The meeting with Mickey Kanter ended at 7 p.m.

Seeing the other party off, Simon did not go upstairs immediately, turned around and came to the lobby for hosting party parties on this floor, and still chose to sit down on a sofa beside the glass window.

Here you can overlook most of New York.

The lights are already on.

The rows of urban buildings are densely embedded with large patches of dazzling lights, like an inverted sea of ​​stars.

Suddenly I felt like a fish.

Fish that got ashore.

Just like the novel I read in my previous life, the fish that got ashore was no longer a fish.

These days, every time Simon meets with people, the most frequent question he is asked is why he wants to go to China. Or, more accurately, why should he bring a large number of senior executives in the Westeros system to visit China?

Because everyone understands that Simon is doing this, he is like supporting the Chinese economy. A super rich man standing at the top of the world's wealth clearly expressed his optimism about the Chinese economy. With capital pursuit of profit, the effect achieved is far more effective than the Chinese government's 100 calls for reform and opening up to the outside world.

Simon Westeros is optimistic about China and is investing heavily. What reasons do others have to not follow up? Or who thinks they are more profitable than Westeros?

It can be imagined that Simon's trip to China can almost serve as a new starting point for the Chinese economy.

However, in the concepts of most Western elites, China certainly cannot rise, just as Japan is not allowed to rise. Because everyone knows that the resources in this world are not infinite, and being strong may mean being weaker. What's more, there are deeper considerations such as skin color and race.

Therefore, many people really don’t understand.

Even if Simon is very optimistic about China's economic development prospects, low-key investment is just like that. There is no need to do so obviously. With the current size of the Westeros system, the various concessions given by China for Simon's visit can only be considered small favors. If a real Westerner is in Simon's position, he may not even look at it.

A female servant walked over and brought a cup of coffee. She was still wandering for a while. Seeing that her boss had no reaction, she had to retreat quietly.

Simon held the warm coffee in his hand, still looking out the window, but the book was remembered in his mind again.

The male protagonist with a rough fate is the fish that has landed on the shore.

Before setting off, he refused to swear his loyalty to mankind because he had not experienced any happiness, happiness and love in his short life, so he did not recognize his responsibilities to mankind. However, at the end of the story, he still took huge risks to leave three fairy tales that imply humanity's way out for the earth.

Now, Simon is equivalent to giving a curvature engine directly.

In comparison, even though he could ask for more, Simon did not do so. Just like the three changes in the film industry that Mickey Kant just instructed Mickey Kant to discuss, if China can do it, the more it will benefit the Chinese film industry that has been extremely depressed at this time. In the fields of financial technology, Simon simply did not mention it, but just asked Mickey Kant to express his attitude and put some pressure on the other side of the ocean.

Only with pressure can there be motivation.

Otherwise, with China's vulnerable technology and financial strength at this time, even if a small gap is opened, it may be a collapse in the future.

But that's all.

After all, the position is different after all. It is not Simon's position at this time, but the position of "Westerosian". From this position, whether it is China, the United States, or even all other countries on this planet, it is Simon's hunting ground.

Because Simon is the most special fish on the shore in the world.

It not only spans space, but also spans time.

There are many fish that have crossed space and their own kind. In this world, Simon only knows one fish that has crossed time. Perhaps, if he finds a second one in the future, he will not feel happy, but will instead take decisive action to ensure his uniqueness.

Just like the lion king who absolutely does not allow other lions to enter their territory on the grassland.

When Girl A entered the hall from the door, she saw her boss leaning on the sofa by the window at first sight and couldn't help but stop. The man not far away was not any boring emptiness, loneliness, and loneliness at this time, because she knew that he had always enjoyed this feeling, just like a god who was looking down on all living beings indifferently.

After following him for so long, Girl A confirmed that her judgment was correct.

And he does have the qualification to look down on all living beings. Whenever Girl A sees her boss so trance, she can't help but immerse herself in it.

Suddenly I found that so many years have passed without realizing it.

At the beginning, I applied for this job just for a better treatment. Then, when I was moved by him, I was actually not that pure, just like a man who saw a beautiful woman and was a super rich beautiful woman. However, the mentality of a man in the face of this situation is often conquering and possessing, but women are often the possessed party.

And he seemed to have everything for granted, and he also had enough financial strength and even charm to make women fall into trouble and unable to extricate themselves.

They can get anything from him except love.

In fact, he initially thought of leaving him and recreating his life like several other mother-and-letter girls, and he never forced him to do so.

When exactly did it start to change?

Probably, it was the night of Sundance two years ago, or it was just a qualitative change after a long period of accumulation, and it was her proactive request. From then on, she completely no longer had the idea of ​​leaving. She just hoped to stay by his side and become a tiny vine tangled around him, and accompany him to experience the wind, frost, rain and snow, and the cycle of the four seasons.

In fact, I know Stockholm syndrome that has gradually been confirmed over the years.

Don't think so.

Because in her opinion, most people in this world have more or less hostage complex, either bound by family, bound by interests, or bound by life, and no one can truly be free. According to the genetic instinct theory he often mentions, this may be an instinct for the weak to rely on the strong in order to make their genes more likely to survive.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but bend the corners of my mouth slightly.

There seems to be nothing in this world that his genetic instinct theory cannot explain.

He walked over and came to him. The man naturally handed over the coffee cup in his hand, took it and placed it on the coffee table next to him. He was hugged by a big hand, snuggled in his arms, kicked off his high heels, and gently kissed his jaw with his face. He knew that he liked the look upward posture of women, and she also liked to look upward.

Simon withdrew his gaze to the night view of the city outside the window and saw the girl in her arms: "I'm naughty again today."

A girl touched her cheek and rubbed her against Simon's chin: "Yes, but there is still a lot of time to punish Little Ellie tonight, but Ms. Hilton said she needs to go home before nine o'clock, boss, do you still have to go up?"

"What do you think?"

"You can do whatever your boss wants."

Simon smiled, hugged the girl who was snuggling in his arms, and looked out the window again: "A, have you ever thought about leaving?"

"The boss wants to change to a new assistant?"

"Just thinking, you may feel that following such a man is destined to have no result, so you must leave the pursuit of the life you want more."

Alison's head rested on Simon's shoulder and looked out the bright lights outside the window: "Boss, what kind of life do you want?"

"It's life now."

"What a coincidence, so do I."

"Oh."

Girl A gently kissed Simon on the cheek: "Boss, go up quickly."

"Well," Simon got up and picked up Alison: "You're together."

...

The next morning.

Ang Lee drove from home to the Upper East Side, and it was only seven in the morning.

Simon is already waiting here in a cafe on East 62nd Street. Not only is the bodyguard and the boss and his wife guarding inside and outside. He is the only one in the cafe where he should have been busy breakfast time.

After greeting him, Ang Lee sat down opposite Simon in a little restrained manner. Although he had not had breakfast yet, he just ordered a cup of coffee.

My eyes soon noticed a book Simon was reading when he first entered the door: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

I immediately understood the reason why Westeros suddenly made an appointment with him.

Seeing the other party come over, Simon said: "It seems you have guessed it, Lee, I know from the memo on Gaomen Pictures that you are interested in this novel. To put it in a long story short, Gaomen Pictures can provide you with all the necessary conditions. I hope you put down the "Ice Storm" that you are preparing and shoot this movie first."

Since "The Wedding Banquet", Ang Lee and Daenerys Entertainment have always been very happy. If it is other situations, the boss of Daenerys Entertainment personally spoke, and he doesn't mind which one to shoot first and then which one to shoot.

This time it's different.

Because Ang Lee happened to notice that Simon was about to visit China soon, hesitated and said: "Simon, I am indeed very interested in this novel, but I have no idea about this project at the moment, and Ice Storm has started casting, or can I start preparing for this project next year?"

Simon looked at the middle-aged man opposite who was not very good at speaking and said, "Li, let's be honest. You should also know that I'm going to visit China soon."

Ang Lee nodded honestly.

"So, I guess you should be worried about the project being politically labeled, right?"

Li An settled down and nodded.

Even though he has lived in the United States for many years and has won the highest honors in a series of films, it should have been natural, but Ang Lee has always insisted on not being naturalized. In Simon's opinion, this is a hundred times better than those who have quietly changed their nationalities and have a shy face in China who shouted that I am a Chinese.

Speaking of which, Simon has never underestimated the influence of his big butterfly. However, something big that should have happened on the other side of the ocean in March this year, no matter why, it did not happen. However, cross-strait relations are still at a freezing point in recent years.

In short, Ang Lee does not want to get involved in any political involvement himself.

Simon certainly understood the other party's concerns and said, "Li, I don't deny that this project is related to my trip to China, but you can rest assured that there are no political factors. Moreover, now we have started preparing, writing scripts, kanyan, selecting actors, determining shooting plans, etc., and it may be the end of the year to start filming. I hope this project will be released next summer, and a year apart. During this process, Daenerys Entertainment will not have any public statements that link these two things, so you can rest assured."

The statement is pretty good.

But, how can you feel at ease?

Ang Lee thought for a while and asked, "Simon, since that's the case, why should you insist on shooting this movie in advance?"

Simon looked at the other party and said seriously: "First of all, Li, I am very optimistic about your strength. I believe that the effect of this movie will definitely not be worse than "Sense and Emotional". Then secondly, I hope that through the achievements of this movie in the North American market next year, the Chinese government's attention to the film industry will be indirectly promoted."

These are the truth.

In fact, it is another "fairy tale" given to China by Simon.

At this stage, the domestic film market in China is almost in a state of collapse. Take the number of viewers as an example. In the 1980s, the highest annual number of viewers announced by China reached 29.3 billion, and by the 1990s, this number had plummeted to about 300 million. Even if the former added data such as free rural screenings, the latter was significantly underestimated because of the serious phenomenon of stealing box office in the market. The data gap between the two data is nearly 100 times enough.

In 1995, even though a series of Hollywood blockbusters were introduced, China's total box office was only a pitiful RMB 970 million.

Among them, there may be reasons such as large-scale popularization of TVs and the proliferation of piracy, but it is undeniable that, in the final analysis, the Chinese government does not attach enough importance to the film industry.

How did this change?

In the original time and space, "Titanic" is a node, with a global box office of more than 1.8 billion US dollars, equivalent to nearly 15 billion yuan. A movie is equivalent to 10 times the average annual box office of China in the 1990s, which made China see that movies can make money like this. Then, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" released in 2000 was once again seen by China. It turns out that Chinese-language movies can also make money like this around the world!
To be continued...