As the summer season, which had a weak box office performance in 1987, came to an end, two films related to Simon came to an end one after another.
On August 6, after 17 weeks of screening, "Butterfly Effect" was officially launched in underground stores in North America, with the final box office figure of $116.95 million.
Then, in order to free up more screen resources for the new movie "soul of the spy navy", Orion pictures also dropped the whole line of "Lola Run" on August 13. From February 13 to August 13, "Lola Run" was just released in North American Theaters for half a year, and finally the cumulative box office reached $223.77 million.
As of August, there are only three films in North America that have achieved a domestic box office of more than 100 million this year, two of which are from a young man who has just been on the market for one year, which is a miracle. Just as the two films broke through the billion yuan mark in June, when the two films went down in turn, Simon's news in the media once again ushered in a small peak.
Simon, however, has no regard for these media discussions about himself.
While shooting "vulgar novel", Simon has to take into account the later stage of "death is coming" and the preparation of "when Harry meets Sally". At the same time, the operation of the stock index futures market also affected him too much.
Most of the tense August has passed unconsciously in this busy time.
Robert De Niro's part was finished in early August, and the guest roles of Robert Redford and Nicole Kidman came to an end one after another. Originally, he thought everything would be so smooth. In the last week of August, Simon finally met the hardest bone to chew after shooting, Madonna.
On August 7, Madonna's second film, who's that girl, was just released in North America.
If Madonna is still trying to perform seriously in last year's magic wonder, Queen Mai in who is that girl has completely given up treatment, and all kinds of pretentious performances almost lock in her next year's golden sour plum heroine award.
When it comes to vulgar novel, the Queen's grandiosity has not completely subsided. Therefore, the shooting originally scheduled for only three days was delayed for five days.
Simon was very satisfied with the performances of Janet, Nicole and several other female characters. He didn't want to lower his demands on the role of "little rabbit" that would appear at the beginning of the film. As a result, Simon has been completely involved with the queen in recent days.
Don't mess with Simon westero if you don't have a good upbringing.
Today is Friday, August 28th.
In a fast food restaurant in the south of Santa Monica.
In these five days, some of the crew members who have been involved in Simon's film production since the beginning of "Lola Run" have finally seen the "manic" side of the director. However, this kind of mania has nothing to do with the bad shooting of the film. Instead, the director himself is helping Madonna demonstrate how to play "Bunny" one scene at a time.
Tall and handsome, the director who can be called the dream lover of all the female employees of the crew, plays the female role in person, and is also a manic female robber. You can imagine how funny the picture will be.
At the counter in the fast food restaurant.
At this time, everyone in the crew gathered around, patiently waiting for Simon to speak to Madonna in person. Even Sean pan stood beside him with great interest and noticed Simon's little gesture of graciously handing his wife a bottle of pure water, but he was not jealous. After reading the script carefully, he was very clear about Simon's intention of doing this, but he felt that someone had to do everything to make the final scene.
A moment later.
In recent days, we have been talking about the scene happened again.
Simon finished talking to Madonna in a row, took the prop left wheel in her hand, jumped onto the counter in a few seconds, and without any scruples, screamed at the air where there was no actor buried: "you let him go, you let him go, or I'll kill you, let him go..."
After the performance, Simon still stood on the counter and said to Madonna, "Maggie, do you see that? That's it. You have to squat down. If you fail to rob, you are afraid and even collapse. So, it's better to shake your legs a little bit more, like this. "
After a serious demonstration, Simon jumped off the counter.
Madonna was a little dissatisfied at the beginning with her role as a crazy woman. However, Simon did not pay attention to the image to demonstrate for her. She admired the young director who had created two box office miracles in a row before she was 20 years old. In recent days, she let go completely.
After all, it's just a role.
What's more, it's not that no one calls himself a crazy woman, so be crazy.
When Simon came down from the counter, Madonna took the left wheel of the props he handed over. She felt a little emotional and jumped on the counter: "you let him go, you let him go, or I'll kill you, let him go..."
"Legs, shake It's too obvious. Take some All right, come down first, "Simon said, waiting for Madonna to come down from the counter, take the woman's left wheel again and demonstrate it again.After tossing about for several times, Simon saw the effect almost the same. Without any trace, he handed Madonna a bottle of pure water again: "come on, Maggie, have some more water, and then we'll start shooting."
Madonna took the water bottle and gave Simon a slanting look. Her eyes were full of banter: "little guy, is that how you treat women? I have to say, it's stupid."
Even so, Madonna looked up and drank half a bottle of pure water.
Simon then conjured up a bottle of water again, but instead of rushing to give it to Madonna, he ordered Sean pan, Samuel Jackson and the crowd to start burying their seats.
As long as the play can be successfully completed today, the scene about the queen will also end smoothly.
With this kind of expectation, everyone in the crew is in high spirits.
Several attempts in a row naturally failed to meet Simon's requirements, during which Madonna was once again filled with a bottle of water by Simon.
More than half an hour later, Madonna jumped off the counter and was about to walk straight to the toilet, but Simon stopped her.
"Hey, kid, I'm going to the bathroom. Are you going to come with me?" Picking an eyebrow to make a joke, Madonna suddenly understood, glared at Simon and said, "you mean it?"
Simon neither admitted nor denied it. He said, "Maggie, how about insisting on finishing this scene and inviting you and Sean to dinner in the evening?"
Madonna covered her belly and her eyes began to turn: "I'm in a hurry, little guy. Do you want to see me make a fool of myself?"
"All right," Simon surrendered directly, "the terms are yours."
Madonna put up two fingers: "two more songs."
"I'm just a film director, Maggie," Simon said bitterly. "Besides, songs need inspiration. How can you say just a few?"
"I'm very confident that I can play wild bees so well, and the great soundtrack in Lola Run," Madonna said. Seeing Simon's refusal, she rushed forward: "then I'll go to the toilet."
Simon quickly stopped: "a total of two, no more."
"Deal," Madonna nodded briskly, adding, "but you have to hurry. I'll only hold on for half an hour at most."
Simon shook the pure water in his hand and said, "if you can't stand it, you can go. However, I need you to keep this kind of state all afternoon. Maybe you have to work extra hours."
Madonna immediately refused: "three."
Simon insisted: "there are only two, but I guarantee you are satisfied."
Madonna turned her eyes and said, "next time I'm in a concert, you'll be my guitarist."
"How could that be?"
"It's just one show. It's also a guest. Just a little rehearsal at that time. And, kid, I'll pay you, "Madonna said, getting more and more excited. At last, Simon didn't let go and pushed forward again." then I'll go to the bathroom. "
Simon nodded, "well, there's only one."
Madonna turned her eyes again and continued, "well, it's hard to hold it all the time..."
Simon said, "you'd better go to the bathroom."
Madonna didn't go. She said reluctantly, "forget it. What a mean man."
People are often very vulnerable when they are forced not to go to the toilet. Therefore, Queen McQueen can easily achieve the role emotion Simon needs without much deliberate brewing. In the following performance, most people feel that Madonna fully expresses the emotion of a female robber who is on the verge of collapse after she failed to rob.
Although it was inevitable to work another hour, Madonna's and Sean Pan's guest roles in the restaurant were successfully completed in a week.
After finishing the work, he once again told Simon to help him finish the agreed song as soon as possible. Madonna and Sean pan left together.
Tomorrow is the weekend.
Simon returned to palisade at seven o'clock in the evening.
Janet prepared dinner very considerately. During the meal, the woman told him that Noah Scott had called three times in a row since five o'clock in the afternoon.
Simon only remembers that the S & P 500 index peaked at more than 330 points before the crash, but he didn't have a very specific impression of how much.
As a result, on August 19 last week, when the S & P 500 reached 325, Simon again began clearing 10000 long contracts in Westeros' accounts. On August 25, that is, this Tuesday, the S & P 500 index broke through 330 points, and Simon also asked Noah Scott to speed up the clearance.
According to the agreed selling schedule, the 10000 long contracts in westero's account should be cleared today.
However.
Simon is no longer in a hurry to get Noah Scott to take a short position.
After dinner, Simon comes to the study and Janet follows. After more than three months of operation, women are still very curious about how much money their men have made, although they basically have a clear idea.Taking the initiative to call in the past, Simon feels that Noah Scott seems to be showing great enthusiasm today.
After a few words on the phone, they faxed a series of transaction statements and accounting data after clearing 10000 long contracts.
At today's close, the S & P 500 index has reached 337 points.
Due to the acceleration of the S & P 500 index in July and August, it is very difficult for Simon to establish a position in the lower index range. The average number of open positions of 10000 contracts this time is 316 points, and the average number of sell points is about 332 points.
After comprehensive calculation, the average increase of each contract was only 16 points, which did not reach the average profit level of the previous two times. But even so, the total profit after the clearance of 10000 contracts reached $80 million.
Finally, after deducting all kinds of handling charges, westero has $278.56 million in its account at this time.
Although it didn't reach the $300 million that Simon expected. However, in three and a half months, from US $75 million to US $278.56 million, the profit is close to 300%. Even the top elites on Wall Street can not easily realize this huge profit.
Simon and Noah Scott were talking in Chicago in the middle of the United States. It was already more than 10 p.m.
In a villa in the rich area of Naperville, a suburb of Chicago, Noah Scott sent his cohabiting girlfriend out tonight. At this time, there were only Noah Scott himself and two other middle-aged people in their fifties in the villa.
Two middle-aged people, one is Nelson Scott, Noah Scott's father as vice president of American Express, and the other is James Robinson, CEO of American Express at this time.
After listening quietly to Noah Scott's phone conversation with Los Angeles, Nelson Scott asked, "how's it going?"
Noah Scott shook his head and said, "let me wait for the order."
"It's a cautious little guy," James Robinson said, with a thick document in his hand, which is the detailed trading records of Westeros in recent months. "However, since he can make 200 million dollars in more than three months, it's right to be cautious. Noah, what do you think he'll do next? "
Noah Scott thought for a moment and said, "it's going to be another delivery month. The index will fluctuate very violently in September. What's more, westero didn't let me sell this time and continue to build a position. Then, he either stopped directly. Or, it should be short. After all, most people now feel that the market has reached the top. "
James Robinson shook his head and said: "since June, many people feel that the market has peaked and everyone is building short positions. But the result is that a little guy has made $200 million in an instant. Tut, 200 million dollars. And his performance in Hollywood. I went to see those two movies a few days ago. They were really good, and the box office surprised everyone. I don't know where that little guy came from
"It's said that after living in a mental hospital in San Francisco for half a year, this is what it's like," Noah Scott joked, watching both elders smile, and then said, "well, Mr. Robinson, what are we going to do next?"