Chapter 563 (1/2)
During the middle of July, Simon traveled frequently between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The government of mountain view city sold 300 hectares of land to westero company at one time. The controversy caused by public opinion has not completely dissipated during this period.
The best way to solve this problem is undoubtedly to give a set of perfect regional development plan as soon as possible.
Simon's mind was very simple at first. When he found out that there was an opportunity, he went to a large area of land under the bay area circle. Now that the plot has been won, other people are responsible for the development plan.
So, after more than a month's discussion, westero officially announced the plan of ”westero Science Park” on July 15.
Not only igritte, but also westcoast headquarters of AOL, Nokia North America research center, tincobail Co., Ltd. founded by C girl, and other new innovative technology companies invested by westero system will be around igritte.
At the same time, westero also welcomed the entry of other technology companies.
300 hectares of land, roughly equivalent to a rectangular plot, from south to north, the area near 101 expressway will be set aside for 50 hectares to build a park, so as to isolate the noise of traffic arteries and provide residents with a place for leisure and entertainment.
To the north of the park is an office park with an area of 150 hectares, which is expected to accommodate more than 50000 people. The headquarters of igrit company, covering an area of 30 hectares, is included in the park. To the north, the remaining 100 hectares of land will be developed into a high-end community with 1000 villas, mainly for the employees of the science and technology park to rent or sell.
Simon paid $230 million for the site.
If the science and Technology Park wants to be fully developed, the investment level will further reach 1 billion US dollars.
Therefore, whether it is a science park, a residential area or a supporting Park, it is a big cake for the construction and real estate industry in the bay area.
Igritte also has no intention to go into action in person. The construction of the whole park will work closely with local developers in the bay area.
As a result, with the announcement of the preliminary plan and the conclusion of some cooperation agreements, the criticism caused by a large number of plots under the one-time circle of westero company has been obviously eliminated. People with clear eyes can also see the reasons for the public opinion controversy in the past.
Real estate development is a profiteering industry in any country.
Different from the emerging Internet field, the real estate industry is almost accompanied by the emergence of cities, which has long been a red sea. Because of the huge profits, the interest involved and strife in the game will be very cruel. No one can easily play without enough capital support and contacts.
Simon has always been interested in owning more land and property, but he doesn't intend to get too involved in the real estate industry, which may touch a lot of old-fashioned capital interests.
With the announcement of the plan of westero science and Technology Park, other business district, residential district and office park have appeared one after another in the area north of mountain view 101 expressway. The municipal government also promised to invest money to improve the regional infrastructure construction. It is not hard to imagine that in the next few years, this barren area, which was originally located on the edge of the city, will become prosperous rapidly.
In Hollywood, the box office performance of the three new films, which opened on July 9, is just as expected. Fox's Golden Arm boy, the best performer, only made $18.21 million in the first seven days of the week.
On July 16, the number of new films in North American Theaters was reduced to two, namely, gannet assassination order by danielis and Warner Brothers, and tombstone town by MGM.
As the second summer film of the original novel author John Grimson, the success of ”sugar trap” has also attracted more attention from the audience. The main creative lineup of Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts has also ensured the popularity of the project.
After the opening of the painting, relying on its excellent reputation, the box office of ”the order of the pelican assassination” reached $22.19 million in the first three days of the weekend, which again stirred up the box office market.
From July 16 to July 22, in seven days, the box office of the first week of ”the pelican assassination order” reached $31.63 million, reaching the top of the box office in a single week.
MGM's $25 million ”tombstone,” starring Kurt Russell, is much less impressive.
In the first week of the film's opening, relying on 1955 opening screens, the film won $18.76 million at the box office, which is far from the top selling level of the museum. It is estimated that the total box office in North America is equivalent to Fox's ”Golden Arm boy” last week, roughly between $50 million and $60 million.
Of course, although it is not a big sale, it can also bring huge profits to MGM.
After all, by the end of July, all of the $100 million Club films in 1993 were related projects of danielis entertainment. It would be nice for other studios to have a few projects with a box office of more than $50 million, provided that the budget cost of the project does not reach the level of phantom hero.
Meanwhile, Superman, which was released for the seventh week, continued to earn US $15.38 million during the seven days from July 16 to July 22, and the cumulative box office officially broke through the US $300 million mark, reaching US $306.79 million.With the success of ”sleepless in Seattle”, ”sugar trap” and the latest ”Pelican assassination order”, danielis entertainment has been planning celebration parties since early July.
With Superman's North American box office officially breaking through $300 million, the celebration party is also set for Saturday, July 24.
Although it was the weekend, Simon still worked until lunchtime in the morning, accompanied Janet for pregnancy check-up in the afternoon, returned to domay point manor in the evening, had dinner, and didn't leave until it was nearly nine o'clock to coax Janet to sleep, and then rushed to Denise studios.
The celebration party still chose the staff activity center on the second floor of Daniels studio.
When Simon arrived, the atmosphere of the party, which had been going on for two hours, was still warm.
According to the list made by girl a in advance, she exchanged greetings with the guests at the party one by one. After more than half an hour, Simon finally had a little leisure.
She was dragged to the dance floor by Sandra Bullock for a dance, then hid on a sofa deck in the corner of the party hall and didn't want to get up again.
He brought a drink for the man. Sandra sat down next to Simon carelessly and glanced at him discontentedly. ”Hey, I'm so sad that you're so reluctant.”
Simon leaned back in his chair, took a sip of the champagne and said, ”I've been very busy lately. I'm going to be hollowed out.”
Sandra looked scornfully: ”hollowed out by a woman?”
Simon nodded: ”yes, more than ten a day, almost unable to get out of bed.”
Sandra glanced at him and said, ”I've seen the script you gave me.”
Simon doesn't want to talk about work now. He says with a smile, ”why don't we talk about more than ten things yesterday.”
Sandra stares at Simon: ”OK, you say!”
”Well, this, broadcast, ebbay, 58list, ipets...”
Simon paused a little, and then skillfully reported a series of nouns.
Sandra listened to Simon with all the stars in her eyes. Did she want to roll her eyes again, or did she subconsciously ask, ”what are they?”
”The VCs I saw in San Francisco yesterday.”
Sandra blinked her eyes, understood it, and immediately got interested again. She took Simon's arm and said, ”I have some money in my hand now. The Internet concept is so popular. Can you help me choose some investment projects?”
Simon shook his head and said, ”no, you can't afford to be in the limelight. It's really burning money. If you don't pay attention, you'll lose everything. If you want advice, just buy AOL or Cisco stock. ”