Ronald Goldberg only expressed his intention on the phone, but it was not finalized in the end. In order to avoid another tug-of-war at noon, or even another stalemate, Simon simply refused the other party's lunch invitation and just asked Jonathan

Friedman attended in his place.

Agents often serve as a buffer between filmmakers and studios.

Near noon, Jonathan rushed to deal with Ronald Goldberg's invitation. Simon borrowed a car from WMA and, still with a group of paparazzi, rushed back to the villa in Montana.

As expected, there were also paparazzi squatting in front of the villa.

Simon drove the car into the parking space in front of the villa. After getting out of the car, he was a little worried about whether the paparazzi would pounce on him. Fortunately, this group of people just stood on the side of the road outside the villa lawn and took photos wildly. Some of them even tried to communicate with him.

, naturally to no avail.

Taking out the key and opening the door, Simon listened to the intensive clicking sounds behind him and made up his mind to change his residence as soon as possible. The open communities in the United States and the residential layout of front houses and backyards would hardly give him much sense of security. If he continued

If you live here, you won't even have any privacy at all.

Entering the living room and putting down his suitcase, Simon immediately noticed that the message indicator light on the phone was flashing.

I walked over and took a look, and the messages were already full.

Pressing play, the voice of Orion Pictures President Mike Medowa came out. There was no business, just a few casual greetings, hoping that Simon would call him back when he got home. The second caller was Ron.

MacMillan called. Ron expressed his congratulations on the recent box office success of "Lola Run" and asked Simon if he was free recently. Everyone who participated in the filming of "Lola Run" wanted to hold a party to get together.

Celebrate the film's success.

Simon had to rush to Malibu. After listening to two messages, he realized that the subsequent phone calls would not be too important, so he let them play automatically, picked up his suitcase, and headed to the study.

This villa is not even equipped with a home security system, and Simon does not plan to come back to live there again. He plans to take away all his important things this time.

After freeing up the clothes in the suitcase, he carefully sorted and packed the manuscripts, notes, newspaper clippings, etc. accumulated over the past six months. After making sure that nothing was missing, Simon pulled the suitcase back to the living room. Sandra happened to be on the phone.

Bala Baladi is fighting for the injustice of "Run Lola Run" being rated R.

Simon was in Arizona when the classification of "Run Lola Run" was confirmed. After hearing the news, he was depressed for a while, but now he was relieved.

After all, movies are a business, and business competition is never peaceful. Since Simon originally rejected the Seven and chose Orion, he should be prepared to be easily tricked.

and.

After the trap is over, everyone has to continue talking about business.

This is the way of the world.

After leaving Montana, Simon continued to ignore the paparazzi following him and drove towards Malibu.

Arriving at Janet's mansion near Dume Point Park in Malibu, Simon saw more than a dozen paparazzi guarding the small asphalt roadside. The paparazzi who came with Simon were also chasing after him.

Behind his car, these people had just parked their cars in a public parking lot outside the community.

Parking is currently prohibited on this community asphalt road.

Simon originally thought that if there were paparazzi chasing him in a car, he should ask someone to tow these people's cars away. Looking at the situation, he still underestimated these guys who were obviously 'experienced in many battles'.

Before the paparazzi behind him could get close, Simon quickly got out of the car in front of the gate of Janet's mansion, squeezed past the paparazzi who had surrounded him with the sound of shutter shutters, and pressed the button on the intercom a few times.

Janet responded and returned to the car again, put on her sunglasses, and let the paparazzi around her place their cameras on the front window of the car and take photos wildly.

Inside the mansion.

Janet was wearing a very homely knitted sweater and jeans. She was holding a big bowl and stirring it while speaking coquettishly to the phone stuck in her neck: "Mom, I know, I'm not a child... How can this be okay?"

...Anyway, don't let Anthony and the others come over, don't let dad come over, and don't let Bingshan come over. If you don't want me to break up with a boyfriend soon after I finally get a boyfriend... Haha, if you don't call her Bingshan, you can call her anything.

After so many years...oh, the doorbell rang, it must be Simon, I went to open the door, that's it...bye, love you."

After speaking so quickly, Janet put down the big bowl in her hand, threw away the microphone, and ran out of the villa.

Outside the mansion.

The black sliding iron door slowly opened. Simon still ignored the paparazzi who were even blocking the front of the car. He stepped on the accelerator slightly and slowly moved towards the yard. The paparazzi insisted on following the car back to the door. Seeing that Simon's speed was still slow and steady,

I didn't worry about bumping into anyone, so I had no choice but to move away.

The car entered the yard and the closed iron gate closed again.

After Simon got out of the car, he glanced at the row of cameras above the iron gate that were raised to take blind photos of the yard. While taking off his luggage from the car, he said to Janet who was hiding in the blind spot of the shooting: "The gate is good, better than the fence gate."

, it would be perfect if it could be a little higher.”

Janet smiled and said, "I'll call the workers to replace the door later."

Simon shook his head and said: "Let's forget it. It's just right now, but it will look ugly if it is raised higher."

With that said, Simon held a stack of folders he brought back from WMA, pulled his suitcase and hid where Janet was standing. Janet reached out and took the stack of files, and the two of them walked into the villa.

As soon as she entered the villa, Janet raised her chin slightly and gestured around, saying: "How is it here?"

Simon looked at the warm-toned simple decoration in the villa, listened to the faint sound of waves lapping from the terrace, nodded, and said: "That's good, I don't want to leave now."

"Haha," Janet smiled and put the pile of documents in her hand on the coffee table and said, "Then marry me quickly, and half of this place will be yours."

Simon glanced at Janet up and down and said, "Only half?"

"Uh-huh," Janet came over and hugged Simon, and changed her tone softly: "It's all yours, even me."

Simon lowered his head and pecked the woman on the lips, and said: "Help me find a study room first. Before I find a house, I will probably have to live here. I can also accompany you. There are a lot of paparazzi staying outside.

I’m still very worried.”

Janet let go of Simon and took him to another room, but she said with some dissatisfaction: "Why are you still looking for a house? Isn't it good to live here?"

Simon shook his head and said, "I'm not used to it."

Janet curled her lips: "Humph, machismo."

"This has nothing to do with any doctrine. Lions will not live in other people's territory. How can you, a kitten, understand that?"

"Okay, okay, I'm a kitten," Janet said as if she was too lazy to argue with Simon. She led him to a room facing the sea and said, "How about here?"

Simon looked around and saw a very spacious study room. To the east was a whole wall of bookshelves with various handicrafts placed on them. Next to the bookshelf was a large desk. To the south was a floor-to-ceiling window leading to the terrace. On the terrace were placed

There is a sofa set for sunbathing.

"It's not bad. It would be nice to have a phone."

"Yes," Janet pointed to the cabinet under the bookshelf and said, "Look for it. There is a phone interface in the cabinet. Just install it and use it."

"That's no problem," Simon nodded, put the suitcase next to him, and said, "Have you prepared lunch?"

"I was planning to bake a small cake. I don't have much left at home, so I can only make this."

Simon pushed Janet out and said, "That's it for now. Let's have someone buy us some things and deliver them to us in the afternoon."

After a simple lunch, Simon went into the study and started busy.

Since "Run Lola Run" was much more successful than expected, Simon also planned to re-plan his next development.

Before that, he must first build a team dedicated to serving himself.

Simon now only has an agent and a personal lawyer, but Jonathan Friedman and George Norman are enough to fill these two positions around him.

But this is far from enough.

In addition to agents and personal lawyers, Simon also needs a dedicated public relations manager to deal with media issues; to manage personal assets, Simon also needs a reliable financial manager; and for Daenerys Films, Simon also wants to find a

A professional manager with sufficient qualifications; finally there is the issue of security. Although he doesn’t like having people around him all the time, at least when attending public events, having bodyguards around him can definitely help him ward off a lot of problems...

There are a lot of them.

Simon spent the entire afternoon calling some of the contacts he had accumulated over the past six months, either seeking introductions or experience. Occasionally, he would make judgments based on some information in his memory, appearing very cautious.

He also had to be very cautious.

Take the financial manager as an example. In Simon’s memory, more than one Hollywood star was tricked into bankruptcy due to misbehavior. After some deliberation, Simon even simply canceled the plan to hire a financial manager and only planned to find an accounting firm.

Help yourself and the two companies in your hands handle accounting details and tax filing issues.

As for the management of personal assets, don't worry about that. What's more, although my wife is lazy, she graduated from a real business school after all, and she can still be used by a few occasional whips.

During this period, Jonathan Friedman also called and said that he had spoken with Ronald Goldberg.

Fox basically agreed to the sharing terms and absolute control over the project proposed by Simon, but Fox also requested that the minimum box office guarantee for Simon to receive a share be increased to $20 million.

Only if Simon agrees to this can the two sides continue to discuss the specific details of the contract.

The difference between US$16 million and US$20 million is actually not that big.

Simon understood that Fox was doing this just to save some face, so he didn't insist and readily agreed.

Time always flies by when you are busy, and the sun is setting before you know it.

Janet was originally there to help Simon with his advice, but within an hour she lost interest. She sat on the terrace sofa with a large pile of documents he brought back and read them with gusto.

After hanging up the phone again, Simon glanced at the contact number of a public relations company called PMK in front of him. He found it quite interesting because the boss of PMK was named Pat Kingsley, a famous public relations queen in Hollywood.

Pat Kingsley’s most famous client is of course Tom Cruise. Of course, in Simon’s memory, stars such as Jodie Foster, Al Pacino, and Will Smith are all Pat’s

·Kingsley’s client.

As for why Tom Cruise is most famous for his collaboration with each other?

Obviously, because Cruise's public image is so difficult to maintain, Pat Kingsley has done this job perfectly for more than ten years.
To be continued...