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The longer you spend in Hollywood, the more you can realize how difficult it is to climb up in this circle. Most people don't necessarily have a chance to rise to the top in their lifetime. Cassidy himself is such a typical example.Linda Vargas is clearly the type of person who sees an opportunity and grabs it.

Only, Westeros appreciates that he punched Harrison Ford in Blade Runner.

This……

Could it be some kind of hint?

That young man's preference for women was well known throughout Hollywood.

Unknowingly, she felt a little crooked, and even had some expectations deep in her heart. After her first marriage in the 70s, she has been single.It would be an irresistible thing to have something to do with the man who made countless women in Hollywood covetously.

Thinking of this, Chrysler walked through the second-floor office park and soon came to the top-floor administrative area.

Get off the car in the parking lot and look around. There are several minimalist style office buildings surrounded by glass curtain walls. Although the office buildings have different shapes and heights, the overall layout gives people a very comfortable sense of order.

I am used to the bungalows or small buildings of traditional studios, so the modern studio office building really gives people a refreshing feeling.

Joanna Cassidy walked to the five-story office building on the northernmost side, entered the lobby, and after a brief communication with the reception desk, she was quickly taken to the third floor. Linda Vargas was already waiting for her, and the other two An actress who will also take part in the audition has arrived early.

After greeting each other warmly, they were taken to the dressing room to make up and change clothes.

The audition scale for important supporting roles like Queen Hippolyta is very small, and the three of them are now the last three candidates, and they need to audition with makeup.

Arrived at the studio at nine o'clock in the morning, after a busy hour, Joanna Cassidy and the other two actresses finished dressing, and Martin Campbell, the director of "Wonder Woman", who had been publicly confirmed, had arrived, as well as the director of the film. Several other behind-the-scenes creators.

Then it took more than half an hour to take pictures, and finally everyone came downstairs to an audition room with a blue screen.

After waiting for a while, at 11 o'clock sharp, Simon Westero himself finally appeared, went up to greet the three actresses briefly, and then began the audition.

The three candidate actresses have all been carefully selected, and their basic acting skills are beyond doubt. Simon not only met with the three in person this time, but also wanted to see their performance in front of the virtual environment.

The DC movie universe series will use a lot of virtual shooting technology. In order to improve these, a studio was specially opened in the studio park for Daenerys' special effects team to conduct various types of virtual shooting experiments in real time.

At 20 minutes each, Joanna Cassidy happened to be last in line.

Entering the audition room, apart from the blue curtain propped up in the spacious room, there were only a few simple chairs, and Westeros and the others stood up politely.

Joanna Cassidy stepped forward to shake hands with the young man and greeted him, and the others sat down again.

Simon held a notebook in his hand, without those trivial self-introduction links, he said succinctly: "Ms. Cassidy, the plot is like this. Steppenwolves invaded Paradise Island and wanted to seize the mother box guarded by the Amazons. Queen Hippolyta Encounter with Steppenwolf, only a short confrontation and quickly lost, and then you question the purpose of Steppenwolf. Note, this is a virtual shooting performance, Steppenwolf is 10 feet tall, and it is planned to use a combination of CG and motion capture technology to shoot, no one Playing with you, OK, please start your performance."

It is completely free to play against the air.

Joanna Cassidy didn't have the mind to pay attention to the slightly weird ridicule in the tone of the young man opposite when she said the last sentence. She quickly brewed her emotions, then drew out the saber at her waist, and slashed towards her right hand a few times. He fell back on the ground like a heavy blow, barely supported himself with the sword and asked, "Who are you?"

In a normal audition, someone needs to cooperate with the lines.

This time there was no response.

It's just that everyone in the room and the camera responsible for recording are watching her.

Joanna Cassidy did not lack this kind of adaptability. Recalling Simon's introduction just now, she added Steppenwolf's lines in her heart, paused for a moment, and said with a comprehensible and calm expression on her face: "Steppenwolf, why did you come to Paradise Island?"

"..."

"No matter what you're looking for, there's nothing here for you."

"..."

In addition to the bad joke of "please start your performance" just now, Simon has been observing Joanna Cassidy's performance professionally, and occasionally writes down a few notes in his notebook.

At the end of a free play, Simon had Joanna Cassidy try a few more shots.

The short 10 minutes passed quickly, and the time came to 12 noon.

Simon closed his notebook, got up again, shook hands with Joanna Cassidy, and said, "Thank you very much for taking the time to come here, Ms. Cassidy. By the way, it is already noon. If there is no urgent matter, you can stay Eat lunch and leave."

Joanna Cassidy nodded nonchalantly when she heard Simon's 'invitation': "Of course, thank you."

After speaking, she was taken by the staff to remove her make-up. This time it was simple. After more than 20 minutes, Joanna Cassidy came to a small restaurant in another office building.

I thought it was a young man who invited me, but found that the other two actresses who participated in the audition have also stayed until now, not only Westeros, Martin Campbell and Linda Vargas are there, so lunch It turned into a working meal, and everyone was still talking about "Wonder Woman".

Joanna Cassidy realized that she was still a little conservative when she saw another actress who participated in the audition almost openly chatting with the young man in the spotlight from time to time, with obvious provocations in her words.

Perhaps it should be more proactive.

However, since someone took the lead, even though Martin Campbell and others looked like they were turning a blind eye, she still failed to muster up the courage.

I was born as a model at the beginning, and I know that my maintenance over the years has been very successful.

However, courting a man who is enough to be his son still makes people feel a little uncomfortable after all.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help being a little envious of the men in Hollywood.Or, to be precise, the men in power in Hollywood.No matter what kind of woman you like, it is taken for granted in the eyes of outsiders.

Women do not have this privilege.

Today is January 5th, Wednesday.

Although he did say that he appreciated Joanna Cassidy's words about beating Harrison Ford in "Blade Runner", Simon didn't care much about the other party, and his work schedule was full all day long. Time hunting, regardless of whether the people around him are good or not, he basically doesn't think about it in this kind of workplace.

After lunch with everyone, the three actresses left, and Simon and Martin Campbell discussed the results of the audition in the morning.

Among the three actresses who participated in the final competition, Joanna Cassidy was originally ranked last because she was the shortest and had just reached the baseline of the 175cm Amazon female warrior required by Simon. The other two actors were taller than Joanna Cassidy is taller.

However, Joanna Cassidy's acting experience is richer in the end. Although she has not been able to become popular, but after 20 years of honing in Hollywood, even a piece of wood is enough to enlighten her.

So, after re-examining the makeup photos and shooting shots in the morning, everyone, including Simon himself, felt that Joanna Cassidy was more suitable for this role.

As for height, it can be made up for by high heels.

Then we discussed the audition arrangements for other roles and Martin Campbell's thoughts on the film. At three o'clock, it was another audition for Antiope, the sister of Queen Hippolyta in "Wonder Woman". , in the original film, the role was played by Robin Wright.

This time, Simon has taken a fancy to Linda Hamilton in advance.

Linda Hamilton in "Terminator 2" is a classic image of a sturdy female man wearing a vest, trousers, combat boots, holding a gun and holding a cigarette.

Of course, the current "Terminator 2" is still in the final preparations, and filming will not start until the second half of the year.

"Wonder Woman" is scheduled to start filming next year, and there is no conflict in Linda Hamilton's schedule.

However, the team did not fully bet on Linda Hamilton. There are still three people participating in the audition, so that in case of some changes, they can find a backup candidate as soon as possible.

In fact, the same is true of the role of Queen Hippolyta.

The filming of "Wonder Woman" will involve a lot of fighting scenes on horseback. Although the crew will try their best to ensure the safety of the shooting, if someone appears in Simon's memory, Sean Young, who participated in "Batman" and broke his arm while riding a horse, had to quit the crew For such an accident, the crew was able to come up with a second plan in time.

All in all, it's all about ensuring a hassle-free advancement of the DC Cinematic Universe.

Chapter 347 The opening of the summer file (revision)

On May 5, the 21rd Cannes Film Festival in France officially ended.

Simon did not rush to Cannes this year, only Ira Deutschmann led the company team to go.

Giuseppe Tornadore's second feature film "Family Journey", co-invested by Gaomen Films and several European film companies, entered the main competition, but it only squeezed out "Sex, Lies and "Video" won the Palme d'Or for "Paradise Cinema", and "Family Journey" won nothing this time.

David Lynch's "Wild at Heart" won this year's Palme d'Or amidst a severely polarized word-of-mouth controversy.

In the original time and space, because of the controversy, "Wild at Heart" couldn't even find the distributor, so the producer could only operate the theater in person.

Simon didn't like "Wild at Heart," but that didn't stop Deutschman from buying the film's North American distribution rights.In my memory, "Wild at Heart" has received various criticisms, but the box office seems to be pretty good.

In addition to "Wild at Heart", Deutschman also bought back from Cannes another film that is very small for North America, called "Ju Dou". The North American distribution rights of this film should have been Mira Max's was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1991.

From Simon's earliest "Run Lola Run" to this year's Oscar winner "Drive Miss Daisy", plus the commercial success of films such as "Sex, Lies and Videotape" and "My Left Foot", The Hollywood literary and artistic film market has clearly seen a recovery, and major studios are making efforts one after another. Even the terminal theater market has gradually opened up a complete literary and artistic movie theater chain in recent years because of the continuous success of literary and artistic films.

The involvement of giants naturally squeezed the living space of independent film studios to a large extent.

After cutting "Cinema Paradise", "Sex, Lies and Videotape" and "My Left Foot", although only one of them was acquired by Daenerys Entertainment, the Weinstein Brothers are still as Simon expected In that way, it became more and more difficult to walk in Hollywood, and Miramax at this time was almost unsustainable.

It is against this background that Gaomen Films obtained "Ju Dou" and plans to try to buy more Asian films to operate in North America in the future.

After a year of trials last year, Simon let go of the shackles on Ira Deutschman, and plans to increase the number of films released each year by Gaomen Pictures to more than 10 in the next two years, replacing Mira Mike in the original time and space. Si's industry status.

Speaking of which, it's not just Miramax, the emergence of Daenerys Entertainment is also squeezing another independent film studio that should have risen this year, New Line.

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" was originally New Line Films' first film with a global box office of over [-] million. It was this film that established New Line's position in Hollywood and eventually created the pinnacle of the "Lord of the Rings" series.

Now, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" has long been a project of Daenerys Entertainment, and it will be released this summer.The copyright of the entire Tol King series is also firmly controlled by Simon.

New World Pictures, a subsidiary of Daenerys Entertainment, has also begun to make efforts in the field of horror films that New Line is good at. It has also successfully continued horror movies such as the "Ghost Hunt" series and the "Kids in the Corn Field" series.

复活节档期的《玉米田的小孩2》在4月13日上映之后，以300万美元的制作成本，截止5月底，北美票房已经接近2500万美元。

Following last year's "Hommet 2", "Homme 3" will also be released at the end of the summer file in August.

Although the "Children in the Cornfield" and "Hunting Ghost" series cannot compare with the box office revenue of the "Scream" series, they can bring very stable revenue and profits to New World Films, and in turn to New World Films. The film industry provides a steady stream of funds for the development of other projects.

Moreover, not only horror films, Simon has also recently begun to guide Danny Morris, the head of New World Pictures, to try another type of commercial film that is promising at the box office, vulgar films.

In the original time and space, the two major comedians headed by Jim Carrey and Mike Myers in the 90s opened up the Hollywood vulgar movie market in one fell swoop. Jim Carrey's "Dumb and Dumber" and Mike Myers' " Representative works such as "Ace Powers" have achieved outstanding results of over [-] million at the North American box office. It just so happens that these two comedian stars have risen with the support of New Line.

After completing the interception of Miramax, Simon's next goal is the new line.

On the Friday after the Cannes Film Festival ended, that is, on May 5, Hollywood's 25 summer vacation officially opened.

Universal Pictures' "Back to the Future 3" and Paramount's "Firebird Attack" became the opening movies of this summer.

After "Back to the Future 2" fell in half compared to the first film at the end of last year, Universal obviously did not have much confidence in "Back to the Future 3", so it rushed to release the last step of the series before the fierce competition in the summer file began.

However, the "Back to the Future" series is not bad.

Paramount is obviously less confident in "Firebird Attack", which naturally starts with Paramount's "stealing" of the two projects "Rocket Expert" and "Firebird Attack" from Daenerys Entertainment last year.

Also at the end of last year, Paramount had high hopes for the comic-adapted sci-fi film "Rocket Expert" starring Tom Cruise and Meg Ryan, because of the impact of the film itself and "Batman: Beginning of War" , with a production budget of 4500 million US dollars and a publicity cost of 2000 million US dollars, in the end it only recovered a box office of more than 4300 million US dollars, which was far below Paramount's expectations for this project.

The "inside story" of the "Rocket Expert" series is not a secret in Hollywood. Daenerys Entertainment also took the opportunity to promote a concept that the projects they fancy may not be successful in the hands of others, which made Daenerys Entertainment later The process of fighting for the copyright of the script was obviously much easier.

In addition, in order to make room for "The Rocketeer", Paramount also moved Oliver Stone's new film "Born on the Fourth of July", which should have been very successful, to this year's Easter schedule. release.

However, due to the lack of popular blessings of various types of nominations and awards in the awards season, although it has won unanimous praise from the media, "Born on the Fourth of July" has a total box office of only 5 million in the five weeks before May 25. Although "Born on the Fourth of July" is expected to achieve a total North American box office of more than 3300 million US dollars with a good long-term box office curve thanks to its excellent reputation, this result is still far lower than the 5000 million or more in the original space US dollar North American box office data.

Oliver Stoneben was dissatisfied with Paramount's loss of his film in the Easter schedule. After the word-of-mouth and box office confirmation of "Born on the Fourth of July", this Hollywood first-line director who has been in the limelight in recent years is very happy. Unceremoniously publicly criticized Paramount's serious mistakes in the publicity strategy in the media, saying that the box office of "Born on the Fourth of July" should have been better.

Immediately afterwards, after the filming of "Firebird Attack", the media's reputation was also negative. This military film about the American Apache helicopter unit, not to mention hitting the box office record of "Top Gun" a few years ago, even if it is included in the "Top Gun" of the same period. Back to the Future 3" is far inferior.

It can be said that Paramount has "screwed" three projects in a row.

Although in the previous March, Paramount Pictures produced the second box office dark horse "The Hunt for Red October" in 1990, following the schedule of "Pretty Woman" on Valentine's Day in [-], Simon knew that Barry Diller, The strong legacy that Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg built for Paramount has been shattered.In the original timeline, Martin Davis, the chairman of Paramount Communications, who squeezed out Barry Diller and three outstanding executives who were enough to support a large film company out of the company, finally reaped the consequences of himself and had to send Pai Ramon sold to Viacom's Summer Redstone.

Palo Alto, San Francisco.

The time is May 5th. In addition to taking care of other businesses of DC Movie Universe and Daenerys Entertainment, Simon also frequently flies to Silicon Valley during this period, but he rarely stays for a week like last time. will return.

Today is Saturday, and the purpose of Simon flying to San Francisco is to check the Internet cafe project led by America Online.

Prior to this, Westeros has completed the re-arrangement of the equity of Cisco, AOL and Eaglet.

The process of capital injection into AOL was completely completed, and Westeros' shareholding ratio increased to 75%.

At the same time, Westeros also completed the acquisition of a total of 3% of the equity of several other shareholders of Cisco at a valuation of US$42.5 million. After the transaction, Westeros made itself Cisco's shareholding ratio increased to 1%.

In addition, after a year of operation, Simon's initial capital injection into Eaglet was exhausted, and Eaglet clearly hadn't generated enough revenue to maintain its daily operations.

Westeros re-injected Ygritte at a valuation of 2000 million, and the amount was also 2000 million US dollars.

Simon had given Tim Berners-Lee a 10% stake in Igrett's company. This time, Simon did not intend to deliberately reduce Tim Berners-Lee's shareholding ratio. Li was lent a sum of money in the form of an interest loan to allow him to maintain his shareholding.

It's just that Tim Berners-Lee, who is more conservative in character, didn't intend to suddenly add 200 million debts to himself, so his equity was reduced to 5%.

As a result, Westeros' shareholding in Ygritte increased to 95%.

Personnel.

John Chambers, who originally worked at IBM, formally joined Cisco at Simon's invitation and temporarily served as the company's president. Simon plans to let John Chambers take over after the contract of Cisco's original CEO John Morris expires at the end of next year.

Carol Bartz from SUN and Jeff Bezos, who was pulled into the Internet industry by Simon from Wall Street in advance, quickly entered their roles and have begun to control the daily operations of Eaglet.

In the last AOL, the management will not adjust for the time being.

However, in the past month, due to the continuous increase in the exposure rate and its own efforts in marketing, as well as the official launch of Eaglet’s graphical interface browser and portal business, AOL’s performance has experienced a small explosion .

In just one month, the number of AOL users increased by 38000, and the total number of users exceeded 10 in one fell swoop.

In fact, this is actually the result of the accumulation of American personal computer users since the 70s, and the huge user base has already done all of this.

In Simon's memory, when the Internet industry began to explode, the user base of America Online broke from hundreds of thousands in 1993 to tens of millions in 1996 in just three years.

While expanding new users, Steve Case also efficiently upgraded the original users of America Online for free. On the basis of retaining some original online game functions, he re-installed a more suitable website for users to access the World Wide Web. modem and Internet Explorer.

The next step for the technical team led by Tim Berners-Lee is to further improve the dynamic web pages and graphics display functions of the IE browser, so as to integrate the online games and other functions originally operated by America Online into the IE browser.

In order to achieve this goal, Simon has poached another computer language development team from SUN before poaching Carol Bartz from SUN.