On the finish of the morning’s work, Simon had lunch with Li Fuzhen, who got here from South Korea, and Her Royal Highness the princess personally led the staff to barter a cooperation.
The beginning of the mission was finalized in June, and a lot of the preparatory work for “Quick and Livid” has been accomplished.
The primary is the 2 male protagonists. In response to Simon’s intention, Boss Tang has been changed by Dwayne Johnson from Vin Diesel, who has by no means been very chilly. He has efficiently signed 5 movie contracts with Johnson. Three A mainline film, two crossover initiatives.
In contrast with Dwayne Johnson, who has an awesome fame within the wrestling circle, Paul Walker, who continues to be unknown, is even less complicated, so he signed a ten-year contract, not in response to the variety of elements.
In response to the lifetime of the collection, two agreements are actually not sufficient.
Nevertheless, neither the studio nor the actor facet, contemplating elements resembling dangers, has the opportunity of straight signing an excellent long-term contract for 10 motion pictures, so the longer term can be mentioned sooner or later.
As for the heroine, Simon nonetheless selected Jordana Brewster, the youthful sister of Boss Tang.
The actress simply turned 20 this yr and continues to be on the peak of her fairly magnificence. Nevertheless, in comparison with different Latina actresses who are usually very anti-aging, Simon additionally remembers that Jordana Brewster’s look declined in a short time after a number of years, even slightly abnormally quick.
Too lazy to delve into the explanation, Simon has no intention of fixing.
In spite of everything, it isn’t a B-level film that sells meat. The feminine characters within the mission steadily turn out to be much less stunning as time goes by, however are good, in any other case it’s simple to distract the viewers.
Moreover, this can be a vase character with a weak sense of existence. Simon did not intend to reshape Mia’s setting both. As a result of Simon values the function of Lati Ortiz, the girlfriend of Mr. Don, performed by Michelle Rodriguez.
In contrast with Mia, the function of Laidi will not be as spectacular as Giselle performed by Gal Gadot, however it is usually a lot brighter.
All Simon has to do is strengthen the function.
Nevertheless, within the authentic model of Michelle Rodriguez, Simon straight selected PASS. On the one hand, due to his massive butterfly, the actress does not know the place she is now. Then again, because it must be strengthened, Laidi’s The looks nonetheless must be extra resistant.
A minimum of the shelf life cannot be shorter than Jordana Brewster.
Due to the significance, this function continues to be being screened.
Along with the primary characters, a few of the deliberate resident supporting roles can even be proven within the first half.
Then there’s the director.
Simon took one step and selected Justin Lin.
The Chinese language-American director was excavated by Simon at Sundance three years in the past, and was subsequently given the chance to direct “Ghost Data”, which was a blockbuster. Nevertheless, after the success of “Ghost Data”, Justin Lin went to Disney and likewise directed a pseudo-documentary movie.
Simon did not cease on the time.
That Disney mission, launched in early 1999, finally didn’t make a splash.
As a result of there’s nonetheless a contract with Daenerys Leisure, and he made a fast cash outdoors, Justin Lin returned, and Simon himself intervened. Final yr, he opened a brand new mission, which is not a pseudo-documentary, however an R-rated movie. Track and dance themed function movie.
Too unhealthy it did not make a splash.
Subsequently, Simon selected Justin Lin to direct “Quick and Livid”, whether or not it’s Daenerys’s facet or Fox’s facet, there are hesitant voices.
Simon didn’t waver.
The rationale why the previous “Quick and Livid” collection was in a position to attain its peak step-by-step was inseparable from Justin Lin’s directorship. Earlier than that, this collection was fully a groping state of blind cat hitting a mouse to demise, and I did not know the specifics in any respect. The place is the route.
Furthermore, earlier than the previous Justin Lin directed “Quick and Livid 3”, he has all the time been a small function within the non-mainstream circle, even with much less expertise than the present one.
To place it merely, “The Quick and the Livid” and Justin Lin belong to a state of mutual achievement. On the one hand, it matches somebody’s directing fashion, and then again, it hits the right frequency of the collection, so that they attain the height collectively.
As well as, after exhausting the recognition gathered by the earlier “Ghost Story”, Justin Lin needed to settle for a one-time trilogy settlement this time.
Along with the primary inventive, it’s the funds.
Simon does not fairly bear in mind the manufacturing specs of the primary “Quick and Livid”. In response to private expertise, it should not exceed 50 million.
This time, since it will be an necessary department of the agent film universe, and it is usually deliberate to be a long-term collection, the start is essential. So Simon’s funds measurement was $60 million.
Amongst them, the overall value of the primary inventive doesn’t exceed 10 million US {dollars}, and greater than 80% of the funding can be used for the filming and post-production of the movie.
Furthermore, it’s stated to be 60 million, due to the theme, such a racing-themed film can simply be sponsored by promoting. What’s extra, this additionally includes a department collection during which Daenerys dominates the ‘film universe’, and there are extra automobile producers who need to stuff adverts.
In response to the current funding suggestions, the promoting income of this mission is not going to be lower than 20 million US {dollars}.
In fact, it doesn’t imply that the automobile producer straight gave 20 million in money, however along with a part of the money, there are additionally automobile tools help through the capturing course of and future joint publicity funding and so forth.
In spite of everything, Daenerys Photos, which is liable for this collection, wants to speculate not more than 50 million funds, and the follow-up announcement may also be collectively supported by related automobile producers.
Li Fuzhen got here to Los Angeles for this very cause.
Her Royal Highness is especially liable for the leisure and resort companies of Samsung Group. Nevertheless, as a household inheritor, it isn’t unattainable to intervene with regards to such enterprise cooperation.
What’s extra, Li Jianxi clearly additionally is aware of the connection between his daughter and Simon. For the higher improvement of Samsung Motors straight managed by the Li household, he clearly does not thoughts utilizing this community of contacts.
Simon can also be completely satisfied to see it occur.
In spite of everything, Samsung Motors is the concept Simon left to the Li household. Samsung’s automobile enterprise is growing properly, so they will not allow them to take into consideration Samsung Electronics and different corporations which have absolutely managed the Westeros system.
Nevertheless, Samsung will solely be one of many sponsors.
As a blockbuster Hollywood blockbuster, it’s unattainable to make use of a automobile from an Asian nook.
After lunch, Li Fuzhen didn’t instantly go to satisfy together with her staff. The session assembly on her facet was at three o’clock within the afternoon, so she adopted Simon to his workplace.
Again within the workplace, Miss Li was allowed to wander across the spacious house like a curious cat. Simon got here to the desk and commenced to overview the varied paperwork despatched by Woman A.
After half an hour, lady A knocked on the door once more, this time the US inventory market information simply closed on the east coast.
Listening to Woman A’s introduction, Miss Li, who was casually flipping by way of some ornament books by the bookshelf by the wall, came visiting, and naturally sat within the man’s arms underneath Simon’s gesture, seemed on the newly launched paperwork collectively, and stated, “Dad Say, you take a danger this time, for those who mess up, Gore will certainly not allow you to go.”
Simon glanced on the information on the doc and felt that the ladies’s go well with didn’t really feel excellent. He felt the buttons and untied them one after the other, and stated, “So I can solely let him go first.”
Miss Li symbolically pressed Simon’s massive hand, stopping it from being ineffective. She may solely let the person act with a blushing face, and diverted her consideration: “Why do you need to take the initiative to create conflicts? It is nonetheless such a pointy query. You do not provoke Washington, they usually do not dare to impress you?”
Simon did not reply, however as a substitute requested: “On the South Korean facet, can you are taking the initiative to maintain a distance from the authorities, so you may stay in peace?”
Li Fuzhen tilted his head to suppose for a second and stated, “No. Nevertheless, america and South Korea are totally different.”
“I’ve all the time believed that there could also be variations within the system, however human nature is found out.” Simon stated: “As a result of I’ve an excessive amount of, I naturally have conflicts with different folks on this world. This isn’t that I can keep away from it if I need to keep away from it. Subsequently, I both select to be a sheep or a lion. If it’s the latter, since it’s a lion, after all, I’ll actively hunt as a substitute of ready for the prey to run into my mouth.”
Miss Li thought for some time and was slightly confused: “Is that this… is it a factor?”
“In fact, with regard to the election, one of many targets I need to obtain is that sooner or later I’ll say who’s the president and who will be the president. So long as I do not change this aim, I’ll take this step in the end.” Simon stated right here, no No extra phrases, however patted the waist of the girl in his arms: “Take off your coat, let me see when you have gained weight.”
Li Fuzhen glanced over, nonetheless obedient, after which quietly stopped speaking, having fun with the sensation of intimacy.
Simon additionally stopped speaking, and turned extra consideration to the doc in his hand.
The 2 main U.S. inventory indexes, Nasdaq, which is probably the most involved in the meanwhile, fell 2.9% at present, and the closing index was 7423 factors, which was 8367 factors from the best level two days in the past, and the cumulative decline reached 11.2%.
In simply two days, it was simply the Nasdaq disk, and the inventory market wealth of greater than 1.2 trillion US {dollars} disappeared.
On the similar time, the main corporations, Ingreat and Tinkerbell, not have the earlier trillion-dollar market worth.
Ingreat’s inventory worth fell by 3.3% at present, with a closing market worth of US$972.6 billion, which is near US$200 billion from the best market worth of US$1,163.5 billion.
Tin Kebeier’s inventory worth additionally fell by 2.7% that day, with a closing market worth of $886.1 billion, and the market worth from the best level has additionally shrunk by $150 billion.
Whether or not it’s a shrinkage of US$200 billion or US$150 billion, it’s a quantity that many US inventory corporations are removed from having a possibility all through their whole life cycle, so it may be seen that this time the Nasdaq fell tragically.
Then again, the Dow Jones index fell 3.6% on the day, which was deeper than the decline of the Nasdaq. That is primarily as a result of the primary power of the Westeros system and plenty of stakeholders is to regulate the pattern of the Nasdaq.
In the long run, on the final buying and selling day of the week earlier than the overall election, the Dow Jones index closed at 12,961 factors, which was 14,179 factors from the earlier excessive and shrunk by 8.6% in two days.
Because the chief of the New York Inventory Change, Daenerys Leisure fell once more by 4.3% this Friday, and the closing market worth was solely 8263 factors, and the shrinkage from the best level was additionally near 200 billion US {dollars}.
It’s conceivable that even when Gore loses the election subsequent Tuesday and the U.S. inventory market rebounds, will probably be tough to achieve the height state of the three corporations breaking by way of trillions on the similar time on Wednesday.
Of the three corporations, Ingret, Tinkerbell and Daenerys, solely Ingret has the hope of hitting a sure goal once more within the subsequent rally. Furthermore, even when it breaks by way of once more, contemplating one other plan within the making, it won’t be able to persist for too lengthy.
In any case, though the 2 buying and selling days subsequent Monday and even subsequent Tuesday nonetheless can’t let folks loosen up, at present, the 2 main US inventory indexes are properly managed within the downward pattern of about 3%, which nonetheless makes Simon drastically relieved.
In fact, there’s a big worth behind it.
It’s not simply the human consumption and curiosity alternate with different events’ capital for the aim of stabilizing the market, however the pallet of funds which have been poured into the Westeros system. In the present day, it exceeds 13 billion US {dollars}.
Contemplating that there’s a buying and selling day subsequent Monday, the funding in the entire course of is anticipated to achieve the extent of 20 billion US {dollars}.
It is simple to place this cash in, but it surely’s not that easy to get it out. It’s anticipated that the following escape can be accomplished, and the shrinkage ratio is not going to be lower than 30%. That’s to say, due to Simon’s operation this time, the Westeros system will lose a minimum of 6 billion US {dollars}.
As compared, this yr’s presidential election, often known as probably the most intense presidential election in historical past, has totaled solely $650 million in marketing campaign funds from each side.
Simon does not really feel unhealthy in regards to the $6 billion that was burned. Anyway, he could make up for it by way of the continuing short-selling operation sooner or later. For the overall election, his private feeling is that it’s nonetheless too low-cost and have to be improved as quickly as doable.
Operating for president of america with out burning billions of {dollars} is a hooligan!