Hollywood Hunter

"Speaking of it, I had this idea when I participated in the Chanel Couture Show for the first time. Many people always don't understand why a handmade custom dress is so expensive, and they don't know how many cumbersome processes are involved. It happens to be this. This time I got the idea of ​​this "Fashion Workshop" program."

"So, your first episode is going to start with Chanel?"

"Yes, Karl was in a personal situation during the production process. This is a rare opportunity. Of course, Simon, if you insist on starting with Gucci, I can also adjust the program plan. Anyway, the first three periods have been completed, and the second period It's Gucci."

"Listening to your tone, I seem to be a stingy man."

"If I really think so, I would not dare to choose Chanel from the beginning."

"Very talking."

"Tsk, your tone is really old-fashioned, Jenny, don't you think so too?"

"Indeed, he is like an old man sometimes."

"Ha ha."

The reception scene.

The Simons are discussing a show planned and hosted by each other with Jerry Hall.

"Fashion Workshop", as the name suggests, mainly takes the audience to visit the manual workshops introducing major fashion brands.

In the fashion industry, there are various handicraft workshops ranging from buttons and feathers to wedding dresses. Since they are handmade in small quantities, the prices are naturally expensive, so most of them belong to the ranks of luxury goods.

For example, a custom wedding dress, from the design to the completion of the wedding dress, may require a large number of senior craftsmen in different workshops to complete it. Therefore, a top-notch wedding dress costs hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars, not at all. It seems exaggerated.

In the past few years of Gucci's recovery, Sophia has devoted a large part of its brand expansion energy to the acquisition of various old-brand handmade workshops in Europe to increase the brand's gold content.

After FashionTV was established, of course, a group of staff members could not sit in a conference room to create programs behind closed doors, but like fashion magazines to "submit articles" to the TV fashion industry, seeking various program ideas.

In the process, Jerry Hall provided a program of on-site visits to various manual workshops.

It’s just the fashion industry, the handmade workshops under the major luxury goods, and the subdivision workshops for buttons, feathers, hats, shoes, etc., which may be inherited for a hundred years. There are simply too many to list. These handmade workshops are very worthwhile. The profound cultural background of writing, therefore, Jerry Hall’s idea was quickly accepted by the FashionTV program production team, and the first season 13 programs were booked, and Jerry Hall himself served as the producer. And the position of the host.

In the original time and space, the public had basically only two impressions of Jerry Hall, the wife of Rolling Stone lead singer Mick Jagger, and the wife of News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch.

Only these two items are enough for too many people to confirm that this is a very powerful woman.

In fact, it is true.

If you can drag Mick Jagger, a playboy, into the marriage grave, you can finally have a twilight relationship with the media mogul Rupert Murdoch, which ordinary women can't do.

A smart and powerful woman, naturally, can't be a vase next to a man.

The former supermodel supermodel is 36 years old this year, and her T-station career has basically come to an end. The ability to successfully transform behind the scenes by Daenerys Entertainment's establishment of FashionTV has once again proved the strength of this woman.

As for the "Fashion Workshop" program, both the FashionTV operation team and Simon himself are very optimistic.

As long as the performance of the program is good enough, a series of documentaries about the handmade workshops of the fashion industry can become a signature of FashionTV, and it can be repeated for a long time classic series. In the future, FashionTV will expand globally. This series will be on any regional network. It will not be out of date when playing.

At the same time, promoting the handmade workshops in the fashion industry can also allow the audience to have a deeper understanding of the value of the major luxury brands. This is actually a kind of publicity.

Everyone talked for a while, knowing that Simon had other people to socialize, Jerry Hall took the initiative to say goodbye and walk away.

However, when she left, the woman didn't forget to look for an opportunity to quietly cast an ambiguous look at Simon, and pretended to call me privately.

Janet seemed to be completely ignorant of this, holding Simon's arm and said: "She is really tall, taller than you."

Wearing high heels, Jerry Hall's height can reach 1.9 meters, and it looks a bit taller than Simon. Such a height is indeed enough to make most of the same **** and opposite **** feel ashamed. However, because of her excellent figure and foundation, even though she is thirty-six years old, this woman still looks very charming and very easy to provoke a man's desire to conquer.

The two continued to socialize for about half an hour, and realizing that Janet seemed a little tired next to him, Simon left the party with the woman ahead of time.

Back at the apartment on Fifth Avenue, Janet leaned her head directly on Simon's shoulder and squinted her eyes on the elevator. Simon hugged the woman in front of her arms with concern, put a sticker on her forehead, did not feel hot, and asked: " Uncomfortable?"

Janet stretched her hand around the man's waist and wrapped it around him, rubbed her face up against Simon's chin, and said, "There have been many things recently."

Not only Cersei Capital, Janet’s current authority basically covers the entire Daenerys Entertainment.

Especially at the beginning of the year when the various companies in the Westeros system summarized their operating and financial information for the past year, women read several financial documents almost every day to ensure that there were no mistakes, and they also had to take care of two people. Her private life does seem to be very busy every day, which is totally inconsistent with her lazy personality.

He lowered his head and pecked on the woman's lips. The elevator door opened. Simon simply picked up Janet and walked towards the apartment, saying, "If you don't want to do it, don't do it. You are better at arranging these than me."

Janet was held in her arms by Simon in a princess hug, she simply kicked off the small high heels on her feet, gently shook a pair of white feet, and said: "No, maybe, I can't tell. It’s just that I’ve been a little tired recently."

Girl A in the apartment, Alison, opened the door. Simon entered the living room and wanted to put Janet on the sofa. The woman wrapped his neck and didn't loosen him, so she just kept her posture and sat down on the sofa, thinking about it for a while. Take time to go to the hospital for an examination."

"I don't want to go to the hospital."

"Then call home," Simon said, and simply raised his head and said to the girl B who also greeted her: "B, you arrange it. Let the doctor come over to Jenny to check it tomorrow."

"Well, forget it, I'll go to the hospital. Well, back to Los Angeles, our own hospital."

Compared to going to the hospital, Janet did not want the doctor to come home.

From very early on, Simon knew that Janet was instinctively resistant to the doctor's hospital.

The private hospital of Westeros family has been preparing since Janet was pregnant in Melbourne, and it has been basically completed. It has more than 20 top doctors of various types in the industry, and it is only for the senior level of Westeros system. open.

Simon carefully looked at Janet's ruddy face because he had just drunk some wine, and saw the woman making a mischievous face at her, so he didn't force it too much.

When he saw Steve Rose’s condition after suffering from cancer, Simon paid great attention to the health of himself and the people around him. The two would undergo a comprehensive physical examination every six months. The last physical examination was in early January. The condition is very healthy, and it is impossible to have anything happening in just one month.

Finished the launch of FashionTV on Monday and continued to stay in New York for a day. On February 10th, Wednesday, Janet returned to Los Angeles, and Simon set off for Europe, planning to participate in the opening ceremony of the Berlin Film Festival on February 11.

After the merger of East and West Germany, the international political situation changed, the Cold War completely stopped, and Germany began to pay attention to its own cultural construction.

In recent years, the Berlin Film Festival has become a cultural project that the German government has paid more and more attention to.

Simon's attendance at the opening ceremony of the 43rd Berlin Film Festival this time is the result of the strong invitation of all parties.

Speaking of the three major European film festivals, Cannes and Venice, Simon has appeared more than once. Only Berlin, Simon has not attended before. Considering the necessary recent trip to Europe, we deal with the beginning of the new year. Simon agreed to this invitation for Luo's affairs in various European companies.

Moreover, although the Berlin Film Festival has always been less interested in Hollywood films in terms of awards, in fact, Hollywood films are a very important category at the annual Berlin Film Festival.

In recent years, Hollywood’s well-known "Dancing with Wolves", "Moonlight Sultry", "Born on July 4th", "Driving for Miss Daisy" and other outstanding films have basically appeared in In the main competition unit of the annual Berlin Film Festival.

The current Berlin Film Festival, in order to attract more content, does not restrict the participation of films in screenings.

The Hollywood Legion in the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival this year is still strong. Among the 26 films in the main competition unit, there are a total of "The Wedding Banquet" directed by Ang Lee, "The Field of Love" starring Michel Pfeiffer, and Robin William Johnny’s "Toys" released last year, Spike Lee’s "Malcolm X", Jack Nicholson’s crime drama "Hoffa" released at the end of last year, and Johnny Depp’s "Arizona" "Dream" six Hollywood films were shortlisted, more than one-fifth of the main competition unit.

Among the six main competition films, "The Wedding Banquet" was produced by Gaomen Pictures.

After the success of Jack Cheng's "Double Dragon Club", Daenerys Entertainment has been paying more attention to investing in discourse films in the past two years, but "The Wedding Banquet" is a script recommended by Catherine Bigelow to Simon in private.

Because of her experience in film studies at Columbia University, Catherine has always been very close to the New York film circle. Her relationship with Simon is almost well known. Coupled with Daenerys Entertainment’s emphasis on independent art films, there will always be some The filmmaker submits the script to Simon through the channel of women.

Because Simon would not hesitate to agree to invest every time, there are not many scripts that can be handed over to Simon through the hands of Catherine, and "The Wedding Banquet" is one of them.

However, even after the hands of Catherine, the budget cost of "The Wedding Banquet" is not high, only 1 million US dollars.

In addition, Gaomen Pictures also signed a three-film long-term contract with Ang Lee.

This clause was urged by Simon himself.

Li is one of the few Chinese directors who can break into Hollywood and achieve success. Since he met, Simon would certainly not let it go.

Departing from New York on the afternoon of January 10, after more than seven hours of flight, arrived in Berlin, the local time is already more than seven o'clock in the morning on January 11.

The red carpet of the opening ceremony began at five o'clock in the afternoon, and Simon rushed to his residence in Berlin.

For many reasons, Berlin is not as conspicuous as London and Paris in many people's impressions. Even when arranging major European cities, Berlin is often located alongside other major cities, but it is often difficult to get a sense of presence. This phenomenon is the same as the whole of Germany.

After World War II, even on the front lines of the Cold War, Germany has always been very low-key on the international political stage. East and West Germany are silently attached to or controlled by the two powers of the East and the West. Unknowingly, it has developed into the second place after the United States and Japan Three major economies.

When Simon first started buying properties in Europe, East and West Germany had not yet merged, so he did not buy properties in Berlin.

In recent years, Simon's personal wealth has grown rapidly, and he is fully capable of supporting the original idea of ​​buying properties in major cities around the world, and Berlin is naturally included in it.

Compared to the manor house outside Paris, the Kensington mansion in London or the mountain villa in Cannes, Simon’s residence in Berlin is much more'normal'. This is a five-story white European style apartment in the center of Berlin. Relying on the River Spree, which runs through the city of Berlin, it is less than two kilometers away from Berlin’s iconic attractions such as the German Chancellery and the Brandenburg Gate.

Not only that, this apartment is connected in parallel with several other buildings of similar style to form a closed community with a concave-shaped side and a wall, so you can enjoy the scenery of Berlin through the windows near the river Spree. , It is enough to ensure the privacy of the apartment. It was for the latter point that Simon bought an entire five-story apartment.

Just looking at the location, the original price of the apartment is not too low. In order to buy the entire apartment, including the renovation and renovation costs of more than 60 rooms inside, the total investment before and after reached 25 million US dollars, and the renovation and renovation also cost last year. A whole year.

In the early 1990s, the $25 million mansion was basically the same as the billion-dollar mansion later.

Except for Simon, there is probably no other rich man. Just to own his own property in a city, he may not even live once or twice a year, so he invested no more than 25 million. After all, for this property, Simon invested all the real cash before and after.

It's just $25 million in cash, and it's not something that most of the top rich men with a net worth of only a few billion dollars at this stage can easily get.