Hollywood Hunter

"The problem is that Philanda doesn't look like a woman in this world."

"She grew up in a dark city a thousand kilometers away from the sea. In the dark night wandering in the ghost, she could also hear the governor's carriage driving through the cobblestone streets."

"Every day at six o'clock in the evening, the city's thirty-two bell towers sounded a desolate death knell. In a tombstone-style slate manor house, there is never any sunlight. Cypress trees in the courtyard, gardens The mid-drop water tuberose vault and the faded window curtains in the bedroom all emit a deadly breath."

Mountain mansion in Woodside, San Francisco.

The female assistant has been a little sleepy recently and will always take a break in the afternoon.

Simon came here and took up another task, responsible for prenatal education for the little guy in the belly of the female assistant.

The female assistant's prenatal education method is very special, select various world famous books to read to the little guy in the belly.

Simon is reading "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and the original Spanish version of Marquez. Yesterday I also read a Russian version of "War and Peace". The female assistant felt that Simon’s sloppy Russian may teach bad things. Children, just changed this book today.

A wide recliner was placed under the eaves of the villa's backyard. The female assistant snuggled beside Simon, her head resting on the man's chest, her eyes narrowed and she enjoyed it.

In front of the two were the gardens designed by the female assistant in the first place. They were all very common flowers, but they were pleasing to the eyes. The air was still filled with scent of flowers. The fence wall was a little farther away. Outside is a green tree barrier intertwined with tall redwoods and low heathers, the mountain mansion is isolated, far and quiet.

The gentle and gentle reading sound continued for more than two hours. The sunlight began to slant westward, and was more broken by the tree shadow style. The female assistant did not mean to wake up. Still squinting like a cat, Simon continued to read softly.

Unconsciously, I was also immersed in the strange world described in "One Hundred Years of Solitude".

The sound of deliberately light footsteps sounded, and the girl wearing a small white shirt and black slim trousers came over, carefully greeted, and changed a pot of new tea on the short table beside Simon.

Simon glanced at the girl named Doris Fitcher, frowning slightly, and still commanded: "Send a blanket."

The girl answered, poured a cup of tea for Simon, raised her eyes for a moment, and saw the man had no other instructions, and turned away.

The female assistant in her arms moved dissatisfiedly, and Simon quickly read on.

Until the sun was completely blocked by the ridge on the west side, the female assistant said: "Tonight you make something for us to eat."

Simon smiled and nodded: "Okay."

After getting tired of the man's arms for a while, the female assistant finally sat up, still leaning beside the man, touching her swollen belly and saying, "I think the baby kicked me."

More than four months of pregnancy, fetal movements will indeed begin to appear.

Simon stretched out his hand with a smile, his big hand over the little hand of the female assistant, and felt for a moment, saying, "Maybe I don't like this story today, and I will change it tomorrow."

Jennifer nodded, looking very agreeably: "Well."

Continuing to talk for a while, Simon helped the female assistant to get up, and the two entered the villa together and began to prepare dinner.

In addition to Simon and Jennifer, there were two others in the villa. Doris Fitch, who appeared in front of Simon not long ago, was a member of the team of female housekeepers and was transferred to take care of the female assistant. There is also a female bodyguard in her thirties named Sarah Huntson, which Simon dug directly from the Federal Secret Service. When the other party was in the Secret Service, she was responsible for the security work of the White House women. The more precise position is actually the security assistant, because Sarah Huntson is also responsible for an eight-person security team that surrounds the female assistant.

Jennifer’s mother Carol is also in San Francisco.

After Simon came over, the other party did not come again to disturb the two-person world.

The couples of Rebold are the kind of very ambitious people, and Carol Rebold cannot always be by Jennifer on weekdays.

When preparing dinner, Simon gave Doris Fitcher, who always appeared beside the two, intentionally or unintentionally, and told the other party to come back tomorrow morning. Another residence.

The female assistant let Simon arrange the trivial matters around her, and he was a little puzzled that the man only sent Doris away, but did not ask.

The two had a simple dinner and cuddled together in the home theater to watch the "Superman" being released. Due to pregnancy, the female assistant would not go out during this time.

So until ten o'clock in the evening, after careful intimacy, took a bath, the woman next to him had already fallen asleep, Simon heard a slight knock on the door, got up lightly and get out of bed.

Outside the bedroom door is Sarah Huntson wearing a lady's suit.

When Simonla came to the door, Sarah said: "Mr. Bennett just called, and the car is already waiting outside. Doris is in a park in Mount Emorrod and..."

Sara Huntson also introduced details and was stopped by Simon, saying: "You can just stay here."

Huntson nodded and said no more.

Coming to the front yard, there was already a black car waiting. Simon got on the car and the driver in the front row started the car without giving an explanation.

Follow the road north of Woodside Mountain to the north, to the Emerald Hill bordering the Woodside District, and finally drive into a secluded park, stopping at the corner of the mountain.

There were no street lights, and the lights were also turned off when the car entered the park, but the light from the city was enough for Simon to see around.

On the road leading from the park to the western mountains, a conspicuous white car was parked in view, and there were five or six figures nearby.

Simon got off the bus and walked over, Neil Bennett greeted him, and everyone else took the initiative to spread out.

Coming to the white car, Simon glanced in through the open window. A man and a woman were sitting in the front cab. The co-pilot was her maid, Doris Fitcher, looking beside White middle-aged Simon, who is about 40 years old, is also known. His name is Rod McKenna, a paparazzi who once worked in the Los Angeles Herald.

The Los Angeles Herald is a newspaper under the Hearst Group, but it went bankrupt due to poor management last year.Although it has a name like'Pioneer', it is actually a gossip tabloid.

Some breath of anesthetic still remained in the carriage, Simon didn't look much, and quickly looked back.

Neil Bennett and Simon withdrew their gazes from the compartment and pointed to something placed on the hood.

Simon walked over, and the first thing he could see was an open suitcase with piles of banknotes in it, Neil Bennet said softly: "One million dollars."

Next to the suitcase is an expected pile of negatives and recording equipment.

Seeing Simon fiddling with interest, Neil Bennett took the initiative again: "It's all here, including the two copies hidden by Doris, making sure nothing else is missing."

Simon finally nodded.

One million US dollars is indeed a big deal. No wonder the maid who is already rich enough in her own family will be tempted. Although Simon feels that this is too stupid, this world is probably always greedy. Maybe you feel that you are lucky enough. Will not be found.

Without thinking too much about his maid’s journey, Simon glanced at the two unconscious people in the car directly and told Neil Bennett: "Let Martin Dinham and their two groups go to New York, I give them a week, and I don’t have to come back if I don’t find enough."

"Ok."

Neil Bennett agreed succinctly, no nonsense.

As for what to check, of course, the other way is to return to one another. The more the top of the pyramid is, the more privacy that is not humane.

Picking up a stack of money in the box and pulling it, Simon said again: "In addition, let Frank Blatz's group also pass, and the things found are sent directly to the Hearst family mansion."

Neil Bennet paused this time, then nodded and agreed.

Frank Bretz and others were the KGB abandoned sons collected by the Westeros two years ago. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, they carefully confirmed that this team of overseas fans have completely become rootless duckweed, and there is also a corresponding means of containment , So they were put under control.

Even so, such a team of people in the eyes of the Simons can use it or not.

Neil Bennett also understood the implications. Once a team of former KGB agents were found, things would be very troublesome.Since his boss used this team, it shows that his heart is definitely not seemingly calm.

You know, this team actually has to do dirty work at a critical moment.

The kind that kills people.

The atmosphere was silent for a moment, Neil Bennett gestured to the two people in the lower carriage, and asked softly, "What about them?"

Simon glanced lightly, remembering the "Lonely Century" I read in the afternoon. The female assistant also said that she would like to go to Latin America in the future: "Latin America's southernmost tip, should it be Tierra del Fuego?"

Neil Bennet thought for a while and said, "It seems to be."

Simon said: "Throw them to Tierra del Fuego."

Neil Benny's characteristic head: "Okay."

Simon looked at the white Toyota sedan in front of him and suddenly patted on the hood, saying: "Throw this car together too."

Neil Bennett froze and said, "In this case, you need to go by sea, which may take a week."

"It's just a week, and Dinum is also a week," Simon glanced at the two people in the carriage again: "Let them sleep for a week, wake up somewhere, and remember to leave Hearst III's Call them to pick them up."

With this command, Simon said nothing more and turned to the car when he came.

When the boss left, the scattered people gathered together again.

Neil Bennett began to tell what had just happened.

If you send them directly to Tierra del Fuego in Latin America, it is actually very simple. It can be done within 24 hours using a private jet. With the addition of a Toyota sedan, things will be more troublesome.

Of course, as long as there is money, these troubles are not trouble.

Think of the two unlucky eggs in the car that woke up at the southernmost tip of Latin America, tens of thousands of kilometers away, and still sitting in the car in a coma. Neil Bennett thinks that if it is himself, the creepy feeling may be It’s no worse than being thrown into a sack and thrown directly into the sea.

After a brief discussion, the plan was determined, and a person started to act.

The next morning, before Simon left San Francisco, he called D girl Deborah Lipman to replace Doris Fitcher.

A, B, C, D can be said to be the four most reliable maids in the Westeros family. Unfortunately Claire has left, Alison became Simon’s assistant, and Becky recently submitted a business plan to the Vase Fund team that made Jeanne Of particular interest, only Deborah remained, and probably would not stay in this position for too long.

In the past two years, the girls who had problems with the female butler Alice, compared with ABCD, the selection of these people is indeed not too strict.

It seems that it is time to re-train a group of waitresses.

Leaving San Francisco, Simon merged with Janet in Los Angeles, and the couple flew to Melbourne together.

On the North American side, another box office week from June 11 to June 17 also passed.

After creating a new box office record in the first week, faced with the pressure of four new films, "Superman" released at the box office the next week, the final drop reached 46%, and continued to account for 60.82 million US dollars.

In two weeks, the cumulative box office of this superhero blockbuster reached US$17.43 million, and it is expected to exceed US$200 million next week.

The 46% drop, in the media's view, is more the result of "Superman" excessively stimulating the box office potential of the film in the first week.

Because of the four new films that started painting on June 11, the box office performance was not strong.

Paramount Pictures' high valued "Values ​​of the Adams Family", which opened 2577 blocks of screens, ended up with a box office of only $19.58 million in the first week, far lower than Paramount's box office expectations of $35 million in the first week. The US dollar is far from the big selling level.

The loss in the first week was unsatisfactory, and the film’s total box office in North America is likely to be only $40 million to $50 million.

However, this sequel to the "Adams Family" series, the production cost is as high as 37 million US dollars.Although there is no loss after overseas and subsequent channel operations, compared with Paramount's expectations, this project can only be described as failure.

"The Values ​​of the Adams Family" is actually quite good. Last week, the second-ranked Fox animation "Forest of the Forest" was opened. It has a screen of 1487. The box office in the first week is only a poor $3.52 million. It is expected to be withdrawn by the theater next week. Next, the total box office is hard to exceed 5 million US dollars.

MGM's "Ultimate Target", which opened at the box office for seven days at $13.49 million, did not show the dark horse standard, but did not disappoint MGM.

In the first week, it was US$ 13.49 million, and the total box office in North America is expected to be around US$ 30 million.

The production budget of 15 million US dollars and the local box office of 30 million US dollars are expected. Only the North American box office is enough to recover the production budget. With a little operation overseas, this project can enter the profit stage.

What's more, the ultimate role of "Ultimate Target" is probably to attract the attention of Hollywood director John Wu.

With Simon's instruction, the "ultimate target" was just released at the box office on the first three days of the first weekend. MGM has already started to discuss the cooperation with Wu Baige, and the response given by the other party is also very positive.

Gaomen Pictures' literary film "Orlando", with 367 open screens, has a box office of US$3.12 million in the first seven days of the week, and the museum is close to US$10,000. The total box office in North America is expected to be around US$10 million. Not too good, but as a European literary film, it is not too disappointing.