Hollywood Hunter

Beverly Hills.

Simon and Jonathan sat down again in a coffee shop near WMA headquarters on Camino Street.

Turning over the novel called "Dancing with Wolves" that had just been negotiated for the copyright, Simon glanced at the figure of the paparazzi shaking outside the glass window and said to Jonathan: "The ICM must be nervous, you just signed it. Next to Robert De Niro, we have to start with their stars."

ICM (Innovation International Management Company) is Hollywood's talent agency company second only to WMA and CAA. It has big stars such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Eddie Murphy, and its strength should not be underestimated.

The two who left just now, one is Michael Blake, the author of "Dancing with Wolves" by Simon, and the other is Kevin Costner.

In the years before Simon's rebirth, most people's impression of Kevin Costner may only be the role of Superman's adoptive father Jonathan Kent in "Superman: Man of Steel". But in fact, with big-selling works such as "Dancing with Wolves" and "Bodyguard", Kevin Costner can be said to be one of Hollywood's hottest big-name male stars in the 1990s.

Kevin Costner is now a customer of ICM. Although he is not as big as he was later, he is still relatively famous.

Jonathan Friedman has successfully signed with Robert De Niro last week. Hearing Simon say this, he shook his head and smiled: "Kevin and Bob are both actors with a restrained style. I am not as good as CAA. Greedy, signing one is enough. Speaking of which, Simon, counting "Dancing with Wolves", you have already bought eight copyrights during this period. Do you want to continue?"

Simon felt the dissuasion in Jonathan's tone, but said: "If there is something promising, of course it will continue."

Even so, Simon felt a little helpless.

Among the eight novels, remakes, or original script copyrights that Simon has already obtained, there are actually only two that Simon fancy, "Dancing with Wolves" and "Forrest Gump". The others are just random collections to make smoke bombs. of.

Due to technical limitations, "Forrest Gump", which once won the Oscar for Best Special Effects Award, will definitely not start shooting in the short term.

"Forrest Gump" was only published last year, and the novelist Winston Grum is also well-known in the industry. However, compared to several other works by this author, the sales of Forrest Gump can only be described as failure.

From last year to now, "Forrest Gump" has sold less than 10,000 copies.

After Jonathan got in touch with the opponent, Winston Grum initially put forward various conditions. But when Simon raised the price to $200,000, Westeros successfully won the film and television adaptation rights for the novel within 10 years.

As for "Dancing with Wolves".

In the original time and space, this film not only won the global box office of more than 400 million US dollars at a production cost of 22 million US dollars, but also won a series of heavyweight awards such as Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director.

This movie does not have the technical threshold of "Forrest Gump".

However, Simon was also unable to rush the project.

Daenerys Pictures now simply does not have the operational strength to support a global box office blockbuster film of 400 million US dollars, and it is impossible for Simon to transfer the various distribution rights of this project to other film companies.

During this time, Jonathan was mainly negotiating the copyright deadline with Michael Blake, the author of "Dancing with Wolves".

Michael Blake was encouraged by his friend Kevin Costner to write this novel. For this reason, the other party insisted that Kevin Costner be the actor, and even emphasized that this clause should be written in the contract. in.

In addition, if the copyright is sold to Westeros, Michael Blake and Kevin Costner naturally hope that "Dancing with Wolves" can start an appointment sooner.

This is not what Simon can promise.

After several weeks of negotiations, the two parties reluctantly negotiated terms. Daenerys Pictures bought the three-year adaptation rights of "Dancing with Wolves" for $100,000. In terms of copyright prices, Michael Blake didn't say anything. However, if Daenerys Pictures cannot start the project in accordance with the terms of the contractual agreement between the two parties within three years, Daenerys Pictures will need to compensate Michael Blake for $500,000.

Apart from "Forrest Gump" and "Dancing with Wolves", many other film copyrights in Simon's memory were either not available or not found.

Moreover, Simon couldn't do too much fanfare in this matter, he could only eat slowly and secretly.

The eight copyrights actually cost Simon more than one million US dollars. Jonathan’s mind flashed through the tens of millions of dollars that the young man had accumulated at this time. Seeing that he had not listened to his dissuasion, he stopped saying anything. Turning to: "Simon, I was thinking, since'Sally' can't give Sean, can she try the role of Sally's friend Mary?"

The Sean in Jonathan's mouth is obviously the "Rachel" Sean Young in "Blade Runner".

Some time ago, Simon had just decided to make "When Harry Meets Sally", and Jonathan recommended Sean Young.

Simon had a special talk with Sean Yang to give Jonathan a face, and for this he also caused a scandal. However, Simon had already had his own plans, and Sean Yang's impression of Simon was really not good, and this matter would not stop.

At this time, Simon said, "Joe, didn't she join the crew of Oliver Stone's "Wall Street"?"

Oliver Stone won the Oscar for Best Director for "Field Platoon" in March. Last month he started filming another new film of his own, the commercial war movie "Wall Street" invested by Fox Pictures.

Jonathan smiled bitterly and nodded, saying: "Sean plays Michael Douglas's wife in the movie. However, Oliver and Michael don't like her very much. Originally, it was just a small role of less than ten minutes. It will be cut shorter."

"Sean is too beautiful to be suitable for the role of Mary. And, Joe, you never think she can get along well with everyone in the "When Harry Meets Sally" crew?" Simon could only shake his head. Rejected, after thinking about it and saying: "Actually, Sandra, Liz, and Nicole are all very potential. Joe, Sean’s mean and perverse character is simply not suitable for this circle. You don’t need to be in this circle. Too much thought was spent on her."

Jonathan saw that Simon hadn’t mentioned Courteney Cox, whom he knew first. He couldn’t help but sigh, but explained: "Sean’s father, Donald Young, is a TV producer. I was still working in New York. At that time, he was a good friend, Donald helped me more than once."

Favor is exhausting.

Simon thought so in his heart, but he couldn't rashly let go and put in a character that might make the whole crew uneasy.

After talking for a while, Simon and Jonathan said goodbye and rushed to the headquarters of De Laurentis Entertainment, also located in downtown Beverly.

Today is already May 13, Wednesday.

After more than a month of intense late stage, "Blood Corpse Night" officially completed the final cut, Catherine called yesterday to invite Simon to watch the film.

Speaking of which, Simon originally wanted to do as much Catherine as possible in the late stage of "Blood Corpse Night." However, after he broke up with Janet, the woman seemed to have done something wrong. During this period of time, she had refused Simon to come to help, but occasionally she would contact him with some questions.

then.

Simon has never seen each other at all during this time and the two women he knows most since returning to this era.

Leaving Camino Street, just less than five minutes after driving, Neil Bennett parked the Chevrolet SUV under a three-story office building on nearby Alden Street.

Before he got out of the car, Simon noticed another Range Rover in burgundy parked in front of his car.

Compared with its own Chevrolet SUV, the Range Rover, which is known as the British Royal Family's special car for outdoor activities, is definitely several grades higher. The bright burgundy body is likely to be a customized one.

the most important.

After spending so long together, if Simon couldn't find Janet's preference for wine red, it would be a failure.

really.

After getting off the car, Simon took a few steps forward and found Ken Dixon sitting leisurely in the cab reading the newspaper. This was the bodyguard who stayed with the woman after Simon and Janet "divided the property" last month.

Noting Simon's appearance, Ken Dixon quickly pushed the door and got out of the car, saying hello: "Mr. Westeros."

Simon nodded to the other party and asked, "Where is Jenny?"

Ken Dixon pointed to the office building on the side of the road, and said, "Miss has entered."

As the two of them said, the paparazzi who had clearly discovered the'significant situation' had gathered around, and slapped Simon who was talking to Ken Dixon, and Neil Bennett came forward in time and wanted to ask questions. Separated by the paparazzi, Ken Dixon was equally skilled at blocking Simon.

Ignoring the various messy problems in the photo booth of a group of paparazzi, Simon walked quickly into the office building of De Laurentiis Entertainment, but couldn't help thinking in his heart, he wouldn't be able to get rid of these guys forever, right?

Simon enters the office building, and Edward Feldman, the producer of "Blood Corpse Night," and another tall blond woman in her thirties have greeted her. After introduction, Simon learned that the blonde woman was Martha Schumacher, the president of De Laurentiis Entertainment.

After a brief greeting, Edward Feldman noticed Simon's probing eyes and actively explained: "Catherine was there just now, but was pulled in by Miss Johnston. Simon, let's go upstairs."

Simon nodded, and followed them upstairs.

In a spacious office on the third floor, Janet and Catherine were sitting on the sofa in the reception area and chatting quietly. Seeing Simon walk in, the two women immediately stood up.

Edward Feldman smiled and said that he was going to prepare for the show, and he left with Martha Schumacher. Catherine stepped forward and hugged Simon and found a reason to leave.

Soon only Simon and Janet were left in the office.

After everyone left, Simon looked at Janet, who was still standing there. The woman permed her big wavy and curly hair, with a long bangs on her forehead. She was wearing a wide plaid blue long hem shirt and white slacks, and she stepped on her feet. Wearing high-heeled sandals.

After being looked at by Simon for a while, Janet finally couldn't stand it. Two steps forward, she slightly raised her chin and stretched out her hand towards Simon, saying, "Hello."

Simon glanced at the beautiful little hand stretched out, raised his hand to take it, but directly squeezed it on Janet's white wrist.

Suddenly no Simon caught his wrist. Although the man didn't use any force, the feeling of being almost engraved into the bone marrow instantly came to my heart. Janet's whole body was a little soft, her face turned crimson, and there was no watery eyes Staring at Simon destructively, his voice softly said: "Little bastard, you bully me."

Simon was originally just trying to scare Janet, feeling that the woman was obviously going to be so soft, and quickly stepped forward and hugged her. Janet immediately entangled her like a koala, and slapped her sandals on her feet twice. Fell to the ground.

Simon supported Janet’s soft body, feeling the woman’s delicate face buried between his neck and rubbing, with a thick obsession, and finally nibbling on his neck like a mouse, seemingly What to confirm.

So he said softly: "Are you still breaking up?"

Janet did not answer this question, her voice was still soft, and she murmured, "Little bastard."

Simon hugged the woman and walked to the sofa, trying to put her down, but Janet's hands and feet wrapped around Simon's body were immediately tightened, as if she did not intend to separate from Simon. Simon had to turn around and sat on the sofa by himself, with his hands around her waist, tried the feel, and said with a smile: "I'm fat, it seems that I don't miss me at all during this time."

Janet changed her posture and stuck it on Simon, with a little dissatisfaction: "Don't think about you **** who does bad things all day."

Simon argued: "I didn't do anything, really."

Janet drilled his little head between Simon's neck and said, "Well, it's useless."

Simon could only smile, smelling the nice scent of the woman, and said, "Come to me tonight?"

Janet twisted her body slightly before saying, "Palisades."

Simon nodded: "Okay."

After hugging each other quietly for a while, Janet took the initiative to find a topic: "What do you think of Noah?"

Simon shook his head honestly: "Unfamiliar. Where is his side?"

Janet said: "When you met last week, he called me and said that you are not easy to get along with."

Simon turned his head and put a sticker on Janet's face, and said, "I don't know what's going on, anyway, I just don't get along with him."

Janet paused and suddenly laughed, her little hand grabbed Simon's body and said, "Lion."

Simon was puzzled: "Huh?"

Janet lifted her face from Simon’s neck and looked at him with bright eyes, with a deep smile on her face, but her voice was still soft, saying: "Lion, an adult male lion can accept the surrounding Many females will never tolerate another adult male lion in their territory."

Simon said helplessly: "Well, it sounds reasonable."

Janet was still smiling, and buried her face between Simon's neck, enjoying the feeling of ears and temples, and said: "Noah called me again this morning, bastard, you really have bought 3,700 S&P 500 positions. La?"

Simon nodded: "Yes."

Janet said: "Noah said you are crazy."

Since last week, the S&P 500 index during this period has basically maintained between 270 and 275 points. In recent days, Simon has been instructing Noah Scott to continue to buy S&P 500 index futures in September. contract.

right now.

With a total of 3,700 contracts, Simon has consumed more than US$50 million in funds based on a margin of approximately US$13,600 per contract. If you don't count the $20 million loan that is still reserved in your personal account, Simon's current holding ratio is as high as 67%.

The stock index futures contracts are divided into March, June, September and December. Simon did not buy the nearest June contract, but the September contract four months later, just for the long-term.

Noah Scott clearly saw this.

Most stock index futures speculators tend to keep their long-term positions within 30% cautiously. Simon directly increased their positions to 67%. With such a high proportion of positions, it is absolutely easy to lose money.

No wonder people will be regarded as crazy.

Thinking of this, he patted Janet lightly, and Simon said, "Do you think I am a lunatic?"

Jane said: "Yeah."

"Well, it looks like I'm really crazy."

"Haha," Janet chuckled, her arms wrapped around Simon with unabashed determination, and said: "You are my boyfriend. How could Janet Johnston's boyfriend be normal."