On Thursday, Simon still arrived at the 7-11 convenience store on time early in the morning.

After yesterday's press conference, the packaging project of "Butterfly Effect" basically will not have any changes, and the relevant contracts will be signed one after another next week.

According to the Hollywood script trading process, Simon can get a $140,000 remuneration for the first version of the script and a deposit for the option of the next two scripts within one week of the contract signing. The subsequent final payment of $60,000 will require Simon to modify and polish the script according to the requirements of the film company before it can be settled one after another.

The first $140,000 in cash is enough for Simon to start the production of "Rola Run". Therefore, Simon has said hello to Roger and will leave the 7-11 convenience store after completing his work next week.

After more than two hours of busyness, at around 9:30, Simon, who was standing behind the cashier, saw Roger Griffin walking out of the office in a hurry, holding a newspaper in his hand.

Recognizing that Roger Griffin was obviously coming for him, and when the middle-aged fat man approached, Simon asked, "Roger, what happened?"

Roger Griffin did not immediately speak, and his eyes looked at Simon up and down in a strange way before handing over the newspaper in his hand, pointing to one of the articles, and asking, "Simon, can't you be said on this?"

Simon took the newspaper and glanced at it. It was a Los Angeles Times, and then he noticed the title of the article Roger just pointed to.

"What does the "Butterfly Effect" mean?"

Simon's first thought was really familiar with this question.

Then he looked at the main text.

The content of the article still first mentions a series of recent events in WMA. Perhaps too many people have discussed this incident. So, this reporter from the Los Angeles Times named Peter Butler chose to take a different approach and began to pay attention to the script content of "The Butterfly Effect".

What surprised Simon was that Peter Butler actually found the source of the "butterfly effect". In this era without Internet search engines, it was not easy to do this.

After spending a while to explain the meaning of the "Butterfly Effect", Peter Butler began to guess the story content of the script "Butterfly Effect". Combined with the WMA's information on selecting Brian de Palma as the director, he finally came to a conclusion, believing that "Butterfly Effect" is likely to be a crime thriller that triggered a series of serious events under some opportunity.

If the article only had this content, Simon wouldn't care too much.

Peter Butler's speculation has little to do with the real story content of "The Butterfly Effect".

However, to Simon's surprise, Peter Butler also mentioned his name in the article and became curious about the surname "Westero". He claimed that he had searched for a lot of information but did not find any relevant information about this surname. Therefore, he believed that "Westero" was probably an original surname, an interesting original surname.

Roger Griffin saw Simon frowning slightly at the newspaper in front of him, and for a while he didn't say anything, he couldn't help but snap his fingers in his ear and said, "Simon?"

Simon came back from his thoughts, smiled at the convenience store owner, and said, "Roger, maybe I have to take a leave tomorrow."

"No problem, it doesn't matter if you don't come to work next week," Roger Griffin shook his head. Although Simon's attitude was obviously accustomed, he couldn't help asking: "So, is it you?"

Simon handed the newspaper to Roger again, nodded, and said, "Yes."

When Roger Griffin heard Simon's confirmation, he waved the newspaper he had just received, making a rustling sound, and said, "Then, the middle-aged man a few days ago is the WMA vice president mentioned in the newspaper these days. He is called, um... what's the name? Also, you already have $200,000 now?"

Simon looked at Roger who was stuttering and smiled and said, "$200,000 is not too much for you, this store...this..."

Speaking of this, Simon suddenly stopped and turned around and glanced at the 7-11 convenience store where he was.

Roger's convenience store should be a franchise type with its own venue, and it is quite large in scale. In addition, it is located in the center of Santa Monica, and the business is also very good.

only.

I carefully recalled my daily cash register data. Even when there are many days of customer flow, the daily turnover of this convenience store is only more than 10,000 US dollars.

Roger looked at Simon who was suddenly stuck in a daze, and reached out and snapped his fingers in his ear again: "Hey, what's wrong?"

"Roger," Simon shook his head helplessly, and said, "I suddenly realized that your store is not suitable for my movie. I need a store with a daily turnover of more than $100,000."

Roger was not disappointed when he heard Simon say this, but instead said: "The daily turnover exceeds 100,000 US dollars, which is probably the only level of Walmart. They will definitely not agree to let you shoot any robbery scene."

Simon remembered that he was lucky to find the shooting site a few days ago, and smiled bitterly, saying, "It's true, but you have to try it."

As they were talking, several customers came over one after another.

Seeing that the cashier opposite Simon had already lined up, the two stopped the conversation temporarily. After Simon finished dealing with a wave of customers, Roger asked again: "Simon, why must it be a store with a daily turnover of more than $100,000?"

Simon said: "My protagonist needs to grab $100,000 at one time."

"Get $100,000 at one time?" Roger asked back and continued: "Then the choice of grabbing a supermarket is too bad. Most supermarkets cannot store so much cash at the cash register. If it were me, I would definitely choose a jewelry store. Even if the money is not enough, gold and gems can be used."

Simon thought to himself that what happened today was really coming in a row. He heard Roger say this and said with a smile: "You seem to be very familiar with this kind of thing?"

"Who hasn't seen a few movies yet," Roger also smiled and said, "And, coincidentally, my brother runs a jewelry store, and his store is on the 26th Street next door. Of course, it's even more unlikely that he would agree to you filming a robbery scene in his store."

Simon had already planned a detailed shooting plan around Roger's convenience store, and was worried about how to adjust it. After hearing what he said, he immediately straightened out many thoughts again.

Roger's convenience store is on 25th Street and his brother's jewelry store is on 26th Street. It's still very easy to adjust a block.

However, it is obviously more difficult to get a jewelry store to agree to cooperate in filming the robbery scene.

With this calculation, Simon was not too eager to perform. He sold the script to Fox, and he would have to work for the other party for at least one month in revision of the script. If his "Rola Run" wants to start filming, he will have to wait until September at the earliest, and he has enough time to prepare.

Now, we still need to solve the current problem.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Simon finished handing over the shift and rode his bike to the WMA headquarters. On the way, he specially bought a copy of today's Los Angeles Times.

When he came to Jonathan Friedman's office, Simon still greeted Irving Wright first.

"Simon, why are you here?" Irving Wright saw Simon appear, and a warm smile appeared on his face. Then he pointed to the door of Jonathan's office and said, "Wait a moment, Jonathan is talking about things with Sean Young."

Simon said uncertainly: "Shaan Young, Rachel?"

Irving Wright stood up and pulled a chair next to him, signaling Simon to sit down at his desk, confirming: "Yes, it's Rachel."

Simon nodded, somewhat surprised that Sean Young would be Jonathan's client.

However, apart from the amazing copycat Rachel in Blade Runner, Sean Young has no other outstanding masterpieces.

Moreover, it is said that this woman is so fond of being a big shot, and many Hollywood filmmakers don’t like to work with her. In the end, the actress became popular for a few years after "Blade Runner".

Simon still remembers that due to his increasingly unsatisfactory career, Sean Young, who missed the Catwoman role due to a horse-descending injury during the filming of Michael Keaton's version of Batman, also did something that caused a sensation in Hollywood.

After the great success of "Batman", Warner launched the sequel "Batman Return". During the film production, Sean Young suddenly stood outside the set of Warner's set in a homemade inferior Catwoman costume, hoping that Warner would hand over the role of Catwoman to himself again, but ended up being the title of "Hollywood Crazy Woman", which completely destroyed the image of Rachel in many people's hearts.

Recalling these things, Simon said to Irving Wright: "Speaking of this, I don't know what customers Jonathan has in his name. Can I show me the list?"

"Of course," Owen Laitt nodded, took out a folder from the desk drawer and handed it to Simon, saying, "You can take a look."

Simon took the folder and opened it.

The first page of the information is a veteran male star named Robert Duval.

Simon has some impression of this male star, but he still belongs to the type of person who is barely familiar with his face.

However, in the introduction, Robert Duval is not only the winner of Best Actor in the Oscar in 1984, but also has three other Oscar nominations. By this way, the opponent can probably be regarded as the biggest star under Jonathan's name.

Continue to turn back, there are still several veteran male stars in their 40s and 50s.

Simon didn't feel too surprised about this situation.

Due to the impact of the TV industry, the Hollywood film industry has experienced more than 20 years of silence.

The film business is in a downturn, and the opportunities will naturally decrease. People compete for roles that are not many in seniority, which not only leads to the slow pace of Hollywood artists’ renewal, but also the group of celebrities standing at the top of the Hollywood pyramid is generally older.

Thinking of this, Simon turned over nearly half of the information before he found a male star whom he was very familiar with, Billy Christo.

Then, my information happened to be between male and female stars.

What appeared next was a series of old actresses. Simon hurriedly flipped over and found the name of Courtney Cox in a relatively backward position.

So until the last page, Simon originally planned to return the file folder to Irving, but was attracted by the girl's name on the last page of the information.

On the ID photo, this is also a short-haired girl.

After glanced at the girl's introduction, she had no film and television works under her name, only some stage play performance experience. It seems that she should be the newcomer Jonathan just signed.

After thinking about it, Simon patiently waited for Irving Wright to finish a call, spread the information in front of him, and asked, "Irving, what's going on with this girl?"

Irving Wright put down the microphone and looked at the girl's name on the information.

Sandra Brock.

"Sandra, Jonathan just signed him last week, recommended by New York dramatist Sanford Masonar, a very good newcomer," Irving Wright explained a few words, then looked at Simon, and said with a joking voice: "You like this type of girl. I happen to have a photo album here. Do you want to take a look?"

Simon smiled and shook his head, saying, "I just think she is quite suitable for the heroine of my movie."

"That's it," after spending time together, Irving Wright also knew Simon's plan to shoot an experimental movie. He spoke a little more seriously. He found Sandra Bullock's contact information from the address book and handed it to Simon, adding: "It's too late for the autumn schedule now. Jonathan's arrangement is to hope that she will take some TV series next spring schedule to hone it first, and then change to try the movie. So, she happened to be free these few months. However, Simon, if you want a heroine, I can help you choose a few more experienced performances. If you communicate well, the offer will not be too high."

"No," Simon shook his head and said, "I'll try to contact this girl first."

Irving Wright didn't persuade him much, nodded and said, "If you need help, you can call me at any time."

As the two were talking, the door of Jonathan's office opened and a beautiful woman in a black tunic dress walked out of it, which was Sean Young.

However, Sean Yang was in a very bad mood at this time. She looked like an iceberg queen and squinted her eyes. She stood up without stopping, and she walked away quickly in her high heels.

Jonathan followed Sean Young out of the office, looked at the girl who had already turned into the corridor and disappeared, turned to Simon, raised his hand to signal the empty place in front of him, and said seriously: "Simon, this is Miss Yang."

Simon walked over, smiled and shook hands with Jonathan, and said, "I didn't expect you to tell a cold joke?"

"Enjoy yourself occasionally," Jonathan smiled bitterly, but did not explain what happened just now.

Instructing Irving to prepare coffee for the two of them, Jonathan took Simon into the office, sat down behind the desk, and said first: "By the way, Simon, I originally planned to let her be the heroine about Curt. However, she happened to pass the audition for the second female lead in the live-action version of Canon Films "Shiman, the universe giant". The production cost of this film is 20 million US dollars, and the second female lead is also a good opportunity. So I temporarily replaced the heroine of "Butterfly Effect" with Elizabeth."

Simon had no idea about "The Giant of Universe" and vaguely remembered that it should be an animation from recent years. However, he just smiled and nodded, saying, "It's great, neither opportunity is wasted."

Jonathan habitually crossed his hands at Simon and said, "So, you suddenly came over?"

Simon showed Jonathan the article in the Los Angeles Times and said, "Joe, have you seen this?"

Jonathan took the newspaper and glanced, nodded, "Irving showed it to me in the morning, I think this should be a good thing for you, right?"
Chapter completed!