Chapter 1104 Two acquaintances(2/2)
Tsk tsk.
And Viacom, whether it is MTV or Showtime, it is a cable TV.
American Online, controlled by Westeros system, has begun trial operation of cable TV operators.
Simon's plan is that after the collapse of the new technology bubble, ABC will quickly expand its cable TV business through large-scale acquisitions, and strive to grow into the largest cable TV operator while maintaining the largest network service operator. As long as this goal is achieved, Viacom's cable TV channel will also be stymied by the US Online platform.
Daenerys Entertainment can also create similar cable stations independently to compete with Viacom.
Taking a multi-pronged approach, Viacom either took the initiative to sell it, or went to the most extreme bankruptcy liquidation, and was then acquired by Daenerys Entertainment.
Of course, both choices take time.
Compared with Redstone, Simon is the most time.
I haven't been afraid for three to five years, so I'll endure it slowly.
As we chatted like this, lunch was almost at the end, Amy mentioned another thing: "Universal Studios in Rome, Simon, you should go and have a look."
"You guys are relieved to stare at me," Simon joked, thought for a while, and said, "There is no time this month, next month. After Easter, I have accumulated a lot of things. I should go to Europe again."
After lunch, the two of them went to work on their own.
I continued to watch the sample "American Pi" and discuss the follow-up matters, followed by the production meeting of "Ghost Records".
During this period, Lin Yibin has completed the script after getting the brief idea written by Simon.
In fact, this could have been handed over to a more professional screenwriter. Lin Yibin was not good at it either in memory or after contact. However, for that reason, Simon needs a real and immature texture. If he handed over to a professional screenwriter, the script may be easier to fall into fixed routines than professional directors.
In order to avoid this situation, Simon also specifically told Lin Yibin not to watch any horror movies while writing the script, especially Daenerys Entertainment's Soul Conjuring Movie Universe series.
Just write according to the idea of an ordinary person hitting ghosts.
In the past more than a month, the script has been completed and the selection of actors has also ended.
For actors, Simon requires both newcomers as much as possible and acting skills. So Simon's official casting director Linda Waggs conducted a small selection at some performing arts schools in Los Angeles and New York, and the final candidates were all performing arts students.
It was both a coincidence and deliberate way, Simon chose two 'acquaintances'.
They are all female characters.
One is named Amy Adams and the other is named Jessica Chastain.
Amy Adams is 22 years old this year, born in the lower class, never attended college, and just studied performance half-working and half-studying in a private performance school in Los Angeles.
Simon's requirement for the heroine is to be about 70 points beautiful and have some gloomy temperament suitable for the horror atmosphere. Therefore, this Hollywood actress who once made Simon feel very suitable for the female perverted murderer was very lucky to be selected by Linda, who worked hard.
What a lucky and unexpected.
Because of knowing Simon's preference for selecting actresses, Linda will always considerately prepare some alternative lists for her boss. Otherwise, it is difficult to say whether the actress will be shortlisted. Simon is not interested in deliberately looking for any big stars in memory.
As for Jessica Chastain, the same is true.
The actress is now a student of the famous American Academy of Drama Arts in New York. She is a much higher grade than Amy's pheasant study class and her performance in the audition is also better than Amy.
However, Simon only gave the model worker a friend character who learned that the male and female protagonists were haunted in the apartment and came to visit.
The main reason is that the model worker's score is much different from the 70 points required by Simon. According to Simon's personal aesthetic standards, it can't be too beautiful. Otherwise, it will easily cause the audience to be distracted from the show, but it must also be more pleasing to watch. Amy Adams' 70 points are just right.
It's even more coincidental that Simon, the heroine in the original "Ghost Record", cannot remember the name, but her appearance is obviously somewhat similar to Amy Adams.
Although there is a heroine and a little match this time, since we meet, after playing "The Ghost Record", the two actresses will become Simon's targets to deliberately pay attention to and cultivate.
As for the male lead, Simon is not interested in it and has enough acting skills, so he chose a young man who has no impression of it but has excellent acting skills.
The afternoon production meeting was the first time that the small team had been constructed. In addition to Lin Yibin, due to the confidentiality work in advance, it was the first time that the other people knew that such a small film would receive the personal attention of Simon Westeros. After learning that this was Simon's idea proposed, they were even more excited. Even if the two actresses were not as bold as other women who could contact Simon, they would inevitably take the initiative and be close.
However, except for cultivating the two girls into actresses in bags, Simon had no other special interest.
Mainly, as the belly of several women around him became bigger and bigger, Simon's interest in women inexplicably became lower and lower during this period.
Perhaps this is also considered a kind of prenatal anxiety of being a father.
The kind that six women are stacked up after they get pregnant together.
Stress is huge.
Unlike "American Pie", the meeting time with the crew of "Ghost Records" is very short, only half an hour. It mainly explains the precautions during the filming process, which must be realistic and lifelike. It is also recommended that all the main creators go to see reality shows such as "Beverly's Wife".
Of course, Lin Yibin and others can only figure out how to do it themselves. Simon will take the time to watch the sample several times during the shooting process. If it doesn’t work, then go back and continue. Anyway, it’s digital shooting, and the cost of returning the furnace is very low, so he is very relieved.
After the meeting, Simon rushed to the next production meeting of "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth".
So until evening.
After seeing off Ben Stiller, the screenwriter of "Hangover", Girl A walked in and handed a note with a little weird expression: "This is what the lady just sent me."
Simon took it and looked at it.
First of all, there are a string of addresses, probably remembering that it is a luxury house in Beverly Hills.
Then there is a sentence.
Very white Natasha is waiting for her dear to enjoy.
After watching it, Simon was stunned for a moment before remembering that the Ukrainian representative I met at SpaceX headquarters in the morning, he didn't expect Janet to get started so quickly. Well, it was not right, it was helping his man.
What a great wife.
He curled the corners of his mouth slightly and thought about it, then he probably understood that Janet might have noticed his anxiety during this period, so he took the initiative to find a woman to let him relax.
When A saw that her boss, the old god, turned around and returned to the desk, she just threw the note at the corner of the table. She paused and couldn't help but come over: "Boss, do you want to go over and arrange it in advance?"
Simon shook his head: "No, I'll go home later."
"Um?"
“I’m really not interested recently.”
Of course, the girl A nodded and left the office.
Simon worked until six o'clock before returning to Dumei Point Manor.
Janet had already returned early and was searching for a large book by Seattle by the glass curtain wall. She was quite surprised when she saw Simon.
Simon held the woman in his arms and signaled Zoe, the baby-faced servant next to him to take away her baby daughter whom she would feel inferior when she saw it, and then stayed on the sofa with Janet and watched the last sunset at the end of the sea through the curtain wall.
Janet hugged and found a comfortable position, enjoying the man's arms, and asked with a smile: "Why don't you go to Beverly Hills? It's really white. I took her to do a full set of maintenance?"
Simon joked: "I am such a responsible man, of course I have to go home after get off work, so how could I go out and mess around?"
Janet frowned with a small expression of "You're a fool". She opened her mouth and bit Simon gently, then put her head on Simon's shoulder. However, after a moment of quietness, the woman jumped out of Simon's arms again and ran away barefoot quickly, leaving Simon with an unknown face.
However, in less than a minute, Janet returned again, and sat across from Simon's lap, holding the man's head and whispered in a low voice, "This time I'm a mouth, just treat it as a reward for you to go home on time after get off work, but don't think too much."
Chapter completed!