Christina Aguilera obediently followed Simon's instructions and kicked off her flat shoes and climbed onto the desk. She changed several positions as if she was looking for it. Finally, she lay down and faced Simon, slightly raised her upper body, supported her arms, and looked over with her face with her hands. Her calves were raised behind her, and her small feet with thin white socks were shaking, with a little charming in her purity, like a little wild cat.

Seeing Simon looking at him with satisfaction, the little goblin blinked temptingly: "Simon, do you want me to take off my clothes?"

Simon glanced at the little girl who was only over 1.5 meters tall on the table, but with an excellent body proportion. She had a pink T-shirt on her upper body, and her waist was exposed. She was tightly worn under her jeans, plus a pair of small white socks, which made her feel like a loli next door. She smiled and said, "No, be good, otherwise I will drive you out."

After seeing the man say that, Christina started to look through the documents in front of her again, she stuck out her tongue, looked left and right, pulled out a pencil from the pen holder next to her, and then tentatively stretched her claws towards the man, easily getting a page of A4 paper, and then lay on the table and started writing and drawing.

After a while, after Simon finished annotating a document, Christina accurately seized the gap and spoke again: "Simon, will "Singing and Dance" be a big hit? Can it be sold for 100 million yuan?"

Simon changed his plan to acquire Blockbuster and said casually: "It depends on whether the audience likes you."

Christina tried to make herself look cute and silly: "I must like it. Simon likes me. How could they not like it? By the way, the three songs you gave me, Simon, and the two released songs are very popular. Simon, you must know, Simon?"

Simon nodded: "You did a great job."

After Britney was deleted, Simon had the idea of ​​turning Christina into a combination of Britney, Christina and Avril in his memory, so he threw out three famous songs from the three singers, Britney's "Baby One More Time". This was actually given to Xiao Tiantian last year, but the broken thing was transferred to Christina, and then it was Christina's own "Genie In A Bottle", which originally belonged to Christina, and Avril's rock-style "Girlfriend".

Two of the three songs have been released, first of the "Genie In A Bottle" at the beginning of the year, which made Christina famous and also won the nickname "Elf in the Bottle".

Another thing is "Baby One More Time" some time ago. The campus elements of this song are in line with "Singing and Dance Youth", so it is also considered as the pre-promotion single of "Singing and Dance Youth". Finally, it will be "Girlfriend" in the second half of the year. The style of the little rock witch is relatively outward. Taking this song out can expand the image of Christina's good girl formed by her previous singles and movies.

As for next year's single, Simon no longer cares.

I gave the girl a complete set of golden keys at the beginning. If the subsequent development is not good, I can only blame myself.

Seeing Simon's attention re-entering a document in front of him, Christina obediently shut her mouth again.

From the ignorant little girl who was taken by her mother to participate in singing competitions everywhere to find opportunities to this point, Christina knew very well that everything she had was given by the man in front of her, and that was her own God.

I was with Simon obediently until I got off work, and Christina mentioned it again to test whether Simon had time tonight.

Simon has been raising his energy recently. The last week has passed and it has continued. I feel a little addicted. Of course I don’t have time. However, in the face of the ardent expectation of the little fairy, I talked about it again. There will be a party after the premiere of "Rush Hour 2" tonight. If Nizi is interested, she can come and play.

Christina agreed happily.

On May 15 last Friday, Daenerys Entertainment's first key film "Los Angeles City Secret", started painting. This week, "Rush Hour 2" followed closely, feeling more and more like hitting yourself.

Speaking of which, the biggest difference between the 10 films in this summer and previous years is that they are all released by three brands under Daenerys Entertainment. One of the cooperative films "Save Private Ryan". Compared with several other studios in previous years, there are inevitably several major cooperative projects in which other studios are responsible for the distribution. This time the dominance is entirely on Daenerys Entertainment.

This is actually a manifestation of Daenerys becoming stronger and stronger.

The foundation has been completely stable, and Simon no longer needs to ease the potential pressure of other studios through active cooperation and concessions.

When he got home from get off work, Simon had dinner with the women and the children. He waited until the premiere of "Rush Hour 2" which started at 6 pm, which was about to end, before leaving again and rushing to the Beverly Hilton Hotel, which was planning a premiere after party.

This time I didn’t mean to join in the fun and have some serious business.

Last Saturday, after the premiere of "Hero" in Cannes, he was sure that he had no hope of winning the award. Mr. Zhang left France early and did not return to China, but came to North America, in the name of studying and inspecting, preparing for the "Chu and Han" trilogy.

Since I’m here in Los Angeles, I’m sure it’s time to go to the Pier.

Simon is sure to let go of the film and television entertainment industry in China, but he will not make a big announcement. After all, many people are already tied to the Westeros system chariot. If he leaves the ball openly, it will inevitably make more people in an embarrassing situation.

So I just do it and don't say it.

This is also the case when a meeting with Master Zhang to arrange such amateur party time.

Although he let go, Simon roughly knew that because the Jinshu Group gave up the lead and gave this series to China Film for a storefront project, there have been many variables at present, and it is not impossible for the project to eventually become miscarriage.

Because it's too big.

It is planned to invest 500 million yuan in a trilogy continuous filming. If Jinshu does it, it will only lose money. Once the Zhongying side is ruined, it may affect a series of official hats in charge, and there is no need to lose money. The problem is, how can a field of investment like a movie that is almost gambling-style, be foolproof?

On the other hand, if the filming is done, it will definitely be a very dazzling political achievement, and people who are interested cannot strive to play a role in it.

This has led to a rather tangled attitude in the China Film Academy.

Can you shoot one first?

Or, can I only shoot two movies to reduce the cost?

Furthermore, Daenerys and Jinshu jointly invested 50% of the investment to take away all overseas copyrights. Is there any more? If the "Chu Han" trilogy can perform like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in the future, overseas should be the big deal, and the division of interests must be considered.

Balabala.

Simon doesn't care.

In fact, although it is a new project that is very different from the original time and space, under the meticulous work of Jinshu in the early stage, whether it is the script or the various details in the plan, it can ensure that this is an epic blockbuster series, which not only involves a very grand history of the Chu-Han battle, but also has very popular martial arts elements at home and abroad. Both commercial and artistic quality can be guaranteed.

What's more, the planned cost of RMB 500 million is only US$60 million.

For Simon, there are not many.

While the kung fu craze is still continuing, as long as the three blockbusters are filmed carefully and achieve a quality similar to "Hero", they will definitely make a lot of money around the world.

Beverly Hills, in the banquet hall of the Hilton Hotel.

Facing Simon, who hugged Christina Aguilera while easily capturing the heroine Laura Haring of "Rush Hour 2" as soon as he came, he couldn't help but envy him. On the surface, he had to pretend to be serious, and he could not express dissatisfaction with someone's attitude of not paying much attention to "Chu Han". What he mentioned in his words was that he hoped that Simon could take back the dominance of the "Chu Han" trilogy.

Simon is not unfamiliar with Chinese social engagements, but only says that he has made a promise and cannot change it rashly.

Unless China Film voluntarily exits.

Mr. Zhang had no choice but to ask whether Simon could name a trilogy, whether it was executive producers in the West or producers in the East, or even a special thanks.

Simon didn't agree either.

Now, even if the creative or script proposed by Simon himself is not named after the films directly produced by his own company, he will no longer be named and pursue a state of invisibility. In China, he will not be so popular.

Mr. Zhang obviously couldn't figure out Simon's letting go attitude. After a discussion, he felt that this young super tycoon seemed to be lacking in "Chu Han" for more than just reasons, and he could not help but retreat.

Everyone can see the potential of this series.

After this "Hero", if the "Chu Han" trilogy can be done well, Master Zhang will be able to reach the level of the national teacher in advance, which is enough to leave a strong mark for himself in the history of Chinese films.

However, from film to now, Mr. Zhang understands more clearly that if such a huge investment film project fails to sort out many disputes at the beginning, it will probably become a disaster in the future. There are so many cases of project failures caused by various tangles in the production stage in the history of film. If you don’t want to be ruined, it’s best to avoid it.

Don’t China Film also hope other directors will get involved?

Then let it go.

Anyway, after "Hero", Mr. Zhang believes that he will no longer lack funds. You should know that although China and the United States have not yet been released, the feedback from Cannes, both the media and the audience have been quite positive after the premiere.

No matter how bad it is, in the West, last year's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was used as a reference. Mr. Zhang believes that the cost of recovering $30 million is not a big problem. In China, the popularity of the project has been fermenting since the start of the shooting, and it is not a problem to earn 200 million yuan.

Since Simon lacked interest in the "Chu and Han" trilogy, Master Zhang simply turned to "Hero". Speaking of Jinshu's discussions with major domestic theaters to increase the share, he hopes to talk about the current average 35% share ratio in China to more than 40%. **** has also noticed this matter and started to participate in coordination, and things will soon be highlighted.

Speaking of this, Simon also remembered something and asked: "The media feedback from Cannes, has the promotion started in China?"

Master Zhang paused after hearing Simon's question, and then said, "I discussed with Shanlin that the possibility of "Hero" winning the award this time is not high, so although it has been promoted, the scale is not large."

Simon shook his head directly: "The promotion is spread as soon as possible, mainly the comments of mainstream Western media. Oh, of course, it is positive comments. First, we must explain to the public that "Hero" cannot win the awards, not because it is not good enough, but that all the three major film festivals are biased towards art films, and "Hero" focuses on commercial films. These two points should be done as soon as possible."

The former "Hero" has a very good reputation overseas, both professional media and ordinary audiences, and the freshness of rotten tomatoes is still as high as 94% until many years later, and the popcorn index scored by the audience also reached 87%, which shows the popularity of overseas.

The global box office of 170 million US dollars is no less than the 210 million "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

In comparison, the domestic public opinion tendency is simply hard to describe.

It was not until many years later that after experiencing one lower limit after another. Looking back, many people discovered how exquisite and peak "Hero", which was brought out by public opinion, was.

Master Zhang didn't understand why Simon suddenly explained this, but since it was Simon's words, he would of course implement it as soon as possible.

After all, they are the big boss.

After chatting for a while, Jack Cheng, Chris Tucker and others came to say hello, and Simon also ended the discussion with Master Zhang.

The next day is May 22.

Friday.

While the painting was launched on a large scale, the reputation of "Peak Hour 2" was simultaneously lifted. Compared with the first one, even if it was operated quietly in private, the critics from all sides only scored 6.2 points for this sequel, barely passing.

Frying cold rice lacks innovation.

Such and other things.

This is actually why the film premiere was on Thursday instead of last week's Wednesday of "Los Angeles Secret".

The premiere is still to be held. This movie is more important than "Los Angeles City Secret". However, in order to avoid the impact of mediocre media reputation, of course, the later the ban, the better. The situation may be different if the day later.

On the other hand, a box office week from March 15 to March 21 also ended successfully.

"Los Angeles City Secret", which was named Brian De Palma's best film in the past decade, lived up to expectations. It earned $38.76 million in seven days in the first week, easily winning the box office championship in the past week. Its first week was nearly $13,000, and its results were quite outstanding.

Referring to his memories, Simon's initial expectations for the local box office of "Los Angeles Secret" was between 50 million and 100 million US dollars, and earned 38.76 million US dollars in the first week. With the classic reputation of this film, even if it is impacted by the following "Peak Hour 2", the box office of the next week will not be too ugly. The total local box office is very promising to approach the threshold of 100 million, and even breaking the 100 million yuan mark.

Let’s talk about the new box office week that will start on May 22.

In addition to "Rush Hour 2", which opened on a large scale on the screen, two other films were released simultaneously, namely Warner Bros.'s $50 million crime thriller "Perfect Murder" and Fox's $40 million black comedy "Casino Style Painting".

In addition, due to Simon's persistence in cost control and giving the two protagonists a 10% global box office gross profit share, the production budget of "Pulse Hour 2" was finally well controlled to be 55 million US dollars.

The average cost of the three films is close to 50 million, almost equivalent to three bombshells.

This is the first climax of the summer season.
Chapter completed!