Hollywood Hunter

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Simon did not return to his Woodside mountain house that night, but went to her Atherton flat for the night with housekeeper Alice Ferguson after a reception at Tim Berners-Lee's house.

In fact, there are some small considerations.

The afternoon before, I couldn't help but go to bed with another female assistant. I noticed that Celia was as ambitious as Sophia at the beginning. Simon didn't want to give women too much fantasy space, so he deliberately left out.

The next morning, Zoe Parks, who had had an affair with the housekeeper, was specially called to prepare breakfast, and Lady A naturally followed.

So there was a man and three women on the breakfast table.

During the meal, looking at the housekeeper with a ruddy face but looking at the laptop screen while eating salad at will, Simon said to the baby-faced girl, "Zoe, don't have to go back with me on the weekend, take Ellie to Hawaii to play for two. God, um, remember not to get a tan."

At the beginning, the intimacy with the housekeeper was caught by Simon, and depending on the situation, he has been labeled as lace by his own boss.

However, since the housekeeper entered Igreat, Zooey has actually not had much contact with Alice. Hearing this, the baby-faced girl looked at her boss pitifully, and then at Alice.

It's nothing to go to Hawaii for the weekend, I'm looking forward to it.

But what's the point of accompany a workaholic who's still juggling emails at breakfast.

Just like being forced to rest by Simon last time, Alice heard the words, looked up at a guy who bullied her last night, and subconsciously said, "I still have a job."

Simon also said as he did at the beginning of the year: "Not anymore."

Alice's clear blue eyes stared at a certain guy, confronted for a moment, realized that her resistance was doomed to be ineffective, and simply turned her attention back to the laptop.

Just go to Hawaii.

Anyway, he can't stare at himself all the time, but just change his workplace.

Unexpectedly, the man seemed to have sensed her thoughts, and added: "Let's leave in the afternoon, you can only bring a change of clothes, and you can't take a laptop on the plane. In addition, I lent you my villa in Hawaii, remember to clean it on weekends."

Alice immediately raised her head again and bargained: "Tomorrow morning."

"This afternoon," Simon insisted, and added: "Also, every weekend in the future, I will ask Zoe to accompany you."

After a moment of confrontation again, the housekeeper was still defeated and had to acquiesce.

As a boss, Simon certainly wants his employees to work tirelessly like cattle.

As a man, Simon didn't want his woman to only know how to work all day, causing her face to be haggard and even her body exhausted.

Compared with the three women b, c, and d who have left, the housekeeper and Simon have always maintained an original contract. This mansion in the Lindenwood community of Atherton was purchased by Simon and given to the housekeeper. Claire and the others did not have this kind of treatment. After leaving, they needed to be self-reliant.

After breakfast, everyone left the housekeeper's mansion. Simon's destination was Lady C's Tinkerbell Company, and he took the housekeeper to the headquarters of Igret first.

Arriving at the office building of Tincober Company, C girl has started a meeting, and Simon temporarily borrowed Claire's office to start the day's work.

Today is Friday, May 20th.

Another box office week kicks off in Hollywood.

In the past week, from May 13th to May 19th, "Stargate" directed by Michael Bay won the first place in the single-week box office list without any suspense, and earned 36.61 million US dollars in the first seven days.

Although there will be big-budget films released in the next few weeks, with the box office revenue of 36.61 million US dollars in the first week, as long as the box office drop in the next week is not too severe, there is not much suspense in the total domestic box office of "Stargate" breaking 100 million.

In comparison, the other two new films, another romance film "When a Man Falls in Love with a Woman" starring Meg Ryan, grossed only $11.29 million in the first seven days of the week.

In order to save the budget, Disney invited Andy Garcia, who is not too famous, to be the male lead. The biggest achievement of this male star who has been in Hollywood for many years is that he won a movie a few years ago by relying on his performance in "The Godfather 3". Nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars, with little box office appeal, this "When a Man Loves a Woman", Andy Garcia failed to produce with Meg Ryan as well as "Sleepless in Seattle" and "When Harry" Meet the strong sparks of the hero and heroine in Sally.

As a result, "When a Man Loves a Woman" had a final budget of $25 million, which is a real savings compared to Meg Ryan's massive $7 million pay after last year's "Sleepless in Seattle." It was only $11.29 million at the box office in the first week, and considering the film's mediocre reputation and the sniping of a series of blockbusters that followed, the total North American box office of this love movie may only be around $30 million.

Through overseas and follow-up releases, Disney was able to recover the cost, but it was basically a waste of time, and it wasted a summer opening slot again.

Black director Spike Lee's new film "Racial Love" was even more modest at the box office, earning only $3.91 million in its first week.

With the success of the previous "Kuroshio", Spike Lee's new film received a $15 million investment from Colombia, started with $3.91 million, and roughly $10 million at the local box office. The overseas market for black racial films is very narrow

Narrow, Colombia is equivalent to playing a water drift again.

Speaking of which, Spike Lee has been cooperating with Universal Pictures in the past few years, and three consecutive works were produced by Universal Investment, but after Daenerys Entertainment completed the acquisition of mca, because of the turmoil during the integration of the two companies, It is a pity that this partnership did not continue to Daenerys Entertainment.

As one of the best black directors in Hollywood, although Spike Lee's personal works are limited to the audience and the box office is usually not too high, because the production budget is often relatively low, he can usually achieve a good profit, even if he loses, he will not lose. Too many, so definitely a Woody Allen-like director worth wooing.

After reading last week's box office report, Simon sent Ella Deutschman an e-mail to give him time to chat with Spike Lee, taking advantage of the opportunity that the other party had just experienced a failure to try to win his next. In fact, it doesn’t matter if a movie is made or lost in the end. Doing so can further increase the diversity of Daenerys Entertainment’s films, which is of great benefit to corporate branding.

In the new week, two new heavyweight films will be released in North American theaters, namely "Speed ​​of Life and Death" produced by MGM and "Gambler Ma Huali" produced by Warner Bros.

"Speed ​​of Life" was directed by Martin Campbell, who had previously successfully produced "Wonder Woman", and starred two of Hollywood's most popular movie stars, Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock.

Once in history, the original "Speed ​​of Life", the three main creators Jane de Bont, Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock were not too popular, but the film cost 30 million US dollars to make. The North American box office exceeded 100 million yuan.

This time, under the influence of Simon's 'big butterfly', the three main creators are all very popular in Hollywood, and the production budget has therefore increased from $30 million in the original time and space to $45 million, basically reaching the level of a blockbuster. .

In order to catch time with "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" on June 3, MGM also gave it a go this time, preparing 2,869 opening screens for "Speed ​​of Life", and the announcement budget also reached 20 million US dollars.

The large-scale painting was officially launched today, and the media reputation of "Speed ​​of Life and Death" was also released at the same time. The comprehensive media score of the preliminary statistics reached 9.4 points, which directly surpassed the 8.2 points of "Stargate" last week, reaching a classic level.

Another "Gambler Ma Huali" is a complete super blockbuster.

The film is adapted from an American Western TV series of the same name in the 1950s. The director of the "Lethal Weapon" series, Richard Donner and Mel Gibson collaborated again, and invited the Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster. Affiliate. The lineup of the three main creators even surpassed "Speed ​​of Life and Death".

Relying on the success of the "Lethal Weapon" series, the budget cost of "Gambler Ma Huali" was as high as 75 million US dollars, and Warner Bros. also invested 30 million US dollars in the publicity budget, and the number of screens in the film reached 2,537.

Because it is not optimistic, Daenerys Entertainment basically does not touch the theme of Westerns, but Warners is a big player in Westerns.

For "The Gambler Ma Huali", Simon is even more optimistic about this project. Even if the North American box office of "The Gambler Ma Huali" in his memory has achieved over 100 million yuan, it is basically impossible for Warner to make too much profit from this project. A classic case of 'working' for a Hollywood superstar.

For the whole project, Mel Gibson directly took the high salary of 15 million US dollars, Richard Donner also received 8 million US dollars from the first-line director, and even Jodie Foster's salary reached 5 million US dollars. .

The three main creators are all rewarding.

However, with the huge cost of "The Gambler Ma Huali", Warner Bros. needs to earn about 250 million US dollars at the global box office to break even. Historically, the global box office of "The Gambler Ma Huali" was only 1.8 One hundred million U.S. dollars.

Not only that, but this time, because there was "Stargate" before, "Speed ​​of Life" and "Batman: The Rise of the Dark Knight" two weeks later, strong enemies are waiting, and the media will be comprehensive after the opening of the painting. "The Gambler Ma Huali", which has only passed the word of mouth, is difficult to get the box office share of the original time and space. The local wants to break through 100 million, unless there is a miracle.

The more likely outcome is that Warner Bros. will stumble on the project and further increase its reliance on the DC Cinematic Universe.

Celia Miller didn't see her boss again until the evening when they returned to Los Angeles together.

However, the woman did not show the slightest resentment that a little man had just been happy for a while, and continued to discuss with Simon the various layouts of the Westeros system in the military field while returning to Los Angeles for a short time.

During a business trip around the world, Celia was able to participate in secret negotiations between the Westeros mercenaries and the French government. The French authorities finally paid $25 million in compensation in exchange for the seizure of the Westeros mercenaries. All members of the former Rwandan government's military-french military advisory group in the hands of the military, including all the corpses.

The price of $25 million was offered by Celia after learning the general situation.

It’s not that the French government can’t come up with more, but because if the claim is too high, it will exceed the limit of the French government’s secret small treasury. At that time, it will have to raise funds through official government financial channels. Once this happens, the French military adviser The group's affairs are bound to come to light.

This is an outcome that neither side wants to see.

Allowing Celia to participate in this negotiation is also a small test for Simon, mainly to test the credibility of the former female defense official. The result exceeded Simon's expectations, and it also showed him that there was a

The benefit of someone who has worked in the federal defense system and is familiar with the unspoken rules of various authorities.

Before that, both Simon and the commander of the Westeros mercenary, William McRaney, wanted to open up to the French government lion, and if they did, the two sides would probably tear their faces.

After traveling for half a month, Celia also completed the personnel infiltration layout of the Rwandan government, and had a private meeting with the current Prime Minister of Ukraine and the next presidential candidate Leon Kuchma, which not only persuaded Ukraine, who had been hesitant, The government agreed to the establishment of a private military company in Ukraine by the Westeros system, and Celia was also personally responsible for the formation of a Ukrainian mercenary support team in Kyiv.

"On the US side, I think our company should recruit mainly middle and low-level retired officers in the short term, cooperate with about 300 ex-special forces, and mainly provide military training services to the outside world," Celia looked at in the living room of the front cabin of the Boeing 767. Looking at the little man on the sofa next to him, seeing that he had no objection, he continued: "Although the news of the French government's arrangement of a military advisory group in Rwanda has not been made public, I think other countries will learn it in the future. Private military companies provide similar services in disguise. Service can not only reduce the possible casualties of official soldiers, but also avoid accusations of interfering in other countries’ internal affairs once the matter is revealed, and we have a lot of business space in this regard.”

Simon was looking at a plan for the formation of a private military company in Australia, and nodded when he heard the words, signaling Celia to continue.

Celia glanced at Simon again, thought for a while, and turned to the topic temporarily, saying: "Simon, on the North American side, about the name of the 'Military Consulting and Security Services Company', are you really not going to think about it again? "

Military Consulting \u0026 Security Service (mcss for short), which is the name of a private military company in the Westeros system on the North American side.

Australia and Ukraine did not directly name the xx branch, but a similar new name. The former is the Perth Military Consultant and Security Company, because the headquarters is located in Perth, Western Australia, and the latter is the Ukrainian front-line military. Service company, headquartered in Kyiv.

Of the three names, the biggest feature is that they are ordinary and slightly longer.

Simon heard Celia ask this, and looked up and asked, "If you had a name similar to Daenerys Entertainment, what do you think it would be?"

"I think it's better this way," Celia said. "It's very special and easy to be remembered."

Simon shook his head and said: "Entertainment technology companies, of course, the easier the name is to be remembered, the better. However, for private military companies, do you think it is a good thing to be remembered at all times?"

Celia paused for a while, and quickly reacted, shaking her head: "It seems, no."

Simon shrugged: "So, that's right."

In the past, Blackwater International, founded in 1997, has become a 'famous' in the industry in just a few years. Whether it is in the United States or overseas, when it comes to mercenaries, many people immediately think of Blackwater, because The name just sounds hardcore and domineering.

Because of its great reputation, there are too many eyes on this company. After Blackwater became big, it began to have troubles, and various scandals were frequently exposed, so it lost a large amount of orders.

Finally, Blackwater finally began to reflect that it is not the largest private mercenary company in the United States at all. If it is the United States, the military professional resource company (mpri) is the biggest one, and it is even in the top five in the world. If you can't get in, why is there so much trouble? Why doesn't the media go to those big troubles?

finally understand.

Oh, it turned out to be a question of the name!

The name Blackwater is too conspicuous and too windy.

So one day, Heishui quietly changed his name to xe service company.

what does xe mean?

who knows?

It's right not to know!

Learning from the lessons of Blackwater, Simon confirmed from the beginning that the name of the private military company of the Westeros system must be as common as possible, and the less memorable the better.

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