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Ronald Goldberg only expressed his intentions on the phone, and it was not completely finalized after all. In order to avoid another tug of war at noon, or even a stalemate again, Simon simply refused the other party's lunch invitation, and just let Jonathan Friedman attend instead.

Agents often act as a buffer between filmmakers and studios.

Near noon, Jonathan rushed to deal with Ronald Goldberg's invitation. Simon borrowed a car from wma, still taking a slew of paparazzi, and rushed back to the villa in Montana.

There are paparazzi squatting in front of the villa.

Simon drove the car into the parking space in front of the villa. After getting out of the car, he was a little worried that the paparazzi would pounce on him. Fortunately, these people were just standing on the roadside outside the villa lawn and taking pictures frantically. Some people also tried to communicate with him. , naturally fruitless.

Taking out the key to open the door, Simon listened to the dense clicking sound behind him and made up his mind to change his residence as soon as possible. This kind of open community in the United States and the residential layout of the front house and backyard make it difficult for him to have much sense of security. If he continues to live here, he will have no privacy at all.

Entering the living room and putting down the suitcase, Simon immediately noticed that the message prompt light of the phone was flashing.

I walked over and looked at it, and the messages were full.

Just press play, and the voice of Mike Medova, president of Orion Pictures, came out. He didn't have any serious business, just casually exchanged a few words, hoping that Simon would call him back when he got home. The second call was from Ron Macmillan. Ron congratulated the recent box office of "Lola Run" and asked Simon if he was free recently. Everyone who participated in the shooting of "Lola Run" together Wanting to throw a party together is considered to be a big sell to celebrate the film.

Simon had to rush to Malibu. After listening to two messages, he realized that the subsequent phone calls would not be too important, so he let it play automatically, pulled up the suitcase and turned to the study.

This villa doesn't even have a home security system, and Simon doesn't plan to come back to live in the future. Some important things are planned to be taken away this time.

He emptied the clothes in the suitcase, and carefully sorted out the manuscripts, notes, newspaper clippings, etc. accumulated over the past six months, and made sure that there were no omissions. Simon took the suitcase back to the living room, and Sandra happened to be on the phone. Barbara is scrambling for "Lola Run" to be rated R.

Simon was in Arizona when "Lola Run" was determined. After hearing the news, he was also very depressed for a while, but at this time he was relieved.

Film is a business after all, and business competition is never peaceful. Since Simon rejected the Seventh Congress and chose Orion, he should be prepared to be tricked by others.

and.

After the pit is over, everyone has to continue talking about business.

This is the world.

Leaving the Montana area, Simon continued to ignore the trailing paparazzi and drove to Malibu.

Arriving at Janet's mansion near Dumei Cape Park in Malibu, Simon saw more than a dozen paparazzi guarding the not spacious asphalt road, and the paparazzi who came with Simon were also chasing after him Behind his car, these people have just parked their car in a public parking lot outside the community.

Parking is currently prohibited on this community paved road.

Simon originally thought that if a paparazzi drove after him, he should ask someone to tow their car away. Judging from the situation, he still underestimated these guys who were obviously 'experienced in battles'.

Before the paparazzi behind him approached, and came to the gate of Janet's mansion, Simon quickly got out of the car, pushed through the surrounding paparazzi with the dense shutter sound, and pressed the button of the intercom a few times. In response, Janet returned to the car again, put on her sunglasses, and let the surrounding paparazzi put the camera on the front window glass of the car for a while.

Inside the mansion.

Janet was wearing a very homey knitted sweater and jeans, and was holding a large bowl while stirring and coquettishly said to the phone tucked in her neck: "Mom, I know, I'm not a child... how can this be done? ... Anyway, don't let Anthony and the others come over, don't let Dad come over, let alone let the iceberg come over, you don't want me to break up soon after I finally get a boyfriend... Hehe, don't call her what the iceberg calls, just call it After all these years... oh, the doorbell rang, it must be Simon, I'm going to open the door, and that's it... bye, love you."

After speaking so quickly, Janet put down the big bowl in her hand, dropped the microphone, and ran out of the villa.

Outside the mansion.

The black panning iron door slowly opened, Simon still ignored the paparazzi who had even blocked the front of the car, stepped on the accelerator slightly, and slowly moved into the yard. The paparazzi insisted on retreating to the door with the car. Seeing that Simon's speed was still slow and steady, they had no choice but to back away without worrying about hitting someone.

The car entered the yard, and the closed iron door was closed again.

After getting out of the car, Simon glanced at the row of cameras that were raised blindly to the yard above the iron gate. While removing the luggage from the car, he said to Janet, who was hiding in the blind spot of the shooting: "The gate is good, better than the fence gate. , it would be perfect if it could be a little higher.”

Janet smiled and said, "I'll call the workers later to replace the gate."

Simon shook his head and said: "Forget it, it's just right now, and it will be ugly if it is higher."

Having said that, Simon held a stack of folders brought back from wma, pulled the suitcase and hid to where Janet was standing. Janet reached out and took the stack of documents, and the two walked towards the villa.

As soon as she entered the villa, Janet

He slightly raised his chin and gestured around, "How is it here?"

Simon looked at the simple warm-toned decoration in the villa, listened to the faint sound of the waves lapping from the terrace, nodded, and said, "Very good, I don't want to leave now."

"Haha," Janet smiled and put the stack of documents in her hand on the coffee table, "Then you hurry up and marry me, then half of this place will be yours."

Simon glanced up and down at Janet and said, "Is it only half?"

"Well," Janet leaned over and hugged Simon, and changed her tone softly: "It's all yours, even me."

Simon lowered his head and pecked on the woman's lips, and said, "Help me find a study first. Before I find the house, I will probably only be able to live here. It just so happens that I can accompany you. A lot of paparazzi stay outside for me. Still worried."

Janet let go of Simon and took him to another room, but she was a little dissatisfied: "Why are you looking for a house, isn't it bad to live here?"

Simon shook his head and said, "I'm not used to it."

Janet pouted: "Hmph, macho."

"It has nothing to do with doctrine. Lions don't live in other people's territory. How can you, a kitten, understand."

"Okay okay, I'm a kitten," Janet took him to a room near the sea with a tone that didn't bother to argue with Simon, and said, "How's it going here?"

Simon looked at a very spacious study. To the east is a whole-walled bookshelf with various handicrafts on it, beside the bookshelf is a large desk, and to the south is a floor-to-ceiling window leading to the terrace, where a set of sofas for sunbathing is placed.

"Not bad, just another phone."

"Yes," Janet pointed to the cabinet under the bookshelf and said, "Look for it, in the cabinet, there is a telephone interface here, you can use it when you install it."

"That's all right," Simon nodded, put the suitcase aside, and said, "Have you prepared lunch?"

"I'm planning to bake small cakes. I don't have much left at home, so I can only make this."

Simon pushed Janet out and said, "That's it for the time being. Let someone help us buy something to deliver in the afternoon."

After a simple lunch, Simon got into the study and got busy.

Since "Lola Run" was much more successful than expected, Simon also intends to re-plan his next development.

Before that, he first had to build a team dedicated to himself.

Simon now only has an agent and a personal lawyer, and Jonathan Friedman and George Norman are enough for those two positions beside him.

But that's not enough.

In addition to brokers and private lawyers, Simon also needs a dedicated public relations manager to deal with media issues; Simon also needs a reliable financial manager to manage personal assets; and Daenerys Pictures, Simon also wants to find a Professional managers with sufficient qualifications; finally, there are security issues. Although I don't like people always following me, at least when I attend public places, having bodyguards by my side can definitely help him avoid many problems...

There are always a lot of them.

Simon spent the afternoon calling some contacts he had accumulated over the past six months, either seeking referrals or experience, and occasionally making judgments based on some information in his memory, which seemed very cautious.

He also had to be very cautious.

Take the financial manager as an example, more than one Hollywood star in Simon's memory was pitted into bankruptcy because of mistreatment in this regard. After several deliberation, Simon even canceled the plan to hire a financial manager, and only planned to seek an accounting firm to help himself and the two companies in his hands deal with accounting details and tax returns.

As for the management of personal assets, this is not in a hurry. What's more, although my own woman is lazy, she is a graduate of a genuine business school after all, and it can still be used occasionally with a little whip.

During this period, Jonathan Friedman also made a call and said that he had spoken to Ronald Goldberg.

Fox largely agreed to Simon's proposed share terms and absolute control of the project, but Fox also asked for a minimum box-office guarantee of $20 million for Simon's share.

Only when Simon agrees to this can the two parties proceed to negotiate the specifics of the contract.

The difference between $16 million and $20 million is actually not that big.

Simon understood that Fox did this just to save some face, so he didn't insist and agreed readily.

When you are busy, time always flies fast, and before you know it, it is already sunset.

Janet was originally helping Simon on the side, but she lost interest in less than an hour. She was holding a lot of documents he brought back and sifted through the sofa on the terrace with relish.

Hanging up again, Simon glanced at the contact number of a public relations company called pmk in front of him, which was quite interesting, because the owner of pmk was named Pat Kingsley, a famous Hollywood PR queen.

Pat Kingsley's most famous client is, of course, Tom Cruise. Of course, Simon remembers Jodie Foster, Al Pacino, Will Smith and other stars as Pat Kingsley's clients.

As for why Tom Cruise is best known for his collaborations with each other?

Obviously, because Cruise's public image is too difficult to maintain, Pat Kingsley has done this job perfectly for more than ten years.

The original time and space, 2004, Cruise will send

·Kingsley fired and recklessly appointed her sister to be in charge of public relations. As a result, Tommy was soon reduced to a clown jumping on the sofa.

Just as he was about to call pmk to make an appointment, Simon heard Janet, who was nestled in the sofa, suddenly laugh madly.

Looking up, Simon also smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"

Janet raised a script in her hand and still smiled: "Hehe, this is so interesting."

Having said that, Janet simply got up, ran to Simon's side, squeezed into his arms and sat down, showed a page of the script, and said, "Simon, will you shoot this next movie?"

"You have to show me the script first."

Simon held Janet's little hand that was still shaking because she was too happy and looked at the script in front of her. It turned out to be "When Harry Met Sally", and the most memorable part of the story.

Harry and Sally were eating in the dining room when they suddenly discussed the question of whether a woman's reaction in bed was true or false.

Harry insisted that it was impossible for a woman to cheat in bed, at least he hadn't encountered it. Sally despised it, and woke up vividly in front of everyone in the dining room.

Simon looked at the short plot description in the script, but related scenes immediately appeared in his mind.

Thanks to the superb performances by Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal, this episode doesn't seem obscene in the slightest, but rather creates a feeling of giddy laughter.

There is also an old lady in my memory. After Sally shouted excitedly, she pointed to the food in front of her and instructed the waiter: "Just give me one as she did."

The effect is even more hilarious.

However, there is no such detail in the script in front of me, it should be a temporary play of the director during the shooting process.

Simon marked the script with a pencil, reminding himself to make up this passage in the future, and asked Janet with great interest, "Aren't you pretending to be in bed too?"

"Hmm, how is it possible, you are so powerful," Janet posted to Simon, seeing that he drew a five-pointed star on the script, and said, "Simon, I really like this story."

Simon nodded decisively and said, "Shoot!"

"Hehe, you're so kind," Janet turned around, kissed Simon on the lips, and put her arms around his neck, her eyes sparkling, and said, "Why don't we try it now, you can Seriously observe if I'm pretending?"

"No, I'm still very confident."

Janet tugged at the collar of Simon's jacket and said, "You men are so arrogant."

Simon smiled and refused to talk, and flipped through the script in front of him at random, saying: "However, Jenny, this is a romance film, and it is not suitable for my next film. Even if I want to make it, I will probably only be a producer. people."

"Yeah," Jenny nodded, and simply twisted her body in the chair to face Simon, helping him tidy up the collar that he had just messed up, and said, "Then, Simon, what are you going to shoot in your next movie? Ah, you don't want to be a producer all the time, do you?"

Simon stretched his arms around the woman's slender waist and said, "I'll be busy with "Death is Coming" for now, and maybe this one. As for my next movie, I won't tell you for the time being. However, in order to keep me The popularity you get from Lola Run, first of all, it's bound to be even more amazing."

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