Simon's last song "Bad Romance" left to Madonna last time helped Queen McGrath create another album with sales of over 10 million in North America.

So, whenever there is a chance, Madonna will try to ask Simon for the song.

As one of the top singers of this era, after listening to "Paradise", Queen Mai immediately realized the value of this song. Although it is not suitable for her style, it is enough to give it to any singer to make a hot-selling album.

Later, I learned that several theme songs of this Victoria's Secret show will be written by Simon himself, and Madonna immediately pestered the man and wanted to listen to several other songs.

Simon was so entangled that he had no choice but to make Queen Mai get what she wanted.

Of course, although there are songs that are more suitable for Madonna style, Simon still insists on not letting the outsiders go.

As the Victoria's Secret show rehearsal continues, news about several songs inevitably appears in the media.

Daenerys Entertainment just ignored this. This Victoria's Secret show will last for several months and will continue to release all kinds of leaks. Who joined the Victoria's Secret Angel team, who became the spokesperson for Victoria's Secret Angels, the release of angel wings, the background music information of the catwalk, the guests who may be invited, tickets to the Victoria's Secret Show, etc.

Through a series of continuous exposures that lasted for half a year, Victoria's Secret's brand awareness will be further improved before the show officially begins.

This is also the fundamental purpose of this marketing operation.

July 31st, the last day of July, another Friday.

The summer season is coming to an end. There are two movies logged in to North American theaters on this day, namely "Fantasy Space" produced by Paramount Pictures, which combines live-action and animation, and Fox, a vampire horror film "Buffy the Vampire Hunter".

Paramount's "Fantasy Space" tells a series of ridiculous stories that the male protagonist takes to stop the integration of the real-life world and the cartoon world. The film is obviously following the trend of "Who Framed Roger the Rabbit".

Simon is more concerned about Fox's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".

This vampire movie written by Joss Weden was the origin of the later TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Joss Weden was also one of the important directors of the Marvel Cinematic Universe on the timeline, directing two "Avengers".

Although I noticed Werden, Simon is only using the other party as a potential reserve talent for Daenerys Entertainment for the time being.

As August begins, the summer season is basically settled.

"Wonder Woman" is undoubtedly the well-deserved overlord of this summer.

As of July 30, in its 9th week of release, "Wonder Woman" continued to earn US$11.53 million, with a cumulative box office of US$333.69 million.

Considering the decline curve of "Wonder Woman" in recent weeks and the box office base of still reaching tens of millions per week, this superhero movie can earn at least $30 million in the future, and the cumulative box office in North America is expected to be between $360 million and $370 million.

"Wonder Woman" is followed by "The Deadly Weapon 3" starring Mel Gibson. The box office in North America has exceeded $140 million and is also close to the decline.

Later, Disney's "Aladdin" gradually attracted the attention of the industry.

This 2D animated movie was not outstanding at the beginning, but it was full of momentum and the box office curve was very strong.

The painting started from June 19 to July 30, and within six weeks of release, the cumulative box office of "Aladdin" unknowingly reached US$128 million. Although it is a big gap with "Wonder Woman", its box office performance in this summer is second only to "Deadly Weapon 3".

Disney's other live-action comedy "The Sisters Are Crazy" became the second movie in the studio's summer season that exceeded 100 million yuan.

After careful calculation, in addition to Daenerys Entertainment, Disney, which has two local movies with a box office of over 100 million, has also been a great harvest this summer.

Daenerys Entertainment's external cooperation with "Peach Deal", "Month of Killing" and "The Last Mohicans" also sold the top spots, but to be fair, all three movies had a box office of about 100 million yuan, which was somewhat lower than Simon's expectations. Moreover, the box office performance of the three movies is largely because they occupy too many summer resources.

Of course, for several collaborators, all three movies are enough to sell.

In the early 1990s, a movie that could reach the 100 million yuan mark in North America was actually not that common.

In this summer, in addition to the three cooperative films that have not yet reached their goal, there are only four films that have truly exceeded 100 million.

Others such as Columbia Pictures' "Ambition of Earth", Fox's "Alien 3", Paramount's "Patriot Game" and Disney's "Dear, I've Make Your Child Bigger", etc., are not low in production costs, but they can only be regarded as foils for other top-notch films.

In August, Simon rushed to Australia again.

Another superhero movie "Cylinder", owned by DC Cinema Universe, started filming on August 3.

The schedule for "Cylinder Bones" is the end of next year. It is logical that there is no need to be so anxious, but Warner insists on starting filming at this time, which can reserve enough time for the later stage of the film and the promotion.

On the other hand, Simon also understood Warner's considerations.

"Superman" is still in production, and the shooting schedule of "Cyborg" is two months between "Superman". Simon rushed to Australia during this period and followed up on "Superman", it is definitely impossible for him to turn a blind eye to "Cyborg".

Warner calculated Simon's moral integrity in this regard.

After a week in Australia, Simon's time was basically halfway between "Superman" and "Cyborg".

Janet came with him as usual, visiting the little guy, and watching his man tightly.

Returning to Los Angeles on August 10, the last summer film "Unforgivable" worthy of attention from Simon, has also been released for the first three-day box office in the first weekend.

Clint Eastwood's old-school western film gave Warner Bros. a surprise at the beginning, earning $15.01 million in three days on the first weekend, which has exceeded the film's $14 million production cost.

Moreover, considering the excellent reputation of the film and the lack of fierce competition in the later period of the summer season, "Unforgivable" will easily lead to a beautiful long-term box office.

In my memory, "Unforgivable" is also the biggest winner of next year's Oscars, winning many awards such as Best Picture and Best Director.

Of course, the Oscar has been given to Warner Bros. This year, Daenerys Entertainment will not continue to lie dormant next year.

Barbara Streisand relied on "The Stunning Times" to win the award in controversy, which also consumed some of Warner's luck in the awards. Oscar judges obviously avoided Warner's works during the voting process this year.

In short, there are gains and losses.

Back in Los Angeles, David Finch also handed over the budget plan for "The Seven Deadly Sins" to Simon.

As a director who has just completed a movie under numerous restrictions, Simon knew very well that this plan with the list of recommended actors should have been planned by Finch's behind-the-scenes agency, but he did not go into it.

The budget cost of "The Seven Deadly Sins" made by David Finch finally reached 30 million US dollars, which Simon is certainly what Finch himself means.

If it were the ICM behind Finch, it would definitely be inclined to keep the production budget of such a crime thriller film at around $20 million.

30 million has reached the A-level production level.

Given the usual box office size of the crime thriller type, ordinary film companies often don't take such risks.

Revan Phoenix, this name may be a bit strange to Hollywood fans many years later, but in the early 1990s, it was a very eye-catching new star in Hollywood.

When he participated in "Raiders of Lost Ark 3", Harrison Ford used all kinds of relationships to put pressure on him because he was worried about being stolen by the young actor, not to imitate his performance or discuss the inside story of the movie publicly. Even during the promotion of "Raiders of Lost Ark 3", Rifan Phoenix appeared pitifully few times.

However, none of these can suppress the glory of the stamina actor who was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 19.

Although Rifan Phoenix, born in 1970, is only 22 years old, he has appeared in a large number of well-known or popular movies since his debut. Simon even knew that if the timeline did not change, the rising Hollywood star would suddenly die in 1993.

The reason seems a bit common in Hollywood, which is drug overdose.

In addition to Simon's designated Morgan Freeman, David Fincher's other male lead candidate is Revan Phoenix.

Of course, this is not only the fame of Revan Phoenix himself, but also Revan Phoenix, an artist under ICM.

On the original timeline, Revan Phoenix died outside Johnny Depp's club. It was not accidental, because Depp is also an artist under ICM, and this is a circle.

In addition, he starred in Gus Van Sant's "Unruly Sky" together last year, and Revan Phoenix and Keanu Reeves became good friends because of this.

Hollywood is very small.

Since he is not planning to enable the original Brad Pitt, Revan Phoenix just happens to be right.

At the age of 22, he happened to be the age of a young policeman who had a fledgling cottage. In terms of fame, Revan Phoenix also happened to be suitable.

In addition, the offer given by ICM is also very reasonable, at $2.5 million. According to the current popularity of Revan Phoenix, if you star in a mainstream commercial film, the price is relatively low.

ICM obviously hopes that Rivian Phoenix can have a top-notch movie with a starring role, not just a supporting role like "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3" or a niche reputation movie like "Unrestrained Sky", or a group show like "Walking with Me".

It just so happens that the projects led by Simon themselves are often very guaranteed at the box office.

After crossing a certain threshold and getting older, Revan Phoenix will be able to support commercial movies alone.

Simon used to pay little attention to the private lives of Hollywood stars. However, since he agreed to Rifan Phoenix to star in "The Seven Deadly Sins", he had to ensure that the young actor would not have any problems, at least, he would not have any problems during the filming of the movie.

As long as the movie is finished, no matter what happens afterwards, it doesn't matter.

Everyone needs to be responsible for their actions.

Therefore, after roughly agreeing to the basic agreement, Simon personally proposed that during the filming of the film, Revan Phoenix must ban all drugs, and Daenerys Entertainment will conduct random inspections of Phoenix regularly. If the contract is defaulted, the young actor will need to pay a huge amount of foil.

Sometimes, during the filming of a movie, there are many Hollywood stars who go back and forth between drug rehabilitation centers and movie sets.

As long as the brand is big enough, studios are often very accommodating.

However, Revan Phoenix's qualifications have obviously not reached this level.

What's more, Simon spoke in person, and ICM couldn't help but ignore it.

Of course, Revan Phoenix can also choose to quit, but because he cannot revoke a project with great potential, if such a thing is spread, the young actor will not easily get a good project in the future. Even no one can imagine the movies under Daenerys Entertainment.

Therefore, the ICM president personally assured Simon that during the filming of the film, he would send someone to favor Rivian Phoenix to ensure that the artist would not have any problems during the filming of "The Seven Deadly Sins".

Daenerys Cinema.

Today is Wednesday, August 19th.

After the production meeting of "The Seven Deadly Sins", I heard the producers of "Forrest Gump" report on the casting results of the film in recent days. It was already six o'clock in the afternoon.

Tom Hanks is still filming "Sleeping in the Night in Seattle", but preparations for "Forrest Gump" continue.

As a big-produced film with many characters, the issue of casting is very important.

Simon only personally appointed Jenny's actor, still the original Robin White.

Robin White is already a member of the DC movie universe.

Although he is the girlfriend of the Flash Barry Allen, it doesn't seem abrupt to play a role in "Forrest Gump" with not many scenes.

Simon did this mainly for the sake of reduction.

It was already past six o'clock when I got home from get off work.

Janet had just returned from the East Coast in the afternoon, and Simon returned to Dumei Point Manor. The woman had just arranged dinner and was huddling on the sofa beside the glass curtain wall of the Shell Villa. The sunset was rummaging to read a magazine casually.

Handing the coat to the Indian girl who was coming, Simon walked to Janet, hugged the woman and kissed her, and asked with a smile: "What else do you see?"

“Forbes.”

Janet casually showed the magazine to Simon, and was hit by the man, saying, "Yesterday in New York, Steve Forbes called me, hoping we could provide some information. Forbes released the new year's 400 richest people list next month."

Simon asked, "How did you respond to him?"

Janet smiled and said, "Of course I ignored him."

Simon smiled and suddenly thought of a question.

Another year has passed, and the expansion of Westeros system has been too fast. He is really not sure how much money he has.
Chapter completed!