Hollywood Hunter

In a spacious Boeing 767 cabin, Simon's feeling is the same as the ground for a long 16-hour journey.

Work, eat, and sleep.

Waking up again, the plane has entered the airspace of southern Australia. Looking down through the porthole, the Melbourne city and the Philip Harbour surrounded by the city are clearly visible.

Melbourne at the end of August is in the winter, and the temperature difference between the four seasons of the coastal city is usually not too large, but it is not a set of summer in Los Angeles that can be resisted.

In the cabin bedroom, Janet dressed Simon as usual, watching him put on a dark cardigan and black slacks, and put a black short windbreaker on Simon, and finally nodded in satisfaction. Tao: "It looks more mature."

Simon looked at the pale pink coat on the woman's body with a smile and said, "So, is there anything else to explain, such as some topics that you can't mention in front of your family?"

"Tony hates people talking about the things he was beaten by a girl when he was a kid," Janet turned his head to the side, apparently deliberately "reminding" it, but quickly pulled out a watch from his shoulder bag and said, "Give , Just bring this on. You don’t mind if you please please my old man, right? I’ve already adjusted your Melbourne time."

Simon glanced at the Patek Emerald stainless steel model 1518, which was brought by Janet's elder brother Anthony Johnston at the beginning of his 20th birthday at the beginning of the year. This was Patek Philippe's first perpetual calendar watch.

As a classic luxury watch brand, more than 90% of Patek Philippe's watches are made of precious metals. The stainless steel models with a single-digit number are said to be the most precious collections.The most rare thing is that the watch made during the Second World War is still brand new.

Taking it over and wearing it on his wrist, Simon smiled and said: "It has been kept by you all the time, I thought you planned to collect it."

"Dad likes to collect watches, I don't like it. Moreover, the collection value of watches is actually very low. No matter how expensive and luxurious the watches are, they are mass-produced and the age is close. It is worthwhile for Patek Philippe, a brand that is good at making complex functional watches. Collect it. However, as long as you like and have enough money, of course you want to collect whatever you want," Janet said, and suddenly laughed again: "The old man likes the golden watch paragraph in "Pulp Fiction" very much, just saying save The method of gold watch is too vulgar, hehe."

So with a smile, finally tidying up, Boeing 767 roared and landed on the runway of Melbourne Airport.

Simon looked at the watch he had just put on when he got off the plane. The time was 5:23, because the winter daytime is shorter, and here is already the sunset.

Everyone got off the plane, Simon saw Janet’s elder brother Anthony Johnston and some others greeted him, and greeted everyone warmly. Anthony turned to Simon again and said, “Let’s go back, everyone Are waiting for you."

After going through all necessary procedures, the crowd quickly left the airport.

Jennifer and several other entourages were arranged to go to the hotel in the city center. Simon and Janet drove to Johnston's house.Departing from Melbourne Airport in the western suburbs, after more than half an hour's journey, the car entered a tree-lined manor on the Yarra River in the eastern suburbs.

When the car stopped in front of the main manor building and Simon got out of the car, he couldn't help but stop to look at the building in front of him.This is obviously an English-style castle with a Gothic spire, but without the dense arc-shaped colonnade of the Palace of Westminster,

However, Simon stopped not because of the style of this building.

Anthony Johnston walked over, stood beside him and looked at his mansion, smiling: "I have seen some of the conceptual drawings of Batman you painted. Is this house suitable for use as Wayne? Manor? Oh, but I can’t lend it to you. There are still some similar buildings around Melbourne. You can choose slowly in the next few days."

Of course Simon wouldn't want to use Janet's house as a location. Even if Melbourne can't find any other castle suitable for Wayne Manor, there are many in the British mainland, many of them are even deserted.He just thought this coincidence was very interesting at this time.

Janet leaned over to take Simon's arm and said, "Dad they came out, let's go."

At this time, a group of people crowded out of the castle. Janet had shown Simon's family pictures long before, and Simon could roughly identify the identity of some people.

Raymond Johnston, who happens to be 70 years old this year, is tall and thin, with gray hair and sharp eyes. With the tough temperament of an old western cowboy, he is obviously not like a person who is too easy to get along with.Trish Johnston is Janet's mother. Compared with her aggressive husband, this old woman has a much softer temperament. After everyone approached, Janet fell intimately into the mother's arms like a bird.

Introduce each other, in addition to Janet's parents, there are four families of Janet's elder brother Anthony Johnston and three families of second brother Norman Johnston.

Simon did not see Janet's aunt Veronica Johnston and two other younger brothers David Johnston and Patrick Johnston.He actually knew that the eldest son of Anthony Johnston didn’t show up, which avoided a little embarrassment, because the grandson of Raymond Johnston was Janet’s nephew Brandon John. Ston is also 20 years old this year, the same age as Simon.

As night fell, the Johnston family had prepared dinner in advance.

In the castle, after setting up a good room, Janet threw Simon directly to her father and brother. The little girl wrapped around her mother and came to the kitchen, watching the chef and the servants busy dinner, twirling a dessert and eating a bite. Then, he asked his mother, "Mom, even if David and Pat can't come back in England, what about the iceberg? Why is she not there?"

Trish Johnston no longer expected her daughter to change her name to her little aunt, but said helplessly: "Your aunt went to Perth a few days ago, as if it was a mine in Western Australia."

Janet puzzled: "She is responsible for the company's finances. Shouldn't this kind of thing come from father and brother?"

Trish Johnston opened her daughter's little hand and stretched out to a piece of cake again. "I don't know, but your dad and brother left. Who will entertain the guests?"

"Then I'll wait for her to come back, will she definitely come back in a few days?" Janet said, taking the initiative to explain to her mother's doubtful eyes: "She helped me and Simon do many things, of course thank you She's hee hee, it's really weird to say, she hadn't been so enthusiastic before."

Tracy Johnston spoiled and said: "Your aunt has always been the best for you. What's strange, you girl, I don't know enough to be content."

"Okay, okay," Janet hugged her mother again and suddenly said, "Wow, I see."

Trish Johnston was dissatisfied with her daughter and helped her to sort out the crooked collar and said, "What?"

"I've brought my boyfriend back," Janet analyzed triumphantly: "The aunt must not want her father to nag her again, so she deliberately avoided it."

Cui Qian Johnston also had a little helplessness in her expression, and pushed her daughter again: "Okay, don't mess up here, go with the guests."

"Just call him Simon, what'guest'guest'," Janet smiled and smiled into her mother's ear: "Mom, what do you think of him?"

Trish Johnston smiled and said, "Your father thinks it's very good, I can look at it."

Janet is dissatisfied: "Just good?"

"The daughter really has to face outsiders," Trish Johnston photographed Janet, and looked at the cook servants around him, before saying: "Your father said that this child is a little very satisfying, you are right He is good, he will be good to you."

Janet hummed twice and asked, "What else?"

Trish Johnston smiled and said, "It's quite profitable, enough to feed your little prostitute."

Janet grunted in dissatisfaction and continued to ask: "What else?"

"Why are you chasing your mother to boast about your boyfriend," Trish Johnston pretended to blame dissatisfiedly, and whispered again: "You get along on weekdays, he, is that all right?"

Janet pretended to be wrong and blushed with the tone that her mother had just said: "Why are you chasing her daughter and asking his boyfriend about that?" After saying this, she saw her mother staring over and Janet quickly added: "It's okay, he has always been normal and should have been completely healed."

"I heard that mental illness is very difficult to heal, and it will still be inherited." Trish Johnston was also worried. "He, will he drop something in private, or, hit you?"

Janet shook her head immediately: "Of course not."

The mother and daughter whispered in a whisper, and the dinner was unknowingly prepared.

The men who were chatting in the living room were transferred to the living room. There were eleven people, big and small, old, young and old, together with the servants surrounding the servants. It seemed very lively.

In the following days, Simon also settled in the Johnston family mansion, and he also had a deeper understanding of the family.

The Johnston family takes the Johnston Holdings Group as the core. 70% of the family industry is in ore mining and smelting, another 20% of the business is transportation, and the last 10% is some livestock and other peripherals. industry.

Seventy-year-old Raymond Johnston is still the chairman of the family group and is based in Australia.Janet’s aunt Veronica Johnston is the group’s chief financial officer.Anthony Johnston and Norman Johnston are the group's chief executive and president respectively. Anthony Johnston is mainly responsible for the European business, and Norman Johnston is in charge of Asia and Africa.

The Johnston Group's business in North America and Latin America is somewhat weak.

In addition to Anthony Johnston and Norman Johnston, Raymond Johnston’s two other sons, David Johnston and Patrick Johnston, were unwilling to deal with family matters.Both David Johnston, 25, and Patrick Johnston, 22, are still studying in the UK. In the words of Janet, David Johnston is the standard nerd and Patrick Johnston is the standard Young dude.

At first, Raymond Johnston thought he would be a single pass like his father and grandfather. After accidentally having two sons, he put all his energy into training Anthony Johnston and Norman Johnston. The son and the second son are also very good.

So, it was the turn of the three younger sisters Janet, Raymond Johnston, who were no longer so strict with them, and did not force them to inherit the family affairs, so the present result appeared.

As for the main purpose of Simon's trip, "Batman", with the assistance of the Johnston family in Melbourne's strong connections, it was basically finalized before he arrived.

It is expected that helicopters will be used to shoot Batman. Helicopters are prohibited from flying over Melbourne. This is similar to the problems encountered by the original Matrix in the space and time. However, compared with the "Matrix" that was almost stopped by shooting. "Before Simon rushed to Australia, Melbourne had issued a new decree to relax the helicopter flight restrictions in the city.

This time Simon mainly came over and sorted out the selected location. The company sent a special location to the scene a few months ago. For a few months, Simon has been uninterrupted by fax. The remote control is good, so the problem is not big.

In addition, regarding the tax refund, the Melbourne Film Board finally agreed to give 15% of the "Batman" project in Australia as a tax refund.

This ratio is not high relative to Australia’s support for local movies, but compared to other foreign films shot in Australia, this tax refund ratio is already very good.

Moreover, the tax rebate agreement signed with Daenerys Entertainment is also very loose, which is Simon's most important point.

Because under normal circumstances, overseas films want to get a tax refund, not only is it so simple to shoot in Australia, but in most cases, it also requires the participation of Australian local funds, and requires the employment of a certain percentage of Australian local filmmakers. Even, the crew is in The daily expenses of Australian cities must be limited, and a fixed expenditure must be spent every day to get a tax refund.There are some problems in this link, which may lead to tax rebates or shrinkage.

In comparison, the contract that Daenerys Entertainment received only required 30% of the local Australian employees, and did not require Australian funds to participate. There was no limit on the expenses of the crew in Australia. The filming was completed. Daenerys Entertainment Only need to provide a total expenditure statement, you can get a 15% tax refund in proportion.