Hollywood Hunter

Burbank.

On the same morning, at nine o'clock, Jamie Spears drove to Universal Studios, took his daughter's pass, was stopped by the careful guard before entering, and had to call Barry Weiss's office.

Moments later, Jamie Spears was let in, all the way to Barry Weiss' office.

The female secretary who answered the phone with a soft voice just told him to wait a moment. Jamie Spears pressed the recorder in his waist bag and sat down in the outside rest area honestly. He couldn't help but glance at the pink professional A curvaceous and beautiful female secretary in a suit secretly wants to start a company when she gets 200 million US dollars. Such a secretary should hire at least two.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, just as Jamie Spears was a little impatient, the door of the inner room finally opened. Barry Weiss laughed and sent a few young people out. Jamie Spears knew it. Backstreet Boys.

Jamie Spears didn't forget to smile to himself when he saw Barry Weiss see off the guests, got up subconsciously, realized it, sat down again, and waited for Barry Weiss to send a group of young people out before returning and walked towards him, Spears Then he got up again and greeted Barry Weiss.

Barry Weiss and Jamie Spears shook hands, signaled each other to enter their office, and asked with a smile: "Jamie, what's the matter with coming to see me suddenly? Heh, you don't seem to be feeling well, you haven't slept recently okay?"

As he spoke, he did not forget to ask the secretary to bring in two cups of coffee.

It was only then that Jamie Spears realized that he had been neglected by the secretary. He had just sat there for more than ten minutes, but he didn't see the other party bringing coffee. With a cold tone: "Barry, I don't need coffee, I have something very important to talk to you about."

Anyway, when I am developed, why can't I drink coffee?

Barry Weiss was a little puzzled, and even had some bad premonitions, but he still signaled to the secretary not to bring in coffee, and sat down in the reception area with Spears, and asked again: "So, Jamie, what is it?" matter?"

Jamie Spears quietly pressed the satchel beside him, looked at Barry Weiss and said, "Barry, I want to see Simon Westeros and talk to him about my daughter."

Barry Weiss raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Jamie Spears in silence for a moment, then lowered his voice, and asked, "Jamie, can you speak clearly first?"

At this point in the matter, Jamie Spears no longer concealed it, grinned, and with bloodshot eyes, he became more and more bewildered: "Barry, you actually understand, don't you? I want to see Simon Westeros, about her and my daughter," after a pause, Jamie Spears simply said: "Like, Michael Jackson, and Jody Chandler."

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent again.

The two confronted each other for more than a minute, and Barry Weiss finally spoke again: "Jamie, you are doing a very stupid thing, understand? So, I suggest you go home and sleep, wake up Come and forget everything you just said."

Barry Weiss' tone was calm, but Jamie Spears couldn't help it anymore, and glared fiercely: "I don't need you to tell me what to do, Barry," said Jamie Spears, taking out his satchel The recorder in the phone, directly press the play button: "Or, I will call the police now, and at the same time give this recording to the reporter of the Los Angeles Times."

Immediately, the voice from the recorder sounded in the room.

First came a soft male voice: "Bree, my darling, did something happen between you and Simon Westeros, I mean, a sexual relationship?"

Then came the voice of a delicate girl who was a bit sleepy: "Yes, Dad."

Barry Weiss frowned, and interrupted with a wave of his hand: "Okay, Jamie, turn it off."

Jamie Spears turned off the recorder and looked at Barry Weiss with a grin: "I said, Barry, this is not something you can handle. I want to see Simon Westeros."

Barry Weiss didn't pay attention to the other party anymore. He is a music maker and is most sensitive to sound. He could hear the editing traces in just a conversation. The idiot in front of him probably regarded everyone as a fool, so he thought that such evidence could pose a threat to his boss.

Moreover, the state of the girl in the recording also made Barry Weiss realize why Britney was like that in recent days.

It's not a new way of playing by my boss. Instead, as in the rumored Jackson case, Ewan Chandler injected his son with anesthesia and induced Jody Chandler to say what he needed.

It appears that some idiot has carefully studied the ins and outs of the Jackson case and intends to do the same.

Since the other party is obsessed with wanting to do stupid things, he can only do it.

Thinking of this, Barry Weiss stood up, turned behind his desk, and said to Jamie Spears who was still lying on the sofa in the reception area: "You go out first, I want to make a call."

There was no politeness in his tone.

Jamie Spears noticed the change in Barry Weiss's attitude, and felt dark in his heart, but still had a smug smile on his face, got up lazily, deliberately slowed down and walked out of the office, and left the door open , came to the outside room, returned to the sofa seat just now and sat down, hugged the satchel with the recorder on his knees, and looked around unscrupulously.

This office is really ordinary. In the future, we must spend several million to install the best one.

Maybe, when I see Simon Westeros later, I can pay attention to it, and follow the young tycoon's instructions in the future

The office is decorated. Of course, a beautiful female secretary is indispensable.

malibu.

In Daenerys Studios, Simon had just reviewed some documents in his office, and girl A transferred Barry Weiss's call, saying that there was something very important.

Simon pressed the landline and played it outside, while continuing to read a market briefing of major Asian countries and regions in the past week, while listening to Barry Weiss talking about what just happened.

I just feel a little ridiculous.

what is this?

The ignorant fearless?

The movement of flipping through the documents in his hand kept, Simon waited for Barry Weiss to finish speaking, and said to the landline: "I see, Barry, let that, who, wait there, I will let someone take over."

Barry Weiss agreed and hung up the phone.

Simon pressed the call button again, and said to Girl A: "Help me pick up George Norman, and also, let Neil Bennett come to see me."

A girl agreed.

Simon continued to deal with his work. After a while, the call was connected. It was Jennifer's uncle George Norman's voice. After greeting, Simon said: "George, go to Universal Studios now and find Barry Weiss. Let him tell you that all you have to do is talk more with the other party, delay for a while, and don’t worry about the rest.”

As a lawyer, George Norman has always had a very close relationship with the Westeros family over the years, and he can be regarded as a confidant. Hearing what Simon said, Norman didn't say much, and hung up the phone after agreeing.

A moment later, Neil Bennett, who first followed Simon and is now in charge of the security and private intelligence network of the Westeros family, entered the door. Simon roughly explained again, and asked Neil Bennett to send a team to watch the Spears family, mainly to avoid any unexpected moths.

After explaining things, Simon continued to work.

Calm.

Of course, Simon knows how the wind can make Qingping, and also understands how to guard against the erroneous, but, with the current strength of Westeros, if he can't even deal with such a trivial matter, he can just throw away his wealth and retreat into the world.

Therefore, the touch of this temporary small change to Simon was not even as good as knowing Lin Yibin's plan to switch to Disney later.

This was just after the "Matrix" production meeting ended, and before the video conference with America Online, a girl stepped forward to inform Simon of the news she had just received: "Lin didn't show up in person, Ms. Pascal only saw his negotiation Representative, does Lin hope to cooperate with Disney on a film first, or a pseudo-documentary film, and then continue to fulfill the contract with us?"

Simon flipped through the minutes of the meeting about "The Matrix" just now, and asked, "How much did Disney give?"

Girl A had already learned about the details in advance, and said, "US$6 million plus 10% of the local box office share. In addition, this is a joint project between Disney and Panasonic. Most of the funds are provided by Panasonic to promote Panasonic's digital cameras."

"6 million, and 10%, should it be the full commission?"

Girl A nodded.

There are many ways to divide the box office, either locally or globally, or directly from the entire box office, or based on the share after sharing with the theaters, and gross profit sharing after the cost is removed from the theaters, etc. Wait, wait, everything depends on the agreement.

After a little thought, Simon understood that this was a contract that was basically worth tens of millions.

In comparison, Daenerys gave $1 million in remuneration for the second collaboration, which can only be described as shabby.

Not too angry, but a little disappointed.

However, it is also understandable.

How can 10 million US dollars compare with 1 million US dollars?

If you are a veteran of Hollywood, you are more likely to choose the former, and there is almost no hesitation, because they understand that Hollywood is too uncertain, and maybe the next one will fail at the box office and end their careers. What is in your hand is your own. If someone promises the future, it is best to treat him as a fart.

Simon is of course different, he is really giving Justin Lin a fairly secure future.

So it's a pity.

Now, people will definitely not be able to stay, and the conflict of interests is too great, forcing them to stay will only make them enemies. And it wasn't the time with Jim Carrey, because there were too many involved, and Simon couldn't make concessions, otherwise the core actors of the entire DC movie universe would make trouble.

"Boss, do we want to stop it?"

Hearing another question from girl A, Simon came back to his senses, thought for a while, and said, "In this case, let him go to shoot. However, there are two conditions. First, we take back the 100 yuan we gave him last time." Second, Lin’s next movie can only be released in 1999 at the earliest, that is, about 15 months later.”

After listening to girl a, she quickly understood her boss' intentions, not to mention withdrawing the reward, the 15-month interval is actually similar to a non-compete agreement, and the purpose is to minimize the popularity of Justin Lin's use of "Ghost Story".

Thinking about this, girl A added: "Boss, maybe we can claim some compensation, for example, 20% of Lin's contract salary?"

"Oh, no need."

Girl A had no objection, she just felt that her boss really valued her, but she still said, "In that case, boss, do you want Lin to participate in the next global promotion of "Ghost Shadows"?"

Simon shook his head again, of course, the meaning was completely opposite this time: "No, let me inform you, let him disappear temporarily, and go do your own projects.

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Simon just cherishes his talents, but he is not even a good person, let alone abusing a good person, so he is limited to this. Before working together again, Justin Lin don't want to get any more resources from Daenerys Entertainment.

"Then let's be more specific about the terms," ​​Girl A said again: "The promotion of Lin's next movie must not mention "Ghost Story" in any form."

"Well, you can discuss these yourself."

After Simon finished explaining, he waited for Girl A to leave, and took advantage of the gap before the start of the conference call to start writing on the minutes of the "Matrix" meeting just now.

Actor: Keanu Reeves.

There is no objection to this.

The two core supporting actors, Agent Smith and Hugo Weaving, were also directly appointed.

As for Murphys, Simon thought about it for a while and wanted to give up the original Lawrence Fishburne. The 'Director' Samuel Jackson was more eye-catching, and then remembered that Jackson was chosen as the pre-Star Wars character just like before For Mace Windu in the Legend series, even if Jackson is only a supporting role in Star Wars, the schedule can make it, two more or less similar characters should not be mixed and matched.

So enable the original.

And then, the most important heroine.

Living in the apocalyptic wasteland where humans are ruled by machines, Trinity needs to be strong first, and her temperament needs to be cooler.

The original Carrie-Anne Moss image is actually good, but the appearance is a little ordinary, and the reputation is too low. If that's all, Simon can accept it. However, the former Carrie-Anne Moss never called Keanu with the leading actor in the film, and her own character creation was not bright, so that after "The Matrix" made Keanu popular, the heroine remained the same. neither warm nor hot.

This time, of course, I have to change it.

Simon's first thought was Kate Beckinsale.

Kate's look in "Underworld" was perfect for Trinity. However, Kate's problem is the same as Samuel L. Jackson, who already has the "Charlie's Angels" series, and it is also two similar characters that make it easy to play together. Moreover, even if Kate is his own woman, it is impossible for Simon to spend all his good resources on one person if he thinks rationally.

Balance is important.

So I can only regret the pass.

The first choice was eliminated, and Simon continued to consider.

Sandra Bullock, who has partnered with Keanu twice, wrote down his name and crossed it out.

We have known each other for so many years, but Sandra is more suitable to act in drama movies or silly big sisters, action movies are fine, and Simon dare not think about what it would be like to be a bit of a dud Trinity.

So I continued to sort out suitable post-60s and post-70s actresses.

The one in the DC movie universe is suitable, but they can only be passed. For the stability of the DC movie universe, there can't be too many resources there, and it will cause trouble. However, I thought about Courteney Cox, who played the role of Superman's girlfriend Louise and completed the filming of "Clash of Heaven and Earth" some time ago. Unfortunately, I don't remember any action movies that Courteney has acted in in two lifetimes. , Just remember Monica's obsessive-compulsive disorder, or give up.

Simon also had a flash of thought.

According to Trinity's setting, maybe it would be good to try a Chinese face.

It is hard to find in the mainland, and Li Youhu, who is already familiar in Hollywood, is not suitable. In Hong Kong, even though Hong Kong movies have declined rapidly in recent years, there are a lot of action actresses who are beautiful and can speak English.

Speaking of which, many people thought that the bullet time in "The Matrix" was originally created by Wachowski (brother?) (sister?), but it is not. It already appeared in Lao Du's "Three Heroes of the East" in 1993, and the degree to which "The Matrix" is influenced by Hong Kong movies is well known.

Thinking of the three heroines in "Three Heroes of the East"...it's a pity after thinking about it, the image and temperament don't match Keanu.

But I still added a note, anyway, it's an audition, so it's okay to have a little fun. The priority is still Hollywood, the risk of Chinese faces is too great.

Then I wrote some names, most of which were crossed out directly.

Leave one last.

Demi Moore.

If you think about it carefully, it's really suitable.

First of all, Simon still gave Demi Moore the "Ghost Love" in this time and space, even though the original Patrick Swayze was also activated. The performance is very good, it can be described as a forced call, which is tear-jerking.

This can be regarded as a talent that is matched with appearance, image and temperament. Perhaps this time, he can also call Keanu.

In terms of action movies, "The Devil's Female Soldier", which was fanned out by Simon this time, and the previous "Charlie's Angels 2", also proved that Moore has this potential.

Furthermore, in terms of age, Keanu and Moore are also of the same age. Although Moore is two years older than Keanu, the disadvantage of Western women who tend to look older is not obvious to Moore. What's more, frankly speaking, Simon feels that Keanu is just the kind of Hollywood actor who is more suitable for matching with older actresses.

In the end, even if there are many problems in private life, Demi Moore is definitely a very dedicated one in the circle at work. Besides, the filming of "The Matrix" involved a lot of action scenes, which was very hard work, and it was not easy for a more delicate actress to survive. Not only that, due to the sluggish career in recent years, Demi Moore, who is much more famous than Carrie-Ann Moss, has a very affordable salary, and it is easy to directly sign a trilogy long-term contract.

Another assistant reminded me that the meeting could start.

Simon replied, raising his pen at Demi Moore

Circled the name of , and asked the assistant to send the information to Linda Vargas, and follow the picture to find out.