Hollywood Hunter

Ending his trip to Geneva, Simon flew to Florence, where Gucci's headquarters is located, the next day.

Sofia hopes that Simon can appear in the Gucci documentary. On the 24th, Simon has been following the camera and wandering around the corner of Florence with the new Gucci creative director Tom Ford.Ford's September 1990 Gucci Spring/Summer fashion collection will draw inspiration from the world's oldest cultural and artistic center.

As the host, the Gucci family specially prepared a banquet for Simon in the manor outside the Gucci family at night.

To be precise, Simon was invited by Aldo Gucci, the second-generation eldest son of Gucci.

The three sons of Gucci's founder Guccio Gucci, two of whom have passed away, only the boss Aldo is still there, the one who was reported to jail by his nephew for tax evasion a few years ago.

In the last equity transaction, some members of the Gucci family emigrated overseas for tax avoidance reasons. Only the second and third sons of Aldo Gucci remained in Italy, and his elder son was also at odds with his father. , Living in New York all year round.

The various struggles of these years have caused the Gucci family to lose its sights in Italy, but after all, there are still some accumulations, especially this time the guest is Simon Westeros, the new world-class wealth upstart and Hollywood tycoon, so, For the first time in many years, the Gucci family was once again full of guests and friends, and many celebrities in Italy's government and enterprises attended the show. They also attracted a large number of entertainers from Simon.

Even if he insisted that he would not sell the family company, he still firmly controlled Aldo Gucci, which holds 20% of the shares of Gucci, because the attitude of the Gucci family to regain the glory of the dinner has changed a lot towards Simon.

Because there was no language barrier, Simon was able to entertain the banquet crowd until 10 o'clock in the evening before leaving.

Aldo Gucci, who is 83 years old, still has no rest. He personally took two sons and a large group of celebrities to send Simon and Sofia out of the Gucci family estate.

In the car, watching the Gucci family's brightly lit manor disappear into sight, Sofia said: "This time, we want to acquire the remaining shares of the Gucci family is even more difficult."

Simon naturally understood what Sofia meant.

Over the past few months, Gucci's recovery is obvious to all.

If Gucci continues to maintain its previous state of decay and stay up for a few years, the Gucci family will surely take all the shares out of their hands.But now, even if the children of the Gucci family are no longer successful, they understand that holding the shares in the handshake and leaning on the big tree of Simon Westeros is a long-term plan.

"We can't take up all our interests. It is enough to master Gucci's absolute controlling right. After Gucci's operation is stable, it can happen to turn its resources and energy to other luxury brands," Simon said, laughing again: "And, the Gucci family I may have borrowed some of my name this time, but again, if we achieve a 100% holding of Gucci, the Gucci family will definitely not do it. When we come to Italy, we can only act like an outsider with two black eyes. Take a cold bench. This borrowing is mutual."

Sofia nodded in recognition.

Simon was only purely entertaining at the party just now, but she really knew a lot of ground snakes that might help Gucci's operation in the future.

Thinking of this, Sofia had just said about Cannes again, and the speed of the car suddenly slowed down and finally stopped.

Simon looked forward in doubt and asked, "Neil, what's wrong?"

Before Neil Bennett had time to speak, the car window was knocked a few times.

Simon looked out alertly, but saw a woman's face faintly appearing outside the window, recognizing the woman's identity. He rolled down the window and said, "Miss Frerie, why are you here?"

The woman's name is Sabina Fruily and she is an actor.

Prior to the Gucci family's party, Sabina Frilli took the initiative to take a few words with Simon very eagerly, and also left a business card, Simon only barely remembered the other party's name.

As the window rolled down, Sabina Friely appeared in front of Simon with a pitiful and pretty face, and said, "Mr. Westeros, my car broke down. Can I take a ride?"

Sabina Frelli said, also pointing to a black car with smoke on the hood on the side of the road.

Simon glanced at the car a few times in the light of the car, a little bit crying and laughing.

I didn't expect to encounter such a clever trick, and, looking at the smoke in that car, the woman really got started. The car is definitely broken down, and may even have been scrapped.

This is the southern suburb where Florence's various mansions and estates gather. Simon's manor in this city is also not far away, less than five kilometers away by car.

It was impossible to throw a young woman out in the suburbs. Simon had to push the car door to get Sabina Frilli to squeeze in, and he and Sofia in the back row.

In the front row are two bodyguards.

The rampant kidnapping cases in Italy are well known. When Simon was still in Los Angeles, he was told that he was going to Italy. Many people around him advised him to bring some followers.Therefore, this trip to Europe specially brought four bodyguards.Jennifer did not come together tonight, and Simon left two bodyguards in his manor.

With the addition of an outsider, Simon and Sofia stopped the conversation they had just made.

Sabina Friuli appeared very talkative, and her thin, hot body was unabashedly attached to Simon. Barbara asked various things about Hollywood, and also expressed her intention to be able to star in Valerie Galino. Catwoman's envy in Batman asked boldly if Simon could take her to Hollywood to develop.

Because they were not far away, Simon's car quickly drove into another manor.

Compared with other European residences, this manor outside of Florence is the most satisfying place for Simon, is that it has a circle of stone walls more than two meters high, and the entire wall of more than 600 meters will enclose the five-acre manor.Simon first saw the information of this manor. Although the Italian-style villa in the manor was not too in line with Simon's aesthetic, he bought it without hesitation.

Everyone got off the bus, and Simon, who had been rubbed by perfume by Sabina Friuli, asked: "Miss Frieli, where do you live, I let the driver take you back."

Sabina Frilli wrapped up again without any drape, holding Simon's arm: "Simon, can I stay here for one night? Staying in the hotel these two days, I always feel someone is following me."

Sofia blinked at Simon as he was entangled, and walked toward the villa with a smile on his lips.

Simon felt forced to send the woman away. She might be able to sort out some moths, maybe she fainted directly in his arms. She had to wave to the two bodyguards and let them go to the annex to take a rest. Bina Frilli walked towards the main villa.

In the living room of the villa.

Jennifer hadn't rested yet. Seeing Simon come in with a hot tall girl, her face suddenly showed a small expression of resentment, the tone was a little cold, and changed her name: "Boss, the movie over Cannes The results of the festival awards have been released."

With that said, the female assistant handed Simon a folder and turned to walk upstairs.

Simon took the folder, but reluctantly reached out to hold the female assistant who was about to leave, saying, "Miss Frelli's car broke down, she just stayed here for one night."

Simon was holding his hand, and he explained to himself that the sourness in Jennifer's heart had dispersed, and Simon was allowed to sit down with him on the living room sofa.

Sabina Frilli is obviously a smart man. Seeing that Simon and Jennifer are intimate, the young tycoon clearly pays more attention to each other. Interestingly, he no longer joins Simon and sits down on the side sofa.Seeing Sophia come to the living room with a pot of coffee, she got up attentively and walked over to take the tray and pour coffee for everyone.

In the villa's living room unconsciously once again showed a male and female situation of yin and yang decline.

Janet said early on that Simon's character is like a lion, unconsciously, his personality seems to be more obvious, and even the top executives within the company are gradually showing a trend of gloom and gloom.

Simon also found that, although the thoughts of the women around him are definitely not less than those of men, he is still more adaptable to this situation.

There is an hour difference between Florence and Cannes, and this evening happens to be the closing time of Cannes.Simon had previously received an invitation from Cannes to participate in the closing ceremony, but he chose to decline.

Pulling the female assistant to sit down in the living room, Simon opened the document of the Cannes award results.

Although many of the films in memory appear as scheduled, however, the results of the 42nd Cannes Film Festival this time were unexpected by Simon.

The biggest variable is undoubtedly Golden Palm.

The winner of the Palme d’Or in memory is Steven Soderberg’s "Sex, Lies and Videotapes" because the jury chairman of this film festival is Wim Wends. Simon also thought that this There is always a sense of emptiness and alienation in the film. German film directors should prefer Soderbergh, a film about the lost life of young Americans who have come to an end.

however.

The reality is that the winner of this year's Golden Palm has become Giuseppe Tonadore's "Paradise Cinema".

If you think about it, "Paradise Cinema" is also eligible for Palme d'Or, and it also favors Wim Wends' preferences.Moreover, going a little deeper, Simon realized that the difference in the results of this award should be due to the fact that the publisher of Sex, Lies and Videotapes is different from the original time and space.

The original version of "Sex, Lies, and Videotapes" was published by Miramax, and the skillful PR skills of the Weinstein brothers are well known.

Now, the distributor of the film has become Columbia Pictures.

Although Columbia Pictures does not know how many more stages than the current Miramax, but in this kind of award-winning public relations, the Colombian team is obviously not as good in the network and experience as the focus on literary and artistic films. The Weinstein brothers of Europe.

Of course, "Sex, Lies and Videotapes" did not return empty-handed, but won the second jury award at the Cannes Film Festival.

As for "My Left Foot", there is only one best actor award.

The performance of Daniel Day Lewis really deserves this award.

Simon did not intend to let "My Left Foot" hit Golden Palm from the beginning. He is also pleased with the results now, especially the Golden Palm in "Paradise Cinema".

This is not because I was relieved to see "Sex, Lies, and Video Tapes" lost. The main thing is that the last Golden Palm was "Pulp Fiction", which is a Hollywood movie. If this Golden Palm is still a Hollywood movie, then, take In the next few years, out of balance and other considerations, the probability that Hollywood would want to get Golden Palm again is very low.

Although it is difficult for the Cannes Film Festival official to interfere with the award results, the judges participating in the award selection must also understand that it is definitely not knowing that continuing to award Golden Palm to Hollywood.After all, most of the jury are usually European filmmakers, and if they are favored too much, it is also a huge damage to their own interests.

In addition, Simon's "Sweet Sister" by Jane Campion won nothing.

Jennifer recovered from the previous vinegar and took a script from the coffee table and explained to Simon: "This is Deitchman's new script from Tonadore, named " The Journey to Heaven" tells the story of an old man who ran around to visit his scattered children after retirement. Deichman said that he had talked with Tonadoret twice, but the other party should be waiting for the result of the Cannes award. , So did not immediately agree to our invitation to cooperate."

Sabina Frilli, who was sitting quietly beside her, had just heard that the director of her own country had obtained Palme d'Or, and her eyes lit up. At this time, when she saw the script in Jennifer's hand, her expression was a little more moving.Like Valerie Galino, stepping into Hollywood with the best actress in Venice, she is not expecting it. If you can play a role in the Italian film invested by Daenerys Entertainment, it is also a springboard.

It's a pity that she doesn't know much English, and she didn't understand the words of Daenerys in Jennifer's words that had not been negotiated with Tonado Lei, and thought that Simon would invest in this movie.

Everyone is waiting for the price and Simon is not surprised.

He had seen Jane Campion's "Sweet Sister" when he was in Geneva. Although the New Zealand film producers were very eager, they also did not immediately agree to Daenerys Entertainment's invitation to buy films, obviously also waiting for the award results.

It was expected that Giuseppe Tonadore would be so chosen.

Even because of the changes in the award results, Simon found that Daenerys Entertainment's chances of getting "Paradise Cinema" at a reasonable price were greatly reduced.Obviously, with the golden palm halo, even if the original Italian version of the film seems to be very protracted, but in the case of Daenerys Entertainment has already bid, Hollywood filmmakers certainly still don't mind shooting for a fight.

The North American box office of this film in memory is only about 10 million US dollars. This is the result of the Weinstein brothers carefully working out the best foreign language film. The North American theater version of the film has also been cut.Once the bidding war begins, even if Daenerys forcibly gets the movie, there is little room for profit.

Now, the Weinstein brothers clearly cannot reach this movie anymore, they have no such strength.But the film fell into the hands of other filmmakers, but the result was unpredictable.

Just like Luc Besson’s Cannes opening movie "Blue Sea and Blue Sky" last year, the film achieved a record box office in France, but after falling into the hands of Hollywood filmmakers, the film was directly released after disorderly changes and unlawful release. Flapping the street.