Hollywood New Century

Spain, Madrid, the Bernabeu Stadium is located in the north of the center of Madrid, on Via Castilla.

The full name of the Bernabeu Stadium is the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, which was named in honor of the greatest president of the Real Madrid club, Santiago Bernabeu.

At 3 pm on the weekend, Simon and Maria Vaward sat in the chairman's box at the Bernabeu Stadium. Accompanied by Real Madrid President Florentino Perez, enjoy the 34th round of La Liga Real Madrid vs. Zaragoza.

In the box, in addition to high-level executives such as Real Madrid President Florentino Perez, there are also high-level executives such as Zaragoza Club President Agapito Iglesias.

Now Real Madrid is 8 points behind the top Barcelona in the rankings, and a few days ago, Real Madrid lost to Barcelona 0-2 at home in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final. Three days later, Real Madrid will go to Barcelona to play the second leg of the Champions League semi-final away. .

Zaragoza is a La Liga relegation team, and now Real Madrid is behind Barcelona in the championship, whether it is the league or the Champions League, and there is little hope.

"Master Simon, West Ham will definitely play the Champions League next year, right?" Florentino Perez asked with a smile.

Simon nodded and said: "There should be no problem. The top three positions in the Premier League are now guaranteed. The championship is difficult! The team's performance in the first half was unsatisfactory."

"Pegleri is still good, the first half is a break-in period for the team, and West Ham's signings this season are simply terrifying," Florentino Perez is a representative of the pursuit of superstar strategy , but West Ham United's signing capital this season is close to 300 million pounds, and the whole of Europe is shaking.

"Hey," Simon shook his head and smiled casually: "We have a lot of numbers, and the stars can't compare to your Real Madrid!"

After Florentino Perez became the president of Real Madrid in 2000, he started the Galaxy Battleship project, and Real Madrid ushered in turmoil after stepping down as president in 2007. Florentino Perez became the president of Real Madrid again the year before, and now it is the second phase of the Galaxy Battleship!

"It's different. Many of the stars acquired by West Ham are talented teenagers. They have performed very well in various clubs, and the price is also the price of a superstar." Florentino Perez must be reluctant to spend That kind of price to bring in young players who don't have enough experience.

"No way, the competition in the Premier League is huge, Manchester United and Arsenal are not to mention, Chelsea and Manchester City are also not bad money, West Ham United have to invest in order to win the championship," Simon said casually, but he was also confident.

However, Chelsea and Manchester City, the two wealthy clubs, have increased their wages, which has indeed made Simon very uncomfortable.

Florentino Perez felt a little bitter in his heart. After the financial tsunami, the European debt crisis that broke out has caused the Spanish economy to slump. Now Real Madrid's funds are not sufficient, and they feel a little shy about signings.

The golden dollar football of the Premier League is indeed too powerful. After Chelsea and Manchester City, there is another West Ham United.

"Master Simon, Neymar seems to have performed well in the Premier League this year. Has West Ham considered realizing it?" Florentino Perez asked suddenly.

"Hahaha, Neymar!" Simon laughed for a while, then looked at Florentino Perez,

"Without this idea, the team I spent 300 million pounds to build has not yet achieved results in the Champions League and the league!"

"However, transfers between players are often not something that our club can decide, business!"

Florentino Perez also smiled and nodded, and then reminded Simon of the difference between the Champions League and the league. After all, the cup is different from the league, and it is more accidental.

However, Real Madrid lost to Zaragoza 2:3 in this game, and it is not known whether Real Madrid gave up the league or stayed for the second leg of the Champions League semi-final and Barcelona three days later. After all, they lost to Barcelona 0:2 at home, do you still want to have a 3:0 at Camp Nou?

In the evening, Simon and Maria Vaward did not return to Barcelona, ​​preparing to spend the night in Madrid.

"It seems that Mourinho's team games are always like this, not enough to watch," Simon complained to Maria Vaward on the way back to the hotel about the Real Madrid coach's bus tactics, defense, defense.

"Isn't there a game between Barcelona and Real Madrid at home? This is Spain's national derby!" Maria Vaward leaned on Simon, thinking about being able to play at Camp Nou in Barcelona. Let's watch a national derby.

Meanwhile, Universal's "Fast and Furious 5" was released in North America while Simon was enjoying the race and yachting vacation in Spain, although it was a few days behind Brazil and parts of Europe.

However, the sequel "Fast and Furious 5", which cost $125 million to produce, made $86 million in North America, marking the first shot of Universal Pictures' summer program.

The story of "Fast and Furious 5" is mainly focused on Brazil, and it is also a gathering of the main characters of the movie. The passionate samba girls and the cool and fast sports cars quickly attract the audience's eyes and hormones.

Not only that, but there will be blockbusters such as "Twilight March Eclipse", "The Avengers" and "Thor 2". With the support of Xinghai Entertainment, Universal Pictures has achieved unstoppable results.

At the same time, there has been debate over the release window of Hollywood movies, with the growing contradiction between home video and vod on-demand, network broadcast and theatrical release.

More than 30 important Hollywood filmmakers led by James Cameron and Peter Jackson have announced a window period for major studios to reduce vod on demand.

Currently, the average window period for vod by major Hollywood studios is 2 months, and the window period for home video is 4 months. Filmmakers are hoping the big studios will extend the showtimes of their films in theaters, extending the vod-on-demand window to around four months.

Of course, Hollywood studios cannot agree to the open letter from the film and theater alliance, and the extension of the window period will definitely damage the studio's chain of interests.

Since the 1990s, the window for home video and vod on demand has been shrinking, all for profit. In Hollywood, theater chains have very little voice, especially when big studios have a lot of initiative in negotiating with theater chains.

At the same time, the reason why filmmakers such as directors, producers, and stars support the cinema is also because many of their interests are linked to the box office of the cinema. The proportion of interests in home video and vod on demand is too small, and the main profit share is still the box office.

As for what Simon thinks, Simon's idea is that even the window period of home video recording wants to continue to be shortened, and he wants to increase it? After Xinghai Home Entertainment was merged into Universal Home Entertainment Group, with the shrinking of the DVD market, the income was getting lower and lower. Network on-demand is to increase the income of Movie Entertainment Group.

I will definitely ignore the demands of these directors and actors!