Courteney just stood beside Simon and looked at him with some restraint as he painted, but Christie came over without hesitation and stuck to Simon's side. A strand of beautiful blond hair hanging down swayed in Simon's peripheral vision while looking at him as he painted.

Said: "No, we are going to a party, Simon, how about you come too?"

Simon was noncommittal, continued to draw, and asked: "What kind of party is it?"

"Matthew organized it to celebrate the box office success of "The Genius" starring him. Oh, Matthew Broderick, do you know?"

Simon nodded. Although he had the memories of twelve other people, in order to fully increase his understanding of Hollywood in this era, he had been reading Hollywood's two ace newspapers "Variety" and "The Hollywood Reporter" during this period.

”, so you have a good understanding of the popular movies currently being released.

During the ongoing summer season, the most watched film in Hollywood is undoubtedly Tom Cruise's "Top Gun." This film was released in mid-May and has already grossed 75 million in box office in less than two months.

Dollar.

In Hollywood in the 1980s, the comprehensive distribution model of rolling out thousands of screens at once had not yet emerged. The mainstream distribution method of major film companies was still a combination of long-term distribution and multi-round screening.

The basic characteristics of this traditional distribution model are small opening scale and long screening time.

Even for "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" three years ago, the number of opening screens was only just over 1,000. But on the other hand, as long as it is a popular and best-selling movie, it can basically be released in North American theaters for more than half a year.

"Top Gun" also opened with about 1,000 screens. It took in a box office of US$75 million in less than two months after its release, temporarily ranking first in the North American box office rankings in 1986.

According to the usual box office curve of long-term screenings and the current popularity of "Top Gun", this film can at least achieve a box office of no less than US$75 million in the next few months.

Last year, only three Hollywood films achieved a domestic box office of over 100 million US dollars. "Top Gun" is expected to have a total North American box office of more than 150 million US dollars, almost locking in the annual box office championship in 1986.

This is indeed the case. Simon clearly remembers that the final North American box office of "Top Gun" was US$179 million, ranking first on the North American box office list in 1986.

Relying on the popularity of "Top Gun", Tom Cruise successfully promoted from a popular Hollywood niche to a world-class movie superstar.

In addition to "Top Gun", the campus comedy "The Genius" released in June, with a production cost of 6 million U.S. dollars, has already achieved more than 30 million U.S. dollars in box office in just three weeks, which is also a box office hit for this summer season.

Dark horse.

In the next few months, even if the total box office of "The Genius Who Skips School" cannot exceed 100 million, it is still very hopeful that it can enter the top ten of this year's North American box office list.

Simon is not familiar with Matthew Broderick, the male protagonist of "The Genius". Apart from the current movie, he probably only remembers that he is the male protagonist of the 1998 Hollywood version of "Godzilla" in the original time and space, and

, that year's "Godzilla" brought almost all negative effects to the main creators, and the acting careers of the male and female protagonists were also greatly affected.

However, Simon was very concerned about the movie "The Genius" at this time, because the director of the film was John Hughes, the famous screenwriter of "Home Alone".

"Home Alone" is a super hit movie that earned nearly $500 million in global box office in the early 1990s, and Simon naturally didn't want to miss it.

After chatting casually with the two girls next to him and finishing the drawing in his hand, Simon planned to say goodbye and go back to the hotel. He was not interested in the parties that Westerners are keen on. What's more, it must have been late at night after the party. Although downtown Santa Monica

It's fairly safe, but Simon doesn't have a car. If he walks alone late at night, there's no guarantee he won't encounter any unexpected situations.

However, Christie did not let Simon go, and forcibly dragged him into Courteney's white car. At the end, she secretly made a "you owe me once" expression to Simon, obviously confirming that he was interested in Courtney.

Teni has an idea.

Now that they were in the car, Courteney showed no refusal, so Simon agreed to come down.

The party was held at the Airship Bar near Santa Monica Beach.

The three of them took Courteney's white car and arrived outside the bar. As night fell, there was already a long queue at the entrance of the bar.

Christie stepped forward and said a few words to the tall guard. The guard looked through the list in his hand, checked the driver's licenses of the three of them, stamped the backs of the hands of Simon and Christie, who were under the drinking age, and then let the three of them in.

Simon later learned that Christie had also played a small role in "The Genius" and was officially invited today, unlike the men and women lining up outside the door hoping to enter the Hollywood social circle.

Walking along the corridor and entering the bar lobby, Simon found that the oval layout of the lobby was indeed just like its "airship" name, and the decoration also seemed full of technology.

At this time, the hall was already crowded with young people, the lights were flashing, and the music was deafening.

Christie did not immediately join the carnival crowd, but first led Simon and Courteney to the other side of the bar according to the instructions of a waiter, where the hero of tonight's party was.

After walking half a circle in the crowded oval hall, the three of them found a few young men and women sitting around and chatting at a round table deep in the bar.

When several people around the round table saw someone coming, they had no intention of getting up. Christie stretched out her hand to a young boy, shook it, and said with a smile: "Matthew, congratulations. Also, this is me.

Friend, Curt, Simon."

After Christie finished speaking, Simon and Courteney also stepped forward to shake hands with each other. Matthew Broderick was still sitting, and although he was smiling when shaking hands with the two, he was also obviously cold.

After a brief greeting, seeing that Matthew Broderick was indifferent and not even interested in knowing the specific names of Simon and Courteney, the three of them planned to leave. However, just as they were about to move, they sat down.

A boy opposite Matthew Broderick glanced at Christie and pulled a chair over from the side.

"Now, you guys go play, I'll chat with Matthew and the others for a while." When Christie saw this, her somewhat disappointed expression immediately disappeared. She said something to Simon and Courteney, and watched them walk away, then sat down with a smile.

He came over and said, "So, what are you talking about?"

"Matthew's new movie," the boy next to Christie replied, and handed her a bottle of drink. Then he looked at Matthew Broderick opposite, and asked as if he had forgotten the words: "That, called

What's coming?"

"'The Butterfly Effect' is a very cool script," Matthew Broderick's tone became more active as no outsiders were around, "Do you know what the Butterfly Effect means?"

Everyone shook their heads in unison.

"Actually, I don't know very well," Matthew said, amidst everyone's laughter, "However, now several senior executives within WMA attach great importance to this script, and are still planning to make it a WMA franchise.

Package projects, just like C+."

The girl next to Matthew Broderick saw that he kept walking around, pretending to be dissatisfied, holding his arm and shaking it, and said: "Matthew, what kind of story is this?"

"This," Matthew enjoyed the coquettishness of the girl next to him, but still shook his head and said, "I can't say it yet. You will definitely know it after a while. Moreover, there are many young characters in the script, and you will also have the opportunity to participate.

For the audition, maybe I can help you then."

Everyone gathered around Matthew Broderick, naturally looking forward to this kind of opportunity, so when they heard his last words, their expressions became more eager and flattering.

Christie also interrupted at this time and asked: "Matthew, when will the filming of the movie start?"

"The project is still being coordinated, and it should be recommended to the studio soon," Matthew Broderick glanced at Christie's beautiful face and said, "Also, Norman feels that there are too few scenes for me in the script.

, he wanted to ask the screenwriter to revise the script. In short, everyone knows that a good movie is not so easy to complete."

Everyone nodded in agreement, and at the same time, some people looked envious because of a certain person's name that Matthew mentioned lightly in his words.

The Norman that Matthew just mentioned is named Norman Broca. He is his agent and is also one of the legendary Hollywood agents. Many years ago, Norman Broca also represented Marilyn Monroe.

Such a legendary star.

Due to the death of two veterans of WMA in the first half of the year, Norman Broca, who just turned 60 this year, successfully became the president of this brokerage industry giant with his many years of experience in WMA.

Several of the people here are working in Hollywood and have their own good agents.

However, everyone knows that if they can find an agent like Norman Broca, their acting career will definitely be smooth. Matthew Broderick is also able to achieve his age because he comes from an acting family.

Signed with Norman Brocka easily.

Everyone held Matthew Broderick in the center and were chatting. Suddenly there was some commotion on the dance floor not far away. Along with the lively cheers, a small open space was quickly vacated on the dance floor. It depends on the situation.

There seemed to be a fight.

Someone was causing trouble at his celebration party. Matthew Broderick's face suddenly became a little uneasy. He got up with a serious expression and walked towards the dance floor. Several other people quickly followed.
Chapter completed!