Chapter 804 (1/2)

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.