Hollywood Hunter

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After the lively New Year's countdown, the New Year's reception began to wrap up.

At one o'clock in the morning, Simon sent James Leibold's family of three away and returned to the villa. In the empty living room, there were only waiters who were cleaning up the mess. There should be some guests in the backyard, but Simon did not need to personally send each other.

Walking down the stairs to the second floor, and outside a living room, Simon heard Janet's chuckle.

After entering the door, Janet, Catherine, Amy, and Nancy Brill were chatting on the sofa in different postures. The women were holding goblets in their hands, and they were obviously drunk. Janet The pale face had turned red at this time.

Walking to Janet's sofa and sitting on the armrest, Simon gently took the red wine from the woman's hand and stopped her from drinking it. He looked at Amy and said, "Ladies, it's already very late, do you want to continue?"

Amy raised her wrist and looked at her watch, and then she showed a surprised expression: "It's 1:25 already, Simon, have you seen Cliff?"

Cliff is Amy's new boyfriend, introduced as the owner of a French restaurant in Brentwood.

Simon thought for a while and said, "He should be on the lawn in the backyard."

"Then, it's time for me to go," Amy put the goblet in her hand on the coffee table in front of her, stood up against the armrest of the sofa, shook her head slightly, and said to Simon with a smile, "Boss, I'll go to the company later tomorrow. , the reason should be very legitimate, right?"

Simon nodded with a smile: "Of course."

Tomorrow in Amy's mouth is actually today, and Simon naturally won't be serious about such small details.

New Year's Day was supposed to be a legal holiday in the United States. However, Simon will fly to Australia tomorrow. There are still many things to arrange before leaving. At least the high-level executives of Daenerys Entertainment need to continue to appear in the company tomorrow.

As Amy got up, so did the three other women.

Simon hugged Janet who was soft on him after he stood up, and noticed Nancy Brill inadvertently, and couldn't help saying, "So short."

It turned out that Nancy Brill, who had just curled herself up on the single sofa, took off her high heels.

I hadn't noticed before that the woman was standing barefoot on the carpet at this time, and Simon discovered that Nancy Brill's height should be less than 1.6 meters, not to mention Catherine, even if Janet and Ai were around 1.7 meters tall. Mi and the two women were obviously shorter in front of them. However, the woman's curvaceous mature charm and her height are combined, but they have a very attractive style.

Simon said this, and the three Janet who suddenly discovered this also showed unexpected expressions.

Nancy Brill was watched by several people, but she sat down again as if nothing had happened, and found her from the side with 10cm high heels on her feet. She casually glanced at Catherine, and her tone seemed to be a little more defensive. , said: "Boss, are you discriminating?"

"Of course not," Simon denied with a smile, watching Nancy Brill get up again soon, the sky-high pair of haters were hidden under the hem of the rose-colored dress, and her height obviously jumped up a lot, said: " In fact, it doesn't seem like a good idea to always wear such high shoes."

Nancy Brill obviously didn't want to continue this topic, but said lightly: "If you don't wear it, the result will be worse."

Since Nancy didn't like discussing her height, Simon stopped. But I couldn't help thinking in my heart, is this woman caring about her height because she is too strong, or because of her height she becomes so strong. The little man of about 1.5 meters is indeed a little short among Western women.

Everyone went downstairs together, Amy found her boyfriend in the last group of guests in the backyard, watching the driver drive the two away, Simon noticed that Nancy Brill was still alone.

The parking clerk drove over a black Mercedes-Benz sedan, Simon watched Nancy say goodbye to everyone, then got into the driver's seat, stepped forward and pressed the door that the woman wanted to pull, and asked, "You yourself? "

Nancy sat in the driver's seat, took off her high heels and put them aside, looked at Simon and said, "Boss, is there a problem?"

Simon opened the car door a little to the side: "Sit in the back and let the chauffeur take you back."

Nancy shook her head: "No need."

Simon looked at the woman persistently: "Get out of the car."

Nancy stared at Simon for a moment, and finally said, "I'm not used to strangers sending me home."

Simon looked up to find the figure of Neil Bennett, gestured to him, looked at Nancy again, and said, "I'll ask my driver to take you back."

Nancy hesitated for a moment, but got out of the car and turned to the back seat.

Simon explained a few words to Neil Bennett, watching him drive Nancy away before turning around. Janet was looking at him with a smile, with a little teasing: "Nancy obviously wants your boss to send her back in person, you are really ignorant."

Neil Bennett was going to send Simon and the two back to Malibu, but now he can only wait a little longer.

Simon ignored Janet's ridicule and asked Catherine next to him, "Wait, let's go back to Malibu together?"

"Okay," Catherine made Simon nod unexpectedly, but then added: "I recently rented a house in Paradise Bay, not far from Cape Dumay, which happened to be on the way."

After the three of them were together, Catherine never gave Simon another chance for the absurdity.

Seeing Simon's depressed expression, Janet smiled and took Katherine's arm and walked towards the villa, saying, "The little bastard will go to Australia the day after tomorrow, Kate, when the time comes, you will

Come live with me. "

Catherine glanced at Simon who was beside the two and asked, "Aren't you going with him?"

"Our house in Cape Dumay Park is about to start construction," Janet shook her head and said, "Also, Daenerys Entertainment will be conducting a financial audit in the next month or so, and I'll stay in Los Angeles to help him keep an eye on it. And, um, when he's birthday in February, we'll go visit the class together again."

Neil Bennett came back after sending Nancy Brill home, and after another toss, it was more than two o'clock in the morning when he went to bed.

Wake up the next day and the new year officially begins.

A high-level meeting was held at ten o'clock in the morning and continued until one in the afternoon, and the main topic was the company's work arrangements while Simon was away from Los Angeles.

In the coming months, Daenerys Entertainment will focus on establishing overseas distribution channels and promoting the overseas release of several films such as "Scream" late last year.

In this era, the overseas distribution of Hollywood movies is rarely able to achieve the same period as North America, and it is very common to delay the release of two or three months. Therefore, at the end of last year, Daenerys Entertainment simply did not distract from overseas and focused all its energy on local distribution.

Now, several films such as "Scream" have all achieved great success at the box office, which has also created very good conditions for the expansion of Daenerys Entertainment's overseas distribution channels. With these blockbuster films as a bargaining chip, Daenerys Entertainment can easily establish connections with overseas theater distributors.

In addition to film distribution, the next most important work is the financial audit of the entire Daenerys Entertainment Group.

Because it is not a listed company, Daenerys Entertainment does not need to announce its annual financial report.

However, due to the rapid expansion of the company, even Simon himself is not very clear about the revenue data of Daenerys Entertainment including its various subsidiaries, let alone whether there are potential problems. A very detailed financial review of Daenerys Entertainment is required.

In order to ensure the accuracy of the financial report, Simon also specifically authorized Janet to oversee the audit at today's meeting.

Finally, there's Daenerys Entertainment's strategy for awards season in the coming months for several films from Daenerys Entertainment.

Simon's attitude towards Oscars and other awards has never been too enthusiastic. Although Gaomen Pictures has been established to specialize in literary and artistic films and rely heavily on major movie awards, in his opinion, Oscars and other awards should always be 'icing on the cake' The existence of such things should not be the fundamental goal pursued by a film.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, after a simple lunch, several senior executives including Simon and Amy met with Wayne Huyzenga, chairman of Blockbuster, to discuss the specific plan of Daenerys Entertainment's investment in Blockbuster. .

After several hours of consultations, the two sides reached a preliminary agreement.

Daenerys Entertainment invested US$120 million to acquire a 35% stake in Blockbuster. At the same time, Daenerys Entertainment promised not to intervene in Blockbuster's management for the next three years. Accordingly, Blockbuster also guarantees that Daenerys Entertainment's shares will not be diluted in the next three years. If Blockbuster needs to continue financing, Daenerys Entertainment can have priority to obtain a capital injection share that ensures the company's shareholding ratio.

Nancy Brill was also identified as a Blockbuster board member following this meeting.

That night, Simon again invited the Raybold family to dine in Malibu, during which he and James Rayburd discussed some Westeros matters privately. Simon was able to complete the arrangement before he left.

Although there are still some concerns about letting go of the steering wheel of Daenerys Entertainment's fast-moving "sports car", Simon also understands that he must do so. A company cannot continue to operate without someone, and the company is doomed to fail.

On January 2, Simon officially flew to Melbourne, Australia with a entourage in the morning.

The preliminary preparations for the "Batman" project have been completed. After arriving in Melbourne, Simon only needs to spend a few days to familiarize himself with the environment, and the film can officially start shooting on January 9. The planned shooting period is 13 weeks and 91 days. If all goes well, the film will be completed in early April and will take three months.

Simon left Los Angeles, and everything in Hollywood wasn't much affected.

Daenerys Entertainment's PR work for this year's awards was handed over by Simon to Ella Deutschman, the head of Highgate Pictures. After Simon left, Ella Deutschman began to work for "Dead Poets Society" The Golden Globe Awards public relations efforts, while preparing for the Oscar nomination declaration for related films under Daenerys Entertainment.

With Rain Man's unexpected box-office success, Hollywood's Oscar PR strategy for the film has also become unusually concerned.

Daenerys Entertainment had completely abandoned this year's Golden Globe Awards on "Rain Man" before. Many people speculated that due to the conflict with the main creators of "Rain Man", Daenerys Entertainment is likely to continue to give up this award. Oscar for the film.

"Rain Man" has become a complete phenomenon, and if it joins the Oscar fray, the rest of this year's movies basically don't have much chance.

Therefore, the whole of Hollywood is looking forward to Simon Westeros being a teenager.

However, "Rain Man" gave up the Golden Globe Award, but Simon was paving the way for "Dead Poets Society". He still has the same view he once had, and he would not do such stupid things as being angry with others and smashing his own family's pot. "Rain Man" will declare all possible awards as scheduled.

However, Ella Deutschman also got a very difficult job because of this.

Among the nominations declared by "Rain Man", the best director and best actor are obviously easy to get. original time and space

, the two nominations also successfully landed Barry Levinson and Dustin Hoffman in winning the Golden Man.

But this time, Simon's task for Ella Deutschman is to get Barry Levinson and Dustin Hoffman to get nominations and no awards, just like Daenerys Entertainment Time has continued to issue invitations to caa's artists to audition for roles, but it will not hire them.

This kind of reverse public relations often happens among competitors, but it is still very difficult to prevent your own films from winning awards.

It was also one of Simon's tests for Ella Deutschman.

In addition to "Rain Man", Daenerys Entertainment will continue to focus on PR for "Dead Poets Society". The company's goal is for "Rain Man" to win the best picture and "Dead Poets Society" to win the best director.

There has been a clear tendency for major Hollywood film companies to work together to suppress Daenerys Entertainment. At this time, the many "disadvantages" that were difficult to influence by the Oscar judges turned into "advantages".

The Oscar jury team has more than 3,000 people. As long as Daenerys Entertainment does not hesitate to invest, and it has a high-quality film, it is still very likely to win nominations and awards.

In private, Simon also deliberately gave Ella Deutschman a face-to-face interview, and taught the other party the public relations methods of the Weinstein brothers in memory.

Unconsciously, the New Year's week passed again.

The films that were scheduled at the end of last year are still reaping the box office, but compared to the Christmas week’s box office explosion, from December 30th to January 5th, the North American box office in a single week compared with last week’s 122.36 million US dollars It shrunk back to $91.56 million, with most films down.

Except Rain Man.

Due to the unexpected rise in the box office in the second week of its release, Daenerys Entertainment re-allocated 262 screens after urgent consultation with the theater, which increased the number of screens released this week for "Rain Man" from 1,136 to 1,398. Coupled with the phenomenon-level word of mouth that "Rain Man" continues to spread, in the third week of its release, this film has become the only film on the market this week to achieve a reverse drop at the box office, with a box office increase of 7% and an additional $17.91 million. The cumulative box office was $46.23 million.

At the same time, "Rain Man" also surpassed "Dead Poets Society", counterattacked all the way, and successfully won the single-week box office championship in the third week of its release.

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