Hollywood Hunter

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Los Angeles.

It's Saturday night in the neighborhood of Bel Air, right next to Beverly Hills.

Yesterday, after officially signing the overseas distribution contract of "Lola Run" with Warner Bros., Simon received an invitation from Warner Bros. Pictures CEO Terry Semel to attend a party hosted by the other party tonight.

"This is a very smart romantic comedy called "When Harry Met Sally", which tells the emotional journey of the hero and heroine Harry and Sally from acquaintance, hatred, getting along, knowing each other and finally falling in love in twelve years. The story is somewhat similar to Woody Allen's 'Annie Hall,' but without Woody Allen's neuroticism, it's more heartwarming and entertaining."

At the party scene in the courtyard of the mountainside mansion, Terry Semel was holding a cocktail, listening to Simon with a smile, but shaking his head: "Simon, for "Annie Hall", the audience just likes Woody ·The neuroticism of Allen's little intellectual. According to your description, "When Harry Met Sally" is another love story that relies on dialogue and emotional changes to promote the plot. This type of movie, there is no Woody · With Allen's skill support, or the lack of big-name actors, it is difficult for the audience to generate much interest."

Simon also held a glass of cocktail and stood opposite Terry Semel. Hearing this, he still smiled and said neither humble nor arrogant: "Terry, maybe you should read the script first, if Warner is interested in this movie, I even You can do a demo first, and it’s definitely a movie worth investing in.”

"Simon, if you pay attention a little, you will find that Hollywood hasn't had a hot-selling romance film in ten years, let alone a love story with a bland plot." Terry Semel shook his head still and turned. But he said: "Simon, you are a very talented screenwriter. So why not try to write some cop action movie scripts like "Beverly Detective", "Lethal Weapon", this is Hollywood The fashion trend in recent years, if you have ideas in this regard, you can contact me at any time."

"Beverly Detective" was the 1984 North American box office hit produced by Paramount Pictures.

"Lethal Weapon" belongs to Warners, the film was released a month ago.

When Warner Bros. bought the script for the film for $250,000, it caused a small stir in Hollywood. Although it has been firmly suppressed by "Lola Run" since its release, "Lethal Weapon" has now received close to 40 million US dollars at the North American box office, and the total North American box office is expected to exceed 60 million US dollars.

Compared to the $15 million production cost, Warner Bros. is a huge profit.

Now that he has reached a cooperation with Warner, Simon also took advantage of the situation to learn about this one of the seven major film companies.

As a result, Warner Bros., which is supposed to be very powerful, has been even worse than Fox in recent years. For example, last year, Warner's highest-grossing film of the year, "Blood and Evil" starring Sylvester Stallone, grossed just over $49 million in North America.

Knowing this, Simon no longer wonders why Warner won the overseas distribution rights of "Lola Run" at a relatively high price.

In this era, the overseas release of films is usually delayed by three months to more than half a year.

Warners no doubt has a very well-established global distribution network, but right now, the studio doesn't have any movies of its own that are worthy of global distribution. It is obviously a huge waste of resources to have so many overseas branches but no films to distribute.

Therefore, "Lola Run" has become a very good choice.

The North American box office of "Lola Run" is expected to exceed 200 million US dollars, and there is no risk of loss in overseas distribution. If it works properly, the film could earn at least $100 million overseas. Video tapes and TV broadcasts have a slightly longer operating cycle, but they are sure to be very lucrative.

With these thoughts in mind, Simon could only nod to Terry Semel and said, "If there is a similar idea, I will definitely do it."

"So, that's it for now," Terry Semel said, looking at Janet beside Simon, "Miss Johnston, you are really impressive in the negotiations these days, and you are interested in coming to Warner. Working?"

Janet smiled and shook her head, "Terry, are you going to give me your place?"

"Oh, this is not something I can decide," Terry Semel smiled, raised a glass to the two of them, and said again: "You guys have fun, have fun."

Terry Semel finished, turned and walked away.

Simon looked at Terry Semel's departure, noticed Janet's eyes flickering next to him, and said with a smile: "When you have been in contact with the studio these days, you should know Frank Price, president of Universal Pictures, right? ?"

Janet didn't know why, but nodded.

Simon said: "When Spielberg wanted to shoot "et", Frank Price was very optimistic about the project, he thought the idea of ​​Spielberg wanting to shoot children's films was crazy, and in the end it was the parent company of Universal CEO Syd Schinberg made the decision to get this project through."

Janet pursed her lips. "And then?"

"Everyone knows what happened later. The production cost of "et" was only 10.5 million, but the global box office exceeded 700 million."

Janet has become more and more aware of many things in Hollywood during this time, and she couldn't help but say: "$10.5 million, that's interesting."

Projects from major Hollywood studios usually have a production budget of one

A relatively loose integer, $10.5 million, with zeros and rounds, which is enough to show how harsh Universal was on the "et" project at the time.

"That's true, so after the success of 'et', Spielberg made a public announcement to the whole of Hollywood that he would never do anything with Frank Price again. Then he was executive producer of 'Back to the Future'. "Several projects, Spielberg even specifically wrote this into the contract."

Janet smiled and took Simon's arm and said, "In the future, we will also write those who rejected you into the contract."

"I wouldn't do such a boring thing," Simon shook his head and said, "Speaking of this, I just want to tell you that in Hollywood, anyone will be rejected, and everyone has to get used to being rejected."

Terry Semel invited Simon tonight just to get in touch with him, a promising young Hollywood filmmaker. But when the outside world is still bombarded with one-sided negative reviews of "The Butterfly Effect", Terry Semel will not rashly reach any cooperation with Simon at all. What's more, the script for "When Harry Met Sally" wasn't written by Simon.

The two stayed at Terry Semel's party until about nine-thirty, then said goodbye.

Back at the Palisades mansion, the message prompt light of the telephone in the living room of the villa was still flashing. Janet ran upstairs to change clothes, and Simon called again after listening to the phone message from Amy Pascal.

Janet didn't know when she had come downstairs again, wearing a loose white sweater and jeans, ran to the kitchen to make a pot of coffee, and when she came back, she lay on the sofa like a kitten and watched Simon call.

Simon and Amy chatted on the phone for half an hour before putting down the phone.

He came over, picked up Janet's coffee, and leaned back on the sofa.

Janet had already listened to the general idea just by the side, and leaned over at this time, and said, "New World Pictures also refused?"

Simon nodded.

New World Pictures is the film company that acquired Marvel Entertainment last year. It was originally founded by Roger Corman, the king of Hollywood B-movies. In recent years, it has also been in a state of rapid expansion. This company inherits from Roger Corman's prudent business philosophy, and the operation of New World Pictures is much stronger than that of second-tier film companies of the same type such as Orion and Canon.

These days, Simon and Amy are splitting up to find investors for When Harry Met Sally, and New World Pictures is one of the potential collaborators.

Now, it has clearly failed again.

Janet frowned slightly when she heard Simon's confirmation, and said, "What do you do next?"

"It's not a good time to find a partner for "When Harry Met Sally", I've asked Amy to stop temporarily," Simon said without the trouble in Janet's tone, "Next week, see The box office of "Butterfly Effect" dropped in the first week and the second week. If the situation improves, Amy and I will contact those independent film investment funds. As long as the investment is pulled, it will be easy to find the distributor. Finally, If it really doesn’t work, we’ll invest ourselves, but if that’s the case, we’ll definitely have to delay the filming until the end of the year, and it’s not easy to do follow-up releases.”

Janet twirled the fabric on the shoulders of Simon's shirt, and after listening to him say so clearly, she said softly, "Goldberg seems to be getting cooked these two days, and David and Brian, They're also very anxious. Simon, do you really care about those bad reviews? I don't even dare to read it, it's too much."

Simon felt Janet's tone of voice, and took a small hand of the woman and shook it, and said, "Do you want to see me pretending to be worried?"

Janet's eyes flashed and she shook her head: "I don't want to."

Simon put the coffee cup back on the coffee table in front of him, and with a slight force on his hand, Janet lay down and rested her head on the man's lap.

Looking at the bright-eyed woman in his arms, Simon helped her brush the blond hair covering her neck, looked down at the woman and said seriously: "Including those doubts some time ago, as well as the current bad reviews from the media, to be honest, I I don't have much feeling in my heart at all. Because I clearly know what kind of person I am, what kind of abilities I have, and what I can do in the future. The small actions of those people may delay my pace, or make me feel a little troubled. , but they couldn't stop me from going on anyway. To use a slightly arrogant metaphor, how could a lion care about an ant's bite."

"Simon..." Janet raised her hand, touched the man's face carefully, and said softly, "You will truly conquer the world."

"Yeah," Simon kissed the woman's palm sideways and smiled, "So, when the time comes, be merciful and don't destroy my world, okay?"

"Um."

Janet nodded seriously, still looking up at the man above her, suddenly with some reluctance in her eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Simon, what about us, where is our future?"

"We," Simon said softly across Janet's delicate face with his fingertips: "It's still a little early. In a few years, we will get married. Then, have a few children, you will be a police officer, and I will come Be bad cops and we'll bring them up together."

Janet had longing in her eyes. After listening to Simon, she shook her head in a blink of an eye. She grabbed Simon and hugged her in her arms, and said, "It's not like this, it shouldn't be like this. Simon, you are a lion, grassland. The king of Shang is destined to conquer the world, how can he be stymied by a kitten and become a mediocre man who stays in his small home. It should not be like this. "

Simon feels that Janet's mood is getting more and more wrong, and picks up the woman

Come on, put it on your lap, look at the woman's unwittingly dim eyes, a feeling of pity arose in her heart, and she said seriously, "Jenny, did you misunderstand what I said just now? If so, I apologize. "

"No," Janet shook her head, leaned over and kissed Simon on Simon's lips, leaned over the man's chest, hugged him tightly, and murmured, "Simon, I told you about your birthday last time. , I won't be your tie."

Simon also hugged the woman in his arms tightly and said firmly: "No, of course not, you are a kitten, how could you be able to tie the lion."

"But that's what it is," Janet said in a dreamy voice. "You know, Simon, I love you so much, and it's never the kind of love at first sight, because from a very young age, I knew that in my life, Either you will be free forever, or you will only love one person forever. I always thought that the first option would be more likely. But when I was 27 years old, I suddenly fell in love with a little man, He's smart, powerful, lonely, mysterious, crazy, strong-willed, but at the same time he'll accommodate me when I'm rambunctious, pamper me when I'm wayward, guard me when I'm drunk, trust me when I'm working Me. Although I know it's because the lion doesn't care about the kitten's mischief, but I'm still in love. I'm not as timid as Kate, so when I love it, I need to hold this man tightly ."

Simon's probe pinched Janet's crystal earlobe, and said softly, "It's not good to talk about Catherine behind your back."

Janet's earlobe was very sensitive, and when Simon pinched her face, her face turned ruddy, but she didn't break free, still sticking to the man's chest, and continued: "Then, Simon, after you really get along, I will soon discover your shortcomings. ."

"This," Simon said with a worried look on his face, "just keep it in your heart, don't talk nonsense everywhere."

Janet smiled lightly, and directly revealed the mystery, saying: "Simon, I found that you are a guy who likes to pamper the people around you, especially for those who love you, it is always difficult for you to refuse them, Always doubly good to them, and even always feel like I'm not good enough."

Simon retorted weakly: "This shouldn't be a disadvantage, right?"

"Of course it's a disadvantage," Janet rubbed her face on Simon's chest and said, "Like me, I always knew that you were not ready to accept a relationship at all, but after Christmas Eve last year , you still recognize my identity." Having said this, Janet suddenly raised her eyes to Simon and said, "Last time in Arizona, Simon, did you sleep with Kate?"

Simon shook his head: "No."

"Look, that's it," Janet put her face back again: "You obviously like Kate more, and Kate actually likes you. I think you don't even need to say any rhetoric. You directly put Kate in Arizona. Carrying it into her room and pressing it on the bed, she wouldn't resist. But you didn't. This is the bondage, the bondage I have for you."

"This is what I should do," Simon patted Janet's back and said, "If any other man dares to carry you into the house, I will definitely kill him."

"You don't have such a chance, and I can kill people too," Janet said, patted Simon, and said, "Don't interrupt."

"All right."

Janet continued: "And during this time, your adjustment to the income of "Lola Run" is the supplementary contract. Simon, I can feel your guilt, you want to quickly accumulate more capital, But you don't think it's fair to me, you don't give me enough, you think it's selfish to do it. But how is it possible, Simon, I only paid $400,000, and now I'm $67 million back. 168 times the return, how greedy does anyone think it's not enough? So, Simon, that's your flaw, a fatal flaw. I can feel your love for the world It is difficult for you to take the initiative to love someone due to estrangement and indifference, but you are too soft-hearted and too indulgent towards the person who loves you."

Simon forced a smile and said, "Jenny, you won't be disappointed with me now, will you?"

"Of course not," Janet immediately shook her head, raised her eyes, and said seriously, "I love you, Simon. I like your strength, your mystery, and your indifference. But if you really care about the world Anyone is ruthless, I may love you, but I will never want to be with you. Your shortcomings make me love you more. But at the same time, your shortcomings make me yours Trapped."

Simon couldn't help interrupting: "Jenny, it's not like that."

Janet put her hand on Simon's lips and continued: "Last month, in the villa in Malibu, I asked you if you want to marry me quickly, so that you can own half of my property, I can feel it You were flustered at the time, but you were still joking with me as if nothing had happened. Just now, you have been able to calmly tell me that in a few years, you will marry me, have a few children, and I will be a good policeman. You're a bad cop. Obviously, you must have thought about it more than once during this time. You know I'm looking forward to this kind of thing because I'm 27, and a 27-year-old woman must be looking forward to marriage. Since Love, I do look forward to it. And I have no doubts that you will keep your promise, because you will. But it makes me realize that you are only 19 years old until now. 19 years old The young boy should be flying freely. And my king, the lion king on the grassland, needs to conquer the world without any worries, instead of hurriedly thinking about having children and returning because of a kitten. family."

Janet said this, don't wait for Simon

The next time, he reached out and hugged the boyfriend in front of him tightly, and quickly said: "So, Simon, let's start over. From the state we first met in Burbank that evening. That day, standing on the side of the road, You said, you're from Watsonville Asylum. Cool."

Simon felt the slight trembling of the woman in his arms after saying these words, reached out and patted her waist lightly, and said, "Jenny, I think we should take a bath together now, and then have a good night's sleep."

Janet didn't let go, and whispered: "Simon, I'm not breaking up with you, I only love one person in my life, how can I break up. It's just that I don't want to be your tie. So, we are like Harry and Like Sally, start with friends. I won't interfere with your life, I won't interfere with your work, and I can help you with the company if you need it. But we're not lovers for now, okay?"

Simon shook his head and said, "Not good."

Janet didn't seem to hear Simon's answer, and said to herself: "I'll move back to Malibu tomorrow. Before I met you, I actually wanted to open a gallery, but I was too lazy, a small studio. It's still a mess. Now, hehe, I have motivation. After the release of "Lola Run", people have been contacting me because of the picture in the movie. "

Simon didn't know what to say for a while, just silent.

Janet finished speaking to herself, and was also silent for a while before she said again, "Simon, I'm a little scared."

"Um?"

"The lion will conquer the entire grassland in the future and become the real king. Will he still care about the kitten?"

"Of course," Simon said firmly, "that is a very selfish lion, and what belongs to him will always be his."

"Then why don't you save your kitten now?"

"is that useful?"

"No."

"Then don't keep it," Simon patted the woman and said, "However, you still live here, I'll move out."

"why?"

"Those paparazzi will probably go crazy when they hear this kind of news. I don't want them to disturb you. It's more private here than in Malibu."

Janet curled the corners of her mouth, her eyes sparkling, and said, "Then you can live in Malibu, and I will lend it to you in the name of a friend."

"Don't go."

"You can pay rent."

"Actually, I prefer villas with a more modern style."

Janet remembered her European-style villa in Malibu and her current Mediterranean-style mansion, and tensed her arms around Simon's waist: "You have been accommodating me."

"Yes, there is no need to accommodate now."

"Well, little bastard," Janet seemed a little dissatisfied, reached out and pinched it, but she didn't exert any force, and said softly: "You, living in Malibu, they don't know us, we are temporarily separated."

Simon thought for a while, nodded, and said, "Okay."

Janet paused, feeling some shaking in herself, and quickly shook her head again, and said, "No, no, you can live wherever you like, even if I run to share a room with Kate immediately. We don't care. , we..." Janet muttered, suddenly broke free from Simon's arms, stood up and took two steps back, saying firmly: "Simon Westeros, I officially inform you that we have broken up."

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