Chapter 315

Simon and Nancy chatted all the way and soon arrived at the Hilton hotel near Beverly Hills century city.

The car stopped in front of the hotel building. Because of the signing ceremony between qintex group and MGM, many reporters outside the Hilton Hotel found Simon westero's car and quickly surrounded it.

The hotel waiter politely went forward to open the door, and the two bodyguards in the front row quickly got out of the car.

Ignoring questions from reporters, Simon patiently waited for Nancy, who got off the other side of the car, to turn around and walk into the hotel.

The news of Simon's engagement to Janet has been very popular. Reporters found that he took another woman to the lunch of qintex group today. Obviously, they all cheered up and raised their cameras one after another.

However, to the disappointment of the reporters, Nancy did not take the man's arm with Simon, but kept a proper distance. A woman dressed in black suits, trousers, blonde hair rolled up the standard ol shape, but also let her not accompany a man to a luncheon companion breath.

Moreover, in recent months, due to the dispute between Denise's entertainment and consumer products department and alista records, and Nancy's frequent appearance in the media during the hot sale of Ninja Turtles, reporters around her are not unfamiliar with her identity.

It seems very common for the boss to take his senior executives to a business banquet.

However, because of Simon's identity and Nancy's beauty, reporters are still unwilling to try to dig out or create some "strong material". Therefore, just in the short distance from getting off the car to entering the hotel, Simon and Simon are surrounded by various ambiguous, misleading and even provocative questions.

As she walked into the hotel hall with Simon, Nancy felt the flashing lights behind her. She noticed that the man beside her was indifferent and seemed not to be affected by the problems. She suddenly asked, "if I just took your arm, would the newspaper be very busy tomorrow?"

Simon gave Nancy an unexpected look and said with a smile, "don't wait for tomorrow, it will be very busy soon."

"Then..." Nancy remembered that her boss always had some small lace, but she had never been caught by the tabloids. She asked curiously in a low voice, "how do you usually steal food?"

Simon shook his head without hesitation and said, "I can't tell you that."

"Why?" Nancy asked

Simon didn't explain, "I just can't tell you."

Just then, a group of men and women have come up. Nancy recognized that the middle-aged man with neat black hair in his forties was Christopher skas of qintex group, so she stopped to ask.

Looking at Simon, who is adept at communicating with several people, he suddenly understands why he refuses to talk about his lace experience.

Perhaps, this is a kind of protection.

No woman would like a man who often shows off his hunting experience, especially when she becomes the heroine.

If he had just confided to himself how to steal food with a certain actress, even if she asked, she would have a bad impression on him and even stay away from him.

Now

"Chris, this is Nancy Brill, our consumer goods manager. Hello, Nancy. Are you still there? This is Christopher skass. Let's meet him

The sound in her ear interrupted Nancy's distraction. She quickly withdrew her thoughts and politely said hello to Christopher SCASS.

Five people came out.

In addition to Christopher SCASS, there is Sherry Lansing, who will be the CEO of mgm-u.s.a.

Shirley Lansing is also well-known in the original Hollywood. She was the first female head of a big Hollywood studio. She took charge of Paramount Pictures for 13 years after Viacom acquired paramount.

Now Shirley Lansing is 45 years old. After her debut as an actor in the 1960s, Shirley Lansing soon got involved in the field of production. Shelly Lansing's fame in Hollywood has risen rapidly because of the two consecutive successful productions of "fatal temptation", which broke the box office of 100 million yuan in North America the year before last, and "robbing pear blossom", which made Judy foster the Oscar winner last year.

Christopher SCASS has a black eye on Hollywood. Therefore, the reason why Shirley Lansing is in charge of MGM is also the result of Simon's leading role.

Shirley Lansing has been running an independent production company for many years, and she has a lot of experience.

MGM is one of Hollywood's top seven though it's down. Hollywood, like many industries, is full of discrimination against women, leaving little room for women's career growth. As a woman, she can become the head of one of the seven major film companies, but this is very attractive to Shirley Lansing.

Coupled with Simon's lead, Shirley Lansing agreed to join soon after receiving the invitation.

After the greetings, we came to the banquet hall in the hotel.Christopher SCASS is a very pompous person. There are lots of Hollywood celebrities and superstars in the banquet hall. The luncheon adopts the buffet mode. Everyone chooses the people they are interested in to communicate with each other. Compared with the formal banquet, it is more lively.

Simon simply greets some guests, selects some food, and sits down at a table with Christopher skas, Shirley Lansing and others. Nancy naturally sat next to her boss and didn't say much. She just listened quietly to the conversation between Simon and skass.

With the $1 billion purchase of mgm-u.s., the size of qintex group almost doubled in an instant.

However, the debt of the Australian company has also increased significantly. As investors and creditors strengthen the supervision of qintex group, Christopher skass's control of the company has been greatly weakened after the acquisition.

Among the five people who have just welcomed Simon, except Christopher skass and Shirley Lansing, the other three are all representatives of investors and creditors in Australia.

Because of Simon's countless connections with Australian capital and his series of miracles in Hollywood, these people are more interested in Simon than Christopher skass.

Simon learned from some relations in Australia that although he is the founder of qintex group, because of the continuous dilution of the company's shareholding and the substantial increase in the debt ratio, Christopher skass is now in a state of expulsion at any time.

In order to control MGM indirectly, the investors and creditors of qintex group are the key.

The intention of the two sides is clear, so it is a hit.

However, Simon did not immediately agree to give MGM the quota for the 10 foreign films. He only suggested that Shirley Lansing solve the 007 series copyright dispute as soon as possible after taking over MGM and restart the project.

In 1965, Ian Fleming, the creator of 007 series, published the 007 novel "Thunderbolt bomb" because it involved the use of the creativity of another screenwriter Kevin McCrory, and the related copyright litigation has been pestering for decades.

Therefore, Kevin McCrory obtained the copyright of Blofeld, a very important villain in the 007 series. In 1983, McCrory also cooperated with Warner Bros. in a 007 biography cruise missile, starring Sean Connery of the first generation of 007, and the box office was pretty good.

Maybe it's from cruise missile or just like some media reports, Kevin McCrory is in financial crisis and on the verge of bankruptcy. This year, Kevin McCrory filed a lawsuit against the 007 copyright holder United States and the British Brockley family, demanding the right to shoot another 007 teleplay project adapted from thunderbolt.

That year's "cruise missile" has already made the United States and the Brockley family very angry, naturally would not agree with Kevin McCrory to do it again.

Neither side is willing to give in easily, and the lawsuit is still entangled.

Since the beginning of 1980s, the 007 series has been MGM's life hanging tools. In my memory, it is the same until 20 or 30 years later.

To solve the copyright dispute as soon as possible and restart 007 series, on the one hand, can keep MGM's normal operation, on the other hand, can also rely on this large production series with very stable profits to prevent the company from falling into bankruptcy.

After talking about business, we had almost the same lunch, and everyone began to get up and socialize in the hall.

While chatting with George Miller, who came here specially today, Shirley Lansing came with a couple, but Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner.

A series of disputes between danilisi entertainment and CAA were finally resolved by CAA's initiative to terminate their contracts with Barry Levinson, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise and Meg Ryan.

Shirley Lansing is obviously making peace for Tom Cruise by doing this.

Tom Cruise has a very close relationship with paramount. Shirley Lansing has cooperated with paramount frequently over the years. Paramount was the producer of fatal temptation two years ago. Simon is not surprised that Lansing will make friends with cruise and come out for him.

Although Shirley Lansing has made an obvious potential statement in favor of Simon in the course of lunch, Simon will not easily let go of some things, which is related to too many things, so she only lightly greets cruise and goes to other places.

Nicole Kidman has been watching each other since the man appeared in the ballroom.

As a good Australian in Hollywood, she was naturally invited to the party. It's just that she didn't even find a chance to say hello to that man after the lunch.

At the same time, I understand that compared with the initial encounter, his power in Hollywood has reached an unprecedented peak. Even the big men who created Hollywood's major film companies in the era of blockbusters may not have the influence at this time.

Think of Meg Ryan. She's even more scared.

With "when Harry meets Sally," Meg Ryan is quickly promoted to the front line. However, since the termination of the contract with CAA, Meg Ryan has not been accepted by the new talent agency or even won a new film contract for half a year due to her fear of danilisi entertainment.The competition in Hollywood has always been fierce and cruel, especially for female stars. Hollywood is just the most indispensable for female stars like Meg Ryan.

Now, a lot of people see that the box office performance of rocket expert, which will be released on December 29, is a matter of life and death for Meg Ryan.

If the box office of "rocket expert" is good enough, Meg Ryan will be able to let Hollywood producers continue to use the film under the pressure of Simon westero with her heroine status. Once the box office of "rocket expert" fails, the hero Tom Cruise may have the chance to turn over, but Meg Ryan is doomed to be eliminated by Hollywood.

Look at yourself.

After the original vulgar novel, she was not very satisfied with the arrangement of several scripts provided by danelis entertainment. She only wanted to get rid of the option contract and run her business more freely.

Now.

In addition to regret or regret.

I just hope he doesn't mind his little actions as well.

The deeper you get into this circle, the more you understand how powerful he is and how weak he is in front of him.

Ninja tortoise has been shot. Now Nicole is just waiting for danielis entertainment to arrange her next movie. She doesn't dare to have any other thoughts.

Seeing the man chatting with cruise, she quickly took advantage of the situation and showed more clearly the Gucci Kun bag in her left hand.

"Hi, Simon."

Simon looked at Nicole in her white one shouldered dress, revealing her delicate clavicle, and said with a smile, "Hi, you are so beautiful today."

"Thank you," he said, raising his wine glass. "The day after tomorrow is the premiere of Batman. I'm looking forward to it."

"Oh, remember to join us then."

"Certainly," he nodded, remembering one thing, and added, "and congratulations on your engagement to miss Johnston."

"Thank you. Have you found a boyfriend recently?"

"No, I've been with four turtles for a few months. I don't have time."

She also showed a faint expression of resentment, but in fact, of course, she is not lack of pursuers, and is trying to get along with, just in front of this man's face, she cleverly put herself in a single state.

Simon naturally won't pursue these. After a few more words, he turns and walks away.

After combing the details of the conversation, he found that he had no emotion for himself, so he let go. Although he has a cold attitude and obviously doesn't care about himself, she doesn't want too much. It's good to ignore the existence of her little shrimp, which is better than Meg Ryan.

Now that she talked about the premiere of Batman the day after tomorrow and finished the lunch, she immediately called her PR Manager to discuss the details of attending the premiere the day after tomorrow. This time, she must prepare a Gucci dress.

Busy, Monday and Tuesday pass quickly.

In the twinkling of an eye, it came to December 20.

Wednesday.

The eyes of Hollywood are focused on the premiere of Batman at the holy citizen Hall tonight.

As another heavyweight new film directed by Simon westero, the publicity of the film has been overwhelming in recent months, which can be seen from the premiere of the holy citizen hall. You know, the holy citizen auditorium used to be the place of choice for large-scale ceremonies such as Oscars.

Moreover, according to some internal sources, both producer Denise entertainment and Warner Bros., which is responsible for the distribution, are confident in the film.

In the early stage, the two companies kept the details of Batman strictly confidential. However, because of their confidence in the quality of the film, the film will be open to media review tomorrow after its premiere.

In fact, with more than 1000 people watching the premiere ceremony, after tonight, the film's reputation is doomed to be impossible to hide.

The red carpet ceremony of the premiere starts at 6 pm.

However, as soon as it gets light today, the audience around the holy citizen hall is rapidly becoming crowded, and the gathering of fans even exceeds that of the previous Oscars.