The next day, another Sundance Film Festival closed.

The jury award was given a low-cost black and white drama "Dueful Stroke", which tells the story of a down-and-out screenwriter and a failed producer trying every means to raise funds to shoot the movie.

In previous media comments, although "Dog Falling in the Water" was controversial, it had a very good reputation.

However, because the judges of the jury didn't like this movie that showed violence too nakedly, "Dog in the Water" ended up finding nothing.

Daenerys Entertainment has purchased movies or scripts from Sundance almost every year in recent years, and the relationship between the two parties is already very close.

However, it is precisely for this reason that in order to maintain the fairness of the Sundance Awards review as much as possible, Daenerys Entertainment will not easily interfere in the evaluation of the awards unless necessary.

Simon went back to Los Angeles after attending the closing ceremony of the film festival. As for the follow-up of "Dogs in the Water", the $2.5 million project was not enough to make him pay too much attention.

In the original time and space, the North American distribution of "Dogs" ended in failure, but also allowed Miramax and Quentin Tarantino to establish a long-term cooperative relationship. It was not until the Weinstein scandal broke out that this cooperation finally ended.

After a long conversation that night, Catherine went to New York.

I didn’t have many choices before, so I had to shoot subjects that I was not very interested in.

Now, with the accumulation of several films with good box office results, and with Simon's support, Catherine no longer has the trouble of many filmmakers who have just started her career. After being awakened by Simon, she decided to spend the next one or two years to carefully sort out some projects.

I plan to go to Europe.

The great changes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, as well as the subsequent directions of these countries, made Catherine Guang curious, and had the idea of ​​filming one or two documentaries first.

From "Gucci's Mark" to "Real and Brave" to last year's "Ice and Snow World", the success of three consecutive documentaries at the box office has made documentaries a category that Hollywood pays great attention to.

Simon himself was Catherine who took whatever she wanted, and she was not short of money.

Even if it doesn't matter if it's filming the "Widow Maker" in the original time and space, what Daenerys Entertainment lacks the most now is a huge loss project.

Of course, Simon, the whole of Hollywood, would only be so indulging in Catherine alone.

Even himself would not be so willing to let it go.

After Sundance closed, it was already the end of January.

Back in Los Angeles, the first thing to deal with is Daenerys Entertainment’s second layoff.

In this month, after repeated review and evaluation by the company's human resources department, a preliminary layoff list of 800 people was drafted, which was less than Simon's idea, but the matter has been announced and it still caused controversy in the media.

The US economy is still at the bottom as a whole. In 1991 just now, the federal unemployment rate hit a new high.

If it is another company, there is nothing wrong with laying off employees at this time.

The survival of a company is the most important thing.

However, Daenerys Entertainment's layoffs have made it difficult for many people to accept.

Just by looking at the box office data of the blockbuster films produced by Daenerys Entertainment last year, the company's performance in 1991 can be seen.

A company with such excellent business conditions still insists on laying off employees. To the outside world, it is really a manifestation of a very lack of social responsibility and an act of unscrupulous capitalists.

In fact, the layoffs of 800 people can only save less than 200 million US dollars in annual expenses under various costs. However, Simon insists on laying off employees, but the fundamental purpose of keeping Daenerys Entertainment from continuing to operate efficiently.

Many corporate giants have big problems starting with bloated personnel.

If Daenerys Entertainment wants to maintain its rapid development momentum as long as possible, it must keep its employees at a sense of crisis at all times.

No matter how good the company develops, if you don’t work hard, you will still lose your job.

Therefore, we did not pay too much attention to the doubts from the outside world. After the layoff list was drafted, Daenerys Entertainment began to implement it quickly, and 800 employees were fired in the following week.

Some employees who were unwilling to accept this also organized other groups to launch class action lawsuits, and Daenerys Entertainment was naturally not afraid of this.

The layoff process is strictly enforced in accordance with the selection and selection of the US labor law. It may be morally lacking, but there is no legal breakthrough.

Of course, letting these people initiate lawsuits will definitely continue to damage Daenerys Entertainment's reputation.

So, news spread in Hollywood soon.

If this group of employees who have left Daenerys Entertainment continues to cause trouble, the doors of all Hollywood studios will be closed tightly to them.

More straightforward and restless people, don’t think about hang out in Hollywood in the future.

With Daenerys Entertainment's current influence, many people would not suspect that this company has such strength.

You know, even big names like Dustin Hoffman are targeting Daenerys Entertainment, not to mention these little fish and shrimp.

Moreover, even if you really don’t plan to get involved in Hollywood, everyone still has to live. However, probably no boss will like this kind of employee who is tangled with his employer after being fired.

What's more, Daenerys Entertainment does not have any violations, and it is difficult to predict the result of forcibly suing it.

As a result, the so-called class action lawsuit quickly ended.

After completing another round of layoffs, Daenerys Entertainment then announced a salary increase plan.

The employees who were merged into Daenerys Entertainment from MCA last year were still maintaining a relatively low salary level during the MCA period. In this salary increase plan, most of the employees from MCA's salary have been raised to a level comparable to those under Daenerys Entertainment.

After careful media calculations, it was found that such a salary increase was basically equivalent to completely offsetting the labor costs saved by Daenerys Entertainment's just completed layoffs.

After the news was released, it also greatly reduced the negative impact of the layoff plan.

There is never a shortage of discerning people in this world.

After the layoffs, the salary increase was immediately followed, which made many people understand that Daenerys Entertainment's layoffs were not for increasing profits, but more likely to be considered for the development of the company itself.

After the salary adjustment, Daenerys Entertainment is still the company with the highest average salary in Hollywood.

To a large extent, this also makes Daenerys Entertainment employees cherish their work more, thus increasing the vitality of the entire company.

Time entered February 1992.

In the last box office week of January, the total box office of "The Flash", which lasted for exactly six weeks, officially exceeded US$200 million, reaching US$211.81 million.

At the same time, from January 23 to January 30, the single-week box office of "The Flash" still reached 10.77 million US dollars. With the long-term box office trend of this movie, it is no problem to earn another $40 million in the future. "The Flash" is a surefire to break the total box office of $250 million in North America.

"The Flash" was a big success at the box office, and the execution of the DC Cinema Universe Plan became smoother.

The post-production of "Wonder Woman", which is scheduled for this summer, is approaching the end of the year, and the preliminary preparations for "Superman", "Cyborg" and "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" are all continuing to advance.

Simon returned to Los Angeles from Sundance, and Warner began to ask questions about the sequel to "The Flash".

The copyright of "The Flash" is entirely owned by Warner. Even if Simon is aside, Warner can develop the second part according to his own vision.

However, the first song of "The Flash" has achieved such outstanding results. With such a great situation, the entire Warner, even a group of people who faced Steve Ross in a tit-for-tat way, dare not easily destroy it.

Therefore, the actual control of this series is equivalent to the hands of Simon, the first producer.

Because last year, in addition to "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "The Flash", Warner Bros. also released box office big-time projects such as "The Robbery Robin Hood" and "The Destiny", Warner's resentment towards Simon extending the production cycle of the DC movie universe project has also been much less.

Anyone with a little bit of intelligence probably understands the principle of long-lasting flow.

Malibu, Daenerys Cinema.

It is February 5th.

Disney CEO Michael Eisner rushed to the administrative district from the northern entrance of the cinema and learned that Simon was on the Daenerys special effects on the second floor of the cinema, so he was taken here again.

The appointment time was four o'clock in the afternoon, and now it is just right.

Simon just spent two hours watching the late stages of "Wonder Woman", at this time he was in the model special effects department of Daenerys Special Effects.

Although CG is a major trend in Hollywood special effects, the demand for model special effects will decrease significantly in the future, but it will never disappear.

The model special effects department of Daenerys special effects is not only the monster models that ordinary people imagine. The superhero car of the "Batman" series, the large dinosaur props in the "Jurassic Park" that have just started filming, and the props required for scenes such as the speed explosion involved in the big production film are all under the responsibility of the model special effects department.

Taking advantage of the break between meeting Eisner, Simon was looking at the Poison Ivy Girl's look.

The last movie "Batman: The Dark Knight", the two villains are the Joker and the Poison Ivy Girl.

According to the plot setting that has been basically completed, the clown will also shine in the end of this opening trilogy, but for Simon, he is actually looking forward to the performance of the Poison Ivy Girl.

In addition, the actor who plays Poison Ivy Girl has also been confirmed.

Simon gave the character to Nicole Kidman.

There are some small coincidences in this.

On the original timeline, Mia's role in "Pulp Novel" was played by Uma Thurman, who then starred in the Poison Ivy Girl in "Batman and Robin" in 1997.

Now, Nicole has won the role of Mia in the new version of "Pulp Novel", and at the same time, she was also selected by Simon to play the role of the Poison Ivy Girl.

Of course, Simon did not deliberately create such coincidences, but compared to several other actresses of the same age, Nicole is indeed very suitable for this role in acting, fame, and even temperament.

In comparison, Simon felt that Uma Thurman's role as the Poison Ivy Girl can no longer be described as bad, and it is completely nonsense. However, the green tights that look very cheap can completely lose their fantasy of the Poison Ivy Girl.

Poison Ivy women should be green, not just wearing green tights.

Simon's original setting was to refer to the Poison Ivy setting in the game version of "Batman: Arkham Knight". However, after testing, the shirt with only one button-tight style is obviously not suitable for actual shooting.

After repeated adjustments by the stylist, the long sleeves and hem of the "shirt" were cut off. After trying again, the modified "shirt" turned into a more textured dark red leather "jacket". Of course, it is still a short sleeve, and the length of the hem is just below the breast, which is somewhat similar to a female sports vest.

Actually, I have also considered wrapping it with plants.

This is more in line with many of the settings of Poison Ivy Girls, but Simon really finds it difficult to accept the false feeling brought by plastic plants.

If it is many years later, the actors can wear motion capture suits and directly CG a layer of "real plants" onto their bodies. Although the current technology can do this, the effect is not too good and the cost is too high. Therefore, I chose a sexy burgundy half-body jacket.

In addition, the settings of the shorts for Poison Ivy women's reference game version have also been modified to more conservative hot pants.

This is also due to actual shooting considerations. Once the character modeling in the game is completed, it will definitely not be "exposed", and it is not necessarily the case in reality.

Moreover, the actual effect of shorts is not as good as hot pants.
To be continued...