Chapter 276

Santa Monica.

At Denise entertainment headquarters, Simon is saying goodbye to Kevin Costner, Jessica Langer, Michael Blake and others. Dancing with the wolf will start shooting next month, and everyone has just finished a production meeting.

With Simon's support, "dancing with Wolves" will continue to be directed and starred by Kevin Costner himself, who will also be a nominal producer. Last year, Jessica Langer, who worked with danielis entertainment on steel magnolia, plays the heroine "standing fist dance.".

Compared with the original, the new film has been greatly improved in CASS.

Although Jessica Lange has several Oscar nominations and is also the best actress winner in 1983, her film remuneration has not been high. She doesn't play many roles in "standing fist dance" and is more inclined to play the role of a female partner. Her asking price is only $1 million.

With the success of bodyguard, Kevin Costner has established himself as a leading actor in Hollywood. However, the two sides had already signed a contract before "bodyguard", and he took the director and the actor's total remuneration of $6 million this time.

Considering that the film may involve Hollywood's most difficult animal and child scenes, as well as a lot of wild scenes, Simon has provided a budget of 25 million dollars for the project, which is also higher than the original.

Now that he has enough confidence in dancing with wolves, Simon is not stingy on budget.

Of course, the budget is limited to $25 million.

Simon has always attached great importance to the budget control of the film, and set an example. Batman uses a lot of new technologies and special effects. The late stage of the film is nearing completion, and there is no sign of overspending.

In the hall on the first floor of the headquarters, Simon saw off Kevin Costner and Michael Blake, shook hands with Jessica Langer, who was carrying a satchel, and said, "see you next time, Jessie."

Jessica Langer shook hands with Simon and asked, "aren't you going to the jonathons' party this evening?"

Simon nodded and said, "definitely."

Today is July 14, Friday.

On Wednesday, wma announced another major personnel change for the old talent agency. Norman Broca, the company's president, left, and Jonathan Friedman, its vice president, took over the new position of president and joined the board of directors.

Although the schedule is one month different, "bodyguard" and "supernatural" now, if we apply this sentence to Simon westlow, "he can see ghosts," then many things that puzzled us in the past have been explained. In theory, Simon westero, who grew up in a welfare home, can't have the opportunity to learn music, painting, movies, foreign languages and other skills. For a child at the bottom of the society, even if he works hard and lacks resources, it's obviously impossible to complete these tasks. "

"But what if it wasn't humans who taught him this, it was ghosts?"

"It all makes sense at once."

"I even think that Simon westero's sudden mental breakdown three years ago may have something to do with it."

"Then westero came to Los Angeles and immediately became a movie genius."

"For an 18-year-old who may not have seen a few movies from childhood, it's totally incredible. But what Los Angeles lacks most is obviously filmmakers. By analogy, after more than half a century of accumulation in this city, ghosts proficient in various film skills should be enough to form a huge army. With the help of a group of elite ghosts, westero can easily become a "movie genius."

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The article is very long, Simon also read with relish, came to his office door forgot to push the door in.

Leaning against the door to finish reading the press release in his hand, Simon looked up and noticed that Jennifer's face was still strange. He turned his eyes and looked at the air on the right side of the female assistant. He whispered in a faint voice: "Nate, our secret has been discovered."

Because she read this news release in advance, Jennifer was a bit of a substitute. At this time, listening to Simon's words, she subconsciously looked to her left and felt that half of her body was hairy and goose bumps were oozing out.

Simon saw that the female assistant was really frightened by herself. He put out an index finger with a smile and scratched it gently on her white neck when she turned her head.

When Simon cuts her neck, Jennifer reacts, and her left side is slightly hot.

The combination of cold and heat makes the face red.

She stares at Simon discontentedly, sees him push the door and walk into the office, and Jennifer chases him in again. When the man sits down behind his desk, she asks, "well, do you want to call the Los Angeles Times to take it down?"

Simon leaned back in the leather chair, didn't answer the question, and asked with a smile, "Jennie, do you think I'm psychic?"

Jennifer was stunned and shook her head. "I, I don't know."

Simon suddenly asked, "so, are you afraid of death?"

Jennifer was a little confused, so she said honestly, "I'm afraid.""I'm also afraid of death, to be exact, fear," Simon said, rubbing his hand over the folder in front of him. "So, I really hope this article is true. Because if there are ghosts, it means that death is no longer the end. If death is just the end of a journey, not the end, why should we fear? "

Jennifer nodded, but, perhaps, some thoughts were aroused by this article, and the inquiry in the female assistant's expression still did not dissipate.

Simon laughed and said, "I can only say that I did experience something. But you can rest assured that I am not an alien, not a robot, not a spy, not to mention a psychic. I am just Simon westero, that's all

Knowing that he was able to explain himself in such a vague way was very difficult, Jennifer bent her mouth slightly, pointed to the article in front of Simon's face and said, "well, what about this?"

"Let them publish it. It's just time to nod her head again and look at her watch. It's five o'clock.

Just about to go out, the door was knocked.

After Simon responded, Nancy Brill pushed the door and came in.

Getting off work on time doesn't exist for Simon. He and Nancy have to discuss blockbuster's IPO.

After spending money and expanding for more than half a year, blockbuster's cash flow has dried up again. As a major shareholder, it is also danilisi's obligation to help blockbuster solve its financial difficulties. Through this connection, blockbuster has obtained a $100 million five-year loan from Citibank at the beginning of this month on very favorable terms.

However, blockbuster is unlikely to continue to increase its debt in this way.

After discussion, a group of shareholders passed the decision to promote the IPO of the company.

This can't be done overnight. It will take about half a year. By that time, the loan that blockbuster obtained from Citibank should be spent. Once listed, blockbuster can expand more easily by issuing additional shares, issuing bonds, exchanging shares for mergers and acquisitions, which can greatly ease the pressure on capital.

After saying hello, Jennifer left the office to get busy. Simon got up and sat down with Nancy in the reception area to check some documents.

Simon didn't pay much attention to that article, but the Los Angeles Times did say that if Simon westero was a psychic, there was a very reasonable explanation for everything he had shown in recent years.

While major mainstream newspapers reprinted the Los Angeles Times article one after another, the North American media also set off a wave of proof that Simon westero is indeed a psychic.

It doesn't work to directly contact Simon westero and try to interview him. Pat Kingsley, a public relations spokesman for westero, just publicly refutes the absurdity of this article, but does nothing else. As a result, the media once again shifted their targets to San Jose, where Simon grew up, and to some people who had been around him.

Maybe it's some kind of psychological suggestive effect. People who knew Simon in the past "suddenly realized" one after another, citing all kinds of unusual things in Simon's childhood to prove the argument of the Los Angeles Times article.

Some journalists are also looking back at the Watsonville psychiatric hospital where Simon once lived.

Just because Janet had signed a confidentiality agreement with many people in that hospital, the reporters got nothing this time. However, it further stimulated the curiosity of the media.

At the end of the day, Janet called from Melbourne and asked if Simon was a psychic or not. If so, the necklace that a woman's grandmother originally intended to leave her as a dowry could not be found after the old man died. She wanted Simon to help her "ask" where to put it.

Simon angrily suggested that the woman take down the Johnston's mansion directly, and it would be found for sure.

After several days of trouble, some other arguments about Simon began to emerge. Fortunately, this is not the middle ages. Otherwise, Simon felt that he might have been tied to the stake and burned to death. In order to avoid losing control of the discussion, Denise Entertainment's public relations department and Simon's private public relations team began to put out the fire.

On the other hand, it also stimulated the box office of sixth sense as Simon expected.

Because of the argument that Cole may be Simon westero's "self portrait", many of the audience, who were not moved by the people around them, began to buy tickets curiously.

In the end, from July 14 to July 20, the box office of sixth sense only dropped by a paltry 2.7%. In the third week of its release, it made another $38.25 million, with a total box office of $118.86 million. This phenomenal horror film not only achieved the goal of breaking through 100 million yuan in three weeks, but also surpassed the box office figure of 110.65 million US dollars in three weeks and two days in the same period.

In addition, in the seventh week of release, "bodyguard" also successfully broke through the 100 million yuan mark, with a total box office of 104.25 million US dollars in seven weeks.

After the "low ebb" in the first half of the year, Denise entertainment created two films with a box office of more than 100 million in North America.In recent years, the number of people watching movies in North America has basically not changed much. Denise Entertainment's films reap the box office so strongly, which will inevitably suppress other studios. Therefore, some things also happen.