Hollywood Hunter

After dinner, Simon took Janet directly to Palisades.

In the Chevrolet SUV compartment, Neil Bennett, the driver, drove the car very smoothly.Simon leaned against the car window and thought about meeting with Mike Medova tonight.

Mike Medova's reaction to "Pulp Fiction" was more negative than Simon expected, which made him a bit worried.

In addition to the quality of the "Pulp Fiction", the Weinstein brothers spare no effort in public relations operations is also a very important decisive factor.

From this year’s 18 Oscar nominations, it can be seen that Orion’s strength in awards public relations is no less than that of later Miramax, but if Orion’s high-level officials say they look down on "Pulp Fiction," they want them to be like Wei. The Ernst Brothers did as much public relations as possible for this film, which was obviously not realistic.

What's more, Simon's age is still the biggest variable limiting the recognition of "Pulp Fiction"

In any case, he is not yet 20 years old.

Speaking of which, Simon does not lack other options.But according to the previous contract with Orion, this second movie is not worth him to come up with some ideas.

In order to promote the release of "Laura Run", Simon and Orion signed a contract, and his director and screenwriter's basic film fee was only $500,000.

Although Simon retains the power to renegotiate the sharing terms, in any case, this new film will not allow him to get too much revenue, and the best result next may be only the sharing terms similar to "Death Is Coming".

But compared to "The Grim Reaper", Simon needs to invest more energy in the film he directed himself.

Since he couldn't get enough income, Simon decided to choose a film that he was more interested in, and at the same time he was able to consolidate the popularity of his stylized director.

The specific share contract of "Pulp Fiction" will naturally be discussed by Jonathan and Orion, but then, the negotiation of the sale of "Laura Run" is also a chore that takes a lot of time.

Also.

Whether it's "Butterfly Effect", "Death Is Coming" or "Pulp Fiction" or "When Harry Meets Sally", there is still a lot of work to be done on all these projects as soon as possible.

Even considering the schedule of the three movies "Death Is Coming", "Pulp Fiction" and "When Harry Meets Sally", Simon found that the end of this year and Easter next year are obviously also suitable for at least inserting A movie goes in.

Time is money.

But Simon is either short of money or no time.

and.

These are just things related to the movie.

In the second half of the US stock market crash, Simon remembered the date very clearly, October 19, Black Monday.In order to get enough income from this financial turmoil, in addition to raising a large amount of money in advance, there must be many other preparations, which also require time and effort.

Simon was frowning and contemplating along the way, and Janet leaned quietly beside him without disturbing.

Back to the Palisades Mansion, it was already nine o'clock in the evening.

Simon enters the villa, sees the message light in the living room flashing, and walks over to press play.

Janet followed him step by step.

The call came from Amy Pascal.

Amy expressed her concern in the message about Simon’s afternoon meeting with Wells Fargo’s executives, but then talked about another thing: a vice president of Mattel today contacted her and hoped to negotiate the “Laura Run The development of toys around.

Mattel is one of the world's largest toy design, production and sales manufacturers, and its main products are various types of Barbie dolls.

After listening to Amy's message, Simon immediately raised his spirit again.

Around.

A movie that is almost certainly the box office champion of the year in North America.

This is definitely another big gain.

Simon personally designed small props such as wall clocks and rings in "Rola Run", but he actually had this idea in mind.Since most of these props and even Laura’s own image are original, the copyright of these props and characters is owned by Daenerys Pictures according to the rules of the creation of the copyright law.

In the recent period of time, all kinds of things are complicated, and Simon simply has no energy to take care of these.

right now.

Others came to the door.

Naturally, you can't miss it anymore, and you need to plan well.

Standing beside the phone and making quick calculations, Simon turned around and was about to go to the study, only to find Janet standing behind him.Because Simon turned suddenly without warning, the woman was obviously startled and her eyes widened.

Looking at Janet's appearance, Simon smiled apologetically, held out his hand and kissed the woman's delicate face, and kissed, "Baby, go bathing first, I still have something to do."

All day today, or all these days lately, when I saw Simon busy to the point with his feet, Janet had been thinking about something.

at this time.

Watching Simon walk hurriedly upstairs, Janet followed upstairs.

When she came to the bedroom, Janet took off her evening dress and absently took a bath, but instead of wearing the silk bathrobe she liked on weekdays, she put on a slightly OL-style blouse and white trousers.

Standing in front of the fitting mirror and looking around, Janet came to Simon's study.

Unlike the large downstairs study in the afternoon when he met with Paul Olsen, senior vice president of Wells Fargo, this is another small study in the mansion, which is located next to the bedroom on the second floor and looks very private.

Janet rarely comes here on weekdays.

Because she always felt that many of Simon's secrets might be hidden in this study.Although he was very curious about everything about his boyfriend, he did not take the initiative to tell himself that Janet never deliberately explored.

The study door was not closed.

Janet knocked on the door and walked in.

Simon is standing by the wall with a whole white writing board in his study, holding a water-based pen in one hand and a microphone in the other, talking to the opposite side.

A large number of nouns have accumulated on the writing board.

Original soundtrack, poster album, video game, character doll, butterfly wall clock, T-shirt, ring, magazine, image authorization...

These are obviously the peripheral options that can be developed in Roller Run.

Below the slightly scattered nouns, there are several names and some contact numbers.

Janet saw that Simon was busy discussing with the other side, but nodded at her and made a random movement, so she walked to the bookshelf on the other side, gazing at the entire row of folders, random Take the next blue folder and open it.

This is a stack of newspaper clippings.

Each page of the 16-page draft paper bound by hand is covered with tofu block-sized newspaper news.

The first page of news came from the "Los Angeles Times" with the headline "New World Pictures Acquires Marvel Entertainment".

Read the content curiously.

"New World Pictures officially reached an acquisition agreement with Marvel Entertainment on Thursday. The spokesperson announced that the move is aimed at expanding the company's comic publishing and TV animation business."

"Marvel Entertainment is one of the largest comic book production companies in North America. Company assets include Marvel Comics in New York, Marvel Comics and Marvel Production in the United Kingdom, and the animation studio in San Fernando Valley, California, which owns Spider-Man. , Hulk, X-Men and other superhero characters who are popular among fans."

"In 1985, Marvel Entertainment's annual turnover was US$72 million and profit was US$5.1 million."

"Previously, the parent company of Marvel Entertainment Group, Candace Industrial Holdings Group, officially entered the bankruptcy liquidation process. The two parties did not disclose the detailed terms of the transaction, but industry rumors that Marvel Entertainment Group's price is roughly between 40 million and 50 million US dollars. between."

"The transaction is expected to be completely completed by the end of the year."

Knowing for half a year, Janet has never seen Simon read comics, and I don’t know why the little boy is interested in such a news.

He read the news carefully with his head on his side, but he still had no clue.Except for a series of handwritten "November 21, 1986" date annotations, there is nothing else in the blank space of the page.

So he had to turn back.

Most of the following pages are still simple news with simple dates and few comments.

After so much of it, there was another newspaper clipping that caught Janet's attention.

This is the 59th Oscar nominated film list announced in late December last year.

It’s just that the newspaper clippings only keep a small piece. The three best animated short films are nominated. The red oily pen draws a circle on one of the short films called “Naughty Jumping Lights”, besides the routine '1986 'December 20th, 2015', with a word attached: Pixar.

Pixar.

Janet remembered this time that the animation in the title of "Rola Run" was made by this animation studio, as if it were a rare 3D animation studio.

Marvel comics, 3D animation.

Ah.

Is the little boy interested in cartoons?

Thinking in his heart, Janet turned the newspaper clippings again.

This time it was a professional news that a software company named "Microsoft" was conducting internal testing of the new version of the operating system, and finally attached an assessment of Microsoft's recent stock price. Due to the continued hotness of the North American stock market, Microsoft's market value officially exceeded 1 billion. US dollars.

After reading the news carefully again, there is still no clue.

All these newspaper clippings seem to be moving around, without any focus on the rules.Janet even seldom moved his cerebellum and thought about it, and still failed to catch any connection.

He had to put the folder back seriously, and Janet turned and walked back to the man.

Simon's other phone was also coming to an end, and he was listening to the opposite narrative writing a name and a series of phone numbers on the writing pad.

"So, thank you for your help, Peter, I'm sorry to disturb you so late... Haha, of course, you have time to eat together," Simon said, pressing the on-hook button of the next landline. Janet shook her side for a while, looked up and down at the woman, and said, "It's too late, why did you suddenly change into this suit?"

Janet opened her arms and turned in front of Simon, saying, "How are you doing?"

Although Janet is not taller than Catherine, she definitely belongs to the kind of figure that looks very good without clothes.

Simon heard the words and nodded without hesitation. He smiled and said, "It's very tasteful, and then put on high heels again. By the way, is this suit expensive?"

Janet immediately understood some of the subtexts in Simon's words, and suddenly gave the man a white look.

Reaching for the microphone in Simon’s hand and putting it aside, Janet pushed him to sit on the study sofa, and he sat down opposite, seriously: "Simon, I said before, I’ll help you. So, Next, I will talk to them about the follow-up release negotiation of "Rola Run". You can also leave these surroundings to me. You only need to do what you want to do."

Simon had a smile on his face. Hearing Janet's words without any joke, put away the smile on his face and said, "Jenny, this will be very tiring."

Janet shook her head and said firmly, "I have decided."

Simon and Janet stared at each other for a moment, finally nodded and said, "Okay. But if you don't feel like doing it, please let me know at any time."

Janet's lazy appearance on weekdays really left a deep impression on Simon.After all, there was some machoism in his heart, and Simon didn't think it was wrong, so he didn't expect much from Janet's intention to help himself.

Perhaps the expectation was too low. In the following days, Simon was really surprised. At the same time, he also realized what level Catherine had unintentionally mentioned to be able to run Buffett into a dumb brother.