Hollywood Hunter

Christmas Eve.

This was supposed to be a party night, but there was no party in the Westeros family manor, nor were they invited to attend other people's parties.

In the evening, Sophia deliberately took back her daughter who wanted to stay on her own.

So there was only the Westeros family.

After dinner, the female assistant took the initiative to look after the three children. Simon and Janet hid in a living room on the second floor, turned off the lights, and huddled together on the sofa. The TV on one side was turned on, and the sound was very small, but through From the floor-to-ceiling windows, you can see clusters of brilliant fireworks exploding from time to time in the city sky far and near, accompanied by a sizzling sound.

Ordinary people need to hurry up during the festival to revel, enjoy big meals, and arrange travel. For the people at the top of the pyramid, as long as they want, this is life, so it is difficult for the festival to appear too special.

A little obsessively attached to the man's chest, Janet looked at another cluster of fireworks that had just exploded out of the window, and suddenly said, "Little boy, do you remember the Christmas of the first year we met?"

It’s been a long time since Simon smiled and said, “Of course, someone ran to Los Angeles late at night and forgot to pay attention to the weather. He caught a cold that night, and he couldn’t go to the hospital.”

Janet rubbed Simon coquettishly: "I know you will take care of me."

Simon put his arms around the woman's slender waist and put his chin on her head, and said, "Why do you suddenly start to recall the past? This is very dangerous. Some people say that once people start to remember, they are almost old."

"That's not the case," Janet said with some hidden fear in her tone, and her body tightened: "I just want to say, I have been relying on you all these years. I hold you as mine. Boyfriend, he still insists on getting married early. If it were not for me, you would still be a happy bachelor now."

"God is grateful for Abraham's piety, and he made a covenant with him to give the rich Canaan flowing with milk and honey to his descendants, it is the promised land," Simon whispered the chapters of the "Old Testament", holding up Janet's face lightly. Qing kissed her lips, looked at her brightly shining eyes, and said softly: "You are my promised land, my heart is at peace, otherwise, I may keep drifting and sinking. , I don't know what eve is this eve, what is the age of the menstrual period. Therefore, it is not you who rely on me, but me, the bad guy, who is quietly holding you.

Janet and Simon looked at each other, with a little more brilliance in her eyes, then she gently threw away the man's big hand holding her cheek and pressed it to his chest, and said softly: "Little boy, what did I say? It’s enough for me to have you. You are still free, you don’t need to be shackled by me, and you don’t need to care what other people think."

Simon knew that Janet was referring to Sophia's pregnancy, but he said softly, "Thank you."

The two enjoyed a moment of silence, and Janet took the initiative again: "Little boy, have you forgotten the dream we talked about on your 19th birthday?"

Simon nodded: ‘No. "

During that birthday, Simon was assisting Catherine in the filming of "Blood Corpse Night" in Arizona. Janet drove to visit the class, took him out alone, and said many infinite words and dreams.

Destroying the world is a bit difficult.

So decided to rule the world first.

Janet looked up again and said with a smile: "I used to think that dreams were just dreams. I didn't expect that there would be a day when the goal was getting closer and closer."

Simon also smiled and said: "I think it is a little bit easier to destroy the world, and it is very troublesome to rule the world."

"As long as the two of us work together, it will always happen."

Simon couldn't help asking: "What happened then."

Janet was not confused by this possibly philosophical question: "Then, there will always be the next goal. The universe is so big and we are so small. Apart from death, no one can reach an end where no goal can be found."

Simon stroked the woman's soft blonde hair and smiled: "Then we will work hard together."

"Yeah."

After a moment of silence, Janet quickly said again: "Little boy, you just recite the "Old Testament" like a poem. Can you read the poem to me?"

"Okay."

Simon nodded and considered for a moment, Tagore's "Born Like Summer Flowers" sounded in the room.

*I heard.

*I hear music from moonlight and carcass

*Like bait, catching ethereal and ethereal.

* Intense and pure.

*There are always memories running through the world

*I believe

*I believe in myself, life as gorgeous as summer flowers and death as quiet and beautiful as autumn leaves

*No prosperity or chaos, posture like smoke

*……

At the door of the concealed room, Jennifer hugged Nick, who was only willing to be held by her and would sleep peacefully because of the sound of fireworks. Hearing the poem coming from the room, he curled his mouth slightly and stood still for a moment with some reluctance. Turned around.

This Christmas comes on Sunday. After the holiday, some people have to restart work until the new year.

Simon also began to sort out and plan many layouts of the Westeros system in the few days between Christmas and New Year. This is actually a very early idea. Domestic and foreign, economics and politics, in the past few years, Simon seemed to be random but actually dropped a lot of pawns.

Trees who want to harvest fruit cannot grow indiscriminately. They must be nourished and pruned regularly.

In terms of economy, the entertainment and technology sectors at the core of the Westeros system are still controlled by Simon, and Janet continues to be responsible for the financial sector that is equally important to the Westeros system.

In terms of politics, this time just sorted out the political lobbying network of the Westeros system and started to deploy overseas at the same time.

The military forces and intelligence teams that directly belong to the Westeros family are also planning to conduct more standardized integration, especially in intelligence, which used to be unrelated stocking teams. However, any intelligence team that wants to be strong must be formed. Interrelated organizations form a large enough network.

At the same time, such a team cannot hide in the dark forever.

Simon has already tried to establish various shell detective companies or adopt departmental links.

This time, Simon began to plan to further formalize the two aspects and divide them into light and dark aspects. The bright side is still the detective company model, but it will no longer be an empty shell, the scale will be greatly increased, and the outside world will be more actively accepted. Commissioned. In order to avoid being too noticeable, the business of these companies will be appropriately expanded to increase security services. Human resources are provided and trained by the military department of the Westeros family.

The intelligence network in the secret is still affiliated, but this time it will be mainly affiliated to three private military companies in North America, Australia and Europe, adopting stricter militarized management, and at the same time completely responsible to Simon and not accepting external business. .

Domestically, the foundation of the Westeros system is getting deeper and deeper, and many aspects of development have begun to touch the sky lace. The next thing to do is to keep a low profile and develop quietly.

As for foreign countries, most of them are still in the early stage of layout.

This requires a good foundation.

It will only become more difficult to deal with in the future.

For example, Ukraine.

Simon began to focus on Africa, and gradually discovered that Ukraine is a more worthwhile target for business. In a short period of time, he invested a lot of resources in Ukraine's Rivne Oblast. It is like a spouse who suddenly popped up, and it is inevitable to raise some borers.

I had arranged two vases to go out for fun. I wanted to remind some people. Unfortunately, the effect was not great. Simon decisively began to plan for a cleanup and rectification. As a very humane boss, the New Year is still for everyone, so things will start after the New Year.

Busy, the North American film market's box office week from December 23 to December 19 quietly ended.

"Suicide Squad" easily regained the champion of the weekly box office list. The film's box office fell by 38% in the second week of its release, and it received another $57.69 million, with a total of $149.47 million in the bi-weekly box office.

As a fully-released film, facing the impact of many new films, the box office drop was still able to maintain 38%, which obviously exceeded the expectations of the media and filmmakers. Some media previously predicted that the film's drop in the next week might be around 50%. . The box office trend is good, and the possibility of "Suicide Squad" hitting 300 million yuan has also greatly increased.

However, there is another important reason for the good trend of "Suicide Squad" next week, that is, the actual box office performance of the menacing new film last week was quite weak.

This can only be seen from "Toy Story 2", which was still ranked second on the weekly box office list in the sixth week of its release.

In the past week, the box office of "Toy Story 2" dropped by only 11%, and received another US$18.73 million. The cumulative box office reached US$254.69 million. It is only a matter of time before the total box office hit 300 million in North America. The box office curve is so strong that many media are surprised.

The third place on the list is finally the turn of the new film that opened last week, but it is the fighting game adaptation film "Street Fighter" jointly produced by Capcom and MGM and released by MGM.

This action film starring Hollywood action star Shangge Yunton, the first week of the opening of the painting, the box office revenue was 14.11 million US dollars, compared with the production cost of 30 million US dollars and the investment of 12 million US dollars, this drawing achievement It was lower than the filmmakers' expectations, but it was the best box office performer among the major commercial films last Thursday.

Macaulay Culkin starred at the fourth place in the list of "Ricci, the Rich", with a revenue of 12.32 million in the first week and seven days. There is no sign of copying the miracle of "Home Alone".

Warner Bros. Pictures has set aside $40 million in the production budget for this children's comedy, and the announcement and distribution investment has reached $15 million, with a total investment of $55 million.

Now, the first week is 12.32 million US dollars, even if it can go out a long-term, the total box office in North America is about 30 million US dollars. The local box office performance is weak, and it is difficult to expect it overseas. Many markets may only simply buy out. The industry expects Warner The brothers may lose more than $30 million on this project in the short term.

The box office of "Santa Claus", which Disney opened at the same time as "Suicide Squad" last week, dropped by 27% this week, and the next week's box office earned 11.96 million US dollars. In two weeks, this holiday comedy had a cumulative box office of 28.35 million US dollars. As expected, Vivendi, who has just taken over Disney, is fairly satisfied with this, but they will never know how popular this film has been.

The sixth place on the list once again fell on Daenerys Entertainment.

"Little Women" produced by Gaomen Films, the box office dropped only a very small 3% in the second week of its large-scale release, and it received 10.96 million US dollars. It finally showed the trend of many films in the past year-end schedule, and the cumulative box office reached 23.03 million. Dollar.

The excellent box office performance of "Little Women" makes Orion Pictures under Paramount regret not being able to arrange the screening of Paul Newman's "Big Wisdom" in advance, because the two films are largely following the original The style of "Steel Magnolia", one is adapted from a classical novel, and the other is transformed into a man's perspective.

"Little Women" can be a success. If "Big Wisdom is Stupid" is screened in advance and the painting is opened on a large scale during Christmas, it is likely to agree to a big sale.

The show schedule of "Big Wisdom Ruo Fool" is the usual two weeks. Even if I regret it, Orion will not be able to arrange a large-scale screen for this movie in the short term. When the large-scale opening of the film on January 6th, the North American film market will enter the festival again. After the off-season.

Paramount also regretted the box office performance of "IQ Love".

In the first week of its release, the love movie starring Meg Ryan made only $6.65 million in seven days, which is behind the seventh place on the list of Disney’s live-action version of "The Forest Prince" at $8.27 million and eighth on the list.

It can be said that none of the four commercial films that were released on a large scale during the Christmas week on December 23 achieved box office performance as expected. Regardless of subsequent long-term releases, they will basically end up at a loss in the short term.

In comparison, the three new films "Niel's Heart", "The Years of Love" and "Big Wisdom", which were screened last week, have gained a better reputation. Unfortunately, these films can only wait for the awards season after the festival to begin. Reap the box office.

On December 30, a box office week spanning 1994 and 1995 opened.

The two new films opened this week are from independent studios, namely "Crazy King George" by Baldwin Pictures and another B-rated film "Hurricane Killer" released by Kingston Entertainment. Almost no new film splashed any waves in the media, obviously trying to pick up leaks at the end of the year but became cannon fodder.

Because it straddles the New Year’s Day, this week has also become the last chance for all new movies last Monday. If the box office of the box office week from December 30 to January 5 goes well, or even achieve a reverse decline, relying on local and overseas distribution, It is still expected to get rid of the loss.

However, neither the film crew nor the media are too optimistic about this.

You know, although there is a box office behemoth of "Suicide Squad", the box office of this DC superhero blockbuster has fallen to less than 60 million US dollars in the next week. It should not affect the performance of other movies. "Little Women" is massive A slight drop of 3% in the next week of the opening picture is the most direct evidence.

However, the box office performance of the four commercial films was disappointing, and it can only be said that it is their own problem.