Hollywood Hunter

Inside an apartment in the Brentwood district of northern Santa Monica.

At the end of the party last night, Nancy Brill invited Sophia Fessy to live in his apartment. The two girls are from France, and when it hits the end again, Sophia readily agrees, leaving her hotel room overnight and moving in.

Today is Sunday.

Sophia woke up around 7 o'clock in the morning, and Nancy was still asleep on the other side of the bed.

The two were about the same age, but, looking at Nancy's petite face hidden by hair, Sophia inexplicably thought of a pair of children far away from his French parents.

At a certain moment, she even had the urge to lean down and kiss the face of the woman next to her.

Such abrupt thoughts will of course not be put into action.

Sophia is not gay. Although she learned that Nancy has been single all these years in the chat last night, she doesn't think Nancy has this tendency.

Sophia walked out of the bedroom after getting out of the bed lightly and tightening the curtains that showed light.

Standing in the corridor outside the bedroom on the second floor, Sophia judged based on the experience of his former real estate agent that this two-story apartment has at least 12 rooms. However, the apartment did not show the slightest mess because the owner is a busy single working woman, but instead revealed the neatness and order that can only be found in a kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

After changing the room to wash, Sophia consciously began to help them prepare breakfast. She has always been a very attentive woman, and she learned about Nancy's taste at the party last night. Moreover, the ingredients in the kitchen of this apartment are probably not of the type that the owner hates.

Half an hour later, Sophia was cooking a sweet corn soup, and a voice of good morning came from behind.

Turning to look, Nancy is standing at the door wearing a pale pink silk suspender nightdress. Her hair is not well taken care of, and her face is languid as she woke up after drinking. The delicate collarbone and round shoulders make her look Very sexy, with bare feet underneath.

Sophia also said good morning, except that she had to move her gaze downward a bit to meet a petite woman.

Nancy noticed the smile on Sofia’s mouth, suddenly like a cat whose tail was stepped on, her eyes widened slightly and said: "Please, don't say that I am like a doll, I will be angry."

Sophia originally wanted to joke that her 8-year-old son would be as tall as her in a few years. Seeing Nancy reacting like this, she gave up the idea, and just said: "Breakfast will take a while, you can go wash first bath."

Nancy agreed and went upstairs to freshen up.

In the dining room, the two had breakfast together. Nancy voluntarily confided to Sofia her all-time distress: "My father is 6 feet tall, and my mother is 5 feet 9 inches. But somehow, I will grow to 5 feet 1 inch. I haven’t grown taller. Although I’ve never said it before, I know that my dad always suspected that I was not his own.”

Concerning other people's family privacy, Sophia is not very good at answering, just quietly being a listener.

Nancy didn’t shy away, and continued: “A few years ago, when I heard the DNA paternity test appeared, my dad ran to do it immediately. I guess he should have done it several times. After confirming that I was his daughter, he solemnly I am apologizing to my mother and me. It’s just that, so many years of cracks, how can it be made up in one apology. Since junior high school, I have found myself shorter than children of the same age, and I have always been inferior. Since I heard my first attempt The boy I dated boasted to his friends that I was like a doll, and I never had a boyfriend. Later, I became better and stronger and wanted to surpass all the guys taller than me."

Sophia is very clever to ignore the impact of Nancy's height on her family, avoiding the weight and saying: "In fact, it doesn't matter if we are shorter. We are women. It doesn't matter if we are taller or shorter, let alone you are so beautiful."

"You can't understand my distress," Nancy sighed with a little vicissitudes of emotion, picked up the spoon and took a sip of sweet corn soup, and said: "What about you, Sophie, how can you work for Westeros? ?"

"I was originally an agent of a real estate agency. At the Cannes Film Festival last year, Simon saw a house in the local area that happened to be represented by me, so he decisively seized the opportunity. You know, in order to attract the attention of our boss During that time, I called every day, and I often found excuses to visit, and finally succeeded."

After listening in a daze, Nancy said, "Sophie, you have a real heart."

Sophia felt that she should be able to become very close friends with the straightforward little woman opposite, which only showed her another side. She could also feel that Nancy’s words didn’t mean anything contemptuous, so she just gave her a blank look and said: “I don’t have any scheming, I should be in Corsica now, maybe I’ll marry a fisherman, and repeat it every day. Her housework, taking care of her children, and taking care of her husband, remained in obscurity for a lifetime, until one day she was completely old. My mother is such a woman, but this is not the life I want."

Although she has a suspicious father, Nancy's living environment has been quite generous since she was a child, and she has basically never experienced any big ups and downs.

At this time, listening to Sophia’s faint narrative, Nancy felt a bitterness that she had never experienced before, so she put down the spoon, reached out and patted Sophia's hand comfortably, and said: "Sophie, I declare , From now on, you are my best friend."

Sophia smiled and shook his backhand with Nancy, but did not express her bluntly.

Nancy retracted her hand, picked up the spoon again and stirred her sweet corn soup, and then suddenly asked, "Did you sleep with him?"

Sophia understood who Nancy was referring to, and shook her head: "No."

Nancy was a little surprised: "Why?"

Sophia thinks Nancy’s rhetorical question is a bit weird. Is it so natural for him to have **** with Simon? However, after thinking about it, she still said, "Simon, he is a person who is very restrained in this respect."

Probably, restraint will not last long.

As he spoke, a voice from the bottom of my heart added something like this, with a slight sense of pride.

Naturally, Nancy couldn't hear Sophia's voice, but said with interest: "If you have **** with him, remember to tell me."

Sophia was a little helpless: "Are you interested in this matter?"

Nancy told the truth: "I am interested in everything about our little boss."

"Then why don't you try it yourself?"

Nancy shrank her neck as if thinking of some terrible scene: "I don't want to sleep with a man."

Sophia smiled and seduced: "You still have to try this kind of thing yourself."

After breakfast, Nancy changed into a black professional suit and habitual thick-soled high heels. The two women drove to Burbank together. The office of Gaomen Films was set up in Daenerys Entertainment's Burbank branch. Today I will discuss the Gucci documentary with Ella Deutschman.

Leaving Brentwood's apartment, Nancy was in working condition.

Sophia held the steering wheel and glanced at Nancy, who was reading the thick stack of video game materials on the co-pilot, and said: "I think Daenerys Entertainment should actually try to develop game consoles and simply develop video games. It is subject to the constraints of host manufacturers."

"I have also considered this matter. However, Daenerys Entertainment's foundation in this respect is zero. We have missed the 8-bit machine era, and the 16-bit mainframe cannot keep up. If we want to enter the market, we can only directly invest in research and development. Three generations of 32-bit game consoles. The development of game consoles requires a lot of money and time. At that time, Atari developed the 2600 console because of the break of the capital chain and had to sell it to Warner. The development of Atari 2600 lasted for four years. It was 100 million US dollars, which was 100 million US dollars in the 1970s. Moreover, even if there is no shortage of capital and time, we still have to face the patent and content barriers that Japanese manufacturers have built."

Sophia listened to Nancy and smiled and said, "You are not like a person who shrinks when encountering difficulties."

Nancy lifted her chin slightly and said, "Of course not. Apart from these external factors, the most fundamental reason is that I think it is not a good idea to invest in game consoles. Don’t look at Nintendo’s NES now occupying 90% of the market. Large profits are made. However, competitors such as Sega, Atari and Sony have not given up attempts to enter the game console market, and new players may appear in the future. Nintendo has already begun to fall behind on 16-bit consoles. In recent years, the development of PC games has also been very rapid, which means that the game hardware market will form a very fierce competition in the future, and there may not be any winners. In contrast, high-quality game content is always the market. What's needed. Moreover, I also found that all excellent video games have a very long life cycle. As long as you successfully create an explosive model, the production company can continue to develop it from generation to generation, and each generation can bring stability and richness. Profit. So, my most fundamental goal is to build Blizzard Studio into a video game production and distribution company. As for developing game consoles, I am not interested."

Talking all the way, Sophia and Nancy came to the Burbank Daenerys Entertainment Division, and Ella Deutschman had arrived early.

Although it was Sunday, the office building of the Burbank branch was still busy.

Daenerys Entertainment’s continuous work rhythm has attracted a lot of media attention. Some employee rights protection organizations in California have also sent people to investigate whether there is forced overtime behavior.

The company does not have any compulsive behavior, but the atmosphere has formed. When others are working, those who want to rest are embarrassed to stop. There are also some employees who choose to resign because they can't bear the pressure.

Moreover, the news that Simon was in a coma due to excessive fatigue came back recently, and some of the original complaints were much less.

The boss is exhausted, what right do you have to complain.

"My Left Foot" was finished at the end of February. At the request of Deutschman, the film director Jim Sheridan led the production team to Los Angeles to complete the post-production of the film.

Failing to get "Sex, Lies and Videotape", Deutschman chose "My Left Foot" as a candidate for this year's Cannes Film Festival. With Simon's network established in Cannes last year, as long as the quality of "My Left Foot" can meet expectations, it is not difficult to get a place in the main competition unit.

"Sex, Lies, and Videotape" received unanimous media praise and an audience award at the Sundance Film Festival in January. Columbia Pictures did not eagerly push this film to the theaters. It also plans to participate in the May Cannes Film Festival.

At that time, "Sex, Lies and Videotape" and "My Left Foot" will compete head-on.

At the end of the regular meeting with the later team of "My Left Foot", Deutschman came to the office and discussed the development plan of the Gucci documentary with the two women of Sofia.

Although the most talked about by the outside world is the grievances of the giants of the Gucci family, these elements that will definitely affect the Gucci brand image should obviously be mentioned in the documentary as much as possible.

After a morning’s discussion, it was preliminarily determined that the documentary will start with Gucci’s hiring of a new creative director. The Gucci Spring/Summer 1990 fashion show at Milan Fashion Week in September will be the end, interspersed with various related Gucci cultural heritage, brand style, classic styles and interesting things. An introduction to anecdotes.

Of course, this discussion is not without differences.

Hearing that Deutschman asked Gucci to provide at least half of the production funds as ‘sponsorship’ costs, but did not enjoy the copyright and expected benefits of the documentary, Sophia firmly opposed. The final agreement is that Gaomen Pictures and Gucci will each share half of their budgets to share copyright and revenue.

However, as the distributor, Gaomen Pictures will be able to extract 12.5% ​​of the documentary omni-channel revenue as a distribution commission in the future.

Because time is very tight, the plan is finalized, and the preliminary preparations for the documentary will start quickly. It is expected that at the end of this month or early next month, when Gucci’s new creative director takes office, the shooting of the documentary will begin.

The next day is Monday, March 6.

Sophia spent another day discussing with Amy about the brand cooperation between Gucci and Daenerys Entertainment. In fact, it was mainly the placement of Gucci brand advertisements in Daenerys Entertainment's film and television works.

The collaborative cooperation mechanism proposed by Simon is not only implemented within Daenerys Entertainment, but also includes all subsidiaries under the name of Westeros. Therefore, Amy also tried her best to cooperate.

At the end of the trip to Los Angeles, Sophia flew to New York in a hurry, her work schedule here is more intensive.

The first is the $20 million that Simon just promised.

Westeros has recently continued to sell shares of six technology companies including Apple, but the use of cash has been determined, and Gucci can only continue to obtain the funds it wants through loans. Because of the priority agreement attached to the previous loan, the money still has to be financed from Citibank.

Secondly, Sofia also intends to adjust the management of Gucci's US branch, hire a new head of the US branch, and use this as an opportunity to completely control Gucci's North American business.

In addition, two of the Gucci creative director candidates that Sophia fancyed are both in New York. This matter is related to Gucci's development in the next few years, so it also takes a lot of time to communicate with the parties in detail.

Finally, there are some public relations visits.

When he was still in Melbourne, Simon helped Sophia determine the itinerary to visit the Murdoch family after arriving in New York. The Murdoch family also invested $100 million in the operation of Cersei Capital.

Definitely use it when favors should be used.

News Corp.'s "Sun", "News of the World", "New York Post" and other gossip newspapers in Europe and North America have been very happy to track various infighting scandals of the Gucci family in recent years.

Now that Gucci has been controlled by Simon and happens to have contacts with the Murdoch family, he will naturally not let this situation continue. Obviously, Murdoch will not refuse this kind of favor of pushing the boat along the river.