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Christina Aguilera obediently obeyed Simon's instructions, kicked off her flat shoes and climbed onto the desk, changed her posture a few times, and finally faced Simon on her stomach, with her upper body slightly raised, her arms propped up, and her hands resting on the Looking at the face, a pair of calves behind her are raised, and a pair of small feet covered in white thin socks are dangling. There is a little enchantment in the purity, like a little wild cat.

Seeing Simon looking over with satisfaction, the goblin blinked seductively: "Simon, do you want me to take off my clothes?"

Simon glanced at the little girl on the table who was only about 1.5 meters tall but had an excellent figure. She was wearing a pink T-shirt with a small waist exposed at this time. A pair of small white socks, very like the girl next door, smiled and said: "No, be good, or I will kick you out."

Seeing the man finished speaking, Christina started to flip through the documents in front of her again. She stuck out her little tongue, looked around, took out a pencil from the pen holder next to it, and tentatively stretched out her small paw toward the man's hand, easily getting a page of A4 paper. , So I lay down on the desktop to write and draw.

After a while, when Simon finished annotating a document, Christina accurately grasped the gap and asked again: "Simon, will "High School Musical" be a big hit? Can it sell for 100 million at the box office?"

Simon changed a draft plan for the upcoming acquisition of Blockbuster, and said casually: "It depends on whether the audience likes you or not."

Christina tried her best to make her tone more naive: "I must like it, Simon likes me, how could they not like it, by the way, the three songs you gave me, Simon, and the two that have been released are very popular, Simon, you must you know?"

Simon nodded: "You did a great job."

After Britney was deleted, Simon had an idea to make Christina a combination of Britney, Christina and Avril in his memory, so he threw out the three famous songs of the three singers, Britney The "baby one more time", which was originally given to Britney last year, and then transferred to Christina after that mess, and then "genie in a bottle" which belonged to Christina herself, plus Avril Lavigne's rock song style of "girlfriend".

Two of the three songs have been released. The first is "genie in a bottle" at the beginning of the year, which made Christina famous and earned the nickname of "Genie in a Bottle".

Then there was "baby one more time" some time ago. The campus elements of this song fit well with "High School Musical", so it can also be counted as the pre-promotional single of "High School Musical". The last will be "Girlfriend" in the second half of the year. The style of the little rock witch is more extroverted. This song can expand Christina's image of a good girl because of her previous singles and movies.

As for next year's single, Simon doesn't care anymore.

The girl was given a whole set of golden keys at the beginning, but if the subsequent development is not good, it can only be blamed on myself.

Christina saw that Simon's attention was once again devoted to the document in front of her, and she closed her mouth obediently again.

From the ignorant little girl who was taken by her mother to participate in singing competitions looking for opportunities, now she is only one step away from success, Christina is very clear that everything she has is given by the man in front of her, and this is her God.

Staying by Simon's side obediently like this, Christina didn't bring it up again until after get off work, testing whether Simon had time tonight.

Simon has been recharging his energy recently. Last time a week passed, and it was still going on. He felt a little addicted. Of course, he didn’t have time. There is a party after the premiere of Rush Hour 2, if Nizi is interested, you can come and play.

Christina agreed quite happily.

Last Friday, May 15th, Daenerys Entertainment's first major film "LA Confidential" started filming this summer. Feel.

Speaking of which, the biggest difference between the 10 key films of this summer and previous years is that they are all released by the three labels under Daenerys Entertainment. Several blockbuster collaboration projects that other studios are responsible for distributing, this time the dominance is entirely on Daenerys Entertainment's side.

This is actually a manifestation of Daenerys becoming stronger and stronger.

The foundation has been completely stabilized, and Simon no longer needs to alleviate the potential pressure of other studios through active cooperation and profit sharing.

After returning home from get off work, Simon accompanied the women and children to have dinner, and waited until the premiere of "Rush Hour 2" which started at six o'clock in the afternoon was almost over, before going out again, rushing to Beverly Hills where the afterparty for the premiere was planned to be held Hilton Hotel.

This time it wasn't just to join in the fun, there was business.

Last Saturday, after the premiere of "Hero" in Cannes, it was determined that there was no hope of winning an award. Zhang Guoshi left France early and did not return to China. Prepare.

Now that I'm in Los Angeles, I'm sure I'm going to visit the pier.

Simon will definitely let go of China's film and television entertainment industry, but he will not announce his attitude with great fanfare. After all, many people have already been tied to the chariot of the Westeros system. Many people are in an embarrassing situation.

So just do not talk.

The meeting with Zhang Guoshi arranged this kind of amateur party time, which is also considered in the same way.

Even though he let go, Simon probably knew it, because Jin Shu

The department gave up its dominance and gave up the series to China Film as a facade project. There have been many variables at present, and it is even possible that the project will eventually abort.

Because it is too big.

It is planned to invest 500 million yuan, and the trilogy will be shot continuously. If Jinshu does it, it will screw up and it will only lose money. On the China Film Group side, once the pot is smashed, it may affect the official status of a series of responsible persons, and there is no room for loss. The question is, how can such a gambling-like investment field be foolproof?

On the other hand, if the filming is successful, it will definitely be a very dazzling political achievement, and there is no room for people who are interested in not striving to play a role in it.

As a result, China Film has a rather tangled attitude.

Let's make a movie first, okay?

Or, is it possible to reduce the cost and only shoot two films?

What's more, Daenerys and Jinshu will take away all overseas copyrights if they jointly invest 50%. It should be the big head, and the division of interests needs to be considered.

blah blah.

Simon doesn't care.

In fact, although it is a brand new project that is very different from the original time and space, under Jinshu's meticulous work in the early stage, whether it is the script or various details in the plan, it can ensure that this is an epic blockbuster series. From the quite magnificent history of the struggle between Chu and Han, it also has martial arts elements that are very popular at home and abroad, and both commercial and artistic quality can be quite guaranteed.

What's more, the planned cost of 500 million yuan is only 60 million U.S. dollars.

For Simon, not much.

While the kung fu craze is still going on, as long as the three blockbuster films are carefully shot to achieve a quality similar to "Hero", they will definitely make a lot of money in the world.

Inside the ballroom of the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Facing Simon, who was holding Christina Aguilera in his arms, Zhang Guoshi easily captured Laura Haring, the heroine of "Rush Hour 2" when he first arrived. Someone expressed dissatisfaction with the attitude of not paying much attention to "Chu Han", but what he mentioned in his words was that he hoped that Simon could take back the leading right of the "Chu Han" trilogy.

Simon is no stranger to Chinese-style entertainment, he just said that he has made a promise and cannot change it rashly.

Unless China Film Group voluntarily withdraws.

Zhang Guoshi was helpless, and tentatively asked whether Simon could be named on the trilogy, no matter whether he was an executive producer in the west or a producer in the east, or even a special thank you.

Simon didn't agree either.

Now the films directly produced by his own company, even the ideas or scripts proposed by Simon himself, he no longer has a name, and pursues a state of invisibility, and China will not show such limelight.

It is obviously impossible for Zhang Guoshi to understand Simon's let go gesture. After some discussion, he only felt that this young super tycoon seemed to have lost interest in "Chu Han" for some reason, and he also inevitably retreated.

Everyone can see the potential of this series.

After this "Hero", if the "Chu and Han" trilogy can be done well, Zhang Guoshi can really reach the level of a national teacher in advance, which is enough to leave a strong mark in the history of Chinese film.

However, from filming to the present, Zhang Guoshi understands that such a huge investment film project, if many entanglements cannot be straightened out at the beginning, it may become a disaster if it is really promoted in the future. In the history of film, there are too many cases of project failure due to various troubles in the production stage. If you don’t want to lose your reputation, it’s best to avoid it.

Doesn't China Film also hope that other directors will get involved?

Then let it all go out.

Anyway, after "Hero", Zhang Guoshi believes that he will no longer be short of funds. You must know that although China and the United States have not yet been screened, after the premiere in Cannes, both the media and the audience have received quite positive feedback.

No matter how bad it is, on the western side, with last year's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" as a reference, Zhang Guoshi believes that it is not a big problem to recover the cost of 30 million US dollars. In China, with the project's continuous ferment from the start of shooting to now, it is not a problem to earn 200 million yuan.

Since Simon lacked interest in the "Chu and Han" trilogy, Zhang Guoshi simply turned to "Heroes". Speaking of Jinshu, he is negotiating with major domestic theaters to increase the share, and hopes to increase the share of the domestic average of 35%. When it comes to more than 40%, **** has also noticed this matter and began to participate in coordination, and things will soon start to emerge.

Speaking of this, Simon also remembered something, and asked: "Cannes media feedback, has the domestic side started publicity?"

Hearing Simon's question, Zhang Guoshi paused, and then said: "I discussed with Shanlin, "Hero" is unlikely to win the award this time, so although there is promotion, the scale is not large."

Simon shook his head directly: "Spread the publicity as soon as possible, mainly because of the comments from the mainstream Western media, heh, of course it is a positive comment, first finalize the word of mouth, by the way, and explain clearly to the public that "Hero" won't get an award, It’s not because it’s not good enough, but because the three major film festivals are biased towards art films, and “Hero” focuses on commercial films, these two points should be done as soon as possible.”

The former "Hero" had a very good overseas reputation, whether it is professional media or ordinary audiences, it is well-known. Among them, the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is still as high as 94% until many years later, and the popcorn index of audience ratings has also reached 87%, so it can be seen Popularity overseas.

The global box office of 170 million US dollars is not much worse than the 210 million "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

In comparison, the tendency of domestic public opinion is simply hard to describe.

It wasn't until many years later, after going through one lower limit after another, that when looking back, many people discovered how excellent and how peak "Hero" was, which was biased by public opinion back then.

Zhang Guoshi didn't understand why Simon suddenly explained it like this, but since it was Simon who said it, of course he would implement it as soon as possible.

After all, he is the big boss.

After chatting for a while, Jack Cheng, Chris Tucker and others came to say hello, and Simon also ended the discussion with Zhang Guoshi.

The next day is May 22.

Friday.

At the same time as the large-scale filming started, the word-of-mouth ban of "Rush Hour 2" was simultaneously lifted. Compared with the better word-of-mouth of the first film, even if it was operated quietly in private, film critics from various parties only scored 6.2 points for this sequel, which is barely enough. pass.

Fried rice, lack of innovation.

and so on.

That's actually why the film premiered on Thursday instead of Wednesday last week for "LA Confidential."

The premiere ceremony still needs to be held. This movie is more important than "LA Confidential". However, in order to avoid mediocre media reputation from affecting the box office, of course, the later the rating ban is lifted, the better. The situation may be different a day later.

On the other hand, a box office week from March 15 to March 21 also ended smoothly.

"L.A. Confidential", rated as Brian De Palma's best film in the last ten years, lived up to expectations, earning $38.76 million in seven days in the first week, and easily won the box office champion of the past week, with an average of nearly $13,000 in the first week , the results are quite good.

Referring to his memories, Simon initially expected the domestic box office of "LA Confidential" to be between 50 million and 100 million US dollars, and the first week's revenue reached 38.76 million US dollars. With the film's classic reputation, even if it is followed by With the impact of "Rush Hour 2", the next week's box office will not be too bad. The total domestic box office is expected to approach the 100 million threshold, or even break through the 100 million yuan mark.

Let's talk about the new box office week starting on May 22.

In addition to "Rush Hour 2", which opened on a large scale with 3,413 screens, there are two other films released simultaneously, namely Warner Bros.'s $50 million crime thriller "Perfect Murder" and Fox's $40 million black comedy. "Casino Scenery Painting".

In addition, due to the cost control that Simon has always insisted on, and after giving the two protagonists a 10% share of the global box office gross profit, the production budget of "Rush Hour 2" was finally well controlled at US$55 million.

The average cost of the three films is close to 50 million, which is almost equivalent to three blockbusters.

This is the first climax of the summer file.

In fact, it is also to avoid the "Jurassic Park 3" on June 5th and grab the beach ahead of time, including Daenerys Entertainment's own "Rush Hour 2".

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