Hollywood Hunter

Simon and Nancy talked all the way, and soon arrived at the Hilton Hotel near Century City in Beverly Hills.

The car stopped in front of the hotel building. Because of the signing ceremony between Qintex Group and MGM, many reporters who specially squatted outside the Hilton Hotel today saw Simon Westero's car appearing, and they surrounded them.

The hotel waiter graciously stepped forward to pull the car door, and the two bodyguards in the front row got off quickly.

Ignoring the chattering questions of the surrounding reporters, Simon patiently waited for Nancy, who got off the car on the other side, to turn around and come to him before entering the hotel together.

The news of Simon’s engagement with Janet during this period was raging. The reporters discovered that he had brought another woman to the Qintex Group lunch today, and they obviously raised their cameras in a spirited manner.

However, to the disappointment of the reporters, Nancy and Simon did not take the man's arm together, but kept a proper distance. The standard OL style of a woman in a black suit and trousers with blonde hair rolled up, and she did not have the breath of a female companion who accompanied a man to a luncheon.

Moreover, because of the dispute between Daenerys Entertainment Consumer Goods Department and Alista Records in recent months and Nancy's frequent appearance in the media during the hot sale of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the surrounding reporters are not unfamiliar with her identity.

It seems to be a common thing for the boss to take his senior executives to a business banquet.

However, because of Simon’s identity and Nancy’s appearance, the reporters were still unwilling to try to dig out or create some "shoulders" out. Therefore, it was just a short distance between Simon and Nancy who walked into the hotel. All kinds of ambiguous content full of misleading and even provocative questions continued to sound.

Entering the hotel lobby side by side with Simon expressionlessly, Nancy felt the spotlight still faintly flashing behind her, and noticed that the man beside her looked indifferent and seemed completely unaffected by the problems. She suddenly asked: Hold your arm, will it be lively in the newspaper tomorrow?"

Simon gave Nancy a surprised look and smiled: "Don't wait for tomorrow, it will be very lively soon."

"That..." Nancy remembered that her boss always has some small laces on weekdays but had never been caught by gossip tabloids, and asked curiously in a low voice, "How do you usually steal food?"

Simon shook his head without hesitation and said, "I can't tell you this."

Nancy asked tirelessly: "Why?"

Simon did not explain, and said: "In short, I can't tell you."

As he was talking, a group of men and women had already greeted him. Nancy recognized that the middle-aged man with a neat three or seven black hair in his forties was really Christopher Skars of the Qintex Group, so he stopped asking.

Nancy looked at Simon, who was exquisitely chatting with a few people, and suddenly understood why he refused to talk about his lace experience.

Perhaps this is a kind of protection.

No woman likes a man who often shows off her **** hunting experience, especially when she becomes the protagonist.

If he had just confided to himself the experience of how to steal food with a certain actress, even if she asked about it, she would definitely have a bad impression of him afterwards, and even stay away from him.

right now……

"Chris, this is Nancy Brill, the manager of our company's consumer products department. Nancy, are you still there? This is Christopher Skars, you know."

The sound in her ear interrupted Nancy's distraction. She quickly retracted her thoughts and greeted Christopher Skas politely.

A total of five people were greeted.

In addition to Christopher Skars, there is also Shirley Lansing, who will be the CEO of MGM-United American.

Shirley Lansing is also well-known in Hollywood in the original time and space. She was once the first female head of Hollywood's major studios. After Viacom acquired Paramount, she ran Paramount Pictures for 13 years. Years.

Shirley Lansing is now 45 years old. After she debuted as an actor in the 1960s, Shirley Lansing quickly set foot in the production field. The year before the North American box office "Fatal Temptation" and Judy Foster last year The two consecutive successful productions of the Oscar-winning queen of "Big Robbery Ewha" made Shirley Lansing's reputation in Hollywood rapidly rising.

Christopher Skars has a black eye for Hollywood. Therefore, Shirley Lansing was able to run MGM because of Simon's connection.

Shirley Lansing has been running an independent production company over the years and has no shortage of experience.

Although MGM is shabby, it is also one of the top seven in Hollywood. Hollywood, like many industries, is full of discrimination against women. The space left for women’s career advancement has not been too great. As a woman, she can become the head of one of the seven major film companies, but this is just the point. Li Lansing is full of attraction.

Coupled with Simon's connection, Shirley Lansing agreed to join soon after receiving the invitation.

After the greetings, everyone came to the banquet hall in the hotel.

Christopher Skars is a very pompous person. The banquet hall is full of Hollywood celebrities. The luncheon takes the buffet mode. Everyone chooses the people they are interested in to communicate with each other, which is more lively than a serious banquet.

Simon simply greeted some guests, chose some food, and sat down at a dining table with Christopher Skas, Shirley Lansing and others. Nancy naturally sat next to her boss, not too much. Many words, just quietly listening to the conversation between Simon and Skas.

With the purchase of MGM-Lianmei for US$1 billion, the size of the Qintex Group almost doubled in an instant. However, the Australian company's liabilities also increased significantly. Because investors and creditors have strengthened the supervision of the Qintex Group, Christopher Skars' control over the company has been significantly weakened after the acquisition.

Among the five people who just greeted Simon, apart from Christopher Skars and Shirley Lansing, the other three are all investors and creditor representatives from Australia.

Because of the inextricable connection between Simon and Australian capital, these people favor Simon more than Christopher Skars.

Simon learned through some relationships in Australia that although he is the founder of the Qintex Group, Christopher Skars is now in a state of being likely to be expelled at any time because of the continuous dilution of the company's equity and the substantial increase in its debt ratio.

In order to control MGM indirectly, these investors and creditors of the Qintex Group are the key.

The intentions of the two parties were clear, and it was naturally a hit.

However, Simon did not immediately let go of the quota for MGM’s 10 foreign cooperation films, but suggested that Shirley Lansing resolve the copyright dispute of the 007 series as soon as possible after taking over MGM and restart the project.

The 007 novel "Thunderbolt", published by the founder of the 007 series in 1965, involved the use of the creativity of another screenwriter, Kevin McCrory, and related lawsuits entangled for decades.

As a result, Kevin McRorry obtained the copyright to Bloomfield, the leader of the ghost party, a very important villain in the 007 series. In 1983, McRorry also collaborated with Warner Bros. on a 007 biography "Cruising Missile", the first generation of 007 Xiao Starring En Connery, the box office is not bad.

Perhaps it was the sweetness from "Cruising Missile", or as some media reported that individuals had a financial crisis and were on the verge of bankruptcy, Kevin McCrory once again this year to 007 copyright holder Lianmei Company and the British Brockley family A lawsuit was filed, demanding the right to film another 007 Gaiden project adapted from "Thunderbolt".

That year's "Cruising Missile" had already annoyed the United States and the Brockley family, and naturally they would not agree with Kevin McRorry to do it again.

Neither party is willing to give in easily, and this lawsuit is still entangled.

Since it fell into decline in the early 1980s, the 007 series has always been MGM's suspending tool, and it was the same in my memory until 20 or 30 years later.

Resolving copyright disputes as soon as possible to restart the 007 series, on the one hand, can maintain the normal operation of MGM, on the other hand, it can also prevent the company from falling into bankruptcy with this very stable profitable production series.

After talking about business, lunch was almost eaten, and everyone started to get up and socialize in the hall.

While chatting with George Miller, who came to join us today, Shirley Lansing came with a couple of men and women, but it was Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner.

A series of disputes between Daenerys Entertainment and CAA were finally resolved when CAA took the initiative to terminate the contract with Barry Levinson, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise and Meg Ryan.

Shirley Lansing's doing this at this time obviously also meant Tom Cruise to make peace.

Tom Cruise has a very close relationship with Paramount. Shirley Lansing's 1987 box office sales of "Fatal Temptation" was also produced by MGM. Simon is not surprised that Lansing will be with Crewe. Sri Lanka made friends and came forward for him.

Although Shirley Lansing had made a latent statement that was obviously inclined to Simon during lunch, Simon would not easily let go of some things, which are related to too many things. Therefore, he only greeted Cruise with a few words and walked elsewhere.

Nicole Kidman has been paying attention to him since the man appeared in the banquet hall.

As an Australian who has a good mix of Hollywood, she naturally received the invitation to this party. However, for most of the luncheon, she didn't even find a chance to say hello to that man.

At the same time, I understand that compared with the initial encounter, his power in Hollywood has reached an unprecedented peak at this time. Even in the era of the big studios, the big men who created the major Hollywood film companies may not necessarily have it. His influence at this time.

Thinking about Meg Ryan's fate, Nicole is still a little scared.

With "When Harry Meets Sally", Meg Ryan was quickly promoted to the top. However, since the termination of the contract with CAA, in the past six months, out of fear of Daenerys Entertainment, the solo Meg Ryan not only has not been accepted by the new talent agency, but even a new film contract Did not get it.

The competition in Hollywood has always been fierce and cruel, especially for actresses. For actresses like Meg Ryan, Hollywood happens to be the most indispensable.

Now, many people can see that the box office performance of "Rocket Expert" released on December 29 is a life and death situation for Meg Ryan.

If the "Rocket Expert" box office is good enough, by virtue of the film's heroine identity, Meg Ryan can also allow Hollywood filmmakers to continue to use the pressure of Simon Westeros. Once the "Rocket Expert" box office loses, the actor Tom Cruise may still have the possibility of turning over, but Meg Ryan is destined to be quickly eliminated by Hollywood.

Look at yourself again.

After the original "Pulp Fiction", Daenerys Entertainment was dissatisfied with the arrangement of several consecutive scripts. She only wanted to get rid of the option contract and arrange her career more freely.

right now.

In addition to regret, I regret.

I just hope that he doesn't mind too much about his small actions.

The deeper you get into this circle, the more you understand how powerful he is now, and the more you understand how weak you are in front of him.

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" has been filmed, and she is now just waiting honestly for Daenerys Entertainment to arrange her next movie, and she shouldn't have the slightest other thoughts.

Seeing that the man was chatting with Cruise for a few words and then walked towards her side, she quickly took advantage of the situation to greet her, and the GUCCI bag she held in her left hand was more obvious.

"Hi, Simon."

Simon looked at Nicole, who was wearing a one-shoulder dress with a delicate collarbone, and smiled: "Hi, you are so beautiful today."

"Thank you," he raised the red wine glass in his hand and said, "The day after tomorrow is the premiere of "Batman", I'm looking forward to it."

"Oh, remember to come and join in."

"Definitely," nodded, remembering one thing, and said: "Also, congratulations on your engagement to Miss Johnston."

"Thank you, how about you, did you find a boyfriend recently?"

"No, I stayed with the four turtles for a few months, so there is no time."

She said that she still showed a slight expression of resentment, but in fact, she certainly has no lack of suitors, and she is trying to get along, but in front of this man, she is very smart to put herself in a single state.

Simon naturally wouldn't pursue these things, and after a few more conversations, he turned and walked away.

After combing through the details of the conversation just now, he found that he had no emotions towards himself, so he relaxed. Although he was indifferent and obviously didn't care much about herself, she didn't dare to ask for too much. It was good to be able to ignore the existence of this little shrimp, she was better than Meg Ryan.

Now that she talked about the "Batman" premiere the day after tomorrow and ended the luncheon, she immediately called her public relations manager to discuss the details of attending the premiere the day after tomorrow. This time she must be wearing a Gucci dress.

Busy, Monday and Tuesday passed quickly.

In a blink of an eye it came to Wednesday, December 20.

The eyes of the entire Hollywood are focused on the premiere of "Batman" tonight in the Holy Citizen Auditorium.

As another heavyweight new work directed by Simon Westeros, the publicity of this comic film in recent months can be described as overwhelming. It is not difficult to see from the premiere venue of the Sacred Citizen Auditorium. I know that the Sacred Citizen's Auditorium used to be the place chosen for large-scale ceremonies such as Oscars.

Moreover, according to some internal channels, both the producer Daenerys Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures, which are in charge of the distribution, appear confident in this.

The two companies kept confidential the details of "Batman" in the early stage. However, because of their confidence in the quality of the film, the film will be open for media reviews tomorrow after the premiere. In fact, with more than 1,000 people watching the premiere, after tonight, the reputation of the film is destined to be impossible to hide.

The red carpet ceremony of the premiere begins at six o'clock in the afternoon.

However, as it dawned today, the area around the Sacred Citizens Auditorium quickly became overcrowded, and the gathering of fans even surpassed the previous Oscars.