Long Island, East Hampton.

I finished my work yesterday and came here to watch a group of girls dancing at night. I stayed in a nearby manor at night and always made Simon think of a group of women with the words "I won't be on the morning."

Before we knew it, another winter came. The first snow fell on Changdao recently. Standing outdoors, because the land is vast and sparsely populated, it is easy for people to feel that the sky is high and the earth is vast and everything is vast.

It is inevitable that I get up a little late.

Simon was flipping around the manor with the snow scene outside, and returned to the restaurant in the villa. As soon as he sat down, a woman came in with the waitress who came in. Simon was flipping through a box office report for the weekend just past. Seeing the woman approaching, she looked up and glanced at it. It was the sister of Yuzhi and Caisan. The woman's face was rosy, but she looked timid.

Simon did not signal her to sit down with him, but asked, "What's the matter?"

Yu Zhijin glanced at the waitress next to her, and until they put down their breakfast and left, they whispered: "Mr. Westeros, I, I want to go to Canada and see my son."

Simon nodded: "Yeah."

The woman blinked and asked, "Mr. Westeros, did you agree?"

"Yeah," Simon nodded again: "Go out."

After obtaining confirmation from Simon, Yu Zhijin looked a little happy, and then thought of something, and said with a sad look: "Mr. Westeros, you, I mean, Miss Chen, she may not agree. Can you talk to her?"

Simon frowned slightly, looked up at the woman beside him, raised his hand and patted him on his knee: "Come on."

Yu Zhijin knew that she was talking too much and dared not resist. She walked forward carefully and was then held onto the lap by the man. Then he continued to silence through the information full of English and numbers in his hands, picked up the tableware, and ate slowly. She could only try to shrink her body so that it would not prevent him.

I haven't eaten breakfast yet, I can't help but feel a little hungry again.

Simon took a few lamb chops, picked up a cup of warm milk next to him and took a sip. Then he remembered something and asked the woman with a seductive fragrance in her arms: "How old is your son?"

Yu Zhijin swallowed her saliva. When she heard this question, she felt guilty again. After a pause, she said, "Ten...seventeen years old."

Simon seemed to remember: "Xiaoqing said, do you have two sons?"

Yu Zhiqian was even more guilty and nodded slightly.

Simon didn't let her go: "Where is the other?"

Yu Zhijin hesitated for a while and did not dare to lie, but whispered: "Twenty-three."

Simon shook his head: "All adults, not children, why are you going to see? Can't they take care of themselves?"

The woman's eyes suddenly turned red and pitiful. She turned her head and looked at Simon begging: "Mr. Westeros, please, Xiaoguang and Xiaoyi, they have never gone far before, this time... please."

Seeing that the woman started to cry, Simon opened the net because she was in a good mood: "Okay, go, Xiaoqing also said that I said it."

The woman immediately turned sadness into joy and twisted her body in Simon's arms: "Thank you, Mr. Westeros."

Simon looked slightly and said, "Are you just verbally grateful?"

The woman's tears had not yet dissipated and turned shy again, but she still came over and kissed Simon on the face.

Simon smiled and signaled the wide dining table: "Climb up and put on my favorite pose."

The woman still does what she wants.

Simon turned over a page of the documents in his hand, looked up and shook his head, "Turn around, facing me... very well."

With a beautiful and delicious charm, the breakfast is even more pleasant.

He forced himself to stay for one more day. After breakfast, Simon set off and flew back to the west coast.

This is November 8, 1999.

on Monday.

Because the competition at the end of the year is too fierce, the Thanksgiving schedule in North America has already started last Friday. Simon reads the North American box office data that had just passed the weekend.

Three days ago on November 5, "Mount Everest" in China was lively and at the same time, there were four new films released in North America, one of which came from Gaomen Pictures, a subsidiary of Daenerys Entertainment, and directed by Anthony Mingla, "The Genius Ripley".

After Simon was only willing to give a budget of $30 million, the creative team failed to invite Mada to participate. The two male protagonists in the new version, one was the original Jude Law, and the other, the protagonist who played Ripley, was finally confirmed to be Christian Bale, the former Nolan version of "Batman".

Christian Bale is a child star and has starred in Steven Spielberg's "The Sun Empire" very early. She is only 25 years old this year, but she has more than ten years of acting experience. Although she has always been considered a second-tier star, her acting skills are absolutely outstanding. Moreover, Bale's professionalism is well known.

Just talk about this time, because the image differences between Bell and Jude are quite different, in order to adapt to the story setting, Bell, who has a cone-faced face, not only gained weight to make his face look square, but also wore a special brace throughout the process. So when the character was fixed, coupled with the cooperation of Jude Law, who was also aroused by the desire to perform, Simon did not recognize who was who, and only felt that the two male protagonists were really similar.

In addition to the two male protagonists, the heroine, who once belonged to Gwyneth Paltrow, naturally fell on Vanessa Johnson this time.

The final filming effect is significantly better than ever.

In the original Damon version, Mada really doesn't look like a high-IQ liar. After all, it's more suitable to play Ryan who was saved. Well, it's just not very smart. The result is that in the whole film, watching Mada change his identities and shuttle between different groups of people, there is no ease at all. Instead, it's clumsy and embarrassing.

This time, when Bale was replaced, Simon's eyes lit up just the sample film during the shooting. Bale's acting skills and thorough investment caused too much motor. Ella Deutschman, the president of Gaomen Films, who watched the sample films at the time, directly stated that at least this time, he could win at least an Oscar nomination for Bell.

The premiere on November 3rd was released on the next day. Compared with Mingla's previous film "The Patient in the UK", this time, "The Genius Ripley" won a classic score of 9.2 points. Bell's performance was specifically mentioned by most film critics, which obviously added a lot to this excellent score.

With good reputation, coupled with the strong promotion and promotion of Daenerys Entertainment, and the original work itself has a very wide popularity foundation in the West, the first weekend of the painting, with 2,746 screens and four new films competing at the same time, "Genius Ripley" quickly won a box office of US$21.45 million in three days.

The $10,000 average was not able to reach the top-selling level in the first weekend, but it was definitely no problem in seven days. Moreover, this is already the best result of the four new films this week. It not only surpassed the other three new films this week, but also replaced "The Ghost Nun" last week's Halloween schedule and topped the top spot in the weekend box office list.

The full first week is expected to be around $32 million.

The former "Genius Ripley" was the key award-winning film for Miramax in 1999, and the local box office won more than 80 million US dollars. This time, even if the competition at the end of the year is fierce, with such a start, the new version of "Genius Ripley" still reached a box office of 80 million US dollars.

Moreover, the original version had a very average overseas box office due to the Oscar defeat.

This time, although Daenerys' winning bid is the Christmas "Chicago", even if it doesn't rely on the awards, it's just the quality of the film itself and Daenerys' complete overseas distribution network. Simon believes that this new version can at least achieve a box office comparable to that of the local area overseas.

Immediately afterwards, the complete box office week from November 5 to November 11, no surprises.

The excellent reputation of "The Genius Ripley" successfully topped the top seven days a week. The crime drama film, which cost $30 million to promote and publish, had a box office of only $10 million at the beginning of the box office, and successfully won the first place on the weekly box office list.

The second place was won by last week's first song "The Ghost Nun", the latest branch of the Soul Conjuring Movie Universe. The film received another $30.98 million in the next week. In two weeks, the cumulative box office was 87.33 million, and it is expected to exceed 100 million next week.

In addition to the two films, the third place is an animation produced by Disney. It is not an old Disney fairy tale, but a classic game-adapted animated film adapted by Nintendo, Japan, and "Pokemon".

The same cost of $30 million, the animated movies here reached $19.14 million in the first week, ranking third this week.

Then, the fourth place was taken back by Daenerys. The American version of "The Strange Tale of the High Girl" continued to earn US$8.37 million in the third week of its release, and the cumulative box office of the film reached US$51.73 million.

The other two new films on November 5, one from Paramount and the other from Fox, ranked fifth and sixth respectively. However, the box office at the beginning was only 7.46 million US dollars and the other was only 6.83 million US dollars. It was basically the result of two weeks of elimination and is not worth mentioning.

Immediately afterwards.

On November 12th, the main meal is coming.

This week, a large-scale release of more than 1,000 yuan was released on the screen, and one less movie than last week, but the size is larger than the other.

First of all, another 3D animated film produced by Daenerys Entertainment, "Racing Story", the production cost of the film reached 100 million US dollars. Daenerys' headquarters and many peripheral manufacturers cooperated and jointly invested in promotional and distribution resources equal to 50 million US dollars, which is a big deal. Hasbro, which has been officially included in the Daenerys system, also placed a heavy bet this time and launched a full set of peripheral toys about this animated film in advance.

The number of screens for the video is 3041.

It's not too high, because animated movies pursue long-term development. As long as the reputation is not too bad, you can pass through two end-of-year schedules.

Then, MGM's latest 007 masterpiece still refers to the naming mode of the 007 series. With Simon's slight interference, this time it is "Casino Royale of 007". Compared with the previous "Ghost Party of 007", the order has been disrupted.

The film tells the story of James Bond further tracing the truth after the appearance of the Ghost Party, which refers to the former Casino Royale to a certain extent, but also has considerable changes.

At the same time, compared with the $75 million cost of the previous 007 movie, the budget for this "007 Casino Royale" hit a new high, reaching $90 million. MGM invested $50 million in promotional budget for the film, and opened 3,776 screens.

The third part comes from Columbia Pictures, which is currently affiliated with Westinghouse Electric. Moreover, it happens to have some "relationships" with Simon, which was "Air Force One" that Simon quietly suppressed by Chris Lee.

Because of Simon's optimism, although Daenerys did not participate in the tacit understanding, he still boldly invested a budget of 80 million US dollars. The promotion and promotion this time were also quite powerful, with the number of screens opening up to 3,563.
Chapter completed!