownership of a large coffee plantation covering about 150000 acres, equivalent to 600 square kilometers, in southern Angola.
It's a plantation. To be exact, it should be a planting area.
After all, the area is too large.
However, as long as taxes are paid in accordance with regulations in the future, the 150000 acres will be equivalent to Simon's private domain.
Unlike Simon, who has unknowingly expanded to more than 2 million acres of private land in Tasmania, Australia, with the huge demand for coffee in western society, such a high-quality coffee growing area has a high economic value.
Simon's landlord business extended to Africa.
Of course, there's no way to compare it with the super landlords who own tens of millions of acres in Australia.
It's not about land at all.
The coffee plantation was one of Simon's own choices from several options offered by the Angolan authorities.
Because the area occupied by the Angolan opposition is in the south of Angola.
Simon's selection of this coffee growing area was still in the hands of the opposition a few years ago. There was a fierce fight between the two sides. Few local residents died or fled. Large areas of high-quality coffee growing areas have become ownerless. Now they are still often harassed by the infiltrating opposition weapons. The westero system needs to invest a lot of human and material resources to resume production.
However, such an area is in Simon's favor.
Close to the area where the opposition is active, they are often harassed by armed forces, so the security task is quite heavy. It is natural to send more people to guard.
Moreover, such a large coffee growing area will inevitably need a large number of local labor to take care of it. In the future, when the situation is completely stable, it will certainly form a gathering area. At that time, it will be convenient for the Westeros system to carry out some other operations. As long as the operation is proper, it will be easy for these people to have a sense of belonging to the Westeros system.
In a word, the success of Angola's layout has made many African countries show enough intention of making friends and cooperating with the westero system.
Simon is no longer impatient. He plans to infiltrate things quietly. It doesn't matter for ten or twenty years.
So until April 22, the Simons finally left Melbourne.
However, the two women went back to North America directly with their children. Simon was going to Europe. The first stop was Ukraine to deal with the extension of African layout. Then he went to Italy to see Sophia, and then he had to go to Britain. The third project of the evocation film universe series, evocation 2, was being filmed in London, and finally he would return to North America.At the same time, Simon left the time, North America continued two weeks of Easter schedule announced the end.
The April 7 release of "fight smart 3" has once again brought a surprise to Denise entertainment.
The development of this project is bumpy.
Danilisi entertainment initially signed a package contract with series creator Mike Myers for only two films. The first two movies "fight against smart stars" were successful. The box office of the first movie was 120 million, the second movie was increased to 140 million, and the third movie was free of the package contract, so Mike Myers could start from the box office.
Simon didn't give in at all.
The budget of the first movie is 20 million US dollars, the second movie is 30 million US dollars, and the third movie. Because of the success of the first two movies, according to Hollywood practice, the budget is doubled to 60 million US dollars. Simon insists on giving only 40 million US dollars. Danielis entertainment does not lack quality programs, only 40 million dollars, either continue or cancel.
Of course, we can be more relaxed in terms of share sharing this time.
This is also out of risk aversion.
If we double the $60 million production budget for the second film and half the $30 million publicity, the total cost of the third film will reach the $90 million blockbuster level. As a vulgar spoof comedy relying on the local culture, the overseas market potential of the series has been very small, basically can only rely on North America.
Even if the third movie keeps the domestic box office of the second movie at 140 million US dollars, even if it's released outside Shanghai, daenerys just barely gets back in the box office. The follow-up video of this kind of one-time popcorn movie is not very profitable. In a word, it's very risky.
Even if this new sequel has broken Simon's memory of the second box office fiasco of the series, Simon is not sure that the third will still be a great success.
Therefore, we should adhere to risk control.
Mike Myers didn't plan to compromise at first, until two years ago, the summer movie "honeymoon in danger" was a box office flop, with a total investment of $30 million in production and publicity, but only brought less than $10 million to Sony Pictures, so the comedian let go.
The final plan is a base salary of US $8 million plus 15% of the project's Omni channel profit sharing.
Because this series is a double lead, the other leading actor and the director who has been following up all the time have gone up, which is the highest price Simon can accept. On the basis of the salary increase, the other two creators have also received equal 7.5% of the omni channel profit share of the project.
Finally, 40 million production cost plus 20 million publicity, the total budget is 60 million US dollars.
Simon's initial expectation was that the box office of the final part of the series would exceed 100 million yuan. Even if he overfulfilled the task, danilisi entertainment could recover a good profit by deducting the cost through overseas and subsequent video channels, and the three main creators could also get a considerable share.
If the local box office is less than $100 million, both sides may need to make up for it later.
Now the result is that I don't know if the three creators have found the audience's taste through the training of the first two films. Compared with the second film, the reputation of the third film has improved significantly, and the comprehensive media score has risen from 7.3 points to 8.1 points of the excellent level. The box office is even more surprising.
In the first week, the box office of "fight smart 3" reached $49.29 million from April 7 to April 13, an increase of $6 million over the previous one.
That's not the end of it.
At the beginning, the next week's decline of "R & D 2" reached 39%. For this kind of comedy, this is a very normal trend. It is also the Easter season, probably across the Easter Festival on April 16. The next week from April 14 to April 20, the ticket room of "R & D 3" dropped only 27%, far lower than the previous sequel, which received another $36.83 million.
In two weeks, the cumulative box office of the end of the series has reached $86.12 million.
In an e-mail correspondence with Simon, new world director Denny Morris also suggested whether it is necessary to develop another one. After all, danielis has not publicly announced the end of the series.
You know, the box office of US $86.13 million in two weeks, although the Easter season has passed, considering that there are no other competitors until the opening of the summer season in May, and the reputation of "fight smart star 3" is so good, the local box office is likely to exceed US $200 million.
The total cost of 60 million US dollars, but the local box office is more than 200 million US dollars. It's a pity not to develop sequels.
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In the western suburb of Melbourne, the abandoned factory that Denise originally bought has become a comprehensive film and television base covering an area of 50 hectares after continuous construction in recent years. The scale is similar to that of Malibu Denise film city in Los Angeles, but the difference is that the building density is much sparse.
The most important thing in Australia is probably land.
There are nine large-scale studios in Melbourne studios, of which only three are conventional studios, the other six are virtual studios dedicated to special effects shooting, and other post production centers, special effects studios and other supporting facilities are also available.
Through the continuous lobbying of westerlow system and other stakeholders, the preferential policies of the Australian government and domestic states have not been reduced in recent years because more and more Hollywood films have been filmed here, but the support has been increasing.
A large number of film projects have started shooting in Australia, which makes the only large-scale modern film and television base in the southern hemisphere in full operation.
Melbourne Studios has invested more than 300 million US dollars, which was once considered as a drag on Denise entertainment. After all, Denise has owned Malibu and Burbank studios just in Los Angeles. Now, the film and television base not only has no loss to meet its own needs, but also contributes considerable income to danilisi entertainment through venue equipment leasing and other film and television project orders.
After Easter, Simon finally turned his attention to Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of justice, which will be released at the end of April.
As a special effects based super blockbuster, through careful planning in the early stage, the shooting cycle of "Batman vs Superman: Dawn of justice" is only three months. Shooting starts at the end of January, and the shooting is finished at the end of April. However, the post production takes as long as six months, which will be completed in October of the second half of the year.
Having been away from North America for two weeks, it's impossible to stay out for too long. In order to finish the work here as soon as possible, Simon began to spend more than 10 hours a day in Melbourne studios in the western suburbs on April 17, the day after Easter.
Check all the shots taken in the past few months one by one, personally finalize the editing plan and participate in the editing, discuss the later special effects plan with the special effects team, and so on.
The work is trivial and heavy.
People who don't know always think that film director is a role of designer. In fact, this profession is more inclined to engineer, and it's also the kind of work that needs to be done by oneself.
Because movies, especially blockbuster movies, are a huge project.
Simon has not been the director of this series since Batman: the moment of war, but as the leader of the whole DC movie universe series, his work is not easy at all. Just like now, Roland Emmerich only needs to focus on the project Batman vs Superman: Dawn of justice. For Simon, it's just a DC movie universe project, he said We should not only distract ourselves from this project, but also take into account the relevant project planning in the next two years of the Ming Dynasty. This is not something that can be accomplished by using lip service.
From April 17 to April 21, Simon finished the follow-up work of "Batman vs Superman: Dawn of justice" after working for more than 10 hours a day for five days.
Not only that, these days, Simon also combed the layout of private military power in the westero system.
Mainly in Africa.
For Africa, Simon's positioning is a training ground in disguised form of the westero system. Since the outbreak of the Rwanda massacre last year, Simon withdrew the westero mercenaries stationed in Rwanda in this year, and then continuously re infiltrated these forces into the industry of the westero system of African countries, breaking them into parts as security teams or military advisers And other models are back active in Africa.
If any army is separated from the battlefield environment for a long time, it will inevitably lead to continuous decline in combat effectiveness.
Westrow system already has enough core industries with rich profits. Simon's series of industrial layout in Africa is only for the purpose of supporting and training soldiers, and the second is to make money. This is no more appropriate for Africa. Even after ten or twenty years, this continent has never been completely peaceful.
African warlords are actually very smart.
The peacekeeping forces of other countries or mercenaries with government background, such as EO in South Africa, are actually very exclusive, because these people are very clear that the western modern army is easy to destroy their rule.
Simon's smooth withdrawal of westero mercenaries from Rwanda in the second half of last year made many African countries, including the Rwandese authorities, put down a lot of vigilance against westero system.
Not only that, in the past year, the westero system has also used a lot of lobbying power to carry out activities in Africa. Only one message has been conveyed. Simon westero is just a businessman and has no interest in their regime. Entering Africa is just for business. As long as you give enough benefits, westero system can also give you everything you want Yes, weapons and equipment. It's very simple. National development is no problem. It's also easy to be recognized by western society.The key is interest exchange.
In the face of Simon's message, smart warlords certainly know how to choose.
In addition to Rwanda, Angola on the west coast of Africa soon became another case of pleasant cooperation with the westero system.
The Portuguese colony had been fighting for decades of civil war because of the game between the United States and the Soviet Union during the period of hegemony. Unfortunately, the party that gained power now was the one supported by the Soviet Union and had been recognized by the United Nations. On the contrary, the other party that the United States had supported was gradually declining. The short-term reconciliation between the two sides in 1992 was also due to a presidential election Failed to satisfy the opposition and fell back into civil war.
After the vistro system contacted with the Angolan side, the current Angolan President Dos Santos gave a positive response soon. The Angolan leader, who was once supported by the Soviet Union, knew very well that if he wanted to completely eliminate the domestic opposition, he must stop the possible support of the United States behind the scenes.
The two sides hit it off.
In the past year, the vistro system not only provided Angola with a large number of cheap arms from Ukraine, but also promoted dos Santos' visit to the United States. After the Black Hawk fall incident, Washington did not want to participate in African Affairs any more. However, since the other party sent it to the door, it also wanted to accept it, so it was also a hit and go. This visit declared that the internal opposition in Angola was completely abandoned by the United States.
In this process, the vistro system obtained the development rights of various types of resources in Angola.
Moreover, for these industries, Simon not only did not take money in vain, but also quietly took part of the shares to make friends with the Angolan government dignitaries through cash or arms exchange. The relationship between the two sides unconsciously became closer. Even Verizon Telecom easily entered the Angolan market. Although there was not much business for the time being, it was just building an Angolan market The local mobile communication network around Luanda, the capital of China, is absolutely an innovation for the backward and closed Africa.
Most importantly, Simon quietly deployed more than 300 westero mercenaries in Angola through military consultants, corporate security and other reasons.
The small number of people and the distribution of fragmentation have not caused any objection from the Angolan side.
Not only that, when Simon visited Angola a few days ago, President Dos Santos also offered to obtain the support of 200 westero mercenaries on the basis of 100 military advisers to train the army of the authorities. Of course, there is no money. After so many years of civil war, Angola is withering. However, it can be paid with resources.
Together with another arms order and two deals, it finally won the ownership of a large coffee plantation covering about 150000 acres, equivalent to 600 square kilometers, in southern Angola.
It's a plantation. To be exact, it should be a planting area.
After all, the area is too large.
However, as long as taxes are paid in accordance with regulations in the future, the 150000 acres will be equivalent to Simon's private domain.
Unlike Simon, who has unknowingly expanded to more than 2 million acres of private land in Tasmania, Australia, with the huge demand for coffee in western society, such a high-quality coffee growing area has a high economic value.
Simon's landlord business extended to Africa.
Of course, there's no way to compare it with the super landlords who own tens of millions of acres in Australia.
It's not about land at all.
The coffee plantation was one of Simon's own choices from several options offered by the Angolan authorities.
Because the area occupied by the Angolan opposition is in the south of Angola.
Simon's selection of this coffee growing area was still in the hands of the opposition a few years ago. There was a fierce fight between the two sides. Few local residents died or fled. Large areas of high-quality coffee growing areas have become ownerless. Now they are still often harassed by the infiltrating opposition weapons. The westero system needs to invest a lot of human and material resources to resume production.
However, such an area is in Simon's favor.
Close to the area where the opposition is active, they are often harassed by armed forces, so the security task is quite heavy. It is natural to send more people to guard.
Moreover, such a large coffee growing area will inevitably need a large number of local labor to take care of it. In the future, when the situation is completely stable, it will certainly form a gathering area. At that time, it will be convenient for the Westeros system to carry out some other operations. As long as the operation is proper, it will be easy for these people to have a sense of belonging to the Westeros system.
In a word, the success of Angola's layout has made many African countries show enough intention of making friends and cooperating with the westero system.
Simon is no longer impatient. He plans to infiltrate things quietly. It doesn't matter for ten or twenty years.
So until April 22, the Simons finally left Melbourne.
However, the two women went back to North America directly with their children. Simon was going to Europe. The first stop was Ukraine to deal with the extension of African layout. Then he went to Italy to see Sophia, and then he had to go to Britain. The third project of the evocation film universe series, evocation 2, was being filmed in London, and finally he would return to North America.At the same time, Simon left the time, North America continued two weeks of Easter schedule announced the end.
The April 7 release of "fight smart 3" has once again brought a surprise to Denise entertainment.
The development of this project is bumpy.
Danilisi entertainment initially signed a package contract with series creator Mike Myers for only two films. The first two movies "fight against smart stars" were successful. The box office of the first movie was 120 million, the second movie was increased to 140 million, and the third movie was free of the package contract, so Mike Myers could start from the box office.
Simon didn't give in at all.
The budget of the first movie is 20 million US dollars, the second movie is 30 million US dollars, and the third movie. Because of the success of the first two movies, according to Hollywood practice, the budget is doubled to 60 million US dollars. Simon insists on giving only 40 million US dollars. Danielis entertainment does not lack quality programs, only 40 million dollars, either continue or cancel.
Of course, we can be more relaxed in terms of share sharing this time.
This is also out of risk aversion.
If we double the $60 million production budget for the second film and half the $30 million publicity, the total cost of the third film will reach the $90 million blockbuster level. As a vulgar spoof comedy relying on the local culture, the overseas market potential of the series has been very small, basically can only rely on North America.
Even if the third movie keeps the domestic box office of the second movie at 140 million US dollars, even if it's released outside Shanghai, daenerys just barely gets back in the box office. The follow-up video of this kind of one-time popcorn movie is not very profitable. In a word, it's very risky.
Even if this new sequel has broken Simon's memory of the second box office fiasco of the series, Simon is not sure that the third will still be a great success.
Therefore, we should adhere to risk control.
Mike Myers didn't plan to compromise at first, until two years ago, the summer movie "honeymoon in danger" was a box office flop, with a total investment of $30 million in production and publicity, but only brought less than $10 million to Sony Pictures, so the comedian let go.
The final plan is a base salary of US $8 million plus 15% of the project's Omni channel profit sharing.
Because this series is a double lead, the other leading actor and the director who has been following up all the time have gone up, which is the highest price Simon can accept. On the basis of the salary increase, the other two creators have also received equal 7.5% of the omni channel profit share of the project.
Finally, 40 million production cost plus 20 million publicity, the total budget is 60 million US dollars.
Simon's initial expectation was that the box office of the final part of the series would exceed 100 million yuan. Even if he overfulfilled the task, danilisi entertainment could recover a good profit by deducting the cost through overseas and subsequent video channels, and the three main creators could also get a considerable share.
If the local box office is less than $100 million, both sides may need to make up for it later.
Now the result is that I don't know if the three creators have found the audience's taste through the training of the first two films. Compared with the second film, the reputation of the third film has improved significantly, and the comprehensive media score has risen from 7.3 points to 8.1 points of the excellent level. The box office is even more surprising.
In the first week, the box office of "fight smart 3" reached $49.29 million from April 7 to April 13, an increase of $6 million over the previous one.
That's not the end of it.
At the beginning, the next week's decline of "R & D 2" reached 39%. For this kind of comedy, this is a very normal trend. It is also the Easter season, probably across the Easter Festival on April 16. The next week from April 14 to April 20, the ticket room of "R & D 3" dropped only 27%, far lower than the previous sequel, which received another $36.83 million.
In two weeks, the cumulative box office of the end of the series has reached $86.12 million.
In an e-mail correspondence with Simon, new world director Denny Morris also suggested whether it is necessary to develop another one. After all, danielis has not publicly announced the end of the series.
You know, the box office of US $86.13 million in two weeks, although the Easter season has passed, considering that there are no other competitors until the opening of the summer season in May, and the reputation of "fight smart star 3" is so good, the local box office is likely to exceed US $200 million.
The total cost of 60 million US dollars, but the local box office is more than 200 million US dollars. It's a pity not to develop sequels.
In the western suburb of Melbourne, the abandoned factory that Denise originally bought has become a comprehensive film and television base covering an area of 50 hectares after continuous construction in recent years. The scale is similar to that of Malibu Denise film city in Los Angeles, but the difference is that the building density is much sparse. The most important thing in Australia is probably land. There are nine large-scale studios in Melbourne studios, of which only three are conventional studios, the other six are virtual studios dedicated to special effects shooting, and other post production centers, special effects studios and other supporting facilities are also available. Through the continuous lobbying of westerlow system and other stakeholders, the preferential policies of the Australian government and domestic states have not been reduced in recent years because more and more Hollywood films have been filmed here, but the support has been increasing. A large number of film projects have started shooting in Australia, which makes the only large-scale modern film and television base in the southern hemisphere in full operation. Melbourne Studios has invested more than 300 million US dollars, which was once considered as a drag on Denise entertainment. After all, Denise has owned Malibu and Burbank studios just in Los Angeles. Now, the film and television base not only has no loss to meet its own needs, but also contributes considerable income to danilisi entertainment through venue equipment leasing and other film and television project orders. After Easter, Simon finally turned his attention to Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of justice, which will be released at the end of April. As a special effects based super blockbuster, through careful planning in the early stage, the shooting cycle of "Batman vs Superman: Dawn of justice" is only three months. Shooting starts at the end of January, and the shooting is finished at the end of April. However, the post production takes as long as six months, which will be completed in October of the second half of the year. Having been away from North America for two weeks, it's impossible to stay out for too long. In order to finish the work here as soon as possible, Simon began to spend more than 10 hours a day in Melbourne studios in the western suburbs on April 17, the day after Easter. Check all the shots taken in the past few months one by one, personally finalize the editing plan and participate in the editing, discuss the later special effects plan with the special effects team, and so on. The work is trivial and heavy. People who don't know always think that film director is a role of designer. In fact, this profession is more inclined to engineer, and it's also the kind of work that needs to be done by oneself. Because movies, especially blockbuster movies, are a huge project. Simon has not been the director of this series since Batman: the moment of war, but as the leader of the whole DC movie universe series, his work is not easy at all. Just like now, Roland Emmerich only needs to focus on the project Batman vs Superman: Dawn of justice. For Simon, it's just a DC movie universe project, he said We should not only distract ourselves from this project, but also take into account the relevant project planning in the next two years of the Ming Dynasty. This is not something that can be accomplished by using lip service. From April 17 to April 21, Simon finished the follow-up work of "Batman vs Superman: Dawn of justice" after working for more than 10 hours a day for five days. Not only that, these days, Simon also combed the layout of private military power in the westero system. Mainly in Africa. For Africa, Simon's positioning is a training ground in disguised form of the westero system. Since the outbreak of the Rwanda massacre last year, Simon withdrew the westero mercenaries stationed in Rwanda in this year, and then continuously re infiltrated these forces into the industry of the westero system of African countries, breaking them into parts as security teams or military advisers And other models are back active in Africa. If any army is separated from the battlefield environment for a long time, it will inevitably lead to continuous decline in combat effectiveness. Westrow system already has enough core industries with rich profits. Simon's series of industrial layout in Africa is only for the purpose of supporting and training soldiers, and the second is to make money. This is no more appropriate for Africa. Even after ten or twenty years, this continent has never been completely peaceful. African warlords are actually very smart. The peacekeeping forces of other countries or mercenaries with government background, such as EO in South Africa, are actually very exclusive, because these people are very clear that the western modern army is easy to destroy their rule. Simon's smooth withdrawal of westero mercenaries from Rwanda in the second half of last year made many African countries, including the Rwandese authorities, put down a lot of vigilance against westero system. Not only that, in the past year, the westero system has also used a lot of lobbying power to carry out activities in Africa. Only one message has been conveyed. Simon westero is just a businessman and has no interest in their regime. Entering Africa is just for business. As long as you give enough benefits, westero system can also give you everything you want Yes, weapons and equipment. It's very simple. National development is no problem. It's also easy to be recognized by western society.The key is interest exchange. In the face of Simon's message, smart warlords certainly know how to choose. In addition to Rwanda, Angola on the west coast of Africa soon became another case of pleasant cooperation with the westero system. The Portuguese colony had been fighting for decades of civil war because of the game between the United States and the Soviet Union during the period of hegemony. Unfortunately, the party that gained power now was the one supported by the Soviet Union and had been recognized by the United Nations. On the contrary, the other party that the United States had supported was gradually declining. The short-term reconciliation between the two sides in 1992 was also due to a presidential election Failed to satisfy the opposition and fell back into civil war. After the vistro system contacted with the Angolan side, the current Angolan President Dos Santos gave a positive response soon. The Angolan leader, who was once supported by the Soviet Union, knew very well that if he wanted to completely eliminate the domestic opposition, he must stop the possible support of the United States behind the scenes. The two sides hit it off. In the past year, the vistro system not only provided Angola with a large number of cheap arms from Ukraine, but also promoted dos Santos' visit to the United States. After the Black Hawk fall incident, Washington did not want to participate in African Affairs any more. However, since the other party sent it to the door, it also wanted to accept it, so it was also a hit and go. This visit declared that the internal opposition in Angola was completely abandoned by the United States. In this process, the vistro system obtained the development rights of various types of resources in Angola. Moreover, for these industries, Simon not only did not take money in vain, but also quietly took part of the shares to make friends with the Angolan government dignitaries through cash or arms exchange. The relationship between the two sides unconsciously became closer. Even Verizon Telecom easily entered the Angolan market. Although there was not much business for the time being, it was just building an Angolan market The local mobile communication network around Luanda, the capital of China, is absolutely an innovation for the backward and closed Africa. Most importantly, Simon quietly deployed more than 300 westero mercenaries in Angola through military consultants, corporate security and other reasons. The small number of people and the distribution of fragmentation have not caused any objection from the Angolan side. Not only that, when Simon visited Angola a few days ago, President Dos Santos also offered to obtain the support of 200 westero mercenaries on the basis of 100 military advisers to train the army of the authorities. Of course, there is no money. After so many years of civil war, Angola is withering. However, it can be paid with resources. Together with another arms order and two deals, it finally won the ownership of a large coffee plantation covering about 150000 acres, equivalent to 600 square kilometers, in southern Angola. It's a plantation. To be exact, it should be a planting area. After all, the area is too large. However, as long as taxes are paid in accordance with regulations in the future, the 150000 acres will be equivalent to Simon's private domain. Unlike Simon, who has unknowingly expanded to more than 2 million acres of private land in Tasmania, Australia, with the huge demand for coffee in western society, such a high-quality coffee growing area has a high economic value. Simon's landlord business extended to Africa. Of course, there's no way to compare it with the super landlords who own tens of millions of acres in Australia. It's not about land at all. The coffee plantation was one of Simon's own choices from several options offered by the Angolan authorities. Because the area occupied by the Angolan opposition is in the south of Angola. Simon's selection of this coffee growing area was still in the hands of the opposition a few years ago. There was a fierce fight between the two sides. Few local residents died or fled. Large areas of high-quality coffee growing areas have become ownerless. Now they are still often harassed by the infiltrating opposition weapons. The westero system needs to invest a lot of human and material resources to resume production. However, such an area is in Simon's favor. Close to the area where the opposition is active, they are often harassed by armed forces, so the security task is quite heavy. It is natural to send more people to guard. Moreover, such a large coffee growing area will inevitably need a large number of local labor to take care of it. In the future, when the situation is completely stable, it will certainly form a gathering area. At that time, it will be convenient for the Westeros system to carry out some other operations. As long as the operation is proper, it will be easy for these people to have a sense of belonging to the Westeros system. In a word, the success of Angola's layout has made many African countries show enough intention of making friends and cooperating with the westero system. Simon is no longer impatient. He plans to infiltrate things quietly. It doesn't matter for ten or twenty years. So until April 22, the Simons finally left Melbourne. However, the two women went back to North America directly with their children. Simon was going to Europe. The first stop was Ukraine to deal with the extension of African layout. Then he went to Italy to see Sophia, and then he had to go to Britain. The third project of the evocation film universe series, evocation 2, was being filmed in London, and finally he would return to North America.At the same time, Simon left the time, North America continued two weeks of Easter schedule announced the end. The April 7 release of "fight smart 3" has once again brought a surprise to Denise entertainment. The development of this project is bumpy. Danilisi entertainment initially signed a package contract with series creator Mike Myers for only two films. The first two movies "fight against smart stars" were successful. The box office of the first movie was 120 million, the second movie was increased to 140 million, and the third movie was free of the package contract, so Mike Myers could start from the box office. Simon didn't give in at all. The budget of the first movie is 20 million US dollars, the second movie is 30 million US dollars, and the third movie. Because of the success of the first two movies, according to Hollywood practice, the budget is doubled to 60 million US dollars. Simon insists on giving only 40 million US dollars. Danielis entertainment does not lack quality programs, only 40 million dollars, either continue or cancel. Of course, we can be more relaxed in terms of share sharing this time. This is also out of risk aversion. If we double the $60 million production budget for the second film and half the $30 million publicity, the total cost of the third film will reach the $90 million blockbuster level. As a vulgar spoof comedy relying on the local culture, the overseas market potential of the series has been very small, basically can only rely on North America. Even if the third movie keeps the domestic box office of the second movie at 140 million US dollars, even if it's released outside Shanghai, daenerys just barely gets back in the box office. The follow-up video of this kind of one-time popcorn movie is not very profitable. In a word, it's very risky. Even if this new sequel has broken Simon's memory of the second box office fiasco of the series, Simon is not sure that the third will still be a great success. Therefore, we should adhere to risk control. Mike Myers didn't plan to compromise at first, until two years ago, the summer movie "honeymoon in danger" was a box office flop, with a total investment of $30 million in production and publicity, but only brought less than $10 million to Sony Pictures, so the comedian let go. The final plan is a base salary of US $8 million plus 15% of the project's Omni channel profit sharing. Because this series is a double lead, the other leading actor and the director who has been following up all the time have gone up, which is the highest price Simon can accept. On the basis of the salary increase, the other two creators have also received equal 7.5% of the omni channel profit share of the project. Finally, 40 million production cost plus 20 million publicity, the total budget is 60 million US dollars. Simon's initial expectation was that the box office of the final part of the series would exceed 100 million yuan. Even if he overfulfilled the task, danilisi entertainment could recover a good profit by deducting the cost through overseas and subsequent video channels, and the three main creators could also get a considerable share. If the local box office is less than $100 million, both sides may need to make up for it later. Now the result is that I don't know if the three creators have found the audience's taste through the training of the first two films. Compared with the second film, the reputation of the third film has improved significantly, and the comprehensive media score has risen from 7.3 points to 8.1 points of the excellent level. The box office is even more surprising. In the first week, the box office of "fight smart 3" reached $49.29 million from April 7 to April 13, an increase of $6 million over the previous one. That's not the end of it. At the beginning, the next week's decline of "R & D 2" reached 39%. For this kind of comedy, this is a very normal trend. It is also the Easter season, probably across the Easter Festival on April 16. The next week from April 14 to April 20, the ticket room of "R & D 3" dropped only 27%, far lower than the previous sequel, which received another $36.83 million. In two weeks, the cumulative box office of the end of the series has reached $86.12 million. In an e-mail correspondence with Simon, new world director Denny Morris also suggested whether it is necessary to develop another one. After all, danielis has not publicly announced the end of the series. You know, the box office of US $86.13 million in two weeks, although the Easter season has passed, considering that there are no other competitors until the opening of the summer season in May, and the reputation of "fight smart star 3" is so good, the local box office is likely to exceed US $200 million. The total cost of 60 million US dollars, but the local box office is more than 200 million US dollars. It's a pity not to develop sequels.
