Hollywood Hunter

Entering July, half of the summer season in 1987 passed unconsciously.

In addition to "Beverly Detective 2", there are no other local box office explosions that are expected to exceed 100 million this summer.

Jack Nicholson's "East Town Witch", Arno Schwarzenegger starring "Blood Warrior", Tom Hanks and Dan Ekroyd's "Tian Luo Di Wang" and several other expected North American total box office Movies that can reach US$50 million to US$60 million can only be regarded as small profits, and basically fail to meet the expectations of major film companies.

Among them, Matthew Broderick, who had a conflict with Simon, starred in the new film "Plan X", which was scheduled to be released on June 5 by Fox Pictures.The opening scale of 1,022 screens was 4.57 million US dollars at the box office in the first week, and the cumulative box office in June was only more than 12 million US dollars.Relative to the production cost of 15 million US dollars, through the post-operation, Fox Pictures will not lose money, but this film is completely unable to withstand the high-quality schedule and advertising resources it has obtained.

Simon paid attention to this film before the "Project X" was released, but he didn't feel much in his heart.

The original thing is over, as long as Matthew Broderick no longer provokes himself, Simon will not have any intersection with the other party in the future.

On the other hand, on July 2nd, the S&P 500 index broke the 290-point mark, and after a month and a half of silence, Simon began to issue trading orders to Noah Scott again, gradually clearing the original holdings in Westero's account. 4,500 contracts, and at the same time began to open positions again.

In an era when stock index futures trading does not yet have a "daily debt-free settlement system", the benefits for futures speculators are naturally many, but the disadvantage is that Simon cannot directly use the book profits of the original 4,500 contracts to buy, and want to increase positions , You must complete a clearance change.

Simon originally expected to be able to change hands in the S&P 500 index between 290 and 295.However, after the month of June stock index futures delivery, which was more volatile, the rise of the S&P 500 index accelerated significantly.

Westeros' account opened a position in the S&P 500 index at an average of 272 points in mid-May, but ended up clearing and changing hands at an average of about 295 points.

With an average increase of 23 points, the book profit of each contract reached about $11,500.

After the settlement, 4,500 long contracts in Westeros' account, excluding various transaction costs, accumulated a profit of 50.65 million US dollars in one month, and the principal owned by Simon increased to 125 million US dollars.

After changing hands, Westeros' long position increased to 6,800, and the proportion of positions still reached a very dangerous 80%.

Fortunately, from July 2 to July 10, the second layout ended, and the S&P 500 index had risen to 298 points at the close of July 10, but in just a few days, Westeros The long contracts in the company's account have once again generated a very substantial book profit.

Simon found that he probably no longer needed the loan from Wells Fargo.In fact, less than a last resort, he really did not want to use that loan.

The breach of the loan contract is still second, and most importantly, once the appropriation of the loan is discovered, Simon’s operation in the futures market is likely to be exposed.

Relative to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's daily trading volume of more than 80,000 stock index futures, the thousands of contracts held by Westero originally did not have much impact on the market.

However, if someone finds that a young man who has just created a box office miracle in Hollywood has also joined the game, and has made a lot of money unconsciously.Then, according to Soros’s famous theory of reciprocity between market participants and the market, the interference of Simon’s operation on the stock index futures market will also be magnified. The original market trend in his memory is likely to be change.

At the same time, in the last week of the filming plan, the crew of "The Grim Reaper" returned from New York to Los Angeles and completed the opening of the film in the studio of Fox Studios. The film was successfully killed on July 9.

Simon spent a few days with Wes Craven to discuss and confirm the detailed post-plan of "The Grim Reaper Is Coming". On July 13th, he prepared the official launch of the "Pulp Fiction" for several months.

Inside a bar on Venice Beach.

On the third day of power-up, the crew was shooting the plot of the gang boss Martha Wallace lobbying Butch Coolidge to fight fake punches.

There is a soundtrack for this episode in the feature film, but at this time, the atmosphere in the bar is very quiet.

The crew of the crew orderly surrounds the two actors who play Martha Wallace and Butch Coolidge, and there is only the narration of the black actor Wen Remus who plays Martha Wallace.

"When all this is over, you will find that you are the last one to laugh. Butch, although you are still strong, unfortunately, you will not be strong for long..."

Because it is a fixed camera, Simon does not need to monitor the composition of the lens in real time through the monitor. Instead, he stands outside the staff such as photographers and lighting engineers, holding his arms to watch Robert De Niro. This paragraph has no lines at all. 'S performance, could not help but compare with the original Bruce Willis.

Among a large group of tough guys such as Stallone and Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis's acting is arguably the best.

However, in this scene of the original "Pulp Fiction", when watching the old cloth sit in front of the camera and listen to the gang boss's instructions, most people will still have a subconscious idea. This is Bruce Willis, this is Bruce Willie. This is Bruce Willis...

at this time.

Simon looked at Robert De Niro, with his shoulders slightly folded, his lips squeezed, and his anger and unwillingness in front of the gang boss, but he did not dare to attack, but the feeling in his heart was, this is Butch Coolidge, This career is nearing its end, and there are some down-and-coming boxers who have not been able to stand out.

In "Pulp Fiction", Butch Coolidge's scope of play is actually not much smaller than that of Vincent and Jules.However, in the original film, due to lack of performance skills or no thought at all, this role was basically performed as a live-action mess of Bruce Willis.

This is probably why the media and audience will talk about Vinson, Mia, Jules and other characters, but few people discuss a boxer who is quite heavy in a certain scene.

In comparison, Robert De Niro, who has always had the reputation of being dedicated, has been prepared for this role in recent months, even Simon can not help but be amazed.

Although it is a boxer, Butch Coolidge does not appear on the ring.But even so, in order to make himself look like a professional boxer, Robert De Niro still has two months of physical training and gained weight.

Regarding the current scene, Robert De Niro not only discussed with Simon the details of the character's psychological changes and expression methods, but also asked Reims to record this dialogue for his own repeated guessing.

Now, it is only the first scene that Robert De Niro participated in after the film started. Simon is sure that this time Butch Coolidge will definitely leave the audience with no less profound than the roles of Vincent and Jules. impression.

Three minutes later, when Robert De Niro and Ven Reems' first performance ended, Simon motioned to the others to take a rest and led the two to the monitor.

The image-assisting system in the 1980s had just been around for a short time. The monitor screen was only 6 inches in size, but the rent for the entire device was very expensive, almost equivalent to the rental price of the camera.

In the previous "Rola Run", in order to save budget, Simon simply did not use this equipment.

Naturally, this time there is no need to be so frugal.

Three people watched the replay in front of a monitor screen that was only comparable to a later large-screen mobile phone.After a moment, Simon pressed pause to freeze the picture on a small detail of Robert De Niro that pulled the corner of his mouth and turned his head to ask Robert De Niro standing next to him: "Bob, what do you think?"

Robert De Niro looked at it for a moment, shook his head and smiled, and said, "Excessive force."

Simon nodded and said: "As a small person, Butch is actually very afraid of Martha. His long silence has already shown his inner resistance, but he can't dare to show too much dissatisfaction. So, Next, you need to converge a little bit."

Robert De Niro said nothing, "Simon, I'm thinking about it."

Simon waited for Robert De Niro to return to the seat just now, and then turned to Martha Wallace's actor Wen Remus.

Like Samuel Jackson, who played Jules, Wen Remus is also the original actor.

Moreover, Wen Remus is similar to Samuel Jackson in other ways.

The black actor is also a standard graduate. He has studied drama performance at New York State University and the Julia College in New York, which is known as the Harvard Music. He has a bachelor of arts. Before that, he also had Broadway performance experience and Has been playing some humble little roles in Hollywood.

From Samuel Jackson and Wen Reems, it is not difficult to see that Hollywood still has deep-rooted racial discrimination.In Hollywood, many black movie stars have a relatively high level of education.Relatively speaking, the "threshold" for white people to realize the American dream is much lower.

Due to Cobain's background, Wen Reems didn't show his face at all in the three-minute performance, but the profound lines and skills he showed also impressed Simon.

Simon had a few words with Wen Reems, who had a very good impression of the actor who played the gangster but had a mild personality in reality, and finally reached out to the other party: "Wen, your lines are very good, I I think we will definitely have the opportunity to cooperate in the future."

Wen Remus shook hands with Simon hard and said with a smile: "Of course, I am also looking forward to it."

With that said, Robert De Niro said he could start shooting again, and Simon instructed everyone to prepare again.

Today, the main filming is a few scenes of Butch, Martha, Vinson, and Jules in the bar. A series of shots of Martha lobbying Butch to fight counterfeit shots repeatedly for an hour, and Simon only passed.

John Travolta and Samuel Jackson had already completed makeup, and then quickly started other shots.

So busy until five o'clock in the afternoon, the crew officially closed.

The others dispersed, Simon and several deputy directors confirmed the filming plan for tomorrow, and sent today's film to the Fox Studios Printing and Printing Factory. It was already 6:20.

Inside Fox Studios.

Leaving the post-production center, Simon looked at Jennifer Rebold, who was accustomed to following him these days. After the last invitation, the girl quickly resigned from George Norman’s law firm and ran to give Work on your own.

Slowing down the pace on the asphalt road in the studio, Simon asked the girl beside him and said, "Jenny, how are you feeling these days?"

Jennifer Rebold was carrying a briefcase and a folder in his hand. Hearing Simon's question, he couldn't help thinking of his experiences these days.At the end of last month, she suddenly made a decision to give up her career as a lawyer. All her relatives around her said that they could not accept it. Her parents flew over from New York.

However, Jennifer, who has been a good girl since childhood, did not intend to obey her parents' wishes this time.

After several confrontations, she finally got what she wanted.

However, Jennifer also made some compromises. Her parents required her to complete the California Bar Qualification Exam at the end of July and formally obtain a practice certificate.In this way, she will be able to return to the lawyer industry at any time in the future.

then.

From July 1, the girl officially became Simon's personal assistant.

The occupational areas of secretaries and assistants overlap, but they are basically two different jobs.To put it simply, in an enterprise, the assistant's authority is usually much higher than that of the secretary.

For the past half month, Jennifer is still familiar with his work.

In fact, Simon's career in Hollywood has just started, and there are not many jobs that can be assigned to her.

However, as long as the operation of the stock index futures market is completed successfully and there is a large amount of capital, the industry under Simon's name will definitely expand rapidly.By then, the workload of girls will increase significantly.

At this moment, hearing Simon's question, Jennifer said: "I don't feel like I can help you do too much. Perhaps, I should take some film majors in Nanca."

Simon heard the words, but shook his head with a smile, said: "No need, Jenny. You know, in Hollywood, experience is more important than education. And, I did not intend to train you as a film producer."

Jennifer wondered: "Simon, what are you going to do with me?"

"It's just my assistant," Simon smiled and paused. "Actually, I'm doing some other things recently, but it's not convenient to tell you now. After a while, you may find yourself busy. It's time to fly."