Hollywood Hunter

It is not easy to stick to the early stage in winter. Simon, Chen Qing and Lin Su all got up before seven o'clock the next morning.

The man exercised, Chen Qing accompanied.

Lin Su, who had been refreshed in Sanguan last night, ran to prepare breakfast.

I had already admitted my fate in my heart.

Except for a certain absurd guy who always makes her feel strong and powerless, she has no dissatisfaction with her current life, she used to dream of it.

In the gym, Chen Qing ran with Simon while picking up various ideas from the man like a tireless little squirrel.

There are too many things in Simon's memory, but in many cases, he needs to be stimulated to remember it.

Yesterday, Chen Qing agreed to dig out Xiaobawang’s management team, and gave the two women a certain share of equity. Although the Xiaobawang team may still be their best "educational electronic product" after going it alone, Chen Qing was not satisfied. Here. Relying on the recent understanding of the Westeros system, Chen Qing feels that she is fully qualified to engage in more popular and profitable industries.

For example, personal computers.

Unlike the Western PC market that has begun to explode, China’s domestic personal computer industry is still at a very early stage. It is estimated that the annual sales in 1994 will only be about 700,000 units, which is a huge market with a population of over 1 billion. The scale is less than 2% of the total global sales, which is an absolute blue ocean market.

Simon is not optimistic about this.

The domestic personal computer market in China is limited by its economic development level and the overall scale is very small. However, this field has actually been managed by many domestic and foreign brands for many years. Not to mention overseas brands such as IBM, HP, Toshiba, etc., but only domestic, Lenovo, Founder, Tongfang and other companies were established in the 1980s and have deep foundations in both technology and market.

If this is the case, it is no problem to try it now.

The most important point is that core software and hardware such as CPUs, hard drives, and operating systems are in the hands of foreign manufacturers. The establishment of a PC brand in China will ultimately only be the lowest-end and meagre assembler. In contrast, the Westeros system, which holds large shares of Microsoft and Intel, is still more willing to enjoy quietly enjoying this big cake of the highest-end PC industry.

Although Chen Qing was not optimistic about the establishment of a personal computer company, Simon still thought of another industry during the dialogue between the two.

VCD.

This is considered to be the only popular electronic product in Greater China in the 1990s, with an overall market size of tens of billions of RMB

Not only that, now in 1994, because the domestic VCD market has just sprouted, the Westeros system is fully capable of monopolizing the VCD core components to eat the richest piece of cake.

It was discussed yesterday that after the Xiaobawang team left, if they continue to make products similar to their old owner, they will inevitably encounter pressure outside of the business. The initial plan is to let the team leave as far as possible and set up new companies in other provinces and cities. . Now, if we can skip the game console field and directly enter the emerging VCD market, some potential conflicts will be much smaller.

After an in-depth discussion in the morning, Chen Qing took Lin Su hurriedly and left to collect VCD-related information.

Simon continued to stay on the East Coast for a day, and received a call from the White House at noon. The two of them had a rather vague nonsense and learned that Clinton had communicated with the Republican party, the former Republican Congressman Kevin Mu from Pennsylvania. The incident that Elhaus provoked will end here.

Of course not absolutely believe it.

However, Washington's attitude has satisfied Simon.

Before leaving in the afternoon, I met with Joseph Shrap and learned that this operation was still related to the conservatives of the Southern Republican Party. Simon was no longer polite and asked Paul Spatz to deploy the Florida state according to the original ‘deep cultivation’ plan.

This time enough time.

There is no need to consider the 1996 general election. There are still six years to go before the 2000 general election. With the strength of the Westeros system, the six-year layout is enough to slowly capture every electoral district and every type of voters in Florida.

Those in Texas have the world.

After reading "Shangjun Shu" recently, some of Simon's ideas quietly changed.

I was very unhappy with the Bush family.

It's different now.

If Bush Jr. is allowed to come to power and toss for eight years, it is very much in line with the "weak people" policy in "Book of the Lord". The people are weak enough to get the most basic survival supplies for all day long. That is the best state of governance. Eating too much can easily cause trouble.

Of course, this is on the premise that the Bush family will not threaten the Westeros system.

Otherwise, Simon doesn't mind completely changing history.

After dealing with matters here, Simon set off for the west coast the next morning.

This is December 1st.

The last month of 1992.

The "Information Age" big marketing plan led by the Westeros system has entered the second stage and is still in full swing.

Half a month has passed before the midterm elections.

Many measures used to divert public attention are still in force, except for the restlessness in some local states and counties, and the topic of midterm elections has been minimized.

Therefore, returning to Los Angeles, Simon's attention began to focus on Daenerys Entertainment's recent series of key film projects.

Chatting with Grace privately resulted in the idea of ​​a new version of "This Man Comes From Earth". The script has been completely completed under the personal leadership of Simon and the professional details of a group of specially invited university professors.

Once "This Man Comes From Earth", because the production cost was very low, it seems that there are actually many very unsatisfactory details.

This time, although the production cost is still not high, because it is Simon’s personal project, all production specifications of the film are implemented in accordance with the highest standards. There are so many actors who want to participate in Simon’s screenwriting new projects. Remuneration is already the least important thing. Therefore, given the most basic remuneration standards stipulated by the actors’ union, a large number of well-known Hollywood actors and actresses still only hope to be able to Show your face on such a project.

After all, Hollywood is a social circle. With people around him lobbying and fighting for it, Simon's idea of ​​looking for a group of pure newcomers simply doesn't work.

However, the actors selected in this way have absolutely no problem with their acting skills.

It's actually a script.

Different from the past ten years later, in the early 1990s, the proportion of religious believers in Western society was still very high, and atheists like Simon were actually heterogeneous.

Simon will not take the faith of most people as a gimmick. This is a hornet's nest, so the details about the male protagonist being **** are completely deleted.

Not only that, the idea that the actor is a series of historical celebrities during the initial conversation with Grace was also passed by Simon. In the final script, the actor John will be a very pure time traveler, he has not left in history. His own name has intersected with many historical celebrities, and at the same time it has greatly promoted the progress of history.

In addition, a key plot detail, the father-son relationship between the male protagonist John and the psychology professor Will is no longer as abrupt as the original version, but pave the way from the beginning, and the final mystery will not be revealed as the original version of Will’s death. , But was discovered by the heroine and guessed the truth when only two people were left.

The male lead neither admits nor denies this.

It is a suspense.

In general, the new story will only tell the story of an immortal through verbal dialogue, from beginning to end, there is no flaw, but it is difficult to prove this fact.

After the script is completed, according to the cast list by Simon himself, the casting work has entered the final stage.

After all, I did not choose a line that is too famous, but the finalists are basically well-known actors familiar to the public.

Even Qusi Goff, who had no performance experience before, after the 3rd Victoria's Secret Show, relying on the rapid rise in the past six months to rank 7th in the Igreat portal fashion model popularity list, successfully won The title of'Supermodel'.

Simon values ​​the male lead the most.

What about the immortal who has lived for more than ten thousand years, Simon is actually quite the one who has a say.

After going through the vicissitudes of life, the most crucial point is that kind of indifferent'bystander' temperament. Because of too much experience, it is difficult for everything around him to affect his mood, so indifference in his bones is inevitable. However, as an immortal who can't remember his own age, he has lived in the world for a long time, dealing with people and things is almost at his fingertips, and instinctively develops the attitude of tolerance and protection of adults to children, so it is easy for people to feel close.

He is indifferent, indifferent, and personable.

Ok.

Janet, who was able to see the script in advance, felt that some guy was obviously more suitable for this role.

Simon certainly won't go to battle himself.

Back in Los Angeles, after Simon's personal participation in the final round of auditions, the actor was finally finalized, and Simon was very satisfied: George Clooney, who just gained fame this year with "Emergency Room Story".

George Clooney is 33 years old this year, and he is the kind of late-blooming actor who has spent many years in his career.

Of course, it is only a TV drama actor for the time being.

Although it was not the kind of personable diamond king with gray hair before, Clooney's personality and temperament were very much in line with Simon's requirements at this time.

The heroine Sandy's requirement is between 30 and 40 years old.

Simon first thought of Catherine Bigelow.

Catherine has been busy this year for the movie "Detroit" about the Detroit riots. The later stage of the project is nearing its end. Simon mentioned it when having lunch with Catherine at Daenerys Studios some time ago, but was rejected. The reason for women is that they don't know how to perform. Simon enthusiastically said that he could teach one-on-one hands-on. He was best at giving speeches to women, and then he was rejected even more simply.

Finally selected Elizabeth Perkins.

The temperament actress who is in line with Simon's aesthetic is 34 years old this year.

In 1988, after cooperating with Tom Hanks on the "Flying the Future" with a box office of more than 100 million yuan, Perkins should have had a good development, but unfortunately the fortunes were not good, and the film assets received in recent years have not performed well. It was tepid, and he fell back to the second line without standing at the first line, and there was even a tendency to slip toward the third line.

In order to save his career, Perkins moved from CAA to WMA last year. This time it was Jonathan's key recommendation. The acting skills were all right, and Simon agreed.

The other supporting roles are basically Hollywood actors.

As for the director, Simon directly handed it over to Bright Ratner, who just finished the third Victoria's Secret show.

The MV-born director worked hard for the third Victoria's Secret show. After the show was completed, Ratner only took three hours of rest every day for a week in order to edit the TV broadcast version. The final film made Simon very much. satisfaction.

The current film can be regarded as a ticket for Bright Ratner to enter Hollywood.

The planned shooting cycle is only two weeks.

While setting up the crew, Simon has quietly set up the set outside Toronto, Canada.

The shooting was chosen in Toronto, not near Los Angeles, mainly for confidentiality.

Many filmmakers in Hollywood are struggling to keep secret during the filming process.

The new film written by Simon himself has received too much attention. Recently, many entertainment media have been inquiring about relevant news. If the filming is near Los Angeles, then don't think of any quietness.

Speaking of it, "This Man Comes From Earth" is after all a game of Simon's.

Simon's focus is still on a series of blockbusters owned by Daenerys Entertainment.

The blockbuster projects "Jurassic Park 2" and "Apollo 13" to be released in the summer file next year, the next work of the DC Cinematic Universe series "Batman v Superman: Dark Dawn", and the quietly established James Came Long's new film "Titanic", the recently finalized "Charlie of the Thunder", "The Bournemouth", "Game of the Brave", "Mummy" and so on.

These are the top priorities for Daenerys Entertainment Group.

In the busy schedule, the third week of the Thanksgiving holiday schedule officially ends.

For a box office week from November 25 to December 1, Daenerys Entertainment's 3D animation film "Toy Story 2" still received votes.

Because there were no heavyweight new films to join the competition on November 25, after the box office of "Toy Story 2" sold out in the first week, the box office dropped only 29% in the next week, which is very rare for the films that are currently saturated. In the second week of its release, the film once again earned 61.99 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office reached 149.3 million US dollars in two weeks.

The local box office of "Toy Story 2" in my memory is about 240 million U.S. dollars, which is already a big seller.

Now, this sequel has earned close to 150 million US dollars in two weeks. Considering that this 3D animation film theme will continue to cross the popular Christmas schedule, the long-term trend is almost certain. Therefore, Daenerys Entertainment The publicity team predicts that the film can reach 300 million US dollars at the local box office.

Only local people can easily recover all costs and achieve profitability, far exceeding initial expectations.