Ronald Goldberg only expressed his intentions on the phone, but he did not finalize it. In order to avoid another see-saw at noon and even a stalemate again, Simon simply rejected the other party's invitation for lunch, but asked Jonathan Friedman to attend instead.
The agent often acts as a buffer between filmmakers and studios.
Near noon, Jonathan rushed to meet Ronald Goldberg's invitation. Simon borrowed a car from WMA, still carrying a paparazzi, and rushed back to the villa in Montana.
Sure enough, there are paparazzi guarding in front of the villa.
Simon drove the car into the parking space in front of the villa. After getting off the car, he was still worried that the paparazzi would pounce on it. Fortunately, these people were just standing on the side of the road outside the villa and taking pictures wildly. Some people tried to communicate with him. , Naturally fruitless.
He took out the key to open the door, and Simon heard the intensive clicks behind him, making up his mind to change his residence as soon as possible. This kind of open community in the United States and the residential layout of the front house and backyard originally made it difficult for him to feel safe. If he continues to live here, he will not even have a little privacy.
Entering the living room and putting down the suitcase, Simon immediately noticed that the message indicator light on the telephone was flashing.
I walked over and took a look, and the messages were full.
Just press play and the voice of Mike Meadowa, president of Orion Pictures, came out. There was no business, just a few words of casual greetings, hoping that Simon could call him back when he got home. The second call was from Ron Macmillan. Ron congratulated the box office of "Lola Run" and asked Simon if he was free recently. The people who participated in the filming of "Lola Run" If you want to hold a party, it's a celebration of the movie's big sales.
Simon had to rush to Malibu. After listening to two messages, he realized that the subsequent call would not be too important, so he let it play automatically, pulled up the suitcase and turned to the study.
This villa didn't even have a home security system installed, and Simon didn't plan to come back to live in the future. Some important things were planned to be taken away this time.
After vacating the clothes in the suitcase, he carefully arranged the manuscripts, notes, newspaper clippings, etc. accumulated over the past six months and packed them in. After confirming that there were no omissions, Simon pulled the suitcase and returned to the living room. Sandra happened to be on the phone. Barabara was rated as R-rated for "Run Lola Run".
Simon was in Arizona when the classification of "Lola Run" was determined. After hearing the news, he was also very depressed for a while, but at this time he was relieved.
Movies are a business after all, and commercial competition is never peaceful. Since Simon had rejected the Seventh Congress and chose Orion, he should be prepared to be fooled.
and.
After the pit, everyone has to continue to talk about business.
This is the world.
Leaving the Montana area, Simon continued to ignore the paparazzi following and drove towards Malibu.
Upon arriving at Janet's mansion near Dome's Park in Malibu, Simon really saw more than a dozen paparazzi guarding the side of the asphalt that was not spacious. The paparazzi who came with Simon were also chasing after him. Behind his car, these people just parked their car in a public parking lot outside the community.
No parking is currently allowed on the asphalt road in this community.
Simon originally thought that if paparazzi chased them by car, he would call someone to drag them away. Depending on the situation, he still underestimated these guys who were obviously'veteran'.
Before the paparazzi behind him approached, he came to the gate of Janet's mansion. Simon quickly got out of the car, pushed past the crowded paparazzi with the intensive shutter sound, and pressed the button of the intercom for a few times. In response, Janet returned to the car again, put on her sunglasses, and allowed the surrounding paparazzi to put the camera on the front window glass of the car for a while.
Inside the mansion.
Janet, wearing a very homely sweater and jeans, was holding a large bowl while stirring while speaking to the phone pinched in her neck coquettishly: "Mom, I know, I'm not a kid... How can this be done? …Anyway, don't let Anthony and the others come over, don't let my father come over, don't let Bingberg come over, you don't want me to finally get a boyfriend and break up soon... Hehe, don't call her Bingberg shout anything, just shout It's been so many years...Oh, the doorbell rang, it must be Simon, I'm going to open the door, that's it... Bye, love you."
After speaking so quickly, Janet put down the big bowl in her hand, threw away the microphone, and ran out of the villa.
Outside the mansion.
The black panning iron door slowly opened, and Simon still ignored the paparazzi who was even blocking the front of the car, stepped on the accelerator slightly, and slowly moved into the yard. The paparazzi insisted on following the car back to the door. Seeing Simon's speed was still slow and steady, they did not worry about hitting anyone, so they had to retreat.
The car entered the yard and the enclosed iron door closed again.
Simon got out of the car and glanced at the entire row of cameras above the iron gate that was raised up to blindly photograph the yard. While removing the luggage from the car, he said to Janet, who was hiding in the blind spot, "The gate is good, stronger than the fence. , It would be perfect if it could be higher."
Janet smiled and said, "I'll call the workers to replace the door later."
Simon shook his head and said, "Forget it, it's just right now, it's ugly if it's heightened."
With that said, Simon was holding a stack of folders brought back from WMA, pulling the suitcase and hiding to where Janet was standing. Janet reached out to take the stack of documents, and the two walked into the villa.
As soon as she entered the villa, Janet slightly raised her chin and gestured to the surroundings, saying, "How about here?"
Simon looked at the simple decoration in the warm colors of the villa, listened to the faint sound of the waves coming from the terrace, nodded, and said, "Very well, I don't want to leave now."
"Haha," Janet smiled and put the stack of papers in her hand on the coffee table, and said, "Then you should marry me now. By then, half of this will be yours."
Simon glanced up and down at Janet and said, "Is it only half?"
"Huh huh," Janet leaned over and hugged Simon, changing her tone softly: "It's all yours, even me is yours."
Simon lowered his head and pecked on the woman's lips, and said, "First help me find a study room. Before I find a house, I can probably only live here. I can also accompany you with a lot of paparazzi outside. Still very worried."
Janet let go of Simon and led him to another room, but she was a little dissatisfied: "Why are you still looking for a house? Isn't it good to live here?"
Simon shook his head and said, "Not used to it."
Janet curled her lips: "Humph, macho."
"It has nothing to do with ism. Lions will not live in other people's territories. How can you understand as a kitten."
"Okay, okay, I'm a kitten," Janet took him to a room facing the sea in a tone that was too lazy to argue with Simon, and said, "How about here?"
Simon looked at a very spacious study room. To the east is a bookshelf with a whole wall on which is placed various crafts. Next to the bookshelf is a large desk, and to the south is a floor-to-ceiling window leading to the terrace. On the terrace is a set of sofas for sunbathing.
"Not bad, just have another phone."
"Yes," Janet pointed to the cabinet under the bookshelf, and said, "You can find it. There is a telephone interface in the cabinet. You can use it when you install it."
"That's okay," Simon nodded, put the suitcase next to him, and said, "Have you prepared lunch?"
"I'm planning to bake small cakes. I don't have much left at home, so I can only make this."
Simon pushed Janet out and said, "That's it for now, let someone buy something for us in the afternoon and send it over."
After a brief lunch, Simon got into the study and started busy.
Since "Lola Run" is much more successful than imagined, Simon also plans to re-plan his next development.
Before that, he must first build a team dedicated to serving himself.
Simon now only has an agent and a personal lawyer, Jonathan Friedman and George Norman are enough to hold the two positions next to him.
But this is far from enough.
In addition to agents and private lawyers, Simon also needs a special public relations manager to deal with media issues; to manage personal assets, Simon also needs a reliable financial manager; and Daenerys Pictures, Simon also wants to find one Professional managers with sufficient qualifications; finally, there are security issues. Although I don't like people being around, at least when attending public places, having bodyguards around can definitely help him avoid many problems...
There are a lot of them.
Simon spent the afternoon calling some of the contacts he had accumulated over the past six months, either seeking referrals or seeking experience, and occasionally made judgments based on some information in his memory, appearing very cautious.
He also had to be very cautious.
Take the financial manager as an example. Simon remembers that more than one Hollywood star was scammed into bankruptcy because of mischief. After several considerations, Simon even cancelled his plan to hire a financial manager and only planned to seek an accounting firm to help him and the two companies in his hand deal with accounting details and tax filing issues.
As for the management of personal assets, don't worry about this. What's more, although her own woman is lazy, she graduated from a genuine business school after all, and occasionally a small whip will definitely work.
During this period, Jonathan Friedman also made a call and said that he had talked with Ronald Goldberg.
Simon's proposed sharing clause and the absolute control of the project Fox basically agreed, but Fox also asked for the minimum box office guarantee for Simon's share to be increased to 20 million US dollars.
Only when Simon agrees to this can the two parties continue to discuss the specific details of the contract.
The difference between US$16 million and US$20 million is actually not that big.
Simon understood that Fox did this only to save a little bit of face, so he did not insist, and readily agreed.
When busy, time always flies quickly, unconsciously it is already setting sun.
Janet was also helping Simon with staff, but she lost interest in less than an hour, holding a lot of documents and materials he brought back, lying on the terrace sofa and looking through it with relish.
After hanging up a call again, Simon glanced at the contact number of a public relations company named PMK in front of him. It felt quite interesting because the owner of PMK was Pat Kingsley, a famous public relations queen in Hollywood.
The most well-known client of Pat Kingsley is naturally Tom Cruise. Of course, in Simon's memory, stars such as Judy Foster, Al Pacino and Will Smith are all Pat Kingsley's customers.
As for why Tom Cruise's collaboration with each other is the most famous?
Obviously, because Cruise's public image is too difficult to maintain, Pat Kinsley has made this job perfect for more than ten years.
In the original time and space, in 2004, Cruise fired Pat Kingsley and rashly appointed his sister to be responsible for public relations work. As a result, the former Tom quickly became a clown jumping off the couch.
Just as he was about to call PMK to make an appointment, Simon heard that Janet, who was lying on the sofa, suddenly laughed madly.
Looking up, Simon also smiled and asked: "What's the matter?"
Janet raised a script in her hand, still smiling: "Haha, this is so interesting."
With that said, Janet got up, ran to Simon and squeezed into his arms and sat down, showed a page of script, and said, "Simon, will you make this for your next movie?"
"You have to show me the script first."
Simon took Janet's little hand, which was still shaking because he was too happy, and looked at the script in front of him. It turned out to be "When Harry Meets Sally" and the most memorable part of the story.
Harry and Sally were eating in the dining room, and suddenly they discussed the question of whether a woman was in bed.
Harry insisted that it was impossible for a woman to cheat in bed, at least he hadn't encountered it. Sally despised this and woke up vividly in front of everyone in the dining room.
Simon looked at the short plot description in the script, but related scenes immediately appeared in his mind.
Thanks to the superb performances of Meg Ryan and Billy Christo, the plot does not seem obscene at all, but it makes people feel uncontrollable.
There is also an old lady in my memory. After Sally shouted excitedly, she pointed to the food in front of her and ordered the waiter: "Just give me a portion as she did."
The effect is even more hilarious.
However, there is no such detail in the script in front of me. It should be a temporary play by the director during the shooting.
Simon made a mark on the script with a pencil, reminding himself to add this paragraph in the future, and asked Janet with interest: "Aren't you pretending to be in bed?"
"Hmm, how could it be that you are so amazing," Janet posted a post to Simon, watching him draw a five-pointed star on the script, and then said: "Simon, I really like this story."
Simon nodded decisively and said, "Pat!"
"Hehe, you are so kind," Janet turned around, kissed Simon's lips, and held his arms around his neck, and said, "Or, let's try it now, you Observe carefully if I pretend?"
"No, I'm still very confident."
Janet grabbed the collar of Simon's jacket and said, "You men are so arrogant."
Simon smiled and didn't talk, then flipped through the script in front of him at will, saying: "However, Jenny, this is a romance and it is not suitable for my next film. Even if I want to make it, I will probably only make a production. people."
"Yeah," Jenny nodded, and she turned her body around in the chair, and faced Simon, helping him to tidy up the collar that was just torn apart by herself, and said: "Then, Simon, what do you plan to make in the next movie? Ah, you won't always be a producer, right?"
Simon stretched out his hand to wrap around the woman's thin waist and said, "I will work on "Reaper Is Coming" for now, and maybe this one now. As for my next movie, I won't tell you for the time being. But in order to keep me The popularity gained from "Lola Run", first of all, it will definitely be more amazing."