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Janet was standing at the door of the living room looking at her with a smile on her face.

It is very generous for ordinary Manhattan residents to have a 120-square-meter apartment in various skyscrapers. This three-story duplex apartment has a total area of ​​more than 1200 square meters, so you can imagine how big the interior space is.

The living room where Simon and Alia lived was on the second floor of the duplex apartment, and the kitchen was on the first floor. The Indian girl thought that the hostess would not appear suddenly, so she boldly joined Simon.

It's just that he didn't expect that he was still caught.

Standing up calmly, Aaliyah tried her best to look at Janet and said, "Ma'am, well, I'm going downstairs first."

Even so, under Janet's gaze, the girl didn't dare to move for a while.

Simon just wanted to play a little prank and didn't remind the Indian girl Janet that she was at the door. At this time, feeling Aaliyah's obviously frightened tone, he took the initiative to say: "Go downstairs and help AB and the others prepare dinner."

The hostess opened his mouth, and Janet at the door turned her body sideways again. Finally, as if she had been pardoned, Alia walked out quickly with her head slightly lowered.

As soon as the girl left, Janet rushed over with all her teeth and claws.

Simon quickly threw away the portfolio in his hand, and reached out to grab Janet's waist.

Janet rode on Simon and nibbled for a while, and soon they hugged each other softly, but continued: "I haven't settled with you for taking a few women to Hawaii to fool around a few days ago, hehe , you sleep on the sofa tonight."

Simon gently kissed Janet on the lips, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's experience the feeling of sleeping on the sofa together tonight."

"You sleep on the sofa by yourself."

"Then I'll miss you and I won't be able to sleep."

"Well,."

After a while, Janet got down to business: "Dad asked us to go back to Australia for Easter."

"Okay, let's take a look at the child."

"And aunt."

"..."

Janet touched Simon's forehead with her head, and joked: "When you go back to Los Angeles tomorrow, do you want to take Alia away and let her dance for you."

Simon reached out and scratched Janet's ribs twice, and the woman giggled and softened again.

After re-determining the acquisition strategy for LTD company, Simon returned to Los Angeles the next day.

Many of Daenerys Entertainment's recent projects require Simon to intervene in person.

After the Oscars, "Scent of a Woman" starring Al Pacino opens on April 4.

Since Aaliyah is not suitable, in order to restore the classic tango fragments in memory as much as possible, Simon personally selected the original version of Gabriel Anwar.

In addition, Daenerys Entertainment has also established some other more important projects.

One of them is "Forrest Gump".

Due to his emphasis on this project, Simon has been writing the script of "Forrest Gump" in his spare time recently, and has personally drawn a lot of movie concept maps and storyboard drawings.

However, because Tom Hanks has already signed "Sleepless in Seattle", a collaboration between Daenerys Entertainment and Disney, and the project schedule is also set for next summer, "Forrest Gump" can only be scheduled for the end of 1993.

Counting Pixar's second 3D animation "The Lion King" and "Mission Impossible" in cooperation with Paramount Pictures, at the end of 1993, there will be three "blockbusters" related to Daenerys Entertainment , the competition at that time can be described as fierce.

In addition to "Forrest Gump", there are two other novels by John Grimson, the author of the original novel "Killing Time", which will be released this summer, and the project is also approved at the same time.A "Sugar Coated Trap" and a "Gannet Assassination Order".

Daenerys Entertainment signed John Grimson directly to a priority agreement for three novels in the first place.

In the original time and space, "Killing Time", "Sugar Coated Trap" and "Assassination of Gannets" were all very popular movie projects in the 90s.

Unlike "The Killing Time", which was released in the 80s, the novel "Sugar Coated Trap" was just released last year, and "Assassination of Gannets" has not yet been officially published.

According to the practice of the studio, it usually waits until the film adaptation of an author's work is released before deciding whether to produce other adaptation projects of the other party's works.

However, after "Sugar Coated Trap" was published last year, it quickly became one of the best-selling novels in 1991. Such popularity is enough to directly establish a project. The original version of "Assassination of Gannets" starred Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington, and the project was established in advance before publication, mainly to occupy the schedule of the two stars.

Moreover, signing a formal adaptation rights agreement with the author of the novel before the release of "The Killing Hour" will also help Daenerys Entertainment get the project at a cheaper price.Otherwise, once "Killing Time" hits the box office, Daenerys Entertainment will have to pay a higher price even with a priority agreement.

On the other hand, before Easter, Daenerys Entertainment's "Wonder Woman", "Pleasure Deal", "Killing Time", "The Last of the Mohicans" and other projects that will be released this summer have completed their final cuts one after another. , Simon also needs to put a lot of energy into the final approval of these films himself.

Daenerys Studios.

In Simon's office, a meeting has just ended here, and the last of Daenerys Entertainment's ten film plans has been officially finalized.

Up to now, counting the films that are still unreleased this summer, Daenerys Entertainment has completed nine of the original four film plans, namely "The Hand That Rocked the Cradle" in cooperation with Disney, and "With the Enemy" in cooperation with Fox. "Sleep Together" and "Terminator 2", "Ten Days" and "League of Pink" with Columbia Pictures, "A Few Good Men" and "A Time to Kill" with MGM, "A Time to Kill" with Warner Bros. The Fugitive and The Last of the Mohicans.

The last spot belongs to Warner.

Terry Semel chose between Daenerys Entertainment's recent project "Sugar Coated Trap" and "Gannet Assassination", Semel believes that Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington are more The box office guarantees some.

As for "Sugar Coated Trap", the actor in the original version of the film is Tom Cruise, and Simon intends to use Keanu Reeves this time.

After starring as Sandra's boyfriend in "Run Lola Run", Keanu Reeves has achieved good box office results in "Abby's Adventures" and "Point Scary" in recent years , In addition, this summer, Keanu will also release a "Frightful 400 Years" directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Therefore, even if the popularity is less than that of Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves is already a popular niche in Hollywood.

In the original time and space, Keanu Reeves gave most people the only impression of Neo in "The Matrix", but in fact, this actor has a very wide range of roles.

For example, now, "The Adventures of Abby and Brother" is a comedy film, "Frightful Point" is an action film, and "400 Years of Surprise" is a fantasy horror film.

In the original timeline, Keanu Reeves also starred in the movie "The Devil's Advocate" of the same type as "Sugar Coated Trap". Both films are about young lawyers who are new to society and struggling between money and justice. Story, both movies are also very popular.

After the original turmoil, since he told many people that he would never cooperate with the three main creators of "Rain Man" again, unless it was the special situation of Meg Ryan, Simon didn't intend to do it because of a movie. Movies are an exception.

Now Daenerys Entertainment also has enough confidence to maintain Simon's persistence, even if a movie fails, it will not hurt the bones.

What's more, Simon is full of confidence in letting Keanu Reeves star in "Sugar Coated Trap". If Cruise does not participate, the production cost of the film can be reduced from more than 4000 million US dollars in the original version to 2500 million US dollars. Further reducing the risk that Daenerys Entertainment needs to take.

After seeing off Terry Semel, Simon rushed to a meeting room in the administration building to attend the production meeting of "Desperate Housewives".

In addition to several main creators, these days, a series of supporting roles in "Desperate Housewives" have also been basically finalized, and the construction of the Wisteria Street set at Universal Studios has also officially started.

In the conference room, Simon listened to Robert Iger's introduction to the production plan of the project, while flipping through the materials of some supporting roles.

Then Simon was drawn to a name.

Susan Mayer's daughter Julie Mayer in Four Housewives.

In the original "Desperate Housewives", Susan's daughter Julie should be fourteen or fifteen years old, but the actor who looks like he may be 20 years old and has very mediocre acting skills basically leaves no impression on people.

The one in front of Simon at this time, at least for Simon, is much more famous than the original actor.

Sarah Michelle Gellar.

This 15-year-old actress was the heroine of the famous "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" in the 90s in the original timeline, and also starred in some blockbuster youth horror films in the 90s. She is an actress that Simon likes quite a lot.

Looking at the information, Sarah Michelle Gellar is only 5 feet 2 inches at this time, about 1.5 meters seven, compared to the actress who was almost as tall as Teri Hatcher, Sarah Michelle El Gellar is more in line with the image that a daughter should have.

When the meeting was over, Simon took out Sarah Michelle Gellar's information and handed it to a producer of "Desperate Housewives", asking him to send a video of the girl's audition to his office tomorrow.

Originally, it was just a casual order, but unexpectedly, when attending a party held by Barbra Streisand in Beverly Hills at night, a certain little girl appeared in front of Simon.

A 15-year-old girl, wearing a little black dress that looks a bit mature, with makeup on.Although short in stature, it gave Simon a very precocious feeling.

An agent of WMA personally brought the girl to Simon, after introducing her, he took the initiative to get out of the way.

"Hi Mr. Westeros, nice to meet you, I've seen all your movies, especially Batman Begins, it's so cool."

Sarah Michelle Gellar spoke disrespectfully, looked at Simon's expression, stepped forward like a cat clawing, and carefully tried to pull him up.

Seeing that Simon didn't refuse, he really pulled him up, looking like a little bird.

Simon's current height is about 1.8 meters five, and he is held by a girl who is only 1.6 meters in high heels, and immediately shows a very special height difference.

There were quite a few guests at the party, but everyone seemed to be turning a blind eye, as if they hadn't noticed the immature little vase beside Simon at all, or, they must have noticed it, and they were just pretending to be used to it.

Things like this in Hollywood are indeed commonplace.

Simon exchanged pleasantries with everyone, and was about to talk to the little girl when Madonna walked over.

Queen McGregor's eyes were sharp. She took a look at the small vase next to Simon, and then asked about herself: "Simon, have you read that script?"

Chapter 479 Rejection (Revised)

Madonna's pursuit of Hollywood can only be described as a series of repeated defeats.

Golden raspberry, it doesn't matter.

It failed miserably at the box office, and it was the producers who lost anyway.

There are a few positive reviews, such as a cameo in Pulp Fiction, and Queen McGregor isn't the point.

All in all, Queen McGregor, whose singing career has reached its peak, is always obsessed with Hollywood.

The singer has recently found another project with a very large scale, "Naked Surprise". The script tells the story of a woman who caused the death of her lover during the love process and was accused of murder, and then she was acquitted step by step in court.

In general, "Naked" is a hybrid of "Basic Instinct" and "Presumed Innocence".

"Basic Instinct" goes without saying, "Presumed Innocence" is a crime drama that Harrison Ford starred in two years ago: A prosecutor caught up in the murder of his lover, after a rough court to exonerate himself In the end, he found out that the murderer was actually his wife.

"Presumed Innocence" has a total North American box office of more than 8600 million U.S. dollars. Compared with the production cost of 2200 million U.S. dollars, it is also a dark horse at the box office.

"A Few Good Men", which Daenerys and MGM collaborated with last year, roughly belongs to the follow-up "Presumed Innocence".

"Naked Thing" captures the femme fatale setting of "Instinct" and the court confrontation elements of "Presumed Innocence".

In the original time and space, there was a lot of movement in "Naked Surprise", and Simon has a lot of memories because of this.

The selling point of this film is basically Madonna's passion scene.

However, it turns out audiences weren't all that interested in McQueen's nudity.A movie with a budget of $3000 million ended up taking in just over $1300 million at the box office.

"Maggie, I've read the script, but I don't quite understand, besides your personal large-scale participation, what else is this movie going to use to attract the audience?"

Madonna noticed that Simon's tone was obviously not too interested, and immediately said: "Simon, don't you think this script is very similar to "Basic Instinct"? Moreover, the type of film is a court crime film that has been very popular in the past two years."

"Okay, let's analyze it," Simon saw Madonna subconsciously leaning in front of him, raised her face as if planning to come over, took a step back, and said, "The success of "Basic Instinct" is largely due to The controversy caused by the film, the heroine with a high IQ playing the police in the palm of her hand, this kind of strong plot conflict is also a major selling point. "Presumed Innocence" is popular because of the interlocking wonderful plot and the big finale of the film Reverse. So, you see, both movies, um, maybe have sex scenes, but audiences don’t buy tickets for the sex scenes.”

Seeing Simon's retreat, Madonna got closer.

After divorcing Sean Penn and falling out with Warren Beatty, Her Majesty is currently single.

"But, Simon, what you're talking about is all in Naked."

"Unfortunately, Maggie, some elements may exist, but they are not obvious." Simon shook his head and said, "All I saw was that the heroine slept with all the key people in the film, and finally let them help her get rid of the crime." , Compared with Catherine in "Basic Instinct", this is inferior. Catherine is using her own high IQ, desire is just desire, she is even using desire to put herself in a more dangerous situation, playing a heartbeat game with the hero with confidence .”

"How about, Simon, how about you help me revise the script, or you can direct it yourself."

As Madonna said, a small hand reached out, and her index finger hooked Simon's suit pocket, with obvious provocation in her eyes.

Simon stopped backing away, looked at Madonna's movements with great interest, and said with a smile, "Maggie, I have a female companion tonight."

Sarah Michelle Gellar, who had been carefully holding Simon's arm, raised her chin slightly when she saw the man mentioning herself, and looked at Madonna, who was also not tall.

However, Madonna just glanced at the girl, and said directly, "Little guy, can you let Simon and I be alone for a while?"

Queen Mai's imposing manner was too strong, and Sarah Michelle Gellar felt a little guilty at that natural tone, and looked at Simon subconsciously.

Simon shook his head slightly at the girl, turned to Madonna, gestured to Sidney Pollack who was not far away, and said, "Maggie, Sidney and I have something to talk about, Daenerys doesn't intend to With Naked, you can talk to other people."

"It's a pity," Madonna saw that Simon refused directly, and her tone became a lot colder. She didn't pester her any more, but she still looked resentfully and said, "Besides, men are really unreliable. I didn't expect your taste to change so quickly."

After Madonna walked away, Simon led Sarah to Robert Redford, Sidney Pollack and Barbra Streisand who were chatting.

The three veteran Hollywood stars all rose in the 70s and 70s. The "Old Days" that the three had collaborated with was one of the classic movies in the [-]s. Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand still have a romance.

In addition, the three of them are also artists under the C banner at this time.

After saying hello, Simon talked to Sidney Pollack about "Sugar Coated Trap".

Sidney Pollack is the original director of "Sugar Coated Trap". Speaking carefully, Simon doesn't think Pollack is suitable for this kind of lawyer-themed suspense thriller. Pollack's famous films "Out of Africa" ​​and "My Fair Man", They all tend to love romance films, and this is even more true of "Passive Love".

However, considering the veteran director's directing skills and original factors, Simon still invited Pollack.

"Simon, I can serve as the director of "Sugar Coated Trap", but I have one condition," Sidney Pollack said straightforwardly, "The casting of the film must be decided by me."

Both Redford and Streisand were human beings, and when Pollack mentioned this, they both found an excuse to walk away.

Simon was also straightforward, and said, "Of course, Sid, but the leading actor has already been determined. Except for this, you can choose anyone else, as long as it is within the budget."

"I know Daenerys has approached Keanu Reeves," Sidney Pollack said: "But, Simon, I don't think Keanu is right."

Simon raised his eyebrows slightly: "Why?"

"Keanu is more suitable for comedy, but "Sugar Coated Trap" is a very serious drama."

"Perhaps you should see Keanu's point terror last year, Syd, a crime drama in which Keanu played a policeman, and his performance was widely recognized by the critics."

"Okay, Simon, let's be honest, I wish Tom Cruise was the leading man in Sugar Trap."