Hollywood Hunter

Hearing this, Barry Weiss looked at Britney for a moment, thought of something, frowned slightly, and said to Lisa, "You go and check... By the way, who checked Britney?"

"Doctor Scott."

"You go...forget it, I'll go by myself."

Lisa didn't know why, and just watched Barry Weiss leave in a hurry.

Barry Weiss came to a nearby infirmary, found a middle-aged doctor who was already clearing up the table and waiting to get off work, sent away the other people in the infirmary, and asked, "Ryan, what about Bray, can you do it for her?" inspection?"

Seeing Barry Weiss, the middle-aged doctor named Ryan Scott also showed a cautious expression, sat down again, nodded and said: "I wanted to tell you tomorrow, Barry, it's like this, I feel, that The girl is like... I mean, maybe you could give her a drug test."

The music circle in the United States is even more chaotic than the film and television circle. Barry Weiss is considered an old man in the circle. He has seen everything he should see. That said, basically sure.

However, after thinking about it for a while, Barry Weiss felt horrified.

This matter should never be asked too much.

Even, you must pretend that you don't know anything.

Things are actually easy to associate.

Britney Spears may be the new favorite of her boss during this period, and the big shots, after reading all the stories, will inevitably come up with some new ways to play.

Thinking he had figured it out, Barry Weiss looked serious, and said to the middle-aged man in front of him: "Ryan, I only remind you once, if you don't want to lose your job or even cause more trouble, it's best It’s good to pretend that you don’t know anything.”

The middle-aged doctor also nodded: "Of course I understand, Barry, that's why I just plan to tell you quietly."

Seeing that the other party understood, Barry Weiss explained a few more words, left the infirmary, and returned to the practice room just now, just in time to see Britney's mother, Lynn Spears, coming to pick up her daughter.

Worried that the family would be unhappy after discovering their daughter's abnormality, Barry Weiss called Lynn Spears to stop, and just mentioned Britney's strangeness, Lynn Spears hurriedly shook her head with a visibly guilty look: " It's all right, Mr Weiss, there's nothing wrong with Bree, she's just, maybe tired the last few days."

Barry Weiss did not expect the other party to be so witty, and thought that he had probably been explained in advance, so he stopped talking, thought about it, and said simply: "In this case, tomorrow is Friday, Mrs. Spears, let Bree Take a few days off and come back next Monday."

Lynn Spears agreed again and again, and as if worried about being hunted down, she dragged her daughter who had just changed her clothes and left in a hurry.

The mother and daughter came to the parking lot together and stuffed their sleepy daughter into the back seat. Lynn Spears turned to the driver's seat. Because her arms were trembling, she had to insert the car key several times. When the engine started, Lynn Spears Spears didn't drive the car for the first time, but instead held the steering wheel blankly, and suddenly burst into tears.

She always felt that these days, the things her husband did in a daze might bring bad luck to the whole family.

How could Simon Westeros be like Michael Jackson?

Driving home in a trance, sending her daughter off to rest, Lynn Spears came to the couple's bedroom.

The sky outside is still bright, but the bedroom with thick curtains is dark. Only my husband is working in front of a computer that has just been installed in the past two days.

The children wanted to install a computer at home very early on, but the husband refused to spend the money because he didn't understand.

In the past two days, I quickly learned the audio editing software, splicing and editing my daughter's various words after being fed the medicine.

Sit down on the bed behind her husband lightly, and stared blankly at the man for a while, Lynn Spears finally said, "Jamie, I think, at least, we should find a lawyer?"

Jamie Spears, who was immersed in his work, didn't notice his wife coming in at all. When he heard the voice, he was obviously taken aback. He uttered an American curse, turned his head and glanced at his wife, then withdrew his gaze and continued to play with the mouse, saying: : "Do you know how expensive a lawyer is? If you invite a lawyer, it costs 200 million US dollars, but those bastards may take away tens of millions, which is enough to buy a top-notch mansion in Beverly Hills."

Lynn Spears paused for a moment, then said again: "You plan, Jamie, when do you plan to contact that... person?"

"The things in my hand will be done immediately. Tomorrow, tomorrow I will personally send Bray to class. By the way, talk to Barry Weiss first. He can contact Simon Westeros."

"However, when I went to pick up our daughter just now, Barry Weiss found out about Bree's strangeness and took the initiative to give her three days off. Why don't you go next Monday?"

"That's just right, I'll go find Barry Weiss by myself tomorrow," Jamie Spears said, feeling the delay in his wife's tone, turning his head and glaring at her with bloodshot eyes: "If you are afraid, We can divorce first, and then the two hundred million dollars will be mine."

Lynn Spears didn't expect her husband to say such things suddenly. In recent days, she almost wanted to explode because of the huge pressure she had accumulated due to attacking a certain big person. But, thinking of that... It seems that the hope is actually quite high She quickly felt like being poked by a needle, and became discouraged again.

If there are really 200 million US dollars, in fact, of course it is very good.

After a moment of silence, thinking that the children would be out of school soon, Lynne Spears didn't say anything else, she just got up and went out to prepare dinner for the family.

Blink of an eye is the next day.

On the day of the month, Friday.

This is the day when the box office of "Ghost Story" is released in the second week. Early in the morning, every corner of Los Angeles is the first to read today's newspaper.

Then came the inevitable exclamations of wonder.

In the second week of its release, because of the popularity of the first week, Daenerys Entertainment quickly increased the number of screening screens of "Ghost Story" from one block to one block.

The scale of screenings has increased significantly, coupled with the continuous fermentation of the film's word-of-mouth, the box office of "Ghost Story" fell by only 10% in the second week. In just two weeks, the cumulative box office of this ultra-low-cost pseudo-documentary film with a public cost of only 10,000 US dollars directly exceeded 100 million, reaching 100 million US dollars.

Moreover, even if it fell by a full ten thousand U.S. dollars in the next week, "Ghost Story"'s one-week box office of ten thousand U.S. dollars still created a single-week box office record in Hollywood.

The limelight is unparalleled.

Not only that, because of the popularity of "Ghost Story", the sales of Tinkber's R have also increased significantly. In the past two weeks, the shipment of this electronic product in North America, where "Ghost Story" has been released, has skyrocketed by %. The sales volume has jumped from 10,000 to 10,000 in the previous single week to more than 10,000 in the recent period.

In addition, the sales of Pr, C and even the M products just released in the first half of the year have also increased significantly, and the P-, which will be officially released this Saturday, has been released in two weeks from the press conference to the present. Only the pre-sales in North America have exceeded 10,000, and it is obvious that it will once again become an explosive electronic product with sales exceeding 10,000 in the first year of release.

When Hollywood is discussing various ideas related to pseudo-documentary films after dinner, the old electronic giants such as Sony, Panasonic, Kodak, and Samsung, which have been firmly suppressed by Tinkobel in related fields in recent years, are completely unable to sit still. live.

The similar products launched by these manufacturers in recent years have no power to fight back against Tinkber, and this time, the bundled marketing of Tinkbel's R and "Ghost Story" is really too successful. Putting it here, it is really unreasonable for everyone not to follow.

Sony is near water.

Some time ago, "Ghost Story" was released at the first weekend box office. Norio Ohga directly assigned the task to John Kelly, the head of Sony Pictures. In the next year, Sony Pictures will use Sony's consumer-grade digital camera products to shoot at least three movies. Mock-documentary film.

As for Panasonic, Kodak, Samsung and other manufacturers, even if they are not as convenient as Sony, they have recently dispatched teams to Hollywood to seek cooperation in their own digital camera products and pseudo-documentary projects.

Under this situation, the main creators of "Ghost Story" who have already had successful cases, whether they are directors or actors, are becoming more and more popular. Film companies and brand manufacturers, large and small, are offering high salaries that continue to increase. Try to find cooperation.

When the temptation reaches a certain level, it is not so easy to resist.

Santa Monica.

Inside a posh restaurant bordering Brentwood.

At breakfast time, this was already the third meeting between Justin Lin and Bill Michanik, President of Disney, and Shun Nakagawa, who is said to be the vice president of the marketing department of Panasonic.

As the most popular celebrity in Hollywood recently, since the box office of "Ghost Story" was released on the first day, facing all kinds of wooing and courting around, no matter how determined the mind is, it is inevitable.

If the flattery of people around you can only bring emotional pleasure, at this moment, facing a director's remuneration from the initial price increase of 10,000 US dollars to 10,000 to 10,000 at this time, plus the direct 1% of the local box office Given such conditions, Justin Lin was really unable to resist.

At the same time, there is guilt and embarrassment.

The guilty conscience is that Lin Yibin is very clear that he is more of an executor of the success of "Ghost Story". If he gets a high salary this time, but can't produce a work that is equivalent to "Ghost Story", or even half of the performance of "Ghost Story", then his brand will be completely smashed.

The tricky part is the contract.

"Mr. Michanik, and, this, Mr. Nakagawa, the problem is, I signed a three-picture contract with Daenerys Entertainment before Ghost Story, and that's not counting Ghost Story. The movie contract, according to the agreement, if I want to make a movie for another film company during the contract period, I must get the consent of Daenerys Entertainment."

As soon as Justin Lin finished speaking, Shun Nakagawa from Panasonic asked in obviously accented English: "Lin, may I know how much is the liquidated damages?"

Justin Lin shook his head: "It's not a matter of liquidated damages. Frankly speaking, Mr. Nakagawa, unless I have no other choice, I don't want to fall out with Daenerys."

Bill Michanik said at this time: "If my understanding is correct, Lin, what you mean is that during the contract period, if you make films for other manufacturers, you need to obtain Daenerys' consent, not be banned, yes Bar?"

"Yes."

"In this case, if you can authorize," Bill Michanik said, "we can contact Daenerys for you."

Justin Lin shook his head subconsciously, mainly because he didn't trust the other party very much.

Even if Daenerys' promotion is not mentioned, with the strength of this big studio in Hollywood at this time, if there is a complete fallout, Lin Yibin knows very well that it is not impossible for him to be blocked. Even though he was very excited about the ten thousand dollars from Disney and Panasonic, he did not lose his mind.

If Disney and Panasonic contact Disney instead of him, it is hard to say whether the other party will deliberately screw things up.

As for letting him negotiate with Daenerys Entertainment, he still has a guilty conscience.

You know, he was only

He has just received a $10,000 reward from Daenerys Entertainment, and the two parties are also discussing his next project recently. What's more, the new film has not yet been conceived, and the salary has been negotiated, 10,000 US dollars. Lin Yibin is very clear that "Ghost Story" can only be regarded as an exception, and Daenerys took the initiative to increase the film salary to 10,000 for the next orthodox film, instead of giving a newcomer's price, which is actually very good.

What's more, Daenerys Entertainment is really serious about cultivating him. As long as the first orthodox film is successful, he will be in the top line and get a basic salary like Roland Emmerich and Michael Bay It is not impossible to add tens of millions of bonuses to salary.

However, 10,000 U.S. dollars, and the unavoidably uncertain future, is not as good as the 10,000 U.S. dollars right in front of us, not to mention the 100% direct box office commission.

With the strong influence of "Ghost Story", Lin Yibin probably knows that as the director and producer of the project, even if the second pseudo-documentary film does not do very well, the box office of 30 to 50 million US dollars is still very guaranteed , seriously, he does not deny that this is actually consuming the popularity accumulated in "Ghost Shadows".

Therefore, the entire contract is actually worth tens of thousands of dollars.

For ordinary people, Wan is enough to live a lifetime quite comfortably.

Seeing Justin Lin shaking his head, Bill Michanik understood it after thinking about it for a while, and said patiently with a smile: "Lin, I know your scruples, you don't want to have direct contact with Daenerys, and you are worried that we will screw things up , In this way, you can definitely send someone you trust to participate in the negotiation with us, by the way, how about your agent at ICM, Vincent Pine?"

Unlike Amy Adams and Jessica Chastain, Justin Lin, who has made several feature films before "Ghost Story", already has his own agent, and is also owned by ICM, the three major Hollywood companies.

However, Lin Yibin still shook his head.

His agent was originally a small role under ICM just like himself, and his vision was far from the long-term vision of those big-name agents in Hollywood. How much work he took on.

The same is true for meeting with Michanik alone today.

It is conceivable that if you let the other party negotiate on your behalf, for the % commission, the chances of the other party actively messing up are greater than the two in front of you.

Justin Lin is already considering changing his agent.

Thinking about this, and thinking about it for a while, Justin Lin finally said: "I'll contact my father and ask him to find time to conduct this negotiation on my behalf."

Neither Bill Michanik nor Nakagawa had any objections, but Bill Michanik couldn't help asking: "Lin, your father, I mean, does he live in Los Angeles?"

Lin Yibin was a little unhappy when he heard this. Because of his Chinese face, Bill Michanik probably thought that his parents might be living in a small village in China where braided hair was still living in thatched huts. Maybe they would have to go through some troubles like visas when they came to the United States. Get that sort of thing.

It's not the first time Justin Lin has encountered such deep-rooted prejudice and discrimination, but he didn't have an attack, he just said: "Our family lives in Orange County, and my father can come here in half an hour with just a phone call. "

Both of them nodded again, which is of course the best.

Daenerys Studios.

Miss C came to Los Angeles yesterday afternoon and stayed at Cape Dumey Manor in the evening. She also played a guest role as a waitress at breakfast, and when she came, she came with big and small gifts. To please Janet.

Work with Simon in the morning.

Miss C certainly didn't come to Los Angeles out of boredom, she was also doing it for "Ghost Story" and even the recently approved "Blair Witch".

In the first "Ghost Story", the collaboration between Tinkber and Daenerys was just a test of the waters.

Now, with the success of Ghost Story, a clear charter is needed for the follow-up.

It's still the sisters who settle accounts.

Otherwise, as long as Daenerys lets the wind go, other electronics manufacturers will spend tens of millions of dollars to implant their own digital cameras. Wanting to take advantage is not a serious cooperative attitude.

In order to finalize the follow-up cooperation between the sequel of "Ghost Story" and the "Blair Witch" project, which was also provided by her boss, Claire simply came to Los Angeles in person.

Of course, it's my own family after all, so there's no need for protracted tug-of-war. During the short distance from Cape Dume Manor to Malibu Studios, Miss C, who took advantage of Simon's arms, negotiated a price with her boss. dollars, five films, the latter two sequels to "The Ghost Story," and the planned "The Blair Witch" trilogy.

It was a one-time cash payment as a price tag for continuing to use the R digital video camera for five films.

Of course, for "The Blair Witch", Simon can't guarantee 100% success, and it's hard to say whether it can make a trilogy. For the price of "Ghost Story", "The Blair Witch" is only a ride.

If only "Ghost Story" is counted, the two sequels each cost ten thousand dollars, which seems very high, but in fact it is only equivalent to the sales of 10,000 units of R by Tinkber. Now, the recent sales of R have soared to one More than 10,000 units per week.

So Wan, for Tinkber, is just petty cash.

And it's not too high.

Now even if Daenerys Entertainment asks Panasonic or Kodak this price, there is a high probability that they will be willing to pay.

Because "Ghost Story" is really too successful.

What's more, if the "Blair Witch" series is included, it can only be described as cost-effective. After all, it was the idea provided by Simon himself. Over the years, Simon has not missed many times.

Arriving at the cinema, Miss C separated from Simon.

Ten thousand dollars is roughly, and other details, such as the next joint marketing, still need to be negotiated and implemented on paper.

These are things for Claire and Amy.

Simon came to his office in Building No. 1 of the Administrative District, and Miss A began to briefly introduce today's work schedule.

One o'clock, one hour, dealing with various daily documents.

One o'clock, production meeting for The Matrix.

This project will also enter the casting stage. It is expected to start filming in the first half of next year, and the beginning of the schedule is set for the summer of 2020.

At one o'clock, the conference call with AOL was mainly about the operation and financial summary of the past quarter of AOL.

During the period, Simon also planned to discuss the cooperation between America Online and China Telecom with Steve Case.

A few days ago, Soros gave the telecommunications project cooperation in the list of Chinese projects. Simon intends to hand it over to AOL. After all, he is an expert. AOL can not only provide funds, but also provide technology for China Telecom. Already have small-scale cooperation.

There is not much room for AOL to move in North America. The finalization of this project is equivalent to another overseas expansion of AOL, which will be a strong positive for the stock price.

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One o'clock, one hour lunch.

I made an appointment with the SX team in advance, and talked about the manufacturing progress of SX's first self-developed rocket while having lunch.

afternoon.

At one o'clock, the marketing coordination meeting for the sprint publicity stage of a series of projects such as "The Conjuring", "A Bug's Life", "Contact", and "Titanic" in the three upcoming year-end schedules.

The local distribution of "Contact" is actually in charge of MGM. However, as a cooperative film, the overseas distribution is dominated by Daenerys, so it is also included in the discussion of Daenerys Entertainment. In fact, there is another "The Flash", but this project is completely led by Warner itself.

At one o'clock, watch the rough-cut samples of "Deep Cold" scheduled for Easter next year, and discuss the follow-up production strategy.

The job takes three hours.

Last year, "The Mummy" director Stephen Sommers conceived and served as the producer of "Extremely Cold", which was completed two months ago, and the rough cut is currently completed, and the next step is the perfection of various special effects shots and the final cut.

The box office of this project was a mess. Simon took the initiative to promote the approval of the project, mainly because he felt that the film was not that bad. The failure at the box office was largely due to the distribution strategy. After all, the later videotapes and DVDs sold very well.

What's more, if it really fails, Simon is quite looking forward to it.

At one o'clock, the others got off work, and Simon continued.

Mainly to meet with executives such as Amy Pascal to communicate some work matters that he needs to pay attention to in the days when he leaves North America.

After the matter is explained, Simon will rush to Los Angeles International Airport and fly directly to Hangzhou, China.

Somebody's full moon is scheduled for Sunday.

Lin Su had already returned with her child a week in advance. Simon was too busy with work, so he could only arrive on time due to the jet lag.

Still, that's the way it is.

Many times, plans never seem to keep up with changes.