Hollywood Hunter

During this time, I always noticed many things related to Simon unconsciously. Courtney Cox listened to Meg Ryan's claim that he was not interested in Simon's movies, but he quickly remembered her identity. When Harry meets the established heroine of Sally.

So there was some contempt.

Not interested in his film, why do you have to star in "When Harry Meets Sally"?Although this film is not his personal director and screenwriter, but he will definitely assume the most powerful producer position.

Jonathan Friedman watched Meg Ryan leave, before turning to Courteney and asking, "Have you seen Simon?"

Courteney nodded, with regret on his face, and said, "He is busy now."

Jonathan looked at the girl in front of him and paused, with the usual gentleness in his tone, saying: "So, wait for more opportunities to talk to him, you were the first to know."

Having worked in this circle for more than two decades, Jonathan has seen too many actors and opportunities pass by.However, he still had some emotions at this time.

If Courtena could seize the opportunity, it must be a different situation now.

Now, among clients under Jonathan's name, Sandra Bullock made a big hit with "Rola Run", and Elizabeth Su also rose to the front line with "Butterfly Effect". Both women's age and positioning are similar to Courtney Cock. It's almost the same, and with Nicole Kidman, whom Simon just recommended, he obviously can't spend too much time on Courteney.

The two chatted a few more times, and twilight unknowingly enveloped all around, and the lights were on, which really set off a flashy world.

Ding Ding Ding's crisp sound came from the direction of the villa, and everyone at the scene quickly became quiet.

Jonathan and Courtenay followed the sound, and Simon was standing under the eaves of the villa leading to the backyard, holding a glass of champagne, and waiting to attract everyone's attention, he handed a spoon that just hit the glass. The waiter next to him, then began to speak for the party tonight.

Outside of "The Grim Reaper" filmed in New York, "Roller Run", "Butterfly Effect", "Pulp Fiction" and "When Harry Meets Sally", the protagonist of the four films behind the scenes, WMA, The total number of invited people from Orion, Fox and other companies, plus the partners brought by the guests, attended the party more than 200 people.

At this time, hundreds of eyes looked at the young people under the eaves of the corridor.

Although "Rola Run" and "Butterfly Effect" have achieved unexpected box office success, strictly speaking, relative to fame, Simon's influence in Hollywood is still limited at this time, and Daenerys film industry is ambitiously produced. Many of the three movies also seem to have an uncertain future.

Maybe just next year, the young people at the gathering place will realize the reality that no one in Hollywood can succeed forever.

but.

No one can ignore it, Simon Westero, only 19 years old this year.

It took only one year for a 19-year-old young man to direct and write films that earned a total of more than $300 million in North American box office, which is unique in the history of Hollywood movies.Moreover, this young man's film talents displayed in the two films also surpassed most of the directors in Hollywood. No one would doubt that in the long time ahead, Simon still has too many opportunities to create similar to "Lola Run" The box office miracle.

In addition, the most important point.

With a "Rola Run", when many peers have not considered the future at all, Simon has accumulated a net worth of tens of millions of dollars, which is also enough to arouse the envy and wonder of too many people.

Hollywood's high-paying film boom has only increased significantly in recent years with the overall expansion of the industry and the promotion of brokerage companies.Therefore, Simon earned more than 40 million US dollars from "Rola Run", even after deducting high taxes and fees, it is enough to surpass the entire family of Hollywood's first-line stars accumulated over the years.

Being in the Vanity Fair in Hollywood, everyone pursues nothing more than the words "name" and "profit".

When a young man was 19 years old, he had already realized two things that many people may exhaust all their lives.

After Simon's brief thank you speech, the night's carnival officially opened.

The vacant lot on the other side of the villa was opened as a dance floor. The sound of music in the air soon became more active. Everyone shuttled between the villa and the courtyard, which was very lively.

Simon took Janet to entertain the crowd only once, and unconsciously it had been more than half an hour.

Back in the villa, he was sitting on the sofa chatting with Sandra, Nicole, and others. By the way, Catherine walked over with the other two, but he was the owner of DeLaurentis Entertainment, Dino De · Laurentis and President Martha Schumacher.

After saying hello, Dino de Laurentiis said: "Simon, can you talk alone?"

Simon looked at the other person's look and probably guessed something, then nodded and said, "Okay, Dino, let's go to the study."

When Janet saw that Simon had something serious, she got up and said to several others: "In this way, everyone goes to my studio to see. I have been inspired recently, and I have completed several new paintings."

Dino de Laurentis saw Janet wanting to take the others away, and said, "Miss Johnston, maybe you can come together."

Janet blinked, but only smiled and said: "Simon will do. His decision is my decision."

With that said, Janet took Sandra and Nicole together and finally got on Catherine and walked towards her studio in the villa.

Simon also took Dino de Laurentis and Martha Schumacher to the study room where he used to be a guest.

Dino de Laurentis's goal was not as Simon expected, and the other party took a fancy to the huge gains that Simon and Janet obtained from "Rola Run".

Since its release on June 19, "Blood Corpse Night" has a box office of US$11.56 million in the first week, far exceeding DeLarentis Entertainment's original expectations.

However, due to Simon's participation, the technical details of the film such as the lens are excellent, but the story is too mediocre. According to the box office trend of these days, the final box office of the film is between 30 million and 40 million US dollars.

Relative to the production cost of 5 million US dollars, this box office performance is obviously very good, but even if the pre-sales account of the later distribution channel is counted, the income of this movie cannot make the expansion pace in recent years too blind to Delaunay. Lentis Entertainment pulled back from the edge of bankruptcy.

Dino de Laurentiis, who has been very rare this year, has been a producer since the golden age of Hollywood, and is also well-known in the industry.

In 1983, Dino de Laurentis reorganized DeLaurentis Pictures, which he had operated for many years, into DeLaurentis Entertainment Group, taking advantage of the overall economic situation in North America and the government’s media industry. The rapid growth of the support of Dongfeng.

Since its inception, Delaurentis Entertainment has merged with other small film companies and established its own shooting base in North Carolina. In just a few years, it has continuously invested in the production of more than 20 films, many of which are Arno Shi Wasinger's "Border Warrior", Diane Keaton's "Sin of Heart" and other high-budget works, and David Lynch's "Blue Velvet" and other famous masterpieces.

However, the highest box office in all of these films is only "The Sin of Heart" starring Diane Keaton. The box office in North America is $22 million, but the production cost of "Sin of Heart" is $20 million.Other films generally only have a few million dollars at the box office.

Over the years, Orion Pictures, which has produced and released hot films such as "Terminator", "First Blood", and "Mozart Biography", almost faced the fate of being taken over last year. It is conceivable that more than 20 films have been invested continuously but no one What is the case of the DeLaurentis Entertainment Club, which sold at the box office.

Now, Dino de Laurentis is clearly unwilling to fail, so he hopes Simon can inject a fund into De Laurentis Entertainment to pull the company back from the edge of bankruptcy.

80 million US dollars, 25% of the shares.

This is the condition of Dino de Laurentis, and the other party also promised to help the film produced by Daenerys Pictures to be released.

Simon did consider how to establish a distribution channel for Daenerys Films. Obtaining a complete distribution team directly by merging other film companies is obviously the best choice.However, at the moment, Hollywood's second and third-line film companies, Simon are not at all.

Since Laurentians Entertainment can put "Blood Corpse Night" into the hot summer period, its distribution ability is definitely better than the new line and Miramax that have just emerged, but Simon has In any case, it is impossible to take out 80 million US dollars but only buy 25% of the shares.

As for the Seventh Congress, even the ruined MGM can sell $1.5 billion, and Simon can't even afford one.

So, during this time, Simon was more concerned about self-reliance.

Although the North American theater resources are monopolized by the seven strong, but as long as the films produced by Daenerys Pictures can be sold frequently, Simon wants to open the North American home theater channel, the problem is actually not big.As for overseas, it must be step by step.

Therefore, Simon can only refuse to invite Dino de Laurentis to cooperate.

After chatting for more than twenty minutes, I couldn't convince Simon that Dino de Laurentis and Martha Schumacher could only leave in disappointment.

Leaving the study with Dino de Laurentius, Simon came to the exit of the corridor next to the living room and stood still.Waving a glass of wine from the waiter tray, Simon leaned quietly against the wall and felt the situation in front of him.

Most of the lights were turned off in the living room at this time. The old-style phonograph played soothing music. There were also some guests or standing or sitting around. In the center of the living room were a pair of men and women embracing each other.

I didn't like the hustle and bustle of the backyard, so I hid here, refused to talk a few times, and completely calmed down.

A man sitting on this sofa in the corner, holding a glass of red wine, occasionally thinking about where he should be now.

Then he saw him appear.

Leaning against the corridor entrance, hiding himself in the shadow, holding a glass of champagne, thoughtfully looks.

Obviously I didn't notice myself.

Yeah, such a humble girl.

Somewhat lonely.

So he continued to look at him, worried about looking forward to being discovered.

A few minutes passed.

But still not found.

No loss, but some pity.

I don't know why, she can clearly feel that he is quiet, and there will be a sense of loneliness that is isolated from everything around him. It seems that he is just a spectator and does not belong to this world at all.

The first encounter at Venice Beach, she felt this breath from him.However, at that time they were just strangers. She couldn't step forward and asked him: Hi, how are you?

right now.

She got up unconsciously, and came to him with some restraint, and said softly: "Hey, do you... want to dance?"

Simon heard the sound and turned his head to see Jennifer Rebold wearing a light blue silk evening dress. The girl did not wear a ponytail today, and the scattered blonde hair covered her beautiful neck.

After graduating from Yale in May, Jennifer Rebold came to Los Angeles to work in George Norman's law firm.During this time, Simon actually saw the girl more than once, but in most cases it was just for work. Today was the first time he met in private.

At this moment, Simon nodded with a smile: "Okay."

Putting the wine glass aside, Simon reached out to Jennifer and took her to the dance floor to learn the appearance of others, holding his hands on the girl's soft waist, Jennifer also put his arms on his shoulders, just Eyes drooping low, swaying gently as the man moves.

Simon looked at the girl in front of her, looking at the topic with a smile, and said, "How is your lawyer's qualification exam preparation?"

Despite receiving a doctorate in law, Jennifer is still not a lawyer. He needs to pass the California Bar Qualification Exam in July to obtain a formal practice certificate.

Pressed by his hands on his waist, he felt like a little deer who just wanted to escape and fall into the trap. After hearing his question, she raised her head and hung down again, said softly: "I don't know if I can Be a lawyer."

"This is for sure," Simon said without hesitation: "You are a talented student at Yale. If you can't do it, there won't be many people in the entire Confederate who are suitable as lawyers."

"I mean," she thought for a while, and said, "I might not be able to treat the lawyer as a profession like my parents and uncles."

Simon listened to the girl's still vague explanation, but understood it.

In the United States, lawyers are definitely one of the people with the highest income, and can be transferred to political and business circles at any time.But at the same time, if you want to be a top-notch lawyer, then too often you have to throw away the sense of justice in your heart and simply stand for the benefit of the other party from the standpoint of your client, whether it is a pedophile, Still a murderer.

Thinking about it for a moment, Simon said: "Jenny, will you come to work for me?"

Jennifer paused, suddenly raised his head, and then his face flushed down again, saying, "I, you, what work?"

With a smile on his lips, Simon said, "My assistant."

Immediately thought of the recent scandals about him, it seemed that an actress had come to his company to be his secretary.Her face was a little more red, but she said involuntarily: "I don't understand Hollywood too much, I don't know if I can do it well."

Simon still smiled and said again: "Then it is so settled. In fact, I have been looking for an assistant recently, but there is no suitable one."

Seeing him can't wait, she felt like a little white rabbit held by a big bad wolf, or a little red hood that was fooled by the wolf grandmother to open the door.

In short, it is the kind of miserable end.

Inexplicably, he did not want to resist.

Still looking forward.

So he asked again, "Simon, is it really okay?"

"Of course," Simon nodded and said: "Many Hollywood executives are actually lawyers, just like Disney President Frank Wells, maybe you can also be the president of Daenerys Pictures in the future."

Only then did he let go, but smiled again, glanced up at him, and said, "What about Amy?"

"Amy must be promoted."

"how about you?"

"I am the boss, of course it is better not to work."

"So lazy."

"Oh, remember to remind me to add an entry to the employment contract to ridicule the boss for deductions."

"Just not remind you."