Hollywood Hunter

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Perhaps due to the confusion of the jet lag, no one in Sophia Fisher slept well all night, but she was still not very tired in the morning.

Naturally, the night attack did not happen.

I don't know if I'm happy or lost, and I think this may just be a prank by Janet.

As the sun rose, the housekeeper got out of bed. After a simple selection, he put on a slightly professional white shirt and black slim trousers, looked at the full-length mirror with satisfaction, and walked out of the guest room.

It was just past six o'clock in the morning.

Accidentally met Simon in the corridor who just got up, wearing black tank tops, shorts and sneakers, he should be going to the gym. Subconsciously glanced at the muscular lines under the man's vest, which was no less than that of a professional athlete. Sophia Fisher felt a little guilty for no reason, but she still said hello calmly: "Morning, Simon."

"Morning," Simon was also a little surprised, stopped to look at the woman's serious dress, and joked: "Is this going to work?

The housekeeper, who was definitely very talkative on weekdays, felt Simon's eyes, and suddenly didn't know how to answer Simon's joke.

Simon sensed the restraint of the woman, and quickly added: "It's very beautiful, in fact, I like the way women wear professional suits."

Sophia Fisher finally reacted: "Oh, thank you."

Simon smiled and said, "Since you've already gotten up, help prepare breakfast, I just happened to be lazy."

"Okay," Sophia Fisher nodded, followed Simon to the living room, and asked, "What do you and Jenny like to eat in the morning?"

"Just watch the ingredients in the kitchen and prepare them at will. Jenny and I are not picky about these," Simon said, joking again: "Of course, if it is too unpalatable, as the boss, I may deduct your salary. "

After half an hour of fitness, Simon took a shower and changed his clothes. He didn't need to prepare breakfast, so he sat in the living room and read today's newspaper.

Today is Tuesday, August 30th.

The buzz that sparked last week's Forbes list continued, with Simon having dinner with Peter Butler last night, and the Los Angeles Times published an exuberant interview today.

In addition, while only reaching an agreement of intent with Terry Semel, Warner couldn't wait to announce today's "The Hollywood Reporter" on Warner Bros. Pictures' upcoming "Batman" partnership with Daenerys Entertainment. News of other project collaborations.

Warner Bros. has formally started merger talks with Time Inc. in recent months. As a public company, the timely release of such positive news obviously helps to stimulate Warner's stock price.

Apparently, he saw the news in today's newspaper, but just a short time before breakfast, Simon received successive test calls from Disney, Fox, and Orion. With six consecutive top 10 hits, Daenerys Entertainment is now a coveted partner of every major Hollywood studio.

Simon does not plan to completely cut off the cooperation with the Seventh Congress in the next few years, but he will not expand the scale of this cooperation too much, so he just perfunctory on the phone.

It was like this until more than seven o'clock, Sophia prepared breakfast, Janet got up, and everyone sat in the dining room together.

Last night, because of Sophia's affairs, Simon was severely 'cleaned up'. When Meimei woke up, Janet was still radiant, and her scar was obviously healed and she forgot the pain. After tasting Sophia's carefully prepared cream muffins, sweet corn soup and fruit salad, Janet couldn't help but praise: "It's really good, Sophia, I want to keep you as a chef for us, Simon on weekdays. The breakfast here is much worse than yours."

Simon glanced at Janet: "As a girlfriend, don't you feel ashamed to say such a thing?"

Janet blinked innocently: "Why should I be ashamed?"

Simon rolled his eyes helplessly.

Sophia pursed her lips and smiled, but did not interrupt.

Simon drank a few sips of sweet corn soup and said: "A total of five people from the company will go to Australia with us this time. You said that you will be in charge of this trip. How are you preparing?"

Janet nodded and said: "It's already done. I rented a Boeing 767. If you are sure not to delay, we will leave at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, and we can arrive in Melbourne at 5 o'clock in the afternoon on September 1 in Australia. , direct flight, no need to stop on the way."

Simon recalled some of the materials he had seen, and said, "Boeing 767, this is Boeing's mid-size jet, are you sure it's okay to fly directly to Melbourne?"

"Of course, this is an ultra-long-range Boeing 767-200er with a standard full-load endurance of more than 12,000 kilometers. However, if it is used as a private jet, the endurance of 16,000 kilometers is no problem, and it is less than 13,000 kilometers from Los Angeles to Melbourne. ."

Sophia listened to Janet and said, "Boeing 767 is a twin-engine airliner, so it should be restricted by twin-engine extended-range flight, right?"

Dual-engine extended-range flight is a requirement put forward by the International Civil Aviation Agency in order to ensure the flight safety of dual-engine passenger aircraft. Arrive at the alternate airport within 120 minutes of meeting any point. The cruising speed of subsonic jets is usually within 1,000 kilometers per hour, which is difficult to meet for trans-Pacific flights involving tens of thousands of kilometers.

Janet shook her head. "Private jets are not subject to this restriction."

Simon also probably understood some of this restriction, but he didn't care too much and asked Sophia, "When are you going to go back to Europe?"

Sophia heard the words, but looked at Janet.

Janet said: "I stopped a manuscript a few days ago from a nurse at the hospital in Watsonville. In order to prevent those people from continuing to talk nonsense, I want George and Sophia to contact some people to sign a non-disclosure agreement."

Simon paused. He was not shy about his experience in Watsonville Mental Hospital, but he didn't want to be dragged and discussed over and over again. After thinking about it, he said, "I'll wait with Henry Dr. Chapman was on the phone and he was very caring for me. George and Sophia are going over there and he can help with this."

Janet nodded and said, "I was going to do that."

It would be very hurtful if George and Sophia went directly to the door and asked Dr. Chapman to sign a nondisclosure agreement without discrimination. But if Dr. Chapman is asked to cooperate with George and Sophia in this matter, it means pulling the other party to Simon's side, and still retaining a favor.

Now that Janet thought of this, Simon stopped talking.

Janet usually looks lazy and inattentive, but Simon knows that she is smarter and more careful than most people. If she didn't happen to ask, the woman might have done it in private.

Because this trip to Australia was not just for work, Simon rushed back to Malibu early in the afternoon to prepare with Janet.

The next day, I got up early and arrived at Los Angeles International Airport at six o'clock. At seven o'clock, everyone arrived, and a Boeing 767 slid from the airport runway into the sky on time.

Compared to Simon's Gulfstream IV, which can carry only 20 passengers, Janet's standard Boeing 767-200er can carry more than 200 passengers. However, the leasing company transformed it into a dual-purpose aircraft. Except for the luxury cabin that can take about 30 people in the front section of the fuselage, most of the space has been cleared, which also greatly reduces the basic weight of the aircraft and maximizes economy. Fuel endurance.

In the cabin at this time, in addition to the crew of four pilots and four flight attendants, Simon and his party consisted of nine people, Simon and Janet, Neil Bennett and Ken Dixon, and Daenerys Entertainment including Simon Five employees, including personal assistant Jennifer.

In the 1980s, there was no direct commercial flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne, and it usually required two layovers from Los Angeles via Hawaii and Sydney to reach Melbourne, and the whole process could take more than twenty hours.

Because there is no need for a stopover, the trip for Simon and his party is about 16 hours.

There is an 18-hour time difference between Los Angeles and Melbourne, and the departure on August 31 at 7:00 am, the estimated time of arrival is 5:00 pm local time.

With up to 16 hours of flight time, Simon will naturally not waste it.

In an office in the cabin.

Simon was about to flip through a pile of materials that he planned to read during his trip to Australia, but Jennifer took out a package and said, "It was delivered from San Francisco yesterday afternoon. You were not in the office at the time."

Simon took the package and looked at it. It was not a commercial express. The square box was simply signed with an oil-based pen: Steve Jobs.

Accidentally raised his eyebrows, Simon opened the package, which contained a box of videotapes and a page of notes.

Simon handed the tape to Jennifer and picked up the note himself, with only a short sentence on it: Simon, if you're interested in Pixar, give me a call.

Then there is a string of phone numbers.

Jennifer put the tape into the office video recorder, and soon a 3D animation appeared on the TV screen in the corner, titled Tin Tin Soldier.

After playing for a while, Jennifer turned around and took the initiative to explain: "I checked, this short film was released on Fox's "Dragon and Tiger" at the beginning of last month, and the response from the industry was very good. In addition, Steve Jobs' next The computer company's new product release was delayed again, and Pixar's graphics computer sales were also very bleak. He urgently needed to get rid of this burden. When Jobs got Pixar from Lucas for $5 million, he invested another $5 million to keep the studio running. , a total of 70% of the shares, and the other 30% of the shares are in the hands of Pixar employees. Considering the graphics software such as the randerman rendering tool that Pixar has developed in the past two years, it should be worth about 20 million US dollars now.”

Simon listened to Jennifer's introduction, looked at the very rough baby shape on the screen, and knew that it was very rare to be able to do this when Pixar was short of funds.

After the short video was played, Simon didn't delay deliberately. He picked up the phone on the desk and dialed the number on the note.

The call was connected and quickly passed to Jobs.

The two were not familiar with each other, and they just exchanged a few words, and Simon went straight to the point: "Steve, can you give me an offer... $30 million? It's too high, you and I both know it's impossible... Of course I I really hope to get Pixar, but you should also know about the special effects of Daenerys. Frankly speaking, I only like the randerman rendering system of Pixar. If you win this software, the special effects of Daenerys can save a lot of money. In half a year, even if you only contact me in March next year, I may no longer need this company... $20 million is the highest price I have made, and this price is for the entire Pixar, you need to be responsible persuade a Pixar employee

Voluntarily relinquish existing equity. "

Simon wasn't about to back down too much on the offer, and Jobs was clearly eager to get rid of Pixar, and he didn't delay deliberately.

The two negotiated some details on the phone, and the matter was basically finalized. Simon hung up the phone, connected to Jennifer's father again, and asked James Raybould to contact Jobs for a formal acquisition proposal. After getting this thing done, Simon didn't have much excitement in his heart.

Having decided not to rely on Pixar for his plans to make an animated film, Simon made up his mind that if he couldn't take over the company, he would destroy it as much as possible. With his current strength, it is not difficult to do this.

In my memory, the biggest reason why Pixar was able to successfully produce Toy Story until the mid-1990s was that the Pixar graphics computer gradually opened up sales, and the biggest sales target happened to be Disney. Therefore, if Simon wants to suppress Pixar, he only needs to reach an agreement with Disney and refuse to purchase graphics computers from Pixar. In contrast, the Silicon Graphics company, which is heavily held by Westeros, also produces top-level graphics workstations. Simon does not even need to find additional reasons for doing so. It is completely 'legitimate' business competition.

Still, taking Pixar is definitely a good thing.

Daenerys special effects will therefore not need to spend time developing rendering systems, and Pixar's 3D animation technology can also make a good complement to Daenerys special effects technology. Of course, the most important thing is John Lasseter's team, and Simon has also been considering poaching.

In the past, John Lasseter rejected Disney's solicitation after the success of "Tin Tin Soldiers". According to rumors, Disney could be said to be looking back, because he could not get this talent, he finally chose to cooperate in a roundabout way, and finally promoted the The birth of Toy Story.

During this process, John Lasseter was loyal to Jobs.

But in reality, things are not so legendary.

"Tin Tin Soldier" was released in 1988, and "Toy Story" was approved in 1991, and it was completed after repeated ups and downs in the following years. Obviously, if Disney was really so "thirst for talent", there would not be a three-year window period.

Therefore, with Daenerys Entertainment's current status in the industry, Simon doesn't even need to offer a very special price, and it is very likely that John Lasseter will be recruited. Of course, now that the entire Pixar has been won, there is definitely no need to do this now.

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