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Catherine paused and nodded.

Although it feels a little weird.

Simon just used a 'Human'.

The word can be translated as a person, or as a human being.

Catherine felt inexplicably that the word Simon used seemed more appropriate to be translated as 'human being'.

Corresponding to 'human', isn't it 'non-human'?

In fact, I saw him do too many things that only 'non-humans' could accomplish.

Of course, Simon couldn't guess the woman's mind, and continued: "So, you can spend one to two years without rushing to start shooting new films, carefully observe the world, and find out what you think people need to remember or need to change. It’s something that resonates with you personally. Then use it as a theme to prepare your next movie.”

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The next day, another Sundance Film Festival closed.

The jury prize went to a low-budget black-and-white drama, "In Hot Water," about a down-and-out screenwriter and a failed producer as they try to raise money to make a film.

In the previous media reviews, although "Reservoir Dogs" was controversial, it had a good reputation, and the calls for awards were also very high.

However, because all the jury judges didn't like this movie that showed too much violence, "Reservoir Dogs" ended up with nothing.

Daenerys Entertainment has purchased movies or scripts from Sundance almost every year in recent years, and the relationship between the two parties has become very close.

However, it is precisely because of this that in order to maintain the fairness of the Sundance Awards review as much as possible, unless necessary, Daenerys Entertainment will not easily interfere with the award review work.

Simon returned to Los Angeles directly after attending the closing ceremony of the film festival.

As for the follow-up of "Reservoir Dogs", the $250 million project is not enough to make him pay too much attention.

In the original time and space, the North American release of "Reservoir Dogs" ended in failure, but it also allowed Miramax and Quentin Tarantino to establish a long-term cooperative relationship. It was not until the Weinstein scandal broke out that this cooperation finally ended. End.

After the long talk that night, Catherine went to New York.

I didn't have many choices, so I had to shoot subjects that I wasn't very interested in.

Now, with the accumulation of several films with fairly good box office results and the support of Simon, Catherine no longer has the troubles of many filmmakers who have just started their careers. After being awakened by Simon, she decided to spend the next year or two Time to carefully sort out and dig out some projects.

A trip to Europe is also planned.

The great changes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, as well as the subsequent trends of these countries, made Catherine curious, and she also had the idea of ​​shooting one or two documentaries first.

From "Gucci Mark" to "The Truth and the Brave" to last year's "Frozen World", the success of three consecutive documentaries at the box office has made documentaries a category that Hollywood is quite concerned about.

Simon himself was Katherine who could shoot whatever she wanted.

Not bad for money.

It doesn't matter even if the "Widowmaker" in the original time and space is filmed, what Daenerys Entertainment lacks most now is a huge loss project.

Of course, in Hollywood, Simon would only indulge Catherine in this way.

Even he himself would not be so laissez-faire.

After Sundance closed, it was already the end of January before you knew it.

Back in Los Angeles, the first thing to deal with is Daenerys Entertainment's second layoff.

During this month, after repeated review and evaluation by the company's human resources department, a layoff list of 800 people was initially drawn up. This number is a little less than Simon's idea, but after the news was announced, it still caused controversy in the media.

The U.S. economy as a whole is still at the bottom. In the past 1991, the federal unemployment rate hit a new high.

If it is another company, there is nothing wrong with layoffs at this time.

The survival of the enterprise is the most important thing.

However, the layoffs of Daenerys Entertainment made it difficult for many people to accept.

Just looking at the box office data of a series of blockbuster films from Daenerys Entertainment last year, the company's performance in 1991 can be seen.

To the outside world, a company with such excellent operating conditions still insists on layoffs, which is really a manifestation of a lack of social responsibility and an act of unscrupulous capitalists.

In fact, the layoffs of 800 people, after considering various costs, can only save Daenerys Entertainment less than 2 million US dollars in expenses every year.However, Simon insisted on layoffs, but the fundamental purpose was not to save money, but to maintain Daenerys Entertainment's continuous and efficient operation.

The big company disease of many corporate giants starts with overstaffed personnel.

If Daenerys Entertainment wants to maintain its rapid development momentum for as long as possible, it must keep its employees in a sense of crisis at all times.

No matter how well the company develops, if you don't work hard, you will still lose your job.

Therefore, Daenerys Entertainment did not pay too much attention to the doubts from the outside world. After the list of layoffs was drawn up, Daenerys Entertainment began to implement it quickly, and all 800 employees were dismissed within a week.

Some employees who were not reconciled also tried to organize and initiate a class action lawsuit, and Daenerys Entertainment naturally has no fear of this.

The layoff process is strictly carried out in accordance with the terms of the US labor law. There may be some moral deficiencies, but there is no legal overreach.

Of course, allowing these people to initiate lawsuits would certainly damage Daenerys Entertainment's reputation as well.

So word quickly spread in Hollywood.

If these employees who left Daenerys Entertainment continue to make trouble, the doors of all Hollywood studios will be tightly closed to them.

To be more blunt, people who are restless will not be able to work in Hollywood in the future.

With the current influence of Daenerys Entertainment, many people will not doubt that this company has such strength.

You know, even big names like Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise have lost their careers under the targeting of Daenerys Entertainment, not to mention these small fish and shrimps.

Moreover, even if you really don't plan to hang out in Hollywood, you still have to live after all.However, probably no boss would like this kind of employee who entangles with the employer after being fired.

What's more, Daenerys Entertainment did not violate the rules.

Forcibly litigating, the outcome is hard to predict.

As a result, the so-called class action lawsuits were quickly dismissed.

Completing another round of layoffs, Daenerys Entertainment then announced another pay raise.

The employees who merged into Daenerys Entertainment from MCA last year, originally maintained a relatively low salary level during the MCA period. In this salary increase plan, the salaries of most employees from MCA have been raised to the same level as Daenerys. The employees of the entertainment company are of a comparable standard.

After careful calculation by the media, it was found that such a salary increase is basically equivalent to completely offsetting the labor costs saved by Daenerys Entertainment's just completed layoffs.

The announcement of the news also greatly reduced the negative impact of the layoff plan.

The world has never been short of discerning people.

The salary increase followed by layoffs made many people understand that Daenerys Entertainment's layoffs were not for the pursuit of profit, but more likely for the development of the company itself.

After the salary adjustment, Daenerys Entertainment as a whole is still the company with the highest average salary in Hollywood.

This has also largely made Daenerys Entertainment's employees value their work more, thus improving the vitality of the entire company.

The time enters March of 1992.

In the last box office week of January, the total North American box office of "The Flash", which has been released for exactly six weeks, officially exceeded 1 million US dollars, reaching 2 million US dollars.

At the same time, from January 1 to January 23, the weekly box office of "The Flash" still reached 1 million US dollars.With the long-term box office trend of this movie, it is not a problem to earn another 30 million US dollars in the future. "The Flash" can definitely break through the total box office of 1077 million US dollars in North America.

"The Flash" was a huge success at the box office, and the execution of the DC movie universe plan has become smoother.

The post-production of "Wonder Woman" scheduled for this summer is coming to an end, and the preliminary preparations for projects such as "Superman", "Steel Bone" and "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" are continuing to advance.

Simon returned to Los Angeles from Sundance, and Warner began to ask questions about the sequel to "The Flash".

The copyright of "The Flash" is completely held by Warner. Even if Simon is left behind, Warner can develop the second part according to his own ideas.

However, the first part of "The Flash" has already achieved such excellent results, and such a good situation, the entire Time Warner, even a group of people who are facing tit-for-tat with Steve Ross, dare not easily destroy it.

Therefore, the actual control of this series is in the hands of Simon, a powerful producer.

Because in addition to "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "The Flash" last year, Warner Bros. also released box office hits such as "Robin Hood" and "The End of the World". Warner originally asked Simon to lengthen the production cycle of the DC movie universe project. His resentment is also much smaller.

Malibu, Daenerys Studios.

The time is July 2th.

Disney CEO Michael Eisner rushed to the administrative area from the northern entrance of the studio, and learned that Simon was at the Daenerys special effects company on the second floor of the studio, so he was brought here again.

The appointment time is four o'clock in the afternoon, and the time is just right now.

Simon had just spent two hours looking at the post-production progress of "Wonder Woman", and at this time he was in the model special effects department of Daenerys special effects.

Although CG is a major trend of Hollywood special effects, the demand for model special effects will be greatly reduced in the future, but it will never disappear.

The model special effects department of Daenerys Special Effects is not only the production of monster models as imagined by ordinary people. The props required for scenes such as the speeding car explosion and so on involved in the movie are all in charge of the model special effects department.

Taking advantage of the gap between meeting with Eisner, what Simon wants to see is the appearance of Poison Ivy.

In the last "Batman: The Dark Knight", the two villains are the Joker and Poison Ivy.

According to the plot setting that has been basically completed, the Joker will also shine in the final chapter of the opening trilogy of "Batman", but for Simon, he is actually looking forward to the performance of Poison Ivy.

The actor of Poison Ivy has also been confirmed.

Simon gave the role to Nicole Kidman.

There is a little coincidence in this.

In the original timeline, the role of Mia in "Pulp Fiction" was played by Uma Thurman, who would go on to play Poison Ivy in 1997's "Batman & Robin."

Now, Nicole has the role of Mia in the new version of "Pulp Fiction", and at the same time, she was also selected by Simon to play Poison Ivy.

Of course, Simon didn't intentionally create such a coincidence, but compared to several other actresses of the same age, Nicole is indeed very suitable for this role in terms of acting skills, fame, and even body temperament.

In comparison, Simon feels that the Poison Ivy played by Uma Thurman can no longer be described as bad, it is completely nonsense.It's just that the green tights that look very cheap make people completely lose their illusions about Poison Ivy.

Poison Ivy was supposed to be green, not just in a green tights.

Simon's original setting was intended to refer to the setting of Poison Ivy in the game version of "Batman: Arkham Knight".

However, after testing, the shirt with only one button exposed style is obviously not suitable for actual shooting.

After repeated adjustments by the stylist, the long sleeves and hem of the 'shirt' were cut off. After trying again, the revised 'shirt' became a more textured dark red leather 'jacket'. Of course, it was still short-sleeved. The length of the hem also just reaches the bottom of the breasts, which is somewhat similar to the feeling of a women's sports vest.

In fact, I also considered wrapping it with plants.

This is more in line with the many comic settings of Poison Ivy, but it is really difficult for Simon to accept the false feeling brought by plastic plants.

If it is many years later, it is completely possible for the actor to wear a motion capture suit and directly put a layer of "real plants" on the body in CG. Although the current technology can do this, the effect is not very good, and the cost is too high. high.

So, in the end, a sexy burgundy half jacket was chosen.

Poison Ivy has also been changed to more conservative hot pants based on the briefs set in the game version.

This is also done out of practical shooting considerations. Once the character modeling in the game is completed, it will definitely not be "lost", which is not necessarily the case in reality.

Moreover, the actual effect of briefs is not as good as hot pants.

The most critical Poison Ivy skin, of course, Simon will not let the character wear a cheap green tights like Uma Thurman, but really paint the skin green.

This is also the most complicated part of the image design of Poison Ivy.

Just a simple layer of green and it will definitely look very fake.

What Simon hopes is a very natural green, a feeling that the audience instinctively thinks that this person should be green after seeing it.

Therefore, Poison Ivy's skin makeup needs to show a natural chlorophyll quality, and even the details of natural human skin texture flaws must be involved.

All in all, it gives people a sense of reality.

In order to achieve the effect Simon wanted, Daenerys Special Effects specially mobilized a team of special effects artists and makeup artists to take charge of this matter. After several months of trial and error, they finally came up with makeup that gradually satisfied Simon. Effect.

Michael Eisner entered the office area of ​​the model special effects department, and his eyes were immediately attracted by several hot and slender 'Poison Ivy Girls'.

If he didn't understand where he was, he would even feel that he might have seen another race.

This is the final effect Daenerys' special effects team made for Poison Ivy.

Nicole Kidman definitely didn't have time to follow up the styling design herself, so several "Poison Ivy Girls" were stand-ins for Daenerys' special effects.

From the bottom of his heart, he was a little dissatisfied with Simon's double-mindedness when meeting with him, but Eisner didn't show it.

He enthusiastically followed the comments, and as a filmmaker, Michael Eisner couldn't help but admire Daenerys' technical level of special effects. A certain man took a few glances at the girl before Simon and Eisner got down to business.

It was about the spin-off deal that Simon had signed with Disney for the release of When Harry and Sally.

Seeing that Simon's status in Hollywood is getting higher and higher, it has been rumored more than once that Simon may no longer direct films himself.

Disney isn't going to wait any longer.

After communicating several times in advance, Disney's intention is to hope that this film contract can be replaced with a cooperation project with Daenerys Entertainment.