Hollywood Hunter

Simon heard Marvin Josephson’s question and didn’t mean to explain it at all. Now he doesn’t have to always explain his intentions to others: "Marvin, I don’t want to waste time on this kind of question, you and Julie Ya may think about it and give me a reply tomorrow morning. So, any other questions?"

Courteney Cox waited nervously in the lounge for less than 10 minutes before Simon's office door opened again. Sending away Marvin Josephson and Julia Roberts, Simon beckons for Courteney to come in.

After turning to his desk and sitting down, Simon opened a "Scream" budget document, waited for Courteney to sit down opposite him, then said: "Curt, I've seen your audition tape, come here Acting as the heroine of "Scream and Scream" is very suitable. However, this movie will not help you develop your acting career. On the contrary, it will label you as a young star and it will be difficult to transform in the future."

Courteney naturally regarded Simon's remarks as rejection, biting her lip with a dim look in her eyes, and whispering: "Simon, you still hate me for rejecting you, right?"

Simon was stunned, looked up at Courteney’s face, and shook his head: "Curt, I have experienced too many things. Your refusal has reached the point where I hate it. I'm just discussing the matter."

"So, can I get the heroine of "Scream"? Courteney Cox stared at Simon and said: "I don't care about the impact on the acting career, Simon, my acting career is... …It’s not as smooth as Sandra Bullock."

"Well, Curt, if you insist. However, "Scream" is actually a series, and you need to sign three film contracts."

Courteney Cox said without hesitation: "No problem."

Simon put down the pencil he had just picked up and stood up and said, "In this case, you can go back first. I will let someone contact Jonathan."

Courteney Cox didn't expect things to go so smoothly, but she was not happy at all. Seeing Simon reaching out to her across the desk, Courteney paused, but got up and turned to the desk, and opened her arms to the man.

Simon felt Courteney sticking to him, stretched out his hand to pat her waist, and said: "Curt, you should go."

Courteney Cox held Simon's hand tightly and said, "Simon, I, I can go to you tonight."

Simon chuckled lightly and said, "You know it's impossible, I don't want to be on the gossip headline tomorrow."

"That," Courteney Cox glanced around, her voice became lower, and said, "It's okay here too."

Simon remembered the almost exactly the same hint when Julia Roberts was leaving, grabbed Courteney Cox's hand that touched her belt, pushed the girl away, and said with a strong tone: "Curt, you should go."

What more did Courteney Cox say, the office door was knocked, she went back to the other side of the desk unwillingly, took out a business card from her bag and handed it over, saying: "Simon, you can always Call me."

Simon knew that the only people who could knock on the door without Susan’s notification were Amy and Jennifer. They took Courteney’s business card and responded casually to the door. Jennifer opened the door with a folder and walked in. Seeing Courteney, Jennifer was obviously a little surprised, but she nodded to her politely, and said to Simon: "Boss, I'll come back later."

"No, Curt is leaving."

Seeing this situation, Courteney Cox had to take the initiative to leave.

Simon watched Courteney leave before sitting down again and looking at the female assistant: "What's the matter?"

"Dad and the digital special effects company in Toronto have negotiated an acquisition plan and just sent the information over." Jennifer handed over the folder, waited for Simon to open it, and paused a little, saying: "Susan No longer outside, I heard the guests leave just now, and thought it was you alone."

Simon raised his eyes and noticed that the female assistant glanced at his own little expression as he spoke, smiled, and said, "It's a good thing that you broke, do you want to compensate me?"

"Never."

Simon opened the file and said, "Then don't be guilty."

Jennifer also felt that something was wrong. Women are very sensitive to certain things. She noticed the strangeness between Simon and Courteney just after entering the door.

just.

I really shouldn't have a guilty conscience. It is a bad guy who should be guilty: "Obviously you did the bad thing. I, I will tell Jenny."

Simon didn't seem to hear Jennifer's threat. He suddenly looked at the file in front of him and said with a puzzled expression: "That's a mistake, how could it be this company?"

Jennifer didn't doubt that he had him, so he leaned forward subconsciously, leaned forward and turned his head slightly to look at the document, and said, "Alias-Research, it's obviously this one. How could it be wrong?"

Simon waited for Jennifer to come over, suddenly raised his hand to hook the delicate chin of the female assistant, and kissed her lips unceremoniously.

Jennifer felt the man's surprise, and her eyes widened. It wasn't until Simon sat back on the chair that she reacted, stepped back and threatened again with blushing face: "You, I will tell Jenny."

Simon continued to ignore the threat that Jennifer was completely ineffective, and instead smiled: "Jenny, help me figure out how to take you home tonight without being discovered by outsiders, thinking of rewards."

Jennifer's face flushed suddenly: "I won't go home with you."

"Should I go to you?"

"Uncle will type you out."

"Hey, I suddenly feel pitiful for myself."

"Fatty guy."

After a few conversations, Simon focused on the document in front of him.

Alias-Research is a digital special effects software development company based in Toronto, Canada. It was established in 1983. At present, it has developed a special effects software called Alias ​​for film and television post-production.

No longer pinning all hopes on the acquisition of Pixar. During this period of time, through the contacts of Silicon Graphics, Simon has taken a fancy to the two companies, and the acquisition of another company called Wavefront-Technologies has also been completed. Program.

Both companies use silicon graphics graphics workstations as hardware platforms. Alias-Research's Alias ​​software is mainly used for the post-development of live-action movies, and Wavefront-Technologies is inclined to 3D animation production. The effects that can be achieved by the software of the two companies appear to Simon to be very rough, but not much worse than Pixar. In fact, Pixar's current technology is also very rough.

Moreover, Simon chose these two companies from the information provided by Silicon Graphics, because he happened to remember that the software of these two companies, especially Alias ​​from Alias-Research, participated in "Terminator 2". , "Jurassic Park", "Lone Force Day" and a series of special effects blockbusters in the 1990s.

In the late 1990s, the two companies were acquired one after another, and their software was integrated and eventually developed into a software that was later popular in the 3D animation, CG special effects and video game industries: Maya.

Now that he has won the two companies, what Simon will do next is to advance the development of Maya software in advance.

In fact, although today's computers are still very backward compared with later computing power, it is enough to achieve many blockbuster CG special effects on these hardware platforms.

The main reason why film and television special effects began to rise in the 1990s is mainly due to financial constraints. Many special effects software and special effects companies have been continuously improving in each project. Simon is not short of funds, Daenerys Films can also provide enough projects to promote the development of the special effects industry.

Therefore, both aspects are not a problem for Simon.

It is still working hours on the west coast, but dusk has fallen on the east coast.

Today is March 11th, Friday, the day when "When Harry Meets Sally" opens.

After a busy day decorating the house, Janet called Catherine in the evening, and the two made an appointment to watch a movie together tonight. "Thunderbolt Blue Angel" has also begun preparations, the film will be shot in New York, and Catherine happens to be in Manhattan this time.

At seven o'clock, the two women had dinner in a restaurant, and rushed to a reserved theater for "When Harry Meets Sally".

When I arrived at the theater, there were only five minutes left before the screening.

I will watch this movie tonight. A large part of it is media people from various parties. Janet and Catherine walked into the screening hall. The hall with more than two hundred people was almost full, so they could only stay aside. Two vacancies were found on the board.

"Simon has always liked the script very much, and personally participated in the soundtrack, but unfortunately I couldn't see the film in advance when I was in Los Angeles." Janet held a bucket of popcorn, glanced at the crowd around him, and said: " It seems that attendance is pretty good."

Catherine looked at other movie ad trailers being shown on the screen, and said: "The attendance rate of click-to-show must be very high. The key is after the large-scale opening."

Casually chatting, the play of the feature film has already started unconsciously.

The first thing that appeared on the screen was an interview with an elderly couple. Almost all the audience on the scene was taken aback. Some people even wondered if they had gone the wrong time, or that the film projection staff took the wrong copy.

Even Janet and Catherine glanced at each other in a glance.

However, everyone also knows that the theater can't make the wrong copy. Just now, the film titles of Disney Pictures and Daenerys Pictures were clearly shown.

After the offbeat start, the hero and heroine soon appeared in the camera.

On the campus of the University of Chicago, Harry, who had just graduated from college, was saying goodbye to his girlfriend Yiyi. Sally drove up, and the two agreed to carpool and rushed to New York. Although it is only a short set of shots, with the old-fashioned jazz, the personalities of the hero and heroine are quickly highlighted.

The journey to New York can be said to be the first meeting between Harry and Sally, but the process was not pleasant. Harry is a pessimist, but Sally is a silly optimist, occasionally showing a very cute and confused expression.

The second meeting was also a journey.

Harry almost forgets Sally, their lives have changed. Harry is about to get married. Sally is also in love with her boyfriend, but because it was only a short encounter, this meeting did not leave the two of them. Impressed too much.

After another interspersed interview with elderly couples, another five years passed.

Harry was divorced, and his wife cheated early. Sally also happened to break up with her boyfriend, because her boyfriend refused to get married, and the relationship between the two became weaker.

This time the encounter is a couple of men and women who have gone through the world and decided to try to be friends. The relationship between boy and girl friends does not involve certain things. This period of friendship between the opposite **** developed very smoothly. Because both of them refused to move closer to love, they decided to introduce each other's best friends to each other.

The result is that the two’s best friends quickly ignited during the dinner, and also staged a plot of the opposite **** and inhumanity. After the dinner, the couple left Harry and Sally and left, leaving behind a curb. Two figures pursing their lips in confusion.

The two best friends, Jesse and Mary's relationship progressed very quickly, and they soon entered the stage of discussing marriage.

In the process, the lives of Harry and Sally also changed. When choosing a wedding gift for Jesse and Mary, Harry met his ex-wife and her husband. Harry, who thought he would never care about these, suddenly broke out. Later, Sally also discovered that the boyfriend who broke up with her was not unwilling to marry, but unwilling to marry her.

Because of these changes, Harry and Sally went to bed in a natural way.

It was promised to always be a pure boy and girl friend, but suddenly broke through this restriction, neither of them was ready, so the gap reappeared without knowing it.

After meeting again, the two said that it was just a mistake, and they hoped to go back to the past.

However, this is obviously impossible.

After a brief ups and downs, another New Year's Eve, Harry finally realized his feelings, found Sally who had been lost from the party, and formally confessed to her.

So, after 12 years of getting along, a man and a woman finally got together before entering middle age.

The two-hour film ended unconsciously in this seemingly plain narrative process.

When the subtitles rose, all the audience in the cinema seemed to wake up from a dream.

Although the main protagonists in the film are full of personalities, many people seem to have seen their lives in the film with a series of alternative interviews.

Many people think that their significant other has not yet appeared. But in fact, he (she) is probably by his side. However, everyone’s most suitable partner is usually not the perfect fairy tale of princes and princesses.

The popcorn in Janet’s hand was not eaten much after the movie ended. Until the light came on, she hugged Catherine, who was also thoughtful next to her, and gently leaned in and said: "Kate, I suddenly want to be small. What a bastard."