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The party in the villa started at eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, and at half past eleven, the guests basically left.

Simon personally 'boomed' Madonna, who wanted to stay here after being drunk, and returned to the living room of the villa. The waiter team of the party company was cleaning up, and the waitress of the Wei family led by Naomi also joined it.

Girl a saw Simon and came over and asked, "Boss, is Miss Kershna staying tonight?"

"Send her back, contact her agent tomorrow, and collect another piece of information for me." Simon ordered, walked straight to the stairs, motioned Alison to follow, and asked in a low voice, "How about that script? ?"

Alison followed Simon and whispered, "A lot of people should have seen it."

Simon nodded and said again: "The room below will be carefully cleaned tomorrow, and the ones that should be thrown away will be thrown away; Ella will come over to have breakfast with me tomorrow morning, remember to send a car to pick it up, the traffic here is not convenient; "Fourth" "One Wedding and One Funeral" media feedback, let Los Angeles get it sorted by noon tomorrow..."

While thinking about something, the two came to the third floor. After Alison finished writing the memo, Simon finally said: "Also, let Nata come up."

Alison agreed, seeing Simon turning to the corridor, and subconsciously following a step forward: "Boss, do you want me to prepare the bath water for you?"

Simon stopped when he heard the words and turned to look at the girl behind him.

Alison felt a little regretful when she said it. Noticing the eyes of her boss, she lowered her head in a guilty conscience, her slender fingers holding the small memo uneasily.

Just a moment, the man's voice in my ear: "This is the first time, don't be greedy, I usually don't like giving people a third chance."

Girl a, like a little girl who made a mistake, said softly, "Boss, I was wrong."

Simon said: "Go down and rest early."

Seeing the man in front of him turn around again, Alison raised his head and glanced, and suddenly said in a ghostly way: "Boss, if you make a mistake, you will be punished."

Simon stopped again, turned his head and glanced at the girl in a black ol suit with an elegant temperament and a beautiful figure, and asked, "Are you afraid of pain?"

Girl a's eyelashes are low: "You can only remember things when it hurts."

Simon nodded: "Come on."

Then he turned around and walked towards the master bedroom.

Alison followed with his head down, and heard a slight click in front of him. This was the sound of the man's belt being pulled out, and he felt as if all his strength was being evacuated in an instant.

The 10th Sundance Film Festival came to a successful conclusion on the second day. The two films "Fighting the Monkey" and "Barcelona" were shortlisted by Gaomen Pictures in the main competition unit. Only "Fighting the Monkey" won a marginal audience award. None of the other core awards have anything to do with Daenerys Entertainment.

This result does not disappoint.

For Sundance, what Simon values ​​most is the ability of this platform to cultivate new filmmakers. The film talents, excellent scripts and finished films that Daenerys Entertainment has excavated from Sundance in recent years have brought far more benefits than simple The meaning attached to the award.

Highgate Pictures' lack of awards in this session of Sundance is also the result of Simon's deliberate restrictions.

Even if he already has the most powerful public relations team and network resources in Hollywood, Simon definitely does not want the major film festivals to become Daenerys Entertainment's private space, which is harmful and unhelpful.

Of course, in the face of absolute strength, there must be exceptions.

Like this year's Oscars, and next year.

On Monday, January 31, the day after Sundance closed, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially announced the list of nominated films for the 66th Academy Awards.

Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List", which tells about the history of the Holocaust during World War II, has become the biggest hit of this year's Oscars without any suspense, and won the best picture, best director, best actor, most 12 nominations including Best Adapted Screenplay.

Not only that, but Daenerys Entertainment also set another record.

The 3D animated film "The Lion King" produced by Pixar, after winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture in the Musical Comedy category, has further become the first animated film in Hollywood history to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture, and also won Best Picture, A total of 6 nominations for Best Screenplay, Best Score and Three Best Original Songs.

The best screenplay among them also represents another Oscar nomination for Simon himself.

Once in history, the first animated film nominated for the best picture Oscar was Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" in 1992. Because of Simon's appearance, this animated film project abandoned by Disney has fallen to Daenerys Entertainment. In the hands of the Pixar team, it will be made into a 3D animation version at a glance like "The Lion King".

This year's "The Lion King" is actually more worthy of its name than "Beauty and the Beast".

As of January 27, the 10th week of the release of "The Lion King" has reached 286.55 million US dollars at the domestic box office, and it only takes three weeks at most to break through the 300 million US dollars box office mark.

The Oscars before the new century were still very interested in the commercial performance of films.

As the first animated film in Hollywood to reach the $300 million domestic box office level, if such a phenomenal box office performance cannot be nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture, there are not many movies in Hollywood that have such qualifications.

With the announcement of the Oscar nominations, the week of January 28 to February 3, the "Lion King" that once again attracted widespread public attention

"The box office fell only 13% in a single week, and received an additional $6.75 million, for a cumulative box office of $293.3 million. If Daenerys Entertainment is willing to spend some money to buy the box office, it will exceed 300 million in the next week.

"The Lion King" has already won enough glory, and it is a sure thing to break through 300 million. Naturally, there is no need to buy the box office to give people a handle.

In addition to the two most-watched Oscar-nominated films, Daenerys Entertainment's other literary film "In the Name of the Father" starring Daniel Day-Lewis also won Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actor and Best Actor. 6 nominations including screenplay adaptation.

"In the Name of the Father" also received a Best Picture nomination.

This time around, Daenerys Entertainment already has two Best Picture nominations through Schindler's List and The Lion King, and couldn't ask for more, Best Picture nomination for "In the Name of the Father" Declarations can only be abandoned.

Coupled with the best actress and best supporting actor nominations for the Tina Turner biopic "What's the matter with love" and the best foreign language film nomination for "The Wedding Banquet", Dan won the 66th Academy Awards in 1994. The total number of nominations for Nellis Entertainment's direct-produced and distributed films is 29, not counting the various other nominations for Disney's "Sleepless in Seattle" and Warner Bros. for "Superman."

In addition, "Philadelphia Story", which was originally transferred to MGM by Simon, also successfully won 5 nominations including Tom Hanks for Best Actor.

Considering the almost inevitable outcome of the awards, it is no exaggeration to say that Daenerys Entertainment has monopolized this Oscar.

In the impression of many people, Daenerys Entertainment still knows how to restrain in terms of awards, so Hollywood generally believes that after this year, next year's Oscars will be the stage for other studios to play, but they don't know that this year's summer season will still be the stage. There is another phenomenal "Forrest Gump" poised to go.

Simon, on the other hand, took advantage of the sinkhole he dug at the Sundance party with the Cutthroat Island script, and it worked in the days that followed.

When the news spread, both the executives of major studios and the management of talent agency companies got the script for "Cut Throat Island" as soon as possible, and many filmmakers also began to inquire about the project. Warner's Terry Semel even called Simon directly to test the news.

Do a full play.

At Simon's behest, Amy Pascal personally held a meeting with Carlock Films management.

Of course, the two sides did not reach an agreement.

The conditions given by Daenerys Entertainment are actually not harsh, and it is a common practice for foreign cooperative films. Both parties share 50% of the investment, but this time Daenerys Entertainment is definitely responsible for the distribution, and Amy proposed the distribution commission ratio. The same is not high, referring to 12.5% ​​of the dc movie universe project.

According to Amy's feedback, there are clear divisions within Carlock Pictures.

The most important thing in Hollywood is shrewd people. With Daenerys Entertainment's momentum in Hollywood at this time, there are many people in the management of Carlock Films who can see at a glance that the rough estimate for a movie like "Cut Throat Island" reached 7,000. Working with Daenerys Entertainment is the surest option for a $10,000 blockbuster, and the studio has proven it on so many projects.

However, there is also a lack of people in this world.

Since Simon Westeros is very optimistic about this project, some people naturally think that Carlock Pictures does not need to give up so much at all. After all, Carlock Pictures, which is supported by overseas capital, is not short of money. The cooperation with Daenerys Entertainment is regarded as investment and distribution income, at least equal to giving up 60% of the income.

The parties contacted and tested each other for a week, and the form soon became clear.

Projects other Hollywood studios have snatched from Daenerys Entertainment have failed more than once, such as films like Rocketman a few years ago and Disney snatching Daenerys Entertainment from Daenerys last year at this time. Redford's new film "Behind the Scenes Lies" was also smashed in his hand.

Although there is no evidence to prove that those failed films were all traps deliberately thrown by Simon Westeros, Hollywood has also gradually formed a concept that Daenerys Entertainment’s fancy projects, other studios grabbed it, not Must be able to do well.

So, until the last minute, other studios are on the sidelines, with the exception of Paramount Pictures.

Seagram Group bought Paramount Communications last year and successfully entered Hollywood. Like Sony at the beginning, Seagram CEO Edgar Bronfman also hopes to make a name for his company as soon as possible through one or two blockbuster films.

Considering that the first film of "Mission Impossible" co-operated by the two parties is still being released, and the development of the sequel has also been put on the agenda, Edgar Bronfman understood that it was not appropriate to offend Simon at this time, so he specially called Simon to communicate.

The fish has already bit the hook, and Simon decisively changed his strategy. He directly stated on the phone that Daenerys Entertainment had abandoned the project of "Cut Throat Island" because he was not optimistic about the prospects of pirate films, and he was half-truthful at the same time. To persuade Bronfman not to mess with the project.

Simon's attitude this time was very sincere, but Bronfman obviously didn't believe it, and he soon launched further negotiations with Carlock Pictures.

Immediately, news of Daenerys Entertainment abandoning the "Cutthroat Island" project quickly spread, as well as Simon's personal statement on the script.

Hollywood was suddenly confused again.

Many people have seen the cutthroat island script in the villa in Westeros Park City, and Daenerys Entertainment has also discussed cooperation with Carlock Pictures, which is enough to prove that Daenerys Entertainment is interested in participating in this project. The project.

Simon suddenly

After expressing his position, he immediately felt a little shy.

Obviously.

This is to want everyone else to quit because of scruples, and Daenerys Entertainment will wait for the opportunity to make a move.

Can you believe such a clumsy routine?

So the negotiations continued.

In order to attract more competitors, Carlock Pictures also quietly leaked the cooperation terms offered by Paramount. It is roughly that Paramount Pictures is willing to join "Cut Throat" with a budget ratio of 30% and a distribution commission of 10%. "Island" project, and at the same time gives the best quality schedule for next year's summer season, and guarantees a screen size of more than 2,500 pieces.

Converted down, Carlock Pictures can retain about 60% of the income.

Moreover, the conditions given by Daenerys Entertainment did not include the guarantee terms of schedule and screen. Anyone who knew a little about Hollywood knew the importance of schedule and screen. For the same film, the box office performance of the popular summer season and the unpopular spring season is definitely different, and the commercial potential of the 1,000-screen opening scale and the 2,000-screen opening scale are definitely very different.

One of the most important gaps between independent Hollywood studios and big studios is that the seven major film companies basically monopolize the high-quality screens and marketing resources of the most popular Hollywood schedules. Without these resources, second- and third-tier independent filmmakers are very It is difficult to rank among the first-tier big film companies.

Now, unless they are willing to take on distribution work entirely, several other Hollywood studios can't come up with better terms of cooperation than Paramount. It is also a bit risky to give a popular schedule and a large number of screens without predicting the effect of a film at all.

Moreover, several other studios are still on the sidelines awaiting further responses from Daenerys Entertainment.

Unless Daenerys Entertainment makes a last-ditch effort to trigger a bidding war, in its current state, the project is almost a sure thing for Paramount.

Daenerys Entertainment certainly won't make a move.

It was even rejected when MGM CEO Shirley Lansing tried to see if Simon could take on the project.

Among the seven major Hollywood studios, only MGM can offer more 'favorable' conditions than Paramount. Because its own vitality has not recovered, MGM, which tries to avoid blockbuster projects at this stage, can completely Not participating in investment, only seeking distribution rights and taking commissions, which is exactly 100% in line with Carlock Pictures' expectations.

The former "Cutthroat Island" was issued by MGM.

However, under the control of Simon, MGM does not lack high-quality movie projects, and Simon does not allow the film company to waste time. Even if "Cutthroat Island" can get a new look this time under the strong attention of the film company and the main creative team, if MGM only takes the distribution commission, it is still better to focus on developing one or two mid-budget films that are entirely their own.

After the incident was provoked, Simon's attention quickly shifted to other aspects, and his most recent focus was "Four Weddings and a Funeral".

After the premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, "Four Weddings and a Funeral" received very good media reviews, because the media invited to the premiere were basically friends with Daenerys Entertainment. More than a dozen mainstream newspapers and magazines gave Four Weddings and a Funeral an astonishing 9.5.

Entering February, Valentine's Day is coming soon.

After Daenerys Entertainment carried out the last wave of intensive marketing and promotion combined with the film's excellent media reputation, "Four Weddings and a Funeral" officially landed on the North American theaters on February 11, with 1,672 screens. In order to maximize the To avoid the audience's misunderstanding that "Four Weddings and a Funeral" is a literary film, the distribution of the film has also been transferred to the mainstream Daenerys Pictures.

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