Inside an apartment in the Brentwood neighborhood of northern Santa Monica.

After the party last night, Nancy Brill invited Sophia Fessy to stay in her apartment. The two girls are both from France, and they hit it off immediately, so Sophia readily agreed and checked out her hotel room overnight and moved over.

Today is Sunday.

Sofia woke up around 7 o'clock in the morning. On the other side of the big bed, Nancy was still sleeping soundly.

The two were of the same age, but looking at Nancy's petite face hidden by her hair, Sophia inexplicably thought of her children who were far away from her parents in France.

At a certain moment, she even had the urge to lean down and kiss the woman next to her on the face.

Of course, such an abrupt thought will not be acted upon.

Sophia is not gay. Although she learned during the chat last night that Nancy has been single these years, she does not think Nancy has this tendency.

Sophia got out of bed quietly, closed the curtains that let in light, and then walked out of the bedroom.

Standing in the corridor outside the bedroom on the second floor, Sofia relied on her experience as a real estate agent to judge that the two-story apartment had at least 12 rooms. However, the apartment did not show any signs of confusion because the owner was a busy single working woman.

It is not messy at all, but reveals a kind of neatness and order that only obsessive-compulsive disorder can possess.

After changing to another room and washing up, Sofia consciously began to prepare breakfast for the two of them. She has always been a very careful woman, and she had a general understanding of Nancy's taste at the party last night. Moreover, the ingredients in the kitchen of this apartment

, and probably won’t be the type that the owner hates.

Half an hour later, Sophia was cooking a sweet corn soup, and the voice of good morning came from behind.

Turning around to look, Nancy was standing at the door wearing a pale pink silk suspender nightgown. Her hair had not yet been combed, and her face looked tired as if she had just woken up after drinking. Her delicate collarbones and round shoulders made her look...

Very sexy, even barefoot underneath.

Sophia also said good morning, but her originally level gaze had to move downwards before she could look at a certain petite woman.

Nancy noticed the smile on the corner of Sophia's mouth, and suddenly she was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. Her eyes widened slightly and she said: "Please, don't say I look like a doll, I will be angry."

Sofia originally wanted to joke that her 8-year-old son would be as tall as her in a few years. Seeing Nancy's reaction, she gave up the idea and just said: "Breakfast will be a while later, you can go take a shower first."

bath."

Nancy agreed and went upstairs to freshen up again.

In the restaurant, the two of them were eating breakfast together. Nancy took the initiative to confide to Sophia her long-standing troubles: "My father is 6 feet tall and my mother is also 5 feet 9 inches. But for some reason, I can't grow taller until I reach 5 feet 1 inch."

I have not grown taller either. Although I have never said it, I know that my father has always suspected that I am not his biological child."

When it comes to other people's family privacy, Sophia is not easy to answer and just quietly acts as a listener.

Nancy did not shy away and continued: "A few years ago, when he heard about the emergence of DNA paternity testing, my father immediately ran to do it. I guess he should have done it several times. After confirming that I was his daughter, he solemnly

I'm apologizing to my mother and me. But, how can the rift of so many years be repaired with just one apology? Since junior high school, I found that I was shorter than other children of the same age, and I have always had low self-esteem. Ever since I heard that I first tried

The boy I was dating bragged to his friends that I looked like a doll, and I never had a boyfriend. After that, I became more and more aggressive and wanted to be better than everyone who was taller than me."

Sofia cleverly ignored the impact of Nancy's height on her family, and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter if you are shorter. We are women, it doesn't matter if you are taller or shorter, not to mention you are so beautiful."

"You can't understand my troubles," Nancy sighed with a little vicissitude, picked up the spoon and took a sip of the sweet corn soup, and then said: "What about you, Sophie, why do you work for Westeros?"

?”

"I was originally an agent for a real estate agency. At last year's Cannes Film Festival, I happened to be the agent for a house that Simon liked in the local area, so I decisively seized the opportunity. You know, in order to attract the attention of our boss

, I called every day during that period, and often found excuses to take the initiative to visit, and finally succeeded."

Nancy listened blankly and then said: "Sophie, you are really scheming."

Sofia felt that she should be able to become very close friends with the straightforward little woman opposite her, so she showed a little bit of another side of herself. She could also feel that Nancy's words did not mean anything despicable, so it was just in vain.

He glanced at her and said: "Without any scheming, I should be in Corsica now, maybe marry a fisherman, repeat the boring housework every day, look after the children, take care of the husband, remain unknown all my life, until one day I am completely old. I

My mother is such a woman, but this is not the life I want."

Although she had a suspicious father, Nancy's life environment was quite favorable since she was a child, and she basically never experienced any major setbacks.

At this time, listening to Sophia's faint narration, Nancy felt a bitterness that she had never experienced before, so she put down the spoon, reached out and patted the back of Sophia's hand comfortingly, and said: "Sophie, I declare

, from now on, you are my best friend."

Sofia smiled and shook hands with Nancy, but did not express her position as straightforwardly as she did.

Nancy took back her hand, picked up the spoon again and stirred her sweet corn soup, and then asked very suddenly: "Did you go to bed with him?"

Sophia understood who Nancy was referring to and shook her head: "No."

Nancy was a little surprised: "Why?"

Sofia felt that Nancy's rhetorical question was a bit strange. Is it natural for her to sleep with Simon? However, she thought about it and said: "Simon, he is a very restrained person in this regard."

Probably, I won't be able to restrain myself for much longer.

As he spoke, a voice from the bottom of his heart added, with a slight sense of pride.

Nancy naturally couldn't hear Sophia's thoughts, but said with great interest: "If you sleep with him, remember to tell me."

Sophia was a little helpless: "Are you interested in this matter?"

Nancy said truthfully: "I am very interested in everything about our little boss."

"Then why don't you try it yourself?"

Nancy shrank her neck as if thinking of some terrible scene: "I don't want to sleep with a man."

Sofia smiled and said seductively: "You still have to try this kind of thing yourself."

After breakfast, Nancy put on a black business suit and her customary platform high heels. The two women drove to Burbank together. The office of Gaomen Pictures was set up at the Burbank branch of Daenerys Entertainment.

Today I'm talking to Ella Deutschman about the Gucci documentary.

After leaving her Brentwood apartment, Nancy got into work mode.

Sofia held the steering wheel, glanced at Nancy in the passenger seat who was carefully reading a thick stack of video game information, and said: "I think Daenerys Entertainment should actually try to develop a game console and simply develop video games.

It will be constrained by the host manufacturers."

"I have also considered this matter, but Daenerys Entertainment's foundation in this area is zero. We have missed the 8-bit era, and 16-bit consoles cannot catch up. If we want to enter the market, we can only directly invest in research and development.

Three generations of 32-bit game consoles. The development of game consoles requires a lot of money and time. When Atari was developing the 2600 console, it was because of a break in the capital chain that it had to sell itself to Warner. The development of the Atari 2600 lasted four years, with investment

We paid US$100 million, which was US$100 million in the 1970s. Moreover, even if there is no shortage of funds and time, we still have to face the patent barriers and content barriers that Japanese manufacturers have built.”

Hearing what Nancy said, Sophia smiled and said, "You don't look like someone who shrinks back when encountering difficulties."

Nancy raised her chin slightly and said: "Of course not. Apart from these external factors, the most fundamental reason is that I think it is not a good idea to invest in the development of game consoles. Don't look at the fact that Nintendo's NES now occupies 90% of the market. Every year

Making huge profits. However, competitors such as Sega, Atari and Sony have not given up trying to enter the game console market, and there may be new players emerging in the future. Nintendo has already begun to lag behind on 16-bit consoles.

PC games have also developed very rapidly in recent years, which means that the game hardware market will form a very fierce competition in the future, in which there is likely to be no winner. In comparison, high-quality game content will always be the market

needs. Moreover, I also found that excellent video games all have a very long life cycle. As long as they successfully create a hit, the production company can continue to develop it from generation to generation, and each generation can bring stable and generous profits.

Profit. Therefore, my most fundamental goal is to build Blizzard Studios into a video game production and publishing company. As for developing game consoles, I have no interest."

After talking like this all the way, Sophia and Nancy arrived at the Daenerys Entertainment branch in Burbank. Ella Deutschman had already arrived in advance.

Although it was Sunday, the office building of the Burbank branch was still busy.

Daenerys Entertainment's non-stop work rhythm has attracted a lot of media attention, and some employee rights protection organizations in California have sent people to investigate whether there is forced overtime.

The company has indeed never engaged in any forced behavior, but the atmosphere has been formed. When everyone else is working, those who want to take a break are too embarrassed to stop. There are also some employees who choose to resign because they cannot bear the pressure.

Moreover, the news that Simon was in coma due to excessive exhaustion recently came back, and some of the original complaints have been reduced a lot.

The boss is exhausted, so what right do you have to complain?

"My Left Foot" was completed at the end of February. At Deutschman's request, the film's director Jim Sheridan led the production team to Los Angeles to complete the post-production of the film.

After failing to win "Sex, Lies and Videotape," Deutschman selected "My Left Foot" as a candidate for this year's Cannes Film Festival. With the connections Simon established at Cannes last year, "My Left Foot" became the

As long as the film quality can meet expectations, it is not difficult to obtain a spot in the main competition unit.

"Sex, Lies and Videotape" received critical acclaim and an Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival in January. Columbia Pictures is not eager to push the film to theaters and also plans to participate in the May film festival.

Cannes Film Festival.

At that time, "Sex, Lies and Videotape" and "My Left Foot" will compete head-on.

After finishing the regular meeting with the post-production team of "My Left Foot", Deutschman came to the office to discuss the development plan of the Gucci documentary with Sophia and the two girls.

Although the most talked about outside world is the grudges of the Gucci family, these elements that will definitely affect the Gucci brand image should obviously be mentioned in the documentary as much as possible.

After a morning of discussion, it was initially determined that the documentary would start with Gucci’s hiring of a new creative director and end with the Gucci 1990 spring and summer fashion show at Milan Fashion Week in September, interspersed with various stories about Gucci’s cultural heritage, brand style, classic styles and interesting stories.

Introduction to anecdotes.

Of course, this discussion is not without disagreements.

After hearing that Deutschman asked Gucci to provide at least half of the production funds as a 'sponsorship' fee, but did not enjoy the copyright and expected profits from the documentary, Sofia firmly opposed it. The final agreement was that Gaomen Pictures and Gucci would each contribute half

Budget, share rights and revenue.

However, as the distributor, Gaomen Pictures will be able to extract 12.5% ​​of the documentary’s omni-channel revenue as a distribution commission in the future.

Because time is very tight, the preliminary preparations for the documentary will start quickly after finalizing the plan. It is expected that at the end of this month or early next month, Gucci's new creative director will take office, and the filming of the documentary will begin.

The next day is Monday, March 6th.
To be continued...