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Although it is incomparable with the games such as "Pokemon" and "Super Mario" that have brought billions or even tens of billions of dollars in revenue to game companies in Simon's memory, the problem is that the revenue brought by those games is very low. It is a whole series of decades and even the accumulation of surrounding revenue.

"Happy Farm", which is also a phenomenon, is just a game and has no sequel. Moreover, it took less than two years for the game's revenue to exceed 10 billion US dollars.

Such dazzling results far exceed the various farm games in Simon's memory, but it is not surprising.

Because this is a game that Eaglet, which currently occupies most of the users in the global Internet market, fully supports.

As of September 1995, the number of global Internet users has approached 9 million. Unlike the diversification of the Internet industry in the past, almost all Internet users around the world at this stage cannot avoid Eaglet, so it is impossible to bypass "" happy farm".

Not only that, but the game has been successful since its launch last year. Although the initial development cost was only US$150 million, the two giants Daenerys and Ygritte have spared no effort in the follow-up investment of this game.

In order to ensure the "ecological balance" inside the game to the greatest extent and avoid the disadvantages of excessive output of virtual items or too fast upgrades, the operation team specially recruited a team composed of top mathematicians and sociologists to study and count this game. The various data involved in the game are continuously optimized, and no effort is spared to ensure the user's gaming experience.

In order to make the planting activities in the game closer to reality, "Happy Farm" also has a botanist consultant team.

It is precisely these details that spare no effort to keep improving, "Happy Farm" has been online for 18 months. Although the growth rate of users has been slowing down, there is still no obvious decline, and it has become an indispensable national level for Internet users when surfing the Internet. pastime.

The launch of "Happy Ranch" this time is mainly to create momentum for Tinkber's IPO.

In addition, there are also considerations that Daenerys Entertainment will release its first full-year financial report next month.After last year's IPO, Daenerys Entertainment adjusted the group's financial statistics cycle from the natural year to October to September of the following year, which is more in line with the schedule rules of the entertainment industry.

Because it is a game directly linked with "Happy Farm", some props and virtual currency of "Happy Farm" can also be used directly in "Happy Ranch", so don't look at it as a seemingly simple Flas, September After it was launched on the 9nd, it became a collective carnival on the entire Internet platform.

September 9nd happens to be Friday.

After the large-scale publicity and preheating in the early stage, "Happy Ranch" was launched on time at 12 o'clock in the evening that day. As of 4000:[-] am the next morning, within [-] hours, the number of activated users of "Happy Ranch" exceeded [-] million.

Subsequently, as of 9 o'clock on Sunday night, September 24th, the number of activated users of "Happy Ranch" successfully exceeded 12 million, and finally reached 1.07 million, which is equivalent to more than two-thirds of the 1.49 million "Happy Farm" users All opened "Happy Ranch".The operation team announced on the official Facebook account of "Happy Ranch" at 12 o'clock on Sunday that it will apply for the Guinness record that the number of users of this game will exceed 1 million at the fastest time.

On the first weekend of its launch, "Happy Ranch" also achieved a good start in its opening revenue, directly breaking through the record of US$3312 million in single-week revenue created by "Happy Farm" during Easter in the first half of the year. In three days, the game revenue It reached 3675 million U.S. dollars, successfully becoming another cash cow for Daenerys and Ygritte that is more profitable than drug trafficking.

When the new week comes, "Happy Ranch" has become the most popular topic of discussion in various media, and this influence has also been transmitted to the capital market, bringing Daenerys Entertainment's stock price soaring on Monday.

Chapter 842 Approval and broadcasting (revision)

Snow and Greenwich were taken to Los Angeles on September 9th. Sophia did not come to North America, but Jennifer went to Rome. Simon probably understands women's thoughts and doesn't want to show too much reluctance , I only hope that the two little guys can really integrate into the Westeros family.

When Jennifer went to pick up, Janet arranged for a small team from Boeing to accompany her.

The interior decoration of the two other Boeing 767s ordered by the Westeros family at the beginning of the year is about to start. Janet handed over the design work of one of them to Sofia, and asked the female assistant to tell her that this plane will be Sofia's exclusive car in the future. Come to Los Angeles to watch the kids.

It is a default.

Sophia didn't refuse either.

On the other hand, this weekend when "Happy Ranch" was launched, Simon was in New York. In order to ensure the safety of "American Idol", he personally participated in the post-production work of the first season of this reality show.

October 9th, a new week.

At the end of September, Daenerys Entertainment produced "Survivor", "Friends", "Seinfeld", "Desperate Housewives", "Beverly Housewives", "Who Will Be a Millionaire" and other TV series The latest seasons of TV and reality shows have been launched one after another in the near future. In the last week of this month, there are two new projects waiting to be broadcast, namely "American Idol" on September 9 and "Sex and the City" on September 26.

At the same time, on the morning of Tuesday, September 9, after a series of merger and acquisition news this month, Daenerys Entertainment and Metropolitan ABC Group held a press conference in New York, announcing that the merger of the two companies had officially passed the US Department of Justice and Reviews by departments such as the Federal Communications Commission are about to enter the next stage of the transaction.

Immediately afterwards, at [-] o'clock that night, "American Idol" started broadcasting.

The duration of the first episode is 86 minutes, and it is actually a two-episode simulcast. This is the practice of most new TV shows in order to attract enough popularity in the first place and test audience feedback.

As usual, Simon did not sign on the list of "American Idol" production staff, but everyone in the circle knew his super high participation in this reality show, so they paid close attention to it. It is predicted that the number of viewers of the first episode of "American Idol" will exceed 2000 million.

Facts have proved that most people's judgments are still too conservative.

Half an hour after the broadcast started, Nielsen, which monitors the ratings data of American TV programs in real time, released the first data on its official website.

3470 million.

This is the number of viewers for the first episode of "American Idol", which has directly risen from the hit series predicted by many media to a phenomenal level.

Igret’s portal reacted quickly and pushed the relevant announcement to the front page, and popular entries appeared on Facebook, further promoting many potential viewers to pay attention to this reality show.

Simon came to New York last Thursday to finish post-work on the first issue of American Idol, but he still can't return to the West Coast.After Daenerys' merger with Met ABC passes federal review, there's more work to be done.

While the long-prepared "American Idol" was broadcasting on ABC, Daenerys and Metropolitan ABC were holding a reception at a hotel in the Upper West Side, mainly to celebrate the approval of the merger case. The news that "American Idol" had a good start to the ratings came immediately, and everyone in the banquet hall raised their glasses to celebrate.

The ratings of the drama series that just started airing must be relatively high at the beginning due to the pre-publicity. Afterwards, some viewers feel that they don’t meet their tastes and switch channels, and there will be a drop.

However, even if there is a certain degree of decline in the opening of 3470 million viewers, as long as the average viewership of the first broadcast remains above 3000 million, it will be an absolute success.

The audience of "American Idol" hit 3000 million when it first aired, becoming FOX's trump card.This time, Simon's expectation is that the average ratings of the first season can reach more than 2000 million hits, which is considered a success.

Unexpectedly, I also underestimated myself.

Under someone's instructions, following the news that the broadcast ratings were booming, the hotel staff quickly moved a large-screen TV to a corner of the banquet hall. Naturally, it was "American Idol", and the guests present knew which one was the best. What does a TV program with 3000 million viewers mean, and many people are curious to watch it.

Simon did not join in the fun, but got together with several senior executives of the two companies to discuss the subsequent merger.

After the merger case has been approved by the authorities, the first thing to do is settlement.

Because a flexible settlement plan was given at the beginning, Metropolitan ABC shareholders can freely choose the transaction ratio of stocks and cash, so it takes two weeks to register and count, which is much faster than many mergers and acquisitions directly handing out a big deal after passing the review. Amount checks are very cumbersome, and the additional accounting costs will cost tens of millions of dollars. However, since the promise has been made, of course it must be implemented.

After completing the payment and settlement, Daenerys Entertainment officially acquired the Metropolitan ABC Group.

Then there are personnel adjustments, asset reorganization and other matters according to the original plan. Tom Murphy, the former chairman and CEO of Metropolitan ABC Group, will officially retire after the handover. The TV assets of Metropolitan ABC Group and Daenerys TV The department will be integrated into a new Daenerys TV company, with Robert Iger as CEO, in charge of ABC TV network, ESPN TV network, USA TV network, AE TV network, Fashion TV TV network, ABC radio station, etc. TV property of Lizzy Entertainment Group.

In addition to the TV network, the Metropolitan ABC Group also has a number of newspaper and magazine assets worth no less than 10 billion US dollars.

Simon originally planned to sell this part of the assets in a package, but canceled this idea after consideration.

Daenerys Entertainment does not lack the $10 billion in cash now. On the contrary, if there are more newspapers and magazines, it will have more media voice. Therefore, it plans to integrate this part of assets with the batch of paper media inherited from MCA.The decline of the paper media industry is already an inevitable trend. However, even if the value of these assets depreciates to zero in the end, it is insignificant compared to the huge volume of Daenerys Entertainment.

Initially complete various adjustments, and then spend one to two years to realize the synergy effect of the entire Daenerys entertainment integration.

Synergy, this is a seemingly simple word.

For many merged companies, it's not easy to actually realize it.

When Time Inc. and Warner Bros. merged, they publicly publicized the hope that the two companies could achieve synergies. As a result, Time Warner still has internal conflicts and disputes. Executives from different hills compete for power and profit. serious.

If it weren't for this, Time Warner's stock price wouldn't have been in the doldrums.

Simon is full of confidence in realizing the synergy effect of the new Daenerys Entertainment Group, because this company only has his brain. Not only that, but since the establishment of Daenerys Entertainment, Simon has continued to promote collaboration between departments. This has become a corporate culture of Daenerys Entertainment.

In fact, there will inevitably be differences when there are too many people.

Simon's attitude is very clear. Under Daenerys Entertainment, no matter who wants to become king on his own, he must be prepared to be kicked out.In the current Daenerys Entertainment, all the executives are veterans of the company who have followed Simon all the way to the present. However, Simon does not mind being Zhu Yuanzhang at all if necessary.

After all, the reception is not a place to talk about things.

After chatting for more than ten minutes, everyone dispersed to socialize with other guests.

Simon had just changed himself a glass of champagne from the passing waiter's tray when two small women in similarly styled black evening gowns walked up together, sisters Kim and Kyle Richards , toasting to the two women, Simon glanced around casually, and found that Richard Hilton and Cathy Hilton happened to be nearby.Noticing that Simon was looking over, Cathy Hilton, who was also aiming at this side, quickly avoided her eyes.

The three sisters gave Simon a completely different feeling at first.

Mainly, small.

There are three sisters, and the tallest eldest sister, Cathy Hilton, is only 160cm tall. Kim Richards and Kyle Richards are both small around 155cm.

Just smiled, Simon withdrew his gaze, and greeted actively: "Jin, Kyle, how are you doing?"

"not bad."

Kyle Richards took the lead first, but looked at Simon with a little resentment in his eyes.After that night, the two of them have been trying to get in touch with Simon again, hoping that he can help them restart their careers as actors, but later found that it is so difficult for this man who seems to be everywhere to say a few words in person .

Last time, they almost forced their eldest sister to get the invitation letter for the premiere of "Jurassic Park 2". As a result, at the later party, because of Janet Westeros who was with Simon, the man was at that party The time I stayed was also very short, and I didn't even say a word.

Kyle Richards also tried to get a role on this week's "Sex and the City," and even got Robert Iger's phone number from her sister, hinting at her and West's relationship during the call. Luo's intimacy, hoping to take a shortcut.

It's a pity that I still didn't even pass the first round of auditions, and the other party's reply was also straightforward. She was too short to play with other actors. The person in charge who had passed her several times in a row even said in the end impatiently. It is impossible for the mocking crew to find a group of small women who are only 5 feet tall to play urban chic women, so angry that Kyle Richards dropped the phone on the spot.

As the most successful group of nuggets in this circle, of course they will not give up so easily.

So the sisters forced their way into the party again tonight in the light of their eldest sister.

I had already prepared the draft, first of all I wanted to condemn a certain guy for his inconsiderate behavior of forgetting about them afterwards, and then take advantage of the opportunity to ask for a chance, but, when I came to a certain man and looked at that seemingly harmless handsome face, The two sisters suddenly felt a little quail.

Only those who are ignorant can be fearless.

The Richards sisters, who were built by their mothers to be socialites for so many years, are definitely not ignorant. On the contrary, they have a very deep understanding and understanding of the top of this social pyramid. After seeing the scenery, they can understand a lot more The powerful power behind the seemingly simple identity, the young man in front of them is undoubtedly the one that they can only surrender and look up to.

The simplest point is, if he doesn't give it, they have nothing to do. On the contrary, if he accidentally offends the other party, he can easily take away everything from them, making them have no place in this circle.

This is power.

The awe of power in human beings comes from this, because life and death can be taken away.Therefore, you can also talk and laugh with other powers that cannot affect you, just like the presidents of other countries.

When we met for the first time, because a certain guy was too young and seemed to be too talkative, I was able to let go a little bit.After a few months, I deeply realized the remoteness of the other party, so I inevitably became cautious.

Complimenting in his tone, he chatted casually about the "American Idol" that was playing in the corner of the hall. He wanted to take it step by step, but forgot the occasion.Soon someone came over again, it was still a woman, a woman they could only look up to, this time it was a real physical look up.

With Jerry Hall's height of 183cm, and wearing high heels, looking at the Richards sisters is like looking down on two children.

Moreover, after the woman approached, she directly took Simon's arm without any concealment, and asked the man's two sisters' identities pretending to be curious.

It is almost known that Simon Westeros has many lovers, even if their identities are disclosed.

Ordinary people always instinctively demand more tolerance from superiors.

Therefore, the fact that there are many lovers seems to be a matter of course for Simon Westeros.For the woman who caught up with Westeros, perhaps it is inevitable to sneer, but the envy is more in the heart.

Seeing Jerry Hall holding Westeros' arm and looking down at them, the first thing in the hearts of the Richards sisters was jealousy.

Of course it doesn't show up on the surface.

After a few warm introductions to each other, there was no follow-up, and Jerry Hall directly pulled Simon away with a proud face, saying that he had something to discuss, leaving the Richards sisters to stare at a certain big goblin. How many circles did you make.

Relying on the help of Simon in recent years, Jerry Hall has been very successful in the TV circle with the "Fashion Workshop" which is still popular on Fashion TV, and he never thought of leaving. After the female guard at home, she also took the initiative to ask Simon for a guard and a guard.

In fact, it is a tacit agreement.

The women around him, Simon will never force them to stay. If they are willing to be Westeros' long-term lover, they can get a bodyguard and a bodyguard, which can be used as assistants and a kind of obvious surveillance.If he wanted to leave, he would send the two girls around him back to the Westeros family. Before that, Simon would not be polite if he had an affair with other men.

Jerry Hall is also a very smart woman.

Back then, he got $500 million from Simon to buy a mansion, and asked for the guards he deserved, so he wisely didn't ask Simon for more.However, leaning against a big tree is good for enjoying the shade, let alone Simon, a towering giant tree that soars into the sky. In addition to "Fashion Workshop", he also opened his own production company and fashion brand by taking advantage of the trend, which can be described as flourishing.

Pulling the man to sit on the sofa in the corner of the banquet hall, Jerry Hall ordered two glasses of red wine to replace the man's champagne, sat down next to him, and then asked jokingly: "Do you start to think about that kind of wine?" type of woman interested?"

Simon rubbed his arms around the woman's waist and said with a smile, "You know, I am a man who dares to try."

Jerry Hall slightly rolled his eyes, gestured to the TV that was still playing "American Idol" on the other side, and said, "This show is really good. It has 3000 million viewers since its first broadcast, and the average is at least 2000 million, right? However, 5000 iPlayer players were given away in one episode, and I found that this is the secret of the show’s success. If you don’t give away in the future, do you think people will watch it?”

Chapter 843 Two Plans (Revision)

Simon can roughly judge where the first episode is playing just by hearing some voices. He didn't watch it with Jerry Hall, and he couldn't see it clearly through the crowd. He just smelled the smell of the woman beside him. Said: "These players are sponsored by Tinkber. According to the cost price, 5000 iPlayers are only more than 100 million US dollars. If this money can be exchanged for a TV program with 3000 million viewers, I think how big it is. Nobody in TV would want to keep doing this forever."

Jerry Hall is also considered to be in the TV circle now, and he understands it after a little thought.

This is true.

For a TV program with 3000 million viewers, according to the current advertising quotations of TV networks, it is estimated that 30 seconds will cost 50 yuan. A one-hour reality show has 43 minutes of content and 17 minutes of advertising, which is 1700 million US dollars. Calculated on 23 issues in a single season, the advertising revenue alone reached 3.9 million US dollars.

Jerry Hall is the producer and host of "Fashion Workshop", ignoring the income of syndicates, the single-season advertising revenue is less than one-tenth of 3900 million.

This is the gap.

Thinking in his heart, Jerry Hall asked curiously: "The cost of this reality show should be high?"

Simon smiled and shook his head: "Business secrets."

Jerry Holden rolled his eyes at the man again.

It's actually not too secretive.

It's just that Simon didn't bother to explain too much to the woman, because the cost of the first season of "American Idol" was not fixed.

In the project planning stage, in order to avoid risks as much as possible, this reality show has set up two production plans, one is a stop loss plan when the project fails or the response is mediocre, and the other is an expansion plan after the ratings are successful.

Simon never felt that he would be [-]% successful. For "American Idol", he did his best, but at the same time prepared for the worst.

Because the production cost of this reality show is really high compared to other TV shows of this era.

According to the calculation of the stop loss plan, the production cost of the first episode of "American Idol" reached 700 million U.S. dollars, while the "Emergency Room Story", which just started broadcasting some time ago, is also a feature-length series, and the cost is not low, but it is only 650 million U.S. dollars. Although the number of viewers of "The Story of the Emergency Room" is only about 2000 million, as a TV series, there will be huge syndicated income in the follow-up, and it may not necessarily become obsolete even after ten or twenty years.Reality shows are time-sensitive, and the replay rate is very low.

Therefore, even if "American Idol" has an average viewership of 1000 million and can be renewed for other episodes, this reality show must be cut.

According to the stop loss plan, if the number of broadcasters does not reach 1500 million or more, "American Idol" will only produce one season, a total of 18 episodes, 8 episodes in the first year, 10 episodes in the next year, and then it will end without a follow-up.

There are 18 issues in a single season, and the total production cost is 700 million US dollars based on the calculation of 1.2 million US dollars per issue.

If the number of viewers exceeds 1500 million, the second expansion plan will be implemented. Starting from the second week of the broadcast, two episodes will be broadcast every week. The total length of the first season will reach 32 episodes, because the filming and broadcasting mode will be adopted. , the material shot every week is split from one issue to two, and the cost is naturally diluted. It is estimated that the production budget of each issue will be reduced to about 500 million.