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Worried that the family would be unhappy after discovering their daughter's abnormality, Barry Weiss called Lynn Spears to stop, and as soon as he mentioned Britney's strangeness, Lynn Spears hurriedly shook his head with a visibly guilty look: " It's all right, Mr Weiss, there's nothing wrong with Bree, she's just, maybe tired the last few days."

Barry Weiss didn't expect the other party to be so knowledgeable. He thought that he had already been explained in advance, so he stopped talking. After thinking about it, he simply said, "In this case, tomorrow is Friday, Mrs. Spears, let Bree Take a few days off and come back next Monday."

Lynn Spears agreed again and again, and as if worried about being hunted down, she dragged her daughter who had just changed her clothes and left in a hurry.

The mother and daughter came to the parking lot together and stuffed their sleepy daughter into the back seat. Lynn Spears turned to the driver's seat. Because her arms were trembling, she had to insert the car key several times. When the engine started, Lynn Spears Spears didn't drive the car for the first time, but instead held the steering wheel blankly, and suddenly burst into tears.

She always felt that these days, the things her husband did in a daze might bring bad luck to the whole family.

How could Simon Westeros be like Michael Jackson?

Driving home in a trance, sending her daughter off to rest, Lynn Spears came to the couple's bedroom.

The sky outside is still bright, but the bedroom with thick curtains is dark. Only my husband is working in front of a computer that has just been installed in the past two days.

The children wanted to install a computer at home very early on, but the husband refused to spend the money because he didn't understand.

In the past two days, I quickly learned the audio editing software, splicing and editing my daughter's various words after being fed the medicine.

Leaning lightly, she sat down on the edge of the bed behind her husband and stared blankly at the man for a while. Lynn Spears finally said, "Jamie, I think, at least, we should find a lawyer?"

Jamie Spears, who was immersed in his work, didn't notice his wife entering the door at all. When he heard the voice, he was obviously taken aback. He burst out with an American curse, turned his head and glanced at his wife, then withdrew his gaze and continued to play with the mouse, saying : "Do you know how expensive a lawyer is? If you invite a lawyer, it costs [-] million US dollars, but those bastards may take away tens of millions, which is enough to buy a top-notch mansion in Beverly Hills."

Lynn Spears paused for a moment, then said again: "You plan, Jamie, when do you plan to contact that... person?"

"The things in my hand will be settled immediately. Tomorrow, tomorrow I will personally send Bray to class. By the way, talk to Barry Weiss first. He can contact Simon Westeros."

"However, when I went to pick up our daughter just now, Barry Weiss found out about Bree's strangeness and offered her a three-day vacation. Why don't you go next Monday?"

"It's just right, I'll go find Barry Weiss by myself tomorrow," Jamie Spears said, feeling the delay in his wife's tone, turning his head and glaring at her with bloodshot eyes: "If you are afraid, We can divorce first, and then the two hundred million dollars will be mine."

Lynn Spears didn't expect her husband to say such things suddenly. The pressure accumulated in recent days because she wanted to attack a certain big person made her almost want to burst out, but, thinking of that... It seems that the hope is actually quite high She quickly felt like being poked by a needle, and became discouraged again.

If there are really [-] million US dollars, in fact, of course it is very good.

There was a moment of silence, thinking that the children would be leaving school soon, Lynn Spears didn't say anything, got up in a daze, and went out to prepare dinner for the family.

Blink of an eye is the next day.

Friday, January 10th.

This is the day when the box office of "Ghost Story" is released in the second week. Early in the morning, every corner of Los Angeles is the first to read today's newspaper.

Then came the inevitable exclamations of wonder.

In the second week of its release, due to the popularity of the first week, Daenerys Entertainment quickly increased the number of screening screens of "Ghost Story" from 2045 to 3123.

The scale of screenings has increased significantly, coupled with the continuous fermentation of the film's word-of-mouth, the box office of "Ghost Story" fell by only 17% in the second week. After the first week's explosive US$5963 million, it received another US$4945 million in the second week.In just two weeks, this ultra-low-cost pseudo-documentary film with a public cost of only 30 U.S. dollars has directly surpassed 1 million at the box office, reaching 908 million U.S. dollars.

Moreover, even if it fell by a full US$1000 million in the second week, "Ghost Story"'s single-week box office of US$4945 million still created a Hollywood single-week box office record in October.

The limelight is unparalleled.

Not only that, because of the popularity of "Ghost Story", the sales of Tinkber's iRec have also increased significantly. In the past two weeks, the shipment of this electronic product in North America where "Ghost Story" has been released has skyrocketed by 50% , from the sales volume between 25 and 30 in the previous single week to more than 40 in the recent period.

In addition, the sales of products such as iPlayer, iCam and even the iMac just released in the first half of the year have also increased significantly, and the iPad 10, which will be officially released this Saturday, has been in two weeks since the press conference. Just the pre-sale in North America has exceeded 120 million, and it is obvious that it will once again become an explosive electronic product with sales exceeding 1000 million in the first year of release.

When Hollywood is discussing various ideas related to pseudo-documentary films after dinner, the old electronic giants such as Sony, Panasonic, Kodak, and Samsung, which have been firmly suppressed by Tinkobel in related fields in recent years, are completely unable to sit still. live.

The similar products launched by these manufacturers in recent years have no power to fight back against Tinkber, and this time, the bundled marketing of Tinkbel's iRec and "Ghost Story" is really too successful, the template Putting it here, it is really unreasonable for everyone not to follow.

Sony is near water.

Some time ago, "Ghost Story" was released at the box office in the first weekend. Norio Ohga directly assigned the task to John Kelly, the head of Sony Pictures. In the next year, Sony Pictures will use Sony's consumer-grade digital camera products to shoot at least three movies. Mock-documentary film.

As for Panasonic, Kodak, Samsung and other manufacturers, even if they are not as convenient as Sony, they have recently dispatched teams to Hollywood to seek cooperation in their own digital camera products and pseudo-documentary projects.

Under this situation, the main creators of "Ghost Story" who have already had successful cases, whether they are directors or actors, are becoming more and more popular. Film companies and brand manufacturers, large and small, are offering high salaries that continue to increase. Try to find cooperation.

When the temptation reaches a certain level, it is not so easy to resist.

Santa Monica.

Inside a posh restaurant bordering Brentwood.

During breakfast time, this was already the third meeting between Justin Lin and Bill Michanik, the president of Disney, and Shun Nakagawa, who is said to be the vice president of the marketing department of Panasonic.

As the most popular celebrity in Hollywood recently, since the box office of "Ghost Story" was released on the first day, facing all kinds of wooing and courting around, no matter how determined the mind is, it is inevitable.

If the flattery of people around you can only bring emotional pleasure, at this moment, facing a director's remuneration from the initial price increase of 300 million US dollars to 500 million and then to 600 million at this time, plus a direct draw of 10 % of the domestic box office is divided into such a condition, Lin Yibin is really a little bit irresistible.

At the same time, there is guilt and embarrassment.

The guilty conscience is that Lin Yibin is very clear that he is more of an executor of the success of "Ghost Story".If he gets a high salary this time, but can't produce a work that is equivalent to "Ghost Story", or even half of the performance of "Ghost Story", then his brand will be completely smashed.

The tricky part is the contract.

"Mr. Michanik, and, this, Mr. Nakagawa, the problem is, I signed a three-picture contract with Daenerys Entertainment before Ghost Story, and that's not counting Ghost Story. The movie contract, according to the agreement, if I want to make a movie for another film company during the contract period, I must get the consent of Daenerys Entertainment."

As soon as Justin Lin finished speaking, Shun Nakagawa from Panasonic asked in obviously accented English: "Lin, may I know how much is the liquidated damages?"

Justin Lin shook his head: "It's not a matter of liquidated damages. Frankly speaking, Mr. Nakagawa, unless I have no other choice, I don't want to fall out with Daenerys."

Bill Michanik said at this time: "If my understanding is correct, Lin, what you mean is that during the contract period, if you make films for other manufacturers, you need to obtain Daenerys' consent, not be banned, yes Bar?"

"Yes."

"In this case, if you can authorize," Bill Michanik said, "we can contact Daenerys for you."

Justin Lin shook his head subconsciously, mainly because he didn't trust the other party very much.

Even if Daenerys' promotion is not mentioned, with the strength of this big studio in Hollywood at this time, if there is a complete fallout, Lin Yibin knows very well that it is not impossible for him to be blocked.Even though he was very excited about the $600 million from Disney and Panasonic, he did not lose his mind.

If Disney and Panasonic contact Disney instead of him, it is hard to say whether the other party will deliberately screw things up.

As for letting him negotiate with Daenerys Entertainment, he still has a guilty conscience.

You know, he just received a $100 million reward from Daenerys Entertainment last week, and the two parties are also discussing his next project recently.What's more, the new film has not yet been conceived, and the salary has been negotiated, 100 million US dollars.Lin Yibin is very clear that "Ghost Story" can only be regarded as an exception. In the next filming of an orthodox film, Daenerys took the initiative to raise the film salary to 100 million instead of giving a newcomer's price, which is actually very good.

What's more, Daenerys Entertainment is really serious about cultivating him. As long as the first orthodox film is successful, he will be in the top line and get a basic salary like Roland Emmerich and Michael Bay. It is not impossible to add tens of millions of bonuses to salary.

However, 100 million US dollars, and the unavoidable future that cannot be guaranteed, is not as good as the 600 million US dollars that is right in front of us, not to mention the 10% direct box office commission.

With the strong influence of "Ghost Story", Justin Lin probably knows that as the director and producer of the project, even if the second pseudo-documentary film does not do very well, the box office of 5000 million US dollars is still very guaranteed. Taking it seriously, he doesn't deny that this is actually consuming the popularity accumulated in "Ghost Shadows".

Therefore, the value of the entire contract is actually at the level of 1000 million US dollars.

For ordinary people, 1000 million is enough to live a comfortable life.

When Bill Michanik saw Justin Lin shaking his head, he understood after a little thought. He smiled and said patiently: "Lin, I know your scruples. You don't want to have direct contact with Daenerys, and you're worried that we might mess things up. , In this way, you can definitely send someone you trust to participate in the negotiation with us, by the way, how about your agent at ICM, Vincent Pyne?"

Unlike Amy Adams and Jessica Chastain, Justin Lin, who has made several feature films before "Ghost Story", already has his own agent, and is also owned by ICM, the three major Hollywood companies.

However, Lin Yibin still shook his head.

His agent was originally a small role under ICM just like himself, and his vision was far from the long-term vision of those big-name agents in Hollywood. How much work he took on.

The same is true for meeting with Michanik alone today.

It is conceivable that if you let the other party negotiate on your behalf, for the 10% commission, the chances of the other party actively messing up are greater than the two in front of you.

Justin Lin is already considering changing his agent.

Thinking about this, and thinking about it for a while, Justin Lin finally said: "I'll contact my father and ask him to find time to conduct this negotiation on my behalf."

Neither Bill Michanik nor Nakagawa had any objections, but Bill Michanik couldn't help asking, "Lin, your father, I mean, does he live in Los Angeles?"

Lin Yibin was a little unhappy when he heard this.Because of his Chinese face, Bill Michanik probably thought that his parents might be living in a small village in China where braided hair was still living in thatched huts. Maybe he would have to go through some troubles like visas when he came to the United States. Get that sort of thing.

It's not the first time Justin Lin has encountered such deep-rooted prejudice and discrimination, but he didn't have an attack. He just said: "Our family lives in Orange County, and my father can come here in half an hour with just a phone call. "

Both of them nodded again, which is of course the best.

Daenerys Studios.

Miss C came to Los Angeles yesterday afternoon and stayed at Cape Dumey Manor in the evening. She also played a guest role as a waitress at breakfast, and when she came, she came with a lot of gifts. To please Janet.

Work with Simon in the morning.

Miss C certainly didn't come to Los Angeles out of boredom, she was also doing it for "Ghost Story" and even the recently approved "Blair Witch".

In the first "Ghost Story", the collaboration between Tinkber and Daenerys was just a test of the waters.

Now, with the success of Ghost Story, a clear charter is needed for the follow-up.

It's still the sisters who settle accounts.

Otherwise, as long as Daenerys lets the wind go, other electronics manufacturers will spend tens of millions of dollars to implant their own digital cameras. Wanting to take advantage is not a serious cooperative attitude.

In order to finalize the follow-up cooperation between the sequel of "Ghost Story" and the "Blair Witch" project, which was also provided by her boss, Claire simply came to Los Angeles in person.

Of course, it’s my own family after all, so there’s no need for protracted tug-of-war. During the short distance from Cape Dume Manor to Malibu Studios, Miss C, who took advantage of Simon’s arms, negotiated a price with her boss, 5000 million, five films, the last two sequels to "The Ghost Story" and the planned "The Blair Witch" trilogy.

It was a one-time cash payment as a price tag for continuing to use iRec digital cameras for five films.

Of course, for "The Blair Witch", Simon can't guarantee 5000% success, and it's hard to say whether it can make a trilogy. The price of winning "Ghost Story", "The Blair Witch" is only a ride.

If only "Ghost Story" is counted, the two sequels each cost 2500 million US dollars, which seems high, but in fact it is only equivalent to Tinkber selling 3 iRecs. Now it is, iRec's recent sales have skyrocketed It has reached more than 40 units in a single week.

Therefore, 5000 million is just a small amount of money for Tinkber.

And it's not too high.

Now even if Daenerys Entertainment asks Panasonic or Kodak this price, there is a high probability that they will be willing to pay.

Because "Ghost Story" is really too successful.

What's more, if the "Blair Witch" series is included, it can only be described as cost-effective. After all, it was the idea provided by Simon himself. Over the years, Simon has not missed many times.

Arriving at the cinema, Miss C separated from Simon.

5000 million US dollars is roughly, and more details such as the next joint marketing, etc., still need to be negotiated and put on paper.

These are things for Claire and Amy.

Simon came to his office in Building No. [-] of the Administrative District, and Miss A began to briefly introduce today's work schedule.

9 o'clock, 1 hour, dealing with various daily documents.

At 10 o'clock, the production meeting of "The Matrix".

This project will also enter the casting stage. It is expected to start filming in the first half of next year, and the beginning of the schedule is set for the summer of 1999.

At 11 o'clock, the conference call with AOL was mainly about the operation and financial summary of the past quarter of AOL.

During the period, Simon also planned to discuss the cooperation between America Online and China Telecom with Steve Case.

A few days ago, Soros gave the telecommunications project cooperation in the list of Chinese projects. Simon intends to hand it over to AOL. After all, he is an expert. AOL can not only provide funds, but also provide technology for China Telecom. Already have small-scale cooperation.

There is not much room for AOL to move in North America. The finalization of this project is equivalent to another overseas expansion of AOL, which will be a strong positive for the stock price.

12 o'clock, one hour lunch.

I made an appointment with the SpaceX team in advance, and talked about the manufacturing progress of SpaceX's first self-developed rocket while having lunch.

in the afternoon.

At 1 o'clock, the marketing coordination meeting for the sprint publicity stage of a series of projects such as "The Conjuring 2", "A Bug's Life", "Contact", and "Titanic" in the three upcoming year-end schedules.

The local distribution of "Contact" is actually in charge of MGM. However, as a cooperative film, the overseas distribution is dominated by Daenerys, so it is also included in the discussion of Daenerys Entertainment.In fact, there is another "The Flash 2", but this project is completely led by Warner itself.

At 2 o'clock, watch the rough-cut samples of "Extremely Cold" scheduled for Easter next year, and discuss the follow-up production strategy.

The job takes three hours.

Last year's "The Mummy" director Stephen Sommers conceived and served as the producer of "Deep Cold", which was completed two months ago. At present, the rough cut is completed, and the next step is the perfection of various special effects shots and the final cut.

The box office of this project was a mess. Simon took the initiative to promote the approval of the project, mainly because he felt that the film was not that bad. The failure at the box office was largely due to the distribution strategy. After all, the later videotapes and DVDs sold very well.

What's more, if it really fails, Simon is quite looking forward to it.

At 5 o'clock, everyone else is off work, and Simon has to continue.

Mainly to meet with Amy Pascal and other executives to communicate some work matters that he needs to pay attention to in the days when he leaves North America.

After the matter is explained, Simon will rush to Los Angeles International Airport and fly directly to Hangzhou, China.

Somebody's full moon wine is scheduled for Sunday.

Lin Su had already returned with her child a week in advance. Simon was too busy with work, so he could only arrive on time due to the jet lag.

Still, that's the way it is.

Many times, plans never seem to keep up with changes.