Hollywood Hunter

"The cause of the accident last night was probably caused by a loose screw on the front wheel. I have fired the mechanic responsible for the maintenance of the Batmobile. The props team will conduct an investigation on all Batmobiles and Batmobiles today."

In the hotel restaurant, having breakfast together, "Batman" producer Joe Silvo reported to Simon the cause of the bat motorcycle accident last night. Although the accident did not cause serious consequences, the situation where the front wheel of the Batmobile fell off last night was not normal at first sight, and Simon did not stop thinking about it.

Nodding his head, Simon asked again: "Where is the media?"

Such an accident, if the news spreads, it will inevitably cause some trouble.

The local Australian media Simon is not worried. The Murdoch family and the Fairfax family here are both investors in Cersei Capital, but media outside of Australia are not within Simon's influence. .

"A paparazzi took some blurry photos far away, and I passed through the gap with Los Angeles and arranged some interview opportunities to exchange the negatives," Joe Silvo said: "In addition, the media called to ask. , Have been blocked, in the afternoon I will arrange Miss Galino to appear in public, so that we can completely eliminate outside speculation."

Film shooting, especially the shooting of large-scale production films, is actually a process of constantly encountering problems and solving problems, and it rarely goes smoothly.

Therefore, since the filming of "Batman" started, Simon has increasingly realized the benefits of choosing the filming location in Melbourne. Australia's relaxed shooting environment compared to North America and the strong influence of the Johnston family have given him too much convenience during this time.

After breakfast, Joe Silvo left to go to the busy crew, and Simon returned to his hotel suite to start the day's work.

Today is March 21st, Tuesday, and there is still Monday in Los Angeles.

In the past weekend, another new film "Sisters" under Daenerys Entertainment's Highgate Pictures was released. This "Once Upon a Time" actress Jennifer Connelly starred in a film positioned as a youthful comedy. The scale is 617 yuan, with a box office of 3.25 million US dollars in three days in the first weekend. It is estimated that the box office in the first week will be about 5 million US dollars. The total box office in North America is expected to be in the range of 15 million US dollars to 20 million US dollars.

After "Metropolis", compared to "Sisters"'s production budget of 3 million US dollars and the same 3 million US dollars of publicity costs, this result is obviously very good.

Simon added another point for Ella Deutschman.

However, after the new year, the consecutive "Thunderbolt Blue Angels", "Metropolis" and "Sisters" all have'mean results'. Recently, there have been some arguments in the media that Daenerys Entertainment has begun to move towards mediocrity, although discerning people see it. These three movies are not the mainstay of Daenerys Entertainment, but Simon is also very happy that more people in Hollywood can have this mentality.

Daenerys Entertainment’s box office last year actually put too many people under a lot of pressure. If it can’t be cushioned, it’s difficult to determine what will happen.

After the three films and before the summer vacation, Daenerys Entertainment will continue to launch "Hunter Chaser 2" left over from the original New World Entertainment and "Sister Sid" starring Winona Reid, two films The same is not very attractive, which is enough for Hollywood to cushion it.

In the study, Simon directly turned on the speakerphone and discussed the company's recent affairs with Amy, while reading various documents from Los Angeles.

After discussing the general business, I heard Amy talk about Meg Ryan’s plan to get rid of the option contract’s compensation plan, Simon said: "2.5 million is 2.5 million, a very good number, this kind of thing Don't ask me anymore."

CAA originally used "Flying by the Innocence" as the heroine film and Meg Ryan's high popularity after "When Harry Meets Sally" and offered a sky-high price of $5 million. The two sides fell out, Daenerys Entertainment also asked Meg Ryan to compensate US$5 million.

This possibility is inherently small.

Although it is already on the top line, Meg Ryan’s salary for acting as a general commercial film heroine is about two to three million dollars. If the income tax factor is included, this number is obviously lower. $2.5 million is enough to drain the balance of Meg Ryan's next two films.

Moreover, the other party also participated in "Rocket Expert" as expected.

Compared with the high production and announcement budget, the "Rocket Specialist" in my memory has only mediocre box office results. This time it is changed to starring Tom Cruise and Meg Ryan. It is difficult to say what the future box office prospects are.

However, Simon is definitely not optimistic about the prospect of Meg Ryan in this movie.

With the continuous success of "High Aspirations", "Rain Man" and other films, Tom Cruise is now in full swing, and the Hollywood super actor has also begun to show his habit of creating all his films. Become the desire for control of the'Tom Cruise Movie'.

In the movie starring Cruise, unless it is a big star like Dustin Hoffman, it is difficult for other actors to have much room for play.

In the memory of Universal, under the influence of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it ambitiously wants to create a "Universal Dark Universe". A "New Mummy" directly frustrated Universal's ambitions.

Because of a wonderful script in which the mummy princess and the male protagonist are equally divided, under the change of Cruise forcing herself to add dramas and dramas, the'mummy movie' has become another'Tom Cruise'. 'Movies'.

This is talent.

And this approach is in fact in the best interest of Cruise himself. As for the commercial success or failure of the film, if the price of success is that the supporting role is pressed to the light of his protagonist, then it does not matter if it fails.

"Rocket Expert", which will start filming next month, seems to Simon to be such a fate.

With the popularity of "When Harry Meets Sally", Meg Ryan may be able to get a good salary, but she wants to find her own presence in this film, it is unlikely.

It was almost noon. Simon and Amy finished talking and closed the latest film data database development plan sent by Nancy Brill. Looking at Jennifer, who quietly stepped forward to help him clean up his desk, remembered one thing. Matter, asked: "This Sunday is Easter. Do you plan to go back to the U.S. to spend it with your family?"

Jennifer looked up at Simon and shook her head: "It's too far, I've already called Mom and Dad, so I won't go back."

After the female assistant finished speaking, her eyes still looked at Simon brightly.

Simon resisted the urge to touch his nose, and sighed secretly that the originally simple and shy female assistant had also begun to have a dark belly.

It's difficult.

As a very important holiday for Westerners, Easter is also a day for family reunion. Simon must accompany Janet back to the Johnston mansion on Sunday. Although his relationship with Jennifer has been acquiesced by Janet, and the rest of the Johnston family have turned a blind eye to it, if the time comes, the female assistant will be brought over, it will be very lively.

It's a provocation.

Think about Raymond Johnston’s face-saving character, it’s the lightest being kicked out.

"So, um, how about eating together on Saturday night?"

Hearing what Simon said, Jennifer finally looked away and continued to tidy up the desk, saying: "Everyone has discussed it. Let's go to New Zealand this weekend."

"Uh, why don't I know?"

"Can you go together?"

"let me consider it."

Jennifer gave Simon a white look, sorted out the papers, and left the study without saying hello.

The female assistant disappeared, Simon finally had no doubts, raised his hand to touch his nose, smiled bitterly, got up and left the suite.

The driver is already waiting downstairs.

Simon is going to the Johnston Holdings headquarters building to have lunch with Janet, who is in charge of Cersei Capital there, and then spend another hour to learn about Cersei Capital’s trading information, and come back in the afternoon to start a new day of work on Batman. .

The headquarter building of Johnston Holdings is located on Elizabeth Street on the north bank of the Yarra River in the city center. This is a 22-story conservative beige building. Although not too high, the entire building is owned by the Johnston family.

The car drove into the underground parking lot of the building, Simon got off the car and walked to the elevator. The driver did not go upstairs with him, but would pick him up after 1:30 in the afternoon.

Entering the elevator dedicated to the management, Simon pressed the button on the 22nd floor, standing in the middle of the elevator, feeling the feeling of slowly upward.

However, the indicator light flashed to the 8th floor but suddenly stopped.

When the elevator door opened, Simon saw Veronica Johnston standing outside, wearing a black OL suit, with blond hair rolled up, and a stack of documents in her hand. The woman originally carried a cold temperament that no one else should be near, and she melted into panic the moment she saw Simon.

The atmosphere is a bit stagnant.

After a moment of confrontation, Simon took the initiative to yield. Veronica perceives Simon's movements and walks into the elevator mechanically as if given orders.

The elevator doors closed automatically, and a familiar fragrance came.

Simon looked at the elevator going up to the 22nd floor without asking which floor Veronica was going to. The woman had obviously forgotten about it.

The elevator door reopened, and Veronica found herself on the top floor, turned her head and glanced at Simon quickly, waiting for him to take the initiative to leave, and then go down.

Simon didn't move, and asked, "It's going to have lunch, shall we come together?"

Veronica was stunned, and said, "I, um."

Simon heard Veronica's response and didn't say much, and walked straight out of the elevator. Veronica hesitated for a moment, but followed out, and at the same time secretly restrained her mood to avoid waiting for Janet to see the flaw.

Inside Cersei Capital’s office.

When Simon walked in, Janet was obviously losing her temper while holding the phone, and the staff around him also looked trembling.

Seeing Simon, Janet smiled at him, then unceremoniously reprimanded him into the microphone, and then hung up the phone. Coming over to hug Simon, she found Veronica who was following him into the door. She suddenly forgot about Simon and ran to her aunt, bypassing the man: "Bingberg, why are you here? Well, let me warm you up first."

Simon looked at the woman holding Veronica and rubbing her coquettishly, and some black lines could not help but rise on her forehead.

Veronica gently pushed Janet away, her voice faintly said: "I met Simon in the elevator, so I want everyone to eat together at noon."

"Well, of course we want to be together," Janet didn't doubt that he was there, holding up her aunt's arm and said: "Last time Simon frightened you, this time let him apologize to you, oh, let's go out to eat. "

Veronica glanced at Simon.

They used to eat directly in the restaurant of the building, but Simon was worried that someone would see any flaws, nodded and said: "Go out and eat."

With that said, Janet leaned in and took Simon's arm, and the three of them walked out together.

After entering the elevator just now, Simon found a topic and asked, "What happened just now?"

"The idiot Nowell of Fund No. 3, I asked him to liquidate the short option portfolio of bank stocks as soon as possible in the morning. He procrastinated for an hour and his earnings dropped by 6.5 million. Humph, if there is another time , I will fire him."

In the recent period, rumors of the Bank of Japan raising interest rates have intensified, and the Japanese stock market has fluctuated as a result.

Many investors believe that the Bank of Japan’s interest rate hike will become a turning point for the already crazily Japanese stock market. Recently, various transactions around the Japanese financial market have become more active, and bank stocks that are more likely to be directly affected by interest rate hikes have risen and fallen more frequently.

Simon's original style of operating Cersei Capital was conservative, and the transaction frequency was very low compared to many hedge funds. The trading team of the five sub-funds sometimes did not necessarily make a transaction throughout the day.

After Janet took over, the little craziness in the woman's bones was completely revealed. Cersei Capital directly turned into a high-frequency trading hedge fund. Moreover, Janet also liked to use the risky ultra-high leverage. The woman even established Simon. The Nikkei 225 index futures long position was reduced to 5 billion US dollars to free up more funds to operate other financial products.

Investors participating in Cersei Capital can only see the fund's net asset value report once a week. Because of the continuous increase in profit figures, this is very relieved of Janet's operation.

If those people knew about Janet's specific operation techniques, they would definitely have trouble sleeping and eating. You know, women lost $36 million in a foreign exchange hedge at the beginning of the month in just two hours, but this loss was quickly made up in the afternoon trading hours.

According to the latest statistics, Cersei Capital’s net asset value has risen to US$1.85 billion, with a profit of US$280 million. Relative to the initial principal of 1.57 billion US dollars, the profit margin reached 17.8%, this figure has exceeded the return rate of many hedge funds in one year.

As long as this profitability continues, Simon believes that Cersei Capital will definitely more than double before the Japanese stock market turns.

The three left the Johnston Holdings headquarters and found a fairly good restaurant nearby.

The atmosphere of lunch did not seem too cold under Janet's adjustment.

Because of Veronica's cold personality, the woman's "as always" nonchalant reaction at the table did not reveal any flaws. In order not to bother Simon, Janet didn't like to discuss the operation of Cersei Capital in private. Everyone just talked about some daily trivialities, and got along with a kind of weird harmony.