Hollywood Hunter

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In the spacious Boeing 767 cabin, the long 16-hour journey, Simon feels no different from the ground.

Work, eat, sleep.

When I woke up again, the plane had entered the airspace of southern Australia. Looking through the porthole, downtown Melbourne and Port Phillip Bay surrounded by the city were clearly visible.

Melbourne at the end of August is in winter, and the temperature difference between the four seasons in coastal cities is usually not too large, but it is not a set of clothes that can be resisted in summer in Los Angeles.

In the cabin bedroom, Janet dressed up Simon as usual, watched him put on a dark sweater and black slacks, and put a black short trench coat over Simon, and finally nodded with satisfaction. Said: "This makes it look more mature."

Simon looked at the pale pink coat on the woman with a smile, and said, "Then, is there anything else to explain, such as some topics that must not be brought up in front of your family?"

"Tony hates people talking about being beaten by girls when he was a child," Janet turned her head to the side, obviously deliberately 'reminding', but quickly took out a watch from her bag and handed it over, saying: "Here , just bring this, you certainly don't mind to please my old man a little, right? I've already adjusted the Melbourne time for you."

Simon glanced at it. This was the Patek Philippe stainless steel model 1518, which was brought by Janet's elder brother Anthony Johnston on his twentieth birthday at the beginning of the year. This is Patek Philippe's first perpetual calendar watch.

As a classic luxury watch brand, more than 90% of Patek Philippe's watches are made of precious metals, and stainless steel models with a single-digit manufacturing quantity are said to be the most precious collections. The most rare thing is that this watch made during World War II is still brand new.

Refreshingly took it and put it on his wrist, Simon smiled and said: "It has been kept by you, I thought you planned to use it as a collection."

"My father likes to collect watches, but I don't. Besides, the collection value of watches is actually very low. No matter how expensive and luxurious watches are, they are all mass-produced, and the age is very recent. However, a brand like Patek Philippe, which is good at making complicated watches, is worth it. Collect it. However, as long as you like it and you have enough money, of course you can collect whatever you want,” Janet said, and suddenly smiled again: “The old man likes the golden watch paragraph in Pulp Fiction, it just says save it. The method of the gold watch is too vulgar, hehe."

After talking and laughing, and finally tidying up, the Boeing 767 whistled and landed on the runway of Melbourne Airport.

When Simon got off the plane, he looked at the watch he just put on. The time was 5:23, because the daytime was short in winter, and the sun was already setting here.

When everyone got off the plane, Simon saw Janet’s elder brother Anthony Johnston and some other people coming up with them at a glance, and greeted everyone enthusiastically. Anthony turned to Simon again and said, “Let’s go back, everyone. They are all waiting for you."

After going through some necessary formalities completely, everyone quickly left the airport.

Jennifer and other entourages were arranged to go to the hotel in the city center, while Simon and Janet drove to Johnston's house. Departing from Melbourne Airport in the western suburbs, after more than half an hour's journey, the car entered a tree-shaded manor on the Yarra River in the eastern suburbs.

When the car stopped in front of the main building of the manor, after Simon got out of the car, he couldn't help but stop and look at the building in front of him. This is obviously an English-style castle with a Gothic spire, but it does not have the dense curved columns of the Palace of Westminster, and it looks square and majestic against the golden sunset.

However, Simon's stop was not because of the style of the building.

Anthony Johnston came over, stood beside him and looked at his mansion side by side, smiled and said, "I've seen some of your Batman concept drawings, is this house suitable for Wayne? Manor? Oh, it’s just that I can’t lend it to you, there are still some similar buildings around Melbourne, you can choose slowly in the next few days.”

Of course Simon wouldn't want to use Janet's house as a filming location. Even if Melbourne can't find other castles suitable for Wayne Manor, there are so many in the UK, and many are even abandoned. He just thought the coincidence was very interesting at this time.

Janet came over to hold Simon's arm and said, "Dad, they came out, let's go over."

At this time, a group of people came out of the castle crowded. Janet had already shown Simon the photos of her family, and Simon could roughly identify the identities of some people.

Raymond Johnston, who happens to be 70 years old this year, is tall and thin, with gray hair and sharp eyes. He has the sturdy temperament of an old western cowboy. He is obviously not someone who is too easy to get along with. Trish Johnston is Janet's mother. Compared with her aggressive husband, this old woman has a much softer temperament. After everyone approached, Janet threw herself into her mother's arms as affectionately as a bird.

Introducing each other, in addition to Janet's parents, there are four members of Janet's eldest brother Anthony Johnston and his second brother Norman Johnston's family of three.

Simon did not see Janet's aunt, Veronica Johnston, and two other younger brothers, David and Patrick Johnston. He actually knew that Anthony Johnston's eldest son didn't show up either, which saved some minor embarrassment, because Raymond Johnston's eldest grandson was Janet's nephew Brandon John Ston is also 20 years old this year, the same age as Simon.

As night fell, the Johnstons had prepared dinner in advance.

Inside the Castle, Settled

In a good room, Janet threw Simon directly to her father and brother, and the little girl came to the kitchen with her mother, watching the chef and servants busy with dinner, and nibbling on a piece of dessert regardless of the image, asked herself The mother said, "Mom, even if David and Pat can't come back from England, what about the iceberg? Why isn't she there."

Trish Johnston didn't expect her daughter to change the name of her sister-in-law, and said helplessly: "Your aunt went to Perth a few days ago, it seems to be a mine in Western Australia."

Janet wondered: "She is in charge of the company's finances. Shouldn't it be my father and brother who came forward for this kind of thing?"

Trish Johnston opened her daughter's little hand and stretched out a piece of cake, and said, "I don't know that, but your father and brother have left. Who will entertain the guests?"

"Then I'll wait for her to come back. She must be back these days, right?" Janet said, facing her mother's doubtful eyes, and took the initiative to explain: "She helped me and Simon do a lot of things, of course, thank you She, hee hee, it's really strange to say, she has never been so enthusiastic before."

Trish Johnston said in a doting tone: "Your aunt has always been the best to you. What's strange, you girl just doesn't know how to be content."

"Okay, okay," Janet hugged her mother again, and suddenly said, "Wow, I understand."

Trish Johnston was a little dissatisfied with her daughter's surprise, and helped her straighten her crooked collar, and said, "What?"

"I've brought my boyfriend back," Janet analyzed with a little smugness. "My aunt definitely didn't want Dad to talk about her again, so she avoided it on purpose."

Trish Johnston's expression became more helpless, and she pushed her daughter again: "Okay, don't make trouble here, go and accompany the guests."

"Just call him Simon, what 'guest', 'guest'," Janet smiled and leaned closer to her mother's ear: "Mom, what do you think of him?"

Trish Johnston smiled and said, "Your dad thinks it's pretty good, I can look at it too."

Janet is dissatisfied: "It's just not bad?"

"Daughter really has to face outsiders," Trish Johnston took a photo of Janet, looked at the cooks and servants around, and said: "Your father said, this child is very satisfying, you are right If he is good, he will be good to you."

Janet hummed twice and asked, "What else?"

Trish Johnston smiled and said, "It's quite earning money, enough to support your little prodigal daughter."

Janet pouted in dissatisfaction and continued to ask, "What else?"

"There's no one chasing after her mother to praise her boyfriend," Trish Johnston feigned dissatisfaction and blamed, and then whispered: "You two get along on weekdays, he, is there any problem with him?"

Janet pretended to be mistaken, and blushed imitating the tone of her mother just now: "How can you chase after her daughter and ask him about her boyfriend?" "It's okay, he has always been normal, and he should have completely recovered."

"I heard that mental illness is difficult to heal, and it's also inherited." Trish Johnston was still a little worried: "Will he fall or hit you in private?"

Janet immediately shook her head: "Of course not."

The mother and daughter whispered small words, and the dinner was ready unknowingly.

The men who were chatting in the living room turned into the living room. There were eleven people, all large and small, old and young. Together with the servants and servants around, it was very lively.

In the days that followed, Simon also settled in the Johnston family's mansion, and he also gained a better understanding of the family.

The Johnston family is centered on the Johnston Holding Group. 70% of the family industry is in ore mining and smelting, the other 20% is transportation, and the last 10% is animal husbandry and other surrounding areas. industry.

Raymond Johnston, 70, is still the chairman of the family group, based in Australia. Janet's aunt, Veronica Johnston, is the group's chief financial officer. Anthony Johnston and Norman Johnston serve as Group CEO and President, respectively, with Anthony Johnston in charge of Europe and Norman Johnston in charge of Asia and Africa.

The Johnston Group's business in North America and Latin America is a little weak.

In addition to Anthony Johnston and Norman Johnston, Raymond Johnston's two other sons, David and Patrick Johnston, have no interest in family affairs. David Johnston, 25, and Patrick Johnston, 22, are both still studying in the UK. In Janet's words, David Johnston is the standard nerd, and Patrick Johnston is the standard the playboy boy.

At first, Raymond Johnston thought he would be like his father and grandfather. After accidentally having two sons, he devoted all his energy to training Anthony Johnston and Norman Johnston. The son and second son are also very good.

So, when it was the turn of the next three Janet siblings, Raymond Johnston was no longer so strict with them, and did not force them to inherit family affairs, so the current result appeared.

As for the main purpose of Simon's visit, "Batman", with the assistance of the Johnston family's strong contacts in Melbourne, it was basically finalized before he arrived.

It is expected that the shooting of "Batman" will use helicopters. Helicopters are prohibited from flying over Melbourne, which is similar to "The Matrix" in the original time and space.

The problems encountered are similar, but compared to The Matrix, which almost stopped filming because of it, before Simon came to Australia, Melbourne had issued a new law to relax the no-fly restrictions on helicopters in urban areas.

This time, Simon mainly came to sort out the selected location in person. The company sent a special location to this location a few months ago. For several months, through fax, Simon has been uninterrupted. The remote control is pretty good, so it's not a big problem in this regard.

In addition, on the issue of tax rebates, the Melbourne Film Board finally agreed to give a 15% tax rebate for the entire project of "Batman" in Australia.

This ratio is not high compared to Australia's support for local films, but compared to other foreign films shot in Australia, the tax rebate ratio is already very good.

Moreover, the tax rebate agreement signed with Daenerys Entertainment here is also very loose, which is what Simon values ​​most.

Because usually, if overseas films want to get tax rebates, it is not just as simple as shooting in Australia. Australian cities have a certain limit on their daily expenses, and they must consume a fixed amount of expenses every day to get a tax refund. There are some problems in some of these links, which may lead to the failure or shrinkage of the tax rebate.

In contrast, the contract obtained by Daenerys Entertainment only needs to employ 30% of the local Australian employees, and does not require Australian funds to participate. There is no limit to the expenditure of the crew in Australia. After the filming is completed, Daenerys Entertainment Just provide a statement of total expenses to get a pro-rated 15% tax rebate.

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