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Arriving in Manhattan, Simon first went to the headquarters of Westeros, and discussed with James about the recent layout in Asia.

The Hong Kong side has already finalized, and this time the main discussion is South Korea.

Then I went to America Online, which has already moved its headquarters to New York, to listen to America Online's quarterly financial summary, and paid a little attention to the cooperation between America Online and another "China Telecom" that is about to be divested from China. plan.

For the cooperation to be announced next week, Soros and the Hong Kong investors who came out some time ago will mainly contribute funds. In addition to the US$10 billion investment, AOL will also provide China Telecom with related technologies in the field of network broadband. This part of the support It is also impossible to give in vain, and it will also be counted as shares.

The three Internet giants of the Westeros system currently have the lowest market value of AOL, which has dropped to less than 2000 billion US dollars. Simon believes that the conclusion of this cooperation is expected to push AOL’s market value back to the 2000 billion US dollar range.

The afternoon is mainly about two things.

Some trivial things about Daenerys, as well as Victoria’s Secret, although there will be no more Victoria’s Secret shows this year, under the strong expectations of all parties, Victoria’s Secret will hold a large-scale Victoria’s Secret in November The brand party, in the name of charity, invites a large number of celebrities and superstars. Of course, the much-anticipated Victoria's Secret Angel is a must.

In order to adapt to Simon's schedule, the meeting at Victoria's Secret started at four o'clock in the afternoon and lasted for an hour. The main purpose was to thoroughly finalize the size, location, process and partners of the party.

This is a large-scale brand marketing, and the core brand is naturally only Victoria's Secret, including the parent company LTD Group of Victoria's Secret at most.In other aspects, the partners have a strong lineup. The TV media has FashionTV, the print media platform is "Vanity Fair", the online platform is Igret Portal, and finally there is an Elite model agency that assisted in the organization.

The size of the party is expected to be about 500 people, and the location is chosen in the well-known Lexington Avenue Armory.

Since it was in the name of charity, an auction was also arranged during the party process.However, this is only an addition to the lively atmosphere.The main funds are the guaranteed donation of 500 million US dollars from the Victoria's Secret brand and the invitation letter this time. Except for a few guests who are actively invited by the organizers to join the show, others want to get admission tickets, each of which is 10000 US dollars, and no one wants to come You can come, you need to submit an application and accept the review of the party team.

In the end, all donations will be deposited into a charitable fund specially set up under Victoria's Secret, mainly used to help improve medical care, education and other issues for disadvantaged women in third world countries.

At the end of the meeting, Simon did not work overtime, and did not arrange other activities in the evening, but returned to the apartment on 68th Street on Fifth Avenue with Grace Krepp who also came to the meeting.

Grace's little John has been sent here during the day.

However, just after entering the door, ignoring the housekeepers Angourie Davis and Carmen Kess who greeted them, Grace entangled him softly, hugged Simon tightly, and whispered in the man's ear: : "I've been here all day to prepare dinner for you, but do you plan to eat first, or eat me first?"

Simon put his arms around the woman in front of him, feeling Grace's slender waist quickly recovered after giving birth, and said with a smile, "I want to eat first."

Grace lightly bit Simon's ear, and her arms around the man's waist tightened: "The answer is wrong, you can only eat me first."

"Then I'll change the answer and eat you first."

"Ah."

"Can we eat first?"

The woman's hot face rubbed against Simon's chin: "No, you said it all, eat me first."

Seeing this, Angore, Carmen, and the others disappeared knowingly. Simon teased the woman a few words, but she was not really disappointed. He hugged her and walked upstairs.

This dinner took a little longer.

In the end, Simon was really not very hungry. As for a certain little guy who didn't know where he was, he definitely wasn't hungry anyway.

Grace just ate a little symbolically. Although the nutritional content was high, she obviously didn't care about being full. However, the woman didn't mean to leave Simon. He was also in poor health, so he summoned the housekeeper to bring some food to the bedroom in the early hours of the morning.

Sharing a plate of food with Simon directly on the bed, Grace re-wrapped around the man like a little girl.

Simon hugged the woman and lay down, patted her, and criticized: "I came to see my son, and I haven't seen him until now. When the child grows up, he will definitely think that I am incompetent. What should I say then? , it seems that I can only tell him plainly, because his mother is too greedy, so I can't blame me. Hey, is that the case, little Grey, you are too incompetent to be a mother, right?"

Grace hugged Simon's solid arm, squinted her eyes and found a more comfortable position, rubbed her warm chin against his shoulder, listened to the man's chanting for a while, finally opened her mouth slightly, and whispered something in Simon's ear.

"..."

Is this considered compensation?

Simon quickly gave the woman another note, and said with a smile, "I'm very patriarchal. It's not easy to please, one blow is not enough!"

Chapter 1217 Hello, Root Sister

Boston, the Weston affluent district in the western suburbs of the city.

It's Sunday morning.

A group of people who flew to Boston yesterday entered a manor in a rich area with 5 minutes before nine o'clock. Lena Kane got out of the car first, and immediately saw an Eastern European woman wearing rimless glasses and a home suit. He was greeted by two waitresses who were obviously of Eastern European descent.

Even though it could be roughly judged that this woman should be quite old, Lena Kane was still a little embarrassed in front of her perfect appearance and demure and gentle temperament that had resisted the erosion of time, and even had some kind of inexplicable inferiority complex and intimacy.

However, Lena Kane immediately noticed that the woman seemed a little embarrassed in front of them, her voice was soft, and she greeted with a British accent: "Everyone, please come with me."

The other party did not introduce, and it was inconvenient for Lina and the others to take the initiative to greet them too much.

Lina, who is good at observing, soon discovered that the edge of the woman's slender neck wrapped in a turtleneck sweater had some faint red marks, and even the woman's face had a certain ruddy color that could easily be associated with ambiguous associations. I understand why this woman is embarrassed.

Lina couldn't judge the specific age of the other party, but at least she was in her 30s, and her boss was only 29 years old this year.

It is inevitable that such an intellectual and gentle woman would be embarrassed to be seen by outsiders as a lover to a man who is much smaller than herself.

It has to be said that Lina really guessed what Maria was thinking.

In addition to not guessing the age correctly.

Moreover, this is actually not the manor where Maria and the children live, but the residence of Ulyana. Compared with other women around Simon, as the mother of five children, plus her own personality, and even, with a certain The age gap between a small man, she has always been a shy passive bearer in front of him.

She was half-coaxed and pulled over last night. It was the first time she spent a ridiculous night with a certain little man with Ulyana. Even though these guests could not know what happened last night, Maria still felt uncomfortable when facing outsiders. Excuse me.

Fortunately, it wasn't in her own residence, otherwise, Maria would definitely not follow.

You know, not only the three boys and the two little ones, because of the weekend, the daughter also came back from MIT to visit me.

However, a certain nasty little man probably also thought of this before choosing this side, which made Maria feel a little strange gratitude for this inexplicably.She knew it wasn't normal, but at least he wasn't embarrassing himself in front of the kids, so...not too bad.

Thinking of this, Maria led the guests into the villa, walked through the hall, and came to an office on the westernmost side of the first floor, knocked on the door, and opened the door after getting a response.

In front of you is a very spacious office with floor-to-ceiling glass windows on the south side, making it very bright.

The current temperature in Boston is very low, but the room is as warm as spring.

Simon was originally sitting on the sofa in the reception area near the glass window, flipping through some documents with his legs crossed, listening to Girl A's report, and standing up when he saw everyone entering the door.

There were a total of two men and four women.

In addition to Lena Kane, there are also Hollywood gold medal producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and the original director Paul Greengrass, the screenwriter Annika Settle, and, the last two, not only each other knows Simon, Simon had known each other's young girls before.

The first one is from Canada, Rachel McAdams, who was once one of Hollywood sweet sisters and just turned 20 this year.

And the second one, looking at the pair of little canine teeth that were showing when they smiled, when Simon greeted the other party, he almost blurted out "Hello Genmei, how is Sledgehammer?", Simon once liked the heroine in a TV series very much, Amy Acker, 22 years old this year.

These are two of the three heroines recently selected by Lin Na.

Of course, it was the result of Simon intervening a little because of his personal bad taste.

Now that Genmei has shown up, Simon actually hopes that good things will come in pairs, and then gather a "Xiao Sledgehammer", so that the three heroines in the setting will also live together.

Unfortunately not found.

Because the selection criteria of the film still refer to it, newcomers who have a foundation in acting but have basically never shown their faces on the big and small screens are needed. It is best to be students majoring in acting in various universities.

So Rachel McAdams and Amy Acker were singled out.

One of the two daughters is a student majoring in drama performance at York University in Canada, and the other just graduated from the performance department of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas this year, and happened to go to Los Angeles.As for the former 'Shaw Sledgehammer' Sara Shahi, it is obviously not included.

The three heroines in the plan have actually all been selected.

The last one didn't come today, mainly because Simon wasn't interested, and because the other party didn't sign under Lina's name. Through the relationship of family connections, there was already another brokerage company.Moreover, this girl is also an actress Simon once knew, Catherine Mourning, a famous tomboy in Hollywood, who was once famous for participating in acting, and is also the cousin of 'Queen of Water' Gwyneth Paltrow.

Catherine Mourning is 20 years old and a junior at the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Although Simon was not interested in this girl who couldn't tell the difference between the front and the back when her head was covered, the other party's acting skills were good enough and her image fit the requirements, so she was naturally selected.

Speaking of it, because a tomboy is needed in the film, Simon thought of Katherine Mourning when he saw Katherine Mourning at the first time, but he thought of Hilary Swank, the most insignificant Oscar actress in Hollywood. It has been many years since he debuted. Although he is still doing various tricks, he still does not meet the screening criteria that the role of the movie must be a newcomer.

After the greeting, Maria arranged for coffee and snacks in person. Everyone sat down on the sofa in the reception area of ​​the office and began to discuss the business.

Nature is about things.

Today is Sunday, which is not a working day, but Simon can only squeeze out some time today. Lena and others naturally have to cater to his schedule, and they have to fly to Boston from all over the United States.

Everyone has no complaints about this. No matter inside or outside Hollywood, there are countless people who are looking forward to meeting Simon Westeros. As long as there is a chance, let alone flying to Boston, even flying to Mars, as long as it is feasible , not many people will refuse.

Just like Jerry Bruckheimer who came together this time.

Originally, this project had nothing to do with him, but Bruckheimer saw an opportunity and offered to be an executive producer of the film without asking for anything in return.

The proposal was sent to Simon, and Simon agreed after a little consideration.

It's what you need.

Jerry Bruckheimer's career has obviously declined in recent years, and the idea of ​​Bruckheimer, with Bruckheimer's status, can naturally find out that this is an idea provided by Simon himself, so it can be said to be an initiative to make friends, just like Brian Bruckheimer back then De Palma, who escorted Simon's debut work like that.

In addition, since the director Paul Greengrass is Simon's preferred director, Bruckheimer, as the producer, also happens to observe and even help the newcomer, and maybe he can become his direct partner in the future.

The new version, the current script has been basically completed.

Except for the setting of the original witch-hunting expedition, most of the other details are quite different from what it used to be. This is mainly because the quality of the original version is really not on the table, and it is more of an accidental success under viral marketing.

The story this time mainly tells the story of two men, three women and five college students who went on an adventure based on the legend of a witch in a small town and went deep into the jungle. From the initial adventure hunting, to discovering that things started to be weird, and then to the appearance of a real witch and the annihilation of the small team s story.

That's right.

Brand new than ever, there will actually be witches appearing.

In fact, the reason why I was completely afraid of playing in the first place was that there were no witches, and it was more because the team's budget was too small to afford it.

Simon initially considered continuing this pattern of psychological fear, but then overthrew himself.

Because this pattern has just been used in it.

It is still in theaters, and it basically refers to the setting of the original version. There are no ghosts in the whole process.It’s fine if you don’t see a ghost once, but if you don’t see a witch twice, it’s likely to make the audience feel like they’ve been tricked.

At least, even if he substituted himself, it was not easy for Simon to accept the so-called fear in his heart twice in a row.

There is always some 'progress'.

In addition, in terms of story structure, a flashback mode will also be used this time.

In the beginning, there is a TV report on the search and rescue of five missing college students, and then it leads to several iRec digital cameras found by the search and rescue team in the dense forest, and then it is shown to everyone in the form of leaked secret files.

In terms of the ending, this time, it will use a method similar to the one that stops abruptly after the audience's emotions are lifted to a high level.

This is why the plot of the search and rescue report was not put at the end.

Different from psychological fear, just like many classic story structures in Hollywood that are not outdated after repeated shootings, since the structure is effective, then continue.

Of course, there are also differences in it. The mood in China has been rising, and finally stopped abruptly.However, it is a sudden ending after experiencing ups and downs. The five-person group is hunted by witches one by one, just like an old-school youth horror movie, and then, with the last player GameOver, the story ends abruptly.

Unlike old-school youth horror films where there are always one or two survivors, this story will be a tragic annihilation.

“We recently went to several southern states such as Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida, and finally chose a small town called Kannadia and the nearby forest area on the border of Southwestern Alabama and Mississippi as the The scene."

Inside the office.

Paul Greengrass posted several large photos recently taken in the south on the large whiteboard on the west wall, and introduced the preparation status of the project to Simon: "This is a mixed wild pine and oak forest area, and They are all the kind with very low and twisted branches, giving people a natural twisted and weird feeling, which is very suitable for the atmosphere we need for this film. In addition, there are many abandoned dilapidated buildings along a small stream deep in the forest area. The wooden house, Simon, you see, it was left over by some early residents at the end of the last century, coupled with the erosion of the years, there is no trace of modern civilization at all, this, I plan to choose this place as the witch's lair."

Speaking of this, Paul Greengrass added without waiting for Simon to ask questions: "I know that in the setting of the plot, witches will appear, but they will not be found. Therefore, this is just a former lair. There are some witches in it, but witches don't live here."

Simon looked at some photos on the whiteboard that were clearly taken by Paul Greengrass after carefully choosing angles, and nodded with satisfaction. Compared with the barren mountains and wild forests in the original version that did not give people any atmosphere related to witches, just looking at these photos, almost immediately Can bring the audience into a certain atmosphere.

This is the difference between professional and amateur.

However, Simon immediately thought of a question: "How is the shooting effect of iRec?"

The photo was obviously taken by a professional camera. If it were an amateur home digital camera like iRec, the lens effect might be completely different.

Paul Greengrass was also prepared for this. He took out an iRec from his carry-on luggage and handed it to the girl A next to him, but continued to say to Simon: "The effect of iRec is also very good, but, Simon, I asked Tinkber over there, they have better high-res prototypes out there, and I was wondering, can we use that, the current consumer grade iRec, which frankly is relatively poor? "

Simon shook his head without hesitation: "No."

Paul Greenglaston was a little disappointed.

Simon thought for a while, and explained: "Paul, you know, we signed a related promotion agreement with Tinkber, a very expensive sponsorship contract, so we must use the iRec on the market. At most, the battery life, etc. Make some changes in the details, because this is an important gimmick in the promotion process in the future. If we advertise the use of iRec on the market, it is actually a high-end sample in the laboratory, even if it is still the brand of Tinkobel. If The news leaked out, and the results could well be catastrophic."

Of course, Paul Greengrass knew about the brand sponsorship, so he didn't expect much. Seeing what Simon said, he gave up.

Simon continued: "Also, even if you don't mention sponsorship, Paul, the quality of the so-called pseudo-documentary film itself should be like this. If you give the audience a picture quality that is no less than that of a film film, it even obviously exceeds Consumer-grade digital cameras have too much picture quality, and the audience still loses the immersive documentary experience, and the results are unpredictable."

As Simon said, he also remembered a pseudo-documentary film made by Hollywood director Renny Haring in history. The story is not told, but it is just the quality and texture, which is completely movie-level. As a result, it is said to be a pseudo-documentary, but because of the quality It's great, it's no less than a film movie, but it makes people play.

Besides the series, after the opening chapter in 2007, the subsequent sequels, even if the quality of the sequels inevitably continued to improve due to the times, they always gave people a pseudo-documentary-style hand-held camera feeling.

Some people may refute that the winner is always right, but if you can clearly see that the winner has repeatedly proven to be right, and don't want to follow and imitate, but do the opposite, it would be very unwise.

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Chapter 1218

Rejecting Paul Greengrass' proposal to use a better camera, Simon explained, seeing the other party's still slightly disappointed expression, and then said: "Paul, the core shooting equipment and image quality cannot be changed, but, in such as You can give full play to some auxiliary equipment such as lighting. Unlike , I will not restrict too much. Of course, it is still within 300 million US dollars, because 300 million is a threshold, whether it is on the union or the audience Psychological aspects."

Paul Greengrass raised some hopes again, and tentatively asked: "Simon, can I find a better photographer? I mean, even if the No.1 filming requires the actors to hold their own equipment, good photography The teacher can still give good guidance.”