"Miss Weizi, I watched "Mummy" on the weekend. You are so amazing in the video. Can you sign me with an autograph?"

"Oh, no problem."

"And my, Miss Weizi."

"certainly."

"Mind that we will put together another photo?"

"So, let's join us."

Boston.

On the set of "The Spirit Catcher" in Cambridge City, Rachel Weisz, who came to visit the set, was recognized as soon as she appeared. She was surrounded by a group of casual staff and signed a photo. Rachel finally took his assistant to a rest area next to a trailer and sat down.

Unscrew the lid and sipped the mineral water sent by the staff attentively. Rachel looked at the shooting that was being carried out not far away, and her heart was still thumping.

This is the feeling of becoming famous.

Today is Tuesday, May 21.

"Mummy" was released last Friday, and the box office won $41.46 million in three days in the first weekend, setting aside more than double the gap between "Romeo and Juliet", which was second in the same period, and becoming the biggest hit in the summer so far.

With her stunning appearance in the film, the fledgling Rachel Weisz also became famous. Even though some filmmakers found out that she had confirmed to be involved in James Cameron's "Titanic", they have received a bunch of new scripts in recent days, and the other party said they could cooperate with her schedule.

Coupled with the sudden increase in praise and compliments around him, even though he felt that his mind was mature enough, Rachel still felt a little drifty.

After waiting for four or five minutes, the shooting of the open-air cafe area not far away was finally over. Kate Beckinsale waved at her and walked over, and Rachel also smiled and stood up.

The two hugged each other intimately, and Kate let go and asked, "Rachel, didn't you say you would have dinner together tonight?"

"The program here has been recorded, and the itinerary has been temporarily changed. We will fly to Vancouver in the afternoon."

Kate and Rachel sat down again and said with a smile: "I understand, you are a big star now."

As he said this, two capable girls in white shirts and black trousers appeared. One handed Kate a folder and the other handed the cup containing an unknown green drink.

Kate took the cup and took a few sips, put the folder on his knees and opened it. He noticed that Rachel looked at the two women beside him curiously, waved at them, and waited for each other to walk away, and then said, "Are you envious?"

Rachel immediately denied: "What's there to envy?"

"I advised you to join us at the beginning. Since he slept with us, why didn't he treat those vases? I took the initiative to ask for it and it was indeed sent. You don't know, they may have done it, and they are still very powerful. In short, I feel very comfortable now."

Rachel blew: "Then, you're so tantamount to publicly admitting that you are Westeros' lover."

"It is an honor to be Simon Westeros' lover now. I wonder how many little Bichi envies me," Kate said, signaling not far away: "There is one there. She has been staying on the set these days. Humph, the movie has started filming. Do she think she can still grab the role from me?"

Rachel looked at Kate's sight and happened to be a tall girl standing next to the male protagonist Matt Damon glanced at this side. The two of them looked at each other and avoided each other.

Actually, I know the other party.

Matt Damon's current girlfriend is named Minnie Derever. At that time, Damon wanted to win the role of the heroine of "The Spirit Catcher" for his girlfriend, but unfortunately, Kate Beckinsale, who accidentally saw the script, easily intercepted her. Minnie Derever is actually a second generation Hollywood star. Her stepmother is the famous Barbara Streisand.

If it is another actress, the strong recommendation of the male lead and screenwriter, and the other party's family background, it will definitely not be able to rob it.

Unfortunately, I met Kate.

It was originally a project for Daenerys Entertainment. Kate's appearance and acting skills are only better than the other party. In addition, the most important identity of his big boss's lover, can you compare?

Thinking of this, Rachel suddenly felt a little disappointed and asked, "Kate, have you considered the future?"

"Of course," Kate said: "I'm 23 years old now, and in two years, 25 years old, and I'll be able to stabilize my feet in Hollywood. At that time, I'll be free. Hey, some media always say that Simon is like Howard Hughes back then. I think he's much more elegant than Hughes. This is the best lover template."

"Why do I think you are taking advantage of him?"

"How could it be that I have given my best youth. He just gave me some convenience in his career, and I was still at a disadvantage."

“…”

"Okay, Rachel, I have one shot left in the morning, and wait for another 15 minutes. Since you're leaving in the afternoon, I'll ask Morgan and the others to book a seat in a nearby restaurant and have lunch together later."

"No need to worry, there should be a working meal here."

"Why don't you want to make yourself better?" Kate looked very excited and attracted a few instructions from the two of them not far away. He then stuffed the cup of green drink that Rachel had been aiming at in her hands: "Try it, kiwi juice."

Rachel took it and took a bite.

It's indeed much better than the bottle of mineral water just now.

All right.

Kate lowered his head and browsed the footage information that was about to be filmed, and asked, "Hey, when will the filming of "Titanic" start?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, next month."

"The projects that were similar to the Mummy movies last year have been released. Rachel, according to Hollywood rules, the longer the project is, the easier it is to fail. Moreover, you must have inquired about it. James Cameron's projects are very troublesome. If I were you, I would turn off this project and choose other ones."

The feeling of floating when Rachel just arrived was getting weaker and weaker, and her tone was a little resentful: "I'm not you. If you can choose something else, choose something else. If you turn off this project, you may not have a job."

"Tsk tsk, a delicious tone. With the popularity of "Mummy", how could you not find other characters?"

Rachel felt Kate's teasing and couldn't help feeling a little nervous: "I mean, this was decided by Simon himself. If I push it, he will definitely be angry."

"Won't."

"Um?"

"Simon will definitely find another woman, hey, girl, do you want to become famous? Go to bed with me."

“…”

Kate glanced at her: "You won't think about complaining, are I talking bad about him behind my back?"

"I'm not that bored."

"I want you to sue."

Rachel looked suspicious.

Kate's expression still flashed with some slight loss: "In this way, he can not only notice you, but probably think of me. The last time I saw him was at a party at the end of last year. Even this character, I knew he had greeted him, but I had not communicated. And, can you imagine that until now, I have only been to bed with him once."

Rachel's eyes widened slightly.

Because of the experience at the time, the two were friends, but they had been busy with their respective work so they didn't meet much. Seeing her following the Maid of the Wei family by her side, she thought she often met him.

"You mean, that time we did?"

"yes."

Rachel's expression was a bit weird and asked in a silly way: "You want to sleep with him?"

Kate gave her a blank look, paused, and always met, "Actually, I'm a little guilty."

Rachel stared at his friend next to her for a while and understood, and suddenly she opened her mouth. If it weren't for the shameful Kate stabbed her under her ribs, she would almost laugh out loud.

...

New York, on the East Coast, and Jeter Lee, who has just completed "David Letterman's Late Night Show", is also a little guilty.

Of course, the nature is completely different.

Jet Lee was worried about the box office of "The Black Man" in North America.

If it was Asia, he certainly had no such concerns, but this was the United States. Moreover, New World Pictures actually offered $3 million in publicity and promotion for "The Black Man" and prepared 1,276 yuan to open the screen, or summer vacation. These actually mean that once he messed up, he would basically not get other opportunities in Hollywood in the future.

After all, although Jack Cheng is now in glory, he has been trying in Hollywood since the 1970s. The success of "Rush Hour" actually has obvious accidental elements.

A group of men and women who are mostly Eastern Constant left the ABC headquarters in the Upper West Side together. Jack Cheng, who participated in the talk show filming together, took the lead in leaving on excuses and other things. Jet Lee and others enthusiastically sent each other into the car. In fact, they also understood that Jack Cheng was quite loyal enough to do this. After all, although Chinese people need to help each other outside, there are not many people who can do it.

It would be good if you don't dig each other.

Sending Jack Cheng away, the others got into two business cars, and waited for the car to start, and then a middle-aged man with a Chinese face next to Jet Lee said in a naughty Cantonese: "About "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Mr. Friedman personally contacted Mr. Westeros. Unfortunately, Jet, this project has set up other male protagonists. You may also know him, his surname is Zhou, he is also very famous in Asia, and has participated in Mr. Wu's "The True Character of Heroes".

The middle-aged man who spoke was a WMA agent named Jeremy Zhao. His ancestral home is Guangdong, but he is already a second generation immigrant.

With the close relationship between WMA and Daenerys Entertainment, I realized that Simon always had the Black Man, and the other party decisively signed Jet Lee's agency in Hollywood, and specially appointed him as a Chinese agent.

Jet Li showed a regretful expression on his face when he heard this. If he could win the role of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in advance, it would be like an extra chance. Of course, he knew who the agent was talking about. Since it was Simon Westero himself finalized it, it would be futile to fight for it unless the other party gave up on his own initiative.

However, Hong Kong films are now in a collapse, and filmmakers on the other side of the ocean are looking for other ways out. As long as Fa Ge is not going crazy, he will not refuse the olive branch personally sent by Simon Westeros himself.

"Thank you for helping inquire, Zhao."

Jeremy Zhao didn't have much, and turned around and said, "Actually, there is a good news. There is a party in Greenwich tonight. Daenerys Entertainment will arrange for you to attend. At that time, they will record a few videos recommended for you to use this movie on the youtube website. Ang Lee will also attend. There are Quentin. You may not have seen his "Blooded Romeo", but he is a kung fu movie fan and has seen many of your movies."

Jet Lee nodded and said, "I will try my best to cooperate."

...

A total of US$5 million was invested to launch a Hong Kong film, which was definitely a big deal. If it weren't for the Western audiences specially selected for the multiple internal previews of "Black Man" and all gave very positive feedback, plus the information in their memory, Simon himself wouldn't have agreed to this plan.

However, even so, the copyright purchased for $2 million and the promotion of $3 million are still very inconspicuous projects in Hollywood.

Therefore, mainstream promotional and distribution methods such as newspapers and TV advertisements can only be used in small quantities.

It's still necessary to take a different approach.

Pulling Jack Cheng over to support Jet Lee is just a small sword to go astray.

Moreover, in addition to appearing on "David Letterman's Late Night Show" that night, the next day, the Youtube website also focused on promoting the recommended videos of Jet Lee's "Black Man" by several directors such as Ang Lee and Quentin and the trailer for "Black Man". In addition, after obtaining permission from the copyright owner, Daenerys Entertainment also edited some clips of Jet Lee's previous videos on the youtube website.

With the continuous development of publicity, even though the New World Film team is still uncertain about the specific market performance of "Black Man", the exposure rate of this movie is only enough to support 1,296 screens.

As more and more people pay attention to "Black Man", the second week of the 1996 summer season also ended.
To be continued...