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Malibu.

Unlike New York, which is still cold in spring, in Los Angeles in March, even the temperature in the early morning is just right.

The cliff mansion on the west side of Cape Dumay Park.

In the bedroom facing the sea, the soft wind blew into the room along with the sound of the rushing waves from the floor-to-ceiling windows leading to the terrace. On the big bed, Catherine opened her eyes and felt the cool air across her face, so she reached out and touched, finally. Grab the other pillow and cover it silently on your face.

The light laughter came, and Catherine's face-covered movements paused, and then she poked a few times with her elbows on the man beside her.

It's all this little bastard.

Asshole.

How will I face Jenny next, and, in case something gets out...

Simon got a few elbows from Catherine and woke up as well. The confusion from last night quickly poured into his mind. Looking left and right, Janet put her chin on one hand and looked at herself with a smile. On the other side, Catherine covered her face with a pillow like an ostrich.

"Morning, Jenny, and Catherine."

Saying hello, Simon got up slightly, kissed Janet's face, and moved to the other side. However, feeling his approach, Catherine raised her hand and hammered him a few times indiscriminately.

Janet chuckled again and said, "Okay, little bastard, get out and help Kate and me prepare breakfast."

Simon put on his clothes in twos and threes. After getting out of bed, he asked Janet: "Baby, I said I'm going to New York today. Tomorrow is your birthday, don't you plan to celebrate it?"

Janet waved her hands in disgust: "I said a long time ago that I'm not interested in celebrating my birthday."

Simon saw Janet's little expression telling him to go out quickly, with a smile on his face, leaned over and kissed the woman's cheek before leaving the bedroom, changed to the bathroom and started to wash. But the charming scene from last night could not help but emerge in my mind.

Yesterday, Simon still got off work very late. In the evening, he had dinner with the director selected by the company for "Steel Magnolia", and chatted about some views on film production. When he returned to Malibu, it was already more than eight o'clock.

After returning home, while staying alone in the study to conceive the script of "Batman", Janet suddenly called and asked Simon to pick her up, but it was Janet and Catherine who came back.

Then.

Some things just happened.

After making breakfast, Catherine was dragged into the dining room by Janet, but her eyes still did not dare to touch Simon.

Putting a bowl of milk porridge and handing it to Catherine, Simon looked at Janet who had already picked up the bread and started spreading the jam, and asked, "So, why did you suddenly come back last night?"

Janet took a small bite of bread and said, "I went to see the screening of "When Harry Met Sally" with Kate, and then I thought of some little bastard."

"Oh," Simon nodded with a smile, "How do you feel about the movie?"

"It's even better than the original script, and the pictures are so beautiful, I didn't even know Manhattan could be so beautiful," Janet thought for a while, and said, "Also, those interviews are also very interesting. Are they a real couple?"

"It's all actors, but the interviews are real. The crew collected dozens of interviews with old couples and picked out these materials," Simon explained, looking at Catherine again, seeing the woman dodging his gaze, or looking for After discussing a topic, he said, "Catherine, tomorrow is Jenny's birthday, how about we go to Palm Springs these two days?"

Catherine shook her head in a panic: "No, I have to go back to New York later, the electricity... movie thing."

Simon had to hold on for a few more words, noticing that Janet winked at him, and changed the subject wisely. After breakfast, even though it was a weekend, Simon was driven to the company by Janet. As long as he had nothing special on weekdays, he would continue to work on weekends.

Just arrived at the headquarters of Daenerys Pictures, Simon received a call from icm, and Julia Roberts agreed to his five-part contract request yesterday.

Then, of course, the "When Harry Met Sally" thing happened.

Yesterday, the film was screened in 33 theaters across North America. Simon just hung up the phone with icm, and Amy Pascal came to Simon's office with a document on his face.

"Simon, this is the first day of media feedback that Disney just sent over, and the overall media score reached 9 points," Amy said, and couldn't help shaking her head, saying: "Unfortunately, this is the Easter schedule, and many film critics Everyone felt that the film would not be too popular with young people."

"As long as the publicity method is appropriate, audiences can always be attracted to the cinema. Moreover, the proportion of young audiences in the summer season is also very large, and the competition is fiercer, and it is impossible for us to push the schedule until the end of the year. In comparison, I am I think the Easter schedule is more suitable for this movie."

Simon said, opened the document that Amy handed over, and the first thing that appeared in front of him were some excerpts of media evaluations.

"A very clever romantic comedy, Robert Reiner makes us see ourselves in the characters through bold innovation." - "Chicago Tribune".

"A movie not to be missed this Easter." --The Hollywood Reporter

"I prefer the freshness and warmth of "When Harry Met Sally" to the cunning of Woody Allen's petty intellectuals." - Los Angeles Times

"Meg Ryan's performance is memorable and the strong chemistry between the male and female leads makes up for what this movie is all about

defect. "——"Variety Show"

"Witty and warm, 'When Harry Met Sally' is destined to be a masterpiece of the rom-com genre." - San Francisco Chronicle

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"..."

Quickly browsing the transcript of the media comments on the file, Simon's thoughts did not stop, and he said, "Amy, you just said that young people might not be interested in this movie?"

"Yeah," Amy nodded and said, "Look at the back, according to Disney's statistics on the age distribution of the audience for the screenings yesterday, the proportion of the audience under the age of 25 is only 32%. During the Easter period, if it is specifically for young audiences For movies in China, this proportion is usually above 50%. For example, Michael Fox's "The Road to Development" last year, the proportion of young audiences under the age of 25 is 63%. Moreover, although Disney has tried its best, "When Harry" Met Sally still gets an R rating, which further limits the film's younger audience."

Because "When Harry Met Sally" has a lot of sex-related topics, the heroine also staged a blushing "bed scene" in the restaurant, so it was finally rated R.

At the beginning, the jury said that as long as Daenerys Pictures took out the scene of Meg Ryan in the restaurant, and adjusted some other details of the film, it could basically get a pg-13 level, but Both the film's main creators and Simon and Amy refused without hesitation.

Everyone felt that if that scene was kept, it would definitely become the highlight of the film.

At this moment, Simon thought for a moment and said, "Amy, do you know the story of going to Africa to sell shoes?"

Amy shook her head suspiciously.

Simon thought for a while, and he couldn't remember where the story came from, so he had to explain it to Amy briefly, and then said: "We are facing the same situation as that salesman. "Lee Meets Sally" is not interested, which just means that we still have a lot of market potential to tap. Think about it, young people may not be interested in this kind of love theme involving love and marriage, but I believe that, They will definitely be very interested in some of the other elements of the film."

Amy thought for a while, then said, "Sex."

"That's right," Simon said. "There is no sex scene in When Harry Met Sally, but the Meg Ryan scene is more suggestive. Keep marketing as normal for the next two weeks. In addition, what we have to do is to use the media to hype this scene as a topic. Young audiences are the most curious group and the group most interested in sex. As long as we hype this topic, It will definitely attract younger audiences to the cinema.”

This method of triggering discussion and gaining attention by releasing controversial plots in advance has been used in many films in Simon's memory, such as the outflow clips of "Lust and Caution", such as a famous "Ma Zhen". Although there is no Internet in this era, the concept of media operation is actually the same. As long as it is properly guided, it is still easy to copy this topic through thousands of newspapers in the United States.

Amy sorted out her thoughts and quickly said, "Simon, I'll call Disney now to arrange an impromptu meeting. Do you want to come over together?"

"I'm going to Fox, and Goldberg wants to talk to me about the 'Butterfly Effect' and 'Reaper' sequels."

After completing the first "Death is Coming", the copyright of this film belongs to Fox, and this is even more true for "The Butterfly Effect". Although Simon also considered the issue of the sequel at the beginning, it was very rare to get the sharing clause of "Death Is Coming" from Fox, and Daenerys Pictures naturally couldn't ask for more.

but.

Although neither of these two series will have much contact with Simon in the follow-up, it is impossible for him to completely shake off his hands. A little help Fox to make plans for the sequel was also a human investment at that time.

After negotiating these things, Simon and Amy got busy.

Although Catherine claimed to rush back to New York at breakfast, Simon went home from get off work, but the woman still did not leave. It wasn't until after Janet's birthday that Simon sent the two women together on a private jet to New York.

On the other hand, after several meetings, Disney also followed the advice of Daenerys Pictures and began to adjust the distribution strategy appropriately.

With the efforts of Disney's publicity network, Meg Ryan's restaurant scene in "When Harry Met Sally" quickly became the focus of some media discussions and even controversy, and attracted more and more people s concern.

As the popularity of "When Harry Met Sally" continued to rise, the first week of screenings also ended soon.

In the new week starting from March 11, a total of six new films were released in North American theaters. However, except for "When Harry Met Sally", other new films did not set off too much waves, but the release has entered the 12th week. "Good Morning Vietnam" once again won the single-week box office championship with $5.9 million, and the film's cumulative box office has also exceeded $90 million.

In addition, "When Harry Met Sally" ended up at $1.68 million in its first week, ranking 11th on the weekly box office charts.

On the surface, this movie does not seem to be that bright in terms of box office data and rankings, but if you count the movie scale of this movie with only 33 screens, this data is very amazing.

You must know that "Good Morning Vietnam", the number one in the weekly box office chart this week, has 1,579 screens and an average of only $3,700 per week. In comparison, "When Harry Met Sally" has an average of only $3,700. is amazing 5

More than 1,000 US dollars, more than ten times more than "Good Morning Vietnam".

If there may still be too many human factors in the box office data in the first week, such as advertising marketing or special media screenings, etc., entering the second week of the film's release, Disney appropriately expanded the scale of "When Harry Met Sally" to 37 Home, this time, the average champion of the movie not only did not fall, but rose again under the word of mouth and heated discussions.

In the end, from March 18th to March 24th, "When Harry Met Sally" earned another $2.07 million with only 37 screens, and the weekly box office of a single museum exceeded $56,000. With this $2.07 million box office, "When Harry Met Sally" jumped into the ninth place in the new week's single-week box office chart.

Moreover, on the entire list, other films next to "When Harry Met Sally" are almost dozens of times the screen size of this film.

In just two weeks, the total box office of "When Harry Met Sally" has reached $375, which has exceeded the total North American box office of many small-budget independent films.

As Daenerys Pictures' first non-Simon-created film, the success of "When Harry Met Sally" is crucial for Simon. In order to minimize his influence on the film, Simon didn't even hang on to the title of executive producer.

Simon's talent in film has been confirmed after "Lola Run," "The Butterfly Effect," and "Death Is Coming."

However, everyone knows that the strength of one person alone is obviously not enough for a film company to grow and develop. Therefore, only if Harry Met Sally, a film whose director, screenwriter and producer have nothing to do with Simon, succeeds, will the outside world recognize the potential of Daenerys Pictures, and Simon's work in film In addition to talent, his vision for selecting film projects will also be recognized to a certain extent.

With millions of dollars amassing on just over thirty screens in two weeks, "When Harry Met Sally" was destined to give Daenerys Pictures a stellar 1988 's start.

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