While chatting casually, the two girls talked about the last time they went to Europe with Simon's sponsorship. The sisters obviously began to look forward to the next time in their tone. As soon as the champagne in the glass was finished, Simon waved to the waiter passing by not far away. The other party approached and saw a group of cocktails in the tray. He reached out to take a glass. Seeing the two girls beside him with bright eyes, he asked with a smile: "Do you want it?"

Niki immediately shook her head: "Simon, we are not yet drinking."

"I want it," Paris reached out to take a cup, and said, "But, Simon, when my mother sees me later, I will say you asked me to drink."

Simon nodded and said, "Okay."

Seeing that her sister took a glass of wine, Nikki was unwilling to fall behind, so she reached out to take a glass. When the waiter left, she leaned over to her mouth and tasted it. Of course, it was not the first time she drank, but the cocktail was much higher than champagne. After drinking it in one sip, she immediately stuck out her tongue.

It’s not that I can’t stand it, but this will definitely look a little cute in front of him.

Paris drank half a cup in one breath, and her face quickly turned red. Just as she was about to continue to say something, the other three girls had already come over. One of them had exaggerated breasts that the two sisters could not match. It was the Christina Hendrix internet celebrity trio.

Just now, when a group of big goblins surrounded Simon, they failed to find a chance to step forward.

At this time, when the Hilton sisters were changed, there was no more scruples. Christina, who was obviously the eldest sister, came closer and said with some restraint and eagerness to try: "Simon, I am Christina. Can we take a photo with you?"

"Yes," Simon nodded and reminded again: "But you can't post it online."

"Of course," Christina nodded, then reacted and tentatively said: "Simon, do you know us?"

"I know, Elite's internet celebrity girl group," Simon smiled and said, "Actually, I am the major shareholder of Elite, you are my employees."

"Oh, it's such an honor." Christina said, finally remembering the two partners around her and then introduced: "Also, Simon, this is Barbara and Lisa."

Simon took the initiative to reach out and said, "Hello."

The three girls shook hands with Simon respectively, and Christina pushed the black-haired girl named Barbara on the left. The other party left reluctantly. Christina quickly explained: "There is no camera allowed here, we can only ask the official photographer."

Saying hello in advance, Christina said, a photographer had already followed Barbara with a camera.

Simon patted the two girls beside him and signaled them to make a seat first. The three girls who could only stand beside him just now sat down next to him. Christina boldly hugged the arm of the man beside him. Simon suddenly fell into a fierce and gentle place.

After taking the photo, the three girls did not continue to stay here. However, when Christina left, she quietly stuffed a card into Simon's hands and boldly invited him to call herself.

When the three girls left, Paris who had snatched her back immediately began to sarcastically: "It must have been sagging, but it was actually very ugly."

Nikki also stood aside with her sister this time, and looked at the card in Simon's hand sourly: "Simon, will you call her?"

Simon put the card seriously into his shirt pocket and shook his head: "Of course not."

Paris pouted: "Lie."

Nikki thinks that he is willing to lie to himself, and he is quite considerate.

So I also took a big sip of the cocktail and felt dizzy. I became bolder and approached me like Christina just now, and my slender body came over and said with courage: "Simon, actually, I like you."

Simon tilted his head and rubbed his cheek against the girl's head, and smiled and said, "I know."

Nikki's face turned red: "Then, you said last time..."

Before Nikki finished speaking, Paris said: "Simon said last time that she likes you a little more than me, that is, she only has a little more than me."

The girl suddenly looked at Simon pitifully.

Simon smiled and said, "Your sister hates it very much, right? Let's drive her away."

"Um."

Paris immediately embed her sister in her arms around the man's arm, and acted like she was cheating: "I won't leave."

Then another voice came: "Simon, are you starting to change your taste and like little girls?"

The three of them looked over together and it was Madonna.

As the representative of the rebellious girl, she is the popular queen who has been popular for many years. Both sisters originally like Madonna very much, but Queen Madon's words at this moment immediately lost two fans.

Madonna didn't care, so she stepped forward and picked Paris's chin, quickly came over and kissed her, and said, "Sweetheart, can you give me a seat? Otherwise, I can only sit on Simon's lap and compete with you for the position."

Paris was kissed at once, and Madonna was a popular queen after all, and she still had prestige in the little girl's heart. She subconsciously moved inside and gave up her seat. However, when Queen Mai sat down, Paris immediately began to regret it again, and she angrily thought that when she went back, she must find all the Madonna records in the house and throw them all into the trash can.

Simon waited for Madonna to sit down next to her, looked at her, and smiled, "Maggie, your eyes seem to be different from before."

“Is it more beautiful?”

"Well, it's a little more charming."

Madonna raised her hand and wiped the corners of her eyes proudly: "I just did it recently, a very powerful plastic surgery doctor."

The Queen has always been calm about plastic surgery.

Simon didn't care, and even looked at Queen Mai's lips.

Madonna accurately GET and smiled, "I didn't do lips. Now I advocate natural lips. It's because of you. Simon, when I was chatting with my plastic surgeon in private, he said that a famous lip augmentation needle manufacturer he had worked with for many years went bankrupt last year. It was all your fault, haha."

Simon smiled and said, "I will not be responsible for this."

Madonna smiled heartlessly and stretched out a fair arm exposed outside her sleeveless dress to Simon: "And, Simon, do you think I'm very white now?"

"Um."

"Although I'm very white, I've tried to get a whitening injection recently, and the effect is pretty good, all because of you. Whitening injections are getting more and more popular now," said the Queen, and then came to Simon's ear: "But the most obvious effect is my place, Simon, why don't we find a place for you to appreciate, whatever you want."

Madonna didn't lower her voice at all, so Niki, who was still pressing against Simon on the other side, suddenly turned red. The girl knew that Queen McGrady had always been very fun, but she was still a little unexpected.

Simon immediately refused: "I don't want to be a pure boyfriend or girlfriend."

The longer he comes into contact with the fashion circle, the more Simon understands that the so-called trends are never decided by the public, but are dominated by brands, media and even individuals.

It is similar to the saying "The superior has something to like, but the subordinate must have a lot of it."

Just like now, Simon's preferences dominate the female aesthetics of the entire fashion entertainment industry. In recent years, fewer and fewer women have received lip augmentation injections in the circle, and many people have also changed the habit of tanning. This aesthetic style has been sinking and has gradually become a popular trend in the entire society.

Madonna made a few jokes and then talked about a serious matter: "Simon, my "Madame Perron" is about to be completed soon. Can't you help watch the sample?"

"No need. I've read the script. It's a project tailored for you. The director is Alan Parker. The quality is guaranteed. Maybe you can get an Oscar nomination this time."

Queen Mai said dissatisfiedly: "Then why did you refuse to invest?"

"The cost-effectiveness is too low," Simon said the truth: "If it is only 10 or 20 million, I will definitely invest. The budget of 50 million is already a bombshell level. Maggie, to be honest, you played a bit big this time and you messed up, so don't think about getting stuck in Hollywood in the future."

There was a few concerns flashing in Queen Mai's eyes, and then she said carelessly: "Isn't you there? Someone just said that we are good friends."

"You can't cheat your good friends, either."

"Tsk, Simon, you are so rich, 1.5 trillion, why do you sound even more stingy?"

"Friends are friends. If you are short of money, I will definitely lend you. But you have to follow the rules when doing business, otherwise, no matter how good the company is, it will be destroyed."

"Okay, okay," the Queen obviously didn't like to listen to Simon's big reasoning and returned to her request: "Anyway, Simon, just help me see and give some advice. It only takes you two hours. Or, you can't wait to not read it, help me say a few good things and let Paramount give me more publicity and distribution resources."

After being PASS by Simon, the former producer Disney chose to refuse under Vivendi's cautious operation strategy, and fell into the hands of Paramount, a subsidiary of Sigram, which still wants to make a difference in Hollywood.

In fact, what Simon just said was too much to play, and Queen McGrady knew it very well.

In recent years, it has been influencing Hollywood and fighting repeatedly. The resources that the film industry can give her have reached its limit. This time, "Madame Perron" has an investment of $50 million, which is a big gamble. In addition, this is a song and dance film with the heroine alone. Once it fails, Queen Mai has no reason to shirk it. She will basically have no place to stand in Hollywood in the future.

On the other hand, due to the impact of the Internet, the physical record industry has shrunk rapidly, and Madonna's singing career has also begun to decline.

If both sides fall rapidly, the next thing that greets her will be outdated.

This is something that Queen Mc cannot accept no matter what.

Therefore, whether it is the take-away attempt in "Madame Perron" or even the recent plastic surgery that I just mentioned, it is Queen Mai who is working hard to continue her career.

In this "Mrs. Veron", Madonna's first thought of Daenerys Entertainment. However, although she has a good relationship with Simon in private, business is business. Simon actually knows this project. In history, the film spent 55 million and had a global box office of about 140 million yuan, which is not a loss. In addition, Madonna's Golden Globe heroine, the subsequent channel profits are actually good.

The problem Simon just said that the cost-effectiveness is too low.

After all, this is not just a matter of making less money. It is purely so Simon won’t mind investing. Instead, once he takes on this project, he will definitely occupy a considerable period and resource. The annual film schedule and promotion resources are limited. Daenerys Entertainment has determined to promote "The Spirit Catcher" this year. The budget for the production of this literary drama film is only 10 million US dollars, and the global box office once exceeded 200 million. There is no need to worry about how to choose between the two.

However, at this time, Madonna was holding his arm and begging, thinking that the video was not a failure, Simon finally nodded: "Okay, but Maggie, my two hours are actually very precious."

Madonna came over to kiss Simon, but unfortunately the little man who had been jealous for too long did not give her any chance to take advantage of her, but just kissed her in the palm of the other party. The Queen was not discouraged, and she looked at her charming eyes again: "Simon, I'm all yours tonight."

“…”

The Hilton sisters who were attending the audition complained together: It’s so shameless.

Simon once again refused firmly and finally agreed to have a chance next time. Just like today, the Queen can give Melisandra a free brand, even if she returns favors.

After achieving his goal, Madonna chatted for a while before leaving reluctantly. Before leaving, she still grabbed Paris's face and kissed her.

Simon did not stay at the party for too long, stayed for about half an hour, and left with Sophia. He did not stay in Manhattan, but returned to Greenwich in northern New York. Sophia made an appointment to have breakfast with her family tomorrow morning.

The next day is Tuesday, September 17th.

Sophia left in the morning and flew to Los Angeles to see the children. Simon also returned to Manhattan. Today is the day when the second season of "American Idol" was launched. Simon rushed to the East Coast yesterday and had already seen the sample of the first two episodes of this week. Most of the time in the morning was spent discussing various details with the project team.

As a golden hen that brought pre-tax returns of $600 million to Daenerys Entertainment in one season, this emphasis is not an exaggeration.

The second season of "American Idol" was finally confirmed to be 40 episodes, 8 more episodes than the first season. It will be aired on September 17th, with the prime time of Tuesday and Thursday every week at 8 o'clock. Among them, 20 episodes in the first 10 weeks of the Chinese New Year are auditions stage, and the winter break period is 4 special programs for shortlisted winter special training, and the official event stage after the Chinese New Year is 16 episodes.

In terms of budget, the first quarter was a big success, and the second quarter was inevitably rising.

However, because several judges signed long contracts and the length of 40 periods played a dilution role, the total cost in the second quarter is estimated to be about 260 million yuan, with an average of 6.5 million yuan per episode, which is only 30% higher than the first quarter.

On the other hand, due to the great success of the first season, the insertion advertising quotes in the second season also increased significantly. The TV department predicts that compared with the $630 million profit in the first season, if everything goes well, the pre-tax profit in the second season will reach a more terrifying $800 million.
Chapter completed!