Hollywood New Century

After sending away Jean-Reno Forto and Jean Bernard, Simon also regained his mood and Christmas could not be affected.

In the lobby on the third floor, Ridley Scott was chatting with actress Cate Blanchett when Simon came over.

"You two, I heard that Robin Hood is the opening film of the Cannes Film Festival next year?" Simon laughed.

"Well, the schedule is May 14, the world premiere in Cannes," Ridley Scott responded with a smile.

"Simon, Merry Christmas!" Cate Blanchett also responded.

"Robin Hood" is a cold weapon epic war blockbuster jointly produced by Universal Pictures and Relativity Entertainment.

With a production cost of $200 million, Universal Pictures has made great efforts, and Ridley Scott's love for epic blockbusters is also unusual.

Co-starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett, Simon never had much thought for a war movie.

In recent years, all epic war films, except for the "Gladiator" that year, have basically failed and lost money.

Troy, King Arthur, Kingdom of Heaven, Alexander the Great and even modern war films such as Pearl Harbor and Black Hawk Down are also losing money.

Good word of mouth is useless, and the box office is not high, and the directors of "Gladiator", "Black Hawk Down" and "Robin Hood" are all Ridley Scott!

Ridley Scott is indeed a famous director, and the film he directed is indeed very majestic. The first part of "Alien" was also directed by this great director.

"By the way, I recently heard that 20th Century Fox has plans to shoot the fifth film of "Alien", and the director is Mr. Scott?" Simon asked again, after all, the "Alien" series is also famous.

Ridley Scott smiled and quickly admitted: "I actually wanted to make a fifth Alien movie for a long time, but the script was difficult to satisfy me, and a screenwriter recently gave me one. The script was drafted, and I thought it was good, so I started to prepare the script, and there is no specific plan for when to start filming."

"Have fun!" Simon said and left with a smile.

"It's not easy, Xinghai Entertainment has only been established for five years, and it can actually acquire a behemoth like NBC Universal," Ridley Scott sighed with some sigh.

Cate Blanchett watched Simon's back disappear and disappeared, and was surprised: "Who said no, I don't understand Hollywood now."

Subsequently, Simon met Nicole Kidman again, "Weakness" has landed in Europe, and Nicole Kidman, the heroine, is also promoting in Europe.

"This "Weakness" is very good. The audience for humanistic films in Europe seems to be deeper than that in the United States. "Nicole Kidman is very excited at the moment. The box office and word of mouth of "Weakness" are high, which proves that Ni But Kidman still has his own appeal.

"Oh, Europe already has a good market for literary films. Hollywood is the representative of commercialization. The main market for most literary films is originally Europe," Simon said with a pouted lip. No wonder many people say that Americans Without tradition, the temperament of the nouveau riche can't really be concealed.

"Anyway, thank you this time!" No matter what, Nicole Kidman finally felt more at ease now.

"Well, actually..." Just as Simon was about to continue what he said, someone reminded Prince Albert II of the Principality of Monaco and Princess Charen Wittstock to visit.

"Tsk, Nicole, come with me to meet the prince and his wife," Simon smiled. The royal family of the Prince of Monaco has an unclear relationship with Hollywood anyway.

What's more, Nicole Kidman has played Grace Kelly, the mother of the head of state, just right.

Nicole Kidman nodded. For many members of the royal family in Europe, Nicole Kidman has also participated in many banquets with them as an Oscar actress.

"Welcome, Merry Christmas, His Excellency the Prince, Princess!" As the head of the Principality of Monaco, you can't call the president or the king, it's the prince.

Anyway, it is also a constitutional monarchy, and the Grimaldi royal family is also the symbol of Monaco.

"Merry Christmas!" Albert II and his wife Charen Wittstock also greeted them with a smile.

"This yacht is really beautiful, like a work of art, beautiful," the princess was full of praise.

Mrs. Charen Wittstock is several years younger than Nicole Kidman, a swimmer from the Republic of South Africa, known as the South African Mermaid, and has a good image.

"Prince, it's not easy to hear that you have been in Antarctica for half a month this year," Simon and the Prince of Monaco started chatting, and of course the princess chatted with Nicole Kidman.

"It is also because of environmental issues that Antarctica is a pure land." The Prince of Monaco also made a documentary about his half-month experience in South Africa this year, "2009 Antarctica: A Continent in Chaos".

Simon nodded with a smile, a city-state that relies on gambling, finance, and tourism, and its per capita GDP currently ranks first in the world.

"Mr. Pike, I know that Nine Heads Capital is famous on Wall Street, but what do you think about the current European economy?" Albert II's Principality of Monaco is the second smallest country in the world, second only to the Vatican.

After the financial tsunami, gambling, entertainment, financial services, and real estate have all been hit hard. Although Monaco is only 2 square kilometers in size, the pillar industries are still very hard to bear.

Simon smiled and said: "His Excellency, just call me Simon. European economy? Now that the global economy is integrated, the economies of all countries have recovered, and the particularity of Monaco, the gaming industry and financial services will soon recover again!"

"I am not only a hedge fund, but I am also very optimistic about the gambling and entertainment business. I have certain investments in several gaming stocks in Las Vegas."

"Really!" Albert II owns a lot of shares in the Monaco casino. Simon, as a well-known investor on Wall Street, is credible to say this. After all, economic recovery is a fact.

Simon shook his head secretly, the Prince of Monaco is really, but Monaco is indeed a place where the rich live, and the advantage of low taxes is too great. However, although Simon owns the three major gaming companies of Sands, MGM, and Wynn.

Unfortunately, Simon will not tell him that Simon mainly owns the shares of Sands China, Wynn Macau and China MGM. Simon is optimistic about their development in Macau.

As for Las Vegas, Simon can only laugh, and Macau has already surpassed Las Vegas to become the largest gambling city.

During the financial tsunami, the stocks of various gaming companies are like waste paper, all falling by more than 90%! Not copying the bottom is a fool.

"Simon, be sure to visit Monaco when you have time, Monte Carlo Casino will make you forget your troubles," Albert II laughed.