Chapter 1708: Arrangements for Angelina Jolie
On Saturday morning, at around 8 o'clock, I bid farewell to two Jenny and Little Seattle, and Simon boarded the Boeing 767 that he was going to the East Coast.
Someone is waiting in advance.
Simon's chief of casting, Linda Waggs, ICM's female president Nancy Josephson and Angelina Jolie.
After saying hello, he signaled the waitress to take Julie to the middle cabin lounge to wait, and Simon and the other two came to the front cabin living room.
Everyone sat down on the sofa. Simon picked up a drug test report prepared by Girl A in advance, opened it again, and said to Nancy Josephson: "I read Julie's information in advance and think it can be saved. I'll call you to talk."
Although he went from his original daughter to the head of ICM, one of the three major brokerage companies, Nancy Josephson had only respect in front of Simon and bowed slightly after hearing this: "Mr. Westeros, it is her honor to give Julie a chance."
Simon nodded and glanced at the information in his hand again.
Speaking of which, Julie collaborated with Daenerys with a film called "The Soul-Escaped Girl" three years ago, and Simon made the decision by herself, mainly to promote Mia Coschna.
Mia Coschna's performance is indeed much better than the original Winona Ryder. The strong confrontation with Julie made them share the 1997 Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award. Julie successfully won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Mia Coschna lacked some background and was only nominated for the heroine.
The Soul-Evering Girl also achieved a good result of over 100 million yuan in global box office. For a more than 100 million yuan in global box office, it is already quite outstanding for a more than 100 million yuan in global box office.
However, because there is only no one-time deal for the sequel, Simon is not paying attention to Julie's behind the scenes.
In history, "The Soul-Edit Girl" was a turning point in Julie's acting career. With the halo of Oscar supporting actresses at that time, she quickly entered various mainstream commercial blockbusters, and relied on the later "Tomb Raider" and "Mr. Smiths" to reach its peak.
This time, it was because of Simon, a big butterfly. One of them is that someone doesn’t like thick-lipped girls and has some preferences. In short, although he also won various recognitions from Oscars and Cannes with "The Soul-Evering Girl", Julie has still mainly mixed in non-mainstream circles such as art films and low-cost commercial films in recent years.
Perhaps it is because of the unsatisfactory career, or more likely because of personal personality, and the private life is even more messy. Not to mention the rumors of siblings having sex with her boyfriend, the other drug addiction is a big trouble in Hollywood.
The Western entertainment industry does not have such strict moral standards, and taking drugs or something will not directly terminate the celebrity's acting career, such as Johnny Depp, who once performed in the street.
The premise is that your status must be high enough.
Otherwise, if you are just a small role, the studio will have to consider the risks. After all, a large project that can often cost tens of millions or hundreds of millions of yuan. If an actor cannot work due to drug use, it may be a loss of tens of millions of dollars a day. If the actor completely fails during the filming process and changes roles halfway, it will be even more of a disaster.
Angelina Jolie is now the kind of level that is far from the risk that studios ignore.
Fortunately, Simon has personally read the actress's drug test report, which does not involve the most dangerous types, and is not that addictive and is within the controllable range.
After flipping through the information in his hand, Simon looked up again and said to Nancy Josephson: "If Julie wants to get this contract, you need to do two things."
Nancy Josephson immediately said: "Thinking, Mr. Westeros, and, well... I promise to supervise her personally."
Angelina Jolie's personality is naive, paranoid, or a little crazy, but it is definitely not a worldly fireworks. She is the same second-generation star like Robert Downey Jr., and has the same idea of climbing in Hollywood.
In fact, without considering private life, just talking about Julie's career line, this is also a "model worker" who can participate in five or six movies every year at her peak.
Simon felt a certain anxiousness in Nancy's tone. He probably understood that it was not just Julie who wanted this role. ICM was also looking forward to cultivating another big-name actress. He nodded slightly and continued: "First, after signing the contract, we will specifically designate a personal assistant for Julie to supervise her private life 24 hours a day. At the same time, Julie has to undergo a drug test arranged by Daenerys every week."
"no problem."
Nancy Josephson agreed without thinking, but his expression became a little strange again.
Because I suddenly remembered that the young tycoon in front of me liked to give his lover a "personal assistant" and everyone talked quietly in private. I have to admit that this is much smarter than Howard Hughes sent someone to monitor his vases back then, because Hughes's approach only made his listening team "steal" variously, and I don't know how many cuckolds he had put on him.
Now……
To be honest, if the tycoon was interested in Julie, Nancy Josephson would only be very happy.
Of course Simon didn't have such thoughts. Even though he recognized Julie's identity as an actor, this girl was still not his.
Ignoring Nancy Josephson's strange expression of expectation, Simon continued: "The second thing, I want you to arrange Julie to participate in some charity activities, which are located in Southeast Asia. Some of the poorest areas in the state of war. Well, I will ask someone to arrange the specific activities later. In addition, after the charity activities, arrange Julie to adopt a child."
Simon's words were expressed, both Nancy and Linda looked puzzled.
The first requirement is reasonable and legitimate, but, what is the situation?
Simon felt their confusion, thought for a while, and said, "Based on the information I saw in Julie, I think she is a very naive girl who lacks sustenance in her heart. Therefore, participating in charity activities can not only amplify her pure and kind side, suppress the extremes of Julie's character, but also allow Julie's soul to sustenance. Simply put, you can understand it as letting her have something to do, but she has no energy to mess with other messy things."
Mix your own and your boyfriend's blood into a bottle and hang it on your chest, swear your loyalty to love, and think that it can last forever. What is this not innocence?
When I got married with Pitt, I didn’t want to sign a pre-marital agreement. I thought it was a blasphemy to my love. Isn’t this naivety?
In addition, a major change in Julie's life trajectory was that she saw the poverty and suffering in Southeast Asia in the process of filming "Tomb Raider". From then on, she began to devote herself to charity and adopted a large group of orphans. Moreover, from many media information exposed later, it can be seen that Julie really adopted it. It is not the kind of person who regards her as her own and her own. It is not the show-style adoption of many Hollywood stars, and even worse, she will give up her own children directly after she has her own children.
As for the incident where Julie was later criticized for the 'they lost everything but gained freedom', there was no way, anything was stuck to politics and could not be cleaned even if she wanted to.
Nancy Josephson heard Simon explain that although hesitated in his heart, he nodded quickly: "No problem."
After saying that, he paused and said, "Mr. Westeros, if my news is correct, "Fast and Furious" will be launched in January next year, and it is only two months away. Julie must take time to prepare. You know, this is a racing scene. In addition, do charity..."
Simon interrupted at the right time: "Two months are enough. Julie can participate in activities in Southeast Asia while preparing for the new drama. Regarding charity projects, I know what you mean. It takes cost to do charity, but this time Julie only needs to come forward, and you don't need to worry about all other expenses."
The focus of the Westeros system's Asian layout has just shifted to Southeast Asia. In addition to various investments at the commercial level, non-commercial fields, such as charity-related issues, they must also be done, and the planned annual investment is also hundreds of millions.
After all, most of the shells of NGOs are charitable organizations.
Anyone who understands the joints knows how useful the ‘unofficial’ card is, and Simon has always attached great importance to it.
Therefore, regarding this small matter, Simon only needs to send an email to Chen and others, and in a short time, he can organize a project, medical assistance, children's education assistance, water purification projects, etc., and so on.
All Julie has to do is to show her identity as a star.
After all, although she is not a top star in Hollywood, the auras of Best Actress in Cannes and Best Supporting Actress in the Oscar are still very dazzling in Asia.
Then feel the impact of the soul and complete the transformation.
If Simon said this, Nancy Josephson had no problem.
Simon didn't mean to keep them much, and he wanted to rush to the East Coast as soon as possible. After the matter was finished, he got up and saw the guests off.
The two women also stood up together, but Nancy was obviously hesitant, and Linda Waggs, who was following next to her, took the initiative to ask her questions with a smile: "Boss, Julie's personal assistant, did you arrange it yourself or me?"
Simon was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "You can arrange it."
Linda nodded.
Nancy was obviously disappointed. After leaving the front cabin door, she couldn't help but speak and said, "Mr. Westeros, do you want Julie to stay? I mean, you can chat with her during the flight, and you won't be bored."
Simon smiled and said, "I have a bunch of work emails to process during the flight, and a video conference. I also have to review the script of "Fast and Furious". Calculate it. Until I get off the plane, there may not be enough time and I won't be bored at all."
After hearing Simon say this, Nancy remembered the recent election. I think this young tycoon is inevitably busy these days and no longer entangled. He just smiled and said, "You are so busy, you should pay attention to rest."
Chapter completed!