"The cause of last night's accident was probably caused by a loose screw on the front wheel. I have fired the mechanic responsible for Batmobile maintenance. The props team will conduct an inspection of all Batmobiles and Batmobiles today."

In the hotel restaurant, having breakfast together, "Batman" producer Joe Silver reported to Simon the cause of the Batmobile accident last night. Although the accident did not cause serious consequences, the front wheel of the Batmobile last night

The situation of falling off immediately seemed abnormal, so Simon had no intention of letting it go.

Nodding, Simon asked again: "Where is the media?"

If the news of such an accident spreads, it will inevitably cause some trouble.

Australian local media Simon is not worried. The two major media families here, the Murdoch family and the Fairfax family, are investors of Cersei Capital, but the media outside Australia are not within Simon's scope of influence.

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"Some paparazzi took some blurry photos from far away. I communicated with the Los Angeles side and arranged some interview opportunities to exchange the negatives," Joe Silver said: "In addition, the media called to inquire.

, have been blocked, I will arrange for Miss Golino to appear publicly in the afternoon, so as to completely eliminate outside speculation."

Film shooting, especially the shooting of such large-scale movies, is actually a process of constantly encountering problems and solving them, and it rarely goes smoothly.

Therefore, since the filming of "Batman" began, Simon has become more and more aware of the benefits of choosing Melbourne as the original shooting location. Australia's relaxed shooting environment compared to North America and the strong influence of the Johnston family gave him a

Too many conveniences.

After breakfast, Joe Silver left to work on the crew, and Simon returned to his hotel suite to start the day's work.

Today is March 21, Tuesday, and it’s still Monday in Los Angeles.

This past weekend, another new film "Sisters" from Daenerys Entertainment's High Gate Pictures was released. This film starring "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​actress Jennifer Connelly, which is positioned as a youth sex comedy, opened on the screen.

The scale is 617, and the box office was 3.25 million US dollars in the first three days of the weekend. The box office is expected to be about 5 million US dollars in the first week. The total box office in North America is expected to be in the range of 15 million US dollars to 20 million US dollars.

Following "Metropolitan", compared to the production budget of "Sisters" of US$3 million and the same US$3 million in publicity and distribution costs, this result is obviously very outstanding.

Simon added another point for Ella Deutschman.

However, after the New Year, "Blue Angel", "Metropolis" and "Sisters" were all "mediocre". Recently, there have been some arguments in the media that Daenerys Entertainment is beginning to become mediocre, although anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

Producing these three movies is not the main focus of Daenerys Entertainment, but Simon is also very happy that more people in Hollywood have such a mentality.

The box office performance of Daenerys Entertainment last year really put a lot of pressure on too many people. If there is no buffer, it is difficult to determine what will happen.

After three films, Daenerys Entertainment will continue to release two films, "The Evil Dead 2" left over from the original New World Entertainment, and "The Sisters of Sid" starring Winona Ryder before the summer season.

It's also not very attractive, which is enough to give Hollywood a serious buffer.

In the study, Simon directly turned on the speaker phone to discuss the company's recent affairs with Amy, while reading various documents from Los Angeles.

After talking about the general business, when he heard Amy talk about the compensation plan for Meg Ryan to get rid of the option contract, Simon said: "2.5 million, just 2.5 million, a very good number, this kind of thing

Don’t ask me again in the future.”

CAA initially offered a sky-high salary of US$5 million based on the fact that "One Flew Over the Child" is a female-led movie and Meg Ryan's popularity after "When Harry Met Sally". The two sides fell out, and Daenerys

Entertainment is also demanding $5 million in damages from Meg Ryan.

This possibility was originally unlikely.

Although she has already made it to the top, Meg Ryan's salary for starring as a heroine in ordinary commercial movies is only about two to three million US dollars. If income tax is included, this number is obviously lower. US$2.5 million is enough to drain Meg's life.

The balance of Ryan's next two films.

Moreover, the other party also participated in "The Rocketeer" as expected.

Compared with the high production and publicity budget, the box office performance of "The Rocketeer" in my memory can only be considered mediocre. This time it stars Tom Cruise and Meg Ryan, and it is difficult to say what the future box office prospects will be.

However, Simon is definitely not optimistic about the prospect of Meg Ryan participating in this movie.

With the continuous success of films such as "Top Gun" and "Rain Man", Tom Cruise is now at the peak of his power. This Hollywood super-A-list actor has also begun to show his habit of creating the best in all the films he stars in.

The control that becomes a 'Tom Cruise movie'.

In a movie starring Cruise, unless it is a big name like Dustin Hoffman, it is difficult for other actors to have much room to play.

I remember that Universal, under the influence of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, had ambitious plans to create a "Universal Dark Universe". The release of "The Mummy" directly dashed most of Universal's ambitions.

Because of a wonderful script in which a mummy princess and the male protagonist are equal parts good and villain, with Cruise forcing himself to add more scenes and more scenes, the "Mummy Movie" has become another "Tom Cruise"

's movie'.

This is talent.

And this approach is actually in Cruise's own interests to the greatest extent. As for the commercial success or failure of the film, if the price of success is that the supporting role overwhelms the glory of his protagonist, then it doesn't matter if it fails.

"The Rocketeer", which is about to start filming next month, seems to Simon to be the same fate.

With the popularity of "When Harry Met Sally", Meg Ryan may be able to get a good salary, but it is unlikely that she will find her own presence in this film.

It was already approaching noon. After Simon and Amy finished talking about things, they closed the latest film database development plan from Nancy Brill. Looking at Jennifer, who was walking up to An Jing and starting to help him clean up his desk, he remembered something.

He asked: "This Sunday is Easter. Do you plan to go back to the United States to spend it with your family?"

Jennifer looked up at Simon and shook her head: "It's too far. I've already called my parents and won't go back."

After the female assistant finished speaking, she still looked at Simon with bright eyes.

Simon resisted the urge to touch his nose and secretly sighed that the originally innocent and shy female assistant had begun to act sinister.

It's very difficult to do.

As a very important holiday for Westerners, Easter is also a day for family reunions. Simon will definitely accompany Janet back to the Johnston family home on Sunday. Although his relationship with Jennifer has already been approved by Janet, John

The rest of the Stone family turned a blind eye to this, but if they brought the female assistant there with them, the excitement would be great.

It's simply a provocation.

Thinking about Raymond Johnston's face-saving character, even being kicked out would be the easiest thing to do.

"So, um, how about having dinner together on Saturday night?"

After Jennifer heard what Simon said, she finally looked away and continued to clear the desk, saying, "We have already agreed to go to New Zealand together on the weekend."

"Uh, why didn't I know?"

"Can you come along?"

"let me consider it."

Jennifer rolled her eyes at Simon, sorted out the documents, and left the study without saying hello.

The female assistant disappeared, and Simon finally lost his scruples, raised his hand to touch his nose, stood up and left the suite with a wry smile.

The driver is already waiting downstairs.

Simon has to rush to the Johnston Holdings headquarters building to have lunch with Janet, who is in charge of Cersei Capital there, and then spend another hour learning about Cersei Capital's transaction information, and then come back in the afternoon to start a new day's work on "Batman"

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The headquarters building of Johnston Holdings is located on Elizabeth Street on the north bank of the Yarra River in the city center. It is a 22-story light brown building with a conservative style. Although it is not too tall, the entire building is owned by the Johnston family.

The car drove into the underground parking lot of the building. Simon got out and walked to the elevator. The driver did not go upstairs with him, but would pick him up after 1:30 in the afternoon.

Entering the elevator dedicated to the management, Simon pressed the button for the 22nd floor and stood in the center of the elevator, feeling the slowly rising upwards.

However, the indicator light suddenly stopped flashing on the 8th floor.

When the elevator door opened, Simon saw Veronica Johnston standing outside, wearing a black OL suit, with her blond hair pulled up, holding a stack of documents in her hand. The woman originally had a strange feeling about her.

The cold temperament he had recently melted into panic the moment he saw Simon.

The atmosphere is a bit tense.

After a moment of confrontation, Simon took the initiative to step aside. Veronica noticed Simon's movements and walked into the elevator mechanically as if she had received an order.

The elevator door closed automatically, and the familiar light fragrance came.

Simon looked at the elevator that continued to ascend to the 22nd floor, without asking Veronica which floor she was going to, and the woman had obviously forgotten about it.

When the elevator door reopened, Veronica realized that she was on the top floor. She turned around and glanced at Simon quickly, waiting for him to leave on his own initiative before going down.

Simon didn't move, but asked: "It's time to have lunch, do you want to come with us?"

Veronica was stunned for a moment, then said nonchalantly: "I, um."

When Simon heard Veronica's response, he didn't say anything and walked straight out of the elevator. Veronica hesitated for a moment and followed out. At the same time, she secretly restrained herself to avoid Janet seeing the flaw later.

Inside the office of Cersei Capital.

When Simon walked in, Janet was obviously losing her temper while holding the phone, and several staff members around her also looked frightened.

Seeing Simon, Janet smiled at him, and then scolded him unceremoniously into the phone before hanging up the phone. She walked over and was about to hug Simon when she found Veronica who had followed him through the door.

, immediately forgot about Simon, bypassed the man and ran towards his aunt: "Bingshan, why are you here? Well, let me warm you up first."

When Simon saw the woman holding Veronica and nuzzling her coquettishly, some black lines could not help but rise on his forehead.

Veronica gently pushed Janet away and said in a calm voice: "I met Simon in the elevator and wanted to have dinner with us at noon."

"Well, of course we have to come together," Janet, without doubting his presence, took her aunt's arm and said, "Simon scared you last time, let him apologize to you this time, oh, let's go out to eat.

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Veronica glanced at Simon.

In the past, I always ate directly in the restaurant of the building. However, Simon was also worried that someone would see any flaws, so he nodded and said, "Let's eat outside."
To be continued...