Simon and Nancy chatted all the way and soon arrived at the Hilton Hotel near Century City in Beverly Hills.

The car stopped in front of the hotel building. Because of the signing ceremony between Qintex Group and MGM, many reporters who had specially squatted outside the Hilton Hotel today noticed the appearance of Simon Westeros' car and gathered around it.

The hotel waiter diligently stepped forward and opened the car door, and the two bodyguards in the front row quickly got out of the car.

Ignoring the flurry of questions from the reporters around him, Simon patiently waited for Nancy, who was getting off the car on the other side, to turn around and come to him before walking into the hotel together.

News of Simon's engagement to Janet spread a lot during this time. Reporters discovered that he had brought another woman to the Qintex Group's luncheon today. They were obviously in high spirits and raised their cameras.

However, to the disappointment of the reporters, Nancy did not hold the man's arm when she and Simon were side by side. Instead, they kept an appropriate distance. The woman was wearing a black suit, trousers, and her blond hair was rolled up in a standard OL style, which also made her not feel at all.

The scent of a female companion accompanying a man to a luncheon.

Moreover, because of the dispute between Daenerys Entertainment Consumer Products Department and Alistar Records in recent months and the fact that Nancy has frequently appeared in the media during the sales of the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" game, the surrounding reporters are not unfamiliar with her identity.

It seems to be a very common thing for the boss to take his senior executives to a business banquet.

However, because of Simon's identity and Nancy's appearance, the reporters were still unwilling to try to dig out or create some "violent information". Therefore, in the short distance between Simon and Nancy getting off the car and entering the hotel, the surrounding people were surrounded by people.

Various questions with ambiguous content, misleading and even provocative questions kept coming up.

Expressing nothing, Nancy entered the hotel lobby side by side with Simon. She felt the spotlight still dimly flashing behind her. She noticed that the man next to her looked calm and seemed not to be affected by the questions just now.

Hold your arm, will there be a lot of excitement in the newspapers tomorrow?"

Simon looked at Nancy with some surprise and said with a smile: "You don't have to wait for tomorrow, it will be lively right away."

"Then..." Nancy remembered that her boss always had some little tricks in his daily life but had never been caught by the tabloids. She asked curiously in a low voice: "How do you usually eat secretly?"

Simon shook his head without hesitation and said: "I can't tell you this."

Nancy asked relentlessly: "Why?"

Simon did not explain, but said: "In short, I just can't tell you."

Just as she was talking, a group of men and women had already come forward. Nancy recognized that the leader, a middle-aged man in his forties with neat black hair, was Christopher Scars from the Qintex Group, so she stopped questioning.

Nancy looked at Simon who was chatting with several people skillfully, and suddenly understood why he refused to talk about his lace experiences.

Perhaps, this can be regarded as a kind of protection.

No woman will like a man who often shows off his lust-hunting experiences, especially when she becomes the protagonist.

If he had just unabashedly confided to himself how he had secretly had sex with a certain actress, even if she took the initiative to ask about it, she would definitely have a bad impression of him later on, or even stay away from him.

Now……

"Chris, this is Nancy Brill, the manager of our company's consumer products department. Nancy, hello, are you still there? This is Christopher Scars, please meet me."

The sound in her ears interrupted Nancy's distraction. She quickly recovered her thoughts and politely greeted Christopher Scars and others.

A total of five people were welcomed out.

In addition to Christopher Scars, there is also Shirley Lansing, who will take over as CEO of MGM-United Artists.

Shirley Lansing was also well-known in Hollywood in the original time and space. She was once the first female head of a major studio in Hollywood. After Viacom acquired Paramount Pictures, she was in charge of Paramount Pictures for 13 years.

Years long.

Shirley Lansing is now 45 years old. After debuting as an actress in the 1960s, Shirley Lansing quickly got involved in the field of production. The year before last, "Fatal Attraction", which had a box office of over 100 million in North America, and last year made Jodie Foster

The two consecutive successful productions of "Pear Blossom", which won the Oscar, made Shirley Lansing's reputation rapidly rise in Hollywood.

Christopher Scars has a bad eye for Hollywood, so the reason why Shirley Lansing was able to take charge of MGM was also the result of Simon's help.

Shirley Lansing has been running an independent production company for many years and has a lot of experience.

Although MGM is dilapidated, it is still one of the seven major Hollywood movies. Hollywood, like many industries, is full of discrimination against women, and there is not much room for career advancement for women. As a woman, she can become one of the seven major movies.

The head of one of the companies, this alone was very attractive to Shirley Lansing.

Coupled with Simon's help, Shirley Lansing quickly agreed to join after receiving the invitation.

After everyone exchanged greetings, they went to the banquet hall in the hotel.

Christopher Scars is a person who pays great attention to pomp and circumstance. The banquet hall was filled with Hollywood celebrities. The luncheon was a buffet style. Everyone chose the people they were interested in to interact and chat with each other. It was more lively than a serious banquet.

Simon briefly greeted some guests, picked some food, and sat down at a dining table with Christopher Scars, Shirley Lansing and others. Nancy sat next to her boss naturally, not too much.

He was very talkative and just listened quietly to the conversation between Simon and Scars.

With the US$1 billion purchase of MGM-United Artists, the size of Qintex Group almost doubled in an instant. However, the Australian company's liabilities also increased significantly because of the increased supervision of Qintex Group by investors and creditors.

, Christopher Scarce's control of the company was significantly weakened after this acquisition.

Among the five people who just welcomed Simon, except for Christopher Scars and Shirley Lansing, the other three are all representatives of Australian investors and creditors.

Because of Simon's inextricable connections with Australian capital, these people are more interested in Simon than Christopher Scars.

Simon learned through some contacts in Australia that although he is the founder of Qintex Group, Christopher Scars is now in a state of being expelled at any time due to the continuous dilution of the company's equity and the substantial increase in debt ratio.

If you want to indirectly control MGM, these investors and creditors of the Qintex Group are the key.

The two parties had clear intentions and naturally hit it off.

However, Simon did not immediately relent and gave MGM the quota for the 10 external cooperation films. He only suggested that Shirley Lansing resolve the copyright dispute of the 007 series as soon as possible after taking over MGM and restart the project.

The 007 novel "Thunderball" published by the founder of the 007 series in 1965 involved the use of the creativity of another screenwriter, Kevin McCrory, and related lawsuits have been entangled for decades.

As a result, Kevin McCrory obtained the copyright of Blofeld, the leader of the Specter, a very important villain in the 007 series. In 1983, McCrory also collaborated with Warner Bros. on a 007 side story "Missile", the first generation of 007 character

Starring Earn Connery, the box office was pretty good.

Perhaps he got a taste of the sweetness from "Missile", or as some media reported that he was in financial crisis and on the verge of bankruptcy, Kevin McCrory once again asked 007 copyright holders Fanglian Artists and the British Broccoli family this year

A lawsuit was filed to obtain the rights to film another 007 spin-off project based on "Thunderball".

That year's "Missile" had already made United Artists and the Broccoli family very angry, and naturally they would not agree to Kevin McCrory doing this again.

Neither side is willing to give in easily, and the lawsuit is still entangled.

Since it fell into decline in the early 1980s, the 007 series has always been a tool of death for MGM, and this was still the case twenty or thirty years later in my memory.

Resolving the copyright dispute as soon as possible and restarting the 007 series can, on the one hand, maintain the normal operation of MGM, and on the other hand, it can also prevent the company from going bankrupt with this large-scale production series that is very profitable.

After talking about business, lunch was almost finished, and everyone started to get up and socialize in the hall.

While chatting with George Miller, who came specially to support him today, Shirley Lansing came over with a man and a woman, but it was Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner.

A series of disputes between Daenerys Entertainment and CAA were eventually resolved when CAA took the initiative to terminate the contracts of Barry Levinson, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise and Meg Ryan.

When Shirley Lansing did this at this time, she obviously also meant to make peace with Tom Cruise.

Tom Cruise has a very close relationship with Paramount. Shirley Lansing's 1987 box office hit "Fatal Attraction" was also produced by MGM. Simon is not surprised that Lansing would work with Cruise.

Befriend Sri Lanka and stand up for him.

Although Shirley Lansing had already made an obvious potential statement in favor of Simon during the lunch, Simon would not let go of some things easily. There were too many things at stake. Therefore, he only talked lightly with Cruise.

He said hello and walked away.

Nicole Kidman has been paying attention to that man since he appeared in the banquet hall.

As an Australian who has a good reputation in Hollywood, she naturally received the invitation to this banquet. However, after most of the luncheon, she didn't even find a chance to say hello to the man.

At the same time, he understood in his heart that compared to the initial encounter, his power in Hollywood had reached an unprecedented peak. Even the big bosses who single-handedly founded major Hollywood film companies in the blockbuster era may not have the same power.

His influence at this time.

Thinking about what happened to Meg Ryan, Nicole was still a little scared.

With "When Harry Met Sally", Meg Ryan quickly rose to the front line. However, in the past six months since her contract with CAA was terminated, out of fear of Daenerys Entertainment, Meg Ryan has completely gone solo.

·Not only was Ryan not accepted by a new talent agency, he didn't even get a new film contract.

The competition in Hollywood has always been fierce and cruel, especially for actresses. Hollywood happens to have the least shortage of sweetheart actresses like Meg Ryan.

Now, many people have noticed that the box office performance of "The Rocketeer", which was released on December 29, is a matter of life and death for Meg Ryan.

If "The Rocketeer" does well at the box office, Meg Ryan, by virtue of her status as the film's heroine, can allow Hollywood studios to continue using it despite the pressure from Simon Westeros. Once "The Rocketeer" fails at the box office,

The leading actor Tom Cruise may still have the possibility of a comeback, but Meg Ryan is destined to be quickly eliminated by Hollywood.

Then look at yourself.

After the original "Pulp Fiction", she was not satisfied with the arrangement of several consecutive scripts produced by Daenerys Entertainment. She just wanted to get rid of the option contract so that she could arrange her career more freely.

Now.

In addition to regret, I still feel regret.

I just hope he doesn't mind too much about the little things he did in the past.

The deeper you get involved in this circle, the more you understand how powerful he is now, and the more you understand how weak you are in front of him.

The filming of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" has been completed. Now she is just waiting for Daenerys Entertainment to arrange the next movie for her. She should not have any other thoughts.

Seeing the man casually chatting with Cruise for a few words before walking towards her, she quickly took advantage of the situation and went up to him, holding the GUCCI bag in her left hand more clearly.

"Hi, Simon."

Simon looked at Nicole, who was wearing a one-shoulder dress that exposed her delicate collarbones, and said with a smile: "Hey, you are so beautiful today."

"Thank you," she raised the red wine glass in her hand towards him and said, "The day after tomorrow is the premiere of "Batman", I'm looking forward to it very much."
To be continued...