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After Monday, under the strong force of Fox Pictures, the media trend about "Butterfly Effect" has changed significantly in just a few days.

Compared with media film reviews that emphasize subjective tendencies, ordinary people are obviously more susceptible to the influence of real data.

It grossed $21.69 million in its first week.

It was a muted 17% drop the following weekend.

Average audience rating of 7.7.

All of this undoubtedly shows that the film quality of "The Butterfly Effect" is far less bad than critics have criticized. Guided by the deliberate public opinion of Fox Pictures, the public gradually realized that the one-sided negative review of "The Butterfly Effect" was probably the result of someone deliberately discrediting it.

A subsequent article in the New York Post, owned by News Corp., further convinced many.

The matter still has to go back to the media questioning that Simon was suddenly faced with in March. A reporter from the New York Post found that the single writer Mark Horrington who had published an article questioning Simon in the New York Times recently suddenly Bought a brand new Ferrari sports car.

So, here comes the problem.

Mark Horrington's past earnings simply weren't enough for him to pay for such an expensive sports car.

So.

Where did the money come from?

Is it a sudden extra income because he was instructed to criticize a genius boy?

As a gossip tabloid with a huge circulation, the New York Post is known for all kinds of unscrupulous news. In order to avoid a defamation lawsuit, the article does not directly raise similar questions to Mark Horrington, but the words are everywhere guiding the audience in a certain direction.

In the face of the accusation of the "New York Post", Mark Horrington was very 'cooperative' to refute the first time, claiming that he bought the sports car in installments and did not pay the full amount, so naturally there is no '' Extra '.

The New York Times may be reluctant to take another trip to the muddy waters, and Mark Horrington's clarification article can only be published in another newspaper, the Daily News.

It's more lively now.

As we all know, "Daily News" and "New York Post", which have similar market positioning and circulation, have always been rivals. The two newspapers, which are very unscrupulous, are almost completely ripped apart and often scolded each other in the air. It will even bring out the other's bosses, Rupert Murdoch and Mortimer Zuckerman, to be worthless.

Now, with Mark Horrington's clarification on the Daily News, the two sides are fighting again.

This kind of media tearing usually doesn't come to fruition.

The unlucky one was Mark Horrington.

Things got bigger and bigger, and the fact that he received money to smear Simon Westeros was inexplicably confirmed in this tear.

So lively until Friday, April 24th.

Due to the change of media wind and the intensified marketing offensive of Fox Pictures, the box office decline of "Butterfly Effect" in the second week of the second week continued to narrow compared with the three-day weekend, only 15%, and received another 18.28 million US dollars.

In two weeks, "The Butterfly Effect" has grossed $39.97 million.

Just this close to $40 million at the box office has already pushed "Butterfly Effect" into the fourth place in the total box office of released films in 1987, behind "Lola Run", "Lethal Weapon" and Disney's January release. A "Cruel Fate".

On Simon's side, while busy with a lot of things at hand, he also cooperated with Fox Pictures to be a guest on NBC's "The Tonight Show" again, and spent a few minutes discussing the creative inspiration for "The Butterfly Effect".

In the contract between the two parties, although Simon has the obligation to cooperate with the promotion of the film, he is actually the kind of person who doesn't like to make public appearances very much.

However, when Peter Sanders invited Simon to participate in the talk show, he directly sent a check for $300,000, and also said that the film's North American box office exceeded $100 million, and Fox Pictures would pay Simon another bonus.

The other party is so on the road, Simon naturally tries his best to cooperate.

At the same time, after a visit by Michael Ovitz, Robert Redford responded the next day, willing to accept a salary clause of $500,000 plus a 5% profit share.

After last Saturday's party, the Madonnas thought about it for a few days, and also responded by offering cameo roles as Bunny and Pumpkin. The final negotiated condition was that the couple would take $500,000 in remuneration together.

In addition, Simon has agreed to write a song for Madonna's new album in the second half of the year.

Finalizing these, "Pulp Fiction" already has three superstars, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford and John Travolta to join. The fame of Madonna and Sean Penn is also not to be underestimated.

The $8 million budget put together such a strong cast, and the ecstatic Orion Films deliberately held a press conference on Thursday to announce the name of Simon's new "Pulp Fiction" and a series of participating actors with great fanfare. List of big names.

afternoon.

Daenerys Pictures headquarters in Santa Monica.

In Simon's office, Meg Ryan, dressed in a white shirt and a black tube skirt, carefully poured coffee for both Simon and Amy before turning to go out.

Amy held the coffee cup, watched Meg Ryan leave, and said to Simon: "She seems to be a little afraid of you. It's not a good phenomenon to make a woman afraid."

These days, Meg Ryan has officially started '9 to 5' at Daenerys Pictures.

Simon just wants to restore Meg Ryan to the state that a 26-year-old woman should be through regular life, and does not expect her to do any substantive work, so she just arranges her to be his secretary with Susan outside. .

Hearing what Amy said, Simon, who was looking through the thick stack of actor materials, just shook his head slightly and said, "It's not fear, it should be embarrassment."

I've 'touched porcelain' twice, so it's no wonder that I'm not embarrassed.

Naturally, Amy couldn't understand Simon's explanation, but she just smiled and didn't ask.

Seeing that Simon looked down at the actor's information again and noticed that there was a novel on his desk near him, Amy put the coffee cup back on the table and took the book curiously.

These days, Simon always has one or two books handy, which Amy thinks is a good habit of her boss, so she doesn't think much about it. At such a young age, he has made achievements that many people cannot achieve in their lifetimes, and it is completely logical to maintain the habit of reading at all times.

Amy even felt that maybe she should take the time to charge more.

Thinking to herself, Amy glanced at the name of the book in her hand, "Forrest Gump", the author's name is Winston Groom. Although I don't know each other, the novel selected by the young man on the opposite side is not too bad, so I open it with great interest.

Simon noticed Amy's actions, and explained while reading the information: "Amy, these days, I will ask Jonathan to help me negotiate some scripts, novels and remake copyrights, but for the time being, they will be placed on the Westeros side. You know, there is more money on the books there, and we will definitely make these in the future."

Now that he has a certain amount of capital, Simon has recently begun to implement what he has always wanted to do since returning to this era, and has seized many movie copyrights that are destined to be popular in the future in advance.

Looking at the gold mine that can be picked up almost at will, I feel sorry for myself not to do so.

Amy nodded with a smile and said, "I understand."

The slightly more ambitious studios would hoard as many copyrights as possible, and Simon did not surprise Amy at all.

Daenerys Pictures only has the operating funds borrowed by Simon at the beginning and the production budget of the two films "Death Comes" and "Pulp Fiction". If you want to do this, you must be unable to do it. Westeros can only do it. The company does it.

Chatting casually, Simon quickly picked out an actress profile, pressed the call button on the desktop, and called Susan Landis in. Noticing Amy's curious expression, he handed over the information and said, "Hey, this is my Mia."

Amy took the information and glanced at the name.

Nicole Kidman.

Who is this?

This thought flashed in my mind for the first time, Amy glanced at the photo again, and said to Simon: "If there is a videotape, you should at least watch her performance, right?"

Simon shook his head and said, "There's no need to waste time."

Having said that, Susan walked in, Simon pointed to the information in Amy's hand, and said: "Pass this actor information to Jonathan and tell there that they have two days to dig her to wma. In addition, playing Zhu I’m not satisfied with the black actors in Lesotho, and the candidates recommended by several companies. I asked them to choose another batch and send them over. The reputation doesn’t matter. Also, the female taxi driver is also the same, charming, coquettish, with an accent, I I think I made it very clear. There is no need to recommend the local ones, just pick the European ones.”

Amy handed the information to Susan, listened to Simon's series of instructions, shook her head helplessly with a smile, and found that it was always difficult for her to guess the mind of her young boss.

Simon is actually helpless.

After finalizing a group of big stars, the budget he can use to select other actors is only $1 million, and there are still a large number of roles in the film.

Among them, the more important Jules, that is, the role of the original Samuel Jackson, Simon still hopes that the other party can play. But right now, Samuel L. Jackson doesn't know where.

In this era without the Internet, it is not very difficult to search for an unknown person.

Even Mia was in trouble.

Simon originally wanted Michelle Pfeiffer to try it, and it didn't matter if it was more expensive.

However, after a simple trial, Simon discovered a very serious problem.

John Travolta is close to 1.9 meters tall, but Michelle Pfeiffer is only a little over 1.7 meters tall. The height difference between the two of them, standing on the stage, the composition is directly crooked, how can it be possible to perform that classic swing dance.

After Michelle Pfeiffer, Simon added a height limit of 180cm or more to the casting conditions.

"Pulp Fiction" is scheduled to start filming in July, and Simon has too much work to do. A simple selection, very simply chose the once very familiar Nicole Kidman.

Waiting for Susan's office, Simon glanced at his watch and asked Amy across from him, "Didn't it say three o'clock?"

Amy also looked at the time and said, "Otherwise, I'll have someone call and ask."

Just as he was speaking, the office door was knocked again, and Meg Ryan probed in and said, "Mr. Westeros, Ms. Pascal, and Mr. O'Brien are here."

The two heard the words and stood up together to meet them.

Office door.

A round-faced middle-aged white man in his forties also walked in at this time, and extended his hand to Simon and Amy apologetically, saying, "I'm so sorry, Mr. Westeros, and Ms. Pascal. There are some minor situations."

Simon listened to the typical British accent of middle-aged people, came over and shook hands with the other party with a smile, and said, "It's okay, Danny, just call me Simon."

Amy also shook hands with each other to introduce.

Simon motioned to Meg Ryan to bring in another coffee, and the three sat down together in the reception area, looking at each other involuntarily.

The middle-aged man named Dennis O'Brien is a film producer who runs a film company called Craft Films in partnership with former Beatle guitarist George Harrison.

George Harrison founded the film company in 1978 to finance a friend of his.

Later, the film made by Harrison's friend won $20 million at the North American box office at a cost of $4 million, and the Craft Film industry was out of control. Later, "Time" starring Sean Connery was launched "The Robber" and other big-selling movies, these years have gradually become a famous independent production company in the UK.

but.

The Craft Film industry just suffered a big downfall last year, and it was the "Wonderful" starring Madonna and Sean Penn.

With a budget of $17 million, the final North American box office of $2.31 million may not be enough to cover the distribution costs of MGM, the publisher.

Due to the overheating of the global economy in recent years, a large amount of capital has poured into the film industry. The handicraft film industry did not close down because of the failure of "Magic City". Instead, it was connected to Daenerys Films through Madonna's relationship. Interested in When Harry Met Sally.

The success of "The Butterfly Effect" has solved the deadlock of "When Harry Met Sally" that has been ignored until now. This week, not only many second- and third-tier film companies, but also the seven majors have basically re-expressed their interest in "When Harry Met Sally".

However, Simon has other plans now.

It is impossible for Daenerys Pictures to establish its own distribution channel in the short term, and the announcement of "When Harry Met Sally" naturally still has to cooperate with the seven majors. But in terms of production, in order to maintain absolute control over the entire project, Simon plans to co-invest with some independent filmmakers.

In doing so, as long as a portion of the funding can be obtained first, the entire project can be launched.

When Simon completes the stock index futures operation in the second half of the year, Daenerys Pictures can inject follow-up funds for the entire project. At the same time, due to the success of the two films "Lola Run" and "Butterfly Effect", even if it is a joint investment, Daenerys Pictures has enough confidence to ask for more revenue sharing.

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