Hollywood Hunter

For a week in a row, Simon spent a very fulfilling state.

During the day, he was busy preparing for Batman, and in the evening he participated in various party receptions specially arranged for him.

In addition to the name of the youngest genius director in the world, Simon now has enough wealth to attract the attention of the entire Australian upper class.Coupled with the deep connection of the Johnston family, the grand party held in the Yarra River mansion on Saturday invited almost all Australian celebrities and businessmen, and the current Prime Minister and Governor of Australia specially attended.

Simon also unexpectedly saw Rupert Murdoch, the head of the Murdoch family who also originated in Melbourne. In order to expand News Corporation’s business in the United States, the newspaper tycoon has immigrated to the United States, but in fact, News Corp.’s Control is still in the hands of its family's holding company in Australia.

Because there is no industrial competition between them, the Johnston family has very good relations with several major media families in Australia.

Janet also told Simon that Raymond Johnston originally wanted to introduce Murdoch to him at the right time to help Daenerys film development in Hollywood, but Simon's rise was too fast , This matter becomes less important.

On the other hand, as a young man who has created a series of miracles in just two years, Simon's trip to Australia also attracted the attention of local media.

In just one week, Simon's rise from an unknown person to a multi-billion dollar net worth was completely sorted out by the Australian local media.

It happened that this week when Simon came to Melbourne, the eighth week of Instinct released in North America, after a full week of screening from September 2 to September 8, the box office received another 5.06 million US dollars in a single week, and the cumulative box office officially broke through. The US$100 million mark reached US$102.32 million, making it the third North American box office breaking billionaire work produced by Daenerys Entertainment this year.

Even in the previous 1985, there were only three films in North America whose box office broke through $100 million throughout the year.

Therefore, the box office miracle created by Daenerys Entertainment has also become a hot topic in the media.Because of News Corp., Instinct was almost released in Australia at the same time as North America. Due to appropriate cuts and News Corp.’s strong media influence in Australia, this movie did not cause strong North American dispute.

Because of Simon's identity as the son-in-law of Australia, these days, the media tend to praise the majority.

Also.

Batman, which is about to be filmed in Melbourne, has naturally become the target of media attention.

The extremely free tax rebate policy obtained by this film was quickly exposed. Although everyone knows that this has the influence of the Johnston family, Melbourne officials are also very calm and openly praised in response to the media. A project with global influence such as "Batman" brought into Australia's strong promotion role for the local film industry.

In the past, several major local media forces that had always disagreed with each other also kept a uniform face this time. Even if there is some noise, it is completely irrelevant.

Among all kinds of busyness and entertainment, the time soon came to September 10, Saturday.

According to the agreement between Daenerys Entertainment and the four major TV networks, starting from Sunday, September 11, the four reality shows produced by Daenerys Entertainment, "Who Will Become a Millionaire", "Survivor", "Big Brother" and "Beverly Wife" will be launched in the coming week.

The specific time schedule, ABC's "Who Will Be a Millionaire", will begin on September 11th, three times a week, and broadcast on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday.NBC's "Survivor", FOX's "Big Brother" and CBS's "Beverly Wife" all belong to a weekly issue, and the broadcast dates are Monday, Wednesday and Wednesday.The unpopular stage of the TV series on Friday and Saturday was intentionally skipped.

Due to the strike of the Hollywood screenwriters that lasted more than five months, the TV series of this autumn is generally delayed to 10 copies. Therefore, it should have been the most fierce competition for the golden September file, which has become the fourth part of Daenerys Entertainment. Reality show world.

It is conceivable that as long as half of the four reality shows can be a big success, it will be enough to seriously undermine the confidence of the American screenwriters to strike again.In addition, the four major television networks spend a lot of money to get the four reality shows, so they have spared no effort in their promotion.

Mountain forest in northeast Melbourne.

Because of the sea, the mountains and forests in the temperate maritime climate zone are not as desolate as the inland winter, but they are still green.

Simon was brought here by Raymond Johnston to hunt early in the morning. He knew that this was a big hobby of Janet’s father, and knew that this was the old man who wanted to talk to himself alone. Simon happily went together .

Bang--

In the mountain forest, which is completely owned by Johnston’s private hunting ground, after a shot, several hounds barked towards a wild boar, and Simon and Raymond carried an old hunting rifle alone, surrounded by several entourages. Walk towards the fallen wild boar.

"The name of "Big Brother" comes from a 1940s science fiction novel "1984". The story tells the story of human beings being ruled by a head of state named Big Brother in 1984. Apple also created the book based on this book. A very famous big brother 1984 advertisement, a woman smashed a hammer on the big screen that is playing the big brother's speech, suggesting that Apple's eclectic break the shackles. The reality show produced by Daenerys Entertainment, the core is the display Whether the players can get the same team dominance as the big brother, in essence, it is still more to satisfy the audience's peep."

During the walk, Simon explained four upcoming reality shows for Daenerys Entertainment.

"Who will become a millionaire" uses people's greedy desires, "Big Brother" uses people's voyeuristic desires, which is really wonderful," Raymond Johnston said, looking at Simon, suddenly said: " Simon, what is your desire?"

Simon thought for a while and said with a smile: "Ray, I have everything now."

Raymond Johnston asked: "satisfied?"

Simon shook his head and said, "Not satisfied, but there is no strong desire."

"That's your problem," Raymond Johnston said: "Although it's just getting along these days, I have already felt your confusion, you have gone too smoothly, have too much, and have been a little overwhelmed. "

Simon remained silent and nodded slightly, saying: "I think if I continue, I may encounter more and more troubles, even dangers."

Everyone walked over to the wild boar that had just fallen down. Raymond Johnston saw that the time was approaching noon and ordered his entourage to strip and wash the wild boar to prepare lunch. He and Simon chose an empty place to sit down and said, "Boy, Do you know how our family started?"

Simon shook his head.

Raymond Johnston raised his hand and gestured around, saying, "This place was originally a place of exile. The surname Johnston has no glorious history, and my family has no noble blood. Frankly, We are the descendants of a group of criminals. This land has gone through a hundred years. Too many people still yearn for the approval of their home country. For this reason, they are willing to take part in the two world wars. Some people are ecstatic when they get a jazz title, but Johns This is not the case with the Dunton family. We know our identity very well, but we never succumb to our own destiny. We only believe in ourselves and only in strength. Weak people will only seek identity, and we only want to be in the position of the identity. My father In order to expand the family industry to the present level, you can't imagine the sufferings that were experienced. It was just to transport 60 tons of iron ore from the mine to the dock. My father took twelve workers to fight with people and die After five people, he also left two bullet holes in the body, and similar things happened more than once. Later, feeling the British restrictions on Australia, my father united everyone to secretly promote the independence of this country. Because the inheritance tax is not recognized My father worked secretly for seven years and finally repealed this law. In the process, at least six senior officials died in car accidents, heart disease, accidental robbery..."

Simon listened to the past that Raymond Johnston would never reveal to outsiders, and his heart was filled with emotion.

The accumulation of capital has never been smooth.

This is particularly true of mining resource development. Although this industry is always volatile, it seems that it does not make money, but as long as some common sense people understand the huge profits contained in this industry.

Raymond Johnston narrated clearly in memory, and soon turned to Simon, said: "Boy, your success is simply too easy to compare. But at the same time, you have actually jumped out of a certain limit. Become a player in this world instead of chess pieces. You need to understand that players actually cherish themselves very much, because we are the operators of the game, most of the time, we don’t have to play in person at all, there are too many flags for us Driven, even if you want to abandon, you will only sacrifice pieces. Therefore, as long as you follow certain rules of the game, you don’t have to be afraid. If you are stronger than your opponent, you will only be afraid of others. "

If Simon realized, and remembered a thought that had arisen the other day, he could not help whispering: "Humans create rules, humans manipulate rules, humans destroy rules."

Raymond Johnston heard Simon’s words and shook his head: "The strong man controls the rules, the mentally retarded adapts to the rules, kid, you can use your own strength to promote the creation of new rules that are beneficial to you, and then let others obey, but don’t To deliberately break the established rules so that the game can be played for a long time. On the contrary, if you deliberately break the rules on the board, the opponent may really want to throw a punch at you."

Simon nodded seriously, thinking of something, smiling at the corner of his mouth, and said: "I suddenly felt that Janet's grandfather must have liked his granddaughter very much."

Some kind of completely desperate trait in Jenny's trait is very similar to that of Nicholas Johnston in the story that Raymond Johnston just described.

Raymond Johnston froze for a while, laughing, and said: "Of course, I adore my father very much, so I also like Jenny's temperament very much. If it wasn't for Ninie who didn't care about family affairs, I would definitely treat She became the successor of the Johnston family. So, treat her well, and she will definitely be able to help you in the future."

Simon nodded solemnly and said, "I will."

Raymond Johnston finished, got up and said: "So, let's go, we go to prepare lunch in person, this kind of thing is still the most interesting to do in person, maybe you can go to play a few rabbits. By the way, you know that year Is the Australian bunny flooding disaster? The girl you launched in "Pulp Fiction", Nicole Kidman, and her great-grandfather Sidney Kidman were very impressed by that time, haha."

When Simon and Raymond Johnston talked about Janet, Janet happened to arrive at a high-rise apartment in central Melbourne.Originally wanted to bring a boyfriend with him, but unfortunately Simon was pulled by his father to hunt, so he had to give up.

After getting familiar with the door and taking a private elevator to the door of a penthouse apartment, Janet indiscriminately pressed the doorbell a few times, but no one opened the door, so he took out the key to open the door and walked in.

In front of me is a very clean and simple apartment with pure white decoration. It is located on the top floor of the 32-story apartment building. Janet sniffed and felt the faint fragrance of women around him. Suddenly I felt that my little aunt It is very similar to a guy.

This is Veronica Johnston's apartment.

Hearing that Little Aunt came back from Western Australia, Janet ran happily, but a workaholic hadn’t returned yet.

It was completely like returning to her home. Janet took off her shoes, walked around the villa barefoot, poured herself a pot of coffee, turned on the TV in the living room, and leaned in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows to enjoy her feet for a while The scenery of the city, like a kitten wandering into the bedroom and rolling on the big bed, came to the study unconsciously.

The library still has a certain feminine atmosphere that even Janet feels very comfortable, and the shelves are filled with various management books.

When she came to her desk on tiptoe, Janet had just sat on the office chair, only to find a book spread across the table.

Picking it up doubtfully, this is a French novel.

Janet had learned a little French, so she immediately recognized the book's name, "Count of Monte Cristo".

Suddenly wondered, how could the iceberg be interested in Dumas' novel?

Well, "Count of Monte Cristo" seems to tell the story of revenge.

Who is she going to avenge?

Thinking about it, picking up the books and sitting in a chair and flipping around for a while, Janet soon lost interest again, grabbed the phone on the desk and snapped a string of numbers, and after connecting, said: "Hey, Iceberg...I’m at your house, eating together at noon...no time, uh, you don’t even have time to eat... see any customers, I will accompany you to see you, what if you meet a bad person...one person Yeah, oh, you mean Simon, he was pulled by the old man to hunt... Speaking, are you free at night, Simon and I invite you to dinner... Rest assured, not in our house, I know you are afraid of dad nagging You, okay here with you... Don't do that... In a few days, Simon and I will be back in Los Angeles in a few days... Hey, um, iceberg? Vini? Veronica?"

Listening to the beeping tone in the microphone, Janet frowned in distress and had to put the microphone down with some helplessness.

Quirky.

Having this thought in his mind, Janet habitually turned half a circle. Although he was still unclear, he was too lazy to think again.

But he didn't give up the idea of ​​pulling his boyfriend to show off in front of the little aunt.

Hum.

I don't believe you won't go home these days.