Simon returned to Los Angeles, and due to the time difference, the East Coast of the United States was still on February 13.

The Valentine's Day schedule in 2000 has already started on February 11. On Daenerys, in addition to the new version of "I'm Crazy for Mary" led by Lina Kane and Annika Settle, who was particularly concerned by Simon, there is another romantic film "Hug Dawn" starring Meg Ryan on the same day. And, on February 4 the previous week, there was also a crime action film "Back-up" starring Shanger Yundon, a veteran Hollywood action man produced by New Line Films, released.

Among them, the production cost of "The Back-Strike" was $25 million. The Hollywood hard-boy beauty has a very good reputation. The comprehensive media score reached 8.1 points. The first week of the painting opening from February 4 to February 10 won a box office of $26.83 million, and thus successfully entered the Valentine's Day competition.

Let’s talk about “Hug Dawn”. Compared to “I’m Mad for Mary”, which is just a bit of a love-covered vulgar comedy, Meg Ryan’s new work is a very orthodox romance film, telling a romantic story about a man and woman who also suffer from insomnia in the past who accidentally meet and then get to know each other and heal each other. Daenerys’s main body was released, and the production cost was 30 million US dollars. The premiere was held in advance, with a general reputation, and the comprehensive media score was 7.3 points.

However, because the interlude "Hug Dawn" in the film is unexpectedly very popular, the film also shows good market prospects.

Finally, there is "I'm crazy for Mary", which costs only US$16 million. It is the lowest budget of Daenerys' three movies in the same period. Moreover, the reputation was lifted after its premiere. The comprehensive media score of 6.3 points is also the lowest reputation.

This made the promotional and distribution team of New World Pictures a little worried. After all, because of Simon's special attention, the release of this movie is the strongest. If it is broken, of course it will not hurt. However, the performance of this lover may be a bit ugly compared to the other two brother brands.

The subsequent facts once again proved Daenerys' current dominant position in Hollywood, the kind of strength that even his own team often doesn't adapt to.

With the three days of weekends and four days of popularity on February 14, a box office week from February 11 to February 17, the box office volume of the North American film market hit a small high after the start of 2000, reaching US$160 million.

Among them, three movies by Daenerys Entertainment directly dominated the top three.

The top spot on the list is the most worrying "I'm crazy for Mary". This vulgar spoof comedy that is not as cost or reputation as Daenerys' other two films. "American Pie", which is known as an adult in the publicity stage, finally won a box office of 39.12 million US dollars in seven days after the painting.

An accident is a real accident.

Even though Jennifer Aniston, who also belongs to the American Sweet Sister who came out of "Friends", this obvious "Saturday Night Live" joke style, well, for many viewers who don't like it, it is unreasonable why they can get nearly $40 million in a week of painting.

However, for some people who are familiar with the current Hollywood landscape, it is reasonable.

The estimated local box office volume of about US$70 million can allow the new line to recover all investments and enter the profit cycle just by issuing local theaters.

Continue again, the fourth place on the list is in sharp contrast.

It is also a romantic comedy produced by Paramount, "The Bride of Paris". The heroine is Julia Roberts, who once again proved her appeal through "My Best Friend's Wedding" a year ago. The hero invited Jeff Bridges, the "Governor" who is definitely a handsome man after taking care of himself and controlling his figure. In the "Baker Brothers", men stared at Michelle Pfeiffer, and women would definitely not forget Bridges. Moreover, only looking at the title of the film, the story also takes place in Paris, the romantic capital, which obviously has a natural attraction for couples on Valentine's Day.

In addition, the production cost of $35 million is higher than that of Daenerys' three films, and its reputation is not bad. The media score reached 7.6 points. As a result, in the first week of the painting, "The Bride of Paris" only won a box office of $16.53 million, which is not even as good as the Shangge Yundon action film "The Back-Strike" of the new online release week.

Why?

Only looking at screen comparisons, the number one "I'm crazy for Mary" has 3,265 screens, while Paramount, who focused on releasing only this film at the same time, only got 2,127 screens, which shows that.

Los Angeles, Dumei Point Manor.

After the warm Valentine's Day, for Simon, it was the 32nd birthday on February 22.

I made a simple arrangement in advance, only invited close relatives and friends. After the list was determined, it still reached the level of hundreds of people. Therefore, this night at Beike Villa was still lively.

Inside the lobby of Shell Villa.

Simon patiently socialized all the way and came to a sofa beside the glass curtain wall of Linhai. Several women were sitting around teasing the little spot in Nancy Brill's arms. In a blink of an eye, Alex Westeros, who was half a year old, grew very fast. He was no longer the first time Janet teased the "little rat" and was as chubby as a doll. Everyone wanted to squeeze it when they saw it.

What makes Nancy a little regretful is that after spending some effort, the small senior executive still failed to discover the genius attributes of his son who might be similar to Seattle. He has been born six months old and he can only pronounce it as a normal child.

After greeting a few women, there was no empty space here, and no one wanted to give way to him. Simon sat down on the armrest of the sofa next to Catherine Bigelow, handed the wine in his hand to Sofia Fisch, who came to North America because of the ongoing New York Fashion Week. Then, he put his head down here on the back of the sofa chair and leaned slightly towards the woman who was obviously moved to the little guy in Nancy's arms, and asked in a low smile, "Are you envious?"

"Yes," Catherine, who was habitually sitting upright with her back, turned her head slightly, looked at Simon, responded softly, and said directly: "However, I already have two godchildren, Mel and Nick, and they are my children, so don't think about anything."

Simon just smiled, looking at Catherine's delicate face that had almost not changed over the years, feeling the faint fragrance of women, and continued softly: "What do I want?"

Catherine gave a blank look at the little man beside her, but looking at the face of the closest film that seemed to have not changed much over the years, she suddenly felt it inexplicably, so that he came over and kissed her forehead, but didn't dodge. She just scolded again, glanced at Janet, who was still socializing with Amy Pascal not far away, and her voice became softer, with nostalgia. In fact, she wanted to raise her hand to touch the little man's face, and restrained it, and said, "I really didn't expect that the little boy who took the bus all the way back then would become Simon Westeros today."

Simon also missed me a little, but he pretended to be proud and looked up slightly: "Do you admire me in particular?"

Catherine just rolled her eyes again: "Big capitalist."

Simon was hit by Catherine, wanting her to squeeze out a seat for her, but unfortunately she was rejected and could only continue to sit on the handrail and smiled and said, "Actually, as a radical left, I have always been worried that you will treat me as a class enemy."

"I am a leftist. Although I tend to be anarchist, I am not a radical leftist," Catherine retorted, paused again, glanced at Jennifer and Nancy next to her, and withdrew her gaze, saying, "And, you, over the years, have made me think a lot."

"Um?"

"About our generation..." Catherine said, but she didn't want to continue, because, deep down, she didn't want the little man around her to have the idea that he and she actually had two generations, so she finally said softly: "Do you know, the year I was born, "The Watcher in the Rye" happened to be published."

Simon nodded, probably understanding what Catherine wanted to say, or could understand a little bit what Catherine realized from herself.

Katherine is a typical baby boomer in the United States. In 1951, "Watchmen in the Rye" was published, so she grew up in the 1950s and 1960s when the US economy exploded but was mentally confused. Then, the Vietnam War was in youth, and at the same time, she suffered the fear, madness, laissez-faire, and even more confused that the doomsday clock could reset at any time under the fiercest state of the Cold War.

Then, the Soviet Union collapsed, a new era seemed to come, and the former generation also entered the forty years. Most people re-flowed into the life of life. Looking back, they realized that they probably gave up, lost, missed too much, and missed too much.

Unfortunately, life cannot be repeated.

At least for others outside of Simon in this world, this is probably the case.

He bowed closer again, Simon went to the other side to hug the woman, and smiled and said, "Then make a movie and take a picture of what you just thought."

Catherine leaned slightly with the force of the little man beside her and leaned over. Hearing this, she subconsciously shook her head: "I don't want to spend your money, if I can't sell it for the box office."

Simon is considerate: "I will help you get investment and cheat other people's money."

So he was dissatisfied and Katherine looked up and glared: "Are you sure I can't sell the box office?"

Simon raised his empty hand and made a surrender statement: "Okay, my fault."

Katherine bent her lips and remembered what she had recently: "Danerys' videos have squeezed other movies hard during this period, during Valentine's Day, and I heard complaints."

"Slowly, they get used to it."

“…”

Catherine felt the little man's tone of being discriminatory, and then thought about it, but still bent her mouth: "Then, please write the script for me, I'll shoot it, about, yes, our era."

Simon didn't refuse either: "What kind of thinking is going to be?"

Catherine thought about it again and said, "That's the kind of "Watcher in the Rye".

"This has been taken," Simon said: "There is no need to repeat it."

"No," Catherine wasn't sure if she remembered it wrong: "It seems that Salinger refused to be filmed and that he is still alive."

"I mean," Simon deliberately sold the secret before continuing: "Taxi Driver is actually "The Watcher in the Rye". The atmosphere and emotions in the film are the same. Why not, in this way, let's arrange a private movie tomorrow night to review the classics?"

Catherine thought about it and suddenly realized that it was true.

Pearls and jade are ahead.

Suddenly, I became even less confident and could only look at someone.

Simon thought about it a little and said, "Actually, if you want to do it, you can try to make a documentary. There must be enough material about that era. The name, well, is called "Our Times". This year is the millennium. If you can catch up, we can release it at the end of the year and get an Oscar next year."

Catherine was originally intended to move, but when she heard it, she couldn't help but give someone a blank look.

Big capitalist.

However, he nodded quickly.

At least, it doesn’t cost him too much money. Moreover, compared to movies with many restrictions, two hours and a story cannot tell too much. Documentary, the same two hours can add more elements, is undoubtedly the best choice.

Thinking of this, he looked up at a little man and inexplicably gave birth to some of the unique greed that women had in front of their beloved man: "You help me do it together."
Chapter completed!