Hollywood Hunter

Casually chatting, the two girls again talking about the last time in Simon sponsored a trip to Europe, the sisters tone has obviously begun to look forward to the next time, just a glass of champagne finished, Simon waved at a passing waiter not far away, the other approached, see the tray is a set of cocktails, reached out to take a glass, see the two girls around the eyes of the gleaming small look, smiling and asked. "Do you want it?"

Nikki immediately shook her head, "Simon, we're not old enough to drink yet."

"I want to," but Paris reached for a glass and added, "But Simon, if Mom sees me later, I'll tell her you made me drink."

Simon nodded and said, "Yeah."

Nikki saw her sister take a drink and, not to be outdone, reached for one as well, waiting for the waiter to leave and leaned in for a taste, she certainly wasn't the first to drink, but the cocktail was a lot higher than champagne, and she sputtered as she took a sip.

Not that she couldn't stand it, it was just that it would certainly make her look a little cuter in front of him.

Paris but a mouthful of drink a small half glass, face quickly become red, was about to continue to say what, the other three girls have come over, one of them with sisters together are not compared to the exaggerated breasts, is Christina Hendricks net red trio.

They hadn't been able to find a chance to come forward when a group of gargoyles had just surrounded Simon.

At this time replaced the Hilton sisters, there was not too much to worry about, obviously the older sister Christina came close, somewhat restrained and eager to try out the greeting: "Simon, I am Christina, we, can we take a picture with you?"

"Yes," nodded Simon, and reminded him, "But it can't be posted on the internet."

"Sure," Christina nodded, then responded, testing the waters, "Simon, you know us?"

"You know, Elite's web girl group," Simon laughed, "I'm actually sort of the majority shareholder of Elite, and you guys are my employees."

"Oh, it's such an honor," Christina said, finally remembering her two partners beside her and helping to introduce them, "And, Simon, this is Barbara, and Lisa."

Simon offered his hand over, "Hello guys."

The three girls shook Simon's hand separately before Christina pushed the brunette named Barbara on her left, who reluctantly left, and Christina explained again, "Cameras aren't allowed here, so we'll have to ask the official photographer."

Saying hello in advance, Christina said that a photographer was already following Barbara with a camera.

Simon patted the two girls beside him, gesturing for them to make room for a moment, and the three girls who could only stand beside him just now immediately sat down beside him, Christina also boldly hugged the arm of the man beside her, and Simon's side of his body fell into a raging tenderness.

After taking pictures, the three girls did not continue to rely on this side, however, Christina left, but quietly slipped a card into Simon's hand, boldly inviting him to call himself.

When the three girls left, Paris, who had regained her own, immediately began venomously, "It's so big, it must have sagged, it's actually ugly."

Nikki also sided with her sister this time and looked sourly at the card in Simon's hand, "Simon, will you call her?"

Simon put the card in his shirt pocket in all seriousness and shook his head, "Of course not."

Paris pursed her lips, "Liar."

Nikki thought bar, it was pretty considerate that he was willing to lie to her.

So also took a big sip of cocktail, feeling dizzy, daring up, and close to some as just Christina did around the man's arm, slim little body leaned over, plucking up the courage to say: "Simon, actually, I like you anyway."

Simon tilted his head and rubbed his cheek against the girl's head, smiling, "I know."

Nikki blushed, "Well, you said ...... last time."

Before Nikki had finished, Paris had said, "Simon said last time that the

The girl looked at Simon in a pitiful way.

Simon smiled, "Your sister is annoying isn't she, let's get rid of her."

"Yeah."

Paris paused to follow her sister's example and put her arms around the man beside her in a playful manner, "I'm not leaving."

Then another voice came, "Simon, are you starting to change your tastes for little girls?"

The three of them looked over together, it was Madonna.

As the representative of the rebellious girls, and is a pop diva burst for many years, the two sisters had quite like Madonna, only, the Queen of the McQueen at this time so sentence, suddenly lost two fans.

Madonna but did not care, up to pick Paris's small chin, quickly leaned in and kissed, said: "Sweetheart, give me a little bit of space, okay, or I can only sit on Simon's lap and you guys to steal the seat."

Paris was blinded by the sudden kiss, plus Madonna was, after all, a pop diva and still had a lot of respect in the little girl's heart, so she subconsciously moved in to make room. The only thing is, when Queen Mc sat down, Paris immediately began to regret again, exhilarated heart must go back to find all the Madonna records in the house, all thrown in the trash.

Simon waited for Madonna to sit down next to him in a big lap, took a look around and smiled, "Maggie, your eyes don't seem quite the same."

"Are they prettier?"

"Well, it's a little more flirty."

Madonna lifted her hand proudly to wipe the corner of her own eye, "I just had it done recently, by a very good plastic surgeon."

The Queen had always been open about things like plastic surgery.

Simon was fine with it, and also took a look at Queen Mac's lips.

Madonna got the exact GET and laughed, "I didn't have my lips done, it's advocating natural lips now, up or down because of you, Simon, when I had a private chat with my plastic surgeon, he said that a famous lip plumping needle manufacturer he used to work with for many years went bankrupt last year, all because of you, haha."

Simon laughed, "I'm not responsible for that."

Madonna laughed heartlessly and held out another white arm towards Simon that was exposed over her sleeveless dress, "And, Simon, do you think I'm white now?"

"Hmm."

"Even though I'm already white, though, I recently tried a whitening injection, and it worked quite well, all because of you, and it's becoming more and more popular," the Queen Mother said, and leaned in to Simon's ear, "But the most noticeable effect is on me there, Simon, so why don't we find a place to let the You enjoy it, whatever."

Madonna didn't lower her voice much at all, so much so that Nikki, who was still attached to Simon on the other side, blushed red, the girl knew that Queen Mac had always played it open, but still it was just a little predictable.

Simon immediately refused, "Not interested, I think it's better for us to be pure boyfriend and girlfriend."

The longer he was in contact with the fashion world, the more Simon understood that the so-called trends were never decided by the public, but were dominated by the brands, media and even individuals who held the right to speak.

Similar to the phrase 'what goes up must come down'.

Just like now, Simon's preference alone dominates the aesthetics of women in the entire fashion and entertainment industry, and over the years there are fewer and fewer women in the circle who get lip plumping injections, and many of them have changed their tanning habits, this aesthetic style continues to sink and has gradually become a popular trend throughout society.

Madonna gags for a few moments and turns to a matter of business, "Simon, I've got that Madame Belon movie that's recently finished, can't you guys help with the dailies?"

"There's no need, I've read the script, it's a completely tailor-made project for you, the director is Alan Parker again, the quality is guaranteed, maybe you'll get an Oscar nomination this time."

Queen Mac was dissatisfied, "Then why did you refuse to invest in it in the first place?"

"The value for money is so low," Simon said honestly, "If it was only 10 or 20 million, I'd be investing it, and a budget of 50 million is bombshell level, Maggie, seriously, you're playing a little too big this time, screw it up and you're never going to be in Hollywood again. "

Queen Mac's eyes flickered with rare concern, then she grinned widely, "Didn't you, someone could have just said that we were good friends."

"Good friends can't pit each other against each other."

"Gee, Simon, you're so rich, 1.5 trillion, why do you sound more stingy instead."

"A friend is a friend, if you're short of money, I'm sure I'll lend you. But you have to be disciplined in business, or else the best company will go down."

"Okay, okay," the Queen, who clearly didn't like to hear Simon preach, reverted to the request she'd just made, "Anyway, Simon, just look at it for me and make some comments, it'll only take you two hours. Or, if you don't read it, help put in a few good words and get me some more publicity resources from Paramount."

After the new version of "Madame Belon" was PASSed by Simon, the former producer Disney also chose to reject it under Vivendi's cautious operating strategy, and the tout fell into the hands of Seagram's Paramount Pictures, which still wanted to make a mark in Hollywood.

In fact, Simon just said that the play is too big, McQueen also knows very well.

These years constantly hit Hollywood, repeatedly failed, the film industry can give her resources have reached the limit. This time, the "Mrs. Belon", 50 million U.S. dollars of investment, can be considered a huge gamble, plus this is a female lead alone against the song and dance film, once the failure, Queen McQueen even have no reason to shirk, she will be in Hollywood basically no cone place.

On the other hand, the physical recording industry is rapidly shrinking due to the impact of the Internet, and Madonna's singing career is starting to go downhill.

If both aspects of the rapid downward spiral, the next thing that would greet her would be overkill and elimination.

This is something that Queen Mac can't accept no matter what.

So whether it's the letting go of "Madame Belon" or even the just mentioned recent plastic surgery that she underwent that was actually very discreet, Queen Mac is trying to continue her career.

This time "Mrs. Belon", Madonna first thought of Denise Entertainment, however, although privately and Simon relationship friendship, but business is business, Simon actually know this project, once the history of the film cost 55 million, global box office about 140 million, is not a loss, plus Madonna's Golden Globe Award actress, follow-up channel profit is actually good.

The problem Simon has just said is that the price/performance ratio is too low.

After all, it's not just a matter of earning some less, purely so, Simon will not mind the investment, but once you take the project, it is certainly necessary to occupy a considerable amount of time and resources, and every year the film schedule and publicity resources are limited, Danielle Entertainment this year has been determined to push the main "mind catcher", this art drama film production budget of only $ 10 million, once the global box office more than 200 million, how to choose between the two simply do not need any struggle.

But then, pestered and pleading with Madonna shaking her arm and thinking about how the film wasn't a failure, Simon eventually nodded, "Okay, it's just that, Maggie, my two hours are actually valuable."

Madonna leaned in to kiss Simon, but unfortunately the little man who had been her glutton for too long didn't give her the slightest chance to woo her, just kissed her palm on the other side, and the Queen was undeterred, once again fawning and seducing, "Simon, I'm all yours tonight."

"......"

The Hilton sisters, who were listening, slandered together: too shameless.

Once again, Simon firmly refused, and finally agreed that the next time there was an opportunity, like today, the Queen could give Melisandre's whatever brand a free show, as a return of the favor.

Having achieved her goal, Madonna chatted for a while before reluctantly leaving, not forgetting to catch Paris on the cheek and kiss her again.

Simon didn't stay at the party for long, staying for about half an hour or so before leaving with Sofia, not to stay in Manhattan, but to return to Greenwich, upstate New York, where Sofia had plans to have breakfast with her family in the morning!

The next day was Tuesday, September 17.

Sophia left in the morning to fly to Los Angeles to see the kids, and Simon returned to Manhattan, today was the start of the second season of American Idol, and Simon had already seen the dailies for the first two episodes of the week on his flight to the East Coast yesterday, and most of the morning had been spent discussing various detail changes with the project team.

As a golden hen that brings $600 million in pre-tax earnings to Daenerys Entertainment in one season, that attention can't be overstated.

The second season of American Idol was finalized at 40 episodes, eight more than the first, and began airing on September 17, with a weekly Tuesday and Thursday 8 p.m. primetime slot, including 20 episodes in the first 10 weeks for the sea stage, four specials for the finalists' winter training during the winter break, and 16 episodes for the official tournament stage after the year.

Budget-wise, the first season was a huge success and the second season inevitably went up.

However, due to the long contracts signed by several judges, and the 40-episode length acting as a dilution effect, the total cost of the second season is expected to be around 260 million, with an average of 6.5 million per episode, which is only 30% higher than the first season.

On the other hand, because of the huge success of the first season, the insertion ad offer for the second season has increased significantly. The TV division is predicting an even more terrifying pre-tax profit of $800 million for the second season, if all goes well, compared to the $630 million it earned in the first season.

Unsurprisingly, that profit level is enough to continue for two to three more seasons before it starts to go downhill.