Hollywood Hunter

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At Daenerys Entertainment Headquarters, Simon is saying goodbye to Kevin Costner, Jessica Lange, Michael Blake and others. The filming will begin next month, and everyone has just concluded a production meeting.

With the support of Simon, Kevin Costner will still be the director and actor himself, and he will also be named producer.Jessica Lange, who worked with Daenerys Entertainment last year, played the heroine'Standing Boxing Dance'.

Compared with the original version, this new film has been greatly improved on the card.

Although Jessica Lange has multiple Oscar nominations and was the best actress winner in 1983, the film pay has not been high. He appeared in the role of "standing boxing dance" and was more inclined to be a female partner. The asking price is only $1 million.

With his success, Kevin Costner stabilized his status as a Hollywood star.However, the two parties have already signed a contract before, and this time he took away the director and the actor for a total of 6 million dollars in film compensation.

Considering that the film may involve the most difficult animal and child scenes in Hollywood, as well as many wild scenes, Simon provided a budget of 25 million US dollars for this project, which is also higher than the original version.

Now that he has ample confidence in it, Simon will not be stingy about the budget.

Of course, the budget is limited to 25 million US dollars.

Simon has always attached great importance to the budget control of the film, and set an example by using a lot of new technologies and special effects. The late stage of the film is nearing completion, and there is no sign of overspending so far.

In the lobby on the first floor of the headquarters, Simon sent away Kevin Costner and Michael Blake, and shook hands with Jessica Lange carrying a satchel and said, "Jessie, see you next time."

Jessica Lange and Simon shook hands and asked, "Aren't you going to the Jonathans party at night?"

Simon nodded and said: "It must go."

Today is July 14, Friday.

On Wednesday, MA announced another major personnel change for the veteran talent agency. The company's president Norman Broca left, and vice president Jonathan Friedman took over as MA's new president and entered the board of directors.

Although the schedule differs by one month, both will break through the local billion dollar box office mark this weekend. Daenerys Entertainment has previously announced that it will hold a grand celebration party for the two movies this Saturday in order to avoid Daenerys Entertainment. For this event, Jonathan arranged his celebration party for MA president tonight.

Jessica Lange saw Simon nod and smiled: "So, we will see you again at night."

Simon said in advance: "It's nice to see you again."

Jessica Lange chuckled.

Talking a few more words, and sending away the people from the original team, Simon turned around and was about to return to the office, but Jennifer was already standing behind him, holding a folder in his hand, and stared at him quizzically.

Thinking that I was just joking with Jessica Lange, there was no flirtation. Jennifer should have no reason to be jealous, so she walked straight to the stairs and said to the accompanying female assistant: "What's wrong?"

Jennifer handed over the folder in his hand and said, "Peter Butler just faxed a press release about you."

It turned out not to be jealous.

Hearing a press release about himself, Simon did not care too much.

With the rapid increase in wealth and fame, many mainstream newspapers in North America now want to publish news about Simon. In order to avoid getting into lawsuits or engaging with Daenerys Entertainment, basically they will first pass to Simon’s public relations team or Daenery. Silk Entertainment.

After taking the folder open, Simon glanced at the title: "Hecanseepeople."

Some familiar.

When I think about it, it should be related to what is being released. Cole said to the doctor in the film: "Icanseepeople."

This sentence is not translated as'I can see people',

Knowing this, Simon scanned the text.

"I have been following Simon Westero closely for three years, and I have always had a strong doubt as to how the amazing talents shown by Westero came about. He is just an unknown orphan in San Jose, maybe It’s hard work, maybe smart, but to the extent I can understand, no one seems to be as stunning as this young man in his early 20s."

"I have made many assumptions. Perhaps, Westeros is an alien. Perhaps, he has accepted some kind of mysterious scientific experiment. Perhaps, he is no longer him, but a spy with a face change, Westero is said to be proficient in many languages, which is exactly what a top spy must have."

"It's just that all these assumptions, I failed to find any substantial basis."

"Until recently, after reading it, I suddenly realized that this is probably the final answer I have been exploring."

"Simon Westeros, probably a psychic."

"Relax, I don't intend to spoil."

"The title of this article, from the TV trailer, the little boy Cole said to the doctor:'I can see ghosts.'"

"Now, if we put this sentence on Simon Westero,'He can see the ghost', then, many things that puzzled us in the past have been explained. In theory, Simon who grew up in the Welfare Institute Westeros cannot have the opportunity to learn skills such as music, painting, film, foreign language, etc. For a child at the bottom of the society, even if they work harder and lack resources, these obviously cannot be completed."

"But what if he was taught not to be human but to ghosts?"

"All of this immediately made sense."

"I even think that Simon Westero's sudden mental breakdown three years ago is probably related to this matter."

"Then Westeros came to Los Angeles and immediately became a movie genius."

"For an 18-year-old who hasn’t seen a few movies since childhood, this is totally incredible. However, the most indispensable in Los Angeles is obviously the filmmaker. By analogy, after more than half a century of accumulation in this city The ghosts who are proficient in all kinds of movie skills should be enough to form a huge army. As long as Westeros can help a group of elite ghosts, he can easily become a'film genius'."

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The article was very long, and Simon also read it with interest. When he came to the door of his office, he forgot to push the door.

After reading the press release leaning on the door handle, Simon looked up and noticed that Jennifer was still the eccentric expression just now, so he looked sideways and looked at the air on the right hand side of the female assistant. The voice was low and quiet: "Knight , Our secret was still discovered."

Because of reading this press release in advance, Jennifer had some substitutions. At this time, when Simon said this, he subconsciously looked at himself to the left, feeling a little hairy in half of his body, and goose bumps oozing out.

Seeing that the female assistant was really scared by herself, Simon smiled and put out an index finger, and gently scratched the white neck that was exposed when she turned her head.

When Simon was scratched across the neck, Jennifer reacted, and the body on the left was slightly warm.

With a combination of hot and cold, his face turned red.

Staring at Simon with dissatisfaction, seeing him push the door on his own and walked into the office, Jennifer chased in again. After the man sat down at the desk, he asked, "Well, do you want to call it down?"

Simon leaned back in his leather chair and didn't answer the question. He smiled and asked, "Jenny, do you think I can psychic?"

Jennifer froze, shaking his head: "I, I don't know."

Simon suddenly asked again: "So, are you afraid of death?"

Jennifer was a little unclear, so he said honestly: "Afraid."

"I am also afraid of death, to be precise, fear," Simon raised his hand and rubbed the folder in front of him, saying: "So, I very much hope that this article is true. Because if there are ghosts, This means that death will no longer be the end. If death is just the end of a journey, not the end, why should we be afraid?"

Jennifer nodded, but, perhaps because of some thoughts in this article, the inquiry in the female assistant's expression still did not dissipate.

Simon smiled and said, "I can only say that I did experience some things. However, you can rest assured that I am not an alien, nor a robot, nor a spy, nor a psychic, I am only Simon · Westeros, nothing more."

It was very rare to know that he could explain himself so vaguely. Jennifer bent his lips slightly and pointed to the article in front of Simon, saying, "So, what about this?"

"Let them publish it, just to provide a publicity gimmick. In addition, pass this article to Burbank and Pat Kingsley separately, let them pay attention to the subsequent trend of public opinion, necessary To intervene when possible to avoid any messy arguments."

Jennifer nodded and looked at his watch, it was already five o'clock.

Just about to go out, the door was knocked.

After Simon responded, Nancy Brill pushed in and walked in.

Punctuality does not exist for Simon, he and Nancy also have to discuss the IPO of Blockbuster.

After continuously burning money and expanding for more than half a year, Blockbuster's cash flow was once again exhausted. As a major shareholder, helping Blockbuster to solve the financial difficulties is also the obligation of Daenerys Entertainment.Through the matchmaking here, Blockbuster had already obtained a five-year loan of US$100 million from Citibank at the beginning of the month on very favorable terms.

However, it is not possible for Blockbuster to continue to increase its debt in this way.

After the parties discussed, a group of shareholders passed the decision to promote the company's IPO.

This cannot be achieved overnight. It will take about half a year. By then, the loan from BesTV from Citibank should have just finished.Once listed, Blockbuster can more easily expand through additional stock issuance, bond issuance, share swap mergers and acquisitions, etc., which can greatly ease the pressure on funds.

After saying hello, Jennifer left the office and went to work. Simon also got up and sat down with Nancy in the reception area, so it was convenient to read some documents.

Simon didn't care too much about the article, but after publishing the press release the next day, the response was still beyond his expectations.

"Hecanseepeople."

"He can see ghosts."

I have to say that the article is logically too reasonable.

Indeed, if Simon Westero is a psychic, there has been a very reasonable explanation for everything he has shown in recent years.

At the same time that major newspapers reprinted this article, the North American media also set off a wave of proof that Simon Westero was indeed a psychic.

Contacting Simon Westero directly to try to interview the other party did not work. Westeros public relations spokesperson Pat Kingsley just publicly refuted the absurdity of this article, and no other action.As a result, the media have once again shifted their goals to the city of San Jose where Simon grew up, and to some of the people who Simon had been around.

Perhaps it is a kind of psychological suggestion effect. Those who knew Simon in the past have suddenly realized it, and cited all the unusual things when Simon was a child to prove the argument of that article.

Some reporters also turned their attention to the Watsonville Mental Hospital where Simon once lived.

It's just that because Janet had signed a confidentiality agreement with many people in that hospital, the reporters got nothing this time. However, this has further stimulated the curiosity of the media.

At the end of the matter, Janet called from Melbourne and asked curiously whether Simon was a psychic.If it is, the necklace that the woman's grandmother originally planned to leave her as a dowry will not be found after the old man dies, and she wants Simon to help ask where to put it.

Simon angrily advised the woman to take down the Johnston mansion directly, and surely could find it.

After a few days of trouble, some other arguments about Simon began to emerge. Fortunately, it is not the Middle Ages. Otherwise, Simon felt that he might have been tied to the stake and burned to death.In order to avoid losing control, the public relations department of Daenerys Entertainment and Simon’s private public relations team began to put out fires.

On the other hand, this event also stimulated the box office again as Simon expected.

Because some of Cole may be Simon Westero's self-portrait, many audiences who were still unmoved by the surrounding people were still unmoved, and they could not help buying tickets to enter the venue.

In the end, from July 14 to July 20, only a negligible 2.7% drop in the box office was released. In the third week of the release, it was re-accounted for 38.25 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office reached 118.8 million US dollars.This phenomenon-level horror film not only completed the three-week breakthrough of 100 million yuan, but also exceeded the $110.65 million box office figure for three weeks and two days in the same period.

In addition, in the 7th week of the release, it also successfully exceeded the 100 million yuan mark, with a total of 104.25 million US dollars at the box office in 7 weeks.

After the "low tide period" in the first half of the year, Daenerys Entertainment created two films that broke the box office in North America in one fell swoop.

The number of viewers in North America has not changed much in recent years. The film produced by Daenerys Entertainment has been so powerfully harvesting the box office that it will inevitably suppress other studios, so some things will also happen.