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Marvin Josephson thought for a moment, and said: "In this case, 10 years is too long. Five film appointments, I think five years is more appropriate."

Simon shook his head and said, "It must be 10 years, Marvin, we all know that an actor's status has ups and downs."

Marvin Josephson said: "But you can only appear in five movies in 10 years, Simon, don't you think that's too little?"

Simon shook his head and said: "I just said that as long as I agree, Julia can still participate in other movies. Moreover, the contract is 10 years, but it doesn't necessarily take 10 years to complete. As long as everything goes well, maybe, we Indeed, the contract can be completed in five years.”

Marvin Josephson glanced at Julia Roberts next to him again, but he still couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart. He didn't think that a young man who had earned himself a huge fortune at a young age would open himself for sex. Put this condition: "Simon, may I ask why?"

Chapter 154

It is no longer necessary for Simon to always explain his intentions to others. When he heard Marvin Josephson's question, he shook his head and said, "Marvin, I don't want to waste time on this kind of question. You and Julia can Think about it and give me a reply tomorrow morning. So, any other questions?"

Courteney Cox waited anxiously in the lounge for less than 10 minutes before Simon's office door opened again.After seeing off Marvin Josephson and Julia Roberts, Simon beckoned Courteney to come in.

Turning to his desk and sitting down, Simon opened a budget plan document for "Scream" and said to Courteney opposite: "Curt, I have seen your audition tape, you are going to play "Scream" The heroine of "Scream" is very suitable. However, this movie will not help your acting career too much, but will label you as a teenage star, and it will be difficult to transform in the future."

Courtene naturally took Simon's remarks as rejection, bit her lips with dull eyes, and said softly: "Simon, you still remember my rejection at the beginning, right?"

Simon froze for a moment, looked up at Courteney, shook his head and said, "Curt, I've been through too many things, and your rejection is not enough to make me hold grudges. I'm just discussing the facts."

"So, can I get the heroine of "Scream"?" Courteney Cox stared at Simon and said, "I don't care about the impact on my acting career, Simon, my acting career is... ...not as smooth sailing as Sandra Bullock."

"Okay, Curt, if you insist. However, Scream is actually a series, and you need to sign three pictures."

Courteney Cox said without hesitation, "No problem."

Simon put down the pencil he just picked up in his hand, stood up and said, "In this case, you can go back first, and I will get someone to contact Jonathan."

Courteney Cox didn't expect things to go so smoothly, but she wasn't happy at all, and even had a faint feeling that she might have missed something.Seeing Simon reaching out to her across the desk, Courteney hesitated, stood up, but turned behind the desk, and opened her arms to embrace the man.

Simon felt Courteney sticking to his body, reached out and patted her waist, and said, "Kurt, you should go."

Courteney Cox hugged Simon's hand tightly and said, "Simon, I can go to your place tonight."

Simon smiled lightly, shook his head and said, "It's impossible, I don't want to be in the headlines of gossip tomorrow."

"Then," Courteney Cox glanced around, lowered her voice, and said, "It's fine here, too."

Simon recalled Julia Roberts' almost identical hint when he was leaving just now, grabbed Courteney Cox's hand touching his belt, and said with emphasis: "Curt, you should go."

What did Courteney Cox have to say, when the door of the office was knocked suddenly, she returned to the other side of the desk unwillingly, took out a business card from her satchel and handed it over, saying: "Simon, you You can call me anytime."

Simon knew that Amy and Jennifer were the only people who could knock on the door without Susan's notification. He took Courteney's business card and answered the door casually. Jennifer pushed the door in with a folder in her arms. Seeing Courteney, Jennifer was obviously a little surprised, but still nodded to her politely, and said to Simon: "Boss, I'll come back later."

"No, Curt is leaving."

Hearing what Jennifer said, Courteney Cox had no choice but to leave.

Simon watched Courteney leave before sitting down again and looking at the female assistant: "What's the matter?"

"Dad and the digital special effects company in Toronto have negotiated an acquisition plan, and just sent over the materials." Jennifer handed over the folder, and when Simon opened it, she paused a little, and said, "Susan Not outside, I heard the guests leaving just now, and thought you were the only one."

Simon raised his eyes and noticed the little expression on the female assistant's face as she spoke, and smiled, and said, "It's a good thing you ruined it, do you want to make it up to me?"

"Never."

Simon opened the file and said, "Then don't feel guilty."

Jennifer also felt that something was wrong. Women are very sensitive to certain things. She noticed the strangeness between Simon and Courteney just after entering the door.

just.

I really shouldn't be guilty, it's some bad guy who should be guilty, so I mustered up the courage to condemn: "Obviously you did something bad, I, I will tell Jenny."

Simon didn't seem to hear Jennifer's threat, and suddenly looked at the document in front of him with a puzzled expression: "You made a mistake, why is it this company?"

Hearing this, Jennifer walked into Simon's desk, leaned forward and looked at the document slightly, and said firmly, "Alias ​​Research is obviously the company, how could it be wrong?"

Simon waited for Jennifer to come closer, and suddenly raised his hand to hook the female assistant's delicate chin, and kissed her on the lips unceremoniously.

Jennifer's body suddenly froze the moment Simon grabbed her chin, she just stared and passively responded to the man's kiss. It wasn't until Simon sat back on the chair that she realized that she took a step back and threatened again with a blushing face. Said: "You, I will tell Jenny."

Simon continued to ignore Jennifer's innocuous threats, but instead smiled and said, "Jenny, help me figure out how to bring you home tonight without being discovered by outsiders. I think there will be rewards."

Jennifer suppressed the urge to escape, and refused, "I'm not going home with you."

"How about I go to your place?"

"Uncle will beat you out."

"Oh, suddenly I feel so pitiful."

"Fancy guy."

After a few words of shallow bickering, Simon focused on the document in front of him.

Alias ​​Research is a digital special effects software company in Toronto, Canada. It was established in 1983 and has developed a film and television post-production software called Alias.

No longer pin all hopes on the acquisition of Pixar. During this time, through the introduction of Silicon Graphics, Simon has taken a fancy to two companies, and another company named Wavefront Technologies has also completed the acquisition plan.

Both companies use Silicon Graphics' graphics workstation as the hardware platform. Alias ​​Research's Alias ​​software is mainly used for the post-development of live-action movies, and Wavefront Technologies' products tend to be used for 3D animation production.Although the effects that can be achieved by the software of the two companies are still rough in Simon's opinion, they are not much worse than Pixar.In fact, Pixar's current technology is also very crude.

The reason why Simon selected these two companies from the information provided by Silicon Graphics is also because he happened to remember that the software of these two companies, especially Alias ​​Research's Alias, participated in the "Terminator 2" in the original time and space. , "Jurassic Park", "Independence Day" and a series of 90s special effects blockbusters.

In the late 90s, the two companies were acquired one after another, and their software was integrated, and finally developed into a 3D animation software that was later very popular in the [-]D animation, CG special effects and video game industries: Maya.

Now that these two companies have been won, the next thing Simon has to do is to promote the development of Maya software in advance.

In fact, although the current computers are still very backward compared to the later computing power, it is enough to realize the CG special effects of many blockbuster movies on these hardware platforms.

The main reason why digital special effects began to accelerate development in the 90s is the limitation of funds.Many special effects software and special effects companies are constantly improving in each project.Simon is not short of funds now, and Daenerys Pictures can also provide enough film projects.

Therefore, Simon is fully capable of promoting the development of digital special effects in advance, and the memory of the next 30 years can also ensure that he does not have to take too many detours in the process.

Today is March 3, Friday, and "When Harry Met Sally" officially opened small-scale screenings in major cities in North America.

In the afternoon on the west coast, it is already dusk on the east coast.

Janet had been busy with the renovation of the apartment all day, and met Catherine in the evening, and the two made an appointment to watch the screening of "When Harry Met Sally" together tonight. "Thunderbolt Blue Angel" has also started preparations, the film will be filmed in New York, Catherine also came to Manhattan during this time.

The two women had dinner together, and it was already past seven o'clock.

When I arrived at a movie theater in Midtown Manhattan showing "When Harry Met Sally", there were only 5 minutes left before the opening of the movie.Entering the screening hall, the hall that can accommodate more than 200 people is almost full, and Janet and Catherine only found two vacant seats at the side.

"I picked this script first. Simon also liked it very much, and even participated in the soundtrack. Unfortunately, I didn't see the finished film in advance when I was in Los Angeles." After she was seated, Janet held a bucket of popcorn and looked at it. Glancing at the crowd around him, he said with satisfaction, "It looks like the attendance rate is pretty good."

Catherine looked at the pre-trailer that was playing on the big screen, and said: "The attendance rate of the screening must be very high. A large part of the audience tonight is media reporters and film critics. The key is to watch the big show in two weeks' time." Scale opening results."

The two chatted casually, and the movie officially started soon.

On the big screen, after the studio’s label animation and subtitle titles, the first thing that appeared in front of the audience was an old couple who recalled the past. Such an opening made almost all the audience stunned, and some people even wondered if it was I went to the wrong screening room, or the film projectionist took the wrong copy.

Even Janet and Catherine looked at each other.Janet had read the script, but the version she had read did not have these plots.

Although very puzzled, everyone quickly calmed down.

The label animation and subtitles at the beginning of the film prove that the cinema has not made low-level mistakes such as misplaced copies.

After confirming this, many media reporters and film critics at the scene subconsciously lowered their evaluation of the film by a notch.This kind of alternative but not eye-catching opening will definitely turn off many viewers, especially young viewers during Easter.

After a different start, the hero and heroine played by Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan appeared in the camera.

On the campus of the University of Chicago, Harry bid farewell to his girlfriend, and Sally appeared in a car. This was the first time the two met, and they agreed to carpool to New York together. The 18-hour journey, through a series of witty dialogue, Harry and Sally's very different personalities come alive on the screen.

Harry is a pessimist at heart, funny, casual, and cynical.Sally is a standard optimist who pursues a refined life.

In the opening 10 minutes, accompanied by nostalgic old-fashioned jazz, the seemingly plain plot unconsciously immersed the audience in the screening hall.Another old couple appeared in the camera, and many people no longer feel awkward.

Time flies, and it is already five years later.

Harry is about to get married, and Sally is also in love with her boyfriend.The short encounter during the business trip was still not pleasant, but due to the increase in life experience, both Harry and Sally began to change some of their views when they just walked out of campus, and even no longer admitted that they had said certain words.

The years passed silently, and five years passed quietly again.

Harry and Sally each ended their last relationships and returned to single life.

In autumn in New York, the scene of falling yellow leaves in Central Park has an indescribable intoxicating beauty, just like the blazing bloom at the last moment of life.On a sunny afternoon, wandering in this intoxicating wandering, men and women who each thought they had walked out of their previous relationship decided to try a pure friendship that does not involve the relationship between men and women.

The friendship developed so well that they tried to introduce their best same-sex friends, Jesse and Mary, to each other in an effort to get them out of being single.

then.

But Jesse and Mary sparked and began to prepare for marriage.

Sincerely wishing my best friend, during the preparations for the wedding of Jesse and Mary, Harry and Sally accidentally broke the original agreement to be just friends, and they went to bed as a matter of course.Because neither of them had any psychological preparations, after breaking through this boundary, misunderstandings and cold wars inevitably appeared.

Parallel lines generally passed some time, and on New Year's Eve, Harry, who realized his feelings for Sally, finally made a decision.

"I love how you catch a cold when it's 71 degrees Fahrenheit, I love when you take half an hour to order a sandwich, I love that little wrinkle on your nose when you look at me like an idiot, I love being with you After staying all day and still smelling your scent on my clothes, I love that you are the last person I want to talk to every night before I go to sleep, not because it's lonely or because it's new year's eve. I'm now Came here just because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with someone, the sooner you want to start making an appointment."

confession.

kiss.

From the couches where the older couples were being interviewed, they began to recount their experiences, their weddings, and their inevitable small disagreements.

but.

This is life, this is love.

When the subtitles slowly rose with the classic "Let;s call the whole thing off", most of the audience in the screening hall were still immersed in the timeless aftertaste of the plot, as if they had just experienced a 12-year and three-year drama. Moon's dream, wake up from the dream, life will continue.

Seeing that most of the Coke and popcorn were unknowingly left in their hands, some viewers just smiled and shook their heads. They realized that "When Harry Met Sally" was more suitable for a leisurely weekend night, making a cup of coffee, and embracing with your lover. A work savored slowly on the sofa.

Janet had that feeling in her heart at the moment.

At the end of the movie, Janet took Catherine and went straight to the airport with a little frenzy, returning to Los Angeles in the night of the West Coast.

Chapter 155 Astonishing Guanjun (Revised)

malibu.

Unlike New York, which is still chilly in spring, in Los Angeles in March, even the temperature in the early morning seems to be just right.

Cliff mansion on the west side of Dumei Point Park.

In the bedroom facing the sea, the gentle morning breeze blows into the room from the floor-to-ceiling windows leading to the terrace along with the sound of crashing waves. On the big bed, Catherine opened her eyes and felt the cool air passing over her face, so she reached out and touched it. Finally, he grabbed another pillow and covered his face silently.

There was a chuckle, and Catherine paused for a while while covering her face, and then resentfully poked a few times on the man beside her with her elbow like pounding garlic.

This is all.

Asshole.

How will I face Jenny in the future, and, in case things get out...

Simon was elbowed by Catherine a few times, and he also woke up. The confusion of last night quickly flooded into his mind. Looking left and right, Janet looked at herself with a smile on her chin.On the other side, Catherine covered her face with a pillow like an ostrich.

"Morning, Jenny, and Catherine."

Saying hello, Simon got up slightly, kissed Janet on the face, and moved to the other side.However, feeling him approaching, Catherine hit him a few times indiscriminately as if frightened.

Janet chuckled again, and said, "Okay, get lost, and help Kate and me prepare breakfast."

Simon put on his clothes in twos and twos, got out of bed and asked Janet, "I said I'm going to New York today. Tomorrow is your birthday, don't you really plan to celebrate it?"

Janet waved her hands in disgust: "I have long said that I am not interested in celebrating my birthday."

Simon saw Janet's little expression telling him to go out quickly, with a smile on his face, he leaned over and kissed the woman's face again, before leaving the bedroom, and began to wash in another bathroom of the villa, but he couldn't help but think of The beautiful scene of last night.

Yesterday, Simon still got off work very late. In the evening, he had dinner with the director selected by the company for "Steel Magnolia" and chatted about some movies. When he returned to Malibu, it was already past eight o'clock.While staying alone in the study room conceiving the script of "Batman", Janet suddenly called and asked herself to pick her up, but it was Janet and Catherine who picked her up.

then.

Some things just happen that way.

After breakfast was ready, Catherine was dragged into the dining room by Janet, but she still didn't dare to make eye contact with Simon.

After serving a bowl of milk and oatmeal to Catherine, Simon looked at Janet who had already picked up the bread and began to spread jam, and asked, "So, why did you come back suddenly last night?"

Janet took a small bite of the bread and said, "I went to watch the screening of "When Harry Met Sally" with Kate, and then I suddenly thought of something."

"Oh," Simon smiled, and said, "How about the movie?"

"It's even better than the original script, and the pictures are beautiful. I didn't even know Manhattan could be so beautiful," Janet said while thinking, "And those interviews are also very interesting. Are they a real couple?"

"They are all actors. However, the interviews are real. The crew collected dozens of interviews with old couples and selected these materials," Simon explained, looking at Catherine again, seeing the woman dodging his eyes, still looking for After talking about a topic, he said, "Tomorrow is Jenny's birthday, why don't we go to Palm Springs together these two days?"

Catherine shook her head in a panic: "No, I'll go back to New York later, call... about the movie."