Hollywood Hunter

The people here are all smart people, and what Mike Medova can think of, everyone naturally expects it.Considering the upcoming public opinion storm, the atmosphere could not help being silent.

After a while, Simon first spoke to pull everyone back from his thoughts to reality, saying: "Everyone, there is no need to be too stressed. What we have to do now is just try to solve the problem as much as possible. As for the result, it’s up to God . Then, Pat, you have more experience in this area, so let’s talk about it first."

As Simon spoke, everyone else relaxed a little.

Pat Kingsley rearranged his thoughts and said: "Simon, although it is not suitable to respond to the article in the New York Times immediately, we must also participate immediately to avoid the next one-sided public opinion. situation."

Simon slightly thought, and then nodded, "That's it, let's muddy the water first."

The other three also showed a clear expression following Simon's description of "Mixing the water", and could not help but feel that this metaphor seemed appropriate.

The current situation is obvious.

The voice of doubt has appeared.Simon immediately responded, providing evidence to prove that "Roller Run" was indeed shot by him. Under the control of a caring person, the result is destined to usher in more doubts.But if you don’t respond, one-sided doubts will only make the situation fall into disrepair, and you can’t explain it when you want to explain.

So, the best way is to stand behind the scene and respond to those doubts indirectly through the media, turning the original pure doubt into a controversy, or even a question about whether "Roller Run" is Simon West Luo shooting' media discussion.When the controversy continued for some time, and the topic became cool, Simon personally came forward to provide a series of sufficiently solid evidence, and the storm was spent safely.

Now that the strategy is finalized, the next thing is easier to handle.After continuing to discuss for nearly an hour, everyone came up with a preliminary response plan.

The rest is implementation.

If it was before "Laura Run" was released, Simon might not be able to fight back in the media.

But at this time, due to the big box office explosion of "Rola Run" and the release of "Butterfly Effect", whether it is WMA, Orion Pictures, or the 20th Century Fox, which is backed by the giant giant News Corporation, will Put enough PR resources on him.

Moreover, even without the assistance of these aspects, the public relations manager that Simon just hired, Pat Kingsley, also has no shortage of media contacts.

This woman has been in the career of media public relations since the 1960s.After the assassination of the Reagan that year, it was with the help of Pat Kingsley that Judy Foster survived the difficult period of the media bombing and gradually resumed his acting career .

Now, under the joint operation of several forces, even just when everyone has discussed the detailed response plan, there have been several press releases that tried to'get together'.

So busy until noon, after eating lunch, everyone did not leave.

The North American Evening News is usually issued at two o'clock in the afternoon, and information has been sent back on the East Coast. Pat Kingsley and others are still busy analyzing and responding.Simon took the time to take Amy Pascal to the railing by the cliff in the backyard.

Leaning on the railing, facing the warm wind in the afternoon, I looked at the blue sea under the spring sunshine with some joy.A moment later, Amy Pascal opened her narrow eyes and looked at the relaxed young man beside her, saying, "Simon, several newspapers in New York have reacted, and things are obviously what we expected. Same, don't you worry at all?"

This world has never been clear by the Qing.Like Michael Jackson's suspicion that he was unable to wash his pedophile until he died, because it was not clear.

Simon nodded and said, "I'm really worried.

Amy recalled her contact with Simon in recent days and stopped looking at the seascape in the distance, looking sideways, looking at the young man beside her, saying: "Seriously, Simon, I haven't considered it clearly. My instinct Tell me, you should agree to it, because you are a guy who can do miracles. But my reason discourages me, it is too crazy to make such a decision, I need to give up the position that I have struggled for seven years, Start from scratch."

Simon heard that he was also looking sideways, seriously looking at Amy for a moment, and suddenly stretched out a hand towards her: "Come."

Amy was somewhat unclear, but involuntarily extended her right hand to meet him, and was immediately held by a large, warm hand.

"Look, you've made a decision, haven't you?" Simon smiled, holding Amy's hand slightly, and then released it in Amy's somewhat surprised eyes, saying: "It was just a psychological aspect. Test, since you have responded to cater, it means your heart has actually agreed."

Amy looked at her slightly raised arm in confusion, and then looked at Simon again, her eyes gradually brightening, and a smile appeared on her face, saying: "Simon, is there really such a psychological test?"

Simon was stared closely at Amy, shrugged for only a second, and said, "Well, this is something I made up."

Amy suddenly laughed, and the more she thought, the more funny she felt, and finally she even lay on the railing, burying her face in her arms and laughing.

It took more than a minute for Amy to raise her head again, with a flush that accumulated after a little laugh, and looked at the big boy beside him, and suddenly asked: "Simon, except for the base salary, you What kind of reward clause are you going to give me?"

Simon replied without hesitation: "In the next two years you will handle 5% of the net profit of all projects."

Amy's eyes flashed and she asked, "What about those two years?"

In a blink of an eye, Simon gave another plan, saying: "Or, Daenerys Pictures' annual net profit is 5%, and it will still be two years later."

Amy seemed a little bit chasing, saying, "Is there any difference between the two?"

Simon shook his head and said: "This, I don't know, because there must be a lot of details involved. In the end, maybe the former is more, or the latter is more."

In fact, both sides are fully aware of the distribution of the two plans.

These are two common compensation schemes in Hollywood.

However, the former is more suitable for ordinary senior executives of film companies. As many projects as they are responsible for, they will receive a commission, even if they leave, they will still be able to get a share from the operation of related projects.The latter is more suitable for the directors of the film companies, to control the overall situation, and of course also to benefit from the overall situation.Of course, once they leave, the two parties will have no interest.

Amy stopped questioning this time, her eyes regained shrewdness, she thought about it for a moment, and then said: "Simon, two years is too short, I don’t think it can do much. So, I can sign with you for four years, with a base salary of 250,000 US dollars, Daenerys Pictures’ annual net profit is 5%. At the same time, four years later, no matter whether I leave or not, I will get a share award equal to the net profit share of the previous four years. In addition, here In the four years, once something happened that prevented me from continuing the job, I have the right to choose to leave after one month’s notice. As a compensation for breach of contract, I waive the salary and bonus of the year and the final equity award clause. But if you take the initiative to terminate your contract with me in the past four years, I need to get a one-time cash compensation of $1 million and the corresponding share of the net profit share before the termination of the contract after the original four year contract period.

Simon listened attentively to Amy's words and reached out without hesitation: "The deal."

Amy didn't expect that Simon would promise to be so simple, but she also quickly reached over and smiled, "May we cooperate happily, boss."

Shaking hands, Simon said again: "If Fox needs liquidated damages on this side, I can also pay for you."

"No," Amy shook her head and said, "However, I will take a month to get onboarding. Of course, if Mr. Goldberg's understanding can be obtained, it may not take a month."

Simon thought of Amy’s justification for the resignation and understood, saying, “No problem.”

"Also," Amy said again: "Simon, after I joined, you had to pay me a year's basic salary in advance."

Simon nodded again: "This is nature."

Everyone on the other side of the villa is still busy with this crisis of public opinion.When things were settled, Simon wanted to go back and saw Amy didn't return, so she continued to accompany him and leaned back on the railing again.

After thinking for a while, Simon took the initiative to find another topic and said, "Amy, I'm curious. Why did you suddenly agree?"

Amy once again enjoyed the sea view from afar, and said, "Simon, in the past few days, do you know what your biggest feeling is for me?"

"Ok?"

Amy directly said: "Workaholic, and a robot-like workaholic. Since last Wednesday, for three days, we are all talking about work, and we strive for the various contract details of "Death is Coming". Saturday Party, you tried to solicit me, not talking about ideals, only talking about pros and cons, it is still a kind of official business workaholic tone. Until this morning, when we meet again, we are still talking about work. Seriously, Simon, Saturday night I’ve been thinking about your solicitation since then, and I’m getting more and more emotional. But I can’t help thinking, is it really the right choice to work for someone like you? Simon, I don’t resent workaholics , I also work very hard myself, otherwise I will not reach the current position. But I don’t like working for a cold machine."

"I understand that there must be a'then' in this kind of thing," Simon nodded solemnly before continuing: "And then?"

Amy laughed again, squinted at Simon, and said, "Then, you just seemed to have nothing to do to coax me with that inexplicable psychological test, and I found out that you are only a big boy after all, maybe, it should still be a very big one. Interesting person."

"It shouldn't be, it's the truth, you'll understand after a long time," Simon took the sentence without humility, and hesitated before saying carefully: "Amy, although you don't like to talk about work, but you don't think I think if you can release the news that you are about to join Daenerys as soon as possible, it will definitely help this incident?"

Amy looked at Simon's pretentious look, rolled her eyes, and let go of the railing: "Let's go over there, I'll call Mr. Goldberg first. Now that the decision has been made, Fox's side I can’t take any responsibility for the rest of "The Grim Reaper"."